Acts 7
1 The high priest said, “Are these things so?”
Acunüng, ktaiyü ngvai naw, “Acuna ngthu kcangki aw?” ti lü, Stephen a kthäh.
2 He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
Acunüng Stephen naw msang lü, “Ka bee jah ka pae aw, ngai ua, mi pupa Abraham, Haran khawa am a ceh ham üng Mesopotemiha Pamhnama hlüngtainak a veia ngdang law lü,
3 and said to him, ‘Get out of your land and away from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.’
“Na khaw ja na im üngka naw cit lü ka ning mhnuh vaia pea cita” a ti.
4 Then he came out of the land of the Kasdim and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land where you are now living.
Acunüng, Abraham cun Khalade khaw üngka naw cit lü Haran khawa va veki; acunüng, a pa a thih käna hina atuh nami venak khawa Pamhnam naw a ngkawnsak.
5 He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his offspring after him, when he still had no child.
Acunüng, hia ta a venak vai, a khawpa a takeinak vai pi Pamhnam naw am pe; acunsepi, amät ja a ngsawne cäpa khawh a jah pet vaia am a ca ham üng tün lü khyütamki.
6 God spoke in this way: that his offspring would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.
Acunüng, Pamhnam naw, ‘Na mjükphyüie khyanga khawa kum phyakphyü ve khaie, khyanga mpyaa ve u se, jah khuimkha khaie’ tia a pyen.
7 ‘I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,’ said God, ‘and after that they will come out and serve me in this place.’
Acunüng, Pamhnam naw, ‘Amimi jah mpya na khaia khyang mjüe pi kamät naw ami lei ka jah mtai law pe khai. Acun käna lät law be u lü, hina hnün üng na hjawkhah law khaie’ a ti.
8 He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.
Acunüng, Pamhnam naw vun mawih vaia ngthumkhän pe se; acunüng, Abraham naw Isak ca na lü amhnüp khyetnak üng a vun a mawi pet; acunüng, Isak naw Jakop ca na se, Jakop naw a ca xaleinghngihea vun a jah mawih pet acune cun nglo ngthangkie mi pupae ni.
9 “The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him
Acunüng, Jakopa cae naw ami na Josep k’eih u lü Egypt pea ami jawihei; acunsepi, Pamhnam naw vepüi lü,
10 and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
a khuikhanak naküt üng küikyanki. Josep cun Egypt sangpuxanga maa a pha vai üng Pamhnam naw ani üng themnak ja a hmai vainak pe se, Pharo sangpuxang naw Egypt pe ja a im üng ngvai säiha a mcawn.
11 Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
Egypt ja Kanan pe avan üng khawjaw law se, khuikhanak aktäa ve lawki; mi pupae cun ami ei vai i am ta u lü vekie.
12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
Acunsepi, Jakop naw Egypt pea cang veki tia ksing lü a cae a jah tüih; acun cun ami cehnak akcüksäiha kyaki.
13 On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family was revealed to Pharaoh.
Acunüng, anghngihnaka ami ceh üng, Josep cun a beea üng jah mtheh se; acunüng, Josepa khuiima mawng cun Pharo naw a jah ksing law.
14 Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
Acunüng, Josep naw a pa Jakop ja a benae naküt a jah khüsak; ami van khyühkip ja hma lawki he.
15 Jacob went down into Egypt and he died, himself and our fathers;
Jakop cun Egypt pea ju citki; acunüng, ani ja a tucae cun thikie.
16 and they were brought back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem.
Ami yawke cun Sikem khawa jah cepüi u lü Abraham naw Sikem khawa Hamoa sanga veia ngui am a khyäiha ng'uhnak üng ami ja k’ut.
17 “But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
“Acunüng, Pamhnam naw Abrahama veia khyütam akpha law hlü üng, Jakopa mjükphyüie cun Egypt pea nung mja lawki he.
18 until there arose a different king who didn’t know Joseph.
Josep am ksingkia sangpuxang akce naw Egypt cun up lawki.
19 The same took advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to abandon their babies, so that they wouldn’t stay alive.
Ani naw mi pupae jah mkhuimkha lü hnasen he pi thi khaia im üngkhyüh a jah xawt tawnsak.
20 At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome to God. He was nourished three months in his father’s house.
Acunüng Pamhnama hmaia aktäa ngtokia, Mosi hmi law se, a pa ima khya kthum ami mcah;
21 When he was abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up and reared him as her own son.
acun käna ami tawnnaka, Pharoa canu naw lo lü amäta ca vaia a mcahei.
