Travay 9
1 Men Sòl, bò pa li, pa t' sispann menase touye disip Seyè yo. li al jwenn granprèt la.
Meanwhile Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
2 Li mande l' lèt otorizasyon pou tout sinagòg ki nan lavil Damas. Konsa, tout moun li ta jwenn k'ap swiv chemen Bondye a, fanm kou gason, li te ka arete yo, mare yo mennen Jerizalèm.
and asked him to give him letters to the Jewish congregations at Damascus, authorising him, if he found there any supporters of the Way, whether men or women, to have them put in chains and brought to Jerusalem.
3 Antan l' te sou wout la, prèt pou rive lavil Damas, li rete konsa yon limyè soti nan syèl la, li klere tout kote l' te ye a.
While on his journey, as he was nearing Damascus, suddenly a light from the heavens flashed around him.
4 Sòl tonbe atè, epi l' tande yon vwa ki di li: Sòl, Sòl, poukisa w'ap pèsekite mwen konsa?
He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him – ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
5 Li reponn: Ki moun ou ye, Mèt? Vwa a reponn li: Mwen se Jezi, moun w'ap pèsekite a.
‘Who are you, Lord?’ he asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the voice answered;
6 Leve, antre lavil la. Se la y'a di ou sa ou gen pou fè.
‘Yet stand up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.’
7 Moun ki t'ap vwayaje ansanm ak Sòl yo te rete san di yon mo: yo te tande vwa a byen klè, men yo pa t' wè pesonn.
The men traveling with Saul were meanwhile standing speechless; they heard the sound of the voice, but saw no one.
8 Sòl leve atè a, li louvri je l' men li pa t' kapab wè anyen. Yo pran men l', yo mennen l' lavil Damas.
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 Li rete la twa jou san wè, san manje, san bwè.
and for three days he was unable to see, and took nothing either to eat or to drink.
10 Nan lavil Damas te gen yon disip ki te rele Ananyas. Seyè a parèt devan l' nan yon vizyon, li rele li: Ananyas. Ananyas reponn: Men mwen, Seyè.
Now there was at Damascus a disciple named Ananias, to whom, in a vision, the Lord said, ‘Ananias.’ ‘Yes, Lord,’ he answered.
11 Seyè a di li: Leve koulye a, ale nan Ri Dwat la lakay Jida, mande pou yon nonm yo rele Sòl, moun lavil Tas. L'ap lapriyè kote l' ye a,
‘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 li fè yon vizyon: li wè yon nonm yo rele Ananyas antre vin mete men sou tèt li pou l' kapab wè ankò.
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 Ananyas reponn: Seyè, mwen tande nan bouch anpil moun kantite mechanste li fè moun pa ou yo pase lavil Jerizalèm.
‘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 Epitou li vin isit la ak pouvwa pou l' arete dènye moun k'ap rele non ou. Se chèf prèt yo menm ki ba l' pouvwa sa a.
And, here, too, he holds authority from the chief priests to put in chains all those who invoke your name.’
15 Men, Seyè a di li: Ale. Paske nonm sa a, mwen chwazi l' pou sèvis mwen, pou l' fè tout moun konnen non mwen, moun lòt nasyon yo ak tout wa yo ansanm ak pèp Izrayèl la.
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 Mwen menm, m'a moutre l' tou sa li gen pou l' soufri pou mwen.
I will myself show him all that he has to suffer for my name.’
17 Ananyas ale, li antre nan kay la, li mete men l' sou tèt Sòl, li di li: Sòl, frè mwen, Seyè Jezi voye m' kote ou. Se li menm ki te parèt devan ou sou granchemen an lè ou t'ap vini an. Li voye m' pou ou ka wè ankò, pou ou vin anba pouvwa Sentespri.
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 Menm lè a, bagay tankou kal pwason sot tonbe nan je Sòl, epi l' wè ankò. Sòl leve, li resevwa batèm.
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 Apre sa, li manje epi l' vin gen fòs ankò. Sòl rete pase kèk jou ankò ak disip ki te Damas yo.
and, after he had taken food, he felt his strength return. Saul stayed for some days with the disciples who were at Damascus,
20 Menm lè a tou, li kòmanse bay mesaj la nan sinagòg yo, li t'ap fè moun konnen Jezi se pitit Bondye.
and at once began in the synagogues to proclaim Jesus as the Son of God.
21 Tout moun ki te tande l' te sezi, yo t'ap di: Apa nonm sa a ki t'ap maltrete tout moun ki t'ap rele non sa a lavil Jerizalèm? Se pa li ki vin isit la toutespre pou arete yo, pou mennen yo bay chèf prèt yo?
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 Men, Sòl t'ap vin pi fò toujou. Li t'ap fèmen bouch tout jwif ki t'ap viv Damas yo lè li t'ap moutre yo Jezi se moun Bondye te chwazi pou l' voye a menm.
Saul’s influence, however, kept steadily increasing, and he confounded the Jewish people who lived in Damascus by the proofs that he gave that Jesus was the Christ.
