Acts 1
1 [Dear] Theophilus, In my first book [that I wrote for you], I wrote about many of the things that Jesus did and taught
Ikitabu ikyapakaliikyapakali nilyakilembile, Theofilo, nikajova soni sino alyasitenguile uYesu kuvomba na kuvulanisia,
2 until the day on which he was taken {[God] took him} up [to heaven]. Before [he went to heaven], saying what the Holy Spirit [told him], he told the apostles whom he had chosen [the things that he wanted them to know].
kudughila ikighono kino umwene alyapelilue kukianya. Uulu luliale yeluhumile ululaghilo kuhumila kw Mhepo mwimike kuvavulanesivua vano alyavasaluile.
3 After he had suffered [and died on the cross], [he became alive again]. As he appeared to them [often] during [the next] 40 days, the apostles saw him many times. He proved to them in many ways that he was alive again. He talked [with them] about [how] God would rule [MET] [the lives of people who accepted him as their king].
Ye sikilile imumuko sa Vene, umwene alyavonike kuvanave mwuumi kange na sising'ilisio nyinga sikoleleuagha. Mufighono fijigho fine alihufisiealihufisie kuvene, napikwolelela vumila isa vatwa va Nguluve
4 [One time] while he was with them, he told them, “Do not leave Jerusalem [yet]. Instead, wait [here] until my Father sends [his Spirit] [MTY] [to you], as he promised [to do]. You have heard me speak [to you] about that.
Panorama akatang'anagha navope, pe akavalaghilagha kuti navangavukaghe mhu Yerusalemu, loli vaghulilaghe ulyalufingo lwa Nata, lino, alyatile, “Mulyapulike kuhuma kuliune
5 John baptized people in water [because they said that they wanted to change their lives], but after a few days [LIT] [God] will put the Holy Spirit within you(pl) [to truly change your lives].”
kuti uYohanauYohana aliofuighe ulyofugho lwa malenga, loli umue mkwofughuagha nhu Mhepo mwimike mofighono fififii fidebe.”
6 One day when the [apostles] met together [with Jesus], they asked him, “Lord, will you [(sg)] now become the King [MET] over [us] Israelite people [like King David, who ruled long ago]?” (OR, “Lord, will you [(sg)] now [defeat the Romans and] restore the kingdom [to us] Israelite people?”)
Pano ye vakong'anile palikimo valyamposisie, “Mutwa, kwekuti ku uulu ghilikuvagomokesia avanhu va Israeli uvutwa?”
7 He replied to them, “You do not [need] to know the time [periods] and days [when that will happen]. My Father alone has decided [when he will make me king].
Umwene akavavula akaati, “nalunoghile kuliumue kukagula amasiki Ghana uNata afumbilue kuvatavulilua va mwene jujuo.”
8 But [you do need to know that] the Holy Spirit will make you [spiritually] strong when he comes to live in you. Then you will [powerfully] tell people about me in Jerusalem and in all [the other places in] Judea [district], in Samaria [district], and in places far away all over [IDM] the world.”
Loli mukupila ingufu, unsiki ghuno ilikwisa kuliumue uMhepo umwimike; umue muliva volesi vango kuoni muYerusalem name muYahudi mwoni ni Samaria na kuvusililokuvusililo vwa iisi.”
9 After he said that, he was taken {[God] took him} up [to heaven], while they were watching. [He went up into] a cloud [PRS], which prevented them from seeing him [any more].
U Mutwa Yesu yamalile kujova isi, avenue yevilola kukyanya, umwene akanyanyulivua kukianya, ilifunde likakupikila valeke kumuagha name Mason ghavanave.
10 While [the apostles] were [still] staring towards the sky as he was going up, suddenly two men who were wearing white clothes stood beside them. [They were angels].
Pano vakalolagha kukyanya nhuvusyukue yeiluta, nakalingi, avanhu vavili valyiima pakati name Kati pavanave vafwalile amanda amavalafu.
11 One [of] them said, “You men from Galilee [district], (you do not need to stand [here any longer] looking up at the sky!/why do you still stand [here] looking up at the sky?) [RHQ] [Some day] this same Jesus, whom [God] took from you up to heaven, will come back [to earth]. He will return in the same manner as you [just now] saw him when he went up to heaven, [but he will not return now].”
Vakati, “Umue me vanhu va mugalilaya, lwakiiki mwimile apa mulola kukyanya?” U Yesu uju Juno atoghile kukyanya iligomoka lulalula ndavule mumbwene iluta kukyanya.
12 Then [after the two angels left], the apostles returned to Jerusalem from Olive [Tree] Hill, which was about (a half mile/one kilometer) [MTY] from Jerusalem.
Pepano vakagomoka kuhuma kukidunda kya mizeituni, kind kilipipi nii Yerusalem, ulughendo ulwa kighono ikya sabati.
13 When they entered [the city], they went upstairs to the room [in the house] where they were staying. [Those who were there included] Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, [another] James [the son] of Alphaeus, Simon who belonged to the group that wanted to expel the Romans, and Judas [the son] of [another man named] James.
Ye vafikilevafikile vakaluta kugholofa kuno vakikalagha. Vope veva Ptro, Yohana, Yakobo, Andrea, Filipino, Thomas, Batholomayo, Matayo, Yakobo, Mwana wa Afayo, Simon Zelote, nhu Yuda Mwana wa Yakobo.
