Acts 6
1 During that time, many more people were becoming believers. [Some of them were from other countries and spoke only the Greek language, but most of them had always lived in Israel and spoke the Hebrew language]. Those who spoke Greek began to complain about those who spoke Hebrew. They were saying. “When [you Hebrew-speaking believers] distribute [food or money] to widows every day, you are not giving fair amounts to the widows who speak Greek!”
Андэ кала деса, кала сытярнэн ашыля майбут, элинисторя линэ тэ холявэн пэ евреёря пала кода, со лэндирэ пхивлянди нисо на дэнас, кала роздэнас хамо кажно дес.
2 So, [after the] twelve [apostles had heard what they were complaining about], they summoned all the [other] believers [in Jerusalem to meet] together. Then the apostles said [to those other believers], “We [(exc)] would not be doing right if we stopped [preaching and teaching] God’s message [about Jesus] in order to distribute food [MTY] [and money to the widows]!
Тунчи дэшудуй апостолоря акхардэ бутэн сытярнэн тай пхэндэ: — Наймишто амэнди тэ ашавас лав Дэвлэско тай тэ подас о хамос пэ мисяля.
3 So, fellow believers, carefully choose seven men from among you, men whom [you] know that the Spirit [of God] controls completely and who are very wise. Then we [(exc)] will appoint them to do this work,
Акэ со, пхрала, вытидэн машкар пэстэ эхта манушэн, пала савэ лашо дэн дума, савэ пхэрдярдэ Духоса и годяса, и тховаса лэн пэ кадья бути.
4 and we [(exc)] will devote our time to pray and to preach and teach the message [about Jesus].”
Ай амэ всавори вряма аваса тэ мангаспэ Дэвлэс и тэ терас бути лавэса.
5 What the apostles recommended pleased all of the [other] believers. So they group chose Stephen. He was a man who strongly believed [in God] and whom the Holy Spirit controlled completely. [They also chose] Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas who was from Antioch [city]. Nicolas had accepted the Jewish religion [before he had believed in Jesus].
Всаворэнди чялиля кадья дума, и вытидэ Стэфанос, муршэс, саво пхэрдярдо патявимаса и Свэнтонэ Духоса, Филипос, Прохорос, Никанорос, Тимонос, Пармэнос и Николаёс, прозелитос андай Антиохия.
6 They brought these [seven] men to the apostles. Then after the apostles prayed [for those men], they placed their hands on [the heads of each one of] them [to appoint them to do that work].
Лэн тховдэ англай апостолоря, савэ мангле Дэвлэс тай тховдэ и васт пэр лэндэ.
7 So [the believers] continued to tell many people the message from God. (The number of people in Jerusalem who believed [in Jesus] was increasing greatly./More and more people in Jerusalem were believing in Jesus.) [Among them] were many [Jewish] priests who were believing the message [about Jesus].
О лав Дэвлэско барёлас, и андо Иерусалимо ашэлас майбут сытярнэ. Кадя ж и андай рашая фартэ бут патяйле.
8 God was enabling Stephen to do many things by God’s power. He was doing many amazing miracles among the [Jewish] people.
Ай о Стэфано, пхэрдярдо мищимаса и зораса, терэлас барэ диворя и шпэры андо народо.
9 However, some people opposed Stephen. They were Jews from a group [that regularly met together in a Jewish meeting place that was] {[that people]} called the Freedmen’s Meeting Place. [Those people were from] Cyrene and Alexandria [cities] and [also] from Cilicia and Asia [provinces]. They all began to argue with Stephen.
Лэ Стэфаноса ашыле тэ ханпэ коисавэ андай синагога, сави проакхарди Либертинорэндири. Кордэ кадя ж пхирэнас мануша андай Киринея и Александрия, тай андай Киликия и Цэкни Азия.
10 But they were not able (to refute [what he said/to prove that what he said was wrong]), [because God’s] Spirit enabled him to speak very wisely.
Нэ лэндэ на сас, со тэ отпхэнэн ла годяти и Духости, савэса вов пхэнэлас.
11 Then that group secretly persuaded [some] men to [falsely accuse Stephen. saying], “We [(exc)] heard him say bad things about Moses and God.”
Тунчи онэ подпхэндэ коисавэн тэ пхэнэн: — Амэ ашундэ, сар вов пхэнэлас бэзэхалэ лава пэ Моисеё и по Дэл.
12 So, [by saying that], they made the [other Jewish] people angry [at Stephen, including] the elders and the teachers of the [Jewish] laws. Then [they all] seized Stephen and took him to the Jewish Council.
Онэ вазгле о народо, пхурэдэрэн и сытяримарен Законостирэн, нахукле пэр лэстэ, хутилдэ тай андярдэ андо Синедрионо.
13 They [also] brought in some other men who accused Stephen falsely [about several things]. They said, “This fellow continually says bad things about this holy Temple and about the laws [that Moses received from God].
Котэ тховдэ хохавнэн допхэнимарен, савэ пхэнэнас: — Кадва мануш на пэрэашэл тэ пхэнэл бэзэхалэ лава пэ кадва свэнто тхан и по Законо.
14 Specifically, we [(exc)] have heard him say that this Jesus from Nazareth [town] will destroy this Temple and will tell us to obey different customs than Moses [taught our ancestors].”
Амэ ашундэ, сар вов пхэнэлас, со Исусо андав Назарето розмарэла кадва тхан и пэрэтерэла сытяримос, саво пэрэдя амэнди Моисеё.
15 When all [the people] who were sitting in the Council [room heard that, and as they] all stared at Stephen, they saw that his face was [shining] [SIM] like the face of an angel.
Всаворэ, ко бэшэлас андо Синедрионо, дикхэнас пэр лэстэ и дикхле, со муй лэско, сар муй ангелоско.
