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1 Mataico, Saul cawh Stiven thawnah leco a naw a tlah hrah.
Saul tah khrisawbu a hrehnah
Ma ning leco Jerusalem khuapui letei khrisawbu cung lekhei hrehnah a rupaw pui tlung ka, apostol sahlo rei ly co zingtu vytei cawh Judia raang le Samaria raang tahpaw lekhei a paipatlaw he. 2 Taico, Khazing a zingpaw cawngsaw sahlo takhei Stiven a rawh cawh phung he ka, mangchia aa sah. 3 Ma duitei cawh Saul taco khrisawbu khah rorang a pachia he. Ingkheh khy ingkheh seilai ka, canu capaw khei hruiphi lai he ka, thong letah a thlah he.
Samaria raang letah Filip
4 A paipatlawpaw cawngsaw sahlo taco aa seinah maikaw lekhei thawngchawbia cawh aa reilai. 5 Filip cawh Samaria raang letei khuapui lang khah sei ka, ma leco Khri kong cawh a y khui. 6 Zawpuipaw taco Filip bia a reipaw cawh thui he ka, ningang chuipaw paching pakhanah a tuapaw sahlo khah aa hmuh tihtah a reipaw bia khah achaw teitah aa nge. 7 Cawngsaw hlupui chung taikhei thlawpaw pialuipaw sahlo cawh aa ysang hmotah pia he ka, a zung athipaw le a phe a songpaw ahlupui a dang he. 8 Macawtaco, ma khuapui letei a ungpaw cawngsaw sahlo cawh a lawng ngetei he.
Ca-ia a thaipaw Simon
9 Ma khuapui leco Simon aa tahpaw cawngsawpaw pakheh a ung. Ama cawh ca-ia a thaipaw cang ka, Samaria cawngsaw vytei khah aa khuarawh a haasah ngetei he. Mehlai ka cang tatah a pachaw ngetei ka, 10 cawngsaw vytei, mehlai mehchia takhei a rei cawh nge he ka, “Hmingtuakhynah a rungnawpaw aa za tahpaw Khazing hmingtuakhynah a hnuipaw cawh ama heh pui a cang ky he,” aa tah. 11 Ama cawh aa zui lai, zecawtamaw tatah a thainah ca-ia khei aaning sahlo khah cai sypui aa ning a za angsah rawng he tah a cang. 12 Canghrasala Filip tei Khazing painah raang kong thawngchaw le Zisu Khri ming kong a reipaw khah aa zing tihtah canu kha capaw kha baptisma a cang he. 13 Simon zong taco zing ka, baptisma cawh a cang hrah. Taico Filip khah a seinah maikaw lang zuilai ka, paching pakhanah rungnawpaw le ningang chuipaw a hmuhpaw sahlo takhei a khuarawh aa haasah.
14 Jerusalem khuapui letei a ungpaw apostol sahlo taco Samaria cawngsaw sahlo tah Khazing bia aa cyhlang tahpaw cawh aa thui tihtah aaning sahlo khaco Piter le Johan cawh aa thlaw he. 15 Aa va phah tihtah Thlawpaw Pathai aa hmuh nápaw cawtah khei thlaw aa changpah he, 16 zecawtamaw tatah aaning sahlo aa cung lekhei Thlawpaw Pathai cawh za tlung balang be. Abuipaw Zisu ming tah baptisma cy khah aa ing. 17 Mataico Piter le Johan taco aa cung lekhei aa kih pahnia he ka, Thlawpaw Pathai cawh aa hmuh.
18 Aa cung letei apostol sahlo tah aa kih aa pahnianah pawtei Thlawpaw peh aa cangpaw khah Simon taco a hmuh tihtah tangka khah ca pei he neh ka, 19 “Ma rai hrekhynah heh pa pei hra la, aa cung letei ka kih ka pahniapaw cawngsaw maikaw tah Thlawpaw Pathai cawh aa hmuh hrah nápawtah,” tatah a tah he.
20 Piter taco, “Na tangka cawh nama khatah lyde thlang seh, zecawtamaw tatah Khazing lahsong heh tangka tah ka cawh khy a tah na rawh cawtah hei! 21 Nama cawh Khazing a rai lehei tingvy hnui bei ceh, zecawtamaw tatah Khazing hme letah na lungthing pathai be. 22 Ma chahlynah heh a ngepachih la, Abuipaw khatah thlawchang. Ama taco na lungthing letei ma rawhnah na hnuipaw khah a ca ngethai mai a. 23 Nama cawh iavaw ná tah chih ceh ka, suanah sae letah a tangpaw na cang tahpaw ka hni,” tatah a palei.
