प्रेरित 6
1 ती दिनमा जब चेलाहरूको सङ्ख्या गुणात्मक रूपमा बढ्दै गयो ग्रिक भाषा बोल्ने यहूदीहरूले हिब्रूहरूको विरुद्धमा गनगन गर्न थाले किनकि तिनीहरूका विधवाहरूलाई दैनिक खाद्य वितरणमा वेवास्ता गरिँदै थियो ।
In those days, as the disciples increased in number, a complaint arose against the Hebrews on the part of the Hellenists that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.
2 बाह्र प्रेरितले चेलाहरूको समूहलाई बोलाएर भने, “खुवाउने-पियाउने काममा अल्झिन हामीले परमेश्वरको वचनलाई वेवास्ता गर्नु उपयुक्त हुँदैन ।
So the twelve called the multitude of the disciples together and said, “It is not proper for us to neglect the word of God to wait on tables.
3 यसकारण भाइ हो, तपाईंहरूमध्येबाट सात जना मानिसलाई छान्नुहोस् जो नाउँ चलेका, बुद्धि र पवित्र आत्माले भरिएका होऊन् जसलाई हामी यस कामको लागि नियुक्त गर्न सकौँ ।
Therefore, brothers, look for seven men among you who have a good reputation and are full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we can appoint for this need.
4 हाम्रो सम्बन्धमा भन्नुपर्दा, हामी निरन्तर रूपमा प्रार्थना र वचनको सेवामा लागिरहनेछौँ ।”
But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
5 तिनीहरूको भनाइ पुरै समुदायलाई मन पर्यो । त्यसैले, तिनीहरूले विश्वास र पवित्र आत्माले भरिएका स्तिफनस, फिलिप, प्रखरस, निकनोर, तीमोन, पर्मिनास र एन्टिओखियाका यहूदी-मत मान्ने निकोलाउसलाई छाने ।
This proposal pleased the whole multitude, so they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, together with Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, an Antiochean convert to Judaism.
6 विश्वासीहरूले यी मानिसहरूलाई प्रेरितहरूका सामु ल्याए जसले प्रार्थना गरे र तिनीहरूमाथि हात राखे ।
They set these men before the apostles, who then prayed and laid their hands on them.
7 यसरी परमेश्वरको वचन फैलियो र यरूशलेममा चेलाहरूको सङ्ख्या गुणात्मक रूपमा वृद्धि भयो । र धेरै पूजाहारीहरूले यस विश्वासलाई स्वीकार गरे ।
So the word of God continued to increase, and the number of disciples continued to multiply greatly in Jerusalem, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.
8 अब अनुग्रह र शक्तिले भरिएर स्तिफनसले मानिसहरूका बिचमा महान् आश्चर्य र चिन्हहरू देखाउँदै थिए ।
Now Stephen, a man full of faith and power, was performing great wonders and signs among the people.
9 तर त्यहाँ स्वतन्त्र दल नामक सभाघरका मानिसहरू, कुरेनीहरू, अलेक्ज्यान्ड्रियाका बासिन्दाहरू र किलिकियासाथै एसियाका केही मानिसहरू खडा भए । यी मानिसहरू स्तिफनससित वादविवाद गर्दै थिए ।
But some men from the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), along with some of the Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some men from Cilicia and Asia, rose up and began to argue with Stephen.
10 तर स्तिफनसले जुन बुद्धि र पवित्र आत्माको शक्तिमा बोलेका थिए तिनीहरूले त्यसको सामना गर्न सकेनन् ।
But they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking.
11 त्यसपछि तिनीहरूले केही मानिसहरूलाई गुप्तमा मनाई यसो भन्न लगाए, “हामीले स्तिफनसले मोशा र परमेश्वरको विरुद्धमा ईश्वर-निन्दक वचनहरू बोलेका सुनेका छौँ ।”
Then they induced some men to say, “We heard Stephen speaking blasphemous words against Moses and against God.”
12 तिनीहरूले मानिसहरू, एल्डरहरू, शास्त्रीहरूलाई उक्साए अनि स्तिफनससित मुकाबला गरे; तिनलाई पक्रे र परिषद्मा ल्याए ।
They also stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes. So they came up to Stephen, seized him, and brought him to the Sanhedrin.
13 तिनीहरूले झुटा साक्षीहरू पेस गरे जसले भने, “यो मानिसले यस पवित्रस्थान र व्यवस्थाको विरुद्धमा बोल्न छाड्दैन ।
Then they put forward false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop speaking blasphemous words against the holy place and against the law.
14 नासरतको यो येशूले यस स्थानलाई नष्ट पार्नेछ र मोशाले हामीलाई सुम्पेका चलनहरूलाई बद्लनेछ भनी त्यसले बोलेको हामीले सुनेका छौँ ।”
For we heard him saying that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”
15 परिषद्मा जम्मा भएका हरेकको आँखा तिनमा केन्द्रित भयो र तिनको मोहोडा स्वर्गदूतको झैँ देखियो ।
And all who were sitting in the Sanhedrin stared at Stephen intently and saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
