Acts 7
1 The high priest said, “Are these things so?”
Onyeisi nchụaja sịrị ya, “Ị nụrụ ihe ndị a, ọ bụ eziokwu?”
2 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,
Ọ sịrị, “Ụmụnna m na ndị nna, geenụ m ntị. Chineke onye dị ebube gosiri nna nna anyị Ebraham onwe ya mgbe ọ nọ na Mesopotamịa, tupu ọ gaa biri na Haran.
3 and said to him, ‘Get out of your land and away from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.’
Ọ gwara ya, ‘Site nʼobodo gị na nʼetiti ndị ikwu gị pụọ, gaa nʼala m ga-egosi gị.’
4 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.
“Ya mere, o sitere nʼobodo ndị Kaldịa pụọ, gaa biri na Haran. Mgbe nna ya nwụrụ, Chineke zitere ya nʼala a ebe unu bi ugbu a.
5 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.
O nyeghị ya ihe nketa nʼebe a, ọ bụladị ihe ruru otu nzọ ụkwụ. Ma o kwere ya nkwa na ọ ga-enye ya na ụmụ ụmụ ya ala ahụ ka ọ bụrụ nke ha, nʼagbanyeghị na ọ mụtaghị nwa.
6 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.
Ma Chineke gwara ya otu a, na, ‘Ụmụ ụmụ ya ga-ebi dịka ndị ọbịa nʼala na-abụghị nke ha, ndị ga-eji ha mere ohu, ma mejọọkwa ha narị afọ anọ.
7 ‘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.’
Mana aga m ata mba ahụ ha na-efe dịka ohu ahụhụ.’ Chineke kwukwara sị, ‘Mgbe nke a gasịrị, ha ga-esi na mba ahụ pụta, bịa fee m ofufe nʼebe a.’
8 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.
O nyere ya ọgbụgba ndụ nke obibi ugwu. Ebraham mụrụ Aịzik bie ya ugwu nʼụbọchị nke asatọ. Aịzik amụta Jekọb, Jekọb amụta ndịisi ebo iri na abụọ nke Izrel.
9 “The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him
“Nʼihi na ndị nna ochie ahụ nwere ekworo nʼebe Josef nọ. Ha resi ya ndị Ijipt dịka ohu. Ma Chineke nọnyeere ya,
10 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.
zọpụta ya na mkpagbu ya niile, mee ka o nwee ihuọma na amamihe nʼihu Fero eze Ijipt. Onye mere ya onye ọchịchị nʼala Ijipt na onye nlekọta nke ezinaụlọ ya niile.
11 Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
“Nʼoge ahụ, ụnwụ dara nʼala Ijipt na nʼala Kenan. Ụnwụ a wetara ahụhụ dị ukwuu. Nna nna anyị ha enwekwaghị ike ịchọta nri.
12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
Ma mgbe Jekọb nụrụ na nri ọka dị nʼala Ijipt, o zipụrụ nna nna anyị ha ka ha gaa njem mbụ ha nʼIjipt. Nke a bụ oge nke mbụ ha na-aga Ijipt.
13 On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family was revealed to Pharaoh.
Mgbe ha gara Ijipt nke ugboro abụọ, Josef mere ka ụmụnne ya mata ya, Fero matakwara ụmụnne Josef.
14 Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
Mgbe ahụ, Josef ziri ozi ka a kpọta nna ya bụ Jekọb na ndị ikwu ya, ndị dị iri mmadụ asaa na ise ka ha bịakwute ya.
15 Jacob went down into Egypt and he died, himself and our fathers;
Jekọb gara Ijipt. Ebe ahụ ka ya na nna nna anyị ha nọkwa nwụọ.
16 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.
E budatara ozu ha na Shekem, ebe e liri ha nʼili nke Ebraham jiri ego ọlaọcha zụta nʼaka ụmụ Hamọ nʼala Shekem.
17 “But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
“Ma mgbe oge ahụ Chineke kwere Ebraham na nkwa na-abịaru nso, ndị Izrel nọ nʼIjipt mụbara nke ukwuu,
18 until there arose a different king who did not know Joseph.
ruo mgbe eze ọzọ nke na-amaghị Josef, bidoro ịchị ọchịchị nʼala Ijipt.
19 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.
O megburu ndị agbụrụ anyị, kpagbukwaa ha. Manye ndị nna nna anyị ha ka ha tufuo ụmụ ọhụrụ ha, ka ha ghara ịdị ndụ.
20 At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome to God. He was nourished three months in his father’s house.
