Katuma 7
1 Una katuma ka dandang ma gu ka dundure kani.
Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are the things that [these people are saying about you(sg)] true?”
2 Istifanus ma gu a henu nan a ka co kunnanime aco uni nonzo ma kem aco aru Ibrahim anyumu a Misopotamiya otuba ticukum u hara.
Stephen replied, “Fellow Jews and respected leaders, [please] listen to me! The glorious God [whom we(inc) worship] appeared to our ancestor Abraham while he was still [living] in Mesopotamia [region], before he moved to Haran [town].
3 Ma gu imme ceki ma nyanga ma we me nan nanu henu uwe me, hana a manyangamage sa indi bezi we.
God said to him, ‘Leave this land where you [(sg)] and your relatives [are living], and go into the land to which I will lead you.’
4 Monno ma ceki manyanga mu kaldiya ma cukuno u haran, ba abim me sa a co me ma wi, Asere a e imme a nyimo a manyanga mageme sa inci kin.
So Abraham left that land, [which was also called] Chaldea, and he arrived in Haran and lived there. After his father died, God told him to move to this land in which you [and I] are now living.”
5 Ma nyari unga umeme nyania hira a indai barki ukalum, ko a hira sa madi inki ubuna. se ma inki tize, u zatu u kem u vana u ibrahim dati.
“[At that time] God did not give Abraham any [land here], not even a small plot of [this] land that would belong to him. God promised that he would [later] give this land to him and his descendants, and that it would [always] belong [to them. However], at that time Abraham did not have any children [who would] ([inherit it/receive it after he died]).”
6 Asere ma boo me a nime barki wadi chukuno a ma nyanga ma soh nan a na a hira me wadi wu wa ziti ti we esoh inaze.
“[Later] God told Abraham, ‘Your descendants will go and live in a foreign country. They [will live there] for 400 years, and [during that time their leaders] will mistreat your descendants and force them to work as slaves.’
7 ''In di hungu ko titui ta nu age sa wadi wu we a ni rere me,'' ingi asere, Inna dumo me wadi eh wa wu zim niru a banna me.
But God [also] said, ‘I will punish the people who make them work as slaves. Then, after that, your descendants will leave [that land] and they will [come and] worship me in this land.’”
8 Ma kuri ma nya Ibrahim in inko u tize tini gbari Ibrahim ma yoh Ishayu ma gbari me rono u witotari Ishaya ma yoh Yakubu, Yakubu aco a nu kirau i.
“Then God commanded Abraham that [every male in his household and all of his male descendants] should be circumcised [to show that they all belonged to God] and that they would obey what he had told Abraham to do. Later Abraham’s son, Isaac, was born, and when Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him. [Later] Isaac’s son, Jacob, was born, and Isaac [similarly circumcised] him. And Jacob [similarly circumcised] his twelve sons. They are the twelve men [from whom we(inc) Jews have all descended].”
9 A cokoro wa wu ni eru ni Yususu wa ziki me u masar, Asere magi nan me.
“[You know that] Jacob’s [older] sons became jealous [because their father favored their younger brother] Joseph. So they sold him [to merchants/traders who took him] [MTY] to Egypt. There he became a slave [of an official who lived there]. But God [helped] Joseph.
10 Ma suso me a nyimo anirereme, ma nya me mu henu nan nu rusa utize a hira a Firauna Ugomo u masar, Firauna ma nya me ucanti u masar nan na kura ameme vat.
He protected him whenever people caused him to suffer. He enabled Joseph to be wise; and he caused Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to think well of Joseph. So Pharaoh appointed him to rule [over] Egypt and to look after all of Pharaoh’s property [MTY].”
11 An no a ribe ikomo ukene a manyanga mu masar vat nan kanana nan nu zito kang, a kaco aru wa diri imumare.
“[While Joseph was doing that work], there was a time (when there was very little food/of famine) throughout Egypt and also throughout Canaan. People did not have enough food to eat. People were suffering. [At that time] Jacob and his sons [in Canaan] also could not find [enough] food.
