Ngsäea Khut 7
1 Acunüng, ktaiyü ngvai naw, “Acuna ngthu kcangki aw?” ti lü, Stephen a kthäh.
Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
2 Acunüng Stephen naw msang lü, “Ka bee jah ka pae aw, ngai ua, mi pupa Abraham, Haran khawa am a ceh ham üng Mesopotemiha Pamhnama hlüngtainak a veia ngdang law lü,
And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
3 “Na khaw ja na im üngka naw cit lü ka ning mhnuh vaia pea cita” a ti.
And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
4 Acunüng, Abraham cun Khalade khaw üngka naw cit lü Haran khawa va veki; acunüng, a pa a thih käna hina atuh nami venak khawa Pamhnam naw a ngkawnsak.
Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
5 Acunüng, hia ta a venak vai, a khawpa a takeinak vai pi Pamhnam naw am pe; acunsepi, amät ja a ngsawne cäpa khawh a jah pet vaia am a ca ham üng tün lü khyütamki.
And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not [so much as] to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.
6 Acunüng, Pamhnam naw, ‘Na mjükphyüie khyanga khawa kum phyakphyü ve khaie, khyanga mpyaa ve u se, jah khuimkha khaie’ tia a pyen.
And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat [them] evil four hundred years.
7 Acunüng, Pamhnam naw, ‘Amimi jah mpya na khaia khyang mjüe pi kamät naw ami lei ka jah mtai law pe khai. Acun käna lät law be u lü, hina hnün üng na hjawkhah law khaie’ a ti.
And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
8 Acunüng, Pamhnam naw vun mawih vaia ngthumkhän pe se; acunüng, Abraham naw Isak ca na lü amhnüp khyetnak üng a vun a mawi pet; acunüng, Isak naw Jakop ca na se, Jakop naw a ca xaleinghngihea vun a jah mawih pet acune cun nglo ngthangkie mi pupae ni.
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so [Abraham] begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac [begat] Jacob; and Jacob [begat] the twelve patriarchs.
9 Acunüng, Jakopa cae naw ami na Josep k’eih u lü Egypt pea ami jawihei; acunsepi, Pamhnam naw vepüi lü,
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
10 a khuikhanak naküt üng küikyanki. Josep cun Egypt sangpuxanga maa a pha vai üng Pamhnam naw ani üng themnak ja a hmai vainak pe se, Pharo sangpuxang naw Egypt pe ja a im üng ngvai säiha a mcawn.
And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
11 Egypt ja Kanan pe avan üng khawjaw law se, khuikhanak aktäa ve lawki; mi pupae cun ami ei vai i am ta u lü vekie.
Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
12 Acunsepi, Jakop naw Egypt pea cang veki tia ksing lü a cae a jah tüih; acun cun ami cehnak akcüksäiha kyaki.
But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
13 Acunüng, anghngihnaka ami ceh üng, Josep cun a beea üng jah mtheh se; acunüng, Josepa khuiima mawng cun Pharo naw a jah ksing law.
And at the second [time] Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
14 Acunüng, Josep naw a pa Jakop ja a benae naküt a jah khüsak; ami van khyühkip ja hma lawki he.
Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to [him], and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
15 Jakop cun Egypt pea ju citki; acunüng, ani ja a tucae cun thikie.
So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
16 Ami yawke cun Sikem khawa jah cepüi u lü Abraham naw Sikem khawa Hamoa sanga veia ngui am a khyäiha ng'uhnak üng ami ja k’ut.
And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor [the father] of Sychem.
17 “Acunüng, Pamhnam naw Abrahama veia khyütam akpha law hlü üng, Jakopa mjükphyüie cun Egypt pea nung mja lawki he.
But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18 Josep am ksingkia sangpuxang akce naw Egypt cun up lawki.
Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
19 Ani naw mi pupae jah mkhuimkha lü hnasen he pi thi khaia im üngkhyüh a jah xawt tawnsak.
The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
20 Acunüng Pamhnama hmaia aktäa ngtokia, Mosi hmi law se, a pa ima khya kthum ami mcah;
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:
21 acun käna ami tawnnaka, Pharoa canu naw lo lü amäta ca vaia a mcahei.
