Acts 13
1 Among [the people in] the congregation at Antioch there were (prophets/those who spoke messages from God) and those who taught [people about Jesus. They were] Barnabas; Simeon, who was also called Niger/Blackman; Lucius, from Cyrene [city]; Manaen, who had grown up with [King] Herod [Antipas]; and Saul.
Mu mubungano waku Antiyokeya mwalikuba bashinshimi ne beshikwiyisha aba; Banabasi ne Shimoni walikukwiweti muntu mushipa, ne Lusiya waku Kulene, ne Manaeni uyo walalelwa pamo ne Mwami Helode, kayi ne Saulo.
2 While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said [to them], “Appoint Barnabas and Saul to [serve] me and to [go and do] the work that I have chosen them [to do]!”
Busuba nabumbi mpobalabungana kwambeti bamutembaule Lesa, ne kwambeti balikanishe kulya cakulya, Mushimu Uswepa walabambileti, “Kamumbikilani palubasu Banabasi ne Saulo, kwambeti benga basebense ncito njendalabakuwila.”
3 So they continued (to fast/to abstain from eating food) and pray. Then having put their hands on Barnabas and Saul and [praying that God would help them], they sent them off [to do what the Holy Spirit had commanded].
Lino panyuma pakulikanisha kulya ne kupaila ne kubika makasa palyendibo, balabatuma.
4 Barnabas and Saul, guided by the Holy Spirit, went down [from Antioch] to Seleucia [port]. From there they went by ship to Salamis [port on Cyprus Island].
Banabasi ne Saulo, balatumwa ne Mushimu Uswepa, balaya ku Selukeya. Kufuma uko balatanta bwato ne kuya kushika pansumbu ya Saipulasi.
5 While they were in Salamis, [they went] to the Jewish meeting places. There they proclaimed the message from God [about Jesus]. John [Mark went with them and] was helping them.
Mpobalashika mu munshi wa Salamu, balakambauka maswi a Lesa mu manda akupaililamo a Bayuda. Balikuba ne Yohane uyo walikubanyamfwilisha.
6 [The three of] them went across the entire island to Paphos [city]. There they met a magician whose name was Bar-Jesus. He was a Jew who falsely [claimed] (to be a prophet/to speak messages from God).
Balendana pansumbu ponse, mpaka balashika ku munshi wa Pafosi. Uko nkobalacana mung'anga, lina lyakendi, Bala-yesu Muyuda, mushinshimi mubepeshi.
7 He often accompanied the governor [of the island], Sergius Paulus, who was an intelligent man. The governor sent [someone] to ask Barnabas and Saul to come to him, because he wanted to hear God’s message. [So Barnabas and Saul came and told him about Jesus].
Uyu muntu walikuba munendi Mwendeleshi Selegiyo Paulo, muntu wacenjela. Uyu Selegiyo Paulo, walakuwa Banabasi ne Saulo, pakwinga walikuyandishisha kunyumfwa maswi a Lesa.
8 However, the magician, whose name was Elymas [in the Greek language], was opposing them. He repeatedly tried to persuade the governor not to believe [in Jesus].
Elimasi mung'anga usa, Elimasi nilina nalimbi lya Bala-Yesu mu Cigiliki. Walatotekana nabo, kwelekesha kushinkilisha mwendeleshi kwambeti katashoma muli Yesu.
9 Then Saul, who now called himself Paul, empowered by the Holy Spirit, looked intently at the magician and said,
Nomba Saulo, uyo walikukwiweti Paulo, walesulilwa ne Mushimu Uswepa, walamulangishisha
10 “You [(sg)] are serving the devil and you oppose everything that is good! You are always lying [to people] and doing [other] evil things to them. (You must stop saying that the truth about the Lord [God is a lot of lies!]/When will you stop changing what is true about the Lord [God and saying] what is not true about him?) [RHQ]
walamwambileti, “Obe mwanendi Muyungaushi, mulwani wabululami, obe weshikulicenjelesha ne bwipishi, nukaleke lilyoni kufulunganya makani akubinga a Mwami Lesa?
11 Right now the Lord [God] [MTY] is going to punish you! You will become blind and not [even] be able to see light for [some] time.” At once he became [blind, as though he was] in a dark mist, and he groped about, searching for someone [to hold him by the] hand and lead him.
