Acts 7
1 And the chief priest said, 'Are then these things so?'
Ɔsɔfopanin no bisaa Stefano sɛ, “Nsɛm a wɔaka agu wo so no nyinaa yɛ nokorɛ anaa?”
2 and he said, 'Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken: The God of the glory did appear to our father Abraham, being in Mesopotamia, before his dwelling in Haran,
Stefano buaa sɛ, “Anuanom ne agyanom, montie me! Ansa na yɛn agya Abraham rebɛfiri Mesopotamia akɔtena Haran no, Onyankopɔn daa nʼanimuonyam adi kyerɛɛ no,
3 and He said to him, Go forth out of thy land, and out of thy kindred, and come to a land that I shall shew thee.
ka kyerɛɛ no sɛ, ‘Firi wʼabusuafoɔ nkyɛn ne wʼasase so kɔ baabi a mɛkyerɛ wo no.’
4 'Then having come forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran, and from thence, after the death of his father, He did remove him to this land wherein ye now dwell,
“Enti, ɔfirii Kaldea asase so kɔtenaa Haran. Abraham agya wuo akyi no, Onyankopɔn maa ɔbɛtenaa asase a mote so seesei yi so.
5 and He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a footstep, and did promise to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him — he having no child.
Onyankopɔn amfa asase no fa baabiara ankyɛ Abraham sɛ nʼankasa dea. Nanso, Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ no bɔ sɛ ɛbɛyɛ ɔne nʼasefoɔ nyinaa dea. Ɛberɛ a Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ Abraham bɔ yi no, na ɔnni mma.
6 'And God spake thus, That his seed shall be sojourning in a strange land, and they shall cause it to serve, and shall do it evil four hundred years,
Onyankopɔn ka kyerɛɛ Abraham sɛ, ‘Wʼasefoɔ bɛtena ananafoɔ asase so ayɛ nkoa wɔ hɔ na wɔayɛ wɔn ayayadeɛ mfeɛ ahanan.
7 and the nation whom they shall serve I will judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and shall do Me service in this place.
Na mɛtwe ɔman a wɔbɛsom wɔn no aso; na ɛno akyi wɔbɛfiri saa ɔman no mu abɛsom me wɔ ha.’
8 'And He gave to him a covenant of circumcision, and so he begat Isaac, and did circumcise him on the eighth day, and Isaac [begat] Jacob, and Jacob — the twelve patriarchs;
Onyankopɔn ne Abraham yɛɛ apam na wɔde twetiatwa yɛɛ apam no ho nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ. Yei enti, wɔwoo Isak nnawɔtwe akyi no, wɔtwaa no twetia; Isak nso twaa Yakob twetia, saa ara nso na Yakob twitwaa agyanom mpanin dumienu no twetia.
9 and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him,
“Agyanom mpanin no ani beree Yosef enti wɔtɔn no maa ɔkɔyɛɛ akoa wɔ Misraim. Nanso, ɛsiane sɛ na Onyankopɔn wɔ nʼafa enti,
10 and did deliver him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he did set him — governor over Egypt and all his house.
ɔyii no firii ne haw nyinaa mu. Ɛberɛ a Yosef bɛpuee Misraimhene Farao anim no, Onyankopɔn dom no ahobrɛaseɛ ne nyansa. Yei maa Farao yɛɛ Yosef ɔman no so amrado ne ahemfie hɔ sohwɛfoɔ.
11 'And there came a dearth upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers were not finding sustenance,
“Saa ɛberɛ no mu, ɛkɔm kɛseɛ ne ahohia sii Misraim ne Kanaan asase nyinaa so a na yɛn agyanom nnya aduane mpo nni.
12 and Jacob having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers a first time;
Enti, ɛberɛ a Yakob tee sɛ aduane wɔ Misraim no, ɔsomaa ne mma a wɔyɛ yɛn agyanom maa wɔkɔɔ hɔ deɛ ɛdi ɛkan.
13 and at the second time was Joseph made known to his brethren, and Joseph's kindred became manifest to Pharaoh,
Wɔkɔɔ ne mprenu so no, Yosef daa ne ho adi kyerɛɛ ne nuanom, na ɛnam so maa Farao hunuu Yosef abusuafoɔ.
14 and Joseph having sent, did call for his father Jacob, and all his kindred — with seventy and five souls —
Yosef kraa nʼagya Yakob sɛ ɔne nʼabusuafoɔ nyinaa mmra Misraim. Na wɔn nyinaa dodoɔ yɛ aduɔson enum.
15 and Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, himself and our fathers,
Afei Yakob kɔtenaa Misraim na ɛhɔ na ɔne yɛn agyanom nyinaa wuwuiɛ.
