Acts 7
1 “Are these allegations true?” the high priest asked.
Adudagi Purohitlenna Stephen-da hanglak-i, “Nangonda siriba maralsing asi achumbra?”
2 “Brothers and fathers, listen to me!” Stephen replied. “God in his glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was living in Mesopotamia, before he moved to Haran.
Maduda Stephen-na khumlak-i, “Eigi ichil-inaosa amadi ipa ipansa, eina haijaba tabiyu! Eikhoigi ipa ipu oiriba Abraham-na Haran-da leitringei, Mesopotamia-da leiringeida matik mangalgi Tengban Mapuna mangonda uhanbikhi.
3 God told him, ‘Leave your country and your relatives, and go to the country that I'm going to show you.’
Aduga Tengban Mapuna mangonda hairak-i, ‘Nahakki nareibak amadi nahakki mari matasingbu thadoktuna eina nangonda utpi-gadouriba leibak aduda chatlu.’
4 So he left the country of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran. After his father's death, God sent him here to this country where you now live.
Maram aduna mahakna Chaldea machasinggi lam adu thadoklaga Haran-da leirammi. Mahakki mapa leikhidraba matungda Tengban Mapuna mahakpu nakhoina houjik leiriba mapham asida thabirakkhi.
5 God didn't give Abraham an inheritance here, not even one square foot. But God did promise Abraham that he would give him and his descendants possession of the land, even though he had no children.
Adubu Tengban Mapuna mapham asida mangonda phangpham thokpa lam machet ama phaoba pikhide, adubu matam aduda Abraham-gi macha amata leitrabasu Tengban Mapuna mangonda mapham asi mahak amadi mahakki tunggi charol surolda pibigani haina wasakpikhi.
6 God also told him that his descendants would live in a foreign country, and that they would be enslaved there, and would be mistreated for four hundred years.
Tengban Mapuna mangonda asumna hai, ‘Nahakki charol surolna mireibakta leigani aduga mapham aduda makhoi minai oigani amadi makhoibu chahi chamari tathi-tawoina toubigani.
7 God said, ‘I will punish the nation that enslaves them. Eventually they will leave and come here to worship me.’
Adubu makhoina minai oirugadaba phurup adubu eina wayen-gani amasung madugi matungda nahakki charol surolna leibak adudagi thorakkani aduga mapham asida makhoina eihakpu khurumjagani.’
8 God also gave Abraham the agreement regarding circumcision, and so when Isaac was born, Abraham circumcised him on the eighth day. Isaac was the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of the twelve patriarchs.
Aduga Tengban Mapuna Abraham-da un-kakpagi walepnaba adu pibikhi. Maram aduna Abraham-na Isaac pokpa matung numit ni panni subada mahakpu un-kakkhi; Isaac-na mahakki machanupa Jacob-pu un-kakkhi aduga Jacob-na mahakki machanupasing aduga eikhoigi masak nairaba ipa ipusing makhoi taranithoibu un-kakkhi.”
9 The patriarchs, who were jealous of Joseph, sold him into slavery in Egypt. But God was with him,
“Jacob-ki machasing aduna makhoigi machin manao oiriba Joseph-pu kallakpadagi mahakpu Egypt-ta minai oina yonkhi. Adubu Tengban Mapuna mahakpu loinabikhi
10 and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave him wisdom and helped him gain the favor of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him governor over Egypt and the royal household.
aduga mahakki khudongthiba awa-ana pumnamaktagi Tengban Mapuna mahakpu kanbikhi. Egypt ningthougi mamangda Joseph-na leppa matamda Tengban Mapuna mangonda changkhonba matou amasung lousing pibirammi adudagi ningthou aduna Joseph-pu Egypt leibak amadi konung apumbagi leingak mapu oihanbikhi.
11 Now a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan. It caused terrible misery, and our forefathers had no food.
Adudagi Egypt amadi Canaan-gi leibak apumbada chak tangba thoktuna yamna awa ana thoklammi. Eikhoigi ipa ipusing adu chanaba chinjak amata phanglamde.
12 When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt he sent our forefathers down on their first visit.
Egypt-ta chanaba mahei marong lei haiba Jacob-na tabada mahakki machanupasing haibadi eikhoigi ipa ipusing oiriba makhoibu ahanba khongchat oina mapham aduda tharammi.
13 During their second visit, Joseph revealed to his brothers who he was, and Pharaoh discovered Joseph's family background.
Anisuba khongchattadi Joseph-na mahakki machin manaosing aduda mahak kanano haiba masak khanghalle amasung Egypt-ki ningthouna Joseph-ki imung manunggi maramda khanglaklammi.
14 Joseph sent for his father and all his relatives—seventy-five in total.
Maram aduna Joseph-na mahakki mapa Jacob-ta pao thaduna mahak amadi mahakki imung manunggi mi apumba haibadi mioi humphutara-manga adu Egypt-ta lakpinaba kourammi.
15 Jacob traveled to Egypt, and died there—as did our forefathers.
Adudagi Jacob-na Egypt-ta chatlammi, mapham aduda mahak amadi mahakki machanupasing sikhi.
16 Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought with silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
Makhoigi hakchangsing adu Shechem tanna puraklaga Abraham-na Hamor-gi machanupasingdagi sel khara piduna leikhiba mongpham aduda leirol chankhi.”
17 As the time approached regarding the promise that God had made to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt increased.
“Tengban Mapuna Abraham-da wasakpikhiba adu thunghannaba matam adu naksillaklabada Egypt-ta eikhoigi misinggi masing yamna yamkhatlakkhi.
18 A new king came to the throne in Egypt who knew nothing about Joseph.
Mameithangda Joseph-ki maramda karisu khangdaba ningthou amana Egypt-ta pallammi.
19 He took advantage of our people and treated our ancestors badly, forcing them to abandon their babies so they would die.
Mahakna eikhoigi ipa ipusingbu lounam toukhi amadi makhoigi nouna pokpa angangsingbu sinanaba namduna langthok-handuna thina toukhi.
20 It was at this time that Moses was born. He was a handsome child, and for three months he was looked after in his father's home.
Matam aduda Moses pokkhi, mahak yamna phajaba angang ama oirammi. Mahakki mapagi yumda tha ahum yokpi thakpirammi.
21 When he had to be abandoned, Pharaoh's daughter rescued him and took care of him as her own son.
Mahakpu mahakki yumgi mapanda thamlabada, ningthou adugi machanupina mahakpu louduna mahak masagi machanupa oina yokkhatlakkhi.
22 Moses received instruction in all areas of Egyptian knowledge, and he became a powerful speaker and leader.
Mahakpu Egypt-ki lousing pumnamak tambikhi aduga mahak waheida amadi thabakta matik leiba mi ama oirakkhi.”
23 However, when he was forty years old, he decided to visit his relatives, the Israelites.
“Mahak chahi niphu surammi, mahakna mahakki Israel-gi misingbu kamdouna loinabiri haiba yengge leplammi.
24 He saw one of them being mistreated, so he intervened to defend him. On behalf of the man he took revenge and killed the Egyptian.
Makhoigi maraktagi amabu Egypt-ki mi amana thina touba urammi. Maram aduna mahakna mahakpu mateng pangnaba changlammi aduga Egypt-ki mi adubu hattuna laman khumlammi.
25 Moses thought his fellow Israelites would see that God was rescuing them through him, but they didn't.
Makhoibu kanbinaba Tengban Mapuna mahakpu sijinnaribani haiba mahakki misingna khangbigani haina Moses-na khallammi adubu makhoina madu khanglamde.
26 The next day when he arrived, two Israelites were fighting one another. He tried to reconcile them and stop the fight. ‘Men! You are brothers!’ he told them. ‘Why are you attacking each other?’
Mathanggi numitta Israel-gi macha ani khatnariba adu ubada makhoibu taisinnanaba hotnarammi. Mahakna hairak-i, ‘Ibungokhoi, nakhoi nachil nanaosingni. Karigi nakhoina asumna khatnaribano?’
27 But the man who had started the fight pushed Moses away. ‘Who put you in charge over us? Are you our judge now?’ he asked.
Thina touriba mi aduna Moses-pu inthoklaga hairak-i, ‘Nahakpu eikhoigi ithakta mapu amadi wayel mapu oina kanana happage?’
28 ‘Are you going to kill me like you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
‘Ngarang nangna Egypt-ki mi adu hatpagumna eibusu hatpa pamlibra?’
29 When he heard this, Moses ran away. He went and lived in exile in the land of Midian, where two sons were born to him.
Moses-na masi tabada Egypt-tagi chenkhiduna Midian-gi lamda lamlanba oina leirammi. Mapham aduda machanupa ani phangkhi.”
30 Forty years later, in the desert of Mount Sinai, an angel appeared to him in the flames of a burning bush.
“Chahi niphu houkhraba matungda Sinai ching manakki leikanglada achakpa mongsong amagi meirilakta dut amana Moses-ta uhanbirammi.
31 When Moses saw this, he was amazed at the sight, and went over to take a closer look. The voice of the Lord spoke to him:
Mahakna uriba adu Moses ngaklammi, henna ningthina unaba mongsong adugi manakta changsillammi. Adubu mahakna Mapu Ibungogi khonjel tarammi:
32 ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.’ Moses shook with fear and didn't dare look up.
‘Eihak nahakki napa napusinggi Tengban Mapuni, Abraham, Isaac amadi Jacob-ki Tengban Mapuni.’ Maduda Moses-na kibana niklammi amadi mahakna yengbagi thouna leiramde.
33 The Lord told him, ‘Take off your sandals, because where you are standing is holy ground.
Adudagi MAPU IBUNGO-na mangonda hairak-i, ‘Nahakki khong-up louthok-u maramdi nahakna lepliba mapham adu asengba maphamni.
34 I have closely observed the suffering of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their groans. I have come down to rescue them. Now come over here, for I'm sending you to Egypt.’
Egypt-ta eigi misingbu ot neiba adu eina ure. Makhoigi naheba adu eina tare amasung makhoibu kanbinaba eihak kumtharaklabani. Houjik lak-u, eina nangbu Egypt-ta thagani.’”
35 This was the same Moses that the people had rejected when they said, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge over us?’ God sent him to be both a ruler and a liberator, by means of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
“Hairiba Moses asimakni Israel-gi misingna yakhidaba mahak adu. ‘Nahakpu eikhoigi ithakta mapu amadi wayel mapu oina kanana happage?’ haiduna makhoina mangonda hangkhi. Achakpa mongsongda uhanbikhiba dut adugi mapanna Israel-gi misinggi mathakta pannanaba amadi makhoibu ningtamhanbinaba Tengban Mapuna thabikhiba adu mahakni.
36 Moses led them out after performing miraculous signs in Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and continued to do so in the desert for forty years.
Mahakna makhoibu Egypt-tagi chingbirakkhi, angakpa thabaksing amadi khudamsing Egypt-ta amasung Angangba Ipakta aduga chahi niphu lamjao lamhangda toukhi.
37 This is the same Moses who promised the Israelites, ‘God will send you a prophet like me from among your people.’
‘Eibu thabirakpagumna Tengban Mapugi wa phongdokpiba maichou ama Tengban Mapuna thabirakkani aduga mahak nakhoigi naraktagi mi oigani’ haina Israel-gi misingda haikhiba mahak adu Moses asini.
38 Moses was with God's assembled people in the desert when the angel spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and there with our forefathers he received God's living word to give to us.
Lamjao lamhangda Israel-gi misingna punna leiba aduda leiminnaramba adu mahak asini. Mapham aduda mahak eikhoigi ipa ipusingga loinana amasung Sinai chingda mangonda wa ngangbiba dut aduga leiminnarammi aduga eikhoida pinaba Tengban Mapugi ahingba waheising adu mahakna phangjakhi.”
39 He was the one our fathers wouldn't listen to. They rejected him and decided to return to Egypt.
“Adubu eikhoigi ipa ipusingna mahakna haiba illu yakhide, makhoina mahakpu inthoktuna makhoigi thamoinadi Egypt-ta amuk hankhi.
40 They told Aaron, ‘Make gods for us to lead us, because we don't know what's happened to this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt.’
Maram aduna makhoina Aaron-da hairak-i, ‘Eikhoibu chingbinaba laising sabiyu. Eikhoibu Egypt-tagi chinglakpa nupa Moses aduda kari thokkhrabano haiba eikhoina khangde.’
41 Then they made an idol in the shape of a calf, sacrificed to it, and celebrated what they themselves had made!
Matam adudani makhoina sannao ama saduna maduda iratpot katkhi aduga makhoigi khutna saba pot aduda makhoina haraokhi.
42 So God gave up on them. He left them to their worship of the stars in the sky. This is what the prophets wrote, ‘Were you giving offerings or making sacrifices to me during the forty years in the desert, you Israelites?
Maram aduna Tengban Mapuna makhoidagi mai leithokkhiduna atiyada leiriba numit, tha amadi thawanmichaksingbu makhoina khurumnaba makhoibu thadoklammi. Tengban Mapugi wa phongdokpiba maichousinggi lairikta asumna ikhibagumbani: ‘Israel-gi misa! Lamjao lamhangda chahi niphu nakhoina sasing hattuna katkhiba adu eingonda katpa natte.
43 No, you carried the Tabernacle of the god Moloch and the image of the god Rephan's star, images that you made so you could worship them. So I will banish you in exile beyond Babylon.’
Molech laigi phi-sang adu nakhoina pui, aduga nakhoigi thawanmichak lai Rephan-gi murti pui; murtising adu nakhoina khurumnaba sabani. Maram aduna eina nakhoibu Babylon-gi wangmada loi thagani.’”
44 Our ancestors had the Tabernacle of Testimony in the desert. God had told Moses how he should make it following the blueprint he had seen.
“Tengban Mapuna loinabibagi Phi-sang adu eikhoigi ipa ipusingna lamjao lamhangda makhoiga loinana thamlammi. Madu Tengban Mapuna Moses-ta haikhiba amadi Moses-ta utpikhiba mawong adugi matung inna sabani.
45 Later on, our forefathers carried it with them when they went in with Joshua to occupy the land taken from the nations the Lord drove out before them. It stayed there until the time of David.
Phi-sang adu phangjaraba matungda, Tengban Mapuna makhoigi mangda tanthokkhraba phurupsing adudagi lousinkhraba lam aduda Joshua-gi luching makhada makhoina phi-sang adu purakkhi. Aduga phi-sang adu lam aduda David-ki matam phaoba leirammi.
46 David found favor with God and asked to make a more permanent home for the God of Jacob.
David-na Tengban Mapugi thoujal phangjaduna Jacob-ki Tengban Mapugi leipham ama mahakna sajanabagidamak nijarammi.
47 But it was Solomon who built a Temple for him.
Adubu Ibungogidamak yum sajakhiba adu Solomon-nani.”
48 Of course the Almighty doesn't live in temples we make. As the prophet said,
“Adum oinamak Wangthoiraba Tengban Mapudi mioibagi khutna saba yumda leite. Tengban Mapugi wa phongdokpiba maichouna asumna haikhi,
49 ‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth the place I put my feet. What kind of dwelling could you build for me?’ the Lord asks. ‘What bed could you make for me to rest in?
‘MAPU IBUNGO-na hai, swargadi eigi phambalni aduga malemna eigi khongnetphamni. Eigidamak nakhoina karamba yum sagadage? Nattraga eina leigada mapham kadaidano?
50 Didn't I make everything?’
Eigi khutna pot pumnamaksing asi semkhiba nattra?’”
51 You arrogant, hard-hearted people! You never listen! You always fight against the Holy Spirit! You act just like your fathers did!
Stephen-na makha tarak-i, “Nakhoisi kayada nangak kallibano! Nakhoigi thamoidi kayada Tengban Mapu khangdaba thamoi oiriba aduga Tengban Mapugi waheida nakhoigi nana kayada kalliba! Nakhoi nakhoigi napa napusing aduga chap manei: nakhoisu matam pumbada Thawai Asengbabu yeknei!
52 Was there ever a prophet your fathers didn't persecute? They killed those who prophesied about the coming of the one who is truly good and right. He is the one you betrayed and murdered—
Tengban Mapugi wa phongdokpiba maichou amata nakhoigi napa napusingna ot-neikhidaba yaobra? Achumba chatpa Ibungo adu lakkani haina hanna phongdokpasing adu makhoina hatkhi. Aduga houjikti nakhoina Ibungo mahakpu pithokle amasung hatle.
53 you who received the law by means of the angels, but refused to keep it.”
Swargadutsinggi mapanna piramba Tengban Mapugi wayel yathang adu nakhoina phangle adubu nakhoina madu ngakte.”
54 When they heard this, the council members became mad with rage, and snarled at him, grinding their teeth.
Makhoina masi tabada Stephen-gi mathakta mei houna saorammi amadi maya krak krak chiklammi.
55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed up into heaven and saw God's glory, with Jesus standing at God's right hand.
Adubu Thawai Asengbana thalladuna Stephen-na swargada yengkhatle aduga Tengban Mapugi matik mangal amadi Jisuna Tengban Mapugi yet thangbada lepliba adu urammi.
56 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open, and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand.”
Maduda mahakna hairak-i, “Yeng-u, swarga hangdokpa amadi Migi Machanupa aduna Tengban Mapugi yet thangbada lepliba asi eina ujare!”
57 But they held their hands over their ears and shouted as loudly as they could. They rushed together at him,
Masida makhoina makhoigi manakong makhutna mensillaga akanba khonjelna laoraduna makhoi pumnamakna Stephen tamna chensillammi
58 dragged him out of the city, and began to stone him. His accusers laid their coats down beside a young man called Saul.
aduga mahakpu sahargi wangmada chingthoklaga mahakpu nungna thaba hourammi. Sakhi oiribasing aduna makhoigi maphising adu Saul kouba naha oiriba nupa amagi makhongda thamlammi.
59 As they went on stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
Makhoina Stephen-bu nungna tharingeida mahakna Tengban Mapuda haijarak-i, “Ibungo Jisu, eigi thawai lousinbiyu.”
60 He kneeled down, calling out, “Lord, please don't hold this sin against them!” And after he said this, he died.
Adudagi mahakna khuru khudak kunduna ahouba khonjelda laorak-i, “Mapu Ibungo, pap asi makhoigi mathakta singthanabiganu.” Masi hairamlaga mahak sikhre.
