Atũmwo 7
1 Nake mũthĩnjĩri-Ngai ũrĩa mũnene akĩmũũria atĩrĩ, “Thitango ici nĩ cia ma?”
And the high-priest said, Are then these things so?
2 Nake Stefano agĩcookia atĩrĩ, “Ariũ a Baba na maithe maitũ, ta thikĩrĩriai! Ngai mwene riiri nĩoimĩrĩire ithe witũ Iburahĩmu hĩndĩ ĩrĩa aatũũraga bũrũri wa Mesopotamia, atanathiĩ gũtũũra bũrũri wa Harani.
And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,
3 Akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, ‘Thaama uume bũrũri wanyu na ũtige andũ anyu, ũthiĩ bũrũri ũrĩa ngaakuonia.’
and said to him, “Go forth from thy country and thy kindred, and come into the land which I will show thee.”
4 “Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Iburahĩmu akiuma bũrũri wa Akalidei agĩthiĩ gũtũũra Harani. Thuutha wa gĩkuũ gĩa ithe, Ngai akĩmũruta kuo na agĩũka bũrũri ũyũ mũtũũraga.
Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Haran; and from thence, after his father was dead, he caused him to remove into this land wherein ye now dwell;
5 Ndaamũheire igai gũkũ, o na ikinya rĩmwe. No Ngai nĩamwĩrire atĩ we hamwe na njiaro ciake nĩmakegwatĩra bũrũri ũyũ, o na gũtuĩka hĩndĩ ĩyo Iburahĩmu ndaarĩ na mwana.
and he gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on; and he promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his posterity after him, when as yet he had no child.
6 Ngai eerire Iburahĩmu atĩrĩ: ‘Njiaro ciaku igaatũũra irĩ ngʼeni bũrũri ũtarĩ wacio, kũrĩa igaatuuo ngombo na inyariirwo ihinda rĩa mĩaka magana mana.’
And God spoke in this manner: “That his posterity should sojourn in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into bondage, and ill-treat them four hundred years;
7 Ningĩ Ngai akiuga atĩrĩ, ‘No nĩngaherithia rũrĩrĩ rũu igaatungata irĩ ngombo; na thuutha ũcio-rĩ, nĩikoima bũrũri ũcio, nacio nĩikaahooya irĩ kũndũ gũkũ.’
and the nation to which they shall be in bondage will I judge,” said God; “and after that they shall come forth, and shall worship me in this place.”
8 Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩarĩkanĩire na Iburahĩmu kĩrĩkanĩro kĩa ũhoro wa kũrua. Nake Iburahĩmu agĩtuĩka ithe wa Isaaka na akĩmũruithia thikũ ya kanana thuutha wa gũciarwo gwake. Thuutha-inĩ Isaaka agĩtuĩka ithe wa Jakubu, nake Jakubu agĩtuĩka ithe wa athuuri arĩa ikũmi na eerĩ.
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so he begat Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.
9 “Na tondũ wa maguuka maitũ kũiguĩra Jusufu ũiru, nĩmamwendirie bũrũri wa Misiri agatuĩke ngombo kuo. No Ngai aarĩ hamwe nake
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt; and God was with him,
10 na akĩmũhonokia mathĩĩna-inĩ make mothe. Nĩaheire Jusufu ũũgĩ na akĩmũhotithia atuĩke wa kwendeka nĩ Firaũni mũthamaki wa Misiri; nĩ ũndũ ũcio akĩmũtua wa gwathaga Misiri o na nyũmba yake yothe ya ũthamaki.
and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt, and all his house.
11 “Thuutha ũcio gũkĩgĩa ngʼaragu bũrũri-inĩ wothe wa Misiri, na Kaanani, na ĩkĩrehe gũthĩĩnĩka kũingĩ mũno, namo maithe maitũ makĩaga irio.
Now there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress; and our fathers found no Sustenance.
12 Rĩrĩa Jakubu aiguire atĩ Misiri nĩ kwarĩ na ngano, agĩtũma maithe maitũ kuo hĩndĩ ya mbere.
But Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent out our fathers first.
13 Na rĩrĩa maathiire riita rĩa keerĩ-rĩ, Jusufu akĩĩmenyithania kũrĩ ariũ a ithe, nake Firaũni akĩmenya ũhoro wa nyũmba ya Jusufu.
And at the second time Joseph was recognized by his brothers, and the kindred of Joseph became known to Pharaoh.
14 Thuutha wa ũguo-rĩ, Jusufu agĩtũmanĩra ithe Jakubu na nyũmba yake yothe moke, nao othe maarĩ andũ mĩrongo mũgwanja na atano.
Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, seventy five souls.