23 Kèk jou apre sa, jwif yo fè konplo pou yo touye li.
After some time some of them laid a plot to kill Saul,
24 Men, Sòl te pran nouvèl konplo a. Lajounen kou lannwit yo t'ap veye pòtay lavil la pou yo touye li.
but it became known to him. They even watched the gates day and night, to kill him;
25 Lè sa a, patizan Sòl yo pran l' nan mitan lannwit, yo mete l' nan yon panyen, yo file l' desann lòt bò miray lavil la.
but his disciples let him down by night through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket.
26 Lè Sòl rive lavil Jerizalèm li te vle mete l' ak disip yo, men yo tout te pè l': yo pa t' kwè li te yon disip tout bon vre.
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 Lè sa a, Banabas pran l' avè l', epi li mennen l' bò kot apòt yo. Li rakonte yo ki jan Sòl te wè Seyè a sou wout la, ki jan Seyè a te pale avè li. Li di yo tou ki jan nan lavil Damas Sòl te anonse bon nouvèl la nan non Jezi avèk konviksyon.
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 Depi lè sa a Sòl te toujou ak disip yo. Li t'ap ale vini ak yo nan tout Jerizalèm, li t'ap bay mesaj la avèk konviksyon nan non Seyè a.
After that, Saul remained in Jerusalem, in close contact with the apostles; and he spoke fearlessly in the name of the Lord,
29 Li t'ap pale avèk jwif ki pale lang grèk la, li t'ap diskite avèk yo. Men, yo menm yo t'ap chache touye li.
talking and arguing with the Jews of foreign birth, who, however, made attempts to kill him.
30 Lè frè yo vin konn sa, yo mennen l' lavil Sezare, yo fè l' pati pou Tas.
But, when the followers found this out, they took him down to Caesarea, and sent him on his way to Tarsus.
31 Lè sa a, legliz la te gen repo toupatou nan Jide, nan Galile ak nan Samari. Li t'ap devlope, li t'ap viv avèk krentif pou Bondye. Avèk konkou Sentespri, li t'ap resevwa anpil moun toujou.
And so it came about that the church, throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, enjoyed peace and became firmly established; and, ordering its life by respect for the Lord and the help of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.
32 Pyè menm t'ap vwayaje toupatou nan peyi a. Yon jou li te al lakay disip yo nan lavil Lida,
Peter, while traveling from place to place throughout the country, went down to visit the people of Christ living at Lydda.
33 li jwenn yon nonm yo te rele Ine ki te kouche sou yon kabann depi witan. Nonm sa a te paralize.
There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years with paralysis.
34 Pyè di li: Ine, Jezikri ap geri ou. Leve non, ranje kabann ou. Lamenm, Ine leve kanpe.
‘Aeneas,’ Peter said to him, ‘Jesus Christ cures you. Get up, and make your bed.’ Aeneas got up at once;
35 Tout moun ki t'ap viv nan lavil Lida a ak nan laplenn Sawon an te wè li, epi yo tounen vin jwenn Bondye.
and all the inhabitants of Lydda and of the Plain of Sharon saw him, and came over to the Lord’s side.
36 Nan lavil Jope te gen yon fanm yo te rele Tabita. (An lang grèk yo te rele l': Dòkas, ki vle di: Ti Gazèl.) Se te yon patizan Jezi li te ye. Li t'ap pase tout tan li ap fè byen epi li t'ap ede pòv yo anpil.
At Joppa 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 Lè sa a, li tonbe malad epi l' mouri. Yo benyen kò a, yo mete l' nan chanm anwo kay la.
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 Lavil Jope pa t' twò lwen ak lavil Lida. Lè disip ki te Jope yo vin konnen Pyè te Lida, yo voye de moun bò kote l' avèk mesaj sa a: Tanpri, pa mize vin lakay nou.
Joppa was near Lydda, and the disciples, having heard that Peter was at Lydda, sent two men with the request that he come to them without delay.
39 Pyè pati lamenm avèk yo. Lè l' rive, yo mennen l' nan chanm ki te anwo kay la. Tout vèv yo pwoche, yo t'ap kriye. Yo t'ap moutre l' chemiz ak rad Dòkas te konn fè lè l' te la avèk yo.
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 Pyè fè tout moun soti. Li mete jenou l' atè, li lapriyè. Apre sa, li vire bò kot kò a, li di li: Tabita, leve non. Fanm lan louvri je l', lè l' wè Pyè, li chita.
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 Pyè lonje men l' ba li, li fè l' leve kanpe. Apre sa, Pyè rele disip yo ak vèv yo, li moutre yo Tabita vivan.
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 Yo vin konn sa nan lavil Jope. Anpil moun mete konfyans yo nan Seyè a.
This became known all through Joppa, and numbers of people came to believe in the Lord.
43 Apre sa, Pyè rete lontan nan lavil Jope, lakay yon bòs tanè yo rele Simon.
And Peter stayed some days at Joppa with a tanner named Simon.
