Acts 7
1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
Acunüng, ktaiyü ngvai naw, “Acuna ngthu kcangki aw?” ti lü, Stephen a kthäh.
2 And he said, Men, brothers, and fathers, listen; The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelled in Charran,
Acunüng Stephen naw msang lü, “Ka bee jah ka pae aw, ngai ua, mi pupa Abraham, Haran khawa am a ceh ham üng Mesopotemiha Pamhnama hlüngtainak a veia ngdang law lü,
3 And said to him, Get you out of your country, and from your kindred, and come into the land which I shall show you.
“Na khaw ja na im üngka naw cit lü ka ning mhnuh vaia pea cita” a ti.
4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelled in Charran: and from there, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein you now dwell.
Acunüng, Abraham cun Khalade khaw üngka naw cit lü Haran khawa va veki; acunüng, a pa a thih käna hina atuh nami venak khawa Pamhnam naw a ngkawnsak.
5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
Acunüng, hia ta a venak vai, a khawpa a takeinak vai pi Pamhnam naw am pe; acunsepi, amät ja a ngsawne cäpa khawh a jah pet vaia am a ca ham üng tün lü khyütamki.
6 And God spoke on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
Acunüng, Pamhnam naw, ‘Na mjükphyüie khyanga khawa kum phyakphyü ve khaie, khyanga mpyaa ve u se, jah khuimkha khaie’ tia a pyen.
7 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
Acunüng, Pamhnam naw, ‘Amimi jah mpya na khaia khyang mjüe pi kamät naw ami lei ka jah mtai law pe khai. Acun käna lät law be u lü, hina hnün üng na hjawkhah law khaie’ a ti.
8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham was the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac was the father of Jacob; and Jacob was the father of the twelve patriarchs.
Acunüng, Pamhnam naw vun mawih vaia ngthumkhän pe se; acunüng, Abraham naw Isak ca na lü amhnüp khyetnak üng a vun a mawi pet; acunüng, Isak naw Jakop ca na se, Jakop naw a ca xaleinghngihea vun a jah mawih pet acune cun nglo ngthangkie mi pupae ni.
9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
Acunüng, Jakopa cae naw ami na Josep k’eih u lü Egypt pea ami jawihei; acunsepi, Pamhnam naw vepüi lü,
10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
a khuikhanak naküt üng küikyanki. Josep cun Egypt sangpuxanga maa a pha vai üng Pamhnam naw ani üng themnak ja a hmai vainak pe se, Pharo sangpuxang naw Egypt pe ja a im üng ngvai säiha a mcawn.
11 Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
Egypt ja Kanan pe avan üng khawjaw law se, khuikhanak aktäa ve lawki; mi pupae cun ami ei vai i am ta u lü vekie.
12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
Acunsepi, Jakop naw Egypt pea cang veki tia ksing lü a cae a jah tüih; acun cun ami cehnak akcüksäiha kyaki.
13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers; and Joseph’s kindred was made known to Pharaoh.
Acunüng, anghngihnaka ami ceh üng, Josep cun a beea üng jah mtheh se; acunüng, Josepa khuiima mawng cun Pharo naw a jah ksing law.
14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, three score and fifteen souls.
Acunüng, Josep naw a pa Jakop ja a benae naküt a jah khüsak; ami van khyühkip ja hma lawki he.
15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
Jakop cun Egypt pea ju citki; acunüng, ani ja a tucae cun thikie.
16 And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulcher that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
Ami yawke cun Sikem khawa jah cepüi u lü Abraham naw Sikem khawa Hamoa sanga veia ngui am a khyäiha ng'uhnak üng ami ja k’ut.
17 But when the time of the promise drew near, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
“Acunüng, Pamhnam naw Abrahama veia khyütam akpha law hlü üng, Jakopa mjükphyüie cun Egypt pea nung mja lawki he.
18 Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
Josep am ksingkia sangpuxang akce naw Egypt cun up lawki.
19 The same dealt subtly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
Ani naw mi pupae jah mkhuimkha lü hnasen he pi thi khaia im üngkhyüh a jah xawt tawnsak.
20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:
Acunüng Pamhnama hmaia aktäa ngtokia, Mosi hmi law se, a pa ima khya kthum ami mcah;
21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
acun käna ami tawnnaka, Pharoa canu naw lo lü amäta ca vaia a mcahei.
