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1 Saul pwungki ah kojkojdi.
Saul Koalkoa Mwomwohdjo
Nehn rehnnohr mwomwohdjo ma mine nehn Jerusalem sapda oaloa koaloklok koalik. Joauloang ohroj, likin irai woaroakkok, mwoarpijoang kaulahng nehn japwen Judea apel Samaria. 2 Woal poadidi pwi ken jaripdi Stephen, nehn arai injinjuwedla.
3 Saul ken jongjong in koauwehla Mwomwohdjo, nehn ah dildiljili nehn oauwoau umw kan, warahkihjang joauloang kan, woal apel li, ken peiddoang irai nehn kalpwuhj.
Rongmwehu Kalohkjili nehn Samaria
4 Joauloanngok ma mwoarpijoang lel wija ohroj, irai kalohkihjili Rongmwehu in Koahs. 5 Philip inla nehn kahnihmw in Samaria padahkihoang armaj in wijahu doahroar Messiah. 6 Pokon in armajjok rong kanaihoahng dahkij ma Philip padahki. Irai ohroj rong apel widahli manmannok ma ih wia. 7 Ngen jaus dir kin joang rahrahu nehn ahr diljang nehn armaj dir, apel dir armaj ma mwoasor apel johkak alu pel kemwehuwihekla. 8 Peren koalik mine nehn kahnihmmwo.
9 Mine woal men ma adanki Simon kin koaukoaujoan nehn kahnihmmwo, mihn Samaria kan kin pwuriamweiki ah winehnihok. Ih kin sikoa pwa ih emen armaj laplap. 10 Doari, armaj ohroj nehn kahnihmmwo, jang irai laplap kan lel siksik kan, kin soahk mwehu ih. Irai kin pwa “Ih ioar ma en Koahs manmanno ma kahdanki ‘Manman Koalik.’ ” 11 Anjoau woaroai armajjok kin rong ih pwa mehlel pwa ah winehnihok kin kapwuriamwei oang irai. 12 A nehn anjoauwo ma irai ne rongda en Philip ah kapahrakki Rongmwehu in Wein Koahs apel oadoan Jesus Christ, irai ohroj woal apel lihok ken poapdaijla.
13 Pein Simon pel pwojonla; a mwerin ah ne poapdaijla ih ken woaroakkoang Philip; ih pel inenin liskihla ah kapang manman apel kilel kapwuriamweihok ma ne wiawihda.
14 Woaroakkok Jerusalem rongda pwa mihn Samaria kan ne pel oaloahdi Mahjan in Koahs, irai ken kadarla Peter apel John iparai. 15 Anjoauwo ma Peter apel John ara lella Samaria, ira kapkapki joauloanngok pwa irai en oaloa Ngen Joarwi. 16 Pwa Ngen Joarwi kahjik mine pohn emen emen irai, a irai pwen poapdaijla in oadoan Koaun Jesus. 17 Peter apel John ken kihdi poahra pohrai, irai ken oaloa Ngen Joarwi.
18 A Simon kapang pwa irai ne oaloahdi Ngenno anjoauwo ma woaroakkok ara kihdihoang poahra pohrai, ih jong en kioang Peter apel John mwani, 19 ih pwehng ira, “Kamwa pel kihdoahng ngoahi manman oauwe, pwa armaj ohroj ma ngoahi pirin kihdihoang poaihoa kai pohrai en oaloa Ngen Joarwi.”
20 Peter japoangki, “Koawoa apel nihmw mwanien en kejpwihekla nehn ehl, pwa koawoa lemlemehioang pwa mwani kak en dupukda en Koahs kijakij! 21 Joh oamw pwaij ke oamw pwukoa nehn ama doadoahk, pwa oamw mohngiong en johpwa pwung ipen Koahs. 22 Doari, koaluhkihla naunahn oamw koajoandi oauwe, apel kapkap oang Koahs pwa Ih en mahkoahng koawoa ki oamw lemehda joang oauwe. 23 Pwa ngoahi kidal pwa koawoa ne dirkihla pihrin apel dihp ne joalihdi koawoa.”
24 Simon poaki ipen Peter apel John, “Menlau kamwa kapkapki ngoahi oang Koaunno, pwa mehkan ma kamwa pwehng ngoahi en johpwa lelloang ngoahi.”
25 Doari, mwerin ara ne kadehde apel padahkki Rongmwehu in Koaunno, Peter apel John japahlla Jerusalem. Nehn ara pwurpwurlahng Jerusalem ira kalohkjili Rongmwehu nehn koujapw dir nehn Samaria.
Philip apel laplap in Ethiopia men
26 Sohnloang in Koaunno men pwehng Philip, “Onopda koawoa inla palieir nehn allo ma injang Jerusalem indihla Gaza.” (Al oauwe ne johla doadoahk rehnpwiai.) 27 Philip ken onopdahr inla. Ih kapangda woal in Ethiopia lekleklahmen, woal laplap kajampwal mene ma kin apwali wijahn neknek mwani oang li nahmwarkihn Ethiopia. Woallo indahlahng Jerusalem pwa ih en jongin kaudekkoang Koahs, 28 nehn ah pwurpwurlahng nehn ah wijahn koaujoanno, dakoa warah kurmahu, ih ken wadwadek pukin joukohp Isaiah. 29 Ngen Joarwi pwehng Philip, “Inlahng ipen kurmahn.” 30 Philip kijoula rongda en woallo wadwadek pukin joukohp Isaiah. Philip idoak oang woallo, “Imdoahr koawoa woahwoahki da koawoa wadwadekken?”
31 Laplappo japoang, “Imdoahr ngoahi en kak kidal ma joh armaj kawoahwoahng ngoahi?” Laplappo lukehioang Philip en doaudahng pohn warah kurmahu mwindi ipoa. 32 Iren Puk Joarwi ma laplappo wadwadek, ioar me:
“Ih doahroar jihpw men ma ukkuklahng en kojkojdi,
apel doahroar jihpw pwulopwul men ma johkin loakloakoa anjoau ma winehkan kin koskos.
Ih johpwa pwahla mehkij.
33 Armaj kan kamehki ih apel joah wiahng ih me pwung.
Johpwa armaj men nen kak sikoa doahroar kadaudokoa kan
pwa ah mour nehn jampah oauwe ne doarihdi.”
34 Laplappo poaki ipen Philip, “Pwehng ngoahi, inje ma joukohppo siksikoa? Ma pein ih ke emen sohrohr?” 35 Doari, Philip ken sapda sikesik, sapdahjang iren Puk Joarwi oauwe, ih pwehng laplappo doahroar Rongmwehu in Jesus.
36 Nehn ara allaluhla nehn allo, ira lelloang wijahkij ma mine pil, a laplappo pwa “Pil kij me, dahkij en koljang ngoahi en poapdaijla?”
37 [Philip pwa, “Koawoa kak poapdaijla ma koawoa pwojon nehn oamw mohngiong unjek.”
Laplappo japoang, “Ngoahi pwojon pwa Jesus Christ ioar Nihn Koahs.”]
38 Doari, laplappo ruwoje pwa warah kurmahu en uhdi. Ira Philip doaudihla nehn pillo, Philip poapdaijihla ih.
39 Nehn ara doaudahjang nehn pillo, Ngenin Koaunno ken kajoaloangehla Philip. Laplappo johla kapang Philip, ih ken dauluhlla nehn ah jeiloak malmalau kijkijoula. 40 Philip pwokda Azotus, ih kalohkihjili Rongmwehu nehn koujapw kan oaroh lelloang nehn Caesarea.
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