MDO 5

Anania na Safira

1 Lakini mtu mmoja jina lake Anania, pamoja na Safira mkewe, aliuza mali, 2 takazuia kwa siri sehemu ya thamani yake, mkewe naye akijua haya, akaleta fungu moja akaliweka miguuni pa mitume. 3 tPetro akasema, Anania, kwa nini Shetani amekujaza moyo wako kumwambia uongo Roho Mtakatifu, na kuzuia kwa siri sehemu ya thamani ya kiwanja? 4 Kilipokuwa kwako, hakikuwa mali yako? Na kilipokuwa kimekwisha kuuzwa, thamani yake haikuwa katika uwezo wako? Ilikuwaje hata ukaweka neno hili moyoni mwako? Hukumwambia uongo mwanadamu, bali Mungu. 5 Anania aliposikia maneno haya akaanguka, akafa. Hofu nyingi ikawapata watu wote walioyasikia haya.

6 Vijana wakaondoka, wakamtia katika sanda, wakamchukua nje, wakamzika.
7 Hata muda wa saa tatu baadaye mkewe akaingia, naye hana habari ya hayo yaliyotokea. 8 Petro akamjibu, Niambie, Mlikiuza kiwanja kwa thamani hiyo? Akasema, Ndiyo, kwa thamani hiyo. 9 Petro akamwambia, Imekuwaje hata mkapatana kumjaribu Roho wa Bwana? Angalia, miguu yao waliomzika mumeo ipo mlangoni, nao watakuchukua nje wewe nawe. 10 Mara akaanguka miguuni pake akafa; wale vijana wakaingia wakamkuta amekufa, wakamchukua nje, wakamzika pamoja na mumewe.

11 Hofu nyingi ikawapata kanisa lote na watu wote walioyasikia haya.

Mitume Waponya wengi

16 Nayo makutano ya watu wa miji iliyoko kandokando ya Yerusalemu wakakutanika, wakileta wagonjwa, nao walioudhiwa na pepo wachafu; nao wote wakaponywa.

Mitume Wateswa

21 Nao waliposikia wakaenda alfajiri hekaluni, wakaanza kufundisha.
Akaja Kuhani Mkuu nao waliokuwa pamoja naye, wakawakutanisha watu wa baraza, na wazee wote wa wana wa Israeli, wakatuma watu gerezani ili wawalete. 22 Hata watumishi walipofika hawakuwaona gerezani, wakarudi wakatoa habari, 23 wakisema, Gereza tumeikuta imefungwa salama, nao walinzi wamesimama mbele ya mlango; lakini tulipoufungua hatukukuta mtu ndani. 24 Basi jemadari wa hekalu na wakuu wa makuhani waliposikia haya, wakaingiwa na shaka kwa ajili yao, litakuwaje jambo hilo. 25 Mtu mmoja akaja akawapasha habari ya kwamba, Watu wale mliowaweka gerezani wako ndani ya hekalu, wamesimama wakiwafundisha watu. 26 Ndipo yule jemadari akaenda pamoja na watumishi, wakawaleta, lakini si kwa nguvu, kwa maana waliogopa watu wasije wakawapiga kwa mawe. 27 Walipowaleta, wakawaweka katika baraza. Kuhani Mkuu akawauliza, 28 takisema, Je! Hatukuwaamuru ninyi kwa nguvu, msifundishe kwa jina hili? Nanyi, tazameni, mmeijaza Yerusalemu mafundisho yenu, na mnataka kuileta damu ya mtu yule juu yetu. 29 tPetro na mitume wakajibu, wakisema, Imetupasa kumtii Mungu kuliko wanadamu. 30 tMungu wa baba zetu alimfufua Yesu, ambaye ninyi mlimwua mkimtundika katika mti. 31 tMtu huyo Mungu amemtukuza kwa mkono wake wa kuume, awe Mkuu na Mwokozi, awape Waisraeli toba na msamaha wa dhambi. 32 tNa sisi tu mashahidi wa mambo haya, pamoja na Roho Mtakatifu ambaye Mungu amewapa wote wamtiio.

