Ntendo nia itumi 7
1 uKuhani nu mukulu akaligitya, “makani aya ingi a tai?”
The high priest said, “Are these things so?”
2 uStefano akaligitya, Anya ndugu ni a tata ane, ntegeelyi u nene; Itunda nu ikulyo ai umupumie u tata nuitu u Abrahimu matungo nai ukoli ku Mesopotamia, ze wakili kikie ku Harani,'
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 akamuila, 'Hega mi ihi ako ni anya ndugu ako hangi ulongole mi ihi ni nikakulagiila.'
and said to him, ‘Get out of your land and away from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.’
4 Iti gwa akahega mihi a Ukalidayo akikie ku Harani, kupuma papo, ze yakilaa u tata nuakwe kusha, Itunda akamuleta mi ihi iyi, ni ikiie itungili.
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.
5 Shanga ai uminkiiye kihi anga usali nuakwe, ai kutili ipatyo ga nila kuika u mugulu. Kuiti uAbrahamu ai upewe ilago ze ikili ga nu kulija ung'wana kina ukupegwa ihi anga isalo ni lakwe nu ulelwa nuakwe.
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.
6 Itunda ai wituntile nu ng'wenso iti, nia kina ulelwa nuakwe ai uziikie mi ihi a uziila, ni kina i akola ihi nia kuko akuatenda kutula atugwa ao nu kuatenda ibibi ku itungo nila myaka magana anne.
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.
7 Nu Itunda akaligitya, nikaulamula u ingu niiza ukumutenda aholwa, ni i zeyakilaa nia pang'wanso akupuma nu kumpoelya mu nkika iyi!
‘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.’
8 Hangi akaminkiilya uAbrahamu ilago nila kidamu, itigwa u Abrahamu akatula tata wang'wa Isaka akamutwala i kidamu luhiku nula mu nana; uIsaka akatula tata wang'wa Yakobo, nu Yakobo akatula tata nua isekulu itu ikumi na abiili.
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 iIsekulu ni itu akamuonela wilu uYusufu aka mugulya mu ihi a ku Misri, nu Itunda ai watulaa palung'wi nu ng'wenso,
“The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him
10 hangi akamuguna mu lwago nu lakwe, nu kuminkiilya kipegwa nu upolo ntongeela ang'wa Farao mutemi nua ku Misri. uFarao akamuika watule muhumi migulya a Misri nu migulya a ito ni lakwe lihi.
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 Uugwa ikatula ni nzala nkulu nu lwago lidu mu ihi a Misri ni Kanani, ni a tata itu shanga ai aligilye indya.
Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
12 Kuiti uYakobo nai wakija ikoli idya ku Misri, ai ualagiiye i atata itu ku nkua ang'wandyo.
But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
13 Mu muhinzo nua kabiili uYusufu akilagiila ku aluna akwe, anyandugu ang'wa Yusufu akakumuka kung'wa Farao.
On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family was revealed to Pharaoh.
14 uYusufu aka alagiilya i aluna akwe alongole kumuila uYakobo tata nuao waze ku Misri, palung'wi ni anya ndugu akwe, kuhanguila antu ihi ingi makumi mupungati na ataano.
Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
15 Iti gwa uYakobo akasima ku Misri; Uugwa akasha ng'wenso palung'wi ni atata itu.
Jacob went down into Egypt and he died, himself and our fathers;
16 Akaholwa ga nu ku Shekemu akaikwa mu kibiila naiza uAbrahamu ai ukiguile ku ipande nia mpia kupuma ku ana ang'wa Hamori uko ku Shekemu.
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.
17 Matungo a ilo ilago naiza Itunda ai umulagile uAbrahamu nai lahumbeela, antu aze atulaa ongeeleka uko ku Misri,
“But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18 matungo nanso ai u ukile mutemi mungiiza migulya a Misri, mutemi ni shanga umulingile u Yusufu.
until there arose a different king who didn’t know Joseph.
19 uMutemi uyu nu mungiiza waka akongela i antu itu nu kuatenda ibibi i a tata itu, nu kuaguma i ana ao ni adabu iti aleke ki kie.
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.
20 Mu matungo nanso uMusa ai utugilwe; ai muziza ntongeela ang'wa Itunda, akalelwa myeli itaatu mi ito nilang'wa tata nuakwe.
