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

¹Huan, siampu lianpenin, Hiai thute a dik ahi na hia? a chi a.

²And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken: The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,

²Huan, Stephenin, Unaute aw, pate aw, ngai un. I pu Abraham, Haran khua a a om ma a, Mesopotamia gama a om laiin, Thupina Pathian tuh a kiangah a hongkilaka, a kiangah,

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

³Na kholam leh na chite lak akipan pawt inla, gam ka honetsak ding lamah hongpai in, a chi a.

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

⁴Huan, amah tuh Kaldaite gam akipan a paikhia a, Haran khua ah a vaomta hi; huan, a pa a sih nungin huai akipanin hiai tua na omna kholam uah Pathianin a pemlut sak hi.

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

⁵Huan, hiaiah jaw bangmah mun luah ding, a khe ngakna tham leng, a pe keia; himahleh, amah leh a nunga a suante phaa gou dingin piak achiama, ta a neih ma nangawnin.

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

⁶Huan, Pathianin hichibangin a gen; A suante mi kholam ah kum za li a tam ding uh, min sikhain a bawl ding ua, a sawi behlap ding uh.

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

⁷Huan, Pathianin, Sikhaa nei dingte nam keiman ka honngaihtuah dinga, huan, huai khit chiangin a hongpawt ding ua, hiai mun ah ka na a sem ding uh, a chi behlap hi.

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 the twelve patriarchs.

⁸Huan, Pathianin a kiangah tua zeksum thu a khung hi; huchiin, Abrahamin Isaak a honneia, a ni giat niin a zek a suma, huan, Isaakin Jakob a neia; huan Jakobin chisuang ding sawmlehnihte a honnei hi.

⁹And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,

⁹Huan, tua chisuang dingten Joseph a haja ua, Aigupta gam lamah a juak ua; himahleh Pathian a kiangah a om a,

¹⁰and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

¹⁰a gimthuak tengteng ah a honkhe jela, Aigupta gam kumpipa Pharo leng a hehpih saka, mi piltak ahi chih a theisak behlap hi; huchiin, aman Aigupta gam leh a ina mi tengteng tungah gamukpain a bawlta hi.

¹¹Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

¹¹Huan, Aigupta leh Kanan gam tengteng ah tam a hongtunga, gimthuakna thupitak a hongtungta hi; I piputen nekding himhim a muta kai ua.

¹²But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time.

¹²Himahleh, Jakobin Aigupta gamah buh a om chih a jak takin i pipute a sawlkhia a; tua bel a hohpat tungna pen uh hiven.

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

¹³Huan, a nihvei hohna uah, Joseph a unaute a kitheisakta a, huan, Joseph chite tuh Pharo kiangah a kitheisakta uhi.

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

¹⁴Huan, Josephin a pa Jakob leh a unau tengteng a samsaka; amau tuh sawmsagih leh nga ahi uh.

¹⁵And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself and our fathers;

¹⁵Huchiin, Jakob tuh Aigupta gamah a hohsuk a; huan, amah leh i pipute a sita ua,

¹⁶and they were carried over unto Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver of the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

¹⁶Sikem khua ah a jawng tung ua, Abrahamin Sikem khua a Emmor tapate laka dangka suma a lei han ah a vuita hi.

¹⁷But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

¹⁷Huan, Pathianin Abraham kianga thu achiam a tun hun a hongtun dingin mite tuh Aigupta gamah a hongpung ua, a hongtam deuhdeuhta ua;

¹⁸till there arose another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

¹⁸Joseph theilou kumpipa dang a hongom masiah.

¹⁹The same dealt craftily with our race, and ill-treated our fathers, that they should cast out their babes to the end they might not live.

¹⁹Huai miin i chite a zekhema, i pipute a sawia, a naungekte uh hinglou dingin a paikhe saksaka.

²⁰At which season Moses was born, and was exceeding fair; and he was nourished three months in his father's house.

²⁰Huai laiin Mosi a hongpianga, Pathian muhin a mel a hoih mahmaha; a pa in ah kha thun a vak ua;

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

²¹huan, a paihkhiak un Pharo tanuin a la a, amah ta dingin a khoita hi.

²²And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and works.

²²Huan, Mosi tuh Aigupta gama mite pilna tengteng a hilh ua, a thu ah leh a thilhih ah a thupi mahmah hi.

