Acts 21
1 Buna tusia vambana yawu, tuyenda nate ku sanga ki Kosi. Mu lumbu kilanda bosi tuyenda ku Lodi bosi tutula ku Patala.
When, at last, we had torn ourselves away and had set sail, we ran in a straight course to Cos; the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.
2 Bu tubuana masuwa maba mvioka ku Fenisi, tukota mu masuwa beni ayi tuyenda.
Finding a ship bound for Phoenicia, we went on board and put to sea.
3 Bu tufikama ku sanga ki Sipeli kioki tubika ku koko ku lumoso, beto tuviokila ku ndambu Sili, bosi tutula ku disimu di Tile. Kuawu kufueti kulululu bima biba mu masuwa.
After sighting Cyprus and leaving that island on our left, we continued our voyage to Syria and put in at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload her cargo.
4 Tubata minlonguki ayi tsambudi di bilumbu tuvuandila yawu. Balubula Polo mu lutumunu lu pheve Yinlongo mu bika kuenda ku Yelusalemi.
Having searched for the disciples and found them, we stayed at Tyre for seven days; and, taught by the Spirit, they repeatedly urged Paul not to proceed to Jerusalem.
5 Bilumbu bieto bu bimanisa, tuyenda ayi tutatamana nzietolo eto. Minlonguki mioso ayi baketo bawu ayi bana bawu bayenda tuvekisa nate kuna difula di divula. Bu tutula ku dibongo tufukama ayi tusambila.
When, however, our time was up, we left and went on our way, all the disciples and their wives and children coming to see us off. Then, after kneeling down on the beach and praying,
6 Bu tumana bumbakala beto yi beto, tukota mu masuwa bosi bawu bavutuka mu zinzo ziawu.
we took leave of one another; and we went on board, while they returned home.
7 Bu tumanisa nzietolo eto mu maza, botuka ku Tile nate ku Pitolemayisi. Kuawu tuvanina bakhomba mboti. Lumbu kimvimba tukadila yawu.
As for us, our voyage was over when having sailed from Tyre we reached Ptolemais. here we inquired after the welfare of the brethren, and remained a day with them.
8 Mu lumbu kilanda, tuyenda ku Sezale. Tukota mu nzo Filipi, nsamuni wu Nsamu Wumboti; wuba wumosi mu tsambudi di bisadi biobi dibundu disobuladibundu. Ku nzoꞌandi tuleka.
On the morrow we left Ptolemais and went on to Caesarea, where we came to the house of Philip the Evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.
9 Bana baya babaketo baba yandi; basi zaba nitu yi dibakala ko. Dikaba di bikula diba yawu.
Now Philip had four unmarried daughters who were prophetesses;
10 Bu tuvuanda kuna bilumbu biwombo, buna mbikudi wumosiwuba ku Yuda dizina diandi Angabusi.
and during our somewhat lengthy stay a Prophet of the name of Agabus came down from Judaea.
11 Wuyiza kutu bata; Wubonga sentila yoyi Polo kaba mvuantilanga minledi; wukikanga malu ayi mioko ayi wutuba: —Pheve Yinlongo kakembi: Buawu buabu Bayuda bela kangila ku Yelusalemi mutu vuidi sentila yayi ayi bela kunyekula mu mioko mi Bapakanu.
When he arrived he took Paul's loincloth, and bound his own feet and arms with it, and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit, 'So will the Jews in Jerusalem bind the owner of this loincloth, and will hand him over to the Gentiles.'"
12 Bu tuwa mambu momo, beto ayi mikhuikizi mi Sezale tuleba Polo muingi kabika kuenda ku Yelusalemi.
As soon as we heard these words, both we and the brethren at Caesarea entreated Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.
13 Vayi niandi wutuvutudila: —A mbi lulembo vangi bu lulembo didi ayi bu lulembo mbonisa kiadi mu ntima e? Bila kuidi minu, ndidi wukubama bika sia ti, mu kota mu nloko, vayi khubimini mu fua ku Yelusalemi mu diambu di dizina di Pfumu Yesu!
His reply was, "What can you mean by thus breaking my heart with your grief? Why, as for me, I am ready not only to go to Jerusalem and be put in chains, but even to die there for the sake of the Lord Jesus."
14 Bu tusia nunga ko mu balula mabanza mandi, tusia buela kunleba ko ayi tutuba: —Bika luzolo lu Pfumu luvangama!
So when he was not to be dissuaded, we ceased remonstrating with him and said, "The Lord's will be done!"
