1 PBT Nenoulre nepe poi yalre kande, nepelre wan denime yanembe konena Malta kepoute elraiye. BSB BSB: Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta.
2 PBT Nekepouna yo detelro telre nena kena bise nou telre nate kilri yaye. Nepelre, sinte kelraim beko dete metelre yate kaimelre denai pena bi nepe melro yo we nepelre wau bilringke. BSB BSB: The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold.
3 PBT Paulus ikrang--krang te kopkri yaune sing bulrane kelro yowe, namutena walre peko-peko kiyate meyowe Paulus kena mane bekembuko. BSB BSB: Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand.
4 PBT Neyona detelro telre Paulus kena menona walre peko-peko wa we yo wenate tayembuko, neime site-site ditelra teelri yaye, "Telre pelre elripai, da detelro-detelro te tutu wena. Nepelre nau nelrone poi te douku, poi netena Walri toipai." BSB BSB: When the islanders saw the creature hanging from his hand, they said to one another, “Surely this man is a murderer. Although he was saved from the sea, Justice has not allowed him to live.”
5 PBT Nepelre, Paulus ne malri syate sing bulrate tekelre puko yowe nepelre na nelaiti kekoubete pelre doipai. BSB BSB: But Paul shook the creature off into the fire and suffered no ill effects.
6 PBT Ne detelro wepai sikina Paulus nedembone bbai ate delrende nepelre nesu selrei laiti tetembone. Nepelre, tiki moti yaye nena bulratena peko kiyaipai, nena mendo sute bulrai siki nepelre alriyaye Paulus kapi-kapi na nekewe. BSB BSB: The islanders were expecting him to swell up or suddenly drop dead. But after waiting a long time and seeing nothing unusual happen to him, they changed their minds and said he was a god.
7 PBT Yambeite, da noune laiti, da kepou na belrengka mane nekewena nena eudo Publius nena kanipo ne, kena poilre dete yate kai malre ya namin selrei dete deyeyaime. BSB BSB: Nearby stood an estate belonging to Publius, the chief official of the island. He welcomed us and entertained us hospitably for three days.
8 PBT Neyana, Publius nemang sa mekombuko kua welra bulra netena yowe. Paulus meyowe we tembuko nepelre mendote mekombuko, ne detelro kena eu bulrane mete tapembuko nepe poi dupuko. BSB BSB: The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.
9 PBT Netuki yayou nane, nekepouna detelro si sa mekoyai mena Paulus kotemiyaye nepelre poi deye yomu. BSB BSB: After this had happened, the rest of the sick on the island came and were cured as well.
10 PBT Otote malrena detena poi telre te mekoi yaime, de olru malrena sate nepe pendalre yaye. BSB BSB: The islanders honored us in many ways and supplied our needs when we were ready to sail.
11 PBT Oko naming te yembuko, Aleksandria lre ambelre kena ei delre lre miyande, bilringke tapeyo wena selrei nekepou neya yande nepelre Dioskuri nena delre mane nete tapi yande. BSB BSB: After three months we set sail in an Alexandrian ship that had wintered in the island. It had the Twin Brothers as a figurehead.
12 PBT Sirakusa yande, yanaming selreite nikiyande BSB BSB: Putting in at Syracuse, we stayed there three days.
13 PBT Ne noulrena, yepa yelre miyande Regium ne tike nembeko. Wambeya, nelro alru seplrondena, nepelre yasina, Putioli ne tikembeko. BSB BSB: From there we weighed anchor and came to Rhegium. After one day, a south wind came up, and on the second day we arrived at Puteoli.
14 PBT Nenone, nekembe eilrimbei mote mekandena do kekapo pelre tupeye yande nepelre nete sane yane melre nemblre nembei ye ne kemalre ya'mesiye su beselrei pelrena yane wande. Nepelre, Roma temalre. BSB BSB: There we found some brothers who invited us to spend the week with them. And so we came to Rome.
