ᎨᏥᏅᏏᏛ ᏄᎾᏛᏁᎵᏙᎸᎢ 7
1 ᏄᎬᏫᏳᏒᏃ ᎠᏥᎸ-ᎨᎶᎯ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ; ᎾᏍᎩᏍᎪ ᎤᏃᎯᏳᎯ ᏄᏍᏗ?
Then the high priest asked, ‘Is this true?’
2 [ ᏍᏗᏫᏃ ] ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ; ᎢᏥᏍᎦᏯ ᎢᏓᏓᏅᏟ ᎠᎴ ᏗᎩᏙᏓ, ᎢᏣᏛᏓᏍᏓ. ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᏥᎸᏉᏗ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏄᏛᏁᎴ ᎢᎩᏙᏓ ᎡᏆᎭᎻ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᎯᏳ ᎺᏌᏆᏕᎻ ᏤᎮᎢ, ᎠᏏᏉ ᎨᎳᏂ ᎾᏁᎳᏗᏍᎬᎾ ᏥᎨᏎᎢ;
Stephen replied, ‘Brothers and fathers, hear what I have to say. God, who manifests himself in the glory, appeared to our ancestor Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, and before he settled in Haran, and said to him –
3 ᎯᎠᏃ ᏄᏪᏎᎴᎢ; ᏣᏤᎵᎪᎯ ᎯᏄᎪᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏗᏨᎿᎭ ᎠᎴ ᎾᎿᎭᎦᏙᎯ ᎬᏯᏎᎮᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏫᎷᎩ.
“Leave your country and your people, and come into the country that I will show you.”
4 ᎿᎭᏉᏃ ᎤᏓᏅᏎ ᎠᏂᎦᎵᏗ ᎤᎾᏤᎵᎪᎯ, ᎨᎳᏂᏃ ᎤᏁᎳᏕᎢ, ᎾᎿᎭᏃ ᏗᎤᏓᏅᏒ, ᎤᏙᏓ ᎤᏲᎱᏒ, ᎡᏍᎦᏂ ᎤᎷᏤᎴᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏂ ᎪᎯ ᏥᏤᎭ.
And so Abraham left the country of the Chaldaeans and settled in Haran; and from there, after his father’s death, God caused him to migrate into this country, in which you are now living.
5 ᎠᎴ ᎥᏝ ᎦᏓ ᎠᏂ ᏳᏁᎴᎢ ᏂᎤᏟᏍᏕ ᏏᎳᏏᏅᎯᏉ ᎢᎩᏛ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎤᏚᎢᏍᏓᏁᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎢᏳᏩᏁᏗᏱ ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏁᏢᏔᏅᏛ ᎨᏒ ᎠᏏᏉ ᎤᏪᏥ ᏁᎲᎾ ᎨᏎᎢ.
God did not at that time give him any part of it, not even a foot of ground. But he promised to give him possession of it and his descendants after him, though at that time he had no child.
6 ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ; “ᏣᏁᏢᏔᏅᏛ ᎠᏁᏙᎯ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎾᎿᎭᎤᎾᏤ-ᎵᎪᎯ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᎿᎭᎠᏁᎯ ᏙᏓᎬᏩᏂᎾᏢᏂ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏲ ᏅᏓᎬᏩᏅᏁᎵ ᏅᎩᏧᏈ ᏧᏕᏘᏴᏛ.
God’s words were these – “Abraham’s descendants will live in a foreign country, where they will be enslaved and ill-treated for four hundred years.
7 ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏑᎾᏓᎴᎩ ᏴᏫ ᏗᎬᏩᏂᎾᏢᏅᎯ ᏙᏓᎦᏥᏳᎪᏓᏁᎵ, ᎣᏂᏃ ᎤᏂᎾᏄᎪᎢᏍᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎬᏆᏛᏁᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ,” ᎤᏛᏁ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ.
But I myself will judge the nation, to which they will be enslaved,” God said, “and after that they will leave the country and worship me in this place.”
8 ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗᏃ ᎤᏁᎴ ᎠᎱᏍᏕᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ; ᎡᏆᎭᎻᏃ ᎤᏕᏁᎴ ᎡᏏᎩ, ᎤᎱᏍᏕᏎᎴᏃ ᏧᏁᎵᏁ ᎢᎦ, ᎡᏏᎩᏃ ᏤᎦᏈ, ᏤᎦᏈᏃ ᏔᎳᏚ ᎢᏯᏂᏛ ᏗᎩᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ.