15 Bilumbu bina bu bivioka, tukubika bima bieto ayi tuyenda ku Yelusalemi.
A few days afterwards we loaded our baggage-cattle and continued our journey to Jerusalem.
16 Ndambu minlonguki minkaka mi Sezali miyenda yeto. Mitunata ku nzo Nasoni muisi Sipeli; niandi wuba nlonguki wuthama; kuidi niandi tuvuanda.
Some of the disciples from Caesarea also joined our party, and brought with them Mnason, a Cyprian, one of the early disciples, at whose house we were to lodge.
17 Bu tutula ku Yelusalemi, bakhomba zituyakula mu khini.
At length we reached Jerusalem, and there the brethren gave us a hearty welcome.
18 Mu lumbu kilanda Polo wutunata kuidi Zaki, kuna ku kutakana bakulutuboso ba dibundu.
On the following day we went with Paul to call on James, and all the Elders of the Church came also.
19 Buna Polo wuba vana mboti, Polo wuba kamba diambu dimosi-dimosidiodi Nzambi kavanga mu niandi kuidi Bapakanu.
After exchanging friendly greetings, Paul told in detail all that God had done among the Gentiles through his instrumentality.
20 Bu bawa mambu moso momo, bakembisa Nzambi bosi bakamba Polo: —A khomba, ngeyo mueni ti Bayuda bawombo bawilukidi ayi bawu boso bankinzikanga ngolo Mina mi Moyize.
And they, when they had heard his statement, gave the glory to God. Then they said, "You see, brother, how many tens of thousands of Jews there are among those who have accepted the faith, and they are all zealous upholders of the Law.
21 Muaki bawilu ti ngeyo wulembo longi Bayuda bobo beti zingila mu mavula ma Bapakanu ti babika buela tumimina Mina mi Moyize. Ngeyo wukuba kambanga ti babika buela zengisanga nitu yi kibakala yi bana bawu bababakala ayi babika buela tumimina bifu bieto.
Now what they have been repeatedly told about you is that you teach all the Jews among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, and that you forbid them to circumcise their children or observe old-established customs.
22 A buabu mbi tusia e? Bila ma bawa ti wutudidi kuaku.
What then ought you to do? They are sure to hear that you have come to Jerusalem;
23 Diawu tumimina mambu momo tueka kukamba: babakala baya badi yetovava bavengi tsila.
so do this which we now tell you. We have four men here who have a vow resting on them.
24 Wuba bongi, wukivedisa va kimosi ayi bawu. Ayi wuba futilazimbongo mu diambu bavukusu dikungulu. Buawu bobo batu boso bakuiza zabila ti mambu moso bawilu mu diambu diaku madi ma luvunu bila ngeyoveka weti kinzikanga Mina.
Associate with these men and purify yourself with them, and pay their expenses so that they can shave their heads. Then everybody will know that there is no truth in these stories about you, but that in your own actions you yourself scrupulously obey the Law.
25 Vayi mu diambu di Bapakanu bawilukila, tubaka lukanu ayi tuba sonikina nkanda mu kuba kandika ti ba bika dianga zimbizi ziozi zitambuku makaba kuidi zinzambi zi bitumba, babika dianga bibulu biobibivondolo mu kambu totuka menga, babika dianga menga ayi babika kitsuza.
But as for the Gentiles who have accepted the faith, we have communicated to them our decision that they are carefully to abstain from anything sacrificed to an idol, from blood, from what is strangled, and from fornication."
26 Mu lumbu kilanda, Polo wubonga batu beni, wukivedisa va kimosiayi bawu; wukota yawu mu Nzo Nzambi mu diambu di kamba kuidi batu lumbu kiela manisa tsukudulu ayi lumbu kiela vanu dikaba di kadika mutu.
So Paul associated with the men; and the next day, having purified himself with them, he went into the Temple, giving every one to understand that the days of their purification were finished, and there he remained until the sacrifice for each of them was offered.
27 Buna tsambuadi di bilumbu bieka nduka duka, Bayuda baba ku Azibayiza bakula Polo muna Nzo Nzambi, batuma batu batotula khindu mu nkangu wu atu ayi bankanga.
But, when the seven days were nearly over, the Jews from the province of Asia, having seen Paul in the Temple, set about rousing the fury of all the people against him.
