Acts 7
1 Bosi pfumu yi zinganga Nzambi wunyuvula: —Mambu mama bafundidi madi makiedika e?
The high priest said, "Are these things so?"
2 Buna Etieni wuvutula: —Batata ayi bakhomba ziama, bika luwa mambu ndieka ntuba: Nzambi yi nkemboyimonikina Dise dieto Abalahami bu kaba ku Mesopotami, tuamina kavuanda ku Alani,
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 ayi wunkamba: Bika tsi aku ayi bibutu biaku vayi yenda ku tsi yoyi ndiela ku monisa.
and said to him, 'Go out from your land and from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.'
4 Buna wubika tsi yi Kalide ayi wuyenda vuanda ku Alani. Dise diandi bu kafua, Nzambi wuntumisa mu tsi yayi lulembo zingila buabu.
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 Vayi Nzambi kasia kumvana kadi kiuka ko mu tsi yayi, ka diambu ko tini kintoto kioki kalenda tula lutambi luandi. Muaki Nzambi wunvana tsila yi kunvana tsi beni va kimosi ayi nkunꞌandi. Vayi mu thangu yina buna kabutidi kadi muana ko.
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 Buna Nzambi wunkamba: nkunꞌaku wela zingila mu tsi yi kinzenza; bela kuwuyadila ayi bela kuwuyamisa
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 Vayi Nzambi wubuela kamba diaka: ndiela sambisa tsi yoyi yela kuba yadila Bosi bela totuka mu tsi beni ayi bela kuiza ku tsambidila va buangu kiaki.
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 Nzambi wuvanga nguizani andi ayi Abalahami: nguizani yi nzengolo yi nitu yi kibakala. Abalahami wubuta Isaki, wunzenga mu lumbu ki nana. Isaki wubuta Yakobi bosi Yakobi wubuta kumi bakulu buadi.
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 Bakulu basumbisa Zozefi ku Ezipite mu diambu di kikhenene. Vayi Nzambi wuba yandi.
"The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt; and God was with him,
10 Diawu kankudila mu ziphasi ziandi zioso ayi mu nlemvo wu Nzambi, Zozefi wumonika mutu wu diela va ntuala Falawo, ntinu wu Ezipite. Diawu kanbiekila nyadi mu Ezipite dioso ayi mu nzo andi yoso.
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 Vayi kutotuka kanda kingolo mu Ezipite dioso ayi mu Kana. Ziphasi zingolo ziba mu thangu beni. Bakulu beto basia baka bidia ko.
Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers found no food.
12 Yakobi bu kawa ti ble yiba ku Ezipite, buna kuna kafidisa bakulu beto mu khubu yitheti.
But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
13 Mu khumbu yimmuadi yayi kaba fidisa, Zozefi wukimonikisa kuidi bakhomba bandi ayi Falawo wuyiza zaba dikanda de Zozefi.
On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh.
14 Buna Zozefi wutumisa dise diandi Yakobi ayi bibutu biandi bioso. Thalu yi batu boso yiba lusambudi lu batu ayi batu batanu.
Then Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
15 Yakobi wuyenda ku Ezipite, kuawu kafuila va kimosi ayi bakulu beto.
Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, himself and our fathers,
16 Banatu ku Sikemi, baziku mu biziami bisumba Abalahami kuidi bana ba Amoli, bobo baba nkalanga mu Sikemi.
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 Sumbu thangu yifueti dedikinina tsila Nzambi kavana Abalahami bu yifikama, buna batu babuelama ayi baluta buelama mu Ezipite
"But as the time of the promise came close which God had made to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18 nate ntinu wunkaka wukambu zaba Zozefi wutotuka mu Ezipite. Zozefi.
until 'there arose a different king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.'
19 Ntinu beni wusadila luvunu va ntuala dikanda dieto, wumonisa bakulu beto ziphasi nate mu kuba kuika baloza bana bawu batsombi mu diambu bana beni babika zinga.
