1 PBL Monno ghetti, Imam kalada napaneghe, "Appaka ghinna takkawe?" BSB BSB: Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”
2 PBL Monno, Stefanus natekkiwe, dughu dadi monno paama-paama, rengngega yauwa. Allah ahmaege napaetawekkina barrada ama kawedada ghitto Abraham, hetti nia baengapuni ne Mesopotamia, badana dukkipo nia bana dangngi ne Haran, 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 PBL monno, natekkiwe barrana, 'kakoghu wali barra tanamu monno walli barra dughu dadimu, baka ammigu ne tanah paghukkuna paboghogu barramu. BSB BSB: and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’
4 PBL Baka, Abraham naga'ige tanahda ata Kasdim monno dangngi ne Haran. Monno wali ne'e, langngana pamateba amana, Allah natukaza dikki ne tanah neghe, podou nebaghinna padoumu gho'u. 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 PBL Takka, Allh danna yakini papaburruda barrana, lakka yodipungngukoge tanah indaki, takkana tekki ulluwe taguna banayani barrana Abraham gobana douna monno ubbuda lirana nia, lakka ghinnakopo Abraham bada'ikipo anana. 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 PBL Takka ghinnawe, Allah napaneghe ghinnage, banemmi ubbuna ahdadi ata maizi ne tanah dappa kali kako monno neba ghidda enga ata papawededadi lappata bapakaroddukazi ne ah patakangau douna. 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 PBL 'Takka, Yauwa enga hukumgudi ata ah ata papawededi ghidda,' patekkina Allah, 'Monno, bawe ghetti ghidda enga louzada wali nekke monno ahtabaya barra-Gu ne padou neghe. 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 PBL Baka, Alllah nayani barrana Abraham patekki ullu gha'i sunat, neka Abrahan dadi amanai Isak monno nasunata ghitti bapoddo loddona, monno isak nadadi amanai Yakub monno Yakub, kabullu dohda ama kaweda. 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 PBL Orona kagoula ngau barrana Yusuf, amakawedadi ghitto ahbattani ne Mesir. Takka ghinnamo, Allah natotoka raddaza Yusuf, BSB BSB: Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
10 PBL monno napalouzani wali barrakua karodduka, lappata nayani kanurru monno papadde dangnga ne arona Firaun, Tokko Mesir ah rawini bana dadi ahkatowage ne Mesir monno ngarra kua istrana. 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 PBL Gha'ige ahpaiyana, nadadiwe kareba ne barra Mesir monno Kanaan, lappata nadadiwe karodduka ah kalada langngu takkana, monno ama kaweda ghitto danna bisakiwe bakolena panga'a. BSB BSB: Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
12 PBL Takka ghinnawe, nebana rengngewe Yakup bagha'idi gandum ne Mesir, nia natukazi amakawedada ghitto ammidi ne'e taguna baghuddi niawe. BSB BSB: When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.
13 PBL Dukkiwe kako pi'a pakadohdana, Yususf narawige touna bapaddeni ngarra dughu dadina, monno dughu Yususf nadi tazzara torana Firaun. BSB BSB: On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh.
14 PBL Bawa ghetti, Yesuf monno napaghiddina patekki monno naboghoni Yakub, amana, monno ngarrakua dugunana, ngarra kuana luada pittukabullu iwwaza ata. BSB BSB: Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.
15 PBL Baka, Yakub burru ne Mesir monno nia namate ne'ena, nia monno ama kawedada ghitto. BSB BSB: So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
16 PBL Wali ne'ewe, ghidda apadikkidi ne Sikhem monno apabeikai neodidana nati pagho'i bana Abraham noto pirrako riti wali ana-anai Hemor ne Sikhem. 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 PBL Takka ghinawe, ghetti bana tukkewe rapa papakira ghetti, ne gobana patekkibana Allah barrana Abraham, ata ghaida amatabo monno pabika pakadeddekadi ne Mesir, BSB BSB: As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.
18 PBL dukkiwe bagha'i tokko waddeka kedde taguna ngarra kua Mesir, ahdapaddege tubana Yusuf. BSB BSB: Then another king, who knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt.
