Asan'ny Apostoly 7
1 Ary hoy ny mpisoronabe: Moa izany tokoa va?
And the high priest said, "Are these things so?"
2 fa hoy Stefana: Mihainoa, ry rahalahy sy ianareo ray: Andriamanitry ny voninahitra niseho tamin’ i Abrahama razantsika, raha tany Mesopotamia izy, fony tsy mbola nonina tany Harana,
Stephen answered. "Listen, brothers and fathers. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,
3 ka nanao taminy hoe: Mialà amin’ ny taninao sy ny havanao, ka andeha ho any amin’ ny tany izay hasehoko anao.
and said to him, "Leave your country and your kindred, and come to whatever land I will show you.
4 Dia niala tamin’ ny tanin’ ny Kaldeana izy ka nonina tany Harana; ary rehefa maty ny rainy, dia nafindran’ Andriamanitra niala teo izy hankany amin’ ny tany izay onenanareo ankehitriny.
"So he left Chaldea and settled in Haran, and from there, after his father’s death, God moved him to this land which you inhabit.
5 Ary tsy nomeny lova teto izy, na dia eram-paladia akory aza; kanefa nampanantenainy izy fa homeny azy sy ny taranany mandimby azy ho lovany izany, na dia tsy mbola nanan-janaka akory aza izy.
"But he gave him no inheritance in it, no, not a single square yard of ground; yet he promised to bestow the land as a permanent possession on him and his posterity - he at that time being childless.
6 Ary nolazain’ Andriamanitra fa ny taranany hivahiny any amin’ ny tanin’ ny firenena hafa ary handevoziny sy hampahoriny efa-jato taona.
"What God said was this. "‘His offspring will sojourn in a foreign land where they will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years.
7 Nefa ny firenena izay hotompoiny dia hotsaraiko kosa, hoy Andriamanitra; ary rehefa afaka izany, dia hivoaka izy ka hanompo Ahy eto amin’ ity tany ity.
"‘And the nation, whichever it is, that enslaves them I will judge, said God, ‘and after ward they shall come out, and they shall worship me in this place.
8 Ary nomeny fanekena amin’ ny famorana izy. Ary dia niteraka an’ isaka izy ka namora azy tamin’ ny andro fahavalo; ary Isaka niteraka an’ i Jakoba, ary Jakoba niteraka ny patriarka roa ambin’ ny folo lahy.
"Then he gave him a covenant of circumcision, and under this covenant he became the father of Isaac, whom he circumcised on the eighth day, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve Patriarchs.
9 Ary nialona an’ i Josefa ny patriarka ka nivarotra azy ho any Egypta; nefa Andriamanitra nomba azy
"The patriarchs out of jealousy sold Joseph into Egypt.
10 ka nahafaka azy tamin’ ny fahoriany rehetra sady nanome azy fahasoavana sy fahendrena teo imason’ i Farao, mpanjakan’ i Egypta; ary izy nanendry azy ho mpanapaka any Egypta mbamin’ izay rehetra tao an-dapany.
"But God was with him, and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him grace and wisdom, when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him Governor over Egypt, and over all the royal household.
11 Ary nisy mosary eran’ i Egypta sy Kanana rehetra, ka mafy ny fahoriana; ary tsy nahita hanina ny razantsika.
"Then there came a famine over the whole of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress, so that our ancestors could not find food.
12 Fa nony nandre Jakoba fa nisy vary tany Egypta, dia naniraka ny razantsika izy tamin’ ny voalohany.
"But Jacob heard that there was food in Egypt, and sent our ancestors there on their first visit.
13 Ary tamin’ ny fanindroany dia fantatr’ izy mirahalahy avy Josefa, ary dia fantatr’ i Farao koa ny havan’ i Josefa.
"On their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Pharaoh was informed of Joseph’s parentage.
14 Ary Josefa naniraka ka nampaka an’ i Jakoba rainy mbamin’ ny mpianakaviny rehetra, dia olona dimy amby fito-polo izy.
"Then Joseph sent and invited Jacob his father and all his family, numbering seventy-five souls, to come to him;
15 Ary Jakoba nidina nankany Egypta, dia maty izy sy ny razantsika;
"and Jacob went down into Egypt.
