Travay 5
1 Konsa tou, yon nonm yo te rele Ananyas ak Safira madanm li vann yon tè yo te genyen.
There was, however, a man named Ananias, who, with his wife Sapphira, sold some property,
2 Men, dakò ak madanm li, Ananyas kenbe enpe nan lajan an pou li, epi li al renmèt apòt yo rès la.
and, with her connivance, kept back some of the proceeds. He brought only a part and laid it at the apostles’ feet.
3 Lè sa a, Pyè di li: Ananyas, ki jan ou fè kite Satan antre nan kè ou pou l' fè ou bay Sentespri manti, pou l' fè ou kenbe enpe nan lajan tè a pou ou?
‘Ananias,’ Peter exclaimed, ‘how is it that Satan has so taken possession of your heart that you have lied to the Holy Spirit, and kept back a part of the money paid for the land?
4 Anvan ou te vann tè a, se pa pou ou li te ye? Apre ou te fin vann li, tout lajan an te pou ou, pa vre? Ki jan ou fè mete nan tèt ou pou fè yon bagay konsa? Se pa moun ou bay manti non. Se Bondye ou twonpe.
While it was unsold, was not it your own? And after it was sold, was not the money at your own disposal? How did you come to think of such a thing? You have lied, not to people, but to God!’
5 Lè Ananyas tande pawòl sa yo, li tonbe, li mouri frèt. Tout moun ki tande nouvèl la te pè anpil.
As Ananias heard these words, he fell down and expired; and everyone who heard of it was appalled.
6 Men, kèk jenn gason vini, yo vlope kò a; yo pran l', y' al antere li.
The young men got up, and, winding the body in a sheet, carried it out and buried it.
7 Twazèdetan apre, madanm Ananyas, ki pa t' konn sak te rive, vin antre.
After an interval of about three hours his wife came in, not knowing what had happened.
8 Pyè mande li: Di mwen, èske se pou pri sa a nou te vann jaden an? Li reponn: Wi, se pou pri sa a.
‘Is it true,’ Peter asked, addressing her, ‘that you sold your land for such a sum?’ ‘Yes,’ she answered, ‘we did.’
9 Lè sa a, Pyè di li: Poukisa, ou menm ak mari ou, nou fè konbinezon sa a ansanm pou n' chache pran Lespri Bondye a nan pèlen? Koute: Moun ki antere mari ou la, men yo la nan papòt la. Yo pral pote ou ale, ou menm tou.
Then Peter said, ‘How did you come to agree to provoke the Spirit of the Lord? Listen! The footsteps of those who have buried your husband are at the door; and they will carry you out too.’
10 Menm lè a, li tonbe atè nan pye Pyè, li mouri frèt. Jenn gason yo antre, yo jwenn li mouri. Yo pran l', y' al antere bò kot mari li.
Instantly Sapphira fell down at Peter’s feet and expired. On coming in, the young men found her dead; so they carried her out and buried her by her husband’s side.
11 Tout legliz la ak tout moun ki te tande bagay sa yo te pè anpil.
The whole church and all who heard of these events were appalled.
12 Apòt yo t'ap fè anpil mirak ak anpil bèl bagay nan mitan pèp la. Yo tout te reyini ansanm anba Galeri Salomon an.
Many signs and wonders continued to occur among the people, through the instrumentality of the apostles, whose custom it was to meet all together in the Colonnade of Solomon;
13 Tout moun te pè mele ak yo, apa moun ki te kwè yo. Men, pèp la t'ap pale byen sou yo.
but of the rest no one ventured to join them. On the other hand, the people were full of their praise,
14 Anpil moun, fanm kou gason, t'ap vin jwenn disip yo paske yo te kwè nan Seyè a.
and still larger numbers, both of men and women, as they became believers in the Lord, were added to their number.
15 Lè sa a, yo tanmen pote moun malad yo deyò nan lari. Yo mete yo sou kabann, sou nat, yon jan pou lè Pyè vin ap pase menm lonbray li te ka kouvri kèk nan yo.
