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Pōvula un Barnabas misiju ceļōjums.
1 Antiochijas bazneicā beja pravīši un mōceitōji, un storp tim Barnabas, Seimaņs, kuru sauc Niger, Lucijs nu Cyrenes, tetrarcha Eroda leidzaudzis Manaens un Sauls. 2 Kad jī Dīvam upurēja un gavēja, Svātais Gors jim saceja: Barnabu un Saulu atškirit Maņ tam uzdavumam, dēļ kura Es jūs paaicynōju. 3 Tad jī, gavādami un lyugdamīs, uzlyka uz tim rūkas un palaide tūs īt.
4 Svātō Gora syuteiti, jī aizgōja uz Seleuciju un nu turīnes aizbrauce uz Cypru. 5 Īgōjuši Salaminā, jī sludynōja Dīva vōrdu jūdu synagogōs. Jōņs pi jim beja kai paleigs. 6 Apstaigojūt vysu solu leidz pat Pafai, jī atroda vīnu cylvāku būri, vyltu pravīti, jūdu, vōrdā Bariesu, 7 kurs beja reizē ar vīnu saprateigu cylvāku, — pōrvaļdnīku Sergiju Paulu. Tys, paaicynōjis Barnabu un Saulu, gribēja dzērdēt Dīva vōrdu. 8 Bet jim pretōjōs būrs Elimass — tai ir tulkojams jō vōrds — un ceņtēs pōrvaļdnīku nu ticeibas atturēt. 9 Bet Sauls, kurs ir ari Pōvuls, Svātō Gora piļdeits, pasavēris uz jō, 10 saceja: Ak pylnais vysaidas viļteibas un vysaidas naganteibas, valna bārns, ikvīnas taisneibas īnaidnīks, vai tu napōrstōsi krystōt taisnūs Kunga ceļus? 11 Un tagad, raug, Kunga rūka nōks par tevi: tu paliksi okls un kaidu laiku vairs naredzēsi saules!
Un tyuleņ jū apjēme timseiba un tymsums, un jys tausteja ap sevi, maklādams, kas jū vastu aiz rūkas. 12 Tad pōrvaļdnīks, nūtykumu radzādams, īticēja un breinōjōs par Kunga mōceibu.
13 Izejūt nu Pafas, Pōvuls un tī, kas ar jū beja, devēs Pamfilijā uz Pergu. Bet Jōņs, nu jim atsaškeiris, aizgōja atpakaļ uz Jeruzalemu. 14 Un jī, pōrgōjuši Pergai cauri, aizgōja uz Pyzydijas Antiochiju. Tur sabata dīnā jī, īgōjuši synagogā, atsasāda. 15 Pēc lykuma un pravīšu pōrlaseišonas synagogas prīkšnīki lyka jim saceit: Veiri, brōli, jo jums ir kaidi pamūdynojūši vōrdi dēļ ļaudim, — runojit.
16 Pōvuls pīsacēle un, pamōvis ar rūku, saceja: Izraeļa veiri un jyus, kas beistatēs Dīva, klausitēs. 17 Izraeļa tautas Dīvs izvēlēja myusu tāvus un svešajā molā Egiptē padareja jūs par lelu tautu. 18 Ar spēceigu placu jūs nu turīnes izvedis, četrudesmit godu uzturēja tuksnesī. 19 Kanaana zemē iznycynojūt septeņas tautas, jim sadaleja tūs zemi. 20 Tai beja daudz moz četri simti pīcdesmit godu. Vēļōk leidz pravīšam Samueļam deve jim tīsnešus. 21 Bet nu tō laika jī lyudze kēneņa, un Dīvs jim īdeve Saulu, Kisa dālu, cylvāku nu Benjamiņa ciļts, četrudesmit godim. 22 Pēc tam, kad tū beja atmetis, īcēle jim par kēneņu Davidu. Par šytū Jys līcynōja: Es atrodu veiru pa sovai sirdei, Davidu, Jesse dālu; jys vysu, kū Es grybu, izpiļdeis. 23 Saskaņā ar sovu sūlejumu Dīvs nu šytōs ciļtis izmūdynōja Izraeļam Pesteitōju Jezu. 24 Pyrms jō uzastōšonas Jōņs vysai Izraeļa tautai sludynōja grāku vaidēšonas kristeibu. 25 Sovu uzdavumu beidzis, Jōņs atsasauce: Es naasmu tys, par kuru jyus mani skaitot. Bet raug, Tys nōks pēc manis, un es naasmu cīneigs jō kōju apava izraiseit.