28 Bayamikina: —A basi Iseli! Luiza lu tusadisa! Talanu mutu wawu wetalonga muamo ayi kuidi batu boso mu diambu di vueza batu beto, Mina mieto ayi buangu kiaki. Tala kutu wukotisidi basi Ngelese, mu Nzo Nzambi ayi wusumuni buangu kiaki kinlongo.
They laid hands on him, crying out, "Men of Israel, help! help! This is the man who goes everywhere preaching to everybody against the Jewish people and the Law and this place. And besides, he has even brought Gentiles into the Temple and has desecrated this holy place."
29 Batubila bobo mu diambu bamona Polo, ku divula, va kimosi ayi Tolofime muisi Efeso. Bawu babanzila ti Polo wunnata ku Nzo Nzambi.
(For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and imagined that Paul had brought him into the Temple.)
30 Divula dioso diyiza ba ntengu-ntengu ayi batu bawombo bayiza kutakana kuna mu nsualu. Bakanga Polo, bankoka nate ku nganda nzo Nzambi ayi bakanga mielo mi Nzo Nzambi.
The excitement spread through the whole city, and the people rushed in crowds to the Temple, and there laid hold of Paul and began to drag him out; and the Temple gates were immediately closed.
31 Bu batomba bu vondila Polo, tsangu yitula nate kuidi Pfumu masodi ma basi Loma ti khindu yeka mu Yelusalemi dioso.
But while they were trying to kill Paul, word was taken up to the Tribune in command of the battalion, that all Jerusalem was in a ferment.
32 Muna thangu yina Pfumu masodi ma basi Loma wubonga masodi ayi bapfumu ziawu, bayenda nsualu ku buangu ki kutakana batu. Bu bamona pfumu masodiva kimosi ayi masodi, balembolo buela beta Polo.
He instantly sent for a few soldiers and their officers, and came down among the people with all speed. At the sight of the Tribune and the troops they ceased beating Paul.
33 Pfumu masodi wufikama vaba Polo, wunsimba ayi wutuma masodibakanga polo mu zisieni zizole. Bosi wuyuvula kani Polo niandi nani ayi diambu mbi kavengi.
Then the Tribune, making his way to him, arrested him, and, having ordered him to be secured with two chains, proceeded to ask who he was and what he had been doing.
34 Vayi va khatitsika batu bobo bakutakana; bankaka bayamikina diambu dina; bankaka bayamikina diambu diadi. Sumbu pfumu masodi kasia zaba ko diambu diodi ditotula khindu bila divula diba dinneni; buna wutuma banata Polo ku ka ki masodi.
Some of the crowd shouted one accusation against Paul and some another, until, as the uproar made it impossible for the truth to be ascertained with certainty, the Tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks.
35 Polo bu katula va kikada, masodi mannanguna mu diambu di nganzi yi batu bobo bakutakana vana.
When Paul was going up the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob;
36 Bila nkangu wu batu wuba kunlandakana wuba yamikina: —Kafua!
for the whole mass of the people pressed on in the rear, shouting, "Away with him!"
37 Mu thangu banzola kotisa Polo ku Ka ki masodi, wukamba pfumu masodi ti: —Ndilenda baka minsua mi kukambila diambu e? Pfumu masodi wuyuvula Polo: —Zebi tuba ki Kingelesi e?
When he was about to be taken into the barracks, Paul said to the Tribune, "May I speak to you?" "Do you know Greek?" the Tribune asked.
38 Ngeyo wisiko muisi Ezipiti, wowo wutotula khindu mu bilumbu bibedi, wuba kuenda natanga mili ziya zi mimvondi mu dikanga e?
"Are you not the Egyptian who some years ago excited the riot of the 4,000 cut-throats, and led them out into the Desert?"
39 Polo wumvutudila: —Nana tata! Minu ndidi Nyuda, ndidi muisi Talise, divula dimosi di mfunu didi mu zunga ki Silisi. Ndemvukila, wuphana minsua miyolukila va ntuala batu.
"I am a Jew," replied Paul, "belonging to Tarsus in Cilicia, and am a citizen of no unimportant city. Give me leave, I pray you, to speak to the people."
40 Pfumu masodi wumvana minsua. Polo wutelama va kikada, wumuna koko mu diambu di sima biyoko bosi biyoko bimanisa. Biyoko bioso bu bimanisa, bosi wutona yoluka mu mbembo yi ki Ebelewo:
So with his permission Paul stood on the steps and motioned with his hand to the people to be quiet; and when there was perfect silence he addressed them in Hebrew.
