Matendu 7
1 Su Mtambika Mkulu kamkosiya, “Hashi, shitwatira ashi shanakaka?”
The high priest said, "Are these things so?"
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.
He said, "Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
3 Mlungu kamgambiriti, ‘Guwuki paisi yaku, guwaleki wantu wa lukolu lwaku, Gugendi paisi hanukulanguziyi!’
and said to him, 'Go out from your land and from your relatives, and come into a land which I will 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.
Then he came out of the land of the Kasdim, and lived in Haran. From there, after his father died, he moved him into this land, where you are now living.
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.
He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him, when he still had no child.
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.
But God spoke in this way, 'His descendants will live as strangers in a foreign land, and that they will be slaves and 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.’
But I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,' said God, 'and after that will they come out, and serve me in this place.'
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.”
He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.
9 Wambuyi walii wamwoniriti weya Yosefu, wamwuza muumanda Misri. Kumbiti Mlungu kaweriti pamwera nayomberi.
"The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt; and 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 delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
11 Shakapanu, kwaniti njala ngulu paisi yoseri ya Misri na Kanaani, isababisha kuperuwa kukulu. Wambuyi wetu wapata ndiri shiboga shoseri
Now a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers found 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
But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
13 Pamwanja gwawu gwa pili, Yosefu kalimaniziyiti kwa walongu wakuwi, na Farawu kaimaniti kaya ya Yosefu.
On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh.
14 Yosefu katumiti ujumbi kwa tati gwakuwi Yakobu na walongu woseri, wantu sabini na wamuhanu, wayizi Misri.
Then Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
15 Hangu, Yakobu kagenditi Misri kweni yomberi na wambuyi wetu wamonga wahowiti.
Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, himself and our fathers,
16 Njimba zyawu wazijegiti mpaka Shekemu, yankusirwa palipumba Aburahamu lyakahemiriti kulawa kwa likabira lya Hamoli kwa shiasi tunga sha mpiya.
and they were brought back to Shechem, and placed in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor in Shechem.
17 “Shipindi pashitimiyiti Mlungu kalitenda lagilu lyakampananiti Aburahamu, walanga ya wantu kulii Misri iyongerekiti kala na iweriti nkulu nentu.
"But as the time of the promise came close which God had made to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18 “Upeleru, mfalumi yumu yomberi kammana ndiri Yosefu kanjiti kukolamlima aku Misri.
until 'there arose a different king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.'
19 Kawatabisiyiti wantu wetu na kawatenderiti udoda wambuyi wetu pakawalagalira wawayasili kunja wananguta wawu wadidini su wahowi.
The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they would not stay alive.
20 Musa kayiwukiti shipindi ashi na kaweriti mwana kaherepa nentu. Yomberi kaleritwi mukaya ya tati gwakuwi kwa shipindi sha myezi mitatu,
At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in his father's house.
21 na pawamlaviyiti kunja, binti gwa Farawu kamtoliti, kamlera gambira mwana gwakuwi.
When he was thrown out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and reared him as her own son.
22 Musa kafundwa vitwatira vyoseri vya luhala lwa Wamisri kamanika kwa visoweru na manyawiru.
Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
23 “Pakaweriti na umli wa vinja malongu msheshi kaamuwiti kugenda kuwawona walongu wakuwi Waisraeli.”
But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
24 “Aku kamwoniti yumu gwawu kankumtendera vidoda, kagenda kumlopola na kwa kuwuzilira, kamlaga Mmisri ulii.
Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
25 Kalisheriti handa Waisraeli wayaguwi mewavimani handa Mlungu kamtumiti yomberi kuwalopola, kumbiti kavimana ndiri hangu.
He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they did not understand.
26 Shilawu yakuwi, kawoniti Waisraeli wawili wankulikoma, kajeriti kuwakolaniziya mawoku pakalonga, Mwenga ndo mwawalongu, iwera hashi mwankulitenderana vidoda maweni kwa maweni
"The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, 'Men, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?'
27 Ulii yakaweriti kankumkoma myaguwi kamkankiti Musa kumpeku kalonga, ndo gaa yakakutuliti gwenga guweri mtuwa na mkolaniziya mawoku gwetu?
But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
28 Hashi, gufira kunaga handa ntambu yagumlagiti Mmisri ulii lishu?
Do you want to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?'
