¹Then said the high priest, Are these things so?

¹ Noonu saraxalekat bu mag ba ne ko: «Ndax loolu dëgg la?»

²And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

² Ecen tontu ko: «Yéen samay bokk ak samay baay, dégluleen! Yàlla, miy Boroom ndam, feeñu woon na sunu maam Ibraayma, bi mu nekkee réewu Mesopotami, te dëkkagul woon Karan.

³And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.

³ Mu ne ko: “Toxul sa réew, bàyyi say bokk, te ñëw ci réew, mi ma lay won.”

⁴Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.

⁴ «Ci kaw loolu mu génn réewu niti Kalde, dëkksi Karan. Te bi baayam faatoo, Yàlla toxale ko foofa, dëël ko ci réew, mi ngeen dëkk léegi.

⁵And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

⁵ Waaye mayu ko fa genn moomeel gu mu war a donnale, du sax fu mu man a teg tànkam; waaye dig na ko ne, dina ko may réew mi, mu yilif ko moom ak askanam, fekk booba amagul doom.

⁶And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.

⁶ Yàlla ne ko: “Ñi soqikoo ci yaw dinañu ganeyaan ci réew mu ñu dëkkul; dees na leen def ay jaam, di leen fitnaal diirub ñeenti téeméeri at.”

⁷And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.

⁷ Waaye Yàlla nee na: “Xeet wi leen jaamloo, man maa leen di àtte te gannaaw loolu dinañu génn, di ma jaamu ci bérab bii.”

⁸And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

⁸ Yàlla nag tëral kóllëre seen diggante, fas ko ci màndargam xaraf. Noonu Ibraayma jur Isaaxa, xarafal ko ca juróom-ñetteelu fan ba; Isaaxa def noonu Yanqóoba, Yanqóoba it def noonu fukki maam ya ak ñaar, ñi sos xeet wi.

⁹And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

⁹ «Naka maam yooyu, dañoo iñaane Yuusufa, ba jaay ko, mu jëm réewu Misra. Waaye Yàlla taxawu ko,

¹⁰And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

¹⁰ génne ko ci coonoom yépp, defal ko yiw ak xel ci kanamu Firawna, buuru Misra, mu def ko kilifag Misra ak këram gépp.

¹¹Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

¹¹ «Bi loolu amee xiif tàbbi ci biir Misra ak réewu Kanaan mépp, ba toskare ja metti lool, te sunuy maam amatuñu lu ñu lekk.

¹²But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

¹² Yanqóoba nag dégg ne, Misra am na dugub, mu yebal ca sunuy maam, ñu dem fa yoon wu jëkk.

¹³And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.

¹³ Bi fa ay doomi baayam delloo nag, Yuusufa xàmmiku leen, te Firawna xamante ak njabootam.

¹⁴Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

¹⁴ Ci kaw loolu Yuusufa yeble, woo baayam ak mbokkam yépp, ñuy juróom-ñaar-fukki nit ak juróom.

¹⁵So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

¹⁵ Noonu Yanqóoba dem Misra, faatu fa, moom ak sunuy maam.

¹⁶And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.

¹⁶ Gannaaw loolu ñu yóbbu seeni néew Sikem, dugal leen ca bàmmeel, ba Ibraayma jëndoon ak xaalis ca doomi Emor ca Sikem.

¹⁷But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

¹⁷ «Bi loolu wéyee jamono ji jege woon na, ngir Yàlla amal li mu digoon Ibraayma ci ngiñ; fekk xeet wa di law tey gën a bare ci Misra,

¹⁸Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.

¹⁸ ba keroog beneen buur bu xamul Yuusufa di falu ci Misra.

¹⁹The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

¹⁹ Buur boobu nag dafa daan nax sunu xeet, di fitnaal sunuy maam, ba di leen sànniloo seeni doom, ngir ñu dee.

²⁰In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months:

²⁰ «Booba nag la Musaa juddu, di ku rafet ci kanam Yàlla; ñu yor ko ñetti weer ci biir kër baayam,

²¹And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

²¹ ba noppi sànni ko. Noonu doom ju jigéen ju Firawna for ko, yar ko ni doomam.

