¹Huan, Antiok khuaa saptuam omte lakah jawlnei kuate hiam leh, thuhilhmi kuate hiam a om ua; huaite tuh Barnaba bang, Sumeon Niger a chih bang uh, Kurini khuaa mi Lusia bang, kumpipa Herod unau ding Manaen bang, Saula bang ahi uh.

¹Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

²Huan, Toupa na a sem ua, an a ngawl lai un, Kha Siangthouin, Barnaba leh Saula amaute ka sehna hih dingin honhih khensak un, a chi a.

²As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, “Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.”

³Huchiin, an a ngawl ua, a thum khit un a tunguah a khut uh a koih ua, a paisakta uh.

³Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

⁴Huchiin, Kha Siangthou sawlkhiak in a pai ua, Seliusia khua ah a hoh suk ua, huai akipanin Kupra tuikulh ah longin a pai uh.

⁴So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia. From there they sailed to Cyprus.

⁵Huan, Salami khuaa a om lai un Judate kikhopna in ah Pathian thu a gen ua; Johan leng a nek uh bawl dingin a pi ua.

⁵When they were at Salamis, they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues. They had also John as their attendant.

⁶Huan, tuikulh tuh Papho khua phain a nawk suak ua, bumsiam, jawlnei taklou, Juda mi khat a mu ua, a min tuh Bar-Jesu ahi.

⁶When they had gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar Jesus,

⁷Huai mi tuh gamukpa Serjia Paulus -mi piltak kianga om ahi. Huai gamukpa Barnaba leh Saula a sama, Pathian thu jak a tum a.

⁷who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of understanding. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul, and sought to hear the word of God.

⁸Himahleha, bumsiam Elima, (Bar-Jesu min omdan ahi a); huaiin gamukpa ginlouhsak tumin, amau tuh a na khak hi.

⁸But Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn aside the proconsul from the faith.

⁹Huchiin, Saula, Paula a chih mah uh; Kha Siangthouin a dima, amah tuh a ensala.

⁹But Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, fastened his eyes on him,

¹⁰Nang mi khem leh huathuai chitenga dimpa, diabol tapa aw, nang diktatna teng teng melmapa aw, Toupa lam diktakte hihsiat na tawp kei ding maw?

¹⁰and said, “Full of all deceit and all cunning, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

¹¹Theiin, tuin Toupa khut na tungah a tu ahi, na mita hongto dinga, khovak na mu tadih kei ding, a chi a. Huchiin mei leh mialin amah a boh pah ngala, khuta kai ding zongin a vak a vakta hi.

¹¹Now, behold, the hand of the Lord is on you, and you will be blind, not seeing the sun for a season!” Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him. He went around seeking someone to lead him by the hand.

¹²Huan, gamukpan huai thilhih tuh a mu a, Toupa thuhilh tuh lamdang a sa mahmah hi, a gingtata hi.

¹²Then the proconsul, when he saw what was done, believed, being astonished at the teaching of the Lord.

¹³Huan, Paula tuh a tonpihte toh Papho khua akipanin longin a pai ua, Pamphilia gama Perga khua a tung ua; huan, Johanin amau a paisana, Jerusalem khua ah a kik nawnta hi.

¹³Now Paul and his company set sail from Paphos, and came to Perga in Pamphylia. John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.

¹⁴Himahleh, amau Perga khua akipan a pai jel ua, Pisidia gama Antiok khua a tung ua; huan, Khawlniin kikhopna in ah a lut ua, a tu ua.

¹⁴But they, passing on from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia. They went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and sat down.

¹⁵Huan, Dan laibu leh jawlneite laibu a sim khit un, kikhopna in upaten a kiang uah mi a sawl ua, Unaute aw, mite hasotna thu banghiam na neih uh leh gen un, a chi ua.

¹⁵After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, “Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, speak.”

¹⁶Huan, Paula a dinga, khutin a japa, a gen a; Israel mite leh Pathian laudansiamte aw, ngai un.

¹⁶Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, “Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen.

¹⁷Hiai Israel chite Pathianin I pipute a tela, Aigupta gama a tam lai un a hihthupi a, tungnung khutin huaia kipanin a pikheta.

¹⁷The God of this people TR, NU add “Israel” chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they stayed as aliens in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm, he led them out of it.

