Acts 7
1 And the high priest said, Are these things so?
Bosi pfumu yi zinganga Nzambi wunyuvula: —Mambu mama bafundidi madi makiedika e?
2 And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken. The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,
Buna Etieni wuvutula: —Batata ayi bakhomba ziama, bika luwa mambu ndieka ntuba: Nzambi yi nkemboyimonikina Dise dieto Abalahami bu kaba ku Mesopotami, tuamina kavuanda ku Alani,
3 and said unto him, Get thee out of thy land, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
ayi wunkamba: Bika tsi aku ayi bibutu biaku vayi yenda ku tsi yoyi ndiela ku monisa.
4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Haran: and from thence, when his father was dead, [God] removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell:
Buna wubika tsi yi Kalide ayi wuyenda vuanda ku Alani. Dise diandi bu kafua, Nzambi wuntumisa mu tsi yayi lulembo zingila buabu.
5 and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.
Vayi Nzambi kasia kumvana kadi kiuka ko mu tsi yayi, ka diambu ko tini kintoto kioki kalenda tula lutambi luandi. Muaki Nzambi wunvana tsila yi kunvana tsi beni va kimosi ayi nkunꞌandi. Vayi mu thangu yina buna kabutidi kadi muana ko.
6 And God spake 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.
Buna Nzambi wunkamba: nkunꞌaku wela zingila mu tsi yi kinzenza; bela kuwuyadila ayi bela kuwuyamisa
7 And the nation to which they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
Vayi Nzambi wubuela kamba diaka: ndiela sambisa tsi yoyi yela kuba yadila Bosi bela totuka mu tsi beni ayi bela kuiza ku tsambidila va buangu kiaki.
8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so [Abraham] begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac [begat] Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.
Nzambi wuvanga nguizani andi ayi Abalahami: nguizani yi nzengolo yi nitu yi kibakala. Abalahami wubuta Isaki, wunzenga mu lumbu ki nana. Isaki wubuta Yakobi bosi Yakobi wubuta kumi bakulu buadi.
9 And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,
Bakulu basumbisa Zozefi ku Ezipite mu diambu di kikhenene. Vayi Nzambi wuba yandi.
10 and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
Diawu kankudila mu ziphasi ziandi zioso ayi mu nlemvo wu Nzambi, Zozefi wumonika mutu wu diela va ntuala Falawo, ntinu wu Ezipite. Diawu kanbiekila nyadi mu Ezipite dioso ayi mu nzo andi yoso.
11 Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
Vayi kutotuka kanda kingolo mu Ezipite dioso ayi mu Kana. Ziphasi zingolo ziba mu thangu beni. Bakulu beto basia baka bidia ko.
12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time.
Yakobi bu kawa ti ble yiba ku Ezipite, buna kuna kafidisa bakulu beto mu khubu yitheti.
13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s race became manifest unto Pharaoh.
Mu khumbu yimmuadi yayi kaba fidisa, Zozefi wukimonikisa kuidi bakhomba bandi ayi Falawo wuyiza zaba dikanda de Zozefi.
14 And Joseph sent, and called to him Jacob his father, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
Buna Zozefi wutumisa dise diandi Yakobi ayi bibutu biandi bioso. Thalu yi batu boso yiba lusambudi lu batu ayi batu batanu.
15 And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself, and our fathers;
Yakobi wuyenda ku Ezipite, kuawu kafuila va kimosi ayi bakulu beto.
16 and they were carried over unto Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver of the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
Banatu ku Sikemi, baziku mu biziami bisumba Abalahami kuidi bana ba Amoli, bobo baba nkalanga mu Sikemi.
17 But as the time of the promise drew nigh, which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
Sumbu thangu yifueti dedikinina tsila Nzambi kavana Abalahami bu yifikama, buna batu babuelama ayi baluta buelama mu Ezipite
18 till there arose another king over Egypt, which knew not Joseph.
nate ntinu wunkaka wukambu zaba Zozefi wutotuka mu Ezipite. Zozefi.
19 The same dealt subtilly with our race, and evil entreated our fathers, that they should cast out their babes to the end they might not live.
Ntinu beni wusadila luvunu va ntuala dikanda dieto, wumonisa bakulu beto ziphasi nate mu kuba kuika baloza bana bawu batsombi mu diambu bana beni babika zinga.
