1 PBA Dor buang mimate sariho Imam sa mateng, "Honife naho abul?" BSB BSB: Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”
2 PBA Horo, Stefanus mateng, "Diail bar med omang nun, nari alepang; Lahtal mate lafining sari med pi bap pi bale Abraham o'petang, ho a'raham sa dai mong Mesapotamia ho mi, sa e Haran mi dai, BSB BSB: And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
3 PBA no' sa aramateng, helsam, o'bang o' pali; o foi o faai, o di, o matu, o uding o hun, a mihel sam mong bang pali nu ma a na etub ho leam. BSB BSB: and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’
4 PBA Horo he, Abraham Kasdim hinung o foi faai ho med meng, sa mong Haran leam mih, Hemomi omang min, Lahtal foil a'how saluil ho' faai ba i tamieh ho' leho. BSB BSB: So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.
5 PBA Sobo, Lahtal faai ho' tehalal emele di sa e en nene sobo, u paha' med Abraham en ano' sei, med o diing o bap e'meng, masiki Abraham ai ara dai. BSB BSB: He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.
6 PBA Sobo Lahtal aramateng ho'ni, o diing o bap ho, sano' name seho' ong foi faai empir mi, name sipi a'how atining ano' sah-sah o' lufang tun ratut om mi. BSB BSB: God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
7 PBA 'Sobo name ba sipi ahow atining ano' sah-sah ho, na hukung en, Lahtal bit honi. No' sipi hemomi hel lame dal orang med naraham ong pali' ho' mi.' BSB BSB: ‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.’
8 PBA No he'e Lahtal paha' med Abraham en a'how sao' bolang, no' Abraham sano' Ishak omang, no' he'e sa ano' bolang, ho araham Ishak o ur tareng turlo, med Ishak sano' Yakub omang, no' he'e Yakub ho sano' pi bap pir ernu faling alo. BSB BSB: Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
9 PBA Sipi om Yusup a'taain, horo pibap ari fail Mesir leam. Sobo Lahtal Yusup a'ra to huil, BSB BSB: Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
10 PBA Sah karang om mi sa ano il, na a'hol dil ma eh sa med Mesir o afen Firaun apong a'dang mi, sa sano name tur Mesir pali' homi, sano' buang aneng ma afen o bang om lelang mate om ho mi. BSB BSB: and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household.
11 PBA E seh-seh nene malihing mate Mesir pali med Kanaan lehel, kurang bo' karang lapec mate ara atel, med pi bap pi bale na'ade ei lap sah. BSB BSB: Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
12 PBA Honi sobo Yakub ma' eh he'e, mong Mesir miho ala ara, sa bap bale a'how sam hemo leam o'a'ainang. BSB BSB: When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.
13 PBA Sam o'mialomi Yusup safah sahir med so di ailbar etub, horo he'e Yusup o'diailbar Firaun di a'hol. BSB BSB: On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh.
14 PBA Mang horo he'e, Yusup samang tahow somang en, so di'ailbar med so lelang sobar en sipi a'how ho' sariho sonang eritito faling ifing. BSB BSB: Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.
15 PBA Horo he'e, Yakub hel Mesir lehel, sa hemo mi min, sari med pi diing pi bap so bar pi. BSB BSB: So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
16 PBA Mong hemomi, name sipi ara Sikhem leho'apot, sari dere lafo ho Abraham seng puin fel tining med Hemor aibar Sikhem mi ho enam. BSB BSB: Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.
17 PBA Honi sobo, paha' ba Lahtal u Abraham aramateng o'selho fanang, sipi ei lelang ba mong Mesir mi ho mang tofang mang lu'ung sota-sota, BSB BSB: As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.
18 PBA Sam afen beng Mesir pali' foil puin, sari afen ho Yusup sa e a'hol nene. BSB BSB: Then another king, who knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt.
19 PBA Afen ho kalufe aba med pi lelang barho a'raham, sipi ano' sah-sah, sam sipi ahow so ai a'fain teten nun ho fisam few, honife sipi homi fetang ho, sipi tahang sah. BSB BSB: He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
20 PBA Sel ho a'raham Musa a'fain, Lahtal eng adang mi sa no'bi', no'he'e Musa mong omang o'bang mi gariang ultow. BSB BSB: At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in the sight of God. For three months he was nurtured in his father’s house.