16 and they were carried over into Sychem, and were laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in money from the sons of Emmor, of Sychem.
Wɔde wɔn amu no kɔɔ Sekem kɔsiee wɔn wɔ Abraham asieeɛ bi a ɔtɔ firii Hamor abusua mu no mu.
17 'And according as the time of the promise was drawing nigh, which God did swear to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,
“Ɛbɔ a Onyankopɔn hyɛɛ Abraham no berɛ reduru no, na yɛn nkurɔfoɔ a wɔwɔ Misraim no ase atrɛ.
18 till another king rose, who had not known Joseph;
Akyire no, ɔhene foforɔ bi bɛdii adeɛ wɔ Misraim a na ɔnnim Yosef ho asɛm.
19 this one, having dealt subtilely with our kindred, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babes, that they might not live;
Saa ɔhene yi de atirimuɔden dii yɛn agyanom so, hyɛɛ wɔn maa wɔtotoo wɔn mma guiɛ sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ a wɔbɛwuwu.
20 in which time Moses was born, and he was fair to God, and he was brought up three months in the house of his father;
“Saa ɛberɛ yi mu na wɔwoo Mose a na ɔkura Onyankopɔn animuonyam no. Wɔhwɛɛ no wɔ nʼagya efie abosome mmiɛnsa,
21 and he having been exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and did rear him to herself for a son;
na wɔyii no firii hɔ no, Farao babaa kɔfaa no de no baa ne fie hwɛɛ no sɛ nʼankasa ne ba.
22 and Moses was taught in all wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in words and in works.
Wɔtetee no Misraimfoɔ nimdeɛ mu maa ɔyɛɛ den wɔ ɔkasa ne nneyɛeɛ mu.
23 'And when forty years were fulfilled to him, it came upon his heart to look after his brethren, the sons of Israel;
“Mose dii mfeɛ aduanan no, ɔyɛɛ nʼadwene sɛ ɔrekɔsra ne nuanom Israelfoɔ.
24 and having seen a certain one suffering injustice, he did defend, and did justice to the oppressed, having smitten the Egyptian;
Ɔduruu hɔ no, ɔhunuu sɛ Misraimni bi resisi ne nuanom mu baako bi. Mose kɔboaa ne nua no ma Mose kumm Misraimni no.
25 and he was supposing his brethren to understand that God through his hand doth give salvation; and they did not understand.
Mose susuu sɛ nʼankasa nkurɔfoɔ bɛhunuu sɛ Onyankopɔn nam ne so bɛma wɔade wɔn ho, nanso wɔante aseɛ.
26 'On the succeeding day, also, he shewed himself to them as they are striving, and urged them to peace, saying, Men, brethren are ye, wherefore do ye injustice to one another?
Adeɛ kyeeɛ no, ɔhunuu sɛ Israelfoɔ baanu bi reko enti ɔkɔɔ hɔ sɛ ɔrekɔpata. Ɔbisaa wɔn sɛ, ‘Adɛn enti na moatwa mo ho reko? Monnim sɛ moyɛ anuanom anaa?’
27 and he who is doing injustice to the neighbour, did thrust him away, saying, Who set thee a ruler and a judge over us?
“Deɛ ɔresisi ne yɔnko no sum Mose bisaa no sɛ, ‘Hwan na ɔyɛɛ wo yɛn so panin ne ɔtemmufoɔ?
28 to kill me dost thou wish, as thou didst kill yesterday the Egyptian?
Wopɛ sɛ wokum me sɛdeɛ nnora wokumm Misraimni no anaa?’
29 'And Moses fled at this word, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons,
Ɛberɛ a Mose tee saa asɛm yi no, ɔtu firii Misraim kɔtenaa Midian asase so. Ɛhɔ na ɔwoo mmammarima baanu.
30 and forty years having been fulfilled, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai a messenger of the Lord, in a flame of fire of a bush,
“Mfeɛ aduanan akyi no, ɔbɔfoɔ bi nam wira bi gyaframa mu yii ne ho adi kyerɛɛ Mose wɔ ɛserɛ bi a ɛbɛn bepɔ Sinai no so.
31 and Moses having seen did wonder at the sight; and he drawing near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord unto him,
Deɛ Mose hunuiɛ no maa ne ho dwirii no enti ɔtwe bɛn ho pɛɛ sɛ ɔhwɛ no yie. Ɔtee Awurade nne sɛ,
32 I [am] the God of thy fathers; the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. 'And Moses having become terrified, durst not behold,
‘Mene wo agyanom Abraham, Isak ne Yakob Onyankopɔn.’ Ehu kaa Mose enti wantumi anhwɛ.