At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome to God. He was nourished three months in his father’s house.
21 Itungo nai ugumilwe, u munanso nuang'wa Farao ai umuhoile akamulela anga ng'wana nuakwe.
When he was abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up and reared him as her own son.
22 uMusa ai umanyisigwe umanyisigwa wihi nua ku Misri; ai munyangulu mu nkani nu mu ntendo.
Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
23 Kuiti ze yakilaa kutimilya myaka makumi anne, ikamuziila mu nkolo akwe kuagendeela i anyandugu akwe, ana a Israeli.
But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
24 Nai akamihenga mu Israeli ukutendeelwa ubii, uMusa ai umuguniiye nu kususha u ubii nai watula ukumuonela ku kumukua u mu Misri:
Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
25 aze usigile kina i anya ndugu akwe akulinga kina Itunda ukuaguna ku mukono nuakwe, kuiti shanga ikalinga.
He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn’t understand.
26 Luhiku nai lutyatile akalongola ku ang'wi a Aisraeli nai atulaa akilea; wakagema kuahunga; azeligitya, 'Akulu, Unyenye ingi mi ndugu; mbona mukilea nyenye ku nyenye?
“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?’
27 Kuiti nai umuleile u munyakisali nuakwe akamugumiila kuli, nu kuligitya, 'Nyenyu nu kuikile wi muhumi hangi wi mulamula antu?
But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
28 Uewe uloilwe kumbulaga, anga naza umubulagile u Mumisri igulo?”
Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 uMusa akamanka ze yakilaa kija ayo; akatula muziila mu ihi a Midiani, naiza akatula tata nua ana abiili.
Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
30 Ze yakilaa myaka makumi anne kukila, malaika akamupumila mu ibambazi nila lugulu nua Sinai, mu lulimi nula moto mukati i kundui.
“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.
31 Matungo uMusa nai wakihenga u moto, ai ukuiwe iko nai ukihenga, hangi nai ugemile kukihumbeela iti kukigoza, luli nila Mukulu likamuzila luzeligitya,
When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, the voice of the Lord came to him,
32 Nene Itunda nua atata ako, Itunda wang'wa Abrahamu, hangi wang'wa Isaka, hangi wang'wa Yakobo; uMusa ai ukagatile hangi shanga akagema kugozeela.
‘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.
33 Mukulu akamutambuila, Tugula i ilatu niako, inkika nuimikile ingi kianza kelu.
The Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
34 Nihengaa u lwago nula antu ane niamoli ku Misri; Nijaa kulwala kitalao, nu nene nasimaa iti niagune; itungili pembya, nikakulagiilya uewe ku Misri.'
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.’
35 Uyu uMusa naiza amuhitile, itungo nai aligitilye, 'nyenyu nukuikile kutula wi muhumi hangi mulamuli nuitu?' - ai watulaa yuyo ng'wenso Itunda ai umulagiiye atule muhumi hangi muguni. Itunda ai umulagiiye ku mukono nuang'wa malaika naiza ai umupumiie uMusa mi ikundui.
“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 uMusa ai uatongee kupuma ku Misri ze yakilaa kituma u ukuilwa ni ilingasiilyo mu Misri nu mu luzi nula shamu, nu mu ibambazi ku itungo nila myaka makumi anne.
This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
37 Ingi uMusa yuyo nai uatambuie i antu a Israeli kina, 'Itunda ukumunyansuilya munyakidagu kupuma mukati a anyandugu anyu munyakidagu anga nene'
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.’
38 Uyu ingi muntu niiza mu i anza mi ibambazi nu malaika naiza ai utambue nu ng'wenso mu lugulu nula Sinai. Uyu yuyo muntu naiza ai watulaa ni atata itu, uyu ingi muntu naiza ai usingiiye u lukani nulukete u upanga nu kuinkiilya usese.
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,
39 Uyu ingi muntu naiza i atata itu ai ahitile ku mukulya; ai amugumiie kuli, nu mu nkolo niao ai apilukie ku Misri.
to whom our fathers wouldn’t be obedient, but rejected him and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
40 Mu itungo nilanso ai amutambuie uHaruni. 'kuzipilye i itunda ni ika kutongeela. Uyu uMusa, nai watulaa uku utongeela kupuma kihi a ku Misri, shanga kulingile nai kimihangile,'
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.’