16 ary nentina ho any Sekema izy ka nalevina tao amin’ ny fasana izay novidin’ i Abrahama vola tamin’ ny zanak’ i Hamora tany Sekema.
"There he died, and our ancestors also, and they were carried across to Shechem, and laid in the tomb which Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
17 Fa rehefa ho tonga ny fotoana hahatanterahana ny teny fikasana, izay nataon’ Andriamanitra tamin’ i Abrahama, dia nitombo sy nihamaro ny olona tany Egypta,
"but as the time drew near for the fulfilment of the promise which God made to Abraham, the people multiplied and increased in Egypt;
18 mandra-pitsangan’ ny mpanjaka hafa tany Egypta, izay tsy nahalala an’ i Josefa.
"until there arose a king who knew not Joseph.
19 Ary izy nanao hafetsena tamin’ ny razantsika, dia nampahory azy, ka dia samy nanary ny zanany vao teraka mba tsy ho velona izy.
"He dealt craftily with our race, and oppressed our forefathers, by making them expose their infants so that they should not live.
20 Tamin’ izany andro izany no nahaterahan’ i Mosesy, ary tsara teo anatrehan’ Andriamanitra izy ka notezaina telo volana tao an-tranon’ ny rainy.
"In this time Moses was born, a divinely beautiful child, who was brought up for three months in his father’s house.
21 Fa rehefa nariana izy, dia nalain’ ny zanakavavin’ i Farao ka notezainy ho zanany.
"When he was exposed, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and brought him up as her own son.
22 Ary Mosesy nampianarina ny fahendrena rehetra nananan’ ny Egyptiana, ary nahery tamin’ ny teniny sy ny asany izy.
"So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in his words and works.
23 Ary rehefa ho efa-polo taona izy, dia velona tao am-pony ny hamangy ny Zanak’ isiraely, rahalahiny
"And when he was forty years old it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel;
24 Ary raha nahita ny anankiray nampahorina maina izy, dia namaly ka namono ilay Egyptiana ary namonjy ilay nampahorina.
"and when he saw one of them wronged he wrought redress for the one overpowered, by striking down the Egyptian.
25 Ary nataony fa ho fantatry ny rahalahiny fa ny tànany no hamonjen’ Andriamanitra azy; kanjo tsy fantany.
"(Now he supposed that his brothers would understand how God by his hand was bringing them deliverance; but they did not.)
26 Ary nony ampitson’ iny dia niseho tamin’ ireo izay niady Mosesy ary nanao izay hampihavana azy ka nanao hoe: Raondriana, mirahalahy ianareo, koa nahoana ianareo no miady?
"Next day he came upon two of them fighting, and tried to make peace between them. "‘Sirs,’ he said, ‘you are brothers. Why are you wronging each other?’
27 Fa ilay namely maina ny namany dia nanosika azy ka nanao hoe: Iza no nanendry an’ ialahy ho mpanapaka sy mpitsara anay?
"But the man who was ill-treating his neighbor thrust him aside, saying, "‘Who made you a magistrate and ruler over us?
28 Moa ta-hamono ahy koa va ialahy tahaka ny namonoan’ ialahy ilay Egyptiana omaly?
"‘Do you want to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 Ary tamin’ izany teny izany dia nandositra Mosesy ka nivahiny tany amin’ ny tany Midiana, ary tany no niterahany zanaka roa lahy.
"Alarmed at this question, Moses fled from the land, and went to live in the land of Midian. There he became the father of two sons.
30 Ary rehefa afaka efa-polo taona, dia nisy anjely niseho taminy tany an-efitry ny tendrombohitra Sinay teo anaty lelafo teo amin’ ny voaroy.
"But at the end of forty years there appeared to him, in the desert of Mt. Sinai, an angel in a flame of fire, in a bush.
31 Ary Mosesy, nony nahita, dia gaga noho ny fahitana; nefa nony nanatona handinika izy, dia tonga ny feon’ ny Tompo nanao hoe:
"When Moses saw it he was astonished at the sight. But when he drew near to look, the voice of the Lord said,
32 Izaho no Andriamanitry ny razanao, dia Andriamanitr’ i Abrahama sy Isaka ary Jakoba. Dia tora-kovitra Mosesy ka tsy sahy nandinika.
