Acts 9
1 Mayindu ma Sawuli maba kaka mu yamisa ayi mu vonda minlonguki mi Pfumu, wuyenda kuidi Pfumu yi zinganga Nzambi ku Yelusalemi
Meanwhile Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the High Priest,
2 ayi wunlomba minkanda minata mu zinzo zi zikhutukunu zi Damasi muingi kabaka bukangila babakala voti baketo, bobo banlandakana nzila yi Pfumu ayi kuba nata bakangama ku Yelusalemi.
and asked him to give him letters to the Jewish congregations at Damascus, authorising him, if he found there any supporters of the Cause, whether men or women, to have them put in chains and brought to Jerusalem.
3 Bu kaba mu nzila, buna weka nduka tula ku Damasi, kazimbukila kiezilakikienzuka mu diyilu banga lusiemo.
While on his journey, as he was nearing Damascus, suddenly a light from the heavens flashed around him.
4 Bu kabua va tsi, wuwa mbembo yinkamba: —A Sawuli e! A Sawuli e! A bila mbi wulembo ndiamisina e?
He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him — “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
5 Sawuli wuvutula: —Pfumu, ngeyo widi nani e? Pfumu wunkamba: —Minu Yesu diodi wunyamisanga!
“Who are you, Lord?” he asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” the voice answered;
6 Vayi telama buabu! Kota ku divula, kuawu maba kamba mambu mawu fueti vanga!
“Yet stand up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
7 Batu boso baba yandi mu nzila batelama, basia baka kadi dituba ko, bawa mbembov ayi basia mona mutu ko.
The men traveling with Saul were meanwhile standing speechless; they heard the sound of the voice, but saw no one.
8 Sawuli wutelama. Meso mandi maba mazibuka vayi kasia mona ko. Bansimbidila mu koko, bannata ku Damasi.
When Saul got up from the ground, though his eyes were open, he could see nothing. So his men led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus;
9 Bilumbu bitatu kasia kadi mona, kasia dia voti kadi nua.
and for three days he was unable to see, and took nothing either to eat or to drink.
10 Nlonguki wumosi wuba ku Damasi, dizina diandi Ananiasi. Pfumu wummonikina mu tsongolo ayi wuntela: —“Ananiasi!” Niandi wuvutula: —Tala, Minu kawu Pfumu!
Now there was at Damascus a disciple named Ananias, to whom, in a vision, the Lord said: “Ananias.” “Yes, Lord,” he answered.
11 Bosi Pfumu wunkamba: —Telama! Yenda mu nzila yoyi bantedilanga: “nzila yilulama” ayi tomba mutu wumosi bantedilanga Sawuli muisi Talisi widi ku nzo Yuda. Vayi tala mutu wulembo sambila
“Go at once,” said the Lord, “to the ‘Straight Street’, and ask at Judas’s house for a man named Saul, from Tarsus. He is at this moment praying,
12 ayi wumueni mu tsongolo mutu wumosi, bantedilanga Ananiasiwukotidi ayi wuntetikidi mioko mu diambu di kabuela mona diaka.
and he has seen, in a vision, a man named Ananias coming in and placing his hands on him, so that he may recover his sight.”
13 Ananiasi wuvutula: —A Pfumu! Ndiwilu batu bawombo banyolukila mambu ma mutu wowo ayi mabienga momo kavangidi banlongo baku mu Yelusalemi.
“Lord,” exclaimed Ananias, “I have heard from many people about this man — how much harm he has done at Jerusalem to your People there.
14 Beki kuaku lulendo lubedi kuidi bapfumu banganga Nzambi, lukangisila babo bansambilanga dizina diaku.
And, here, too, he holds authority from the Chief Priests to put in chains all those who invoke your Name.”
15 Vayi Pfumu wunkamba: —Yenda bila ndisobudi mutu wowo mu kutsadila; wela zabikisa dizina diama kuidi Bapakanu, mintinu ayi kuidi bana ba Iseli.
But the Lord said to him: “Go, for this man is my chosen instrument to uphold my Name before the Gentiles and their kings, and the people of Israel.
