Acts 7
1 The high priest said, “Are these things so?”
Bongo, mokonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe atunaki ye: — Boni, makambo oyo bafundeli yo ezali ya solo?
2 He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
Etieni azongisaki: — Batata mpe bandeko, boyoka ngai! Nzambe ya nkembo abimelaki koko na biso Abrayami tango azalaki na Mezopotami, liboso ete akende kovanda na Sharani.
3 and said to him, ‘Get out of your land and away from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.’
Boye, Nzambe alobaki na ye: « Longwa na mokili na yo mpe na libota na yo, mpe kende na mokili oyo nakolakisa yo! »
4 Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land where you are now living.
Boye, alongwaki na mokili ya Chalide mpe akendeki kovanda na mokili ya Sharani. Sima na kufa ya tata na ye, Nzambe atindaki ye na mokili oyo, mokili oyo bino bozali kovanda sik’oyo.
5 He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his offspring after him, when he still had no child.
Apesaki ye mabele moko te awa, ezala ata mwa eteni. Kasi Nzambe apesaki ye elaka, ye elongo na bakitani na ye sima na ye, ete bakozwa mokili lokola libula, atako, na tango wana, Abrayami azalaki nanu na mwana te.
6 God spoke in this way: that his offspring would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.
Tala makambo oyo Nzambe alobaki: « Bakitani na ye bakozala bapaya kati na mokili ya bapaya; bakokomisa bango bawumbu mpe bakonyokola bango mibu nkama minei. »
7 ‘I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,’ said God, ‘and after that they will come out and serve me in this place.’
Kasi Nzambe alobaki lisusu: « Nakopesa etumbu na ekolo oyo ekokomisa bango bawumbu. Mpe na sima, bakobima longwa na mokili yango mpe bakosambela Ngai na esika oyo. »
8 He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.
Bongo Nzambe asalaki boyokani elongo na Abrayami, mpe elembo ya boyokani yango ezalaki: kokatama ngenga. Abrayami abotaki Izaki mpe akataki ye ngenga na mokolo ya mwambe ya mbotama na ye; Izaki abotaki Jakobi mpe akataki ye ngenga, bongo Jakobi mpe abotaki bakoko na biso zomi na mibale mpe akataki bango ngenga.
9 “The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him
Lokola bakoko na biso bayokelaki Jozefi likunya, batekaki ye mpo ete azala mowumbu na Ejipito. Kasi Nzambe azalaki na ye elongo
10 and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
mpe akangolaki ye na minyoko na ye nyonso; Apesaki ye bwanya mpe asalelaki ye ngolu na miso ya Faraon, mokonzi ya Ejipito, oyo akomisaki ye moyangeli ya Ejipito mpe ya ndako na ye mobimba.
11 Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
Nzokande, nzala moko ya makasi ekotaki na Ejipito mobimba mpe na Kanana, ememaki pasi penza, bongo bakoko na biso bazalaki lisusu na eloko ya kolia te.
12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
Tango Jakobi ayokaki ete ble ezali na Ejipito, atindaki bakoko na biso mbala ya liboso.
13 On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family was revealed to Pharaoh.
Na mbala ya mibale, Jozefi amilakisaki epai ya bandeko na ye, bongo Faraon ayaki koyeba libota ya Jozefi.
14 Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
Bongo, Jozefi atindaki ete bakende kozwa tata na ye Jakobi elongo na bandeko na ye nyonso. Bango nyonso bazalaki bato tuku sambo na mitano.
15 Jacob went down into Egypt and he died, himself and our fathers;
Boye, Jakobi akendeki kovanda na Ejipito epai wapi ye elongo na bakoko na biso bakufaki.
16 and they were brought back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem.
Bamemaki banzoto na bango na engumba ya Sishemi mpe bakundaki yango kati na kunda oyo Abrayami asombaki na mbongo epai ya bana ya Amori, tata ya Sishemi.
17 “But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
Wana tango oyo Nzambe alingaki kokokisa elaka oyo apesaki na Abrayami ekomaki pene, motango ya bato na biso, kati na Ejipito, ekomaki ebele penza,
18 until there arose a different king who didn’t know Joseph.
kino mokonzi mosusu, oyo ayebaki Jozefi te, azwaki bokonzi na Ejipito.
19 The same took advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to abandon their babies, so that they wouldn’t stay alive.
Na mayele mabe, mokonzi yango anyokolaki bakoko na biso kino kotinda bango na makasi ete babwaka bana na bango oyo babotami sika mpo ete bakufa.
