Acts 3

3 ¹Peter and John dey go up go di temple around three o'clock for afternoon, di time wey people dey pray. ²Dem carry one man wey be cripple from di day wey im mama born am, and everyday dem dey put am for di temple gate wey dem dey call Beautiful, so dat e go fit beg money from di people wey dey enter di temple. ³As e see Peter and John wey wan enter di temple, e ask dem for money. ⁴Peter look am well-well, together with John, and e talk say, “Look us.” ⁵So e face dem well, e dey expect say e go collect somtin from dem. ⁶Peter talk say, “I no get silver or gold, but wetin I get na wetin I go give you: for di name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, stand up and waka.” ⁷E hold di man im right hand, e raise am up; and one time, di man leg and im ankle bone come strong. ⁸E jump up, e stand, e begin waka, and e enter di temple with dem, e dey waka, e dey jump, e dey praise our Papa. ⁹And all di people see am as e dey waka and dey praise our Papa. ¹⁰Dem recognize am say na di beggar wey dey sidon for di temple Beautiful Gate, and wonder and surprise full dem well-well because of wetin happen to am.

Peter Preach About Papa Servant

¹¹As di man still dey hold Peter and John tight, all di people run come meet dem for di veranda wey dem dey call Solomon veranda, and dem no fit understand wetin dem see. ¹²As Peter see dis one, e talk to di people say, “Una people of Israel, why dis matter dey surprise una? Why una dey look us like say na by our own power or our own holiness we make dis man waka? ¹³Di God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, di God of our papa-papa dem, don glorify im servant Jesus, di same one wey una hand over and una deny am for Pilate front, wen Pilate don decide say make e release am. ¹⁴But una deny di Holy and correct-and-holy One, and una ask make dem give una one killer man instead. ¹⁵Una kill di One wey be di Author of life; but our Papa raise am from death. Na we be witness to dis one. ¹⁶Na im name, through faith for im name, don make dis man strong—dis very man wey una dey see and una sabi. And faith for Jesus don give am dis complete healing for una front here.

¹⁷“And now, my brothers, I know say na for ignorance una do am, and na so una rulers dem also do. ¹⁸But our Papa don fulfil wetin e talk before through all di prophet dem: say im Christ go suffer. ¹⁹So repent, and turn back, make dem fit wipe una sin comot, ²⁰so dat times of refreshing go fit come from our Papa presence, and so dat e go fit send di Christ wey e don appoint for una, wey be Jesus, ²¹di One wey heaven must receive till di time wey dem go put everytin back to di way e suppose be, wey our Papa talk about am since long time through im holy prophet dem. ²²Moses talk say, ‘Una Papa go raise up one prophet like me for una, from una brothers. Make una listen to am for everytin wey e go tell una.’ ²³Any pesin wey no listen to dat prophet, dem go destroy am completely comot from among di people.’ ²⁴All di prophet dem wey talk, from Samuel come down, dem also announce about dis days. ²⁵Una na di pikin dem of di prophets and of di Covenant wey our Papa make with una papa-papa dem, wen e tell Abraham say, ‘Through your pikin dem, all di families of di earth go get blessing.’ ²⁶Our Papa raise up im servant and send am come meet una first, to bless una by turning every one of una comot from una evil ways.”