Mitendo 7
1 Mu prista mukulwana chacho, “izi zintu zeniti?”
Then the high priest said, “Can these things be so?”
2 sitefana chacho, “va nchizyangu ni ve shangu, muteke kwangu: Ireeza we nkanya ava voneki kwe shetu Abrahama hava kwina mwa mesopotamia, naseni ku kekala kwa haran;
So he said: “Men, brothers and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he resided in Haran,
3 chacho kwali, 'siye inkanda yako ni mahasi yako, mi uyende mu nkanda yete ni kutondeze.'
and said to him, ‘Leave your country and your relatives, and come into a land that I will show you.’
4 Cha siya inkanda ya makaladani niku ke kala kwa karani; kuzwaho, hava fwili isi, Ireeza cha muleta mweyi inkanda, mumuhala hanu.
Then he left the land of the Chaldeans and resided in Haran. From there, after his father died, God moved him to this land in which you now live;
5 kakwina chavahi kwali chokuyola, ne, kena chivali chikando kuti alyate itende hateni. kono ava sepisi- nanga aho Abrahama kena aveni kuva kale mwana-ilikuti ahinde inkanda kuva chiluwo chakwe ni lusika lwakwe kuzwa kwali.
yet He did not give him an inheritance in it, not even a footstep. He promised to give it to him for a possession, that is, to his seed after him, though he had no child.
6 Ireeza avali kuwamba kwali vuti, ishika lyakwe mulikahale inako zana mwi nkanda isali yayo, mi vene ve nkanda vaka va vike muvuhikana niku va nyandisa ke mianda yone.
Further, God spoke like this: that his offspring would be aliens in a foreign land—and that they would be enslaved and oppressed—four hundred years.
7 imi muni atule inkanda mwete vakave vahikana; chawamba Ireeza; mi chizamanezo kavazwe mwateni nikuni lapela mwechi chivaka;
‘I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,’ said God, ‘and after that they will come out and serve Me in this place.’
8 mi avahi Abrahama chilikani cho mupato, cwale Abrahama cheza kuva isi wa Isaka niku mutwala ku mupato kamazuva amana lyanza ni tunwe to tatwe. Isaka cheza kuva isi wa Jakovo, mi Jacovo isi wa vana ve kumi nivo vele.
And He gave him a covenant of circumcision; and so he begot Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac did the same to Jacob, and Jacob to the twelve patriarchs.
9 Vayendi vava susuwezwe cho muuna kwineku lya Josefa mi chiva muwuza kwa Egepita, mi Ireeza ava kwina naye,
“The patriarchs, being envious, sold Joseph into Egypt; yet God was with him
10 mi chamulukulula ku manyando akwe onse, nikumuha chisemo ni butali havusu bwa Pharaoh, mulena wa Egepita. Pharaoh chamupanga ngambela mwa Egepita ni mwinzuvo yakwe yonse.
and delivered him out of all his adversities, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
11 Linu aho chikweza inzala monse mwa Egepita ni kanana, Ni manyando makando mi veshetu kena vavawani zilyo.
And a famine came upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, even a great affliction, and our fathers could not find food.
12 Kono jakovo hazuwa kuti kwina mundale mwa Egepita cha tumina veshetu va veshetu che ntanzi.
But upon hearing that there was wheat in Egypt, Jacob first sent our fathers.
13 cho vuveli Josefa chalivonahaza ku vakwame; mi mahasi a Josefa chiveza kwi ziveka kwa Pharaoh.
On the second trip Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's family was presented to Pharaoh.
14 Josefa cha vona vamukulwe kuti vakasumpe Jamusi isi wakwe kwiza kwa Egepita, ni mahasi akwe onse, makumi amana iyanza ni makumi ovele ni vantu va mana iyanza.
Joseph sent and summoned his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
15 Cwale Jakovo chayenda mwa Egepita; cha kafwa, iye ni vasukulu va vasukulu.
So Jacob went down to Egypt; and he died, he and our fathers;
16 Vava twalwa kwa shecham nikuka lazikwa mwi vita ilyo Abrahama lyavawuli ke ntenko mwa silivela ni vana va hamor mwa shecham.
and they were transferred to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor of Shechem.
17 Sina inako ye nsepiso hachiyina hafuhi, insepiso yava pangi Ireeza kwa Abrahama, vantu vava kuli niku hweza mwa Egepita,
“Now as the time of the promise was approaching which God had sworn to Abraham, the people increased and were multiplied in Egypt,
18 haisi hakuva kezi zumwi Simwine mwa Egepita, uzu murena yasena va kwizi chintu kuamana ni Josefa.
until a different king arose who had not known Joseph.
19 Murena yoswana uzu ava chengeleli vantu niku nyandisi va sukulu vave sukulu, vavahi vana vavo kwi nkozi niva hupula kuti kavahale.
This man took advantage of our race and oppressed our fathers, making them expose their babies so that they would not stay alive.
20 Keyo inako Mushe ava pepwa, sekeli mulotu havusu bwe ireeza, mi ava kuvikitwe mwi nzuvo ivesi cha mwezi yo tatwe.
At that time Moses was born, and was well pleasing to God; he was nurtured in his father's house for three months.
