Acts 7
1 Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are the things that [these people are saying about you(sg)] true?”
Kahniwotsatsi naasho Ist'fanossh, «Eteets keewan arikeya?» eton bíaati.
2 Stephen replied, “Fellow Jews and respected leaders, [please] listen to me! The glorious God [whom we(inc) worship] appeared to our ancestor Abraham while he was still [living] in Mesopotamia [region], before he moved to Haran [town].
Ist'fanosuwere hank'o ett bísh bíaniyi, «Ti eeshuwotsnat tnihotso! aab taan k'ewere! Nonih Abraham Karan datsatse beyosh bíamfetsre shino shin Mesp'et'omiya eteets datsatse b́ befere Mangts Ik'o bísh be'eyat
3 God said to him, ‘Leave this land where you [(sg)] and your relatives [are living], and go into the land to which I will lead you.’
‹N datsatse keer, n jagatse k'alyarr, taa neesh t kitsit datsats amee› bí eti.
4 So Abraham left that land, [which was also called] Chaldea, and he arrived in Haran and lived there. After his father died, God told him to move to this land in which you [and I] are now living.”
Manoor Keledawiyots datsatse kesht Karani eteets datsats be b́wtsi, b́ nih b́k'irihakonowere Ik'o Karanitse kisht hambets it beyiru datsanats bín dek'et b́weyi.
5 “[At that time] God did not give Abraham any [land here], not even a small plot of [this] land that would belong to him. God promised that he would [later] give this land to him and his descendants, and that it would [always] belong [to them. However], at that time Abraham did not have any children [who would] ([inherit it/receive it after he died]).”
Wotowabako dab tufi need'okok'o bodts rstiyo bísh imatse, b́wotefere datsani bínat bíyere il b́ naarosh rstiyo woshde'er b́imetuwok'o taarre b́teshi, bísh b́taaruwere Abraham na'o b́ detsfetsere shine.
6 “[Later] God told Abraham, ‘Your descendants will go and live in a foreign country. They [will live there] for 400 years, and [during that time their leaders] will mistreat your descendants and force them to work as slaves.’
B́ naaronuwere ash datsatse gooshtsi wotar b́beetuwok'o datsmanatsnowere awd bal natosh guuts woshde'er was'o kayde'er boon bokewituwok'o bísh keewure b́ teshi.
7 But God [also] said, ‘I will punish the people who make them work as slaves. Then, after that, your descendants will leave [that land] and they will [come and] worship me in this land.’”
Manats dabtnwere, ‹Guuts woshde'er b́ keewit ashuwotsats angshitwe, datsmanatse keer hanoke taan ik'itúne› ett Ik'o keewre.
8 “Then God commanded Abraham that [every male in his household and all of his male descendants] should be circumcised [to show that they all belonged to God] and that they would obey what he had told Abraham to do. Later Abraham’s son, Isaac, was born, and when Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him. [Later] Isaac’s son, Jacob, was born, and Isaac [similarly circumcised] him. And Jacob [similarly circumcised] his twelve sons. They are the twelve men [from whom we(inc) Jews have all descended].”
Gof ami taaronowere bísh bími, mansha Abraham Yishak'i b́shuwor shimtl aawots gofo b́daamiyi, Mank'o b́ naayi Yisak'i gofo b́daamiyi. Yak'obuwere b́ jir tatse gitetsuwotsi gofo b́damyi.
9 “[You know that] Jacob’s [older] sons became jealous [because their father favored their younger brother] Joseph. So they sold him [to merchants/traders who took him] [MTY] to Egypt. There he became a slave [of an official who lived there]. But God [helped] Joseph.
«Yak'ob nanaúwots bo eshuwi Yosefi okoort Gbs' datsatsere guutso b́ wotituwok'o bokemi, Ik'onmó bíntoniye b́ teshi,
10 He protected him whenever people caused him to suffer. He enabled Joseph to be wise; and he caused Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to think well of Joseph. So Pharaoh appointed him to rule [over] Egypt and to look after all of Pharaoh’s property [MTY].”
Gond bek' jamotse bín b́ kishi, Gbs' naasho Fer'on shinatsere baatsonat danitelefo bísh bi'imi. Naashonuwere Gbs'nat b́ maa jamatse alituwo bín b́woshi.
11 “[While Joseph was doing that work], there was a time (when there was very little food/of famine) throughout Egypt and also throughout Canaan. People did not have enough food to eat. People were suffering. [At that time] Jacob and his sons [in Canaan] also could not find [enough] food.
