1Thaus ntawd vaajntxwv Helauj tsaa teg hlo ua phem rua cov ntseeg qee leej. 2Nwg xuas ntaaj tua Yauhaa tug tijlaug Yakaunpau. 3Thaus nwg pum tas qhov kws nwg ua hov hum cov Yutai lub sab nwg kuj nteg Petu hab. Tej xwm txheej nuav tshwm rua thaus ua kevcai Noj Ncuav tsw Xyaw Keeb. 4Thaus nteg Petu lawd txawm muab kaw rua huv tsev lojfaaj, hab muab cob rua plaub paab tub rog zuv ib paab muaj plaub leeg. Helauj npaaj sab ca tas thaus ua kevcai Hlaa Dhau taag lawm nwg yuav coj Petu lug rua cov pejxeem txav txem. 5Vem le nuav Petu txhad raug kaw huv tsev lojfaaj. Tassws pawg ntseeg kub sab quas lug thov Vaajtswv paab Petu.
Petu dim huv tsev lojfaaj
6Mo ntawd ua ntej kws Helauj yuav coj Petu tawm lug txav txem, Petu saamswm tsaug zug huv nruab nraab ob tug tub rog, muaj ob txuj saw hlau khi hab muaj cov tub rog saamswm zuv qhov rooj tsev lojfaaj. 7Mas txawm muaj tug Tswv⚓ ib tug tubkhai ntuj tshwm plawg lug hab muaj duab ci nplaag rua huv chaav kws kaw. Tug tubkhai ntuj hov txawm daj Petu ib saab cev tsaa kuas sawv hab has tas, “Ca le sawv tseeg sai sai.” Ob txuj saw hlau kuj nplaam ntawm Petu teg lawm. 8Tug tubkhai ntuj has rua Petu tas, “Ca le sa hlaab hab rau khau.” Petu kuj ua le ntawd. Hab has rua Petu tas, “Ca le kauv lub tsho ntev hab lawv kuv qaab moog.” 9Petu txawm lawv qaab tawm moog. Nwg tsw paub tas qhov kws tug tubkhai ntuj ua hov yog tseeb, nwg xaav tas yog ua yug quas toog xwb. 10Thaus ob tug hlaa dhau paab tub rog kws ib hab paab kws ob lawm, kuj lug txug lub qhov rooj hlau kws yog txujkev kws moog rua huv lub nroog. Txhwb qhov rooj hov ca le qheb rua ob tug moog, ob tug txhad hlaa tawm moog mas thaus taug txujkev tau ib nyuas ntu, tug tubkhai ntuj ca le pluj plag ntawm Petu lawm. 11Thaus Petu feeb meej lawm nwg has tas, “Nwgnuav kuv paub tseeb tas tug Tswv khaiv nwg le tubkhai ntuj lug cawm kuv dim huv Helauj txhais teg hab dim qhov kws cov Yutai npaaj sab ua phem.” 12Thaus Petu paub le ntawd lawm, nwg txawm moog rua ntawm Yauhaa kws muaj dua ib lub npe hu ua Malakau leej nam lub tsev. Qhov ntawd muaj ntau leej tuaj txoos ua ke thov Vaajtswv. 13Thaus Petu khob rooj vaag muaj ib tug nkauj qhev hu ua Launta tawm moog saib. 14Thaus nwg cim tau tas yog Petu lub suab nwg zoo sab heev, tes txawm tsw ncu qheb rooj vaag. Nwg ca le dha rov qaab moog has tas Petu sawv ntawm rooj vaag. 15Puab txawm has rua nwg tas, “Koj vwm kaj.” Tassws nwg has khov kho tas yog tag tag le. Puab txawm has tas, “Yog tug tubkhai ntuj kws nrug nraim Petu xwb.” 16Tassws Petu tseed khob khob rooj vaag. Thaus puab qheb rooj vaaj hab pum nwg, puab kuj phemfwj heev. 17Petu cu teg rua puab kuas nyob tuabywv hab pav rua puab noog tas tug Tswv coj nwg tawm huv tsev lojfaaj lug le caag. Nwg has tas, “Ca le moog has zaaj nuav rua Yakaunpau hab cov kwvtij paub.” Tes Petu txawm tawm moog rua lwm qhov lawm. 18Thaus kaaj ntug cov tub rog kuj ntxhuv heev tsua qhov kws puab tsw paub sov Petu ua le caag lawm. 19Thaus Helauj nrhav tsw pum Petu, nwg tshuaj cov tub rog kws zuv tsev lojfaaj hov hab has kuas muab puab tua pov tseg. Tes Helauj txawm tawm huv lub xeev Yutia moog nyob rua huv lub moos Xixaleya lawm.
