¹And there were certain in Antioch, in the assembly there, prophets and teachers; both Barnabas, and Simeon who is called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, Manaen also — Herod the tetrarch`s foster-brother — and Saul;

¹Katika kanisa la Antiokia kulikuwa na watu wengine waliokuwa manabii na walimu; miongoni mwao akiwa Barnaba, Simoni aitwaye pia Mweusi, Lukio wa Kurene, Manaeni ambaye alikuwa amelelewa pamoja na mfalme Herode, na Saulo.

²and in their ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, `Separate ye to me both Barnabas and Saul to the work to which I have called them,`

²Walipokuwa wanafanya ibada yao kwa Bwana na kufunga, Roho Mtakatifu alisema: "Niteulieni Barnaba na Saulo kwa ajili ya kazi niliyowaitia."

³then having fasted, and having prayed, and having laid the hands on them, they sent [them] away.

³Basi, baada ya kusali na kufunga zaidi, wakawawekea mikono, wakawaacha waende zao.

⁴These, indeed, then, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, thence also they sailed to Cyprus,

⁴Basi, Barnaba na Saulo walipokwisha tumwa na Roho Mtakatifu, walishuka hadi Seleukia, na kutoka huko walipanda meli hadi kisiwa cha Kupro.

⁵and having come unto Salamis, they declared the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews, and they had also John [as] a ministrant;

⁵Walipofika Salami walihubiri neno la Mungu katika masunagogi ya Kiyahudi. Yohane (Marko) alikuwa msaidizi wao.

⁶and having gone through the island unto Paphos, they found a certain magian, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name [is] Bar-Jesus;

⁶Walitembea toka upande mmoja wa kisiwa mpaka Pafo upande wa pili, na huko walimkuta mchawi mmoja Myahudi aitwaye Baryesu ambaye alijisingizia kuwa nabii.

⁷who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man; this one having called for Barnabas and Saul, did desire to hear the word of God,

⁷Huyu alikuwa pamoja na Sergio Paulo, mkuu wa kile kisiwa, ambaye alikuwa mtu mwelewa sana. Sergio Paulo aliwaita Barnaba na Saulo ili asikie neno la Mungu.

⁸and there withstood them Elymas the magian — for so is his name interpreted — seeking to pervert the proconsul from the faith.

⁸Lakini huyo mchawi Elima (kama alivyokuwa anaitwa kwa Kigiriki), alijaribu kuwapinga ili kumzuia huyo mkuu wa kisiwa asije akaigeukia imani ya Kikristo.

⁹And Saul — who also [is] Paul — having been filled with the Holy Spirit, and having looked stedfastly on him,

⁹Basi, Saulo ambaye aliitwa pia Paulo, akiwa amejaa Roho Mtakatifu, alimkodolea macho huyo mchawi,

¹⁰said, `O full of all guile, and all profligacy, son of a devil, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease perverting the right ways of the Lord?

¹⁰akasema, "Mdanganyifu wa kupindukia na mlaghai wewe! Wewe ni mtoto wa Ibilisi! Wewe ni adui wa chochote kile kilicho cha kweli; hukomi hata mara moja kujaribu kuzipotosha njia za Bwana zilizonyoka.

¹¹and now, lo, a hand of the Lord [is] upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season;` and presently there fell upon him a mist and darkness, and he, going about, was seeking some to lead [him] by the hand;

¹¹Sasa, mkono wa Bwana utakuadhibu: utakuwa kipofu na hutaweza kuuona mwanga wa jua kwa kitambo." Mara kila kitu kikawa kama ukungu na giza kwake, akaanza kwenda huku na huku akitafuta mtu wa kumshika mkono amwongoze.

¹²then the proconsul having seen what hath come to pass, did believe, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

¹²Yule mkuu wa kisiwa alipoona hayo, aliongoka akawa muumini; akastaajabia sana mafundisho aliyosikia juu ya Bwana.

