Dɔwɔwɔwo 7
1 Nunɔlagã la bia Stefano be, “Nɔvi, ɖe nya siwo katã wogblɔ le ŋuwò le eme vavãa?”
Then sayd the chiefe Priest, Are these things so?
2 Stefano ɖo eŋu be, “Nɔviwo kple fofowo miɖo tom. Ŋutikɔkɔe ƒe Mawu la ŋutɔ ɖe eɖokui fia mía tɔgbui Abraham le esime wònɔ Mesopotamia hafi wòva yi Haran.
And he sayd, Ye men, brethren and Fathers, hearken. That God of glory appeared vnto our father Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
3 Mawu gblɔ nɛ be, ‘Do go le wò dukɔ kple wò ƒometɔwo dome, eye nàyi anyigba bubu aɖe sãa si mafia wò la dzi.’
And said vnto him, Come out of thy countrey, and from thy kindred, and come into the land, which I shall shewe thee.
4 “Ale Abraham dzo le Kaldeanyigba dzi ɖanɔ Haran va se ɖe esime fofoa ku gblẽe ɖi. Esia megbe la, Mawu kplɔe va Israelnyigba sia dzi.
Then came he out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran. And after that his father was dead, God brought him from thence into this land, wherein ye now dwell,
5 Ke Mawu metsɔ anyigba sia ƒe akpa aɖeke na Abraham be wòanye etɔ o. Menye afɔ ɖeka teti hã o. Gake Mawu do ŋugbe nɛ be le ɣeyiɣi aɖewo megbe la, anyigba blibo la azu eya kple eƒe dzidzimeviwo tɔ, togbɔ be vi aɖeke menɔ Abraham si haɖe o hã.
And hee gaue him none inheritance in it, no, not the bredth of a foote: yet he promised that he would giue it to him for a possession, and to his seede after him, when as yet hee had no childe.
6 Mawu gagblɔ na Abraham be, ‘Wò dzidzimeviwo adzo le anyigba la dzi aɖanɔ dzronyigba aɖe dzi ƒe alafa ene sɔŋ abe kluviwo ene.
But God spake thus, that his seede should be a soiourner in a strange land: and that they should keepe it in bondage, and entreate it euill foure hundreth yeeres.
7 Ke hã la, mahe to na dukɔ si ado kluvi Israelviwo, eye emegbe la, Israelviwo agatrɔ va woƒe anyigba la dzi ava subɔm le afi sia.’
But the nation to whome they shall be in bondage, will I iudge, sayth God: and after that, they shall come forth and serue me in this place.
8 Mawu de se na Abraham be wòatso aʋa na via ŋutsuviwo abe nubabla si le Mawu kple Abraham ƒe dzidzimeviwo dome la ƒe kpeɖodzinu ene. Le esia ta la, esi Isak si nye Abraham ƒe viŋutsu xɔ ŋkeke enyi ko la, fofoa tso aʋa nɛ. Isak ƒe viŋutsue nye Yakob, ame si hã ƒe viŋutsu wuieveawo me Israel dukɔa ƒe tɔgbui wuieveawo dzɔ tso.
Hee gaue him also the couenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begate Isaac, and circumcised him the eight day: and Isaac begate Iacob, and Iacob the twelue Patriarkes.
9 “Yosef si nye Yakob ƒe vi mamlɛtɔ la ƒe nu menyo nɔvia bubuawo ŋu o, ale wodzrae na kluvisitsalawo, ame siwo kplɔe yi Egipte abe kluvi ene. Ke hã la, Mawu nɔ kplii
And the Patriarkes moued with enuie, solde Ioseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
10 ale gbegbe be wòɖee tso eƒe fukpekpewo katã me, eye gawu la, Mawu na be Egipte Fia Farao kpɔ ŋudzedze le eŋu. Le nunya manyagblɔ si Mawu na Yosef ta la, Farao tsɔe ɖo dudzikpɔla gãe le Egipte dukɔa me, eye wògaɖoe tatɔe le eƒe fiasã blibo la me hã.
And deliuered him out of all his afflictions, and gaue him fauour and wisdome in the sight of Pharao King of Egypt, who made him gouernour ouer Egypt, and ouer his whole house.
11 “Eva eme be dɔ sesẽ aɖe va to le Egipte kple Kananyigba dzi, ale be mía tɔgbuitɔgbuiwo kpe fu ŋutɔ. Nuɖuɖu vɔ le wo si keŋkeŋ.