22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
Acunüng Mosi cun Egypt pea ami ksingkhyapnak naküt jah mthei u se, bilawnak ja pyensaknak thei üng be lawki.
23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers the children of Israel.
Kum kphyükip a cum üng, a püi Isarele ihawkba vekie ti cun ja va bükteng khaia ngtängki.
24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
Acunüng Isarel khyang mat Egypt khyang naw khuimkha se hmu lü, yungki naw Egypt khyang cun a hnim.
25 For he supposed his brothers would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
(Pamhnam naw ani am a khyange jah yung khai tia, a khyange naw ksing khaiea ngai sepi, am ksing u.)
26 And the next day he showed himself to them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, you are brothers; why do you wrong one to another?
Angawi law be tü üng amimät üngka xawi ngtunngpyei nise jah hmu law lü, ‘Ka püi xawi aw, bengna xawia nani kyaki, ise nani ngtunngpyeiki ni?’ ti lü ja mkhya khaia bü se,
27 But he that did his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
a püi ngtunpüiki naw Mosi buk lü, ‘Kani khana suki ja ngthumkhyah mkhawnga u naw aning mcawn ni?
28 Will you kill me, as you did the Egyptian yesterday?
Müta Egypt khyang na hnima kba na na hnim khaia na büki aw?’ a kthäh.
29 Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he was the father of two sons.
Acun a ngjaka phäha Mosi Midian pea cen lü, acuia cakpa nghngih a canak.
30 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
Kum kphyükip a nghjawk käna, Sinai mcung pei khawkhyawng khawa meia däiki kpyap üngka naw, khankhawngsä mat a veia ngdang lawki.
31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the LORD came to him,
Mosi naw acun a hmu üng, aktäa cäi lü bükteng khaia a va k’et üng, Bawipa kthai naw,
32 Saying, I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and dared not behold.
‘Kei cun na pupaea Pamhnam ni, Abrahama Pamhnam, Isaka Pamhnam, Jakopa Pamhnam ni’ ti se, acunüng, Mosi naw kyüh lü am a bükteng dat.
33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off your shoes from your feet: for the place where you stand is holy ground.
Acunüng, Bawipa naw, ‘Na khawdawk cän suta; isetiakyaküng na ngdüinak cän hnün ngcimcaiha mdek ni.
34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you into Egypt.
Egypt pea ka khyang vekiea ami khuikhanak aktäa hmu veng, ami ngko pi ngja veng, ami jah küikyan khaia ka kyum lawki ni. Tuhkbäih cita, Egypt pea ka ning tüih khai’ a ti.
35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
Acuna Mosi, ‘Kani khana suki ja ngthumkhyah mkhawnga u naw aning mcawn ni?’ tia Isarele naw ami mah cun, kpyapa k'uma a veia ngdang lawkia khankhawngsä naw kpüi se, Pamhnam naw ani kung cun ngvai ja küikyan khaia a tüiha kyaki.
36 He brought them out, after that he had showed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
Ani naw Egypt pe, Mpanglai Sen ja khawkhyawng khawa kum kphyükip üng, cäicatnak vaie ja müncamkse ja pawh lü a ja ngkhah lawpüi.
37 This is that Moses, which said to the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you of your brothers, like to me; him shall you hear.
Isarel khyange üng ‘Pamhnam naw kei ana mcawna mäiha, nami benae üngka sahma mat ning ja mcawn pe khai’ ti lü jah mthehki cun acuna Mosia kyaki.
38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spoke to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give to us:
Ani cun, khawkhyawng khawa ngkhämkiea veia pi kyase, Sinai mcunga ngthuheipüikia khankhawngsäa veia pi kyase, ja mjükphyüi nakiea veia pi kyase ve lü mimi a jah pet vaia xüngseiki Pamhnama ngthu yahkia kyaki.
39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
Ania ngthu cun mi pupae naw käh ngai u lü, ami mlung üng Egypt pea nghlat be vai ngjahlükie.
40 Saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
Acunakyase Arona veia, ‘Ja ngkhahpüi khaia mhnam he jah pyan peta; Egypt pe üngka naw jah lawpüikia Mosi ihawkba veki ni am ksing ve üng’ ami ti.
