Acts 7
1 Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are the things that [these people are saying about you(sg)] true?”
Titia maha purohit pora hudise, “Etu kotha khan hosa ase?
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].
Titia Stephen koise, “Bhai khan aru baba khan, moi laga kotha huni bhi: Isor laga mohima baba Abraham logote ahise jitia tai Mesopotamia te thakise, tai Haran te nathaka age pora;
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.’
aru taike koise, ‘Tumi laga mati aru ghor manu khan pora ulai jabi, aru moi jun jaga tumike dikha bo ta te jabi.’
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.”
Titia Abraham pora Chaldea laga desh chari kene Haran te thaki jaise; aru tai laga baba mora pichete, Isor pora taike etu jagate loi anise, jun jagate tumikhan etiya thaki ase.
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]).”
Kintu Tai taike etu jaga diya nai, tai laga theng rakhibole bhi diya nai. Kintu Isor pora taike aru tai laga khandan ke, ekta jaga dibo koi kene kosom dise, tai laga bacha nathaka hoilebi.
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.’
Kintu Isor pora taike eneka koise, tai laga khandan khan dusra desh te alag manu hoi kene thakibo, aru etu jaga laga manu khan taikhan ke nokor bonai rakhibo aru charsoh saal tak bisi dukh dibo.
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.’”
‘Aru,’ Isor koise, ‘jun jati taikhan ke nokor banabo, utu jati khan ke moi bisar koribo, titia taikhan ulai ahi kene moike etu jagate mohima koribo.’
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].”
Titia Isor pora Abraham ke sunnot laga kosom dise, titia Abraham, Isaac laga baba hoise aru ath-dinte Isaac ke sunnot korise; aru Isaac pora Jacob laga baba hoise, aru Jacob pora baroh ta bacha paise aru etu khandan laga baba hoise.
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.
Kintu Joseph laga bhai khan tai uporte ke suku jolise, aru taike Egypt te bikiri kori dise; kintu Isor tai logote thakise.
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].”
Aru Isor pora tai laga dukh sob pora bachai loise. Tai laga gyaan pora Egypt raja Pharaoh laga mon jiti loise, aru raja pora taike Egypt aru tai laga ghor uporte Governor bonai dise.
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.
Titia Egypt aru Canaan desh te akaal ahise, aru bisi dukh paise, aru amikhan laga baba khan khabole panai.
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].
Kintu jitia Jacob hunise Egypt te dhaan ase koi kene, tai amikhan laga baba khan ke ta te pathaise.
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].
Aru dusra bar Joseph nijor bhai khan ke tai kun ase utu janibole dise, aru Pharaoh bhi Joseph laga ghor manu khan ke jani loise.
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].
Titia Joseph tai laga kokai khan logote manu pathai kene Jacob aru tai logote pachatar jonke loi kene Egypt te anibole pothaise.
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].
Titia Jacob Egypt te jaise, Jacob aru amikhan laga baba khan sob ta te morise.
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.”
Aru taikhan laga mora gaw to Shechem te loijai kene kote Abraham pora Hamor bacha khan logote poisa dikene mati kini rakhise ta te kobor dise.
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.
Jitia Isor pora Abraham logote kosom khai kene rakha homoi ahise- etu kosom juntu Isor he Abraham logote korise- Egypt te manu bisi hoi jaise.
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].
Joseph ke najana ekjon raja Egypt te ulaise.
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.”
Tai amikhan laga manu ke thogai dise, aru jiman notun jonom huwa bacha khan ase taikhan ke ulai anibole koise ta te taikhan eitu khan ke jinda thaki bole nadibo.
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.
Etu homoi te Moses jonom hoise; tai Isor nimite bisi sundur thakise, aru taike tin mohina tak tai baba ghor te rakhise.
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.
Kintu jitia taike bahar te rakhise, Pharaoh laga swali pora taike loi kene nijor bacha nisena palise.
