¹And the chief priest said, `Are then these things so?`

¹¶ Katahi ka mea te tohunga nui, He pono ranei enei mea?

²and he said, `Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken: The God of the glory did appear to our father Abraham, being in Mesopotamia, before his dwelling in Haran,

²Na mea ia, E nga teina, e nga matua, whakarongo mai: I puta te Atua o te kororia ki to tatou matua, ki a Aperahama, i a ia i Mehopotamia, a kiano i noho ki Harana,

³and He said to him, Go forth out of thy land, and out of thy kindred, and come to a land that I shall shew thee.

³Ka mea ki a ia, Haere atu i tou whenua, i ou whanaunga, a e tomo ki te whenua e whakakitea e ahau ki a koe.

⁴`Then having come forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran, and from thence, after the death of his father, He did remove him to this land wherein ye now dwell,

⁴Na puta mai ana ia i te whenua o nga Karari, noho ana ki Harana: a, no te matenga o tona papa, ka whakahekea mai ia i reira e te Atua ki tenei whenua e noho nei koutou.

⁵and He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a footstep, and did promise to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him — he having no child.

⁵A kihai i hoatu tetahi kainga mona i konei, kore rawa, ahakoa he turanga waewae noa: heoi i oati ia, tera e homai a konei hei kainga mona, mo tona uri hoki i muri i a ia, ahakoa ra i taua wa kahore ana tamariki.

⁶`And God spake thus, That his seed shall be sojourning in a strange land, and they shall cause it to serve, and shall do it evil four hundred years,

⁶A i penei te korero a te Atua, tera tona uri e noho manene ki te whenua ke: ka meinga hoki hei pononga, a e wha rau tau e tukinotia ana.

⁷and the nation whom they shall serve I will judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and shall do Me service in this place.

⁷Na, ko te iwi e meinga ai ratou hei pononga, ka whakawakia e ahau, e ai ta te Atua: muri iho i tenei ka puta mai ratou, a ka mahi ki ahau i tenei wahi.

⁸`And He gave to him a covenant of circumcision, and so he begat Isaac, and did circumcise him on the eighth day, and Isaac [begat] Jacob, and Jacob — the twelve patriarchs;

⁸A i homai ano e ia ki a ia te kawenata o te kotinga: a whanau ake ta Aperahama ko Ihaka, a i te waru o nga ra ka kotia; a na Ihaka ko Hakopa; na Hakopa hoki nga tupuna kotahi tekau ma rua.

⁹and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him,

⁹Na ka hae nga tupuna ki a Hohepa, a hokona ana ia ki Ihipa: otira i a ia te Atua;

¹⁰and did deliver him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he did set him — governor over Egypt and all his house.

¹⁰Nana ia i whakaora i ona matenga katoa, a hoatu ana ki a ia he pai, he matauranga i te aroaro o Parao kingi o Ihipa; a meinga ana ia e tera hei kawana mo Ihipa, mo tona whare katoa hoki.

¹¹`And there came a dearth upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers were not finding sustenance,

¹¹Na i reira ka puta he matekai ki te whenua katoa o Ihipa, o Kanaana, a he mate nui: kihai rawa i kitea he oranga e o tatou matua.

¹²and Jacob having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers a first time;

¹²A, no te rongonga o Hakopa, e whai witi ana a Ihipa, ka tonoa e ia o tatou matua, ko te tononga tuatahi.

¹³and at the second time was Joseph made known to his brethren, and Joseph`s kindred became manifest to Pharaoh,

¹³A, no te tononga tuarua, ka whakamohiotia a Hohepa ki ona tuakana; a ka whakaaturia ki a Parao te iwi o Hohepa.

¹⁴and Joseph having sent, did call for his father Jacob, and all his kindred — with seventy and five souls —

¹⁴Na ka tono tangata a Hohepa ki te karanga i tona papa, i a Hakopa ki a ia, i ona huanga katoa hoki, e whitu tekau ma rima nga wairua.

¹⁵and Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, himself and our fathers,

¹⁵Na heke ana a Hakopa ki Ihipa, a ka mate, a ia me o tatou matua.

¹⁶and they were carried over into Sychem, and were laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in money from the sons of Emmor, of Sychem.

¹⁶A kawea atu ana ratou ki Hekeme, whakatakotoria ana ki te urupa i hokona mai ra e Aperahama, he moni hiriwa te utu, i nga tama a Hamora i Hekeme.