¹⁸Huan, kum sawmli khawng gamdai ah a thilhihte uh a thuak theitheia.

¹⁸For a period of about forty years he put up with them in the wilderness.

¹⁹Huan, Kanan gama nam sagih a hihsiat khitin, a gam uh luah dingin a pe jela, kum za li leh kum sawmnga sung teng.

¹⁹When he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land for an inheritance, for about four hundred fifty years.

²⁰Huai nungin vaihawmmite a pe jela, jawlnei Samuel tannin.

²⁰After these things he gave them judges until Samuel the prophet.

²¹Huan, huai nungin kumpipa a ngen ua; huchiin Pathianin, Saula, Kish tapa, Benjamin chia, amau a pia a, kum sawmli sung dingin.

²¹Afterward they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

²²Huan, amah a suan mang nungin a kumpipa ding ua om dingin David a bawlta a; Pathianin huai thu theihsakin, David, Jesai tapa, ka lungtang bang pu mi ka mukheta, aman ka deihlam peuh a hih ding, a chi a.

²²When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, ‘I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’

²³Huai suante lakah Pathianin, thuchiam bang jelin, Israelte kiangah Hondampa Jesu a hontuna;

²³From this man’s seed, God has brought salvation TR, NU read “a Savior, Jesus” instead of “salvation” to Israel according to his promise,

²⁴A hongpai main Johanin kisikna baptisma thu Israel mi tengteng kiang ah a na hilh msask hi.

²⁴before his coming, when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to Israel. TR, NU read “to all the people of Israel” instead of “to Israel”

²⁵Huan, Johanin a lam a tot khit kuan lain, Nouten kua dingin non sep ua? Amah jaw ka hi kei. Himahleh, ngai un, ka nungah mi kuahiam khat hongpai dek ahi, kei jaw a khepeka khetuam phel tham leng ka hi kei, a chi a.

²⁵As John was fulfilling his course, he said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, one comes after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’

²⁶Unaute aw, Abraham suana tate aw, na lak ua Pathian laudansiamte tengteng aw, eimahte kiangah hiai hotdamna thu a honkhakkhia uhi.

²⁶Brothers, children of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, the word of this salvation is sent out to you.

²⁷Jerusalem khuaa omten a makaite utoh, amah tuh a theih louh jiak uleh, jawlneite thu, Khawlni peuhmahai a sim jel uh, a theih louh jiak un, amah tuh siamlouh tangsakin, huai thu ana hihtangtungta uh ahi.

²⁷For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they didn’t know him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.

²⁸A sihna ding khop a tungah bangmah a muh louh un leng, Pilat kiangah hihlup dingin a ngen ua.

²⁸Though they found no cause for death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed.

²⁹Huan, a thu jawlneiten a gelh kholh tengteng uh a hihtangtun khit un, singa kipanin a lakhia ua, han ah a sialta uhi.

²⁹When they had fulfilled all things that were written about him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.

³⁰Himahleh, Pathianin misi lak akipan a kaithou nawnta a;

³⁰But God raised him from the dead,

³¹huan, Galili gam akipan Jerusalem khuaa amah toh hohtoute kiangah ni sawtpi tak a kilak ngitngeta; huai mite tun ah mi kianga a thu theihpihte ahi uh.

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

³²Kou leng pipute kianga chiamsa huai thuchiam a tanchin kipahhuai ka honhilh uhi;

³²We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers,

³³huchia Pathianin Jesu a kaihthoh, I tate kiangah huai tuh a hihtangtung ahi; Sam nihna ah, Ka tapa na knahi a, tuniin kon suang, chih gelh bangin.

³³that God has fulfilled the same to us, their children, in that he raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second psalm, ‘You are my Son. Today I have become your father.’ Psalm 2:7

³⁴Muatna muna pai nawn lou dingin Pathianin amah misi akipan a kaihthoh dingdan thu sehsa bangin a gen, David kianga hehpihna ka chiamte nangmah ka honpe ding, chiin.

³⁴“Concerning that he raised him up from the dead, now no more to return to corruption, he has spoken thus: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings of David.’ Isaiah 55:3

³⁵Huaijiakin Sam dangah, Na Mi Siangthou muatmang na phal kei ding, a chi behlap hi.

³⁵Therefore he says also in another psalm, ‘You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.’ Psalm 16:10

³⁶David jaw, Pathian vaihawm sak bangin a hinpihte na a sep khitin, a ihmu a, a pipute kiangah a sial ua, a muat mangta ahi;

³⁶For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.

³⁷himahleh Pathian kaihthohin jaw muatna a mu kei hi.

³⁷But he whom God raised up saw no decay.

³⁸Huchiin, unaute aw, thei un; amah jiakin khelhna ngaihdamna thu na kiang ua gen ahi;

³⁸Be it known to you therefore, brothers The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” , that through this man is proclaimed to you remission of sins,

³⁹kuapeuh a gingta tuh bangkim ah amah siamtan sakin a om, huaiah tuh Mosi danin siamtansakin na om theikei uh.

³⁹and by him everyone who believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

⁴⁰Huaijiakin pilvang un, huchilou in jaw jawlneite laibu a a gen uh na tunguah a hongtung ding hi,

⁴⁰Beware therefore, lest that come on you which is spoken in the prophets:

⁴¹Musitte aw, en un, lamdang sa unla, mangthang un; na damsung un na khat ka sem hi, huai na tuh, min nou honhilh mahle uh, na gingta kei hial ding uhi, chih, a chi a.

⁴¹‘Behold, you scoffers, and wonder, and perish; for I work a work in your days, a work which you will in no way believe, if one declares it to you.’” Habakkuk 1:5

⁴²Huan, a pawtun, Khawlni nawn chianga huai thute gen nawn dingin a ngen uh.

⁴²So when the Jews went out of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged that these words might be preached to them the next Sabbath.

⁴³Huan, kikhawmte tuh a kikhen tak un, Judate leh phungkaite Pathian limsak laka mi tampiin Paula leh Barnaba a jui jel ua; amau a na houpih ua, Pathian hehpihna ah om gige dingin a hasuan uh.

⁴³Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the devout proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, urged them to continue in the grace of God.

⁴⁴Huan, Khawlni nawnin, a khojang phialin Pathian thu ngaikhe dingin a hongkikhawm ua.

⁴⁴The next Sabbath almost the whole city was gathered together to hear the word of God.

⁴⁵Himahleh, Judaten mipite a muh tak un a haza mahmah ua; Paula thugen a kalh ua, a gensia uhi.

⁴⁵But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with jealousy, and contradicted the things which were spoken by Paul, and blasphemed.

⁴⁶Huan, Paula leh Barnabain hangtakin a genkhia ua, Pathian thu jaw noumaute kiangah gen masak ding him ahi; himahleh, na nial ua, khantawna hing tak loua na kisehkhit nung un, thei un, Jentelte lam ka ngata uh.

⁴⁶Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, “It was necessary that God’s word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

⁴⁷Huchibangin Toupan thu a honpia hi, Jentelte hihvakpa din ka honsep a, kawlmong pha a Hondampa dia na om theihna dingin, chih gelh bangin, a chi a.

⁴⁷For so has the Lord commanded us, saying, ‘I have set you as a light for the Gentiles, that you should bring salvation to the uttermost parts of the earth.’” Isaiah 49:6

⁴⁸Huan, Jentelten huai thu a jak un, a kipak ua, Pathian thu a pahtawi ua, huan, khantawna hing dinga seh peuhmahin a gingta uhi.

⁴⁸As the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of God. As many as were appointed to eternal life believed.

⁴⁹Huan, Toupa thu tuh, huai gam khokim khovel ah a dalhta a.

⁴⁹The Lord’s word was spread abroad throughout all the region.

⁵⁰Himahleh, Judaten numei zahtakhuai Pathian limsakte leh khua upahonte a hasuan ua, Paula leh Barnaba a sawisak ua, a gam ua kipan a delhkhia uh.

⁵⁰But the Jews stirred up the devout and prominent women and the chief men of the city, and stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and threw them out of their borders.

⁵¹Huan, amau a tunguah a khepek ua leivui a singkhia ua, Ikoniam khua a tung uh.Huan, nungjuite kipahna leh Kha Siangthouin a dim chiat uh.

⁵¹But they shook off the dust of their feet against them, and came to Iconium.

⁵²Huan, nungjuite kipahna leh Kha Siangthouin a dim chiat uh.

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