Nchito 10
1 Lino kwakali umwi mwalumi wamuchisi chaku Sizaliya, wakali kutegwa Kkoneliyasi, mwendelezi wabasilumamba balimwaanda baku Itali.
At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in the regiment known as the “Italian Regiment,”
2 Wakali mwalumi ulipede, akuyoowa Leza antomwe abang'anda yakwe, wakali kupa mali kulibabo bakali kubula, alimwi wakali kukomba God lyoonse.
A religious man and one who reverenced God, with all his household. He was liberal in his charities to the people, and prayed to God constantly.
3 Achindi chamahola ali musanu aane kuseni, wakabona chilengano chamungelo wa Leza kaza kulinguwe. Mungelo wakati, “Kkoneliyasi!”
One afternoon, about three o’clock, he distinctly saw in a vision an angel from God come to him, and call him by name.
4 Kkoneliyasi wakalangisisya mungelo alimwi chakuyowa kapati wasikuti, “Uwambanzi, yomwalumi?” Mungelo wakati kulinguwe, “Inkombyo abwabi bwako kubafwaba zyasika kujulu mbuli chipo chaku yeeyegwa mubuliwo bwa Leza.
Cornelius fixed his eyes on him and, in great alarm, said, ‘What is it, Lord?’ ‘Your prayers and your charities,’ the angel answered, ‘have been an acceptable offering to God.
5 Lino tuma balumi kuchisi chaku Jopa bakandetele mwalumi utegwa Sayimoni utegwa Pita.
And now, send messengers to Joppa and fetch a man called Simon, who is also known as Peter.
6 Ukkala amusuki uwuzikidwe kuti Sayimoni, ulaang'anda ili afwifwi ankomwe yalwizi.”
He is lodging with a tanner named Simon, who has a house near the sea.’
7 Eelyo mungelo wakaambula kulinguwe nakeenda, Kkoneliyasi wakayita babeleki bakwe bobile bamuunzi, alimwi asilumamba umwi wakali pedelede akati kabonse bakali kumubelekela.
When the angel, who had spoken to him, had gone, Cornelius called two servants and a religious soldier, who was one of his constant attendants,
8 Kkoneliyasi waka baambila zyoonse zyakachitika mpawo wabatuma kuti bayinke ku Jopa.
and, after telling them the whole story, sent them to Joppa.
9 Lino mubuzuba bwakatobela achiindi chamahoola alimusanu alimwi, kabachili mulwendo lwabo alimwi kabali babafwifwi achisi, Pita wakatanta mung'anda yamujulu kuyokomba.
On the next day, while these men were on their way, just as they were nearing the town, Peter went up on the housetop about midday to pray.
10 Mpawo wakaba enzala kayanda kulya chimwi nchanga ulalya, pesi bantu bakachili kujika chakulya, wakapegwa chilengano,
He became hungry and wanted something to eat; but while it was being prepared, he fell into a trance,
11 alimwi wakabona julu lijulikide mpawo achibikilo chakalibonia, chakali mbuli mucheka mupati kuyobuseluka kuuza enyika kuujisi mabazu awo aane.
and saw that the heavens were open, and that something like a great sail was descending, let down by its four corners towards the earth.
12 Mulinguwo kwakali banyama bamisyobo yoonse bakali amawulu aane azinyama ziyavula anyika, alimwi abayuni bawuluka mujulu.
In it were all kinds of quadrupeds, reptiles, and birds.
13 Eelyo kwakasika ijwi kuli Pita lyasikuti, “Buka, ujaye alimwi
Then he was aware of a voice which said – ‘Stand up, Peter, kill something, and eat.’
14 uulye.” Pesi Pita wakati, “Peepe, Mwami; nkambo takwe nindakalyide chintu chisofwede pe alimwi chitasalali.”
‘No, Lord, I cannot,’ answered Peter, ‘for I have never eaten anything defiled and unclean.’
15 Pesi ijwi lyakamusikila lubo kachibili lyasikuti: “Echo Mwami Leza nchakasalazya, toyelede pe kuchaamba kuti chilisofwede.”
Again he was aware of a voice which said – ‘What God has pronounced clean, do not regard as defiled.’
16 Eezi zyakachitika tutatu; eelyo chibikilo chakabwedezegwa lubo kujulu.
This happened three times, and then suddenly it was all taken up into the heavens.
17 Eelyo Pita naka chili kuzilikila chilengano nchakabona kuti chakali kwambanzi, amubone, balumi aabo bakatumidwe a Kkoneliyasi bakalimvwi amulyango, kabali kubuzya inzila iya kung'anda.