16 Bosi ndiela kummonisa mambu mawombo momo mafueti kummonisa phasi mu diambu di dizina diama.
I will myself show him all that he has to suffer for my Name.”
17 Ananiasi wuyenda; wukota muna nzo beni, wutetika Sawuli mioko ayi wunkamba: —A khombꞌama Sawuli, Pfumu Yesu diodi dimonikini mu nzila yoyi wuyizidi, wuthumini muingi wubuela mona diaka ayi wuba wuwala mu pheve Yinlongo.
So Ananias went, entered the house, and, placing his hands on Saul, said: “Saul, my Brother, I have been sent by the Lord — by Jesus, who appeared to you on your way here — so that you may recover your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
18 Vana vawu, bima bidoduka mu meso mandi biba banga makua ma mbizi yi nlangu. Wutona buela mona. Buna wutelama ayi wubotama.
Instantly it seemed as if a film fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. Then he got up and was baptized,
19 Bu kadia zingolo zivutuka. Sawuli wukala ndambu bilumbu ayi minlonguki ku Damasi.
and, after he had taken food, he felt his strength return. Saul stayed for some days with the disciples who were at Damascus,
20 Ayi mu bilumbu bina kaka wutona longa mu zinzo zi zikhutukunu ti Yesu niandi Muana Nzambi.
and at once began in the Synagogues to proclaim Jesus as the Son of God.
21 Batu bobo banwa basimina buwombo ayi batuba: —A beno! Niandi ko mutu wowo wubedi yamisanga batu bobo babedi sambilanga dizina diodi ku Yelusalemi ayi wuyizila kuaku mu lukanu lu kuba nata bakanga kuidi bapfumu banganga Nzambi e?
All who heard him were amazed. “Is not this,” they asked, “the man who worked havoc in Jerusalem among those that invoke this Name, and who had also come here for the express purpose of having such persons put in chains and taken before the Chief Priests?”
22 Vayi Sawuli wukinda mu lulendo wukangisa miunu mi Bayuda baba kalanga ku Damasi bu kaba kuba sudikisanga mu bukiedika ti Yesu niandi Klisto.
Saul’s influence, however, kept steadily increasing, and he confounded the Jews who lived in Damascus by the proofs that he gave that Jesus was the Christ.
23 Bilumbu biwombo bu bivioka, Bayuda bawizana mu kumvonda.
After some time the Jews laid a plot to kill Saul,
24 Vayi Sawuli wuwa lufiefi beni. Basunga builu ayi muini, mielo mi divula muingi bamvonda.
but it became known to him. They even watched the gates day and night, to kill him;
25 Vayi, va builu, minlonguki miandi minkuludila mu pani mu yenda baka ki luphangu lu divula.
but his disciples let him down by night through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket.
26 Bu katula ku Yelusalemi, wutomba fubakana ayi minlonguki, vayi baboso bammona tsisi. Bila basia kikinina ko ti weka nlonguki.
On his arrival in Jerusalem, Saul attempted to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, as they did not believe that he was really a disciple.
27 Vayi Balinabasi wumbonga ayi wunnata kuidi bamvuala. Wuba kamba buevi Sawuli kamonina Pfumu mu nzila yi Damasi; Pfumu yoyi yinyolukila ayi buevi kalongila mu kambu tsisi, mu dizina di Yesu ku Damasi.
Barnabas, however, taking him by the hand, brought him to the Apostles, and told them the whole story of how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord, and how the Lord had talked to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out fearlessly in the Name of Jesus.
28 Wuba kuenda ayi kuiza yawu va kimosi ku Yelusalemi ayi wuyolukila mu kambu tsisi mu dizina di Pfumu.
After that, Saul remained in Jerusalem, in close intercourse with the Apostles; and he spoke fearlessly in the Name of the Lord,
29 Wusolula, wufindana ziphaka ayi Bayuda bobo baba tubanga Kingeleki vayi bawu batomba kumvonda.
talking and arguing with the Jews of foreign birth, who, however, made attempts to kill him.