21 hava ku vikitwe hanze, mwana Pharaoh ava muañuli niku mulela sina njiwakwe.
When he was exposed, Pharaoh's daughter took him to herself and brought him up as her own son.
22 Mushe ava kwina inzivo mwintuto zonse za Egepita; mi avana ziho mu manzwi ni mumitendo.
So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; he was mighty in words and deeds.
23 kono hachavali kuchutile kuzilimo ze kumi zone, chiya keza munkulo yakwe kuti akapotele va mukulwakwe, vaana va isilaele.
Now when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the sons of Israel.
24 kuvona mu isilaele na sikululwa, Mushe chamu lamulela ni ku vozekeza yava ku lwisa isilaele:
Well seeing one of them being wronged, he defended and avenged the one being oppressed, striking down the Egyptian.
25 Ava kutele kuti va mukulwe kava zuwisise kuti Ireeza che yanza lyakwe ava kuva haza, kono kena vava zuwisisi.
Now he supposed that his brothers understood that God was giving them deliverance by his hand, but they did not understand.
26 Izuva lyitatama cheza kuvamwi ma Isilaele vavakwete kupanga inkani; avaliki kuva vika mwinkozo hamwina; chacho; vakwame, muva kwaluzuvo, chinzi hamu lizuwisa kuchisa?'
The next day he appeared to them as they were fighting and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why do you wrong one another?’
27 kono yava fosekezi zumwi chamu timba, nikucho,' yava kupangi muyendisi ni muatuli hewulu lyetu?
But the one who was wronging his neighbor pushed Moses away, saying: ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
28 kana usaka kunihaya, sina movehaili ma Egepita izona?
Do you want to kill me as you did the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 Mushe chatiya hamana kuzuwa izi; cheza kuva muyendi mwinkanda ya midian, uko kwavavi isi wa vaana vo vele.
Well Moses fled at that word, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he begot two sons.
30 zilimo ze kumi yone hazihita, iñiloi chilyeza kuli vonahaza mwihalaupa lya mount sinayi, mu mulilo mukando muka zuka.
“And when another forty years had passed, Angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
31 Mushe ha vona mulilo, cha komoka ha vona izo; mi hava ku chunine kuka vona izo, chikweza inzwi lye Ireeza, kuwamba,
Well upon seeing it Moses was amazed at the sight, but as he approached for a closer look the voice of the Lord came to him:
32 njime Ireeza wa veshako, Ireeza wa Abrahama, niwa Isaka, niwa Jakovo,' Mushe cha chachalika mi kena va liki ku lola.
‘I am the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.’ Moses started trembling and did not dare to look.
33 Ireeza cha wamba kwali, 'chupule insangu zako, kaho chivaka cho zimene hachili chivaka chi jolola.
So the Lord said to him: ‘Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
34 Niva voni luli manyando avantu vangu se vena mwa Egepita; niva zuwi intongosi zavo, mi niva kezi kwiza kuva haza; cwale wize, kani ku tume kwa Egepita.'
I have definitely seen the mistreatment of my people in Egypt, and have heard their groaning; and I have come down to deliver them. So now come, I will send you to Egypt.’
35 Uzu Mushe uvava kani, havava wambi,' njeni yava kupangi muyendisi ni muatuli?' - njeye Ireeza yava tumi kuva zonse muyendisi ni mulukululi. Ireeza ava mutumi ke yanza lye ñiloyi lyiva voneki kwa Mushe muka zuka.
“This Moses whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—God sent him as leader and deliverer by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the bush.
36 Mushe chava zwisa mwa Egepita, hamana kupanga imakazo ni zisupo mwa Egepita mi nikwiwate lyempi, mi nimwihalaupa ke zilimo zimana makumi one.
This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and in the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.
37 Nji Mushe yoswana yava wambi kuvantu va Isilaele,' Ireeza ka vuse mu polofita wenu mukati kava mukulwenu, mupolofita ya swana neme.'
“This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, ‘The Lord our God will raise up to you a Prophet from among your brothers, like me.’
38 Uzu nji mukwame yava kwina muchikwata mwi halaupa ne ñiloyi lyiva wambi naye kwi rundu lya sinai. Uzu njimukwame yava kwina niva sukulu vava sukulu; uzu njimukwame yava amuheli manzwi ahala zwiza kutuha.
This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, who was with the Angel who spoke with him on Mount Sinai and was with our fathers, who received living oracles to give to us;
39 Uzu nji mukwame uzo va sukulu vava sukulu vava kani kwichilila; vava mutandili kule navo, mi mwinkulo zavo vava voli kwa Egepita.
to whom our fathers did not want to be obedient; rather they rejected him and turned back in their heart to Egypt,
40 Keyo inako chiva wamba kwa Aruni,' Tupangile va zimu vete va tuyendise. haili kozu Mushe, yava tuzwisi mwinkanda ya Egepita, katwizi chapangahala kwali.'
saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods that will go before us; because this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt—we do not know what has become of him.’