Pacindi copele cino Mwami Lesa nakomboloshe ne kukupa mulandu, nushipilwe nteti ulibonepo lisuba kwakacindi kang'ana.” Popelapo mushinshe wa shikunku walamufweka mumenso. Elimasi walashipilwa walatatika kulipuntapunta, kulangaula muntu welela kumutanguninako kaliwamwikata kucikasa.
12 When the governor saw what had happened [to Elymas], he believed [in the Lord Jesus]. He was amazed by [what Paul and Barnabas] were teaching about the Lord [Jesus].
Mwendeleshi usa mpwalabona calenshika, walashoma. Walakankamana pakunyumfwa mbyobalikwiyisha bya Mwami Yesu.
13 [After that], Paul and the two men with him went by ship from Paphos to Perga [port] in Pamphylia [province. At Perga] John [Mark] left them and returned to [his home in] Jerusalem.
Paulo ne banendi balatanta bwato ku Pafosi kuya ku Pega, mucibela ca Pamfiliya. Nomba Yohane walabashiya walabwela combenyuma ku Yelusalemu.
14 Then Paul and Barnabas traveled [by land] from Perga, and arrived in Antioch [city] near Pisidia [district in Galatia province]. (On the Sabbath/On the Jewish rest day) they entered the synagogue/the Jewish meeting place and sat down.
Mpobalafuma ku Pega, balapitilila mpaka balashika ku Antiyokeya mucibela ca Pisidiya. Pa busuba bwa Sabata balengila mu ng'anda mobalikupailila Bayuda, balekala panshi.
15 [Someone] read [aloud] from what [Moses had written. Then someone read from what the other] prophets [had written] [MTY]. Then the leaders of the Jewish meeting place gave [someone this] note [to take] to Paul and Barnabas: “Fellow Jews, if [one of] you wants to speak to the people [here] to encourage them, please speak [to us(exc) now].”
Bamakulene bang'anda yakupaililamo mpobalabelenga maswi mulibuku lya Milawo ya Mose, ne mulibuku lyabashinshimi bakulukulu, balabatumina maswi akwambeti, “Mobanse, na mukutepo maswi akuyuminishako bantu balikuno, tulamusengenga ngamwambapo.”
16 So Paul stood up and motioned with his right hand [so that the people would listen to him]. Then he said, “Fellow Israelis and you [non-Jewish people] who [also] worship God, [please] listen [to me]!
Popelapo Paulo walanyamuka ne kubamweneka bantu ne makasa ne kwambeti. “Amwe Baislayeli baname, ne njamwe mwense mukute kutembaula Lesa, kamunyumfwani!
17 God, whom we [(inc)] Israelis worship, chose our ancestors [to be his people], and he caused them to become very numerous while they were foreigners living in Egypt. [Then after many years], God helped them [MTY] powerfully and led them out of there.
Lesa wamushobo wetu afwe Baislayeli, walasala bamashali betu bakulukulu, walabafulisha kabacili bensu mucishi ca Injipito. Walabapulisha mucishico ne cikasa cakendi cangofu.
18 [Even though they repeatedly disobeyed him, he] cared for them for about 40 years [while they were] in the desert.
Walabalama cena byaka makumi ana mucinyika, nikukabeti balikwalilwa kumunyumfwila.
19 He [enabled the Israelis] to conquer seven tribal groups [who were then living] in Canaan [region], and he gave their land to us Israelis for us to possess.
Lesa walashina mishobo isanu ne ibili ya bantu balikwikala mucishi ca Kenani, walabalamuna cishico ne kupa Baislayeli kuba cishi cabo.”
20 [Our ancestors began to possess Canaan] about 450 years after [their ancestors had arrived in Egypt].” Acts 13:20b-22 “After that, God appointed leaders [to rule the Israeli people. Those leaders continued to rule our people] until the time when the prophet Samuel [ruled them].
“Ibi byonse byalamanta byaka pepi myanda ina ne makumi asanu. Kufumapo walabapa bomboloshi kushika kucindi ca Samiyele.
21 Then, [while Samuel was still their leader], the people demanded that he [appoint] a king [to rule them. So] God appointed Saul, the son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, [to be their king]. He [ruled them] for 40 years.
Bantu balasenga kwambeti Lesa abape Mwami, neco Lesa walabapa Saulo, mwanendi Kisi, wamucikombo ca Benjameni, uyo walabendelesha byaka makumi ana.
