Acts 7
1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
Mu prista mukulwana chacho, “izi zintu zeniti?”
2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,
sitefana chacho, “va nchizyangu ni ve shangu, muteke kwangu: Ireeza we nkanya ava voneki kwe shetu Abrahama hava kwina mwa mesopotamia, naseni ku kekala kwa haran;
3 And said to him, Depart from thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.
chacho kwali, 'siye inkanda yako ni mahasi yako, mi uyende mu nkanda yete ni kutondeze.'
4 Then he came from the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Haran: and from there, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, in which ye now dwell.
Cha siya inkanda ya makaladani niku ke kala kwa karani; kuzwaho, hava fwili isi, Ireeza cha muleta mweyi inkanda, mumuhala hanu.
5 And he gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his offspring after him, when as yet he had no child.
kakwina chavahi kwali chokuyola, ne, kena chivali chikando kuti alyate itende hateni. kono ava sepisi- nanga aho Abrahama kena aveni kuva kale mwana-ilikuti ahinde inkanda kuva chiluwo chakwe ni lusika lwakwe kuzwa kwali.
6 And God spoke in this way, That his offspring should sojourn in a foreign land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and oppress them four hundred years.
Ireeza avali kuwamba kwali vuti, ishika lyakwe mulikahale inako zana mwi nkanda isali yayo, mi vene ve nkanda vaka va vike muvuhikana niku va nyandisa ke mianda yone.
7 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that they shall come forth, and serve me in this place.
imi muni atule inkanda mwete vakave vahikana; chawamba Ireeza; mi chizamanezo kavazwe mwateni nikuni lapela mwechi chivaka;
8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
mi avahi Abrahama chilikani cho mupato, cwale Abrahama cheza kuva isi wa Isaka niku mutwala ku mupato kamazuva amana lyanza ni tunwe to tatwe. Isaka cheza kuva isi wa Jakovo, mi Jacovo isi wa vana ve kumi nivo vele.
9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
Vayendi vava susuwezwe cho muuna kwineku lya Josefa mi chiva muwuza kwa Egepita, mi Ireeza ava kwina naye,
10 And delivered him from all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
mi chamulukulula ku manyando akwe onse, nikumuha chisemo ni butali havusu bwa Pharaoh, mulena wa Egepita. Pharaoh chamupanga ngambela mwa Egepita ni mwinzuvo yakwe yonse.
11 Now there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
Linu aho chikweza inzala monse mwa Egepita ni kanana, Ni manyando makando mi veshetu kena vavawani zilyo.
12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
Kono jakovo hazuwa kuti kwina mundale mwa Egepita cha tumina veshetu va veshetu che ntanzi.
13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s kindred was made known to Pharaoh.
cho vuveli Josefa chalivonahaza ku vakwame; mi mahasi a Josefa chiveza kwi ziveka kwa Pharaoh.
14 Then Joseph sent, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, seventy and five souls.
Josefa cha vona vamukulwe kuti vakasumpe Jamusi isi wakwe kwiza kwa Egepita, ni mahasi akwe onse, makumi amana iyanza ni makumi ovele ni vantu va mana iyanza.
15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
Cwale Jakovo chayenda mwa Egepita; cha kafwa, iye ni vasukulu va vasukulu.
16 And were carried over into Shechem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Shechem.
Vava twalwa kwa shecham nikuka lazikwa mwi vita ilyo Abrahama lyavawuli ke ntenko mwa silivela ni vana va hamor mwa shecham.
17 But when the time of the promise drew near, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
Sina inako ye nsepiso hachiyina hafuhi, insepiso yava pangi Ireeza kwa Abrahama, vantu vava kuli niku hweza mwa Egepita,
18 Till another king arose, who knew not Joseph.
haisi hakuva kezi zumwi Simwine mwa Egepita, uzu murena yasena va kwizi chintu kuamana ni Josefa.
19 The same dealt treacherously with our kindred, and oppressed our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
Murena yoswana uzu ava chengeleli vantu niku nyandisi va sukulu vave sukulu, vavahi vana vavo kwi nkozi niva hupula kuti kavahale.
