Acts 7
1 And the high priests said; Are these things so?
Zvino mupristi mukuru akati: Ko zvinhu izvi zvakadai here?
2 And he said, Men, brothers and fathers, hear ye; The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia, before he migrated into Haran, and He said to him;
Zvino akati: Varume, hama nemadzibaba, teererai. Mwari wekubwinya wakaonekwa kuna baba vedu Abhurahama vari muMesopotamia, vasati vagara Harani,
3 Come out from thy country and from thy kindred, and come hither into the land which I will show unto thee.
akati kwaari: Buda munyika yako nekuhama dzako, uuye kunyika yandichakuratidza.
4 And after his father died he migrated himself thence into this country in which you now dwell,
Zvino vakabuda munyika yeVaKaradhia, vakagara muHarani; zvino kubva ipapo shure kwekufa kwababa vavo, wakavabvisira kunyika iyi yamunogara imwi ikozvino;
5 and God gave him no inheritance in it, not the step of his foot; and he promised to give it to him, and his seed after him, for an inheritance, there being no child to him.
asi haana kuvapa nhaka mairi, kwete kunyange chitsiko chetsoka, asi wakavimbisa kuvapa iyo ive yavo, neyembeu yavo shure kwavo, vasati vava nemwana.
6 And thus God spoke, that his seed shall sojourn in a strange land, and they will enslave it and oppress it four hundred years.
Mwari ndokutaura seizvi, kuti mbeu yavo ichava mutorwa kunyika yeumweni, uye vachaiita nhapwa nekuibata zvakaipa makore mazana mana;
7 And the nation whom they shall serve I will judge, says God, and after these things they shall come out and serve me in this place.
asi rudzi urwo rwavachava varanda kwarwuri ndicharwutonga ini, wakadaro Mwari; uye shure kweizvozvo vachabuda vagondishumira panzvimbo ino.
8 And He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so he begat Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac, Jacob; and Jacob, the twelve patriarchs.
Zvino akavapa sungano yedzingiso, naizvozvowo vakabereka Isaka, vakamudzingisa zuva rerusere; naIsaka wakabereka Jakobho; naJakobho mateteguru gumi nemaviri.
9 And the patriarchs, envying Joseph, sold him into Egypt:
Mateteguru akagodoka, vakatengesa Josefa kuEgipita; asi Mwari waiva naye.
10 and God was with him, and delivered him out of all his troubles, and gave him grace and wisdom before Pharaoh the king of Egypt; and he placed him governor over Egypt and all his house.
Akamusunungura pamatambudziko ake ese, akamupa nyasha nenjere pamberi paFarao mambo weEgipita; ndokumuita mutungamiriri pamusoro peEgipita neimba yake yese.
11 And the famine came into all the land and Canaan, and great distress: and our fathers found no sustenance.
Zvino kwakauya nzara panyika yese yeEgipita neKenani, nedambudziko guru; madzibaba edu akasawana kudya.
12 And Jacob hearing that there is food in Egypt, sent away our fathers first.
Asi Jakobho wakati anzwa kuti kwaiva nezviyo kuEgipita, wakatuma madzibaba edu kwekutanga.
13 And the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren, and his race became manifest to Pharaoh.
Zvino kwechipiri Josefa wakaziviswa kuvanakomana vababa vake; uye rudzi rwaJosefa rwukaziviswa kuna Farao.
14 And Joseph sending, called to him Jacob his father, and all the family, seventy-five souls.
Zvino Josefa akatumira akadana baba vake Jakobho nehama dzake dzese, iri mweya makumi manomwe nemishanu.
15 And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he and our fathers died there.
Zvino Jakobho akaburukira Egipita, ndokufa iye nemadzibaba edu;
16 And they were carried over into Shechem, and buried in a tomb which Abraham purchased from the sons of Emmor in Shechem with a sum of money.
uye vakatakurirwa Shekemi, vakaradzikwa paguva Abhurahama raakange atenga nemutengo wesirivheri kuvanakomana vaEmori weShekemi.
17 When the time of the promise which God made with Abraham drew nigh, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,
Zvino nguva yechivimbiso yakati yaswedera Mwari chaakange apikira kuna Abhurahama, vanhu vakakura, vakawanda muEgipita,
18 until another king arose over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
kusvikira umwe mambo amuka wakange asingazivi Josefa.
19 He dealing fraudulently with our race, afflicted our fathers, that they should expose their infants, so that they should not live.
Ndiye wakabata rudzi rwedu nemano-mano, akatambudza madzibaba edu, achivarasisa vacheche vavo kuti varege kurarama.
20 During which time Moses was born, and was beautiful to God; who was kept three months in the house of his father.
Munguva iyoyo Mozisi wakaberekwa, uye wakange akanaka kuna Mwari; ndokurerwa mumba mababa vake mwedzi mitatu.
