Herod Causes Trouble for the Church
1 At that time King Herod caused terrible suffering for some members of the church. 2 He ordered soldiers to cut off the head of James, the brother of John. 3 When Herod saw that this pleased the Jewish people, he had Peter arrested during the Festival of Thin Bread. 4 He put Peter in jail and ordered four squads of soldiers to guard him. Herod planned to put him on trial in public after the festival.
5 While Peter was being kept in jail, the church never stopped praying to God for him.
Peter Is Rescued
6 The night before Peter was to be put on trial, he was asleep and bound by two chains. A soldier was guarding him on each side, and two other soldiers were guarding the entrance to the jail. 7 Suddenly an angel from the Lord appeared, and light flashed around in the cell. The angel poked Peter in the side and woke him up. Then he said, “Quick! Get up!”
The chains fell off his hands, 8 and the angel said, “Get dressed and put on your sandals.” Peter did what he was told. Then the angel said, “Now put on your coat and follow me.” 9 Peter left with the angel, but he thought everything was only a dream. 10 They went past the two groups of soldiers, and when they came to the iron gate to the city, it opened by itself. They went out and were going along the street, when all at once the angel disappeared.
11 Peter now realized what had happened, and he said, “I am certain that the Lord sent his angel to rescue me from Herod and from everything the Jewish leaders planned to do to me.” 12 Then Peter went to the house of Mary the mother of John whose other name was Mark. Many of the Lord's followers had come together there and were praying.
13 Peter knocked on the gate, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer. 14 When she heard Peter's voice, she was too excited to open the gate. She ran back into the house and said Peter was standing there.
15 “You are crazy!” everyone told her. But she kept saying it was Peter. Then they said, “It must be his angel.” 16 But Peter kept on knocking, until finally they opened the gate. They saw him and were completely amazed.
17 Peter motioned for them to keep quiet. Then he told how the Lord had led him out of jail. He also said, “Tell James and the others what has happened.” After that, he left and went somewhere else.
18 The next morning the soldiers who had been on guard were terribly worried and wondered what had happened to Peter. 19 Herod ordered his own soldiers to search for him, but they could not find him. Then he questioned the guards and had them put to death. After this, Herod left Judea to stay in Caesarea for a while.
Herod Dies
20 Herod and the people of Tyre and Sidon were very angry with each other. But their country got its food supply from the region that he ruled. So a group of them went to see Blastus, who was one of Herod's high officials. They convinced Blastus that they wanted to make peace between their cities and Herod, 21 and a day was set for them to meet with him.
Herod came dressed in his royal robes. He sat down on his throne and made a speech. 22 The people shouted, “You speak more like a god than a man!” 23 At once an angel from the Lord struck him down because he took the honor that belonged to God. Later, Herod was eaten by worms and died.
24 God's message kept spreading. 25 And after Barnabas and Saul had done the work they were sent to do, they went back to Jerusalem with John, whose other name was Mark.
Ondatumisire mai kayenda komurungu
1 Momayuva mangara tjingewo nga ombara Herodes wa uta okutatumisa ouṋepo tjiva wombongo. 2 Eye wa yandjera kutja Jakobus, erumbi ra Johanes, a ṱe nengaruvyo. 3 Nu tja muna kutja otjiṋa hi tja tjata kOvajuda, arire tja ryama komurungu na kambura Petrus wina. Omakamburiro nga ya tjitwa momayuva omanene wOzomboroto nḓe hi nosurise. 4 Petrus tja za nokukamburwa wa yumbwa motjovakamburwa, neye aa tjeverwa i ovira vine, atjihe peke tji tja ri novarwe vane wovita. Herodes we ripura okumueta kombanguriro komurungu wovandu kombunda yOpaska. 5 Petrus otja ṱizirwa motjovakamburwa, nungwari ovandu wombongo aave mu kumbire tjinene nokuhinokuisa ku Ndjambi.
Petrus ma kuturwa na pitisiwa motjovakamburwa
6 Nu mouṱuku mbwi komeho waindu kutja Herodes e mu ete komurungu wovandu, Petrus wa rarere pokati kovatjevere vevari. Eye wa pandekerwe nouketanga uvari, nu pendje pomuvero wotjovakamburwa pa ri ovatjevere.
