Ntendo nia itumi 7
1 uKuhani nu mukulu akaligitya, “makani aya ingi a tai?”
Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
2 uStefano akaligitya, Anya ndugu ni a tata ane, ntegeelyi u nene; Itunda nu ikulyo ai umupumie u tata nuitu u Abrahimu matungo nai ukoli ku Mesopotamia, ze wakili kikie ku Harani,'
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 Charran,
3 akamuila, 'Hega mi ihi ako ni anya ndugu ako hangi ulongole mi ihi ni nikakulagiila.'
And said to him, Depart from thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.
4 Iti gwa akahega mihi a Ukalidayo akikie ku Harani, kupuma papo, ze yakilaa u tata nuakwe kusha, Itunda akamuleta mi ihi iyi, ni ikiie itungili.
Then he came from the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran. And from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land in which ye now dwell.
5 Shanga ai uminkiiye kihi anga usali nuakwe, ai kutili ipatyo ga nila kuika u mugulu. Kuiti uAbrahamu ai upewe ilago ze ikili ga nu kulija ung'wana kina ukupegwa ihi anga isalo ni lakwe nu ulelwa nuakwe.
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 Itunda ai wituntile nu ng'wenso iti, nia kina ulelwa nuakwe ai uziikie mi ihi a uziila, ni kina i akola ihi nia kuko akuatenda kutula atugwa ao nu kuatenda ibibi ku itungo nila myaka magana anne.
And God spoke on this wise, That his offspring should sojourn in a foreign land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat [them] ill four hundred years.
7 Nu Itunda akaligitya, nikaulamula u ingu niiza ukumutenda aholwa, ni i zeyakilaa nia pang'wanso akupuma nu kumpoelya mu nkika iyi!
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 Hangi akaminkiilya uAbrahamu ilago nila kidamu, itigwa u Abrahamu akatula tata wang'wa Isaka akamutwala i kidamu luhiku nula mu nana; uIsaka akatula tata wang'wa Yakobo, nu Yakobo akatula tata nua isekulu itu ikumi na abiili.
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 iIsekulu ni itu akamuonela wilu uYusufu aka mugulya mu ihi a ku Misri, nu Itunda ai watulaa palung'wi nu ng'wenso,
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
10 hangi akamuguna mu lwago nu lakwe, nu kuminkiilya kipegwa nu upolo ntongeela ang'wa Farao mutemi nua ku Misri. uFarao akamuika watule muhumi migulya a Misri nu migulya a ito ni lakwe lihi.
And delivered him from 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 Uugwa ikatula ni nzala nkulu nu lwago lidu mu ihi a Misri ni Kanani, ni a tata itu shanga ai aligilye indya.
Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers found no sustenance.
12 Kuiti uYakobo nai wakija ikoli idya ku Misri, ai ualagiiye i atata itu ku nkua ang'wandyo.
But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
13 Mu muhinzo nua kabiili uYusufu akilagiila ku aluna akwe, anyandugu ang'wa Yusufu akakumuka kung'wa Farao.
And at the second [time] Joseph was made known to his brethren: and Joseph's kindred was made known to Pharaoh.
14 uYusufu aka alagiilya i aluna akwe alongole kumuila uYakobo tata nuao waze ku Misri, palung'wi ni anya ndugu akwe, kuhanguila antu ihi ingi makumi mupungati na ataano.
Then Joseph sent, and called his father Jacob to [him], and all his kindred, seventy five souls.
15 Iti gwa uYakobo akasima ku Misri; Uugwa akasha ng'wenso palung'wi ni atata itu.
So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
16 Akaholwa ga nu ku Shekemu akaikwa mu kibiila naiza uAbrahamu ai ukiguile ku ipande nia mpia kupuma ku ana ang'wa Hamori uko ku Shekemu.
And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulcher that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor [the father] of Sychem.
17 Matungo a ilo ilago naiza Itunda ai umulagile uAbrahamu nai lahumbeela, antu aze atulaa ongeeleka uko ku Misri,
But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18 matungo nanso ai u ukile mutemi mungiiza migulya a Misri, mutemi ni shanga umulingile u Yusufu.
Till another king arose, who knew not Joseph.
19 uMutemi uyu nu mungiiza waka akongela i antu itu nu kuatenda ibibi i a tata itu, nu kuaguma i ana ao ni adabu iti aleke ki kie.
The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and ill-treated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
20 Mu matungo nanso uMusa ai utugilwe; ai muziza ntongeela ang'wa Itunda, akalelwa myeli itaatu mi ito nilang'wa tata nuakwe.
