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Ti^mo^tai Gan Baulo Caux Silaa Mingh

¹Baulo aengx mingh Nde^mbi Zingh caux Li^saa^daa Mungv. Li^saa^daa Mungv maaih dauh sai-gorx, mbuox heuc Ti^mo^tai. Ninh nyei maa se Yiutai Mienh yaac sienx Yesu nyei. Mv baac ninh nyei die benx Janx-Gikc. ²Li^saa^daa caux I^ko^ni^yum nyei gorx-youz yaac ceng Ti^mo^tai. ³Baulo oix dorh Ti^mo^tai gan ninh mingh ziouc tengx ninh ⟨jiex gaatv nyei leiz,⟩ weic zuqc wuov norm deic-bung nyei zuangx Yiutai Mienh hiuv duqv Ti^mo^tai nyei die zoux Janx-Gikc. ⁴Baulo mbuo zueih mungv youh jienv mingh. Mingh taux haaix yaac zorqv ⟨jiex gaatv nyei leiz,⟩ caux mienh gox yiem Ye^lu^saa^lem Zingh dingc daaih nyei leiz jiu bun mienh ei jienv zoux. ⁵Weic naaiv zuangx jiu-baang ziouc gauh sienx duqv henv. Hnoi-hnoi maaih mienh tim bieqc camv jienv faaux.

Tin-Hungh Heuc Baulo Mbuo Mingh Maa^si^ndo^nie Deic-Bung

⁶Singx Lingh maiv bun Baulo yiem Esie Saengv zunh doz. Ninh mbuo ziouc jiex Faa^li^jie caux Gaa^laa^tie Deic-Bung. ⁷Taux Misie Deic-Bung nyei gapv-jaaix ga'hlen ninh mbuo oix bieqc Mbi^ti^nie, mv baac Yesu nyei Singx Lingh maiv bun ninh mbuo bieqc. ⁸Ninh mbuo ziouc jiex Misie Deic-Bung mingh taux Do^atc. ⁹Mingh taux wuov muonz, Baulo buatc hinc yaangh nyei sic. Ninh buatc dauh Maa^si^ndo^nie Mienh souv jienv qaqv tov, “Tov jiex taux naaiv Maa^si^ndo^nie Deic-Bung tengx yie mbuo maah!” ¹⁰Baulo buatc liuz hinc yaangh nyei sic, yie mbuo⚓ ziouc liemh zeih liuc leiz mingh Maa^si^ndo^nie, weic zuqc yie mbuo funx dingc Tin-Hungh za'gengh heuc yie mbuo mingh zunh kuv fienx bun wuov deix mienh muangx.

Li^ndie Goiv Hnyouv Sienx Yesu

¹¹Yie mbuo ziouc yiem Do^atc bieqc nzangv, baeng zaqc mingh taux Saax^mo^tatv Koiv-Nzou. Da'nyeic hnoi mingh taux Ne^aa^mbu^li Mungv. ¹²Yiem naaic yie mbuo cuotv nzangv yangh jauv mingh Fi^lipv^poi Zingh. Fi^lipv^poi se Maa^si^ndo^nie Deic-Bung nyei yietc norm domh zingh, se Lomaa Guoqv liepc daaih nyei zingh. Yie mbuo ziouc yiem ziex hnoi wuov.
¹³Taux ⟨Dingh Gong Hnoi⟩ yie mbuo cuotv ga'nyiec ziqc zingh mingh wuov ndaaih hlen, hnamv daaih maaih norm dorngx gapv zunv daux gaux. Yie mbuo lorz buatc ziouc zueiz njiec caux gapv zunv daaih wuov deix m'sieqv dorn gorngv waac. ¹⁴Maaih dauh Ti^yaa^ti^laa Zingh nyei m'sieqv dorn, mbuox heuc Li^ndie. Ninh nyei gong se maaic setv luoqc nyei ndie-zuqv. Li^ndie se zaangc Tin-Hungh nyei mienh. Ziouv yaac bun ninh nyei hnyouv nqoi, hnamv duqv tong Baulo gorngv nyei waac. ¹⁵Ninh caux ninh nyei biauv zong hmuangv doic yietc zungv ziouc jiex wuom nyei leiz. Nqa'haav ninh heuc yie mbuo mingh hitv ninh nyei biauv. Ninh gorngv, “Se gorngv meih mbuo funx yie za'gengh sienx Ziouv nor,⚓ tov meih mbuo daaih hitv yie nyei biauv oc.” Ninh qaqv liouh yie mbuo, yie mbuo hnamv maiv jiex eix, ziouc mingh hitv ninh nyei biauv.

