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Ndoˈ tyomˈaaⁿ Saulo joˈ joˈ, seijomñê na jlaˈcueeˈ nnˈaⁿ Esteban.

Tyocoˈwiˈ Saulo nnˈaⁿ na laxmaⁿ cwentaaˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom

Majuu xuee na jlacueeˈna Esteban jnaⁿnaˈ cwajndii tyontyjo̱ nnˈaⁿ Jerusalén tmaaⁿˈ nnˈaⁿ na macwjiˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom cwentaaⁿˈaⁿ joˈ joˈ. Joˈ chii chaˈtsondyena tyotˈoomˈndyena chaˈwaa tsˈo̱ndaa Judea ñequio tsˈo̱ndaa Samaria. Macanda̱ nquiee apóstoles tîcatˈoomˈndyena. Ntˈom naⁿnom na jeeⁿ xcweeˈ nˈom ñˈeⁿ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom tyˈecatˈiuuna Esteban. Jeeⁿ tyotyueena na jnda nquiuna jom. Ndoˈ Saulo cwajndii tyocoˈweeⁿˈeⁿ tmaaⁿˈ nnˈaⁿ na macwjiˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom cwentaaⁿˈaⁿ. Tyojaaqueⁿˈeⁿ meiⁿ quiiˈ lˈaa ndoˈ ñequio na jndeiˈnaˈ tyocwjeeⁿˈeⁿ naⁿnom ndoˈ naⁿlcu. Tyocjaachom joona. Tyotioom joona wˈaancjo.

Tyoñeˈquia nnˈaⁿ ñˈoom naya ndyuaa Samaria

Sa̱a̱ naⁿˈñeeⁿ na tˈoomˈndye tyomaˈnomna. Meiⁿyuucheⁿ na tquiena tyolaˈneiⁿna ñˈoomˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom nda̱a̱ nnˈaⁿ. Cwii joona, tsˈaⁿ na jndyu Felipe, tjacueeⁿ cwii tsjoom tsˈo̱ndaa Samaria. Tyotseineiiⁿ cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ Cristo nda̱a̱ nnˈaⁿ tsjoomˈñeeⁿ. Chaˈtsondye nnˈaⁿ jeeⁿ ya tqueⁿna cwenta ñˈoom na tyotseineiiⁿ ndoˈ ntyˈiaana ˈnaaⁿ tˈmaⁿ na tyochˈeeⁿ na xocanda̱a̱ nntsˈaa na cweˈ najndeii nquii tsˈaⁿ. Jndye nnˈaⁿ na tyoleichuu jndyetia nˈmaaⁿna sˈaaⁿ. Quia na jluiˈ jndyetiaˈñeeⁿ quiiˈ nˈomna jndeii jlaˈxuaanaˈ. Ndoˈ jndye nnˈaⁿ na ntjeiⁿ ncˈeeˈ ndoˈ ntjeiⁿ luee tcoˈyanaˈ joona sˈaa Felipe. Ncˈe na ljoˈ, jndye nnˈaⁿ tsjoomˈñeeⁿ tyomˈaⁿna na jeeⁿ neiiⁿna.

Jnda̱ jaachˈee xuee mˈaaⁿ cwii tsˈaⁿ tsjoomˈñeeⁿ na caluaˈñe na jndyu Simón. Tyonquiuˈnnˈaaⁿ nnˈaⁿ tsˈo̱ndaa Samaria, na tyotsoom nda̱a̱na na jom jeeⁿ tˈmaⁿ tseixmaaⁿ. 10 Chaˈtsondye nnˈaⁿ meiiⁿ nnˈaⁿ na tˈmaⁿ cwiluiindye meiiⁿ nnˈaⁿ na cje laxmaⁿ jeeⁿ tyoqueⁿna cwenta ñˈoom na tyotseineiiⁿ. Tyoluena:

—Simónmˈaaⁿˈ, juu najndeii na matseixmaⁿ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom, tˈmaⁿ matseixmaaⁿ joˈ.