Manór Gbs'nat Kene'an dats jamatse ayidek't ash kic'its k'ak'i eeno b́ woti, no nihuwotsuwere misho daatsosh falatsne.
12 When Jacob heard [people report that] there was grain/food [that people could buy] in Egypt, he sent Joseph’s older brothers [to go there to buy grain. They went and bought grain from Joseph, but they did not recognize him. Then they returned home].
Ya'ak'obwere Gbs'itse mááyo b́ beyok'owo b́ shishtsok'on tuwreerosh nonihotsi manok b́ woshi.
13 When Joseph’s brothers went to Egypt the second time, [they again bought grain from Joseph]. But this time [he] told them who he was. [And] people told Pharaoh that Joseph’s people were Hebrews [and that those men who had come from Canaan were his brothers].
Aani gitlo aanat Gbs'i bo amor Yosef b́ eshuotsesh b́ tooko b́ daneyi, jag bowotonúwere Fere'onokere b́ daneyi.
14 Then after Joseph sent [his brothers back home, they] told their father Jacob [that Joseph wanted] him and his entire family to come [to Egypt. At that time] ([Jacob’s family consisted of] 75 people/there were 75 people in Jacob’s family) [SYN].
Maniye hakon Yosef b́ nihi, Yak'obnat b́ jag jamo b́mandan dek't b́weyi, bo bojametsuwre shabe úts ashno.
15 [So when] Jacob [heard that, he and all his family] went to [live in] Egypt.” Acts 7:15b-16 “[Later on], Jacob died [there], and our [other] ancestors, [his sons, also died there].
Mansh Yak'ob Gbs' maantsan bí ami, bínat no nihwotsn manoke bok'iri.
16 [But] the bodies [of Jacob and Joseph] were brought {[they] brought the bodies [of Jacob and Joseph]} [back to our land], and [Jacob’s body] was buried {they buried [Jacob’s body]} [in the tomb that Abraham had bought, and they buried Joseph’s body] in Shechem in the ground that [Jacob] had bought from Hamor’s sons.”
Bomak'tsonowere Sekem maantsan dek'amt Abraham Sekemn Emor nan'úwotsoke b́ gizon b́keewts doowots dukeyi.
17 “Our ancestors had become very numerous when it was almost time for [God to rescue them] from Egypt, [as] he had promised Abraham that he would do.
Ik'o Abrahamsh taart b́ jangitso wotit aawo b́ t'inor Gbs'n beyiru ashuwots taawo ayefere bí ami.
18 Another king had begun to rule in Egypt. He did not know that Joseph, [long before that time, had greatly helped the people of Egypt] [MTY].
Man b́ wotwere Yosefi danawo k'osh Nugúso Gbs'n b́ naashefetsoniye.
19 That king cruelly tried to get rid of our ancestors. He oppressed them and caused them to suffer greatly. He [even commanded] them to leave their baby [boys] outside [their homes] so that they would die.”
Handr naash manuwere no ashuwotsats gondo k'úmt no nihwotsats kic'iyo dek't bo tuwi, bo nana'i marmat'uwotsno bok'irituwok'o úratse kishde'er bo juwituwok'o, no nihuwotsi bokic'iyi.
20 “During that time Moses was born, and he was a very beautiful [LIT] [child]. So his parents [secretly] cared for him in their house for three months.
Manór Muse b́ shuweyi, bíwere Ik'i shinatse na'i az sheenge b́teshi, keez shashonowre b́nihi meyitse b́ eeni,
21 Then they had to put him outside [the house, but] Pharaoh’s daughter [found him and] adopted him and cared for him as [though he were] her own son.
Uratso juu k'irewor Fereon mááts naú k'audekat b́ naayik'o woshdek'at b ditsi.
22 Moses was taught {[The Egyptian teachers] taught Moses} many kinds of wise things [HYP] that the people in Egypt knew, and [when he grew up], he spoke powerfully and did things powerfully.”
Musewwere Gbs' datsi dani teleef jamo danb́dek'i, b́ keewiru keewonat b́ finonowere kup' wotb́wtsi.
23 “[One day] when Moses was about 40 years old, he decided that he would [go and] see his fellow Israelis. [So he went to the place where they worked].
«Muse hab nato b́ s'eentsok'on bí eshuwotsi Israe'el nana'úwotsi s'iilo b́ tuwi.
24 He saw an Egyptian beating one of the Israelis. So he went over to help [MTY] the Israeli man who was being hurt/beat {whom [the Egyptian] was hurting/beating}, and he (got revenge on/paid back) the Israeli man by killing the Egyptian [who was hurting/beating him].
