¹And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them,

¹Petro na Yohane walipokuwa bado wanawahutubia watu, makuhani na mkuu wa walinzi wa Hekalu pamoja na Masadukayo walifika.

²being distressed on account of their teaching the people and preaching by Jesus the resurrection from among [the] dead;

²Walikasirika sana, maana hao mitume walikuwa wanawahubiria watu kwamba Yesu alifufuka, jambo ambalo linaonyesha wazi kwamba wafu watafufuka.

³and they laid hands on them, and put them in ward till the morrow; for it was already evening.

³Basi, waliwatia nguvuni na kwa kuwa usiku ulikuwa umekaribia, wakawaweka chini ya ulinzi mpaka kesho yake.

⁴But many of those who had heard the word believed; and the number of the men had become [about] five thousand.

⁴Lakini wengi kati ya wale waliosikia ujumbe wao waliamini, na idadi ya waumini ikawa imefika karibu elfu tano.

⁵And it came to pass on the morrow that their rulers and elders and scribes were gathered together at Jerusalem,

⁵Kesho yake, viongozi wa Wayahudi, wazee na walimu wa Sheria, walikusanyika pamoja huko Yerusalemu.

⁶and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of [the] high priestly family;

⁶Walikutana pamoja na Anasi, Kayafa, Yohane, Aleksanda na wengine waliokuwa wa ukoo wa Kuhani Mkuu.

⁷and having placed them in the midst they inquired, In what power or in what name have *ye* done this?

⁷Waliwasimamisha mitume mbele yao, wakawauliza, "Ninyi mmefanya jambo hili kwa nguvu gani na kwa jina la nani?"

⁸Then Peter, filled with [the] Holy Spirit, said to them, Rulers of the people and elders [of Israel],

⁸Hapo, Petro, akiwa amejawa na Roho Mtakatifu, akawaambia, "Viongozi na wazee wa watu!

⁹if *we* this day are called upon to answer as to the good deed [done] to the infirm man, how *he* has been healed,

⁹Ikiwa mnatuuliza leo juu ya kile kitendo chema alichofanyiwa yule mtu aliyekuwa kiwete na jinsi alivyopata kuwa mzima,

¹⁰be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ the Nazaraean, whom *ye* have crucified, whom God has raised from among [the] dead, by *him* this [man] stands here before you sound [in body].

¹⁰basi, ninyi na watu wote wa Israeli mnapaswa kujua kwamba mtu huyu anasimama mbele yenu leo, mzima kabisa, kwa nguvu ya jina lake Yesu wa Nazareti ambaye ninyi mlimsulubisha, lakini Mungu akamfufua kutoka wafu.

¹¹*He* is the stone which has been set at nought by you the builders, which is become the corner stone.

¹¹Huyu ndiye ambaye Maandiko Matakatifu yanasema: Jiwe mlilokataa ninyi waashi, sasa limekuwa jiwe kuu la msingi.

¹²And salvation is in none other, for neither is there another name under heaven which is given among men by which we must be saved.

¹²Wokovu haupatikani kwa mtu mwingine yeyote, kwa maana duniani pote, binadamu hawakupewa jina la mtu mwingine ambaye sisi tunaweza kuokolewa naye."

¹³But seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were unlettered and uninstructed men, they wondered; and they recognised them that they were with Jesus.

¹³Hao wazee wa baraza, wakiwa wanajua kwamba Petro na Yohane walikuwa watu wasio na kisomo wala elimu yoyote, walishangaa juu ya jinsi walivyosema kwa uhodari. Wakatambua kwamba walikuwa wamejiunga na Yesu.

¹⁴And beholding the man who had been healed standing with them, they had nothing to reply;

¹⁴Lakini walipomwona yule mtu aliyeponywa amesimama pamoja nao, hawakuweza kusema kitu.

¹⁵but having commanded them to go out of the council they conferred with one another,

¹⁵Hivyo, waliwaamuru watoke nje ya baraza, nao wakabaki ndani wakizungumza kwa faragha.

¹⁶saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed an evident sign has come to pass through their means is manifest to all that inhabit Jerusalem, and we cannot deny it.

¹⁶Wakaulizana, "Tufanye nini na watu hawa? Kila mtu anayeishi Yerusalemu anajua kwamba mwujiza huu wa ajabu umefanyika, nasi hatuwezi kukana jambo hilo.

¹⁷But that it be not further spread among the people, let us threaten them severely no longer to speak to any man in this name.

¹⁷Lakini ili tupate kuzuia jambo hili lisienee zaidi kati ya watu, tuwaonye wasiongee na mtu yeyote kwa jina la Yesu."

¹⁸And having called them, they charged [them] not to speak at all nor teach in the name of Jesus.

¹⁸Kwa hiyo wakawaita tena ndani, wakawaonya wasiongee tena hadharani, wala kufundisha kwa jina la Yesu.

¹⁹But Peter and John answering said to them, If it be righteous before God to listen to you rather than to God, judge ye;

¹⁹Lakini Petro na Yohane wakawajibu, "Amueni ninyi wenyewe kama ni haki mbele ya Mungu kuwatii ninyi kuliko kumtii yeye.

