¹After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.

¹Huai thil zohin Athen khua akipan Paula a pawta, Korinth khua ah a hohta a.

²He found a certain Jew named Aquila, a man of Pontus by race, who had recently come from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome. He came to them,

²Huan, a min Akuila, Juda khat a mu a, huai mi tuh Ponta gama piang ahi a, Klaudiain Juda tengteng Rome khua akipan pawt thu a piak jiakin a ji Priscilla toh Itali gama kipan hongtung phet ahi ua. Huan, Paula tuh huai mite kiangah a tungta hi,

³and because he practiced the same trade, he lived with them and worked, for by trade they were tent makers.

³huan, a nasep bang uh sem ahih jiakin amau a kikoppih a, a semkhawm uhi; a nasep uh tuh puanin bawl ahi.

⁴He reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuaded Jews and Greeks.

⁴Huan, Khawlni peuhin kikhopna in ah chitaktakin thu a gen jela, Judate leh Grikte thuzoh a tum jel hi.

⁵But when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was compelled by the Spirit, testifying to the Jews that Jesus was the Christ.

⁵Huan, Masidonia gam akipan Sila leh Timothi a hongsuk un, Paula tuh thugen kiain a omta hi, tua Jesu Kris tuh ahi chih Judate kiangah a hilhchian jel hi.

⁶When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, “Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!”

⁶Himahleh, a kalh un a gensia ua, Paulain a puan a singa, a kiang uah, na sihna moh uh noumau pua un; kei jaw ka hula hi; tuban Jentelte kiangah ka pai ding, a chi a.

⁷He departed there, and went into the house of a certain man named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was next door to the synagogue.

⁷Huan, huai akipan a paia, a min Tita Justa mi khat in ah a lut a, huai min Pathian a be jel hi, a in leng kikhopna in toh a kizom ahi.

⁸Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed in the Lord with all his house. Many of the Corinthians, when they heard, believed and were baptized.

⁸Huan, Krispa, kikhopna in heutuin a inkuanpihte tengteng toh Toupa a gingta a, Korinth khua a mi tampi inleng jain a gingta ua, baptisma a tangta uhi.

⁹The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, “Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent;

⁹Huan, janin Toupan Paula kiangah mengmu bangin. Lau kenla, dai louin thu gen jel in;

¹⁰ for I am with you, and no one will attack you to harm you, for I have many people in this city.”

¹⁰Kei na kiangah ka om a kei hiam, sihna dingin kuamahin na tungah khut a kha kei ding uhi; hiai khua ah mi tampi ka nein gala, a chi a.

¹¹He lived there a year and six months, teaching the word of God among them.

¹¹Huan, Paula huaiah a lak uah Pathian thu hilhin kum khat leh kha guk a omta hi.

¹²But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,

¹²Huan, Gallio tuh Akaia gamukpa a hih lain Judaten kituakin Paula a sual ua, vaihawmna tutphah maah a pi ua;

¹³saying, “This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law.”

¹³Huai mi phiangsanin dan lou bangin a Pathian be dingin mi a khempuk ahi, a chi ua.

¹⁴But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, “If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;

¹⁴Huan, Paulain a dawn dek leh, Gallioin, Judate kiangah, Judate aw, hiai khawng thil diklou thu hiam, thil hihkhelh thu hiam bek hileh, pel louin kon awlmoh dinga;

¹⁵but if they are questions about words and names and your own law, look to it yourselves. For I don’t want to be a judge of these matters.”

¹⁵himahleh, thute, minte, noumau dante tungthu lel ahihleh jaw moumau kingaihtuah jaw un; ken jaw huchibang thu ngaihtuah ka ut kei, a chi a.

¹⁶He drove them from the judgment seat.

¹⁶Huan, vaihawm tutphah akipanin amau a delhkheta hi.

¹⁷Then all the Greeks laid hold on Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. Gallio didn’t care about any of these things.

¹⁷Huan, Grik mi tengtengin kikhopnain heutu Sosotheini a man ua, vaihawm tutphah maah a vua ua. Gallioin huai a thilhih uh khawk a sa kei hi.

¹⁸Paul, having stayed after this many more days, took his leave of the brothers, The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” and sailed from there for Syria, together with Priscilla and Aquila. He shaved his head in Cenchreae, for he had a vow.

¹⁸Huan, huai zohin Paula ni sawttak a tam nilouha; huai zohin unaute kamphain a khena, huai akipan Suria gam lam ah longin a paita, a kiangah Priscilla leh Akuilla leng a pai sam uhi, Paulain thuchiam a neih jiakin Kenkriai khua ah sam a met phot a.

¹⁹He came to Ephesus, and he left them there; but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.

¹⁹Huan, Ephesa a tung ua, huaiah amau a nuseta; amahbel kikhopna in ah a lut a, Judate kiangah chitaktakin thu a gen tadih hi.

²⁰When they asked him to stay with them a longer time, he declined;

²⁰Huan, sawt deuh tam dingin a khou ua, himahleh a kiawi kei,

²¹but taking his leave of them, and saying, “I must by all means keep this coming feast in Jerusalem, but I will return again to you if God wills,” he set sail from Ephesus.

²¹Pathianin a phal leh na kiang uah ka hong nawn ding, chiin, kampha in a khena, Ephesa khua akipan longin a paita.

²²When he had landed at Caesarea, he went up and greeted the assembly, and went down to Antioch.

²²Huan, Kaisaria khua ah a hongkaia, Jerusalem khua ah a hohtou a, saptuamte chibai a buka; huai khitin Antiok khua ah a hohsukta hi.

²³Having spent some time there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.

²³Huan, huaia sawt ngial a om nungin a pai nawna, nungjuite tengteng hihkipin Galatia gam leh Phrigia gam a tawnsuak vek hi.

²⁴Now a certain Jew named Apollos, an Alexandrian by race, an eloquent man, came to Ephesus. He was mighty in the Scriptures.

²⁴Huan, Juda khat, a min Apollo, Aleksandria khua a piang, mi piltak, Ephesa khua ah a hohsuka; aman laisiangthou a nak theih mahmah a.

²⁵This man had been instructed in the way of the Lord; and being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John.

²⁵Huai mi tuh Toupa Lampi thu zilsa ahia, lungsima phatuamngaitak a hih jiakin Jesu a hilh jel hi, Johan baptisma thu kia a thei lel a.

²⁶He began to speak boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside, and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

²⁶Huan, kikhopna in ah hangtakin thu a gen panta a. Huchiin Priskilla leh Akuilain a thugen a jak un, a in uah a kiangah Pathian Lampi thu kichian semin a hilhchianta uhi.

²⁷When he had determined to pass over into Achaia, the brothers encouraged him, and wrote to the disciples to receive him. When he had come, he greatly helped those who had believed through grace;

²⁷Huan, aman Akai agama paikai a tup takin unauten a hasuan ua, amah a nakipahpihna ding un nungjuite kiangah lai a gelhsak uhi; huan, a tunin, Pathian hehpihna jiaka gingtate nakpitakin a panpih a;vantang theihin Judate nakpitakin a seldonga, laisiangthou zangin tua Jesu Kris tuh ahi chih a theisak hi.

²⁸for he powerfully refuted the Jews, publicly showing by the Scriptures that Jesus was the Christ.

²⁸vantang theihin Judate nakpitakin a seldonga, laisiangthou zangin tua Jesu Kris tuh ahi chih a theisak hi.