Matendu 7
1 Su Mtambika Mkulu kamkosiya, “Hashi, shitwatira ashi shanakaka?”
Then the high priest asked, ‘Is this true?’
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.
Stephen replied, ‘Brothers and fathers, hear what I have to say. God, who manifests himself in the glory, appeared to our ancestor Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, and before he settled in Haran, and said to him –
3 Mlungu kamgambiriti, ‘Guwuki paisi yaku, guwaleki wantu wa lukolu lwaku, Gugendi paisi hanukulanguziyi!’
“Leave your country and your people, and come into the country that 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.
And so Abraham left the country of the Chaldaeans and settled in Haran; and from there, after his father’s death, God caused him to migrate into this country, in which 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.
God did not at that time give him any part of it, not even a foot of ground. But he promised to give him possession of it and his descendants after him, though at that time he 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.
God’s words were these – “Abraham’s descendants will live in a foreign country, where they will be enslaved and ill-treated 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 myself will judge the nation, to which they will be enslaved,” God said, “and after that they will leave the country and worship 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.”
Then God made with Abraham the covenant of circumcision; and under it Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him when he was eight days old; and Isaac became the father of Jacob; and Jacob of the Twelve Patriarchs.
9 Wambuyi walii wamwoniriti weya Yosefu, wamwuza muumanda Misri. Kumbiti Mlungu kaweriti pamwera nayomberi.
The Patriarchs, out of jealousy, sold Joseph 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 delivered him out of all his troubles, and enabled him to win favour and show wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him Governor of Egypt and of his whole household.
11 Shakapanu, kwaniti njala ngulu paisi yoseri ya Misri na Kanaani, isababisha kuperuwa kukulu. Wambuyi wetu wapata ndiri shiboga shoseri
Then a famine spread over the whole of Egypt and Canaan, causing great distress, and our ancestors could find 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
Hearing, however, that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob sent our ancestors there on their first visit.
13 Pamwanja gwawu gwa pili, Yosefu kalimaniziyiti kwa walongu wakuwi, na Farawu kaimaniti kaya ya Yosefu.
In the course of their second visit, Joseph revealed himself to his brothers, and his 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 an urgent invitation to his father Jacob and to his relatives, seventy-five persons in all;
15 Hangu, Yakobu kagenditi Misri kweni yomberi na wambuyi wetu wamonga wahowiti.
and so Jacob went down into Egypt. There he died, and our ancestors also,
16 Njimba zyawu wazijegiti mpaka Shekemu, yankusirwa palipumba Aburahamu lyakahemiriti kulawa kwa likabira lya Hamoli kwa shiasi tunga sha mpiya.
and their bodies were removed to Shechem, and laid in the tomb which Abraham had bought for a sum of money 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 drew near for the fulfilment of the promise which God had made to Abraham, the people increased largely in numbers in Egypt,
18 “Upeleru, mfalumi yumu yomberi kammana ndiri Yosefu kanjiti kukolamlima aku Misri.
until a new king, who knew nothing of Joseph, came to the throne.
19 Kawatabisiyiti wantu wetu na kawatenderiti udoda wambuyi wetu pakawalagalira wawayasili kunja wananguta wawu wadidini su wahowi.
This king acted deceitfully towards our people and ill-treated our ancestors, making them abandon their own infants, so that they should not be reared.
20 Musa kayiwukiti shipindi ashi na kaweriti mwana kaherepa nentu. Yomberi kaleritwi mukaya ya tati gwakuwi kwa shipindi sha myezi mitatu,
It was just at this time that Moses was born. He was an exceedingly beautiful child, and for three months was brought up in his own father’s house;
21 na pawamlaviyiti kunja, binti gwa Farawu kamtoliti, kamlera gambira mwana gwakuwi.
and, when he was abandoned, the daughter of Pharaoh found him and brought him up as her own son.
22 Musa kafundwa vitwatira vyoseri vya luhala lwa Wamisri kamanika kwa visoweru na manyawiru.
So Moses was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians, and proved his ability both by his words and actions.
23 “Pakaweriti na umli wa vinja malongu msheshi kaamuwiti kugenda kuwawona walongu wakuwi Waisraeli.”
When he was in his fortieth year, he resolved to visit his fellow Israelites;
24 “Aku kamwoniti yumu gwawu kankumtendera vidoda, kagenda kumlopola na kwa kuwuzilira, kamlaga Mmisri ulii.
and, seeing an Israelite ill-treated, he defended him, and avenged the man, who was being wronged, by striking down the Egyptian.
25 Kalisheriti handa Waisraeli wayaguwi mewavimani handa Mlungu kamtumiti yomberi kuwalopola, kumbiti kavimana ndiri hangu.
He thought his own people would understand that God was using him to save them; but they failed to do so.
26 Shilawu yakuwi, kawoniti Waisraeli wawili wankulikoma, kajeriti kuwakolaniziya mawoku pakalonga, Mwenga ndo mwawalongu, iwera hashi mwankulitenderana vidoda maweni kwa maweni
The next day he again appeared on the scene, when some of them were fighting, and tried to make peace between them. “Men,” he said, “you are brothers; how is it that you are ill-treating one another?”
27 Ulii yakaweriti kankumkoma myaguwi kamkankiti Musa kumpeku kalonga, ndo gaa yakakutuliti gwenga guweri mtuwa na mkolaniziya mawoku gwetu?
