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1-2 Ginlubong si Esteban sang diosnon nga mga tawo, kag ginhibian gid nila siya.

Ginhingabot ni Saulo ang mga Tumuluo

Halin sadto, nagsugod ang dako nga paghingabot sa iglesya sa Jerusalem. Gani naglalapta ang mga tumuluo sa bug-os nga Judea kag Samaria. Ang mga apostoles lang ang wala naghalin sa Jerusalem. Si Saulo nga komporme sa pagpatay kay Esteban nagtinguha gid nga madula ang iglesya. Gani ginpamalaybalay niya ang mga tumuluo kag ginpangdala sa prisohan, lalaki ukon babayi man.

Gintudlo ang Maayong Balita sa Samaria

Naglalapta ang mga tumuluo kag ginwali nila ang Maayong Balita. Isa sang mga tumuluo amo si Felipe. Nagkadto siya sa isa ka siyudad sa Samaria kag nagwali sa mga tawo parte kay Cristo. Pagkabati sang mga tawo sang mga ginhambal ni Felipe, kag pagkakita nila sang mga milagro nga iya ginhimo, nagpamati gid sila. Madamo nga mga tawo nga may malaot nga mga espiritu ang gin-ayo niya. Nagsinggit sing mabaskog ang malaot nga mga espiritu samtang nagaguwa sila sa mga tawo. Madamo man nga mga paralitiko kag mga piang ang nag-alayo. Gani dako gid ang kalipay sang mga tawo sa sadto nga siyudad.

May tawo man didto nga ang iya ngalan si Simon. Dugay na nga natingala gid sa iya ang mga taga-Samaria tungod sang iya abilidad sa madyik. Nagapabugal siya nga daw si sin-o gid siya. 10 Ang tanan nga tawo sa siyudad, imol ukon manggaranon man, nagapamati gid sa iya. Nagsiling sila, “Ini nga tawo amo ang gahom sang Dios nga kon tawgon ‘Dako nga Gahom.’ ” 11 Dugay na niya nga nadala ang mga tawo sa iya abilidad sa madyik, amo gani nga nagpati ang mga tawo sa iya. 12 Pero sang pagwali ni Felipe sa ila sang Maayong Balita parte sa paghari sang Dios kag parte kay Jesu-Cristo, nagtuo sila kag nagpabautiso, lalaki kag babayi. 13 Pati si Simon nagtuo man, kag sang nabautisohan na siya, nag-upod siya kay Felipe. Natingala gid siya sa makatilingala nga mga butang kag mga milagro nga ginhimo ni Felipe.

14 Pagkabati sang mga apostoles sa Jerusalem nga ang mga taga-Samaria nagtuo man sa pulong sang Dios, ginpadala nila didto si Pedro kag si Juan. 15 Pag-abot nila sa Samaria, nagpangamuyo sila para sa mga tumuluo didto nga mabaton nila ang Espiritu Santo. 16 Kay bisan nga nabautisohan na sila sa ngalan ni Ginoong Jesus, wala pa gid sila nakabaton sang Espiritu Santo. 17 Gintungtungan sila ni Pedro kag ni Juan sang ila mga kamot, kag nabaton nila dayon ang Espiritu Santo. 18 Nakita ni Simon nga sang pagtungtong sang mga apostoles sang ila mga kamot sa mga tumuluo nabaton nila ang Espiritu Santo. Gani gintanyagan niya sing kuwarta si Pedro kag si Juan kag nagsiling, 19 “Hatagi man ninyo ako sang sina nga gahom, agod nga ang bisan sin-o nga tungtungan ko sang akon mga kamot magabaton man sang Espiritu Santo.” 20 Pero nagsabat si Pedro sa iya, “Kabay pa nga madula ka kag ang imo kuwarta! Kay nagahunahuna ka nga mabakal mo sang kuwarta ang regalo sang Dios? 21 Wala ka sing labot ukon bahin sa mga ginapahimo sa amon sang Dios tungod nga ang imo tagipusuon indi matarong sa panulok sang Dios. 22 Gani hinulsuli ang imo malain nga tuyo kag magpangamuyo ka sa Ginoo nga patawaron ka sa imo ginahunahuna nga mahigko. 23 Tungod nga nakita ko nga nahisa ka gid kag ginagapos ka sang imo nga sala.” 24 Nagsiling si Simon, “Kon mahimo magpangamuyo man kamo sa Ginoo para sa akon agod indi matabo sa akon ang silot nga inyo ginasiling.”

25 Sa tapos nga nakapamatuod kag nakawali si Pedro kag si Juan sang mensahi sang Ginoo, nagbalik sila sa Jerusalem. Kag nagwali man sila sang Maayong Balita sa mga baryo nga ila naagyan sa Samaria.