While Peter was still perplexed as to the meaning of the vision that he had seen, the men sent by Cornelius, having enquired the way to Simon’s house, came up to the gate,
18 Bakasompezya mpawo babuzya naa Sayimoni uutegwa Pita, wakali kukkala mpawo na.
and called out and asked if the Simon, who was also known as Peter, was lodging there.
19 Awo Pita nakachili kuyeeya azyechilengano, Muuya wakamba kuti kulinguwe, “Langa, balumi batatu balikuyandula nduwe.
Peter was still pondering over the vision, when the Spirit said to him, ‘There are two men looking for you at this moment.
20 Buka useluke uyende aabo. Uta doneki pe kweenda abo, nkambo ndili batumide.”
Go down at once and do not hesitate to go with them, for I have sent them.’
21 Elyo Pita wakaseluka wayinka kubalumi wakubaambila kuti, “Ndendime oyo ngumulokuyandula. Mwazidaanzi?”
Peter went down to the men and said, ‘I am the person you are looking for. What is your reason for coming?’
22 Bakati, “Mwendelezi wabasilumamba balimwaanda, utegwa Kkoneliyasi, mwalumi musalali oyo uyowa Leza, alimwi oyo wamba abubotu kunyika yoonse yama Juda, wakapegwa mulumbe kuzwa kuli Leza mukwinda mumungelo usalala oyo wakapa kuti tutumwe kuti webo ubole kung'anda yakwe, kuti akaswilile mulumbe kuzwa kulinduwe.”
The men replied, ‘Our centurion, Cornelius, a pious man who reverences God and is well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, has been instructed by a holy angel to send for you to his house, and to listen to what you have to say.’
23 Lino Pita wakabayita kuti baze bazokkale amwi. Mubuzuba bwakatobela, wakabuka mpawo winka ambabo, alimwi bamwi babunyina bazwa ku Jopa bakamusindikila.
So Peter invited them in and entertained them. The next day he lost no time in setting out with them, accompanied by some of the Lord’s followers from Joppa;
24 Mubuzuba butobela bakasika ku Sizaliya. Kkoneliyasi wakali balindide; wakali watamba baluzubo lwakwe antoomwe abenzinyina baafwifwi.
and the day following he entered Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them, and had invited his relatives and intimate friends to meet them.
25 Awo Pita wakanjila, Kkoneliyasi wakamutambula mpawo wawida aansi amawulu akwe, wakomba.
So, when Peter entered the city, Cornelius met him, and, throwing himself at Peter’s feet, bowed to the ground.
26 Pesi Pita wakamubusya wamba kuti, “Buka! Ambebo ndili muntu biyo.”
Peter, however, lifted him up, saying as he did so, ‘Stand up, I am only human like yourself.’
27 Eelyo Pita naakachili kwambula anguwe, wakanjila mpawo wajana bantu bakali bungene aamwi.
Talking with him as he went, Peter entered the house, where he found a large gathering of people, to whom he said,
28 Wakabambila kuti, “Inywe lwanu mulizizi kuti takuzumininwi pe kuti mwalumi mu Juda ayenzyanie amwenzu nikuba kumuswaya. Pesi Mwami Leza wakanditondezya kuti nsyelede pe kwamba muntu naba umwi kuti uli sofweede nikuba kumwamba kuti ngu simatombe.
‘You are doubtless aware that it is forbidden for a Jew to be intimate with a foreigner, or even to enter his house; and yet God has shown me that I ought not to call anyone defiled or unclean.
29 Nchenchicho nchindakaza kanditakazyi pe, nimwakandiita. Pesi ndibuzya nchimwakandiitila.”
That was why I came, when I was sent for, without raising any objection. And now I ask your reason for sending for me.’
30 Kkoneliyasi wakamba kuti, “Musule amazuba aane muhola ndilyo eli, ndakali kukomba muhola lyamusanu aane mung'anda yangu; Amubone, mwalumi wakayima kunembo lyangu kasamide chibaki chabayima.
‘Just three days ago this very hour,’ Cornelius said, ‘I was in my house, saying the Afternoon Prayers, when a man in dazzling clothing suddenly stood before me.
31 Wakaamba kuti, “Kkoneliyasi, nkombyo yako yamvwigwa a Leza, abululami bwako bwayeeyezya Mwami Leza atala anduwe.
“Cornelius,” he said, “your prayer has been heard, and your charities have been accepted, by God.
32 Lino tuma umwi ayinke ku Jopa, akakwitile mwali utegwa Sayimoni ulezina litegwa Pita. Ukkala mung'anda yamusuki wazikwiiye wiitwa kuti Sayimoni, kumbali lyankomwe yalwizi.' mpawo mpawawo ndakakutumina bantu. Kulangunukide kuti uze.
Therefore send to Joppa, and invite the Simon, who is also known as Peter, to come here. He is lodging in the house of Simon the tanner, near the sea.”