And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
22 Acunüng Mosi cun Egypt pea ami ksingkhyapnak naküt jah mthei u se, bilawnak ja pyensaknak thei üng be lawki.
And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
23 Kum kphyükip a cum üng, a püi Isarele ihawkba vekie ti cun ja va bükteng khaia ngtängki.
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
24 Acunüng Isarel khyang mat Egypt khyang naw khuimkha se hmu lü, yungki naw Egypt khyang cun a hnim.
And seeing one [of them] suffer wrong, he defended [him], and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
25 (Pamhnam naw ani am a khyange jah yung khai tia, a khyange naw ksing khaiea ngai sepi, am ksing u.)
For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
26 Angawi law be tü üng amimät üngka xawi ngtunngpyei nise jah hmu law lü, ‘Ka püi xawi aw, bengna xawia nani kyaki, ise nani ngtunngpyeiki ni?’ ti lü ja mkhya khaia bü se,
And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
27 a püi ngtunpüiki naw Mosi buk lü, ‘Kani khana suki ja ngthumkhyah mkhawnga u naw aning mcawn ni?
But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
28 Müta Egypt khyang na hnima kba na na hnim khaia na büki aw?’ a kthäh.
Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
29 Acun a ngjaka phäha Mosi Midian pea cen lü, acuia cakpa nghngih a canak.
Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
30 Kum kphyükip a nghjawk käna, Sinai mcung pei khawkhyawng khawa meia däiki kpyap üngka naw, khankhawngsä mat a veia ngdang lawki.
And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
31 Mosi naw acun a hmu üng, aktäa cäi lü bükteng khaia a va k’et üng, Bawipa kthai naw,
When Moses saw [it], he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold [it], the voice of the Lord came unto him,
32 ‘Kei cun na pupaea Pamhnam ni, Abrahama Pamhnam, Isaka Pamhnam, Jakopa Pamhnam ni’ ti se, acunüng, Mosi naw kyüh lü am a bükteng dat.
[Saying], I [am] the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
33 Acunüng, Bawipa naw, ‘Na khawdawk cän suta; isetiakyaküng na ngdüinak cän hnün ngcimcaiha mdek ni.
Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
34 Egypt pea ka khyang vekiea ami khuikhanak aktäa hmu veng, ami ngko pi ngja veng, ami jah küikyan khaia ka kyum lawki ni. Tuhkbäih cita, Egypt pea ka ning tüih khai’ a ti.
I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
35 Acuna Mosi, ‘Kani khana suki ja ngthumkhyah mkhawnga u naw aning mcawn ni?’ tia Isarele naw ami mah cun, kpyapa k'uma a veia ngdang lawkia khankhawngsä naw kpüi se, Pamhnam naw ani kung cun ngvai ja küikyan khaia a tüiha kyaki.
This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send [to be] a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
36 Ani naw Egypt pe, Mpanglai Sen ja khawkhyawng khawa kum kphyükip üng, cäicatnak vaie ja müncamkse ja pawh lü a ja ngkhah lawpüi.
He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
37 Isarel khyange üng ‘Pamhnam naw kei ana mcawna mäiha, nami benae üngka sahma mat ning ja mcawn pe khai’ ti lü jah mthehki cun acuna Mosia kyaki.
This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
38 Ani cun, khawkhyawng khawa ngkhämkiea veia pi kyase, Sinai mcunga ngthuheipüikia khankhawngsäa veia pi kyase, ja mjükphyüi nakiea veia pi kyase ve lü mimi a jah pet vaia xüngseiki Pamhnama ngthu yahkia kyaki.
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and [with] our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
39 Ania ngthu cun mi pupae naw käh ngai u lü, ami mlung üng Egypt pea nghlat be vai ngjahlükie.
To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
40 Acunakyase Arona veia, ‘Ja ngkhahpüi khaia mhnam he jah pyan peta; Egypt pe üngka naw jah lawpüikia Mosi ihawkba veki ni am ksing ve üng’ ami ti.
Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for [as for] this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
41 Acunüng, seca juktuh pyang u lü, acun cun xüngsei hnimki he naw hjawkhah u lü, amimäta kuta pyang cun ngkengtai u lü hlimtuikie.