11 Nnˈaⁿ tsjoomˈñeeⁿ tyoqueⁿna cwenta ñˈoom na tyotseineiiⁿ ee teiyo manquiuˈnnˈaaⁿ joona ñequio tsˈiaaⁿ caluaˈ na machˈeeⁿ. 12 Sa̱a̱ quia na jnda̱ jlaˈyuˈna ñˈoom na tyotseineiⁿ Felipe cantyja na matsa̱ˈntjom Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom ndoˈ cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ xueeˈ Jesucristo, quia joˈ naⁿnom ndoˈ naⁿlcu teitsˈoomndyena. 13 Ndoˈ manquiiti Simón seiyoomˈm ndoˈ teitsˈoomñê. Ndoˈ ñequiiˈcheⁿ na ñˈeⁿñˈeeⁿ ñˈeⁿ Felipe. Jeeⁿ tyocjaaweeˈ tsˈoom ˈnaaⁿ tˈmaⁿ na tyochˈee Felipe na xocanda̱a̱ nntsˈaa na cweˈ najndeii nquii tsˈaⁿ meiⁿ xocjaantyjo̱o̱ˈ tsˈom tsˈaⁿ chiuu tuiiyuu.

14 Ndoˈ Jerusalén mˈaⁿ apóstoles, jnda̱ na jndyena na mati nnˈaⁿ tsˈo̱ndaa Samaria macwilaˈyuˈna ñˈoomˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom, joˈ chii jñoomna we xˈiaana, Pedro ñˈeⁿ Juan, na cˈoo naⁿˈñeeⁿ na mˈaⁿ nnˈaⁿ ndyuaa Samaria. 15 Ndoˈ jnda̱ na tquie naⁿˈñeeⁿ joˈ joˈ, tyolaˈneiⁿna nnom Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom. Taⁿna nnoom na quiaaⁿ Espíritu Santo naquiiˈ nˈom naⁿˈñeeⁿ. 16 Ee meiⁿcwiindye naⁿˈñeeⁿ tyootoˈñoomna Espíritu Santo, macanda̱ na jnda̱ teitsˈoomndyena ñequio xueeˈ Ta Jesús. 17 Quia joˈ Pedro ñˈeⁿ Juan tioona lueena nacjoo naⁿˈñeeⁿ. Mana toˈñoomna Espíritu Santo naquiiˈ nˈomna.

18 Jnda̱ na ntyˈiaaˈ Simón na joo nnˈaⁿ na jñom Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom tioona lueena nacjoo naⁿˈñeeⁿ, toˈñoomna Espíritu Santo naquiiˈ nˈomna, quia joˈ seiqueeⁿnaˈ tsˈoom na mati jom ñeˈcatsˈaaⁿ na ljoˈ. Joˈ chii tsoom nda̱a̱na na sˈom nñequiaaⁿ. 19 Matsoom:

—Quiaˈyoˈ na ntseixmaⁿya najndeii na cwilaxmaⁿˈyoˈ cha mati ja meiⁿcwiˈñeeⁿcheⁿ tsˈaⁿ na nntio̱o̱ lˈo̱o̱ nacjooˈ maxjeⁿ nncoˈñom Espíritu Santo naquiiˈ tsˈom.

20 Sa̱a̱ matso Pedro nnoom:

—Sˈom ˈnaⁿˈ catsuunaˈ ñˈeⁿndyuˈ, ˈu matseiˈtiuuˈ na cweˈ ñequio sˈom nncoñomˈ naya na mañequiaa Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom na cwicandaa nnˈaⁿ na cweˈyu. 21 ˈU ticatsonaˈ na nntseijomndyuˈ tsˈiaaⁿ ˈnaaⁿˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom na cwilˈaayâ ee tiyuuˈ na xcweeˈ tsˈomˈ jo nnoom. 22 Calcweˈ tsˈomˈ jnaⁿˈ luaaˈ, ndoˈ catseityˈoondyuˈ nnom Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom ntsˈaacheⁿndyo ndyaˈ nntseitˈmaⁿ tsˈoom ˈu na luaaˈ mˈaaⁿˈ tsˈomˈ. 23 Ee mantyˈiaya juu jnaⁿˈ matseijomnaˈ chaˈcwijom ˈnaⁿ ja na nncˈuu tsˈaⁿ ndoˈ chaˈcwijom lˈuaancjo na chuˈtyeⁿndyuˈ.

24 Quia joˈ tso Simón nda̱a̱na:

—Cataⁿˈyoˈ nnom Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom na meiⁿcwii ticatjo̱ⁿya chaˈna cwinduˈyoˈ.

