Acts 7
1 Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”
Mu prista mukulwana chacho, “izi zintu zeniti?”
2 And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
sitefana chacho, “va nchizyangu ni ve shangu, muteke kwangu: Ireeza we nkanya ava voneki kwe shetu Abrahama hava kwina mwa mesopotamia, naseni ku kekala kwa haran;
3 and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’
chacho kwali, 'siye inkanda yako ni mahasi yako, mi uyende mu nkanda yete ni kutondeze.'
4 So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.
Cha siya inkanda ya makaladani niku ke kala kwa karani; kuzwaho, hava fwili isi, Ireeza cha muleta mweyi inkanda, mumuhala hanu.
5 He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.
kakwina chavahi kwali chokuyola, ne, kena chivali chikando kuti alyate itende hateni. kono ava sepisi- nanga aho Abrahama kena aveni kuva kale mwana-ilikuti ahinde inkanda kuva chiluwo chakwe ni lusika lwakwe kuzwa kwali.
6 God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
Ireeza avali kuwamba kwali vuti, ishika lyakwe mulikahale inako zana mwi nkanda isali yayo, mi vene ve nkanda vaka va vike muvuhikana niku va nyandisa ke mianda yone.
7 ‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.’
imi muni atule inkanda mwete vakave vahikana; chawamba Ireeza; mi chizamanezo kavazwe mwateni nikuni lapela mwechi chivaka;
8 Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
mi avahi Abrahama chilikani cho mupato, cwale Abrahama cheza kuva isi wa Isaka niku mutwala ku mupato kamazuva amana lyanza ni tunwe to tatwe. Isaka cheza kuva isi wa Jakovo, mi Jacovo isi wa vana ve kumi nivo vele.
9 Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
Vayendi vava susuwezwe cho muuna kwineku lya Josefa mi chiva muwuza kwa Egepita, mi Ireeza ava kwina naye,
10 and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household.
mi chamulukulula ku manyando akwe onse, nikumuha chisemo ni butali havusu bwa Pharaoh, mulena wa Egepita. Pharaoh chamupanga ngambela mwa Egepita ni mwinzuvo yakwe yonse.
11 Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
Linu aho chikweza inzala monse mwa Egepita ni kanana, Ni manyando makando mi veshetu kena vavawani zilyo.
12 When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.
Kono jakovo hazuwa kuti kwina mundale mwa Egepita cha tumina veshetu va veshetu che ntanzi.
13 On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh.
cho vuveli Josefa chalivonahaza ku vakwame; mi mahasi a Josefa chiveza kwi ziveka kwa Pharaoh.
14 Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.
Josefa cha vona vamukulwe kuti vakasumpe Jamusi isi wakwe kwiza kwa Egepita, ni mahasi akwe onse, makumi amana iyanza ni makumi ovele ni vantu va mana iyanza.
15 So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
Cwale Jakovo chayenda mwa Egepita; cha kafwa, iye ni vasukulu va vasukulu.
16 Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.
Vava twalwa kwa shecham nikuka lazikwa mwi vita ilyo Abrahama lyavawuli ke ntenko mwa silivela ni vana va hamor mwa shecham.
17 As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.
Sina inako ye nsepiso hachiyina hafuhi, insepiso yava pangi Ireeza kwa Abrahama, vantu vava kuli niku hweza mwa Egepita,
18 Then another king, who knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt.
haisi hakuva kezi zumwi Simwine mwa Egepita, uzu murena yasena va kwizi chintu kuamana ni Josefa.
19 He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
Murena yoswana uzu ava chengeleli vantu niku nyandisi va sukulu vave sukulu, vavahi vana vavo kwi nkozi niva hupula kuti kavahale.
20 At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in the sight of God. For three months he was nurtured in his father’s house.
Keyo inako Mushe ava pepwa, sekeli mulotu havusu bwe ireeza, mi ava kuvikitwe mwi nzuvo ivesi cha mwezi yo tatwe.
21 When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.
hava ku vikitwe hanze, mwana Pharaoh ava muañuli niku mulela sina njiwakwe.
22 So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.
Mushe ava kwina inzivo mwintuto zonse za Egepita; mi avana ziho mu manzwi ni mumitendo.
23 When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
kono hachavali kuchutile kuzilimo ze kumi zone, chiya keza munkulo yakwe kuti akapotele va mukulwakwe, vaana va isilaele.
24 And when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him.
kuvona mu isilaele na sikululwa, Mushe chamu lamulela ni ku vozekeza yava ku lwisa isilaele:
25 He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.
Ava kutele kuti va mukulwe kava zuwisise kuti Ireeza che yanza lyakwe ava kuva haza, kono kena vava zuwisisi.
26 The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’
Izuva lyitatama cheza kuvamwi ma Isilaele vavakwete kupanga inkani; avaliki kuva vika mwinkozo hamwina; chacho; vakwame, muva kwaluzuvo, chinzi hamu lizuwisa kuchisa?'
27 But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
kono yava fosekezi zumwi chamu timba, nikucho,' yava kupangi muyendisi ni muatuli hewulu lyetu?
28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
kana usaka kunihaya, sina movehaili ma Egepita izona?
29 At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.
Mushe chatiya hamana kuzuwa izi; cheza kuva muyendi mwinkanda ya midian, uko kwavavi isi wa vaana vo vele.
30 After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
zilimo ze kumi yone hazihita, iñiloi chilyeza kuli vonahaza mwihalaupa lya mount sinayi, mu mulilo mukando muka zuka.
31 When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight. As he approached to look more closely, the voice of the Lord came to him:
Mushe ha vona mulilo, cha komoka ha vona izo; mi hava ku chunine kuka vona izo, chikweza inzwi lye Ireeza, kuwamba,
32 ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.
njime Ireeza wa veshako, Ireeza wa Abrahama, niwa Isaka, niwa Jakovo,' Mushe cha chachalika mi kena va liki ku lola.
