Ngsäea Khut 6
1 Ivei am law ham se, axüisawe nung law u lü, Krik ngthu pyenki Judahe ja Judah ngthu pyenkie cun mtumbäkie. Krik ngthu pyenkie naw kami hmeinue ngcawn ami teyet üng ami jah hawih u ni ami ti.
During that time, many more people were becoming believers. [Some of them were from other countries and spoke only the Greek language, but most of them had always lived in Israel and spoke the Hebrew language]. Those who spoke Greek began to complain about those who spoke Hebrew. They were saying. “When [you Hebrew-speaking believers] distribute [food or money] to widows every day, you are not giving fair amounts to the widows who speak Greek!”
2 Acunüng, a ngsä xaleinghngihe naw jumki khyange avan ja khü u lü “Pamhnama ngthu pyen, hawih u lü ngui xüia phäh kami bi hin am daw ve.
So, [after the] twelve [apostles had heard what they were complaining about], they summoned all the [other] believers [in Jerusalem to meet] together. Then the apostles said [to those other believers], “We [(exc)] would not be doing right if we stopped [preaching and teaching] God’s message [about Jesus] in order to distribute food [MTY] [and money to the widows]!
3 Acunakyase, ka püie, nami ksunga Ngmüimkhya ja themnak am bekia khyang khyüh xü ua, amimi cun ahin, khut na khaiea kami ja mcawn khai;
So, fellow believers, carefully choose seven men from among you, men whom [you] know that the Spirit [of God] controls completely and who are very wise. Then we [(exc)] will appoint them to do this work,
4 kamimäta, ktaiyünak ja ngthu pyennaka khutbi akcün täse kami bi khai” ami ti.
and we [(exc)] will devote our time to pray and to preach and teach the message [about Jesus].”
5 Acuna ngthu naw avan cun a jah jesak; acunüng, jumeinak ja Ngmüimkhya Ngcim am beki Stephen, Philip, Pyakhaw, Nikanor, Tihmon, Parmenah, ja khyangmjükce Judahea jumnak üng ngpyawtki Antiok üngka Nikolah cun ami jah xü.
What the apostles recommended pleased all of the [other] believers. So they group chose Stephen. He was a man who strongly believed [in God] and whom the Holy Spirit controlled completely. [They also chose] Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas who was from Antioch [city]. Nicolas had accepted the Jewish religion [before he had believed in Jesus].
6 Acune cun Ngsäea hmaia ja ngdüisak u se, Ngsäe naw ami kut taih u lü ami jah ktaiyü pet.
They brought these [seven] men to the apostles. Then after the apostles prayed [for those men], they placed their hands on [the heads of each one of] them [to appoint them to do that work].
7 Acunüng, Pamhnama ngthu cun hnün khawha üng pha hü se; Jerusalema axüisawe aktäa nung law dämdämkie. Acunüng, ktaiyüe üngkae khawha naw jumnak yahkie.
So [the believers] continued to tell many people the message from God. (The number of people in Jerusalem who believed [in Jesus] was increasing greatly./More and more people in Jerusalem were believing in Jesus.) [Among them] were many [Jewish] priests who were believing the message [about Jesus].
8 Acunüng, Stephen cun Mhnama dawkyanak ja johit am be lü khyangea veia cäicatnake ja müncamkse jah pawhki.
God was enabling Stephen to do many things by God’s power. He was doing many amazing miracles among the [Jewish] people.
9 Acunsepi, khyang avang, “Sinakok üngka mpya kläte” ami ti cun Kurinih hnea Judahe, Aleksandria hnea Judahe, Kilikih hnea khyange, Asah hnea khyange naw lawsih u lü Stephen cun ami ngcuh lawpüi.
However, some people opposed Stephen. They were Jews from a group [that regularly met together in a Jewish meeting place that was] {[that people]} called the Freedmen’s Meeting Place. [Those people were from] Cyrene and Alexandria [cities] and [also] from Cilicia and Asia [provinces]. They all began to argue with Stephen.
10 Acunsepi, Ngmüimkhyaa pet themnaka phäh Stephen ngthu a pyen üng am näng khawh u.
But they were not able (to refute [what he said/to prove that what he said was wrong]), [because God’s] Spirit enabled him to speak very wisely.
11 Acunüng, khyange ami hlei pyen khaiea; acune naw, “Mosi ja Pamhnam jah kpetnaka ngthu pyen se kami ngjaki” ami ti vaia ami jah kcük.
Then that group secretly persuaded [some] men to [falsely accuse Stephen. saying], “We [(exc)] heard him say bad things about Moses and God.”
12 Acunüng, khyange cun, angvaie ja thum ksinge ami jah ksük, ami mlungso law lü, Stephen cun man u lü kawngcia ami cehpüi u.
So, [by saying that], they made the [other Jewish] people angry [at Stephen, including] the elders and the teachers of the [Jewish] laws. Then [they all] seized Stephen and took him to the Jewish Council.
13 Acunüng, ami hlei pyen khaiea ja ksük u se; acune naw, “Hin naw, hina ngcimcaihkia Temple ja Mosia Thum ja kse naki;
They [also] brought in some other men who accused Stephen falsely [about several things]. They said, “This fellow continually says bad things about this holy Temple and about the laws [that Moses received from God].
14 Hina Nazaret Jesuh naw hina Temple phyeh lü Mosi naw a jah peta thume jah nglatsak khaia a pyen kami ngjaki ni” ami ti.
Specifically, we [(exc)] have heard him say that this Jesus from Nazareth [town] will destroy this Temple and will tell us to obey different customs than Moses [taught our ancestors].”
15 Acunüng, Kawngci üng ngawki he naw Stephen cun bükteng u lü, a hmai cun khankhawngsäa hmaia mäiha ami hmuh.
When all [the people] who were sitting in the Council [room heard that, and as they] all stared at Stephen, they saw that his face was [shining] [SIM] like the face of an angel.
