Matendo 13
1 Katika kanisa la Antiokia kulikuwa na watu wengine waliokuwa manabii na walimu; miongoni mwao akiwa Barnaba, Simoni aitwaye pia Mweusi, Lukio wa Kurene, Manaeni ambaye alikuwa amelelewa pamoja na mfalme Herode, na Saulo.
Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch), and Saul.
2 Walipokuwa wanafanya ibada yao kwa Bwana na kufunga, Roho Mtakatifu alisema: “Niteulieni Barnaba na Saulo kwa ajili ya kazi niliyowaitia.”
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for Me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.”
3 Basi, baada ya kusali na kufunga zaidi, wakawawekea mikono, wakawaacha waende zao.
And after they had fasted and prayed, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
4 Basi, Barnaba na Saulo walipokwisha tumwa na Roho Mtakatifu, walishuka hadi Seleukia, na kutoka huko walipanda meli hadi kisiwa cha Kupro.
So Barnabas and Saul, sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia and sailed from there to Cyprus.
5 Walipofika Salami walihubiri neno la Mungu katika masunagogi ya Kiyahudi. Yohane (Marko) alikuwa msaidizi wao.
When they arrived at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. And John was with them as their helper.
6 Walitembea toka upande mmoja wa kisiwa mpaka Pafo upande wa pili, na huko walimkuta mchawi mmoja Myahudi aitwaye Baryesu ambaye alijisingizia kuwa nabii.
They traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos, where they found a Jewish sorcerer and false prophet named Bar-Jesus,
7 Huyu alikuwa pamoja na Sergio Paulo, mkuu wa kile kisiwa, ambaye alikuwa mtu mwelewa sana. Sergio Paulo aliwaita Barnaba na Saulo ili asikie neno la Mungu.
an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, a man of intelligence, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.
8 Lakini huyo mchawi Elima (kama alivyokuwa anaitwa kwa Kigiriki), alijaribu kuwapinga ili kumzuia huyo mkuu wa kisiwa asije akaigeukia imani ya Kikristo.
But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.
9 Basi, Saulo ambaye aliitwa pia Paulo, akiwa amejaa Roho Mtakatifu, alimkodolea macho huyo mchawi,
Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas
10 akasema, “Mdanganyifu wa kupindukia na mlaghai wewe! Wewe ni mtoto wa Ibilisi! Wewe ni adui wa chochote kile kilicho cha kweli; hukomi hata mara moja kujaribu kuzipotosha njia za Bwana zilizonyoka.
and said, “O child of the devil and enemy of all righteousness, you are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery! Will you never stop perverting the straight ways of the Lord?
11 Sasa, mkono wa Bwana utakuadhibu: utakuwa kipofu na hutaweza kuuona mwanga wa jua kwa kitambo.” Mara kila kitu kikawa kama ukungu na giza kwake, akaanza kwenda huku na huku akitafuta mtu wa kumshika mkono amwongoze.
Now look, the hand of the Lord is against you, and for a time you will be blind and unable to see the light of the sun.” Immediately mist and darkness came over him, and he groped about, seeking someone to lead him by the hand.
12 Yule mkuu wa kisiwa alipoona hayo, aliongoka akawa muumini; akastaajabia sana mafundisho aliyosikia juu ya Bwana.
When the proconsul saw what had happened, he believed, for he was astonished at the teaching about the Lord.
13 Kutoka Pafo, Paulo na wenzake walipanda meli wakaenda hadi Perga katika Pamfulia; lakini Yohane (Marko) aliwaacha, akarudi Yerusalemu.
After setting sail from Paphos, Paul and his companions came to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them to return to Jerusalem.
14 Lakini wao waliendelea na safari toka Pisga hadi mjini Antiokia Pisidia. Siku ya Sabato waliingia ndani ya Sunagogi, wakakaa.
And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.
15 Baada ya masomo katika kitabu cha Sheria ya Mose na katika maandiko ya manabii, wakuu wa lile sunagogi waliwapelekea ujumbe huu: “Ndugu, kama mnalo jambo la kuwaambia watu ili kuwapa moyo, semeni.”
After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent word to them: “Brothers, if you have a word of encouragement for the people, please speak.”
