Acts 7
1 Nígbà náà ni olórí àlùfáà wí pé, “Òtítọ́ ha ni àwọn ẹ̀sùn tí wọ́ fi kàn ọ́ bí?”
Then the High Priest asked him, "Are these statements true?"
2 Ní ìdáhùn sí èyí ó wí pé, “Ẹ̀yin arákùnrin àti ẹ̀yin baba, ẹ fetísílẹ̀ sí mi! Ọlọ́run ògo fi ara hàn fún Abrahamu baba wa, nígbà tí ó wà ni Mesopotamia, kí ó to ṣe àtìpó ni Harani.
The reply of Stephen was, "Sirs--brethren and fathers--listen to me. God Most Glorious appeared to our forefather Abraham when he was living in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,
3 Ọlọ́run wí fún un pé, ‘Jáde kúrò ní orílẹ̀-èdè rẹ àti kúrò lọ́dọ̀ àwọn ènìyàn rẹ, lọ sí ilẹ̀ kan tí èmi yóò fihàn ọ́.’
and said to him, "'Leave your country and your relatives, and go into whatever land I point out to you.'
4 “Nígbà náà ni ó jáde kúrò ní ilẹ̀ àwọn ará Kaldea, ó sì ṣe àtìpó ni Harani. Lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí baba rẹ̀ sì kú, Ọlọ́run mú un sípò padà wá sí ilẹ̀ yìí, níbi tí ẹ̀yin ń gbé báyìí.
"Thereupon he left Chaldaea and settled in Haran till after the death of his father, when God caused him to remove into this country where you now live.
5 Kò sí fún un ni ìní kan, ànító bi ìwọ̀n ààyè ẹsẹ̀ kan. Ṣùgbọ́n Ọlọ́run ṣe ìlérí fún pé, òun yóò fi ilẹ̀ ìní náà fún un àti fún àwọn irú-ọmọ rẹ̀ lẹ́yìn rẹ̀, nígbà tí kò tí ì ní ọmọ.
But he gave him no inheritance in it, no, not a single square yard of ground. And yet He promised to bestow the land as a permanent possession on him and his posterity after him--and promised this at a time when Abraham was childless.
6 Ọlọ́run sì sọ báyìí pé, ‘Irú-ọmọ rẹ yóò ṣe àtìpó ní ilẹ̀ àjèjì; wọn ó sì sọ wọn di ẹrú, wọn ó sì pọ́n wọn lójú fún irinwó ọdún.
And God declared that Abraham's posterity should for four hundred years make their home in a country not their own, and be reduced to slavery and be oppressed.
7 Ọlọ́run wí pé, Orílẹ̀-èdè náà tí wọn yóò máa sìn, ni èmi ó dá lẹ́jọ́; lẹ́yìn náà ni wọn ó sì jáde kúrò, wọn ó sì wá sìn mí níhìn-ín yìí.’
"'And the nation, whichever it is, that enslaves them, I will judge,' said God; 'and afterwards they shall come out, and they shall worship Me in this place.'
8 Ó sì fún Abrahamu ni májẹ̀mú ìkọlà. Abrahamu bí Isaaki, ó kọ ọ́ ní ilà ni ọjọ́ kẹjọ tí ó bí i. Isaaki sí bí Jakọbu, Jakọbu sì bí àwọn baba ńlá méjìlá.
"Then He gave him the Covenant of circumcision, and under this Covenant he became the father of Isaac--whom he circumcised on the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve Patriarchs.
9 “Àwọn baba ńlá sí ṣe ìlara Josẹfu, wọ́n sì tà á sí Ejibiti; ṣùgbọ́n Ọlọ́run wà pẹ̀lú rẹ̀,
"The Patriarchs were jealous of Joseph and sold him into slavery in Egypt. But God was with him
10 ó sì yọ ọ́ kúrò nínú ìpọ́njú rẹ̀ gbogbo. Ó sì fún Josẹfu ní ọgbọ́n, ó sì mú kí ó rí ojúrere Farao ọba Ejibiti; òun sì fi jẹ baálẹ̀ Ejibiti àti gbogbo ilé rẹ̀.
and delivered him from all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom when he stood before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him governor over Egypt and all the royal household.
11 “Ìyàn kan sì mú ni gbogbo ilẹ̀ Ejibiti àti ni Kenaani, àti ìpọ́njú ńlá, àwọn baba wa kò sì rí oúnjẹ.