21 And he being exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him, and adopted him for a son to herself.
Zvino wakati araswa, mukunda waFarao akamunonga, akazvirerera iye kuti ave mwanakomana wake.
22 And Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and was mighty in his words and works.
Mozisi akadzidziswa muuchenjeri hwese hweVaEgipita; akava nesimba pamashoko nepamabasa.
23 And when the time of the fortieth year was fulfilled to him, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.
Zvino makore makumi mana akati asvika kwaari, zvakasvika mumoyo make kushanyira hama dzake, vana vaIsraeri.
24 And seeing a certain one suffering affliction, he interposed, and executed vengeance in behalf of the oppressed one, slaying the Egyptian.
Zvino achiona umwe achiitirwa zvisakarurama, akamurwira ndokutsivira wakange achitambudzwa, akarova muEgipita;
25 And he supposed that his brethren would understand that God through his hand is giving them salvation: but they did not recognize it.
zvino waifunga kuti hama dzake dzichanzwisisa kuti Mwari anovapa ruponeso neruoko rwake; asi havana kunzwisisa.
26 On the following day, he appeared to them fighting, and undertook to reduce them to peace, saying, Men, you are brethren; therefore do not injure one another.
Zvino zuva raitevera wakazvionesa kwavari vachirwa, akavayananisa nesimba achiti: Varume, imwi muri hama; munoitiranirei zvisakarurama?
27 And the one injuring his neighbor thrust him away, saying, Who appointeth you a leader and a judge over us?
Zvino iye wakange achiitira umwe wake zvakaipa wakamusundidzira achiti: Ndiani wakuita mutungamiriri nemutongi pamusoro pedu?
28 whether do you wish to kill me, in the manner in which you slew the Egyptian yesterday?
Iwe unoda kundiuraya, sezvo wakauraya muEgipita zuro here?
29 And at this word Moses fled, and became a sojourner in the land of Midia, where he begat two sons.
Zvino neshoko iri Mozisi wakatiza, ndokuva mutorwa munyika yeMidhiani, kwaakabereka vanakomana vaviri.
30 And forty years having passed away, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai in the flame of fire of the bramble bush.
Zvino makore makumi mana akati azadziswa, kwakaonekwa kwaari murenje regomo Sinai mutumwa waIshe mumurazvo wemoto wemugwenzi.
31 And Moses, seeing the sight, was astonished: and he coming nigh to investigate, the voice of the Lord came:
Mozisi wakati aona, akashamisika nechionekwa ichi; zvino paaiswedera kunocherekedza, inzwi raIshe rikasvika kwaari richiti:
32 I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembling, did not dare to investigate.
Ndini Mwari wemadzibaba ako, Mwari waAbhurahama, naMwari waIsaka, naMwari waJakobho. Zvino Mozisi akadedera akasashinga kucherekedza.
33 And the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet: for the place on which thou standest is holy ground.
Zvino Ishe akati kwaari: Kurura shangu patsoka dzako, nokuti nzvimbo yaumire pairi ivhu dzvene.
34 Seeing, I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and heard their groaning, and have come down to deliver them. And come now, I will send thee into Egypt.
Ndaonesesa dambudziko revanhu vangu vari muEgipita, ndikanzwa kugomera kwavo, zvino ndaburuka kuzovasunungura; ikozvino uya, ndichakutuma kuEgipita.
35 And this Moses whom they denied, saying, Who hath established thee a ruler and a judge? him hath God sent a ruler and deliverer, with the hand of an angel having appeared unto him in a bush.
Uyu Mozisi wavakaramba vachiti: Ndiani wakakuita mutungamiri nemutongi? Ndiye Mwari waakatuma kuva mutungamiriri nemudzukunuri neruoko rwemutumwa, wakaonekwa kwaari mugwenzi.
36 He led them out, doing wonders and miracles in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
Iye akavabudisa, aita zvishamiso nezviratidzo munyika yeEgipita nemuGungwa Dzvuku, nemurenje makore makumi mana.
37 This Moses is the one having said to the sons of Israel, A prophet will God raise up to you of your brethren, like unto me.
Ndiye uyu Mozisi wakati kuvana vaIsraeri: Ishe Mwari wenyu achakumutsirai Muporofita pahama dzenyu, wakafanana neni; muchamunzwa iye.
38 And this is the one being in the church in the wilderness with the angel speaking to him in Mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received the living oracles to give unto us;
Uyu ndiye wakange ari mukereke murenje, ane mutumwa wakataura naye mugomo Sinai ane madzibaba edu; wakagamuchira mashoko mapenyu kuti atipe.
39 to whom our fathers were not willing to be obedient, but thrust him away, and turned back in their hearts towards Egypt,
Ndiye madzibaba edu wavakange vasingadi kuteerera; asi vakamusundidzira parutivi, vakadzokera kuEgipita mumoyo yavo.
40 saying to Aaron, Make us gods who shall go before us: for this Moses, who led us out from the land of Egypt, we know not what happened to him.