¹⁷`And according as the time of the promise was drawing nigh, which God did swear to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

¹⁷¶ A, no ka tata mai te wa mo te mea i korerotia ra i mua, i oatitia ra e te Atua ki a Aperahama, ka tupu te iwi, ka tini haere ki Ihipa,

¹⁸till another king rose, who had not known Joseph;

¹⁸A tae noa ki te putanga ake o tetahi atu kingi mo Ihipa, kihai nei i mohio ki a Hohepa.

¹⁹this one, having dealt subtilely with our kindred, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babes, that they might not live;

¹⁹Ko ia te mea nana i tinihanga to tatou iwi, i whakatupu kino o tatou matua, i meatia ai kia maka atu a ratou tamariki kei puta ki te ora.

²⁰in which time Moses was born, and he was fair to God, and he was brought up three months in the house of his father;

²⁰No taua wa ka whanau a Mohi, he tangata tino ataahua; e toru nga marama i whakatupuria ai ia i roto i te whare o tona papa,

²¹and he having been exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and did rear him to herself for a son;

²¹A, no ka maka atu ia, ka tangohia ake ia e te tamahine a Parao, a atawhaitia ana hei tamaiti ake mana.

²²and Moses was taught in all wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in words and in works.

²²Na i ata whakaakona a Mohi ki nga mea katoa o te matauranga o nga Ihipiana; a he mana rawa ia, i te kupu, i te mahi.

²³`And when forty years were fulfilled to him, it came upon his heart to look after his brethren, the sons of Israel;

²³A, ka tata ona tau ki te wha tekau, ka uru mai te whakaaro ki tona ngakau kia haere ia ki ona tuakana, ki nga tama a Iharaira.

²⁴and having seen a certain one suffering injustice, he did defend, and did justice to the oppressed, having smitten the Egyptian;

²⁴A, i tona kitenga i tetahi o ratou e tukinotia ana, ka awhina ia i a ia, a patua iho e ia te Ihipiana, a ka whai utu mona i tukinotia ra:

²⁵and he was supposing his brethren to understand that God through his hand doth give salvation; and they did not understand.

²⁵Hua noa e mohio ona tuakana, nona te ringa e homai ai e te Atua te whakaoranga mo ratou: heoi kihai ratou i mohio.

²⁶`On the succeeding day, also, he shewed himself to them as they are striving, and urged them to peace, saying, Men, brethren are ye, wherefore do ye injustice to one another?

²⁶Na i te aonga ake ka puta atu ia ki etahi e whawhai ana ki a raua, ka tahuri ki te wawao i a raua, ka mea, E hoa ma, he teina, he tuakana korua: he aha korua ka kino ai ki a korua ano?

²⁷and he who is doing injustice to the neighbour, did thrust him away, saying, Who set thee a ruler and a judge over us?

²⁷Otira peia atu ana ia e te tangata nana te he ki tona hoa; i mea ia, Na wai koe i mea hei rangatira, hei kaiwhakawa mo maua?

²⁸to kill me dost thou wish, as thou didst kill yesterday the Egyptian?

²⁸E mea ana koe ki te whakamate i ahau, me koe i whakamate ra i te Ihipiana inanahi?

²⁹`And Moses fled at this word, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons,

²⁹Na ka tahuti a Mohi i taua korero, a noho manene ana i Miriana; a tokorua ana tama i whanau ki reira.

³⁰and forty years having been fulfilled, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai a messenger of the Lord, in a flame of fire of a bush,

³⁰¶ A, no ka tutuki nga tau e wha tekau, ka puta ki a ia tetahi anahera a te Ariki i te koraha o Maunga Hinai, i roto i te mura ahi i te rakau.

³¹and Moses having seen did wonder at the sight; and he drawing near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord unto him,

³¹A, no te kitenga o Mohi, ka miharo ki taua whakakitenga; a i a ia ka whakatata atu ki te matakitaki, ka puaki mai te reo o te Ariki ki a ia,

³²I [am] the God of thy fathers; the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. `And Moses having become terrified, durst not behold,

³²Ko te Atua ahau o ou matua, ko te Atua o Aperahama, o Ihaka, o Hakopa. Na wiri ana a Mohi, kore rawa i kaha ki te titiro atu.