20 At which season Moses was born, and was exceeding fair; and he was nourished three months in his father’s house:
Yawu thangu yibutukila Moyize, wuba muana wu kitoko va ntuala Nzambi. Zingondi zitatu bambuta bandi bansuekila mu nzo.
21 and when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
Vayi bambuta bandi bu banloza, buna muana wunketo wu Falawo wuntota ayi wunyundula, wunkitula muanꞌandi.
22 And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and works.
Diawu Moyize wulongila mu ndongokolo yoso yi basi Ezipite, wuyiza ba mutu wunneni mu thubulu andi ayi mu mavanga mandi.
23 But when he was well-nigh forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
Moyize bu kadukisa makumaya ma mimvu, wubaka lukanu lu kuenda tadi bakhomba bandi; bana ba Iseli.
24 And seeing one [of them] suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, smiting the Egyptian:
Bu kamona wumosi mu bawu, wumonoso phasi, buna wunkotila ayi wuvonda muisi Ezipite mutu wumonisa muana Iseli phasi.
25 and he supposed that his brethren understood how that God by his hand was giving them deliverance; but they understood not.
Wubanza ti bakhomba bandi zilznda sudika ti mu nzilꞌandi Nzambi wela kuba kula vayi basia sudika ko.
26 And the day following he appeared unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
Mu lumbu kilanda, wukimonisa kisa bana ba Iseli thangu baba nuana. Wuzola vutula ndembama va bawu bu kaba kamba: —A kiti beno luidi bakhomba! A bila mbi lulembo kimonisina phasi beno na beno e?
27 But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
Vayi mutu wowo wumonisa ndiandi phasi wutemina Moyize ayi wunkamba: —A nani wubiekidi pfumu ayi zuzi dieto e?
28 Wouldest thou kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?
Fuana ngeyo minu tidi vonda banga bobo wuvondidi muisi Ezipite kibeni yono e?
29 And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.
Moyize bu kawa bobo, wutina ayi wukituka nzenza mu tsi yi Madiani, kuawu kabutila bana buadi bababakala.
30 And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
Makumaya ma mimvu bu mavioka, buna mbasi yimmonikina mu dikanga di mongo wu Sinayi. Wummonikina mu nlaki wu mbazu mu finti.
31 And when Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord,
Moyize bu kamona bobo, wusimina mu diambu di tsongolo. Bu kafikama mu kuenda tadi, buna mbembo yi Pfumu yiwakana:
32 I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
Minu ndidi Nzambi yi bakulu baku; Nzambi yi Abalahami, yi Izaki ayi yi Yakobi. Moyize weka tita ayi kasia nunga buela tala ko.
33 And the Lord said unto him, Loose the shoes from thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
Buna Pfumu wunkamba: Vula zisapatu zidi mu malu maku, bila buangu kioki telimini kidi ntoto wunlongo.
34 I have surely seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and I am come down to deliver them: and now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
Ndimueni ziphasi zi batu bama badi ku Ezipite. Ndiwilu bidilu biawu. Diawu ndizidi mu kuba kula. Yiza buabu bila ngeyo ndieka tuma ku Ezipite.
35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? him hath God sent [to be] both a ruler and a deliverer with the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
Moyize beni diodi bamanga bu batuba: Nani wubiekidi pfumu ayi zuzi e? Buabu Nzambi wuntuma mu ba pfumu ayi nkudi mu lusadusu lu mbasi yoyi yimmonikina mu finti.
36 This man led them forth, having wrought wonders and signs in Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
Niandi wuba totula bu kavanga mambu manneni ayi bikumu mu tsi yi Ezipite, mu mbu wu mbuaki ayi mu dikanga mu tezo ki makumaya ma mimvu.
37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me.
Moyize beni niandi wukamba bana ba Iseli: Nzambi wela kulutotudila mbikudi wela ba banga minu va khatitsika bakhomba zieno.
38 This is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received living oracles to give unto us:
Niandi wuba mu lukutukunu ku dikanga va kimosi ayi mbasi yoyi yinyolukila ku mongo Sinayi va kimosi ayi bakulu beto. Niandi wutambula mambu ma moyo muingi katutudisila mawu.
39 to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and turned back in their hearts unto Egypt,
Vayi bakulu beto bamanga kuntumukina; banloza ayi mintima miawu mibaluka ku Ezipite.