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 Yawu thangu yibutukila Moyize, wuba muana wu kitoko va ntuala Nzambi. Zingondi zitatu bambuta bandi bansuekila mu nzo.
At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in his father's house.
21 Vayi bambuta bandi bu banloza, buna muana wunketo wu Falawo wuntota ayi wunyundula, wunkitula muanꞌandi.
When he was thrown out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and reared him as her own son.
22 Diawu Moyize wulongila mu ndongokolo yoso yi basi Ezipite, wuyiza ba mutu wunneni mu thubulu andi ayi mu mavanga mandi.
Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
23 Moyize bu kadukisa makumaya ma mimvu, wubaka lukanu lu kuenda tadi bakhomba bandi; bana ba Iseli.
But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
24 Bu kamona wumosi mu bawu, wumonoso phasi, buna wunkotila ayi wuvonda muisi Ezipite mutu wumonisa muana Iseli phasi.
Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
25 Wubanza ti bakhomba bandi zilznda sudika ti mu nzilꞌandi Nzambi wela kuba kula vayi basia sudika ko.
He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they did not understand.
26 Mu lumbu kilanda, wukimonisa kisa bana ba Iseli thangu baba nuana. Wuzola vutula ndembama va bawu bu kaba kamba: —A kiti beno luidi bakhomba! A bila mbi lulembo kimonisina phasi beno na beno e?
"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 Vayi mutu wowo wumonisa ndiandi phasi wutemina Moyize ayi wunkamba: —A nani wubiekidi pfumu ayi zuzi dieto e?
But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
28 Fuana ngeyo minu tidi vonda banga bobo wuvondidi muisi Ezipite kibeni yono e?
Do you want to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?'
29 Moyize bu kawa bobo, wutina ayi wukituka nzenza mu tsi yi Madiani, kuawu kabutila bana buadi bababakala.
Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
30 Makumaya ma mimvu bu mavioka, buna mbasi yimmonikina mu dikanga di mongo wu Sinayi. Wummonikina mu nlaki wu mbazu mu finti.
"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 Moyize bu kamona bobo, wusimina mu diambu di tsongolo. Bu kafikama mu kuenda tadi, buna mbembo yi Pfumu yiwakana:
When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, a voice of the Lord came,
32 Minu ndidi Nzambi yi bakulu baku; Nzambi yi Abalahami, yi Izaki ayi yi Yakobi. Moyize weka tita ayi kasia nunga buela tala ko.
'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob.' Moses trembled, and dared not look.
33 Buna Pfumu wunkamba: Vula zisapatu zidi mu malu maku, bila buangu kioki telimini kidi ntoto wunlongo.
The Lord said to him, 'Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
34 Ndimueni ziphasi zi batu bama badi ku Ezipite. Ndiwilu bidilu biawu. Diawu ndizidi mu kuba kula. Yiza buabu bila ngeyo ndieka tuma ku Ezipite.
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 Moyize beni diodi bamanga bu batuba: Nani wubiekidi pfumu ayi zuzi e? Buabu Nzambi wuntuma mu ba pfumu ayi nkudi mu lusadusu lu mbasi yoyi yimmonikina mu finti.
"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 Niandi wuba totula bu kavanga mambu manneni ayi bikumu mu tsi yi Ezipite, mu mbu wu mbuaki ayi mu dikanga mu tezo ki makumaya ma mimvu.
This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
37 Moyize beni niandi wukamba bana ba Iseli: Nzambi wela kulutotudila mbikudi wela ba banga minu va khatitsika bakhomba zieno.
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 Niandi wuba mu lukutukunu ku dikanga va kimosi ayi mbasi yoyi yinyolukila ku mongo Sinayi va kimosi ayi bakulu beto. Niandi wutambula mambu ma moyo muingi katutudisila mawu.
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 Vayi bakulu beto bamanga kuntumukina; banloza ayi mintima miawu mibaluka ku Ezipite.
to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
40 Bawu bakamba Aloni: —Wutuvangila zinzambi zilenda ku tutuaminina ku ntuala bila tukadi zaba mambu mbi mabuilulu Moyize diodi ditutotula mu tsi yi Ezipite.