30 Vayi bakhomba bu zizaba diambu beni, zinnata ku Sezali bosi zimfidisa ku Talise.
But, when the Brethren found this out, they took him down to Caesarea, and sent him on his way to Tarsus.
31 Dibundu diba mu ndembama mu Yuda dioso, mu Ngalili ayi mu Samali bu dikindusu ayi bu dikinzika Pfumu. Batu babuelama mu lusadusu lu Pheve yinlongo.
And so it came about that the Church, throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, enjoyed peace and became firmly established; and, ordering its life by reverence for the Lord and the help of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.
32 Bu diba ti Piela wudiengila mu zunga kioso, wuyenda tala banlongo bobo baba kalanga ku Lide.
Peter, while traveling from place to place throughout the country, went down to visit the People of Christ living at Lydda.
33 Kuna kamonina mutu wumosi dizina diandi Ene, wuba dikoka. Nana di mimvu kabela wuleka va mbukꞌandi.
There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bed-ridden for eight years with paralysis.
34 Piela wunkamba: —A Ene! Yesu beti tedila Klisto wubelusidi. Telama kuaku! Kubika mbukꞌaku ngeyo veka. Vana vawu wutelama.
“Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ cures you. Get up, and make your bed.” Aeneas got up at once;
35 Batu boso baba kalanga ku Lide ayi ku Saloni bammona ayi babaluka kuidi Pfumu.
and all the inhabitants of Lydda and of the Plain of Sharon saw him, and came over to the Lord’s side.
36 Kuba nlonguki wumosi wu nketo ku Yope, baba tedilanga Tabita bu dinsundula Dolukasi wuba nketo wu mavanga mamboti ayi minsukami miwombo kasadisa.
At Jaffa there lived a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which is in Greek ‘Dorcas’ — a Gazelle. Her life was spent in doing kind and charitable actions.
37 Vayi yiyiza ba mu bilumbu beni, bu kabakana kimbevo buna wufua. Bu bamana kunsukula, bantula ku vinga kidi ku yilu banga.
Just at that time she was taken ill, and died; and they had washed her body and laid it out in an upstairs room.
38 Sumbu Lide diba difikama ayi Yope, minlonguki bu miwa ti Piela widi ku divula di Yope, buna mifidisa babakala buadi kuidi niandi ayi bankamba: —Kadi zingila mu kuiza kuidi beto.
Jaffa was near Lydda, and the disciples, having heard that Peter was at Lydda, sent two men with the request that he would come on to them without delay.
39 Piela wutelama, wuyenda yawu. Buna katumbu tula, bannata ku vinga kidi ku yilu banga. Mafuola moso mayiza ku kaba mu bidilu. Mammonisa biyunga ayi minledi; bima bioso biobi katunga bu kabedi yawu va kimosi.
Peter returned with them at once. On his arrival, he was taken upstairs, and all the widows came round him in tears, showing the coats and other clothing which Dorcas had made while she was among them.
40 Vayi Piela bu katotula batu boso ku nganda, buna wufukama, wusambila, wutadisa ku ndambu kubela mvumbi ayi wutuba: —Tabita! Kotuka kuaku! Mbadi Tabita wuzibula meso; Wumona Piela, wuvuanda.
But Peter sent everybody out of the room, and knelt down and prayed. Then, turning to the body, he said: “Tabitha! stand up.” She opened her eyes, and, seeing Peter, sat up.
41 Piela wunsimba mu koko, wuntelimisa, wutumisa banlongo ayi mafuola; bosi wuba monisa niandi wumoyo.
Giving her his hand, Peter raised her up, and, calling in the widows and others of Christ’s People, presented her to them alive.
42 Tsangu beni yimana tembakana mu Yope dioso ayi bawombo bawilukila Pfumu.
This became known all through Jaffa, and numbers of People came to believe in the Lord.
43 Piela wukala bilumbu biwombo ku Yope, ku nzo Simoni diodi diba salanga kisalu ki vanganga bima mu minkanda mi bibulu.
And Peter stayed some days at Jaffa with a tanner named Simon.