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42 Acunakyase Pamhnam naw akcea ja jah nghlat ta lü, khankhawa aisie jah hjawkhah khaiea a jah pawh; acun cun sahmaea yuknak caup üng: ‘Isarel khyange aw, khawkhyawng khawa kum kphyükip üng axüngksei jah hnim u lü ngkengnak nami bilawh hin kei nami na hjawkhahnak am ni.
Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices [by the space of] forty years in the wilderness?
43 Sama k'uma veki Moluk mhnam ceh hü lü aisi mhnam Rephan pi nami hjawkhah vaia a lup nami pyangki, acunakyase, Babalung pea nami mpya khaia ka ning jah tüih khai’ tia veki.
Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
44 Mi pupae naw khawkhyawng khawa Mhnama venak vai sam takie. Acun cun Mhnama phäh nami pyan vai cun Mosi üng mtheh kba sam nami takie.
Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
45 Acun käna, mi pupaea naw sam cun lo u lü Josuh mah maha cit u lü cehpüikie, acun cun Pamhnam naw ni maa a jah ksät khyangmjüea khawa takie. Acun hin Davita a ve law cäpa acua veki.
Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
46 Acuna Davit cun Pamhnama mpyeneinak yah lü, Jakopa Pamhnama venak vai pyang khaia kthähki.
Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
47 Acunsepi, Solamon naw ni im cun a sak.
But Solomon built him an house.
48 Acunsepi, hlüngtai säihkia Mhnam cun khyanga kut am saka im üng am ve khawi; sahma naw pyen lü:
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
49 Bawipa naw, ‘Khankhaw cun ka Bawingawhnaka kyaki, khawmdek cun ka khawpha ka mtaihnaka kyaki, im ia mäih nami na sak hlü peki ni? Ka venaka hnün cun ia mäih ni?
Heaven [is] my throne, and earth [is] my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what [is] the place of my rest?
50 Kamäta kut am anaküt ka ja mhnünkia am kya aw?’ ti ve, ti lü a pyen ni.
Hath not my hand made all these things?
51 Stephen naw msu lü, “Nami mlung ngcang ve, Pamhnama ngthu am nami ngjaki, anglät se Ngmüimkhya Ngcim nami mahki; nami pupaea ve ja nami ve täng ve.
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers [did], so [do] ye.
52 Nami pupae naw sahmae am ami khuimkha khawi veki aw? Law khaia Ngsungpyunkia Mpyaa mawng sang lawki he Pamhnama ngsä he jah hnimki he. Atuh pi ani cun phyehei lü nami hnimki.
Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
53 Mhnama thum, khankhawngsä hea naw ami ning jah pet cän yah u lü am nami läki” a ti.
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept [it.]
54 Acunüng, acuna ngthu cun kawngci khyange naw ami ngjak ja ami mlungso law se, Stephena khana mnicui kyetkie.
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with [their] teeth.
55 Acunsepi, Stephen cun Ngmüimkhya Ngcim am bekia kya lü, khankhawa hang mangki naw, Pamhnama hlüngtainak ja Pamhnama khet lama Jesuh ngdüi se a hmu.
But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
56 Acunüng, Stephen naw, “Teng u.” “Khankhaw nghmawng lü Pamhnama khet lama Khyanga Cakpa ngdüiki pi hmu veng” a ti.
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
57 Amimi cun angsanga ngpyang u lü, ami nghnga jah kbümeikie naw, atänga kyaksih u lü,
Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
58 mlüh k'um üngka naw akpunga kaih u lü, lung am ami khawng. Saksi vai ami suisake cun Sawluh ngming naki cawngpyang mata khaw kunga ami jah tak.
And cast [him] out of the city, and stoned [him]: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.
59 Acunüng, lung am aktäa ami khawng k'um üng, Stephen naw, “Bawipa Jesuh aw! ka Ngmüimkhya labea” ti lü ktaiyüki.
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [God], and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60 Acunüng, a mkhuk ngdäng lü, angsanga ngpyang lü, “Bawipa aw, hina ami mkhyekatnak cän käh ja thung be kawpi” a ti. Acuna ngthu a pyen päng ja thiki.
And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