22 After God had rejected Saul [from being king], he appointed David to be their king. God said about him, ‘I have observed that David, son of Jesse, is exactly the kind of man that I desire [IDM]. He will do [everything that] I want [him to do].’”
Kufumapo Lesa walamufulapo Saulo, ne kubikapo Dafeti kuba Mwami wabo. Pali Dafeti Lesa walambeti, ‘Ndacana Dafeti, mwanendi Jese, emuntu ngonsuni, kayi nakense bintu byonse mbyondayandanga.’
23 “From [among] David’s descendants, God brought one of them, Jesus, to [us] Israeli people to save us, just like he had told [David and our other ancestors] that he would do.
Kufuma mubashikululwa bamucikombo ca Dafeti, Lesa walasalamo Yesu kuba Mupulushi wa Baislayeli, mbuli ncalalaya.
24 Before Jesus began his work, John [the Baptizer] preached to all of our Israeli people [who came to him. He told them] that they should turn away from their sinful behavior [and ask God to forgive them. Then he] would baptize them.
Yesu katanatatika ncito, Yohane walikukambaukila Baislayeli bonse, kwambeti basanduke kushiya bwipishi bwabo ne kubatishiwa.
25 When John was about to finish the work [that God gave him to do], he frequently said [to the people], ‘Do you think [RHQ] that I am [the Messiah whom God promised to send]? No, I am not. But listen! The Messiah will [soon] come. [He is so much greater than I am that] I am not [even] important enough to be his slave [MET].’”
Cindi Yohane ncalikuba pepi kupwisha ncito yakendi, walabepusha bantu, ‘Inga amwe mulayeyengeti ame njame bani? Ame ntame uyo ngomulapembelelenga sobwe. Nsombi palesanga naumbi panyuma pakame, ngondelela kubula kufulula nkwabilo shakendi.”
26 “Fellow Israelis, you who are descendants of Abraham, and [you non-Jewish people who] also worship God, [please listen! It is] to [all of] us that [God] has sent the message about [how he] saves people.
“Mobanse, mobashikululwa ba Abulahamu, ne njamwe mwense mukute kukambilila Lesa, ni kuli njafwe Lesa nkwalatumini mulumbe uwu walupulusho.
27 The people who were living in Jerusalem and their rulers did not realize that this man [Jesus was the one whom God had sent to save them]. Although messages from [MTY] the prophets have been read [aloud] {someone has read [aloud] messages from [MTY] the prophets} every (Sabbath/Jewish day of rest), they did not understand [what the prophets wrote about the Messiah. So] the [Jewish leaders] condemned Jesus [to die], which was just like the prophets predicted.
Bantu bekala mu Yelusalemu ne batangunishi baliya kumwinshiba Yesu, kayi baliya kwanyumfwishisha maswi abashinshimi bakulukulu awo ngobalikubelenga pabusuba bwa Sabata bulibonse. kakuli balakwanilisha calambwa ne bashinshimi bakulukulu, pakumombolosha Yesu kwambeti ashiniwe.”
28 [Many people accused Jesus of doing wicked things], but they could not prove that he had done anything for which he deserved to die. They insistently asked Pilate [the governor] to command that Jesus be executed {to command soldiers to execute Jesus}. [So Pilate did what they asked him to do].
Nikukabeti baliya kucana mulandu welela lufu, balamusenga Pilato kwambeti Yesuyo ashiniwe.
29 They did [to Jesus] all the things that [the prophets long ago had] written [that people would do to] him. [They killed Jesus by nailing him to a cross. Then] his body was taken {[some people took] his body} down from the cross and placed it in a tomb.
Mpobalapwisha kwinsa byonse, mbuli ncebyalembwa mu Mabala a Lesa bilambanga sha Yesu, abo balikukonkela kwiyisha kwakendi, balamuselushapo palusanda, ne kuya kumubika mumanda.
30 However, God (raised him from the dead/caused him to live again after he had died)
Nomba Lesa walamupundusha kubafu,
31 and for many days he [repeatedly] appeared to [his followers] who had come along with him from Galilee [province] to Jerusalem. Those [who saw him] are telling the [Jewish] people about him now.”
walabonekela kwa masuba angi ku bantu basa balikumushindikila kufuma ku Galileya kuya ku Yelusalemu katanafwa. Bantu aba ebakamboni bakendi kubantu bamu Islayeli.
32 “[Right] now we [two] are proclaiming to you this good message. We want to tell you that God has fulfilled what he promised to [our Jewish] ancestors!