16 Basi, Paulo alisimama, akatoa ishara kwa mkono, akaanza kuongea: “Wananchi wa Israeli na wengine wote mnaomcha Mungu, sikilizeni!
Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and began to speak: “Men of Israel and you Gentiles who fear God, listen to me!
17 Mungu wa taifa hili la Israeli aliwateua babu zetu na kuwafanya wawe taifa kubwa walipokuwa ugenini kule Misri. Mungu aliwatoa huko kwa uwezo wake mkuu.
The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.
18 Aliwavumilia kwa muda wa miaka arobaini kule jangwani.
He endured their conduct for about forty years in the wilderness.
19 Aliyaangamiza mataifa ya nchi ya Kanaani akawapa hao watu wake ile nchi kuwa mali yao.
And having vanquished seven nations in Canaan, He gave their land to His people as an inheritance.
20 Miaka mia nne na hamsini ilipita, halafu akawapatia waamuzi wawaongoze mpaka wakati wa nabii Samweli.
All this took about 450 years. After this, God gave them judges until the time of Samuel the prophet.
21 Hapo wakapendelea kuwa na mfalme, na Mungu akawapa Saulo, mtoto wa Kishi wa kabila la Benyamini, awe mfalme wao kwa muda wa miaka arobaini.
Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them forty years under Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin.
22 Baada ya kumwondoa Saulo, Mungu alimteua Daudi kuwa mfalme wao. Mungu alionyesha kibali chake kwake akisema: Nimemwona Daudi mtoto wa Yese; ni mtu anayepatana na moyo wangu; mtu ambaye atatimiza yale yote ninayotaka kuyatenda.
After removing Saul, He raised up David as their king and testified about him: ‘I have found David son of Jesse a man after My own heart; he will carry out My will in its entirety.’
23 Kutokana na ukoo wake mtu huyu, Mungu, kama alivyoahidi, amewapelekea watu wa Israeli Mwokozi, ndiye Yesu.
From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.
24 Kabla ya kuja kwake Yesu, Yohane alimtangulia akiwahubiria watu wote wa Israeli kwamba ni lazima watubu na kubatizwa.
Before the arrival of Jesus, John preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
25 Yohane alipokuwa anamaliza ujumbe wake aliwaambia watu: Mnadhani mimi ni nani? Mimi si yule mnayemtazamia. Huyo anakuja baada yangu na mimi sistahili hata kuzifungua kamba za viatu vyake.
As John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But He is coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’
26 “Ndugu, ninyi mlio watoto wa ukoo wa Abrahamu, na wengine wote mnaomcha Mungu! Ujumbe huu wa wokovu umeletwa kwetu.
Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.
27 Kwa maana wenyeji wa Yerusalemu na wakuu wao hawakumtambua yeye kuwa Mwokozi. Wala hawakuelewa maneno ya manabii yanayosomwa kila Sabato. Hata hivyo, waliyafanya maneno ya manabii yatimie kwa kumhukumu Yesu adhabu ya kifo.
The people of Jerusalem and their rulers did not recognize Jesus, yet in condemning Him they fulfilled the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath.
28 Ingawa hawakumpata na hatia inayostahili auawe, walimwomba Pilato amhukumu auawe.
And though they found no ground for a death sentence, they asked Pilate to have Him executed.
29 Na baada ya kutekeleza yote yaliyokuwa yameandikwa kumhusu yeye, walimshusha kutoka msalabani, wakamweka kaburini.
When they had carried out all that was written about Him, they took Him down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb.
30 Lakini Mungu alimfufua kutoka wafu.
But God raised Him from the dead,
31 Naye, kwa siku nyingi aliwatokea wale waliofuatana naye kutoka Galilaya mpaka Yerusalemu. Hao ndio walio sasa mashahidi wake kwa watu wa Israeli.
and for many days He was seen by those who had accompanied Him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now His witnesses to our people.
32 Sisi tumekuja hapa kuwaleteeni Habari Njema: jambo lile Mungu alilowaahidia babu zetu amelitimiza sasa kwa ajili yetu sisi tulio wajukuu wao kwa kumfufua Yesu kutoka wafu.
And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers
33 Kama ilivyoandikwa katika zaburi ya pili: Wewe ni Mwanangu, mimi leo nimekuwa baba yako.
He has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising up Jesus. As it is written in the second Psalm: ‘You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.’
