Acts 7
1 The high priest said, “Are these things so?”
Kangi, Mteta Mkulu akamkota, “Wu, mambu genaga ndi chakaka?”
2 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,
Mwene akayangula, “Valongo vangu na vadadi vangu, muniyuwanila! Chapanga amuhumalili gogo witu Ibulahimu peavili ku Mesopotamia kwakona kuhamila ku Halani.
3 and said to him, ‘Get out of your land and away from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.’
Chapanga akamjovela, ‘Wuka pamulima waku, valeka valongo vaku, ndi uhamba pamulima wenikulangisa.’
4 Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land where you are now living.
Hinu, Ibulahimu ahamalili kumulima wa Kalidayo akahamba kutama ku Halani. Dadi waki peamali kufwa, Chapanga akamuwusa kavili ku Halani akabwela kutama pamulima uwu wemwitama hinu.
5 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 offspring after him, when he still had no child.
Chapanga nakumpela hati pandu padebe pamulima pavyaa uhali waki, nambu amlagizi akumpela mulima wenuwu uvyaa waki, na chiveleku chaki. Lukumbi lwenulo avi lepi na mwana.
6 God spoke in this way: that his offspring would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.
Chapanga akamjovela, ‘Viveleku vyaku yati vipelekwa kumulima wa vandu vangi, kwenuko ndi yati vivya vavanda na kuhengewa uhakau mulukumbi lwa miyaka miya mcheche.
7 ‘I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,’ said God, ‘and after that they will come out and serve me in this place.’
Nambu nene yati nikuvahamula vandu avo, vevavahengili uvanda. Kangi yati nikuvawusa mumulima wenuwo muni vabwela penapa kunifugamila pandu apa.’
8 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.
Kangi Chapanga akampela lilaganu la jandu, Ibulahimu akamyingisa jandu mwana waki Izaki mu ligono la nane, kuhuma kuvelekewa. Mewawa Izaki akamdumula jandu Yakobo, namwene Yakobo mewawa akavakitila vagogo kumi na vavili.”
9 “The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him
“Vagogo vala vavi na wihu kwa Yosefu ndi vakamgulisa kuuvanda ku Misili. Nambu Chapanga avi pamonga nayu,
10 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.
akamsangula mu mang'ahiso gaki goha, Chapanga akamganisa na luhala palongolo ya Falao, nkosi wa ku Misili, hati Falao akamhagula kuvya chilongosi wa mulima wula na nyumba ya nkosi.
11 Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
Kangi yikahumila njala yikulu, pamulima woha wa ku Misili na ku Kanani, yikaleta ungangu uvaha. Vagogo vitu vahotwili lepi kupata chakulya chochoha.
12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
Hinu, Yakobo peayuwini kuvya ku Misili kula kuvi na mabenu, akavatuma vana vaki, ndi vagogo vitu vahamba kwenuko yavi mala ya kutumbula.
13 On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family was revealed to Pharaoh.
Mulugendu lwavi lwa pili, Yosefu akajimanyisa kwa valongo vaki, ndi Falao akavamanya valongo va Yosefu.
14 Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
Yosefu atumili ujumbi kwa dadi waki na valongo vaki, vandu sabini na mhanu, vabwela ku Misili.
15 Jacob went down into Egypt and he died, himself and our fathers;
Hinu, Yakobo ahambili ku Misili, kwenuko mwene pamonga na vagogo vitu vafwili.
16 and they were brought back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem.
Higa zavi zaletiwi mbaka ku Shekemu, zikazikiwa mu litinda la mbugu leagulili Ibulahimu kuhuma kwa vana va Hamoli kwa mashonga nunuyu.”
17 “But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
“Lukumbi palwahikili Chapanga atimilisa lilaganu leajovili akumpela Ibulahimu, ku Misili kula vandu vayonjokisi na kuvya vamahele neju.
18 until there arose a different king who didn’t know Joseph.
Pamwishu, nkosi mmonga mweanga mmanya Yosefu, akatumbula kulongosa kula ku Misili.
19 The same took advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to abandon their babies, so that they wouldn’t stay alive.
Mwenuyu avakitili uhakau vandu vitu na vagogo vitu changali kugana vene vavavika kuvala vana vavi vadebe muni vafwayi.
20 At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome to God. He was nourished three months in his father’s house.