The consequence was that people would bring out their sick even into the streets, and lay them on mattresses and mats, in the hope that, as Peter came by, at least his shadow might fall on someone of them.
16 Moun te soti nan tout ti bouk ki nan vwazinaj Jerizalèm. Yo pote moun malad ak moun move lespri t'ap toumante. Yo tout te geri.
Besides this, the inhabitants of the towns round Jerusalem flocked into the city, bringing with them their sick and those who were troubled by foul spirits; and they were cured everyone.
17 Lè sa a, yon sèl jalouzi pran granprèt la ansanm ak sadiseyen yo ki te patizan li.
At this the high priest was roused to action, and he and all his supporters (who formed the party of the Sadducees), moved by jealousy,
18 Yo fè arete apòt yo, mete yo nan gran prizon.
arrested the apostles, and had them placed in custody.
19 Men, nan mitan lannwit, yon zanj Bondye louvri pòt prizon an, li fè apòt yo soti. Li di yo:
An angel of the Lord, however, opened the prison doors at night and led them out.
20 Ale kanpe nan mitan tanp lan, epi anonse pèp la tout bagay sou jan pou yo viv koulye a.
‘Go,’ he said, ‘and stand in the Temple Courts, and tell the people the whole message of this new life.’
21 Apòt yo obeyi zanj lan: Nan granmaten, y' al nan tanp lan epi yo tanmen moutre pèp la anpil bagay. Granprèt la ansanm ak patizan l' yo sanble tout chèf fanmi nan pèp Izrayèl la, yo reyini Gran Konsèy la. Apre sa, yo voye chache apòt yo nan prizon an.
When they heard this, they went at daybreak into the Temple Courts, and began to teach. The high priest and his party, on their arrival, summoned the High Council, including all the leaders of the people among the Israelites, and sent to the jail to fetch the apostles.
22 Men, lè gad yo rive nan prizon an, yo pa jwenn yo. Yo tounen nan Gran Konsèy la, yo fè rapò yo. Yo di:
But, when the officers got there, they did not find them in the prison; so they returned and reported that,
23 Nou jwenn prizon an byen fèmen, avèk gad yo nan pòs devan pòt prizon an. Men, lè nou louvri pòt yo, nou pa jwenn pesonn anndan an.
while they had found the goal barred securely and the guards posted at the doors, yet, on opening them, they had not found anyone inside.
24 Lè kòmandan lagad tanp lan ak chèf prèt yo tande sa, yo t'ap mande ki jan apòt yo fè disparèt, kisa ki te rive.
When the officer in charge at the Temple and the chief priests heard their story, they were perplexed about the apostles and as to what all this would lead to.
25 Men, yon moun vin rive, li di yo: Mesye nou te mete nan prizon yo, men yo nan tanp lan, y'ap pale ak pèp la.
Presently, however, someone came and told them, that the men whom they had put in prison were actually standing in the Temple Courts, teaching the people.
26 Lè sa a, kòmandan lagad la ale avèk gad li yo, li mennen apòt yo tounen. Men, yo pa t' aji brital ak yo paske yo te pè pou pèp la pa t' touye yo ak kout wòch.
Then, the officer went with his men and fetched the apostles – without using violence, for they were afraid of being stoned by the people –
27 Lè yo mennen yo tounen, yo fè yo konparèt devan Gran Konsèy la. Epi granprèt la pran poze yo keksyon.
and then brought them before the Council. The high priest demanded an explanation from them.
28 Li di yo: Eske nou pa t' defann nou pale ak pèp la nan non nonm sa a? Gade sa n' fè. Nou gaye pawòl nou yo nan tout Jerizalèm. Nou vle rann nou reskonsab lanmò nonm lan.
‘We gave you strict orders,’ he said, ‘not to teach in this name. Yet you have actually flooded Jerusalem with your teaching, and you want to make us responsible for the death of this man.’
29 Pyè ansanm ak lòt apòt yo reponn li: Se pou n' obeyi Bondye pase pou n' obeyi moun.
To this Peter and the apostles replied, ‘We must obey God rather than people.
