Tich Joote 7
1 Bangʼe jadolo maduongʼ nopenjo Stefano niya, “Weche modonjnigogi bende gin adier?”
Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are the things that [these people are saying about you(sg)] true?”
2 Stefano nodwoko niya, “Owetena kod wuonena, winjauru! Nyasaye man-gi duongʼ maber nofwenyore ni wuonwa Ibrahim kane pod odak e piny Mesopotamia, kane pok odar odhi odak Haran.
Stephen replied, “Fellow Jews and respected leaders, [please] listen to me! The glorious God [whom we(inc) worship] appeared to our ancestor Abraham while he was still [living] in Mesopotamia [region], before he moved to Haran [town].
3 Nyasaye nowachone ni, ‘Dar iwe pinyu gi jou mondo idhi e piny ma abiro nyisi!’
God said to him, ‘Leave this land where you [(sg)] and your relatives [are living], and go into the land to which I will lead you.’
4 “Omiyo Ibrahim nodar oweyo piny jo-Kaldea mi odhi odak e piny Haran. Bangʼ tho wuon-gi, Nyasaye nooro Ibrahim e piny makoro udakieni.
So Abraham left that land, [which was also called] Chaldea, and he arrived in Haran and lived there. After his father died, God told him to move to this land in which you [and I] are now living.”
5 To ne ok omiye girkeni moro e pinyni, kata lowo matin moromo tielo nyono. Nyasaye nosingorene ni en kaachiel gi nyikwaye mane biro aa bangʼe ne biro kawo lopni, kata obedo ni Ibrahim ne onge gi nyathi e kindeno.
“[At that time] God did not give Abraham any [land here], not even a small plot of [this] land that would belong to him. God promised that he would [later] give this land to him and his descendants, and that it would [always] belong [to them. However], at that time Abraham did not have any children [who would] ([inherit it/receive it after he died]).”
6 Nyasaye nowuoyo kode kawacho ni, ‘Nyikwayi nobed jodak e piny moro ma ok margi, kendo nolokgi wasumbini mi nosandgi malit kuom higni mia angʼwen.
“[Later] God told Abraham, ‘Your descendants will go and live in a foreign country. They [will live there] for 400 years, and [during that time their leaders] will mistreat your descendants and force them to work as slaves.’
7 To anakum piny ma noketgi wasumbini, bangʼe giniwuogi gia e pinyno mi gibi gilama kae.’
But God [also] said, ‘I will punish the people who make them work as slaves. Then, after that, your descendants will leave [that land] and they will [come and] worship me in this land.’”
8 Bangʼe Nyasaye notimo gi Ibrahim singruok kowacho ni yawuowi nyaka ter nyangu. Kane Ibrahim onywolo wuode ma Isaka, notere nyangu bangʼ ndalo aboro kosenywole. Achien Isaka nonywolo Jakobo, kendo Jakobo bende nodoko wuon kwerewa apar gariyo.
“Then God commanded Abraham that [every male in his household and all of his male descendants] should be circumcised [to show that they all belonged to God] and that they would obey what he had told Abraham to do. Later Abraham’s son, Isaac, was born, and when Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him. [Later] Isaac’s son, Jacob, was born, and Isaac [similarly circumcised] him. And Jacob [similarly circumcised] his twelve sons. They are the twelve men [from whom we(inc) Jews have all descended].”
9 “Nikech kwerewago ne nyiego omako gi Josef, ne giuse kaka misumba ne jo-Misri. To nikech Nyasaye ne ni kode,
“[You know that] Jacob’s [older] sons became jealous [because their father favored their younger brother] Joseph. So they sold him [to merchants/traders who took him] [MTY] to Egypt. There he became a slave [of an official who lived there]. But God [helped] Joseph.
10 nokonye e chandruok duto mane oyudo. Ne omiyo Josef rieko ma kinde gi Farao ruodh Misri obedo maber. Omiyo Farao nokete jatelo maduongʼ morito piny Misri duto, nyaka od ruoth bende.
He protected him whenever people caused him to suffer. He enabled Joseph to be wise; and he caused Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to think well of Joseph. So Pharaoh appointed him to rule [over] Egypt and to look after all of Pharaoh’s property [MTY].”
11 “Eka kech maduongʼ nomako piny Misri gi Kanaan kendo nokelo chandruok maduongʼ e piny ma kata kwerewa ne ok nyal yudo chiemo.