²²And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.

²² Musaa nag di ku yeewu ci xam-xamu waa Misra bépp, di jàmbaar ci wax ak jëf.

²³And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

²³ «Bi mu demee ba am ñeent-fukki at, mu fas yéeney seeti ay bokkam, maanaam bànni Israyil.

²⁴And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:

²⁴ Noonu mu gis ca ku ñuy néewal doole, mu sotle ko, feyyul ko, ba dóor waayi Misra ja.

²⁵For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.

²⁵ Mu defe ne, ay bokkam dinañu xam ne, ciy loxoom la leen Yàllay musale, waaye xamuñu ko.

²⁶And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?

²⁶ Ca ëllëg sa mu juux ci ay Yawut yuy xeex, mu di leen jéem a jubale ne leen: “Yéen ay bokk ngeen, lu tax ngeen di xeex?”

²⁷But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

²⁷ Waaye kiy néewal doole moroomam bëmëx ko ne: “Ku la teg kilifa ak àttekat ci sunu kaw?

²⁸Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?

²⁸ Ndax danga maa bëgg a rey, ni nga defoon démb waayi Misra ja?”

²⁹Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

²⁹ Bi Musaa déggee wax jooju, mu daldi daw, dem réewu Majan, di fa ab doxandéem; mu séy fa, ba am ñaari doom.

³⁰And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

³⁰ «Lu ko wees ñeent-fukki at nag, bi mu nekkee ca màndiŋu tundu Sinayi, malaaka feeñu ko ci takk-takku safara ci biir as ngarab.

³¹When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the LORD came unto him,

³¹ Bi ko Musaa gisee, mu daldi waaru ci li mu gis; mu jegesi ngir niir ko, dégg baatu Boroom bi ne ko:

³²Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.

³² “Man maay sa Yàllay maam, di Yàllay Ibraayma, Isaaxa ak Yanqóoba.” Ci kaw loolu Musaa tiit bay lox, te ñemeetul a xool.

³³Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.

³³ Noonu Boroom bi ne ko: “Summil say dàll, ndaxte bérab bi nga taxaw, bérab bu sell la.

³⁴I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.

³⁴ Gis naa bu baax fitnay sama xeet ci Misra te dégg naa seeni tawat, kon wàcc naa ngir musal leen. Léegi nag ñëwal, dinaa la yebal Misra.”

³⁵This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.

³⁵ «Musaa moomu bañoon nañu ko, ba ne ko: “Ku la teg kilifa ak àttekat?” Waaye moom la Yàlla yebal, jaarale ko ci malaaka mi ko feeñu ca ngarab sa, ngir mu nekk kilifa gu leen di goreel.

³⁶He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

³⁶ Moo leen génne réewu Misra, di def ay kéemaan ak ay firnde ca réew ma, ca Géej gu xonq ga ak ca màndiŋ ma diirub ñeent-fukki at.

³⁷This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.

³⁷ Musaa moomu moo ne woon bànni Israyil: “Yàlla dina leen feeñalal ci seeni bokk Yonent bu mel ni man.”

³⁸This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:

³⁸ Te moo nekkoon ak mbooloo ma ca màndiŋ ma, ànd ak sunuy maam, wéttalikoo malaaka, mi waxoon ak moom ci tundu Sinayi. Te mu jote ci Yàlla kàddu yiy dund, ngir jottali nu ko.

³⁹To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

³⁹ Waaye sunuy maam nanguwuñu koo déggal; dañu koo bañ te seeni xel dëpp, dellu Misra.

⁴⁰Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

⁴⁰ Ñu sant Aaroona ne: “Sàkkal nu ay yàlla yuy jiitu ci sunu kanam, ndaxte Musaa male nu génne ci réewu Misra, xamunu lu ko dal.”

⁴¹And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

⁴¹ Booba nag ñu tëgglu aw sëllu, muy xërëm, ñu di ko tuuru, di bànneexu ci seeni jëfi loxo.

⁴²Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?

⁴² Waaye bi ñu ko defee Yàlla dëddu leen, bërgël leen, ñuy jaamu biddiiwi asamaan. Moom lañu bind ci téereb yonent yi ne:“Yéen bànni Israyil, ndax rendi ngeen jur,jébbal ma, boole ko ak i sarax,diirub ñeent-fukki at ca màndiŋ ma?

