Acts 7
1 Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are the things that [these people are saying about you(sg)] true?”
Romwah phokhothoon ah ih Stephen suh chengta, “Amiisak nih angkah?”
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].
Stephen ih ngaak baatta, “Ngaaphoh ngaawah loong nga jeng ah boichaat an! Sengte sengwah Abraham Haraan hah ni maang song kah kaadi, Mesopotomia hah ni
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.’
Rangte dongkhoom kah ano baatta, ‘An hadaang nyia an jaatang ah thiinhaat uno ngah ih marah hah doh kaat baat ha erah doh kah uh.’
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.”
Erah raangtaan Abraham ih heh hadaang ah thiinhaat ano Haraan hah ni song kata. Heh wah tek lidi, Rangte ih sen amadi song lan hah adi kaat thuk taha.
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]).”
Rangte ih Abraham suh arah an hah ngeh ih baatkot muh, amasah chepsiit taan uh kotmuh, enoothong Rangte ih Abraham suh kot eha ngeh ih ba kakhamta adoleh ansuh ansah lakbui ang ah ngeh ih thoomhoon kakhat ah ba hoon eta, erah kakham ah Abraham heh sah maang jeeka tokdi hoonta.
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.’
Rangte ih Abraham suh baatta: ‘An sutoom satoom loong ah minok mihah nah song rum ah, erah doh neng loong ah chaabaji paang raangtaan ih dah ih siiwi rum ah.
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.’”
Enoothong an sutoom satoom loong ih soomtu rum ah mina loong ah ngah ih dande kah rum ang, erah lidoh erah hah dowa doksoon rum ano arah hah adoh ngaak song rum haano nga somtu rum hang.’
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].”
Eno Abraham damdi thoomhoon kakhat thiinta ngeh ih jat suh Rangte ih heh khoopkhan banlam ah hoonthuk rumta. Erah thoidi Esak ah tup ano saasinat lidi heh khoopkhan ano men hoonta; Esak ih heh sah Jaakob khoopkhanta, eno Jaakob ih heh sah asih wanyi ah khoopkhan banlam hoonta.
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.
“Jaakob sah loong ih neng no Josep ah miksuh ih rum ano Ijip hah ni dah raangtaan ih sang rumta. Enoothong Rangte ah heh damdam eta,
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].”
erah thoidi Josep ah mathan laang chamta bah uh Rangte ih puipang eta. Ijip Luuwang damdi Josep chomuita di, Rangte ih Josep suh mih tenroon thuk theng nyia mongtham ese ah kota, eno erah hadaang adi Luuwang ih Josep ah kobono nyia henok hetap jaatrep sokboite ang thukta.
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.
Erah lidi, Ijip nyia Kanaan hah noongrep ni ram ang ano rapne ih cham rumta. Sengte sengwah loong ih phak asat ju choh jam muh,
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].
eno Jaakob ih Ijip hah ni ji acham eje ngeh ih japchaat ano, sengte sengwah, heh sah loong ah phangkaat thukta.
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].
Dopnyi kah rum adi, Josep ih hephoh loong suh heh teewah tiit ah jatthuk rumta, eno Ijip Luuwang ih uh Josep jaatang tiit ah jat eta.
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].
Josep ih heh wah suh maatbaatta, neng jaatang rooksinet wabangnga ah loongtang Ijip hah nah kaat theng ngeh ah.
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].
Jaakob nyia heh sah loongtang Ijip hah ni song karum ano erah ni matti karumta.
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.”
Neng mang ah Sekem hah ni huikaat ano, Abraham ih Haamor jaatang jiin nawa ngun ih reta di bengkaat rumta.
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.
“Rangte ih Abraham damdi thoomhoon kakhatta saapoot ah chang kano, Ijip hah ni seng mina hasong ah jaat eti.
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].
Erah lih adi, Josep men lajatte mih Ijip Luuwang we angta.
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.”
Eno Luuwang ah sengte sengwah loong damdi rapne ih thikhah ano, neng sah khobaang loong ah tektoom ih ah ngeh ih li ano, thoikatkat ih neng nok nawa ehoh ni tum thiin thuk rumta.
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.
Erah tokdi, Moses ah jaaseemoong sah ih dongtupta. Moses ah nok ni laajom sokboita,
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.
eno heh nok nawa thiinhaat kaat kano, wangcha nah rah ih heh raangtaan suh hakpanta.
