Matendu 7
1 Su Mtambika Mkulu kamkosiya, “Hashi, shitwatira ashi shanakaka?”
“Are these allegations true?” the high priest asked.
2 Yomberi Stefani katakula, “Mwalongu wangu na ashina tati, mpikanireni! Mlungu gwa ukwisa kamlawiriti tati gwetu Aburahamu pakaweriti kulii Misopotamiya pamberi kenigendi kulikala kulii Harani.
“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 Mlungu kamgambiriti, ‘Guwuki paisi yaku, guwaleki wantu wa lukolu lwaku, Gugendi paisi hanukulanguziyi!’
God told him, ‘Leave your country and your relatives, and go to the country that I'm going to show you.’
4 Hangu, Aburahamu kahamiti isi ya Kalidayu, kagenda kulikala Harani. Pakahowiti kala tati gwakuwi, Mlungu kamwusiyiti kayi Halani kiza kulikala paisi ayi yamlikala vinu.
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 Mlungu kamupiti ndiri ata seemu yimu ya isi ayi iweri yakuwi, ata hangu, kamlagiliti kumpanana isi ayi iweri yakuwi na ya walelwa wakuwi, tembera shipindi ashi kaweriti ndiri na mwananguta.
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 Mlungu kamgambiriti hangu, ‘Walelwa waku hawajegwi paisi yayikolwa mlima na wantu wamonga, na aku hawatendwi wamanda na kutenderwa vidoda kwa shipindi sha vinja miya msheshi.
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 Kumbiti neni hanuwatozi wantu yawagenda kuwatenda kuwera wamanda. Mlungu kalonga, shakapanu hanuwalaviyi muisi ayi su wizi kunguwira pahala panu.’
God said, ‘I will punish the nation that enslaves them. Eventually they will leave and come here to worship me.’
8 Shakapanu Mlungu kayitenda jandu iweri langaliru lya lipatanu. Hangu, Aburahamu kamyingiziyiti jandu mwana gwakuwi Isaka lishaka lya nane pakayiwukiti kala. Na Isaka, ntambu irayi, kamyingiziyiti jandu Yakobu. Yomberi Yakobu kawatendiriti walii wambuyi ligumba na wawiri ntambu irayi.”
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 Wambuyi walii wamwoniriti weya Yosefu, wamwuza muumanda Misri. Kumbiti Mlungu kaweriti pamwera nayomberi.
The patriarchs, who were jealous of Joseph, sold him into slavery in Egypt. But God was with him,
10 Kamuwusiya mutabu zakuwi zoseri. Mlungu kampanana ntambu na luhala kulongolu kwa Farawu, mfalumi gwa Misri, ata Falawu kumtula kaweri mkulu gwa isi ilii na numba ya shifalumi.
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 Shakapanu, kwaniti njala ngulu paisi yoseri ya Misri na Kanaani, isababisha kuperuwa kukulu. Wambuyi wetu wapata ndiri shiboga shoseri
Now a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan. It caused terrible misery, and our forefathers had no food.
12 Su, Yakobu pakapatiti visoweru handa aku Misri kuweriti na viboga, kawatumiti wana wakuwi, yani wambuyi wetu, wagendi aku Misri mala ya kwanja
When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt he sent our forefathers down on their first visit.
13 Pamwanja gwawu gwa pili, Yosefu kalimaniziyiti kwa walongu wakuwi, na Farawu kaimaniti kaya ya Yosefu.
During their second visit, Joseph revealed to his brothers who he was, and Pharaoh discovered Joseph's family background.
14 Yosefu katumiti ujumbi kwa tati gwakuwi Yakobu na walongu woseri, wantu sabini na wamuhanu, wayizi Misri.
Joseph sent for his father and all his relatives—seventy-five in total.
15 Hangu, Yakobu kagenditi Misri kweni yomberi na wambuyi wetu wamonga wahowiti.
Jacob traveled to Egypt, and died there—as did our forefathers.
16 Njimba zyawu wazijegiti mpaka Shekemu, yankusirwa palipumba Aburahamu lyakahemiriti kulawa kwa likabira lya Hamoli kwa shiasi tunga sha mpiya.
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 “Shipindi pashitimiyiti Mlungu kalitenda lagilu lyakampananiti Aburahamu, walanga ya wantu kulii Misri iyongerekiti kala na iweriti nkulu nentu.
As the time approached regarding the promise that God had made to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt increased.
18 “Upeleru, mfalumi yumu yomberi kammana ndiri Yosefu kanjiti kukolamlima aku Misri.
A new king came to the throne in Egypt who knew nothing about Joseph.
19 Kawatabisiyiti wantu wetu na kawatenderiti udoda wambuyi wetu pakawalagalira wawayasili kunja wananguta wawu wadidini su wahowi.
He took advantage of our people and treated our ancestors badly, forcing them to abandon their babies so they would die.