Then came there a famine ouer all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction, that our fathers found no sustenance.
12 Yakob se be nuɖuɖu le Egiptenyigba dzi ale wòdɔ viawo ɖa be woaɖaƒle ɖe vɛ.
But when Iacob heard that there was corne in Egypt, he sent our fathers first:
13 Esi wogayi Egipte zi evelia la, Yosef ɖe eɖokui fia nɔviawo, elabena womekpɔe dze sii zi gbãtɔ si wode afi ma o. Eɖe wo fia Fia Farao hã.
And at the second time, Ioseph was knowen of his brethren, and Iosephs kindred was made knowen vnto Pharao.
14 Yosef dɔ nɔviawo be ne woyi la, woakplɔ ye fofo Yakob, ye nɔviwo kple woƒe ƒometɔwo katã, ame siwo ƒe xexlẽme nɔ ame blaadre-vɔ-atɔ̃ la vɛ na ye le Egipte.
Then sent Ioseph and caused his father to be brought, and all his kindred, euen threescore and fifteene soules.
15 Esiae na be Yakob kple viawo katã ʋu va tsi Egipte, afi si wo katã ku ɖo,
So Iacob went downe into Egypt, and he dyed, and our fathers,
16 eye wokɔ Yakob kple viawo va Sikem, eye woɖi wo ɖe yɔdo si Abraham ƒle le Hamor ƒe viwo gbɔ la me.
And were remoued into Sychem, and were put in the sepulchre, that Abraham had bought for money of the sonnes of Emor, sonne of Sychem.
17 “Esime ɣeyiɣi si Mawu ɖo na Abraham be yeaɖe eƒe dzidzimeviwo tso kluvinyenye me le Egipte ɖo vɔ la, Israelviwo gadzi ɖe edzi fũu ŋutɔ le Egipte.
But when the time of the promise drewe neere, which God had sworne to Abraham, the people grewe and multiplied in Egypt,
18 Ke ‘fia bubu va zi dzi le Egipte, ame si menya naneke tso Yosef ŋu o.’
Till another King arose, which knewe not Ioseph.
19 Le esia ta la, ewɔ funyafunya mía tɔgbuitɔgbuiwo, eye wòde se be woatsɔ woƒe vidzĩwo aƒu gbe ne woaku.
The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and euill entreated our fathers, and made them to cast out their yong children, that they should not remaine aliue.
20 “Le ɣeyiɣi sia me lɔƒo la, wodzi Mose si nye ɖevi dzeɖekɛ aɖe. Le se si nɔ anyi ɣe ma ɣi me ta la, esi wodzi Mose la, edzilawo dzrae ɖo ɖe xɔ me ɣleti etɔ̃ sɔŋ.
The same time was Moses borne, and was acceptable vnto God, which was nourished vp in his fathers house three moneths.
21 Ke esi wòva dzɔ be womagate ŋu adzrae ɖo o ta la, wokɔe yi ɖada ɖe teƒe aɖe. Fia Farao ƒe vinyɔnuvi va fɔe le afi ma ale wòtsɔe abe via ene hekpɔ edzi.
And when he was cast out, Pharaohs daughter tooke him vp, and nourished him for her owne sonne.
22 Wohe Mose ɖe Egiptetɔwo ƒe nunya nu, ale wòtsi va zu fiavi xɔŋkɔ aɖe le nunya kple dɔwɔwɔ me.
And Moses was learned in all the wisdome of the Egyptians, and was mightie in wordes and in deedes.
23 “Esi Mose xɔ abe ƒe blaene ene la, ewɔ susu gbe ɖeka be yeaɖi tsa aɖakpɔ ye nɔvi Israelviwo ɖa.
Nowe when he was full fourtie yeere olde, it came into his heart to visite his brethren, the children of Israel.
24 Le tsaɖiɖi sia me la, eva ke ɖe Israel ɖekakpui aɖe kple Egiptetɔ aɖe ŋu wonɔ dzre wɔm. Mose kpɔe be Egiptetɔ la nɔ Israel ɖekakpui la ƒom, nɔ funyafunya wɔmii, eya ta edze Egiptetɔ la dzi hewui.
And whe he saw one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and auenged his quarell that had the harme done to him, and smote the Egyptian.
25 Mose bui be wɔna sia ana be eya ŋutɔ nɔviawo axɔe se be Mawue ɖo ye ɖa be yeava ɖe wo le aboyo me hafi, gake womexɔe nenema o.