40 saying unto Aaron, Make us gods which shall go before us: for as for this Moses, which led us forth out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
Bawu bakamba Aloni: —Wutuvangila zinzambi zilenda ku tutuaminina ku ntuala bila tukadi zaba mambu mbi mabuilulu Moyize diodi ditutotula mu tsi yi Ezipite.
41 And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
Diawu mu bilumbu bina, bavanga tumba kimuana ngombi ayi batambika makaba kuidi tumba beni. Bamona khini mu diambu di bima bivanga mioko miawu.
42 But God turned, and gave them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, Did ye offer unto me slain beasts and sacrifices Forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
Vayi Nzambi wuba tamba manima, wuba yekula mu sadila zimbuetete banga busonimina mu nkanda wu mimbikudi: A basi Iseli, minu lutambikila bibulu ayi makaba mu makumaya ma mimvu mu dikanga e?
43 And ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, And the star of the god Rephan, The figures which ye made to worship them: And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
Beno lunata nzo ngoto yi Moloki ayi mbuetete yi nzambi Lefani, zimfikula ziozi luvanga muingi lubi; sambidila diawu ndiela kulunata mu buvika vioka Babiloni!
44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he appointed who spake unto Moses, that he should make it according to the figure that he had seen.
Bakulu beto baba ayi Nzo ngoto yi kimbangi mu dikanga, yivangama banga bu tumina Nzambi, Nzambi mutu wukamba Moyize ti kavanga yawu boso buididi mfikula yoyi kamona.
45 Which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered on the possession of the nations, which God thrust out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
Bakulu beto bu batambula yawu; bayikotisa mu thangu zozue mu zitsi zi Bapakanu, babo Nzambi kakuka ku ntuala bakulu beto nate mu thangu Davidi,
46 who found favour in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
mutu wowo wumonokono nlemvo kuidi Nzambi ayi wuzola tungila Nzambi Yakobi nzo.
47 But Solomon built him a house.
Vayi Salomo wuyiza kuntungila nzo.
48 Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in [houses] made with hands; as saith the prophet,
Muaki, Nzambi yizangama kakalanga ko mu zinzo zitungulu mu mioko mi batu, banga bu tubila mbikudi:
49 The heaven is my throne, And the earth the footstool of my feet: What manner of house will ye build me? saith the Lord: Or what is the place of my rest?
Pfumu wutuba: Diyilu diawu kundu kiama, ntoto kiawu buangu ndieti tetika malu mama. Buna phila nzo mbi luela kuthungila e? Voti phila buangu mbi kiela ba vundulu kiama e?
50 Did not my hand make all these things?
Mioko miama misia vanga ko bima bioso biobi e?
51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
A beno bankua matingu! Beno luidi mintima mikangama ayi matu mafua! Beno mamveno lukidi tingunanga kueno Pheve Yinlongo mu zithangu zioso banga bakulu beno.
52 Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them which shewed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;
Mbikudi mbi wowo bakulu beno bakambu yamisa e? Bavonda mimbikudi miomi mitubila ndizulu yi “Mutu wusonga”, mutu wowo beno lusumbisidi ayi lumvodisidi;
53 ye who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and kept it not.
beno lutambula Mina mu nzila yi zimbasi ayi lusia keba mina beni ko.
54 Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
Bu bawa mambu momo, bafuema ayi bakueta meno mu diambu diandi.
55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
Vayi niandi wuba wuwala mu Pheve Yinlongo, wutala ku Diyilu, wumona nkembo wu Nzambi ayi wumona Yesu buna katelimini va koko ku lubakala lu Nzambi.
56 and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Buna wuba kamba: —Talanu, ndilembo moni Diyilu dizibukidi ayi Muana Mutu telimini va koko ku lubakala lu Nzambi.
57 But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;
Bayamikina mu mbembo yingolo, bazibika matu mawu. Mu kithuadi baboso batumbu kumfuakana,
58 and they cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
bankoka ku fula di divula ayi banzuba matadi. Bambangi batula minledi miawu va malu ma ditoko dimosi dizina diandi Sawuli.
59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [the Lord], and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Bazuba Etieni matadi vayi niandi wusambila ayi wutuba: —A Pfumu Yesu, tambula Pheve ama.
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.
Bosi wufukama ayi wuyamikina mu mbembo yingolo: —A Pfumu, kadi kuba tangila disumu diadi! Bu kamana tuba bobo, wufua.