29 Pa kupikinira aga, Musa katugiti, kagenda kulivaga paisi ya Midiyani na aku kapata wana wawili.
Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
30 “Vinja malongu msheshi pavitimiyiti, ntumintumi gwa kumpindi gwa Mtuwa kamlawiriti Musa pashitogolu shiweriti shankuyaka motu kushiwala kulii pakwegera na lugongu Sinayi.
"When forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
31 Musa kalikangasha nentu kuwona shitwatira ashi ata kasegelera pakwera su kasunguliri, kumbiti kapikiniriti liziwu lya Mtuwa,
When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, a voice of the Lord came,
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 of Isaac, and of Jacob.' Moses trembled, and dared not look.
33 Mtuwa kamgambira, Guyopoli vilwatu vyaku mana panu pagugoloka ndo pahala pananagala.
The Lord said to him, 'Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
34 Nugawona madoda gawawatendera wantu wangu kulii Misri. Mpikanira shiwembu shawu, naneni niza kuwalopola. Su vinu, hanukutumi Misri.”
I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send 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 Moses, whom they refused, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge?'—God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand 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.
This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
37 Musa ndo yakawagambiriti wantu wa Israeli, Mlungu hakawasyagulirani mbuyi handa neni kulawa pawalongu wenu mwenga maweni.
This is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, 'God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me.'
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.
This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received words of life to give to us,
39 Kumbiti yomberi ndo mbuyi gwetu yakalemiti kumpikinira, wamkangiti kumpeku, wana lwamatamata lwa kuwuya Misri.
to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
40 Wamgambiriti Aruni, gutunyawiri milungu yayitulongoziya munjira, toziya tuvimana ndiri yagampatiti Musa yakatulongoziyiti kulawa Misri!
saying to Aaron, 'Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'
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.
They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
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?
But God turned, and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets, 'Did you offer to me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
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!’”
You took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Rephan, the images that you made to worship them. Therefore I will exile you 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 fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that 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.
which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David,
46 Dawudi kawupatiti upendelewu kwa Mlungu, kamluwa Mlungu kamlekeziyi su kamnyawiri pahala pa kulikala, ulii yakaweriti Mlungu gwa Yakobu.
who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
47 Kumbiti Selemani ndo yakamnyawiriti numba Mlungu.
But Solomon built him a house.
48 “Ata hangu, Mlungu mkulu hakatami ndiri munumba zijegitwi na muntu, mbuyi ntambu yakatakula,
However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
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 a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?' says the Lord; 'or what is the place of my rest?
50 Hashi, mawoku gangu ndiri yaganyawiti vintu vyoseri avi?’
Did not my hand make all these things?'
51 Mwenga makaidi wakulu! Myoyu na makutu genu ndo handa ga wantu wa maisi. Mwenga handa wambuyi wetu. Mashaka goseri mwankumlema Rohu Mnanagala.
"You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so you do.
52 Hashi, kwana mbuyi yoseri gwa Mlungu, wambuyi wenu wawatabisiya ndiri? Wawalagiti walii yawatungiti kwiza kwakuwi yakamfiriziya Mlungu. Na vinu, mwenga mumgalambuka na mumlaga.
Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.
53 Mwenga muliyangiti lilagaliru ilii lijegitwi kwamwenga na wantumintumi wa kumpindi, kumbiti mnjimira ndiri.”
You received the Law as it was ordained by angels, and did not keep it."
54 Wazewi walii wa shizyungu pawapikiniriti aga, wakalaliti nentu, wamsagira menu kwa maya.
Now when they heard these things, they were furious, and they ground their teeth at him.
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 he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God.
56 Katakula, “Mloleni! Mona kumpindi kuyoposolekwa na Mwana gwa muntu kagoloka uwega wa kumliwu wa Mlungu.”
And he said, "Look, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."
57 Panu, wantu woseri mushikawu shiraa sha shizyungu wabotanga umatu na kuziba makutu gawu kwa mawoku gawu. Shakapanu wamkopokela woseri pamwera,
But they shouted out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed at him with one accord.
58 wamlaviya kunja kulushi, wamguma mabuwi. Walii wakapitawu wagatula mahabiti gawu pasi pa ulolera wa mntemba yumu litawu lyakuwi Sauli.
They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
59 Wendereyiti kumguma kwa mabuwi Stefanu aku pakawera kankumluwa Mlungu, “Mtuwa Yesu, guwanki rohu yangu!”
They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, "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, and shouted out, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." When he had said this, he fell asleep.
