Acts 13

13 ¹For di Antioch church, prophet and teacher dey: Barnabas, Simeon wey dem dey call Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (wey grow up wit Herod di tetrarch), and Saul.

²As dem dey worship our Oga Jesus and dey fast, the Holy Spirit talk say, "Set Barnabas and Saul apart for me, for di work wey I don call dem to do."

³So, afta dem don fast and pray, dem put dia hand on dem and send dem go.

Our Papa Word Reach Cyprus

⁴As the Holy Spirit send dem, dem go down go Seleucia, den dem enter boat go Cyprus. ⁵As dem reach Salamis, dem preach our Papa word for di Jew synagogue dem. Dem get John as dia helper. ⁶As dem don cross di whole island reach Paphos, dem see one Jew wey dey do juju and na false prophet, wey im name na Bar-Jesus, ⁷wey dey wit di proconsul, Sergius Paulus, wey na sharp man. E call Barnabas and Saul, becos e wan hear our Papa word. ⁸Elymas di magician—na wetin im name mean be dat—stand against dem, dey try turn di proconsul comot from di faith. ⁹But Saul, wey dem dey also call Paul, wey the Holy Spirit full, look am well well, ¹⁰and talk say, "You pikin of di devil, enemy of all correct-and-holy way, wey deceit and yanga full for inside—you no go ever stop to twist our Papa straight road dem? ¹¹Now look: di hand of our Papa dey on you. You go blind, you no go fit see di sun, for some time." Sharp sharp, mist and darkness fall on am; e begin dey feel im way around, dey find person wey go hold im hand lead am.

¹²As di proconsul see wetin happen, e believe, and e wonder for di teaching of our Oga Jesus.

Dem Preach Our Papa Story for Antioch

¹³Paul and im people enter boat comot from Paphos go Perga for Pamphylia, but John comot from dem go back Jerusalem. ¹⁴From Perga dem go on reach Antioch for Pisidia. For di Sabbath day dem enter di synagogue and sidon. ¹⁵Afta dem don read di Law and di Prophets, di synagogue leader dem send word say: "Broda dem, if una get word wey go encourage di people, make una talk."

¹⁶Paul stand up, wave im hand, and talk say, "Men of Israel, and una wey dey fear our Papa, make una listen. ¹⁷Our Papa, di Papa of dis people Israel, choose our grandpapa dem, make dem big for di time wey dem stay for di land of Egypt, and lead dem comot wit im arm wey e raise up. ¹⁸And for like forty years e manage dem for di wilderness. ¹⁹Afta e don destroy seven nation for Canaan, e give dem dia land as inheritance. ²⁰All dis one take like 450 years. Den e give dem judge dem reach Samuel di prophet. ²¹Den dem ask for king, and our Papa give dem Saul di pikin of Kish, one man from Benjamin tribe, for forty years. ²²Afta e don comot am, e raise up David as dia king, e testify say: 'I don find David di pikin of Jesse, one man wey dey do wetin my heart want, wey go do everything wey I want.' ²³From dis man own pikin dem, our Papa don bring one Savior come Israel, Jesus, just as e promise. ²⁴Before Jesus come, John don already preach baptism of repentance to all di people of Israel. ²⁵As John dey finish im work, e talk say, 'Wetin una think say I be? Na me no be. But look, one person dey come afta me—I no even fit fit untie di sandal wey dey im foot.'

²⁶"Broda dem, pikin of Abraham family, and una wey dey among us wey dey fear our Papa: na to us dem send dis salvation message. ²⁷Jerusalem people and dia leader dem no recognize am, and dem no understand di prophets word wey dem dey read every Sabbath—as dem condemn am, dem make dem word come pass. ²⁸Even doh dem no find any reason to kill am, dem beg Pilate make dem kill am. ²⁹Afta dem don finish everything wey dem write about am, dem carry am comot from di tree and lay am for one tomb. ³⁰But our Papa raise am from di dead, ³¹and for plenty days e show imsef to di people wey come up wit am from Galilee go Jerusalem, wey now be im witness dem to di people. ³²And we dey bring di good news to una say wetin our Papa promise our grandpapa dem,

³³E don do am complete for us, dia pikin dem, as e raise Jesus up, just as dem also write for Psalm 2: 'You be my Pikin; today I don born you.'

³⁴And about di fact say e raise am from di dead, wey e no go ever rotten again, e talk say, 'I go give you di holy and sure blessing wey I promise David.' ³⁵Na why e also talk for anoda psalm say: 'You no go let your Holy One see rotten.' ³⁶Becos David, afta e don serve our Papa purpose for im own generation, sleep die, dem lay am wit im grandpapa dem, and e see rotten, ³⁷but di one wey our Papa raise up no see rotten. ³⁸So make una sabi dis one, broda dem—na through dis man dem dey preach forgiveness of sin to una, ³⁹and through am, everybody wey believe dey free from everything wey di law of Moses no fit free una from. ⁴⁰So make una take care, so dat wetin dem talk for di Prophets no go happen to una: ⁴¹'Look, una wey dey laugh people, wonder and perish; becos I dey do one work for una days, one work wey una no go ever believe, even if person tell una am.'"

⁴²As Paul and Barnabas dey comot, di people beg dem make dem talk about dis tin dem again for next Sabbath. ⁴³Wen di synagogue meeting end, plenty Jew and devout people wey turn to Judaism follow Paul and Barnabas, wey talk wit dem and beg dem make dem continue for di grace of our Papa.

⁴⁴Di next Sabbath, almost di whole city gada come hear di word of our Oga Jesus. ⁴⁵Wen di Jew dem see di crowd, jealousy full dem, and dem begin talk against Paul word, dey insult am.

⁴⁶Paul and Barnabas talk wit bold face: "Na to una dem suppose talk di word of our Papa first. Since una reject am, and una dey judge unasef say una no worthy of life wey no dey end, look—we dey turn go di Gentile dem."

⁴⁷Becos our Papa don command us say: "I don make you light to di nation dem, to bring salvation reach di end of di earth."

⁴⁸As di Gentile dem hear dis one, dem rejoice and dem glorify di word of our Oga Jesus; all di people wey dem appoint for life wey no dey end believe. ⁴⁹And di word of our Oga Jesus spread reach di whole region. ⁵⁰But di Jew dem stir up di devout women wey dey important and di big men of di city, dem cause persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and dem drive dem comot from dia region. ⁵¹So dem shake di dust comot from dia foot against dem, and dem go Iconium. ⁵²And joy and the Holy Spirit full di disciple dem.