Acts 7
1 The high priest said, “Are these things so?”
Kuhani nkolo kabaya, “makowe aga ni ya kweli?”
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,
Stephano kabaya, “Mwalongo na atate bango, muiniyowine nenga: Nnongo wa utukufu atimtokea tate yitu Abrahamu muda paabile Mesopotamia, kabla atama kwaa Harani,'
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.’
kammakiya,'Boka katika nchi yako na alongo bako na uyende katika nchi yanilowa kukubonekeya.'
4 Then he came out of the land of the Kasdim and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land where you are now living.
Boka po kaboka katika nchi ya Ukaldayo atama Harani, boka poo, baada ya tate bake kuwaa, Nnongo kamleta mu'nchi yee, batama nambeambe.
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.
Ampeya kwaa chochote kati urithi wake, pabile kwaa na sehemu hata ya kubeka magolo. Lakini Abrahamu atiahidiwa hata kabla apata kwaa mwana kuwa apeyelwa nchi kati miliki yake na ubeleki wake.
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.
Nnongo alongela ni ywembe, panga abeleki bake batame katika nchi ya ugeni, na panga wenyeji wa kolyo wapanga kuwa atumwa wabe na kuwapanga vibaya kwa muda wa miaka mia ncheche.
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.’
Na Nnongo kabaya, nalowa kulihukumu taifa ambalo labapanga mateka, na baada ya hapo balowa boka na kuniabudu katika sehemu yee,'
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.
Na kampeya Abrahamu liagano lya tohara, nga nyo Abrahamu abile tate ba Yakobo, na Yakobo abile tate ba apindo bitu komi na ibele.
9 “The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him
Mababu bitu bamwonea wivu Yusufu bampemea katika nchi ya Misri, na Nnongo abile pamope ni ywembe,
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.
na kanlopwa katika mateso gake, na kumpeya fadhili na hekima nnongi ya Farao mpwalume wa Misri. Farao ampangite abe ntawala nnani ya Misri na nnani ya Nyumba yake yote.
11 Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
Bai babile na njala kolo na mateso ganyansima katika nchi ya Misri na Kanani, na tate bitu bapata kwaa chakulya.
12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
Lakini Yakobo paayowine kubile nafaka Misri, atibatuma tate bitu kwa mara ya kwanza.
13 On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family was revealed to Pharaoh.
Katika safari ya ibele Yusufu akajionyesha kwa alongo bake, familia ya Yusufu yayowanike kwa Farao.
14 Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
Yusufu aatumite alongo bake kwenda kummakiya Yakobo tate babe aise Misri, pamope na alongo bake, jumla ya bandu bote ni sabini na tano.
15 Jacob went down into Egypt and he died, himself and our fathers;
Nga nyo Yakobo aisile Misri; boka po awile ywembe pamope na apindo bitu.
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.
Batitolelwa hata Shekemu na kusikwa katika kaburi ambalo Abrahamu apemi kwa ipande ya mbanje boka kwa bana ba Hamoni kolyo Shekemu.
17 “But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
Muda wa yelo ahadi ambayo Nnongo amwahidie Abrahamu paubile papipi, bandu batiyongekeya kolyo Misri,
18 until there arose a different king who didn’t know Joseph.
muda wo aliinuka mpwalume ywenge nnani ya Misri, mpwalume ywatangite kuhusu Yusufu.
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.
Ayoo mpwalume ywenge alongela ubocho kwa bandu bitu na kuwapanga mabaya tate bitu, na kuwatupa bana babe achanga ili atame kwaa.
20 At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome to God. He was nourished three months in his father’s house.
Katika kipindi chelo Musa abelekilwe; abile mzuri nnongi ya Nnongo, atilelewa miei itatu katika nyumba ya tate bake.
21 When he was abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up and reared him as her own son.
Muda alipotupwa, binti Farao atimtola na kunleta kati mwana wake.
22 Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
Musa atipundisa mapundisho yoti ya Kimisri; abile na ngupu katika maneno na matendo.
23 But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
Lakini baada ya timiya miaka arobaini, iisole katika mwoyo wake kuatembelea alongo bake, bana ba Israeli.
24 Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
Pamweni Mwisraeli apangiwa mabaya, Musa atimtetea na lipiza kisasi kwa ywamwonea kwa kunkombwa ywa Mmisri:
25 He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn’t understand.
atangite kuwa alongo bake batangite panga Nnongo awalopwa kwa maboko gake, lakini batangite kwaa.
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?’
Lisoba lya nyaibele kayenda kwa baadhi ya Baisraeli babile bakombwana; na jaribia kuapatanisha, kabaya, “Mangwana, mwenga ni alongo; mbona mwakoseana mwenga kwa mwenga?
27 But he who did his neighbour wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
Lakini ywamkosea jirani yake atimsukuma kutalu, no baya,'Nyai apanga mtawala na muhukumu witu?
28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
Wenga upala kunibulaga, kati yaumulaga yolo Mmisri jana?”
29 Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
Musa katila baada ya kuyowa nyoo; abile mgeni katika nchi ya Midiani, ambayo abile tate wa bana abele.
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.
Baada ya miaka arobaini pitya malaika akamtokea katika lijangwa lya kitombe sa Sinai, katika mwali wa mwoto mu'kichaka.
31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, the voice of the Lord came to him,
Musa aubweni mwoto, atishangala na kustaajabia chelo cha akibona, na paatijaribu kuisogelea ili kukilola, lilobe lya Ngwana limuisile no baya,
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.
'Nenga na Nnongo wa tate bako, Nnongo wa Abrahamu, na wa Isaka, na wa Yakobo.'Musa atilendema na athubutu kwaa kulola.