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.”
Moses suh Ijip nok hah tiit jirep ah nyootsoot kano jatwah jeewah eh hoonta.
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].
“Moses paang rookbaji ang ano, hejaat hepaat ah mamah ih siiwi rumta erah ah jat suh ngeh ih jam thoithakta.
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].
Heh mina wasiit Ijip mih ih siiwi ah japtup ano, Moses ih erah mih ah etek haat eta. (
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.
Moses ih thunta, heh mina loong ah ih baata jatrum hangnih, ngah Rangte ih neng doksiit suh daapkaat halang ngeh ah, eno heh mina loong ah ih tajat rumta).
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]’
Erah saalih adi Ijirel nok hah wanyi botmui arah japtup ano paakpang damdi taat renbaat nyuuta. ‘Boichaat thaak ansih,’ jaaroh nyi, ‘set Ijirel mina tanih ang kansih; tiimte botmui lansih?’
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]
Eno o ih wasiit ah siiwiita erah mih ah ih Moses ah haangko pitthengta. ‘Sek laktung nah an ih dande theng ngeh ih o ih poon halu?’
28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
‘Miinnyah Ijip nok hah tekbuh tang ah likhiik tekbuh ang ngeh ih nih li halang?’
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.”
Moses ih erah jeng ah japchaat ano, Ijip hah nawa Midian hah ni soonkah ano moong songtong kata. Erah ni heh sah miwasah wanyi tupta.
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.
“Paang rookbaji lini, Moses ngathong ni Rangte kaamwah ah Sinai Kong ni phisaang hah ni weelu damdi dongjengta.
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],
Erah japtup ano, Moses ah rapne ih paatjaata, eno rapniine ih sok suh weeluuta adi tiitkhoom kata. Eno Teesu jengta ah japchaatta;
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].
‘Ngah ante anwah Rangte, Abraham Rangte, Esak nyia Jaakob Rangte.’ Moses ih lanaan sok thang ih mochoota.
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.
Teesu ih Moses suh liita, ‘An lasong ah khook haat uh an chaplu ah Esa hah.
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].’”
Ijip ni nga mina loong rapne ih cham arah japtup hang. Nenghu nengri chaat hang, Ngah neng doksiit puipang suh ra halang. Amadoh raaho; Ngah ih an Ijip hah nah kaat thuk ha.’
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].
“Moses ah Ijirel mina ih thaangju et arah mina angta. ‘Seng pante nyia maat hoonte angtheng ngeh ih o ih thiik halu?’ Miloong ah ih emah kali rumta. Enoothong weeluuta adi Rangte dongjengta, Moses ah noksong pante nyia doksiitte, heh damdoh rangsah roong mokah ah ngeh ah.
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 ih, Ijip hah ni nyia Juusisaang (Juusih esiit je ah, erah amadi uh erah suh juusih essang ngeh ih menha) adi nyia phisaang hah ni mih paatjaajih loong ah noisok ano heh mina loong ah Ijip hah nawa doksiit dowa.
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].’
Moses ih Ijirel noksong suh baatta, ‘Rangte ih, ngah kaat thuk halang ah likhiik khowah kaat thuk ha, eno erah mina ah sen mina dowa ang ah.’
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.”
Moses ah Ijirel mina loong damdi phisaang hah ni tum roongtong rumta; sente senwah loong nyia rangsah damdi Sinai Kong ni kah chowaanta, enooleh Rangte khothing jengkhaap ah seng suh toombaat tahe.
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.
“Enoothong sengte sengwah loong ah ih Moses jeng ah taboichaat rumta; heh jeng lalek boichaat thang ih Ijip hah ko we ngaakwang thung ang rumta.
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!’
Erah thoidi neng ih Aroon suh li rumta, ‘Seng lamsiitte Rangte hoon kohe. Ijip hah nawa seng doksiitte, Moses bah tajatke tiim ang koja.’
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.
Erah lilih, maan laaphaang tongmih hoon rum ano, roomsoom rumta, erah lih adi neng ih hoonta tongmih phoongpha mendi phaksat ah room phaksah ih rumta.