But there came a famine throughout the whole of Egypt and Canaan--and great distress--so that our forefathers could find no food.
12 Ṣùgbọ́n nígbà tí Jakọbu gbọ́ pé alikama ń bẹ ni Ejibiti, ó rán àwọn baba wa lọ lẹ́ẹ̀kínní.
When, however, Jacob heard that there was wheat to be had, he sent our forefathers into Egypt; that was the first time.
13 Nígbà kejì Josẹfu fi ara rẹ̀ hàn fún àwọn arákùnrin rẹ̀, a sì tún fi wọ́n hàn fún Farao.
On their second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Pharaoh was informed of Joseph's parentage.
14 Lẹ́yìn èyí, Josẹfu ránṣẹ́ pe Jakọbu baba rẹ̀, àti àwọn ìbátan rẹ̀ wá sọ́dọ̀ rẹ, gbogbo wọ́n sì tó àrùndínlọ́gọ́rin ọkàn.
Then Joseph sent and invited his father Jacob and all his family, numbering seventy-five persons, to come to him,
15 Nígbà náà ni Jakọbu sọ̀kalẹ̀ lọ sí Ejibiti, ní ibi tí òun àti àwọn baba wa kú sí.
and Jacob went down into Egypt. There he died, and so did our forefathers,
16 A sì gbé òkú wọn padà wá sí Ṣekemu, a sì tẹ́ wọn sínú ibojì ti Abrahamu rà ni ọwọ́ àwọn ọmọ Amori ní Ṣekemu ní iye owó wúrà kan.
and they were taken to Shechem and were laid in the tomb which Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a sum of money paid in silver.
17 “Nígbà tí àkókò tí Ọlọ́run yóò mú ìlérí tí ó ṣe fún Abrahamu ṣẹ kù sí dẹ̀dẹ̀, àwọn ènìyàn wa ń gbèrú si gidigidi ní iye ní ilẹ̀ Ejibiti.
"But as the time drew near for the fulfilment of the promise which God had made to Abraham, the people became many times more numerous in Egypt,
18 Ṣùgbọ́n ọba tuntun mìíràn tí kò mọ Josẹfu jẹ ní ilẹ̀ Ejibiti.
until there arose a foreign king over Egypt who knew nothing of Joseph.
19 Òun náà ni ó ṣe àrékérekè sí àwọn ìbátan wa. Wọn sì hùwà búburú sí àwọn baba wa, tó bẹ́ẹ̀ tí wọ́n fi já àwọn ọmọ ọwọ́ wọn kúrò lọ́wọ́ wọn nítorí kí wọn má ṣe yè.
He adopted a crafty policy towards our race, and oppressed our forefathers, making them cast out their infants so that they might not be permitted to live.
20 “Ní àkókò náà ni a bí Mose ọmọ tí ó se iyebíye, tí wọn sí bọ́ lóṣù mẹ́ta ni ilé baba rẹ̀.
At this time Moses was born--a wonderfully beautiful child; and for three months he was cared for in his father's house.
21 Nígbà tí wọn sí gbe é sọnù, ọmọbìnrin Farao gbé e, ó sì tọ ọ́ dàgbà gẹ́gẹ́ bí ọmọ ara rẹ̀.
At length he was cast out, but Pharaoh's daughter adopted him, and brought him up as her own son.
22 A sì kọ́ Mose ni gbogbo ọgbọ́n ara Ejibiti, ó sì pọ̀ ni ọ̀rọ̀ àti ní ìṣe.
So Moses was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians, and possessed great influence through his eloquence and his achievements.
23 “Nígbà tí Mose di ọmọ ogójì ọdún, ó sọ sí i lọ́kàn láti lọ bẹ àwọn ọmọ Israẹli ará rẹ̀ wò.
"And when he was just forty years old, it occurred to him to visit his brethren the descendants of Israel.
24 Nígbà tí ó sì rí ọ̀kan nínú wọ́n tí ará Ejibiti kan ń jẹ́ ní ìyà, ó gbèjà rẹ̀, ó gbẹ̀san ẹni tí wọ́n jẹ ní ìyà nípa lílu ará Ejibiti náà pa.
Seeing one of them wrongfully treated he took his part, and secured justice for the ill-treated man by striking down the Egyptian.