"I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. "And Moses trembled and dared not gaze.
33 Ary hoy Jehovah taminy: Esory ny kapa amin’ ny tongotrao; fa masìna io tany ijanonanao io.
"And the Lord said. "Take off your sandals, for the place on which you are standing is holy ground.
34 Hitako tokoa ny fahorian’ ny oloko any Egypta, ary reko ny fitarainany, dia nidina hamonjy azy Aho. Koa andeha ankehitriny, dia hirahiko ho any Egypta ianao.
"Truly I have seen the oppression of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their groans, and am come down to rescue them; and now, come, I will send you into Egypt.
35 Izany Mosesy izany dia nolaviny ka nataony hoe: Iza no nanendry an’ ialahy ho mpanapaka sy mpitsara? kanjo izy ihany no nirahin’ Andriamanitra ho mpanapaka sy mpanavotra nomban’ ny tanan’ ny Anjely, Ilay niseho taminy teo amin’ ny voaroy.
"This Moses whom they refused when they said, Who made you to be a ruler and a judge? that same Moses we find God sending as a ruler and a redeemer by the hand in the bush.
36 Izy no nitondra ny olona nivoaka sady nanao fahagagana sy famantarana tany Egypta sy teo amin’ ny Ranomasina Mena ary tany an-efitra efa-polo taona.
"This was he who brought them out, after he had shown signs and wonders in the wilderness, for forty years.
37 Izany no Mosesy izay nilaza tamin’ ny Zanak’ isiraely hoe: Mpaminany no hatsangan’ Andriamanitra ho anareo avy amin’ ny rahalahinareo, tahaka ahy.
"It was this Moses who said to the Children of Israel, "God will raise up a Prophet for you from among your brothers, as he did me.
38 Izy ilay teo amin’ ny fiangonana tany an-efitra mbamin’ ny Anjely izay niteny taminy tany an-tendrombohitra Sinay sy tamin’ ny razantsika, ka izy no nandray teny velona mba homeny antsika.
"This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness along with the angel who spoke to him in Mt. Sinai, and with our ancestors to whom he gave living words to hand down to us.
39 Nefa ny razantsika tsy nety nanaiky azy, fa nandà, dia manina an’ i Egypta ny fony,
"To him our ancestors would not be obedient, but thrust him aside, and in their hearts turned back into Egypt.
40 ka hoy izy tamin’ i Arona: Anaovy andriamanitra izahay, hitarika antsika eo aloha; fa ilay Mosesy iny, izay nitondra antsika nivoaka avy tany amin’ ny tany Egypta, dia tsy fantatray izay nanjo azy.
"Said they to Aaron. "Make Gods for us who shall march in front of us! As for this Moses who led us forth out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has happened to him.
41 Ary dia nanao ombilahy kely izy tamin’ izany andro izany, dia nanatitra fanatitra tamin’ ny sampy ka niravoravo tamin’ ny asan’ ny tànany.
"And they made a calf in those days, and offered a sacrifice to this idol, and began to rejoice over what they had made with their hands.
42 Fa Andriamanitra nihodina, dia nanolotra azy hanompo izay eny amin’ ny lanitra; araka ny voasoratra eo amin’ ny bokin’ ny mpaminany hoe: Moa nanatitra zavatra voavono sy fanatitra ho Ahy efa-polo taona tany an-efitra va ianareo, ry taranak’ isiraely?
"So God turned from them, and gave them up to the worship of the heavenly host, as it is written in the book of the Prophets. "Did you offer unto me slain beasts as sacrifices during the forty years in the wilderness, O House of Israel?
43 Tsia, fa nobetainareo ny tranolain’ i Moloka sy ny kintan’ ny andriamanitra atao hoe Refana, Dia ny endri-javatra izay nataonareo hivavahana, Ka dia hamindra anareo ho any ankoatr’ i Babylona Aho.
No, it was the Tabernacle of Moloch and the star-symbol of the god Rempha that you lifted up - the images which you made in order to worship them; so I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
44 Ny trano-lain’ ny Vavolombelona dia teo amin’ ny razantsika tany an-efitra, tahaka ny voatendrin’ izay niteny tamin’ i Mosesy mba hanaovany azy araka ny endrika izay efa hitany.