22 Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
Acunüng Mosi cun Egypt pea ami ksingkhyapnak naküt jah mthei u se, bilawnak ja pyensaknak thei üng be lawki.
23 But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
Kum kphyükip a cum üng, a püi Isarele ihawkba vekie ti cun ja va bükteng khaia ngtängki.
24 Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
Acunüng Isarel khyang mat Egypt khyang naw khuimkha se hmu lü, yungki naw Egypt khyang cun a hnim.
25 He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn’t understand.
(Pamhnam naw ani am a khyange jah yung khai tia, a khyange naw ksing khaiea ngai sepi, am ksing u.)
26 “The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, ‘Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?’
Angawi law be tü üng amimät üngka xawi ngtunngpyei nise jah hmu law lü, ‘Ka püi xawi aw, bengna xawia nani kyaki, ise nani ngtunngpyeiki ni?’ ti lü ja mkhya khaia bü se,
27 But he who did his neighbour wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
a püi ngtunpüiki naw Mosi buk lü, ‘Kani khana suki ja ngthumkhyah mkhawnga u naw aning mcawn ni?
28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
Müta Egypt khyang na hnima kba na na hnim khaia na büki aw?’ a kthäh.
29 Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
Acun a ngjaka phäha Mosi Midian pea cen lü, acuia cakpa nghngih a canak.
30 “When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
Kum kphyükip a nghjawk käna, Sinai mcung pei khawkhyawng khawa meia däiki kpyap üngka naw, khankhawngsä mat a veia ngdang lawki.
31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, the voice of the Lord came to him,
Mosi naw acun a hmu üng, aktäa cäi lü bükteng khaia a va k’et üng, Bawipa kthai naw,
32 ‘I am the God of your fathers: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ Moses trembled and dared not look.
‘Kei cun na pupaea Pamhnam ni, Abrahama Pamhnam, Isaka Pamhnam, Jakopa Pamhnam ni’ ti se, acunüng, Mosi naw kyüh lü am a bükteng dat.
33 The Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
Acunüng, Bawipa naw, ‘Na khawdawk cän suta; isetiakyaküng na ngdüinak cän hnün ngcimcaiha mdek ni.
34 I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you into Egypt.’
Egypt pea ka khyang vekiea ami khuikhanak aktäa hmu veng, ami ngko pi ngja veng, ami jah küikyan khaia ka kyum lawki ni. Tuhkbäih cita, Egypt pea ka ning tüih khai’ a ti.
35 “This Moses whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
Acuna Mosi, ‘Kani khana suki ja ngthumkhyah mkhawnga u naw aning mcawn ni?’ tia Isarele naw ami mah cun, kpyapa k'uma a veia ngdang lawkia khankhawngsä naw kpüi se, Pamhnam naw ani kung cun ngvai ja küikyan khaia a tüiha kyaki.
36 This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Sea of Suf, and in the wilderness for forty years.
Ani naw Egypt pe, Mpanglai Sen ja khawkhyawng khawa kum kphyükip üng, cäicatnak vaie ja müncamkse ja pawh lü a ja ngkhah lawpüi.
37 This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, ‘The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from amongst your brothers, like me.’
Isarel khyange üng ‘Pamhnam naw kei ana mcawna mäiha, nami benae üngka sahma mat ning ja mcawn pe khai’ ti lü jah mthehki cun acuna Mosia kyaki.
38 This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living revelations to give to us,
Ani cun, khawkhyawng khawa ngkhämkiea veia pi kyase, Sinai mcunga ngthuheipüikia khankhawngsäa veia pi kyase, ja mjükphyüi nakiea veia pi kyase ve lü mimi a jah pet vaia xüngseiki Pamhnama ngthu yahkia kyaki.
39 to whom our fathers wouldn’t be obedient, but rejected him and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
Ania ngthu cun mi pupae naw käh ngai u lü, ami mlung üng Egypt pea nghlat be vai ngjahlükie.
40 saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.’
Acunakyase Arona veia, ‘Ja ngkhahpüi khaia mhnam he jah pyan peta; Egypt pe üngka naw jah lawpüikia Mosi ihawkba veki ni am ksing ve üng’ ami ti.
41 They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
Acunüng, seca juktuh pyang u lü, acun cun xüngsei hnimki he naw hjawkhah u lü, amimäta kuta pyang cun ngkengtai u lü hlimtuikie.