33 and the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place in which thou hast stood is holy ground;
“Awurade ka kyerɛɛ Mose sɛ, ‘Worɔ wɔ mpaboa, ɛfiri sɛ, faako a wogyina no yɛ asase kronkron.
34 seeing I have seen the affliction of My people that [is] in Egypt, and their groaning I did hear, and came down to deliver them; and now come, I will send thee to Egypt.
Mahwɛ na mahunu atirimuɔden a wɔde yɛ me manfoɔ a wɔwɔ Misraim no. Mate apinie a wɔresi no nyinaa na maba sɛ merebɛgye wɔn. Yɛ ntɛm na mensoma wo nkɔ Misraim.’
35 'This Moses, whom they did refuse, saying, Who did set thee a ruler and a judge? this one God a ruler and a redeemer did send, in the hand of a messenger who appeared to him in the bush;
“Saa Mose yi ne obi a Israelfoɔ poo no ɛberɛ a wɔbisaa no sɛ, ‘Hwan na ɔyɛɛ wo yɛn so panin ne ɔtemmufoɔ no?’ Ɔno na Onyankopɔn nam ɔbɔfoɔ a ɔyii ne ho adi kyerɛɛ no wɔ wira a ɛrehyeɛ no gyaframa mu no, yɛɛ no ɔpanin ne ɔgyefoɔ.
36 this one did bring them forth, having done wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years;
Ɔno na ɔnam anwanwadeɛ ne nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ so yii Israelfoɔ firii Misraim de wɔn twaa Po Kɔkɔɔ no dii wɔn anim wɔ ɛserɛ so mfeɛ aduanan no.
37 this is the Moses who did say to the sons of Israel: A prophet to you shall the Lord your God raise up out of your brethren, like to me, him shall ye hear.
“Mose yi ara na ɔka kyerɛɛ Israelfoɔ sɛ, sɛdeɛ Onyankopɔn somaa me no, saa ara na ɔbɛyi odiyifoɔ a ɔte sɛ me afiri mo mu aba mo nkyɛn.
38 'This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the messenger who is speaking to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers who did receive the living oracles to give to us;
Ɔno ne obi a ɔne Israelfoɔ yɛɛ nhyiamu wɔ ɛserɛ no so hɔ; ɔne yɛn agyanom ne ɔbɔfoɔ a ɔkasa kyerɛɛ wɔn wɔ Sinai Bepɔ no so no, na na saa ɛberɛ no wɔwɔ hɔ. Ne nsa kaa Onyankopɔn asɛm a nkwa wɔ mu no de brɛɛ yɛn.
39 to whom our fathers did not wish to become obedient, but did thrust away, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
“Nanso, yɛn agyanom antie no. Wɔpoo no pɛɛ sɛ wɔsane kɔ Misraim asase so bio.
40 saying to Aaron, Make to us gods who shall go on before us, for this Moses, who brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, we have not known what hath happened to him.
Enti, wɔka kyerɛɛ Aaron, sɛ, ‘Yɛ ahoni bi a wɔbɛdi yɛn anim ma yɛn, ɛfiri sɛ, yɛnnim asɛm a ato saa Mose a ɔyii yɛn firii Misraim asase so no!’
41 'And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in the works of their hands,
Wɔyɛɛ nantwie ba sɛso ohoni bi bɔɔ afɔdeɛ maa no, gyee wɔn ani sɛdeɛ ɛsɛ.
42 and God did turn, and did give them up to do service to the host of the heaven, according as it hath been written in the scroll of the prophets: Slain beasts and sacrifices did ye offer to Me forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
Onyankopɔn twee ne ho firii wɔn ho ma wɔsomm ɔsoro nsoromma sɛdeɛ wɔatwerɛ wɔ adiyifoɔ nwoma mu sɛ, “‘Israelfoɔ, ɛnyɛ me na mode afɔrebɔdeɛ ne ayɛyɛdeɛ brɛɛ me mfeɛ aduanan wɔ ɛserɛ so anaa?
43 and ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan — the figures that ye made to bow before them, and I will remove your dwelling beyond Babylon.
Mode mo ho nyinaa ato Molek nyame ne mo honi Rɛfan so; wɔyɛ ahoni a moayɛ sɛ mobɛsom wɔn. Saa enti, mɛpam mo makɔgu Babilonia akyi.’