Then God made with Abraham the covenant of circumcision; and under it Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him when he was eight days old; and Isaac became the father of Jacob; and Jacob of the Twelve Patriarchs.
9 ᏗᎩᎦᏴᎵᎨᏃ ᎠᏅᏳᏤᎲ ᏅᏗᎤᎵᏍᏙᏔᏁ ᎤᏂᎾᏗᏅᏎ ᏦᏩ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ ᏩᎦᏘᏅᏍᏙᏗᏱ; ᎠᏎᏃ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏚᎧᎿᎭᏩᏗᏙᎮᎢ,
The Patriarchs, out of jealousy, sold Joseph into slavery in Egypt; but God was with him,
10 ᎠᎴ ᎤᏭᏓᎴᏍᎨ ᏂᎦᏛ ᎤᏲ ᏄᎵᏍᏓᏁᎵᏕᎬᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏁᎴ ᎣᏏᏳ ᎠᎦᏓᏅᏖᏗᏱ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎦᏔᎿᎭᎢᏳ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎦᏔᎲ ᏇᎵᏲ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ, ᎠᎴ ᏄᎬᏫᏳᏌᏕᎩ ᏄᏩᏁᎴ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ, ᎠᎴ ᏂᎦᏛ ᎦᏁᎸᎢ.
and delivered him out of all his troubles, and enabled him to win favour and show wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him Governor of Egypt and of his whole household.
11 ᏂᎬᎾᏛᏃ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ ᎠᎴ ᎨᎾᏂ ᏚᎪᏄᎶᏎᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏣᏘ ᎠᎩᎵᏯ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏁᎢ, ᏗᎩᎦᏴᎵᎨᏃ ᎤᎾᏠᎨ ᎤᎾᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗ.
Then a famine spread over the whole of Egypt and Canaan, causing great distress, and our ancestors could find no food.
12 ᏤᎦᏈᏃ ᎤᏛᎦᏅ ᎤᏣᎴᏍᏗ ᎡᎲ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ, ᏕᎤᏅᏎ ᏗᎩᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᎩᎳ ᎾᎨᏎᎢ.
Hearing, however, that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob sent our ancestors there on their first visit.
13 ᏔᎵᏁᏃ ᏦᏩ ᎠᎾᎵᏅᏟ ᎬᏬᎵᏤᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏇᎵᏲ ᏕᎤᎦᏙᎥᏎ ᏦᏩ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏧᏩᎿᎭ
In the course of their second visit, Joseph revealed himself to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh.
14 ᏦᏩᏃ ᎤᏓᏅᏎ ᏭᏯᏅᎮ ᎤᏙᏓ ᏤᎦᏈ ᎠᎴ ᏂᎦᏛ ᎤᏩᏒ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏧᏩᎿᎭ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᎵᏆᏍᎪᎯ ᎯᏍᎩᎦᎵ ᎢᏯᏂᎢ.
Then Joseph sent an urgent invitation to his father Jacob and to his relatives, seventy-five persons in all;
15 ᏤᎦᏈᏃ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ ᏭᎶᏎᎢ, ᎤᏲᎱᏎᏃ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏗᎩᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ.
and so Jacob went down into Egypt. There he died, and our ancestors also,
16 ᏌᎩᎻᏃ ᏫᏗᎨᏥᏅᏍᏔᏁᎢ ᎠᎴ ᏕᎨᏥᏂᏌᏁ ᎠᏤᎵᏍᏛ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎡᏆᎭᎻ ᎠᏕᎸ ᏧᎫᏴᏔᏁ ᏥᏚᏩᏎᎴ ᎡᎹ ᏧᏪᏥ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏌᎩᎻ ᎤᏙᏓ.
and their bodies were removed to Shechem, and laid in the tomb which Abraham had bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
17 ᎠᏚᎢᏍᏛᏃ ᎤᏍᏆᎸᎯᏗᏎᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏎᎵᏔᏅᎯ ᏧᏁᏤᎴ ᎡᏆᎭᎻ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏂᏁᏉᏤ ᏴᏫ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏂᏣᏔᏅᎯ ᏄᎾᎵᏍᏔᏁ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ.
