1 PBCSN Imam kabammae a weunge, "Nahele nenda a elate?" BSB BSB: Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”
2 PBCSN Nebeinye Stevanus a huba raweuboke weumi, "Aka baeke arainyaei mana raeinya a borombo. Allah nene wae-wae hele kiyae aei yobe-yobe Abrahamnde nauga yakaunge boke mesopotamia ne nekewole haeijae namemam haran yore eijae na u keunge neyae, 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 PBCSN Kulum wele ele waei kani kelara, waei aka baeke nolora oro moloubonde ele kani kela mbai reyae ware ereikeleibote.' BSB BSB: and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’
4 PBCSN Nebeisa Abraham kasdim kanira kulum uke eke haran kanine ekenekewole nebeisa naeko hereke moisa, Allah yae ukeunge kulum ukenda kanire meke, mana nane anuwau mayae nare nekaube. 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 PBCSN Nebeibe Allah yae nare naei kani yae ewei nane merau kani hee kela hee mbai hambai uhele nebeibe Abraham nde aremo ukeunge nebei kani kela naei se enjembonde nebei hului mbai nekenggondera Abraham naei oro mena yoyae nekenayende naei kani kelare embende nen nebei Allah yae naei ayde hete ungokoke kani kela. 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 PBCSN Nebeibe Allah a nda wanemae ukeunge naei orona mena yo meko-meko yo wanemae nekenate nare hereungamile yabaei bubaeise nekenate naralo yakama 400 mainyekekoke. 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 PBCSN Nebeinye Allah nda ayae eleukoke nebei yo yam raei eleubokale wekanale yore meboi auboise kami reyae ehee buku beko nebei yo yamde me no romiyonde hele nebeisa raei romiyae nemene menai balende menate rare nenda anuwaunge buma menai sekolonde 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 PBCSN Nebeisa Abraham nde Allah yae waline name u emokonde naeise a huwe Abraham Ishak re nebei meu kaleuboke na kelu Ishakre ya maehae mbai me hina name bele yeubokemo sunat mo krungeboke Ishak Yakub naeko nanemerau yobe naei me bee Oronne bee bele nemene. 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 PBCSN Nebeibe Yusuf re naise mesir kani we hael boke nebei Allah eifoi aungeboke Yusufre. BSB BSB: Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
10 PBCSN Nawali hole molowounge na waline hubawongera Firaun me ei u einye nebei ondofolo Firaun mae anuaw Firaun he bene yoinye mokoungeboke beyun beyebaere yeuboke mesir yone yanne nanemerauw ondofolo naei imae obe einye yo bele nanemene. 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 PBCSN Na heki ban mo, moni mai kaban sele Mesir kani bele Kanaan kani belene meungeke kowate. Ro miyae weijei kaeiboi ban kowate aei yobe naei raman baeumihoke. BSB BSB: Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
12 PBCSN Yakub borowole Mesir kanina gandum bele. Nebeinye na fa-fare (aei arai sena naei elande yore) ukeumi roko mbai nendo ekate. BSB BSB: When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.
13 PBCSN Roko bee nendone ekate Yusuf na aka baeke ware naei u yakaumiboke weumi, ‘Reyae Yusuf niyae.’ Nebeisa wa, Mesir naei ondofolo Yusuf naei imae mbai obe mbainya yore ro roumiboke. BSB BSB: On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh.
14 PBCSN Na heki ban mo Yusuf naeko Yakubre nane merau naei imaena ekainyekate ro miyae fa-fa nemene 75 menatere kayaa ukeumi ekate. BSB BSB: Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.
15 PBCSN Yakub kulun uke Mesir kanire ewole, nekeweke nebei kanine hereke. Nebei sului mbai aei arai hena naei nebei kani mbainye molowate. BSB BSB: So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
16 PBCSN Na no yaraikoke ekate, Sikhem kanine Abraham mae Hemorle fa-fa naeisa roi yae rouke bulei mbainye molowate. 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 PBCSN Abrahamde heteungekoke a yoni-yoni Allah na huluise mokonnebonde hee nobewounge yae, aei yobe naei Mesir kanine na ro miyae emerewole. BSB BSB: As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.
18 PBCSN Nebeisa ondofolo mbai, Yusufre naeisaei ban kiyae, Mesir kanire ondofolore ike nekewole. BSB BSB: Then another king, who knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt.
19 PBCSN Nebei ondofolo ike aei ro miyaere eiweitasi kowole. Aei yobe naei hurengkonde belene waeli hele bewoumi nebei heena honowate wayeu fa-fa hainyate nane merau honate. BSB BSB: He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
20 PBCSN Nebei hee yae Musa hongkate, kelu kin foi hamai foi bu yae bu yae yawoungene, oko name Musa naekole nenakele imaene mo meinyarekoke. 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 PBCSN Nebeisa Musa a moi bu moinya aitaufike yae Firaunbe maengke yae eke eungerouke, naei fa hele wanen mae naraweke. BSB BSB: When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.