15 Nake Jakubu agĩikũrũka, agĩthiĩ Misiri, kũrĩa we na maithe maitũ maakuĩrĩire.
And Jacob went down [[into Egypt]], and died, he and our fathers.
16 Mĩĩrĩ yao nĩyacookirio Shekemu na ĩgĩthikwo mbĩrĩra-inĩ ĩrĩa Iburahĩmu aagũrĩte na mbeeca kuuma kũrĩ ariũ a Hamori kũu Shekemu.
And they were removed to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem.
17 “Rĩrĩa ihinda rĩakuhĩrĩirie rĩa Ngai kũhingia kĩĩranĩro gĩake kũrĩ Iburahĩmu-rĩ, mũigana wa andũ aitũ kũu Misiri nĩwongererekete mũno.
But as the time of the promise drew near, which God solemnly made to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18 Hĩndĩ ĩyo mũthamaki ũngĩ ũtooĩ ũhoro wa Jusufu agĩtuĩka wa gũthamaka Misiri.
until another king arose, who knew not Joseph.
19 Agĩĩka andũ aitũ ũũru mũno na akĩhinyĩrĩria maithe maitũ na ũndũ wa kũmaringĩrĩria na hinya mate tũkenge twao nĩgeetha tũkue.
The same dealt subtly with our race, and ill-treated our fathers, so that they should cast out their infants, that they might not be preserved alive.
20 “Ihinda-inĩ rĩu Musa nĩaciarirwo, nake aarĩ mwana mũthaka mũno. Akĩrererwo mũciĩ gwa ithe ihinda rĩa mĩeri ĩtatũ.
In which time Moses was born, and was exceedingly fair; who was nourished in his father's house three months.
21 Rĩrĩa aigirwo nja-rĩ, mwarĩ wa Firaũni akĩmuoya akĩmũrera ta mwana wake.
And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for herself as a son.
22 Musa agĩthomithio na ũũgĩ wothe wa andũ a Misiri na aarĩ na hinya wa mĩario na ciĩko.
And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in his worlds and deeds.
23 “Rĩrĩa Musa aakinyirie mĩaka mĩrongo ĩna-rĩ, agĩtua itua rĩa gũceerera andũ ao a Isiraeli.
And when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.
24 Nĩonire mũndũ ũmwe wao akĩnyariirwo nĩ mũndũ wa Misiri. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio agĩthiĩ kũmũũrĩria na akĩmũrĩhĩria na ũndũ wa kũũraga mũndũ ũcio Mũmisiri.
And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed by smiting the Egyptian.
25 Musa eeciirĩtie atĩ andũ ao nĩmangĩonire atĩ Ngai nĩamũhũthagĩra nĩgeetha amahonokie, no-o matiamenyire ũguo.
For he supposed his brethren would understand that God through his hand would give them salvation; but they understood not.
26 Mũthenya ũyũ ũngĩ Musa agĩthiĩ agĩkora andũ eerĩ a Isiraeli makĩrũa. Akĩgeria kũmaiguithania akĩmeeraga atĩrĩ, ‘Andũ aya, inyuĩ mũrĩ a ithe ũmwe; nĩ kĩĩ kĩratũma mwende gwĩkana ũũru?’
And the next day he showed himself to them as they were contending, and urged them to peace, saying, Ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one another?
27 “No mũndũ ũrĩa wekĩte ũcio ũngĩ ũũru agĩikania Musa, akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, ‘Nũũ wagũtuire mwathi na mũtuithania wa maciira maitũ?
But he who was wronging his neighbor thrust him away, saying, “Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
28 Ũrenda kũnjũraga o ta ũrĩa ũrooragire Mũmisiri ira?’
Dost thou mean to kill me, as thou didst kill the Egyptian yesterday?”
29 Rĩrĩa Musa aiguire ũguo akĩũra agĩthiĩ bũrũri wa Midiani, kũrĩa aatũũrire arĩ ta mũgeni na akĩgĩa na ariũ eerĩ.
And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.
30 “Na rĩrĩ, mĩaka mĩrongo ĩna yarĩkia gũthira-rĩ, mũraika akiumĩrĩra Musa arĩ nĩnĩmbĩ-inĩ cia mwaki iria ciakanaga kĩhinga-inĩ kũu werũ-inĩ hakuhĩ na Kĩrĩma gĩa Sinai.
And when forty years were completed, there appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai an angel in the flaming fire of a bush.