7 Tjimanga omuengeri wa Muhona wa kuramene mbo, nondjerera ya yera metuwo eye ma ri. Omuengeri arire tja pambara Petrus kotjiṱuve, e mu pendura a tja: “Hakahana! Penduka!” Nu tjimanga ouketanga arire tji wa poka pomaoko we au wire pehi. 8 Omuengeri a tja: “Kuta ekwamo roye nu u twe ko ozongaku zoye.” Petrus wa tjita nao, nomuengeri a tja: “Zara ongwava yoye nu u ndji kongorere.” 9 Petrus we mu kongorera a piti motjovakamburwa, e hi nokutjiwa kutja ihi omuengeri tji ma tjiti otjo ouatjiri; eye aa tjangovasi ma munu otjirimunikise. 10 Owo va kapita pomatjeverero inga omatenga, tjazumba aye rire inga oyetjavari, nu korusenina ave ya pomuvero wotjitenda mbu yenda kotjihuro. Omuvero we ve yezurukira ouini, nowo arire tji va piti pendje. Va kayenda momuvanda, nu tjimanga omuengeri a zu po pu Petrus.
11 Nu Petrus we rizemburuka na ihi tji tja tjitwa ku ye na tja: “Nambano ami mba tjiwa kutja, tjiri, ouatjiri! Muhona wa hindi omuengeri we e ndji yame momake wa Herodes na koviṋa avihe Ovajuda mbi va vanga okutjita.”
12 Nambano Petrus tja za nokutjiwa nawa imbi mbya tjitwa, otja ya kondjuwo ya Maria, ina ya Johanes wina ngwa ri Markus. Ovandu ovengi va woronganene mbo amave kumbu. 13 Nu Petrus wa kongora komuvero wopendje, nomukarere omusuko wena Rode weya okuzira. 14 Eye wa zemburuka eraka ra Petrus na yoroka tjinene, narire tja tupuka okuyaruka moukoto nokuhapatururire imbwi omuvero, nu a kahepura kutja Petrus wa kurama pendje. 15 Nowo ave ziri ave tja: “Ove wa puruka ozondunge.” Nungwari eye wa panḓera pokutja ouatjiri. Nowo ave ziri nai: “Ma sokurira omuengeri we.”
16 Nu Petrus tjandje nai ma kongora. Korusenina owo va paturura omuvero, nu tji ve mu muna arire tji va himwa. 17 Eye we ve ṋanga neke kutja ve mwine, narire tje ve serekarerere imbwi omuhingo Muhona mbwe mu pitisa na wo motjovakamburwa na tja: “Katjiviseye otjiṋa hi ku Jakobus na kovakambure ovakwetu.” Tjazumba e ve esa na i kwarwe.
18 Nu muhuka tji pa tji pa kara onḓukwahere onene mokati kovatjevere kutja otjikwatjike tji tja tjitwa ku Petrus. 19 Herodes wa rakiza kutja Petrus a pahewe, nungwari owo kave mu mwine ko. Notja pangura ovatjevere na raere kutja ve ṱe.
Kombunda yoviṋa mbi Herodes wa za mo mehi ra Judea na kakara omayuva tjiva mOsesarea.
Onḓiro ya Herodes
20 Herodes wa pindikire tjinene novature va Tirus na kOsidon, nowo arire tji va hindi okambumba kovandu okukahakaena na ye. Rutenga ve tji zuvasana na Blastus, omutjevere wondjuwo youhona, kutja e ve vatere. Tjazumba ave i ku Herodes okukemuningira ohange, ehi rawo tjinga ari muna ovikurya vyaro ku indi rombara.
21 Nu meyuva rimwe nda zikamisirwe Herodes wa zarere ombanda ye youhona, a kara pehi kotjihavero tje tjouhona, nu a hungire omambo kotjiwaṋa. 22 Novandu va ravaera ave tja: “Ngu ma hungire ngwi omukuru, kamundu!” 23 Tjimanga omuengeri wa Muhona wa tona Herodes, eye tjinga e ha yandjere ondjozikiro ku Ndjambi. Herodes wa riwa i omativa na ṱu omuinyo.
24 Nu indi embo ra Ndjambi ra takavarera ko, nu ari handjauka.
25 Barnabas na Saulus va yaruka kOantiokie indu tji va zire nokumana otjiungura tjawo mOjerusalem, nowo va twaerera Johanes, wina ngwa ri Markus.