21 PBA No, Musa name fisam few, sobo Firaun o'ai ob med gariang mang fede' o'ai honi sam somate. BSB BSB: When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.
22 PBA Honi am fe, Musa name natofang puin gur pel, mong Mesir hinung o'na' ahol dil ma'eh fe mi, honife tutung kufa' araho, mang o'mateng o'lurung mi, sobo tutung kufa'ho ara o panen o atandi mi. BSB BSB: So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.
23 PBA Sobo, Musa o'ur tun erut honi he'e, om toh e'fa a'dail, omho sasam so diailbar mong Israel mi sa sam edun. BSB BSB: When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
24 PBA Sa edun he'e, Israel o' namenu, Mesir hinung a'ra babat a'dimang a'bor eh, Musa ma ai ho eita ari ukaranghoro he'e Mesir o name sa amine. BSB BSB: And when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him.
25 PBA Musa tanut ma' o' diail bar ma' pahang sariho, Lahtal sipi a'no il luling fe ho, sarife a' lai, sobo sipi ahol nene. BSB BSB: He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.
26 PBA Midilel, Musa ho' Israel piralo saribeh eh a'hol, sa panen taroni pain name aloho sara no'somnufe, sa ubangho, Hoi, inang alo ho'o diailso, nabau iri taburang ino' maar?' BSB BSB: The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’
27 PBA Honi sobo, naho sa Musa a'dodo satote lol, sa ubangho; 'anoso ari utub ano' name mate med ano' name ham mi ma ni raham? BSB BSB: But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
28 PBA Om ho a foil namine mangfede' a Mesir na ufangmi a' amine honife?' BSB BSB: Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 PBA Mang mateng ho ma'eh horo he'e Musa te'eng sam Midian mi sano' name seho' hemomi sa ai lote piralo afain. BSB BSB: At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.
30 PBA Homi tun erut an, Malaikat nu sari med Musa o'petang, mong sinai doita labo'mi, sariho, afail a'libung mong banang mang om mi. BSB BSB: After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
31 PBA Musa edun u sahoir. No' sa hod sam fanang toh naho edun eh he'e Lahtal, amang ho' a'ramateng. BSB BSB: When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight. As he approached to look more closely, the voice of the Lord came to him:
32 PBA Nari ho'arofe o di'ing o bap o' Lahtal, Abraham o' Lahtal, Isak o' Lahtal. Musa baroc bibil, sa foil naho edun nene am. BSB BSB: ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.
33 PBA Lahtal foil a'ra mateng ubangho, sendal e'fa mi ho hing, fede emeleba ami tufeh ho, fa'ai bolang. BSB BSB: Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
34 PBA No name no' no mansia mong Mesir mi ho, o susa o malo na dun a'holam a'fe 'na ma'eh alepang am. Nahel sipi a'no' il luling. fed ho' mi a ma! Na ahow Mesir leam. BSB BSB: I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’
35 PBA Musa sipi darut arafa arama foil ubang, anoso ari utub ano' nametur medname ham mi ma niraham? sari horo Lahtal utub ano' name tur, il luling o' name, Malaikat a tang a'lai, ba mong banang mang om misari med e'tub ho. BSB BSB: This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
36 PBA Ai horofe sano' nametur, sipi ara hel, na u tahoir ernu mong Mesir mi panen, mong tang ten mi, mong la' om berang laimi o lufang tun erut. BSB BSB: He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.
38 PBA Sari horo sipi a'ra mong la mat lalaimi, med Malaikat ba mong Sinai doita a'ra mateng ho, med pi bap pi bale, sariho Lahtal o mateng fetang med no' he'e sa med ten. BSB BSB: He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.
39 PBA Pi bap pi bale Musa a'taian apangsah, bahut alil sipi om sabor Mesir leam' BSB BSB: But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.
