Acts 7

Stephen’s Speech to the Sanhedrin

1Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”

2To this he replied: “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 Harran. 3‘Leave your country and your people,’ God said, ‘and go to the land I will show you.’#7:3 Gen. 12:1

4“So he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Harran. After the death of his father, God sent him to this land where you are now living. 5He gave him no inheritance here, not even enough ground to set his foot on. But God promised him that he and his descendants after him would possess the land, even though at that time Abraham had no child. 6God spoke to him in this way: ‘For four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated. 7But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come out of that country and worship me in this place.’#7:7 Gen. 15:13,14 8Then he gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision. And Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him eight days after his birth. Later Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.

9“Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him 10and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave Joseph wisdom and enabled him to gain the goodwill of Pharaoh king of Egypt. So Pharaoh made him ruler over Egypt and all his palace.

11“Then a famine struck all Egypt and Canaan, bringing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food. 12When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our forefathers on their first visit. 13On their second visit, Joseph told his brothers who he was, and Pharaoh learned about Joseph’s family. 14After this, Joseph sent for his father Jacob and his whole family, seventy-five in all. 15Then Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our ancestors died. 16Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a certain sum of money.

17“As the time drew near for God to fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt had greatly increased. 18Then ‘a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing, came to power in Egypt.’#7:18 Exodus 1:8 19He dealt treacherously with our people and oppressed our ancestors by forcing them to throw out their newborn babies so that they would die.

20“At that time Moses was born, and he was no ordinary child.#7:20 Or was fair in the sight of God For three months he was cared for by his family. 21When he was placed outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son. 22Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.

23“When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his own people, the Israelites. 24He saw one of them being mistreated by an Egyptian, so he went to his defense and avenged him by killing the Egyptian. 25Moses thought that his own people would realize that God was using him to rescue them, but they did not. 26The next day Moses came upon two Israelites who were fighting. He tried to reconcile them by saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why do you want to hurt each other?’

27“But the man who was mistreating the other pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us? 28Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’#7:28 Exodus 2:14 29When Moses heard this, he fled to Midian, where he settled as a foreigner and had two sons.

30“After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai. 31When he saw this, he was amazed at the sight. As he went over to get a closer look, he heard the Lord say: 32‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.’#7:32 Exodus 3:6 Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.

33“Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. 34I have indeed seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to set them free. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’#7:34 Exodus 3:5,7,8,10

35“This is the same Moses they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ He was sent to be their ruler and deliverer by God himself, through the angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36He led them out of Egypt and performed wonders and signs in Egypt, at the Red Sea and for forty years in the wilderness.

37“This is the Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your own people.’#7:37 Deut. 18:15 38He was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors; and he received living words to pass on to us.

39“But our ancestors refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt. 40They told Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who led us out of Egypt—we don’t know what has happened to him!’#7:40 Exodus 32:1 41That was the time they made an idol in the form of a calf. They brought sacrifices to it and reveled in what their own hands had made. 42But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the sun, moon and stars. This agrees with what is written in the book of the prophets:

“ ‘Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings

forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel?

43You have taken up the tabernacle of Molek

and the star of your god Rephan,

the idols you made to worship.

Therefore I will send you into exile’#7:43 Amos 5:25-27 (see Septuagint) beyond Babylon.

44“Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the covenant law with them in the wilderness. It had been made as God directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen. 45After receiving the tabernacle, our ancestors under Joshua brought it with them when they took the land from the nations God drove out before them. It remained in the land until the time of David, 46who enjoyed God’s favor and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.#7:46 Some early manuscripts the house of Jacob 47But it was Solomon who built a house for him.

48“However, the Most High does not live in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:

49“ ‘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 resting place be?

50Has not my hand made all these things?’#7:50 Isaiah 66:1,2

51“You stiff-necked people! Your hearts and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit! 52Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute? They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him— 53you who have received the law that was given through angels but have not obeyed it.”

The Stoning of Stephen

54When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they were furious and gnashed their teeth at him. 55But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

57At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, 58dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.

59While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 60Then he fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” When he had said this, he fell asleep.