Neco afwe tulesa kukambauka Mulumbe Waina wa bishomesho Lesa mbyalalaya bamashali betu bakulukulu.
33 He has now done that for us [(inc) who are] their descendants, [and also for you who are not Jews], by causing Jesus to live again. That is just like what [David] wrote in the second Psalm that [God said when he was sending his Son], You [(sg)] are my Son; Today I have shown everyone [that I really am] your Father.
Ibyo mbyalalaya latwinshili afwe, tobashukululwa babo, pakumupundusha Yesu kubafu. Mbuli ncecalembwa Mukutembaula kwacibili kwambeti, Obe omwaname, lelo ndaba baiso.
34 [God] has (raised [the Messiah] from the dead/caused [the Messiah] to live again after he had died) and will never let him die again. [Concerning that, God] said [to our Jewish ancestors], ‘I will surely help you, as I [promised] David [that I would do].’
Lesa walamupundusha Yesu kubafu kwambeti katabola sobwe. Calenshika mbuli ncalambeti, Ninkakupe colwe caswepa, kayi cancinencine, ico ncendalamulaya Dafeti.
35 So [in writing] another [Psalm, David] said this [to God about the Messiah]: ‘Because I am devoted to you and always obey [you, when I die] you [(sg)] will not let my body decay.’
Ecebo cakendi Mukutembaula nakumbi kayi walambeti, Nteti mukalekelele Musebenshi wenu Washomeka kwambeti akabole.
36 While David was living, he did what God wanted him to do. And when he died [EUP], his [body] was buried, [as] his ancestors’ [bodies had been buried], and his body decayed. [So he could not have been speaking about himself in this Psalm].
Awa maswi nkalambanga sha Dafeti, pakwinga Dafeti mubuyumi bwakendi mpwalakwanilisha kusebensa ncito njalamubambila Lesa, walafwa ne kubikwa mu manda uko nkobalabikwa bamashali bakulukulu, mubili wakendi walabola.
37 [Instead, he was speaking about Jesus. Jesus also died], but God (raised him from the dead/caused him to live again), and [therefore] his body did not decay.”
Nomba usa ngwalapundusha Lesa kubafu, mubili wakendi uliya kubolapo sobwe.
38 “Therefore, [my] fellow Israelis [and other friends], it is important for you to know that [we(exc)] are declaring to you [that God] can forgive you for your sins as a result of [what] Jesus [has done]. Because of [what] Jesus [has done], [God] considers that everyone who believes [in Jesus] is no longer guilty (OR, the record has been erased {[God] has erased the record}) concerning everything that they [have done that displeased God. But] when [God] does [that for you], it is not as a result of [your obeying] the laws [that] Moses [wrote].
Neco mobanse bame, kamwinshibani kwambeti, kupitila muli Yesu, Lesa lamulekelelenga bwipishi bwenu, ici encotulakambaukunga kulinjamwe.
Uliyense washoma Yesu walulamikwa pamenso a Lesa, uko nkomwelela kubula kukucana pakukonka Milawo ya Mose.
40 Therefore be careful that [God] does not judge you [MTY], as one of the prophets said [MTY] that God would do!
Amwe cenjelani, kwambeti byalambwa ne bashinshimi bakulukulu bikabule kwinshika kuli njamwe, Ibyo mbyebalambeti,
41 [The prophet wrote that God said], You who ridicule [me], you will [certainly] be astonished [when you see what I am doing], and [then] you will be destroyed. You will be astonished because I will do something [terrible to you] while you are living. You would not believe [that I would do that] even though someone told you!”
“Kamunyumfwani amwe beshikucobola! Mukankamane ne kufwililila! Pakwinga mucindi cabuyumi bwenu ame ninkensepo cintu nceti mukabule kushoma sobwe, nambi muntu naumbi umusansulwila.”
42 After Paul [finished speaking], while he and Barnabas were leaving the Jewish meeting place, [many of] the people there repeatedly requested that on the next (Sabbath/Jewish day of rest) [the two of them] should speak to them [again] about those things [that Paul had just told them].
Paulo ne Banabasi mpobalikupula mung'anda yakupaililamo Bayuda, basa bantu balabasenga kwambeti bakese kayi pa Sabata, kwisa kupitilisha kukambauka pabintu ibi.