19 PBL Tokko nakka naghago waidi atada ghitto monno nabokala dangngadi ama kawedada ghitto neka napadakkadi ghidda kapettidi lakawaki'i-lakawaki'ida ghidda neka ne ghidda danna bisakiwe bapattu wekkina moripa. BSB BSB: He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
20 PBL Netti rapa ghettina, Musa nadadi monno nia kabolatakka ne barra matana Allah. Monno, Musa akalaghara ne ummana amana ne touda ghullana. 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 PBL Monno, ghetti nia bakapettibani, ana maghinnena Firaun nadekeza monno napa mattoza samawe baana dounani. BSB BSB: When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.
22 PBL Neka, Musa ahpanungnganawe parawina. BSB BSB: So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.
23 PBL Takka, dukkiwe Musa bana dukkina patakabullu douna, oudawe atedanana taguna bana totoka dughu dadina, yokighaida ubbuda Israel. BSB BSB: When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
24 PBL Monno, bana etaza iya wali ghidda banapagaidi danna lurutaki oroda ata Mesir, Musa ammini ah oleni ata pabokala dangngada nakka monno taudelu waige bana pamateza ata nakka. 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 PBL Musa napangaddage bah ghidda dughu dadina enga pandedoda bana Allah bana yadi ghidda patoleka dangngada ledege touna, takka ghidda dapaddekige. BSB BSB: He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.
26 PBL Ne loddo nemmi, Musa namai barada ata Israel apa tauna, monno nia nanungnga banna padame di ghidda, monno natekkiwe, Hoi, indaniadowe ne yemmi yangngo bi paraa ledekona? Baka paka rodduka wekki ana ate?'0 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 PBL Takka, naata paka rodduka ole dadina nagha napa erukia Musa ne tidina monno natekkiwe,' garra apatukagu akatowage monno hakim barrana zamme? BSB BSB: But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
28 PBL Appawe ne yemmi bi beige pamatega a ghinnana yemmi bi beige bipamate ata Mesir ghetti manna?' BSB BSB: Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 PBL Parengnge patekina nagha at a ngha, Musa nakedu monno dadi ata mai ne tana Midian. Nee, nia na dadi paama wali doda ana kabani. BSB BSB: At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.
30 PBL Langngana pabaa nabonnuge pata kabullu dou, na malaikat nabogho wekkina barrai Musa ne maradda dana gunung sinai, monno lamma api nee tara dana. 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 PBL Neba nee Musa bana etaza, nia Baka rabba paetana neghe. Monno, ghetti nia bana tukke bana pazarrage, namaiwe ne liina Mori, 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 PBL Zauwa dona Mori ama kawedamu, Allah Abraham, monno Allah Ishak, monno Allah Yakub.' Musa na katataka madauta monno danna baraniki Hanna pazarrage. 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 PBL Kamurrina Mori natekina barrana,' pazallai ghidda kappe ghai ghidda wali ghai detamu orona geniage nepadou paledumu tana suciwe. Zhauwa ghinna takka ponnuna BSB BSB: Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
34 PBL kuetawe karoddukada umat-Gu a chains new Mesir monno rengnge bazi kadangngada ghidda. Monno, Zhauwa kuburru ba tagunawe baku tuluzi ghidda. Monno neba ghinna maida, Zhauwa kupatukagu ne Mesir. 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 PBL Musa, nepa babada ghidda atolaka monno patekki,' garra apa dadi ata katowage monno hakim barrama zamme? Nia dona ata na Allah papa tukana tagu, dua akatowage monno apa tulu, ledena limmana malaikat abogho wekkina nee barra tara. 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 PBL Nagha ata aka towadi ghidda alouza, olege naboghoge paka rabba dangnga monno tada-tada ajaib nee tana Mesir, monno new bonnuo Rarana, monno new maradda dana madoina pata kabullu douna. 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 PBL Nia nagha niadona ata ahgha'ina netillu ata awaige li'i netillu maradda dana monno oleni malaikat apaneghe barrana ne gunung Sinai, monno oledi ama kawedada ghitto, monno nia nadeibaba li'i ahmoripa taguna bayadadi barrada ghitto. 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 PBL Ama kawedada ghitto dadeibake bah enga waidai Musa, takka ahweitake monno beige bali ne Mesir neate danada ghidda, BSB BSB: But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.
40 PBL monno bana tekkiwe barra Harun, 'Rawima yamme dewa-dewa ah kako ne aroma yamme orona Musa nagha, ah katowama yamme louza wali tanah Mesir, yamme damma paddekige appawe ah gobana mariwi barrana.' 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 PBL Netti rapa hetti, ghidda ahrawina kayalatou ana bebe, monno ahyani maraka barrana marapu nakka, monno pakallaka payaghau monno papaghilli-papaghilli limmana ghidda. BSB BSB: At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.
