¹[Ny nandefasana an'i Barnabasy sy Saoly ho misionera, sy ny nampianarany tao Kyprosy] Ary teo amin'ny fiangonana tany Antiokia nisy mpaminany sy mpampianatra: Barnabasy sy Simeona, izay atao hoe Nigera, sy Losio Kyreniana sy Menahema (izay niolonono tamin'i Heroda mpanapaka) ary Saoly.

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;

²Ary raha nanao fanompoam-pivavahana ho an'ny Tompo sy nifady hanina ireo, dia hoy ny Fanahy Masina: Atokàny ho Ahy Barnabasy sy Saoly hanao ny asa izay efa niantsoako azy.

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,`

³Ary rehefa nifady hanina sy nivavaka ary nametra-tanana taminy izy, dia nandefa azy.

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

⁴Ary rehefa nirahin'ny Fanahy Masina izy roa lahy, dia nidina nankany Seleokia izy ka niondrana an-tsambo teo hankany Kyprosy.

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

⁵Ary nony tonga tany Salamisy izy, dia nitory ny tenin'Andriamanitra teny amin'ny synagogan'ny Jiosy; ary nitondra an'i Jaona koa ho mpanampy azy izy.

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;

⁶Ary rehefa namaky ny nosy ka tonga tany Pafo izy, dia nahita Jiosy anankiray atao hoe Barjesosy, mpanao ody sady mpaminany sandoka,

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

⁷izay nitoetra tao amin'i Serygio Paolo, governoran'ny tany sady lehilahy hendry; ary izy nampaka an'i Barnabasy sy Saoly hankao aminy ka naniry mba hahare ny tenin'Andriamanitra.

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,

⁸Fa Elyma, mpanao ody (fa izany no anarany, raha adika), nanohitra azy roa lahy sady nitady hampivily ny governora tsy hanaiky ny finoana.

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

⁹Fa Saoly kosa, izay atao hoe koa Paoly, feno ny Fanahy Masina, dia nibanjina azy

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

¹⁰ka nanao hoe: Ialahy feno ny fitaka rehetra sy ny fahafetsena rehetra, ialahy zanaky ny devoly sady fahavalon'ny fahamarinana rehetra, tsy hitsahatra tsy hamily ny lala-mahitsin'ny Tompo va ialahy?

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?

¹¹Ary, indro, ankehitriny ny tanan'ny Tompo hamely an'ialahy, dia ho jamba ialahy ka tsy hahita masoandro aloha. Dia latsaka tao aminy niaraka tamin'izay ny mampanjambena sy ny aizina, ary niraparapa nitady olona hitantana azy izy.

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;

¹²Ary ny governora, nony nahita izay efa natao, dia nino sady talanjona tamin'ny fampianaran'ny Tompo.

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

¹³Ary Paoly sy ny namany, rehefa niondrana an-tsambo niala avy tany Pafo, dia tonga tany Peryga any Pamfyha; fa Jaona nandao azy ka niverina nankany Jerosalema.

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,

¹⁴Ary rehefa niala tany Peryga izy ireo, dia nandroso nankany Antiokia any Pisidia, dia niditra tao amin'ny synagoga tamin'ny andro Sabata ka nipetraka teo.

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,

¹⁵Ary rehefa vita ny famakiana ny lalàna sy ny mpaminany, ny mpanapaka ny synagoga dia nampilaza taminy ka nanao hoe: Ry rahalahy, raha misy fananarana hataonareo amin'ny olona, dia ataovy.

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.`

¹⁶Ary Paoly nitsangana, dia nanofa tanana azy ka nanao hoe: Ry lehilahy Isiraely sy ianareo izay matahotra an'Andriamanitra, mihainoa;

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

¹⁷Andriamanitr'izao olona Isiraely izao efa nifidy ny razantsika ka nanandratra ny olona, raha nivahiny tany amin'ny tany Egypta izy, ary sandry avo no nitondrany azy nivoaka avy tany.

