Atos 8

1 Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles. 2 Devout men buried Stephen and lamented greatly over him. 3 But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house and dragged both men and women off to prison. 4 Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around preaching the word. 5 Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ. 6 The multitudes listened with one accord to the things that were spoken by Philip when they heard and saw the signs which he did. 7 For unclean spirits came out of many of those who had them. They came out, crying with a loud voice. Many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed. 8 There was great joy in that city.

9 But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one, 10 to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is that great power of God." 11 They listened to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries. 12 But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning God’s Kingdom and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women. 13 Simon himself also believed. Being baptized, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occurring, he was amazed.

14 Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them, 15 who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit; 16 for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus. 17 Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit. 18 Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money, 19 saying, "Give me also this power, that whomever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit." 20 But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money! 21 You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn’t right before God. 22 Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. 23 For I see that you are in the poison of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity."

24 Simon answered, "Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me."

25 They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the Good News to many villages of the Samaritans.

26 Then an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert."

27 He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship. 28 He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.

29 The Spirit said to Philip, "Go near, and join yourself to this chariot."

30 Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"

31 He said, "How can I, unless someone explains it to me?" He begged Philip to come up and sit with him. 32 Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this,

"He was led as a sheep to the slaughter.

As a lamb before his shearer is silent,

so he doesn’t open his mouth.

33 In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away.

Who will declare His generation?

For his life is taken from the earth."✝8:33 Isaiah 53:7,8

34 The eunuch answered Philip, "Who is the prophet talking about? About himself, or about someone else?"

35 Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him about Jesus. 36 As they went on the way, they came to some water; and the eunuch said, "Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?"

37 * 8:37 TR adds Philip said, "If you believe with all your heart, you may." He answered, "I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God." 38 He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch didn’t see him any more, for he went on his way rejoicing. 40 But Philip was found at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the Good News to all the cities until he came to Caesarea.

1 Ā, i reira a Haora e whakaae ana ki tōna matenga.

Te Whakatoinga o Haora i te Hāhi

Nā, i taua rā ka oho he whakatoinga nui ki te hāhi i Hiruhārama, ā, marara katoa ana rātou, puta noa i ngā wāhi o Hūria, o Hamaria; kāhore ia ngā āpōtoro. 2 Ā, nā te hunga whakaaro a Tepene i tanu, ā, he nui tā rātou tangihanga mōna.

3 Ko Haora ia, tāhoroa ana e ia te hāhi, tomo ana ki tēnā whare, ki tēnā whare, tōia atu ana ngā tāne me ngā wāhine, hoatu ana ki roto ki te whare herehere.

Ka Kauwhautia te Rongopai ki Hamaria

4 Nō reira ko rātou tonu, ko ngā mea i whakamararatia rā, i hāereere ki te kauwhau i te kupu. 5 Nā, ko Piripi i heke atu ki te pā o Hamaria, ā, kauwhau ana i a te Karaiti ki a rātou. 6 Ā, kotahi tonu te whakaaro o ngā mano ki te whakarongo ki ngā mea i kōrero ai a Piripi, i a rātou e rongo ana, e kite ana i ngā tohu i mea ai ia. 7 I puta mai hoki ngā wairua poke i roto i te tini o ngā mea e nohoia ana, he nui te reo ki te karanga. He tokomaha anō ngā pararūtiki, ngā kopa i whakaorangia. 8 Ā, nui atu te hari o taua pā.

9 Nā, i reira tētahi tangata, ko Haimona te ingoa, he mahi mākutu tāna i mua atu i roto i taua pā, ā, mīharo ana te iwi o Hamaria, i mea hoki ia i a ia he tangata nui. 10 I whakarongo katoa hoki rātou ki a ia te iti me te rahi, i mea, "Ko taua kaha o te Atua tēnei tangata, e kīia nei ‘ko te Nui.’ " 11 Ā, i whakarongo rātou ki a ia, nō te mea kua roa kē rātou e mīharo ana ki āna mahi mākutu. 12 Ā, nō rātou ka whakapono ki a Piripi; e kauwhau ana i te rongopai o te rangatiratanga o te Atua, i te ingoa hoki o Īhu Karaiti, ka iriiria rātou, ngā tāne me ngā wāhine. 13 Ko Haimona tonu tētahi i whakapono. Ā, ka iriiria ka piri tahi ki a Piripi; ā, nō tōna kitenga i ngā tohu me ngā merekara nunui i mahia, ka mīharo.

14 Ā, i te rongonga o ngā āpōtoro i Hiruhārama kua tango a Hamaria i te kupu a te Atua, ka tonoa atu e rātou a Pita rāua ko Hoani ki a rātou. 15 Nō tō rāua taenga iho, ka īnoi mō rātou, kia riro te Wairua Tapu i a rātou. 16 Kāhore anō hoki ia i tau noa ki tētahi o rātou; he mea iriiri kau i runga i te ingoa o te Ariki, o Īhu. 17 Me i reira ka whakapākia iho ō rātou ringa ki a rātou, ā, ka riro mai te Wairua Tapu i a rātou.