26 Veiri, brōli! Abraama ciļts bārni un jyus, kas beistates Dīva! Mums šei pesteišonas ziņa ir nōkuse. 27 Tī, kas dzeivoj Jeruzalemā, un tūs vērsinīki Jezu naatzyna, un tūs pravīša vōrdus, kuri iksabatā teik laseiti, Jū nūtīsojūt, izpiļdeja. 28 Lai gon pi Jō nikaidas nōvi peļnūšas vaiņas naatroda, tūmār nu Pilata Jam nōves pīpraseja. 29 Pēc tam, kad vyss izapiļdeja, kas par Jū beja raksteits, nūjāmuši Jū nu kūka, īlyka kopā. 30 Bet Dīvs Jū nu myrūnim pīcēle. 31 Jys vairōkas dīnas pasarōdeja tim, kas Jam leidza nu Galilejas uz Jeruzalemu beja atgōjuši, kuri tagad pi tautas ir Jō līcinīki. 32 Un mes sludynojam tū prīceigū ziņu, ka Dīvs tūs sūlejumus, kurus tāvim beja devis, mums, jūs bārnim, pīceļūt augšam Jezu, izpiļdeja. 33 Tai pat stōv raksteits ūtrajā psaļmā:
Tu esi muns Dāls,
Es tevi šudiņ dzemdeju.
34 Un, kad Jū pīcēle nu myrūnim kai taidu, kas izniceibai vairs napasadūs, Jys pasaceja: Es dūšu jums tū svātū, eistū Davida montu. 35 Tōpēc ari cytur Jys soka: Sovam Svātajam izniceibas redzēt Tu naļausi. 36 Bet Davids, pēc sovā myužā Dīva vaļas izpiļdeišonas, nūmyra. Jys tyka pīvīnōts sovim tāvim un izniceibu redzēja. 37 Bet tys, kuru Dīvs pīcēle augšam, izniceibas naredzēja.
38 Veiri, brōli, lai tys jums ir zynoms, ka caur šytū jums teik sludynōta grāku atlaisšona. 39 Nu vysa, nu kō jyus caur Moizeša lykumu navarējot tikt atbreivōti, caur Jū ikvīns, kas tic, tiks atbreivōts. 40 Tōpēc uzmonit, ka uz jums naatsateiktu tys, kū soka pravīši: 41 Raugit, jyus, nycynōtōji, breinojitēs un neikstit, jo Es izdareišu jyusu dīnōs lītu, kurai jyus naticēsit, jo jums ari sludynōtu.
42 Izejūt ōrā, jō lyudze, lai ari nōkūšajā sabatā jim par šom lītom runōtu. 43 Sasalasejušajim izkleistūt, daudzejī nu jūdim un dīvbaileigajim prozelitim Pōvulam un Barnabai gōja leidza; tī jūs pamūdynōja, lai pastōvātu Dīva žēlesteibā.
44 Nōkūšajā sabatā natōļ vyss mīsts sasalaseja, lai dzērdātu Dīva vōrdu. 45 Radzādami ļaužu pulkus, jūdi aizadaga skaudeibā, runōja Pōvula vōrdim pretim un izteice zaimus. 46 Bet Pōvuls un Barnabas drūšsirdeigi atbiļdēja: Tadei vajadzēja pyrmōk Dīva vōrdu sludynōt jums. Bet tai kai jyus tū atmatat un sevi myužeigai dzeivei skaitot par nacīneigim, raug, mes dūsimēs pi pogōnim. 47 Ari Kungs mums pavēlēja: Es tevi pazeimōju pogōnim par gaismu, ka byutu jim pesteišonai leidz pat zemes molai.
48 Šytū izdzērduši, pogōni prīcōjōs un slaveja Kunga vōrdu. Un kas myužeigai dzeivei beja pazeimōti, tī visi palyka ticeigi. 49 Tai Kunga vōrds izaplateja pa vysu apgobolu. 50 Bet jūdi uzbūdynōja padīveigōs un gūdeigōs sīvītes un mīsta vacōkūs. Tad sōce Pōvulu un Barnabu vojōt un jūs nu sovas apkōrtnes padzyna. 51 Tad, nūkratejuši nu sovom kōjom putekli pret jim, jī aizgōja uz Ikoniju. 52 Bet mōcekli beja piļni prīcas un Svātō Gora.
Barnabas and Saul Are Chosen and Sent
1 In the church at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon (called the Black), Lucius (from Cyrene), Manaen (who had been brought up with Governor Herod ), and Saul. 2 While they were serving the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said to them, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, to do the work to which I have called them.”
3 They fasted and prayed, placed their hands on them, and sent them off.
In Cyprus
4 Having been sent by the Holy Spirit, Barnabas and Saul went to Seleucia and sailed from there to the island of Cyprus. 5 When they arrived at Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues. They had John Mark with them to help in the work.
