Acts 7 (KDC2014)

1Mulava nhosa mkulu kamuuza Sitefano, “Mbuli zino za ukweli?”Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”

2Sitefano kawedika, “Tata zangu na ndugu zangu, nhegelezeni! Muhenga wetu Abulahamu yang'hali hanachola kukala isi ya Halani, Mulungu wa ukulu kamulawilila mwiisi ya Mesopotamia.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,

3Mulungu kamulongela, ‘Segela mwiisi yako, waleke wanhu wa lubuga lwako uchole isi yonda nikulagusile.’and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’

4Avo kalawanya mwiisi ya Wakalidayo kachola kukala kudibuga da Halani. Tatake Abulahamu viyafile, Mulungu kamulongela Abulahamu yeze mwiisi ino yumukala sambi.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.

5Mulungu hamgwelele Abulahamu hata kimhongwe kidodo kiwe chake mwenyego, lakini Mulungu kamulongela komgwaa, iwe yake na lukolo lwake. Mulungu viyamulongele avo, Abulahamu kakala kaduhu wana.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.

6Vino vivo Mulungu viyamulongele Abulahamu, ‘Lukolo lwako lokala mwiisi ya ugeni, ako wokuwa watumwa na wotendigwa vihile kwa miyaka magana mane.God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

7Lakini nowatagusa wanhu wondawawatende watumwa. Abaho lukolo lwako lolawa mwiisi iyo na wonigwaa ukulu niye hanhu hano.’‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.’

8Abaho Mulungu kamgwaa Abulahamu kihendo cha kwingila kumbi kamba kilaguso cha lagano. Avo Abulahamu kamwingiza kumbi Isaka siku ya nane toka viyavumbuke. Vivija Isaka kamwingiza kumbi mwanage, yakemigwe Yakobo, na Yakobo kawengiza kumbi waja wahenga zetu longo na wabili.”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“Wanage Yakobo wamonela migongo mdodo wao Yusufu na wamchuuza yawe mtumwa mwiisi ya Misili. Lakini Mulungu kakala hamoja nayo,Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

10kamuhonya na magayo gake. Yusufu viyagaligwe kwa Falao mndewa wa Misili, Mulungu kamtenda yanogeligwe, na nzewele zake zoneka, avo mndewa wa Misili kamtenda yawe mkulu wa wakulu wa Isi, na mkulu wa wasang'hanaji wa mng'anda.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.

11Abaho kukala na lufilili lwa nzala mwiisi yose ya Misili na Kanaani, itendile wanhu wadununzike. Wahenga zetu hawapatile lujo bule.Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.

12Yakobo viyahulike ako Misili kukala na ndiya, kawatuma wanage, wahenga zetu, mwanza wa ichanduso kuvika ako.When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.

13Viwacholile mwanza wa kabili, Yusufu kailagusa kwa ndugu zake, na mndewa Falao kalujuwa lukolo lwa Yusufu.On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh.

14Avo Yusufu kawatuma wasenga kwa tatake Yakobo, wamulongele heyo na lukolo lose weze Misili, wose kwa wose wakala malongo saba na tano.Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.

15Abaho Yakobo kachola Misili, ako heyo na wanage wafa.So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.

16Ng'huli zao zigaligwa Shekemu, ako wazikigwa mna gamapanga gayagulile Abulahamu kwa sente kulawa kuna ulukolo lwa Hamoli.”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“Kipindi cha Mulungu kutenda gayamulongele Abulahamu vikikalile behi, wanhu zetu wongezeka ng'hani mwiisi ya Misili.As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.

18Abaho mndewa iyagwe yalekile kumjuwa Yusufu kasonga kutawala mwiisi ya Misili.Then another king, who knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt.

19Kawatendela usede wahenga zetu na kuwatenda vihile, kawalagiza waweke kunze wanao ving'hele, muladi wafe.He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.

20Musa kavumbuka mna ikipindi acho, kakala mwana yanogile. Kaleligwa na mamake kwa miezi midatu,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.

21na viyekigwe kutali na ukae, mndele wa Falao kamsola na kamulela kamba mwanage.When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.

22Musa kafundizigwa ubala wose wa Wamisili na kawa munhu mkulu kwa kulonga na sang'hano.”So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.

23“Musa viyavikize miyaka malongo mane, kachola kuwalola ndugu zake Waizilaeli.When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.

24Kamona imoja wao kotendiligwa vihile na Mmisili, avo kachola kumtaza Mwiizilaeli kwa kumulipa gehile Mmisili kwa kumkoma.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.

25Kagesa ndugu zake Waizilaeli wahajuwile kamba Mulungu yahawakombole kubitila heyo, lakini wao hawajuwile.He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.

26Imitondo yake kawona Waizilaeli wabili woitowa, kageza kuwagombeleza kawalongela, ‘Nhegelezeni mweye mwa ndugu habali moitowa kamba avo?’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?’

27Lakini ayo yakalile yomtowa miyage kamsung'ha Musa kumgwazo. Kamuuza, ‘Nani yakutendile mulangulizi na mulamuzi wetu?But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?

28Hebu kolonda kunikoma kamba viumkomile ija Mmisili jana?’Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’

29Musa viyahulike avo, kalawanya mwiisi ya Misili kachola mwiisi ya Midiani. Ako kapata wana wabili.”At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.

30“Viibitile miyaka malongo mane, msenga wa kuulanga kamulawilila Musa kuna ikisolo kikalile chokwaka kuluwala behi na lugongo lwa Sinai.After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.