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.”
Aru Moses ke Egypt laga gyaan aru niyom sob sikhai dise, aru tai kotha aru kaam te bhi bisi takot thakise.
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].
Kintu jitia tai chalis saal hoi jaise, tai nijor Israel bhai khan ke lok kori bole mon korise.
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].
Aru ek din, jitia Israel manu ekjon ke dukh pai thaka dikhise, Moses etu manu ke modot kori bole jaise, aru etu dikhi kene Moses pora etu Egypt manu ke morai dise.
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.
Tai bhabisele, tai laga bhai khan bujhi bo paribo, Isor he taikhan ke bachai dibo nimite taike pathaise, kintu taikhan etu bujhi bo para nai.
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]’
Aru dusra dinte duijon Israel manu jhagara kori thaka homoi te tai ponchise, aru ekjon-ekjon logote shanti rakhibole koise, ‘Bhai khan, kele nijor bhai kokai majote jhagara kori ase?’
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]
Kintu jun tai usorte manu logot jhagara kori thakise, Moses ke pichete dhakai kene, koise, ‘Tumike kun pora amikhan uporte hukum chola bole dise?
28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
Juwa kali ekjon Egypt manu ke morai diya nisena, moike bhi mora bole mon ase?’
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.”
Etu kotha huni kene Moses polai jaise, aru Median laga desh te alag desh manu hoi kene thaki jaise, aru ta te tai duita chokra bacha laga baba hoi jaise.
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.
Aru jitia chalis saal paar hoi jaise, Probhu laga sorgodoth Sinai Pahar laga jongol te jui nisena kori kene tai usorte ahise.
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],
Jitia Moses jui dikhise, tai etu dikhi kene bisi asurit hoise, aru usor pora sabole jaise, titia Probhu laga awaj hunise.
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].
‘Moi tumi laga baba khan laga Isor ase, Abraham, Isaac aru Jacob laga Isor.’ Titia Moses kapi kene bhoi pora ta te phale sabole para nai.
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.
Titia Probhu taike koise, ‘Tumi laga theng pora juta ulai rakhi dibi, kelemane kuntu jagate tumi khara ase etu jaga Pobitro ase.
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].’”
Ami laga manu khan Egypt te dukh kori thaka Moi dikhise, aru taikhan kandi thaka awaj hunise, aru taikhan ke bacha bole nimite Moi ahise; etu karone ahibi, Moi tumike Egypt te pathabo.’
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].
Etu Moses, junke Israel manu khan pora grohon kora nai, tai koise, ‘Kun he tumike moi khan uporte cholawta koribo dise?’- Tai ekjon thakise junke Isor pora cholawta bonaise aru bachai dibole nimite pathaise- aru sorgodoth hath pora Moses ke jongol te dikhai dise.
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.
Moses pora he Egypt pora taikhan ke ulai anise, aru sob asurit kaam khan Egypt laga matite dikhai thakise aru Ghar laga Samundar te, aru jongol majot pora taikhan ke chalis saal tak cholai kene loi jaise.
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].’
Etu Moses he ase, jun Israel khan ke koise, ‘Isor pora tumikhan nimite tumikhan laga bhai kokai khan majot pora ekjon moi nisena bhabobadi ulai dibo.’
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.”
Etu tai ase, jongol te thaka homoi te, Sinai Pahar te sorgodoth logot kotha korise, aru kun amikhan baba laga baba khan logot asele, aru utu tai ase jun pora jinda kotha paikene amikhan ke ponchai dise.
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.
Etu manu laga kotha moi khan laga baba laga baba khan mani bole mon kora nai, kintu taike hatai dise, aru taikhan laga mon Egypt phale jai jaise.
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!’
Aru Aaron koise, ‘Amikhan nimite murti khan bonai dibi jun amikhan ke loi kene age jabo. Aru etu Moses, jun he amikhan ke Egypt pora loi anise, taike ki hoise amikhan najane.’
