1 PBS Pui kebatete Herodes pinave kelei tebafau ja Tatabapake. BSB BSB: About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.
2 PBS Keloko Yakobus anabepa tejako kewa, kei Yohanes joke. BSB BSB: He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.
3 PBS Ke-kalete, jakelei teba Yahudi te-puto, jano koli-i lau kele pa keloko Petrus teke. Pui batete hao nafa. BSB BSB: And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
4 PBS Petrus tekepa, Herodes loko tekefaketi apa taba fa nopo herere, fa-ali teba taba nopo. Ura, batafa kau ke kenalulu tebapate. BSB BSB: He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
5 PBS Anaia Petrus tekeketi apa. Pa Tatabapake lupopo fatete-epati Tata. BSB BSB: So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.
6 PBS Rapa bau Herodes tebapa ho-kekatikapa, Petrus-i taba hitu lahou, anafe hitu patepekokei. Keipara taba herei tere tilu. BSB BSB: On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
7 PBS Lehoto Tatabapokeu ru-Petrus ke-tu pa fefe hetopu jei. Tatabapokei Petrus nokefiko kekalolole, kelo: "Mekokofa malo!" Kaipa anafe hitui lepa nokeke. BSB BSB: Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.
8 PBS Kaipa Tatabapoke lote: "Opu amepe pa lahepu mehe!" Kela jakeloi. Tatabapoke lote-ke: "Ro-mefa pa mepapa-ni!" BSB BSB: “Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”
9 PBS Kaipa kela Tatabapoke pa ketepe pa keluka, ja Tatanapokelei-i bamua lewae, kelora jama kefui. BSB BSB: So Peter followed him out, but he was unaware that what the angel was doing was real. He thought he was only seeing a vision.
10 PBS Kei teja teba here lopana pa je teba here hitu, tejakoteju tilonafe howina novete. Tiloi pewo buju te tenake. Tejakote-pe, tejakote loma hupe, pa Tatabapoke ke kelufa. BSB BSB: They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.
11 PBS Keroko taha-apa, Petrus lote: "Uawe nulu Tata loko Bapoke to pa ni-kekefu herodes no-oke pa jalelepa teba Yahudi putumo." BSB BSB: Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”
12 PBS Ke-ruko hukeopa, keti Maria pape, Yohanes make Markus-ra tenie. Kei tebapa lume pa lupopo jatete-e. BSB BSB: And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.
13 PBS Pa pu tilo tete keloki, bapo peumeu to bati pepe Rode peto lowawato ba tilofi-ile. BSB BSB: He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.
14 PBS Pinai perue kei Petrus, pa hula pepe hevewonya tilo tetei pejeka pa pera wanaikete penu tebafai, Petrus rule tilo tete-to. BSB BSB: When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!”
15 PBS Tenite peumei: "Me tahakatuna." Pa pe-pinafe peto, kei bamua. Tenite: "Kei bale keke." BSB BSB: “You are out of your mind,” they told her. But when she kept insisting it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”
16 PBS Pa Petrus tilo kefi polokai pa tilotejeto ke-tefi, kei te-kepe. BSB BSB: But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded.
17 PBS Pa Petrus no-nakeo, u-teroropa, pa huhu kele Tata ke-kefu apa-keto. Kelo: "Jalewawe Yakobus pa johane huhu e-lele." Kaipa kemoketi-pe pa keti jehiu. BSB BSB: Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.
18 PBS Fepa tabai tewenaka. Te-jete-jete te-e ja-lewa Petrus. BSB BSB: At daybreak there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.
19 PBS Herodes loko Petrus teju. Herodes loko tabai telafu pa te-tejiko tebi. Kaipa ke-ka Yudea ti-Kaisarea pa kelei-ia. BSB BSB: After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.
20 PBS Herodes teba Tirus pa Sidon ke-huve. Pi tewako alipa teteke-ho. Blatus te-faja, kei janoloi Herodes paike, to-la-te, pa tewa hupala heve, kei hatu tetei jajo tere-ete kebatete hatuke. BSB BSB: Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.
21 PBS Pa bau teniko, Herode ro fuje kemoi kehe, pa kemo fuje pa pi-kelepati-i-te. BSB BSB: On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.
22 PBS Pa bapa keke tewenaka tenite: "Kewe tata pinake teba-ka!" BSB BSB: And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”
23 PBS Pa rakuiara Tatabapoke ke-tabe kebale kei Tata tabeja keleka. BSB BSB: Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
24 PBS Pa Tata pifeke kapakuko tifu pa teba nawo-ri. BSB BSB: But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.
25 PBS Barnbas tena Saulus teme Yerusalem-to, Tata pifeke tewetujalo. Yohanes kera teniate Markus tekewapa ketuto. BSB BSB: When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.
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