Masengo 7
1 Nipele, Jwambopesi Jwankulu ŵambusisye che Stefano, “Ana yelei ni iyoyo?”
The high priest said, “Are these things so?”
2 Che Stefano nombe ŵaajanjile, “Achalongo achinjangu ni achatati, mumbilikanile! Akunnungu Ŵakulu ŵaakopochele atati ŵetu che Iblahimu paŵaliji ku Mesopotamia akanaŵe kwaula kukutama ku Halani.
He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
3 Akunnungu ŵansalile che Iblahimu, ‘Ntyoche mchilambo chenu, mwaleche ŵandu ŵa lukosyo lwenu, njaule kuchilambo chatinganlanjile cho.’
and said to him, ‘Get out of your land and away from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.’
4 Nipele, che Iblahimu ŵasamile chilambo cha Ŵakalidayo, ŵajawile kukutama ku Halani. Paŵawile atatigwe, Akunnungu ŵansamisye sooni ku Halani ni kwika kukutama ku chilambo chino munkutamanga ŵanyamwe sambano jino.
Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land where you are now living.
5 Akunnungu nganiŵapa che Iblahimu namose chipande cha chilambo chi kuti chiŵe chao, nambo ŵannanjile kwapa chilambo chi chiŵe chakwe nsyene ni cha uŵelesi wakwe, namuno katema ko ŵaliji akanaŵe kola mwanache.
He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his offspring after him, when he still had no child.
6 Akunnungu ŵansalile yeleyi, ‘Uŵelesi wenu chiutame mu chilambo cha chilendo, ni kweleko chachatenda achikapolo ni kwasausya yaka mia nne.
God spoke in this way: that his offspring would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.
7 Nambo Akunnungu akuti, uneji chinjalamula ŵandu ŵa chilambo uchachatenda achikapolo. Nipele chinjakoposya mchilambo cho ni kwaikanawo apano kuti ambopele.’
‘I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,’ said God, ‘and after that they will come out and serve me in this place.’
8 Ni Akunnungu ŵatesile malangano ni che Iblahimu ga kuumbala gaŵe chimanyisyo cha kugakunda malangano gao. Nipele che Iblahimu ŵambumbesye che Isaka mwanagwe pa lyuŵa lya ncheche ni ncheche pakumala kupagwa. Ni che Isaka nombe ŵambumbesye che Yakobo mwanagwe, ni che Yakobo nombe ŵaatesile iyoyo peyo achambuje ŵetu likumi ni ŵaŵili ŵala.
He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.
9 “Aŵala achambuje ŵetu ŵankolele wiu che Yusufu, ni ŵansyumisye aŵe kapolo ku chilambo cha Misili. Nambo Akunnungu ŵaliji pamo nawo,
“The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him
10 ni kunkulupusya mmasausyo gakwe gose. Akunnungu ŵampele che Yusufu upile ni lunda paujo pa Falao, mwenye jwa ku Misili, ni mwenye Falao ŵammisile che Yusufu kuŵa jwankulu jwa chilambo ni jwa wose ŵaali mu nyuumba jao ja chimwenye.
and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
11 Nipele kwatyochele sala jajikulungwa pa chilambo cha ku Misili ni ku Kanaani, ni ŵandu ŵalasile kwannope ligongo lya sala. Achambuje ŵetu nganakombola kuchipata chakulya chachilichose.
Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
12 Nipele, che Yakobo paŵapilikene kuti kwana yakulya ku Misili ko, ŵaalajisye achiŵanagwe, yaani achatati ŵetu, ajaulangane kaandanda ku Misili ko.
But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
13 Ni pa ulendo wao waŵili, che Yusufu ŵalikolasile kwa achapwakwe, ni mwenye jwa ku Misili ŵalumanyilile lukosyo lu che Yusufu.
On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family was revealed to Pharaoh.
