Ọrụ Ndị Ozi 7
1 Onyeisi nchụaja sịrị ya, “Ị nụrụ ihe ndị a, ọ bụ eziokwu?”
Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
2 Ọ sịrị, “Ụmụnna m na ndị nna, geenụ m ntị. Chineke onye dị ebube gosiri nna nna anyị Ebraham onwe ya mgbe ọ nọ na Mesopotamịa, tupu ọ gaa biri na Haran.
And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,
3 Ọ gwara ya, ‘Site nʼobodo gị na nʼetiti ndị ikwu gị pụọ, gaa nʼala m ga-egosi gị.’
And said to him, Depart from thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.
4 “Ya mere, o sitere nʼobodo ndị Kaldịa pụọ, gaa biri na Haran. Mgbe nna ya nwụrụ, Chineke zitere ya nʼala a ebe unu bi ugbu a.
Then he came from the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Haran: and from there, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, in which ye now dwell.
5 O nyeghị ya ihe nketa nʼebe a, ọ bụladị ihe ruru otu nzọ ụkwụ. Ma o kwere ya nkwa na ọ ga-enye ya na ụmụ ụmụ ya ala ahụ ka ọ bụrụ nke ha, nʼagbanyeghị na ọ mụtaghị nwa.
And he gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his offspring after him, when as yet he had no child.
6 Ma Chineke gwara ya otu a, na, ‘Ụmụ ụmụ ya ga-ebi dịka ndị ọbịa nʼala na-abụghị nke ha, ndị ga-eji ha mere ohu, ma mejọọkwa ha narị afọ anọ.
And God spoke in this way, That his offspring should sojourn in a foreign land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and oppress them four hundred years.
7 Mana aga m ata mba ahụ ha na-efe dịka ohu ahụhụ.’ Chineke kwukwara sị, ‘Mgbe nke a gasịrị, ha ga-esi na mba ahụ pụta, bịa fee m ofufe nʼebe a.’
And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that they shall come forth, and serve me in this place.
8 O nyere ya ọgbụgba ndụ nke obibi ugwu. Ebraham mụrụ Aịzik bie ya ugwu nʼụbọchị nke asatọ. Aịzik amụta Jekọb, Jekọb amụta ndịisi ebo iri na abụọ nke Izrel.
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
9 “Nʼihi na ndị nna ochie ahụ nwere ekworo nʼebe Josef nọ. Ha resi ya ndị Ijipt dịka ohu. Ma Chineke nọnyeere ya,
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
10 zọpụta ya na mkpagbu ya niile, mee ka o nwee ihuọma na amamihe nʼihu Fero eze Ijipt. Onye mere ya onye ọchịchị nʼala Ijipt na onye nlekọta nke ezinaụlọ ya niile.
And delivered him from all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
11 “Nʼoge ahụ, ụnwụ dara nʼala Ijipt na nʼala Kenan. Ụnwụ a wetara ahụhụ dị ukwuu. Nna nna anyị ha enwekwaghị ike ịchọta nri.
Now there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
12 Ma mgbe Jekọb nụrụ na nri ọka dị nʼala Ijipt, o zipụrụ nna nna anyị ha ka ha gaa njem mbụ ha nʼIjipt. Nke a bụ oge nke mbụ ha na-aga Ijipt.
But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
13 Mgbe ha gara Ijipt nke ugboro abụọ, Josef mere ka ụmụnne ya mata ya, Fero matakwara ụmụnne Josef.
And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s kindred was made known to Pharaoh.
14 Mgbe ahụ, Josef ziri ozi ka a kpọta nna ya bụ Jekọb na ndị ikwu ya, ndị dị iri mmadụ asaa na ise ka ha bịakwute ya.
Then Joseph sent, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, seventy and five souls.
15 Jekọb gara Ijipt. Ebe ahụ ka ya na nna nna anyị ha nọkwa nwụọ.
So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
16 E budatara ozu ha na Shekem, ebe e liri ha nʼili nke Ebraham jiri ego ọlaọcha zụta nʼaka ụmụ Hamọ nʼala Shekem.
And were carried over into Shechem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Shechem.
17 “Ma mgbe oge ahụ Chineke kwere Ebraham na nkwa na-abịaru nso, ndị Izrel nọ nʼIjipt mụbara nke ukwuu,
But when the time of the promise drew near, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18 ruo mgbe eze ọzọ nke na-amaghị Josef, bidoro ịchị ọchịchị nʼala Ijipt.
Till another king arose, who knew not Joseph.
19 O megburu ndị agbụrụ anyị, kpagbukwaa ha. Manye ndị nna nna anyị ha ka ha tufuo ụmụ ọhụrụ ha, ka ha ghara ịdị ndụ.
The same dealt treacherously with our kindred, and oppressed our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
20 “Ọ bụ nʼoge a ka a mụrụ Mosis, ọ mara mma nke ukwuu nʼanya Chineke. A zụrụ ya naanị ọnwa atọ nʼụlọ nna ya.