12 Serki sa Yakubu ma kunna imare ira anyimo umasar, matumi akaco aru me.
When Jacob heard [people report that] there was grain/food [that people could buy] in Egypt, he sent Joseph’s older brothers [to go there to buy grain. They went and bought grain from Joseph, but they did not recognize him. Then they returned home].
13 Ukure me Yusufu ma suri wa iri me, firauna ma gurna nan na henu a Yusufu me.
When Joseph’s brothers went to Egypt the second time, [they again bought grain from Joseph]. But this time [he] told them who he was. [And] people told Pharaoh that Joseph’s people were Hebrews [and that those men who had come from Canaan were his brothers].
14 Yusufu ma tumi a henu ameme waka buka Yakubu a co ameme ma e u masar, vat nan ni henu wa biki eso sunare nan nu cibi.
Then after Joseph sent [his brothers back home, they] told their father Jacob [that Joseph wanted] him and his entire family to come [to Egypt. At that time] ([Jacob’s family consisted of] 75 people/there were 75 people in Jacob’s family) [SYN].
15 Yakubu ma ha umasar monno ma wi nan aka co arume.
[So when] Jacob [heard that, he and all his family] went to [live in] Egypt.” Acts 7:15b-16 “[Later on], Jacob died [there], and our [other] ancestors, [his sons, also died there].
16 Aziki we u hana ushekem a nyimo a mu cau sa Ibrahim ma kpi a zurfa a tarin ta hana a hamor ushekem me.
[But] the bodies [of Jacob and Joseph] were brought {[they] brought the bodies [of Jacob and Joseph]} [back to our land], and [Jacob’s body] was buried {they buried [Jacob’s body]} [in the tomb that Abraham had bought, and they buried Joseph’s body] in Shechem in the ground that [Jacob] had bought from Hamor’s sons.”
17 U ganiya sa u u gwinci ka utize wa eh mamu, sa Asere ma buki Ibrahim, anume wa uh wa kinki u masar me.
“Our ancestors had become very numerous when it was almost time for [God to rescue them] from Egypt, [as] he had promised Abraham that he would do.
18 Ure Ugomo ma hiri in na dumo, sa da ma rusi Yusufu ba.
Another king had begun to rule in Egypt. He did not know that Joseph, [long before that time, had greatly helped the people of Egypt] [MTY].
19 Me mani ma cangi anu acu me, ma nya we titene wa veti a hana awe me barki wa hama.
That king cruelly tried to get rid of our ancestors. He oppressed them and caused them to suffer greatly. He [even commanded] them to leave their baby [boys] outside [their homes] so that they would die.”
20 U ganiya sa a yo Musa ma rizi memerun aje Asere inta me tipieu ti taru a nyimo a kura a co ameme.
“During that time Moses was born, and he was a very beautiful [LIT] [child]. So his parents [secretly] cared for him in their house for three months.
21 Sa a vete me a matara uco u Firauna ma wuzi ni wari ni me gu usam ume.
Then they had to put him outside [the house, but] Pharaoh’s daughter [found him and] adopted him and cared for him as [though he were] her own son.
22 Musa ma manza tu katuma anu u mesar tize time me nan katuma ka me ka zi memerun.
Moses was taught {[The Egyptian teachers] taught Moses} many kinds of wise things [HYP] that the people in Egypt knew, and [when he grew up], he spoke powerfully and did things powerfully.”
23 Serke sa mabiki ti we a ino anazi, iri ba ime ya be zi me ma ka ira ahenu ameme ahana a Israilawa.
“[One day] when Moses was about 40 years old, he decided that he would [go and] see his fellow Israelis. [So he went to the place where they worked].
24 Sa ma iri azi un nutira ure u Istrailawa, Musa ma benki me, ma garza men ma dusa mahu unu ugino me.
He saw an Egyptian beating one of the Israelis. So he went over to help [MTY] the Israeli man who was being hurt/beat {whom [the Egyptian] was hurting/beating}, and he (got revenge on/paid back) the Israeli man by killing the Egyptian [who was hurting/beating him].
