Acts 11 (HAT) · Opened

1Apòt yo ansanm ak frè yo ki te nan Jide te tande ki jan moun ki pa jwif yo te resevwa pawòl Bondye a tou.The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

2Lè Pyè tounen moute Jerizalèm, jwif ki te kwè yo tanmen kritike li.So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him

3Yo di l' konsa: Apa ou antre lakay moun ki pa sikonsi, ou manje ak yo?and said, “You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them.”

4Lè sa a, Pyè rakonte yo sak te pase nan tout ti detay. Li di yo:But Peter began and explained to them the whole sequence of events:

5Mwen te lavil Jope, mwen t'ap lapriyè, lè m' fè yon vizyon. Mwen wè yon bagay ki t'ap desann vin jwenn mwen, tankou yon gwo dra mare nan kat bout, ki t'ap desann sot nan syèl la. Li rive toupre mwen.“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.

6Lè m' gade byen gade, mwen wè tout kalite bèt andedan li: bèt kat pat, bèt nan bwa, bèt ki trennen sou vant ak zwezo.I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.

7Epi m' tande yon vwa ki di m' konsa: Leve non, Pyè, touye, manje.Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’

8Men mwen di: Non, Mèt. Mwen pa janm mete move manje osinon manje ki pa bon pou moun k'ap sèvi Bondye nan bouch mwen.‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

9Menm vwa a pale ankò nan syèl la, li di mwen konsa: Bagay Bondye di ki bon pou moun k'ap sèvi l', pa di l' pa bon pou yo.But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’

10An twa fwa sa repete. Epi bagay la moute tounen nan syèl la.This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into heaven.

11Menm lè a, twa moun ki te soti Sezare vin rive nan kay kote m' te ye a. Yo te voye yo chache mwen.Just then three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.

12Lespri a di m' pati ak yo san rete ap kalkile. Sis frè sa yo te al ansanm avè m' tou Sezare. Nou tout nou antre lakay Kònèy.The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.

13Kònèy rakonte nou ki jan l' te wè yon zanj Bondye kanpe nan mitan lakay li. Zanj lan di li: Voye yon moun lavil Jope al rele Simon (ki gen yon ti non Pyè).He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.

14Simon sa a va di ou pawòl ki pou sove ou ansanm ak tout fanmi ou.He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’

15Mwen te kòmanse pale lè Sentespri a desann sou yo menm jan li te desann sou nou premye jou a.As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.

16Lè sa a, mwen vin chonje sa Seyè a te di: Jan te batize nan dlo, men nou menm nou gen pou n' resevwa batèm nan Sentespri a.Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

17Konsa, Bondye te bay moun sa yo menm kado li te ban nou an lè n' te mete konfyans nou nan Seyè Jezikri. Kisa m' te ye menm pou m' te fè tèt ak Bondye?So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”

18Lè yo fin tande pawòl sa yo, yo sispann kritike l', yo pran fè lwanj Bondye. Yo t'ap di: Se vre wi. Bondye bay moun ki pa jwif yo chans pou yo chanje, pou yo ka resevwa lavi tou.When they heard this, they had no further objections, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”

19Avèk pèsekisyon ki te tonbe sou yo apre lanmò Etyèn lan, disip yo te gaye. Genyen ki te al jouk nan peyi Finisi, nan lil Chip, ak lavil Antiòch. Men, yo t'ap anonse pawòl la bay jwif yo sèlman.Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.

20Lè sa a, kèk disip ki te moun Chip ak moun Sirèn al lavil Antiòch. Antan yo la a, yo pale ak moun Lagrès yo; yo fè yo konnen bon nouvèl ki pale sou Jezi Seyè a.But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.

21Pouvwa Bondye te avèk yo; anpil nan moun Lagrès yo rive kwè, yo te tounen vin jwenn Bondye.The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

22Legliz Jerizalèm lan vin aprann nouvèl la. Li voye Banabas lavil Antiòch.When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

23Lè Banabas rive, li wè ki jan Bondye t'ap beni disip yo. Li pa t' manke kontan, li t'ap ankouraje yo pou yo tout te kenbe fèm ak tout kè yo nan sèvis Seyè a san dekouraje.When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.

24Banabas sa a te yon bon gason. Li te gen anpil konfyans nan Bondye, epi Sentespri te kenbe l' anba pouvwa l' tout tan. Anpil moun te vin kwè nan Seyè a.Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

25Apre sa, Banabas ale lavil Tas, li al chache Sòl.Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,

26Lè l' jwenn li, li mennen l' lavil Antiòch. Yo pase yon lanne ansanm ap fè reyinyon ak legliz la. Yo t'ap moutre anpil moun sa pou yo fè. Se nan lavil Antiòch sa a premyè fwa yo te rele disip yo kretyen.and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.

27Lè sa a, kèk pwofèt soti Jerizalèm rive Antiòch.In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

28Yonn ladan yo, ki te rele Agabis, leve epi avèk pouvwa Sentespri, li fè konnen tapral gen yon gwo grangou sou tout latè. (Grangou sa a te rive vre sou reny wa Klòd.)One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)

29Disip yo deside pou chak moun bay sa yo kapab pou yo voye ede frè yo ki te nan peyi Jide.So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.

30Se sa menm yo te fè. Apre sa, yo voye Banabas ak Sòl pote sa yo te ranmase a bay chèf fanmi yo ki te nan Jide.This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.

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