Barnabas and Saul Are Chosen and Sent
1 The church at Antioch had several prophets and teachers. They were Barnabas, Simeon, also called Niger, Lucius from Cyrene, Manaen, who was Herod's close friend, and Saul. 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and going without eating, the Holy Spirit told them, “Appoint Barnabas and Saul to do the work for which I have chosen them.” 3 Everyone prayed and went without eating for a while longer. Next, they placed their hands on Barnabas and Saul to show that they had been appointed to do this work. Then everyone sent them on their way.
Barnabas and Saul in Cyprus
4 After Barnabas and Saul had been sent by the Holy Spirit, they went to Seleucia. From there they sailed to the island of Cyprus. 5 They arrived at Salamis and began to preach God's message in the synagogues. They also had John as a helper.
6 Barnabas and Saul went all the way to the city of Paphos on the other end of the island, where they met a Jewish man named Bar-Jesus. He practiced witchcraft and was a false prophet. 7 He also worked for Sergius Paulus, who was very smart and was the governor of the island. Sergius Paulus wanted to hear God's message, and he sent for Barnabas and Saul. 8 But Bar-Jesus, whose other name was Elymas, was against them. He even tried to keep the governor from having faith in the Lord.
9 Then Saul, better known as Paul, was filled with the Holy Spirit. He looked straight at Elymas 10 and said, “You son of the devil! You are a liar, a crook, and an enemy of everything that is right. When will you stop speaking against the true ways of the Lord? 11 The Lord is going to punish you by making you completely blind for a while.”
Suddenly the man's eyes were covered by a dark mist, and he went around trying to get someone to lead him by the hand. 12 When the governor saw what had happened, he was amazed at this teaching about the Lord. So he put his faith in the Lord.
Paul and Barnabas in Antioch of Pisidia
13 Paul and the others left Paphos and sailed to Perga in Pamphylia. But John left them and went back to Jerusalem. 14 The rest of them went on from Perga to Antioch in Pisidia. Then on the Sabbath they went to the synagogue and sat down.
15 After the reading of the Law and the Prophets, the leaders sent someone over to tell Paul and Barnabas, “Friends, if you have anything to say that will help the people, please say it.”
16 Paul got up. He motioned with his hand and said:
People of Israel, and everyone else who worships God, listen! 17 The God of Israel chose our ancestors, and he let our people prosper while they were living in Egypt. Then with his mighty power he led them out, 18 and for about 40 years he took care of them in the desert. 19 He destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan and gave their land to our people. 20 All this happened in about 450 years.
Then God gave our people judges until the time of the prophet Samuel, 21 but the people demanded a king. So for 40 years God gave them King Saul, the son of Kish from the tribe of Benjamin. 22 Later, God removed Saul and let David rule in his place. God said about him, “David the son of Jesse is the kind of person who pleases me most! He does everything I want him to do.”
23 God promised that someone from David's family would come to save the people of Israel, and this one is Jesus. 24 But before Jesus came, John was telling everyone in Israel to turn back to God and be baptized. 25 Then, when John's work was almost done, he said, “Who do you people think I am? Do you think I am the Promised One? He will come later, and I am not good enough to untie his sandals.”
26 Now listen, you descendants of Abraham! Pay attention, all of you Gentiles who are here to worship God! Listen to this message about how to be saved, because it is for everyone. 27 The people of Jerusalem and their leaders didn't realize who Jesus was. And they didn't understand the words of the prophets they read each Sabbath. So they condemned Jesus just as the prophets had said.
28-29 They did exactly what the Scriptures said they would. Even though they couldn't find any reason to put Jesus to death, they still asked Pilate to have him killed.
After Jesus had been put to death, he was taken down from the cross and placed in a tomb. 30 But God raised him from death! 31 Then for many days Jesus appeared to his followers who had gone with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. Now they are telling our people about him.
32 God made a promise to our ancestors. And we are here to tell you the good news 33 that he has kept this promise to us. It is just as the second Psalm says about Jesus,
“You are my son because today
I have become your Father.”
34 God raised Jesus from death and will never let his body decay. It is just as God said,
“I will make to you
the same holy promises
that I made to David.”
35 And in another psalm it says, “God will never let the body of his Holy One decay.”
36 When David was alive, he obeyed God. Then after he died, he was buried in the family grave, and his body decayed. 37 But God raised Jesus from death, and his body did not decay.
38 My friends, the message is that Jesus can forgive your sins! The Law of Moses could not set you free from all your sins. 39 But everyone who has faith in Jesus is set free. 40 Make sure what the prophets have said doesn't happen to you. They said,
41 “Look, you people
who make fun of God!