As the time drew near for the fulfilment of the promise which God had made to Abraham, the people increased largely in numbers in Egypt,
18 ᎬᏂ ᏅᏩᏓᎴ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎤᎾᏄᎪᏨ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏄᎦᏔᎲᎾ ᏦᏩ.
until a new king, who knew nothing of Joseph, came to the throne.
19 ᎾᏍᎩ ᏓᏏᎾᏌᏅᏤᎮ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏗᎬᎿᎭ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏲ ᏂᏚᏩᏁᎴ ᏗᎩᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᎨᎦᏓᎢᏅᏗᏱ ᏧᎾᏍᏗ ᏧᏁᏥ, ᏗᎬᏩᎾᏛᎯᏍᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎢᏳᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ.
This king acted deceitfully towards our people and ill-treated our ancestors, making them abandon their own infants, so that they should not be reared.
20 ᎾᎯᏳ ᎼᏏ ᎤᏕᏁᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏩᏔᏅᎯ ᎤᏬᏚᎯᏳ ᎨᏎᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏥᏍᏆᏂᎪᏔᏁ ᎤᏙᏓ ᎦᏁᎸᎢ ᏦᎢ ᎢᏯᏅᏙ.
It was just at this time that Moses was born. He was an exceedingly beautiful child, and for three months was brought up in his own father’s house;
21 ᎠᎦᏓᎢᏅᏃ ᏇᎵᏲ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎠᎨᏴ ᎤᏁᏎᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏍᏆᏂᎪᏔᏁᎢ ᎤᏩᏒ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎤᏰᎸᏁᎢ.
and, when he was abandoned, the daughter of Pharaoh found him and brought him up as her own son.
22 ᏱᏏᏃ ᎠᎨᏲᏅᎯ ᎨᏎ ᏂᎦᎥ ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎿᎭᎢᏳ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ ᎠᏁᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᎵᏂᎩᏗᏳ ᎨᏎ ᎤᏁᎢᏍᏗᏱ ᎠᎴ ᏧᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗᏱ.
So Moses was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians, and proved his ability both by his words and actions.
23 ᏅᎦᏍᎪᎯᏃ ᎢᏳᏕᏘᏴᏛ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏅ, ᎤᏓᏅᏖᎴ ᏧᏩᏛᎲᏍᏗᏱ ᎠᎾᎵᏅᏟ ᎢᏏᎵ ᏧᏪᏥ.
When he was in his fortieth year, he resolved to visit his fellow Israelites;
24 ᎤᎪᎲᏃ ᎠᏏᏴᏫ ᎦᏰᏥᏐᏢᏛᎢ, ᎤᏍᏕᎸᎮᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏞᏤᎴ ᎤᏲ ᎢᏯᎬᏁᎸᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᎴ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ ᎡᎯ.
and, seeing an Israelite ill-treated, he defended him, and avenged the man, who was being wronged, by striking down the Egyptian.
25 ᎠᎴ ᎯᎠ ᏁᎵᏍᎨᎢ, ᏛᏃᎵᏥ ᎣᏣᎵᏅᏟ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᏴ ᎠᏉᏰᏂ ᏗᎬᏔᏂᏒ ᏙᏗᏍᏕᎸᎯᏒᎢ; ᎠᏎᏃ ᎥᏝ ᏳᏃᎵᏤᎢ.
He thought his own people would understand that God was using him to save them; but they failed to do so.
26 ᎤᎩᏨᏛᏃ ᏚᎾᏄᎪᏤᎴ ᎠᎾᎵᎲᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎦᎪᎯᏍᏓᏁᎮ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ; “ᎢᏍᏗᏍᎦᏯ, ᏗᏍᏓᏓᏅᏟᏉ; ᎦᏙᏃ ᎤᏲ ᏂᏙᏍᏓᏓᏛᏁᎭ?”
The next day he again appeared on the scene, when some of them were fighting, and tried to make peace between them. “Men,” he said, “you are brothers; how is it that you are ill-treating one another?”
27 ᎠᏎᏃ ᎤᏣᏘᏂ ᎢᏳᏛᏁᎸᎯ ᎾᎥ ᎢᏧᎾᏓᎳ ᏗᎤᏪᏌᏙᏰᏉ, ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ; ᎦᎪ ᏂᏣᎬᏫᏳᏌᏕᎩ ᎠᎴ ᏗᏍᎩᏳᎪᏓᏁᎯ ᎢᏣᎧᏅ ᏂᎯ?
