Wolof: New Testament

World English Bible

Acts

16

1 Naka noona mu dikk dëkki Derbë ak Listar, fekk fa taalibe bu tudd Timote te ndeyam di Yawut bu gëm, waaye baayam di Gereg.
1He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was a Greek.
2 Te mbokk, yi nekk dëkki Listar ak Ikoñum, seedeel nañu ko lu baax.
2The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him.
3 Pool bëgg nag mu ànd ak moom, waaye ndegam Yawut yépp, ya dëkk ca wàllaa ya, xam ne baayam Gereg la woon, mu jël ko, xarafal ko.
3Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
4 Bi loolu amee ñuy jaar ca dëkk ya, jottali leen dénkaane, yi ndaw yi ak njiit yi nekk Yerusalem joxe, te sant leen ñu sàmm ko.
4As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.
5 Noonu mboolooy ñi gëm di gën a dëgër ci yoon wi, tey yokku bés bu nekk.
5So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.
6 Bi loolu amee gannaaw Xel mu Sell mi aaye na leen, ñu yégleji kàddu gi ci diiwaanu Asi, ñu daldi jaari wàlli Firisi ak Galasi.
6When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
7 Bi ñu agsee nag ci wetu diiwaanu Misi, ñuy jéem a dugg diiwaanu Bitini, waaye Xelum Yeesu mayuleen ko.
7When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn’t allow them.
8 Ñu romb nag Misi, dem dëkku Torowas.
8Passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas.
9 Noonu ci guddi Yàlla feeñu Pool ci nii: nitu Maseduwan taxaw, di ko ñaan ne ko: «Ñëwal ci Maseduwan, wallusi nu!»
9A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him, and saying, “Come over into Macedonia and help us.”
10 Bi mu amee peeñu moomu, ca saa sa nu fexee jàll ba Maseduwan, xam ne Boroom bi moo nu woo, ngir nu xamle fa xebaar bu baax bi.
10When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Good News to them.
11 Noonu nu dugg gaal ca Torowas, jubal dunu Samotaras, jóge fa ca ëllëg sa, nu jëm teerub Neyapolis.
11Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis;
12 Bi nu fa teeree, nu jëm Filib, bi nekk dëkk bi ëpp maana ca wàll woowu ci diiwaanu Maseduwan, di it suufus Room. Nu toog fa ay fan.
12and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city.
13 Bi bésu noflaay agsee nag, génn nanu ci buntu dëkk ba, jublu ci wetu dex ga, yaakaar ne bérabu ñaanukaay la. Nu toog fa nag, di wax ak jigéen ña fa dajaloo.
13On the Sabbath day we went forth outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down, and spoke to the women who had come together.
14 Fekk am na fa jigéen juy déglu, tudd Lidi, di jaaykatu cuub, bu dëkk Catir, te mu ragal Yàlla. Noonu Boroom bi ubbi na xolam, ba mu nangu li Pool di wax.
14A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.
15 Ci kaw loolu ñu sóob ko ci ndox, moom ak waa këram, ba noppi mu ñaan nu ne: «Bu ngeen ma jàppee ni ku takku ci Boroom bi, ganesileen ma ci sama kër.» Te mu di nu ci xiir.
15When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and stay.” So she persuaded us.
16 Am bés, ba nuy dem nag ca ñaanukaay ba, nu daje ak jaam bu jigéen bu rabu gisaane solu, te ay sangam di jariñu lu bare ci gisaaneem.
16It happened, as we were going to prayer, that a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling.
17 Mu daldi topp ci Pool ak nun, di xaacu ne: «Nit ñii jaami Yàlla Aji Kawe ji lañu; ñoo leen di yégal yoonu mucc.»
17Following Paul and us, she cried out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!”
18 Muy def noonu ay fani fan, waaye bi ko Pool xajootul, mu woññiku ne rab wa: «Sant naa la ci turu Yeesu Kirist, génnal ci moom.» Noonu rab wa ne mëll, génn ci moom.
18She was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” It came out that very hour.
19 Bi ay sangam gisee nag seen buntu wërsëg tëju, ñu daldi jàpp Pool ak Silas, di leen diri, jëme leen ca pénc ma fa kanam njiit ya.
19But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers.
20 Noonu ñu dëj leen fa mbaxanay menne naan: «Yawut yii lëjal nañu sunu dëkk,
