¹Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.

¹Huan, huai niin Jerusalem khua a saptuam omte khawng, min nak pitakin a sawi panta ua; huchiin, sawltakte kia loungal Judia leh Samari gam kho tengah a dalhjakta vek uhi.

²Devout men buried Stephen, and lamented greatly over him.

²Huan, Pathian limsak kuate hiamin Stephen a vui ua, nakpi takin a kah uh.

³But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house, and dragged both men and women off to prison.

³Saulain bel saptuam pawlte a sawia, in tengah a luta, numei pasal a kaikhia a, suangkulh ah a khum hi.

⁴Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around preaching the word.

⁴Huan, a dalhjakte kho teng ah a paita ua, thu tuh a gen jel uh.

⁵Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed to them the Christ.

⁵Huan, Samari khua ah Philip a hohsuk a, a kiang uah Kris thu a tangkoupih hi.

⁶The multitudes listened with one accord to the things that were spoken by Philip, when they heard and saw the signs which he did.

⁶Huan, a thillamdang hihte a jak ua, a muh un, mipiten lungsim mun khatin, Philip thugente a limsakta uhi.

⁷For unclean spirits came out of many of those who had them. They came out, crying with a loud voice. Many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed.

⁷Banghanghiam i chih leh, dawininte mi tampi a matte sung ua kipanin aw ngaihtaka kikou in a pawt ua; jaw leh khebai tampi hihdamin a om uhi.

⁸There was great joy in that city.

⁸Huchiin tua khopi ah nakpitaka kipahna a om hi.

⁹But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city, and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,

⁹Huan, mi khat a min Simon a oma; aman, Mi lian ka hi, chiin, tumalamin huai khua ah mitkhialdawiin Samari khuaa mite lamdang sa takin a bawl nilouhlouha.

¹⁰to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is that great power of God.”

¹⁰Mi tengtengin, tagahpen akipan lalpen tanin, Hiai mi Pathian thilhihtheihna thupi a chih uh, ahi tham, chiin, a thu a limsak chiat ua.

¹¹They listened to him, because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.

¹¹A mitkhialdawiin sawtpi lamdang sa taka a bawl nak jiakin a thu a limsak uhi.

¹²But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning the Kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

¹²Himahleh, amau tuh Pathian gam tanchin hoih leh Jesu Kris min tanchin hoih Philip gen a gintak un, anumei apasalin baptisma a tangta ua.

¹³Simon himself also believed. Being baptized, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occurring, he was amazed.

¹³Huan, Simon nangawnin leng a gingtata a, huan, baptisma a tan zohin Philip kiangah a omgige a, chiamtehna leh thillamdang thuipite a mu a, lamdang a sa thei mahmah.

¹⁴Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,

¹⁴Huan, sawltak Jerusalem khuaa omten Samari khuaa miten Pathian Thu a gingta ta uh chih a jak un, a kiang uah Peter leh Johan a sawl ua;

¹⁵who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;

¹⁵huai mite tuh a vatun suk uleh Kha Siangthou a muh theihna ding un a thumsak ua.

¹⁶for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus.

¹⁶Huai main a lak uah kuamah tungah a tung nai kei; Toupa minin baptisma a tang phet uh ahi.

¹⁷Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.

¹⁷Huan, sawltakten a tunguah a khut uh a koih ua, Kha Siangthou a muta uhi.

¹⁸Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,

¹⁸Huan, sawltakte khut koih jiaka Kha Siangthou piak ahi chih Simonin a muhin.

¹⁹saying, “Give me also this power, that whomever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”

¹⁹Hichibang thuneihna honpe sam un, kua tung peuh aleng khut ka koihnain Kha Siangthou a muh samna dingin, chiin, a kiang uah dangka piak a tum hi.

²⁰But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!

²⁰Himahleh Peterin a kiangah, Na dangka nang toh mang heh, Pathian thilpiak dangka suma lei na tup jiakin.

²¹You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn’t right before God.

²¹Hiai thu ah nang jaw na pang kei, tan leng na neikei hi; na lungtang Pathian ngaihin a dikkei ahi.

²²Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.

²²Huaijiakin, hiai na gitlouhna tawp san inla, Toupa kiangah thumin, huchiin na lungtanga na ngaihtuah a honngaidam kha moh ding hiam.

²³For I see that you are in the gall of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity.”