22 PBCSN Mesir kani naei isaei hebaen yoni-yoni Musare kelaeinyeke ane faeunge mene une mokowole nemene na foi mo. BSB BSB: So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.
23 PBCSN Musa ralo yakama rorele u bee yeuboke mo, na kena roukeunge na yoho Israel ro miyae na u mekai ekainyekate ma ereiboise ewole. BSB BSB: When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
24 PBCSN Eke bae, erele naei yona ro mbaise Mesirna ro yae rahuae bowolene, naei yona rore hakouboke nebei Mesirna rore houboke. 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 PBCSN Musa naei u benera nekewainye elele, ‘Maei yoho naeisaei Allah rare ukeufe naei hayeikoise mekale,’ nebeibe na yoho naeisaei ban. BSB BSB: He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.
26 PBCSN Ya heuboke mo, nebei wanen mbai Musa meke Israelna ro bee hanne howotere foise mokoneikondere uwoumi, ‘Aka baeke naei bee! Mayae bee aka baeke hele ya. Rahene ma ure-ure boube?’ 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 PBCSN Nebeibe hande yobouboke ro yae Musare weunge, ‘Nde yae ware maei be yun be yebae hebelere nane merau maei walire huluise koloumele rore roukayete? BSB BSB: But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
28 PBCSN Wenana Mesirna rore houbokae wanen rare houfebondere mekae?’ BSB BSB: Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 PBCSN Nebei wanen borokene, Musa Mesir kanira hakauboke ewole Midian kanine meiko-meiko ro wanen mae nekeweke. Nebei kanina miyaebe rouke, kelu bee honoungekoke. BSB BSB: At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.
30 PBCSN Nekeukoke ralo yakama rorele u bee mo, Sinai moko kelaeunga a kala-kalane o kaei-kaei ken mbai i yae boloufike bewole nolora malaikat mbai Musale bokore meke. 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 PBCSN Musa nebei wanen erewolene u bene baeiso-baeiso kowole. Isaeise rowendere nebei i kelaeufe nobewounge hee, Allahlena a weungebe borowole, 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 PBCSN ‘Waei yobe Abraham, Ishak, Yakub, naeite Allah Reyae Niyae.’ Musa fene wakune oinyeu wae hineuboke kowole, nebei i bewolere na ijoko erei. 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 PBCSN Nda abe borole, ‘Nda kani orore hebeyae ijen yolo-yolone woro mehau hireukokae keiko. BSB BSB: Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
34 PBCSN Ninae fere Raei ro miyae Mesir kanine nekate naei beko mainyehubaukoke naei ereukokamaele nane merau naei ele kali boroubokamaele. Nebei aerene nare haisemikonde naeise Reyae mewakoubokale. Mana mei, Reyae ware ufete benen Mesir kanire bukeufinde elere.’ 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 PBCSN Nda Musa mbai Israel yoni-yoni yae ahi yae elewate wainye, ‘Nde yae ware maei be yun be yebaere hebelere nane merau maei walire huluise koloumele rore roukayete?’ Nebei Musa mbaise i faeu bulura malaikat yae Allahlena are uwounge aei yobe naei be yun be yebaere yembonde nane merau holere molommibonde kiyae. 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 PBCSN Nebei Musa mbai yae Israel ro miyaere Mesir kanira yaweumiboke maibaleke. Allah Musale walora Mesir kanine bele, bukoba kaban haisai yalene, nane merau mewate a kala-kalane ralo yakama rorele u bee rambun emere-emere meumokoukoke. 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 PBCSN Nda Musa mbai aei yobe naei kamahe naei Israel ro miyae nolone a kala-kalane nekewole nane merau Sinai mokone ike malaikat yae are uwounge. Eyae wali nibi foi nekemale naeise, wali heere foloukoke a faeufe Allah nebei Musa mbaise ukeunge. 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 PBCSN Nebei wanen mokowolere aei yobe naei kamahe naei yoni-yoni ijoko erewainye hororebe, naei are angkaei oboroi kowate. Musare ahi yae elewate na kena u kowate benen Mesirre bukenate enatere. BSB BSB: But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.
40 PBCSN Harunde wainye, ‘Maere ei moloi-moloise rambun hi mokoimebo. Nebei rambun yaere maere yawemmebonde emale. Rahebe nebei Musa aere Mesirra yaweumeboke mandebaleke kiyaele uwa ranne yeuboke meyae maeisaei ban.’ 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 PBCSN Nebeisa sapi kelu be nulu hoime bahere enaimihononde naei mbai mokaiboke. Obo yoku hili era akau erare ongkoufe felenate naeise yarowate mewate nane merau naei me yae mokaiboke rambunde ei molonainyelere yo koi yo bae yae kowainye. BSB BSB: At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.
