Acts 7
1 Then the high priest asked, ‘Is this true?’
Tua zawkciang in thiampi sang in, hi thu te tabangma ziam? ci hi.
2 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 –
Taciang Stephen in, suapui te le pa te awng, ngai vun; i pa Abraham sia Haran ah a om ma, Mesopotamia ah a omlai tak in, a vanglian Pathian sia ama tung ah kilang a,
3 “Leave your country and your people, and come into the country that I will show you.”
Ama tung ah, na ngam le na mipui te sung pan in pusuak in a, kong lak tu ngam ah pai in, ci hi.
4 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.
Tua zawkciang in Chaldaeans ngam pan pusuak a, Haran khua ah om hi: tua mun pan a pa a thi ciang in, tu in na omna uh mun, hi ngamsung ah ki khin hi.
5 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.
Taciang hi ngam sung ah a peang ngak natu na ngawn, mun pia ngawl hi: ahihang ama le a suan le pal te sia hi ngam pia tu in ta a nei ma in, kamciam pia zo hi.
6 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.
Taciang Pathian in hi bang in son hi, a suan le pal te sia ngamdang ah peam tu uh a; kum zali sung sal tang in ngimna thuak tu uh hi.
7 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.”
Taciang a saltanna mun minam te keima in thu ka khen tu hi, tua zawkciang in amate pusuak tu uh a, hi mun ah keima na seam tu uh hi, ci in Pathian in ci hi.
8 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.
Taciang Pathian in Abraham sia vunteap tanna kamciam pia hi: taciang Abraham in Isaac nei a, ni liat ni ciang in a vunteap tansak hi; taciang Isaac in Jacob nei a; taciang Jacob in minam a dingsak sawm le ni te nei hi.
9 The Patriarchs, out of jealousy, sold Joseph into slavery in Egypt; but God was with him,
Taciang minam a dingsak te in ki enna hang in Joseph sia Egypt ngam ah zuak uh hi napi: Pathian in ompui a,
10 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.
Haksatna theampo sung pan in suatak in, Egypt kumpipa Pharaoh mai ah ciimna le maipha pia hi; taciang Egypt ngam le ama inn theampo tung ah a uk tu in vawt hi.
11 Then a famine spread over the whole of Egypt and Canaan, causing great distress, and our ancestors could find no food.
Egypt ngam le Canaan ngamsung theampo ah kialtung a, taciang haksatna lianpi theng ahikom in i pu i pa te bangma neak tu muzo ngawl uh hi.
12 Hearing, however, that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob sent our ancestors there on their first visit.
Ahihang Jacob in Egypt ngam ah an om hi, ci a zak ciang in, i pu le pa te a masabel in paisak hi.
13 In the course of their second visit, Joseph revealed himself to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh.
Taciang a ni veina ciang in Joseph in a suapui te kung ah ama thu hesak a; taciang Joseph i mealheak te sia Pharaoh kung ah hesak hi.
14 Then Joseph sent an urgent invitation to his father Jacob and to his relatives, seventy-five persons in all;
Tua zawkciang in Joseph in paisak a, a pa Jacob le a mealheak theampo mihing sawm sali le nga te sia ama kung ah sam hi.
15 and so Jacob went down into Egypt. There he died, and our ancestors also,
Tua ahikom Jacob sia Egypt ngam ah pai a, ama le i pupi te tuak ah thi hi,
16 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.
A luanghawm sia Shechem ah pua uh a, Abraham in Hamor tapa kung pan dangka taw a lei sa than ah vui hi. Hamor sia Shechem i pa a hihi.
17 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,
Ahihang Pathian in Abraham tung ah kiciam in kamciamna hun a nai ciang in, Egypt ngam ah amate khang in pung seseam uh hi,
18 until a new king, who knew nothing of Joseph, came to the throne.
Joseph a he ngawl a dang kumpi khat hong khan dong in pung uh hi.
19 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.
Tua kumpipa in i mipui te sia philphit tak in theambawl uh a, nausen te a nungta ngawl tu in vawk tu in i pupi te sia phatngawlna taw vawtsia uh hi.
20 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;
Tua hun in Moses suak a, ama sia hoi mama hi, taciang a pa inn ah tha thum sung ki vak hi:
21 and, when he was abandoned, the daughter of Pharaoh found him and brought him up as her own son.
Taciang ama sia a puasang ah a ki vawk ciang in, Pharaoh tanu in la a, ama tapa tu in vak hi.