For hee supposed his brethren would haue vnderstand, that God by his hande should giue them deliuerance: but they vnderstoode it not.
26 Esi ŋu ke la, Mose gaɖi tsa yi etɔ Israelviwo gbɔ. Kasiaa, ekpɔ Israelvi dzidzi eve hã wonɔ dzre wɔm vevie. Mose te ɖe wo ŋu enumake be yealé avu le wo dome. Egblɔ na wo be, ‘Nɔviwo, menyo kura be miawo ɖeɖe mianɔ dzre wɔm alea o eya ta midzudzɔ, ne miawɔ ɖeka.’
And the next day, he shewed himselfe vnto them as they stroue, and woulde haue set them at one againe, saying, Syrs, ye are brethren: why doe ye wrong one to another?
27 “Ke ame siawo dometɔ si ƒe nya medzɔ o la gblɔ na Mose be wòakpɔ eya ŋutɔ ƒe nya gbɔ eye megade nu yewo tɔ me o. Ebia Mose be, ‘Ame kae ɖo wò fia kple ʋɔnudrɔ̃la ɖe mía dzi?’ Eyi edzi bia Mose be,
But he that did his neighbour wrong, thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a prince, and a iudge ouer vs?
28 ‘Alo ɖe nèdi be yeaƒo nye hã awu abe ale si nèwu Egiptetɔ ma etsɔ enea?’
Wilt thou kill mee, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
29 Nya sia sese te ɖe Mose dzi ale wòsi dzo le nuto la me yi ɖanɔ Midianyigba dzi afi si wòdzi eƒe viŋutsu eveawo le.
Then fled Moses at that saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begate two sonnes.
30 “Le ƒe blaene megbe la, mawudɔla aɖe ɖe eɖokui fia Mose le gbedzi le teƒe aɖe si te ɖe Sinai to la ŋu. Mawudɔla la ɖe eɖokui fiae le gbe aɖe si nɔ bibim la me.
And when fourtie yeres were expired, there appeared to him in the wildernes of mout Sina, an Angel of the Lord in a flame of fire, in a bush.
31 Esi Mose kpɔ dzobibia la, ewɔ nuku nɛ ŋutɔ, eya ta eƒu du yi teƒea be yeakpɔ nu si wònye. Ke esi wòƒu du yina la, ese Mawu ƒe gbe be,
And when Moses sawe it, hee wondred at the sight: and as he drew neere to consider it, the voyce of the Lord came vnto him, saying,
32 ‘Nyee nye tɔgbuiwòwo Abraham, Isak kple Yakob ƒe Mawu la.’ Dzidzi ƒo Mose ale gbegbe be mete ŋu fɔ ta dzi be yeakpɔ afi si gbea le ɖiɖim tso la o.
I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Iacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold it.
33 “Mawu ƒe gbe yi edzi gblɔ nɛ be, ‘Ɖe wò afɔkpawo le afɔ, elabena teƒe si nèle la nye teƒe kɔkɔe.
Then the Lord said to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feete: for the place where thou standest, is holy ground.
34 Mekpɔ fu gã si kpem vinyewo le le Egiptenyigba dzi, eye mese woƒe nublanuiɣli si dom wole la hã, eya ta meva be maɖe wo tso fukpekpe sia me. Va ne madɔ wò ɖe Egipte ne nàwɔ dɔ sia nam.’
I haue seene, I haue seene the affliction of my people, which is in Egypt, and I haue heard their groning, and am come downe to deliuer them: and nowe come, and I will sende thee into Egypt.
35 “Ale Mose si gbɔ etɔwo gbe nu le, eye wobiae be, ‘Ame kae ɖo wò fia kple ʋɔnudrɔ̃la ɖe mía dzi hã?’ la, eyae Mawu ɖo ɖa be wòanye woƒe ɖela kple kplɔla to mawudɔla, si ɖe eɖokui fiae le ŋuvea me la dzi.
This Moses whome they forsooke, saying, Who made thee a prince and a iudge? the same God sent for a prince, and a deliuerer by the hand of the Angel, which appeared to him in the bush.
36 Ale to nukunu geɖewo wɔwɔ me la, Mose kplɔ Israelviwo tso Egipte. Woto Ƒu Dzĩ la me, eye wozɔ mɔ to gbedzi ƒe blaene sɔŋ.
Hee brought them out, doing wonders, and miracles in the land of Egypt, and in the red sea, and in the wildernes fourtie yeeres.
