Katwa Nono Katwa 9
1 Vat nani Shawulu leo ubun inziu nanan dortu Kutelle. Amini wa do kiti ndia kutii nlira n-urushalima.
Meanwhile Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
2 Aworoghe inghe ma-nyertu- nyertu ma na a ba dumu kitii na didia natii inlira n-Damaskos. Ma nyerte wa nighe aghang ale na aba kivinu uzaman nan na wani ale na idin dortu libau Ise, akuru a cisoni natii nacin n-Urshalime, bari adi-dia na nan wucu kideinne ba funuani.
and asked him to give him letters to the Jewish congregations at Damascus, authorizing 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 Ku bi ko na Shawulu nan nan cinme wa din cinu udu Udamaskos, na nin daudaunu ba, umon kanang tua unuzu kitene kani mu kilinghe.
While on his journey, as he was nearing Damascus, suddenly a light from the heavens flashed around him.
4 Atunna a deou kutin, a lanza liwui nuzu kitene kani, liworoghe, “Shawulu, Shawulu, bari yanghari udin ni nantiting uwuya?”
He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him – “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
5 Shawulu tiringhe, “Cikilari, fe ghari?” A kawaghe aworo, “Mere Yesu, ullenge na udin yooghe.
“Who are you, Lord?” he asked. “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” the voice answered;
6 Vat nani fita upiru nanya kagbiri! Umon nanya kagbire ba bellinfi ilemo na umasu.”
“Yet stand up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
7 Alenghe na iwa di nin Shawule lanza fiu, na iyinno ubellu nimomon ba.
The men traveling with Saul were meanwhile standing speechless; they heard the sound of the voice, but saw no one.
8 Shawule fita kutene, da na apuno iyizzime, na ayinno uyenju nimomom. A nit arka na iwa di ninghe, kifoghe nchara udumu na kipin Damaskos.
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 Shawulu ta ayiri a tat, na nin yenju kitiba, ana awa lii sa asono imomon ba.
and for three days he was unable to see, and took nothing either to eat or to drink.
10 Ndamaskos, umong waduku ulenge na iwa yicighe Hananiya unan dortu Yesu. Cikilari Yesu ta Hananiya nanyan namoro-yenju, a aworoghe, “Hananiya!” Ame kpana aworo “Cikilari, nding latizu.”
Now there was at Damascus a disciple named Ananias, to whom, in a vision, the Lord said, “Ananias.” “Yes, Lord,” he answered.
11 Cikilari Yesu woroghe, “cang umong ulayi na idin yicu ning 'udert' ule na udo nghan Yahuda. Utirin lisan mong unit na idin yicighe Shawulu kunan kagbirin Tarsus, nene adin foyi nachara.
“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 Shawulu wadi amal yenu nanya namoron yenju kiti, umon unit na idin yicughe Hananiya pira kilari kirika na awa duku atardaghe achara bara anan yenje kiti tutung.”
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 Hananiya kpana aworo, “Cikilari, anit gbardang nabelli ubelleng nnit ulele! A su imon inanza gbardang kitene na rika na iyinna nifin Urshalima.
“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 Ame na malu seru niyert kiti na didyawe, ulenge na una nighe likara akifizo arikana iyina nifi kikane Damaskos.”
And, here, too, he holds authority from the chief priests to put in chains all those who invoke your name.”
15 Vat nani Chikilare woroghe, su immon irika nan belling fi usu, “Can kitin Shawulu!, bara nan nfereghe a suyi katua litinighe nin arika na isali aYahudawa anan na goomine nan nIsrailawe.
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 Memma litinighe ba belling nghe, aba niu kan kiti nanit bari ubellinani uliru litinighe.”
I will myself show him all that he has to suffer for my name.”
17 Hananiya nya a pira kilari kirka na Shawulu diku. Da na ayene Shuwulueku, a tardaghe achara litime, anin woroghe,”Gwana Shawulu, C; hikilari Yesu ntoyi kitife. Amere wa dak kitife kubi ko na uwa di libau udu uDamaskos. Amere na tuyi kitife bara unan kuru use uyenju kiti, tutung uRuhu ulau bara yiru likara litife.”
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 Nanin dandaunu ba, imonimon nafo imart nibo deu niyizin Shawulu, anin tunnan yenju tutung. Anin fita itaghe ushintunu nmyen milau.
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 Kimal nlii nimonlin Shawulu, ase likara kidowo tutung. Shawulu so nin namong anan dortun Yesu nayiri gbardang.
and, after he had taken food, he felt his strength return. Saul stayed for some days with the disciples who were at Damascus,
20 Na nin dandaunu ba, atunnan bellun belle Yesu nanya nati nlira mine in wo amere gono Kutelle.
and at once began in the synagogues to proclaim Jesus as the Son of God.