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]
Erah thoidi neng Rangte ah neng dam dowa doksoon ano rang dowa ritsih nyia rang ni tiimjih jeela erah loong ah soomtu thuk rumta, erah tiit ah khowah loong leedap ni raangthiin choi: ‘Ijirel noksong loong! Phisaang hah ni paang rookbaji angtan adoh luiamaan ah nga soomtu suh tadook tan.
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].”
Erah tumhui tan abah, Molek Rangte raangtaan ih angta; adoleh ritsih rangte, Rephan laaphaang raangtaan ih; erah loong abah sen ih soomtu theng tongmih angta. Erah raangtaan ih sen loong ah Bebiloon jiit nah phanhaat kaat rumha.’
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].
“Sengte sengwah loong ih bah phisaang hah ni Rangte waktong theng Nyutaap ah neng damdam ih tumhui rumta. Erah mamah ih hoon theng ah, Rangte ih Moses suh noisokta ah likhiik ih hoon rumta.
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.
Lini, sengte sengwah loong ih neng wah jiin nawa thaangta Nyutaap ah Josua damdi wakkah rumta di neng damdam ih tumhui rumta. Eno Rangte ih mathan deek akaan angta loong ah nengngah nengngah ih tum phanjoh haatta. Erah Nyutaap ah Dewid, Luuwang maang langlang ih erah hadaang adi thok tongta.
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.
Rangte ih Dewid suh ese choh kano Dewid ih Jaakob Rangte nok hoon thuk weehang ngeh ih suta.
47 But [instead, God let David’s son] Solomon build a house [where people could worship] God.”
Enoothong erah rangsoomnok ah Solomon Luuwang ih liwang ni thoon tom hoonta.
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: ]
“Enoothong Echoong thoon ni tongte Rangte ah mina ih hoon hi nok ni tatongta; khowah ih liiha likhiik ah,
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]!”
‘Rangmong ah nga tongtheng, nyia hah ah nga lah naktheng, Teesu ih liiha, Nga raangtaan ih sen ih tiim nok ma hoon an? Nga tongtheng nok ah mani ah?
Arah loong ah nga lak ih tanih hoontang?’
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]!
“Senten senmong ah jong ajaan likhiik mamah angtan!” Stephen ih arah tiit ah jangbaat roh ih kaatta. “Sen thung ah mamah sengseng angtan, Rangte tiitkhaap chaat suh sen na ah mamah sengseng ih baang tan! Seng loong ah sente senwah likhiik; sen ih uh Esa Chiiala ah saarookwet takap kan!
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!
Sente senwah ih khowah lasiiwiite eje nih ah? Teewadi Laksuh kateng ah erak eha ngeh ih Rangte tiit baat kaatte ah uh neng ih tek haatta. Eno sen ih erah mih ah mokwaan anno tek haat han.
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!”
Rangte hootthe ah rangsah jiin nawa choh thaangte sen loong ah —erabah uh heh jeng ah taboichaat kan!”
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!
Ngoongthumte loong ah Stephen jeng ah chaat rum ano, neng pha ah phak ah ih khadah rumta.
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.
Stephen ah Esa Chiiala pan angte angta, rangko toon sokwan adi Rangte chaan aphaan nyia Jisu jaawah ko ih chap arah tupwanta.
56 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open, and I [see] the one who came from heaven standing at God’s right side!”
“Sok thaak an!” Stephen ih baat rumta. “Rangmong ah daapchoi tupwan lang, erah di Mina Sah Rangte damdi jaawah ko chap arah tupwan lang!”
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.
Ngoongthumte loong ah riiraak rum ano neng na ah neng lak ih kepjoh rumta. Miloong ah Stephen taangko ih tuutmui karum ano,
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].
erah samnuthung dowa dokphan haatkaat rumta, eno Jong ih patkaat rumta. Erah tupte haaki loong ah ih neng nyuh nengkhat ah jaaro wasiit Sool ngeh ih angta, reeni thiinhaat rumta.
59 While they continued to throw stones at Stephen, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
Jong ih patrum ah damdi Stephen ih Teesu men ah poon ano rangsoomta, “Teesu ngaachi ngaala ah thaang hang!”
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.
Stephen ah heh lakuh ni chooktong ano eroongwah ih riihuuta, “Teesu! Neng rangdah ah nak samthun weeuh!” Emah ih jeng ano thaktiita.