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished in his father's house three months:
21 Itungo nai ugumilwe, u munanso nuang'wa Farao ai umuhoile akamulela anga ng'wana nuakwe.
And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
22 uMusa ai umanyisigwe umanyisigwa wihi nua ku Misri; ai munyangulu mu nkani nu mu ntendo.
And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
23 Kuiti ze yakilaa kutimilya myaka makumi anne, ikamuziila mu nkolo akwe kuagendeela i anyandugu akwe, ana a Israeli.
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
24 Nai akamihenga mu Israeli ukutendeelwa ubii, uMusa ai umuguniiye nu kususha u ubii nai watula ukumuonela ku kumukua u mu Misri:
And seeing one [of them] suffer wrong, he defended [him], and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
25 aze usigile kina i anya ndugu akwe akulinga kina Itunda ukuaguna ku mukono nuakwe, kuiti shanga ikalinga.
For he supposed his brethren to understand that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
26 Luhiku nai lutyatile akalongola ku ang'wi a Aisraeli nai atulaa akilea; wakagema kuahunga; azeligitya, 'Akulu, Unyenye ingi mi ndugu; mbona mukilea nyenye ku nyenye?
And the next day he showed himself to them as they were contending, and would have constrained them to be at peace again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren: why do ye wrong one to another?
27 Kuiti nai umuleile u munyakisali nuakwe akamugumiila kuli, nu kuligitya, 'Nyenyu nu kuikile wi muhumi hangi wi mulamula antu?
But he that did his neighbor wrong, thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
28 Uewe uloilwe kumbulaga, anga naza umubulagile u Mumisri igulo?”
Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday?
29 uMusa akamanka ze yakilaa kija ayo; akatula muziila mu ihi a Midiani, naiza akatula tata nua ana abiili.
Then Moses fled at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
30 Ze yakilaa myaka makumi anne kukila, malaika akamupumila mu ibambazi nila lugulu nua Sinai, mu lulimi nula moto mukati i kundui.
And when forty years had expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina, an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
31 Matungo uMusa nai wakihenga u moto, ai ukuiwe iko nai ukihenga, hangi nai ugemile kukihumbeela iti kukigoza, luli nila Mukulu likamuzila luzeligitya,
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 Nene Itunda nua atata ako, Itunda wang'wa Abrahamu, hangi wang'wa Isaka, hangi wang'wa Yakobo; uMusa ai ukagatile hangi shanga akagema kugozeela.
[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 durst not behold.
33 Mukulu akamutambuila, Tugula i ilatu niako, inkika nuimikile ingi kianza kelu.
Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
34 Nihengaa u lwago nula antu ane niamoli ku Misri; Nijaa kulwala kitalao, nu nene nasimaa iti niagune; itungili pembya, nikakulagiilya uewe ku Misri.'
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 Uyu uMusa naiza amuhitile, itungo nai aligitilye, 'nyenyu nukuikile kutula wi muhumi hangi mulamuli nuitu?' - ai watulaa yuyo ng'wenso Itunda ai umulagiiye atule muhumi hangi muguni. Itunda ai umulagiiye ku mukono nuang'wa malaika naiza ai umupumiie uMusa mi ikundui.
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 uMusa ai uatongee kupuma ku Misri ze yakilaa kituma u ukuilwa ni ilingasiilyo mu Misri nu mu luzi nula shamu, nu mu ibambazi ku itungo nila myaka makumi anne.
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 Ingi uMusa yuyo nai uatambuie i antu a Israeli kina, 'Itunda ukumunyansuilya munyakidagu kupuma mukati a anyandugu anyu munyakidagu anga nene'
This is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, A prophet will the Lord your God raise up to you of your brethren, like me; him will ye hear.
38 Uyu ingi muntu niiza mu i anza mi ibambazi nu malaika naiza ai utambue nu ng'wenso mu lugulu nula Sinai. Uyu yuyo muntu naiza ai watulaa ni atata itu, uyu ingi muntu naiza ai usingiiye u lukani nulukete u upanga nu kuinkiilya usese.
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on the mount Sina, and [with] our fathers: who received the living oracles to give to us:
39 Uyu ingi muntu naiza i atata itu ai ahitile ku mukulya; ai amugumiie kuli, nu mu nkolo niao ai apilukie ku Misri.
Whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
40 Mu itungo nilanso ai amutambuie uHaruni. 'kuzipilye i itunda ni ika kutongeela. Uyu uMusa, nai watulaa uku utongeela kupuma kihi a ku Misri, shanga kulingile nai kimihangile,'
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 Iti gwa ai azipilye ndama ku mahiku nanso nu kupumya isongelyo kung'wa nuanso u dudu hangi akiloeelya ku nsoko a mulimo nua mikono ao.
