Acts 8
1 Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the emissaries.
Taciang Stephen i thina ah Sawl a lungkim hi. Tua hun sung in Jerusalem pawlpi langpan in vawtsiatna lianpi om hi; sawltak te simngawl, thu um mite theampo sia Judah ngam le Samaria ngam muntheampo ah peakkeak uh hi.
2 Devout men buried Stephen and lamented greatly over him.
Stephen sia biakna sang a kipia mite in zawng in vui uh hi, taciang nasiatak in kaa uh hi.
3 But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house and dragged both men and women off to prison.
Saul sia inn sim ah tum a, numei pasal ci ngawl in kaikeak siat hi, taciang thonginn ah ap in, pawlpi susia hi.
4 Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around proclaiming the word.
Tua ahikom mun theampo ah a ki thethang te sia mun tatuam ah pai in Pathian thu tangko tek uh hi.
5 Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Messiah.
Tua zawkciang in Philip sia Samaria khuapi ah pai a, amate tung ah Christ thuhil hi.
6 The multitudes listened with one accord to the things that were spoken by Philip when they heard and saw the signs which he did.
Taciang Philip in nalamdang te a vawtna za uh a, a mu uh hu in a thuhil nate sia mite in thukimtak in phatak in ngai uh hi.
7 For unclean spirits came out of many of those who had them. They came out, crying with a loud voice. Many who had been paralysed and lame were healed.
Banghangziam cile doai te nangawn in au in, amate i thin-apsak mihing te sung pan pusuak uh hi: taciang pumzaw te le peangbai te zong damsak hi.
8 There was great joy in that city.
Taciang tua khuapi sung ah lungdamna lianpi om hi.
9 But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practise sorcery in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,
Ahihang Simon a kici mi khat om a, ama sia nidang in tua khuapi sung ah bum le ai zang in Samaria mite bum a, ama le ama mi thupi khat in ki son hi.
10 to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is that great power of God.”
Mi theampo, a nobel pan a lianbel dong in a thu phatak in ni uh a, hisia pa sia Pathian vangletna lianpi hi, ci uh hi.
11 They listened to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.
Hun saupi sung bum le ai taw ngual a bum hu in, ngual in ama sia zakta uh hi.
12 But when they believed Philip proclaiming good news concerning God’s Kingdom and the name of Yeshua the Messiah, they were immersed, both men and women.
Ahihang Philip in Pathian kumpingam le Jesus Christ min taw kisai thu te a hil ciang in, numei zong pasal zong tui ki phum uh hi.
13 Simon himself also believed. Being immersed, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occurring, he was amazed.
Tua zawkciang in Simon ama tatak zong in um hi: taciang tui a ki phum zawkciang in, Philip taw ki thawl hi, taciang nalamdang le musakna vawtna te lamdangsa mama in en hi.
14 Now when the emissaries who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and Yochanan to them,
Tu in Jerusalem a om sawltak te in Samaria mite in Pathian thu sang zo uh hi, ci a zak uh ciang in Peter le John sia amate kung ah paisak uh a:
15 who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;
Amate a thet uh ciang in, Tha Thiangtho a nga thei natu in thungetsak hi:
16 for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been immersed in the name of Messiah Yeshua.
Banghangziam cile Tha Thiangtho sia kuama tung ah theng ngawl lai hi: Topa Jesus min taw tui ki phum bek sang pheang uh hi.
17 Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
Tua zawkciang in Peter le John in amate tung ah a khut te nga uh hi, taciang amate in Tha Thiangtho sang uh uh.
18 Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the emissaries’ hands, he offered them money,
Taciang sawltak te in khutngakna tungtawn in Tha Thiangtho piakna sia Simon in a mu ciang in, sawltak te dangka pia a,
19 saying, “Give me also this power, that whomever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”
Akuapo tung ah khut ka nga ahizong Tha Thiangtho a san thei natu in, hi vangletna kei zong hong pia tavun, ci hi.
20 But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
Ahihang Peter in ama tung ah, na dangka sia nangma taw ki lalcip tahen, banghangziam cile nangma in Pathian letsong sia dangka taw lei thei tu in na ngaisun hi.
21 You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn’t right before God.
Hi thu sia nang in bangma kihel thei na le na san tu om ngawl hi: banghangziam cile Pathian mai ah na thinsung pha ngawl hi.