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished in his father’s house three months:
21 Mgbe e tufuru ya, ada Fero kpọọrọ ya, zụọ ya dị ka nwa nwoke nke aka ya.
And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
22 A zụrụ Mosis nʼamamihe niile nke ndị Ijipt, ọ bụrụ dike nʼokwu na nʼọrụ ịtụnanya.
And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
23 “Mgbe ọ gbara iri afọ anọ, ọ batara ya nʼuche ịga ileta ụmụnna ya ndị Izrel.
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
24 Mgbe ọ hụrụ otu onye nʼime ha nke onye Ijipt na-emegide ya, ọ lụtara ya ọgụ, bọtakwara ya ọbọ site nʼigbu onye Ijipt ahụ.
And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
25 Mosis chere na ụmụnna ya ga-aghọta na Chineke akpọlitela ya isite nʼaka ya napụta ha. Ma ha aghọtaghị.
For he supposed his brethren to understand that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
26 Nʼụbọchị ọzọ sonụ, Mosis hụrụ ụmụnna ya ndị Izrel abụọ ka ha na-alụ ọgụ. Ọ gbalịrị ime ka udo dịrị nʼetiti ha, sị, ‘Unu bụ ụmụnna, gịnị mere unu ji emejọrịta onwe unu?’
And the next day he showed himself to them as they were fighting, and would have constrained them to be at peace again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
27 “Ma nwoke ahụ nke na-emegbu nwanna ya nupuru ya sị, ‘Onye mere gị onyeisi na onye ikpe nʼetiti anyị?
But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
28 Ị na-achọ igbu m dị ka i si gbuo onye Ijipt ụnyaahụ?’
Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday?
29 Mgbe ọ nụrụ nke a, Mosis gbara ọsọ, gaa biri dị ka ọbịa nʼala Midia. Nʼebe ahụ ka ọ nọ mụta ụmụ nwoke abụọ.
Then Moses fled at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.
30 “Mgbe iri afọ anọ gafere, e mere ka Mosis hụ mmụọ ozi nʼọkụ na-ere ọhịa dị nʼọzara, nʼakụkụ Ugwu Saịnaị.
And when forty years had passed, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
31 Ma mgbe ọ hụrụ nke a, o juru ya anya. Dị ka ọ na-agaru nso ka o leruo ya anya, ọ nụrụ olu Onyenwe anyị ka ọ dara, sị,
When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came to him,
32 ‘Abụ m Chineke nna nna gị ha. Chineke nke Ebraham, nke Aịzik na nke Jekọb.’ Ụjọ mere ka Mosis maa jijiji, na o nweghị ike ilegide ya anya.
Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and dared not behold.
33 “Ma Onyenwe anyị gwara ya, ‘Yipụ akpụkpọụkwụ gị. Nʼihi na ebe ahụ i guzo bụ ala dị nsọ.
Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
34 Ahụla m otu e si akpagbu ndị m nọ nʼala Ijipt. Anụla m ịsụ ude ha bịakwa ịzọpụta ha. Ugbu a bịa, aga m ezighachi gị nʼIjipt.’
I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people who are 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 “Ọ bụ otu Mosis ahụ ha jụrụ ajụ, mgbe ha sịrị, ‘Onye mere gị onyeisi na onye ikpe?’ Ọ bụkwa ya ka Chineke zigara ị bụ onyeisi na onye nnapụta ha, site nʼinyeaka mmụọ ozi ahụ mere ka ọ hụ ya nʼọhịa ahụ.
This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
36 O duuru ha pụta mgbe ọ rụsịrị ọrụ ebube na ihe ịrịbama dị iche iche nʼala Ijipt, na nʼOsimiri Uhie na nʼọzara iri afọ anọ.
He brought them out, after he had showed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
37 “Onye a bụ Mosis ahụ gwara ụmụ Izrel, sị, ‘Chineke ga-eme ka onye amụma nke dị ka m, biliere unu site nʼetiti ụmụnne unu.’
This is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you of your brethren, like me; him shall ye hear.
38 Ya onwe ya nọ nʼọgbakọ nʼọzara, ya na mmụọ ozi ahụ gwara ya okwu nʼUgwu Saịnaị, na nna nna anyị ha; ebe ọ natakwara okwu dị ndụ inye anyị.
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on the mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received the living oracles to give to us:
39 “Ma nna nna anyị ha jụrụ irubere ya isi. Kama ha nupuru ya nʼakụkụ, ma tụgharịa laghachi azụ nʼIjipt nʼobi ha,
Whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
40 na-asị Erọn, ‘Meere anyị chi, ndị nke ga-edu anyị, nʼihi na anyị amaghị ihe mere nwoke a bụ Mosis, onye sitere nʼala Ijipt dupụta anyị.’