25 Mose rò bí àwọn ará òun mọ̀ pé Ọlọ́run yóò ti ọwọ́ òun gbà wọn; ṣùgbọ́n wọn kò mọ̀.
He supposed his brethren to be aware that by him God was sending them deliverance; this, however, they did not understand.
26 Ní ọjọ́ kejì Mose yọ sí àwọn ọmọ Israẹli méjì bí wọ́n ti ń jà. Òun si fẹ́ parí ìjà fún wọn. Ó wí pé, ‘Ènìyàn mi, ará ni ẹ̀yin; èéṣe tí ẹ̀yin fi ń ṣe ohun tí kò tọ́ sí ara yín?’
The next day, also, he came and found two of them fighting, and he endeavoured to make peace between them. "'Sirs,' he said, 'you are brothers. Why are you wronging one another?'
27 “Ṣùgbọ́n ẹni tí ó fínràn sí ẹnìkejì rẹ̀ ti Mose sí ẹ̀gbẹ́ kan, ó wí pé, ‘Ta ni ó fi ọ́ jẹ olórí àti onídàájọ́ lórí wa?
"But the man who was doing the wrong resented his interference, and asked, "'Who appointed you magistrate and judge over us?
28 Ṣé ìwọ fẹ́ pa mí bí o ti pa ará Ejibiti lánàá?’
Do you mean to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?'
29 Mose sì sá nítorí ọ̀rọ̀ yìí, ó sì wa ṣe àtìpó ni ilẹ̀ Midiani, níbi tí ó gbé bí ọmọ méjì.
"Alarmed at this question, Moses fled from the country and went to live in the land of Midian. There he became the father of two sons.
30 “Nígbà tí ogójì ọdún sì pé, angẹli Olúwa fi ara han Mose ní ijù, ní òkè Sinai, nínú ọ̀wọ́-iná nínú igbó.
"But at the end of forty years there appeared to him in the Desert of Mount Sinai an angel in the middle of a flame of fire in a bush.
31 Nígbà tí Mose sì rí i, ẹnu yà á sí ìran náà; nígbà tí ó sì súnmọ́ ọn láti wò ó fín, ohùn Olúwa kọ sí i,
When Moses saw this he wondered at the sight; but on his going up to look further, the voice of the Lord was heard, saying,
32 wí pé ‘Èmi ni Ọlọ́run àwọn baba rẹ, Ọlọ́run Abrahamu, Ọlọ́run Isaaki, àti Ọlọ́run Jakọbu,’ Mose sì wárìrì pẹ̀lú ìbẹ̀rù, kò sì dáṣà láti wò ó mọ́.
"'I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob.' "Quaking with fear Moses did not dare gaze.
33 “Olúwa sì wí fún un pé, ‘Bọ́ bàtà rẹ kúrò ní ẹsẹ̀ rẹ, nítorí ibi tí ìwọ dúró sí i nì ilẹ̀ mímọ́ ni.
"'Take off your shoes,' said the Lord, 'for the spot on which you are standing is holy ground.
34 Ní rí rí, mo ti rí ìpọ́njú àwọn ènìyàn mi tí ń bẹ ni Ejibiti, mo sì ti gbọ́ ìkérora wọn, mo sì sọ̀kalẹ̀ wá láti gbà wọ́n. Wá nísinsin yìí, Èmi ó sì rán ọ lọ sí ilẹ̀ Ejibiti.’
I have seen, yes, I have seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt and have heard their groans, and I have come down to deliver them. And now I will send you to Egypt.'
35 “Mose náà yìí tí wọ́n kọ̀, wí pé, ‘Ta ni ó fi jẹ olórí àti onídàájọ́?’ Òun náà ni Ọlọ́run rán lọ láti ọwọ́ angẹli, tí ó farahàn án ní pápá, láti ṣe olórí àti olùdáǹdè.
"The Moses whom they rejected, asking him, 'Who appointed you magistrate and judge?' --that same Moses we find God sending as a magistrate and a deliverer by the help of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
36 Òun ni ó mú wọn jáde, lẹ́yìn ìgbà tí ó ṣe iṣẹ́ ìyanu àti iṣẹ́ àmì ní ilẹ̀ Ejibiti, àti ni Òkun pupa, àti ni aginjù ní ogójì ọdún.
This was he who brought them out, after performing marvels and signs in Egypt and at the Red Sea, and in the Desert for forty years.