³³and the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place in which thou hast stood is holy ground;

³³A ka mea mai te Ariki ki a ia, Wetekia atu nga hu i ou waewae: ko te wahi hoki e tu na koe he oneone tapu.

³⁴seeing I have seen the affliction of My people that [is] in Egypt, and their groaning I did hear, and came down to deliver them; and now come, I will send thee to Egypt.

³⁴Kua tino kite hoki ahau i te mate o toku iwi e noho nei i Ihipa, kua rongo hoki i ta ratou aue, a kua heke iho nei ahau ki te whakaora i a ratou. Na, haere mai, ka tonoa koe e ahau ki Ihipa.

³⁵`This Moses, whom they did refuse, saying, Who did set thee a ruler and a judge? this one God a ruler and a redeemer did send, in the hand of a messenger who appeared to him in the bush;

³⁵Na ko taua Mohi i whakakahoretia ra e ratou, i mea ra ratou, na wai koe i mea hei rangatira, hei kaiwhakawa? ko ia ano i tonoa e te Atua hei rangatira, hei kaiwhakaora, he mea na te ringa o te anahera i puta mai ra ki a ia i te rakau.

³⁶this one did bring them forth, having done wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years;

³⁶Na taua tangata ratou i arahi atu, i muri iho i tana mahinga i nga mea whakamiharo, i nga tohu, ki te whenua o Ihipa, ki te Moana Whero, ki te koraha hoki i nga tau e wha tekau.

³⁷this is the Moses who did say to the sons of Israel: A prophet to you shall the Lord your God raise up out of your brethren, like to me, him shall ye hear.

³⁷Ko taua Mohio ano tenei i mea atu ra ki nga tamariki a Iharaira, Ma te Atua e whakaara ake he poropiti mo koutou i roto i o koutou teina, he penei me ahau.

³⁸`This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the messenger who is speaking to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers who did receive the living oracles to give to us;

³⁸Ko ia ano tenei i te whakaminenga i te koraha, raua ko te anahera i korero ra ki a ia i Maunga Hinai, ko o tatou matua hoki: i riro mai ai i a ia nga kupu ora hei homai ki a tatou.

³⁹to whom our fathers did not wish to become obedient, but did thrust away, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,

³⁹Kihai nei o tatou matua i pai ki te whakarongo ki a ia, heoi peia atu ana ia e ratou, a hoki ana o ratou ngakau ki Ihipa.

⁴⁰saying to Aaron, Make to us gods who shall go on before us, for this Moses, who brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, we have not known what hath happened to him.

⁴⁰A mea ana ratou ki a Arona, hanga ma tatou etahi atua hei haere ki mua i a tatou: ko tenei Mohi hoki i arahina mai nei tatou i te whenua o Ihipa, kahore tatou e matau kua ahatia ranei.

⁴¹`And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in the works of their hands,

⁴¹Heoi hanga ana e ratou he kuao kau i aua ra, tapaea ana he patunga tapu ma taua whakapakoko, a koa ana o ratou ngakau ki nga mahi a o ratou ringa.

⁴²and God did turn, and did give them up to do service to the host of the heaven, according as it hath been written in the scroll of the prophets: Slain beasts and sacrifices did ye offer to Me forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

⁴²¶ Na ka tahuri ke te Atua, tukua atu ana ratou kia karakia ki te ope o te rangi; kia pera me te mea i tuhia ki te pukapuka a nga poropiti, I homai koia e koutou ki ahau nga patunga tapu me nga whakahere i nga tau e wha tekau i te koraha, e te whar e o Iharaira?

⁴³and ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan — the figures that ye made to bow before them, and I will remove your dwelling beyond Babylon.

⁴³Na kua mau koutou ki te tapenakara o Moroko, ki te whetu o to koutou atua o Reipana, ki nga whakapakoko i hanga e koutou hei koropiko atu; na, maku koutou e kawe atu ki tawahi o Papurona.

⁴⁴`The tabernacle of the testimony was among our fathers in the wilderness, according as He did direct, who is speaking to Moses, to make it according to the figure that he had seen;

⁴⁴I o tatou matua te tapenakara o te whakaaturanga i te koraha, tana hoki i whakarite ai, i mea ai ki a Mohi kia hanga e ia, kia rite ki te tauira i kite ai ia.