⁴³Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

⁴³ Yóbbu ngeen sax fu nekk tànt,biy màggalukaayu Molog ak biddiiwub Refan,bi ñu daan bokkaaleel Yàlla,di ay nataal, yi ngeen defoon ngir màggal leen!Kon nag dinaa leen toxal,yóbbu leen ci gannaaw réewu Babilon.”

⁴⁴Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.

⁴⁴ «Sunuy maam amoon nañu ca màndiŋ ma tàntu màggalukaay, bi ëmboon li Yàlla seede. Tànt boobu nag defoon nañu ko, roye ko ci bi Musaa gisoon, ni ko ko Yàlla sante woon.

⁴⁵Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

⁴⁵ Te gannaaw ga, bi Yosuwe nekkee kilifag sunuy maam, ñu jot tànt ba ñoom it, yóbbu ko ca réew, ma ñu nangu ca xeet ya Yàlla dàq ci seen kanam. Tànt ba nekk fa, ba ci jamonoy Daawuda.

⁴⁶Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

⁴⁶ Moom yiw na fa kanam Yàlla, mu ñaan ko, mu sàkkal ko kër ngir askanu Yanqóoba.

⁴⁷But Solomon built him an house.

⁴⁷ Waaye Suleymaan moo tabaxal Yàlla kër ga.

⁴⁸Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

⁴⁸ «Moona Aji Kawe ji du dëkk ci fu loxol nit defar; moom la ab yonent wax ne:

⁴⁹Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?

⁴⁹ “Asamaan mooy sama jal,te suuf mooy sama tegukaayu tànk.Kon gan kër ngeen may tabaxal,mbaa fan mooy sama bérabu noppalukaay?

⁵⁰Hath not my hand made all these things?

⁵⁰ Ndax du sama loxo moo defar yëf yooyu yépp?— Moom la Boroom bi doon wax.”

⁵¹Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

⁵¹ «Yéen ñi dëgër bopp, ànd ak xol buy bañ ak ay nopp yuy fatt, mel ni ñi xamul Yàlla. Dungeen noppeek a diiroo ak Xel mu Sell mi; ni ko seen baay yi daan defe, noonu ngeen di def yéen itam.

⁵²Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

⁵² Kan ca yonent ya la seeni maam tegul woon ay fitna? Rey nañu ñi doon yégle ñëwug Aji Jub ji, moom mi ngeen jébbale léegi, ba ñu rey ko.

⁵³Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

⁵³ Jot ngeen yoonu Musaa, wi Yàlla wàcce jaarale ko ci ay malaaka, te sàggane ngeen ko.»

⁵⁴When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

⁵⁴ Bi ñu déggee loolu nag, seeni xol di dagg, ñuy yéyu, jëm ci kawam.

⁵⁵But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

⁵⁵ Waaye Ecen, mi fees ak Xel mu Sell mi, ne jàkk ci asamaan, gis ndamu Yàlla, te gis Yeesu mi taxaw ci ndeyjooru Yàlla.

⁵⁶And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

⁵⁶ Mu ne: «Seetleen, maa ngi gis asamaan yi ubbiku, te Doomu nit kaa ngii taxaw ci ndeyjooru Yàlla.»

⁵⁷Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,

⁵⁷ Bi ñu déggee loolu, ñu daldi xaacu ca kaw, tey dar seeni nopp; ñu ànd, ne milib ci kawam;

⁵⁸And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.

⁵⁸ ñu wat-wate ko, génne ko dëkk ba, dóor ko ay doj, ba mu dee. Seede ya tegoon nañu seeni yére ci tànki waxambaane wu tudd Sool.

⁵⁹And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

⁵⁹ Noonu ñu dóor Ecen ay doj, muy ñaan Yàlla ne: «Boroom bi Yeesu, nangul sama ruu!»

⁶⁰And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

⁶⁰ Bi mu ko waxee, mu sukk, wax ak baat bu kawe: «Boroom bi, bu leen bindal bàkkaar bii,» ba noppi mu nelaw.