Bí eshuwotsitse ikonuwere Gbs' dats ash ikon t'uk'eyat was'o b́kashefere bek't bísh b́ gatsi, t'uk'eetsmanshowere weero weersht Gbs' dats asho togdek't b́úd'i.
25 Moses was thinking that his fellow Israelis would understand that God had sent him to free them [from being slaves]. But they did not understand that.
Ik'o b́ weeron boon b́ fakshiyituwok'o b́ jaguwots t'iwints bodek'etuwok'owa bísh araatni b́ tesh, bomó t'iwintsratsno.
26 The next day, Moses saw two Israeli men fighting [each other]. He tried to make them stop fighting by saying to them, ‘Men, you two are fellow [Israelis! So] (stop hurting each other!/why are you hurting each other?) [RHQ]’
Yaats guurok'onowere Israe'el ash gitetsuwots bo atsatseyo bo fayefere daatsdek't bonbaziyo geeyat ‹It ashuwtso! itwo eshu itnere, eegishe itfayeyiri?› bíet.
27 But the man who was injuring the other man pushed Moses away and said to him, ‘(No one appointed you [(sg)] to rule and judge us [(exc)]!/Do you [(sg)] think someone appointed you [(sg)] to rule and judge us [(exc)]?) [RHQ]
B́ tooho togiru ashman Museyi okaan gifnit ‹Neenmó noon alituwonat noatse angshituwo kone nee wosh?
28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
Oots Gbs' dats asho núd'tsok'o taanowere úd'osh geefiya?› bíet.
29 When Moses heard that, [he thought to himself, ‘Obviously, people know what I have done, and someone will kill me.’ He was afraid, so] he fled [from Egypt] to Midian land. He lived there [for some years]. He [got married, and he and his wife] had two sons.”
Muse man b́shishtsok'on Gbs'itse kesht Midiyam datsomants amt gooshtsi wotat b́beeyi, Manoke nungush nana'a gituwotsi b́shuwi.
30 “[One day] 40 years later, [the Lord God appeared as] an angel to Moses. He appeared in a bush that was burning in the desert near Sinai Mountain.
«Muse datsmanatse hab nato b́beshiyakon Debre Sin woruwotse aat'iru t'ugi atatsi tawi laluwotse melaki iko b́be'eyi.
31 When Moses saw that, he was greatly surprised, [because the bush was not burning up]. As he went over to look more closely, he heard the Lord [God] say [to him],
Muse man b́bek'tsok'on bíadi, karndek't b́s'iilorowere hank'o etiru Doonzo k'aro b́shishi,
32 ‘I [am] the God [whom] your ancestors [worshipped]. I [am] the God that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob [worship].’ Moses [was so afraid that he] began to shake. He was afraid to look [at the bush any longer].
‹Taahe nnihotsko Izar Izewer taane, Abarhamko Izar Izewer, Yisahak'ko Izar Izewer, Yak'obko Izar Izewer taane, › Muse were shatoon k'ewub́wutsi, s'iloshowere aawo shu'atse.
33 Then the Lord [God] said to him, ‘Take your sandals off [to show that you(sg) revere me]. Because I [am here], the place where you are standing is holy/sacred.
Doonzonuwere hank'o b́ eti, ‹N ned'iruwok man S'ayin datso b́ wottsotse n tufitsi c'aamo kishuwe,
34 I have surely seen how the people of Egypt are continually causing my people to suffer. I have heard my people when they groan [because those people continually oppress them]. So I have come down to rescue them [from Egypt]. Now get ready, because I am going to send you [back] to Egypt [to do that].’”
Gbs'itse fa'a ti ashuwots weralo gond bo bek'iruwok'o bek're, kic'at bo kuhirwono shishre, mansh boon kashiyosh oot're, andoor wowe! taa neen Gbs'its woshona.›
35 “This Moses [is the one who had tried to help our Israeli people, but] whom they rejected [by saying], ‘No one [RHQ] appointed you to rule and judge [us!’] Moses [is the one whom] God [himself] sent to rule them and to free them [from being slaves. He is the one whom] an angel in the bush [commanded to do that].
«Israe'el ashuwotsu Musesh ‹Neen noats altsonat angshituwon woshtso kone?› Eton bín k'efatni botesh, wotowa boko t'ugi atatse bísh be'ets melakiyo jangon alituwonat nas' kishituwon woshdek't bomandan bín b́ woshi.
36 Moses [is the one who] led our ancestors out [from Egypt]. He did many kinds of miracles in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and during the 40 years [that the Israelite people lived] in the desert.
