Acts 6

1 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!”

E kindeno kar kwan mar jopuonjre ne medore, omiyo jo-Yahudi mane wacho dho jo-Yunani nochako ngʼur gi jo-Yahudi wetegi mane wacho dho Hibrania. Jo-Yahudi mane wacho dho jo-Yunani ne ywak ni mon ma chwogi othogi ne ojwangʼ kaluwore gi kony mar chiemo mane ipogo mon ma chwogi otho.

2 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]!

Wachno nomiyo joote apar gariyo ochoko jopuonjre duto kanyakla, mi giwachonegi niya, “Ok ber mondo wajwangʼ tich mar yalo Wach Nyasaye mondo wapog chiemo.

3 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,

Kuom mano, owetewa, yieruru ji abiriyo e dieru ka; joma ongʼere ni opongʼ gi Roho Maler kod rieko mondo waket tijni e lwetgi,

4 and we [(exc)] will devote our time to pray and to preach and teach the message [about Jesus].”

eka wan wachiwre chuth ni tijwa mar lamo gi yalo Wach Nyasaye.”

5 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].

Paroni nomoro joma oyie kuom Kristo duto kanyakla, omiyo ne giyiero Stefano, ngʼat mopongʼ gi yie kendo gi Roho Maler, gi Filipo, kod Prokoro, gi Nikanor, gi Timon, gi Parmenas, kod Nikolao ja-Antiokia, ngʼat mane olokore oluwo din jo-Yahudi.

6 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].

Negikelo jogi mi joote oyieyo lwetgi kuomgi kendo olamonegi.

7 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].

Omiyo Wach Nyasaye nomedo landore, kendo kwan jopuonjre mane ni Jerusalem nomedore ahinya, kendo ji mangʼeny kuom jodolo nolokore moluwo yieno.

8 God was enabling Stephen to do many things by God’s power. He was doing many amazing miracles among the [Jewish] people.

To Stefano mane en ngʼat mopongʼ gi ngʼwono kod teko mar Nyasaye, notimo ranyisi madongo miwuoro kod honni e dier ji.

9 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.

Kata kamano, jomoko nochako kedo kode. Jogi ne gin jokanyo mar oganda mane iluongo ni sinagogi mar wasumbini mogony. Ne gin jo-Yahudi modak Kurene, gi Aleksandria kod gwenge mag Kilikia kod Asia. Jogi nochako mino wach gi Stefano,

10 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.

to ne ok ginyal loyo riekone kod teko mar Roho mane owuoyogo.

11 Then that group secretly persuaded [some] men to [falsely accuse Stephen. saying], “We [(exc)] heard him say bad things about Moses and God.”

Bangʼe ne gisemo jomoko lingʼ-lingʼ mondo owach niya, “Ne wawinjo Stefano kawacho weche mag ayany kuom Musa gi Nyasaye.”

12 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.

Omiyo negitugo mirimb ji kaachiel gi jodong oganda kod jopuonj chik. Negimako Stefano mi gikele e nyim buch Sanhedrin.

13 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].

Eka negichiwo joneno mag miriambo, mane ojimbo wach kuome kawacho niya, “Ngʼatni osiko wuoyo marach kuom kama ler, kendo kuom Chik.

14 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].”

Nikech ne wawinje gi itwa kowacho ni Yesu ma ja-Nazarethni biro ketho hekaluni mi olok tim mane Musa omiyowa mondo waluw.”

15 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.

Ji duto mane obedo e buch Sanhedrin ne ngʼiyo Stefano ma wengegi ok diemre, kendo negineno ka lela wangʼe chal gi lend wangʼ malaika.