42 PBCSN Nebeinye Allah moi buleumiboke nane merau waeumihike nenaeijae yakuna findelaufe maskare, okore, hure, ei molaimiyeke. Nebei naeise nda a yenjo kayaayo homofaene molaikoke, ‘Israel yoni-yoni, ralo yakama rorele u bee bele a kala-kalane mai obo yoku hili era akau erare bae Rare ongkoufe felaufene? 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 PBCSN Hoime bahe Molokle fale bele findelau walobo Refanbe hoime bahe bele mai me yae mokauboke rambun-rambunde eise molommilere yaraweke oraweke. Nebei aerene Reyae mare Babel yo ahau buhau ekehonolene haisengkombere.’ 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 PBCSN Aei yobe naei kamahe naei a kala-kala nekewate heene, Allah eise memmihawende anuwau einyekate ijenne neyate. Nebei anuwau na ma Allah yae Musare keleungeboke huluinye neyate. 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 PBCSN Nebei anuwau bele yae Yosua aei yobe naeite orona menare yaweumiboke, aei kani nekandena nekewate yo aei bene Allah hukeumihikere nukenaisandere ekate hee, nebei anuwau bele nemene rowayeke. Nebei anuwau Ondofolo Daud nekewole heene namman honoumeke. 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 PBCSN Daudle wali Allah kena hele kowounge nane merau Allahre riyewounge kena kongkondena, Yakub yae bumare kaewounge Allahle imae nembonde. BSB BSB: who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
47 PBCSN Nebeibe Daudle kelu Ondofolo Salomo yae Allah nekenende imae heuboke. BSB BSB: But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.
48 PBCSN Nebeibe Allah ro miyae yae haeiboke imaene enekei. Allah nebei a elewole naeise Naei yenjo kayaayo homone nda wanen molaikoke, BSB BSB: However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
49 PBCSN ‘Surga Raei kendan wameran niyae, kani kela Raei oro hensen anuwau. Rahe imaebe mayae Rare hensebombere? Makei anuwaunge Reyae u no isebonde? 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 PBCSN Nda kani kelana rambun nemene fomene Reyae mokowale?’ BSB BSB: Has not My hand made all these things?’
51 PBCSN Aka naei baeke naei, ma yun elaekei sele. Mai u bene Allahre isian nekeyate ro miyae wanen. Mayae Allahle are oboroyei. Allahle Rohre moi yae mo buleyaunge, mai yobe naei yae kowate wanen. BSB BSB: You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
52 PBCSN Allah na yenjo kayaayo nemene fomene mai yobe naei yae weitasi kowaimi! Wali himaloungeboke Kiyae mendere a nulaiboke yenjo kayaayo haikoke. Nebei ro walire himaloungeboke Kiyae mbai Yesus Niyae. Menaeijae kelai nekaube hauboke. 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 PBCSN Malaikat-malaikat walora Allah wali heere foloukoke a mare yae yengkokembe, nebeibe mayae ehakoikoi hele!” BSB BSB: you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”
54 PBCSN Yahudi yoyo koseyo Stefanus elewole a nemene boraikokera na u bele hubainyehike na ikele han romou fefere Stefanusre kowainye. BSB BSB: On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
55 PBCSN Nebeibe Stefanus Allahle Roh yae maemae koungekoke kiyae. Na ijoko yakure kanele bae Allah Naei one hengko hehe naeukokebe ereke nane merau ro bele anuwau Allahle meube reufine Yesus hebele erewole. 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 PBCSN Stefanus yae weumi, “Mai ijoko bumare kanen! Raei ijoko erale surga wekeunge. Yesus, Allah bokora meke ro miyae uware yeuboke Kiyaere eranale Allahle meube reufine hebele.” BSB BSB: “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
57 PBCSN Nebei are borate yo naengkaei ahunaikoke, na kali bele kaenewate Stefanusre na kulun bainye habelekainyele ikilaiboke. BSB BSB: At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.
58 PBCSN Yobaiboke, yo moise ekate, ruka yae ekaihaiwainye. Stefanusre rukare haiwainye yo naei malobe hokolo fa mbai na ro Saulus noro wene mo kolowate. 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 PBCSN Na rukane haiwainye yae Stefanus kaenele, “Tuhan Yesus, Ra unulu roweise!” BSB BSB: While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
60 PBCSN Nebeisa oro selen-selen mae oukoroukoke kali na kaban mae kaenele, “Tuhan, nda beko nebei yo ranne ehayeijae!” Nebei are mo eleukoke na hibi na no hokoukoke. 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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