25 Ma gusi agu ahenu me wadi iri tari ta Asere tini tidi benkiwe, da wa hemba.
Moses was thinking that his fellow Israelis would understand that God had sent him to free them [from being slaves]. But they did not understand that.
26 Rono ukure me ma biki a hana ameme wa zi in nukara ma ha ma gu in we, “A nu a dandang shi a henu wani, nya nini izi innu matara a cece ashi me?
The next day, Moses saw two Israeli men fighting [each other]. He tried to make them stop fighting by saying to them, ‘Men, you two are fellow [Israelis! So] (stop hurting each other!/why are you hurting each other?) [RHQ]’
27 Unu ukwabi me matuburko musa me, ma gu “Aveni ma nya we tigomo tiru?
But the man who was injuring the other man pushed Moses away and said to him, ‘(No one appointed you [(sg)] to rule and judge us [(exc)]!/Do you [(sg)] think someone appointed you [(sg)] to rule and judge us [(exc)]?) [RHQ]
28 Udi hem? gu sa wa hu u masara me ninjo me?
Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 Musa ma sumi sa ma kunna ani me ma cukuno gu ugenu a manyanga mu midia, monno ma yo a huna ruma ware.
When Moses heard that, [he thought to himself, ‘Obviously, people know what I have done, and someone will kill me.’ He was afraid, so] he fled [from Egypt] to Midian land. He lived there [for some years]. He [got married, and he and his wife] had two sons.”
30 Tiwe ti aino a aki, umalaika ma ha a hira a musa a nyimo a nijaa upana u Sinai, a nyimo a nilem ni ura.
“[One day] 40 years later, [the Lord God appeared as] an angel to Moses. He appeared in a bush that was burning in the desert near Sinai Mountain.
31 Sa Musa ma iri ura, ma kunna bi yau, sa ma hana mamu, monno ma kunna ni gbiran na Asere, na gu.
When Moses saw that, he was greatly surprised, [because the bush was not burning up]. As he went over to look more closely, he heard the Lord [God] say [to him],
32 Mi mani Asere a kaco wa co aweme, aco a Ibrahim nan Ishaku, nan Yakubu, nipum ni Musa na tuba ukirsa, ma kari aje amemen.
‘I [am] the God [whom] your ancestors [worshipped]. I [am] the God that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob [worship].’ Moses [was so afraid that he] began to shake. He was afraid to look [at the bush any longer].
33 Asere agu imme, kara makwatak me, a hira a gemesa uturin a zo me imma dini ba.
Then the Lord [God] said to him, ‘Take your sandals off [to show that you(sg) revere me]. Because I [am here], the place where you are standing is holy/sacred.
34 Ma mu ira utito a nu amme a nyimo umasar, ma kunna aso ashi me, mi be ma ringi in burishi, ayeni ana me, in di tumi shi u masar.
I have surely seen how the people of Egypt are continually causing my people to suffer. I have heard my people when they groan [because those people continually oppress them]. So I have come down to rescue them [from Egypt]. Now get ready, because I am going to send you [back] to Egypt [to do that].’”
35 Musa ugeme sa ya gidi me sa we gu, Aveni ma nya we tigomo aru? me mani Asere ma tumi me atari ti malaika sa ma kem me a nyimo ani jaa.
“This Moses [is the one who had tried to help our Israeli people, but] whom they rejected [by saying], ‘No one [RHQ] appointed you to rule and judge [us!’] Moses [is the one whom] God [himself] sent to rule them and to free them [from being slaves. He is the one whom] an angel in the bush [commanded to do that].
36 Musa ma suso we a nyimo u masar, sa ma wuzi timumu ti dandang a nyimo umasar nan ni win nivu, nan a nyimo a nijaa a ti we ti nu a ino a nazi.
Moses [is the one who] led our ancestors out [from Egypt]. He did many kinds of miracles in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and during the 40 years [that the Israelite people lived] in the desert.
