¹Now there were in Antioch, in the assembly which was [there], prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen, foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, 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 as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me now Barnabas and Saul for 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 prayed, and having laid [their] hands on them, they let [them] go.

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

⁴They therefore, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and thence sailed away to Cyprus.

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

⁵And being in Salamis, they announced the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John also as [their] attendant.

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

⁶And having passed through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain man a magician, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was 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. *He*, having called Barnabas and Saul to [him], desired 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.

⁸But Elymas the magician (for so his name is by interpretation) opposed them, seeking to turn away 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.

⁹But Saul, who also [is] Paul, filled with [the] Holy Spirit, fixing his eyes upon him,

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

¹⁰said, O full of all deceit and all craft: son of [the] devil, enemy of all righteousness; wilt thou not cease perverting the right paths 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 behold, [the] Lord's hand [is] upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell upon him a mist and darkness; and going about he sought persons who should 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, seeing what had happened, believed, being amazed at the teaching of the Lord.

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

¹³And having sailed from Paphos, Paul and his company came to Perga of Pamphylia; and John separated from them and returned to Jerusalem.

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

¹⁴But they, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia; and entering 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 the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation to the people, speak.

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, rising up and making a sign with the hand, said, Israelites, and ye that fear 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 chose our fathers, and exalted the people in their sojourn in [the] land of Egypt, and with a high arm brought 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 for a time of about forty years he nursed them in the desert.

¹⁸Aliwavumilia kwa muda wa miaka arobaini kule jangwani.

¹⁹And having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.

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

²⁰And after these things he gave [them] judges till Samuel the prophet, [to the end of] about four hundred and fifty years.

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

²¹And then they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul, son of Kis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, during 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 raised up to them David for king, of whom also bearing witness he said, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after 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.

²³Of this man's seed according to promise has God brought to Israel a Saviour, Jesus;

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

²⁴John having proclaimed before the face of his entry [among the people] [the] baptism of repentance 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 his course he said, Whom do ye suppose that I am? *I* am not [he]. But behold, there comes one after me, the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.

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.

²⁶Brethren, sons of Abraham's race, and those who among you fear God, to you has the word of this salvation been sent:

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

²⁷for those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not having known him, have fulfilled also the voices of the prophets which are read on every sabbath, [by] judging [him].

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 having found no cause of death [in him], they begged of Pilate that he might be slain.

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

²⁹And when they had fulfilled all things written concerning him, they took him down from the cross and put him in a sepulchre;

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

³⁰but God raised him from among [the] dead,

³⁰Lakini Mungu alimfufua kutoka wafu.

³¹who appeared for many days to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.

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

³²And *we* declare unto you the glad tidings of the promise made to 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.

³³that God has fulfilled this to us their children, having raised up Jesus; as it is also written in the second psalm, *Thou* art my Son: this day have *I* begotten thee.

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

³⁴But that he raised him from among [the] dead, no more to return to corruption, he spoke thus: I will give to you the faithful mercies 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 he says in another, Thou wilt not suffer thy gracious one to see corruption.

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

³⁶For David indeed, having in his own generation ministered to the will of God, fell asleep, and was added to 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 raised up did not see corruption.

³⁷Lakini yule ambaye Mungu alimfufua kutoka wafu hakupata kuoza.

³⁸Be it known unto you, therefore, brethren, that through this man remission of sins is preached to you,

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

³⁹and from all things from which ye could not be justified in the law of Moses, in him every one that believes is justified.

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

⁴⁰See therefore that that which is spoken in the prophets do not come upon [you],

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

⁴¹Behold, ye despisers, and wonder and perish; for *I* work a work in your days, a work which ye will in no wise believe if one 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 as they went out they begged that these words might be spoken to them the ensuing sabbath.

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 congregation of the synagogue having broken up, many of the Jews and of the worshipping proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who speaking to them, persuaded them to continue 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.

⁴⁵But the Jews, seeing the crowds, were filled with envy, and contradicted the things said by Paul, [contradicting and] speaking injuriously.

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

⁴⁶And Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, It was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken to you; but, since ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we 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 thus has the Lord enjoined us: I have set thee for a light of the nations, that thou shouldest be for salvation to the end of the earth.

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

⁴⁸And [those of] the nations, hearing it, rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord, and believed, as many as were ordained to eternal life.

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 carried through the whole country.

⁴⁹Neno la Bwana likaenea kila mahali katika sehemu ile.

⁵⁰But the Jews excited the women of the upper classes who were worshippers, and the first people of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their coasts.

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.

⁵¹But 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.