21 Vat nalenge na iwa lanzaghe puzuno tunu inin din bellu, “Na ulelere din nanzu narika na iwadin Urushalima anan yiccu kitenen lissa lole ba? Tutung ada kiti kane anan tere nani a yauna udumun kitin Priest.”
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 Ama Bulus wase likara asu uwazi abellu a Yahudawa na idin Damaskus au Yesu amere Kristi.
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 Na ayira gbardang in kata, A Yahudawa kyele atimine nwo imollughe.
After some time some of them laid a plot to kill Saul,
24 Ama Shawulu wa lanza ile imon na idinin su isughe. Iwaso ncca kibulughe kiti nin lirin inan mologhe.
but it became known to him. They even watched the gates day and night, to kill him;
25 Ama nono katwa me yaughe inin toltinghe ligitiri, iwa ghatinghe nin kukuzughari.
but his disciples let him down by night through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket.
26 Na anin da u'Urushalima, Shawulu mala udofinun nono katwa, ama vat inghune wadin lanzu fiume, na iwa yinnin ame wang gono katwari ba.
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 Ama Barnabas yaunghe adamun ubun nana liru Kutelle. Anin belle nani tana na Shawulu wa yene Cikilare libau tutung Cikilare wa liru ninghe, tutung tana na Shawulu wasu uwa'zi lissan Yesu sa fiu in Damaskus.
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 Awa zuru nanghinu kube na iwa din piccu nin niccu nanyan Urushalima. Alira sa fiu nanya lissan Cikilari Yesu.
After that, Saul remained in Jerusalem, in close contact with the apostles; and he spoke fearlessly in the name of the Lord,
29 Tutung asuzu mayardang nin na Yahudawan Girisiya; ama iwa dinga ubingan molughe.
talking and arguing with the Jews of foreign birth, who, however, made attempts to kill him.
30 Na linuanan yinno nin nilemone, ida ninghe u Siseriya inin toghe udun Tarsus.
But, when the followers found this out, they took him down to Caesarea, and sent him on his way to Tarsus.
31 Tutung, nilarin lira vat nanya Urdun, Ugalili, nin Samariya se lissosin liman tutung iwa kunjo; tutung ucin nanyan fiun Cikilari nin nanya mang Ruhu ulau, kilarin lire kunjo nin nanit.
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 Nene imoimon wa yita, na Bitrus wa galu vat nitinit, ada tolo kiti nanan bi ale na iwa di kagbirin Leyida.
Peter, while traveling from place to place throughout the country, went down to visit the people of Christ living at Lydda.
33 Kikane awase umong unit ku lissame Aines, urika na awa li akus kulir kitenen komime, bara awadi nin konun ku kidowo.
There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years with paralysis.
34 Bitrus woroghe, “Aines, Yesu Kristin shino nin fi. Fita ukyele ukomife.” Atunna afita ayissina.
“Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ cures you. Get up, and make your bed.” Aeneas got up at once;
35 Bara nani, vat nalenge na iwa sossin in Leyida nin Sharon yene unite ikpilla atimine kitin Cikilari.
and all the inhabitants of Lydda and of the Plain of Sharon saw him, and came over to the Lord’s side.
36 Nene in kan gono katwa waduku n nanyan Joppa lissame Tabitha, urika na ukpiluwe di “Dokas.” Ule uwane wa kulung nin katwa kacine anin katwan kunekune ka na adin su anan likimon.
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 Nanya nayiri ane, ukonu kwaghe anin ku; na ikussughe, inin nokoghe kuti kitene.
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 Uleyida wadi kupon Joppa, tutung nono katwawe wa lanza Bitrus di kikane, ito anit aba kitime, ipotoghe acara, “Dacari kiti bite sa umolu kubi.”
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 Fita adofino nani. Na ada duru, idoninghe kutii kitene. Tutung vat nawani ale na alesmine nakuzu yissina kupo me kuculu, inin dindursuzughe altuk nin nazeni alenge na Dokas wa tuju nani kubi na awadi nanghinu.
Peter returned with them at once. On his arrival, he was taken upstairs, and all the widows came around him in tears, showing the coats and other clothing which Dorcas had made while she was among them.
40 Bitrus nutuno nani vat nanya kutiiye, atumo atanlira; anin gitirno ayene kidowe, abelle “Tabita, fita.” Apuno iyizi me, na ayene Bitrus ku, afita aso.
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 Bitrus nin nakpaghe ucarame afeghe; na ayicilla ananbiye nin nawani alenge na ales mine na kuzu, ananani ame nin laime kiti mine.
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 Kogha tunna nin yiru nile imone vat nanya Joppa, gbardang nanit tutung yinna nin Cikilare.
This became known all through Joppa, and numbers of people came to believe in the Lord.
43 Bitrus tunna ata ayiri nin mong unit, lissame Simon, ku Tanna.
And Peter stayed some days at Joppa with a tanner named Simon.