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42 Kuiti Itunda ai uapiue nu kuinkiilya ipoelye i nzota nia kilunde, anga nai ikilisigwe mu mbugulu a anyakidagu, 'Itii, mampumilyaa unene i masongelyo a ikali nai muisinzile mi ibambazi ku matungo a myaka makumi anne, ito ni lang'wa israeli
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 [during] forty years in the wilderness?
43 Makigombaa i kitala nika kutankanila ni kang'wa Moleki ni inzota niang'wa Itunda refani, nu mululi ni mu uzipilye nu kuipoelya enso; hangi kumutwala kuli ikilo ni Babeli.'
Yes, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your God Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
44 aTata anyu ai akete i kitala nika kutankanila nika ukuiili mu ibambazi, anga Itunda nai ulagiiye nai utambue nu Musa, kina ukukizipya ku mpyani a iko nai ukihengile.
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 Iki ingi kitala naiza a tata itu ku itungo ni lao, ai aletilwe mu ihi nu Joshua. Iki ai kipumie matungo nai ingie kusala u ingu naiza Itunda ai uazunsilye ze yakilaa u umoli nu a a tata itu. Iki ai kituile iti kupikiila luhiku u Daudi,
Which also our fathers, that came after, brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David;
46 naiza ai uligilye u ugombigwa mu miho ang'wa Itunda; nu kulompa kuduma likalo kung'wa Itunda nuang'wa Yakobo.
Who found favor before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
47 Kuiti uSelemani ai umuzengee ito Itunda.
But Solomon built him a house.
48 Ga ni iti Nukoli kigulya shanga wikiie mu mato nazengilwe ku mkono; iki iti anga u munyakidagu nai uligitilye.
Yet, the Most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands, as saith the prophet,
49 Ilunde ingi ituntu nilane nila ukulu, ni ihi ingi nkika a kuikila migulu ane. Ito la mpyani kii Mukunzengela?, uligitilye Mukulu; ang'wi ingi pii i nkika ane na akusupilya?
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 Shanga mukono nuane nuitumile izi i intu yihi?'
Hath not my hand made all these things?
51 Unye antu niakete nkingo nkaku ni shanga mutawe i kidamu mu nkolo ni akutwi, kila nkua mimukingila u Ng'wau Ng'welu,' mukituma anga i a tata anyu nai itumile.
Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers [did], so [do] ye.
52 Ingi munyakidagu kii mu anyakidagu naiza i a tata anyu shanga ai amagilye? Ai a abulagile i anyakidagu ihi nai apumie ze ikili u upembelyo nua Ung'wi munya Tai ane; ni itungili matulaa ahugi hangi abulagi akwe ga,
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 unye antu nai musingiiye ilagiilyo ilo nai lilagiigwe nu malaika kuiti shanga ai muliambile.”
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept [it].
54 Uugwa i anyi anza nai akija imakani aya, ai asonsilwe i nkolo niao, akamukilisilya i mino uStefano.
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with [their] teeth.
55 Kuiti nuanso, aze watulaa wizue u Ng'wau Ng'welu, ai ugozile kilunde ku ukendegeeli hangi akihenga ikulyo nilang'wa Itunda,' nu kumihenga uYesu wimikile mukono nua kigoha nuang'wa Itunda.
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 uStefano akaligitya, “Goza nihengaa ilunde lalugukaa, nu Ng'wana wang'wa Adamu wimikile mukono nua kigoha nuang'wa Itunda.”
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
57 Kuiti i anyi anza akazogolya ku luli nula migulya, akakiila i akutwi ao, aka mumankiila ku palung'wi,
Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
58 akamuguma kunzi a kisali nu kumukua i magwe; ni akuiili akatugula i ang'wenda ao nia kunzi nu kuika pihi pakupi ni migulu a muhumba nuitangwaa Sauli.
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 Nai atulaa akumukua i magwe, uStefano ai ulongolekile kumitanga u Mukulu nu kuligitya, “Mukulu Yesu, singiilya i nkolo ane,”.
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [God], and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60 Akatugama nu kitanga ku luli lukulu, “Mukulu, leka kua ailya u mulandu uwu. “Nai wakaligitya aya, akatinanga inkolo.
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.