22 So Moses was educated in all the learning of the Egyptians, and proved his ability both by his words and actions.
Tua Moses in Egypt te pilna theampo sin a, ama sia kampau le sepna ah lawcing mama hi.
23 When he was in his fortieth year, he resolved to visit his fellow Israelites;
Taciang ama sia kum sawmli a phak ciang in, a suapui Israel tate ve nopna a thinsung pan hong suak hi.
24 and, seeing an Israelite ill-treated, he defended him, and avenged the man, who was being wronged, by striking down the Egyptian.
Israel mi khat a man ngawl in a thuak a mu ciang in, tua pa ngum a, a vawtsia Egypt pa sia phulam in that hi:
25 He thought his own people would understand that God was using him to save them; but they failed to do so.
Banghangziam cile Pathian in ama khut zang in amate suatak tu hi, ci a suapui te in he tu in ngaisun hi:
26 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?”
A zingciang in Israel mi ni a kihau te kung ah pai a, lemtua sawm in, note u nau nu hi; banghang in kihau nu ziam? ci hi.
27 But the man who was ill-treating his fellow workman pushed Moses aside saying – “Who made you a ruler and judge over us?
Ahihang a innpam pa a vawtsia pa in Moses sawn a, nang akua in kote tung ah thunei le thukhen tu in hong vawt ziam?
28 Do you mean to make away with me as you did yesterday with that Egyptian?”
Zei ni Egypt pa na thalup bang in hong that nuam ni ziam? ci hi.
29 At these words Moses took to flight, and became an exile in Midian; and there he had two sons born to him.
Tua zawkciang hisia pa i kampau hang in Moses tai a Midian ngam ah peamta in om hi, tua mun ah tapa ni nei hi.
30 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.
Kum sawm li a bo ciang in, Sinai mual duisung ah Topa vantungmi sia lophung kuang bang in kilang hi.
31 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 –
Tasia Moses in a mu ciang in, a mu thu lamdangsa a: en tu in a neak ciang in, Topa aw ama tung ah theng a,
32 “I am the God of your ancestors, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” Moses trembled, and did not dare to look.
Keima sia na pu le pa te i Pathian, Abraham Pathian, Isaac Pathian le Jacob Pathian ka hihi, ci hi. Tua zawkciang in Moses sia ling a, en zong en ngam ngawl hi.
33 Then the Lord said to him – “Take your sandals off your feet, for the spot where you are standing is holy ground.
Tua zawkciang in Topa in ama kung ah, na peangdap sut in: banghangziam cile na dinna mun sia a thiangtho leitang a hihi.
34 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.”
Keima in ka mu zo hi, Egypt ngam ah ka mite haksatna sia keima in mu zo khi hi, taciang amate tauna ka za zo a, suatak tu in kong tuaksuk hi. Taciang tu in hongpai tan, Egypt ngam ah hong sawl tu khi hi, ci hi.
35 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.
Hi Moses sia amate in nial uh a, kua in nangma sia hong uk tu le thukhen tu in hong vawt ziam? ci uh hi. Pathian in Moses sia lophung sung pan ama tung ah a kilang vantungmi i khut tungtawn in ukpa le ngumpa tu in paisak hi.
36 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.
Moses in amate pusua pui a, tua zawkciang in Egypt ngam, san tuipi le senneal ngam sung ah kum sawm li sung, nalamdang le musakna tampi te lak hi.
37 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.”
Topa na Pathian in keima bang kamsang khat, na suapui te sung pan ka piangsak tu a; note in a thu na ngai tu uh hi, tabang in Israel tate a sonpa sia Moses a hihi.
38 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.
Ama sia senneal ngamsung ah a kikhawm te kung ah ahizong, Sinai mual ah vantungmi taw a ki paupui na ah ahizong, taciang i pu i pa te taw ahizong, omkhawm ngei a: ama sia eite tung ah hongpiak tu a nungta kammal te a sang pa a hihi:
39 Yet our ancestors refused him obedience; more than that, they rejected him, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,
I pu i pa te in thu ni ngawl uh a, amate kung pan sawnthal uh hi, taciang amate thinsung pan in Egypt ngam ah heakkik uh hi,
40 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.”
Amate in Aaron tung ah, kote i mai ah a pai tu in pathian te hong vawtsak tan: banghangziam cile Egypt ngam pan hong pusua Moses sia bangsuak, ci ka he bua uh hi, ci uh hi.
41 That was the time when they made the calf and offered sacrifice to their idol, and held festivities in honour of their own handiwork!