37 Musa sa irusa me mani magu in na Israilawa Asere adi nya shi udura anyimo ashime nan na henu a shi, udura gimi.
This Moses is the one who said to the Israelite people, ‘God will appoint a prophet for you from among your own people. [He will speak words from God], just like I [speak his words to you].’
38 Me mani sa mara a nyimo a ni gurna a ni jaa nan malaika sa ma buki metize a nipana ni sinai me mani sa mazi nan aka co aru me, me mani ma kabi tize ti urai ma nya dura.
This man [Moses] was [our people’s leader] when they gathered together in the desert. It is Moses to whom [God sent] the angel on Sinai Mountain to [give him our laws], and [he was the one who told] our [other] ancestors [what the angel had said]. He was the one who received [from God] words that tell us how to live [eternally, and Moses] passed [them] on to us.”
39 Me mani unu me sa aka co aru wa nyaru u kunma utize ti meme wa idi me ahira awe me, nan a nyimo iriba iwemme wa kuri u masar.
“[However], our ancestors did not want to obey [Moses]. Instead, [while he was still on the mountain], they rejected him [as their leader] and decided that they wanted to return to Egypt.
40 A nyimo uganiya uginome wa gu in haruna bara duru mu Asere sa wadi canti duru, Musa ugeme sa ma suso duru umasar, tita duru imum me sa ya kenme ba.
So they told [his older brother] Aaron, ‘Make idols for us who will be our gods to lead us [back to Egypt]! As for that fellow Moses who led us out of Egypt we [(exc)] do not know what has happened to him!’
41 Wonno wa ba barka ku maruka atiye me wa nya madodo imumare, wa kunna urunta kang.
So, they made [out of gold] an image [that looked like] a calf. Then they sacrificed [animals and offered other things] to [honor] that idol, and they sang and danced to honor the idol that they themselves had made.
42 Senke Asere a ceki we wa wuzi anu akura Asere kadtuma gu sa a nyetike a nyimo a matakarda ma adura kAsere, ya wekimi iname ya iro anyimo atiwe a ino a nazi a rujaa, a kura a Israilawa?
So God rejected them. He abandoned them to worship the sun, moon and stars in the sky. This agrees with the words that one of the prophets wrote that God said, You Israelite [people] [MTY], when you [repeatedly] killed animals and offered them as sacrifices during those 40 years [that you were] in the desert, (you [most certainly] were not offering them to me!/what makes you think that you were offering them to me?) [RHQ]
43 Yakabi a hira ni gurna ni molek nan Asere a Refan, nan na imum sa ya barka barki ni ru, indi ziki shi in aki u Babila.
[On the contrary], you carried [with you from place to place] the tent [that contained the idol] representing [the god] Molech [that you worshipped]. You also [carried with you] the image of the star [called] Rephan. [Those] were idols that you had made, [and you] worshipped [them instead of me]. So I will [cause you to] be taken away {[people to] take you} [from your own country. You will be taken] {[They will take you]} [far from your homes to regions] even farther than Babylon [Country].”
44 Aka co arume wa zi inni rusa Asere a nyimo a nijaa, gu udungurka me umusa ma barka gu sa ma ira.
“While our ancestors were in the desert, they worshipped God at the tent that showed [that he was there with them]. They had made the tent exactly like God had commanded Moses [to make it. It was] exactly like the model that Moses had seen [when he was up on the mountain].
45 A hira a nigurna nan kaco arume wa gamirka wa riben a manyanga a tari ti Joshua imum ya hiri sa wa ribe wa meki ti tihira sa Asere ma gidi we, aje a kaco aru me, Anime ani har uganiya u Dauda.
[Later on], other ancestors of ours carried that tent with them when Joshua led them [into this land]. That was during the time that they took this land for themselves, when God forced the people [who previously lived here] to leave. So the Israelis were able to possess this land. [The tent remained in this land and was still here] when [King] David ruled.
46 Sa ma hem ahira Asere, ma ikki barki makem Asere a Yakubu a hira.
David pleased God, and he asked God to let him build a house where [he and] all of our Israeli people could worship God.