Be amazed
and disappear.
I will do something today
that you won't believe,
even if someone
tells you about it!”
42 As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people begged them to say more about these same things on the next Sabbath. 43 After the service, many Jews and a lot of Gentiles who worshiped God went with them. Paul and Barnabas begged them all to remain faithful to God, who had treated them with undeserved grace.
44 The next Sabbath almost everyone in town came to hear the message about the Lord. 45 When the Jewish people saw the crowds, they were very jealous. They insulted Paul and spoke against everything he said.
46 But Paul and Barnabas bravely said:
We had to tell God's message to you before we told it to anyone else. But you rejected the message! This proves that you don't deserve eternal life. Now we are going to the Gentiles. 47 The Lord has given us this command,
“I have placed you here
as a light
for the Gentiles.
You are to take
the saving power of God
to people everywhere on earth.”
48 This message made the Gentiles glad, and they praised what they had heard about the Lord. Everyone who had been chosen for eternal life then put their faith in the Lord.
49 The message about the Lord spread all over this region. 50 But the Jewish leaders went to some of the important men in the town and to some respected women who were religious. They turned them against Paul and Barnabas and started making trouble for them. They even chased them out of this part of the country.
51 Paul and Barnabas shook the dust from that place off their feet and went on to the city of Iconium.
52 But the Lord's followers in Antioch were very happy and were filled with the Holy Spirit.
1 Yeesu la kafoo meŋ be Antiyoki saatewo kono, kiilaariyaa kumafolaalu aniŋ karandirilaalu be ì kono le. Wolu mu Barinabas le ti aniŋ Simeyon, ì ka meŋ kumandi Fatafiŋo la, Lusiyus Kirenenkoo, Manayeni meŋ kuluuta Mansa Herodi la suwo kono, aniŋ Sawulu. 2 Kabiriŋ ì be Maariyo batu kaŋ, aniŋ ì be sundiŋ, Noora Kuliŋo diyaamuta ì ye ko, “Ali Barinabas niŋ Sawulu bondi n ye ñiŋ dookuwo ye, ŋa ì kumandi meŋ na.” 3 Ì la suŋo niŋ duwaa koolaa, ì ye ì buloo laa ì kaŋ, aduŋ ì ye ì kii.
Sawulu niŋ Barinabas Sipurusi jooyoo to
4 Kabiriŋ Noora Kuliŋo ye Sawulu niŋ Barinabas kii, ì taamata fo Selusiya. Ka bo jee ì teyita niŋ kuluŋo la ka taa Sipurusi jooyoo to. 5 Kabiriŋ ì futata Salamis saatewo to, ì ye Alla la kumoo kawandi Yahuudi diina bendulaalu* kono. Yohana Maaka fanaa be ì fee le ka ì maakoyi.
6 Ì ye jooyoo bee taama, fo ì futata Pafos saatewo to. Ì niŋ Yahuudi batuutaatiyo doo benta jee, meŋ mu faniyaa annabiyomoo ti. A too mu Bari-Yeesu le ti. 7 A be jooyoo maralilaa le fee nuŋ, meŋ too mu Seekiyus Pawulu ti. Kee ñaamendiŋo le mu a ti. A ye Barinabas niŋ Sawulu kumandi a kaŋ, kaatu a hameta ka Alla la kumoo moyi. 8 Bari ñiŋ batuutaatiyo Elimas balanta ì la. Jirisi kaŋo to, a too si yelemandi noo batuutaatiyo fanaa la le. Aduŋ a ye a kata ka jooyoo maralilaa la lannoo murundi kooma. 9 Bari Sawulu, ì ka meŋ fanaa kumandi Pawulu la, a be faariŋ Noora Kuliŋo la, a ye a ñaa loo Elimas kaŋ. 10 Bituŋ a ko a ye ko, “Ite Ibiliisa dinkewo, ite mu kuu tilindiŋo bee jawoo le ti. I be faariŋ jamfaa niŋ kuruŋyaa le la. Fo i te i dahaa la Maariyo la sila tilindiŋolu jenkendoo la baŋ? 11 Maariyo buloo laata i kaŋ ne saayiŋ. I be finki la le, i te tiloo je noo la fo waati.” Wo loo niŋ baroo teema diboo boyita a kaŋ. Bituŋ a be muruŋ-muruŋ kaŋ ka moo ñini, meŋ si a buloo muta ka a maakoyi.