20 Musa kayiwukiti shipindi ashi na kaweriti mwana kaherepa nentu. Yomberi kaleritwi mukaya ya tati gwakuwi kwa shipindi sha myezi mitatu,
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 na pawamlaviyiti kunja, binti gwa Farawu kamtoliti, kamlera gambira mwana gwakuwi.
When he had to be abandoned, Pharaoh's daughter rescued him and took care of him as her own son.
22 Musa kafundwa vitwatira vyoseri vya luhala lwa Wamisri kamanika kwa visoweru na manyawiru.
Moses received instruction in all areas of Egyptian knowledge, and he became a powerful speaker and leader.
23 “Pakaweriti na umli wa vinja malongu msheshi kaamuwiti kugenda kuwawona walongu wakuwi Waisraeli.”
However, when he was forty years old, he decided to visit his relatives, the Israelites.
24 “Aku kamwoniti yumu gwawu kankumtendera vidoda, kagenda kumlopola na kwa kuwuzilira, kamlaga Mmisri ulii.
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 Kalisheriti handa Waisraeli wayaguwi mewavimani handa Mlungu kamtumiti yomberi kuwalopola, kumbiti kavimana ndiri hangu.
Moses thought his fellow Israelites would see that God was rescuing them through him, but they didn't.
26 Shilawu yakuwi, kawoniti Waisraeli wawili wankulikoma, kajeriti kuwakolaniziya mawoku pakalonga, Mwenga ndo mwawalongu, iwera hashi mwankulitenderana vidoda maweni kwa maweni
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 Ulii yakaweriti kankumkoma myaguwi kamkankiti Musa kumpeku kalonga, ndo gaa yakakutuliti gwenga guweri mtuwa na mkolaniziya mawoku gwetu?
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 Hashi, gufira kunaga handa ntambu yagumlagiti Mmisri ulii lishu?
‘Are you going to kill me like you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 Pa kupikinira aga, Musa katugiti, kagenda kulivaga paisi ya Midiyani na aku kapata wana wawili.
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 “Vinja malongu msheshi pavitimiyiti, ntumintumi gwa kumpindi gwa Mtuwa kamlawiriti Musa pashitogolu shiweriti shankuyaka motu kushiwala kulii pakwegera na lugongu Sinayi.
Forty years later, in the desert of Mount Sinai, an angel appeared to him in the flames of a burning bush.
31 Musa kalikangasha nentu kuwona shitwatira ashi ata kasegelera pakwera su kasunguliri, kumbiti kapikiniriti liziwu lya Mtuwa,
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 Neni ndo Mlungu gwa mbuyi gwaku, Mlungu gwa Aburahamu, Isaka na Yakobu! Musa kalendemera kwa lyoga na pota kujera kulola nentu.
‘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 Mtuwa kamgambira, Guyopoli vilwatu vyaku mana panu pagugoloka ndo pahala pananagala.
The Lord told him, ‘Take off your sandals, because where you are standing is holy ground.
34 Nugawona madoda gawawatendera wantu wangu kulii Misri. Mpikanira shiwembu shawu, naneni niza kuwalopola. Su vinu, hanukutumi Misri.”
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 “Musa ayu ndo ulii wantu wa Israeli yawamlemiti pawatakuliti, Ndo gaa yakakutuliti gwenga guweri mkolamlima na mwamuliru gwetu? Ndomweni yakajegitwi na Mlungu kaweri mkulu na mlopoziya, kwa liwoku lya ulii ntumintumi gwa kumpindi yakamlawiriti mushiputira shashiweriti shankuyaka motu.
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 Ndo yakawalongoziyiti wantu walii walawi Misri kwa kutenda mauzauza na makangashu paisi ya Misri, pabahali ya Shamu na kushiwala kwa katepu ya vinja malongu msheshi.
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 Musa ndo yakawagambiriti wantu wa Israeli, Mlungu hakawasyagulirani mbuyi handa neni kulawa pawalongu wenu mwenga maweni.
This is the same Moses who promised the Israelites, ‘God will send you a prophet like me from among your people.’
38 Ayu ndo ulii yakaweriti mulijojiniru aku kushiwara pamuhera na watati wetu na ntumintumi gwa kumpindi ulii yakatakuliti na yomberi pamuhera na watati wetu mulugongu lwa Sinayi, na yomberi kawankiti visoweru vyaviwera na ukomu su katupanani twenga.
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 Kumbiti yomberi ndo mbuyi gwetu yakalemiti kumpikinira, wamkangiti kumpeku, wana lwamatamata lwa kuwuya Misri.
He was the one our fathers wouldn't listen to. They rejected him and decided to return to Egypt.
40 Wamgambiriti Aruni, gutunyawiri milungu yayitulongoziya munjira, toziya tuvimana ndiri yagampatiti Musa yakatulongoziyiti kulawa Misri!
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 Su shiweriti shipindi womberi wanyawiti shinyagu sha mwana gwa ng'ombi. Womberi washilaviliriti tambiku na waviniti msambu kwa kuvipanana ligoya kwa vilii vyawavinyawiti kwa mawoku gawu.