Baulo Caux Silaa Zuqc Wuonx Loh

¹⁶Maaih hnoi yie mbuo mingh mienh gapv zunv daux gaux nyei dorngx. Mingh gau, maaih dauh nouh beiz daaih buangh zuqc yie mbuo. Naaiv dauh nouh beiz maaih mienv yiem ninh nyei sin, bun ninh haih gorngv zinh hoz nyei sic ziouc tengx mienh mangc maengc, bun ninh nyei ziouv duqv nyaanh camv. ¹⁷Naaiv dauh nouh beiz gan jienv Baulo caux yie mbuo mingh heuc jienv gorngv, “Naaiv deix mienh se Yiem Hlang Jiex nyei Tin-Hungh nyei bou. Ninh mbuo zunh duqv njoux nyei jauv bun meih mbuo muangx.”
¹⁸Ninh hnangv naaiv nor zoux camv-hnoi aqv. Zoux gau, Baulo haiz hnyouv maiv longx yietc deix ziouc huin nzuonx gorngv mbuox wuov dauh mienv, “Yie dengv Yesu Giduc nyei mbuox hatc meih yiem naaiv dauh mienh nyei sin cuotv mingh maah!” Mienv ziouc liemh zeih cuotv mi'aqv.
¹⁹Naaiv dauh nouh beiz nyei ziouv zieqv duqv ninh mbuo duqv nyaanh nyei jauv maiv lamh hnamv aqv, ninh mbuo ziouc nyau jienv Baulo caux Silaa, tor mingh domh zuangx zaamc, zoux hlo wuov deix nyei nza'hmien. ²⁰Yiem Lomaa jien nyei nza'hmien ninh mbuo gox gorngv, “Naaiv deix mienh se Yiutai Mienh. Ninh mbuo zoux bun yie mbuo nyei zingh lunc nzengc. ²¹Ninh mbuo njaaux nyei leiz se dorngc yie mbuo Lomaa Mienh nyei leiz. Yie mbuo maiv haih longc, maiv haih gan ninh mbuo nyei leiz.”
²²Zuangx mienh tengx jienv zoux doqc bun Baulo caux Silaa. Wuov deix jien ziouc heuc baeng ciev Baulo mbuo nyei lui-houx guangc, longc biaav mborqv ninh mbuo. ²³Baeng ziouc mborqv duqv ninh mbuo siang haic, nqa'haav aengx dorh ninh mbuo mingh wuonx jienv loh, yaac mbuox gunv loh nyei jien longx-longx zuov jienv ninh mbuo. ²⁴Gunv loh jien duqv domh jien nyei waac ziouc zorqv Baulo mbuo wuonx jienv gu'nyuoz wuov qongx loh, aengx zorqv ndiangx gapc jienv ninh mbuo nyei zaux.
²⁵Ndaamv muonz nyei ziangh hoc, Baulo caux Silaa daux gaux yaac baaux nzung ceng Tin-Hungh. Yiem loh nyei zuiz-mienh yietc zungv yaac muangx ninh mbuo. ²⁶Liemh zeih ndau dongz duqv seix haic, ndanc taux loh nyei gorn-ndoqv. Dauh dauh loh gaengh nqoi nzengc. Zuangx zuiz-mienh nyei limc yaac ndutv nzengc mi'aqv.
²⁷Gunv loh jien nyie daaih buatc loh gaengh nqoi nzengc, laaic duqv zuiz-mienh biaux nzengc aqv mv bei. Ninh ziouc baeng cuotv ninh nyei nzuqc ndaauv oix daix ninh ganh aqv. ²⁸Mv baac Baulo huon norm kaatv, “Hueiv! Maiv dungx hoic meih ganh. Yie mbuo yietc zungv yiem naaiv nyei.”
²⁹Gunv loh jien heuc mienh lorz dang daaih ziux jienv tiux bieqc Baulo mbuo wuov, mbaapv njiec Baulo caux Silaa nyei nza'hmien, sin zinx nyanh nyanh nyei. ³⁰Ninh dorh Baulo mbuo cuotv daaih naaic gaax ninh mbuo, “Domh Gorx aah! Yie oix zuqc hnangv haaix nor zoux cingx haih duqv njoux?”
³¹Baulo mbuo dau, “Oix zuqc sienx kaux Ziouv Yesu, meih caux meih nyei yietc biauv mienh ziouc duqv njoux.” ³²Baulo mbuo ziouc gorngv Ziouv nyei doz bun ninh caux ninh nyei yietc biauv mienh muangx. ³³Dongh naaic muonz, wuov norm ziangh hoc, gunv loh jien dorh Baulo mbuo mingh nzaaux nzengc zuqc mborqv mun nyei dorngx. Nzaaux liuz, gunv loh jien caux yietc biauv mienh liemh zeih jiex wuom nyei leiz aqv. ³⁴Jiex liuz leiz, gunv loh jien aengx dorh Baulo caux Silaa bieqc ninh nyei biauv mbenc hnaangx bun ninh mbuo nyanc. Gunv loh jien caux ninh nyei hmuangv doic za'gengh njien-youh haic, weic zuqc ninh mbuo ih zanc sienx Tin-Hungh mi'aqv.
³⁵Lungh njang, Lomaa domh jien paaiv sin-hlen baeng mingh gunv loh jien wuov mbuox ninh, “Bungx wuov deix i laanh mienh aqv.” ³⁶Gunv loh jien ziouc mbuox Baulo, “Domh jien heuc yie bungx meih caux Silaa cuotv loh. Meih mbuo ih zanc gunv baengh orn nyei mingh aqv.”
³⁷Mv baac Baulo gorngv mbuox wuov deix sin-hlen baeng, “Yie mbuo yaac Lomaa nyei baeqc fingx. Ninh mbuo zungv maiv dingc yie mbuo nyei zuiz ndaangc, la'guaih dorng zuangx mborqv yie mbuo. Corc aengx dorh yie mbuo mingh wuonx jienv loh. Ih zanc ninh mbuo oix bingx jienv bungx yie mbuo. Hnangv naaic se maiv horpc. Wuov deix domh jien ganh oix zuqc daaih bungx yie mbuo cuotv.”
³⁸Baeng ziouc ziang naaiv deix waac mingh gorngv bun domh jien muangx. Domh jien hiuv duqv Baulo caux Silaa se Lomaa Mienh, ninh mbuo ziouc gamh nziex haic. ³⁹Domh jien ziouc mingh tov zuiz Baulo mbuo, aengx fungx ninh mbuo cuotv loh yaac tov ninh mbuo cuotv zingh aqv. ⁴⁰Baulo caux Silaa cuotv loh daaih mingh Li^ndie nyei biauv. Yiem wuov ninh mbuo buangh gorx-youz, gorngv waac nunz liuz ninh mbuo nyei hnyouv, ziouc mingh mi'aqv.