But the man who was ill-treating his fellow workman pushed Moses aside saying – “Who made you a ruler and judge over us?
28 ᏥᎪ ᎠᏴ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏣᏚᎵ ᏍᎩᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎤᏒᎯ ᏥᎸᎩ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ ᎡᎯ?
Do you mean to make away with me as you did yesterday with that Egyptian?”
29 ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏄᏪᏒ ᎼᏏ ᎤᎵᏘᏎᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎻᏗᏂ ᎦᏓ ᎠᎲ ᎡᏙᎯ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏁᎢ, ᎾᎿᎭᏃ ᎠᏂᏔᎵ ᎠᏂᏍᎦᏯ ᏧᏪᏥ ᎬᏩᏕᏁᎴᎢ.
At these words Moses took to flight, and became an exile in Midian; and there he had two sons born to him.
30 ᏅᎦᏍᎪᎯᏃ ᏄᏕᏘᏴᎲ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏗᏙᎯ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏄᏛᏁᎴ ᎢᎾᎨ ᏌᎾᏱ ᎣᏓᎸ ᎤᏪᏲᏓᏛ ᎠᏓᏪᎵᎩᏍᎬᎢ.
Forty years had passed when there appeared to him, in the desert of Mount Sinai, an angel in a flame of fire in a bush.
31 ᎼᏏᏃ ᎤᎪᎲ ᎤᏍᏆᏂᎪᏎ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎠᎪᏩᏘᏍᎬᎢ. ᎤᎪᎵᏰᏗᏱᏃ ᎤᏰᎸᏅ ᎾᎥ ᏭᎷᏨ ᏗᎪᎵᏰᏎᎢ, ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎧᏁᎬ ᎤᏛᎦᏁ [ ᎯᎠ ᏂᎦᏪᏍᎨᎢ; ]
When Moses saw it, he was astonished at the vision; but on his going nearer to look at it more closely, the voice of the Lord was heard to say –
32 “ᎠᏴ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏗᏣᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᎤᎾᏤᎵᎦ, ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎡᏆᎭᎻ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎡᏏᎩ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏤᎦᏈ ᏅᏤᎵᎦ.” ᎣᏏᏃ ᎤᏪᎿᎭᏪᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏍᎦᎴ ᎤᎪᎵᏰᏗᏱ.
“I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” Moses trembled, and did not dare to look.
33 ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎴᎢ; “ᏔᎳᏑᎳᎩ, ᎾᎿᎭᏰᏃ ᏥᏙᎦ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎦᏙᎯ.
Then the Lord said to him – “Take your sandals off your feet, for the spot where you are standing is holy ground.
34 ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯᏯ ᎠᎩᎪᎲ ᎤᏲ ᏄᎾᎵᏍᏓᏁᎵᏕᎬ ᏴᏫ ᏗᏆᏤᎵ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ ᏣᏁᎭ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏆᏛᎦᏅ ᏚᏂᎵᏰᏗᏍᎬᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏆᏠᎣᏏᎸ ᏕᎫᏓᎴᏏᎸ; Ꭷ ᎿᎭᏉ ᏓᎬᏅᏏ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ.”
I have seen the oppression of my people who are in Egypt, and heard their groans, and I have come down to deliver them. Come now and I will send you into Egypt.”
35 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎼᏏ ᏧᏂᏲᎢᏎᎴ ᎯᎠ ᏥᏄᏂᏪᏎᎢ, ᎦᎪ ᏂᏣᎬᏫᏳᏌᏕᎩ ᎠᎴ ᏚᎪᏗᏍᎩ ᏣᎧᏅ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏅᏎ ᏄᎬᏫᏳᏌᏕᎩ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏄᏓᎴᏍᎩ ᏄᏩᏁᎴ ᎤᏩᏔᏁ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏗᏙᎯ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᏛᏁᎸᎯ ᎤᏪᏲᏓᏛᎢ.
This same Moses, whom they had disowned with the words – “Who made you a ruler and a judge?” was the man whom God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer, under the guidance of the angel that had appeared to him in the bush.
