A nd Saul was consenting unto his death. And at that time there was a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and they were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.
2 And devout men carried Stephen to his burial, and made great lamentation over him.
3 As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.
4 Therefore they that were scattered abroad went every where preaching the word.
5 Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and preached Christ unto them.
6 And the people with one accord gave heed unto those things which Philip spake, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did.
7 For unclean spirits, crying with loud voice, came out of many that were possessed with them: and many taken with palsies, and that were lame, were healed.
8 And there was great joy in that city.
9 But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:
10 To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.
11 And to him they had regard, because that of long time he had bewitched them with sorceries.
12 But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
13 Then Simon himself believed also: and when he was baptized, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were done.
14 Now when the apostles which were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent unto them Peter and John:
15 Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
16 (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)
17 Then laid they their hands on them, and they received the Holy Ghost.
18 And when Simon saw that through laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Ghost was given, he offered them money,
19 Saying, Give me also this power, that on whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.
20 But Peter said unto him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou hast thought that the gift of God may be purchased with money.
21 Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter: for thy heart is not right in the sight of God.
22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.
23 For I perceive that thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity.
24 Then answered Simon, and said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of these things which ye have spoken come upon me.
25 And they, when they had testified and preached the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the gospel in many villages of the Samaritans.
26 And the angel of the Lord spake unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go toward the south unto the way that goeth down from Jerusalem unto Gaza, which is desert.
27 And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,
28 Was returning, and sitting in his chariot read Esaias the prophet.
29 Then the Spirit said unto Philip, Go near, and join thyself to this chariot.
30 And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
31 And he said, How can I, except some man should guide me? And he desired Philip that he would come up and sit with him.
32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: and who shall declare his generation? for his life is taken from the earth.
34 And the eunuch answered Philip, and said, I pray thee, of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?
35 Then Philip opened his mouth, and began at the same scripture, and preached unto him Jesus.
36 And as they went on their way, they came unto a certain water: and the eunuch said, See, here is water; what doth hinder me to be baptized?
37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.
38 And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
39 And when they were come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he went on his way rejoicing.
40 But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
1 Na Saulo penee ne owu so. Na saa bere no, ɔtaa kɛse bi sɔree tiaa asɔrekuw a ɛwɔ Yerusalem no; na wɔn nyinaa bɔ hweteeɛ kɔɔ Yudea ne Samaria ahodoɔ nyinaa so, gye asomafoɔ no nko. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
2 Na Onyamesurofoɔ bi soaa Stefano kɔsiee no, na wɔsuu no agyaadwoɔ kɛse. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
3 Saulo de, ɔsɛee asɔrekuw no, wiaa ofi biara mu, twee mmarima ne mmaa de wɔn guu afiase. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
4 Enti wɔn a wɔbɔ hwetee no kɔɔ baabiara kaa asɛm no. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
5 Afei Filipo siane kɔɔ Samaria kuropɔn mu, na ɔkaa Kristo ho asɛm kyerɛɛ wɔn. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
6 Na nnipa no de bo baako tiee nsɛm a Filipo kaeɛ no, wɔtee na wɔhuu nsɛnkyerɛnne a ɔyɛeɛ no. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
7 Efisɛ honhom fi, a wɔteaa mu denneennen, firii pii a wɔhyɛ wɔn so no mu: na pii a akwakorɔ ahyɛ wɔn ne apakye nyaa ayaresa. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
8 Na anigye kɛse baa saa kuropɔn no mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
9 Na ɔbarima bi a wɔfrɛ no Simon, a kan no na ɔyɛ abayisɛm wɔ saa kuropɔn no mu, na ɔdaadaa Samaria mufoɔ, bɔɔ ne ho dawuro sɛ ɔyɛ obi a ɔso: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