“Ọ bụ nʼoge a ka a mụrụ Mosis, ọ mara mma nke ukwuu nʼanya Chineke. A zụrụ ya naanị ọnwa atọ nʼụlọ nna ya.
21 When he was abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up and reared him as her own son.
Mgbe e tufuru ya, ada Fero kpọọrọ ya, zụọ ya dị ka nwa nwoke nke aka ya.
22 Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
A zụrụ Mosis nʼamamihe niile nke ndị Ijipt, ọ bụrụ dike nʼokwu na nʼọrụ ịtụnanya.
23 But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
“Mgbe ọ gbara iri afọ anọ, ọ batara ya nʼuche ịga ileta ụmụnna ya ndị Izrel.
24 Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
Mgbe ọ hụrụ otu onye nʼime ha nke onye Ijipt na-emegide ya, ọ lụtara ya ọgụ, bọtakwara ya ọbọ site nʼigbu onye Ijipt ahụ.
25 He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they did not understand.
Mosis chere na ụmụnna ya ga-aghọta na Chineke akpọlitela ya isite nʼaka ya napụta ha. Ma ha aghọtaghị.
26 “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?’
Nʼụbọchị ọzọ sonụ, Mosis hụrụ ụmụnna ya ndị Izrel abụọ ka ha na-alụ ọgụ. Ọ gbalịrị ime ka udo dịrị nʼetiti ha, sị, ‘Unu bụ ụmụnna, gịnị mere unu ji emejọrịta onwe unu?’
27 But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
“Ma nwoke ahụ nke na-emegbu nwanna ya nupuru ya sị, ‘Onye mere gị onyeisi na onye ikpe nʼetiti anyị?
28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
Ị na-achọ igbu m dị ka i si gbuo onye Ijipt ụnyaahụ?’
29 Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
Mgbe ọ nụrụ nke a, Mosis gbara ọsọ, gaa biri dị ka ọbịa nʼala Midia. Nʼebe ahụ ka ọ nọ mụta ụmụ nwoke abụọ.
30 “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.
“Mgbe iri afọ anọ gafere, e mere ka Mosis hụ mmụọ ozi nʼọkụ na-ere ọhịa dị nʼọzara, nʼakụkụ Ugwu Saịnaị.
31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, the voice of the Lord came to him,
Ma mgbe ọ hụrụ nke a, o juru ya anya. Dị ka ọ na-agaru nso ka o leruo ya anya, ọ nụrụ olu Onyenwe anyị ka ọ dara, sị,
32 ‘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.
‘Abụ m Chineke nna nna gị ha. Chineke nke Ebraham, nke Aịzik na nke Jekọb.’ Ụjọ mere ka Mosis maa jijiji, na o nweghị ike ilegide ya anya.
33 The Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
“Ma Onyenwe anyị gwara ya, ‘Yipụ akpụkpọụkwụ gị. Nʼihi na ebe ahụ i guzo bụ ala dị nsọ.
34 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.’
Ahụla m otu e si akpagbu ndị m nọ nʼala Ijipt. Anụla m ịsụ ude ha bịakwa ịzọpụta ha. Ugbu a bịa, aga m ezighachi gị nʼIjipt.’
35 “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.
“Ọ bụ otu Mosis ahụ ha jụrụ ajụ, mgbe ha sịrị, ‘Onye mere gị onyeisi na onye ikpe?’ Ọ bụkwa ya ka Chineke zigara ị bụ onyeisi na onye nnapụta ha, site nʼinyeaka mmụọ ozi ahụ mere ka ọ hụ ya nʼọhịa ahụ.
36 This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
O duuru ha pụta mgbe ọ rụsịrị ọrụ ebube na ihe ịrịbama dị iche iche nʼala Ijipt, na nʼOsimiri Uhie na nʼọzara iri afọ anọ.
37 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.’
“Onye a bụ Mosis ahụ gwara ụmụ Izrel, sị, ‘Chineke ga-eme ka onye amụma nke dị ka m, biliere unu site nʼetiti ụmụnne unu.’
38 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,
Ya onwe ya nọ nʼọgbakọ nʼọzara, ya na mmụọ ozi ahụ gwara ya okwu nʼUgwu Saịnaị, na nna nna anyị ha; ebe ọ natakwara okwu dị ndụ inye anyị.
39 to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but rejected him and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
“Ma nna nna anyị ha jụrụ irubere ya isi. Kama ha nupuru ya nʼakụkụ, ma tụgharịa laghachi azụ nʼIjipt nʼobi ha,
40 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.’
na-asị Erọn, ‘Meere anyị chi, ndị nke ga-edu anyị, nʼihi na anyị amaghị ihe mere nwoke a bụ Mosis, onye sitere nʼala Ijipt dupụta anyị.’