37 “Èyí ni Mose náà ti ó wí fún àwọn ọmọ Israẹli pé, ‘Ọlọ́run yóò gbé wòlíì kan bí èmi dìde nínú àwọn ènìyàn yín.’
This is the Moses who said to the descendants of Israel, "'God will raise up a Prophet for you, from among your brethren, just as He raised me up.'
38 Èyí náà ni ẹni tí ó wà nínú ìjọ ní ijù pẹ̀lú angẹli náà tí ó bá a sọ̀rọ̀ ní orí òkè Sinai, àti pẹ̀lú àwọn baba wa; ẹni ti ó gba ọ̀rọ̀ ìyè láti fi fún wa.
'This is he who was among the Congregation in the Desert, together with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and with our forefathers, who received ever-living utterances to hand on to us.
39 “Ṣùgbọ́n àwọn baba wa kò fẹ́ gbọ́ tirẹ̀. Dípò bẹ́ẹ̀, wọ́n kọ̀ ọ́ sílẹ̀, àti pé nínú ọkàn wọn, wọn fẹ́ yípadà lọ sí ilẹ̀ Ejibiti.
"Our forefathers, however, would not submit to him, but spurned his authority and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.
40 Wọ́n wí fún Aaroni pé, ‘Dá òrìṣà fún wa tí yóò máa tọ́nà ṣáájú wa; nítorí bí ó ṣe ti Mose yìí tí ó mú wa jáde wá láti ilẹ̀ Ejibiti, a kò mọ̀ ohun tí ó ṣe é.’
They said to Aaron, "'Make gods for us, to march in front of us; for as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'
41 Wọ́n sì yá ère ẹgbọrọ màlúù ni ọjọ́ wọ̀nyí. Wọ́n sì rú ẹbọ sí ère náà, wọ́n sì ń yọ̀ nínú ohun tí wọ́n fi ọwọ́ ara wọn ṣe.
"Moreover they made a calf at that time, and offered a sacrifice to the idol and kept rejoicing in the gods which their own hands had made.
42 Ọlọ́run sì padà, ó fi wọn sílẹ̀ láti máa sin ogun ọ̀run: òòrùn, òṣùpá àti ìràwọ̀. Èyí wà ní ìbámu pẹ̀lú bí a ti kọ ọ́ nínú ìwé àwọn wòlíì pé: “‘Ẹ̀yin ha mú ẹran tí a pa àti ẹbọ wa fún mi ní ogójì ọdún ní ijù bí, ìwọ ilé Israẹli?
So God turned from them and gave them up to the worship of the Host of Heaven, as it is written in the Book of the Prophets, "'Were they victims and sacrifices which you offered Me, forty years in the Desert, O House of Israel?
43 Ẹ̀yin sì tẹ́wọ́gbà àgọ́ Moleki, àti ìràwọ̀ Refani òrìṣà yín, àwòrán tí ẹ̀yin ṣe láti máa bọ wọ́n. Nítorí náà èmi yóò kó yín lọ sí ìgbèkùn rékọjá Babeli.’
Yes, you lifted up Moloch's tent and the Star of the God Rephan--the images which you made in order to worship them; and I will remove you beyond Babylon.'
44 “Àwọn baba wa ní àgọ́ ẹ̀rí pẹ̀lú wọn ní ijù. Èyí tí a ṣe gẹ́gẹ́ bí Ọlọ́run tí ó ba Mose sọ̀rọ̀ pé kí ó ṣe é, gẹ́gẹ́ bí àpẹẹrẹ tí ó ti rí.
"Our forefathers had the Tent of the Testimony in the Desert, built as He who spoke to Moses had instructed him to make it in imitation of the model which he had seen.
45 Ti àwọn baba wa tí ó tẹ̀lé wọn sí mú bá Joṣua wá sí ilẹ̀ ìní àwọn aláìkọlà, tí Ọlọ́run lè jáde kúrò níwájú àwọn baba wa, títí dí àkókò Dafidi.
That Tent was bequeathed to the next generation of our forefathers. Under Joshua they brought it with them when they were taking possession of the land of the Gentile nations, whom God drove out before them. So it continued till David's time.
46 Ẹni tí ó rí ojúrere níwájú Ọlọ́run, tí ó sì tọrọ láti rí ibùgbé fún Ọlọ́run Jakọbu.
David obtained favour with God, and asked leave to provide a dwelling-place for the God of Jacob.