20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished in his father’s house three months:
Keyo inako Mushe ava pepwa, sekeli mulotu havusu bwe ireeza, mi ava kuvikitwe mwi nzuvo ivesi cha mwezi yo tatwe.
21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
hava ku vikitwe hanze, mwana Pharaoh ava muañuli niku mulela sina njiwakwe.
22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
Mushe ava kwina inzivo mwintuto zonse za Egepita; mi avana ziho mu manzwi ni mumitendo.
23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
kono hachavali kuchutile kuzilimo ze kumi zone, chiya keza munkulo yakwe kuti akapotele va mukulwakwe, vaana va isilaele.
24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
kuvona mu isilaele na sikululwa, Mushe chamu lamulela ni ku vozekeza yava ku lwisa isilaele:
25 For he supposed his brethren to understand that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
Ava kutele kuti va mukulwe kava zuwisise kuti Ireeza che yanza lyakwe ava kuva haza, kono kena vava zuwisisi.
26 And the next day he showed himself to them as they were fighting, and would have constrained them to be at peace again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
Izuva lyitatama cheza kuvamwi ma Isilaele vavakwete kupanga inkani; avaliki kuva vika mwinkozo hamwina; chacho; vakwame, muva kwaluzuvo, chinzi hamu lizuwisa kuchisa?'
27 But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
kono yava fosekezi zumwi chamu timba, nikucho,' yava kupangi muyendisi ni muatuli hewulu lyetu?
28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday?
kana usaka kunihaya, sina movehaili ma Egepita izona?
29 Then Moses fled at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.
Mushe chatiya hamana kuzuwa izi; cheza kuva muyendi mwinkanda ya midian, uko kwavavi isi wa vaana vo vele.
30 And when forty years had passed, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
zilimo ze kumi yone hazihita, iñiloi chilyeza kuli vonahaza mwihalaupa lya mount sinayi, mu mulilo mukando muka zuka.
31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came to him,
Mushe ha vona mulilo, cha komoka ha vona izo; mi hava ku chunine kuka vona izo, chikweza inzwi lye Ireeza, kuwamba,
32 Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and dared not behold.
njime Ireeza wa veshako, Ireeza wa Abrahama, niwa Isaka, niwa Jakovo,' Mushe cha chachalika mi kena va liki ku lola.
33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
Ireeza cha wamba kwali, 'chupule insangu zako, kaho chivaka cho zimene hachili chivaka chi jolola.
34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
Niva voni luli manyando avantu vangu se vena mwa Egepita; niva zuwi intongosi zavo, mi niva kezi kwiza kuva haza; cwale wize, kani ku tume kwa Egepita.'
35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
Uzu Mushe uvava kani, havava wambi,' njeni yava kupangi muyendisi ni muatuli?' - njeye Ireeza yava tumi kuva zonse muyendisi ni mulukululi. Ireeza ava mutumi ke yanza lye ñiloyi lyiva voneki kwa Mushe muka zuka.
36 He brought them out, after he had showed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
Mushe chava zwisa mwa Egepita, hamana kupanga imakazo ni zisupo mwa Egepita mi nikwiwate lyempi, mi nimwihalaupa ke zilimo zimana makumi one.
37 This is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up to you of your brethren, like me; him shall ye hear.
Nji Mushe yoswana yava wambi kuvantu va Isilaele,' Ireeza ka vuse mu polofita wenu mukati kava mukulwenu, mupolofita ya swana neme.'
38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on the mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received the living oracles to give to us:
Uzu nji mukwame yava kwina muchikwata mwi halaupa ne ñiloyi lyiva wambi naye kwi rundu lya sinai. Uzu njimukwame yava kwina niva sukulu vava sukulu; uzu njimukwame yava amuheli manzwi ahala zwiza kutuha.
39 Whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
Uzu nji mukwame uzo va sukulu vava sukulu vava kani kwichilila; vava mutandili kule navo, mi mwinkulo zavo vava voli kwa Egepita.
