Ndu Manzaniba 7
1 Ninko Prist a tre ndi, “ikpi biyi ba janji?”
Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
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 he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
3 A lha wu ndi “Don ngbran meme me baba mir vayime, ni rhu hini ngbran meme wandi mi tsro wu.
And said to him, Depart from thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.
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.
Then he came from the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran. And from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land in which ye now dwell.
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.
And he gave him no inheritance in it, no not [so much as] to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his offspring after him, when [as yet] he had no 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.
And God spoke on this wise, That his offspring should sojourn in a foreign land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat [them] ill 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.
And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that they shall come forth, and serve 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.
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so [Abraham] begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac [begat] Jacob, and Jacob [begat] the twelve patriarchs.
9 Bacimbu ba ti ngu ni Yusufu, ba banwu le hi ni masar ama Irjhi a he ni wu.
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph 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 delivered him from all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt, and all his house.
11 Ni ntukima, meme iyon a ri kagon Masar mba Canaan, ni meme ya wa a du ba timbu ba wa biri hamma.
Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers found no sustenance.
12 Niwa Yakubu a wo ndi wlo biri he ni Masar a ton ba timbu hi ni zrenmba wu mumla.
But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
13 Ni zren wu ha, Yusufu a tsro tuma ni ba mirvayima, u firona a mla to mmla Yusufu nikima.
And at the second [time] Joseph was made known to his brethren: and Joseph's kindred was made 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, and called his father Jacob to [him], and all his kindred, seventy five souls.
15 Nituki, Yakubu a grjhi hi ni Masar nda ka que niki, ni wawu ba timbu ngame.
So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
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.
And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulcher that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor [the father] of Sychem.
17 Niwa nton wa shirhi a ye weiweire, shirhi wa Irjhi a ti ni Ibrahim. Indhi ba ba ki bran gbugbuwu ni masar.
But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18 Da a tsra wa kikle chu ri a hon ni ruron wu masar wa ana to njo nitu Yusufu na.
Till another king arose, who knew not Joseph.
19 A kyurh ndhimbu nda yo ba ni gbengble du ba rhuni mir nhanha lilon mbu ni duba que.
The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and ill-treated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
20 Ni nton kima ba ngrhi Musa, wa ka bi kpokpome ni Rji ba lura ti wua tra ni ko tima.
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished in his father's house three months:
21 Niwa ba banwu ka zi ni ra, vrenwa Firona a ban'u ti wuma nda njiwu ti vren ma.
And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for 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.
And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
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.
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren 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 seeing one [of them] suffer wrong, he defended [him], and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
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.
For he supposed his brethren to understand that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood 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?
And the next day he showed himself to them as they were contending, and would have constrained them to be at peace again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren: why do ye wrong one to another?
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 he that did his neighbor wrong, thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
28 Wu son wu U me to wandi wu wuu gu masra laren'a?
Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst 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.
Then Moses fled at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat 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.
And when forty years had expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina, an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
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 wondered at the sight; and as he drew near to behold [it], 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.
[Saying], I [am] the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
33 Baci a lhawu ndi, jhu lagban wa ahe ni za me rhu domin bubu wa wu kri mba ahi tsatra bubu.
Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest 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 seen, I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into 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 refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send [to be] a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of 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 brought them out, after he had showed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
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 that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, A prophet will the Lord your God raise up to you of your brethren, like me; him will ye hear.
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.
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on the mount Sina, and [with] our fathers: who received the living oracles to give 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.
Whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back again into 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
Saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for [as for] this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of 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.
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own 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?
Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices [during] forty years in the wilderness?
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.
Yes, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your God Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away 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 testimony in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking to Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that 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.
Which also our fathers, that came after, brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David;
46 Wa Irjhi a kpanyme ni wu nda lhawu ni du wa bubu son ni ko Yakubu.
Who found favor before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
47 Ana Suleimanu mba amme ko ni Irjhi.
But Solomon built him a house.
48 Ama kitoh ndi kikle wushu na son ni ko wa wondhi mme na, toh wa anabawaba ba tre.
Yet, the Most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands, as saith the prophet,
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 earth [is] my footstool: What house will ye build for me? saith the Lord: or what [is] the place of my rest?
50 Ana womu mba ti kpi biyi wawu na?
Hath 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.
Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers [did], so [do] ye.
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 have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them who showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers;
53 Biyi wa bi kpa doka wa malaika mba ba mla yowozi, ama bina kpa ti dun na.
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept [it].
54 Niwa bi niko bawo kpi biyi wa ka ri ba ni suron baka tan nyren ni Istifanus.
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with [their] teeth.
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 he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on 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
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on 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.
Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
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.
And cast [him] out of the city, and stoned [him]: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
59 Niwa basia ta Istifanus ni tita, a sia yo baci nda ni tre ndi “Baci Yesu, kpa viri mu.
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [God], and saying, 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
And he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
