Misala ya Bantoma 7
1 Bongo, mokonzi ya Banganga-Nzambe atunaki ye: — Boni, makambo oyo bafundeli yo ezali ya solo?
“Are these allegations true?” the high priest asked.
2 Etieni azongisaki: — Batata mpe bandeko, boyoka ngai! Nzambe ya nkembo abimelaki koko na biso Abrayami tango azalaki na Mezopotami, liboso ete akende kovanda na Sharani.
“Brothers and fathers, listen to me!” Stephen replied. “God in his glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was living in Mesopotamia, before he moved to Haran.
3 Boye, Nzambe alobaki na ye: « Longwa na mokili na yo mpe na libota na yo, mpe kende na mokili oyo nakolakisa yo! »
God told him, ‘Leave your country and your relatives, and go to the country that I'm going to show you.’
4 Boye, alongwaki na mokili ya Chalide mpe akendeki kovanda na mokili ya Sharani. Sima na kufa ya tata na ye, Nzambe atindaki ye na mokili oyo, mokili oyo bino bozali kovanda sik’oyo.
So he left the country of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran. After his father's death, God sent him here to this country where you now live.
5 Apesaki ye mabele moko te awa, ezala ata mwa eteni. Kasi Nzambe apesaki ye elaka, ye elongo na bakitani na ye sima na ye, ete bakozwa mokili lokola libula, atako, na tango wana, Abrayami azalaki nanu na mwana te.
God didn't give Abraham an inheritance here, not even one square foot. But God did promise Abraham that he would give him and his descendants possession of the land, even though he had no children.
6 Tala makambo oyo Nzambe alobaki: « Bakitani na ye bakozala bapaya kati na mokili ya bapaya; bakokomisa bango bawumbu mpe bakonyokola bango mibu nkama minei. »
God also told him that his descendants would live in a foreign country, and that they would be enslaved there, and would be mistreated for four hundred years.
7 Kasi Nzambe alobaki lisusu: « Nakopesa etumbu na ekolo oyo ekokomisa bango bawumbu. Mpe na sima, bakobima longwa na mokili yango mpe bakosambela Ngai na esika oyo. »
God said, ‘I will punish the nation that enslaves them. Eventually they will leave and come here to worship me.’
8 Bongo Nzambe asalaki boyokani elongo na Abrayami, mpe elembo ya boyokani yango ezalaki: kokatama ngenga. Abrayami abotaki Izaki mpe akataki ye ngenga na mokolo ya mwambe ya mbotama na ye; Izaki abotaki Jakobi mpe akataki ye ngenga, bongo Jakobi mpe abotaki bakoko na biso zomi na mibale mpe akataki bango ngenga.
God also gave Abraham the agreement regarding circumcision, and so when Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised him on the eighth day. Isaac was the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of the twelve patriarchs.
9 Lokola bakoko na biso bayokelaki Jozefi likunya, batekaki ye mpo ete azala mowumbu na Ejipito. Kasi Nzambe azalaki na ye elongo
The patriarchs, who were jealous of Joseph, sold him into slavery in Egypt. But God was with him,
10 mpe akangolaki ye na minyoko na ye nyonso; Apesaki ye bwanya mpe asalelaki ye ngolu na miso ya Faraon, mokonzi ya Ejipito, oyo akomisaki ye moyangeli ya Ejipito mpe ya ndako na ye mobimba.
and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave him wisdom and helped him gain the favor of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him governor over Egypt and the royal household.
11 Nzokande, nzala moko ya makasi ekotaki na Ejipito mobimba mpe na Kanana, ememaki pasi penza, bongo bakoko na biso bazalaki lisusu na eloko ya kolia te.
Now a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan. It caused terrible misery, and our forefathers had no food.
12 Tango Jakobi ayokaki ete ble ezali na Ejipito, atindaki bakoko na biso mbala ya liboso.
When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt he sent our forefathers down on their first visit.
13 Na mbala ya mibale, Jozefi amilakisaki epai ya bandeko na ye, bongo Faraon ayaki koyeba libota ya Jozefi.
During their second visit, Joseph revealed to his brothers who he was, and Pharaoh discovered Joseph's family background.
14 Bongo, Jozefi atindaki ete bakende kozwa tata na ye Jakobi elongo na bandeko na ye nyonso. Bango nyonso bazalaki bato tuku sambo na mitano.