²⁰for as for us *we* cannot refrain from speaking of the things which we have seen and heard.

²⁰Kwa maana hatuwezi kuacha kusema juu ya mambo yale tuliyoyaona na kuyasikia."

²¹But they, having further threatened them, let them go, finding no way how they might punish them, on account of the people, because all glorified God for what had taken place;

²¹Basi, hao wazee wa Baraza wakawaonya kwa ukali zaidi, halafu wakawaacha huru. Hawakuweza kuwapa adhabu kwa sababu watu wote walikuwa wakimtukuza Mungu kwa sababu ya tukio hilo.

²²for the man on whom this sign of healing had taken place was above forty years old.

²²Huyo mtu aliyeponywa alikuwa na umri wa miaka zaidi ya arobaini.

²³And having been let go, they came to their own [company], and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them.

²³Mara tu walipoachwa huru, Petro na Yohane walirudi kwa wenzao, wakawaeleza yale waliyoambiwa na makuhani wakuu na wazee.

²⁴And they, having heard [it], lifted up [their] voice with one accord to God, and said, Lord, *thou* art the God who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them;

²⁴Waliposikia habari hiyo waliungana pamoja katika kumwomba Mungu wakisema, "Bwana, wewe ni Muumba wa mbingu na nchi, bahari na vyote vilivyomo!

²⁵who hast said by the mouth of thy servant David, Why have [the] nations raged haughtily and [the] peoples meditated vain things?

²⁵Ndiwe uliyemfanya mtumishi wako, babu yetu Daudi, aseme kwa nguvu ya Roho Mtakatifu: Kwa nini mataifa yameghadhibika? Mbona watu wamefanya mipango ya bure?

²⁶The kings of the earth were there, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ.

²⁶Wafalme wa dunia walijiweka tayari, na watawala walikutana pamoja, ili kumwasi Bwana na Kristo wake.

²⁷For in truth against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou hadst anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with [the] nations, and peoples of Israel, have been gathered together in this city

²⁷"Maana, kwa hakika, ndivyo Herode, Pontio Pilato, watu wa Israeli na watu wa mataifa walivyokutanika papa hapa mjini, kumpinga Yesu Mtumishi wako Mtakatifu ambaye umemtia mafuta.

²⁸to do whatever thy hand and thy counsel had determined before should come to pass.

²⁸Naam, walikutana ili wafanye yale ambayo ulikusudia na kupanga tangu mwanzo kwa uwezo wako na mapenzi yako.

²⁹And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings, and give to thy bondmen with all boldness to speak thy word,

²⁹Lakini sasa, ee Bwana, angalia vitisho vyao. Utuwezeshe sisi watumishi wako kuhubiri neno lako kwa uhodari.

³⁰in that thou stretchest out thy hand to heal, and that signs and wonders take place through the name of thy holy servant Jesus.

³⁰Nyosha mkono wako uponye watu. Fanya ishara na maajabu kwa jina la Yesu Mtumishi wako Mtakatifu."

³¹And when they had prayed, the place in which they were assembled shook, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and spoke the word of God with boldness.

³¹Walipomaliza kusali, pale mahali walipokuwa wamekutanika pakatikiswa, nao wote wakajazwa Roho Mtakatifu. Wote wakaanza kuhubiri neno la Mungu bila uoga.

³²And the heart and soul of the multitude of those that had believed were one, and not one said that anything of what he possessed was his own, but all things were common to them;

³²Jumuiya yote ya waumini ilikuwa moyo mmoja na roho moja. Hakuna hata mmoja aliyekuwa na kitu chochote akakiweka kuwa mali yake binafsi, ila waligawana vyote walivyokuwa navyo.

³³and with great power did the apostles give witness of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all.

³³Mitume walishuhudia kwa nguvu nyingi kufufuka kwa Bwana Yesu, naye Mungu akawapa baraka nyingi.

³⁴For neither was there any one in want among them; for as many as were owners of lands or houses, selling them, brought the price of what was sold

³⁴Hakuna mtu yeyote aliyetindikiwa kitu, maana waliokuwa na mashamba au nyumba walikuwa wanaviuza

³⁵and laid it at the feet of the apostles; and distribution was made to each according as any one might have need.

³⁵na kuwakabidhi mitume fedha hizo, zikagawiwa kila mmoja kadiri ya mahitaji yake.

³⁶And Joseph, who had been surnamed Barnabas by the apostles (which is, being interpreted, Son of consolation), a Levite, Cyprian by birth,

³⁶Kulikuwa na Mlawi mmoja, mzaliwa wa Kupro, jina lake Yosefu, ambaye mitume walimwita jina Barnaba (maana yake, "Mtu mwenye kutia moyo").

³⁷being possessed of land, having sold [it], brought the money and laid it at the feet of the apostles.

³⁷Yeye pia alikuwa na shamba lake, akaliuza; akazichukua zile fedha, akawakabidhi mitume.