Si Felipe kag ang Opisyal nga Taga-Etiopia

26 Karon, may anghel sang Ginoo nga naghambal kay Felipe, “Magkadto ka gid dayon sa bagatnan, kag usuyon mo ang dalan nga halin sa Jerusalem pakadto sa Gaza.” (Ini nga dalan talagsa na lang ginaagyan.) 27 Gani naglakat si Felipe, kag didto nakita niya ang tawo nga taga-Etiopia. Nagapauli siya halin sa Jerusalem sa diin nagsimba siya sa Dios. Mataas ang iya katungdanan tungod nga siya ang ginatugyanan sang manggad sang Candace. (Ang Candace amo ang tawag sa rayna sang Etiopia.) 28 Nagasakay siya sa iya karwahe kag nagabasa sang libro ni Propeta Isaias. 29 Nagsiling ang Espiritu Santo kay Felipe, “Kadtui kag magdungan ka sa iya karwahe.” 30 Gani nagdalagan si Felipe kag nalambot niya ang karwahe, kag nabatian niya nga nagabasa ang opisyal sang libro ni Propeta Isaias. Ginpamangkot siya ni Felipe kon naintiendihan niya ang iya ginabasa. 31 Nagsabat ang opisyal, “Indi gani! Kay paano ako makaintiendi kon wala sing may magpaathag sa akon?” Dayon ginhambalan niya si Felipe nga magsakay sa iya karwahe kag magtupad sa iya. 32 Amo ini ang parte sang Kasulatan nga iya ginabasa:

“Wala gid siya nagreklamo.
Pareho siya sang karnero nga ginadala sa ilihawan agod ihawon,
ukon sang karnero nga samtang ginaguntingan wala gid nagatingog.
33 Ginpakahuy-an siya kag indi husto ang pagsentensya sa iya.
Wala sing may makasugid parte sa iya mga kaliwat tungod nga ang iya kabuhi diri sa duta ginkuha.”[a]

34 Nagsiling ang opisyal kay Felipe, “Sugiri ako kon sin-o ang ginatumod sang propeta—ang iya kaugalingon bala ukon ang iban nga tawo?” 35 Gani sugod sa sadto nga bahin sang Kasulatan, ginsaysay sa iya ni Felipe ang Maayong Balita parte kay Jesus. 36 Sang nagapadayon sila sa dalanon nakaabot sila sa lugar nga may tubig. Nagsiling ang opisyal kay Felipe, “May tubig diri. May kabangdanan pa bala nga indi ako mabautisohan?” [37 Nagsabat si Felipe sa iya, “Puwede ka na mabautisohan kon ang imo pagtuo hugot gid sa imo tagipusuon.” Nagsiling ang opisyal, “Huo, nagatuo ako nga si Jesu-Cristo amo ang Anak sang Dios.”] 38 Ginpadulog sang opisyal ang karwahe kag naglusong sila nga duha sa tubig kag ginbautisohan siya ni Felipe. 39 Pagkatakas nila sa tubig, gulpi lang nga gindala si Felipe sang Espiritu sang Ginoo. Wala na siya makita sang opisyal, pero malipayon gid ang opisyal samtang nagapadayon siya sa iya pagpauli. 40 Sang makamarasmas si Felipe, didto na siya sa lugar sang Azotus.[b] Nagwali siya sang Maayong Balita sa mga banwa nga iya ginaagyan hasta nakaabot siya sa Cesarea.

Footnotes

  1. 8:33 Isa. 53:7-8.
  2. 8:40 Azotus: ukon, Ashdod.

And Saul(A) approved of their killing him.

The Church Persecuted and Scattered

On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered(B) throughout Judea and Samaria.(C) Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. But Saul(D) began to destroy the church.(E) Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.

Philip in Samaria

Those who had been scattered(F) preached the word wherever they went.(G) Philip(H) went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there. When the crowds heard Philip and saw the signs he performed, they all paid close attention to what he said. For with shrieks, impure spirits came out of many,(I) and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.(J) So there was great joy in that city.

Simon the Sorcerer

Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery(K) in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great,(L) 10 and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, “This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.”(M) 11 They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorcery. 12 But when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God(N) and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized,(O) both men and women. 13 Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles(P) he saw.

14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria(Q) had accepted the word of God,(R) they sent Peter and John(S) to Samaria. 15 When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit,(T) 16 because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them;(U) they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.(V) 17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on them,(W) and they received the Holy Spirit.(X)

18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money 19 and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”

20 Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!(Y) 21 You have no part or share(Z) in this ministry, because your heart is not right(AA) before God. 22 Repent(AB) of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart. 23 For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin.”

24 Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me(AC) so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

25 After they had further proclaimed the word of the Lord(AD) and testified about Jesus, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages.(AE)

Philip and the Ethiopian

26 Now an angel(AF) of the Lord said to Philip,(AG) “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian[a](AH) eunuch,(AI) an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship,(AJ) 28 and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet. 29 The Spirit told(AK) Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”

30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.

31 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

32 This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading:

“He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
    and as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
    so he did not open his mouth.
33 In his humiliation he was deprived of justice.
    Who can speak of his descendants?
    For his life was taken from the earth.”[b](AL)

34 The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” 35 Then Philip began(AM) with that very passage of Scripture(AN) and told him the good news(AO) about Jesus.

36 As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?”(AP) [37] [c] 38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away,(AQ) and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. 40 Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns(AR) until he reached Caesarea.(AS)

Footnotes

  1. Acts 8:27 That is, from the southern Nile region
  2. Acts 8:33 Isaiah 53:7,8 (see Septuagint)
  3. Acts 8:37 Some manuscripts include here Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” The eunuch answered, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”

And Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.

And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.

As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.

Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.

Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.

And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.

For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.

And there was great joy in that city.

But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.

11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.

12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.

13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.

14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:

15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:

16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.

18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,

19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.

20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.

21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.

24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.

25 And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.

26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.

27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,

28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.

29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.

30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?

31 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.

32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:

33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.

34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?

35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.

36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?

37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.

38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

39 And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.

40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.