Joseph sent for his father and all his relatives—seventy-five in total.
15 Boye, Jakobi akendeki kovanda na Ejipito epai wapi ye elongo na bakoko na biso bakufaki.
Jacob traveled to Egypt, and died there—as did our forefathers.
16 Bamemaki banzoto na bango na engumba ya Sishemi mpe bakundaki yango kati na kunda oyo Abrayami asombaki na mbongo epai ya bana ya Amori, tata ya Sishemi.
Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought with silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
17 Wana tango oyo Nzambe alingaki kokokisa elaka oyo apesaki na Abrayami ekomaki pene, motango ya bato na biso, kati na Ejipito, ekomaki ebele penza,
As the time approached regarding the promise that God had made to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt increased.
18 kino mokonzi mosusu, oyo ayebaki Jozefi te, azwaki bokonzi na Ejipito.
A new king came to the throne in Egypt who knew nothing about Joseph.
19 Na mayele mabe, mokonzi yango anyokolaki bakoko na biso kino kotinda bango na makasi ete babwaka bana na bango oyo babotami sika mpo ete bakufa.
He took advantage of our people and treated our ancestors badly, forcing them to abandon their babies so they would die.
20 Ezalaki na tango wana nde Moyize abotamaki. Nzambe asalaki ye kitoko mingi. Babatelaki ye sanza misato na ndako ya tata na ye.
It was at this time that Moses was born. He was a handsome child, and for three months he was looked after in his father's home.
21 Wana baboti na ye batiaki ye libanda, mwana mwasi ya Faraon azwaki ye mpe abokolaki ye lokola mwana na ye penza.
When he had to be abandoned, Pharaoh's daughter rescued him and took care of him as her own son.
22 Bayekolisaki Moyize na bwanya nyonso ya bato ya Ejipito, mpe akomaki moto na nguya na maloba mpe na misala.
Moses received instruction in all areas of Egyptian knowledge, and he became a powerful speaker and leader.
23 Tango Moyize akokisaki mibu tuku minei, azwaki mokano ya kokende kotala bandeko na ye, bana ya Isalaele.
However, when he was forty years old, he decided to visit his relatives, the Israelites.
24 Awa amonaki moto moko ya Ejipito kobeta moto ya ekolo na ye, akotelaki moto ya Isalaele, azongisaki mabe na mabe epai ya moto ya Ejipito mpe abomaki ye.
He saw one of them being mistreated, so he intervened to defend him. On behalf of the man he took revenge and killed the Egyptian.
25 Moyize akanisaki ete bandeko na ye bakososola ete Nzambe azali kosalela ye mpo na kopesa bango lobiko, kasi basosolaki yango te.
Moses thought his fellow Israelites would see that God was rescuing them through him, but they didn't.
26 Mokolo oyo elandaki, Moyize akutaki bana ya Isalaele mibale kobunda. Bongo amekaki kozongisa boyokani kati na bango; alobaki na bango: « Ah baninga na ngai, bozali bandeko; mpo na nini bozali kosalana mabe? »
The next day when he arrived, two Israelites were fighting one another. He tried to reconcile them and stop the fight. ‘Men! You are brothers!’ he told them. ‘Why are you attacking each other?’
27 Kasi moto oyo azalaki konyokola ndeko na ye atindikaki Moyize mpe alobaki: « Nani atie yo mokonzi mpe mosambisi kati na biso?
But the man who had started the fight pushed Moses away. ‘Who put you in charge over us? Are you our judge now?’ he asked.
28 Olingi koboma ngai ndenge obomaki moto ya Ejipito lobi? »
‘Are you going to kill me like you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 Tango Moyize ayokaki bongo, akimaki na mokili ya Madiani epai wapi avandaki lokola mopaya mpe abotaki bana mibale ya mibali.
When he heard this, Moses ran away. He went and lived in exile in the land of Midian, where two sons were born to him.
30 Sima na mibu tuku minei, anjelu moko abimelaki Moyize kati na esobe, pene ya ngomba Sinai, kati na ndemo ya moto oyo ezalaki komata longwa kati na mwa nzete oyo ezalaki kopela.
Forty years later, in the desert of Mount Sinai, an angel appeared to him in the flames of a burning bush.