47 Senke sulemanu ma barka Asere a kura.
But [instead, God let David’s son] Solomon build a house [where people could worship] God.”
48 Unu udandang ma da ciki a nyumo a tikura sa abara in tari ba, gu ubukamwa na kadura me.
“However, [we(inc) know that] God is greater than everything, and he does not live in [houses that] people [SYN] have made. It is like the prophet [Isaiah] wrote. He wrote [these words that God had spoken: ]
49 Aza me a hira ti cukum tum tini, adizi me a hira upatala tibuna tum, aye akura ani udi barka mini? ubo wa Asere, nani abani indi venke?
Heaven is (my throne/the place from which I rule the entire universe), and the earth is (my footstool/[merely like] a stool on which I may rest my feet). I myself [SYN] have made everything [both in heaven and on the earth]. So you [human beings], ([you] really cannot build a house that would be [adequate] for me!/do you think you can build a house that would be [appropriate] for me?) [RHQ] You cannot [RHQ] make a place good enough for me [to live in]!”
50 Da tari tum me tini ta wuzi ba?
51 Shi anu sa ida kunna tize ba, da agwara muriba mushi nan titui, ko uya uganiya ya nyari ukana bibe ba Asere, i wuza gu aka co ashi me.
“You people are extremely stubborn [MET], not wanting to obey God or listen [MTY] [to him!] You are exactly like your ancestors! You always resist the Holy Spirit [as they did]!
52 Uya unu dura mani sa da aka co ashi wa yomo me ba, wa hu anu dura sa wa emaje unu ulau, shi be ya cikuno anu uhaza anu.
Your ancestors caused [RHQ] every prophet to suffer, [including Moses]. They even killed those who long ago announced [that the Messiah] would come, the one who always did what pleased God. [And the Messiah has come! He is the one whom] you [recently] turned over [to his enemies] and [insisted that] they kill him!
53 Shi me sa ya kabi udungurka Asere me sa malaiku wa inko, shi be yaga shi ucanti me.
You [are the people] who have received God’s laws. [Those were laws] that God caused angels to give [to our ancestors]. However, [incredibly], you have not obeyed them!”
54 Sa anu adandang wa kunna timumume ya dari iriba iwe me, wa chari Istifanus in na nyo.
When the Jewish Council members [and others there] heard all that [Stephen said], they became very angry. They were grinding their teeth [together because they were so angry] at him!
55 Sarki ma macika in bibe biriri, ma inki aje Asesere ma iri ni nonzo na Asere, ma iri Yesu maturi a tari tinare ta Asere.
But the Holy Spirit completely controlled Stephen. He looked up into heaven and saw a dazzling light from God, and [he saw] Jesus standing at God’s right side.
56 Istifanus magu, ira, ma ira a poko Asesere me vana Asere ma turi a tari tinare ta Asere.
“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open, and I [see] the one who came from heaven standing at God’s right side!”
57 Senki anu adangdang me wa wu uhanu in nigbirang we impi titui tu we me, wa rizi a me.
[When the Jewish Council members and others heard that], they shouted loudly. They put their hands over their ears [so that they could not hear Stephen, and immediately] they all rushed at him.
58 Wa kari me anyimo a nipin me wa tizi me in napo, anu hiri me, wa nati tirunga adizi a tibuna ti shawulu me.
They dragged him outside the city [of Jerusalem] and started to throw stones at him. The people who were accusing him [took off] their outer garments [in order to throw stones more easily, and] they put their clothes [on the ground] next to a young man whose name was Saul, [so that he could guard them].
59 Sa wazi innu tiza u Istifanus, ma ri aje innu tisa Asere, ma gusi, “Ugomo Asere kaba bine bimme”.
While they continued to throw stones at Stephen, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
60 Ma tunguno a dizi ma yeze nigbirang inni kara, Asere, kati ucanti ucara tize a nice ni we me ba, sa ma mari ubo anime, monno ma wi.
Then Stephen fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not punish them (OR, forgive them) [LIT] for this sin!” After he had said that, he died.