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Stipen Ik Nitim

1Wote, wu pris kuimbal ni ndi, Stipen waldpa, nimba mel, “Ik kupa ei?” nitim. 2Ni kʉn, Stipen ndi, punt ropa, nimba mel, “Wutamʉn, angmʉn! Na nga ik ei, kum tek pilʉiya! Unt tʉn nga anda kouwʉ Aparam ni, Eran kona ila pi nʉpi kʉn, Mesopotemiya kona ila pepa moⱡnga, Got wu eng nui ei ndi, Aparam pepa murum kona ila urum. 3Omba kʉn, Aparam kundpa, nimba mel, ‘Nim nga mʉi na, ʉngʉnʉl na mbʉ, wak rokʉn, na ndi, nim kona ti, ora nduimp ila pukʉn, muⱡi!’ nitim. 4Ei kʉn, elim nga Kaldiya mʉi kona ei, wak ropa mba, Eran ni kona ila mba pitim. Wote, Aparam nga tipam ni koⱡnga kʉn, Got ndi, Aparam tʉpa mepa omba, akup enim pek mormin kona ila pinditim. 5Got ndi, mʉi ei, Aparam elim nga mendpʉⱡ, nimba to ropa ngui ngʉnggʉrʉm, mon! Aparam elim nga kangambuⱡa ti, mon ku! Wote Got ndi, mʉi ei elim kʉn, elim nga mepa tem mbʉ kʉn, wote mbʉ nga mek teng mbʉ kʉn, nguimp nimba mʉi ropa nitim. 6Got ndi, Aparam ik ei mel kun kundpa nimba mel, ‘Nim nga kangambuⱡa mek tin mbʉ, muⱡ kʉmp elpa ronggʉt ku muⱡing. Wote, kona ila nga wamp mbʉ ndi, tek kan ngʉk, kongun kindmant endʉk iteing nʉk etʉk, mindil kit mbʉ nguing. I etʉk pangina, pana 400 omba mba. 7Wote na ndi, nim nga kangambuⱡa mbʉ, kongun kindmant ngong wamp mbʉ etʉp, mindil kundamba kʉn, kangambuⱡa mbʉ, kona elpa ei, wak rok, wote yant ok, ya kona ila molk kʉn, na nga mbi paka runding,’ Got ndi nitim. 8Wote Got ndi, kʉng kupti uⱡ ei nga Aparam itangga nimba kʉn, nimba mʉi ropa pinditim. Ei nga wote, Eiparam ndi, wu Aisak mitim ei kʉn, rumbʉⱡ 8 omba puⱡnga kʉn, Aisak nga kʉng ei kup tʉtʉm. Wote, wu Aisak ni, Jekop nga kʉng ei, kup tʉtʉm ku. Wote Jekop ndi, wu 12 kʉⱡ nga kʉng kʉⱡ, kup tʉtʉm ku.

9“Jekop nga kangʉmʉl wu mat ndi, en enim nga ʉngʉn akil, Josep kʉn, wʉlʉk rok, Isip kona ila, Josep wu mat kʉn, kindmant wamp mel raⱡpa muⱡangga nʉk, rarʉp rok ku moni tʉtʉng. Ni kʉn wote, Got ndi, Josep wak rui nʉrʉrʉm. 10Wote, Josep nga uⱡ mbun urum mbila, Got ndi, ki kaimp pendpa mepa purum. Wote Josep ni, Got ndi, pilpa kungʉndi kai mbʉ ngumba, Isip kona ila nga wu king kʉndrʉm ei, wu king Pero nga kuimp keta ila uⱡ mbʉ, etpa kai mundrum. Wote Pero ndi, Josep ni tʉpa wu nuim kuimbal ei, monduⱡnga moⱡpa, Isip kona ila mel mbʉ pora, rʉp itim. 11Wote, ui ti kʉn, Isip kʉn Keinen kona raⱡ ila, kump kun mam ti titim. Wote, tʉn nga anda kouwʉ tipamʉl mbʉ, rʉng kandʉk tʉk nuing kona mbʉ, pilik rundrung. 12Ni kʉn, Jekop moⱡpa pitim mel, Isip kona ila rʉng minal tetʉm nʉtʉng ei pilpa, elim nga kangʉmʉl ni kʉⱡ, tʉpa mundrung, unt pi napʉrmʉn kona ila purung. 13Wote, ui mat omba puⱡnga, aldpa pʉi nitim. Purung ui ei kʉn, wu Josep elim nga ʉngʉnʉl kʉⱡ kʉn, elim nga puⱡ ei, nimba mot ndurum. Wote, Isip kona ila wu king Pero ni ndi, Josep nga wamp mema kʉⱡ, pilpa pora ndurum. 14Ei kʉn, Josep ndi, elim nga tipam Jekop kʉn, elim nga wamp mbʉ, 75 morung ni kʉⱡ pora, Isip kona ila weing nimba, rung mundrum. 15Wote Jekop kʉn, tʉn nga anda kouwʉmʉn kʉⱡ kʉn, Isip kona ila puk pek molk, wote korung. 16Wu korung kʉⱡ nga ombil kʉⱡ, tʉk mek puk, Sekim kona ila angʉndʉtʉng. Kona ei, Aparam ndi, unt Amor kangʉmʉl wu rʉⱡaip kʉⱡ kʉn, ku moni ndi, rop ropa titim.