10 A wɔn nyinaa tiee no, firi akumaa so kɔsi ɔkɛseɛ so, sɛ: Saa onipa yi ne Onyankopɔn tumi kɛse. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
11 Na wɔde no yɛɛ adeɛ, efisɛ mmerɛ tenten bi na ɔde abayisɛm adaadaa wɔn. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
12 Nanso bere a wɔgyee Filipo a ɔkaa Onyankopɔn ahennie ne Yesu Kristo din ho asɛm no diiɛ no, wɔbaptisii wɔn, mmarima ne mmaa nyinaa. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
13 Afei Simon ankasa nso gye dii: na bere a wɔbaptisii no wiei no, ɔne Filipo tenaeɛ, na ne ho dwiriwii, a ɔhwɛ nsɛnkyerɛnne ne anwonwadeɛ a wɔyɛeɛ no. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
14 Afei bere a asomafoɔ a wɔwɔ Yerusalem no tee sɛ Samaria agye Onyankopɔn asɛm no, wɔsomaa Petro ne Yohane baa wɔn nkyɛn: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
15 Wɔn a, bere a wɔsianeeɛ no, wɔbɔɔ mpaeɛ maa wɔn, sɛ wɔnnya Kronkron Honhom: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
16 (Efisɛ na ɔnsian mmaa wɔn mu biara so a: na mmom na wɔabaptisii wɔn wɔ Awurade Yesu din mu ara kwa.) Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
17 Afei wɔde wɔn nsa guu wɔn so, na wɔnyaa Kronkron Honhom. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
18 Na bere a Simon huu sɛ asomafoɔ no nsa a wɔde guu so no nti, wɔma Kronkron Honhom no, ɔmaa wɔn sika, Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
19 Kaa sɛ: Ma me nso saa tumi yi, sɛ ɛbɛyɛ a, obiara a mede me nsa bɛgu ne so no, ɔnnya Kronkron Honhom. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
20 Nanso Petro kaa no sɛ: Wo sika ne wo nsɛe, efisɛ woasusuw sɛ yɛde sika tumi tɔ Onyankopɔn akyɛdeɛ. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
21 Wunni kyɛfa anaa wunni kɔnnɔ biara wɔ saa asɛm yi mu: efisɛ w'akoma nteɛ wɔ Onyankopɔn anim. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
22 Enti sakra w'adwene firi saa w'amumuyɛ yi ho, na bɔ Onyankopɔn mpaeɛ, sɛ ebia wɔde w'akoma mu adwene no bɛkyɛ wo. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
23 Efisɛ mehunu sɛ wowɔ ɔnwono bɔnwoma mu, ne amumuyɛ mpokyerɛ mu. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
24 Afei Simon buaa kaa sɛ: Mo mommɔ Awurade mpaeɛ mma me, sɛ nneɛma a moaka yi mu biara amma me so. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
25 Na wɔn, bere a wɔdi adanseɛ na wɔkaa Awurade asɛm no wiee no, wɔsan kɔɔ Yerusalem, na wɔkaa asɛmpa no wɔ Samariafoɔ nkuraaseɛ pii. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
26 Na Awurade bɔfoɔ kasa kyerɛɛ Filipo, kaa sɛ: Sɔre, na kɔ anafoɔ fam kwan a ɛfiri Yerusalem sian kɔ Gasa no so, baabi a ɛyɛ anweatam. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
27 Na ɔsɔree kɔeɛ: na, hwɛ, Etiopia barima bi, opiani a ɔwɔ tumi kɛse wɔ Etiopiafoɔ hemmaa Kandake ase, a na ɔhwɛ n'agyapadeɛ nyinaa so, a na wabɛsom wɔ Yerusalem, Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
28 Na ɔresan akɔ, na ɔte ne teaseɛnam mu rekenkan odiyifoɔ Yesaia nhoma. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
29 Afei Honhom no kaa Filipo sɛ: Bɛn, na fa wo ho ka saa teaseɛnam yi ho. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
30 Na Filipo tuu mmirika kɔɔ ne nkyɛn, na ɔtee sɛ ɔrekenkan odiyifoɔ Yesaia nhoma, na ɔkaa sɛ: Wote deɛ worekenkan no aseɛ anaa? Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
31 Na ɔkaa sɛ: Ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na mate aseɛ, gye sɛ obi kyerɛ me kwan? Na ɔsrɛɛ Filipo sɛ ɔmforo mmɛtena ne nkyɛn. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
32 Kyerɛwsɛm no mu baabi a ɔrekenkan no ne yei, Wɔtwee no sɛ odwan a wɔrekɔkum no; na sɛdeɛ oguanten ba a ɔyɛ komm wɔ deɛ ɔtwa no nhwi no anim no, saa ara na wammue n'ano: Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
33 Ne ahobrɛaseɛ mu no, wɔmaa n'atemmuo kɔeɛ: na hwan na ɔbɛka ne bosom ho asɛm? efisɛ wɔayi ne nkwa afiri asase so. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
34 Na opiani no buaa Filipo, kaa sɛ: Mesrɛ wo, hwan ho na odiyifoɔ no ka eyi? n'ankasa ho, anaa onipa foforɔ bi ho? Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
35 Afei Filipo buee n'ano, na ɔfirii saa kyerɛwsɛm no ara so, na ɔkaa Yesu ho asɛm kyerɛɛ no. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
36 Na bere a wɔrekɔ wɔn kwan so no, wɔbaa nsuo bi ho: na opiani no kaa sɛ: Hwɛ, nsuo nie; ɛdeɛn na ɛsi me kwan sɛ wɔbaptisii me? Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
37 Na Filipo kaa sɛ: Sɛ wofiri w'akoma nyinaa mu gye di a, wobɛtumi. Na ɔbuae sɛ: Megye di sɛ Yesu Kristo yɛ Onyankopɔn Ba. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
38 Na ɔhyɛɛ sɛ teaseɛnam no nnyina; na wɔn baanu siane kɔɔ nsuo no mu, Filipo ne opiani no; na ɔbaptisii no. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
39 Na bere a wɔfirii nsuo no mu baeɛ no, Awurade Honhom twee Filipo kɔeɛ, sɛdeɛ opiani no anhu no bio: na ɔde anigyeɛ kɔɔ ne kwan. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn
40 Nanso wohuu Filipo wɔ Asoto: na ɔfaa mu kaa asɛm no wɔ nkuropɔn no nyinaa mu, kɔsii sɛ ɔkɔduruu Kesarea. Under pastoral review Boa yɛn