47 Ṣùgbọ́n Solomoni ni ó kọ́ ilé fún un.
But it was Solomon who built a house for Him.
48 “Ṣùgbọ́n Ọ̀gá-ògo kì í gbé ilé ti a fi ọwọ́ kọ́, gẹ́gẹ́ bí wòlíì ti wí pé:
Yet the Most High does not dwell in buildings erected by men's hands. But, as the Prophet declares,
49 “‘Ọ̀run ni ìtẹ́ mi, ayé ni àpótí ìtìsẹ̀ mi. Irú ilé kín ní ẹ̀yin yóò kọ́ fún mi? ni Olúwa wí. Tàbí níbo ni yóò jẹ́ ibi ìsinmi mi?
"'The sky is My throne, and earth is the footstool for My feet. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or what resting place shall I have?
50 Ọwọ́ mi kò ha ṣe gbogbo nǹkan wọ̀nyí.’
Did not My hand form this universe.'
51 “Ẹ̀yin ọlọ́rùn líle àti aláìkọlà àyà àti etí! Bí àwọn baba yín gẹ́lẹ́ ni ẹ̀yin rí. Nígbà gbogbo ni ẹ̀yin máa ń dènà Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́!
"O stiff-necked men, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you also are continually at strife with the Holy Spirit--just as your forefathers were.
52 Ǹjẹ́ ọ̀kan tilẹ̀ wà nínú àwọn wòlíì tí àwọn baba yín kò ṣe inúnibíni sí? Wọn sì ti pa àwọn ti ó ti ń sọ àsọtẹ́lẹ̀ nípa wíwá Ẹni Olódodo náà. Nísinsin yìí ẹ̀yin ti dalẹ̀ rẹ̀ ẹ̀yin sí ti pa.
Which of the Prophets did not your forefathers persecute? Yes, they killed those who announced beforehand the advent of the righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become--
53 Ẹ̀yin tí ó gba òfin, gẹ́gẹ́ bí àwọn angẹli ti fi fún ni, tí ẹ kò sì pa á mọ́.”
you who received the Law given through angels, and yet have not obeyed it."
54 Nígbà tí wọn sì gbọ́ nǹkan wọ̀nyí ọkàn wọn gbọgbẹ́ dé inú, wọn sì payínkeke sí i.
As they listened to these words, they became infuriated and gnashed their teeth at him.
55 Ṣùgbọ́n Stefanu, ẹni tí ó kún fún Ẹ̀mí Mímọ́, ó tẹjúmọ́ ọ̀run, ó sì rí ògo Ọlọ́run, àti Jesu dúró ní ọwọ́ ọ̀tún Ọlọ́run.
But, full of the Holy Spirit and looking up to Heaven, Stephen saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at God's right hand.
56 Ó sì wí pé, “Wò ó, mo rí ọ̀run ṣí sílẹ̀, Ọmọ Ènìyàn sì dúró ní ọwọ́ ọ̀tún Ọlọ́run.”
"I can see Heaven wide open," he said, "and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand."
57 Nígbà náà ni wọn kígbe ní ohùn rara, wọn sí di etí wọ́n, gbogbo wọn sì sáré sí i, wọ́n sì rọ́ lù ú,
Upon this, with a loud outcry they stopped their ears, rushed upon Stephen in a body,
58 wọ́n sì wọ́ ọ sẹ́yìn òde ìlú, wọ́n sì bẹ̀rẹ̀ sísọ ọ́ ní òkúta; àwọn ẹlẹ́rìí sì fi aṣọ wọn lélẹ̀ lẹ́sẹ̀ ọmọkùnrin kan tí a ń pè ní Saulu.
dragged him out of the city, and stoned him, the witnesses throwing off their outer garments and giving them into the care of a young man called Saul.
59 Bí wọ́n ti ń sọ Stefanu ní òkúta, ó sì ké pe Olúwa wí pé, “Jesu Olúwa, gba ẹ̀mí mi.”
So they stoned Stephen, while he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
60 Nígbà náà ni ó wólẹ̀ lórí eékún rẹ̀, ó kígbe sókè pé, “Olúwa, má ṣe ka ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ yìí sí wọn ní ọrùn.” Nígbà ti ó sì wí èyí tán, ó sùn lọ.
Then, rising on his knees, he cried aloud, "Lord, do not reckon this sin against them." And with these words he fell asleep.
