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Asomafo 8
Nkwa Asem
Asomafo 8
Nkwa Asem
Wɔtaa gyidifo no
8 Saulo penee okum a wokum Stefano no so. Saa da no ara wɔtaa gyidifo a wɔwɔ Yerusalem no maa wɔn nyinaa bɔ hwete kɔɔ Yudea ne Samaria nsase so ma ɛkaa asomafo no nko ara. 2 Nyamesurofo bi kɔfaa Stefano kosiee no. Wosuu no yiyie. 3 Esiane sɛ na Saulo pɛ sɛ ogu asafo no nti, ɔkɔɔ afi mu kɔkyekyeree gyidifo mmarima ne mmea de wɔn guu afiase.
Filipo ka Asɛmpa no wɔ Samaria
4 Gyidifo a na wɔabɔ ahwete no kaa Asɛmpa no wɔ baabiara a wɔkɔe. 5 Filipo kɔɔ Samaria kurow bi mu kɔkaa Agyenkwa no ho asɛm kyerɛɛ nnipa a na wɔwɔ hɔ no. 6 Bere a nnipakuw no tee asɛm a Filipo reka na wohuu anwonwade a ɔyɛe no, wɔn nyinaa tiee no. 7 Ahohommɔne de nteɛteɛm fii nnipa bebree mu. Saa ara nso na mmubuafo ne mpakye nso sɔre nantewee. 8 Eyi nti, anigye baa Samaria.
Simon nkonyaayifo no
9 Na ɔbarima bi te saa kurow yi mu a wɔfrɛ no Simon a ɔyɛ nkonyaayifo a esiane ne nkonyaayi no nti, Samariafo pii gye no di. Na ɔyɛ obi a ɔhoahoa ne ho sɛ odi mu. 10 Eyi maa nnipa a wɔwɔ kurow no mu no nyinaa gyee no too mu kae se, “Saa onipa yi ne Onyankopɔn tumi a wɔfrɛ no ‘Ɔkɛse’ no? 11 Esiane ne nkonyaa a na oyi no nti, ɛmaa nnipa no nyinaa tu dii n’akyi. 12 Bere a saa nnipa yi gyee Asɛmpa a Filipo ka faa Onyankopɔn ahenni ne Yesu Kristo din no ho dii no, wɔbɔɔ mmarima ne mmea nyinaa asu. 13 Simon nso gye dii ma wɔbɔɔ no asu. Baabiara a Filipo kɔe no, Simon dii n’akyi. Anwonwade a ohui no maa ne ho dwiriw no.
14 Bere a asomafo a wɔwɔ Yerusalem no tee sɛ Samariafo agye Onyankopɔn asɛm no adi no, wɔsomaa Petro ne Yohane kɔɔ wɔn nkyɛn. 15 Woduu hɔ no, wɔbɔɔ mpae maa gyidifo no sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a Honhom Kronkron bɛba wɔn so. 16 Efisɛ, saa bere no na asu kɛkɛ na wɔnam Awurade Yesu din so abɔ. Na Honhom Kronkron nnya mmaa wɔn so. 17 Afei Petro ne Yohane de wɔn nsa guguu wɔn so maa Honhom Kronkron baa wɔn so.
18 Simon hui sɛ asomafo no nsa a wɔde guguu wɔn so no na ɛma wonyaa Honhom Kronkron no, ɔmaa Petro ne Yohane sika srɛɛ sɛ, 19 “Momma me saa tumi yi bi na obiara a mede me nsa begu no so no anya Honhom Kronkron no bi.” 20 Petro ka kyerɛɛ no se, “Nnome nka wo ne wo sika nyinaa, efisɛ, wususuw sɛ wubetumi de sika atɔ Onyankopɔn akyɛde no. 21 Wunni kyɛfa biara wɔ yɛn dwumadi yi mu, efisɛ, wo koma mu ntew wɔ Onyankopɔn anim. 22 Sakra w’adwene fi wo bɔne yi ho na bɔ mpae srɛ Onyankopɔn sɛ ɔmfa wo bɔne mfiri wo. 23 Mihu sɛ anibere bɔne ahyɛ wo koma mu ama bɔne afa wo domum.
24 Simon srɛɛ Petro ne Yohane se, “Mommɔ mpae mma me na saa nnome yi mu biara amma me so.”
25 Ansa na Petro ne Yohane redu Yerusalem no, wɔkaa Asɛmpa no wɔ Samaria nkuraa bebree ase.
Filipo ne Etiopiani no
26 Awurade bɔfo ka kyerɛɛ Filipo se, “Sɔre siesie wo ho kɔ anafo kwan a efi Yerusalem kɔ Gasa no so.” 27 Bere a Filipo rekɔ no, ohyiaa Etiopiani bi a ɔyɛ Etiopiahemmea Kandake dabeni. Na saa onipa yi akɔ asɔre wɔ Yerusalem a ɔte ne teaseɛnam mu resan n’akyi akɔ fie. 28 Na ɔrekenkan odiyifo Yesaia nhoma no.