33 tWao waliposikia wakachomwa mioyo yao; wakafanya shauri kuwaua.
34  tLakini mtu mmoja, Farisayo, jina lake Gamalieli, mwalimu wa torati, mwenye kuheshimiwa na watu wote, akasimama katika baraza, akaamuru mitume wawekwe nje kitambo kidogo, 35 akawaambia, Enyi waume wa Israeli, jihadharini jinsi mtakavyowatenda watu hawa. 36 tKwa sababu kabla ya siku hizi aliondoka Theuda, akijidai ya kuwa yeye ni mtu mkuu, watu wapata mia nne wakashikamana naye; naye aliuawa na wote waliomsadiki wakatawanyika wakawa si kitu. 37 tBaada ya mtu huyo aliondoka Yuda Mgalilaya, siku zile za kuandikiwa orodha, akawavuta watu kadha wa kadha nyuma yake, naye pia akapotea na wote waliomsadiki wakatawanyika. 38 tBasi sasa nawaambia, Jiepusheni na watu hawa, waacheni; kwa kuwa shauri hili au kazi hii ikiwa imetoka kwa binadamu, itavunjwa, 39 tlakini ikiwa imetoka kwa Mungu hamwezi kuivunja; msije mkaonekana kuwa mnapigana na Mungu. 40 tWakakubali maneno yake; nao walipowaita mitume, wakawapiga, wakawaamuru wasinene kwa jina lake Yesu; kisha wakawaacha waende zao. 41 tNao wakatoka katika ile baraza, wakifurahi kwa sababu wamehesabiwa kuwa wamestahili kuaibishwa kwa ajili ya Jina hilo. 42 tNa kila siku, ndani ya hekalu na nyumbani mwao, hawakuacha kufundisha na kuhubiri habari njema za Yesu kwamba ni Kristo.

ACTS 5

Peter Condemns //Ananias and Sapphira

1 Ananias and his wife Sapphira also sold a piece of property.

2 But they agreed to cheat and keep some of the money for themselves.
So when Ananias took the rest of the money to the apostles, 3 Peter said, “Why has Satan made you keep back some of the money from the sale of the property? Why have you lied to the Holy Spirit?

4 The property was yours before you sold it, and even after you sold it, the money was still yours. What made you do such a thing? You didn't lie to people. You lied to God!”
5  t As soon as Ananias heard this, he dropped dead, and everyone who heard about it was frightened.

6 Some young men came in and wrapped up his body. Then they took it out and buried it.
7 Three hours later Sapphira came in, but she did not know what had happened to her husband.

8 Peter asked her, “Tell me, did you sell the property for this amount?”
“Yes,” she answered, “that's the amount.”
9 Then Peter said, “Why did the two of you agree to test the Lord's Spirit? The men who buried Ananias are by the door, and they will carry you out!”

10 At once she fell at Peter's feet and died.
When the young men came back in, they found Sapphira lying there dead. So they carried her out and buried her beside her husband.

11 The church members were afraid, and so was everyone else who heard what had happened.

Peter's Unusual Power

13 No one outside their group dared join them, even though everyone liked them very much.
14 Many men and women started having faith in the Lord. 15 Then sick people were brought out to the road and placed on mats. It was hoped that Peter would walk by, and his shadow would fall on them and heal them.

16 A lot of people living in the towns near Jerusalem brought those who were sick or troubled by evil spirits, and they were all healed.

Trouble for the Apostles

21 So they went into the temple before sunrise and started teaching.
The high priest and his men called together their council, which included all of Israel's leaders. Then they ordered the apostles to be brought to them from the jail. 22 The temple police who were sent to the jail did not find the apostles. They returned and said, 23 “We found the jail locked tight and the guards standing at the doors. But when we opened the doors and went in, we didn't find anyone there.”

24 The captain of the temple police and the chief priests listened to their report, but they did not know what to think about it.
25 Just then someone came in and said, “Now those men you put in jail are in the temple, teaching the people!”

26 The captain went with some of the temple police and brought the apostles back. But they did not use force. They were afraid that the people might start throwing stones at them.
27 When the apostles were brought before the council, the high priest said to them,

28 t “We told you plainly not to teach in the name of Jesus. But look what you have done! You have been teaching all over Jerusalem, and you are trying to blame us for his death.”

29 Peter and the apostles replied:
We don't obey people. We obey God. 30 You killed Jesus by nailing him to a cross. But the God our ancestors worshiped raised him to life 31 and made him our Leader and Savior. Then God gave him a place at his right side, t so that the people of Israel would turn back to him and be forgiven.

32 We are here to tell you about all this, and so is the Holy Spirit, who is God's gift to everyone who obeys God.
33 When the council members heard this, they became so angry they wanted to kill the apostles. 34 But one of the members was the Pharisee Gamaliel, a highly respected teacher. He ordered the apostles to be taken out of the room for a little while.

35 Then he said to the council:
Men of Israel, be careful what you do with these men.

36 Not long ago Theudas claimed to be someone important, and about 400 men joined him. But he was killed, and all his followers were scattered. That was the end of that.

37 Later, when the people of our nation were being counted, Judas from Galilee showed up. A lot of people followed him, but he was killed, and all his followers were scattered.
38 So I advise you to stay away from these men. Leave them alone. If what they are planning is something of their own doing, it will fail.

39 t But if God is behind it, you cannot stop it anyway, unless you want to fight against God.
The council members agreed with what he said,

40 and they called the apostles back in. They had them beaten with a whip and warned them not to speak in the name of Jesus. Then they let them go.
41 The apostles left the council and were happy, because God had considered them worthy to suffer for the sake of Jesus. 42 Every day they spent time in the temple and in one home after another. They never stopped teaching and telling the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.