17“Unt Got ndi, Aparam kʉn nimba mʉi rurum uⱡ mbʉ mel etmba ei nga nitim ei, etpa nondpa elinga, Isip kona ila Isrel wamp minal kalk tʉtʉng. 18Wote ei kʉn, Isip kona ila, wu king kont ti oⱡa urum. Wu ei ndi, Josep ni pilpa kun, iti nʉtʉtʉm. 19Wu nuim ei ndi, tʉn nga wamp minal kalk tʉtʉng mbʉ, etpa mindil kundpa, wamp kʉⱡ nga kangambuⱡa nana, kokila meng mbʉ, pena tek kilangina, tek puk kuⱡeing nitim. 20Ui ni kʉn, Moses ni, kang mon wei ei, mam ndi mitim. Wote, mam tipam raⱡ ndi, kang ni, mo rok tek moⱡunggila, kalimp raldika omba purum. 21Wote, tek pena ndurung ila, wu king Pero nga mbuⱡam ni ndi, Moses kandpa tʉpa, kang ni tʉpa, elim nga kangʉm mel randpa, etpa ou inditim. 22Wote Moses ni, Isip wamp nga uⱡ pilpa kungʉndi mbʉ, mbo endʉⱡina, kongun na, ik na, uⱡ mbʉ nga wu nuim murum.

23Wote Moses ni, pana 40 elinga, elim nga Isrel wamp mbʉ, mbo kʉnimp nimba pitim. 24Wote tʉnggʉt kʉn, Moses ni, moⱡpa kʉndrʉm mel, Isip wu ti ndi, Isrel wu ti, etpa kit mundrum ila mba, Isrel wu ni tʉpa rapundpa, Isip wu ni, ropa kundrum. 25Moses ndi pilpa, Got ndi, elim kʉn moⱡpa, Isrel wamp mbʉ, etpa tʉmba nʉk pileing nimba itim. Uⱡ ei, wamp mbʉ ndi, pilik kun iti natʉtʉng. 26Wote utʉma orunga, Isrel wu raⱡ el elinggila, Moses ndi kandpa, wu raⱡ nga nʉmp kun mundimp nimba mel, ‘Ik ei kum tiyʉl! Enmbil wu ʉngʉn ʉngʉn raⱡ, nambuⱡ emel, el enmbil?’ nitim. 27Wote, el ruimp nimba itim wu ni ndi, Moses punt ropa kundpa, nimba mel, ‘Nim nam ndi, tʉpa nuim mondpa uⱡ mbʉ nga tʉk kun iti nitim? 28Nim ukʉ nga Isip wu ti, rok kundun ni mel, akup na i ku etʉp rop kundimp nʉk pilkʉn nʉn ei?’ nitim. 29Wote, Moses ik ni pilpa, Isip kona ni, wak ropa, nung nimba mba, Mirian kona ila purum. Kona ila mba moⱡpa kʉn, amp ti tʉpa, kang raⱡ mitim.