“[While Joseph was doing that work], there was a time (when there was very little food/of famine) throughout Egypt and also throughout Canaan. People did not have enough food to eat. People were suffering. [At that time] Jacob and his sons [in Canaan] also could not find [enough] food.
12 Kane Jakobo owinjo ni cham ne nitie Misri, nooro kwerewa kuno e ote mokwongo.
When Jacob heard [people report that] there was grain/food [that people could buy] in Egypt, he sent Joseph’s older brothers [to go there to buy grain. They went and bought grain from Joseph, but they did not recognize him. Then they returned home].
13 To e ote mar ariyo, Josef nohulore ni owetene, mi Farao koro nongʼeyo jo-dalagi Josef.
When Joseph’s brothers went to Egypt the second time, [they again bought grain from Joseph]. But this time [he] told them who he was. [And] people told Pharaoh that Joseph’s people were Hebrews [and that those men who had come from Canaan were his brothers].
14 Bangʼ mano, Josef nooro wach mondo okelne Jakobo wuon mare kaachiel gi wedene duto, mane romo kar kwan ji piero abiriyo gabich.
Then after Joseph sent [his brothers back home, they] told their father Jacob [that Joseph wanted] him and his entire family to come [to Egypt. At that time] ([Jacob’s family consisted of] 75 people/there were 75 people in Jacob’s family) [SYN].
15 Kuom mano Jakobo nodhi Misri, kuno ema kwerewa duto kaachiel gi en nothoe.
[So when] Jacob [heard that, he and all his family] went to [live in] Egypt.” Acts 7:15b-16 “[Later on], Jacob died [there], and our [other] ancestors, [his sons, also died there].
16 Ringregi ne okel nyaka Shekem mine oyikgi e bur ma Ibrahim nosengʼiewo kuom yawuot Hamor man Shekem.
[But] the bodies [of Jacob and Joseph] were brought {[they] brought the bodies [of Jacob and Joseph]} [back to our land], and [Jacob’s body] was buried {they buried [Jacob’s body]} [in the tomb that Abraham had bought, and they buried Joseph’s body] in Shechem in the ground that [Jacob] had bought from Hamor’s sons.”
17 “Kane ndalo ochopo mondo Nyasaye ochop singruok mane otimo ni Ibrahim, noyudo ka kar kwan jowa mane odak Misri ne osemedore.
“Our ancestors had become very numerous when it was almost time for [God to rescue them] from Egypt, [as] he had promised Abraham that he would do.
18 Bangʼe ruoth manyien mane ok ongʼeyo wach Josef nobedo e loch e piny Misri.
Another king had begun to rule in Egypt. He did not know that Joseph, [long before that time, had greatly helped the people of Egypt] [MTY].
19 Ruodhno nowuondo jowa mosando kwereu malit, ka ochunogi mondo giwit nyithindgi oko mondo otho.
That king cruelly tried to get rid of our ancestors. He oppressed them and caused them to suffer greatly. He [even commanded] them to leave their baby [boys] outside [their homes] so that they would die.”
20 “Kindeno ema nonywolie Musa, nyathi mane jaber e nyim Nyasaye kendo nopidhe e od wuon-gi kuom dweche adek.
“During that time Moses was born, and he was a very beautiful [LIT] [child]. So his parents [secretly] cared for him in their house for three months.
21 To kane owite oko, nyar Farao ne okwanye mi opidhe mana kaka nyathine owuon.
Then they had to put him outside [the house, but] Pharaoh’s daughter [found him and] adopted him and cared for him as [though he were] her own son.
22 Musa ne oyudo puonjruok e kit rieko duto mag jo-Misri, kendo ne en ratego e kit wuoyone kod timbene.
Moses was taught {[The Egyptian teachers] taught Moses} many kinds of wise things [HYP] that the people in Egypt knew, and [when he grew up], he spoke powerfully and did things powerfully.”
23 “Kane Musa koro ja-higni piero angʼwen, noparo e chunye mondo odhi olim owetene ma jo-Israel.
“[One day] when Moses was about 40 years old, he decided that he would [go and] see his fellow Israelis. [So he went to the place where they worked].
