Eginak 6
1 Eta egun hetan nola discipuluac multiplicatzen baitziraden, eguin cedin Grecoén murmuratzebat Hebraicoén contra ceren menospreciatzen baitziraden cerbitzu ordinarioan hayén emazte alhargunac.
During that time, many more people were becoming believers. [Some of them were from other countries and spoke only the Greek language, but most of them had always lived in Israel and spoke the Hebrew language]. Those who spoke Greek began to complain about those who spoke Hebrew. They were saying. “When [you Hebrew-speaking believers] distribute [food or money] to widows every day, you are not giving fair amounts to the widows who speak Greek!”
2 Halacotz hamabiéc discipuluzco compainiá deithuric, erran ceçaten, Ezta raçoin guc Iaincoaren hitza vtziric mahainac cerbitza ditzagun.
So, [after the] twelve [apostles had heard what they were complaining about], they summoned all the [other] believers [in Jerusalem to meet] together. Then the apostles said [to those other believers], “We [(exc)] would not be doing right if we stopped [preaching and teaching] God’s message [about Jesus] in order to distribute food [MTY] [and money to the widows]!
3 Hautaitzaçue beraz, anayeác, çuetaric çazpi guiçon testimoniage onetacoric, Spiritu sainduaz eta sapientiaz betheac, eta cargu haur emanen baitrauègu.
So, fellow believers, carefully choose seven men from among you, men whom [you] know that the Spirit [of God] controls completely and who are very wise. Then we [(exc)] will appoint them to do this work,
4 Eta guçaz den becembatean orationeari eta hitzaren administrationeari iarreiquiren gniaizquió.
and we [(exc)] will devote our time to pray and to preach and teach the message [about Jesus].”
5 Eta propos haur compainia guciaren gogaraco içan cen: eta elegi citzaten Esteben, guiçon fedez eta Spiritu sainduaz bethea, eta Philippe, eta Prochoro, eta Nicanor, eta Timon, eta Parmenas, eta Nicolas proselyto Antiocheanoa:
What the apostles recommended pleased all of the [other] believers. So they group chose Stephen. He was a man who strongly believed [in God] and whom the Holy Spirit controlled completely. [They also chose] Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas who was from Antioch [city]. Nicolas had accepted the Jewish religion [before he had believed in Jesus].
6 Hauc presenta citzaten Apostoluén aitzinera, eta hec othoitze eguinic escuac gainean paussa cietzén.
They brought these [seven] men to the apostles. Then after the apostles prayed [for those men], they placed their hands on [the heads of each one of] them [to appoint them to do that work].
7 Eta Iaincoaren hitza aitzinaratzen cen, eta haguitz multiplicatzen cen discipuluén contua Ierusalemen: Sacrificadoretaric-ere tropel handiac fedea obeditzen çuen.
So [the believers] continued to tell many people the message from God. (The number of people in Jerusalem who believed [in Jesus] was increasing greatly./More and more people in Jerusalem were believing in Jesus.) [Among them] were many [Jewish] priests who were believing the message [about Jesus].
8 Eta Estebenec betheric fedez eta botherez, eguiten çuen miraculu eta signo handiric populuan.
God was enabling Stephen to do many things by God’s power. He was doing many amazing miracles among the [Jewish] people.
9 Eta altcha citecen batzu, Libertinén, eta Cyreneanoén eta Alexandrianoén, eta Ciliciaco eta Asiaco diradenén deitzen den synagogatic, disputatzen ciradela Estebenequin.
However, some people opposed Stephen. They were Jews from a group [that regularly met together in a Jewish meeting place that was] {[that people]} called the Freedmen’s Meeting Place. [Those people were from] Cyrene and Alexandria [cities] and [also] from Cilicia and Asia [provinces]. They all began to argue with Stephen.
10 Eta ecin resisti ceçaqueoten sapientiari eta hura minça eraciten çuen Spirituari.
But they were not able (to refute [what he said/to prove that what he said was wrong]), [because God’s] Spirit enabled him to speak very wisely.
11 Orduan suborna citzaten guiçon batzu erraiten çutenic, Ençun dugu hori erraiten hitz blasphemiotacoric Moysesen eta Iaincoaren contra.
Then that group secretly persuaded [some] men to [falsely accuse Stephen. saying], “We [(exc)] heard him say bad things about Moses and God.”
12 Eta moui citzaten populua eta Ancianoac eta Scribác: eta oldarturic harrapa ceçaten hura, eta eraman ceçaten conseillura.
So, [by saying that], they made the [other Jewish] people angry [at Stephen, including] the elders and the teachers of the [Jewish] laws. Then [they all] seized Stephen and took him to the Jewish Council.
13 Eta presenta citzaten testimonio falsuac erraiten çutenic, Guiçon haur ezta ichiltzen blasphemiotaco hitz erraitetic leku saindu hunen, eta Leguearen contra.
They [also] brought in some other men who accused Stephen falsely [about several things]. They said, “This fellow continually says bad things about this holy Temple and about the laws [that Moses received from God].
14 Ecen ençun vkan dugu haur erraiten, ecen Iesus Nazareno horrec deseguinen duela leku haur, eta muthaturen dituela Moysesec eman drauzquigun ordenançác.
Specifically, we [(exc)] have heard him say that this Jesus from Nazareth [town] will destroy this Temple and will tell us to obey different customs than Moses [taught our ancestors].”
15 Eta beguiac harenganat egotziric, conseilluan iarriric ceuden guciéc ikus ceçaten haren beguithartea quasi Aingueru baten beguithartea beçalaco.
When all [the people] who were sitting in the Council [room heard that, and as they] all stared at Stephen, they saw that his face was [shining] [SIM] like the face of an angel.
