Acts of the Apostles 7

Stephen Addresses the Council

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

2This was Stephen’s reply: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me. Our glorious God appeared to our ancestor Abraham in Mesopotamia before he settled in Haran.#7:2 Mesopotamia was the region now called Iraq. Haran was a city in what is now called Syria. 3God told him, ‘Leave your native land and your relatives, and come into the land that I will show you.’#7:3 Gen 12:1. 4So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran until his father died. Then God brought him here to the land where you now live.

5“But God gave him no inheritance here, not even one square foot of land. God did promise, however, that eventually the whole land would belong to Abraham and his descendants—even though he had no children yet. 6God also told him that his descendants would live in a foreign land, where they would be oppressed as slaves for 400 years. 7‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and in the end they will come out and worship me here in this place.’#7:5-7 Gen 12:7; 15:13-14; Exod 3:12.

8“God also gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision at that time. So when Abraham became the father of Isaac, he circumcised him on the eighth day. And the practice was continued when Isaac became the father of Jacob, and when Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs of the Israelite nation.

9“These patriarchs were jealous of their brother Joseph, and they sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him 10and rescued him from all his troubles. And God gave him favor before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. God also gave Joseph unusual wisdom, so that Pharaoh appointed him governor over all of Egypt and put him in charge of the palace.

11“But a famine came upon Egypt and Canaan. There was great misery, and our ancestors ran out of food. 12Jacob heard that there was still grain in Egypt, so he sent his sons—our ancestors—to buy some. 13The second time they went, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers,#7:13 Other manuscripts read Joseph was recognized by his brothers. and they were introduced to Pharaoh. 14Then Joseph sent for his father, Jacob, and all his relatives to come to Egypt, seventy-five persons in all. 15So Jacob went to Egypt. He died there, as did our ancestors. 16Their bodies were taken to Shechem and buried in the tomb Abraham had bought for a certain price from Hamor’s sons in Shechem.

17“As the time drew near when God would fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt greatly increased. 18But then a new king came to the throne of Egypt who knew nothing about Joseph. 19This king exploited our people and oppressed them, forcing parents to abandon their newborn babies so they would die.

20“At that time Moses was born—a beautiful child in God’s eyes. His parents cared for him at home for three months. 21When they had to abandon him, Pharaoh’s daughter adopted him and raised him as her own son. 22Moses was taught all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in both speech and action.

23“One day when Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his relatives, the people of Israel. 24He saw an Egyptian mistreating an Israelite. So Moses came to the man’s defense and avenged him, killing the Egyptian. 25Moses assumed his fellow Israelites would realize that God had sent him to rescue them, but they didn’t.

26“The next day he visited them again and saw two men of Israel fighting. He tried to be a peacemaker. ‘Men,’ he said, ‘you are brothers. Why are you fighting each other?’

27“But the man in the wrong pushed Moses aside. ‘Who made you a ruler and judge over us?’ he asked. 28‘Are you going to kill me as you killed that Egyptian yesterday?’ 29When Moses heard that, he fled the country and lived as a foreigner in the land of Midian. There his two sons were born.

30“Forty years later, in the desert near Mount Sinai, an angel appeared to Moses in the flame of a burning bush. 31When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight. As he went to take a closer look, the voice of the Lord called out to him, 32‘I am the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses shook with terror and did not dare to look.

33“Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for you are standing on holy ground. 34I have certainly seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their groans and have come down to rescue them. Now go, for I am sending you back to Egypt.’#7:31-34 Exod 3:5-10.

35“So God sent back the same man his people had previously rejected when they demanded, ‘Who made you a ruler and judge over us?’ Through the angel who appeared to him in the burning bush, God sent Moses to be their ruler and savior. 36And by means of many wonders and miraculous signs, he led them out of Egypt, through the Red Sea, and through the wilderness for forty years.

37“Moses himself told the people of Israel, ‘God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your own people.’#7:37 Deut 18:15. 38Moses was with our ancestors, the assembly of God’s people in the wilderness, when the angel spoke to him at Mount Sinai. And there Moses received life-giving words to pass on to us.#7:38 Some manuscripts read to you.

39“But our ancestors refused to listen to Moses. They rejected him and wanted to return to Egypt. 40They told Aaron, ‘Make us some gods who can lead us, for we don’t know what has become of this Moses, who brought us out of Egypt.’ 41So they made an idol shaped like a calf, and they sacrificed to it and celebrated over this thing they had made. 42Then God turned away from them and abandoned them to serve the stars of heaven as their gods! In the book of the prophets it is written,

‘Was it to me you were bringing sacrifices and offerings

during those forty years in the wilderness, Israel?

43No, you carried your pagan gods—

the shrine of Molech,

the star of your god Rephan,

and the images you made to worship them.

So I will send you into exile

as far away as Babylon.’#7:42-43 Amos 5:25-27 (Greek version).

44“Our ancestors carried the Tabernacle#7:44 Greek the tent of witness. with them through the wilderness. It was constructed according to the plan God had shown to Moses. 45Years later, when Joshua led our ancestors in battle against the nations that God drove out of this land, the Tabernacle was taken with them into their new territory. And it stayed there until the time of King David.

46“David found favor with God and asked for the privilege of building a permanent Temple for the God of Jacob.#7:46 Some manuscripts read the house of Jacob. 47But it was Solomon who actually built it. 48However, the Most High doesn’t live in temples made by human hands. As the prophet says,

49‘Heaven is my throne,

and the earth is my footstool.

Could you build me a temple as good as that?’

asks the Lord.

‘Could you build me such a resting place?

50Didn’t my hands make both heaven and earth?’#7:49-50 Isa 66:1-2.

51“You stubborn people! You are heathen#7:51 Greek uncircumcised. at heart and deaf to the truth. Must you forever resist the Holy Spirit? That’s what your ancestors did, and so do you! 52Name one prophet your ancestors didn’t persecute! They even killed the ones who predicted the coming of the Righteous One—the Messiah whom you betrayed and murdered. 53You deliberately disobeyed God’s law, even though you received it from the hands of angels.”

54The Jewish leaders were infuriated by Stephen’s accusation, and they shook their fists at him in rage.#7:54 Greek they were grinding their teeth against him. 55But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed steadily into heaven and saw the glory of God, and he saw Jesus standing in the place of honor at God’s right hand. 56And he told them, “Look, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing in the place of honor at God’s right hand!”

57Then they put their hands over their ears and began shouting. They rushed at him 58and dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. His accusers took off their coats and laid them at the feet of a young man named Saul.#7:58 Saul is later called Paul; see 13:9.

59As they stoned him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 60He fell to his knees, shouting, “Lord, don’t charge them with this sin!” And with that, he died.

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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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