Mabasa 7
1 Zvino mupristi mukuru akati: Ko zvinhu izvi zvakadai here?
The high priest said, "Are these things so?"
2 Zvino akati: Varume, hama nemadzibaba, teererai. Mwari wekubwinya wakaonekwa kuna baba vedu Abhurahama vari muMesopotamia, vasati vagara 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 akati kwaari: Buda munyika yako nekuhama dzako, uuye kunyika yandichakuratidza.
and said to him, 'Go out from your land and from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.'
4 Zvino vakabuda munyika yeVaKaradhia, vakagara muHarani; zvino kubva ipapo shure kwekufa kwababa vavo, wakavabvisira kunyika iyi yamunogara imwi ikozvino;
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 asi haana kuvapa nhaka mairi, kwete kunyange chitsiko chetsoka, asi wakavimbisa kuvapa iyo ive yavo, neyembeu yavo shure kwavo, vasati vava nemwana.
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 Mwari ndokutaura seizvi, kuti mbeu yavo ichava mutorwa kunyika yeumweni, uye vachaiita nhapwa nekuibata zvakaipa makore mazana mana;
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 asi rudzi urwo rwavachava varanda kwarwuri ndicharwutonga ini, wakadaro Mwari; uye shure kweizvozvo vachabuda vagondishumira panzvimbo ino.
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 Zvino akavapa sungano yedzingiso, naizvozvowo vakabereka Isaka, vakamudzingisa zuva rerusere; naIsaka wakabereka Jakobho; naJakobho mateteguru gumi nemaviri.
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 Mateteguru akagodoka, vakatengesa Josefa kuEgipita; asi Mwari waiva naye.
"The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt; and God was with him,
10 Akamusunungura pamatambudziko ake ese, akamupa nyasha nenjere pamberi paFarao mambo weEgipita; ndokumuita mutungamiriri pamusoro peEgipita neimba yake yese.
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 Zvino kwakauya nzara panyika yese yeEgipita neKenani, nedambudziko guru; madzibaba edu akasawana kudya.
Now a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers found no food.
12 Asi Jakobho wakati anzwa kuti kwaiva nezviyo kuEgipita, wakatuma madzibaba edu kwekutanga.
But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
13 Zvino kwechipiri Josefa wakaziviswa kuvanakomana vababa vake; uye rudzi rwaJosefa rwukaziviswa kuna Farao.
On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh.
14 Zvino Josefa akatumira akadana baba vake Jakobho nehama dzake dzese, iri mweya makumi manomwe nemishanu.
Then Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
15 Zvino Jakobho akaburukira Egipita, ndokufa iye nemadzibaba edu;
Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, himself and our fathers,
16 uye vakatakurirwa Shekemi, vakaradzikwa paguva Abhurahama raakange atenga nemutengo wesirivheri kuvanakomana vaEmori weShekemi.
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 Zvino nguva yechivimbiso yakati yaswedera Mwari chaakange apikira kuna Abhurahama, vanhu vakakura, vakawanda muEgipita,
"But as the time of the promise came close which God had made to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18 kusvikira umwe mambo amuka wakange asingazivi Josefa.
until 'there arose a different king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.'
19 Ndiye wakabata rudzi rwedu nemano-mano, akatambudza madzibaba edu, achivarasisa vacheche vavo kuti varege kurarama.
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 Munguva iyoyo Mozisi wakaberekwa, uye wakange akanaka kuna Mwari; ndokurerwa mumba mababa vake mwedzi mitatu.
At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in his father's house.
21 Zvino wakati araswa, mukunda waFarao akamunonga, akazvirerera iye kuti ave mwanakomana wake.
When he was thrown out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and reared him as her own son.
22 Mozisi akadzidziswa muuchenjeri hwese hweVaEgipita; akava nesimba pamashoko nepamabasa.
Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
23 Zvino makore makumi mana akati asvika kwaari, zvakasvika mumoyo make kushanyira hama dzake, vana vaIsraeri.
But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
24 Zvino achiona umwe achiitirwa zvisakarurama, akamurwira ndokutsivira wakange achitambudzwa, akarova muEgipita;
Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
25 zvino waifunga kuti hama dzake dzichanzwisisa kuti Mwari anovapa ruponeso neruoko rwake; asi havana kunzwisisa.
He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they did not understand.
26 Zvino zuva raitevera wakazvionesa kwavari vachirwa, akavayananisa nesimba achiti: Varume, imwi muri hama; munoitiranirei zvisakarurama?
"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 Zvino iye wakange achiitira umwe wake zvakaipa wakamusundidzira achiti: Ndiani wakuita mutungamiriri nemutongi pamusoro pedu?
But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
28 Iwe unoda kundiuraya, sezvo wakauraya muEgipita zuro here?
Do you want to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?'
29 Zvino neshoko iri Mozisi wakatiza, ndokuva mutorwa munyika yeMidhiani, kwaakabereka vanakomana vaviri.
Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
30 Zvino makore makumi mana akati azadziswa, kwakaonekwa kwaari murenje regomo Sinai mutumwa waIshe mumurazvo wemoto wemugwenzi.
"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 Mozisi wakati aona, akashamisika nechionekwa ichi; zvino paaiswedera kunocherekedza, inzwi raIshe rikasvika kwaari richiti:
When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, a voice of the Lord came,
32 Ndini Mwari wemadzibaba ako, Mwari waAbhurahama, naMwari waIsaka, naMwari waJakobho. Zvino Mozisi akadedera akasashinga kucherekedza.