14 Ni che Yusufu ŵaalajisye ŵandu kukwaŵilanga che Yakobo atatigwe ni achalongo achinjakwe wose, ŵandu sabini na mbili aichanje ku Misili.
Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
15 Che Yakobo ŵajawile ku Misili, kweleko ni kuŵawilile pamo ni achambuje ŵetu.
Jacob went down into Egypt and he died, himself and our fathers;
16 Ni malilo gao gajigalikwe mpaka ku Shekemu, ni kusikwa mwilembe liŵasumile che Iblahimu kutyochela ku lukosyo lwa Hamoli kwa mbiya simpepe.”
and they were brought back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem.
17 “Nambo pikaiche katema ka chilanga chiŵalumbile Akunnungu ku che Iblahimu, ŵandu ŵala ŵatupile ni konjecheka kwa nnope ku Misili kula.
“But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18 Nipele ŵajimwiche mwenye jwine ku Misili jwanganammanyilila che Yusufu.
until there arose a different king who did not know Joseph.
19 Mwenye jo ŵaatesile yangalumbana ni kwaonela achambuje ŵetu kwa kwakanganichisya akaajase achiŵana ŵao achanandi kuti nganasaka akole umi.
The same took advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to abandon their babies, so that they would not stay alive.
20 Katema ko che Musa ŵapagwile, nombejo ŵaliji jwambone paujo pa Akunnungu. Ŵalelitwe pa musi pa atatigwe kwa miesi jitatu,
At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome to God. He was nourished three months in his father’s house.
21 ni paŵalepele kungosa mwakupunda mu nyuumba ŵankopwesye paasa, mwali jwa mwenye jwa ku Misili ŵanjigele ni kunlela mpela mwanagwe nsyene.
When he was abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up and reared him as her own son.
22 Che Musa ŵajigenywe indu ya lunda lwa Ŵamisili nombejo ŵaliji jwakulimbangana kwa maloŵe ni masengo.
Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
23 “Paŵaliji ni yaka alobaini, ntima wakwe wasachile kwajimajimila achinjakwe Ŵaisilaeli kukulola indu iŵapanganyichiswaga.
But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
24 Kweleko ŵambweni Mmisili jumo achimpanganyichisyaga yangalumbana jumo jwa achalongo achinjakwe, ŵapokasisye, ni che Musa kwakwauchisya ŵambuleje Mmisili jula.
Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
25 Ŵaganisisye kuti achalongo achinjakwe Ŵaisilaeli akaimanyilile kuti Akunnungu akuntuma jwelejo kwakulupusya, nambo nganaimanyilila.
He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they did not understand.
26 Malaŵi jakwe, ŵaweni Ŵaisilaeli ŵaŵili ali nkuputana achinsyene pe, ni ŵalinjile kwajilanya achitiji; ‘Ŵanyamwe ndi ŵa lukosyo lumo, ligongo chi nkusaka kuulasyana achinsyene pe?’
“The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, ‘Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?’
27 Nambo jwejula juŵamputaga njakwe jula ŵantutile pambali che Musa ni kunsalila, ‘Ana ŵaani ŵambisile mmwejo kuŵa chilongola ni jwakulamula pa uweji?
But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
28 Ana nkusaka kumulaga mpela imwatite pakummulaga Mmisili jula liiso?’
Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 Che Musa paŵagapilikene maloŵe go ŵatisile, ŵatemi ku chilambo cha ku Midiani nti jwannendo, ni kweleko ŵaŵelechele ŵanache ŵaŵili ŵachilume.
Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
30 “Payaichile yaka alobaini, katumetume jwa kwinani jwa Ambuje jwankopochele che Musa pa chisukutu chichakolelaga mooto kwipululu kula pachiŵandi ni Litumbi lya Sinai.
