Acts 1
1 Certainly, O Theophilus, I composed the first discourse about everything that Jesus began to do and to teach,
O Teofilos, le nye agbalẽ gbãtɔ na wò me la, meŋlɔ nu tso nu siwo katã Yesu de asi wɔwɔ kple fiafia me
2 instructing the Apostles, whom he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, even until the day on which he was taken up.
va se ɖe ŋkeke si dzi wokɔe yi dziƒoe le esime wòde se na Apostolo siwo wòtia to Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la me vɔ megbe ŋu.
3 He also presented himself alive to them, after his Passion, appearing to them throughout forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God with many elucidations.
Le eƒe fukpekpe, ku kple tsitretsitsi megbe la, eɖe eɖokui fia ame siawo, eye wòna kpɔɖeŋu geɖewo tsɔ ɖo kpe edzi na wo be yele agbe. Eɖe eɖokui fia wo le ŋkeke blaene sɔŋ me, eye wòƒo nu na wo tso mawufiaɖuƒe la ŋuti.
4 And dining with them, he instructed them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but that they should wait for the Promise of the Father, “about which you have heard,” he said, “from my own mouth.
Gbe ɖeka esi Yesu nɔ nu ɖum kple eƒe Apostolowo la, ede se na wo be, “Migadzo le Yerusalem o, ke boŋ milala va se ɖe esime miaxɔ Fofonye ƒe nunana si ŋugbe wòdo, nu si ŋu meƒo nu tsoe na mi xoxo,
5 For John, indeed, baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit, not many days from now.”
elabena Yohanes tsɔ tsi de mawutsi ta na amewo, gake le ŋkeke ʋɛ aɖewo megbe la, miawo ya la, woatsɔ Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la adee na mi.”
6 Therefore, those who had assembled together questioned him, saying, “Lord, is this the time when you will restore the kingdom of Israel?”
Esi Yesu kple apostoloawo gado go la, wobiae be, “Aleke, Aƒetɔ, ɖe nèle Israel dukɔ la ɖe ge tso Romatɔwo te, aɖoe te abe dukɔ nɔɖokuisi ene azɔa?”
7 But he said to them: “It is not yours to know the times or the moments, which the Father has set by his own authority.
Yesu ɖo eŋu na wo be, “Fofo la ŋutɔe ɖo ŋkeke na nu siawo tɔgbi le eƒe ŋusẽ me, eye mehiã be miawo mianya ɣeyiɣi la kple ŋkeke la o.
8 But you shall receive the power of the Holy Spirit, passing over you, and you shall be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the ends of the earth.”
Gake miaxɔ ŋusẽ ne Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la va mia dzi, eye mianye nye ɖaseɖilawo le Yerusalem, Yudea kple Samaria nutomewo katã kple xexea me ƒe seƒe ke.”
9 And when he had said these things, while they were watching, he was lifted up, and a cloud took him from their sight.
Le nya siawo gbɔgblɔ vɔ megbe teti ko la, Mawu ƒe gbɔgbɔ kɔe yi dziƒo, esi nusrɔ̃lawo nɔ ekpɔm, eye wòbu ɖe wo le lilikpo la me.
10 And while they were watching him going up to heaven, behold, two men stood near them in white vestments.
Wogawu mo dzi ganɔ dziƒo kpɔm esi wònɔ bubum ɖe lilia me. Kasia ame eve aɖewo siwo le awu ɣiwo me la va tsi tsitre ɖe wo xa.
11 And they said: “Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking up toward heaven? This Jesus, who has been taken up from you into heaven, shall return in just the same way that you have seen him going up to heaven.”
Ame eve siawo gblɔ na wo bena, “Mi Galilea ŋutsuwo, nu ka ta miegale tsitre ɖe afi sia le yame kpɔm gãa ale? Yesu si Mawu ƒe gbɔgbɔ kɔ yi dziƒoe le mia gbɔ, agatrɔ agbɔ abe ale si tututu miekpɔe wokɔe yi dziƒoe ene.”
12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain, which is called Olivet, which is next to Jerusalem, within a Sabbath day’s journey.
Le nyadzɔdzɔ siawo megbe la, Apostoloawo ɖi tso Amito la dzi, afi si nu siawo dzɔ le la hetrɔ va Yerusalem si didi abe agbadroƒe ɖeka ko ene.
13 And when they had entered into the cenacle, they ascended to the place where Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James of Alphaeus and Simon the Zealot, and Jude of James, were staying.
Esi wova ɖo Yerusalem la, woyi ɖanɔ xɔ si me wonɔna le dziƒoxɔ dzi la me. Apostolo siwo nɔ afi ma la woe nye: Petro, Yohanes, Yakobo, Andrea; Filipo kple Toma; Bartolomeo kple Mateo; Yakobo si nye Alfeo ƒe vi, Simɔn si wogayɔna be Zelote, Yuda si nye Yakobo ƒe vi.
14 All these were persevering with one accord in prayer with the women, and with Mary, the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
Wonɔ gbedodoɖa dzi atraɖii kple nyɔnu siwo nɔ wo ŋu kpakple Yesu dada Maria kple Yesu nɔviŋutsuwo.
15 In those days, Peter, rising up in the midst of the brothers, said (now the crowd of men altogether was about one hundred and twenty):
Le ŋkeke mawo me la, Petro tsi tsitre gblɔ na xɔsetɔ (siwo ƒe xexlẽme anɔ abe alafa ɖeka kple blaeve) ene la be,
16 “Noble brothers, the Scripture must be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit predicted by the mouth of David about Judas, who was the leader of those who apprehended Jesus.
“Nɔviwo, ele be ŋɔŋlɔ si Gbɔgbɔ kɔkɔe la gblɔ to David dzi le blema ku ɖe Yuda ŋu la nava eme. Yuda siae fia Yesu yomemɔ.
17 He had been numbered among us, and he was chosen by lot for this ministry.
Enye mía dometɔ ɖeka si kpɔ gome le dɔ sia me kpli mí.”
18 And this man certainly possessed an estate from the wages of iniquity, and so, having been hanged, he burst open in the middle and all his internal organs poured out.
(Yuda tsɔ ga si wòxɔ ɖe Yesu dede asi ta la ɖaƒle anyigba aɖe si dzi wòwu eɖokui le. Eti kpo tsɔ eɖokui xlã ɖe anyi, hewo to, eye eƒe dɔmenuwo kaka ɖe afi ma.
19 And this became known to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that this field was called in their language, Akeldama, that is, ‘Field of Blood.’
Eƒe kunya sia kaka ɖe Yerusalem dua me kaba ŋutɔ ale wona ŋkɔ teƒe ma le wo degbe me be, Akeldoma si gɔmee nye Ʋunyigba.)
20 For it has been written in the book of Psalms: ‘Let their dwelling place be desolate and may there be no one who dwells within it,’ and ‘Let another take his episcopate.’
Petro gblɔ be, “Elabena woŋlɔe ɖi ɖe Psalmogbalẽ me be, “‘Eƒe nɔƒe neɖi gbɔlo, mègana be ame aɖeke neganɔ afi ma o,’ eye, “‘Ame bubu naxɔ eƒe amekplɔdɔ awɔ.’”
21 Therefore, it is necessary that, out of these men who have been assembling with us throughout the entire time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
Petro yi eƒe nuƒoa dzi be, “Azɔ la, ele be míatia ame bubu aɖe wòanɔ Yuda teƒe le mía dome. Ame si míatia la nanye ame si nɔ mía dome tso gɔmedzedzea esi Aƒetɔ Yesu nɔ anyi kpli mí,
22 beginning from the baptism of John, until the day when he was taken up from us, one of these be made a witness with us of his Resurrection.”
tso ɣeyiɣi si me Yohanes de mawutsi ta nɛ va se ɖe esime Mawu ƒe Gbɔgbɔ kɔe le mía gbɔ yi dziƒo. Wo dometɔ ɖeka nazu tsitretsitsi ƒe ɖaseɖila akpe ɖe mía ŋu.”
23 And they appointed two: Joseph, who was called Barsabbas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias.
Ale ƒuƒoƒe la tɔ asi ame eve dzi. Ame siawoe nye, Yosef si woyɔna be Barsaba (ame si wogayɔna hã be Yusto), kple Matias, be woatia wo dometɔ ɖeka.
24 And praying, they said: “May you, O Lord, who knows the heart of everyone, reveal which one of these two you have chosen,
Emegbe la, wodo gbe ɖa gblɔ be, “Aƒetɔ, wòe nya ame sia ame ƒe dzi me, eya ta fia ame si nètia le ame eve siawo dome mí
25 to take a place in this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas prevaricated, so that he might go to his own place.”
be wòaxɔ Apostolonyenye ƒe dɔ sia ɖe Yuda teƒe, ame si gblẽ dɔ la ɖi heyi teƒe si dzee.”
26 And they cast lots concerning them, and the lot fell upon Matthias. And he was numbered with the eleven Apostles.
Le esia megbe la, woda akɔ, eye wòdze Matias dzi, ale wotiae abe apostolo ene kpe ɖe ame wuiɖekɛ mamlɛawo ŋu.