Musa avelekiwi lukumbi lwenulo, avili mwana mbwina neju palongolo ya Chapanga. Aleliwi panyumba mulukumbi lwa miyehi yidatu,
21 When he was abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up and reared him as her own son.
na peaumiswi kuvala, ndi msikana wa Falao akamtola na kumlela ngati mwana waki mwene.
22 Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
Musa awuliwi mambu goha galuhala ga Vamisili akavya mkekesi kwa malovi na matendu.”
23 But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
“Hinu Musa peahikisi miyaka alobaini ndi akahamba kuvagendela kuvalola va Isilaeli vayaki.
24 Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
Kwenuko amuwene mmonga wa valongo vaki ihengewa uhakau, ndi akahamba kumkengelela, ndi akamkoma Mmisili yula.
25 He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn’t understand.
Aholalili manya Vaisilaeli vayaki yati vimanya kuvya Chapanga ngaamtumili mwene kuvagombola, nambu vene nakugamanya ago.
26 “The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, ‘Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?’
Chilalu yaki Musa avawene Vaisilaeli vavili vitovana, akalinga kuvatepulanisa akavajovela, ‘Nyenye mwavalongo ndava kyani hinu, mukomana mwavene?’
27 But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
Nambu yungi mweamtovayi yula muyaki akamkang'a Musa pamuhana akajova, ‘Yani mweakuvikili veve kuvya chilongosi na mhamula pagati yitu?
28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
Wu, ugana kunikoma ngati chewamkomili Mmisili golo?’
29 Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
Musa peagayuwini malovi ago, akatila na kuhamba kutama kumulima wa Midiani kwenuko akavya myehe ndi akavya na vana vasongolo vavili.”
30 “When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
“Peyahikili miyaka alobaini, mtumu wa kunani kwa Chapanga akamhumila Musa padahi pepiyaka motu kulugangatu papipi na Chitumbi cha Sinai.
31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, the voice of the Lord came to him,
Musa akakangasa kulola lijambu lenilo hati akahegelela papipi muni alingulila, ndi akayuwana lwami lwa Bambu.
32 ‘I am the God of your fathers: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ Moses trembled and dared not look.
‘Nene ndi Chapanga wa vagogo vaku, Chapanga wa Ibulahimu wa Izaki na Yakobo.’ Musa akavagaya kwa wogohi ndi nakuhotola kulolokesa neju.
33 The Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
Bambu akamjovela, ‘Hula champali zaku muni peuyima apa ndi pandu pamsopi.
34 I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you into Egypt.’
Nigawene mahakau gevihengiwa vandu vangu ku Misili kula. Niyuwini lwami lwa mang'ahiso gavi, ndi nene nibweli kuvagombola. Hinu bwela, yati nikukutuma ku Misili.’”
35 “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.
“Musa mwenuyu ndi yula mweabeleliwi na vandu va Isilaeli pavamjovili, ‘Yani mweakuvikili kuvya chilongosi na mhamula pagati yitu?’ Chapanga amtumili Musa kuvya chilongosi na mgombozi, kwa njila ya mtumu wa kunani kwa Chapanga mweamhumalili padahi pepiyaka motu.
36 This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
Ndi mweavalongwisi vandu vala vawuka ku Misili kwa kuhenga ulangisu wa gachinamtiti na makangaso pamulima wa Misili na Kunyanja ya Shamu na kulugangatu, mulukumbi lwa miyaka alobaini.
37 This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, ‘The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me.’
Musa ndi mweavajovili vandu va Isilaeli, ‘Chapanga yati akuvahagulila mlota waki ngati nene pagati ya valongo vinu mwavene.’
38 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 living revelations to give to us,
Mwene ndi mweavili kulugangatu kula, pevakonganiki vandu va Isilaeli. Musa avili ngati mjumbi pagati ya vagogo vitu, na mtumu wa kunani kwa Chapanga, lukumbi pealongili nayu kuchitumbi cha Sinai ndi mweagotoliwi malovi ga wumi atijovela tete.”
39 to whom our fathers wouldn’t be obedient, but rejected him and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
“Nambu vagogo vitu ndi vabelili kumyidakila, ndi vakamkang'a pamuhana kuni mumitima yavi vakanogela kuwuya ku Misili.
40 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 don’t know what has become of him.’
Vakamjovela mlongo wa Musa Aloni, ‘Utikitila vachapanga yeyikutulongosa munjila, muni nakumanya chechimkolili Musa mweatilongwisi kuhuma ku Misili!’