33 Lino obuno, toonse mpotuli ano kunembo lya Leza kuti tumvwe zyonse nzimwaka layililwa kuzwa ku Mwami.”
Accordingly I sent to you at once, and you have been so good as to come. And now we are all here in the presence of God, to listen to all that you have been instructed by the Lord to say.’
34 Mpawo Pita wakamba kuti, “Chakasimpe, Ndakabona kuti Leza talangi chiimo.
Then Peter began. ‘I see, beyond all doubt,’ he said, ‘that God does not show partiality,
35 Anukuti, Munyika imwi ayimwi kufumbwa umuyoowa akuchita bululami ulatambulika kuli nguwe.
but that in every nation he who reverences him and does what is right is acceptable to him.
36 Mulilizi ijwi ndyakatumizya kubantu baku Izilayeli, awo nakali kwambuula makani mabotu alumuuno mukwinda muli Jesu Kkilisito, Mwami wazyonse -
God has sent his message to the Israelites and told them, through Jesus Christ, the good news of peace – and Jesus is Lord of all!
37 inywe ilwanu mulizizi zyakachitika, zyakaba munyika yoonse yamu Judiya, kazitangunina mu Galili, Joni nakazwa kwambula azyalubbizyo;
You yourselves know the story which spread through all Judea, how, beginning form Galilee, after the baptism which John proclaimed –
38 ezyo zyakali atala a Jesu waku Nazaleta, kuti mbobuli Leza mbwakamunanika a Muuya Uusalala antomwe anguzu. Wakayita zintu zibotu akuponesya abo boonse bakali kutamizigwa aba siluuni a satani, nkambo Leza wakali anguwe.
the story, I mean, of Jesus of Nazareth, and how God consecrated him his Christ by enduing him with the Holy Spirit and with power; and how he went about doing good and curing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him.
39 Tuli bakamboni bazintu zyonse eezyo zyakachitwa a Jesu, munyika yama Juda alimwi amu Jelusalema. Bakamujaya mpawo bamulengelezya amusamu,
We are ourselves, too, witnesses to all that he did in Judea and in Jerusalem; yet they put him to death by hanging him on a cross!
40 pesi Mwami Leza wakamubusya mubuzuba bwatatu akumuchita kuti abonwe,
This Jesus God raised on the third day, and enabled him to appear,
41 pepe kubantu boonse, pesi kuti kubakamboni abo bakasalidwe kale a Mwami Leza - andiswe andiswe nitwakalya anguwe kali wabuka kuzwa kubafu
not indeed to everyone, but to witnesses chosen beforehand by God – to us, who ate and drank with him after his resurrection from the dead.
42 Wakatwambila kuti tukabambile bantu alimwi akwambisya kuti oyu ngonguwe wakasalidwe a Mwami Leza kuti abe mubetesi wabachipona abakafwa.
Further, God charged us to proclaim to the people, and solemnly affirm, that it is Jesus who has been appointed by God judge of the living and the dead.
43 Nkulinguwe nkukwakaba kuti basinsimi bonse bambule majwi mayingi azyakwe, kuchitila kuti boonse bamusyobo ma bakatambule lulekelelo lwazibi zyabo mukwinda muzina lyakwe.”
To him it is that all the prophets bear witness, when they say that everyone who believes in him receives through his name forgiveness of sins.’
44 Eelyo Pita nakachili kwambuula zintu ezi zyonse, Muuya Uusalala wakaba selukila abo boonse bakali kuswilizya nzyakali kwambula.
Before Peter had finished saying these words, the Holy Spirit fell on all who were listening to the message.
45 Abo bantu boonse bakali munkamu yabakali palwidwe abakali basyomi - boonse bakazide a Pita - bakagamba, nkambo Muuya Uusalala wakabasikila abalabo bamaasi mpawonya awo.
Those converts from Judaism, who had come with Peter, were amazed that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been bestowed even on the Gentiles;
46 Nkambo bakamvwa bamaasi abalabo kabaambula mumilaka imbi kabalumbayizya Mwami Leza. Mpawo Pita wakasandula wasikuti,
for they heard them speaking in different languages and extolling God. At this Peter asked,
47 “Mpalina muntu uunga ulakasya meenda kuti bantu batabbizigwi pe, aaba bantu batambula Muuya Uusalala antomwe andiswe?”
‘Can anyone refuse the water for the baptism of these people, now that they have received the Holy Spirit as we did ourselves?’
48 Lino wakalayilila kuti babbizigwe muzina lya Jesu Kkilisito. Eelyo bakamukumbila kuti bakkale amwi kwamazuba mingi.
And he directed that they should be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ; after which they asked him to stay there a few days longer.
