Bold Witness for Iconium
For Lystra, one lame man jump up, and di crowd decide say Barnabas and Paul na Zeus and Hermes wey come down. Dem tear their clothes and point to di living Papa instead. Some days after, di same crowd stone Paul and leave am for dead. Im get up and continue to go.
14 1For Iconium dem enter di Jewish synagogue together, and dem talk so tey plenty plenty people, Jews and Greeks, come believe. 2But di Jews wey refuse to believe stir up di Gentile people and spoil dia mind against di brothers. 3Dem stay dia for long time, dey talk bold-bold for Oga, wey confirm im message of grace, dey do signs and wonders through dia hand. 4But di city divide: some people join di Jews, some join di apostles. 5Wen di Gentiles and di Jews, together with dia rulers, come plan to mistreat dem and stone dem, 6dem come understand am, dem run go di Lycaonian cities of Lystra and Derbe, and di area wey dey around, 7and for dia dem no stop to dey preach di gospel.
Papa Heal Person for Lystra
8One man dey sit down for Lystra, im leg no dey work, e be cripple from di day dem born am, wey never waka before. 9E dey listen as Paul dey talk. Paul look am well-well and see say e get faith to receive healing, 10e talk with loud voice, “Stand up straight for your leg.” Di man jump up and start to dey waka. 11Wen di crowd see wetin Paul do, dem shout for Lycaonian language, “Di gods don come down give us for human body!” 12Barnabas dem call Zeus, and Paul dem call Hermes, because na im be di main person wey dey talk. 13Di priest of Zeus, wey im temple dey for front di city, bring bulls and flower-crowns come di gate, e wan sacrifice together with di crowd.
14But wen di apostles Barnabas and Paul hear dis one, dem tear dia cloth and run enter inside di crowd, dey shout, 15and dey talk, “Men, why una dey do dis kind thing? We too na ordinary human being, we get di same nature like una. We bring una good news: comot from dis useless things turn go di living Papa, wey make di heaven, di earth, di sea, and everything wey dey inside dem. 16For di generations wey pass e allow all di nations follow dia own way, 17but e no leave imsef without witness: e dey do good, dey give una rain from heaven and season wey dey bring plenty food, dey fill una heart with chop and joy.”
18Even with dis words, na wit hard work dem stop di crowd make dem no sacrifice give dem. 19But Jews from Antioch and Iconium come, dem win di crowd for dia side, dem stone Paul, and drag am comot for di city, dem think say e don die. 20But wen di disciples surround am, e stand up and enter go di city. Di next day e commot go Derbe with Barnabas.
Dey Make di Disciples Strong
21After dem preach di good news for dat city and make plenty disciples, dem go back go Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch, 22dey make di disciples' soul strong, dey beg dem make dem stay for di faith: na through plenty trouble we go take enter di kingdom of our Papa. 23After dem choose elders for dem for every church, dem pray with fasting, dem hand dem over to Oga wey dem don believe.
24Den dem pass through Pisidia and reach Pamphylia. 25And wen dem don talk di word for Perga, dem go down go Attalia, 26from dia dem enter ship go Antioch, di place wey dem been hand dem over to di grace of our Papa for di work wey dem don finish. 27Wen dem reach, dem gather di church together and report everything wey our Papa don do with dem, and how e open door of faith give di Gentiles. 28And dem stay dia with di disciples for long time.