But the man who was ill-treating his fellow workman pushed Moses aside saying – “Who made you a ruler and judge over us?
28 Hashi, gufira kunaga handa ntambu yagumlagiti Mmisri ulii lishu?
Do you mean to make away with me as you did yesterday with that Egyptian?”
29 Pa kupikinira aga, Musa katugiti, kagenda kulivaga paisi ya Midiyani na aku kapata wana wawili.
At these words Moses took to flight, and became an exile in Midian; and there he had two sons 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 had passed when there appeared to him, in the desert of Mount Sinai, an angel 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 was astonished at the vision; but on his going nearer to look at it more closely, the voice of the Lord was heard to say –
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 ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” Moses trembled, and did not dare to look.
33 Mtuwa kamgambira, Guyopoli vilwatu vyaku mana panu pagugoloka ndo pahala pananagala.
Then the Lord said to him – “Take your sandals off your feet, for the spot 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 seen the oppression of my people who are in Egypt, and heard their groans, and I have come down to deliver them. Come now and I will send you into 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 same Moses, whom they had disowned with the words – “Who made you a ruler and a judge?” was the man whom God sent to be both a ruler and a deliverer, under the guidance of the angel that had 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.
He it was who led them out, after he had shown wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the desert during forty years.
37 Musa ndo yakawagambiriti wantu wa Israeli, Mlungu hakawasyagulirani mbuyi handa neni kulawa pawalongu wenu mwenga maweni.
This was the Moses who said to the people of Israel – “God will raise up for you, from among yourselves, a prophet, as he raised up 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.
He, too, it was who was present at the assembly in the desert, with the angel who talked to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors, and who received living truths to impart to you.
39 Kumbiti yomberi ndo mbuyi gwetu yakalemiti kumpikinira, wamkangiti kumpeku, wana lwamatamata lwa kuwuya Misri.
Yet our ancestors refused him obedience; more than that, they rejected him, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,
40 Wamgambiriti Aruni, gutunyawiri milungu yayitulongoziya munjira, toziya tuvimana ndiri yagampatiti Musa yakatulongoziyiti kulawa Misri!
while they said to Aaron – “Make us Gods who will lead the way for us, since, as for this Moses who has brought us out 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.
That was the time when they made the calf and offered sacrifice to their idol, and held festivities in honour of their own handiwork!
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 turned from them and left them to the worship of the Starry Host, as is written in the book of the prophets – “Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me, house of Israel, all those forty years in the desert?
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 with you the tent where Moloch is worshipped and the star of the god Rephan – the images which you had made to worship. 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 ancestors had the tent where they worshipped God in the desert, constructed, just as he who spoke to Moses had directed him to make it, after the model which 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.
This tent, which was handed down to them, was brought into this country by our ancestors who accompanied Joshua (at the conquest of the nations that God drove out before their advance), and remained here 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 favour with God, and prayed that he might provide the God of Jacob with a place to reside.
47 Kumbiti Selemani ndo yakamnyawiriti numba Mlungu.
But it was Solomon who built a house for God.
48 “Ata hangu, Mlungu mkulu hakatami ndiri munumba zijegitwi na muntu, mbuyi ntambu yakatakula,
Yet it is not in buildings made by hands that the Most High dwells. 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?
“The heavens are a throne for me, and the earth a stool for my feet. What manner of house will you build me, asks the Lord, or what place is there where I may rest?
50 Hashi, mawoku gangu ndiri yaganyawiti vintu vyoseri avi?’
Was it not my hand that made 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.
Stubborn people, heathen in heart and ears, you are for ever resisting the Holy Spirit; your ancestors did it, and you are doing it still.
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 escaped persecution at their hands? They killed those who foretold the coming of the righteous one; of whom you, in your turn, have now become the betrayers and murderers –
53 Mwenga muliyangiti lilagaliru ilii lijegitwi kwamwenga na wantumintumi wa kumpindi, kumbiti mnjimira ndiri.”
you who received the Law as transmitted by angels and yet failed to keep it.’
54 Wazewi walii wa shizyungu pawapikiniriti aga, wakalaliti nentu, wamsagira menu kwa maya.
As they listened to this, the Council grew frantic with rage, and gnashed their teeth at Stephen.
55 Kumbiti Stefani kaweriti kamemitwi na Rohu Mnanagala, kalola kumpindi kwa Mlungu, kawona ukwisa wa Mlungu na Yesu kalivaga uwega wa kumliwu wa Mlungu.
He, filled as he was with the Holy Spirit, fixed his eyes intently on the heavens, and saw the glory of God and 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 exclaimed, ‘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,
At this, with a loud shout, they stopped their ears and all rushed on him, forced him outside the city,
58 wamlaviya kunja kulushi, wamguma mabuwi. Walii wakapitawu wagatula mahabiti gawu pasi pa ulolera wa mntemba yumu litawu lyakuwi Sauli.
and began to stone him, the witnesses laying their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.
59 Wendereyiti kumguma kwa mabuwi Stefanu aku pakawera kankumluwa Mlungu, “Mtuwa Yesu, guwanki rohu yangu!”
And they stoned Stephen, while he cried to the Lord, ‘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.
Falling on his knees, he called out loudly, ‘Lord! Do not charge them with this sin;’ and with these words he fell asleep.
