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

¹O baro rashai phushlia katar o Stephen te si chaches.

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,

²O Stephen phendia, "Manushale, murhe phral, ai murhe dada ashunen: O Del le putierako sikadilo amare dadeske o Abraham kana sas ande Mesopotamia, mai anglal sar te beshel ando Haran, ai phendia leske.

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

³Zhatar anda cho them, ai mek che niamuria, ai zha ando them kai sikavava tuke.

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:

⁴Antunchi gelo anda them kai sas le Chaldeans, ai avilo ando Haran; ai kotsar, kana mulo lesko dat, O Del andia les ando them kai san tume akana.

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.

⁵O Del chi dia les kotse chi iek kher, chi phuv te tho o punrho. Numa O Del shinadia ke dela les o them, ai kodola kai avena pala leste avela vi lengo them kana wo merela, inker ande kodia vriama o Abraham nas les glati.

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.

⁶Ai eta so phendia lesko O Del, kodola kai avena pala tute traiina andek them, ai won avena slugi, ai chinuina le shtar shela bersh.

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.

⁷Numa o them kai chinuisardia le, me dava les pe kris, phendia O Del, ai porme pala kodia anklen avri, ai podaina man katse.

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.

⁸O Del dia o Abraham o kontrakto le shinimasko: O Abraham sas les iek shav o Isaak ai shindia lesko boriko le oxtoto dies. Ai o Isaak sas o dat le Iakovosko; ai o Iakov sas les desh u dui shave.

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

⁹Numa le phral le Josephoske xolaile po Joseph, ai bichinde les te avel sluga ande Egypt. Numa O Del sas lesa,

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.

¹⁰ai ankalavelas les anda sa leske baiuria, ai dia les te avel gojaver, ai o Joseph pelo drago le Pharaohnoske kai sas o amperato le Egyptako; ai thodia le Josephos te lel pesko vas te avel baro pe Egypt ai pe sa o kher le Pharaohnosko.

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

¹¹Rimosaile e phuv ai chi mai bariolas xaben ande Egypt ai vi ando Canaan, ai sas baro nekazo; ai amare dada chi mai arakhenas xaben te pravarenpe.

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

¹²O Iakov ashundia ke sas jiv ande Egypt, ai tradia amare daden e pervo data.

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

¹³Ai e duito data le phral le Josefoske prinzharde les; ai o Pharaohono diape gor anda che familia sas o Josef.

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

¹⁴Porme o Josef tradia te anen le Iakovos kai sas lesko dat, ai sa peska niamon kai sas eftavardesh tai panzh zhene.

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

¹⁵O Iakov avilo ande Egypt, ai mulo kotse, ai vi amare dada.

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.

¹⁶Ai angerde le ando Shechem, ai thode le ando groposhevo kai o Abraham chindiasas lovensa katar le shave le Hamoroske, o dat le Shechemosko.

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

¹⁷E vriama pasholas kai trobulas te kerdiol so O Del shinadia sas le Abrahamoske, ai o narodo butiolas ande Egypt,

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

¹⁸zhi kai kerdilia aver amperato kai chi zhanelas le Josefos.

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.

¹⁹Kodo amperato xoxadia amare narodos, ai chinuisardia amare narodos, kana phendia lenge pe zor te meken tsinorhen te meren.

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

²⁰Ande kodia vriama o Moses biandilo, ai wo sas drago ai lasho angla iakha le Devleske, sas pravardo trin shon ando kher peske dadesko;

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

²¹ai kana mekle les, e shei le Pharoahnoske lia les, ai bariardia les sar ta avino lako shav.

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

²²O Moses sas sichardo ande sa e goji le Egyptonge, ai zuralo sas kana divinilas ai kana kerel vari so.

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

²³Shtarvardesh bershengo sas kana avilia leske po ilo te zhal te dikhel peske phralen kai sas Zhiduvuria.

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

²⁴Dikhlia sar marenas iekes, ai mardia pe wo anda kuko kai sas mardo, ai dia iek le Egyptianos.

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

²⁵Wo gindilas ke leske phral le Zhiduvuria haliarenas ke O Del si te tradel lenge o skepimos katar o Moses; numa won chi haliarde.

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?

²⁶Pe terharin o Moses arakhlia duie Zhidovon kai marenaspe, ai wo manglia te aterdiarel le, ai mothol lenge, "Murhe vortacha, tume phral san, sostar maren tume?" Numa iek anda lende kai marelas pe kukulesa, spidia le Mosesos,

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

²⁷ai phenel, "Kon thodia tu baro ai te des ame kris tu?"

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

²⁸Ai phendia leske, "Manges te mudares i man sar mudardia arachi le Egyptianos?"

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

²⁹Kana ashundia o Moses kodola vorbi liape an nashlo, ai gelo andek them kai bushol Midian, ai kotse sas les dui shave.

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.

³⁰Shtarvardesh bersh pala kodia, iek angelo sikadilo leske ande pusta kai sas o plai kai busholas Sinai ande parha kai sas ande krenzha kai phabolas.

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

³¹Kana dikhlia kodia o Moses, chudisailo anda so dikhlia, ai sar pasholas o glaso le Devlesko, ashundilia leske, phenelas,

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

³²"Me sim O Del che dadengo, O Del le Abrahamosko, ai O Del le Isaakosko, ai O Del le Iakovosko. "O Moses izdralas, ai chi tromalas te dikhel.