18 Ā, nō te kitenga o Haimona, nā te whakapānga iho o ngā ringa o ngā āpōtoro i hōmai ai te Wairua Tapu, ka mea ki te hoatu moni ki a rāua, 19 ka kī, "Hōmai hoki ki ahau tēnei mana, kia riro ai te Wairua Tapu i te tangata e whakapākia iho ai e ahau ōku ringa."

20 Nā, ko te meatanga a Pita ki a ia, "Kia pirau ngātahi kōrua ko tāu moni, ina koe ka whakaaro mā te moni ka whiwhi ai ki te mea hōmai noa a te Atua! 21 Kāhore he wāhi māu, kāhore he taunga mōu i tēnei mea; kāhore hoki i tika tōu ngākau i te aroaro o te Atua. 22 Nā, rīpenetātia tēnei kino ōu, ā, īnoi ki te Atua, me kore noa e murua te whakaaro o tōu ngākau. 23 Kua kite hoki ahau i a koe, kei roto koe i te au kawa, kei te here o te kino."

24 Nā, ka whakahoki a Haimona, ka mea, "Mā kōrua e īnoi mōku ki te Ariki, kei pā ki ahau tētahi o ngā mea kua kōrerotia mai nā e kōrua."

25 Ā, ka mutu tā rāua whakaatu, tā rāua kauwhau i te kupu a te Ariki, ka hoki ki Hiruhārama, he maha hoki ngā kāinga o ngā Hamari i kauwhautia ai e rāua te rongopai.

Ko Piripi rāua ko te Āpiha Etiopiana

26 Nā, ka kōrero tētahi anahera a te Ariki ki a Piripi, ka mea, "Whakatika, haere ki te tonga, ki te ara e heke atu ana i Hiruhārama ki Kaha"; he koraha tērā. 27 Whakatika ana ia, haere ana. Nā, ko tētahi tangata o Etiopia, he unaka, he tangata nui nā Kanarahi, kuīni o ngā Etiopiana, ko te kaitiaki ia o āna taonga katoa, i haere ki Hiruhārama ki te karakia; 28 ā, e hoki mai ana, e noho ana i runga i tōna hāriata, e kōrero ana i a Ihāia poropiti. 29 Nā, ka mea te Wairua ki a Piripi, "Whakatata atu, ka haere atu koe ki te hāriata rā."

30 Kātahi a Piripi ka oma atu ki a ia, ka rongo i a ia e kōrero ana i a Ihāia poropiti, ka mea atu, "E mātau ana rānei koe ki tāu e kōrero nā?"

31 Anō rā ko ia, "Me pēhea koia, ki te kore tētahi hei arataki i ahau?" Nā, ka mea ia ki a Piripi kia eke ki runga kia noho tahi me ia.

32 Nā, ko te wāhi o te karaipiture e kōrero nei ia, ko tēnei:

"I ārahina ia ānō he hipi kia patua;

ā, me te reme e wahangū ana i te aroaro o tōna kaikutikuti,

kīhai i kuihi tōna waha.

33 I tōna whakaitinga i whakakorea he whakawā mōna.

Mā wai hoki tōna whakatupuranga e kōrero?

Kua tangohia atu nei tōna ora i te whenua."

34 Nā, ka whakahoki te unaka ki a Piripi, ka mea, "Tēnā koa, mō wai tēnei kōrero a te poropiti? Mōna ake anō, mō tētahi atu rānei?" 35 Nā, ka puaki te māngai o Piripi, ā, tīmata mai i taua karaipiture, kauwhautia ana e ia a Īhu ki a ia.

36 Ā, i a rāua e haere ana i te ara, ka tae atu rāua ki tētahi wai, ka mea te unaka, "Nā, he wai tēnei! He aha te mea e kore ai ahau e iriiria?" 37 Mea atu ana a Piripi, "Ki te whakapono tōu ngākau katoa, e āhei anō koe." Nā, ka whakahoki ia, ka mea, "E whakapono ana ahau ko Īhu Karaiti te Tama a te Atua." 38 Kātahi ia ka whakahau i te hāriata kia tū; ka haere atu rāua tokorua ki roto i te wai, a Piripi rāua ko te unaka; ā, iriiria ana ia e ia. 39 Ā, i tō rāua putanga ake i te wai, kāhakina atu ana a Piripi e te Wairua o te Ariki; ā, mutu tonu te kitenga atu o te unaka i a ia, heoi, haere hari atu ana ia i tōna ara. 40 Ko Piripi ia i kitea ki Ahota; ā, i a ia e haere ana, kauwhautia ana e ia te rongopai ki ngā pā katoa, ā tae noa ia ki Hiharia.