⁴⁵which also our fathers having in succession received, did bring in with Joshua, into the possession of the nations whom God did drive out from the presence of our fathers, till the days of David,

⁴⁵A, i o ratou na ra, na o tatou matua i mau mai, i a ratou ko Hohua i haere mai ai ki te noho i te whenua o nga Tauiwi, i peia atu nei e te Atua i te aroaro o o tatou matua, a taea noatia nga ra i a Rawiri;

⁴⁶who found favour before God, and requested to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;

⁴⁶I paingia nei ia e te Atua, a i inoi hoki mana e rapu he nohoanga mo te Atua o Hakopa.

⁴⁷and Solomon built Him an house.

⁴⁷Na Horomona ia i hanga he whare mona.

⁴⁸`But the Most High in sanctuaries made with hands doth not dwell, according as the prophet saith:

⁴⁸He ahakoa ra, e kore te Runga Rawa e noho ki nga whare i hanga e te ringa; ko ta te poropiti hoki tena i mea ai,

⁴⁹The heaven [is] My throne, and the earth My footstool; what house will ye build to Me? saith the Lord, or what [is] the place of My rest?

⁴⁹Ko te rangi toku torona, ko te whenua toku turanga waewae; he whare pehea ta koutou e hanga ai moku? e ai ta te Ariki: a ko tehea te wahi e okioki ai ahau?

⁵⁰hath not My hand made all these things?

⁵⁰Ehara ianei i toku ringa nana enei mea katoa i hanga?

⁵¹`Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and in ears! ye do always the Holy Spirit resist; as your fathers — also ye;

⁵¹¶ E te hunga kaki maro, kahore nei i kotia te ngakau me nga taringa, he whakakeke tonu ta koutou ki te Wairua Tapu: rite tonu ta koutou ki ta o koutou matua.

⁵²which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed those who declared before about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye betrayers and murderers have become,

⁵²Ko tehea o nga poropiti kihai i whakatupuria kinotia e o koutou matua? whakamatea iho e ratou te hunga i poropititia ai te haerenga mai o te Mea Tika: ko koutou nei ona kaituku, ona kaikohuru;

⁵³who received the law by arrangement of messengers, and did not keep [it].`

⁵³Ko koutou, kua riro na i a koutou te ture, i ta nga anahera i whakatakoto mai ai, heoi kihai i puritia e koutou.

⁵⁴And hearing these things, they were cut to the hearts, and did gnash the teeth at him;

⁵⁴¶ A ka rongo ratou ki enei mea, na tu rawa ki roto ki o ratou ngakau, tetea ana o ratou niho ki a ia.

⁵⁵and being full of the Holy Spirit, having looked stedfastly to the heaven, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

⁵⁵Otiia ko ia, ki tonu i te Wairua Tapu, titiro matatau atu ana ki te rangi, ka kite i te kororia o te Atua, i a Ihu hoki e tu ana i te ringa matau o te Atua;

⁵⁶and he said, `Lo, I see the heavens having been opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.`

⁵⁶A ka mea, nana, e kite ana ahau ko nga rangi e tuhaha ana, a ko te Tama a te tangata e tu ana i te ringa matau o te Atua.

⁵⁷And they, having cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and did rush with one accord upon him,

⁵⁷Katahi ratou ka hamama, he nui te reo, ka puru i o ratou taringa, a kotahi tonu te omanga atu ki a ia,

⁵⁸and having cast him forth outside of the city, they were stoning [him] — and the witnesses did put down their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul —

⁵⁸Ka maka ia e ratou ki waho o te pa, a akina ana ki te kohatu: ko nga kaititiro i whakatakoto i o ratou kakahu ki nga waewae o tetahi taitama, ko Haora te ingoa.

⁵⁹and they were stoning Stephen, calling and saying, `Lord Jesus, receive my spirit;`

⁵⁹Heoi akina ana e ratou a Tepene ki te kohatu, me ia e karanga ana ki te Ariki, e mea ana, E te Ariki, e Ihu, toku wairua ki a koe.

⁶⁰and having bowed the knees, he cried with a loud voice, `Lord, mayest thou not lay to them this sin;` and this having said, he fell asleep.

⁶⁰Katahi ia ka tuturi ki raro, ka karanga, he nui te reo, E te Ariki, kaua tenei mea e whakairia ki a ratou. A, i tana korerotanga i tenei, ka moe.