15 PBT Nepelre, nekembalri m'bei mote mekandena dokekapo nenouna, ete na a'te betaipekona, dipelre Forum Apius temiyaye nepelre Tres Taberne dembelre tupeye malrenate. Paulus nete tekemelrena, nena kena nepe su wepuko nepelre Allah te kape youne. BSB BSB: The brothers there had heard about us and traveled as far as the Forum of Appius and the Three Taverns to meet us. When Paul saw them, he was encouraged and gave thanks to God.
17 PBT Ya'naming tena, Paulus nenouna Yahudi belreng-belrengkate koplrimbuko, nepelre nembeiye koplrimbuko, nete ate sane youme, "Dokekapo, dena da kembalri mekalrena ena daselrai tenandena nenou tena' a nikipai nepelre na angkrang kena atung ayeko nekewenakalro, nepelre detepeko detelro tena mane Yerusalem ne Roma detelro kena me bulrate selrai tepuko. BSB BSB: After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.
18 PBT Dete baite tonai tepo nate elri yaye, nepelre dena a'kalro tetiyaina nenou na a'ambai netenate nena mendo mekai nena dete baite tonaiteponde. BSB BSB: They examined me and wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.
19 PBT Yahudi detelro sete tu waimbeko, nete nate, denekoute Kaisar kena bulrate telre, nena dena selrai tena mendopeko tena ambai. BSB BSB: But when the Jews objected, I was compelled to appeal to Caesar, even though I have no charge to bring against my nation.
20 PBT Netenate, wetediyamalre na doute tembe nepelre ate elremalre Israel tangte dete rantai sa' nepete bekei tepuko." BSB BSB: So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
21 PBT Nepelre, Paulus te sani yaine, "Wetenasemo Yudea lrena dedowipai nepelre neei mone welrau na doke kapo sidapetena mipai wetena akeyapuko mena ambai. BSB BSB: The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you.
22 PBT Nepelre, da sekte kalro tenate wena mendolrena a'te betomaponate, de nimeyambuko nau silri-silri na detelro d kalro tena atelre danye." BSB BSB: But we consider your views worth hearing, because we know that people everywhere are speaking against this sect.”
23 PBT Nepelre Paulus kotena yane petesasi kaye, Paulus neke wena noute nepe miyaye, dtelro dopelre delrone. Dumbulre yowe nepe denete. Paulus netena poi telre poi telre sane youme nepelre Walri kena moi nekewe wetena Walri Yei kena telrepelre te sane youme, nena Musa kena atung ayeko sasukuna, nemane laiti nabi kena semo pelre. BSB BSB: So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
24 PBT Paulus kena a' elre yowena detelro si telre pelre te elraipeko. Si baite salri yaye telre pelre tena elripai. BSB BSB: Some of them were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe.
25 PBT Paulus da'ate sane mupuko, di telrate susuyaime, nepelre dite yaye "Nena telrepelre Alru melro-melro angkeyang te nabi Yesaya kena walrolre a'te sanembuko, BSB BSB: They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
26 PBT 'Da, selrai te embe nepelre ate sanembe: We ate betombe, nekalro tena we mendo dowipai, nepelre na doupetembe, nebulrutena we nimeipai. BSB BSB: ‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
27 PBT Netenate, da selrai nena kena nepe su wepuko nepelre a'te betondena buntukei nepe sedupuko. Ne na dou nepe kumai puko. Netenate, nena dou nekou tena itipai, ne na buntukei nekoutena betoi pai, kenalre nimei naye nekoute bulru nai simi. Nepelrena. Nete poi deye temepone.' BSB BSB: For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’
28 PBT Netenate, da kalrote nimeimbombe Walri Kena a'kulrung nepe selrai-selrai lre nepe saniyaime nete betonaye." BSB BSB: Be advised, therefore, that God’s salvation has been sent to the Gentiles, and they will listen!”
29 PBT Paulus ne a'kalro te sane youmu Yahudi detelro kena nelrone mendo telreng dope lrete meko kai nelre yaye. BSB BSB: Not in the BSB
31 PBT Walri akulrung te sane youme nepelre Mang Walri Yei tena a'te kilri youmu nenou na endiki betepelre dekoipai nepelre sasi bete pelre kiyaipai BSB BSB: Boldly and freely he proclaimed the kingdom of God and taught about the Lord Jesus Christ.
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