31 Rĩrĩa onire ũguo, akĩgega nĩ kĩrĩa onire. Na rĩrĩa aakuhagĩrĩria nĩguo one wega-rĩ, akĩigua mũgambo wa Mwathani ũkiuga atĩrĩ:
And Moses seeing it wondered at the sight; and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came [[to him]],
32 ‘Niĩ nĩ niĩ Ngai wa maithe manyu, Ngai wa Iburahĩmu, na Isaaka, o na Jakubu.’ Musa akĩinaina nĩ gwĩtigĩra na ndaigana kũrora.
saying, “I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.” And Moses trembled and durst not behold.
33 “Nake Mwathani akĩmwĩra atĩrĩ, ‘Ruta iraatũ ciaku, nĩgũkorwo hau ũrũgamĩte nĩ handũ hatheru.
And the Lord said to him, “Loose the sandals from thy feet; for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
34 Ti-itherũ nĩnyonete kũhinyĩrĩrio kwa andũ akwa kũu bũrũri wa Misiri. Nĩnjiguĩte gũcaaya kwao, na nĩnjikũrũkĩte thĩ nĩguo ndĩmohorithie. Rĩu ũka nĩngũgũtũma ũcooke Misiri.’
I have surely seen the oppression of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them; and now, come, I will send thee into Egypt.”
35 “Ũyũ nowe Musa ũrĩa maaregete makiuga atĩrĩ, ‘Nũũ ũgũtuĩte mwathi witũ na mũtũciirithia?’ Ngai we mwene nĩamũtũmire atuĩke mũnene na mũkũũri wao, na ũndũ wa mũraika ũrĩa wamuumĩrĩire kĩhinga-inĩ.
This Moses, whom they denied, saying, “Who made thee a ruler and a judge?” this very man did God send both as a ruler and a redeemer with the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
36 Akĩmatongoria makiuma Misiri na agĩĩka morirũ na akĩringa ciama arĩ kũu Misiri, o na Iria-inĩ Itune, na ihinda rĩa mĩaka mĩrongo ĩna kũu werũ-inĩ.
This very man brought them out, working wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
37 “Ũyũ nowe Musa ũrĩa werire andũ a Isiraeli atĩrĩ, ‘Ngai nĩakamũtũmĩra mũnabii ta niĩ kuuma kũrĩ andũ anyu kĩũmbe.’
This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, “A prophet will God raise up to you from among your brethren, as he raised up me.”
38 We aarĩ kĩũngano-inĩ kũu werũ-inĩ, arĩ hamwe na mũraika ũrĩa wamwarĩirie Kĩrĩma-inĩ gĩa Sinai, na aarĩ hamwe na maithe maitũ; nake nĩamũkĩrire ciugo irĩ muoyo nĩgeetha atũkinyĩrie.
This is he that was in the assembly in the wilderness with the anger who spake to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received the living oracles to give to us;
39 “No rĩrĩ, maithe maitũ nĩmaregire kũmwathĩkĩra. Handũ ha ũguo-rĩ, o makĩmũrega, na thĩinĩ wa ngoro ciao makĩĩrirĩria gũcooka Misiri.
to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back into Egypt,
40 Nao makĩĩra Harũni atĩrĩ, ‘Tũthondekere ngai iria irĩtũtongoragia. Nĩgũkorwo mũndũ ũyũ ũgwĩtwo Musa, ũrĩa watũtongoririe tũkiuma bũrũri wa Misiri, tũtiũĩ ũrĩa onete!’
saying to Aaron, “Make us gods who shall go before us; for as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.”
41 Hĩndĩ ĩyo nĩguo maathondekire mũhianano watariĩ ta njaũ. Makĩũrutĩra magongona, na makĩgĩa na hĩndĩ ya gũkũngũĩra kĩrĩa maathondekete na moko mao.
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42 No Ngai akĩmahutatĩra, na akĩmarekereria mahooyage ciũmbe cia igũrũ. Ũhoro ũyũ ũtwaranĩte na ũrĩa kwandĩkĩtwo ibuku-inĩ rĩa anabii, atĩrĩ: “‘Nĩmwandutĩire magongona na maruta mĩaka mĩrongo ĩna kũu werũ-inĩ, inyuĩ nyũmba ya Isiraeli?
But God turned away, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the Prophets, “Did ye offer to me slain beasts and sacrifices for forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
43 Nĩmũtũũgĩrĩtie ihooero rĩa Moleku, na njata ya ngai yanyu ĩrĩa ĩĩtagwo Refani, mĩhianano ĩrĩa mwathondekire ya kũhooyaga. Tondũ ũcio, nĩngatũma mũtahwo mũtwarwo’ kũhĩtũka Babuloni.
And ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of the god Rephan, the figures which ye made to worship them; and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.”