25 Pedro ñˈeⁿ Juan jlaˈneiⁿna ñˈoomˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom ndoˈ tjeiˈyuuˈndyena cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ Jesús. Jnda̱ chii jnaⁿna tsjoomˈñeeⁿ ndyuaa Samaria na nncˈoolcweeˈna Jerusalén. Jndye njoom nchˈu tyoˈoowiˈnomna ndyuaaˈñeeⁿ. Tyoñequiana ñˈoom naya nda̱a̱ nnˈaⁿ.

Felipe ñequio tsˈaⁿ ndyuaa Etiopía

26 Ndoˈ seineiⁿ ángel ˈnaaⁿˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom nnom Felipe. Tso: “Cjaˈ nato Jerusalén na wjaanaˈ tsjoom Gaza jo ntyja na macaluiˈ caxjuu tsoomˈnaaⁿ.” Juu natoˈñeeⁿ mawinomnaˈ ndyuaa yuu tjaa nnˈaⁿ cˈoom. 27 Quia joˈ teicantyjaaⁿ tjaaⁿ. Ndoˈ natoˈñeeⁿ teincwiñê ñˈeⁿ tsˈaⁿ na jnaⁿ ndyuaa Etiopía. Tsaⁿˈñeeⁿ tsaⁿsˈa eunuco na mandiˈntjom nnom Candace tsaⁿscu na matsa̱ˈntjom ndyuaa Etiopía. Tyomˈaaⁿ tsˈiaaⁿ na tyotseiweeⁿ sˈom naquiiˈ watsˈiaaⁿ ˈnaaⁿˈ tsaⁿscuˈñeeⁿ. Tjatseitˈmaaⁿˈñê Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom Jerusalén. 28 Ndoˈ jeˈ majaalcweeⁿˈeⁿ. Ñjoom tsˈom tornom ˈnaaⁿˈaⁿ. Matseiˈnaⁿˈaⁿ tsom na chuuˈ ñˈoomˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom na seiljeii Isaías. 29 Ndoˈ tso Espíritu nnom Felipe:

—Catseicandyooˈndyuˈ nacañoomˈ tornomwaaˈ. Catseijomndyuˈ ñˈeⁿ tsˈaⁿ na maleiñˈoom juunaˈ.

30 Quia joˈ tjantyjaaˈ Felipe tsaⁿˈñeeⁿ. Jñeeⁿ na matseiˈnaaⁿˈ tsaⁿˈñeeⁿ ñˈoomˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom na seiljeii Isaías. Taxˈeeñê nnom, matsoom:

—¿Aa matseiˈno̱ⁿˈ ñˈoom na matseiˈnaⁿˈ?

31 Matso tsaⁿˈñeeⁿ nnoom:

—¿Chiuu nntsˈaayo̱ na nntseiˈno̱ⁿˈa ee tjaa ˈñeeⁿ juu mˈmo̱ⁿ no̱o̱ⁿ?

Ndoˈ tcaⁿ tsaⁿˈñeeⁿ na cjawa Felipe tornom ˈnaaⁿˈaⁿ na nncwacatyeeⁿ na cañoomˈm.

32 Luaa matso ñˈoomˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom na matseiˈnaaⁿˈ tsaⁿˈñeeⁿ:
    Quia na wjaañˈoom tsˈaⁿ catsmaⁿ na nntseicueⁿˈeⁿ juuyoˈ meiⁿchjoo ticatseixuaayoˈ.
    Mati chaˈna catsmaⁿ chjoo quia na matyjee tsˈaⁿ somˈm ñemaaⁿˈ ˈñom,
    malaaˈtiˈ tjaa ljoˈ tso tsˈaⁿ na cwiluiiñe catsmaⁿ cwentaaˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom meiiⁿ na wiˈ tyotjoom.
33     Jlaˈjnaaⁿˈ nnˈaⁿ jom meiⁿ tîcatuˈxeⁿyana ñˈoom cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈaⁿ.
    Ndoˈ ˈñeeⁿ juu nnda̱a̱ nntseineiⁿ cantyja ˈnaaⁿ nnˈaaⁿˈaⁿ na tjawicantyjooˈ,
    maxjeⁿ tjaaˈnaⁿ ee tyuaaˈ jlaˈcueeˈna jom.

34 Quia joˈ taxˈee tsˈaⁿ Etiopía nnom Felipe, matsoom:

—Cwii nayaˈñeeⁿ, catsuˈyaˈ no̱o̱ⁿ, tsˈaⁿ na tyoñequiaa ñˈoommeiiⁿñe ¿aa matseineiiⁿ cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ nqueⁿ oo aa cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ cwiicheⁿ?