24 Noneno ka ja-Misri moro goyo ja-Israel wadgi, omiyo ne odhi okonye mi nogoyo ja-Misrino monego.
He saw an Egyptian beating one of the Israelis. So he went over to help [MTY] the Israeli man who was being hurt/beat {whom [the Egyptian] was hurting/beating}, and he (got revenge on/paid back) the Israeli man by killing the Egyptian [who was hurting/beating him].
25 Musa ne oparo ni owetene ma jo-Israel ne nyalo neno ni Nyasaye ema notiyo kode mondo ogolgi e twech, to ne ok gineno kamano.
Moses was thinking that his fellow Israelis would understand that God had sent him to free them [from being slaves]. But they did not understand that.
26 Kinyne Musa noyudo jo-Israel ariyo ka dhawo. Notemo thegogi kowachonegi ni, ‘Joka ma, un owete; angʼo momiyo udwaro hinyoru kayiem?’
The next day, Moses saw two Israeli men fighting [each other]. He tried to make them stop fighting by saying to them, ‘Men, you two are fellow [Israelis! So] (stop hurting each other!/why are you hurting each other?) [RHQ]’
27 “To ngʼat mane sando nyawadgino nodhiro Musa gichien kowachone ni, ‘En ngʼa ma oketi ruoth kendo jangʼadnwa bura?
But the man who was injuring the other man pushed Moses away and said to him, ‘(No one appointed you [(sg)] to rule and judge us [(exc)]!/Do you [(sg)] think someone appointed you [(sg)] to rule and judge us [(exc)]?) [RHQ]
28 Iparo mar nega kaka nyoro inego ja-Misri cha?’
Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 Kane Musa owinjo wachno, noringo odhi Midian, kama nodakie kaka japiny moro mi onywolo yawuowi ariyo.
When Moses heard that, [he thought to himself, ‘Obviously, people know what I have done, and someone will kill me.’ He was afraid, so] he fled [from Egypt] to Midian land. He lived there [for some years]. He [got married, and he and his wife] had two sons.”
30 “Bangʼ higni piero angʼwen, malaika nofwenyore ni Musa ei ligek mach maliel e bungu manie thim but Got Sinai.
“[One day] 40 years later, [the Lord God appeared as] an angel to Moses. He appeared in a bush that was burning in the desert near Sinai Mountain.
31 Kane Musa oneno mach malielno, nodoko maluor. Kane osudo machiegni mondo onene maber, nowinjo dwond Ruoth Nyasaye kawacho niya,
When Moses saw that, he was greatly surprised, [because the bush was not burning up]. As he went over to look more closely, he heard the Lord [God] say [to him],
32 ‘An e Nyasach kwereni; ma Nyasach Ibrahim gi Isaka kod Jakobo.’ Omiyo Musa notetni ka luoro omake, kendo ne ok ohedhore ngʼiyo bunguno kendo.
‘I [am] the God [whom] your ancestors [worshipped]. I [am] the God that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob [worship].’ Moses [was so afraid that he] began to shake. He was afraid to look [at the bush any longer].
33 “Eka Ruoth Nyasaye nowachone niya, ‘Lony wuoche e tiendi, nikech kama ichungoeni en Kama Ler!
Then the Lord [God] said to him, ‘Take your sandals off [to show that you(sg) revere me]. Because I [am here], the place where you are standing is holy/sacred.
34 Aseneno gi wangʼa kaka joga chandore malit e piny Misri. Asewinjo kaka gichur omiyo asebiro mondo agonygi gibed thuolo; koro bi mondo aori idogi Misri!’
I have surely seen how the people of Egypt are continually causing my people to suffer. I have heard my people when they groan [because those people continually oppress them]. So I have come down to rescue them [from Egypt]. Now get ready, because I am going to send you [back] to Egypt [to do that].’”
35 “Ma e Musa mane oyudo gisekwedo kagiwacho ni, ‘En ngʼa ma oketi ruoth kendo jangʼadnwa bura?’ Nyasaye owuon mane ofwenyorene e kit malaika mane oneno e bungu noore mondo obed jatendgi kendo jaresgi.
“This Moses [is the one who had tried to help our Israeli people, but] whom they rejected [by saying], ‘No one [RHQ] appointed you to rule and judge [us!’] Moses [is the one whom] God [himself] sent to rule them and to free them [from being slaves. He is the one whom] an angel in the bush [commanded to do that].
36 Ne otelonegi kogologi Misri, kendo notimo honni madongo gi ranyisi e piny Misri, e Nam Makwar, kendo timo honni mamoko bende e thim kuom higni piero angʼwen.