²³But when he was well-nigh forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

²³Huan, amah tuh kum sawmli a chin kuan laiin, a unau, Israel suante, veh a tuma.

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

²⁴Huan, a lak ua mi khat hihgim thuak lai a mu a, a hona, hihgim thuakpa tuh a phu a laksaka, Aigupta mi tuh a hihlumta hi.

²⁵and he supposed that his brethren understood that God by his hand was giving them deliverance; but they understood not.

²⁵Mosiin amah khutin Pathianin amaute a hondam chih a unauten theina uhiam a sa a, himahleh a theikei hial uhi.

²⁶And the day following he appeared 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?

²⁶Huan, a jingin a lak ua mi nih a kilai un a kiang uh a hong tunga, Pute aw, unau nei ve ua; bangdia diklou taka kibawl na hi ua? chiin, lep a tum a.

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

²⁷Himahleh, a invengpa tunga thugilou bawl zopan Mosi tuh a sawn hanga, Kou tungah heutu leh vaihawm dingin kuan a honbawla?

²⁸Wouldest thou kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?

²⁸Jana Aigupta mi na hihlup banga, honhihlup tum na hi maw? a chi a.

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

²⁹Huan, huai thu jiakin Mosi a tai mangta a, Midian gamah a tam nilouhta hi, huaiah tapa nih a vanei hi.

³⁰And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.

³⁰Huan, kum sawmli a chin nungin Sinai Tang gamdai ah; loubuk ah mei kuang lakah, angel khat a kiangah a hongkilaka.

³¹And when Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord,

³¹Huan, Mosiin a muhin a thil muh tuh lamdang a sa mahmah; huan en dinga a vakuan laiin, Toupa awin,

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

³²Kei na pipute Pathian ka hi, Abraham Pathian, Isaak Pathian, Jakob Pathian, a nachi a. Huchiin, Mosi a linga, a en ngamta kei hi.

³³And the Lord said unto him, Loose the shoes from thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

³³Huan, Toupan a kiangah, Na khepek akipan na khedap phelin; na dinna mun lei siangthou ahi.

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

³⁴Aigupta gama om ka mite gimdan ka mu gige hi, a thum uh leng ka za gige, amau honkhe dingin ka hongsuk ding hi. Hongin, Aigupta gamah ka honsawl ding, a chi a.

³⁵This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? him hath God sent [to be] both a ruler and a deliverer with the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.

³⁵Huai, Mosi, Heutu, leh vaihawm dingin kuan a honbawla, chia a huat uh, loubuka angel a kianga kilakin a huha, Pathianin amah mah heutu leh honkhepa hikhawm dingin a sawlta hi.

³⁶This man led them forth, having wrought wonders and signs in Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

³⁶Aman Aigupta gam bangah, Tuipi San bangah, gamdai bangah, kum sawmli sungin thillamdang leh chiamtehnate a musak phot a, amaute a pikheta ahi.

³⁷This is that Moses, who said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me.

³⁷Israel suante kiangah, Pathianin keimah a honbawl bangin, na unaute lakah mi jawlnei khat a honbawlsak ding, chipa ahi, huai Mosi tuh.

³⁸This is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel that spake to him in the Mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received living oracles to give unto us:

³⁸Huai mi tuh gamdaia saptuamte laka ompa, Sinai Tanga angelin a houpihpa leh, i pipute kianga ompa ahi; huai mi tuh honpiak sawn dinga thu hingte khawng lapa amah ahi.

³⁹to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and turned back in their hearts unto Egypt,

³⁹I piputen amah thu a mang nuam kei ua, a hua ua, Aron kiangah,

⁴⁰saying unto Aaron, Make us gods that shall go before us: for as for this Moses, who led us forth out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.

⁴⁰I makai dingin pathiante honbawlsakin; Aigupta gam akipan a honpi khepa hiai Mosi lah, a tanchin ka thei nawnta kei ua, chiin, a lungtang uh Aigupta gam lam ah a nga nawnta a.

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

⁴¹Huan, huai laiin bawngnou lim a bawl ua, a lim tuh gan gouin a bia ua, amau khutsuak tungah a nuamta uhi.