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;

¹⁸Ary Izy nandefitra tamin'ny nataony tany an-efitra tokony ho efa-polo taona. [ Na: (nitondra azy tahaka ny fitondran'ny olona ny zanany; izahao Deo. 1.31)]

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

¹⁹Ary rehefa nandrava firenena fito tany amin'ny tany Kanana Izy, dia nampandovainy ny tanin'ireny izy

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

²⁰tokony ho dimam-polo amby efa-jato taona; ary rehefa afaka izany, dia nomeny mpitsara izy hatramin'i Samoela mpaminany.

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

²¹Ary rehefa afaka indray izany, dia nangataka mpanjaka izy; ka dia nomen'Andriamanitra azy efa-polo taona Saoly, zanak'i Kisy, lehilahy avy tamin'ny firenen'i Benjamina.

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;

²²Ary rehefa nanaisotra an'i Saoly Izy, dia nanandratra an'i Davida ho mpanjakany sady nanambara azy hoe: Izaho nahita an'i Davida, zanak'i Jese, lehilahy araka ny foko, izay hanao ny sitrapoko rehetra (1 Sam. 13. 14; Sal. 89. 20).

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.

²³Avy tamin'ny taranak'izany lehilahy izany no nitondran'Andriamanitra an'i Jesosy araka ny teny fikasana ho Mpamonjy ny Isiraely,

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

²⁴rehefa notorin'i Jaona tamin'ny olona Isiraely rehetra aloha ny batisan'ny fibebahana, fony tsy mbola tonga Izy.

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

²⁵Ary Jaona, rehefa nadiva no nahatanteraka ny nalehany, dia nanao hoe: Ataonareo ho iza moa aho? Tsy Izy aho; fa, indro, misy Anankiray avy ao aoriako, ka izaho tsy miendrika hamaha ny kapa eo an-tongony akory.

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.

²⁶Ry rahalahy, taranak'i Abrahama, sy izay rehetra eo aminareo matahotra an'Andriamanitra, dia ho amintsika no nampitondrana ny tenin'izao famonjena izao.

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

²⁷Fa izay monina any Jerosalema sy ny loholony, satria tsy mba nahafantatra Azy, na ny feon'ny mpaminany izay vakina isan-tSabata, dia nahatanteraka izany tamin'ny nanamelohany Azy.

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,

²⁸Ary na dia tsy hitany aza izay tokony hanamelohana Azy ho faty, dia nangataka tamin'i Pilato ihany izy hamonoana Ary.

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

²⁹Ary rehefa nahatanteraka izay rehetra voasoratra ny amin'i Jesosy izy, dia nanaisotra Azy tamin'ny hazo ka nandevina Azy tao am-pasana.

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

³⁰Fa Andriamanitra kosa nanangana Azy tamin'ny maty.

³⁰and God did raise him out of the dead,

³¹Ary Izy niseho andro maro tamin'izay niara-niakatra taminy avy tany Galilia ho any Jerosalema, ka dia ireo no vavolombelony amin'ny olona ankehitriny.

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.

³²Ary izahay mitory ny filazantsara aminareo, dia ilay teny fikasana nolazaina tamin'ny razana,

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

³³dia ny nahatanterahan'Andriamanitra izany tamin'ny zanatsika, raha nanangana an'i Jesosy Izy, araka ny voasoratra eo amin'ny Salamo faharoa hoe: Zanako Hianao, Izaho niteraka Anao androany (Sal. 2. 7).

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.

³⁴Ary ny amin'ny nananganany Azy tamin'ny maty, ka tsy hiverina ho amin'ny lò intsony Izy, dia izao no voalazany: Homeko anareo ny famindram-po mahatoky nampanantenaina an'i Davida (Isa. 55. 3).

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;

³⁵Fa hoy Izy ao amin'ny Salamo hafa koa: Tsy hamela ny Iray Masinao ho tratry ny lò Hianao (Sal. 16. 10).