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.
Titia taikhan ekta goru bacha bonaise, aru hath pora bona laga murti ke kiba ani kene boli dise, aru khushi manai thakise.
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]
Kintu Isor taikhan ke chari kene akas aru tara khan ke puja kori bole dise, jineka bhabobadi khan laga kitab te likha ase, ‘Tumikhan moike janwar laga boli diya nai Chalis saal jongol te thaka homoi te, tumi Israel manu khan kotha manise?
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].”
Apuni khan Molech laga tambu ke mani loise, Aru tumikhan laga bhagwan Rephan laga tara bhi, aru murti bonai kene puja kori bole loi jaise karone: Moi tumikhan ke Babylon pora bisi dur te loi rakhidibo.’
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].
Ami laga baba laga baba khan logot sakhi laga tambu ase, jineka taike dikhaise jongol te, tineka bona bole koise, aru thik tineka bonai loise.
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.
Etu ase tombu ghor juntu amikhan baba khan pora paikene Joshua hath pora loi yate anise, jitia taikhan desh khan ke gheri loi kene kabja kori loise, jun khan Isor he amikhan laga baba khan usor pora khedai dise, aru David raja laga homoi tak thakise,
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.
jun Isor itcha te paise, tai mangise Jacob laga Isor ke thaki bole ekta jagah karone.
47 But [instead, God let David’s son] Solomon build a house [where people could worship] God.”
Kintu Solomon he Isor karone ekta ghor bonai dise.
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: ]
Kintu, Mohan Isor to manu pora bonai diya ghor te nathake, bhabobadi pora kowa nisena,
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]!”
‘Sorgo to Ami laga singhason, aru prithibi Ami laga theng rakha jaga. Probhu koise, tumi Moi karone ghor bonai dibo? Aru Ami laga aram kora jaga to kote hobo?
Moi he nijor hath pora etu sob bona nai naki?’
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]!
Tumikhan phutani aru mon aru kaan te sunnot nakora khan, tumikhan Pobitro Atma laga hinsa kori thake, tumikhan baba laga baba khan kori aha nisena, tineka apuni khan bhi kore.
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!
Eneka kun bhabobadi ase junke tumikhan laga baba pora dukh diya nai? Taikhan pora ahibole thaka Dharmik Jon Jisu laga kotha kowa manu khan ke bhi morai dise, aru tumikhan bhi morai diya aru thogai diya khan hoi jaise,
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!”
Tumikhan sorgodoth khan pora diya Isor laga niyom luwa khan, hoilebi tumikhan manibo para nai.”
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!
Jitia taikhan etu kotha hunise, sabha laga manu khan monte bisi khong hoise, aru dath kamuri kene Stephen uporte khong uthise.
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.
Kintu tai Pobitro Atma te bhorta hoi kene, sorgote saise, aru Isor laga mohima aru Jisu to Isor laga dyna hath phale khara thaka dikhi paise.
56 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open, and I [see] the one who came from heaven standing at God’s right side!”
Stephen pora hala kori kene koise, “Sabi, sorgo khuli thaka dikhi ase, aru Manu laga Putro Isor laga dyna hath phale khara kori ase.”
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.
Titia taikhan untcha awaj pora hala korise, aru kaan bondh kori kene sob eke logot tai usorte polai ahise.
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].
Aru taikhan taike sheher bahar te loijai kene taike pathor mari dise, aru gawahi khan taikhan laga kapra loise aru jawan manu ekjon naam Saul laga bhori te rakhise.
59 While they continued to throw stones at Stephen, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
Aru taikhan jitia Stephen ke pathor mari thakise, tai Isor ke mati kene koise, “Probhu Jisu, moi laga Atma loi lobi.”
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.
Titia tai athukarikena jor awaj pora koise, “Probhu, taikhan ke etu paap laga bisar nokoribi.” Etu koi kene tai ghumai jaise.