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Timothy Joins Paul and Silas

¹Then he came to ⚓Derbe and Lystra. And behold, a certain disciple was there, ⚓named Timothy, ⚓the son of a certain Jewish woman who believed, but his father was Greek. ²He was well spoken of by the brethren who were at Lystra and Iconium. ³Paul wanted to have him go on with him. And he ⚓took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in that region, for they all knew that his father was Greek. ⁴And as they went through the cities, they delivered to them the ⚓decrees to keep, ⚓which were determined by the apostles and elders at Jerusalem. ⁵⚓So the churches were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.

The Macedonian Call

⁶Now when they had gone through Phrygia and the region of ⚓Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to preach the word in Asia. ⁷After they had come to Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit did not permit them. ⁸So passing by Mysia, they ⚓came down to Troas. ⁹And a vision appeared to Paul in the night. A ⚓man of Macedonia stood and pleaded with him, saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” ¹⁰Now after he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go ⚓to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the gospel to them.

Lydia Baptized at Philippi

¹¹Therefore, sailing from Troas, we ran a straight course to Samothrace, and the next day came to Neapolis, ¹²and from there to ⚓Philippi, which is the foremost city of that part of Macedonia, a colony. And we were staying in that city for some days. ¹³And on the Sabbath day we went out of the city to the riverside, where prayer was customarily made; and we sat down and spoke to the women who met there. ¹⁴Now a certain woman named Lydia heard us. She was a seller of purple from the city of ⚓Thyatira, who worshiped God. ⚓The Lord opened her heart to heed the things spoken by Paul. ¹⁵And when she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come to my house and stay.” So ⚓she persuaded us.

Paul and Silas Imprisoned

¹⁶Now it happened, as we went to prayer, that a certain slave girl ⚓possessed with a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters ⚓much profit by fortune-telling. ¹⁷This girl followed Paul and us, and cried out, saying, “These men are the servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation.” ¹⁸And this she did for many days.
But Paul, ⚓greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, “I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her.” ⚓And he came out that very hour. ¹⁹But ⚓when her masters saw that their hope of profit was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and ⚓dragged them into the marketplace to the authorities.
²⁰And they brought them to the magistrates, and said, “These men, being Jews, ⚓exceedingly trouble our city; ²¹and they teach customs which are not lawful for us, being Romans, to receive or observe.” ²²Then the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates tore off their clothes ⚓and commanded them to be beaten with rods. ²³And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely. ²⁴Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

The Philippian Jailer Saved

²⁵But at midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. ²⁶⚓Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately ⚓all the doors were opened and everyone’s chains were loosed. ²⁷And the keeper of the prison, awaking from sleep and seeing the prison doors open, supposing the prisoners had fled, drew his sword and was about to kill himself. ²⁸But Paul called with a loud voice, saying, “Do yourself no harm, for we are all here.”
²⁹Then he called for a light, ran in, and fell down trembling before Paul and Silas. ³⁰And he brought them out and said, ⚓“Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
³¹So they said, ⚓“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” ³²Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all who were in his house. ³³And he took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes. And immediately he and all his family were baptized. ³⁴Now when he had brought them into his house, ⚓he set food before them; and he rejoiced, having believed in God with all his household.

Paul Refuses to Depart Secretly

³⁵And when it was day, the magistrates sent the officers, saying, “Let those men go.”
³⁶So the keeper of the prison reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent to let you go. Now therefore depart, and go in peace.”
³⁷But Paul said to them, “They have beaten us openly, uncondemned ⚓Romans, and have thrown us into prison. And now do they put us out secretly? No indeed! Let them come themselves and get us out.”
³⁸And the officers told these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans. ³⁹Then they came and pleaded with them and brought them out, and ⚓asked them to depart from the city. ⁴⁰So they went out of the prison ⚓and entered the house of Lydia; and when they had seen the brethren, they encouraged them and departed.