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 ।
Now in these days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint by the Grecian Jews began against the Hebrews, because 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 ।
The twelve called the multitude of the disciples to them and said, “It is not right for us to give up the word of God in order to serve 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 ।
You should therefore choose, brothers, seven men from among yourselves, men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.
4 हाम्रो सम्बन्धमा भन्नुपर्दा, हामी निरन्तर रूपमा प्रार्थना र वचनको सेवामा लागिरहनेछौँ ।”
As for us, we will always continue in prayer and in 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 ।
Their speech pleased the whole multitude. So they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte from Antioch.
6 विश्वासीहरूले यी मानिसहरूलाई प्रेरितहरूका सामु ल्याए जसले प्रार्थना गरे र तिनीहरूमाथि हात राखे ।
The believers brought these men before the apostles, who prayed and then placed their hands upon 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 spread, and the number of disciples in Jerusalem increased greatly, and a large number of the priests became obedient to the faith.
8 अब अनुग्रह र शक्तिले भरिएर स्तिफनसले मानिसहरूका बिचमा महान् आश्चर्य र चिन्हहरू देखाउँदै थिए ।
Now Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing 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 there arose some people who belonged to the synagogue called the synagogue of the Freedmen, of the Cyrenians and Alexandrians, and some from Cilicia and Asia. These people were debating with Stephen.
10 तर स्तिफनसले जुन बुद्धि र पवित्र आत्माको शक्तिमा बोलेका थिए तिनीहरूले त्यसको सामना गर्न सकेनन् ।
But they were not able to stand against the wisdom and the Spirit with which Stephen spoke.
11 त्यसपछि तिनीहरूले केही मानिसहरूलाई गुप्तमा मनाई यसो भन्न लगाए, “हामीले स्तिफनसले मोशा र परमेश्वरको विरुद्धमा ईश्वर-निन्दक वचनहरू बोलेका सुनेका छौँ ।”
Then they bribed some men to say, “We have heard Stephen speak blasphemous words against Moses and against God.”
12 तिनीहरूले मानिसहरू, एल्डरहरू, शास्त्रीहरूलाई उक्साए अनि स्तिफनससित मुकाबला गरे; तिनलाई पक्रे र परिषद्मा ल्याए ।
They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and they approached Stephen and seized him and brought him before the council.
13 तिनीहरूले झुटा साक्षीहरू पेस गरे जसले भने, “यो मानिसले यस पवित्रस्थान र व्यवस्थाको विरुद्धमा बोल्न छाड्दैन ।
They brought false witnesses, who said, “This man does not stop speaking words against this holy place and the law.
14 नासरतको यो येशूले यस स्थानलाई नष्ट पार्नेछ र मोशाले हामीलाई सुम्पेका चलनहरूलाई बद्लनेछ भनी त्यसले बोलेको हामीले सुनेका छौँ ।”
For we have heard him say 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 ।
Everyone who sat in the council fixed their eyes on him and saw his face was like the face of an angel.