42 PBL Takka ghinawe, Allah danna angnga dangngakidi ghidda monno naga'idi ghidda bakaghodo kataba barrana bala tentara langita, ghinnawe netti amatulisa barrana buku ngarra nabi, 'appane yemmi bighindiga barra-Gu ranga padoro monno maraka ne ahpata kabullu douna netillu maradda dana, oh ata Israel? 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 PBL Gho'u mughindiwe padou kabubbu Molokh monno madubbu dewamu, Refan, kazalatou papaduami taguna bikaghodoni, monno yauwa enga kapittigumi debalina Babel. 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 PBL Ama kawedada ghitto gha'i kabubbu padou etawe ahmarawi ne tillu kadaghu dana, netti Allah bana patukada ghetti bana paneghe barrana Musa, tagu banarawini samado netti tudda gobana paeta bana nia. 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 PBL Bana baba padeiba kabubbu ghetti, ama kawedada ghitto natama ghiddiwe monno oleni Yosua, rapa bapareghoge tanada ghidda wali nussa-nussa waddeka, gobana paweitaka bana Allah wali ama kawedada ghitto, dukkiwe zamanna Daud. 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 PBL Daud nakolege manawwara kanurru ne arona Allah monno nadengngiwe ga'i kana kolena padou dangngi gha'ina taguna Allah Yakub. BSB BSB: who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
47 PBL Takka ghinnawe, Salomo ahrawige iya umma taguna Nia. BSB BSB: But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.
48 PBL Takka, ahreipamadetana danna ne'ekini ummma papaduada limma ata pi'a, ghetti patekkida nabi, BSB BSB: However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
49 PBL 'Langita niadowe tahta-Gu monno ponno tana niadowe paddou paboduda gha'i-Gu. Umma appakowe ne parawi tagu-Gu?' Allah parengngege 'Baka, appakowe padu ngau gaha'i-Gu? 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 PBL Bahindaniaki limma-Gu ah rawige ngarra kuana neghe?' BSB BSB: Has not My hand made all these things?’
51 PBL Oh, yemmi ata-ata ahkatto katowa, waige ate monno katillu ahda bersunat, yemmi enga niage bigabbani Ngau Matua, ghna kaiwe parawida ama kawedamu! BSB BSB: You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
52 PBL Nabi-nabi gedi ahdamma pakaroddukada ghetti ama kawedamu? Monno, ghidda apamatesi ata-ata ahullu bapa dukkige pamaidangngana na ghindiwe ah ghinna takkana, na neba ghinna ah dadi toudoumu dadi penghianat monno atapamate ata. 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 PBL Yemmi, ahdeibabawe, Hukum Taurat ghinna ghetti patekkebada ngarra malaikat, takka yemmi diwalekizi!" BSB BSB: you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”
54 PBL Netti ghidda ahrengngewe ngarra netti, ateda ghidda napadukawe motto ahpakatidi ngunduda ghidda barrana Stefanus. BSB BSB: On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
55 PBL Takka ghinnawe, Stefanus paponnubada Ngau Matua napayarrana langita monno naetawe kagiddukana Allah, monno Yesus nadede nebali kawanana Allah. 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 PBL Stefanus natekkiwe," Rengngewe! Yauwa kuetawe langita namaghukkewe monno ana Atapi'a nadede nebali kawanana Allah. BSB BSB: “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
57 PBL Takka, ghidda akawaro-kawaro waige li'i kaladada monno tonizi katilluda ghidda, lappata bapaiyana badaghuza Stefanus. BSB BSB: At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.
58 PBL Baka, ghidda ahgheruza gounga wali kota monno ah kabena waige watu. Babawe ghetti, ngarra ahgha, ina ahkaige ingngida ghidda negha'i etana iya bomana ngarana Saulus. 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 PBL Monno, ghidda engage bapaluza Stefanus ah ne'ena kawaro monno natekkiwe, "Mori Yesus, deibagani ngaugu." BSB BSB: While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
60 PBL Bakadommo, nababana pakatikka, nia nakawaro waige li'i na akaladana, "Mori, dupatagukaddi zala ghidda neghe ghidda!" Monno, nababa natekkiwe, nia na u mate. 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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