41 Cwale chiva panga iñombe mwao mazuva nikuleta chitavelo kwecho chizimu, niku tava cho musevezi wa mayanza yavo.
Well they made a calf in those days and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and started rejoicing in the works of their hands.
42 Kono Ireeza cha sanduka niku va siya kuti va lapele inkani mwiwulu, sina mwiñolelwemwi mbuka ya mapolofita,' kana muva nihi iñombe ni chitavelo ke zilimo zimana makumi one mwi halaupa, inzuvo ya Isilaele?
But God turned away and gave them over to serve the army of the heaven, just as it is written in Book of the Prophets: ‘House of Israel, did you offer me slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness?
43 muva zumini i tabernakele ya moleki ni nkani ze zimu rafani, nizi vupiwa zi muvapangi kuti muzilapele: Mikani mihinde kwi mihitiliza kwa babilona.'
Actually you took along the tent of Moloch, and the star of your god, Rephan, the images that you made to worship; so I will relocate you beyond Babylon.’
44 Va sukulu vava sukulu sevena itabernaka yo vupaki yo mwihalaupa, Sina Ireeza mwava laeli hava kuwamba ni Mushe, kuti aipange sina chivupeho chava voni.
“The tent of the testimony, according to the pattern that Moses had seen, just as the One speaking to him had commanded to make it, was with our fathers in the wilderness;
45 Ichi njichintu va sukulu va vasukulu, mwinzila yavo, kuleta munkanda ni Joshuwa. Ichi chiva pangahali havavezi kwinjila nikuluwa mwinkanda izo Ireeza zava zwisi havusu bwava sukulu vava sukulu. Ivakwina vulyo mbwita mu mazuva a Davida,
which, having received it in turn, our fathers with Joshua brought into the possession of the nations, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, until the days of David;
46 yava wani chisemo mumenso a Ireeza; ava kumbili kuwana chivaka chamekalo cha Ireeza wa Jakovo.
who found favor before God and asked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob,
47 Kono Solomoni ava zakili Ireeza izuvo.
but Solomon built Him a house.
48 Nihakuva bulyo, yohanzi kekali mumazuvo okuzaka ni, mayanza; iswana sina mupolofita ha wamba,
However, the Most High does not dwell in handmade sanctuaries, just as the prophet says:
49 Iwulu chihuna changu, mi ifasi malyatilo amatende angu. Inzuvonzi yowola kuni zakila? Simwine uwamba: kapa chivaka chamapumulelo angu chinahi?
‘Heaven is my throne, while the earth is a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me,’ says the Lord, ‘or what place for my rest?
50 kena kuti iyanza lyangu lyipangi izi zintu zonse?'
Did not my hand make all these things?’
51 Inwe vantu va zuminine insingo nive inkulo zi sena mumupato ni matwi, mukaninanga Luho Lujolola; mupanga sina muvava kupangira va sukulu vava sukulwenu.
“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always oppose the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so you do.
52 Njeni kuva porofita va sukulu vava sukulwenu isena uvavanyandisi? vavehayi maporofita vava voneki ku matangiro okukeza kuyo jolola; mi hanu chimweza kuva vaveteki ni vehayi vakwe nemwe,
Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers;
53 Inwe vantu muva amuheli milao ivatangwa ku mañiloyi, kono kena muva ichilili.”
you who received the Law as ‘ordinances of angels’ and have not kept it!”
54 Linu va kwame ve nkuta hava zuwa izi zintu, vava fundwa kwinkulo, chiva suma meeno avo kwa sitefeni.
Well as they heard these things their hearts were being sawed in half, and they started gnashing their teeth at him.
55 Kono iye, kakwizula luho lu jolala, chalolelela kwi wulu chokutokomela mi chavona inkanya ye Ireeza; mi chavona Jesu na zimene kwiyanza lya chilyiso lye Ireeza.
But he, being full of Holy Spirit and looking intently into the heaven, he saw the glory of God and Jesus standing on God's right,
56 Sitefani chawamba, “lole, nibwene mawulu eyalukite, mi mwana muntu uzimene kwiyanza lye chiliso lye Ireeza.”
and said, “Wow! I see the heavens opened and the Son of the Man standing at God's right!”
57 Kono ve nkuta chiva huweleza mwinzwi lyikando, nikwiyala matwi avo niku muhwelela hamwina vonse;
Yelling at the top of their voice they covered their ears and rushed at him all at once,
58 vava muzindiri hanze yo muleneñi nikumu pwachola: mi impaki chiza zala zi zwato zavo za hanze ha matende a muswisu wa muhwile yo supwa Saule.
and throwing him out of the city they stoned him! (The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.)
59 havavali kupwachola sitefani, avazwili havusu kusumpa kwa Simwine ni kuwamba,” Simwine Jesu, tambule luho lwangu.”
Yes, they stoned Stephen as he called out and said, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
60 Cha kuvama hansi niku huwa ke linzwi ikando, “Simwine, kanji ukwati ichi chivi kuvali.” hacha mana kuwamba izi, chalala.
Then kneeling down he called out at the top of his voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” And upon saying this he fell asleep. (Saul was in full agreement with his murder.)