Moses [is the one who] led our ancestors out [from Egypt]. He did many kinds of miracles in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and during the 40 years [that the Israelite people lived] in the desert.
37 “Ma e Musa mane onyiso jo-Israel ni, ‘Nyasaye noyiernu janabi machal koda kowuok e dier ogandau.’
This Moses is the one who said to the Israelite people, ‘God will appoint a prophet for you from among your own people. [He will speak words from God], just like I [speak his words to you].’
38 En owuon ne en kodgi e chokruok mane ni e thim, kaachiel gi kwerewa kod malaika mane owuoyo kode e Got Sinai; kendo ne omiye weche mangima makoro wawinjogi.
This man [Moses] was [our people’s leader] when they gathered together in the desert. It is Moses to whom [God sent] the angel on Sinai Mountain to [give him our laws], and [he was the one who told] our [other] ancestors [what the angel had said]. He was the one who received [from God] words that tell us how to live [eternally, and Moses] passed [them] on to us.”
39 “To kwerewa notamore winjo wachne. Kar timo mano, to ne gikwede kendo chunygi nogombo dok Misri.
“[However], our ancestors did not want to obey [Moses]. Instead, [while he was still on the mountain], they rejected him [as their leader] and decided that they wanted to return to Egypt.
40 Neginyiso Harun ni, ‘Losnwa nyiseche moko mondo otelnwa, nikech wakia gima osetimo Musa mane ogolowa Misri!’
So they told [his older brother] Aaron, ‘Make idols for us who will be our gods to lead us [back to Egypt]! As for that fellow Moses who led us out of Egypt we [(exc)] do not know what has happened to him!’
41 E kindeno ema ne gilosoe kido milamo machalo gi nyaroya. Negitimone misango, mi gilosone sawo ka gimiyo gima lwetgi ema ne oloso duongʼ!
So, they made [out of gold] an image [that looked like] a calf. Then they sacrificed [animals and offered other things] to [honor] that idol, and they sang and danced to honor the idol that they themselves had made.
42 To Nyasaye nogolo pache kuomgi moweyogi mondo gilam chwech mag polo kaka nyisechegi, mana kaka ondiki e kitap jonabi niya, “‘Yaye jo-Israel, bende ne ukelona misengini kata chiwo moro amora kuom higni piero angʼwen mane un e thim?
So God rejected them. He abandoned them to worship the sun, moon and stars in the sky. This agrees with the words that one of the prophets wrote that God said, You Israelite [people] [MTY], when you [repeatedly] killed animals and offered them as sacrifices during those 40 years [that you were] in the desert, (you [most certainly] were not offering them to me!/what makes you think that you were offering them to me?) [RHQ]
43 Ne utingʼo malo hemb Molek kod sulwe mar nyasachu ma Refan ma gin, nyiseche manono mane uloso mondo ulam. Omiyo abiro darou mi ateru e piny twech mabor mayombo Babulon.’
[On the contrary], you carried [with you from place to place] the tent [that contained the idol] representing [the god] Molech [that you worshipped]. You also [carried with you] the image of the star [called] Rephan. [Those] were idols that you had made, [and you] worshipped [them instead of me]. So I will [cause you to] be taken away {[people to] take you} [from your own country. You will be taken] {[They will take you]} [far from your homes to regions] even farther than Babylon [Country].”
44 “Kwereu ne ni kod Hema miluongo ni Hemb Rapar. Hemano nolosi mana kaka Nyasaye nonyiso Musa mondo olose, koluwo ranyisi mane omiye.
“While our ancestors were in the desert, they worshipped God at the tent that showed [that he was there with them]. They had made the tent exactly like God had commanded Moses [to make it. It was] exactly like the model that Moses had seen [when he was up on the mountain].
45 Kane kwerewa oyudo Hemani, ne gitingʼe ka Joshua otelonegi, nyaka negichopo kode e piny ogendini mane Nyasaye oseriembo mondo owenegi. Hemani ne gibedogo nyaka chop kinde mag Daudi.
[Later on], other ancestors of ours carried that tent with them when Joshua led them [into this land]. That was during the time that they took this land for themselves, when God forced the people [who previously lived here] to leave. So the Israelis were able to possess this land. [The tent remained in this land and was still here] when [King] David ruled.