29 Honhom Kronkron ka kyerɛɛ Filipo se, “Twiw bɛn no.”
30 Filipo yɛɛ ntɛm kɔɔ teaseɛnam no ho na ɔtee sɛ ɔrekenkan odiyifo Yesaia nhoma no no, obisae se, “Wote nea worekenkan yi ase anaa?”
31 Dabeni no buaa no se, “Mɛyɛ dɛn na mate ase? Gye sɛ obi kyerɛ me ase.” Afei ɔka kyerɛɛ Filipo se ɔmforo mmɛtra ne nkyɛn wɔ ne teaseɛnam no mu. 32 Na dabeni no rekan saa kyerɛwsɛm yi. “Ɔte sɛ oguan a wɔde no rekɔ akokum no ne oguammaa a wɔreyi ne ho nwi a watɛm dinn; wammue n’ano. 33 N’animguase mu wannya odimafo. Obi ntumi nkyerɛ n’ase, efisɛ, ne nkwanna wɔ asase yi so atwa tiaa.” 34 Dabeni no bisaa Filipo se, “Odiyifo no reka ne ho asɛm anaa obi foforo ho asɛm?”
35 Filipo nam saa asɛm no so kaa nsɛmpa a ɛfa Yesu ho kyerɛɛ no.
36 Wɔrekɔ no, woduu asu bi ho. Dabeni no ka kyerɛɛ Filipo se, “Nsu ni. Dɛn na esiw wo kwan sɛ wobɔ me asu?” 37 Filipo ka kyerɛ no se, “Sɛ wufi wo koma mu gye di a, mɛbɔ wo asu.” Dabeni no buaa no se, “Migye di. Migye di sɛ Yesu Kristo yɛ Onyankopɔn Ba.”
38 Dabeni no hyɛ maa teaseɛnam no gyinae. Ɔne Filipo kɔɔ nsu no ho ma ɔbɔɔ no asu. 39 Wofi nsu no mu no, Onyankopɔn Honhom hwim Filipo fii dabeni no nkyɛn kɔe. Wanhu Filipo bio de nanso ɔde anigye toaa n’akwantu no so. 40 Filipo kopuee Asoto kɔɔ so kaa Asɛmpa no wɔ nkurow no mu kosii sɛ okoduu Kaesarea.
Acts 8
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Acts 8
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8 And Saul(A) approved of their killing him.
The Church Persecuted and Scattered
On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered(B) throughout Judea and Samaria.(C) 2 Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. 3 But Saul(D) began to destroy the church.(E) Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.
Philip in Samaria
4 Those who had been scattered(F) preached the word wherever they went.(G) 5 Philip(H) went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there. 6 When the crowds heard Philip and saw the signs he performed, they all paid close attention to what he said. 7 For with shrieks, impure spirits came out of many,(I) and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.(J) 8 So there was great joy in that city.
Simon the Sorcerer
9 Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery(K) in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great,(L) 10 and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, “This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.”(M) 11 They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorcery. 12 But when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God(N) and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized,(O) both men and women. 13 Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles(P) he saw.
14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria(Q) had accepted the word of God,(R) they sent Peter and John(S) to Samaria. 15 When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit,(T) 16 because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them;(U) they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.(V) 17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on them,(W) and they received the Holy Spirit.(X)
18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money 19 and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
20 Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!(Y) 21 You have no part or share(Z) in this ministry, because your heart is not right(AA) before God. 22 Repent(AB) of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart. 23 For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin.”
24 Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me(AC) so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”
25 After they had further proclaimed the word of the Lord(AD) and testified about Jesus, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages.(AE)
Philip and the Ethiopian
26 Now an angel(AF) of the Lord said to Philip,(AG) “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian[a](AH) eunuch,(AI) an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship,(AJ) 28 and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet. 29 The Spirit told(AK) Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”
30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
31 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
32 This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading:
“He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
and as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
33 In his humiliation he was deprived of justice.
Who can speak of his descendants?
For his life was taken from the earth.”[b](AL)
34 The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” 35 Then Philip began(AM) with that very passage of Scripture(AN) and told him the good news(AO) about Jesus.
36 As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?”(AP) [37] [c] 38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away,(AQ) and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. 40 Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns(AR) until he reached Caesarea.(AS)
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