Taciang tua hun sung in amate in khuino vawt uh a, milim tung ah biakpiakna pia uh hi, taciang amate khut taw a vawttawm nate tung ah lungdam in om uh hi.
42 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?
Tua zawkciang in Pathian in amate nungngat a, van aksi te bia tu in koicip hi; kamsang te laibu sung ah a ki atsa bang in, Maw, no Israel minam te, senneal ngam ah kum sawm li sung a ki thatlum ngamsa te le biakpiakna te nong pia uh ziam?
43 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.”
Note in Molech i biakbuk le na aksi pathian Rephan, na biak tu in na vawttawm uh milim te na keng uh hi: tua ahikom keima in note sia Babylon ngalkhat dong in kong pua tu hi.
44 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.
I pu le pa te in senneal ngam sung ah biakbuk tetti te nei hi, Moses tung son uh a, a mu uh lim bangma in, vawt tu in sawl uh hi.
45 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.
Tua zawkciang in i pu le pa te in tua biakbuk sia Gentile te i neisa ngamsung ah Joshua taw tumpui uh hi, tua Gentile te sia Pathian in David hun dong i pu le pa te mai pan in hawlkhia siat hi.
46 David found favour with God, and prayed that he might provide the God of Jacob with a place to reside.
David in Pathian mai ah maipha nga a, Jacob Pathian atu biakbuk sa tu in ngen hi.
47 But it was Solomon who built a house for God.
Ahihang Solomon in Pathian atu in inn sa hi.
48 Yet it is not in buildings made by hands that the Most High dwells. As the prophet says –
Ahihang a sangbel Pathian sia khut taw a kisa biakinn sung ah om ngawl hi; kamsang i a son na ah,
49 “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?
Vantung sia ka kumpi tokhum hi a, leitung sia ka peang ngakna hi, bangbang inn kei atu satu nu ziam? a hibale ka tawlngak na mun sia bang ziam?
50 Was it not my hand that made all these things?”
Hi thu te theampo sia keima khut taw ka vawt hi ngawl ziam? ci hi.
51 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.
Note ngawng ngu khoh te le thinsung le nakheng vunteap tan ngawl te awng, note in Tha Thiangtho sia na khak tawntung uh hi; na pu le pa te i a vawt uh bang in note in zong na vawt uh hi.
52 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 –
Kamsang te sung pan na pu le pa te in a vawtsiat ngawl khat beak a om ziam? Mi thutang pa hongpai natu thu a pualak te sia amate in that uh a; tu in note sia tua mi thutang pa zuak te le a that te na hi uh hi:
53 you who received the Law as transmitted by angels and yet failed to keep it.’
Vantungmi te i hu na taw thukham na sang uh a, na zui bua uh hi, ci hi.
54 As they listened to this, the Council grew frantic with rage, and gnashed their teeth at Stephen.
Amate in hi thu te a zak uh ciang in, nasiatak in thin-uk mama uh a, a ha te ngoai uh hi.
55 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.
Ahihang Stephen sia Tha Thiangtho taw kidim in, vantung lam tangtak in ento hi, taciang Pathian vangletna le Jesus sia Pathian ziatsang ah a ding mu hi.
56 ‘Look,’ he exclaimed, ‘I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at God’s right hand!’
En vun, van ki hong a, Pathian ziatsang ah mihing Tapa a ding ka mu hi, ci hi.
57 At this, with a loud shout, they stopped their ears and all rushed on him, forced him outside the city,
Tua zawkciang in aw ngingtak in au uh a, a bil uh hum in, thinkhat lungkhat in Stephen sang ah hong tai uh hi,
58 and began to stone him, the witnesses laying their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Taciang khuapua ah nawt uh a, suangtum taw deang uh hi: taciang tetti te in a nik le puan te sia tangvalpa peang ah koi uh hi, tua tangvalpa min sia Saul a hihi.
59 And they stoned Stephen, while he cried to the Lord, ‘Lord Jesus! Receive my spirit!’
Amate in Stephen sia suangtum taw deang uh hi, taciang Stephen in, Pathian sam a, Topa Jesus awng, ka tha hong sang tan, ci hi.
60 Falling on his knees, he called out loudly, ‘Lord! Do not charge them with this sin;’ and with these words he fell asleep.
Taciang khupdin a, Topa awng, hi mawna sia amate tung ah koi heak in, ci in a ngingtak in au hi, tabang a au zawkciang in ama mutthip hi.
