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Prologue

¹The former account I made, O ⚓Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach, ²⚓until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit ⚓had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen, ³⚓to whom He also presented Himself alive after His suffering by many infallible proofs, being seen by them during forty days and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God.

The Holy Spirit Promised

⁴⚓And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,”He said,“you have ⚓heard from Me; ⁵⚓for John truly baptized with water, ⚓but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” ⁶Therefore, when they had come together, they asked Him, saying, “Lord, will You at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” ⁷And He said to them, ⚓“It is not for you to ⚓know times or seasons which the Father has put in His own authority. ⁸⚓But you shall receive power ⚓when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and ⚓you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and ⚓Samaria, and to the ⚓end of the earth.”

Jesus Ascends to Heaven

⁹⚓Now when He had spoken these things, while they watched, ⚓He was taken up, and a cloud received Him out of their sight. ¹⁰And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them ⚓in white apparel, ¹¹who also said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, ⚓will so come in like manner as you saw Him go into heaven.”

The Upper Room Prayer Meeting

¹²⚓Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey. ¹³And when they had entered, they went up ⚓into the upper room where they were staying: ⚓Peter, James, John, and Andrew; Philip and Thomas; Bartholomew and Matthew; James the son of Alphaeus and ⚓Simon the Zealot; and ⚓Judas the son of James. ¹⁴⚓These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with ⚓the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with ⚓His brothers.

Matthias Chosen

¹⁵And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples (altogether the number ⚓of names was about a hundred and twenty), and said, ¹⁶“Men and brethren, this Scripture had to be fulfilled, ⚓which the Holy Spirit spoke before by the mouth of David concerning Judas, ⚓who became a guide to those who arrested Jesus; ¹⁷for ⚓he was numbered with us and obtained a part in ⚓this ministry.”
¹⁸⚓(Now this man purchased a field with ⚓the wages of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst open in the middle and all his entrails gushed out. ¹⁹And it became known to all those dwelling in Jerusalem; so that field is called in their own language, Akel Dama, that is, Field of Blood.)
²⁰“For it is written in the Book of Psalms:
⚓‘Let his dwelling place be desolate,
And let no one live in it’;
and,
⚓‘Let another take his office.’
²¹“Therefore, of these men who have accompanied us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us, ²²beginning from the baptism of John to that day when ⚓He was taken up from us, one of these must ⚓become a witness with us of His resurrection.”
²³And they proposed two: Joseph called ⚓Barsabas, who was surnamed Justus, and Matthias. ²⁴And they prayed and said, “You, O Lord, ⚓who know the hearts of all, show which of these two You have chosen ²⁵⚓to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas by transgression fell, that he might go to his own place.” ²⁶And they cast their lots, and the lot fell on Matthias. And he was numbered with the eleven apostles.

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Nau Brah Yêsu Hao Sĭt Klơ

¹Hơi Y-Thêôphil ơi, tâm ndrom samƀŭt tal nguay, gâp ngơi jêh ma lĕ rngôch nau Brah Yêsu ntơm ƀư jêh ri nti ntơm saơm, ²tât ta nar Brah Ndu chông Păng hao klơ, jêh Păng ntăm ma Brah Huêng Ueh ma phung kôranh oh mon Păng săch jêh. ³Jêh Păng dơn nau nđêh nji, Păng tâm mpơl Păng nơm dâk rêh ma khân păng âk nau tâm mbên. Tâm puăn jât nar Păng ăn bu saơ Păng jêh ri Păng ngơi ma phung nây ma ƀon bri hđăch Brah Ndu.
⁴Dôl Păng gŭ ndrel ma phung nây, Păng ntăm ma phung nây, lơi luh du tă bơh ƀon Yêrusalem, ƀiălah gŭ kâp ta nây, ăn tât nau Mbơ̆ hŏ ton jêh. Păng lah: "Nau nây gâp nkoch jêh ma khân may. ⁵Yorlah Y-Yôhan ƀư jêh ƀaptem ma dak, ƀiălah ăt hôm djê̆ khân may mra dơn ƀaptem ma Brah Huêng Ueh." ⁶Rnôk nây lĕ rngôch phung tâm rƀŭn ta nây ôp Păng pô aơ: "Ơ Kôranh Brah, di lĕ rnôk aơ may mra njêng tay ƀon bri hđăch Israel?" ⁷Brah Yêsu plơ̆ lah ma khân păng: "Ma rnôk mâu lah nar mông Mbơ̆ nơm tâm nal jêh tĭng nâm Păng ŭch, mâu di nau khân may ŭch gĭt ôh. ⁸Ƀiălah tơlah Brah Huêng Ueh jŭr ta khân may, khân may mra sŏk dơn nau brah; jêh ri khân may mra jêng phung mbơh gâp tâm ƀon Yêrusalem, tâm n'gor Yuđa, tâm n'gor Samari, jêh ri lam bri neh."
⁹Jêh Păng ngơi nau nây, Brah Ndu chông Păng ta klơ, dôl phung oh mon gŭ uănh jêh ri geh ndâr tŭk nkŭm jŭm Păng, jêh ri bu mâu hôm saơ Păng ôh. ¹⁰Dôl khân păng gŭ uănh mâu mƀrêh măt, ma Brah Yêsu leo hao ta klơ trôk, aơ, geh bar hê bunuyh soh ao nglang tâm mpơl ta năp khân păng, ¹¹jêh ri lah ma khân păng: "Hơi phung bunuyh n'gor Galilê, Mâm ƀư khân may n'gơr uănh ta klơ trôk ri? Brah Yêsu aơ, Brah Ndu chông hao ta klơ trôk jêh, tă bơh phung khân may, Păng mra plơ̆ văch tâm ban ma khân may saơ Păng hao ta klơ trôk nây lĕ."