31Musa kakanganya ng'hani kija kiyone, kachola behi ya kisolo yalole goya. Lakini kahulika sauti ya Mndewa,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‘Niye na Mulungu wa wahenga zako, Mulungu wa Abulahamu na Mulungu wa Isaka na Mulungu wa Yakobo.’ Musa kagwaya kwa bwembwe na hagezile kulola kabili.‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.

33Mndewa kamulongela, ‘Vula vilatu vako, kwavija hanhu aho hawimile hang'ala.Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

34Niwona wanhu zangu viwodununzigwa mwiisi ya Misili. Nihulika viwogutilila, nihumuluka niwahonye. Avo sambi nokutuma uchole Misili.’ ”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“Musa iyo yalemigwe na wanhu wa Izilaeli, viwamulongile, ‘Nani yakutendile mulangulizi na mulamuzi kumwetu?’ Musa iyo yatumigwe na Mulungu kuwalanguliza wanhu na kuwakombola kubitila msenga wa kuulanga yamulawilile hana ikisolo kikwaka.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.

36Kawalongoza wanhu walawe Misili, kwa kutenda unzonza na vilaguso mwiisi ya Misili na hana Ibahali ya shamu kwa miyaka malongo mane kuluwala.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.

37Musa iyo yawalongele wanhu wa Izilaeli, ‘Mulungu kowasagulileni mtula ndagu wake, kamba viyanhumile niye na kokuwa imoja wa wanhu zenu.’This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’

38Musa iyo yakalile na lung'husesa lwa wanhu wa Izilaeli kuluwala, kakala ako na wahenga zetu na msenga wa kuulanga yalongile nayo hana Ulugongo lwa Sinai, na kabokela mbuli za ugima wa Mulungu yatugwelele tweye.”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“Lakini wahenga zetu walema kumtogola, wamsung'ha kumgwazo na walonga yahanogile kumwao wahabweleganye Misili.But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

40Avo wamulongela Haluni, ‘Tutendele mulungu yonda yatulongoze. Hatujuwa kinhu gani kimulawilile Musa, yatulavile Misili.’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.’

41Avo watenda kinyago cha ng'ombe, wakigwaa ukulu, watenda nyimwili nyimwili kudeng'helela kija kiwatendile.At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.

42Mulungu kawaleka na kawatenda wazigwee ukulu nhondo za kuulanga, kamba viyandikigwe mna ikitabu cha watula ndagu wa Mulungu.” “Mweye wanhu wa Izilaeli! Si niye bule yumunichinjile wanyama na kundavila nhosa kwa miyaka malongo mane kuja kuluwala?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?

43Mweye mkipapa kiheha cha mulungu Moleki, na kinyago cha nhondo ya mulungu wenu Lefani, vinyago vimutendile vivo vimvitambikile, avo nowahamizila mwiisi ya Babeli.”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“Wahenga zetu wakala na kiheha kilagusa kamba Mulungu kabaho ako kuluwala. Kitendigwa kamba Mulungu viyamulongele Musa yakitende, kiigalile na kija kiyaone.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.

45Abaho, wahenga zetu wakibokele acho ikiheha kwa wahenga zao. Wakipapa viwacholile hamoja na Yoshua na wachola nacho mna ziisi ziyawabitize Mulungu. Kikala kuko mbaka kipindi cha Daudi.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,

46Daudi kanogeligwa na Mulungu na kampula Mulungu yamtogolele yatende hanhu hakukala Mulungu wa Yakobo.who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

47Lakini Sulemani iyo yamzengele Mulungu ng'anda.”But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.

48Lakini Mulungu yeli Uchanha Ng'hani hakala mng'anda izengigwe kwa makono ga wanhu, kamba mtula ndagu wa Mulungu viyolonga,However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:

49“Ulanga acho kigoda changu na isi iyo inikile magulu gangu. Ng'anda ya gani yonda munizengele niye? Hanhu gani hondanikale niye?‘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?

50Niye mwenyego iyo nhendile vinhu vose vino.”Has not My hand made all these things?’

51Abaho Sitefano kalonga, “Mweye muli na mizoyo midala, na mulekile kumjuwa Mulungu, mweye musitile magwiti genu kutegeleza usenga wa Mulungu! Mwiigala na wahenga zenu na mweye vivija momulema Loho Yang'alile!You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

52Vino hana mtula ndagu yoyose wa Mulungu wahenga zenu wamulekile kumdununza? Wawakoma wasenga wa Mulungu wao kulawa umwaka walongile kwiza kwa Msang'hanaji wake Yanogile. Na sambi mumuhinduka na kumkoma.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—

53Mweye wao mubokele malagizo ga Mulungu, gamgweleligwe na wasenga wa kuulanga, lakini hamgagogile bule!”you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”

54Wanhu wa mkitala viwamtegeleze Sitefano, wagevuzika ng'hani, wadafuna meno gao.On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.

55Lakini Sitefano kuno kamema Loho Yang'alile, kalola uchanha kuulanga kawona ukulu wa Mulungu na Yesu kema mwambu wa mkono wa kudila wa Mulungu.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.

56Kalonga, “Loleni, nouwona ulanga ugubuka na Mwana wa Munhu kema mwambu wa mkono wa kudila wa Mulungu!”“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

57Kwa nyangi wanhu wa mkitala wasita magwiti gao. Bahaja wanhu wose wamzumhila Sitefano,At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.

58wamulava kunze ya buga, wamtowa mabwe. Waja wakalile womtowa mabwe waleka viwalo vao kwa mbwanga imoja twaga jake Sauli.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.

59Viwakalile womtowa mabwe Sitefano kapula, “Mndewa Yesu, ibokele loho yangu!”While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

60Kafugama kaguta, “Mndewa! ugele kumgongo nzambi yao ino!” Viyalongile avo kafa.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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