Acts 6
1 About this time, as the number of disciples was increasing, complaints were made by the Greek-speaking Jews against the Hebrews because their widows were habitually overlooked in the daily ministration.
E kindeno kar kwan mar jopuonjre ne medore, omiyo jo-Yahudi mane wacho dho jo-Yunani nochako ngʼur gi jo-Yahudi wetegi mane wacho dho Hibrania. Jo-Yahudi mane wacho dho jo-Yunani ne ywak ni mon ma chwogi othogi ne ojwangʼ kaluwore gi kony mar chiemo mane ipogo mon ma chwogi otho.
2 So the Twelve called together the general body of the disciples and said, "It does not seem fitting that we Apostles should neglect the delivery of God's Message and minister at tables.
Wachno nomiyo joote apar gariyo ochoko jopuonjre duto kanyakla, mi giwachonegi niya, “Ok ber mondo wajwangʼ tich mar yalo Wach Nyasaye mondo wapog chiemo.
3 Therefore, brethren, pick out from among yourselves seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, and we will appoint them to undertake this duty.
Kuom mano, owetewa, yieruru ji abiriyo e dieru ka; joma ongʼere ni opongʼ gi Roho Maler kod rieko mondo waket tijni e lwetgi,
4 But, as for us, we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the delivery of the Message."
eka wan wachiwre chuth ni tijwa mar lamo gi yalo Wach Nyasaye.”
5 The suggestion met with general approval, and they selected Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte of Antioch.
Paroni nomoro joma oyie kuom Kristo duto kanyakla, omiyo ne giyiero Stefano, ngʼat mopongʼ gi yie kendo gi Roho Maler, gi Filipo, kod Prokoro, gi Nikanor, gi Timon, gi Parmenas, kod Nikolao ja-Antiokia, ngʼat mane olokore oluwo din jo-Yahudi.
6 These men they brought to the Apostles, and, after prayer, they laid their hands upon them.
Negikelo jogi mi joote oyieyo lwetgi kuomgi kendo olamonegi.
7 Meanwhile God's Message continued to spread, and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem very greatly increased, and very many priests obeyed the faith.
Omiyo Wach Nyasaye nomedo landore, kendo kwan jopuonjre mane ni Jerusalem nomedore ahinya, kendo ji mangʼeny kuom jodolo nolokore moluwo yieno.
8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, performed great marvels and signs among the people.
To Stefano mane en ngʼat mopongʼ gi ngʼwono kod teko mar Nyasaye, notimo ranyisi madongo miwuoro kod honni e dier ji.
9 But some members of the so-called 'Synagogue of the Freed-men,' together with some Cyrenaeans, Alexandrians, Cilicians and men from Roman Asia, were roused to encounter Stephen in debate.
Kata kamano, jomoko nochako kedo kode. Jogi ne gin jokanyo mar oganda mane iluongo ni sinagogi mar wasumbini mogony. Ne gin jo-Yahudi modak Kurene, gi Aleksandria kod gwenge mag Kilikia kod Asia. Jogi nochako mino wach gi Stefano,
10 They were quite unable, however, to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he spoke.
to ne ok ginyal loyo riekone kod teko mar Roho mane owuoyogo.
11 Then they privately put forward men who declared, "We have heard him speak blasphemous things against Moses and against God."
Bangʼe ne gisemo jomoko lingʼ-lingʼ mondo owach niya, “Ne wawinjo Stefano kawacho weche mag ayany kuom Musa gi Nyasaye.”
12 In this way they excited the people, the Elders, and the Scribes. At length they came upon him, seized him with violence, and took him before the Sanhedrin.
Omiyo negitugo mirimb ji kaachiel gi jodong oganda kod jopuonj chik. Negimako Stefano mi gikele e nyim buch Sanhedrin.
13 Here they brought forward false witnesses who declared, "This fellow is incessantly speaking against the Holy Place and the Law.
Eka negichiwo joneno mag miriambo, mane ojimbo wach kuome kawacho niya, “Ngʼatni osiko wuoyo marach kuom kama ler, kendo kuom Chik.
14 For we have heard him say that Jesus, the Nazarene, will pull this place down to the ground and will change the customs which Moses handed down to us."
Nikech ne wawinje gi itwa kowacho ni Yesu ma ja-Nazarethni biro ketho hekaluni mi olok tim mane Musa omiyowa mondo waluw.”
15 At once the eyes of all who were sitting in the Sanhedrin were fastened on him, and they saw his face looking just like the face of an angel.
Ji duto mane obedo e buch Sanhedrin ne ngʼiyo Stefano ma wengegi ok diemre, kendo negineno ka lela wangʼe chal gi lend wangʼ malaika.