¹³And those about Paul having set sail from Paphos, came to Perga of Pamphylia, and John having departed from them, did turn back to Jerusalem,

¹³Kutoka Pafo, Paulo na wenzake walipanda meli wakaenda hadi Perga katika Pamfulia; lakini Yohane (Marko) aliwaacha, akarudi Yerusalemu.

¹⁴and they having gone through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia, and having gone into the synagogue on the sabbath-day, they sat down,

¹⁴Lakini wao waliendelea na safari toka Pisga hadi mjini Antiokia Pisidia. Siku ya Sabato waliingia ndani ya Sunagogi, wakakaa.

¹⁵and after the reading of the law and of the prophets, the chief men of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, `Men, brethren, if there be a word in you of exhortation unto the people — say on.`

¹⁵Baada ya masomo katika kitabu cha Sheria ya Mose na katika maandiko ya manabii, wakuu wa lile sunagogi waliwapelekea ujumbe huu: "Ndugu, kama mnalo jambo la kuwaambia watu ili kuwapa moyo, semeni."

¹⁶And Paul having risen, and having beckoned with the hand, said, `Men, Israelites, and those fearing God, hearken:

¹⁶Basi, Paulo alisimama, akatoa ishara kwa mkono, akaanza kuongea: "Wananchi wa Israeli na wengine wote mnaomcha Mungu, sikilizeni!

¹⁷the God of this people Israel did choose our fathers, and the people He did exalt in their sojourning in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm did He bring them out of it;

¹⁷Mungu wa taifa hili la Israeli aliwateua babu zetu na kuwafanya wawe taifa kubwa walipokuwa ugenini kule Misri. Mungu aliwatoa huko kwa uwezo wake mkuu.

¹⁸and about a period of forty years He did suffer their manners in the wilderness,

¹⁸Aliwavumilia kwa muda wa miaka arobaini kule jangwani.

¹⁹and having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, He did divide by lot to them their land.

¹⁹Aliyaangamiza mataifa ya nchi ya Kanaani akawapa hao watu wake ile nchi kuwa mali yao.

²⁰`And after these things, about four hundred and fifty years, He gave judges — till Samuel the prophet;

²⁰Miaka mia nne na hamsini ilipita, halafu akawapatia waamuzi wawaongoze mpaka wakati wa nabii Samweli.

²¹and thereafter they asked for a king, and God did give to them Saul, son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years;

²¹Hapo wakapendelea kuwa na mfalme, na Mungu akawapa Saulo, mtoto wa Kishi wa kabila la Benyamini, awe mfalme wao kwa muda wa miaka arobaini.

²²and having removed him, He did raise up to them David for king, to whom also having testified, he said, I found David, the [son] of Jesse, a man according to My heart, who shall do all My will.

²²Baada ya kumwondoa Saulo, Mungu alimteua Daudi kuwa mfalme wao. Mungu alionyesha kibali chake kwake akisema: Nimemwona Daudi mtoto wa Yese; ni mtu anayepatana na moyo wangu; mtu ambaye atatimiza yale yote ninayotaka kuyatenda.

²³`Of this one`s seed God, according to promise, did raise to Israel a Saviour — Jesus,

²³Kutokana na ukoo wake mtu huyu, Mungu, kama alivyoahidi, amewapelekea watu wa Israeli Mwokozi, ndiye Yesu.

²⁴John having first preached, before his coming, a baptism of reformation to all the people of Israel;

²⁴Kabla ya kuja kwake Yesu, Yohane alimtangulia akiwahubiria watu wote wa Israeli kwamba ni lazima watubu na kubatizwa.

²⁵and as John was fulfilling the course, he said, Whom me do ye suppose to be? I am not [he], but, lo, he doth come after me, of whom I am not worthy to loose the sandal of [his] feet.

²⁵Yohane alipokuwa anamaliza ujumbe wake aliwaambia watu: Mnadhani mimi ni nani? Mimi si yule mnayemtazamia. Huyo anakuja baada yangu na mimi sistahili hata kuzifungua kamba za viatu vyake.