"In the wilderness our ancestors had the Tabernacle of Testimony built, as he appointed who told Moses to make it according to the pattern he had seen.
45 Izany koa dia noraisin’ ny razantsika izay nandimby ireo, ka nentiny niditra niaraka tamin’ i Josoa tamin’ ny nahazoany ny tanin’ ny firenena izay noroahin’ Andriamanitra hiala teo anoloan’ ny razantsika hatramin’ ny andron’ i Davida;
"That tabernacle was brought in by our ancestors, in their turn, when they under Joshua entered on the possession of the nations whom God thrust out before them, until the days of David.
46 izy nahita fitia anatrehan’ Andriamanitra ka nangataka hahita trano ho an’ Andriamanitr’ i Jakoba.
"David obtained favor with God, and asked permission to find a dwelling-place for the God of Jacob.
47 Fa Solomona kosa no nanao trano ho Azy.
"But it was Solomon who built him a house.
48 Kanefa ny Avo Indrindra tsy mitoetra ao amin’ izay nataon-tànan’ olona; araka ny nolazain’ ny mpaminany hoe:
"Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made with hands; as said the prophet.
49 Ny lanitra no seza fiandrianako, Ary ny tany no fitoeran-tongotro; Koa trano manao ahoana no hataonareo ho Ahy? hoy Jehovah, Ary manao ahoana no ho fitoerana fitsaharako?
"The heaven is my throne, And the earth the footstool of my feet; What kind of house will you build for me? saith the Lord. Or what resting-place shall I have?
50 Tsy ny tanako va no nanao izao zavatra rehetra izao?
Did not my hand make this universe?
51 Ry olona mafy hatoka sady tsy voafora fo sy sofina, ianareo manohitra ny Fanahy Masìna mandrakariva; tahaka ny nataon’ ny razanareo ihany no ataonareo koa.
"Stiff-necked, uncircumcised in heart and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Ghost! As your fathers did, so do you.
52 Iza no mpaminany izay tsy nenjehin’ ny razanareo? Eny, novonoiny aza izay naminany ny fihavian’ ilay Marina; ary ankehitriny dia efa tonga mpamadika sy mpamono Azy ianareo,
"Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become -
53 dia olona izay nahazo ny lalàna tamin’ ny nandaharan’ anjely azy, nefa tsy nankato izany.
"you who received the law, given through angels, and obeyed it not."
54 Ary nony nandre izany izy ireo, dia lotika ny fony, ka nihidy vazana taminy izy.
As they heard these words they became furious and gnashed their teeth at him.
55 Fa Stefana, feno ny Fanahy Masìna, dia nibanjina ny lanitra ka nahita ny voninahitr’ Andriamanitra sy Jesosy nitsangana teo ankavanan’ Andriamanitra,
But he, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
56 dia nanao hoe: Indro, hitako ny lanitra misokatra ary ny Zanak’ olona mitsangana eo ankavanan’ Andriamanitra.
"Look, I see heaven open," he said, "And the Son of man standing at the right hand of God."
57 Ary ny olona niantso tamin’ ny feo mahery sady nanentsin-tadiny ka indray nirodona taminy,
With a loud outcry they stopped their ears, and rushed upon Stephen in a body,
58 dia nandroaka azy ho eny ivelan’ ny tanàna ka nitora-bato azy; ary ireo vavolombelona dia nametraka ny fitafiany teo anilan’ ny tongotry ny zatovo anankiray atao hoe Saoly.
dragged him outside the city, and stoned him, the witnesses throwing off their outer garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
59 Ary ny olona nitora-bato an’ i Stefana, izay niantso hoe: Ry Jesosy Tompo ô, raiso ny fanahiko.
So they stoned Stephen while he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
60 Dia nandohalika izy ka niantso tamin’ ny feo mahery hoe Tompo ô, aza atao ho helony anie izao ota izao. Ary rehefa nilaza izany izy, dia nodi-mandry.
Then he knelt down and cried aloud, "Lord, lay not this sin to their charge."