Gbs'nat Aats k'ar birokere aditsonat milikito finat bí ashuwotsi kish dek't hab natosh dats woruwtse jishtso Museyiye b́ teshi.
37 This Moses is the one who said to the Israelite people, ‘God will appoint a prophet for you from among your own people. [He will speak words from God], just like I [speak his words to you].’
‹Doonzo Izar Izewer taan b́ tiztsok'o mank'o it eshuwotsitse nebiyiyo itsh tuuzitwe› ett Isra'el ashuwots keewutso Museyiye b́teshi.
38 This man [Moses] was [our people’s leader] when they gathered together in the desert. It is Moses to whom [God sent] the angel on Sinai Mountain to [give him our laws], and [he was the one who told] our [other] ancestors [what the angel had said]. He was the one who received [from God] words that tell us how to live [eternally, and Moses] passed [them] on to us.”
Woruwotse kakuwedek't teshts ashuwotsntonat Sin guri abaatse keewuts Ik'i melakiyonton animank'o no nihotsnton teshtso bíne. Ik'o keewuts kash imetu aap'o noosh beshitsonuwere un bíne Museyiye.
39 “[However], our ancestors did not want to obey [Moses]. Instead, [while he was still on the mountain], they rejected him [as their leader] and decided that they wanted to return to Egypt.
«No nihots bína bok'efibako bísh aleratsnee, Bonibotsnowere Gbs' maants aano bo gawi.
40 So they told [his older brother] Aaron, ‘Make idols for us who will be our gods to lead us [back to Egypt]! As for that fellow Moses who led us out of Egypt we [(exc)] do not know what has happened to him!’
Aronshowere ‹Noon Gbs'itse kishts Muse han eeg bíyats bodtsok'o no danawotse noshin shinatse sha'arr noon jishituwo Izar izewerotsi noosh doozwe› bo eti.
41 So, they made [out of gold] an image [that looked like] a calf. Then they sacrificed [animals and offered other things] to [honor] that idol, and they sang and danced to honor the idol that they themselves had made.
Manór manz aron dozets Ik'o doozdek't bísh wosho bo t'intsi, bokishi finonowere bogenee'úwi.
42 So God rejected them. He abandoned them to worship the sun, moon and stars in the sky. This agrees with the words that one of the prophets wrote that God said, You Israelite [people] [MTY], when you [repeatedly] killed animals and offered them as sacrifices during those 40 years [that you were] in the desert, (you [most certainly] were not offering them to me!/what makes you think that you were offering them to me?) [RHQ]
Ik'onmó boatse k'aleniye b́wutsi. Daritsi k'eenwotssh bo ik'ituwok'o boon beshidek't bími. Manwere Nebiywotsn hank'o ett guut'etsok'one, ‹It Israe'el ashuwotso! Shúkeets gizonat woshon Hab nati s'eenosh woruwotse it t'ints tasheya?
43 [On the contrary], you carried [with you from place to place] the tent [that contained the idol] representing [the god] Molech [that you worshipped]. You also [carried with you] the image of the star [called] Rephan. [Those] were idols that you had made, [and you] worshipped [them instead of me]. So I will [cause you to] be taken away {[people to] take you} [from your own country. You will be taken] {[They will take you]} [far from your homes to regions] even farther than Babylon [Country].”
Dek'at it amtso Molok gofonat Refani eteef k'enon it arits it ik'oniye b́ teshi, Bowere it kishon findek'at, It boosh it boosh sagadat it teshts ik'irwotsiye, Taawere Babloniye ok it gishetuwok'o woshituwe.›
44 “While our ancestors were in the desert, they worshipped God at the tent that showed [that he was there with them]. They had made the tent exactly like God had commanded Moses [to make it. It was] exactly like the model that Moses had seen [when he was up on the mountain].
«No nihots woruwotse gawi gofu detsfne b́ teshi, gofmanuwere Ik'o b́ keewutsok'onat b́ kitstsok'o bin fintso Museyiye b́ teshi.
45 [Later on], other ancestors of ours carried that tent with them when Joshua led them [into this land]. That was during the time that they took this land for themselves, when God forced the people [who previously lived here] to leave. So the Israelis were able to possess this land. [The tent remained in this land and was still here] when [King] David ruled.
Ik'o boshinatse b́ gishts Ik' ash Woteraw ashuwots datso bo nator no nihots bodek'ts gofani Iyasunton manok bo kindshi, Dawit dúro b́ borfetsosh manoke b beyi.
46 David pleased God, and he asked God to let him build a house where [he and] all of our Israeli people could worship God.