24 Simon tah, “Na reipaw cawh ka cung letah a tlung ly nápawtah ka cawtah Abuipaw cawh pa naw pah ky law,” tatah a tah.
25 Piter le Johan taco, Abuipaw bia cawh aa y khui khy taikhei Samaria khuatei a hlupui letah phung reipai lai khei Jerusalem khuapui lang cawh aa va kaw kaw.
Filip le Ethiopia cawngsawpaw
26 Ningkheh cawh Abuipaw a vaiming pakheh tah Filip cawh, “Thuilang sadi raang lang tei langpui Jerusalem taitei Gaza lang seinahpaw lang khah sei,” tatah a tah. 27 Macawtaco a tho ka, langpui leco Ethiopia cawngsaw hrilopaw, Ethiopia siangpahrangno Kanda a cho a mingkaitu alaicaipaw khah a tong. Ma cawngsawpaw heh Jerusalem lang khah Khazing beh pawtah sei ka, 28 ranglai a va ci ka, Khazing khuavang Isaiah a ciapaw cabu rei hmo khei a va kaw kaw lang a cang. 29 Thlawpaw taco Filip cawh, “Ranglai lang khah va sei la, a kae lekhei a va daw tua,” tatah a tah.
30 Macawtaco Filip cawh ranglai a ungnah lang cawh va sai ka, cawngsawpaw tei Khazing khuavang Isaiah a ciapaw cabu a reipaw khah a va nge. Filip tah, “Na reipaw bia khah na lung a tlai maw?” tatah a hae.
31 Meh-laipaw taco, “Pakheh kheh tah chingpase lypaw co zekhatamaw ka lung a tlai thai a?” tatah a tah. Mataico, Filip khah ama kha a va ty hrah law tatah a song.
32 Meh-laipaw tei Capathai a reilaipaw cai cawh ma heh a cang,
“Ama cawh thaw rua pawtei aa seikhuipaw tuu hratah seikhui he ka,
tuu teitei cawh a hming a ngytu hme letah de teitah a ungpaw hratah
Ama cawh a kaw hmai ang be.
33 Ningzaw aa thle tihtah a reikaitu ung bei he.
A hringnah cawh lá tah a ung thah cawtah hei
aho tamaw a pathlah sahlo aa kong cawh a rei a?”✡
tahpaw heh.
34 Meh-laipaw taco Filip cawh, “Ningdonah pawtah pa ching tua, Khazing khuavang tahei aho kong maw a rei, ama a kong maw a rei, ahringpaw kong?” a tah. 35 Macawtaco Filip taco, meh-laipaw tei a rei leimeipaw Capathai cai ceingei co patho ka Zisu kong thawngchawbia cawh a ching.
36 Langpui letah aa va seipai lai co, tui a ungnahpaw hminghmaw va phah he ka, meh-laipaw taco, “Mingtua, ma lehei tui a ung hi! Baptisma a cang pawtah ze tamaw a pa pakhang?” tatah a tah. 37 Filip taco, “Na thinglung vytei tah na zing caco baptisma na cang khy thlang,” a tah. Meh-laipaw taco, “Zisu Khri cawh Khazing Sawcapaw a cang tah ka zing,” tatah a chai.* 38 Macawtaco, ranglai cawh a dawsah law a tah. Mataico Filip le meh-laipaw cawh aa pahning tah tui lang cawh cungthlah he ka, Filip taco baptisma cawh a cangsah. 39 Tui taitah aa ka pia tihtah Abuipaw Thlawpaw taco Filip cawh rairang teitah seihly khui ka, meh-laipaw taco, ama cawh hmuh kaw khawh be, canghrasala a nawng teitah lang leco a seilai. 40 Canghrasala Filip cawh Azota khua letah a lang ka, Sisaria khua a phahnah tai, a tlonglaipaw khua vytei lekhei thawngchawbia cawh a rei lai.
✡ 8:33 Isai 53:7-8 * 8:37 Kih cia thaikheh leco cai 37 heh ung be.