40 Saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
Keyo inako chiva wamba kwa Aruni,' Tupangile va zimu vete va tuyendise. haili kozu Mushe, yava tuzwisi mwinkanda ya Egepita, katwizi chapangahala kwali.'
41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
Cwale chiva panga iñombe mwao mazuva nikuleta chitavelo kwecho chizimu, niku tava cho musevezi wa mayanza yavo.
42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices for forty years in the wilderness?
Kono Ireeza cha sanduka niku va siya kuti va lapele inkani mwiwulu, sina mwiñolelwemwi mbuka ya mapolofita,' kana muva nihi iñombe ni chitavelo ke zilimo zimana makumi one mwi halaupa, inzuvo ya Isilaele?
43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Molech, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
muva zumini i tabernakele ya moleki ni nkani ze zimu rafani, nizi vupiwa zi muvapangi kuti muzilapele: Mikani mihinde kwi mihitiliza kwa babilona.'
44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking to Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
Va sukulu vava sukulu sevena itabernaka yo vupaki yo mwihalaupa, Sina Ireeza mwava laeli hava kuwamba ni Mushe, kuti aipange sina chivupeho chava voni.
45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Joshua into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David;
Ichi njichintu va sukulu va vasukulu, mwinzila yavo, kuleta munkanda ni Joshuwa. Ichi chiva pangahali havavezi kwinjila nikuluwa mwinkanda izo Ireeza zava zwisi havusu bwava sukulu vava sukulu. Ivakwina vulyo mbwita mu mazuva a Davida,
46 Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
yava wani chisemo mumenso a Ireeza; ava kumbili kuwana chivaka chamekalo cha Ireeza wa Jakovo.
47 But Solomon built for him an house.
Kono Solomoni ava zakili Ireeza izuvo.
48 Yet the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
Nihakuva bulyo, yohanzi kekali mumazuvo okuzaka ni, mayanza; iswana sina mupolofita ha wamba,
49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build for me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
Iwulu chihuna changu, mi ifasi malyatilo amatende angu. Inzuvonzi yowola kuni zakila? Simwine uwamba: kapa chivaka chamapumulelo angu chinahi?
50 Hath not my hand made all these things?
kena kuti iyanza lyangu lyipangi izi zintu zonse?'
51 Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Inwe vantu va zuminine insingo nive inkulo zi sena mumupato ni matwi, mukaninanga Luho Lujolola; mupanga sina muvava kupangira va sukulu vava sukulwenu.
52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them who showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
Njeni kuva porofita va sukulu vava sukulwenu isena uvavanyandisi? vavehayi maporofita vava voneki ku matangiro okukeza kuyo jolola; mi hanu chimweza kuva vaveteki ni vehayi vakwe nemwe,
53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
Inwe vantu muva amuheli milao ivatangwa ku mañiloyi, kono kena muva ichilili.”
54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
Linu va kwame ve nkuta hava zuwa izi zintu, vava fundwa kwinkulo, chiva suma meeno avo kwa sitefeni.
55 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,
Kono iye, kakwizula luho lu jolala, chalolelela kwi wulu chokutokomela mi chavona inkanya ye Ireeza; mi chavona Jesu na zimene kwiyanza lya chilyiso lye Ireeza.
56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Sitefani chawamba, “lole, nibwene mawulu eyalukite, mi mwana muntu uzimene kwiyanza lye chiliso lye Ireeza.”
57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
Kono ve nkuta chiva huweleza mwinzwi lyikando, nikwiyala matwi avo niku muhwelela hamwina vonse;
58 And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.
vava muzindiri hanze yo muleneñi nikumu pwachola: mi impaki chiza zala zi zwato zavo za hanze ha matende a muswisu wa muhwile yo supwa Saule.
59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
havavali kupwachola sitefani, avazwili havusu kusumpa kwa Simwine ni kuwamba,” Simwine Jesu, tambule luho lwangu.”
60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Cha kuvama hansi niku huwa ke linzwi ikando, “Simwine, kanji ukwati ichi chivi kuvali.” hacha mana kuwamba izi, chalala.