“When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
31 Che Musa ŵachisimonjile nnope chichaoneche cho, ŵasejelele pachiŵandi kukulolechesya uchenene, nambo ŵapilikene liloŵe lya Ambuje lilinkuti,
When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, the voice of the Lord came to him,
32 ‘Uneji ndili Akunnungu ŵa achambuje ŵenu, Akunnungu ŵa che Iblahimu ni ŵa che Isaka ni ŵa che Yakobo!’ Che Musa ŵatetemele kwa lipamba ni nganapunda kulolechesya sooni.
‘I am the God of your fathers: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ Moses trembled and dared not look.
33 Ambuje ŵansalile, ‘Mmuule italawanda yenu pakuŵa pelepo panjimi pali papaswela.
The Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
34 Naiweni yangalumbana yakwapanganyichisya ŵandu ŵangu ŵakutama ku Misili. Mbilikene kulilasika kwao none ndulwiche kukwakulupusya, ni sambano chinantume ku Misili.’
I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you into Egypt.’
35 “Che Musa aju ni jwejula juŵankanile Ŵaisilaeli paŵansalile, ‘Ana ŵaani ŵambisile mmwejo kuŵa chilongola ni jwakulamula pa uweji?’ Kwa litala lya julajula katumetume jwa kwinani juŵankopochele che Musa mu chisukutu chichakolelaga mooto, Akunnungu ŵantumile che Musa wo aŵe chilongola ni nkulupusyo.
“This Moses whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
36 Jwelejo ni juŵaalongwesye ŵandu akopoche ku Misili kwa kupanganya imanyisyo ni yakusimonjeka mu chilambo cha ku Misili ni mu bahali ja Shamu ni mwipululu, kwa yaka alobaini.
This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
37 Che Musa ni juŵaasalile Ŵaisilaeli, ‘Akunnungu chanjimuchisye jwakulondola mpela uneji kutyochela mwa achalongo achinjenu mwachinsyene.’
This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, ‘The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me.’
38 Ŵaisilaeli paŵasongangene mwipululu mula, che Musa ŵaliji kweleko pamo ni achambuje ŵetu ni katumetume jwa kwinani juŵaŵechete najo mu Litumbi lya Sinai. Jweleju ni juŵagapochele maloŵe gagakwikanawo umi kutupa uweji.
This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living revelations to give to us,
39 “Nambo achambuje ŵetu nganasakanga kumpilikanila che Musa, ŵantutile pambali ni ŵasachile mmitima jao kuujila ku Misili.
to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but rejected him and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
40 Ŵansalile che Haluni, ‘Ntupanganyichisye achiminungu jati tujipopelele ni jitulongosye mwitala, pakuŵa che Musa juŵatulongwesye kopoka ku Misili ngatukuchimanyilila chichasimene!’
saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’
41 Katema ko ŵapanganyisye chinyago cha ng'ombe ja mwana, ni ŵatasile mbopesi kwa chinyago ni kuchijangalila chindu chichaliji masengo ga makono gao achinsyene.
They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
42 Nambo Akunnungu ŵatyosile pa ŵanyawo, ŵaalesile asipopele ndondwa sya kwiunde, mpela yaitite pakulembekwa mchitabu cha ŵakulondola ŵa Akunnungu, ‘Ŵanyamwe ŵandu ŵa chilambo cha ku Isilaeli! Ana ŵanyamwe mwambelechele inyama yesinje ni sadaka kwa yaka alobaini mwipululu mula?
But God turned away and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
43 Ŵanyamwe mwalijigele lisakasa lya nnungu jwenu Moleki, ni chinyago cha ndondwa ja nnungu jwenu Lefani. Inyago imwaipanganyisye ni iyoyo imwaipopele. Kwa ligongo lyo chinansamichisye ku ukapolo kwakutalika kupita ku Babeli!’
You took up the tabernacle of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, the figures which you made to worship, so I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’
44 Achambuje ŵenu ŵakwete lisakasa lya umboni lyalikulosya kuti Akunnungu ali mwele mwipululu. Lisakasa lila lyakolochekwe mpela Akunnungu iŵatite pakwasalila che Musa akolosye, chisau ni achila chiŵachiweni.
“Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen;
45 Nipele achambuje ŵetu ŵapochelangene achinsyene pe mpaka katema ka che Yoshua, paŵachipatile chilambo chi kutyochela kwa ŵandu ŵaŵaŵinjikwe ni Akunnungu paujo pao. Lyatemi pelepo mpaka katema ka che Daudi.
which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations whom God drove out before the face of our fathers to the days of David,
46 Che Daudi ŵanonyelwe ni Akunnungu nombe che Daudi ŵaŵendile Akunnungu ŵaataŵile nyuumba ŵele ŵaali Akunnungu ŵa che Yakobo.
who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
47 Nambo che Selemani ni juŵantaŵile Akunnungu nyuumba.”
But Solomon built him a house.
48 “Natamuno yeleyo, Akumanani ngakutama mmajumba gagataŵikwe ni ŵandu, mpela yakuti jwakulondola jwa Akunnungu,
However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
49 Ambuje akuti, ‘Kwinani kuli chitengu changu cha umwenye ni chilambo chili pakuŵichila makongolo gangu. Nyuumba jati uli jichimundaŵile une, ni liuto chi pachimbumulile?
‘heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?’ says the Lord. ‘Or what is the place of my rest?
50 Ana ngaŵa uneji jumbanganyisye yelei yose?’”
Did not my hand make all these things?’
51 Che Stefano ŵapundile kuŵecheta, “Ŵakukanila achakulungwa ŵanyamwe! Mitima ni mawiwi genu gali mpela ga ŵandu ŵangakwamanyilila Akunnungu. Ŵanyamwe nli mpela achambuje ŵenu, moŵa gose nkukanilana ni Mbumu jwa Akunnungu.
“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.
52 Ana jwapi mwa ŵakulondola jwangananlagasya achambuje ŵenu? Ŵaauleje ŵelewo ŵaŵalajiswe kalakala ni Akunnungu asale kwika kwa ajula jwakupanganya yaili yambone. Ni sambano ŵanyamwe mungalawiche ni kumbulaga.
Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.
53 Ŵanyamwe mwagapochele Malajisyo ga Akunnungu gagaiche kukwenu ni achikatumetume ŵa kwinani, nambo nganingakamulichisya.”
You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and did not keep it!”
54 Achakulu ŵa Nkungulu paŵagapilikene maloŵe go, yachimile nnope ni kuchilimya meeno.
Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
55 Nambo che Stefano ali aguumbele Mbumu jwa Akunnungu, ŵalolite kwinani, ŵauweni ukulu wa Akunnungu ni Che Yesu ali ajimi kundyo kwa Akunnungu.
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 Ni ŵatite, “Nnole! Ngukuwona kwinani kwakuugule ni Mwana jwa Mundu ajimi kundyo kwa Akunnungu.”
and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
57 Pelepo ŵandu wose ŵaŵaliji pa Nkungulu ula ŵagumisile kwa liloŵe lyekulungwa ni kusiŵila mawiwi ni makono gao. Nipele ŵanguluchile ŵanawose kwana kamo,
But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears, then rushed at him with one accord.
58 Ni ŵankopwesye mmusi ni kumponya maganga. Ŵaumboni ŵala ŵaŵisile yakuwala yao kwa jwanchanda jumo liina lyakwe che Sauli kuti aigose.
They threw him out of the city and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
59 Paŵapundile kwaponya maganga, che Stefano ŵapopele achitiji, “Alakwe Ambuje Che Yesu, mpochele mbumu jangu!”
They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
60 Ŵatindiŵele ni ŵanyanyisye achitiji, “Ambuje nkaaŵalanjila sambi si.” Paŵaŵechete yeleyo ŵajasiche. Ni che Sauli ŵakundile kuti che Stefano akuŵajilwa kuulajikwa.
He kneeled down and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.