41 Iti gwa ai azipilye ndama ku mahiku nanso nu kupumya isongelyo kung'wa nuanso u dudu hangi akiloeelya ku nsoko a mulimo nua mikono ao.
They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
42 Kuiti Itunda ai uapiue nu kuinkiilya ipoelye i nzota nia kilunde, anga nai ikilisigwe mu mbugulu a anyakidagu, 'Itii, mampumilyaa unene i masongelyo a ikali nai muisinzile mi ibambazi ku matungo a myaka makumi anne, ito ni lang'wa israeli
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?
43 Makigombaa i kitala nika kutankanila ni kang'wa Moleki ni inzota niang'wa Itunda refani, nu mululi ni mu uzipilye nu kuipoelya enso; hangi kumutwala kuli ikilo ni Babeli.'
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.’
44 aTata anyu ai akete i kitala nika kutankanila nika ukuiili mu ibambazi, anga Itunda nai ulagiiye nai utambue nu Musa, kina ukukizipya ku mpyani a iko nai ukihengile.
“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 Iki ingi kitala naiza a tata itu ku itungo ni lao, ai aletilwe mu ihi nu Joshua. Iki ai kipumie matungo nai ingie kusala u ingu naiza Itunda ai uazunsilye ze yakilaa u umoli nu a a tata itu. Iki ai kituile iti kupikiila luhiku u Daudi,
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 naiza ai uligilye u ugombigwa mu miho ang'wa Itunda; nu kulompa kuduma likalo kung'wa Itunda nuang'wa Yakobo.
who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
47 Kuiti uSelemani ai umuzengee ito Itunda.
But Solomon built him a house.
48 Ga ni iti Nukoli kigulya shanga wikiie mu mato nazengilwe ku mkono; iki iti anga u munyakidagu nai uligitilye.
However, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
49 Ilunde ingi ituntu nilane nila ukulu, ni ihi ingi nkika a kuikila migulu ane. Ito la mpyani kii Mukunzengela?, uligitilye Mukulu; ang'wi ingi pii i nkika ane na akusupilya?
‘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 Shanga mukono nuane nuitumile izi i intu yihi?'
Didn’t my hand make all these things?’
51 Unye antu niakete nkingo nkaku ni shanga mutawe i kidamu mu nkolo ni akutwi, kila nkua mimukingila u Ng'wau Ng'welu,' mukituma anga i a tata anyu nai itumile.
“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.
52 Ingi munyakidagu kii mu anyakidagu naiza i a tata anyu shanga ai amagilye? Ai a abulagile i anyakidagu ihi nai apumie ze ikili u upembelyo nua Ung'wi munya Tai ane; ni itungili matulaa ahugi hangi abulagi akwe ga,
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.
53 unye antu nai musingiiye ilagiilyo ilo nai lilagiigwe nu malaika kuiti shanga ai muliambile.”
You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn’t keep it!”
54 Uugwa i anyi anza nai akija imakani aya, ai asonsilwe i nkolo niao, akamukilisilya i mino uStefano.
Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
55 Kuiti nuanso, aze watulaa wizue u Ng'wau Ng'welu, ai ugozile kilunde ku ukendegeeli hangi akihenga ikulyo nilang'wa Itunda,' nu kumihenga uYesu wimikile mukono nua kigoha nuang'wa Itunda.
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 uStefano akaligitya, “Goza nihengaa ilunde lalugukaa, nu Ng'wana wang'wa Adamu wimikile mukono nua kigoha nuang'wa Itunda.”
and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
57 Kuiti i anyi anza akazogolya ku luli nula migulya, akakiila i akutwi ao, aka mumankiila ku palung'wi,
But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears, then rushed at him with one accord.
58 akamuguma kunzi a kisali nu kumukua i magwe; ni akuiili akatugula i ang'wenda ao nia kunzi nu kuika pihi pakupi ni migulu a muhumba nuitangwaa Sauli.
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 Nai atulaa akumukua i magwe, uStefano ai ulongolekile kumitanga u Mukulu nu kuligitya, “Mukulu Yesu, singiilya i nkolo ane,”.
They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
60 Akatugama nu kitanga ku luli lukulu, “Mukulu, leka kua ailya u mulandu uwu. “Nai wakaligitya aya, akatinanga inkolo.
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.