30“Wote, pana 40 omba puⱡnga, Moses ni, Sainai komnga ei nga, wur kui waka ila moⱡpa kundrum ei, nde kat ndip nomba pitim kona ila, Got nga anggelo ti moⱡnga kundrum. 31-32Uⱡ itim ni, Moses kandpa min ngʉn mundpa kʉn, kandʉp kai itimp nimba, nondpa purum. Ei kʉn, Got nga ik ei, mel nitim, ‘Na nim nga anda kouwʉ Eiparam, Aisak na, Jekop unt morung kʉⱡ nga Got ei,’ nitim. I nilinga, Moses nga kʉmp ki nimbʉ, pur pur roⱡnga, kona ei kanʉmba ei nga mundmong itim. 33Wote Got ndi, Moses kundpa, nimba mel, ‘Nim nga kʉmp rʉk mel kʉⱡ potkʉn mundi! Nim int, anggilkʉn morun kona ei, mʉi wingti ila morun. 34Na kant ei, Isip kona ila, na nga wamp mormin mbʉ, mindil minal nok mormin. Wamp kʉⱡ nga ka enmin ei pilip kʉn, na mana omp, wamp kʉⱡ nga mbun ila etʉp timp ont. Akup nim wana! Na ndi, nim Isip kona ila, tip mundamba pʉn!’ nitim.

35“Moses ni, wu ei, Isrel wamp mbʉ ndi, tʉk pei mondʉk nʉk mel, ‘Nim nam ndi, nuim molkʉn, tʉn wamp mbʉ kundi nʉkʉndi?’ nʉtʉng. Got ndi, Moses ni, tʉp wu nuim mondpa, elim nga wamp mbʉ, kan tinga ndupa tangga nitim. Got nga Anggelo unt kona kui waka ila ndip mel noⱡnga, kʉndrʉm ni ndi, Moses ni, tʉpa rapundʉⱡnga uⱡ mbʉ itim. 36Moses ndi, Isrel wamp nimbʉ, Isip kona ei, wak ropa, mepa ekit urum ei kep, wote Num Kuta Kunt ei, puⱡa rok, noi orunga ekit purung ei kep, wote kona kui waka ila uⱡ rʉpʉndi ou ndupa, wengʉndupa etpa, mepa puⱡnga, pana 40 omba purum. 37Moses ndi, Isrel wamp nimbʉ, kundpa nimba mel, ‘Got ndi painui wu na, mel ti enim nga ruk ting ila, kandpa tʉpa ngumba. 38Moses ni, unt Isrel wamp mbʉ kʉn, kona kui waka ila rʉp rok purung. Wote wu ei ndi ku, tʉn nga anda kouwʉ mbʉ kʉn, kunda rʉp rok purung. Wote, Sainai komnga ila, Got nga Anggelo ei kʉn, ik ranggʉⱡnga, Got ndi, elim nga kont mba mul uⱡ ei nga ik ei, tʉn kundpa nangga nimba, Moses ni ngurum.

39Wote, tʉn nga anda kouwʉmʉn nimbʉ ndi, Moses nga nitim ik ni, teng ndui nandrʉng. Moses ni, rok pint panda etʉk, Isip kona ila aldpa kelik, int mbin nʉk, numan ila pʉtʉng. 40Pilik kʉn, Eron ni kundʉk, nʉk mel, ‘Tʉn nga got mat mim itana! Got mbʉ ndi, tʉn rʉp etʉk mek peing,’ nʉtʉng. ‘Moses ni, wu tʉn Isip kona ila mepa ekit urum wu ni, nant ila pum nda, tʉn pili napʉnmʉn,’ nʉtʉng. 41Ei kʉn ku, kng kau pela mel ti, mim etʉk mondʉk, numan minal nguk, kng rung mat kalk tindiⱡim mundʉk ngʉk mel ni kʉn, atinga rorung. 42-43I etʉng ni nga, wote Got ndi, wamp nimbʉ, tʉpa mbuⱡ nguⱡnga, oⱡa muⱡ ila mipil na, mel mbʉ nga atinga rundeing nimba wak rurum. Uⱡ ei, ya unt painui wu morung nimbʉ mbʉ ndi, mon rok pendʉtʉng ni mel, kupa itim,

‘Enim Isrel wamp mbʉ ye! Enim unt pana 40 kona kui waka ila na kʉn, kng rung mel mbʉ kalk tindiⱡim mundʉk etʉng ni, na kʉn iti natʉtʉng mon! Enim ik kol got Molek nga muⱡ manga kʉⱡ mek, omba enim nga got Repan ei nga mipil ei, enim nga got ei nʉk, mim etʉng mel ei mek purung. Ei nga, na ndi, enim akup Bapilon kona ei nga mbuldung orunga tʉp mundamba, kongun kindmant wamp ralk muⱡing,’ nʉtʉng.

