1 PBS Keba rube tete kelo: "Bamua noia na?" BSB BSB: Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”
2 PBS Stefanus lote: Johane pa ebahuhu, loelae! Tata etimole no-Ke-nalu jobepakama nene Abraham, kei kelei Mesopotamia, kei Haran keuati, 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 PBS Stefanus lote: Johane pa ebahuhu, loelae! Tata etimole no-Ke-nalu jobepakama nene Abraham, kei kelei Mesopotamia, kei Haran keuati. BSB BSB: and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’
4 PBS Kaipa teba Kasdim hatutei kemoketi, pa kelei Haran. Pa purekewa, Tata loko jei kekeliti pa ketilei hatuwea, jeua elelewe; 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 PBS pa kei Tata haturi batutuu ke-keweleka, haturi jatalera keweleka, pa Ke-loko haturi-i keweleko hatu kekewo pa pipave keke, kei pui ke-koka. 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 PBS Nowei Tata pinake, kei pipave keke meto te-e-e teba hatute pa te bapu te-tetete felaro pepe 400. 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 PBS Pa tebapa te-bapu tetei Makelelele, Tata pinake, pa kei temeke tetete pa lupopo jatete-e-e jeweato. 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 PBS Kaipa Tata potejaeti keloko; pa noia Abraham Ishak kekefu, pa nahipa-pa poteri; pa Ishak Yakub kekefu pa Yakub pipafe nene hapa kelofe. 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 PBS Kei hufeko, pipafe nene Yusuf jeta tetete Mesir, pa Tata lakoke, BSB BSB: Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
10 PBS pa jahafefe topae tutakelei pa pipate keke kele pa hupala heve kekele, po ketiru Firaun-ho, kebatete Mesir. Firaun ke-eti kebatete kemo Mesir pa pai keke tupa. 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 PBS Kaipa Mesir tupai jajoka topu pa Kanaan hatui jafefe bale topo, ko jobepakama nene jatetaka. BSB BSB: Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
12 PBS Pa pu Yakub lu, Mesir-i tetahute motu, keloko jubepakama nene tete. Kei balopana tete; BSB BSB: When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.
13 PBS lahitu teteipa Yusuf nokeke kenalu johakei, kaipa Yusuf pipafekei Firaun lu. BSB BSB: On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh.
14 PBS Kaipa Yusuf loko tete Yakub ketuto, kei reke, pa johakefai, teba 75 nawopepe. BSB BSB: Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.
15 PBS Kaipa Yakub ti Mesir hatute. Keipa kewa, ke pa jobepakama nene; BSB BSB: So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
16 PBS eha tete teretute Sikhem pa teretutefu fulu Abraham taimbe perakpa jeta kele Hemor teakoke te-e 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 PBS Pa watur Tata jakelo Abraham-i, tebapai nawoe 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 PBS wakoto keba teteu kalo Mesir keweko, kabai Yusuf kefulaka. BSB BSB: Then another king, who knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt.
19 PBS Keba tetei okefai tebapa nene pa jobepakama nene janofefekelei pa keloko keako tete terejapate-e, u-tebapa nene nawowoka. BSB BSB: He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
20 PBS Puipa Musa make kepetaha-a pa kei Tata hokei ferakatafa. Ke-heto teketuwate-e reke pake. 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 PBS Kaipa ke-teketafiti, pa Firaun lake we pa penuko ketetuwate-e anara ku-pepewo. BSB BSB: When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.
22 PBS Pa Musa jatenarui Mesir hupalate, pa pila pa jano tete kelu. BSB BSB: So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.
23 PBS Pu felaro keke 40, putu ketikapa johake kefefele, kei teba Israel. BSB BSB: When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
24 PBS Pu kekalete kebau keba Mesir-te kekekapakai, kaipa pikeke kele pa kelakepa keba Mesir-i kekako kewa. 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 PBS Kelora johake teririte, kei Tata ke-kekeko te-kelofefele, pa teriraka. BSB BSB: He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.
26 PBS Febaupa kerato kei tebs Israel hitu boe, kaipa ke-ena tenake nowewe, kelo: Johane! Enakei ewowopara? Tunaneko enake boele? 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 PBS Pa keba jaletefui Musa kekekakinafati pa kelo: Bamekeke-eti mebarube pa meba pipamepe ne-e? BSB BSB: But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
28 PBS Meputut nira mebako niwuwu, ana ba keba Mesir-te mebako kewai? BSB BSB: Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 PBS Pitit-i keloko, kemoketa pa kelei ana kebamopalei Midian hatute. Kei ko-bale hitu kelofe. BSB BSB: At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.