Saying to Aaron, Make us gods to 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 Ha kpụụrụ onwe ha arụsị nke oyiyi nwa ehi, ha butere ihe ịchụ aja nye ya. Ha ṅụrịrị ọṅụ nʼọrụ nke aka ha.
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42 Ma Chineke chepuru ihu ya site nʼebe ha nọ. Ọ rara ha nye ikpere usuu ihe dị nʼeluigwe. Nke a dabara nʼihe e dere nʼakwụkwọ ndị amụma, “‘Unu ụlọ Izrel, unu o wetara m onyinye anụ e gburu egbu ka ọ dị aja unu chụụrụ m iri afọ anọ unu nọrọ nʼọzara?
Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices for forty years in the wilderness?
43 Unu buliri ụlọ ikwu nke Mọlọk na kpakpando nke chi unu bụ Refan, bụ arụsị ndị ahụ unu mere ịkpọ isiala nye ha. Ya mere, aga m ewezuga unu, burukwa unu gaa nʼofe obodo Babilọn.’
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Molech, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
44 “Ndị nna nna anyị ha nwere ụlọ ikwu nke iwu ọgbụgba ndụ nʼọzara. E mere ya site na ntụziaka na usoro ihe atụ Chineke gosiri Mosis.
Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking to Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
45 Mgbe Joshua duuru nna nna anyị ha nweta ala ndị mba ọzọ ndị Chineke chụpụrụ. E butekwara igbe ọgbụgba ndụ a nʼala ahụ. Ọ nọgidekwara nʼala ahụ tutu ruo nʼoge Devid.
Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Joshua into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David;
46 Onye chọtara ihuọma nʼebe Chineke nọ, ma rịọ ka o wuore Chineke nke Jekọb ebe obibi.
Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
47 Ma ọ bụ Solomọn wuru ya ụlọ ahụ.
But Solomon built for him an house.
48 “Otu ọ dị, Onye kachasị ihe niile elu adịghị ebi nʼụlọ e ji aka wuo, dịka onye amụma kwuru,
Yet the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
49 “‘Eluigwe bụ ocheeze m. Ụwa bụkwa ebe mgbakwasị ụkwụ m. Ụdị ụlọ dị aṅaa ka unu ga-ewuru m? Maọbụ ebee ka ebe izuike m ga-adị? Ka Onyenwe anyị kwuru.
Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build for me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
50 Ọ bụghị aka m mere ihe ndị a niile?’
Hath not my hand made all these things?
51 “Unu ndị isiike! Ndị obi ha, na ntị ha kpọchiri akpọchi ịnụ ihe. Ndị na-ajụ ịnabata Mmụọ Nsọ dịka nna nna unu ha mere.
Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.
52 Ọ dị onye amụma ndị nna unu ha na-akpọgbughị? Ha gburu ọ bụladị ndị buru amụma banyere ọbịbịa nke onye ezi omume ahụ, ma ugbu a unu bụ ndị raara ya nye ma gbukwaa ya.
Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them who showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
53 Unu bụ ndị natara iwu Chineke dịka e nyere ya site nʼaka ndị mmụọ ozi, ma unu edebeghị ya.”
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
54 Mgbe ha nụrụ ihe ndị a, iwe were ha nke ukwu. Ha tara ikikere eze nʼiwe na nʼọnụma nʼebe ọ nọ.
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
55 Ma ebe o jupụtara na Mmụọ Nsọ, o lere anya nʼeluigwe hụ ebube Chineke. Ọ hụkwara Jisọs ka o guzoro nʼaka nri Chineke.
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,
56 Ọ sịrị, “Lee, ana m ahụ ka eluigwe meghere, hụkwa Nwa nke Mmadụ ka ọ na-eguzo nʼaka nri Chineke.”
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
57 Ha mere ụzụ dị ukwuu, were mkpịsịaka ha rụchie ntị ha. Ha niile gbara ọsọ gaa nụkwasị ya,
Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
58 dọkpụrụ ya pụọ nʼazụ obodo malite ịtụ ya nkume. Nʼoge a, ndị akaebe wụsara uwe ha nʼụkwụ otu nwokorobịa a na-akpọ Sọl.
And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.
59 Mgbe ha na-atụ Stivin nkume ahụ, o kpere ekpere, “Onyenwe anyị Jisọs, nara mmụọ m.”
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60 O gburu ikpere nʼala werekwa oke olu tie mkpu, “Onyenwe anyị, biko agụnyekwarala ha mmehie nke a!” Mgbe o kwusiri nke a, ọ dara nʼala nwụọ.
And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