Then they made an idol in the shape of a calf, sacrificed to it, and celebrated what they themselves had made!
42 Kumbiti Mlungu kawukiti pakati pawu, kawaleka waviguwiri vintu vya kumpindi kwa Mlungu, ntambu yailembitwi mushintola sha wambuyi wa Mlungu, ‘Mwenga wantu wa Israeli! Hashi, neni ndiri yamundaviliriti tambiku na malaviwu kwa shipindi sha vinja malongu msheshi kulii kushiwala?
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 Mwenga mshinyasuliti shisasa sha mlungu Moleki, na shinyagu sha ndondu mlungu gwenu Refani. Shinyagu shamshinyawiti ndo shamshiguwiriti. Toziya ayi hanuwajegi lopola kutali kupitira 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 Kushiwala kulii wambuyi wetu waweriti na lihema liii lilipitawuliti kuwera kwa Mlungu. Lyalinyawitwi handa Mlungu ntambu yakamgambiriti Musa kalinyawi, nakala kamili ya shiraa shakalanguziyitwi.
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 Shakapanu wambuyi wetu waliyangiti womberi kwa womberi mpaka shipindi sha Yoshuwa, pawainyasuliti isi ilii kulawa kwa maisi geni Mlungu kagawingiti kuulongolu kwawu. Panu lilikaliti mpaka shipindi sha Dawudi.
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 Dawudi kawupatiti upendelewu kwa Mlungu, kamluwa Mlungu kamlekeziyi su kamnyawiri pahala pa kulikala, ulii yakaweriti Mlungu gwa Yakobu.
David found favor with God and asked to make a more permanent home for the God of Jacob.
47 Kumbiti Selemani ndo yakamnyawiriti numba Mlungu.
But it was Solomon who built a Temple for him.
48 “Ata hangu, Mlungu mkulu hakatami ndiri munumba zijegitwi na muntu, mbuyi ntambu yakatakula,
Of course the Almighty doesn't live in temples we make. As the prophet said,
49 ‘Mtuwa kalonga, kumpindi ndo shibanta shangu sha ufalumi na pasipanu ndo pahala pangu pa kutulira magulu. Mtuwa kalonga, “Hashi mwenga hamunyawili numba ya ntambu gaa?” Ama pahala paneni pakwoyera hapaweri koshi?
‘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 Hashi, mawoku gangu ndiri yaganyawiti vintu vyoseri avi?’
Didn't I make everything?’
51 Mwenga makaidi wakulu! Myoyu na makutu genu ndo handa ga wantu wa maisi. Mwenga handa wambuyi wetu. Mashaka goseri mwankumlema Rohu Mnanagala.
You arrogant, hard-hearted people! You never listen! You always fight against the Holy Spirit! You act just like your fathers did!
52 Hashi, kwana mbuyi yoseri gwa Mlungu, wambuyi wenu wawatabisiya ndiri? Wawalagiti walii yawatungiti kwiza kwakuwi yakamfiriziya Mlungu. Na vinu, mwenga mumgalambuka na mumlaga.
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 Mwenga muliyangiti lilagaliru ilii lijegitwi kwamwenga na wantumintumi wa kumpindi, kumbiti mnjimira ndiri.”
you who received the law by means of the angels, but refused to keep it.”
54 Wazewi walii wa shizyungu pawapikiniriti aga, wakalaliti nentu, wamsagira menu kwa maya.
When they heard this, the council members became mad with rage, and snarled at him, grinding their teeth.
55 Kumbiti Stefani kaweriti kamemitwi na Rohu Mnanagala, kalola kumpindi kwa Mlungu, kawona ukwisa wa Mlungu na Yesu kalivaga uwega wa kumliwu wa Mlungu.
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 Katakula, “Mloleni! Mona kumpindi kuyoposolekwa na Mwana gwa muntu kagoloka uwega wa kumliwu wa Mlungu.”
“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open, and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand.”
57 Panu, wantu woseri mushikawu shiraa sha shizyungu wabotanga umatu na kuziba makutu gawu kwa mawoku gawu. Shakapanu wamkopokela woseri pamwera,
But they held their hands over their ears and shouted as loudly as they could. They rushed together at him,
58 wamlaviya kunja kulushi, wamguma mabuwi. Walii wakapitawu wagatula mahabiti gawu pasi pa ulolera wa mntemba yumu litawu lyakuwi Sauli.
dragged him out of the city, and began to stone him. His accusers laid their coats down beside a young man called Saul.
59 Wendereyiti kumguma kwa mabuwi Stefanu aku pakawera kankumluwa Mlungu, “Mtuwa Yesu, guwanki rohu yangu!”
As they went on stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
60 Kasuntama, kalira kwa liziwu likulu, “Mtuwa, nagushihola shidoda ashi kwawomberi.” Pakatakuliti hangu, kahowa. Sauli nayomberi kashiwoniti shitendu ashi sha kumlaga.
He kneeled down, calling out, “Lord, please don't hold this sin against them!” And after he said this, he died.