41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
Acunüng, seca juktuh pyang u lü, acun cun xüngsei hnimki he naw hjawkhah u lü, amimäta kuta pyang cun ngkengtai u lü hlimtuikie.
42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O you house of Israel, have you offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
Acunakyase Pamhnam naw akcea ja jah nghlat ta lü, khankhawa aisie jah hjawkhah khaiea a jah pawh; acun cun sahmaea yuknak caup üng: ‘Isarel khyange aw, khawkhyawng khawa kum kphyükip üng axüngksei jah hnim u lü ngkengnak nami bilawh hin kei nami na hjawkhahnak am ni.
43 Yes, you took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which you made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
Sama k'uma veki Moluk mhnam ceh hü lü aisi mhnam Rephan pi nami hjawkhah vaia a lup nami pyangki, acunakyase, Babalung pea nami mpya khaia ka ning jah tüih khai’ tia veki.
44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking to Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
Mi pupae naw khawkhyawng khawa Mhnama venak vai sam takie. Acun cun Mhnama phäh nami pyan vai cun Mosi üng mtheh kba sam nami takie.
45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David;
Acun käna, mi pupaea naw sam cun lo u lü Josuh mah maha cit u lü cehpüikie, acun cun Pamhnam naw ni maa a jah ksät khyangmjüea khawa takie. Acun hin Davita a ve law cäpa acua veki.
46 Who found favor before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
Acuna Davit cun Pamhnama mpyeneinak yah lü, Jakopa Pamhnama venak vai pyang khaia kthähki.
47 But Solomon built him an house.
Acunsepi, Solamon naw ni im cun a sak.
48 However, the most High dwells not in temples made with hands; as says the prophet,
Acunsepi, hlüngtai säihkia Mhnam cun khyanga kut am saka im üng am ve khawi; sahma naw pyen lü:
49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will you build me? says the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
Bawipa naw, ‘Khankhaw cun ka Bawingawhnaka kyaki, khawmdek cun ka khawpha ka mtaihnaka kyaki, im ia mäih nami na sak hlü peki ni? Ka venaka hnün cun ia mäih ni?
50 Has not my hand made all these things?
Kamäta kut am anaküt ka ja mhnünkia am kya aw?’ ti ve, ti lü a pyen ni.
51 You stiff necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do you.
Stephen naw msu lü, “Nami mlung ngcang ve, Pamhnama ngthu am nami ngjaki, anglät se Ngmüimkhya Ngcim nami mahki; nami pupaea ve ja nami ve täng ve.
52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom you have been now the betrayers and murderers:
Nami pupae naw sahmae am ami khuimkha khawi veki aw? Law khaia Ngsungpyunkia Mpyaa mawng sang lawki he Pamhnama ngsä he jah hnimki he. Atuh pi ani cun phyehei lü nami hnimki.
53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
Mhnama thum, khankhawngsä hea naw ami ning jah pet cän yah u lü am nami läki” a ti.
54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
Acunüng, acuna ngthu cun kawngci khyange naw ami ngjak ja ami mlungso law se, Stephena khana mnicui kyetkie.
55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
Acunsepi, Stephen cun Ngmüimkhya Ngcim am bekia kya lü, khankhawa hang mangki naw, Pamhnama hlüngtainak ja Pamhnama khet lama Jesuh ngdüi se a hmu.
56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Acunüng, Stephen naw, “Teng u.” “Khankhaw nghmawng lü Pamhnama khet lama Khyanga Cakpa ngdüiki pi hmu veng” a ti.
57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran on him with one accord,
Amimi cun angsanga ngpyang u lü, ami nghnga jah kbümeikie naw, atänga kyaksih u lü,
58 And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.
mlüh k'um üngka naw akpunga kaih u lü, lung am ami khawng. Saksi vai ami suisake cun Sawluh ngming naki cawngpyang mata khaw kunga ami jah tak.
59 And they stoned Stephen, calling on God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Acunüng, lung am aktäa ami khawng k'um üng, Stephen naw, “Bawipa Jesuh aw! ka Ngmüimkhya labea” ti lü ktaiyüki.
60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Acunüng, a mkhuk ngdäng lü, angsanga ngpyang lü, “Bawipa aw, hina ami mkhyekatnak cän käh ja thung be kawpi” a ti. Acuna ngthu a pyen päng ja thiki.