44 “Maithe maitũ maarĩ na hema ĩrĩa yetagwo gĩikaro kĩa Ũira kũu werũ-inĩ. Nayo yathondeketwo o ta ũrĩa Ngai eerĩte Musa, kũringana na mũhianĩre ũrĩa onete.
Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, as he that spoke to Moses commanded that he should make it according to the pattern that he had seen;
45 Maarĩkia kwamũkĩra hema-rĩ, maithe maitũ, matongoretio nĩ Joshua magĩũka nayo rĩrĩa menyiitĩire bũrũri kuuma kũrĩ ndũrĩrĩ iria Ngai aarutũrũrire ciehere mbere yao. Nayo ĩgĩtũũra kũu bũrũri ũcio o nginya hĩndĩ ya Daudi,
which also our fathers received and brought in with Joshua, at their taking possession of the gentiles whom God drove out from before our fathers, until the days of David;
46 ũrĩa wakenire nĩ gwĩtĩkĩrĩka nĩ Ngai, na akĩhooya etĩkĩrio aakĩre Ngai wa Jakubu gĩikaro.
who found favor before God, and asked that he might find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
47 No Solomoni nĩwe wamwakĩire nyũmba.
But Solomon built him a house.
48 “No rĩrĩ, Ũrĩa-ũrĩ-Igũrũ-Mũno ndaikaraga nyũmba ciakĩtwo nĩ andũ. O ta ũrĩa mũnabii oigĩte atĩrĩ:
Yet the Most High dwelleth not in [[temples]] made with hands; as saith the prophet,
49 “‘Igũrũ nĩkuo gĩtĩ gĩakwa kĩa ũnene, nayo thĩ nĩ gaturwa ka makinya makwa. Ũngĩkĩnjakĩra nyũmba ya mũthemba ũrĩkũ? Ũguo nĩguo Mwathani ekũũria. Kana kĩhurũko gĩakwa kĩngĩkorwo kũ?
“Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What house will ye build for me? saith the Lord; or what is the place of my rest?
50 Githĩ ti guoko gwakwa gwathondekire indo ici ciothe?’
Did not my hands make all these things?”
51 “Inyuĩ andũ aya aremi, o inyuĩ mũtarĩ aruu ngoro na matũ! Inyuĩ mũtariĩ o ta maithe manyu: Inyuĩ mũtũũraga mũreganĩte na Roho Mũtheru!
Stiffnecked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears! ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do ye.
52 Nĩ kũrĩ mũnabii ũtaanyariirirwo nĩ maithe manyu? Mooragire o na andũ arĩa maarathire ũhoro wa gũũka kwa Ũrĩa Mũthingu. Na rĩu nĩmũmũkunyanĩire na mũkamũũraga;
Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they slew those who foretold the coming of the righteous one, of whom ye have now become the betrayers and murderers;
53 o inyuĩ mwamũkĩrire watho ũrĩa waathanirwo kũgerera araika no mũkĩaga kũwathĩkĩra.”
ye who received the Law as ordained through angels, and did not keep it.
54 Rĩrĩa maiguire maũndũ macio-rĩ, makĩrakara mũno, na makĩmũhagaranĩria magego.
But when they heard these things, their hearts were filled with rage, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
55 No Stefano, aiyũrĩtwo nĩ Roho Mũtheru, Agĩcũthĩrĩria igũrũ akĩona riiri wa Ngai, na Jesũ arũgamĩte guoko-inĩ kwa ũrĩo kwa Ngai.
But, being full of the Holy Spirit, he looked up earnestly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
56 Akiuga atĩrĩ, “Onei, nĩndĩrona igũrũ rĩhingũkĩte nake Mũrũ wa Mũndũ arũgamĩte guoko-inĩ kwa ũrĩo kwa Ngai.”
and said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
57 Maigua ũguo makĩhumbĩra matũ mao, makĩhanyũka harĩ we makiugagĩrĩria na mũgambo mũnene.
And they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;
58 makĩmũkururia, makĩmumia nja ya itũũra, na makĩambĩrĩria kũmũhũũra na mahiga nyuguto. Nao, aira makĩiga nguo ciao magũrũ-inĩ ma mwanake wetagwo Saũlũ.
and having cast him out of the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul;
59 Rĩrĩa maamũhũũraga na mahiga nyuguto, Stefano nĩahooire Ngai, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Mwathani Jesũ, amũkĩra roho wakwa.”
and they stoned Stephen, making supplication, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60 Agĩcooka agĩturia ndu, akĩanĩrĩra, akiuga atĩrĩ, “Mwathani, ndũkamoorie rĩĩhia rĩĩrĩ.” Na aarĩkia kuuga ũguo, agĩkoma.
And kneeling down he cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And saying this, he fell asleep.