41 They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
Ha kpụụrụ onwe ha arụsị nke oyiyi nwa ehi, ha butere ihe ịchụ aja nye ya. Ha ṅụrịrị ọṅụ nʼọrụ nke aka ha.
42 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?
Ma Chineke chepuru ihu ya site nʼebe ha nọ. Ọ rara ha nye ikpere usuu ihe dị nʼeluigwe. Nke a dabara nʼihe e dere nʼakwụkwọ ndị amụma, “‘Unu ụlọ Izrel, unu o wetara m onyinye anụ e gburu egbu ka ọ dị aja unu chụụrụ m iri afọ anọ unu nọrọ nʼọzara?
43 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.’
Unu buliri ụlọ ikwu nke Mọlọk na kpakpando nke chi unu bụ Refan, bụ arụsị ndị ahụ unu mere ịkpọ isiala nye ha. Ya mere, aga m ewezuga unu, burukwa unu gaa nʼofe obodo Babilọn.’
44 “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;
“Ndị nna nna anyị ha nwere ụlọ ikwu nke iwu ọgbụgba ndụ nʼọzara. E mere ya site na ntụziaka na usoro ihe atụ Chineke gosiri Mosis.
45 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,
Mgbe Joshua duuru nna nna anyị ha nweta ala ndị mba ọzọ ndị Chineke chụpụrụ. E butekwara igbe ọgbụgba ndụ a nʼala ahụ. Ọ nọgidekwara nʼala ahụ tutu ruo nʼoge Devid.
46 who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
Onye chọtara ihuọma nʼebe Chineke nọ, ma rịọ ka o wuore Chineke nke Jekọb ebe obibi.
47 But Solomon built him a house.
Ma ọ bụ Solomọn wuru ya ụlọ ahụ.
48 However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
“Otu ọ dị, Onye kachasị ihe niile elu adịghị ebi nʼụlọ e ji aka wuo, dịka onye amụma kwuru,
49 ‘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?
“‘Eluigwe bụ ocheeze m. Ụwa bụkwa ebe mgbakwasị ụkwụ m. Ụdị ụlọ dị aṅaa ka unu ga-ewuru m? Maọbụ ebee ka ebe izuike m ga-adị? Ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru.
50 Did not my hand make all these things?’
Ọ bụghị aka m mere ihe ndị a niile?’
51 “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.
“Unu ndị isiike! Ndị obi ha, na ntị ha kpọchiri akpọchi ịnụ ihe. Ndị na-ajụ ịnabata Mmụọ Nsọ dịka nna nna unu ha mere.
52 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.
Ọ dị onye amụma ndị nna unu ha na-akpọgbughị? Ha gburu ọ bụladị ndị buru amụma banyere ọbịbịa nke onye ezi omume ahụ, ma ugbu a unu bụ ndị raara ya nye ma gbukwaa ya.
53 You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and did not keep it!”
Unu bụ ndị natara iwu Chineke dịka e nyere ya site nʼaka ndị mmụọ ozi, ma unu edebeghị ya.”
54 Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
Mgbe ha nụrụ ihe ndị a, iwe were ha nke ukwu. Ha tara ikikere eze nʼiwe na nʼọnụma nʼebe ọ nọ.
55 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,
Ma ebe o jupụtara na Mmụọ Nsọ, o lere anya nʼeluigwe hụ ebube Chineke. Ọ hụkwara Jisọs ka o guzoro nʼaka nri Chineke.
56 and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
Ọ sịrị, “Lee, ana m ahụ ka eluigwe meghere, hụkwa Nwa nke Mmadụ ka ọ na-eguzo nʼaka nri Chineke.”
57 But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears, then rushed at him with one accord.
Ha mere ụzụ dị ukwuu, were mkpịsịaka ha rụchie ntị ha. Ha niile gbara ọsọ gaa nụkwasị ya,
58 They threw him out of the city and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
dọkpụrụ ya pụọ nʼazụ obodo malite ịtụ ya nkume. Nʼoge a, ndị akaebe wụsara uwe ha nʼụkwụ otu nwokorobịa a na-akpọ Sọl.
59 They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
Mgbe ha na-atụ Stivin nkume ahụ, o kpere ekpere, “Onyenwe anyị Jisọs, nara mmụọ m.”
60 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.
O gburu ikpere nʼala werekwa oke olu tie mkpu, “Onyenwe anyị, biko agụnyekwarala ha mmehie nke a!” Mgbe o kwusiri nke a, ọ dara nʼala nwụọ.