46 Daudi noyudo ngʼwono e wangʼ Nyasaye, omiyo nokwayo mondo ogerne Nyasach Jakobo kar dak.
David pleased God, and he asked God to let him build a house where [he and] all of our Israeli people could worship God.
47 To Solomon ema ne ogero ne Nyasaye odno.
But [instead, God let David’s son] Solomon build a house [where people could worship] God.”
48 “Kata kamano, Nyasaye Man Malo Moloyo ok dagi e udi ma dhano ogero, mana kaka janabi owacho niya,
“However, [we(inc) know that] God is greater than everything, and he does not live in [houses that] people [SYN] have made. It is like the prophet [Isaiah] wrote. He wrote [these words that God had spoken: ]
49 “‘Polo e koma mar duongʼ to piny e raten tienda. Koro en ot machal nade ma dugerna? Ruoth Nyasaye owacho. Koso kar yweyo mara nobed kanye?
Heaven is (my throne/the place from which I rule the entire universe), and the earth is (my footstool/[merely like] a stool on which I may rest my feet). I myself [SYN] have made everything [both in heaven and on the earth]. So you [human beings], ([you] really cannot build a house that would be [adequate] for me!/do you think you can build a house that would be [appropriate] for me?) [RHQ] You cannot [RHQ] make a place good enough for me [to live in]!”
50 Donge lweta ema osechweyo gigi duto?’
51 “Un joma tokgi tek, chunyu bor gi Nyasaye kendo udagi winjo wachne! Uchal mana gi kwereu. Usiko utamo Roho Maler tiyo!
“You people are extremely stubborn [MET], not wanting to obey God or listen [MTY] [to him!] You are exactly like your ancestors! You always resist the Holy Spirit [as they did]!
52 Bende nitie janabi kata achiel ma kwereu ne ok osando? Neginego nyaka jonabi mane okoro biro mar Ngʼama Kare. To koro usendhoge mi unege.
Your ancestors caused [RHQ] every prophet to suffer, [including Moses]. They even killed those who long ago announced [that the Messiah] would come, the one who always did what pleased God. [And the Messiah has come! He is the one whom] you [recently] turned over [to his enemies] and [insisted that] they kill him!
53 Un e joma noyudo chik mane okel gi malaike to usetamoru rito chikno.”
You [are the people] who have received God’s laws. [Those were laws] that God caused angels to give [to our ancestors]. However, [incredibly], you have not obeyed them!”
54 Kane jobura owinjo weche mane Stefano owacho, igi nongʼondore mi gikayone lekegi.
When the Jewish Council members [and others there] heard all that [Stephen said], they became very angry. They were grinding their teeth [together because they were so angry] at him!
55 To Stefano, kopongʼ gi Roho Maler, nongʼiyo malo e polo mi oneno duongʼ mar Nyasaye, kod Yesu kochungʼ e bad Nyasaye korachwich.
But the Holy Spirit completely controlled Stephen. He looked up into heaven and saw a dazzling light from God, and [he saw] Jesus standing at God’s right side.
56 Nowachonegi niya, “Neuru, aneno polo koyawore kendo ka Wuod Dhano ochungʼ e bad Nyasaye korachwich.”
“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open, and I [see] the one who came from heaven standing at God’s right side!”
57 Kane giwinjo wachno, mirima nomakgi matek mi gimwomore kuome gi chuny achiel.
[When the Jewish Council members and others heard that], they shouted loudly. They put their hands over their ears [so that they could not hear Stephen, and immediately] they all rushed at him.
58 Ne giywaye mi gigole oko mar dala maduongʼ kendo gichako chiele gi kite. Joneno mag miriambo nohangone wach moketo lepgi e tiend wuowi moro ma nyinge Saulo.
They dragged him outside the city [of Jerusalem] and started to throw stones at him. The people who were accusing him [took off] their outer garments [in order to throw stones more easily, and] they put their clothes [on the ground] next to a young man whose name was Saul, [so that he could guard them].
59 Kane oyudo gichiele gi kite, Stefano nolamo kowacho niya, “Ruoth Yesu, kaw chunya.”
While they continued to throw stones at Stephen, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
60 Eka nogoyo chonge piny mokok matek niya, “Ruoth, kik ikwan richoni e wigi.” Kane osewacho kamano, to chunye nochot.
Then Stephen fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not punish them (OR, forgive them) [LIT] for this sin!” After he had said that, he died.