37 “Mose ŋutɔ gblɔ na Israelviwo be, ‘Mawu ana nyagblɔɖila aɖe adzɔ tso mia nɔviwo dome abe nye ke ene.’
This is that Moses, which saide vnto the children of Israel, A Prophet shall the Lord your God raise vp vnto you, euen of your brethren, like vnto me: him shall ye heare.
38 Mose ƒe nya sia va eme pɛpɛpɛ elabena esi wonɔ gbedzi nɔ yiyim la, Mose nye avuléla si nɔ Israelviwo kple mawudɔla si na Mawu ƒe sewo le Sinai to dzi la dome. Se si nye Agbenya lae wòna wo.
This is he that was in the Congregation, in the wildernes with the Angell, which spake to him in mount Sina, and with our fathers, who receiued the liuely oracles to giue vnto vs.
39 “Ke nublanuitɔe la, mía tɔgbuiwo gbe nu le Mose gbɔ, eye wodi be yewoatrɔ ayi Egipte.
To whom our fathers would not obey, but refused, and in their hearts turned backe againe into Egypt:
40 Le nyateƒe me la, woyɔ Aron hegblɔ nɛ be, ‘Nɔvi, me legba siwo anye míaƒe mawu siwo akplɔ mí agbugbɔ yi Egipte la na mí, elabena míenya nu si dzɔ ɖe Mose si kplɔ mí dzoe le Egiptenyigba dzi la dzi o.’
Saying vnto Aaron, Make vs gods that may goe before vs: for we knowe not what is become of this Moses that brought vs out of the land of Egypt.
41 Eya ta wowɔ legba ɖe nyivi ƒe nɔnɔme me, eye wosubɔ nu si wotsɔ woƒe asi wɔe la kple dzidzɔ blibo hesaa vɔ nɛ.
And they made a calfe in those dayes, and offered sacrifice vnto the idole, and reioyced in the workes of their owne handes.
42 Wɔna sia na be Mawu hã ɖe asi le wo ŋu, eye wosubɔ ɣe, ɣleti kple ɣletiviwo abe ale si woŋlɔ ɖe Nyagblɔɖilawo ƒe agbalẽ me ene. “‘Israeltɔwo, nyee mietsɔ lã wuwuwo kple numemewo sa vɔ na esi mienɔ gbedzi ƒe blaene sɔŋ mahã?
Then God turned himselfe away, and gaue them vp to serue the host of heauen, as it is written in the booke of the Prophets, O house of Israel, haue ye offred to me slaine beasts and sacrifices by the space of fourtie yeres in the wildernes?
43 Kpao, menye nyee miesa vɔ na o, ke boŋ miaƒe susuwo katã nɔ Molek ƒe agbadɔ kple mawu Refan ƒe ɣletivinɔnɔme, siwo nye legba miewɔ be miasubɔ la ŋu. Le esia ta la, maɖo mi ɖe aboyo me, ayi keke Babilonia godo ke.’
And ye tooke vp the tabernacle of Moloch, and the starre of your god Remphan, figures, which ye made to worship them: therefore I will carie you away beyond Babylon.
44 “Mía tɔgbuitɔgbuiwo tsɔ ɖaseɖiɖi ƒe agbadɔ la ɖe ta nɔ gbea dzi, nɔ yiyim tso teƒe yi teƒe. Wowɔ ɖaseɖiɖi ƒe agbadɔ sia ɖe nɔnɔme si Mawu ɖee fia Mose be wòawɔe la nu.
Our fathers had the tabernacle of witnes, in the wildernes, as hee had appointed, speaking vnto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seene.
45 Le ƒe aɖewo megbe la, esi Yosua va zu kplɔla, eye wòho aʋa ɖe dukɔwo ŋu la, wokɔ agbadɔ sia yi woƒe nɔƒe yeye si wonɔ la, eye wowɔ eŋuti dɔ va se ɖe Fia David ŋɔli.
Which tabernacle also our fathers receiued, and brought in with Iesus into the possession of the Gentiles, which God draue out before our fathers, vnto the dayes of Dauid:
46 Mawu yra Fia David ŋutɔ, eye David hã bia be Mawu naɖe mɔ na ye yeatu gbedoxɔ gã aɖe si anɔ anyi tegbee la na eya Yakob ƒe Mawu la.
Who found fauour before God, and desired that hee might finde a tabernacle for the God of Iacob.