34 Na juu ya kumfufua kutoka wafu, asipate tena kurudi huko na kuoza, Mungu alisema hivi: Nitakupa baraka takatifu na za kweli nilizomwahidia Daudi.
In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
35 Naam, na katika sehemu nyingine za zaburi asema: Hutamwacha Mtakatifu wako aoze.
So also, He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’
36 Sasa, Daudi mwenyewe alitimiza mapenzi ya Mungu wakati wake; kisha akafa na kuzikwa karibu na wazee wake, na mwili wake ukaoza.
For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.
37 Lakini yule ambaye Mungu alimfufua kutoka wafu hakupata kuoza.
But the One whom God raised from the dead did not see decay.
38 Jueni wazi, ndugu zangu, kwamba ujumbe kuhusu kusamehewa dhambi unahubiriwa kwenu kwa njia ya Yesu Kristo;
Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.
39 na ya kwamba kila mmoja anayemwamini Yesu anasamehewa dhambi zote, jambo ambalo halingewezekana kwa njia ya Sheria ya Mose.
Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of Moses.
40 Jihadharini basi, msije mkapatwa na yale yaliyosemwa na manabii:
Watch out, then, that what was spoken by the prophets does not happen to you:
41 Sikilizeni enyi wenye madharau, shangaeni mpotee! Kwa maana kitu ninachofanya sasa, nyakati zenu, ni kitu ambacho hamtakiamini hata kama mtu akiwaelezeni.”
‘Look, you scoffers, wonder and perish! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe, even if someone told you.’”
42 Paulo na Barnaba walipokuwa wanatoka katika ile sunagogi, wale watu waliwaalika waje tena siku ya Sabato iliyofuata, waongee zaidi juu ya mambo hayo.
As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to continue this message on the next Sabbath.
43 Mkutano huo ulipomalizika, Wayahudi wengi na watu wa mataifa mengine waliokuwa wameongokea dini ya Kiyahudi waliwafuata Paulo na Barnaba. Hao mitume waliongea nao, wakawatia moyo waendelee kuishi wakitegemea neema ya Mungu.
After the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.
44 Siku ya Sabato iliyofuata, karibu kila mtu katika ule mji alikuja kusikiliza neno la Bwana.
On the following Sabbath, nearly the whole city gathered to hear the word of the Lord.
45 Lakini Wayahudi walipoliona hilo kundi la watu walijaa wivu, wakapinga alichokuwa anasema Paulo na kumtukana.
But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
46 Hata hivyo, Paulo na Barnaba waliongea kwa uhodari zaidi, wakasema, “Ilikuwa ni lazima neno la Mungu liwafikieni ninyi kwanza; lakini kwa kuwa mmelikataa na kujiona hamstahili uzima wa milele, basi, tunawaacheni na kuwaendea watu wa mataifa mengine. (aiōnios g166)
Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. (aiōnios g166)
47 Maana Bwana alituagiza hivi: Nimekuteua wewe uwe mwanga kwa mataifa, uwe njia ya wokovu kwa ulimwengu wote.”
For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”
48 Watu wa mataifa mengine waliposikia jambo hilo walifurahi, wakausifu ujumbe wa Mungu; na wale waliokuwa wamechaguliwa kupata uzima wa milele, wakawa waumini. (aiōnios g166)
When the Gentiles heard this, they rejoiced and glorified the word of the Lord, and all who were appointed for eternal life believed. (aiōnios g166)
49 Neno la Bwana likaenea kila mahali katika sehemu ile.
And the word of the Lord spread throughout that region.
50 Lakini Wayahudi waliwachochea wanawake wa tabaka ya juu wa mataifa mengine ambao walikuwa wacha Mungu, na wanaume maarufu wa mji huo. Wakaanza kuwatesa Paulo na Barnaba, wakawafukuza kutoka katika eneo lao.
The Jews, however, incited the religious women of prominence and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas and drove them out of their district.
51 Basi, mitume wakayakung'uta mavumbi yaliyokuwa katika miguu yao kama onyo, kisha wakaenda Ikonio.
So they shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.
52 Lakini hao wafuasi walikuwa wamejaa furaha na Roho Mtakatifu.
And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