20 At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome to God. He was nourished three months in his father’s house.
Ezalaki na tango wana nde Moyize abotamaki. Nzambe asalaki ye kitoko mingi. Babatelaki ye sanza misato na ndako ya tata na ye.
21 When he was abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up and reared him as her own son.
Wana baboti na ye batiaki ye libanda, mwana mwasi ya Faraon azwaki ye mpe abokolaki ye lokola mwana na ye penza.
22 Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
Bayekolisaki Moyize na bwanya nyonso ya bato ya Ejipito, mpe akomaki moto na nguya na maloba mpe na misala.
23 But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
Tango Moyize akokisaki mibu tuku minei, azwaki mokano ya kokende kotala bandeko na ye, bana ya Isalaele.
24 Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
Awa amonaki moto moko ya Ejipito kobeta moto ya ekolo na ye, akotelaki moto ya Isalaele, azongisaki mabe na mabe epai ya moto ya Ejipito mpe abomaki ye.
25 He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn’t understand.
Moyize akanisaki ete bandeko na ye bakososola ete Nzambe azali kosalela ye mpo na kopesa bango lobiko, kasi basosolaki yango te.
26 “The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, ‘Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?’
Mokolo oyo elandaki, Moyize akutaki bana ya Isalaele mibale kobunda. Bongo amekaki kozongisa boyokani kati na bango; alobaki na bango: « Ah baninga na ngai, bozali bandeko; mpo na nini bozali kosalana mabe? »
27 But he who did his neighbour wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
Kasi moto oyo azalaki konyokola ndeko na ye atindikaki Moyize mpe alobaki: « Nani atie yo mokonzi mpe mosambisi kati na biso?
28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
Olingi koboma ngai ndenge obomaki moto ya Ejipito lobi? »
29 Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
Tango Moyize ayokaki bongo, akimaki na mokili ya Madiani epai wapi avandaki lokola mopaya mpe abotaki bana mibale ya mibali.
30 “When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
Sima na mibu tuku minei, anjelu moko abimelaki Moyize kati na esobe, pene ya ngomba Sinai, kati na ndemo ya moto oyo ezalaki komata longwa kati na mwa nzete oyo ezalaki kopela.
31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, the voice of the Lord came to him,
Tango Moyize amonaki yango, akamwaki makasi. Mpe awa azalaki kopusana mpo na kotala yango malamu, ayokaki mongongo ya Nkolo koloba:
32 ‘I am the God of your fathers: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ Moses trembled and dared not look.
« Nazali Nzambe ya bakoko na yo, Nzambe ya Abrayami, Nzambe ya Izaki, mpe Nzambe ya Jakobi. » Moyize alengaki na somo mpe akokaki kutu kotala te.
33 The Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
Bongo, Nkolo alobaki na ye: « Longola basandale na yo na makolo na yo, pamba te esika oyo otelemi ezali mabele ya bule.
34 I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you into Egypt.’
Namoni minyoko ya bato na Ngai kati na Ejipito. Nayoki kolela na bango mpe nakiti mpo na kokangola bango. Mpe yaka sik’oyo, nakotinda yo ete ozonga na Ejipito. »
35 “This Moses whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
Kaka Moyize oyo bandeko na ye baboyaki na koloba na ye: « Nani atie yo mokonzi mpe mosambisi, » ye nde Nzambe atindaki mpo ete azala mokonzi mpe mokangoli na bango, na lisungi ya anjelu oyo abimelaki ye na mwa nzete.
36 This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
Abimisaki bango na mokili ya Ejipito, na nzela ya bikamwa mpe ya bilembo minene oyo asalaki kuna, na ebale monene ya Motane mpe na esobe, mibu tuku minei.
37 This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, ‘The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from amongst your brothers, like me.’
Ezalaki kaka Moyize wana oyo alobaki na bana ya Isalaele: « Nzambe akobimisela bino mosakoli moko lokola ngai, oyo akowuta kati na bandeko na bino. »
38 This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living revelations to give to us,
Azalaki kati na mayangani oyo bakoko na biso basanganaki na esobe; ye nde azalaki molobeli, kati na bakoko na biso mpe anjelu oyo asololaki na ye, na ngomba Sinai epai wapi azwaki Maloba ya bomoi mpo na kopesa biso.
39 to whom our fathers wouldn’t be obedient, but rejected him and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
Kasi bakoko na biso baboyaki kotosa ye; batombokelaki ye mpe bazwaki likanisi ya kozonga na Ejipito.
40 saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.’