⁴²But God turned, and gave them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, Did ye offer unto me slain beasts and sacrifices Forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

⁴²Huchiin, Pathianin a lehngatsana, vana aksi khawng chibai a buk theihna ding un amaute a tawpsanta hi; jawlnei laibu a, Israel chite aw, gamdai ah kum sawmli sungin sa leh gan gohin kei non bia ua eita?

⁴³And ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, And the star of the god Rephan, The figures which ye made to worship them: And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

⁴³Molok puanin leh na pathian uh Remphan aksi mah leng, chibai buk dinga a limn a bawlte uh, na zong zo nak ua; huaijiakin, Babulon kho khenlam ah kon pi mang ding, chih gelh bangin.

⁴⁴Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he appointed who spake unto Moses, that he should make it according to the figure that he had seen.

⁴⁴A lim a muh banga bawl dinga Mosi hilhpan a seh bangin, i piputen huai gamdai ah theihsakna puanin a nei ua.

⁴⁵Which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered on the possession of the nations, that God thrust out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

⁴⁵Huai mah tuh i pipute suan nawnten leng a nei sawn jel ua, Pathian in i pipute maa Jentel a delhkhiakte gam a luah lai un, Joshua lut laiin a lutpih ua; David hongom tannin huaiah a om gigeta hi.

⁴⁶who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.

⁴⁶Huai David tuh Pathian mitmuhin deihsak takin a oma, Jakob Pathian adingin omna bawlsak a ngen hi.

⁴⁷But Solomon built him a house.

⁴⁷Himahleh, Solomonin huai in tuh a lamsak zota hi.

⁴⁸Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in [houses] made with hands; as saith the prophet,

⁴⁸Himahleh, Tungnungpen tuh khuta bawl in peuh ah a om kei hi; jawlneiin.

⁴⁹The heaven is my throne, And the earth the footstool of my feet: What manner of house will ye build me? saith the Lord: Or what is the place of my rest?

⁴⁹Toupan, Van ka tutphah ahi, lei ka khepek ngakna ahi: in bangchibang in non lamsak ding ua? Ka khawlna mun leng bang ahia?

⁵⁰Did not my hand make all these things?

⁵⁰Keimah khutin hiai thil bangkim ka bawl kei ahia? a chi, chi a, a gen bangin.

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

⁵¹Mi genhakte, lungtang leh bila zeksumlouhte aw, chiklaipeuhin Kha Siangthou na dal gige uh; na pipute uh hih bangbangin na hih nilouhlouh uh.

⁵²Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;

⁵²Na pipute un jawlneite lakah kua ahia a sawi louh uh? Mi Diktak hongding thugen khawlte a hihlum ua; huai Mi Taktak tuh mansakte leh thatte noumu tuin na hi uhi.

⁵³ye who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and kept it not.

⁵³Dan, angelte piak sawn, mu masa a jui loute aw, a chi a.

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

⁵⁴Huan, huai thu a jak un a sin uh a thakta a, Stephen tungah a ha uh a gawita uhi.

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

⁵⁵Himahleh, amah tuh Kha Siangthou dim ahia, vanlam a ena, Pathian thupidan leh Pathian taklama Jesu ding a mu a;

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

⁵⁶Ngai un, van kihong ka mu a, Pathian taklam Mihing Tapa ding leng ka mu, a chi a.

⁵⁷But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;

⁵⁷Huchiin, amau tuh aw ngaihtakin a kikou ua, a bil uh a hum ua,

⁵⁸and they cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

⁵⁸Kituaktakin a pang ua, khua akipan a delhkhia ua, suangin a deng ua, a theihpihten tangval khat a min Saula khe bul ah a puante uh a koih khawm chiat uh.

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

⁵⁹Huchiin, Stephenin, Toupa Jesu, ka kha la in, chia Toupa a sap laiin suangin a deng lumlum ua.Huan, a khukdin a, aw ngaihtakin a kikoua, Toupa, hiai a khelha uh a tunguah moh posak ken, a chi a, Huan, huai thu a gen zoh takin, a ihmuta a. Saulain leng a sih tuh hoih a sa hi.

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.

⁶⁰Huan, a khukdin a, aw ngaihtakin a kikoua, Toupa, hiai a khelha uh a tunguah moh posak ken, a chi a, Huan, huai thu a gen zoh takin, a ihmuta a. Saulain leng a sih tuh hoih a sa hi.