30 PBS Pa felaro 40 kebafapau tokelei tahou Sinai-pe keka raei jatafipa. 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 PBS Musa rai kefoko keotapa, ekekukati tupa kefufuleko, Tata pinake toke: 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 PBS Niwe jobepakama Tata tete, Tata Abraham, Ishak pa Yakub. Kaipa Musa notetejaketu, pa kekalele kefu. 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 PBS Kaipa Tata pileke: Lahepu mehemotui taei mele, kei jei, je-merupei, kei je-tu. BSB BSB: Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
34 PBS Bapa Nine jano fefe tete-ete Mesir-i bamuawo Ni-fo pa pinapafuna tete Nilu, pa Nihelo te-Nilo fefele; peanya mepo, me-Ni-loko mememe Mesir-pe. 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 PBS Musa we, keteote, kelonawea: Ba mekeke-eti meba rube pa meba pipamepe e?- Musa weara Tata loko keto anara kebarube pa ana kebafapa to nekelofefele, kei no-kenalu jatafi-i. 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 PBS Kea tekelokamokete kei jalopa pa jakolipa Mesir hatutefua, ja-ole pa tahou, felaro 40. 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 PBS Musa wea loma kele bapakeke tahoufua kei kebafapa pitila Sinai-pe pa jubepakama nene; keara Tata pifeke keloko pikeleito-e. 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 PBS Pa jobepakama nene ke-telalaote, pakei ke-teote. Hupala tetei teputete Mesir-te. BSB BSB: But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.
40 PBS Te Harun pitete: tata kovaka mepeko tejae neto, Musa keba ne-kelokaka Mesir towe- nerutaka ja-lewa-ke. 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 PBS Kaipa pui jakou tete pa jehelo terenipate jakoi pa tewenakapae jatewotei. BSB BSB: At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.
42 PBS Kaipa Tata te-kuekela pa kelojate lopopojatete-e taba fitowea, anara japutumutu bapuhake ropu: Bamuana jako elole-ete-Ni-i felaro 40 hapale-e tahoui, he eba 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 PBS Eloleka, pae Molok pake ewehu pa ha Refan bate, kavu eleko pea ke-epae. Peanya e-Ni-lojatetele, ko kafua 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 PBS Jobepakama nene Fate Jalutopa tefui kotu tahou, anara Tata loko Musa kelel anara kewehala kefui. 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 PBS Fatei jobepakama nene tewe pa Yosua tekelokakako teke hatuwea, kei pui hatewe tebapapahi kei Tata te-kehaloko tewe jobepakama nene ho; noia wakoto pu 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 PBS Daud janaheve kewe Tata hoke pa kewa, ke-loteweni jrkelei-ile keleko Yakub Tatake. BSB BSB: who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
47 PBS Pa Salomo Tata pakei kele. BSB BSB: But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.
48 PBS Pa Tata Mole jeetekotu janebatei kelei-ikale, anara bapuhake niko: BSB BSB: However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
49 PBS Petai fuje Nine, pa fitoi la Ni-lofuele. Panoha eleko Ni, noia Tata pifeke, jeha Ni-le-tae-ele. 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 PBS No-Ninewopa jalelepai nile? BSB BSB: Has not My hand made all these things?’
51 PBS He eba rubenave pa eba hupala tupika pa lo-ka, Tata Letuke piehahie, anara jobepakama e-e, anaiara-e. BSB BSB: You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
52 PBS Bapuhake ne jobepakama e-e jika? Teba toto Kaba Bamua totole jaterueira eji, uawe enahi pa ekako kewa. 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 PBS Tata Make tebafapa naruei ewe, pa elate paka." BSB BSB: you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”
54 PBS Pu teako janore-e Lupopo Pai jaiteri, hupala tetefe. Kaipa nave tetepa teke. BSB BSB: On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
55 PBS Pa Stefanus, Tata Letuke hemoi, kekale-ete peta, pa Tata fefeke kefu pa Yesus ru Tata nupaloke. 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 PBS Pa kelo: "Bamua, nikalete petaje pa Ba-Ku kerule Tata nupalok." BSB BSB: “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
57 PBS Kaipa lotepu pa tehiwapa telupa ke-teketupaja. BSB BSB: At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.
58 PBS Ke tejarokete nove pefua, pa wupa tepuja. Pa teba jalutopa tefui rotete terefumo kealeu bati keke 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 PBS Wuteruepa Stefanus ke lupopoja kelei, kelote: "Yesus fau, letu nine mebebe." BSB BSB: While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
60 PBS Labi kewapa pina kafepa keu: "Tata, nolewe te-pepupuka!" Piti-i kela pa puoti kewa. 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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