Sawltakte 18
1 Hiteng zawkciang in Paul sia Athens pan pai a, Corinth theng hi;
After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.
2 Taciang Aquila a kici Judah mi khat taw ki mu a, ama sia Pontus ah a suak hi a, a zi Prisilla taw Italy pan a thet zawk uh ngei ngawl lai hi; banghangziam cile Claudius in Judah mi theampo Rome pan pusuak tu in thupia hi: taciang Paul sia amate tung ah hongpai hi.
He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them,
3 Amate taw khutthiam kibang ahi uhkom in amate kung ah taam a, naseam khawm uh hi: banghangziam cile amate sia puanbuk khui te a hi uh hi.
and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.
4 Sabbath ni sim in synagogue sung ah Judah mite le Greek mite thu sonpui in kaizawn tawntung hi.
He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.
5 Macedonia pan Silas le Timothy te a thet ciang in, Jesus sia Christ hi, ci thu Paul in Judah mite tung ah hanciam in tettipang hi.
But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the word, testifying to the Jews that Yeshua was the Meshikha.
6 Amate in Paul langpan uh a, a sonsiat uh ciang in, Paul in a puan thin a, na thisan uh noma lutung ah om tahen; kei ka hile na thisan uh pan ka thiang hi: tu pan kipan in Gentile te kung ah ka pai tu hi, ci hi.
When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads. I am clean. From now on, I will go to the non-Jewish people."
7 Taciang Paul sia tua mun pan pai a, Justus innsung ah tum hi, ama in Pathian bia a, a inn sia synagogue taw kinai na a hihi.
He departed there, and went into the house of a certain man named Titius Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.
8 Synagogue makai lianbel Crispus le a innkuanpui theampo in Topa um uh hi; taciang Corinth mi tampi te in zong za in um uh hi, taciang tui zong kiphum uh hi.
Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.
9 Tua zawkciang in Topa in Paul sia zan ciang in mangmu na pan paupui a, Lauheak in a, thuhil in, om thong heak in:
The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, "Do not be afraid, but speak and do not be silent;
10 Banghangziam cile keima in kong ompui hi, kuama in hong vawtsia ngawl tu hi: banghangziam cile hi khuapui sung ah keima in mi tampi ka nei hi, ci hi.
for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city."
11 Taciang Paul sia tua mun ah kumkhat le tha luk sung om suak a, amate sung ah Pathian thuhil hi.
He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.
12 Gallio sia Rome ngam uk a sep lai in, Judah mite in thu kisitak in Paul langpan uh a, thukhenna tokhum mai ah paipui uh a,
But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
13 Hisia pa in thukham paltan in Pathian bia tu in ngual kaizawn hi, ci uh hi.
saying, "This one persuades people to worship God contrary to the law."
14 Paul pau tu a kipat ciang in, Gallio in Judah mite kung ah, hi thu sia a man ngawl le thusia hile, Maw, no Judah mite, note tung ah thinsausak tu kisam ci in ngaisun khi hi:
But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;
15 Ahihang hi thu sia na thukham uh sung ah thu le min te ki nialna ahile, noma in khensat tawm vun; banghangziam cile kei sia hi thu te tung ah thukhen hong seam ngawl tu khi hi, ci hi.
but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I do not want to be a judge of these matters."
16 Taciang amate thukhen zum pan in hawlkhia siat hi.
He drove them from the judgment seat.
17 Tua zawkciang in Greek mite in synagogue makai lianbel Sosthenes man uh a, thukhen na mai ah sat uh hi. Taciang Gallio in hi thu te awlmawk ngawl hi.
Then they all took hold of Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. But none of these things were of concern to Gallio.
18 Taciang in Paul sia Corinth khua ah ni tam ma a om zawkciang in, suapui te nusia a, Pricilla le Aquila te taw Syria ah tembaw taw pai hi; taciang Cenchrea ah a sam met hi: banghangziam cile kamciam na a nei hang a hihi.
Paul, having stayed after this many more days, took his leave of the brothers, and sailed from there for Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.
19 Ephesus khua theng uh a, tua mun ah Pricilla le Aquila te nusia hi: ahihang ama vateak synagogue sung ah tum in, Judah mite taw thu kikum khawm uh hi.
They came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
20 Amate in ngei zaw hiat om tu a nget uh ciang, thukim pui ngawl hi;
When they asked him to stay a longer time, he declined;
21 Ahihang kikhenna kam te nusiat a, Jerusalem ah hi poai sia bangbangpo ahizong ka kihel kul hamtang hi; ahihang Pathian deina a om ahile, note kung ah heakkik tu khi hi, ci hi. Taciang Ephesus pan in tembaw taw pai hi.
but taking his leave of them, and saying, "I will return again to you if God wills," he set sail from Ephesus.
22 Caesarea a thet ciang in, pawlpi te paupui a, Antioch sang ah pai hi.
When he had landed at Qesarya, he went up and greeted the church, and went down to Antioch.
23 Tua mun ah tawlkhat sung hun a zak zawkciang in pusuak kik a, nungzui te theampo hanthawn tu in Galatia le Phrygia ngamsung theampo ah pai hi.
Having spent some time there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, strengthening all the disciples.
24 Taciang Alexandria khua ah a suak Judah mi Apollos a kici khat theng hi, ama sia kamthiam mama a, lathiangtho taw kisai zong thahat mama hi.
Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures.
25 Hisia pa sia Topa lampi taw kisai phatak a kihil mi a hihi; taciang thaalam ah thalawp mama a, Topa thu te sia thupitak in a son le a hil pa a hihi, ahihang John i tuiphumna thu bek he hi.
This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Yeshua, although he knew only the baptism of Yukhanan.
26 Taciang synagogue sung ah hangsantak in thuhil kipan a: Aquila le Pricilla te in a zak uh ciang in, amate tung ah sam hi, taciang Pathian lampi a kimtak in hilcian hi.
He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more accurately.
27 Apollos sia Achaia ngamkhen ah pai nuam ahikom, Ephesus khua a om suapui te in Achaia a om nungzui te kung ah lai thak uh a, Apollos a san natu uh in hanthawn uh hi, a thet ciang in thu um te sia hesuakna tungtawn in nasiatak in hu hi:
When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;
28 Banghangziam cile Jesus sia Christ hi, ci thu sia laithiangtho zang in a kilangtak in lak a, Judah mite nasiatak in zo hi.
for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Yeshua was the Meshikha.