²⁶`Men, brethren, sons of the race of Abraham, and those among you fearing God, to you was the word of this salvation sent,

²⁶"Ndugu, ninyi mlio watoto wa ukoo wa Abrahamu, na wengine wote mnaomcha Mungu! Ujumbe huu wa wokovu umeletwa kwetu.

²⁷for those dwelling in Jerusalem, and their chiefs, this one not having known, also the voices of the prophets, which every sabbath are being read — having judged [him] — did fulfill,

²⁷Kwa maana wenyeji wa Yerusalemu na wakuu wao hawakumtambua yeye kuwa Mwokozi. Wala hawakuelewa maneno ya manabii yanayosomwa kila Sabato. Hata hivyo, waliyafanya maneno ya manabii yatimie kwa kumhukumu Yesu adhabu ya kifo.

²⁸and no cause of death having found, they did ask of Pilate that he should be slain,

²⁸Ingawa hawakumpata na hatia inayostahili auawe, walimwomba Pilato amhukumu auawe.

²⁹and when they did complete all the things written about him, having taken [him] down from the tree, they laid him in a tomb;

²⁹Na baada ya kutekeleza yote yaliyokuwa yameandikwa kumhusu yeye, walimshusha kutoka msalabani, wakamweka kaburini.

³⁰and God did raise him out of the dead,

³⁰Lakini Mungu alimfufua kutoka wafu.

³¹and he was seen for many days of those who did come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses unto the people.

³¹Naye, kwa siku nyingi aliwatokea wale waliofuatana naye kutoka Galilaya mpaka Yerusalemu. Hao ndio walio sasa mashahidi wake kwa watu wa Israeli.

³²`And we to you do proclaim good news — that the promise made unto the fathers,

³²Sisi tumekuja hapa kuwaleteeni Habari Njema: jambo lile Mungu alilowaahidia babu zetu amelitimiza sasa kwa ajili yetu sisi tulio wajukuu wao kwa kumfufua Yesu kutoka wafu.

³³God hath in full completed this to us their children, having raised up Jesus, as also in the second Psalm it hath been written, My Son thou art — I to-day have begotten thee.

³³Kama ilivyoandikwa katika zaburi ya pili: Wewe ni Mwanangu, mimi leo nimekuwa baba yako.

³⁴`And that He did raise him up out of the dead, no more to return to corruption, he hath said thus — I will give to you the faithful kindnesses of David;

³⁴Na juu ya kumfufua kutoka wafu, asipate tena kurudi huko na kuoza, Mungu alisema hivi: Nitakupa baraka takatifu na za kweli nilizomwahidia Daudi.

³⁵wherefore also in another [place] he saith, Thou shalt not give Thy kind One to see corruption,

³⁵Naam, na katika sehemu nyingine za zaburi asema: Hutamwacha Mtakatifu wako aoze.

³⁶for David, indeed, his own generation having served by the will of God, did fall asleep, and was added unto his fathers, and saw corruption,

³⁶Sasa, Daudi mwenyewe alitimiza mapenzi ya Mungu wakati wake; kisha akafa na kuzikwa karibu na wazee wake, na mwili wake ukaoza.

³⁷but he whom God did raise up, did not see corruption.

³⁷Lakini yule ambaye Mungu alimfufua kutoka wafu hakupata kuoza.

³⁸`Let it therefore be known to you, men, brethren, that through this one to you is the forgiveness of sins declared,

³⁸Jueni wazi, ndugu zangu, kwamba ujumbe kuhusu kusamehewa dhambi unahubiriwa kwenu kwa njia ya Yesu Kristo;

³⁹and from all things from which ye were not able in the law of Moses to be declared righteous, in this one every one who is believing is declared righteous;

³⁹na ya kwamba kila mmoja anayemwamini Yesu anasamehewa dhambi zote, jambo ambalo halingewezekana kwa njia ya Sheria ya Mose.