44“Tʉn nga anda kouwʉmʉn mbʉ, kona kui waka ila morung ei kʉn, Got nga muⱡ manga kʉⱡ, Got ndi, Moses kundpa nimba, ora ndurum ni mel ku, tou ila mim etʉng. 45Ui mat omba puⱡnga, tʉn nga anda kouwʉmʉn mbʉ, Got nga atinga muⱡ manga ei, en enim nga tipamʉl ndi, ngurung nimbʉ mek, Josuwa kʉn puk, Got ndi, wamp ropa mundrum mʉi nimbila morung. Wote, mul manga kʉⱡ kona ila angindʉk mondʉk moⱡʉngina, wote Depit ni oⱡa urum. 46Got ndi, Depit kʉn numan minal ngumba memp pendilinga kʉn, Depit ndi, Got waldpa wu Jekop nga Got ei nga manga wingti ronduⱡ ti rʉkʉndimp, nitim. 47Wote, manga wingti ni rakʉndimp nitim ni, wote Solomon ndi rukundrum. 48Wote, Got Ama Oⱡa Nuim ei, wamp ndi, manga rakurmin ila muⱡi nambʉrʉm. Ik ei, painui wu Eimos ndi, pai nomba nimba mel,

49“Nuim ndi, nimba mel, ‘Mul kona ei na nga rʉpʉndi pol ei nimba. Wote, mʉi kona ei na nga kʉmp raⱡ tetʉm kona ei nʉtʉm. Enim ndi, na nga namba manga ti rʉkʉndangina, na muⱡ tʉp muⱡimp nda?’ nʉtʉm. 50‘Mel mbʉ pora, na nga ki raⱡ ndi, mim iti nʉtʉt ei?’” nʉtʉm.

51“Enim ik tʉk roi nduk, Got nga ik ei, kum ti natʉk etmin wamp mbʉ ye! Unt enim nga anda kouwʉ mbʉ mel ku ralk, Muⱡnga Wingti ei nga ik ei, kum ti natʉtmʉn. 52Unt painui wu ti tenda na ti, enim nga anda kouwʉ mbʉ ndi, mbun mat tʉk ngui nganggʉrʉng ei? Ei mon! Enim nga anda kouwʉ mbʉ ndi, wu kun kai ei omba, ei nga pai nok nʉtʉng wu mbʉ, rok kondrung ku. Wote, akup enim ndi, wu kun kai ei urum ei kʉn, ruk molk, wote rok kondrung. 53Enim ndi, Got nga mi ik ronduⱡ kʉⱡ anggelo kʉⱡ ndi, ambulk nguⱡina tʉtʉng. Ei kʉn, enim ndi, ik kʉⱡ pep rui narʉrmʉn ku,” nitim.

Stipen Ni, Ku Ndi Rorung

54Wote, Stipen nga nitim ik nimbʉ, rʉp wu mbʉ ndi, ik ei pilik, ama popʉⱡ ndi kolk, gu mbʉ konggilingina puk rurum. 55Wote, Muⱡnga Wingti ei ndi, Stipen kʉn peka rurum ila, Stipen muⱡ kona tʉpa oⱡa ndupa, Muⱡʉl Wu Kupa kʉndrʉm mel, Got nga rʉⱡang kai ila, Jisas ni, Got nga ki mbo orunga anggilpa murum. 56Wote Stipen ndi, wu nimbʉ, kundpa nimba mel, “Kʉnʉiya! Na muⱡ kona ei, kumba tʉpa telinga kant ei, Got nga ki mbo orunga anggilpa morum kant!” nitim. 57-58Wu nimbʉ pora, ronduⱡ ke nʉk, en enim nga kum nombuⱡa mbʉ rou rok, tʉkrʉk ok, Stipen ni imp molk kona nila rok, tʉk pena nduk, ku ndi rorung. Stipen rorung kandrung wu nimbʉ ndi, en enim nga wal pʉki pakrung mbʉ, kang wu Sol ni ti, murum nila potʉk tetʉng. 59Wu ni kʉⱡ ndi, Stipen ku ndi roⱡina mel, Stipen ndi, atinga ropa nimba mel, “Nuim Jisas ye! Na nga Muⱡnga ei, nim ndi oⱡa tiyo!” nitim. 60Wote Stipen ndi, mura ropa mondpa, atinga ronduⱡ ropa nimba mel, “Nuim ye! Wu kʉⱡ nga uⱡ kit enmin ei, wak rundi!” nimba kʉn kurum.

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