¹Now the apostles and the brothers The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God.

¹Le apostluria ai le phral kai sas ande Judea ashunde le Nai Zhiduvuria dinepe kal Del.

²When Peter had come up to Jerusalem, those who were of the circumcision contended with him,

²Antunchi o Perti gelo ando Jerusalem, ai le shave le Devleske kai sas ande Jerusalem phende leske, ke chi kerdia vorta.

³saying, “You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them!”

³Ai phendias, gelian kal Nai Zhiduvuria, ai xalian lensa.

⁴But Peter began, and explained to them in order, saying,

⁴Ai o Petri liape te mothol lenge so kerdilia, phenelas, "Simas ando Joppa, ai sar rhugivas ma, dikhlem viziona, vari so kai miazolas sar ek bari selia, kai sas phangli kal shtar koltsuria, hulelas anda cheri ai avili zhi mande.

⁵“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision: a certain container descending, like it was a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners. It came as far as me.

⁶Me dikhavas pe kodia selia, ai lem sama, ai dikhlem zhigeni shtare punrhensa, ai sapa, shuporli (chorhe zhigeni), ai chiriklia.

⁶When I had looked intently at it, I considered, and saw the four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky.

⁷Ai ashundem ek glaso kai motholas mange, "Wushti opre, Petri, mudar ai xa."

⁷I also heard a voice saying to me, ‘Rise, Peter, kill and eat!’

⁸Ai me phendem, "Nichi, Devla, ke shoxar chi xalem vari so kai si bi vuzho vai marime."

⁸But I said, ‘Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.’

⁹Ai pe duito data iek glaso avilo anda cheri, "So O Del phendia ke si vuzho, tu na dikh sar bi vuzho."

⁹But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, don’t you call unclean.’

¹⁰Kodia sas mange phendo trivar; porme sa geletar ando cheri.

¹⁰This was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.

¹¹Ai eta, strazo trin manush kai sas tradine anda Caesarea karing mande, avile mande kai beshav.

¹¹Behold, immediately three men stood before the house where I was, having been sent from Caesarea to me.

¹²O Swunto Duxo phenelas mange te zhav lensa, ai gelem, kodole shov lashe avile mansa, ai diam ando kher ande kodola manushesko kai bushol Cornelius.

¹²The Spirit told me to go with them, without discriminating. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered into the man’s house.

¹³Kodo manush phendia amenge sar dikhliasas le angelos ande pesko kher, o angelo avilo leste, ai phendia leske, "Trade manush ando Joppa, te anen le Simonos, kodoles kai akharen o Petri,

¹³He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying to him, ‘Send to Joppa, and get Simon, whose surname is Peter,

¹⁴kai mothola tuke o divano, kai tu ai chi familia avena skepime."

¹⁴who will speak to you words by which you will be saved, you and all your house.’

¹⁵Kana lem te dav duma, O Swunto Duxo hulisto pe lende, sar pe amende anda gor,

¹⁵As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell on them, even as on us at the beginning.

¹⁶Ai antunchi dema goji kal vorbi kai phendiasas O Del, o Iovano boldia ando pai, numa tume avena bolde ando Swunto Duxo.

¹⁶I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, ‘John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.’

¹⁷"O Del dia len kodia podarka de sar amenge, kai pachaia ma ando Devles Jesus Kristo, sar sai te na kerav so mothol O Del?"

¹⁷If then God gave to them the same gift as us, when we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I, that I could withstand God?”

¹⁸Kana ashunde kado divano, chi mai phende kanch, ai naisin le Devles, phenenas, "O Del dia o keimos vi kal manush kai Nai Zhiduvuria, saxke te avel o iertimos vi len o traio."

¹⁸When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, “Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life!”

¹⁹Kodola kai sas rhespisaile pala o baio le manushenge kana o Stephen sas mudardo, gele zhande le Phoinicia, ai Cyrus, ai Antioch, phenenas E Vorba le Devleski ferdi le Zhidovonge.

¹⁹They therefore who were scattered abroad by the oppression that arose about Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to no one except to Jews only.

²⁰Ai uni mashkar lende sas manush ande Cyprus ai andai Cyrene, kai kana avile ande Antioch, gele kal Grekuria, ai mothonas lenge e lashi viasta pa Jesus Kristo.

²⁰But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, when they had come to Antioch, spoke to the Hellenists, A Hellenist is someone who keeps Greek customs and culture. preaching the Lord Jesus.

²¹O vas le Devlesko lensa sas, ai buta manush pachaiepe, ai dinepe ka Del.

²¹The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.

²²Kodia ashundilia zhi kal khan le manushenge kai sas ande khangeri ande Jerusalem; ai trade iekes kai busholas Barnabas, zhi ando Antioch,

²²The report concerning them came to the ears of the assembly which was in Jerusalem. They sent out Barnabas to go as far as Antioch,

²³kana areslo, ai dikhlia o lashimos le Devlesko, raduisailo, ai phendia lenge, savorhenge te beshen ieke ilesa phangle ka Del.

²³who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad. He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should remain near to the Lord.

²⁴Ke lasho manush sas, pherdo Swunto Duxo ai pachamos; ai but narodo diape ka Del.

²⁴For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith, and many people were added to the Lord.

²⁵Antunchi o Barnabas gelo ande Tarsus, te rodel kodoles kai bushol Saul.

²⁵Barnabas went out to Tarsus to look for Saul.

²⁶Kana arakhlia les, andia les ando Antioch, iek bersh chidepe andek than andel khangeria, ai sicharenas but narodos. Ando Antioch sas e pervo data kai le disipluria sas akharde le Shave le Devleske.

²⁶When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. It happened, that for a whole year they were gathered together with the assembly, and taught many people. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

²⁷Ande kodia vriama le profeturia gele anda Jerusalem ando Antioch.

²⁷Now in these days, prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

²⁸Iek anda lende kai busholas Agabus wushtilo opre, ai phendia katar O Swunto Duxo ke chi mai avela xaben pe sa e phuv, ai kerdilia kana o Claudius Caesar sas o baro le themengo.

²⁸One of them named Agabus stood up, and indicated by the Spirit that there should be a great famine all over the world, which also happened in the days of Claudius.

²⁹Le disipluria dinepe duma, ai te traden xaben sako so dashtila kal phral kai sas ande Judea;

²⁹As any of the disciples had plenty, each determined to send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea;

³⁰Ai kerde kadia, trade xaben kal mai phure kai sas ande Judea le Barnabasa ai le Saulosa.

³⁰which they also did, sending it to the elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul.