Acts 7
1 “Are these allegations true?” the high priest asked.
SAMERO lapalap ap masani: Melel mepukat?
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.
A masani: Ri ai o sam ai kan, komail rong, Kot en lingan kotin pwara dong sam atail Apraam ni a kotikot Mesopotamien, ni a saikenta kotikot Aran,
3 God told him, ‘Leave your country and your relatives, and go to the country that I'm going to show you.’
O kotin masani ong i: Kowei sang nan sap om o sang ren sau om, ko wong eu sap, me I pan kasale ong uk!
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.
I ap lipa sang nan sap en Kaltäa o kotikot Aran. Sam a lao matalar, a kotin kalua wong i sap wet, wasa komail kotikot ansau wet.
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.
I ari sota kotin mueid ong i, en sapaneki sap o, sota wasa, me laude ong pat en nä eu, ap kotin inauki ong i, ni ansau saikenta sapwilim a seri, me a pan kotiki ong i o kadaudok a, en sapaneki.
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.
A iet duen me Kot kotin masani: Kadaudok a pan kakairu nan sap en men wai, o re pan lidula, o kanaudokala saunpar papuki.
7 God said, ‘I will punish the nation that enslaves them. Eventually they will leave and come here to worship me.’
O Kot kotin masani: I pan kadeikada toun wei o, me re kin liduliduwi. A murin met re pan lipa sang sap o, ap kaudok ong ia sap wet.
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.
I ari kotiki ong irail inau en sirkomsais. A ap wiadar Isaak o sirkomsais i ni ran kawalu, a Isaak wiadar Iakop, a Iakop sam atail ekriamen oko.
9 The patriarchs, who were jealous of Joseph, sold him into slavery in Egypt. But God was with him,
A sam atail oko peirinki Iosep ap netikilang i Äkipten. A Kot me kotin apwali i,
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.
O kotin dorela i sang ni a apwal akan karos, o kotiki ong i konekon ong kupurokong mon Parao, nanmarki en Äkipten. I ap kasapwilada i, en kaun en Äkipten o a dipisou karos.
11 Now a famine occurred throughout Egypt and Canaan. It caused terrible misery, and our forefathers had no food.
Muein lek ap kipadi sap en Äkipten karos o Kanaan; i ansau o me apwal melel, o sam atail akan sota diaradar sak ar kisin sak.
12 When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt he sent our forefathers down on their first visit.
A Iakop lao mangi, me manga mi Äkipten, ap kotin poronelar mas sam atail akan.
13 During their second visit, Joseph revealed to his brothers who he was, and Pharaoh discovered Joseph's family background.
A lao kariapak Iosep ap diarokadar ren ri a ol akan, o sau en Iosep sansaledo ren Parao.
14 Joseph sent for his father and all his relatives—seventy-five in total.
Iosep ap ilake dong sam a Iakop, pwen kotilang re a o sau i kan karos, irail me isiakan limen.
15 Jacob traveled to Egypt, and died there—as did our forefathers.
Iakop ap kotidilang Äkipten o matalar, i o sam atail akan.
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.
Irail ari wisikelang Sikem o saredier nan sousou o, me Apraam netiekida moni kai sang ren nain Emor oko, sam en Sikem.
17 As the time approached regarding the promise that God had made to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt increased.
A ansau, me inau en Kot ong Apraam pan pwaida, lao korendor, men Israel ap kaparapar o totolar nan Äkipten.
18 A new king came to the throne in Egypt who knew nothing about Joseph.
A lao lel amen nanmarki kaunda Äkipten, me sasa Iosep,
19 He took advantage of our people and treated our ancestors badly, forcing them to abandon their babies so they would die.
I me widiwidinga kainok atail oko, o wia sued ong sam (atail) akan, pwe ren kasela nairail kisin seri kan, pwe re de memaurata.
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.
I ansau me Moses ipwidier, me seri kaselel amen, ap apapwalieta nan im en sam a saunipong silu.
21 When he had to be abandoned, Pharaoh's daughter rescued him and took care of him as her own son.
A lao lokidokilar, sapwilim en Parao seripein ap dorela i o kakairada dueta udan na.
22 Moses received instruction in all areas of Egyptian knowledge, and he became a powerful speaker and leader.
Moses ari padakeda ni song en lolekong en men Äkipten karos; a i me manaman ni a masan o wiawia kan.
23 However, when he was forty years old, he decided to visit his relatives, the Israelites.
A lao saunpar paeisok dauer poa, ap lamedar, en tu ong ri a ol akan men Israel.
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.
A lao masani amen, me kalokolok mal, ap sauasa i o depuk ong, me kaloke mal, ap kotin kamelar ol en Äkipten.
25 Moses thought his fellow Israelites would see that God was rescuing them through him, but they didn't.
Pwe a kupura, me ri a ol akan pan dedeki, me Kot pan kotin kapiti kin ir sang lim a; a re sota dedeki,
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?’
A mandan ran o a kotila re’rail ni ar akamai pena, ap men kotin kapol ira la, masani: Koma pirien eu, menda koma wia sapung nan pung oma?
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.
A me wiada sapung ong men imp a o sikon wei i, inda: Is me kasapwil uk adar, pwen at saumas o saunkapung?
28 ‘Are you going to kill me like you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
Koe pan kame ia la dueta koe kamela men Äkipten aio?
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 ap tangki sang lokaia pot et o kakairu sili nan sap en Midian eu, wasa a kanaitikieda ol riamen.
30 Forty years later, in the desert of Mount Sinai, an angel appeared to him in the flames of a burning bush.
Kadekadeo lao par paeisok dauer poa, tounlang amen ap pwara dong i ni nana Sinai nin tuka teketek umpumpul pot.
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:
Moses lao masani, ap kotin puriamuiki kasansal o. A ni a koti ong, pwen masani, kapitie en Kaun o ap pei dong i:
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.
Ngai Kot en sam om akan, Kot en Apraam, o Isaak, o Iakop. Moses ap kotin rerereda o masak udial i.
33 The Lord told him, ‘Take off your sandals, because where you are standing is holy ground.
Kaun o ap kotin masani ong i: Ki sang sut ni nä om akan, pwe wasa koe u ia me saraui!
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.’
I kilanger kankangeranger en nai aramas akan, o I ronger ar sangesang, ap kodi dong kamaio wei ir ala. Ari kodo, I pan kadar uk alang Äkipten!
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.
I Moses, me irail mamaleki ni ar indinda: Is me kasapwil uk ada, pwen at saumas o saunkapung? I me Kot kotin poronela, en saumas o saunkamaur ki lim en tounlang o, me kotin pwara dong i nan tuka teketek.
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.
Iei i, me kalua ir sang o wiadar manaman o kilel akan nan sap Äkipten, o nan sed waitata, o nan sap tan saunpar paeisok.
37 This is the same Moses who promised the Israelites, ‘God will send you a prophet like me from among your people.’
I Moses, me masani ong men Israel: Kot pan kotiki ong komail saukop amen sang nan ipwin ri omail ol akan dueta ngai, i me komail en peiki ong!
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.
Iei i, me mi nan momodisou nan sap tan ren tounlang o, me kotin mamasani ong i pon nana Sinai, o me kotin ieiang sam atail akan me kotin aleer masan en kamaur, pwen use dong kit.
39 He was the one our fathers wouldn't listen to. They rejected him and decided to return to Egypt.
Me sam atail akan kang peiki ong, ap siken wei sang irail i, o nan mongiong arail re men sapalang Äkipten,
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.’
Potoan ong Aron: Wiai ong kit at kot akan, me pan tiong mo at, pwe se sasa, da me wiaui ong Moses, me kalua kit sang nan Äkipten!
41 Then they made an idol in the shape of a calf, sacrificed to it, and celebrated what they themselves had made!
Irail ari wiadar dikedik en kaupul amen ni ran oko, o mairong ong kilel en ani mal o, o perenki, wiawia kan en pa arail.
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?
Kot ap kotin saupei sang irail o kotin mueid ong irail ren kaudok ong usu pan lang akan duen a intingidier nan puk en saukop akan: Iaduen komail men Israel, komail mairongki ong ia man akan nan sap tan ni par paeisok?
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.’
Melel komail waroki ong mol ong en Molok, o usu en omail kot Rempan, dikedik kai, me komail wiadar, pwen pongi; a I pan kasapoke komail la palila sang Papilon.
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.
Mol en kadede mi ren sam atail akan nan sap tan duen masan en i, me kotin mamasani ong Moses, me ren wiada duen kilel o, me a kotin udialer.
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.
Me sam atail akan pil aleer, ap iang Iosua wala ni ar sapaneki sap en men liki kan me Kot kotin koko wei mon silang en sam atail akan lao lel muein Dawid.
46 David found favor with God and asked to make a more permanent home for the God of Jacob.
Me konekon ren Kot o kotin anane kauadang Kot en Iakop mol eu.
47 But it was Solomon who built a Temple for him.
A Salomo me kotin kauada tanpas eu.
48 Of course the Almighty doesn't live in temples we make. As the prophet said,
A Wasa lapalap sota kin kotikot nan mol, me pa en aramas wiadar duen saukop o kin katitiki:
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?
Nanlang deu i, o sappa utipa i, me Kaun o kotin masani. A im da, me komail men kauadang ia, de ia wasa, I en kamol ia?
50 Didn't I make everything?’
Kaidin pa i, me wiadar mepukat karos?
51 You arrogant, hard-hearted people! You never listen! You always fight against the Holy Spirit! You act just like your fathers did!
Komail me katiwo o so sirkomsais nan mongiong o salong omail, komail kin kaokaoe Ngen saraui ansau karos, komail kin dueta sam omail akan.
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—
Is ren saukop akan me sam omail akan sota kaloke? O re kamata ir ala, me kopador Pung men et, me komail pangalar o kamatalar.
53 you who received the law by means of the angels, but refused to keep it.”
Komail me aleer kapung ren tounlang kan, ap sota kapwaiada.
54 When they heard this, the council members became mad with rage, and snarled at him, grinding their teeth.
Irail rongadar mepukat, ap olar nan mongiong arail o re teterok ngi ong i.
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.
A Stepanus dir en Ngen saraui kangkakil nanlang o udial en Kot a lingan o Iesus a kotikot ni pali maun en Kot,
56 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open, and the Son of Man standing at God's right hand.”
Ap katitiki: Kilang, i ududial nanlang kan ar ritida, o Nain aramas a kotikot ni pali maun en Kot.
57 But they held their hands over their ears and shouted as loudly as they could. They rushed together at him,
Irail ap weriwereda o pinale salong arail o wiaki eu tanga dong i.
58 dragged him out of the city, and began to stone him. His accusers laid their coats down beside a young man called Saul.
Irail lao sikenewei sang nan kanim o, rap kate i. A saunkadede kan pwilikidier ar likau ni nä en manakap amen, me ad a Saulus.
59 As they went on stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
Irail ari kate Stepanus ni a kapakap o inda: Maing Iesus, re kotin kasamo ngen i!
60 He kneeled down, calling out, “Lord, please don't hold this sin against them!” And after he said this, he died.
I ari kelepuki o ngil laudeda: Maing re der kapokon ong irail dip wet. A inda met, ap mairedi o ari.