20When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city,
21 di xamle ay aada yu nu sañul a nangu mbaa nu di ko topp, nun ñi bokk ci nguuru Room.»
21and set forth customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.”
22 Mbooloo ma it ànd ci, dal ci seen kaw; àttekat ya nag summilu seeni yére, santaane ñu dóor leen ay yar.
22The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be beaten with rods.
23 Noonu ñu dóor leen ay yar yu bare, tëj leen, sant boroom kaso ba, mu wottu leen bu wér.
23When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely,
24 Gannaaw jot na ndigal loolu nag, mu sànni leen ca néeg ba gën a ruqu ci biir kaso ba, jéng seeni tànk.
24who, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks.
25 Ba guddi giy xaaj nag, Pool ak Silas di ñaan ak di sant Yàlla, te ñeneen ñi nekk ca kaso ba di leen déglu.
25But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them.
26 Ca saa sa suuf yengu bu metti, ba fondamaab kaso ba daanu; bunt yépp daldi ne kulbet ubbiku, te jéngi ña ñu tëj ne tell tijjiku.
26Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were loosened.
27 Ci kaw loolu boroom kaso ba tiite ci ay nelaw, gis bunt yépp ubbiku, mu daldi bocci jaaseem, bëgg a xaru, yaakaar ne ña ñu tëj dañoo daw.
27The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped.
28 Waaye Pool wax ci kaw ne: «Bul lor sa bopp, nun ñépp nu ngi fi.»
28But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, “Don’t harm yourself, for we are all here!”
29 Bi ko boroom kaso ba déggee, mu daldi laaj làmp, ne saraax dugg, daanu ci kanamu Pool ak Silas, di lox.
29He called for lights and sprang in, and, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,
30 Mu génne leen ci biti ne leen: «Kilifa yi, lu ma war a def, ba mucc?»
30and brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
31 Ñu tontu ko: «Gëmal Yeesu Boroom bi, kon dinga mucc, yaw ak sa njaboot.»
31They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
32 Noonu ñu xamal ko kàddug Boroom bi, moom ak waa këram gépp.
32They spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all who were in his house.
33 Mu jël leen nag ci waxtu woowu ci guddi, raxas seeni gaañu-gaañu, ba noppi ñu sóob ko ci ndox, moom ak waa këram gépp.
33He took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household.
34 Bi ñu ko defee mu yóbbu leen ca këram, jox leen ñu lekk, mu bég lool ci li mu gëm Yàlla, moom ak waa këram gépp.
34He brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his household, having believed in God.
35 Bi bët setee, àttekat ya yónni alkaati ya, ñu ne boroom kaso ba: «Yiwil ñaari nit ñooñu, ñu dem.»
35But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, “Let those men go.”
36 Kon boroom kaso ba yégal loolu Pool ne ko: «Àttekat ya jox nañu ma ndigal, ngir ma yiwi leen, ngeen dem; léegi nag génnleen, te dem ci jàmm.»
36The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore come out, and go in peace.”
37 Waaye Pool ne alkaati ya: «Dóor nañu nu ay yar ci kanamu ñépp, ci lu ñu wéerul ci benn àtte, rax-ca-dolli tëj nañu nu kaso, nun ñiy jaambur ci nguuru Room. Léegi ndax dañu noo bëgg a sànni ci mbedd mi ci kumpa? Mukk! Nañu ñëw, ñoom ci seen bopp, gunge nu ci biti.»
37But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us publicly, without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!”
38 Bi mu ko waxee, alkaati ya yégal àttekat ya la mu wax. Bi ñu déggee ne, jaamburi Room lañu, ñu daldi tiit.
38The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans,
39 Ñu ñëw nag di leen dëfël, ñu gunge leen ci biti, di leen ñaan, ñu génn dëkk ba.
39and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city.
40 Noonu ñu génn ca kaso ba, dugg ci kër Lidi, ñu gis fa bokk ya, dëgëral leen, daldi dem seen yoon.
40They went out of the prison, and entered into Lydia’s house. When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, and departed.