14 All these apostles agreed concerning the things about which they continually were praying [together. Others who prayed with them] included the women [who had accompanied Jesus], Mary who was Jesus’ mother, and his [younger] brothers.
Voni vakakolana aka huana munhu jumbo, ningufu vakaghendelela ni nyifunyo. Palikimo na vope pevaliale avakimama, Maliamu ung'ina ghwa Yesu na valumbu va mwene.
15 During those days Peter stood up among his fellow believers. There were [at that place] a group of about 120 of [Jesus’ followers]. Peter said,
Mufighono fila uPetro akima pakate nakate navanyalukolo avanhu kilundo kimo night fijigho fivili, akati,
16 “My fellow believers, [there are words that King] David wrote [MTY] in the Scriptures long ago that needed to be fulfilled {to happen [as he said they would]}. The Holy Spirit, [who knew that Judas would be the one who would fulfill those words], told David what to write.
Vanyalukolo, lulyanoghile Kati amalembe ghakwilanilaghe pano pakali uMhepo mwimike akajovelagha muloomo ghwa Daudi ulwakuling'ana nhu Yuda, alyamendime kuvala vano valya n'kolile uYesu.
17 [Although] Judas had been chosen {[Jesus] had chosen Judas}, along with [the rest of] us [(exc)] to serve [as an apostle], Judas was the person who led to Jesus the people who seized him.”
Ulwakuva umwene alyale njiitu alyiupile ikighelelo kya mwene mumboo jiitu iiji.”
18 [The Jewish leaders] gave Judas money when he [promised to] treacherously/wickedly [betray Jesus. Later Judas returned that money to them]. When Judas [hanged himself], his body fell down [to the ground]. His abdomen burst open, and all his intestines spilled out. [So] the [Jewish leaders] bought a field [using] that money.
(lino umunhu uju alyaghulile ikivanja kind aliipile nhuvuhosi vwa mwene apuo pe akaghwisagha akalongosiagha umutu, umbili ghukadendemuka namaleme ghakakung'ika niiki ghakava pavugholofu.
19 All the people who reside in Jerusalem heard [about that], so they called that field in their own [Aramaic] language, Akeldama, which means ‘Field of Blood’, [because it was where someone bled and died].
Voni vanovakakilagha muYerusalemu valyasipulike soni isi, pe ikivanja ikio pevakakipela kunjovele javanave “Akelidama”ughu ghwe “mughunda ghwa Dana.”)
20 [Peter also said], “[I perceive that what happened to Judas is like what the writer of] Psalms [desired to happen]: ‘May his house become deserted, and may there be no one to live in it.’ (OR, ‘[Judge him, Lord, so that neither he nor] anyone [else] may live in his house!)’ And it seems that [these other words that David wrote also refer to Judas: ] ‘Let someone else take over his work as a leader.’”
“Mukitabu kya Zaburi lilembilue, 'ghuula umughunda ghuake ghuva wa kuhama kwejeje name jumonga nangikalaghe Pala;' name, 'Tavulile umunhu ujunge atole inafasi jamwene ijavulongosi.'
21 “So it is necessary [for us apostles] to choose a man [to replace Judas. He must be one who] accompanied [MTY] us all the time when the Lord Jesus was with us.
Uluo lwakyang'ani, lino, jumbo umughosi vakavingilisaniagha pano uMutwa Yesu alyahumile napikwingila muliusue,
22 [That would be] from [the time when] John [the Baptizer] baptized [Jesus] until the day when Jesus was taken {when [God] took Jesus} from us up [to heaven]. He must be one who saw Jesus alive again [after he died].”
kutengulila kulwofugho lwa Yohana kufika ikighono Kira kinda akatolwagha kukyanya, anoghile piva mwolesi ghwa lusyiuko palikimopalikimo nusue.
23 So the [apostles and other believers] suggested [the names of two men who qualified. One man was] Joseph, who was called {whom people called} Barsabbas (OR, Joseph Barsabbas) who [also] had the [Roman] name Justus. The other man was Matthias.
“Vakavavika pavulongolo avaghosi vaviili, Yusufu Juno akatambulivugha Balinaba, junoghuope akatambulivagha Yusto nhu Maria.
24 Then they prayed like this: “Lord [Jesus], Judas stopped being an apostle. [He died and] went to the place where he [deserved to be] [EUP]. [So we(exc) need to choose someone] to replace [Judas in order] that he can serve [you(sg) by becoming] an apostle. You [(sg)] know what everyone is really like. So [please] show us which of these two men you have chosen.”
Avene vakifunyagha vakatisagha, “Uve, Mutwa, ghwejuno ukagwile amojo gha vanhu voni, tuvikiile pavugholofu ghwe Venice muvanhu avaviili Juno usaluile.
Uwakuhala imbombo ija vwomolia jino akajile uYuda Juno akahokile ghwejuno ahaliile papa mwene.”
26 Then they cast lots [to choose between the two of] them, and the lot fell for Matthias. (OR, Then [one of] the [apostles] shook [in a container] small objects/stones [that] they [had marked to determine which man God had chosen]. And the small object/stone [that they had marked] for Matthias fell [out of the container]). So Matthias was considered {they considered Matthias} [to be an apostle] along with the [other] eleven apostles.
Vakavatovela ikuura vavuo, ni kura jikamughwila Mathia wejuno akavalilua palikimo na vasung'wa kijigho najumo.