12 Kabiriŋ jooyoo maralilaa ye a je, meŋ keta, a laata. Aduŋ a kaawata Maariyo la karandiroo la.
Pawulu niŋ a kafuñoolu be Pisidiya Antiyoki
13 Bituŋ Pawulu niŋ a la kafuñoolu teyita niŋ kuluŋo la ka bo Pafos saatewo to ka taa Perika, meŋ be Pamfiliya tundoo kaŋ. Wo to le Yohana Maaka ye ì bula, a muruta Yerusalaamu. 14 Bari Pawulu niŋ Barinabas bota Perika ka naa Pisidiya Antiyoki saatewo to. Loobula Luŋo la, ì taata Yahuudi diina bendulaa to, ì siita duuma. 15 Musa la Luwaa* niŋ annabiyomoolu la kitaaboolu karaŋo koolaa, ñiŋ diina kafoo ñaatonkoolu ye kumoo kii ì kaŋ ko, “M baadiŋolu*, niŋ ali ye kumoo soto, meŋ si moolu wakiilindi, ali naa a fo!” 16 Wo to le Pawulu loota, a ye a buloo wulindi, bituŋ a ko:
“Banisirayilankoolu aniŋ moolu bee mennu ye Alla ñaasilaŋo soto, ali n lamoyi. 17 Banisirayila la Alla le ye m̀ mumuñolu tomboŋ, a ye ǹ na moolu yiriwandi, kabiriŋ ì be sabatiriŋ Misira bankoo kaŋ. Aduŋ Alla ye ì bondi Misira bankoo kaŋ niŋ a bulu sembemaa baa le la. 18 A muñata ì la daajikoo la keñewuloo* kono fo sanji taŋ naani. 19 Kabiriŋ Alla ye sii woorowula kasaara Kanaani bankoo kaŋ, a ye ì la bankoo dii ì la keetaafeŋo ti. 20 Ñiŋ kuwolu bee keta sanji keme naani aniŋ taŋ luulu wucoo le kono.
“Bituŋ Alla ye kiitindirilaalu dii ì la fo Annabilayi Samuweli la waatoo. 21 Wo koolaa le, ì ye daaniri ke mansakewo la, aduŋ Alla ye Mansa Sawulu dii ì la, Kisi dinkewo ka bo Benjamini lasiloo kono, meŋ ye ì mara fo sanji taŋ naani. 22 Biriŋ Alla ye Sawulu bondi, a ye Dawuda wulindi ì ye ka ke ì la mansa ti. Alla ye seedeyaa ke a la kuwo to le ko, ‘Ŋa Dawuda je le, Yese dinkewo, n lafita meŋ daajikoo la n sondomoo bee la. Feŋ-wo-feŋ diyaata n ye, a be wo le ke la.’
23 “Ka bo ñiŋ bonsuŋo la Alla ye Kiisandirilaa Yeesu dii Banisirayilankoolu la, ko a ye ì laahidi nuŋ ñaameŋ. 24 Janniŋ Yeesu be naa la, Yaayaa Batiseerilaa ye batisoo la kuwo kawandi Banisirayilankoolu bee le ye ko, ì si tuubi, ì ye ì koo dii ì la junuboolu la. 25 Biriŋ Yaayaa be naa a la dookuwo baŋ na, a ko, ‘Ali ye a miira, nte mu jumaa le ti? Nte maŋ ke Alimasiihu* ti. Bari a be naa le saayiŋ, m maŋ jari hani ka a la samata juloolu firiŋ.’
26 “M baadiŋolu, mennu bota Iburayima bala, aniŋ moo koteŋolu mennu ye Alla ñaasilaŋo soto! Ñiŋ kiisoo kumoo kiita ntolu le kaŋ. 27 Moolu mennu be siiriŋ Yerusalaamu, ì niŋ ì la maralilaalu, ì maŋ a suutee ko Alimasiihu le mu. Ì maŋ annabiyomoolu la kumoolu fahaamu, ì ka tu mennu karaŋ na Loobula Luŋolu la. Ì ye ñiŋ kumoolu timmandi le, biriŋ ì ye Yeesu kiitindi. 28 Ì maŋ a tuumi noo feŋ na, meŋ jarita saayaa la. Hani wo ñaa-wo-ñaa, ì ye Payileti daani ka a faa. 29 Biriŋ ì ye kuwolu bee timmandi, mennu safeeta a la kuwo to, ì ye a jindi yiribantambiloo kaŋ, ì ye a baadee kaburoo kono. 30 Bari Alla ye a wulindi ka bo saayaa kono, 31 aduŋ tili jamaa, a tarata finti la moolu kaŋ, a niŋ mennu naata ñoo la Yerusalaamu ka bo Kalilee. Saayiŋ, wolu le mu a la kuwo seedoo ti moolu ye.