Helauj tuag
20Helauj chim rua cov tuabneeg kws nyob huv lub nroog Thailab hab huv lub nroog Xaintoo. Cov tuabneeg txhad koom ua ib lub sab tuaj cuag nwg. Puab yum kuas Nplata kws saib vaajntxwv Helauj tsev paab puab has, tes puab le moog thov vaajntxwv Helauj kuas rov sws raug zoo, tsua qhov puab lub tebchaws yeej yuav mov noj huv vaajntxwv lub tebchaws. 21Txug nub kws teem ca lawd Helauj naav nwg cev tsoog vaajntxwv hab nyob tsawg sau lub rooj txav txem hab ua lug zaaj lug zuag has lug rua puab. 22Ib tsoom tuabneeg qw tas, “Nuav yog ib tug timtswv lub suab, tsw yog suab tuabneeg.” 23Taamswm ntawd tug Tswv ib tug tubkhai ntuj txawm ntaus Helauj mob vem nwg tsw muab koob meej rua Vaajtswv, mas nwg txhad raug kaas muab noj txug tuag. 24Tassws Vaajtswv txujlug fuam vaam tuaj hab nthuav daav quas zug moog. 25Thaus Npananpa hab Xolau ua num taag, ob tug txawm tawm huv Yeluxalee moog, hab coj Yauhaa kws muaj dua npe hu ua Malakau moog hab.
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Herod’s Violence to the Church
1Now about that time Herod the king stretched out his hand to harass some from the church. 2Then he killed James ⚓the brother of John with the sword. 3And because he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to seize Peter also. Now it was during⚓the Days of Unleavened Bread. 4So ⚓when he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to keep him, intending to bring him before the people after Passover.
Peter Freed from Prison
5Peter was therefore kept in prison, but constant prayer was offered to God for him by the church. 6And when Herod was about to bring him out, that night Peter was sleeping, bound with two chains between two soldiers; and the guards before the door were keeping the prison. 7Now behold, ⚓an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison; and he struck Peter on the side and raised him up, saying, “Arise quickly!” And his chains fell off his hands. 8Then the angel said to him, “Gird yourself and tie on your sandals”; and so he did. And he said to him, “Put on your garment and follow me.” 9So he went out and followed him, and ⚓did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought ⚓he was seeing a vision. 10When they were past the first and the second guard posts, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, ⚓which opened to them of its own accord; and they went out and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him. 11And when Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I know for certain that ⚓the Lord has sent His angel, and ⚓has delivered me from the hand of Herod and from all the expectation of the Jewish people.” 12So, when he had considered this,⚓he came to the house of Mary, the mother of ⚓John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together ⚓praying. 13And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a girl named Rhoda came to answer. 14When she recognized Peter’s voice, because of her gladness she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter stood before the gate. 15But they said to her, “You are beside yourself!” Yet she kept insisting that it was so. So they said, ⚓“It is his angel.” 16Now Peter continued knocking; and when they opened thedoor and saw him, they were astonished. 17But ⚓motioning to them with his hand to keep silent, he declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, “Go, tell these things to James and to the brethren.” And he departed and went to another place. 18Then, as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter. 19But when Herod had searched for him and not found him, he examined the guards and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.
Herod’s Violent Death
20Now Herod had been very angry with the people of ⚓Tyre and Sidon; but they came to him with one accord, and having made Blastus the king’s personal aide their friend, they asked for peace, because ⚓their country was supplied with food by the king’s country. 21So on a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat on his throne and gave an oration to them. 22And the people kept shouting, “The voice of a god and not of a man!” 23Then immediately an angel of the Lord ⚓struck him, because ⚓he did not give glory to God. And he was eaten by worms and died. 24But ⚓the word of God grew and multiplied.
Barnabas and Saul Appointed
25And ⚓Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had ⚓fulfilled their ministry, and they also ⚓took with them ⚓John whose surname was Mark.