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

³⁶Fa Davida, rehefa nahatanteraka ny sitrapon'Andriamanitra hahasoa ny olona niara-belona taminy, dia nodi-mandry ka nangonina ho any amin'ny razany izy ary tratry ny lò; [Na. Fa Davida, rehefa nanompo ny olona niara-belona taminy, dia nodi-mandry araka ny sitrapon'Andriamanitra]

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,

³⁷fa Izay natsangan'Andriamanitra no tsy mba tratry ny lò.

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

³⁸Ary aoka ho fantatrareo, ry rahalahy, fa izany Lehilahy izany no itoriana famelan-keloka aminareo;

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

³⁹ary ao aminy no anamarinana izay rehetra mino ho afaka amin'ny heloka rehetra izay tsy azo nanamarinana anareo tamin'ny lalàn'i Mosesy.

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;

⁴⁰Koa tandremo fandrao hihatra izay voalaza eo amin'ny mpaminany hoe:

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

⁴¹Izahaonareo mpamotsifotsy, dia gagà, ka levona; Fa Izaho manao asa amin'ny andronareo, Dia asa izay tsy hinoanareo akory, na dia hisy hilaza aminareo aza (Hab. 1. 5)

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.`

⁴²Ary rehefa nivoaka izy, dia nangatahiny holazaina aminy indray izany teny izany amin'ny Sabata manaraka.

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,

⁴³Ary rehefa nirava ny fiangonana, dia maro tamin'ny Jiosy sy ny proselyta izay nanompo an'Andriamanitra no nanaraka an'i Paoly sy Barnabasy, izay niteny taminy ka namporisika azy haharitra amin'ny fahasoavan'Andriamanitra.

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.

⁴⁴Ary nony tamin'ny Sabata manaraka, dia saiky tafangona avokoa ny tao an-tanàna hihaino ny tenin'Andriamanitra.

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

⁴⁵Nefa ny Jiosy kosa, raha nahita ny vahoaka betsaka, dia feno fialonana ka nanohitra ny teny nolazain'i Paoly, sady niteny ratsy. [ Gr. nanao blasfemia, izahao Mat. 9.3]

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

⁴⁶Ary Paoly sy Barnabasy dia niteny tamin'ny fahasahiana ka nanao hoe: Hianareo no tsy maintsy nitoriana ny tenin'Andriamanitra aloha; fa rehefa mandà izany ianareo ka manao ny tenanareo ho tsy miendrika hahazo fiainana mandrakizay, dia indro, mitodika mankany amin'ny jentilisa izahay;

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;

⁴⁷fa izao no nandidian'ny Tompo anay: Efa nanendry Anao ho fahazavan'ny jentilisa Aho, Mba ho famonjena hatrany amin'ny faran'ny tany Hianao (Isa. 49. 6).

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.`

⁴⁸Ary rehefa nandre izany ny jentilisa, dia faly izy ka nankalaza ny tenin'Andriamanitra; ary izay voalahatra ho amin'ny fiainana mandrakizay dia nino. [ Na: ny tenin'ny Tompo]

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;

⁴⁹Ary ny tenin'ny Tompo dia naely eran'izany tany rehetra izany.

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

⁵⁰Fa ny Jiosy nampitaitra ny vehivavy manan-kaja izay nivavaka sy ny lehibe tao an-tanàna, dia nahatonga fanenjehana tamin'i Paoly sy Barnabasy ireny ka nandroaka azy niala tamin'ny taniny.

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;

⁵¹Fa izy roa lahy kosa nanintsana ny vovoka tamin'ny tongony hiampanga ireo, dia nankany Ikonioma.Ary dia feno fifaliana sy ny Fanahy Masina ny mpianatra.

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

⁵²Ary dia feno fifaliana sy ny Fanahy Masina ny mpianatra.

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