36 ᎾᏍᎩ ᏚᏘᎿᎭᏫᏛᎮᎢ ᏂᏚᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎶ ᎤᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏰᎸᏛ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎹ-ᎩᎦᎨᏍᏛᏱ ᎠᎴ ᎢᎾᎨ ᏅᎦᏍᎪᎯ ᏧᏕᏘᏴᏛ.
He it was who led them out, after he had shown wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the desert during forty years.
37 ᎯᎠ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎼᏏ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏥᏂᏚᏪᏎᎴ ᎢᏏᎵ ᏧᏪᏥ; ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎢᏣᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏓᏥᎾᏄᎪᏫᏎᎵ ᎠᏙᎴᎰᏍᎩ ᎢᏣᎵᏅᏟ ᎨᏒ ᏓᎦᎾᏄᎪᏥ ᎠᏴ ᎾᏍᎩᏯᎢ; ᎾᏍᎩ ᏓᏰᏣᏛᎦᏁᎵ.
This was the Moses who said to the people of Israel – “God will raise up for you, from among yourselves, a prophet, as he raised up me.”
38 ᎯᎠ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᏥᎨᎳᏗᏙᎮ ᎤᎾᏓᏡᏩᏕᎬ ᎢᎾᎨᎢ, ᏔᎵ ᏧᏛᏗᏕᎨ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏗᏙᎯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏧᏁᏤᎴ ᎣᏓᎸ ᏌᎾᏱ, ᏥᎨᎳᏗᏙᎮ ᎠᏁᏙᎲ ᏗᎩᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏥᏓᏥᏲᎯᏎᎴ ᎠᏛᏂᏗᏍᏙᏗ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎠᏴ ᎢᎩᏁᏗ.
He, too, it was who was present at the assembly in the desert, with the angel who talked to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors, and who received living truths to impart to you.
39 ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᎩᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᎥᏝ ᏳᎾᏚᎵᏍᎨ ᎤᏃᎯᏳᏗᏱ, ᎢᏴᏛᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᏄᏅᏁᏔᏁᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏚᎾᏓᏅᏛ ᎢᏥᏈᏱᏉ ᏫᏂᏚᏅᏁᎢ,
Yet our ancestors refused him obedience; more than that, they rejected him, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,
40 ᎯᎠ ᏄᏂᏪᏎᎴ ᎡᎳᏂ; ᏗᏍᎩᏲᏢᎾᏏ ᏦᎦᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏗᎪᎦᏘᏂᏙᎯ, ᎯᎠᏰᏃ ᎼᏏ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ ᏂᏙᏓᏲᎦᏘᏅᏍᏔᏅᎯ ᎥᏝ ᏲᏥᎦᏔᎭ ᏄᎵᏍᏓᏁᎸᎢ.
while they said to Aaron – “Make us Gods who will lead the way for us, since, as for this Moses who has brought us out of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.”
41 ᎾᎯᏳᏃ ᎤᏃᏢᏁ ᏩᎦ ᎠᎩᎾ, ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏗᏟᎶᏍᏔᏅᎯ ᎠᏥᎸ-ᎨᎳᏍᏗ ᎤᏂᏲᎮᎴᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᎾᎵᎮᎵᏤᎴ ᎤᏅᏒ ᏧᏃᏰᏂ ᏧᏅᏔᏅᎯ ᎤᏃᏢᏅᎯ.
That was the time when they made the calf and offered sacrifice to their idol, and held festivities in honour of their own handiwork!
42 ᎿᎭᏉᏃ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᎦᏔᎲᏎᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᎾᏁᎳᎩ ᏫᏓᏂᎸᏉᏓ ᎤᏂᏣᏘ ᎦᎸᎶ ᎠᏁᎯ ᏚᏪᎵᏎᎴᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎯᎠ ᏥᏂᎬᏅ ᏥᎪᏪᎳ ᎠᎾᏙᎴᎰᏍᎩ ᏧᏃᏪᎳᏅᎯ; “ᏂᎯ ᎢᏏᎵ ᏏᏓᏁᎸᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᏥᎪ ᏕᏍᎩᏃᎮᎸ ᏗᎸᎯ ᎦᎾᏝᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏥᎸ-ᎨᎳᏍᏗ ᏅᎦᏍᎪᎯ ᏥᎾᏕᏘᏴ ᎢᎾᎨᎢ?
So God turned from them and left them to the worship of the Starry Host, as is written in the book of the prophets – “Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me, house of Israel, all those forty years in the desert?
