Acts 10

1 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.

1 Katika mji wa Kaisaria palikuwa na mtu jina lake Kornelio, ambaye alikuwa jemadari wa kile kilichojulikana kama kikosi cha Kiitalia.

2 He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.

2 Yeye alikuwa mcha Mungu pamoja na wote wa nyumbani mwake. Aliwapa watu sadaka nyingi na kumwomba Mungu daima.

3 One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”

3 Siku moja alasiri, yapata saa tisa, aliona maono waziwazi, malaika wa Mungu akimjia na kumwambia, “Kornelio!”

4 Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.

4 Kornelio akamkazia macho kwa hofu akasema, “Kuna nini, Bwana?” Malaika akamwambia, “Sala zako na sadaka zako kwa maskini zimefika juu na kuwa ukumbusho mbele za Mungu.

5 Now send men to Joppa to call for a man named Simon who is called Peter.

5 Sasa tuma watu waende Yafa wakamwite mtu mmoja jina lake Simoni aitwaye Petro.

6 He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”

6 Yeye anaishi na Simoni mtengenezaji ngozi ambaye nyumba yake iko kando ya bahari.”

7 When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.

7 Yule malaika aliyekuwa akizungumza naye alipoondoka, Kornelio akawaita watumishi wake wawili pamoja na askari mmoja mcha Mungu aliyekuwa miongoni mwa wale waliomtumikia.

8 He explained what had happened and sent them to Joppa.

8 Akawaambia mambo yote yaliyotukia, kisha akawatuma waende Yafa.

9 The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

9 Siku ya pili yake, walipokuwa wameukaribia mji, wakati wa adhuhuri, Petro alipanda juu ya nyumba kuomba.

10 He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.

10 Alipokuwa akiomba akahisi njaa, akatamani kupata chakula. Lakini wakati walikuwa wakiandaa chakula, akalala usingizi mzito sana.

11 He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.

11 Akaona mbingu zimefunguka na kitu kama nguo kubwa kikishushwa duniani kwa ncha zake nne.

12 It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air.

12 Ndani yake walikuwepo aina zote za wanyama wenye miguu minne, nao watambaao nchini, na ndege wa angani.

13 Then a voice said to him: “Get up, Peter, kill and eat!”

13 Ndipo sauti ikamwambia “Petro, ondoka, uchinje na ule.”

14 “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”

14 Petro akajibu, “La hasha Bwana! Sijawahi kamwe kula kitu chochote kilicho najisi.”

15 The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”

15 Ile sauti ikasema naye mara ya pili, “Usikiite najisi kitu chochote Mungu alichokitakasa.”

16 This happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into heaven.

16 Jambo hili lilitokea mara tatu na ghafula ile nguo ikarudishwa mbinguni.

17 While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.

17 Wakati Petro akiwa bado anajiuliza kuhusu maana ya maono haya, wale watu waliokuwa wametumwa na Kornelio wakaipata nyumba ya Simoni mtengenezaji wa ngozi wakawa wamesimama mbele ya lango.

18 They called out to ask if Simon called Peter was staying there.

18 Wakabisha hodi na kuuliza kama Simoni aliyeitwa Petro alikuwa anaishi hapo.

19 As Peter continued to reflect on the vision, the Spirit said to him, “Behold, three men are looking for you.

19 Wakati Petro akiwa anafikiria juu ya yale maono, Roho Mtakatifu akamwambia, “Simoni, wako watu watatu wanaokutafuta.

20 So get up! Go downstairs and accompany them without hesitation, because I have sent them.”

20 Inuka na ushuke, usisite kwenda nao kwa kuwa mimi nimewatuma.”

21 So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here am I, the one you are looking for. Why have you come?”

21 Petro akashuka na kuwaambia wale watu waliokuwa wametumwa kutoka kwa Kornelio, “Mimi ndiye mnayenitafuta. Mmekuja kwa sababu gani?”

22 “Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”

22 Wale watu wakamjibu, “Tumetumwa na Kornelio yule jemadari. Yeye ni mtu mwema anayemcha Mungu, na anaheshimiwa na Wayahudi wote. Yeye ameagizwa na malaika mtakatifu akukaribishe nyumbani kwake, ili asikilize maneno utakayomwambia.”

23 So Peter invited them in as his guests. And the next day he got ready and went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa.

23 Basi Petro akawakaribisha wakafuatana naye ndani, akawapa pa kulala. Kesho yake akaondoka pamoja nao, na baadhi ya ndugu kutoka Yafa wakafuatana naye.