40 PBA Sipi Harun a'ra mateng, 'ni ti ah foi ah a panen sipi sotur ni a'taain, fede Musa ba nira lame nira toh mong Mesir mi ho naba ano' am ni e a'hol nene. BSB BSB: They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’
41 PBA Homi sipi nub ai aten, sipi ah afoil u ada a'hol, sipi satangbaho u'dal u'orang. BSB BSB: At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.
42 PBA Honi sobo, Lahtal som adimang sapong ebang, sei honi sipi burang o soldaj u ada a'hol, mang fede' hul nabi hinung o'sura mi honi, 'Hoi Israel hinung, mong men ham la ham mi o lufang tun erut, i binanta amine, med seng i fit ho fitma nere eng a'ra eme dai? BSB BSB: But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
43 PBA Molokh o dup arah, ifit ho' med i binanta ti ah foi ah Refan, tibeh ba i panen ho, Na a'hel few mong Babel eden lehel.' BSB BSB: You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’
44 PBA Pi bap pi bale ho, dup arah bolang so a'ra mong men ham la ham mi, mang fede Lahtal u parenta med Musa a'ramateng honi, no he'e a'lol panen lalaman ho a'raham, mang fede sa dun a'holam honi. BSB BSB: Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.
45 PBA Dup arah bolang med no' he'e, pi bap bale med Yosua sipi ham-ham fit mid, sel ba sipi bang pali beng a'ra sofoi so fa'ai utot om homi, sari name ho, Lahtal beh bahut med pi bap bale e're'eng, sam Daud o samang ho mi meng. BSB BSB: And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,
46 PBA Daud tofang lu ungho Lahtal mi med, no' foil bang honie, Yakub o' Lahtal ei mih toh eleme hodi med. BSB BSB: who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
47 PBA Honi sobo, Salomo so bang nu aten E're eng. BSB BSB: But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.
48 PBA Sobo, Mate Lafining bangba nameno satang puin aten ho emi nene, mang fede' nabi ernu ubang eh honi, BSB BSB: However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
49 PBA Burang ho Nomih Notoh eleme med pali mate ho Ne'fa alo eleme. Bang naba i aten Nere eng?' Lahtal o mateng pa, 'eme, No airlah eleme so? BSB BSB: ‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be?
50 PBA Atino' barpi nangso panen em a'ai?' BSB BSB: Has not My hand made all these things?’
51 PBA Hoi, iriba lafungpir kombai, med iom ifel ba e bolang dai, Roh bolang i a'ra tetang mang fede' i diing i bap panen honi. BSB BSB: You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
52 PBA Nabi-nabi taroso i diing i bap e asara nene? nameba dai eh ta ai om abul u mateng sipi amine, fed ho' mi iriso ino' om sah, name amine. BSB BSB: Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
53 PBA Iri sura bolang i medam mang fede' Malaikat u ira mateng sobo i e buang nene!" STEFANUS AMINE BSB BSB: you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”
54 PBA Sipi naho alepang horo he'e sipi om mite' sipi safihing ir fa Stefanus a'raham. BSB BSB: On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
55 PBA Honi sobo, Stefanus Roh Bolang ari afeng, sa seng atel burang edun, sa dun Lahtal o'lel o'madal a'hol, med Yesus ara Lahtal a'tang tani mi tufeh. BSB BSB: But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
56 PBA Stefanus u'bangho, "Alepang! Na edun burang sari during, Nameno Ai Lahtal a'tang tani mi tufeh." BSB BSB: “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
57 PBA Honi sobo, sipi a'titino orangbat, no' he'e sipi safel utel, somnu Stefanus fading. BSB BSB: At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.
58 PBA No he'e, sipi fo om mibaring luling lehel sipi foi med od o'tale. No honi he'e, name se'fail puin dun a'holho, so kod mate hing ai ani Saulus e'fasel mi meng. BSB BSB: They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
59 PBA Med, sipi Stefanus od atitino panen, Stefanus lofe atitino ubangho, "Tuhan Yesus, No Roh ho med." BSB BSB: While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
60 PBA O'ataain, sa faur muding, sa lofe atitino, "Tuhan, doc ahal ho'o, A ha'ai med sipi tameng e!" Med, mang ubang honi no' he'e, sa min. BSB BSB: Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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