42 But God turned away and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
Acunakyase Pamhnam naw akcea ja jah nghlat ta lü, khankhawa aisie jah hjawkhah khaiea a jah pawh; acun cun sahmaea yuknak caup üng: ‘Isarel khyange aw, khawkhyawng khawa kum kphyükip üng axüngksei jah hnim u lü ngkengnak nami bilawh hin kei nami na hjawkhahnak am ni.
43 You took up the tabernacle of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, the figures which you made to worship, so I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’
Sama k'uma veki Moluk mhnam ceh hü lü aisi mhnam Rephan pi nami hjawkhah vaia a lup nami pyangki, acunakyase, Babalung pea nami mpya khaia ka ning jah tüih khai’ tia veki.
44 “Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen;
Mi pupae naw khawkhyawng khawa Mhnama venak vai sam takie. Acun cun Mhnama phäh nami pyan vai cun Mosi üng mtheh kba sam nami takie.
45 which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations whom God drove out before the face of our fathers to the days of David,
Acun käna, mi pupaea naw sam cun lo u lü Josuh mah maha cit u lü cehpüikie, acun cun Pamhnam naw ni maa a jah ksät khyangmjüea khawa takie. Acun hin Davita a ve law cäpa acua veki.
46 who found favour in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
Acuna Davit cun Pamhnama mpyeneinak yah lü, Jakopa Pamhnama venak vai pyang khaia kthähki.
47 But Solomon built him a house.
Acunsepi, Solamon naw ni im cun a sak.
48 However, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
Acunsepi, hlüngtai säihkia Mhnam cun khyanga kut am saka im üng am ve khawi; sahma naw pyen lü:
49 ‘heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?’ says the Lord. ‘Or what is the place of my rest?
Bawipa naw, ‘Khankhaw cun ka Bawingawhnaka kyaki, khawmdek cun ka khawpha ka mtaihnaka kyaki, im ia mäih nami na sak hlü peki ni? Ka venaka hnün cun ia mäih ni?
50 Didn’t my hand make all these things?’
Kamäta kut am anaküt ka ja mhnünkia am kya aw?’ ti ve, ti lü a pyen ni.
51 “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.
Stephen naw msu lü, “Nami mlung ngcang ve, Pamhnama ngthu am nami ngjaki, anglät se Ngmüimkhya Ngcim nami mahki; nami pupaea ve ja nami ve täng ve.
52 Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.
Nami pupae naw sahmae am ami khuimkha khawi veki aw? Law khaia Ngsungpyunkia Mpyaa mawng sang lawki he Pamhnama ngsä he jah hnimki he. Atuh pi ani cun phyehei lü nami hnimki.
53 You received the Torah as it was ordained by angels, and didn’t keep it!”
Mhnama thum, khankhawngsä hea naw ami ning jah pet cän yah u lü am nami läki” a ti.
54 Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
Acunüng, acuna ngthu cun kawngci khyange naw ami ngjak ja ami mlungso law se, Stephena khana mnicui kyetkie.
55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Yeshua standing on the right hand of God,
Acunsepi, Stephen cun Ngmüimkhya Ngcim am bekia kya lü, khankhawa hang mangki naw, Pamhnama hlüngtainak ja Pamhnama khet lama Jesuh ngdüi se a hmu.
56 and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
Acunüng, Stephen naw, “Teng u.” “Khankhaw nghmawng lü Pamhnama khet lama Khyanga Cakpa ngdüiki pi hmu veng” a ti.
57 But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears, then rushed at him with one accord.
Amimi cun angsanga ngpyang u lü, ami nghnga jah kbümeikie naw, atänga kyaksih u lü,
58 They threw him out of the city and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
mlüh k'um üngka naw akpunga kaih u lü, lung am ami khawng. Saksi vai ami suisake cun Sawluh ngming naki cawngpyang mata khaw kunga ami jah tak.
59 They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Yeshua, receive my spirit!”
Acunüng, lung am aktäa ami khawng k'um üng, Stephen naw, “Bawipa Jesuh aw! ka Ngmüimkhya labea” ti lü ktaiyüki.
60 He knelt down and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.
Acunüng, a mkhuk ngdäng lü, angsanga ngpyang lü, “Bawipa aw, hina ami mkhyekatnak cän käh ja thung be kawpi” a ti. Acuna ngthu a pyen päng ja thiki.