Vachiti kuna Aroni: Tiitire vamwari vachatitungamirira; nokuti Mozisi uyu wakatibudisa munyika yeEgipita, hatizivi zvamuwira.
41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
Zvino vakaita mhuru mumazuva ayo, vakauisa chibairo kuchifananidzo, vakafara nemabasa emaoko avo.
42 And God turned away, and gave them up to serve the host of the heaven; as has been written in the book of the prophets: Slain victims and sacrifices you have not brought unto me forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel.
Zvino Mwari akafuratira, akavakumikidza kuti vashumire hondo yekudenga, sezvakanyorwa mubhuku revaporofita, zvichinzi: Ko makauisa kwandiri here zvibairo nezvipo makore makumi mana murenje, imwi imba yaIsraeri?
43 And ye took up the shrine of Moloch, and the star of the god Remphan, images which you made to worship them; and I will transport you beyond Babylon.
Uye makatakura tabhenakeri yaMoroki, nenyeredzi yamwari wenyu Remifani, zvifananidzo zvamakaita kuti muzvinamate; uye ndichakutamisirai mberi kweBhabhironi.
44 And the tabernacle of testimony was with our fathers in the wilderness, as the one speaking to Moses commanded him to make it according to the example he had seen;
Madzibaba edu aiva netabhenakeri yeuchapupu murenje, sekuraira kwaiye wakataura naMozisi kuti aiite nemufananidzo waakange aona;
45 which our fathers receiving, brought in along with Joshua in the dispossession of the nations, whom God drove out, from the face of our fathers, until the days of David,
yakatiwo madzibaba edu aitevera aigamuchira, akaipinza pamwe naJoshua munhumbi dzevahedheni, Mwari vaakadzinga pamberi pechiso chemadzibaba edu, kusvika kumazuva aDhavhidhi;
46 who found favor before God, and asked that he should build a tabernacle for the house of Jacob.
wakawana nyasha pamberi paMwari, akakumbira kuwanira Mwari waJakobho tabhenakeri.
47 But Solomon built a house for him.
Asi Soromoni wakamuvakira imba.
48 But the Most High dwelleth not in houses built with hands, as the prophet says,
Asi Wekumusoro-soro haagari mutembere dzakaitwa nemaoko, sezvinoreva muporofita achiti:
49 Heaven is my throne, and earth the footstool of my feet: What house will you build for me? says the Lord; Or what shall be the place of my rest?
Denga chigaro changu cheushe, nenyika chitsiko chetsoka dzangu; muchandivakira imba yakadini? ndizvo zvinoreva Ishe; kana nzvimbo yezororo rangu ndeipi?
50 Hath not my hand made all of these things?
Ruoko rwangu haruna kuita zvinhu izvi zvese here?
51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Ghost; as your fathers did, so do ye.
Imwi vemitsipa mikukutu uye vasina kudzingiswa pamoyo nenzeve, imwi munogara muchipikisa Mweya Mutsvene; semadzibaba enyu saizvozvo imwi.
52 Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? and they slew those proclaiming concerning the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you became:
Ndeupi wevaporofita madzibaba enyu wavasina kushusha? Vakauraya avo vaifanozivisa nezvekuuya kweWakarurama, iye ikozvino wamava vatengesi nevaurayi vake.
53 who received the law in the administrations of angels, and did not keep it.
Imwi vakagamuchira murairo neurongwa hwevatumwa, asi mukasauchengeta.
54 And hearing these words, they were cut through their hearts and gnashed their teeth at him.
Zvino vanzwa zvinhu izvi vakabaiwa pamoyo yavo, vakamugedera-gedera meno.
55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, and looking up to heaven, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
Asi azere neMweya Mutsvene wakatarisisa kudenga, akaona kubwinya kwaMwari, naJesu amire kuruoko rwerudyi rwaMwari,
56 and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
akati: Tarirai, ndinoona matenga akazaruka, neMwanakomana wemunhu amire kuruoko rwerudyi rwaMwari.
57 And crying out with a loud voice, they stopped their ears, and unanimously rushed on him,
Zvino vakadanidzira nenzwi guru, vakadzivira nzeve dzavo, vakamhanyira paari nemoyo umwe;
58 and casting him out from the city, they began to stone him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man, called Saul:
vakamubudisira kunze kweguta, ndokumutaka nemabwe; nezvapupu zvikaisa nguvo dzazvo patsoka dzejaya rainzi Sauro.
59 and continued to stone Stephen, calling upon the Lord, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Zvino vakataka Sitefano nemabwe, achidana achiti: Ishe Jesu, gamuchirai mweya wangu.
60 And putting down his knees, he cried with a loud voice, Lord, do not impute this sin to them. And saying this, he fell asleep.
Zvino wakafugama, akadanidzira nenzwi guru, achiti: Ishe, musavaverengera chivi ichi. Zvino wakati areva izvi, akarara.