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 Diawu mu bilumbu bina, bavanga tumba kimuana ngombi ayi batambika makaba kuidi tumba beni. Bamona khini mu diambu di bima bivanga mioko miawu.
They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
42 Vayi Nzambi wuba tamba manima, wuba yekula mu sadila zimbuetete banga busonimina mu nkanda wu mimbikudi: A basi Iseli, minu lutambikila bibulu ayi makaba mu makumaya ma mimvu mu dikanga e?
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 Beno lunata nzo ngoto yi Moloki ayi mbuetete yi nzambi Lefani, zimfikula ziozi luvanga muingi lubi; sambidila diawu ndiela kulunata mu buvika vioka 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 Bakulu beto baba ayi Nzo ngoto yi kimbangi mu dikanga, yivangama banga bu tumina Nzambi, Nzambi mutu wukamba Moyize ti kavanga yawu boso buididi mfikula yoyi kamona.
"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 Bakulu beto bu batambula yawu; bayikotisa mu thangu zozue mu zitsi zi Bapakanu, babo Nzambi kakuka ku ntuala bakulu beto nate mu thangu Davidi,
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 mutu wowo wumonokono nlemvo kuidi Nzambi ayi wuzola tungila Nzambi Yakobi nzo.
who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
47 Vayi Salomo wuyiza kuntungila nzo.
But Solomon built him a house.
48 Muaki, Nzambi yizangama kakalanga ko mu zinzo zitungulu mu mioko mi batu, banga bu tubila mbikudi:
However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
49 Pfumu wutuba: Diyilu diawu kundu kiama, ntoto kiawu buangu ndieti tetika malu mama. Buna phila nzo mbi luela kuthungila e? Voti phila buangu mbi kiela ba vundulu kiama e?
'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 Mioko miama misia vanga ko bima bioso biobi e?
Did not my hand make all these things?'
51 A beno bankua matingu! Beno luidi mintima mikangama ayi matu mafua! Beno mamveno lukidi tingunanga kueno Pheve Yinlongo mu zithangu zioso banga bakulu beno.
"You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so you do.
52 Mbikudi mbi wowo bakulu beno bakambu yamisa e? Bavonda mimbikudi miomi mitubila ndizulu yi “Mutu wusonga”, mutu wowo beno lusumbisidi ayi lumvodisidi;
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 beno lutambula Mina mu nzila yi zimbasi ayi lusia keba mina beni ko.
You received the Law as it was ordained by angels, and did not keep it."
54 Bu bawa mambu momo, bafuema ayi bakueta meno mu diambu diandi.
Now when they heard these things, they were furious, and they ground their teeth at him.
55 Vayi niandi wuba wuwala mu Pheve Yinlongo, wutala ku Diyilu, wumona nkembo wu Nzambi ayi wumona Yesu buna katelimini va koko ku lubakala lu Nzambi.
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 Buna wuba kamba: —Talanu, ndilembo moni Diyilu dizibukidi ayi Muana Mutu telimini va koko ku lubakala lu Nzambi.
And he said, "Look, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."
57 Bayamikina mu mbembo yingolo, bazibika matu mawu. Mu kithuadi baboso batumbu kumfuakana,
But they shouted out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed at him with one accord.
58 bankoka ku fula di divula ayi banzuba matadi. Bambangi batula minledi miawu va malu ma ditoko dimosi dizina diandi Sawuli.
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 Bazuba Etieni matadi vayi niandi wusambila ayi wutuba: —A Pfumu Yesu, tambula Pheve ama.
They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
60 Bosi wufukama ayi wuyamikina mu mbembo yingolo: —A Pfumu, kadi kuba tangila disumu diadi! Bu kamana tuba bobo, wufua.
He kneeled down, and shouted out, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." When he had said this, he fell asleep.
