Ndu Manzaniba 7
1 Ninko Prist a tre ndi, “ikpi biyi ba janji?”
Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”
2 Istifanus a tre ndi “mir ya ni bati, wo me'. Irjhi wu shulu a tsro kpama ni timbu Ibrahim, niwa ana he ni Mesopotamia, ri nda ka son ni Haran;
And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
3 A lha wu ndi “Don ngbran meme me baba mir vayime, ni rhu hini ngbran meme wandi mi tsro wu.
and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’
4 Mle, a lu don ngran meme Chaldeans nda ka kru ni Haran, rhi niki, ni wa tima a qu'a, Irjh i a njiwu ye ni ngbran meme yi, wa bi ki nituma'a.
So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.
5 Ana fon nklan bubu nu du kpa zi ni h'pu mana, a'an, ko wa ani kaza satuma me. Ama, a shirhi, ko da shike Ibrahim ana he ni vivren rhina-andi ani nu bubu ti uma du mba h'puma du k'ma tiwumba kasai-kasai.
He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.
6 Irjhi a si a tre niwu tyi, andi h'puma ba son ki ni gbu ndi bari u ndhi bi bgukima ba vu ba ti grand nda du ba tiya wu se derinzia.
God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
7 Ama mi sharanta ni dhi bi wa ba tindu gran nibawua, kpe wa irji tre'a hu gon kima, ba rhu don bubuki nda ye kuqungba rhu nda gbresan ni mu ni bubu yi.
‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.’
8 Niki Irji a nu Ibrahim shirhi wu hanbru ni duta tika, rhini kima, Ibrahim a ngrjhi Ishaku nda hanbru ma ni riwu tandra baya ngrjhi. Ishaku ngame a ngrjhi Yakubu, u Yakubu a ye ngrjhi bacimbu Wlondoha ba.
Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
9 Bacimbu ba ti ngu ni Yusufu, ba banwu le hi ni masar ama Irjhi a he ni wu.
Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
10 nda kpa' chuwo ni ya wa a hon tuma'a. A kpayem ni Yusufu mba mren wu tondindi ni shishi kikle Ichu Firona wu Masar wa a ban wu sa ni ruron gomna wu Masar mba nitu koma wawu.
and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household.
11 Ni ntukima, meme iyon a ri kagon Masar mba Canaan, ni meme ya wa a du ba timbu ba wa biri hamma.
Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
12 Niwa Yakubu a wo ndi wlo biri he ni Masar a ton ba timbu hi ni zrenmba wu mumla.
When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.
13 Ni zren wu ha, Yusufu a tsro tuma ni ba mirvayima, u firona a mla to mmla Yusufu nikima.
On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh.
14 Yusufu a ton mir vayima du ba k'ma hi hla ni timba du vu mmla wawu, ndhi saba'in don ton mba, nda ye ni Masar.
Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.
15 Nituki, Yakubu a grjhi hi ni Masar nda ka que niki, ni wawu ba timbu ngame.
So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
16 Ba vu ba hi ni Shekem, nda ka rhu'ba ni ibe wa titi Ibrahim a le nitu nkle silva ni wo mir Hamor wu Shekem.
Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.
17 Niwa nton wa shirhi a ye weiweire, shirhi wa Irjhi a ti ni Ibrahim. Indhi ba ba ki bran gbugbuwu ni masar.
As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.
18 Da a tsra wa kikle chu ri a hon ni ruron wu masar wa ana to njo nitu Yusufu na.
Then another king, who knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt.
19 A kyurh ndhimbu nda yo ba ni gbengble du ba rhuni mir nhanha lilon mbu ni duba que.
He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
20 Ni nton kima ba ngrhi Musa, wa ka bi kpokpome ni Rji ba lura ti wua tra ni ko tima.
At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in the sight of God. For three months he was nurtured in his father’s house.
21 Niwa ba banwu ka zi ni ra, vrenwa Firona a ban'u ti wuma nda njiwu ti vren ma.
When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.
22 Ba yo Musa ni bubu tsro mba, niki a mla to tsro ndindi nitu kpi kankan wu bi U bi masarawa ba, ndu ni he ma ba bi hikima.
So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.
23 Niwa isema wu ngrjhi ba ti weiweire ni tso-tra-don nza (arbain), a kpre suron du zren hi ni mir vayi ma, ih'pu Isra'ila.
When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
24 A krito basi ndhi Israila ri ya'. Musa alu kpa nyu ni ndhi wa basia tiwu ya'a nda wru gu masar wuh.
And when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him.
25 A yotrendi vayima ba mla to ndhi a hi Irjhimba ni tindu ni wu du ba bguc'bu ni womba, ama ba ka'a na mla to na.
He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.
26 Nivi wuhama, a to ndhi harhi ba si tsi, wa ay'e gaba nda tre ndhi, 'Lilon, be mir vayi; a hi ngye du yi ni tsi kpambi?
The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’
27 Irimba wandi wa wuhi a kpa la ni kpanma'a, a tru yo kosan nda tre ndi “A nha banwu sa nitumbu ichu, wu ga tre nitawu?
But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
28 Wu son wu U me to wandi wu wuu gu masra laren'a?
Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 Niwa Musa a tre yi'a, a vu tsu wru nda ka son tindi u tsir ni kasa Midian, niki a ka ngrjhi mri lon ha.
At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.
30 Niwa ise tso-tsra-don-nzang ati ka hi, U malaika a tsro tuma niwu ni ngbranmiji ni kikle ngblu Sinai, ni lu ni miji.
After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
31 Niwa Musa a to ilu'a, a ti sisir kpe wa a to ni shishima, nda lu si zren hi weiweire du ni mla ya, a kri wo ilan Baci ni tre ndi,
When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight. As he approached to look more closely, the voice of the Lord came to him:
32 Mmyi mi Irjhi wu ba timbi, Irjhi wu Ibrahim, mba Ishaku, mba wu Yakubu” Musa kri si tsenzankpa nda na la vu suron nda ya ngana.
‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.
33 Baci a lhawu ndi, jhu lagban wa ahe ni za me rhu domin bubu wa wu kri mba ahi tsatra bubu.
Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
34 Mi to iyawa basi nu ndhimu ni masra mi wo gran yimba, m'ba mi grjhiye ye chubachuwo. ye zizan, mi ton hi ni masra.
I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’
35 Musa yi, wa bana kamba niwu, niwa bana tre ndi, “a nha yo tituchu mba wu ga'atre nitawu'a?” a hi wawuyi wa Irjhi a ton du hi ti chu mba wu chubachuwo. Irjhi a ton wu hi zuni wo malaika wa a tsro tuma ni Musa ni miji'a.
This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
36 Musa njiba rhuni masra, kima a hu gon ti kpi bi wa ndhi ba kaahon to tuma, baba bi tron yani masra mba kikle ma wu Reeds, mba ni tsutsu miji niwa ba ti se tsro-tra-don-nza (arbain).
He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.
37 Ahi Musa kima wa a lhani ndhi bi Israila ndi, “Irjhi ni nzu anabi ri hon yiwu rhinimi vahimbi, anabi ton me”.
This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’
38 Ndhi yi yi a he niba ni tsutsu miji mba malaika wa atre niwu nitu kikle ngblu Sinai, wa ahe niba timbu, mba wa a kpa lantre wu sisren ye nota.
He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.
39 Ama ba timbu ba kamba ni hutrema, ba tru lhega wru ni kpamba, du ni misuron mba k'ma hi ni masra.
But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.
40 Ni nton kima ba lha ni Hasuna, “La' mir rjhi ni tawu wa a ni njita zren hi. Musa yi, a njita wru rhini meme masra, kina toh ikpe wa a ka tiwu a na
They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’
41 Niki ba la' vrenlando ni ri baki nda nji ba hadaya (ton?) ni gunki waba la'a, nda ngiri nitu ndu wu womba.
At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.
42 Irjhi a kaba chuwo du ba boata ni tsitse ni shulu, tohwa bana nha ni mi vunvu wu ba anabawaba. “Bi gon nimu nma miji mba haday ni ise tso-tsra-don-nza wa bi na he ni tsutsu miji'a ko mri Isra'ila?
But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
43 Bi kpa ka'che' molech mba ntse wu vi irjhi Rephan, mba whi ki ba biti ni du yi kugungbarhu ni nzub hon. Nikima, mi vu yi vra zan gbran Babylon.
You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’
44 Ba timbu bana he ni ka'che' wu kpewa ba to ni shishimba ni tsutsumiji, me wa Irjhi a noba niwa a tre ni Musa'a, andi du ti tsra ni wa a toa.
Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.
45 Hu kima, ba timbu ni wo Joshua ana njiba to ninkomba, ba kpa ka'achea nda njiwu hu kpamba niwa ba vu meme a kpa. Irjhi a kpa meme ni wo gbungblu bi bubuki nda zu ba wru ni shishi ba timbu. kaachea a son ni meme'a ye ni nton Dawuda.
And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,
46 Wa Irjhi a kpanyme ni wu nda lhawu ni du wa bubu son ni ko Yakubu.
who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
47 Ana Suleimanu mba amme ko ni Irjhi.
But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.
48 Ama kitoh ndi kikle wushu na son ni ko wa wondhi mme na, toh wa anabawaba ba tre.
However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
49 “Shulu mbahi bubu son tu chu mu, u meme mba hi kpran roro saza mu. A bibi ko rime wa bi mme ni mu inj Baci, ka a ngye bubu u kusi mu?
‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be?
50 Ana womu mba ti kpi biyi wawu na?
Has not My hand made all these things?’
51 Biyi bi sen tu, biwa bana he kacia surona mba iton mba na, chachu bi kan bi ruhu tsatsra, bi ti to ba tumbi bana ti.
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
52 Ahi anabi rime wa ba timbu bana tibayana. Ba wuh anabawa wa ba wru guci ni ye ndi wa ba yo wu di 'Analatre na', u zizan biyiyi bibi le ni wu dini wu'u ngame.
Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
53 Biyi wa bi kpa doka wa malaika mba ba mla yowozi, ama bina kpa ti dun na.
you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”
54 Niwa bi niko bawo kpi biyi wa ka ri ba ni suron baka tan nyren ni Istifanus.
On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
55 Don a shu ni Ruhu tsatsra, a nzu ya shulu nda toh dokaka Rji, nda to Yesu kri ni wo korhi wu Irjhi.
But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
56 Istifanus a tre ndi. “Toh, mi si to ni shishimu, shulu bwu, U vren Ndhi a kri ni worhi wu Irjhi
“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
57 Nitu ki, biwaba son ni tra son bi ninkoa ba ka tonmba, nda yo gro ni kikle lan, nda lu honwu nitu kpe riri.
At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.
58 Ba gbi'e wru ni mi gbu'a, nda ni ta ni tita. Bi wa ba toh zren kpeyi ba ju nklonba wu kora nda kazi ni za vrenze ri wa ndema a hi shawulu.
They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
59 Niwa basia ta Istifanus ni tita, a sia yo baci nda ni tre ndi “Baci Yesu, kpa viri mu.
While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
60 A kuqungbarhu nda yo ni kikle lan Baci, na vule nitu latre wa ba ti yi na” Niwa a tre kle, a ku rhoku kruna
Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