6 They went all the way across the island to Paphos, where they met a certain magician named Bar-Jesus, a Jew who claimed to be a prophet. 7 He was a friend of the governor of the island, Sergius Paulus, who was an intelligent man. The governor called Barnabas and Saul before him because he wanted to hear the word of God. 8 But they were opposed by the magician Elymas (that is his name in Greek), who tried to turn the governor away from the faith. 9 Then Saul—also known as Paul—was filled with the Holy Spirit; he looked straight at the magician 10 and said, “You son of the Devil! You are the enemy of everything that is good. You are full of all kinds of evil tricks, and you always keep trying to turn the Lord's truths into lies! 11 The Lord's hand will come down on you now; you will be blind and will not see the light of day for a time.”
At once Elymas felt a dark mist cover his eyes, and he walked around trying to find someone to lead him by the hand. 12 When the governor saw what had happened, he believed; for he was greatly amazed at the teaching about the Lord.
In Antioch in Pisidia
13 Paul and his companions sailed from Paphos and came to Perga, a city in Pamphylia, where John Mark left them and went back to Jerusalem. 14 They went on from Perga and arrived in Antioch in Pisidia, and on the Sabbath they went into the synagogue and sat down. 15 After the reading from the Law of Moses and from the writings of the prophets, the officials of the synagogue sent them a message: “Friends, we want you to speak to the people if you have a message of encouragement for them.” 16 Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and began to speak:
“Fellow Israelites and all Gentiles here who worship God: hear me! 17 The God of the people of Israel chose our ancestors and made the people a great nation during the time they lived as foreigners in Egypt. God brought them out of Egypt by his great power, 18 and for forty years he endured them in the desert. 19 He destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan and made his people the owners of the land. 20 All of this took about 450 years.
“After this he gave them judges until the time of the prophet Samuel. 21 And when they asked for a king, God gave them Saul son of Kish from the tribe of Benjamin, to be their king for forty years. 22 After removing him, God made David their king. This is what God said about him: ‘I have found that David son of Jesse is the kind of man I like, a man who will do all I want him to do.’ 23 It was Jesus, a descendant of David, whom God made the Savior of the people of Israel, as he had promised. 24 Before Jesus began his work, John preached to all the people of Israel that they should turn from their sins and be baptized. 25 And as John was about to finish his mission, he said to the people, ‘Who do you think I am? I am not the one you are waiting for. But listen! He is coming after me, and I am not good enough to take his sandals off his feet.’
26 “My fellow Israelites, descendants of Abraham, and all Gentiles here who worship God: it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent! 27 For the people who live in Jerusalem and their leaders did not know that he is the Savior, nor did they understand the words of the prophets that are read every Sabbath. Yet they made the prophets' words come true by condemning Jesus. 28 And even though they could find no reason to pass the death sentence on him, they asked Pilate to have him put to death. 29 And after they had done everything that the Scriptures say about him, they took him down from the cross and placed him in a tomb. 30 But God raised him from death, 31 and for many days he appeared to those who had traveled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. They are now witnesses for him to the people of Israel. 32-33 And we are here to bring the Good News to you: what God promised our ancestors he would do, he has now done for us, who are their descendants, by raising Jesus to life. As it is written in the second Psalm,
‘You are my Son;
today I have become your Father.’
34 And this is what God said about raising him from death, never to rot away in the grave:
‘I will give you the sacred and sure blessings
that I promised to David.’
35 As indeed he says in another passage,
‘You will not allow your faithful servant to rot in the grave.’
36 For David served God's purposes in his own time, and then he died, was buried with his ancestors, and his body rotted in the grave. 37 But this did not happen to the one whom God raised from death. 38-39 All of you, my fellow Israelites, are to know for sure that it is through Jesus that the message about forgiveness of sins is preached to you; you are to know that everyone who believes in him is set free from all the sins from which the Law of Moses could not set you free. 40 Take care, then, so that what the prophets said may not happen to you:
41 ‘Look, you scoffers! Be astonished and die!
For what I am doing today
is something that you will not believe,
even when someone explains it to you!’”
42 As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people invited them to come back the next Sabbath and tell them more about these things. 43 After the people had left the meeting, Paul and Barnabas were followed by many Jews and by many Gentiles who had been converted to Judaism. The apostles spoke to them and encouraged them to keep on living in the grace of God.
44 The next Sabbath nearly everyone in the town came to hear the word of the Lord. 45 When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy; they disputed what Paul was saying and insulted him. 46 But Paul and Barnabas spoke out even more boldly: “It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken first to you. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we will leave you and go to the Gentiles. 47 For this is the commandment that the Lord has given us:
‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles,
so that all the world may be saved.’”
48 When the Gentiles heard this, they were glad and praised the Lord's message; and those who had been chosen for eternal life became believers.
49 The word of the Lord spread everywhere in that region. 50 But the Jews stirred up the leading men of the city and the Gentile women of high social standing who worshiped God. They started a persecution against Paul and Barnabas and threw them out of their region. 51 The apostles shook the dust off their feet in protest against them and went on to Iconium. 52 The believers in Antioch were full of joy and the Holy Spirit.