43 ᎢᏥᎲᏒᏰᏃ ᎦᎵᏦᏙᏗ ᎼᎳᎩ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎢᏥᏰᎸᎯ ᎴᎻᏈᏂ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ ᏃᏈᏏ, ᏗᏟᎶᏍᏔᏅᎯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᏦᏢᏅᎯ ᏗᏣᏓᏙᎵᏍᏓᏁᏗ; ᏓᏗᎶᏂᏃ ᎤᏗᏗᏢ ᏫᏙᏓᏨᏯᎧᏂ.”
You took with you the tent where Moloch is worshipped and the star of the god Rephan – the images which you had made to worship. Therefore I will exile you beyond Babylon.”
44 ᏗᎩᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᎢᎾᎨ ᎤᏂᎮ ᎦᎵᏦᏛ ᎠᏙᎴᎰᎯᏍᏙᏗ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎤᏁᏨᎢ ᎼᏏ ᏧᏁᏤᎴ ᎤᏬᏢᏗᏱ ᏧᏟᎶᏍᏙᏗᏱ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎤᎪᎲᎢ.
Our ancestors had the tent where they worshipped God in the desert, constructed, just as he who spoke to Moses had directed him to make it, after the model which he had seen.
45 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏗᎩᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᏗᎨᏥᏲᎯᏎᎸᎯ ᎨᏒ ᏦᏑᏩ ᏧᎾᏖᏉᎶᏎ ᏧᏂᏲᎴ ᏧᎾᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᏴᏫ ᎤᎾᏤᎵᎪᎯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏥᏚᎨᎯᏕᎴ ᏗᎩᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᏕᏫ ᏤᎮ ᎢᏯᏍᏗ.
This tent, which was handed down to them, was brought into this country by our ancestors who accompanied Joshua (at the conquest of the nations that God drove out before their advance), and remained here until the time of David.
46 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎣᏏᏳ ᎤᏓᏅᏖᏍᎩ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏁᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏔᏲᎴ ᎤᏩᏛᏗᏱ ᎤᏁᎳᏗᏍᏗᏱ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏤᎦᏈ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ.
David found favour with God, and prayed that he might provide the God of Jacob with a place to reside.
47 ᎠᏎᏃ ᏐᎵᎹᏅ ᎤᏁᏍᎨᎴᎢ.
But it was Solomon who built a house for God.
48 ᎥᏝᏍᎩᏂᏃᏅ ᏩᏍᏛ ᎦᎸᎳᏗᏳ ᎡᎯ ᏱᎦᏁᎸ ᏓᏓᏁᎸ ᎩᎶ ᏧᏃᏰᏂ ᏧᏅᏔᏅᎯ ᏧᎾᏁᏍᎨᎲᎯ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎠᏙᎴᎰᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏥᏂᎦᏪᎠ;
Yet it is not in buildings made by hands that the Most High dwells. As the prophet says –
49 “ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᎠᎩᏗᏱ ᎡᎶᎯᏃ ᏗᏆᎳᏏᏗᏱ. ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏕᏍᏗ ᎦᎵᏦᏕ ᏓᏍᎩᏯᏁᏍᎨᎵ? ᎠᏗᎭ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ; ᎠᎴ ᎭᏢ ᎠᏆᎵᏙᎯᏍᏙᏗᏱ;
“The heavens are a throne for me, and the earth a stool for my feet. What manner of house will you build me, asks the Lord, or what place is there where I may rest?
50 ᏝᏍᎪ ᎠᏉᏰᏂ ᎠᏋᏔᏅᎯ ᎠᏉᏢᏅᎯ ᏱᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏂᎦᏛ ᏥᏄᏍᏗᏓᎾ?”
Was it not my hand that made all these things?”
51 ᏧᏩᏗᏔᏯ ᏗᏥᎩᎵᎨᏂ, ᎠᎴ ᏂᏕᏥᎤᏍᏕᏎᎸᎾ ᏗᏥᎾᏫ ᎠᎴ ᏕᏥᎵᎷᎬᎢ, ᏂᎪᎯᎸ ᎡᏣᏡᏗᏍᎪ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ; ᏗᏥᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᏄᎾᏛᏁᎸ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏂᎯ ᏂᏣᏛᏁᎰᎢ.
