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1 Ndugu Theofilo, Katika kitabu cha kwanza niliandika juu ya mambo yote Yesu aliyotenda na kufundisha tangu mwanzo wa kazi yake
The former treatise, O Theophilus, I made concerning all that Jesus undertook both to do and to teach;
2 mpaka siku ile alipochukuliwa mbinguni. Kabla ya kuchukuliwa mbinguni aliwapa maagizo kwa njia ya Roho Mtakatifu wale mitume aliowachagua.
till the day in which He was taken up, after He had by the holy Spirit given instructions to the apostles whom He had chosen:
3 Kwa muda wa siku arobaini baada ya kifo chake aliwatokea mara nyingi kwa namna ambazo zilithibitisha kabisa kwamba alikuwa hai. Walimwona, naye aliongea nao juu ya ufalme wa Mungu.
to whom also He presented Himself alive, after He had suffered, by many certain proofs; being seen among them for forty days, and speaking of the things relating to the kingdom of God.
4 Wakati walipokutana pamoja aliwaamuru hivi: “Msiondoke Yerusalemu, bali ngojeeni ile zawadi aliyoahidi Baba, zawadi ambayo mlikwisha nisikia nikiongea juu yake.
And meeting them together He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the promise of the Father, which, said He, ye have heard from me;
5 Kwani Yohane alibatiza kwa maji, lakini baada ya siku chache, ninyi mtabatizwa kwa Roho Mtakatifu.”
for John indeed baptized with water, but ye shall within a few days be baptized with the holy Spirit.
6 Basi, mitume walipokutana pamoja na Yesu, walimwuliza, “Je Bwana, wakati huu ndipo utakaporudisha ule ufalme kwa Israeli?”
Being therefore come together they asked Him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?
7 Lakini Yesu akawaambia, “Nyakati na majira ya mambo hayo viko chini ya mamlaka ya Baba yangu, wala si shauri lenu kujua yatakuwa lini.
And He said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or seasons, which the Father hath reserved in his own power.
8 Lakini wakati Roho Mtakatifu atakapowashukieni ninyi, mtajazwa nguvu na mtakuwa mashahidi wangu katika Yerusalemu, katika nchi yote ya Yudea na Samaria, na hata miisho ya dunia.”
But ye shall receive power from the holy Spirit coming upon you: and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and Samaria, and to the uttermost part of the earth.
9 Baada ya kusema hayo, wote wakiwa wanamtazama, alichukuliwa mbinguni; wingu likamficha wasimwone tena.
And having said these things, as they were looking upon Him, He was lifted up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight.
10 Walipokuwa bado wanatazama juu angani, akiwa anakwenda zake, mara watu wawili waliokuwa wamevaa nguo nyeupe walisimama karibu nao,
And while they were looking stedfastly toward heaven, as He went up, behold two men in white stood by them;
11 wakasema, “Enyi wananchi wa Galilaya! Mbona mnasimama mkitazama angani? Yesu huyu ambaye amechukuliwa kutoka kwenu kwenda mbinguni atakuja tena namna hiyohiyo mliivyomwona akienda mbinguni.”
who said, Ye men of Galilee, why do ye stand gazing up to heaven? This Jesus who is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in the manner ye have seen Him going into heaven.
12 Kisha mitume wakarudi Yerusalemu kutoka mlima wa Mizeituni ulioko karibu kilomita moja kutoka mjini.
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath-day's journey.
13 Walipofika mjini waliingia katika chumba ghorofani ambamo walikuwa wanakaa; nao walikuwa Petro, Yohane, Yakobo, Andrea, Filipo na Thoma, Bartholomayo na Mathayo, Yakobo mwana wa Alfayo, Simoni Zelote na Yuda mwana wa Yakobo.
And when they were come in to the city, they went up into an upper room, where Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon the zealot, and Jude the brother of James, usually abode.
14 Hawa wote walikusanyika pamoja kusali, pamoja na wanawake kadha wa kadha, na Maria mama yake Yesu, na ndugu zake.
These all persevered with one accord in prayer and supplication with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brethren.
15 Siku chache baadaye, kulikuwa na mkutano wa waumini, karibu watu mia moja na ishirini. Petro alisimama mbele yao,
And in these days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples, (now the number of the persons that were together was about an hundred and twenty, )
16 akasema, “Ndugu zangu, ilikuwa lazima ile sehemu ya Maandiko Matakatifu itimie, sehemu ambayo Roho Mtakatifu, kwa maneno ya Daudi, alibashiri habari za Yuda ambaye aliwaongoza wale waliomtia Yesu nguvuni.
and said, Men and brethren, it was necessary that this scripture should be fulfilled, which the holy Ghost spake by the mouth of David, concerning Judas, who was guide to them that apprehended Jesus:
17 Yuda alikuwa mmoja wa kikundi chetu maana alichaguliwa ashiriki huduma yetu.
for he was numbered with us, and had obtained a part of this ministry.
18 (“Mnajua kwamba yeye alinunua shamba kwa zile fedha alizopata kutokana na kitendo chake kiovu. Akaanguka chini, akapasuka na matumbo yake yakamwagika nje.
(Now this man purchased a field with the reward of iniquity; and falling down on his face, burst asunder in the middle, and all his bowels gushed out:
19 Kila mtu katika Yerusalemu alisikia habari za tukio hilo na hivyo, kwa lugha yao, wakaliita lile shamba Hekeli Dama, maana yake, Shamba la Damu.)
(and it was known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that the field is called in their own dialect, Aceldama, that is, the field of blood: )
20 Basi, imeandikwa katika kitabu cha Zaburi: Nyumba yake ibaki mahame; mtu yeyote asiishi ndani yake. Tena imeandikwa: Mtu mwingine achukue nafasi yake katika huduma hiyo.
for it is written in the book of Psalms, Let his habitation be desolate, and let none dwell in it; and again, Let another take his office.)
21 Kwa hiyo, ni lazima mtu mwingine ajiunge nasi kama shahidi wa ufufuo wake Bwana Yesu.
Wherefore it is necessary that one of these men, who have been conversant with us all the time that the Lord Jesus came in and out among us,
22 Anapaswa kuwa mmoja wa wale waliokuwa katika kundi letu wakati wote Bwana alipokuwa anasafiri pamoja nasi, tangu wakati Yohane alipokuwa anabatiza mpaka siku ile Yesu alipochukuliwa kutoka kwetu kwenda mbinguni.”
from the baptism of John, till the day that He was taken up from us, should be joined with us as a witness of his resurrection.
23 Basi, wakataja majina ya watu wawili; wa kwanza Yosefu aliyeitwa Barsaba (au pia Yusto), na wa pili Mathia.
And they proposed two, Joseph called Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
24 Kisha wakasali: “Bwana, wewe unajua mioyo ya watu wote. Hivyo, utuonyeshe ni yupi kati ya hawa wawili uliyemchagua
And they prayed and said, Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all, shew us, which of these two Thou hast chosen,
25 ili achukue nafasi hii ya huduma ya kitume aliyoacha Yuda akaenda mahali pake mwenyewe.”
to take part of this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas is fallen by his transgression, that he might go to his own place.
26 Hapo, wakapiga kura; kura ikampata Mathia, naye akaongezwa katika idadi ya wale mitume wengine kumi na mmoja.
And they gave out their lots, and the lot fell upon Matthias, and he was numbered with the apostles.