24 The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

24 Siku iliyofuata wakawasili Kaisaria. Kornelio alikuwa akiwangoja pamoja na jamaa yake na marafiki zake wa karibu.

25 As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.

25 Petro alipokuwa akiingia ndani, Kornelio alikuja kumlaki, akaanguka miguuni pake kwa heshima.

26 But Peter helped him up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”

26 Lakini Petro akamwinua akamwambia, “Simama, mimi ni mwanadamu tu.”

27 As Peter talked with him, he went inside and found many people gathered together.

27 Petro alipokuwa akizungumza naye akaingia ndani na kukuta watu wengi wamekusanyika.

28 He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.

28 Akawaambia, “Mnajua kabisa kwamba ni kinyume cha sheria yetu Myahudi kuchangamana na mtu wa Mataifa au kumtembelea. Lakini Mungu amenionyesha kwamba nisimwite mtu yeyote kuwa najisi au asiye safi.

29 So when I was invited, I came without objection. I ask, then, why have you sent for me?”

29 Ndiyo sababu ulipotuma niitwe nilikuja bila kupinga lolote. Basi sasa naomba unieleze kwa nini umeniita?”

30 Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me

30 Kornelio akajibu, “Siku nne zilizopita, nilikuwa nyumbani nikisali saa kama hii, saa tisa alasiri. Ghafula mtu aliyevaa nguo zilizongʼaa akasimama mbele yangu,

31 and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.

31 akasema, ‘Kornelio, maombi yako yamesikiwa na sadaka zako kwa maskini zimekumbukwa mbele za Mungu.

32 Therefore send to Joppa for Simon, who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’

32 Basi tuma watu waende Yafa wakaulize mtu mmoja Simoni aitwaye Petro, yeye ni mgeni katika nyumba ya Simoni mtengenezaji ngozi, ambaye nyumba yake iko kando ya bahari.’

33 So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”

33 Nilituma watu kwako mara moja, nawe umefanya vyema kuja. Basi sasa sisi sote tuko hapa mbele za Mungu kuyasikiliza yote ambayo Bwana amekuamuru kutuambia.”

34 Then Peter began to speak: “I now truly understand that God does not show favoritism,

34 Ndipo Petro akafungua kinywa chake akasema, “Mungu hana upendeleo,

35 but welcomes those from every nation who fear Him and do what is right.

35 Lakini katika kila taifa, kila mtu amchaye na kutenda yaliyo haki hukubaliwa naye.

36 He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.

36 Ninyi mnajua ule ujumbe uliotumwa kwa Israeli, ukitangaza habari njema za amani kwa Yesu Kristo. Yeye ni Bwana wa wote.

37 You yourselves know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee with the baptism that John proclaimed:

37 Mnajua yale yaliyotukia katika Uyahudi wote kuanzia Galilaya baada ya mahubiri ya Yohana Mbatizaji:

38 how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power, and how Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him.

38 Jinsi Mungu alivyomtia Yesu wa Nazareti mafuta katika Roho Mtakatifu na jinsi alivyokwenda huku na huko akitenda mema na kuponya wote waliokuwa wameonewa na nguvu za ibilisi, kwa sababu Mungu alikuwa pamoja naye.

39 We are witnesses of all that He did, both in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. And although they put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree,

39 “Sisi ni mashahidi wa mambo yote aliyoyafanya katika Uyahudi na Yerusalemu. Wakamuua kwa kumtundika msalabani.

40 God raised Him up on the third day and caused Him to be seen—

40 Lakini Mungu alimfufua kutoka kwa wafu siku ya tatu na akamwezesha kuonekana na watu.

41 not by all the people, but by the witnesses God had chosen beforehand, by us who ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead.

41 Hakuonekana kwa watu wote, lakini kwetu sisi tuliochaguliwa na Mungu kuwa mashahidi, ambao tulikula na kunywa naye baada ya kufufuka kwake kutoka kwa wafu.

42 And He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that He is the One appointed by God to judge the living and the dead.

42 Naye alituamuru kuhubiri kwa watu wote na kushuhudia kwamba ndiye alitiwa mafuta na Mungu kuwa hakimu wa walio hai na wafu.

43 All the prophets testify about Him that everyone who believes in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.”

43 Manabii wote walishuhudia juu yake kwamba kila mtu amwaminiye hupokea msamaha wa dhambi katika Jina lake.”

44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.

44 Wakati Petro alikuwa akisema maneno haya, Roho Mtakatifu aliwashukia wote waliokuwa wakisikiliza ule ujumbe.

45 All the circumcised believers who had accompanied Peter were astounded that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on the Gentiles.

45 Wale wa tohara walioamini waliokuja na Petro walishangaa kwa kuona kuwa kipawa cha Roho Mtakatifu kimemwagwa juu ya watu wa Mataifa.

46 For they heard them speaking in tongues and exalting God. Then Peter said,

46 Kwa kuwa waliwasikia wakinena kwa lugha mpya na kumwadhimisha Mungu. Ndipo Petro akasema,

47 “Can anyone withhold the water to baptize these people? They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have!”

47 “Je, kuna mtu yeyote anayeweza kuzuia watu hawa wasibatizwe kwa maji? Wamempokea Roho Mtakatifu kama sisi tulivyompokea.”

48 So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.

48 Kwa hiyo akaamuru wabatizwe kwa jina la Yesu Kristo. Wakamsihi Petro akae nao kwa siku chache.