Dawituwere Ik' shinatse baatso daatst Yak'ob Ik'o Izar Izewersh k'ewok wotit moo agosh Ik'o b́ k'oni.
47 But [instead, God let David’s son] Solomon build a house [where people could worship] God.”
Ernmó Ik'í maa agtso Solomoniye.
48 “However, [we(inc) know that] God is greater than everything, and he does not live in [houses that] people [SYN] have made. It is like the prophet [Isaiah] wrote. He wrote [these words that God had spoken: ]
«B́woteferor jam falts Ik'onmó ash kishon ageets moots beerake, manwere Nebiyon hank'o ett guut'etsoniye,
49 Heaven is (my throne/the place from which I rule the entire universe), and the earth is (my footstool/[merely like] a stool on which I may rest my feet). I myself [SYN] have made everything [both in heaven and on the earth]. So you [human beings], ([you] really cannot build a house that would be [adequate] for me!/do you think you can build a house that would be [appropriate] for me?) [RHQ] You cannot [RHQ] make a place good enough for me [to live in]!”
‹Daro t be jooroniye, Datsonuwere t tufi ned'oke, Eshe ááwu naari mee taash it agetuwoni?› ‹Bíyok t kashituwokonu awuk'one?› Etfe Doonzoni.
‹Jaman taa t kishon t finkoshna?› Bíeti Ik'oni.
51 “You people are extremely stubborn [MET], not wanting to obey God or listen [MTY] [to him!] You are exactly like your ancestors! You always resist the Holy Spirit [as they did]!
«It wed'etswotso it nibo is'etswotso! it k'el kúp'uwotso! it nihuwotskok'o jam aawo S'ayin shayiro it k'efiri.
52 Your ancestors caused [RHQ] every prophet to suffer, [including Moses]. They even killed those who long ago announced [that the Messiah] would come, the one who always did what pleased God. [And the Messiah has come! He is the one whom] you [recently] turned over [to his enemies] and [insisted that] they kill him!
Nebíyiwotsitse it nihots bo gisherawo kone fa'oni? boowere kááw finetsman b́ weetuwok'o shin keewutswotsi boúd'i, It were and kááwu finetsan beshidek' imaat it úd'i.
53 You [are the people] who have received God’s laws. [Those were laws] that God caused angels to give [to our ancestors]. However, [incredibly], you have not obeyed them!”
It Ik'i melakiwots weeron Muse nemo dek'at it teshi, ernmó kotde'atste.»
54 When the Jewish Council members [and others there] heard all that [Stephen said], they became very angry. They were grinding their teeth [together because they were so angry] at him!
Mooshiru jirwots han boshishtsok'on nibo k'únbowutsi, Ist'ifanosi fayat bí'ats gasho bo shas'i.
55 But the Holy Spirit completely controlled Stephen. He looked up into heaven and saw a dazzling light from God, and [he saw] Jesus standing at God’s right side.
Ist'ifanosmó S'ayin shayiron s'eent daro maantsan kawudek't s'iilt, Ik'i mango darotse b́bek'i, Iyesus noowere Ik' k'ani aaromadan b́ need'efere b́ bek'i,
56 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open, and I [see] the one who came from heaven standing at God’s right side!”
Eshe «Hambe, daro k'eshe b́ gwutsere ash na'o Ik'i k'ani aaro maantsan b́ need'efere t bek'iri» bí eti.
57 [When the Jewish Council members and others heard that], they shouted loudly. They put their hands over their ears [so that they could not hear Stephen, and immediately] they all rushed at him.
Manoor bo k'aari eenon bo kuhi, bo waazono is'dekt ik wotdek't b́ maantsan bowos'i.
58 They dragged him outside the city [of Jerusalem] and started to throw stones at him. The people who were accusing him [took off] their outer garments [in order to throw stones more easily, and] they put their clothes [on the ground] next to a young man whose name was Saul, [so that he could guard them].
Kitotsno kishdek't shútson bo jot'i, gawuwotsuwre bo shemo dek'amt Sa'oli eteets jawets iko b́ kotetwok'o b́ tufi shirots ged bok'ri.
59 While they continued to throw stones at Stephen, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
Shútson bín bo jot'fere, Ist'ifanos, «Doonzo Iyesuso! t kashu k'aaú de'e!» ett b́ k'oni.
60 Then Stephen fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not punish them (OR, forgive them) [LIT] for this sin!” After he had said that, he died.
Tuk'umaldek't, «Doonzono! bo morran boats taawk'aye!» ett k'aari eenon kuhat man ettnuwere k'ir b́wutsi.