47 Ke David ƒe vi Solomo boŋue nye ame si va tu gbedoxɔ la nɛ.
But Salomon built him an house.
48 “Ke hã la, Mawu Dziƒoʋĩtɔ la menɔa gbedoxɔ si amegbetɔ ŋutɔ tsɔ eƒe asi tui la me o, elabena Mawu ŋutɔ gblɔ to eƒe Nyagblɔɖila Yesaya dzi be,
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with handes, as saith the Prophet,
49 “‘Nye fiazikpuie nye dziƒo, eye anyigbae nye nye afɔɖodzinu. Aƒe ka ƒomevi koŋ ame ate ŋu atu nam? Aƒetɔ la gblɔe. Alo Afi ka nye gbɔɖemeƒe anɔ?
Heauen is my throne, and earth is my footestoole: what house wil ye build for me, saith the Lord? or what place is it that I should rest in?
50 Alo Menye nye asie wɔ esiawo katã oa?’
Hath not mine hand made all these things?
51 “Mi tosesẽtɔ siawo, ɖe wòle be miasẽ dzime atsi tsitre ɖe Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la ŋu ɣe sia ɣia? Ɛ̃, Alea tututu mia tɔgbuiwo wɔe nye esi, eye eya ƒomevi ko wɔm miawo hã miele.
Ye stiffenecked and of vncircumcised heartes and eares, ye haue alwayes resisted the holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do you.
52 Mitɔ asi nyagblɔɖila si yome mia tɔgbuiwo meti hewɔ fui o la dzi nam. Wowu nyagblɔɖila siwo gblɔ Dzɔdzɔetɔ la ƒe vava ɖi eye miawo hã miede ame sia asi, eye miewui.
Which of the Prophets haue not your fathers persecuted? and they haue slaine them, which shewed before of the comming of that Iust, of whome ye are now the betrayers and murtherers,
53 Ɛ̃, togbɔ be mawudɔlawoe tsɔ Mawu ƒe seawo vɛ na mi hã la, mieɖo koŋ gblẽ seawo to wo dzi dada me.”
Which haue receiued the Lawe by the ordinance of Angels, and haue not kept it.
54 Stefano ƒe nya sia tɔ dzi na Yudatɔwo ƒe kplɔlawo ŋutɔ. Wodo dziku vevie henɔ nyanyram le wo ɖokuiwo me.
But when they heard these thinges, their heartes brast for anger, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
55 Ke Stefano, ame si me Gbɔgbɔ Kɔkɔe la yɔ fũu la li eƒe ŋkuwo ɖe dzi gãa, ekpɔ Mawu ƒe ŋutikɔkɔe gã la, eye Yesu nɔ tsitre ɖe Mawu ƒe nuɖusime.
But he being full of the holy Ghost, looked stedfastly into heauen, and sawe the glory of God, and Iesus standing at the right hand of God,
56 Stefano gblɔ na ameha la be, “Mikpɔ ɖa, mekpɔ dziƒo nu ʋu, eye Amegbetɔ Vi la tsi tsitre ɖe Mawu ƒe nuɖusime.”
And said, Beholde, I see the heauens open, and the Sonne of man standing at the right hand of God.
57 Nya sia gado dziku na wo ŋutɔ, ale wo katã wotsɔ woƒe asiwo xe to me be yewomagase nya aɖeke o. Wodze Stefano dzi henɔ ɣli dom be ame aɖeke megase eƒe nya o.
Then they gaue a shoute with a loude voyce, and stopped their eares, and ranne vpon him violently all at once,
58 Emegbe la, wohee do goe le dua me be yewoaƒu kpee wòaku. Ɖasefowo kple amewulawo ɖe woƒe awuwo na ɖekakpui aɖe si woyɔna be Saulo la be wòakpɔ wo dzi na yewo.
And cast him out of the citie, and stoned him: and the witnesses layd downe their clothes at a yong mans feete, named Saul.
59 Esi wonɔ kpe fum Stefano la, edo gbe ɖa gblɔ be, “Aƒetɔ Yesu, xɔ nye gbɔgbɔ.”
And they stoned Steuen, who called on God, and said, Lord Iesus, receiue my spirit.
60 Emegbe la, edze klo eye wòdo ɣli gblɔ be, “Aƒetɔ, mègaɖo nu vɔ̃ sia teƒe na wo o.” Ale wòdze anyi heku.
And he kneeled downe, and cried with a loude voyce, Lord, laye not this sinne to their charge. And when he had thus spoken, he slept.