33 The Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
Ngwana kammakiya,'Ula ilatu yako, sehemu pauyemi ni mahali patakatifu.
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.’
Niabweni mateso ga bandu bango babile Misri; Niyowine kuugua kwao, nenga natiuluka ili nialopwe; nambeambe uise, nalowa kukutuma wenga Misri.
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.
Ayoo Musa ambaye ywatimkanikiya, wakati balongela,'nyai kakupanga kuwa mtawala na mwamuzi witu?' abile nga ywembe Nnongo alimtuma abe mtawala na mkochopoli. Nnongo atimtuma kwa maboko ga malaika ambaye atiboka nnongi ya Musa mmwitu.
36 This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Sea of Suf, and in the wilderness for forty years.
Musa atibakengama boka Misri baada ya kupanga miujiza na ishara katika Misri na katika bahari ya Shamu, na katika lijangwa kwa kipindi cha miaka arobaini.
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.’
Musa nga yolo ywaamakiye bandu ba Misri kuwa,'Nnongo abapeya nabii boka nkati ya alongo binu, nabii kati nenga.'
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,
Ayoo ni mundu ywabile katika mkutano mu'lijangwa na malaika ywalongela ni ywembe katika kitombe sa Sinai. Ayoo nga mundu ambye abile na tate bitu, ayoo nga mutu ywalipokya neno libile likoto na kutupea twenga.
39 to whom our fathers wouldn’t be obedient, but rejected him and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
Ayoo nga mundu ambae tate bitu bakani kumweshimu; batimsukuma mbale, na katika mioyo yabe batikerebukia
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.’
Misri. Katika kipindi chelo bammakiya Haruni, “tupangie nnongo yakutukengama, Ayoo Musa, abile atukengama boka katika nchi ya Misri, tuyowine kwaa sampatike.
41 They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
Ayoo bampangite ndama kwa masoba ago na kutoa sadaka kwa eyo sanamu na bapuraika kwa sababu ya kazi ya maboko gabe.
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?
Lakini Nnongo atibakerebuya na kuapeya baabudu tondwa ya kumaunde, mama yaiandikilwe mu'itabu sa manabii, “Je Mwanitolea nenga sadaka ya banyama mwamuachinja mulijangwa kwa muda wa miaka arobaini, nyumba ya Israeli?
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.’
Muliyeketya lihema lya kutania lya Moleki na tondwa ya nnongo refani, na picha muichengite na kuwaabudu bembe: na nalowa kuapeleka kutalu muno ya Babeli.'
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;
Tate bitu babile na hema ya kwembana ya ushuhuda mulijangwa, kati Nnongo yaabaamuru paalongela na Musa, panga aichenga kwa mfano wa wolo uubweni.
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,
Ayee ni hema ambalo tate bitu, kwa muda wabe, watiletwa katika nchi na Joshua. Ayee ipangika muda pajingii kumiliki taifa ambalo Nnongo atibafukuza kabla ya uwepo wa tate bitu. Ayee ibile nyoo mpaka masoba ga Daudi.
46 who found favour in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
Ywabile apatike kibali muminyo ga Nnongo,'na kaloba kutafuta makao kwa Nnongo wa Yakobo.
47 But Solomon built him a house.
Lakini Selemani atimchengea nyumba ya Nnongo.
48 However, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
Hata nyoo ywabile kunani mu'nyumba ichengwile kwa maboko; ayee ni kati nabii abayite,
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?
Kumaunde ni iteo chango cha enzi, na dunia ni sehemu ya beka magolo gango. Nyumba ya aina gani yamuichengite? abaya Ngwana: au ni wapi sehemu yango ya kupomoli?
50 Didn’t my hand make all these things?’
Maboko gango kwaa gapangite ayee ilebe yote?'
51 “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.
Mwenga mwa bandu mubile na ingo ngumu mwatahiriwa kwaa mioyo na makutu, kila mara mwampinga Roho Mtakatifu,' mwapanga kati tate bitu bapangite.
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.
Ni nabii gani katika manabii ambaye tate tate binu bamtesa kwaa? Baabulaga manabii gote batitokea kabla ya ujio wa Yumo mwenye Haki,'nambeambe mubile asaliti na bauaji bake kae,
53 You received the Torah as it was ordained by angels, and didn’t keep it!”
Mwenga mwa bandu mupokya saliya yelo yatiagizwa na malaika lakini muikamwa kwaa.”
54 Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
Boka po ajumbe ba baraza payowine makowe aga, batichomwa mu'mioyo yabe, kabamsagia meno Stephano.
55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Yeshua standing on the right hand of God,
Lakini ywembe, abile atwelilwe Roho Mtakatifu, alolekeya kumaunde kwa makini na aubweni utukufu wa Nnongo,'na amweni Yesu ayemi luboko lwa kummalyo lwa Nnongo.
56 and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
Stephano kabaya, “Linga nibweni kumaunde zatiyongoliwa, na Mwana wa Adamu ayemi luboka lwa kummaliyo lwa Nnongo.”
57 But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears, then rushed at him with one accord.
Lakini ajumbe ba libaraza bakombwa ndoti kwa sauti lya kunani, wakaziba makutu yabe, kabantila pamope,
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.
kabantupa panja ya mji na kunkombwa maliwe: na mashahidi baula ngobo yabe ya panja na kuibeka pae papipi na magolo ga kijana akemelwa Sauli.
59 They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Yeshua, receive my spirit!”
Pabankombwile maliwe Stephano, ayendelea kunkema Ngwana nobaya, “Ngwana Yesu, pokya roho yango,”
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.
Kapiga magoti na kukema kwa lilobe likolo, “Ngwana, ubasamehe sambi yee,” Paalongela nyoo, akakata roho.