43 After they began to leave [that meeting], many [of them] went along with Paul and Barnabas. They consisted of Jews and also of non-Jews who had accepted the things that the Jews believe. Paul and Barnabas continued talking to them, and were urging them to continue [believing the message that] God kindly [forgives people’s sins because of what Jesus did].
Nomba bantu mpobalamwaika, Bayuda bangi pamo ne bantu nabambi balikukambilila Lesa balikukonkela ciyisho ca Bayuda, balakonkela Paulo ne Banabasi. Bantu aba babili balambila likoto lya bantu, ne kubayuminisha kwambeti bapitilishe kushoma munkumbo sha Lesa.
44 On the next Jewish rest day, most of the [people in Antioch came to] the Jewish meeting place to hear [Paul and Barnabas] speak about the Lord [Jesus].
Mpobwalashika busuba bwa Sabata, bantu bonse ba mumunshi uwo balabungana kwambeti banyumfwe maswi a Mwami.
45 But [the leaders of] [SYN] the Jews became extremely jealous, because they saw that large crowds of [non-Jewish people were coming to hear Paul and Barnabas. So] they began to contradict the things that Paul was saying [and also] to insult [him].
Nomba Bayuda basa mpobalabona likoto lyabantu, balanyumfwa munyono. Balatatika kumutoteka Paulo mbyalikwamba, kayi balamucobola.
46 Then, speaking very boldly, Paul and Barnabas said [to those Jewish leaders], “[We two] had to speak the message from God [about Jesus] to you [Jews] first [before we proclaim it to non-Jews, because God commanded us to do that. But] you are rejecting God’s message. [By doing that], you have shown that you are not worthy (to have eternal life/to live eternally [with God]). [Therefore], we are leaving [you, and now we] will go to the non-Jewish people [to tell them the message from God]. (aiōnios g166)
Paulo ne Banabasi balamba kwakubula buyowa, balambeti, “Cakubinga calikuba celela kwambeti tukambauke maswi a Lesa kulinjamwe nanshi. Nomba bonani mulakana mobene, mulalileshe mobene kwambeti nkamwelela kutambula buyumi butapu, nitumushiye, nitwenga kubantu bakunsa.” (aiōnios g166)
47 [We are doing that also] because the Lord [God] has commanded us [to do it]. He said to us, ‘I have appointed you [to reveal things about me] to non-Jewish people [MET] that will be [like] a light to them. [I have appointed] you to tell people everywhere [MTY] in the world [about the one who came] to save [them].’”
Pakwinga Mwami walatwambileti, Ndakubiki kwambeti umunikile bantu bakunsa, Kwambeti bantu balimucishi conse bakapuluke pacebo cakobe.
48 While the non-Jewish people were listening [to those words], they began to rejoice, and they repeatedly said that the message about the Lord [Jesus] was wonderful. And all of the non-Jewish people whom [God] had chosen (to have eternal [life/to live eternally with God]) believed [the message about the Lord Jesus]. (aiōnios g166)
Mpobalanyumfweco bantu bakunsa, balakondwa ne kulumba maswi a Mwami. Abo Lesa mbwalasala kwambeti bakatambule buyumi butapu, balashoma. (aiōnios g166)
49 [At that time, many of the believers] traveled around throughout that region. As they did that, they were proclaiming the message about the Lord [Jesus] [MTY].
Maswi a Mwami alamwaikila kuli konse mucimpansha ici.
50 However, [some leaders of] [SYN] the Jews incited the most important men in the city, and [some] important/influential women who had accepted what the Jews believe, to oppose [Paul and Barnabas. So those non-Jewish people] incited [other people also] to persecute Paul and Barnabas. As a result they expelled the two men from their region.
Nomba Bayuda basa balayungaula batukashi bayampuwo abo balikukambilila Lesa ne batangunishi ba mumunshi. Balatatika kupensha Paulo ne Banabasi ne kubatandanya kufuma mucimpansha cabo.
51 So, [as the two apostles were leaving, they] shook the dust from their feet [to show those Jewish leaders that God had rejected them and would punish them. They left Antioch] and went to Iconium [city].
Paulo ne Banabasi balapampamuna lusuko kumyendo kwabo, kwambeti lube bukamboni bwa kukana kwabo, kufumapo balaya ku Ikoniya.
52 Meanwhile, the believers [in Antioch] continued to rejoice greatly, and they continued to be completely controlled by the Holy Spirit.
Beshikwiya baku Antiyokeya balakondwa kayi balesulilwa ne Mushimu Uswepa.