Stubborn people, heathen in heart and ears, you are for ever resisting the Holy Spirit; your ancestors did it, and you are doing it still.
52 ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎠᎾᏙᎴᎰᏍᎩ ᎨᏒ ᏗᏥᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᎥᏝ ᎤᏲ ᎢᏳᏅᏁᎸᎯ ᏱᎩ? ᎠᎴ ᏕᎤᏂᎸ ᎤᎾᏙᎴᎰᏒᎯ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᏅᏁᎸᎯ ᎤᎷᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᎾᏍᎦᏅᎾ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎯ ᎡᏥᎶᏄᎡᎸᎯ ᎠᎴ ᎡᏥᎸᎯ ᏥᏄᎵᏍᏔᏅ;
Which of the prophets escaped persecution at their hands? They killed those who foretold the coming of the righteous one; of whom you, in your turn, have now become the betrayers and murderers –
53 ᏤᏥᏲᎯᏎᎸᎩ ᏗᎧᎿᎭᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᏗᏂᎧᎿᎭᏩᏗᏙᎯ ᎣᏍᏛ ᏄᏅᎿᎭᏕᎬᎢ ᎠᏎᏃ ᎥᏝ ᎢᏥᏍᏆᏂᎪᏔᏅᎯ ᏱᎩ.
you who received the Law as transmitted by angels and yet failed to keep it.’
54 ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎤᎾᏛᎦᏅ ᏚᏂᏘᎴ ᏧᏂᎾᏫᏱ, ᎠᎴ ᏗᏂᏄᏙᎬ ᏕᎬᏩᏄᏓᎨᎴᎢ.
As they listened to this, the Council grew frantic with rage, and gnashed their teeth at Stephen.
55 ᎠᏎᏃ ᎤᎧᎵᏨᎯ ᎨᏎ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎤᏯᏅᏒᎯ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᏫᏚᎧᎿᎭᏁᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏭᎪᎮ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ, ᎠᎴ ᏥᏌ ᎦᏙᎨ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᎦᏘᏏᏗᏢ;
He, filled as he was with the Holy Spirit, fixed his eyes intently on the heavens, and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at God’s right hand.
56 ᎯᎠᏃ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ; ᎬᏂᏳᏉ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᎤᎵᏍᏚᎢᏛ ᏥᎪᏩᏘᎭ, ᎠᎴ ᏴᏫ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎦᏙᎦ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᎦᏘᏏᏗᏢ.
‘Look,’ he exclaimed, ‘I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at God’s right hand!’
57 ᎠᏍᏓᏯᏃ ᎤᏁᎷᏅ ᏗᏏᎴᏂ ᏚᏂᏍᏚᏁᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᎴᏃᏅᎯ ᎤᎾᏁᎷᎩᎡᎴᎢ;
At this, with a loud shout, they stopped their ears and all rushed on him, forced him outside the city,
58 ᎦᏚᎲᏃ ᎤᏂᏄᎪᏫᏒ ᏅᏯ ᏚᏅᏂᏍᏔᏁᎢ. ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎯᏃ ᏧᎾᏅᏬ ᏚᏂᏅᏁ ᏚᎳᏍᎬ ᎾᎥ ᎠᏫᏅ ᏐᎳ ᏧᏙᎢᏛ.
and began to stone him, the witnesses laying their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.
59 ᏅᏯᏃ ᏚᏅᏂᏍᏔᏁ ᏍᏗᏫ ᎠᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗᏍᎨᎢ, ᎯᎠ ᏂᎦᏪᏍᎨᎢ; ᏣᎬᏫᏳᎯ, ᏥᏌ, ᏔᏓᏂᎸᎩ ᎠᏆᏓᏅᏙᎩ.
And they stoned Stephen, while he cried to the Lord, ‘Lord Jesus! Receive my spirit!’
60 ᏚᎵᏂᏆᏅᏅᏃ ᎠᏍᏓᏯ ᎤᏪᎷᏁᎢ, ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ; ᏣᎬᏫᏳᎯ, ᏞᏍᏗ ᎯᎠ ᎤᏂᏍᎦᏅᏨ ᏱᎦᎯᏍᏔᏁᏍᏗ. ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏄᏪᏒ ᎤᎸᏁᎢ.
Falling on his knees, he called out loudly, ‘Lord! Do not charge them with this sin;’ and with these words he fell asleep.