41 They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
Penapo ndi pavajikitili chimong'omong'o cha mpapakasi wa ng'ombi, vakayitetela na vakakita mselebuko ndava ya lihengu la mawoko gavi vene.
42 But God turned away and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
Nambu Chapanga akawuka pagati yavi na kuvaleka vazifugundamila ndondo za kunani, ngati cheyiyandikwi muhitabu ya vamlota va Chapanga. ‘Nyenye vandu va Isilaeli! Lepi nene mwemwanihinjili hinyama ndava ya luteta, Mumiyaka alobaini kulugangatu kula!
43 You took up the tabernacle of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, the figures which you made to worship, so I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’
Nyenye mwagegili chindanda cha chapanga Moloki, na vindu vyemwajikitili kwa luhumu lwa ndondo ya chapanga winu Lefani. Vindu vyemwajikitili ndi vyemwavifugamili. Ndava ya yeniyo yati nikuvapeleka uvanda kutali na Babeli.’
44 “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;
Kulugangatu kula vagogo vitu vavi na lindanda la kulangisa, lakitiwi ngati Chapanga cheamlagazili Musa ahengayi, ulangisu wulawula ngati weauwene.
45 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,
Kangi Vagogo vitu vahalilini lindanda vene kwa vene mbaka lukumbi lwa Yoshua, pevatolili mulima wula kuhuma kwa milima, Chapanga mweavingili palongolo yavi. Penapo ndi latamili mbaka lusenje lwa Daudi.
46 who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
Daudi apewili uganu na Chapanga, akamuyupa ayidakila amujengela pandu pa kutama, mwene mweavi Chapanga wa Yakobo.
47 But Solomon built him a house.
Nambu Solomoni ndi mweamjengili Chapanga nyumba.”
48 However, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
“Nambu Chapanga Mkulu, itama lepi munyumba zezijengiwi na vandu ngati cheajovili mlota wa Chapanga,
49 ‘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?
‘Bambu ijova, kunani ndi chigoda changu cha unkosi, na mulima ndi chigoda cha kuvikila magendelu gangu. Nyumba ya namuna yoki yemukunijengela nene? Ndi pandu poki penipumulila?
50 Didn’t my hand make all these things?’
Namwene ndi mwenihengili vindu vyoha?’”
51 “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.
“Nyenye vandu mwemwinonopa, mitima na makutu ginu ndi ngati vandu va milima yangamulanda Chapanga. Nyenye ngati vagogo vinu. Magono goha mukumbela Mpungu Msopi.
52 Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.
Vagogo vinu vamng'aisi mlota wa Chapanga yeyoha yula, vevavakomili avo, Chapanga avatumili kukokosa kubwela kwa yula mweikita geigana Chapanga. Nambu nyenye mwamgewukili na kumkoma.
53 You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn’t keep it!”
Nyenye mwapokili malagizu gala gegaletiwi na mtumu wa kunani kwa Chapanga, nambu mwayidakili lepi.”
54 Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
Vala vagogo va libanji pavamuyuwanili Stefani, vakaviniswa mitima, ndi vakajiluma minu cha ligoga.
55 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,
Nambu Stefani kuni amemiswi Mpungu Msopi, akalolokesa kunani kwa Chapanga, auwene ukulu wa Chapanga na Yesu ayimili muchiwoko cha kulyela cha Chapanga.
56 and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
Stefani akajova, “Mlola! Niwona kunani kwa Chapanga kudindwiki na Mwana wa Mundu ayimili pachiwoko cha kulyela cha Chapanga!”
57 But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears, then rushed at him with one accord.
Vakulu va libanji, vakaywanga na vakagubika makutu gavi kwa mawoko. Kangi vakamuhumbila voha kwa pamonga.
58 They threw him out of the city and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Vakamkwekwesa kuvala ya muji, na kutumbula kumtova na maganga, vevavawene vakagavika makoti gavi paulonda wa msongolo mmonga liina laki Sauli.
59 They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
Pevayendalili kumtova na maganga Stefani kuni mwene iyupa kwa Chapanga, “Bambu Yesu upokela mpungu wangu!”
60 He kneeled down and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.
Akafugama, akavemba kwa lwami luvaha, “Bambu, ukotoka kuvavalangila chevakubudila Chapanga!” Peamalili kujova ago, akafwa. Sauli ayidakili chitendu cha ukomaji wenuwo.