'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob.' Moses trembled, and dared not look.
33 Zvino Ishe akati kwaari: Kurura shangu patsoka dzako, nokuti nzvimbo yaumire pairi ivhu dzvene.
The Lord said to him, 'Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
34 Ndaonesesa dambudziko revanhu vangu vari muEgipita, ndikanzwa kugomera kwavo, zvino ndaburuka kuzovasunungura; ikozvino uya, ndichakutuma kuEgipita.
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 Uyu Mozisi wavakaramba vachiti: Ndiani wakakuita mutungamiri nemutongi? Ndiye Mwari waakatuma kuva mutungamiriri nemudzukunuri neruoko rwemutumwa, wakaonekwa kwaari mugwenzi.
"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 Iye akavabudisa, aita zvishamiso nezviratidzo munyika yeEgipita nemuGungwa Dzvuku, nemurenje makore makumi mana.
This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
37 Ndiye uyu Mozisi wakati kuvana vaIsraeri: Ishe Mwari wenyu achakumutsirai Muporofita pahama dzenyu, wakafanana neni; muchamunzwa iye.
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 Uyu ndiye wakange ari mukereke murenje, ane mutumwa wakataura naye mugomo Sinai ane madzibaba edu; wakagamuchira mashoko mapenyu kuti atipe.
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 Ndiye madzibaba edu wavakange vasingadi kuteerera; asi vakamusundidzira parutivi, vakadzokera kuEgipita mumoyo yavo.
to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
40 Vachiti kuna Aroni: Tiitire vamwari vachatitungamirira; nokuti Mozisi uyu wakatibudisa munyika yeEgipita, hatizivi zvamuwira.
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 Zvino vakaita mhuru mumazuva ayo, vakauisa chibairo kuchifananidzo, vakafara nemabasa emaoko avo.
They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
42 Zvino Mwari akafuratira, akavakumikidza kuti vashumire hondo yekudenga, sezvakanyorwa mubhuku revaporofita, zvichinzi: Ko makauisa kwandiri here zvibairo nezvipo makore makumi mana murenje, imwi imba yaIsraeri?
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 Uye makatakura tabhenakeri yaMoroki, nenyeredzi yamwari wenyu Remifani, zvifananidzo zvamakaita kuti muzvinamate; uye ndichakutamisirai mberi kweBhabhironi.
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 Madzibaba edu aiva netabhenakeri yeuchapupu murenje, sekuraira kwaiye wakataura naMozisi kuti aiite nemufananidzo waakange aona;
"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 yakatiwo madzibaba edu aitevera aigamuchira, akaipinza pamwe naJoshua munhumbi dzevahedheni, Mwari vaakadzinga pamberi pechiso chemadzibaba edu, kusvika kumazuva aDhavhidhi;
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 wakawana nyasha pamberi paMwari, akakumbira kuwanira Mwari waJakobho tabhenakeri.
who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
47 Asi Soromoni wakamuvakira imba.
But Solomon built him a house.
48 Asi Wekumusoro-soro haagari mutembere dzakaitwa nemaoko, sezvinoreva muporofita achiti:
However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
49 Denga chigaro changu cheushe, nenyika chitsiko chetsoka dzangu; muchandivakira imba yakadini? ndizvo zvinoreva Ishe; kana nzvimbo yezororo rangu ndeipi?
'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 Ruoko rwangu haruna kuita zvinhu izvi zvese here?
Did not my hand make all these things?'
51 Imwi vemitsipa mikukutu uye vasina kudzingiswa pamoyo nenzeve, imwi munogara muchipikisa Mweya Mutsvene; semadzibaba enyu saizvozvo imwi.
"You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so you do.
52 Ndeupi wevaporofita madzibaba enyu wavasina kushusha? Vakauraya avo vaifanozivisa nezvekuuya kweWakarurama, iye ikozvino wamava vatengesi nevaurayi vake.
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 Imwi vakagamuchira murairo neurongwa hwevatumwa, asi mukasauchengeta.
You received the Law as it was ordained by angels, and did not keep it."
54 Zvino vanzwa zvinhu izvi vakabaiwa pamoyo yavo, vakamugedera-gedera meno.
Now when they heard these things, they were furious, and they ground their teeth at him.
55 Asi azere neMweya Mutsvene wakatarisisa kudenga, akaona kubwinya kwaMwari, naJesu amire kuruoko rwerudyi rwaMwari,
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 akati: Tarirai, ndinoona matenga akazaruka, neMwanakomana wemunhu amire kuruoko rwerudyi rwaMwari.
And he said, "Look, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."
57 Zvino vakadanidzira nenzwi guru, vakadzivira nzeve dzavo, vakamhanyira paari nemoyo umwe;
But they shouted out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed at him with one accord.
58 vakamubudisira kunze kweguta, ndokumutaka nemabwe; nezvapupu zvikaisa nguvo dzazvo patsoka dzejaya rainzi Sauro.
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 Zvino vakataka Sitefano nemabwe, achidana achiti: Ishe Jesu, gamuchirai mweya wangu.
They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
60 Zvino wakafugama, akadanidzira nenzwi guru, achiti: Ishe, musavaverengera chivi ichi. Zvino wakati areva izvi, akarara.
He kneeled down, and shouted out, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." When he had said this, he fell asleep.
