APOSTOL
SAHLO RAIHRENAH
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Zisu vaicung lang a ke
Theofila, ka cabu hmetawpaw letei Zisu tei rai hre le cawngpah a pathonahpaw vytei kong taikhei, Ama tah a thingpaw apostol sahlo letah Thlawpaw Pathai thongtah chingreinah bia a rei khy taitei vaicung lang lahchy a cangnah taikhah ka cia. A taithui khy taitah hningzuitu sahlo hai leco, thihnah taitah a tho kaw tahpaw khah aa hni khy nápawtah uihlupui aaning khatah a paly. Aaning sahlo khahei ning songli chung a paly ka, Khazing painah raang kong khah a cawngpah he. Uikhehpaw cawh aaning khatah batui a e leimeining tah, aaning sahlo cawh ma bia heh a peh he. “Jerusalem khuapui heh piasai khe lo, canghrasala ka Paw tei bia a ca kangpaw he lahsong kong, naa hai letei ka reipaw naa thuipaw khah heh thlang my lo. Johan taco tui tah baptisma ca cangsah he ka, canghrasala khua sy ry lytah Thlawpaw Pathai tah baptisma cangsah na cang he ceh,” a tah he.
Mataico, a pahmo pakhong ning he tah Zisu cawh bia aa hae. “Abuipaw, ato cai lehei Israel painah raang cawh na padaw hry kaw maw?” tatah aa tah.
Aa hai letaco, “Paw tei Ama a nawhnuiná tah a thliapaw a cai le a ning cawh naaning naa hni a hia be. Canghrasala, Thlawpaw Pathai naa cung letah a va tlung tih taco hmingtuakhynah hnui he ceh ka, Jerusalem letah le Judia raang vytei letah le Samaria raang letah le, aluicung a cakih a cahnawh tai letah kama a pa hnikhuitu na cang he ceh,” a tah he.
Ma bia heh a rei khy taitah aa ming thlang chung tah vaicung lang lah chy cang ka, mehding tah bakhu ka hmuh khawh bei he.
10 Ma hratei a seipaw khah avai lang a y tei aa cai thlangning taco, pai rang a buh paw cawngsaw pahning aa kae letah sung sungkheh tah a va daw he. 11 Taico aaning taco, “Galili cawngsaw sahlo, zecawtamaw a daw he ceh ka, avai lang na y thlang he ceh? Naaning taitah avai lang lahchy tei a ungpaw, ma Zisu ceingei heh avai lang a seipaw naa hmuh pawtei hrahei a vong kaw a,” aa tah he.
Judas zaka tah Mathia aa thingnah
12 Mataico Oliv tlaang aa tahpaw tlangby taico Jerusalem khuapui lang cawh aa kaw kaw. Ma tlangby cawh khuapui taitah Sabat* Sabat cawh, Juda cawngsaw sahlo a hianah ning,a cang. ning tei sei khynah naw a cangpaw khang chy hrawng a hlahpaw a cang. 13 Aa va tlung kaw taico aa ungnah ing a cung khang lang cawh aa ke. Ma letei a ungpaw sahlo cawh Piter, Johan, Jeims le Andru, Filip le Thomas, Barthalomeo le Mathai, Alfas a sawcapaw Jeims le ci le phing a dawkhuipaw Simon le Jeims a sawtei Judas a cang he. 14 Aaning vytei cawh canu sahlo le Zisu a no Mari le Zisu a uny sahlo khatah ato le ato a pahmo tei he ka thlaw aa chang tei.
15 Ma ningcai letaco a zingtu sahlo hrong letah Piter cawh a ka daw ka, (ma letei a ungpaw he mehnung cawh 120 hrong a cang he), 16 ma hrahei a tah he, “Uny sahlo, Capathai letah David hmokaw hmang tah Thlawpaw Pathai tah Zisu a tlepaw sahlo he hmechuitu Judas kong a za reihlangpaw vytei khah a tling ruapaw a cang. 17 Ma cawngsaw cawh kaaning khatah reipai pawtah ung ka, ma rai kaa hrenah kong lehei zong rai hre hui a cang hrah,” tatah a tah.
18 (A suanah mai a hmuhpaw tah alui co ka, a bawhtakhuh ning tah tlah ka, a le letah a taichung ka, a ri vytei a chuhly thlu. 19 Jerusalem khuapui letei a ungpaw vytei tah ma kong heh aa thui thlu. Mataico ma alui cawh aaning aa rei tah, “Akeldama,” aa tah. Ma cawh, “Thisai alui,” tahnah a cang.)
20 Piter tah a rei vypaw cawh, “Ma rawng tahei Reithainah Hlaw cabu letah ma hrahei cia a cang hi,
‘A ungnah hminghmaw cawh ching seh la,
a chung letah ahohmai cinglai kheh he seh,’ Hlaw 69:25
tahpaw le,
‘Hruitu a cangnah cawh ahringpaw tah ting he seh,’ Hlaw 109:8
tatah a cang. 21 Macawtaco Judas zaka lehei cawngsaw pakheh thing a hy a. Ama cawh Abuipaw Zisu kaaning kha a ung chung vytei letei kaaning kha a ung tei hrahpaw, 22 baptisma peitu Johan raihre a pathonah taitah Abuipaw Zisu lahchy a cangnah tai a hnih hrahpaw cang seh. Ma cawngsaw cawh kaaning khatah a thokawnah kong a hnikhuitu pakheh a cang hrá a,” a tah he.
23 Macawtaco cawngsaw pahning khah thing he ka, pakhehpaw cawh Barsaba, aa tahpaw Josef, (Justa tah zong tah aa tahpaw) khah cang ka, pakhehpaw cawh Mathia a cang. 24-25 Mataico, “Abuipaw, nama, cawngsaw vytei lungthing a hnihpaw, Judas tah za hre katei ama a tingvy a cangpaw lang sei pawtah a seisaipaw apostol rai a hre ruapaw tah ma tlaw pahning lehei ahomaw na thingpaw a cang tahpaw ma hnisah tua,” tatah thlaw aa chang. 26 Mataico basung phe he ka, Mathia cung letah tluh ka, macawtaco apostol hluikheh leco chahchi a cang.

*1:12 Sabat cawh, Juda cawngsaw sahlo a hianah ning,a cang.

1:20 Hlaw 69:25

1:20 Hlaw 109:8