35 Quia joˈ Felipe to̱o̱ⁿˈo̱ⁿ na tyotseineiiⁿ cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ juu ñˈoomˈñeeⁿ na teiljeii naquiiˈ ñˈoomˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom na seiˈnaaⁿˈ tsaⁿˈñeeⁿ. Tyotseineiiⁿ nnom tsaⁿˈñeeⁿ ñˈoom naya cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ Jesús. 36 Ndoˈ yocheⁿ na cwiˈoona nato, tquiena cwii joo yuu waa ndaatioo. Quia joˈ matso tsˈaⁿ Etiopía nnoom:

—Cantyˈiaˈ, ñjaaⁿ waa ndaatioo. ¿Aa waa na nntseicuˈnaˈ na nnleitsˈoomndyo̱?

37 Quia joˈ matso Felipe nnoom:

—Xeⁿ matseiˈyuˈ ñequio na xcweeˈ tsˈomˈ nnda̱a̱ nleitsˈoomndyuˈ.

Tˈo̱ tsaⁿˈñeeⁿ matsoom:

—Matseiyuˈa na Jesucristo cwiluiiñê Jnda Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom.

38 Quia joˈ tsˈaⁿ Etiopía sa̱ˈntjoom na cjaameintyjeeˈ tornom. Jnda̱ chii wendyena tquiocuena, tyˈecuo̱na quiiˈ ndaatioo, mana seitsˈoomñe Felipe jom. 39 Jnda̱ na jluiˈna quiiˈ ndaatioo, nquii Espíritu na cwiluiiñe Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom tjañˈoom Felipe. Ndoˈ tsˈaⁿ Etiopíaˈñeeⁿ taticantyˈiaaˈtyeeⁿ Felipe, sa̱a̱ tjaaⁿ nato na mawjaⁿ ñequio na neiiⁿˈ tsˈoom. 40 Ndoˈ Felipe jeˈ, teitquiooˈñê tsjoom Azoto, ndoˈ jndye njoom tyomanoom tyoñequiaaⁿ ñˈoom naya hasta tueeˈnnaaⁿˈaⁿ tsjoom Cesarea.

And Saul(A) approved of their killing him.

The Church Persecuted and Scattered

On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered(B) throughout Judea and Samaria.(C) Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. But Saul(D) began to destroy the church.(E) Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.

Philip in Samaria

Those who had been scattered(F) preached the word wherever they went.(G) Philip(H) went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there. When the crowds heard Philip and saw the signs he performed, they all paid close attention to what he said. For with shrieks, impure spirits came out of many,(I) and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.(J) So there was great joy in that city.

Simon the Sorcerer

Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery(K) in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great,(L) 10 and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, “This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.”(M) 11 They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorcery. 12 But when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God(N) and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized,(O) both men and women. 13 Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles(P) he saw.

14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria(Q) had accepted the word of God,(R) they sent Peter and John(S) to Samaria. 15 When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit,(T) 16 because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them;(U) they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.(V) 17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on them,(W) and they received the Holy Spirit.(X)

18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money 19 and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

20 Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!(Y) 21 You have no part or share(Z) in this ministry, because your heart is not right(AA) before God. 22 Repent(AB) of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart. 23 For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin.”

24 Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me(AC) so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

25 After they had further proclaimed the word of the Lord(AD) and testified about Jesus, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages.(AE)

Philip and the Ethiopian

26 Now an angel(AF) of the Lord said to Philip,(AG) “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian[a](AH) eunuch,(AI) an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship,(AJ) 28 and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet. 29 The Spirit told(AK) Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”

30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.

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

32 This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading:

“He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
    and as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.
33 In his humiliation he was deprived of justice.
    Who can speak of his descendants?
    For his life was taken from the earth.”[b](AL)

34 The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” 35 Then Philip began(AM) with that very passage of Scripture(AN) and told him the good news(AO) about Jesus.

36 As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?”(AP) [37] [c] 38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away,(AQ) and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. 40 Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns(AR) until he reached Caesarea.(AS)

Footnotes

  1. Acts 8:27 That is, from the southern Nile region
  2. Acts 8:33 Isaiah 53:7,8 (see Septuagint)
  3. Acts 8:37 Some manuscripts include here Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” The eunuch answered, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”