Acts 7
1 The high priest said, "Are these things so?"
Mu prista mukulwana chacho, “izi zintu zeniti?”
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,
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 said to him, 'Go out from your land and from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.'
chacho kwali, 'siye inkanda yako ni mahasi yako, mi uyende mu nkanda yete ni kutondeze.'
4 Then he came out of the land of the Kasdim, and lived in Haran. From there, after his father died, he moved him 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 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 descendants after him, when he still had no 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 But God spoke in this way, 'His descendants will live as strangers in a foreign land, and that they will be slaves and mistreated, for 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 judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,' said God, 'and after that will they come out, and serve me in this place.'
imi muni atule inkanda mwete vakave vahikana; chawamba Ireeza; mi chizamanezo kavazwe mwateni nikuni lapela mwechi chivaka;
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.
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 "The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt; and God was with him,
Vayendi vava susuwezwe cho muuna kwineku lya Josefa mi chiva muwuza kwa Egepita, mi Ireeza ava kwina naye,
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.
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 Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers found no food.
Linu aho chikweza inzala monse mwa Egepita ni kanana, Ni manyando makando mi veshetu kena vavawani zilyo.
12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
Kono jakovo hazuwa kuti kwina mundale mwa Egepita cha tumina veshetu va veshetu che ntanzi.
13 On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh.
cho vuveli Josefa chalivonahaza ku vakwame; mi mahasi a Josefa chiveza kwi ziveka kwa Pharaoh.
14 Then Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
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 Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, himself and our fathers,
Cwale Jakovo chayenda mwa Egepita; cha kafwa, iye ni vasukulu va vasukulu.
16 and they were brought back to Shechem, and placed in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor in Shechem.
Vava twalwa kwa shecham nikuka lazikwa mwi vita ilyo Abrahama lyavawuli ke ntenko mwa silivela ni vana va hamor mwa shecham.
17 "But as the time of the promise came close which God had made to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
Sina inako ye nsepiso hachiyina hafuhi, insepiso yava pangi Ireeza kwa Abrahama, vantu vava kuli niku hweza mwa Egepita,
18 until 'there arose a different king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.'
haisi hakuva kezi zumwi Simwine mwa Egepita, uzu murena yasena va kwizi chintu kuamana ni Josefa.
19 The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they would not stay alive.
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 was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months 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 thrown out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and reared him as her own son.
hava ku vikitwe hanze, mwana Pharaoh ava muañuli niku mulela sina njiwakwe.
22 Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
Mushe ava kwina inzivo mwintuto zonse za Egepita; mi avana ziho mu manzwi ni mumitendo.
23 But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart 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 Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
kuvona mu isilaele na sikululwa, Mushe chamu lamulela ni ku vozekeza yava ku lwisa isilaele:
25 He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they did not understand.
Ava kutele kuti va mukulwe kava zuwisise kuti Ireeza che yanza lyakwe ava kuva haza, kono kena vava zuwisisi.
26 "The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, 'Men, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?'
Izuva lyitatama cheza kuvamwi ma Isilaele vavakwete kupanga inkani; avaliki kuva vika mwinkozo hamwina; chacho; vakwame, muva kwaluzuvo, chinzi hamu lizuwisa kuchisa?'
27 But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a 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 Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
Mushe chatiya hamana kuzuwa izi; cheza kuva muyendi mwinkanda ya midian, uko kwavavi isi wa vaana vo vele.
30 "When forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
zilimo ze kumi yone hazihita, iñiloi chilyeza kuli vonahaza mwihalaupa lya mount sinayi, mu mulilo mukando muka zuka.
31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, a voice of the Lord came,
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, and of Isaac, and of Jacob.' Moses trembled, and dared not look.
njime Ireeza wa veshako, Ireeza wa Abrahama, niwa Isaka, niwa Jakovo,' Mushe cha chachalika mi kena va liki ku lola.
33 The Lord said to him, 'Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
Ireeza cha wamba kwali, 'chupule insangu zako, kaho chivaka cho zimene hachili chivaka chi jolola.
34 I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you 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 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.
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 This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
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 that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, 'God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me.'
Nji Mushe yoswana yava wambi kuvantu va Isilaele,' Ireeza ka vuse mu polofita wenu mukati kava mukulwenu, mupolofita ya swana neme.'
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 words of life to give 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 to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts 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 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.'
Keyo inako chiva wamba kwa Aruni,' Tupangile va zimu vete va tuyendise. haili kozu Mushe, yava tuzwisi mwinkanda ya Egepita, katwizi chapangahala kwali.'
41 They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced 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, and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets, 'Did you offer to 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 took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Rephan, the images that you made to worship them. Therefore I will exile you 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 in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that 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 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,
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 find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
yava wani chisemo mumenso a Ireeza; ava kumbili kuwana chivaka chamekalo cha Ireeza wa Jakovo.
47 But Solomon built him a house.
Kono Solomoni ava zakili Ireeza izuvo.
48 However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with 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 a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?' says the Lord; 'or what is the place of my rest?
Iwulu chihuna changu, mi ifasi malyatilo amatende angu. Inzuvonzi yowola kuni zakila? Simwine uwamba: kapa chivaka chamapumulelo angu chinahi?
50 Did not my hand make all these things?'
kena kuti iyanza lyangu lyipangi izi zintu zonse?'
51 "You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so you do.
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 not your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become 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 received the Law as it was ordained by angels, and did not keep it."
Inwe vantu muva amuheli milao ivatangwa ku mañiloyi, kono kena muva ichilili.”
54 Now when they heard these things, they were furious, and they ground their teeth at him.
Linu va kwame ve nkuta hava zuwa izi zintu, vava fundwa kwinkulo, chiva suma meeno avo kwa sitefeni.
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.
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 And he said, "Look, I see the heavens opened, 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 But they shouted out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed at him with one accord.
Kono ve nkuta chiva huweleza mwinzwi lyikando, nikwiyala matwi avo niku muhwelela hamwina vonse;
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.
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 They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
havavali kupwachola sitefani, avazwili havusu kusumpa kwa Simwine ni kuwamba,” Simwine Jesu, tambule luho lwangu.”
60 He kneeled down, and shouted out, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." 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.