31 Tango Moyize amonaki yango, akamwaki makasi. Mpe awa azalaki kopusana mpo na kotala yango malamu, ayokaki mongongo ya Nkolo koloba:
When Moses saw this, he was amazed at the sight, and went over to take a closer look. The voice of the Lord spoke to him:
32 « Nazali Nzambe ya bakoko na yo, Nzambe ya Abrayami, Nzambe ya Izaki, mpe Nzambe ya Jakobi. » Moyize alengaki na somo mpe akokaki kutu kotala te.
‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.’ Moses shook with fear and didn't dare look up.
33 Bongo, Nkolo alobaki na ye: « Longola basandale na yo na makolo na yo, pamba te esika oyo otelemi ezali mabele ya bule.
The Lord told him, ‘Take off your sandals, because where you are standing is holy ground.
34 Namoni minyoko ya bato na Ngai kati na Ejipito. Nayoki kolela na bango mpe nakiti mpo na kokangola bango. Mpe yaka sik’oyo, nakotinda yo ete ozonga na Ejipito. »
I have closely observed the suffering of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their groans. I have come down to rescue them. Now come over here, for I'm sending you to Egypt.’
35 Kaka Moyize oyo bandeko na ye baboyaki na koloba na ye: « Nani atie yo mokonzi mpe mosambisi, » ye nde Nzambe atindaki mpo ete azala mokonzi mpe mokangoli na bango, na lisungi ya anjelu oyo abimelaki ye na mwa nzete.
This was the same Moses that the people had rejected when they said, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge over us?’ God sent him to be both a ruler and a liberator, by means of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
36 Abimisaki bango na mokili ya Ejipito, na nzela ya bikamwa mpe ya bilembo minene oyo asalaki kuna, na ebale monene ya Motane mpe na esobe, mibu tuku minei.
Moses led them out after performing miraculous signs in Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and continued to do so in the desert for forty years.
37 Ezalaki kaka Moyize wana oyo alobaki na bana ya Isalaele: « Nzambe akobimisela bino mosakoli moko lokola ngai, oyo akowuta kati na bandeko na bino. »
This is the same Moses who promised the Israelites, ‘God will send you a prophet like me from among your people.’
38 Azalaki kati na mayangani oyo bakoko na biso basanganaki na esobe; ye nde azalaki molobeli, kati na bakoko na biso mpe anjelu oyo asololaki na ye, na ngomba Sinai epai wapi azwaki Maloba ya bomoi mpo na kopesa biso.
Moses was with God's assembled people in the desert when the angel spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and there with our forefathers he received God's living word to give to us.
39 Kasi bakoko na biso baboyaki kotosa ye; batombokelaki ye mpe bazwaki likanisi ya kozonga na Ejipito.
He was the one our fathers wouldn't listen to. They rejected him and decided to return to Egypt.
40 Balobaki na Aron: « Salela biso banzambe oyo bakotambola liboso na biso. Pamba te toyebi te soki makambo nini ekomeli Moyize oyo abimisaki biso na mokili ya Ejipito! »
They told Aaron, ‘Make gods for us to lead us, because we don't know what's happened to this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt.’
41 Ezalaki na mikolo wana nde basalaki nzambe ya ekeko, na lolenge ya mwana ngombe; babonzelaki nzambe yango ya ekeko mbeka mpe basalaki feti mpo na lokumu ya misala ya maboko na bango.
Then they made an idol in the shape of a calf, sacrificed to it, and celebrated what they themselves had made!
42 Kasi Nzambe apesaki bango mokongo mpe atikaki bango kosambela mampinga ya likolo, ndenge ekomama kati na buku ya basakoli: « Oh bato ya Isalaele, boni, bozalaki kobonzela Ngai mbeka mpe kopesa Ngai makabo na mibu tuku minei oyo bolekisaki na esobe?
So God gave up on them. He left them to their worship of the stars in the sky. This is what the prophets wrote, ‘Were you giving offerings or making sacrifices to me during the forty years in the desert, you Israelites?
43 Bomemaki nde ndako ya kapo ya Moloki mpe monzoto ya nzambe na bino Rofa, banzambe ya bikeko oyo bosalaki mpo na kogumbamela! Yango wana, nakotinda bino na bowumbu, mosika koleka Babiloni! »
No, you carried the Tabernacle of the god Moloch and the image of the god Rephan's star, images that you made so you could worship them. So I will banish you in exile beyond Babylon.’