Phung Oh Mon Tâm Jrô Klơ

¹²Dôl nây khân păng sĭt ta ƀon Yêrusalem bơh yôk bu rnha yôk Ôlive. Yôk nây dăch ta ƀon Yêrusalem du kilômet n'gul, hăn trong tâm nar Saƀat. ¹³Lah khân păng tât ta ƀon, khân păng hao tâm jrô klơ ta ntŭk phung Y-Pêtrôs, Y-Yôhan, Y-Yakơ, Y-Andrê, Y-Philip, Y-Thômas, Y-Ƀartêlômi, Y-Mathiơ, Y-Yakơ kon Y-Alphê, Y-Simôn, nơm jêng hŭch rhŭl, jêh ri Y-Yut kon Y-Yakơ vay gŭ. ¹⁴Lĕ rngôch phung nây nsrôih du ai nau gŭ mbơh sơm ndrel ma phung bu ur, ndrel ma H'Mari mê̆ Brah Yêsu, jêh ri ndrel ma phung oh Păng.

Nau Săch Y-Mathias Jêng Kôranh Oh Mon Ntrok Y-Yuđas Iskariôt

¹⁵Dôl nây Y-Pêtrôs dâk ta nklang phung oh nâu gŭ rƀŭn ta nây, geh klăp lah tâm du rhiăng bar jât nuyh, jêh ri păng lah pô aơ: ¹⁶"Hơi phung oh nâu, geh nau khlay ƀư nanê̆ nau nchih, nâm bu ntĭt nau Brah Huêng Ueh mbơh lor jêh ma bâr mbung Y-Đavit ma nau Y-Yuđas, nơm leo trong ma bu nhŭp Brah Yêsu, tât ngăn jêh. ¹⁷Yorlah păng jêng du huê tâm phung he jêh ri păng pah du ntil kan ndrel ma he. ¹⁸(Păng nây, ma prăk nkhôm nau tih, păng rvăt geh du lôk mir lŏ, jêh ri păng tŭp nkŭp, ndŭl păng prek ta nklang jêh ri lĕ rngôch proch klơm păng luh padih. ¹⁹Nau nây lĕ rngôch bunuyh ƀon Yêrusalem tăng lư, tât bu rnha mir lŏ nây, tâm nau khân păng nơm lah Hakêlđama, nâm bu ntĭt, mir lŏ mham). ²⁰Pôri bu nchih jêh tâm ndrom samƀŭt Nau mprơ ơm:
Ăn ngih păng mra jêng rngol, mâu geh bunuyh gŭ ôh;
jêh ri lõ chih:
Ăn du huê êng rdơn kan păng!
²¹Pôri yơh, tâm phung tĭng hăn ndrel ma he, dôl lĕ nar Brah Yêsu gŭ rêh jêh ndrel ma he, ²²ntơm bơh nar Y-Yôhan ƀư ƀaptem ma Păng tât ta nar Brah Ndu chông Păng leo klơ tă bơh he, ăn geh du huê jêng nơm mbơh ndrel ma he ma nau Brah Yêsu dâk rêh đŏng."
²³Khân păng tâm mpơl bar hê, Y-Yôsep rnha Y-Barsabas, ăt tâm amoh Y-Yustus, jêh ri Y-Mathias. ²⁴Jêh ri khân păng mbơh sơm pô aơ: "Ơ Kôranh Brah, may gĭt jêh nuih n'hâm lĕ rngôch bunuyh, ntĭm ma hên tâm bar hê aơ, mbu nơm may hŏ săch jêh, ²⁵gay ma păng pah kan jêng kôranh oh mon ntrok ntŭk Y-Yuđas Iskariôt chalơi jêh, ŭch hăn ta ntŭk ơm păng." ²⁶Jêh ri khân păng nchroh, nau nchroh di ma Y-Mathias jêh ri bu ăn păng ntop tâm phung jât ma nguay nuyh kôranh oh mon.