Balobaki na Aron: « Salela biso banzambe oyo bakotambola liboso na biso. Pamba te toyebi te soki makambo nini ekomeli Moyize oyo abimisaki biso na mokili ya Ejipito! »
41 They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
Ezalaki na mikolo wana nde basalaki nzambe ya ekeko, na lolenge ya mwana ngombe; babonzelaki nzambe yango ya ekeko mbeka mpe basalaki feti mpo na lokumu ya misala ya maboko na bango.
42 But God turned away and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
Kasi Nzambe apesaki bango mokongo mpe atikaki bango kosambela mampinga ya likolo, ndenge ekomama kati na buku ya basakoli: « Oh bato ya Isalaele, boni, bozalaki kobonzela Ngai mbeka mpe kopesa Ngai makabo na mibu tuku minei oyo bolekisaki na esobe?
43 You took up the tabernacle of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, the figures which you made to worship, so I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’
Bomemaki nde ndako ya kapo ya Moloki mpe monzoto ya nzambe na bino Rofa, banzambe ya bikeko oyo bosalaki mpo na kogumbamela! Yango wana, nakotinda bino na bowumbu, mosika koleka Babiloni! »
44 “Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen;
Bakoko na biso bazalaki na Ndako ya kapo ya Boyokani kati na esobe, batongaki yango ndenge Nzambe atindaki Moyize, kolanda ndakisa oyo amonaki.
45 which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations whom God drove out before the face of our fathers to the days of David,
Sima na kozwa Ndako ya kapo yango, bakoko na biso na bokambami ya Jozue, bamemaki yango tango babotolaki mikili ya Bapagano, mikili oyo Nzambe abenganaki liboso na bango. Mpe Ndako ya kapo yango etikalaki kuna kino na tango ya Davidi;
46 who found favour in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
oyo azwaki ngolu na miso ya Nzambe mpe asengaki ete atongela Nzambe ya Jakobi ndako.
47 But Solomon built him a house.
Kasi Salomo nde moto atongelaki ye ndako.
48 However, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
Nzokande, Ye-Oyo-Aleki-Likolo avandaka te kati na bandako oyo bato batonga, ndenge kaka mosakoli aloba:
49 ‘heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?’ says the Lord. ‘Or what is the place of my rest?
« Likolo ezali Kiti na Ngai ya bokonzi, mpe mabele ezali enyatelo makolo na Ngai. Ndako ya ndenge nini penza bokoki kotongela Ngai, elobi Nkolo, to esika ya bopemi ya ndenge nini penza bokoki kobongisela Ngai?
50 Didn’t my hand make all these things?’
Boni, ezali loboko na Ngai te nde esalaki biloko wana nyonso? »
51 “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.
Bato ya mito makasi, ya mitema mabanga mpe bakufa matoyi! Bozali ndenge moko kaka na bakoko na bino: botelemelaka tango nyonso Molimo Mosantu!
52 Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.
Boni, ezalaki solo ata na mosakoli moko oyo bakoko na bino bazangaki konyokola? Kutu, babomaki ezala basakoli oyo basakolaki koya ya Moyengebene, Ye oyo bosili sik’oyo koteka mpe koboma,
53 You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn’t keep it!”
bino bato oyo bozwaki Mobeko ya Nzambe na nzela ya ba-anjelu, kasi botosaki yango te.
54 Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
Tango bato ya Likita-Monene bayokaki bongo, batombokaki makasi mpe bakomaki kolia minu mpo na Etieni.
55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
Kasi lokola Etieni atondisamaki na Molimo Mosantu, atalaki na Likolo, amonaki nkembo ya Nzambe mpe Yesu atelema na ngambo ya loboko ya mobali ya Nzambe.
56 and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
Alobaki: — Botala, namoni Likolo efungwami mpe Mwana na moto atelema na ngambo ya loboko ya mobali ya Nzambe!
57 But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears, then rushed at him with one accord.
Bongo, bakangaki matoyi na bango, bagangaki makasi penza, mpe bango nyonso basangelaki ye,
58 They threw him out of the city and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
bamemaki ye libanda ya engumba mpe babambaki ye mabanga. Na tango wana, batatoli batikaki bilamba na bango epai ya elenge mobali moko na kombo Saulo.
59 They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
Wana bazalaki kobamba ye mabanga, Etieni azalaki kosambela na koloba: — Nkolo Yesu, yamba molimo na ngai!
60 He knelt down and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.
Bongo, afukamaki mpe agangaki makasi: — Nkolo, kotangela bango lisumu oyo te! Tango kaka Etieni alobaki bongo, akufaki.