44 Bakoko na biso bazalaki na Ndako ya kapo ya Boyokani kati na esobe, batongaki yango ndenge Nzambe atindaki Moyize, kolanda ndakisa oyo amonaki.
Our ancestors had the Tabernacle of Testimony in the desert. God had told Moses how he should make it following the blueprint he had seen.
45 Sima na kozwa Ndako ya kapo yango, bakoko na biso na bokambami ya Jozue, bamemaki yango tango babotolaki mikili ya Bapagano, mikili oyo Nzambe abenganaki liboso na bango. Mpe Ndako ya kapo yango etikalaki kuna kino na tango ya Davidi;
Later on, our forefathers carried it with them when they went in with Joshua to occupy the land taken from the nations the Lord drove out before them. It stayed there until the time of David.
46 oyo azwaki ngolu na miso ya Nzambe mpe asengaki ete atongela Nzambe ya Jakobi ndako.
David found favor with God and asked to make a more permanent home for the God of Jacob.
47 Kasi Salomo nde moto atongelaki ye ndako.
But it was Solomon who built a Temple for him.
48 Nzokande, Ye-Oyo-Aleki-Likolo avandaka te kati na bandako oyo bato batonga, ndenge kaka mosakoli aloba:
Of course the Almighty doesn't live in temples we make. As the prophet said,
49 « Likolo ezali Kiti na Ngai ya bokonzi, mpe mabele ezali enyatelo makolo na Ngai. Ndako ya ndenge nini penza bokoki kotongela Ngai, elobi Nkolo, to esika ya bopemi ya ndenge nini penza bokoki kobongisela Ngai?
‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth the place I put my feet. What kind of dwelling could you build for me?’ the Lord asks. ‘What bed could you make for me to rest in?
50 Boni, ezali loboko na Ngai te nde esalaki biloko wana nyonso? »
Didn't I make everything?’
51 Bato ya mito makasi, ya mitema mabanga mpe bakufa matoyi! Bozali ndenge moko kaka na bakoko na bino: botelemelaka tango nyonso Molimo Mosantu!
You arrogant, hard-hearted people! You never listen! You always fight against the Holy Spirit! You act just like your fathers did!
52 Boni, ezalaki solo ata na mosakoli moko oyo bakoko na bino bazangaki konyokola? Kutu, babomaki ezala basakoli oyo basakolaki koya ya Moyengebene, Ye oyo bosili sik’oyo koteka mpe koboma,
Was there ever a prophet your fathers didn't persecute? They killed those who prophesied about the coming of the one who is truly good and right. He is the one you betrayed and murdered—
53 bino bato oyo bozwaki Mobeko ya Nzambe na nzela ya ba-anjelu, kasi botosaki yango te.
you who received the law by means of the angels, but refused to keep it.”
54 Tango bato ya Likita-Monene bayokaki bongo, batombokaki makasi mpe bakomaki kolia minu mpo na Etieni.
When they heard this, the council members became mad with rage, and snarled at him, grinding their teeth.
55 Kasi lokola Etieni atondisamaki na Molimo Mosantu, atalaki na Likolo, amonaki nkembo ya Nzambe mpe Yesu atelema na ngambo ya loboko ya mobali ya Nzambe.
But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed up into heaven and saw God's glory, with Jesus standing at God's right hand.
56 Alobaki: — Botala, namoni Likolo efungwami mpe Mwana na moto atelema na ngambo ya loboko ya mobali ya Nzambe!
“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open, and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand.”
57 Bongo, bakangaki matoyi na bango, bagangaki makasi penza, mpe bango nyonso basangelaki ye,
But they held their hands over their ears and shouted as loudly as they could. They rushed together at him,
58 bamemaki ye libanda ya engumba mpe babambaki ye mabanga. Na tango wana, batatoli batikaki bilamba na bango epai ya elenge mobali moko na kombo Saulo.
dragged him out of the city, and began to stone him. His accusers laid their coats down beside a young man called Saul.
59 Wana bazalaki kobamba ye mabanga, Etieni azalaki kosambela na koloba: — Nkolo Yesu, yamba molimo na ngai!
As they went on stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
60 Bongo, afukamaki mpe agangaki makasi: — Nkolo, kotangela bango lisumu oyo te! Tango kaka Etieni alobaki bongo, akufaki.
He kneeled down, calling out, “Lord, please don't hold this sin against them!” And after he said this, he died.