30 Bondye zansèt nou yo te fè Jezi leve soti vivan nan lanmò, Jezi nou te fè touye lè n' te kloure l' sou kwa a.
The God of our ancestors raised Jesus, whom you put to death by hanging him on a cross.
31 Bondye fè l' moute chita sou bò dwat li, li mete l' Chèf sou nou, li fè l' delivre nou. Li fè sa pou bay pèp Izrayèl la yon bèl chans pou l' tounen vin jwenn Bondye, pou l' resevwa padon pou peche l' yo.
It is this Jesus whom God has exalted to his right hand, to be a guide and a Saviour, to give Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins.
32 Nou se temwen tout bagay sa yo, nou menm ansanm ak Sentespri Bondye bay tout moun ki obeyi l' yo.
And we are witness to the truth of this, and so is the Holy Spirit – the gift of God to those who obey him.’
33 Lè yo tande pawòl sa yo, manm Gran Konsèy yo fin pran chenn. Tèlman yo te ankòlè, yo te vle fè touye apòt yo.
The members of the Council became frantic with rage on hearing this, and were for putting the apostles to death.
34 Men, te gen yon farizyen nan mitan yo ki te rele Gamalyèl. Se te yon dirèktè lalwa tout pèp la te respekte anpil. Li kanpe nan mitan Konsèy la, li mande pou fè apòt yo soti yon ti moman.
But Gamaliel, a Pharisee, who was a Doctor of the Law and who was held in universal respect, rose in the Council, and directed that the men should be taken out of court for a little while.
35 Apre sa, li di: Nou menm moun pèp Izrayèl, pran tèt nou anvan nou fè sa nou pral fè ak mesye yo.
He then said, ‘People of Israel, take care as to what you intend to do with these men.
36 Sa pa gen lontan, yon nonm yo rele Tedas te parèt. Li te pran pòz grannèg li. Li jwenn katsan (400) moun konsa ki te mete tèt ansanm avè li. Yo touye l', epi tout moun ki t'ap swiv li yo gaye. Se konsa mouvman an tonbe.
For not long ago Theudas appeared, professing to be somebody, and was joined by a body of some four hundred men. But he was killed; and all his followers scattered and dwindled away.
37 Apre sa, lè resansman an, te gen Jida, yon nonm Galile, ki te parèt. Li te trennen yon bann moun dèyè li. Li menm tou, yo touye li. Epi tout moun ki t'ap swiv li yo gaye tou.
After him, Judas the Galilean appeared at the time of the census, and induced people to follow him; yet he, too, perished and all his followers were dispersed.
38 Pou koulye a, men sa m'ap di nou: Pa okipe mesye sa yo ankò. Kite y ale. Si plan travay yo a soti nan lèzòm, li gen pou l' disparèt.
And, in this present case, my advice to you is not to interfere with these men, but to leave them alone, for, if their designs and their work are merely of human origin, they will come to an end;
39 Men, si sa soti nan Bondye, nou p'ap kapab kraze li. Atansyon pou se pa avèk Bondye nou gen zafè! Manm Konsèy yo tonbe dakò avèk Gamalyèl.
but, if they are of divine origin, you will be powerless to put an end to them – or else you may find yourselves fighting against God!’
40 Yo rele apòt yo ankò. Yo fè yo bat yo byen bat, yo pase yo lòd pou yo pa pale nan non Jezi ankò. Apre sa yo lage yo.
The Council followed his advice, and, calling the apostles in, had them flogged, and then, after cautioning them not to speak in the name of Jesus, set them free.
41 Apòt yo kite Gran Konsèy la. Yo te kontan dèske Bondye te wè yo merite pou moun te avili yo konsa poutèt non Jezi.
But the apostles left the Council, rejoicing that they had been thought worthy to suffer disgrace for that name;
42 Toulejou, yo te nan tanp lan, yo t'ap mache kay an kay, yo pa t' janm sispann moutre moun yo anpil bagay. Yo t'ap anonse Bon Nouvèl ki pale sou Jezikri a.
and never for a single day, either in the Temple Courts or in private houses, did they cease to teach, or to tell the good news of Jesus, the Christ.