33 Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
Ireeza cha wamba kwali, 'chupule insangu zako, kaho chivaka cho zimene hachili chivaka chi jolola.
34 I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’
Niva voni luli manyando avantu vangu se vena mwa Egepita; niva zuwi intongosi zavo, mi niva kezi kwiza kuva haza; cwale wize, kani ku tume kwa Egepita.'
35 This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
Uzu Mushe uvava kani, havava wambi,' njeni yava kupangi muyendisi ni muatuli?' - njeye Ireeza yava tumi kuva zonse muyendisi ni mulukululi. Ireeza ava mutumi ke yanza lye ñiloyi lyiva voneki kwa Mushe muka zuka.
36 He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.
Mushe chava zwisa mwa Egepita, hamana kupanga imakazo ni zisupo mwa Egepita mi nikwiwate lyempi, mi nimwihalaupa ke zilimo zimana makumi one.
37 This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’
Nji Mushe yoswana yava wambi kuvantu va Isilaele,' Ireeza ka vuse mu polofita wenu mukati kava mukulwenu, mupolofita ya swana neme.'
38 He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.
Uzu nji mukwame yava kwina muchikwata mwi halaupa ne ñiloyi lyiva wambi naye kwi rundu lya sinai. Uzu njimukwame yava kwina niva sukulu vava sukulu; uzu njimukwame yava amuheli manzwi ahala zwiza kutuha.
39 But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.
Uzu nji mukwame uzo va sukulu vava sukulu vava kani kwichilila; vava mutandili kule navo, mi mwinkulo zavo vava voli kwa Egepita.
40 They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’
Keyo inako chiva wamba kwa Aruni,' Tupangile va zimu vete va tuyendise. haili kozu Mushe, yava tuzwisi mwinkanda ya Egepita, katwizi chapangahala kwali.'
41 At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.
Cwale chiva panga iñombe mwao mazuva nikuleta chitavelo kwecho chizimu, niku tava cho musevezi wa mayanza yavo.
42 But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
Kono Ireeza cha sanduka niku va siya kuti va lapele inkani mwiwulu, sina mwiñolelwemwi mbuka ya mapolofita,' kana muva nihi iñombe ni chitavelo ke zilimo zimana makumi one mwi halaupa, inzuvo ya Isilaele?
43 You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’
muva zumini i tabernakele ya moleki ni nkani ze zimu rafani, nizi vupiwa zi muvapangi kuti muzilapele: Mikani mihinde kwi mihitiliza kwa babilona.'
44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.
Va sukulu vava sukulu sevena itabernaka yo vupaki yo mwihalaupa, Sina Ireeza mwava laeli hava kuwamba ni Mushe, kuti aipange sina chivupeho chava voni.
45 And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,
Ichi njichintu va sukulu va vasukulu, mwinzila yavo, kuleta munkanda ni Joshuwa. Ichi chiva pangahali havavezi kwinjila nikuluwa mwinkanda izo Ireeza zava zwisi havusu bwava sukulu vava sukulu. Ivakwina vulyo mbwita mu mazuva a Davida,
46 who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
yava wani chisemo mumenso a Ireeza; ava kumbili kuwana chivaka chamekalo cha Ireeza wa Jakovo.
47 But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.
Kono Solomoni ava zakili Ireeza izuvo.
48 However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
Nihakuva bulyo, yohanzi kekali mumazuvo okuzaka ni, mayanza; iswana sina mupolofita ha wamba,
49 ‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be?
Iwulu chihuna changu, mi ifasi malyatilo amatende angu. Inzuvonzi yowola kuni zakila? Simwine uwamba: kapa chivaka chamapumulelo angu chinahi?
50 Has not My hand made all these things?’
kena kuti iyanza lyangu lyipangi izi zintu zonse?'
51 You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
Inwe vantu va zuminine insingo nive inkulo zi sena mumupato ni matwi, mukaninanga Luho Lujolola; mupanga sina muvava kupangira va sukulu vava sukulwenu.
52 Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
Njeni kuva porofita va sukulu vava sukulwenu isena uvavanyandisi? vavehayi maporofita vava voneki ku matangiro okukeza kuyo jolola; mi hanu chimweza kuva vaveteki ni vehayi vakwe nemwe,
53 you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”
Inwe vantu muva amuheli milao ivatangwa ku mañiloyi, kono kena muva ichilili.”
54 On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
Linu va kwame ve nkuta hava zuwa izi zintu, vava fundwa kwinkulo, chiva suma meeno avo kwa sitefeni.
55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
Kono iye, kakwizula luho lu jolala, chalolelela kwi wulu chokutokomela mi chavona inkanya ye Ireeza; mi chavona Jesu na zimene kwiyanza lya chilyiso lye Ireeza.
56 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
Sitefani chawamba, “lole, nibwene mawulu eyalukite, mi mwana muntu uzimene kwiyanza lye chiliso lye Ireeza.”
57 At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.
Kono ve nkuta chiva huweleza mwinzwi lyikando, nikwiyala matwi avo niku muhwelela hamwina vonse;
58 They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
vava muzindiri hanze yo muleneñi nikumu pwachola: mi impaki chiza zala zi zwato zavo za hanze ha matende a muswisu wa muhwile yo supwa Saule.
59 While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
havavali kupwachola sitefani, avazwili havusu kusumpa kwa Simwine ni kuwamba,” Simwine Jesu, tambule luho lwangu.”
60 Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Cha kuvama hansi niku huwa ke linzwi ikando, “Simwine, kanji ukwati ichi chivi kuvali.” hacha mana kuwamba izi, chalala.