32 “Ŋà kibaari betoo le samba naŋ ali ye, Alla ye meŋ laahidi m̀ mumuñolu ye. 33 A ye a timmandi ǹ ye le, ntolu mennu mu ì diŋolu ti, kaatu Yeesu wulindita le ka bo saayaa kono. A be safeeriŋ fanaa Jabuura hijibu fulanjaŋo kono le ko:
‘I mu n dinkewo le ti.
Bii luŋo la nte faŋo keta i faamaa le ti.’
34 “Baawo Alla ye Yeesu wulindi saayaa kono le, a te toli la. Alla ye ñiŋ fo le ko:
‘Ŋa meŋ laahidi Dawuda ye,
m be wo neema senuŋo dii la ite le la.’
35 “Wo kamma la, a ko Jabuura hijibu doo fanaa kono le ko,
‘I te soŋ na, i la Moo Senuŋo ye toli.’
36 “Mansa Dawuda ye dookuwo ke a faŋo la jamaanoo kono le Alla la lafoo kaŋ fo a faata. Bituŋ ì ye a baadee a mumuñolu la baadeekoo to, aduŋ a balajaatoo tolita le. 37 Bari Alla ye meŋ wulindi saayaa kono, wo maŋ toli!
38 “Wo kamma la, m baadiŋolu, ali ye a loŋ ne ko, junube yamfoo kawandita ali ye le ka bo niŋ Yeesu la. 39 Aduŋ moo-wo-moo laata ate la, a be wo firiŋ na junuboolu bee kono le, Musa la Luwaa maŋ meŋ ke noo. 40 Wo to ali ali hakiloo tu fo feŋ kana ke ali la, annabiyomoolu ye meŋ fo ko:
41 ‘Alitolu ñaawalilaalu, ali i koroosi,
ali si jaakali, ali ye kasaara!
M be naa kuu ke la ali tiloo la,
niŋ moo ye a fo ali ye, ali te laa la a la.’ ”
42 Kabiriŋ moolu fintita diina bendulaa to, ì ye Pawulu niŋ Barinabas daani ka naa ñiŋ kumoolu fo ì ye Loobula Luŋ naalaa fanaa la. 43 Beŋo bandiŋ koolaa kafoo janjanta, bari Yahuudi jamaa, ì niŋ moolu mennu yelemata ka ke Yahuudoolu ti, aduŋ ì soobeeyaata ì la diinoo kono, ì kafuta Pawulu niŋ Barinabas ma. Bituŋ Pawulu niŋ Barinabas diyaamuta ì ye, aduŋ ì ka ì wakiilindi ka tu i tuukuriŋ Alla la hiinoo la.
44 Loobula Luŋ koteŋo la, saatewo bee benta ñoo kaŋ ka Alla la kumoo moyi. 45 Bari kabiriŋ Yahuudoolu ye ñiŋ kafu baa je, ì faata niŋ kiiliyaa la. Wo kamma la, ì ye Pawulu la kumoolu soosoo, aduŋ ì ye a dooyaa. 46 Bituŋ Pawulu niŋ Barinabas ye ì jaabi fatiyaa kono ko, “Alla la kumoo ñanta fo la alitolu foloo le ye, bari ali balanta a ma le, aduŋ ali ye ali faŋolu kiitindi le ko, ali maŋ jari badaa-badaa baluwo la. Wo kamma la, a fele, m̀ be taa moolu kaŋ, mennu maŋ ke Yahuudoolu ti! 47 Maariyo ye ǹ yaamari le ko:
‘M be i ke la bantala bankoolu* fanaa ye maloo le ti,
i ye n na kiisoo samba duniyaa tonkoŋ naanoo bee to.’ ”
48 Kabiriŋ moolu mennu maŋ ke Yahuudoolu ti ye ñiŋ moyi, ì seewoota, aduŋ ì ye Alla la kumoo jayi. Moo jamaa laata, mennu tombonta badaa-badaa baluwo ye. 49 Maariyo la kumoo naata janjaŋ bankoo bee kaŋ. 50 Bari Yahuudoolu ye musu buuñaariŋolu sukusuku, mennu soobeeyaata ì la diinoo kono, ì niŋ saatewo ñaatonkoolu. Ì ye toorandiroo wulindi Pawulu niŋ Barinabas kamma fo ì naata ì bayi ì la tundoo kaŋ. 51 Bituŋ Pawulu niŋ Barinabas fintitoo ye ì siŋolu konkoŋ ka ke taamanseeroo ti ì ye. Wo to le ì taata Ikoniyumu saatewo to. 52 Aduŋ Yeesu la kafoo moolu faata seewoo niŋ Noora Kuliŋo la.