²³Thil khakna sinkha ah leh gitlouh gaklopna ah na om chih ka thei hi, a chi a.

²⁴Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me.”

²⁴Huan, Simonin, Na thil gen uh bangmah ka tunga hongtun louhna dingin noumauin Toupa kiangah honthumsak un, a chi a, a dawnga.

²⁵They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the Good News to many villages of the Samaritans.

²⁵Huchiin, amau Toupa thu a theihsak ua, a gen zoh nung un. Samari gama mite kho tampi kianga Tanchin Hoih a gen jel in, Jerusalem khua ah a pai nawn uh hi.

²⁶But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert.”

²⁶Huan, Toupa angel khatin Philip a houpiha, Thou inla, simlama Jerusalem khua akipana Gaza kho sunsuk lampi huai gamdai ah hoh in, a chi a.

²⁷He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship.

²⁷Huchiin, a thou a, a paita. Huan, ngaiin, Ethiopia gama mi khat, Ethiopia kumpipa Kanda nuaia mi chilgeh laltak, a gou tengteng kempa, Jerusalem khua ah Pathian be dingin a hoh tou a,

²⁸He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

²⁸a pai lamin a kangtalaia tu kawmin jawlnei Isai laibu a simsim hi.

²⁹The Spirit said to Philip, “Go near, and join yourself to this chariot.”

²⁹Huan, Khain, Philip kiangah, Huai kangtalai vanaih inla, vakithuahpih in, a chi a.

³⁰Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”

³⁰Huan, Philip tuh mi chilgeh kiangah a vataia, jawlnei Isai laibu a sim a ja a, Na sim a omdan na thei hia? a chi a.

³¹He said, “How can I, unless someone explains it to me?” He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.

³¹Huan, aman, Kuamah honhilhchet louhin bangchin ka thei dia? a chi a. Huan, a kianga tu paisuak dingin Philip tuh achialta a.

³²Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn’t open his mouth.

³²Huan, laisiangthou a sim lai tuh hiai ahi: Gohding belam bangin amah a pi ua; Belamnou a mulmetpa ma a a daidinden bangin aman leng a kam a ka kei;

³³In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away. Who will declare His generation? For his life is taken from the earth.” Isaiah 53:7,8

³³A vuallelh laiin a tungah thu gen a phal kei uh; a suante tanchin kuan a hongen ding ua? khovel akipanin a hinna a laksak ngal ua, chiin.

³⁴The eunuch answered Philip, “Who is the prophet talking about? About himself, or about someone else?”

³⁴Huan, mi chilgehin, Philip a houpiha, a kiangah, Jawlneiin hiai thu khawng kua thu a genna ahia, amah thu hia, midang thu? ka hondong ahi, a chi a.

³⁵Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him Jesus.

³⁵Huan, Philipin a gena, huai laisiangthou thu abul ah panin, a kiangah Jesu thu a hilh a.

³⁶As they went on the way, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?”

³⁶Huan, lampia a pai kawm un tui banghiam a tung ua; huan, mi chilgeh in, Endih, hiaiah tui a om, baptisma tanna ding bangin a hondal khola ahia? a chi a.

³⁷ TR adds “Philip said, ‘If you believe with all your heart, you may.’ He answered, ‘I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.’”

³⁷Huan, Philipin, Na lungtang tengtenga na gintak leh, na hi thei, a chi a. Huan, amah a dawnga, Jesu Kris tuh Pathian Tapa ahi chih ka gingta, a chi a.

³⁸He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

³⁸Huan, kangtalai a khawlsak ua, a nih un, Philip leh mi chilgeh, tui ah a hoh khawm suk ua; huan, Philipin amah a baptista hi.

³⁹When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch didn’t see him any more, for he went on his way rejoicing.

³⁹Huan, tui apat a pai touh tak un Toupa Khain Philip tuh a la mangta hi; huan, mi chilgehin amah a mu nawnta kei, nuamsa takin a paita jel hi.Himahleh, Philip tuh Azota khua ah muhin a om nawnta hi; huan, a pai suak a, Kaisaria khua a tun masiah kho tengah Tanchin Hoih a gen jeljel hi.

⁴⁰But Philip was found at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the Good News to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.

⁴⁰Himahleh, Philip tuh Azota khua ah muhin a om nawnta hi; huan, a pai suak a, Kaisaria khua a tun masiah kho tengah Tanchin Hoih a gen jeljel hi.