44 'The tabernacle of the testimony was among our fathers in the wilderness, according as He did direct, who is speaking to Moses, to make it according to the figure that he had seen;
“Saa ɛberɛ no na ntomadan a ɛdi adanseɛ sɛ Onyankopɔn ka ne manfoɔ ho no ka yɛn agyanom ho wɔ ɛserɛ so hɔ. Mose sii ntomadan yi sɛdeɛ Onyankopɔn kyerɛɛ no sɛ ɔnsi no no ara pɛ.
45 which also our fathers having in succession received, did bring in with Joshua, into the possession of the nations whom God did drive out from the presence of our fathers, till the days of David,
Akyire yi, yɛn agyanom a Yosua dii wɔn anim no de ntomadan no baa asase a Onyankopɔn pamoo so nnipa de maa wɔn no so. Ɛsii hɔ ara kɔsii Dawid ɛberɛ so.
46 who found favour before God, and requested to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;
Onyankopɔn hyiraa Dawid enti ɔbisaa Onyankopɔn sɛ ɔmma ɔnsi asɔredan mma Yakob Onyankopɔn.
47 and Solomon built Him an house.
Nanso, Salomo na ɔsii dan no maa Onyankopɔn.
48 'But the Most High in sanctuaries made with hands doth not dwell, according as the prophet saith:
“Nanso, ɔsorosoro Onyankopɔn nte ɛdan a nnipa asi mu, sɛdeɛ odiyifoɔ no ka sɛ,
49 The heaven [is] My throne, and the earth My footstool; what house will ye build to Me? saith the Lord, or what [is] the place of My rest?
“‘Ɔsoro yɛ mʼahennwa, na asase yɛ me nan ntiasoɔ. Ɛdan bɛn na wobɛsi ama me? Awurade na ɔseɛ. Wobɛtumi asi ahomegyebea ama me?
50 hath not My hand made all these things?
Ɛnyɛ mʼankasa na meyɛɛ yeinom nyinaa?’
51 'Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and in ears! ye do always the Holy Spirit resist; as your fathers — also ye;
“Mo asoɔdenfoɔ, mo a mo akoma apirim na montie Onyankopɔn asɛm. Mote sɛ mo agyanom pɛpɛɛpɛ. Mo nso, daa mosi Honhom Kronkron no ho kwan.
52 which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed those who declared before about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye betrayers and murderers have become,
Odiyifoɔ bi wɔ hɔ a mo agyanom antaa no anaa? Wɔkumm Onyankopɔn asomafoɔ a wɔdii ɛkan bɔɔ ɔteneneeni a ɔbɛba no ho dawuro. Saa ara nso na moapa no, akum no.
53 who received the law by arrangement of messengers, and did not keep [it].'
Mo ara ne nnipa a monam abɔfoɔ so nyaa Onyankopɔn mmara no, nanso moanni so.”
54 And hearing these things, they were cut to the hearts, and did gnash the teeth at him;
Agyinatufoɔ no tee asɛm a Stefano kaeɛ no, wɔn bo fuu yie.
55 and being full of the Holy Spirit, having looked stedfastly to the heaven, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
Nanso, Stefano a Honhom Kronkron ahyɛ no ma no maa nʼani so hwɛɛ ɔsoro hunuu Onyankopɔn animuonyam ne Yesu Kristo sɛ ɔgyina Onyankopɔn nsa nifa so.
56 and he said, 'Lo, I see the heavens having been opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.'
Stefano kaa sɛ, “Mehunu sɛ ɔsoro abue na Onipa Ba no gyina Onyankopɔn nsa nifa so!”
57 And they, having cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and did rush with one accord upon him,
Wɔteateaam de wɔn nsa sisii wɔn aso. Afei, wɔn nyinaa bɔɔ twi kɔto hyɛɛ ne so,
58 and having cast him forth outside of the city, they were stoning [him] — and the witnesses did put down their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul —
twee no kɔɔ kurotia kɔsii no aboɔ. Wɔn a wɔsii no aboɔ no yiyii wɔn ntoma de maa aberanteɛ bi a wɔfrɛ no Saulo sɛ ɔnhwɛ so.
59 and they were stoning Stephen, calling and saying, 'Lord Jesus, receive my spirit;'
Wɔresi Stefano aboɔ no nyinaa na ɔrebɔ mpaeɛ sɛ, “Awurade Yesu, wo nsam na mede me honhom mehyɛ!”
60 and having bowed the knees, he cried with a loud voice, 'Lord, mayest thou not lay to them this sin;' and this having said, he fell asleep.
Afei, ɔbuu nkotodwe teaam denden sɛ, “Awurade, fa wɔn bɔne kyɛ wɔn.” Ɔkaa saa wieeɛ no, ɔwuiɛ.