22 Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
Tua ahikom hi na phatngawlna pan in kisik in a, Pathian kung ah thungen in, tabang hile na thinsung ngaisutna mawna hong maisak tu hi.
23 For I see that you are in the poison of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity.”
Banghangziam cile nangma sia a kha mama thinkha sung ah na om a, phatngawlna in hong hencip hi, ci ka he hi, ci hi.
24 Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me.”
Tua zawkciang in Simon in, na son thu te theampo khat zong ka tung ah hong thet ngawl natu in, Topa tung ah thu hong ngetsak tavun, ci hi.
25 They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the Good News to many villages of the Samaritans.
Taciang amate in Topa thuhil le tetti a pan zawk uh ciang Jerusalem ah heakkik uh a, Samaria mite khua tampi ah lungdamna thuhil uh hi.
26 Then an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise, and go towards the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert.”
Taciang Topa vantungmi in Philip tung ah, ding in a, Jerusalem pan Gaza paina lampi thangsang ah paisuk in, tua mun sia senneal ngam a hihi, ci hi.
27 He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship.
Taciang Pihlip sia ding in pai hi: taciang, en in, Ethiopa mi cil ki nget khat, Ethiopia kumpinu Candace khut nuai ah za lian mama le neisa theampo a keampa sia Jerusalem ah Pathian bia tu in hongpai a,
28 He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
Ama sia a ciakik lam in, siphu leang to in kamsang Isaiah laibu sim hi.
29 The Spirit said to Philip, “Go near, and join yourself to this chariot.”
Thaa in Philip tung ah, neakphei in a, hi siphu leang tung ah ama taw paikhawm vun, ci hi.
30 Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
Philip sia tua pa kung ah tai a, kamsang Isaiah laibu a sim za hi, taciang na sim sia na tel ziam? ci hi.
31 He said, “How can I, unless someone explains it to me?” He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
Tua pa in, mi khatpo in hong hil bua ahile, bangbang in tel thei tu khi ziam? ci hi. Taciang ama in Philip sia siphu leang tung ah kato in ama taw tokhawm tu in sam hi.
32 Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn’t open his mouth.
Laithiangtho a sim na mun sia, Ama sia ngaw tu in a ki paipui tuu bang hi; taciang a mulmet pa mai ah a ham ngawl tuuno bang in, Ama sia a kam zong ka ngawl hi:
33 In his humiliation, his judgement was taken away. Who will declare His generation? For his life is taken from the earth.”
Ki zawnsak na sung ah a man ngawl in thukhenna thuak hi: taciang akua in ama suan te tung ah tangko tu ziam? banghangziam cile ama nuntakna sia hi leitung pan in la uh hi, a ci na mun a hihi.
34 The eunuch answered Philip, “Who is the prophet talking about? About himself, or about someone else?”
Taciang tua cil ki nget pa in Philip zo kik a, kong thum hi, hong son tan, kamsang in akua thu son ziam? ama thu ziam, a hibale midang thu son ziam? ci hi.
35 Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him about Yeshua.
Tua zawkciang in Philip in a kam hong a, tua laithiangtho pan kipan in, Jesus thu sia ama tung ah hil hi.
36 As they went on the way, they came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being immersed?”
Tabang in amate lampi dung ah a pai uh laitak in, tui omna mun ah theng uh a: tua cil ki nget pa in, en in, hi mun ah tui om hi; tui ki phum tu bang in hong khak ziam? ci hi.
Taciang Philip in, na thinsung theampo taw na um nale, ki phum thei ni hi, ci hi. Taciang ama in, Jesus Christ sia Pathian Tapa hi, ci ka um hi, ci in zo hi.
38 He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he immersed him.
Taciang ama in siphu leang tawlnga tu in thupia a: a ni in tuisung ah tuaksuk uh hi, taciang Philip in ama tuiphumna pia hi.
39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch didn’t see him any more, for he went on his way rejoicing.
Taciang amate tui sung pan a pusua uh ciang in, Topa Thaa in Philip lato a, tua pa in mu kik nawn ngawl hi: taciang lungdamtak in a lampi dung ah paisuak hi.
40 But Philip was found at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the Good News to all the cities until he came to Caesarea.
Ahihang Philip sia Azotus khua ah, mite in mu uh a: Caesarea a thet dong khuapi theampo ah Pathian thuhil hi.