⁴⁰see, therefore, it may not come upon you that hath been spoken in the prophets:

⁴⁰Jihadharini basi, msije mkapatwa na yale yaliyosemwa na manabii:

⁴¹See, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish, because a work I — I do work in your days, a work in which ye may not believe, though any one may declare [it] to you.`

⁴¹Sikilizeni enyi wenye madharau, shangaeni mpotee! Kwa maana kitu ninachofanya sasa, nyakati zenu, ni kitu ambacho hamtakiamini hata kama mtu akiwaelezeni."

⁴²And having gone forth out of the synagogue of the Jews, the nations were calling upon [them] that on the next sabbath these sayings may be spoken to them,

⁴²Paulo na Barnaba walipokuwa wanatoka katika ile sunagogi, wale watu waliwaalika waje tena siku ya Sabato iliyofuata, waongee zaidi juu ya mambo hayo.

⁴³and the synagogue having been dismissed, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes did follow Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, were persuading them to remain in the grace of God.

⁴³Mkutano huo ulipomalizika, Wayahudi wengi na watu wa mataifa mengine waliokuwa wameongokea dini ya Kiyahudi waliwafuata Paulo na Barnaba. Hao mitume waliongea nao, wakawatia moyo waendelee kuishi wakitegemea neema ya Mungu.

⁴⁴And on the coming sabbath, almost all the city was gathered together to hear the word of God,

⁴⁴Siku ya Sabato iliyofuata, karibu kila mtu katika ule mji alikuja kusikiliza neno la Bwana.

⁴⁵and the Jews having seen the multitudes, were filled with zeal, and did contradict the things spoken by Paul — contradicting and speaking evil.

⁴⁵Lakini Wayahudi walipoliona hilo kundi la watu walijaa wivu, wakapinga alichokuwa anasema Paulo na kumtukana.

⁴⁶And speaking boldly, Paul and Barnabas said, `To you it was necessary that first the word of God be spoken, and seeing ye do thrust it away, and do not judge yourselves worthy of the life age-during, lo, we do turn to the nations;

⁴⁶Hata hivyo, Paulo na Barnaba waliongea kwa uhodari zaidi, wakasema, "Ilikuwa ni lazima neno la Mungu liwafikieni ninyi kwanza; lakini kwa kuwa mmelikataa na kujiona hamstahili uzima wa milele, basi, tunawaacheni na kuwaendea watu wa mataifa mengine.

⁴⁷for so hath the Lord commanded us: I have set thee for a light of nations — for thy being for salvation unto the end of the earth.`

⁴⁷Maana Bwana alituagiza hivi: Nimekuteua wewe uwe mwanga kwa mataifa, uwe njia ya wokovu kwa ulimwengu wote."

⁴⁸And the nations hearing were glad, and were glorifying the word of the Lord, and did believe — as many as were appointed to life age-during;

⁴⁸Watu wa mataifa mengine waliposikia jambo hilo walifurahi, wakausifu ujumbe wa Mungu; na wale waliokuwa wamechaguliwa kupata uzima wa milele, wakawa waumini.

⁴⁹and the word of the Lord was spread abroad through all the region.

⁴⁹Neno la Bwana likaenea kila mahali katika sehemu ile.

⁵⁰And the Jews stirred up the devout and honourable women, and the first men of the city, and did raise persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and did put them out from their borders;

⁵⁰Lakini Wayahudi waliwachochea wanawake wa tabaka ya juu wa mataifa mengine ambao walikuwa wacha Mungu, na wanaume maarufu wa mji huo. Wakaanza kuwatesa Paulo na Barnaba, wakawafukuza kutoka katika eneo lao.

⁵¹and they having shaken off the dust of their feet against them, came to Iconium,

⁵¹Basi, mitume wakayakung'uta mavumbi yaliyokuwa katika miguu yao kama onyo, kisha wakaenda Ikonio.

⁵²and the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.

⁵²Lakini hao wafuasi walikuwa wamejaa furaha na Roho Mtakatifu.