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

³³O Del phenel leske, "Le le papucha anda che punrhe, ke po phuv kai beshes swuntsola.

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.

³⁴Dikhlem o nekazo murhe narodosko kai si ande Egypt, ashundem lengo tsipimos, ai hulistem akana te ankalavav le avri. Akana zha, Me tradava tu ande Egypt.

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.

³⁵Sa kodo Moses kai le Zhiduvuria gonisarde les, ai phende leske, "Kon thodia tu baro ai te des kris?" O Del tradia les sar baro ai skepitori la putierasa le angeloski kai sikadilia sas leske ande krenzha.

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

³⁶O Moses si kai ankaladia le Zhidovon andai Egypt, ai kai kerdia mirakluria ai semnuria ande kodo them, kai pai e loli, ai ande pusta shtarvardesh bersh.

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.

³⁷Ai pale o Moses phendia le Zhidovonge, O Del tradela tumenge iek profeto sar mande kei avela iek anda tumaro narodo.

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:

³⁸Wo si kai sas mashkar le Zhiduvuria kai sas chidine ande pusta, wo sas amare dadensa ai le angelosa kai delas duma lesa pe plaiing kai bushol Sinai, ai o Moses phendia le vorbi ka amare daden, ai lia le vorbi le Devleske te anel le amende;

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

³⁹Numa amare dada chi mangle te lenpe pala leste, chi mangle kodo zakono ai ande pengo ilo mangenas te zhan palpale ande Egypt.

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.

⁴⁰Ai phende ieke manusheske kai busholas Aaron, ker amenge dela kai phiren angla amende ke o Moses kai ankaladia ame avri andai Egypt, chi zhanas so kerdilia ande leste.

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

⁴¹Ai kerde ande kodola diesa iek vitselo sumnakuno, ai mudarde ieke zhegania ai phende te avel angla vitselo, ai raduisaile savorhe anda so kerde ande penge vas.

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?

⁴²Antunchi O Del durilo lendar, ai meklia len te rhuginpe kal chererhaia ai kal shunuto ai kal dieli kai si ando cheri; sar si ramome ande klishka le profetonge, tume narodo andai Israel, mange si kai dian le zhigenien ai ande murho anav kai mudardian le shtarvardesh bersh ande pusta?

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.

⁴³Nichi, numa angerdian e tsera le Devleski kai busholas Moloch, ai e chererhai kai sas tumaro Del o Remphan, kodola patreturia kai tume kerdian te rhugin tume lende; anda kodia angerava tume mai dur de sar e Babylon.

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.

⁴⁴Ande pusta amare dada sas le iek tsera kai sas andre ramome le zakonuria. Kodia tsera sas kerdi sar O Del phendia, sas le Mosesoske te kerel la, ai phendia sas le Mosesoske te kerel saikfielo sai kodia tsera kai dikhlia;

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;

⁴⁵Kodia tsera sas dini ka amaro narodo kai avilo pala amende, ai angerde la pensa kana sas o Josef o baro line o them katar le thema kai O Del gonisardia anda lende. Ai beshlo zhi kai avilo o David.

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

⁴⁶O David sas drago le Devleske, ai manglia te kerel ek kher le Devleske, pala O Del o Iakovosko.

⁴⁷But Solomon built him a house.

⁴⁷Numa o Solomon kerdia o kher le Devlesko.

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

⁴⁸Numa O Del chi beshel anda so sas kerdo andel vas le manusheske, sar mothol o profeto.

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?

⁴⁹O rhaio si murhi amperetsia ai e phuv si kai phirav savestar kher kerena mange? Mothol O Del. Vai kai avela o than kai hodiniva?

⁵⁰Did not my hand make all these things?

⁵⁰Pate nai murho vas kai kerdia sa kadala bucha?

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

⁵¹Tume manushale kai chi pachan o mui ai kai tumaro ilo ai tumare khan phandade le ka glaso le Devlesko, ai chi meken O Swunto Duxo te del ande tumaro ilo, vi tume sar tumare dadasa.

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;

⁵²Savo andal profeturia si kai tumare dada chinuisarde le ai marde le? Mudarde kodolen kai mothonas mai anglal ke si te avel O Swunto kodo kai bichindian les ai mudardian les;

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

⁵³Tume kai sas tume dino o zakono le Devlesko katar le angeluria, ai chi lian tume pa kado zakono.

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

⁵⁴Kana ashunde kodala vorbi, xolaile, ai kristsiinas andal dand pe leste.

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,

⁵⁵Numa o Stephen kai sas pherdo Swunto Duxo, vazdia le iakha karing o rhaio, ai dikhlia o barimos le Devlesko, ai le Kristos ande punrhende sar beshelas pe rik e chachi le Devleski.

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

⁵⁶Ai phendia, "Eta, Dikhav o cheri sar si phuterdo, ai O Shav le Manushesko ande punrhende pe rik e chachi le Devleski."

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

⁵⁷Savorhe tsipinas, ai phandade penge khan, ai savorhe xokle pe leste, ai angerde les avri anda foro, ai shude bax anda leste te mudaren les; le manush kai shudenas bax anda leste dine penge tsalia ka terno manush te garavel le, wo busholas Saul.

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.

⁵⁹Ande kodia kai shudenas le baxensa anda leste o Stephen, rhugilaspe ai motholas, "Devla, le murho traio tute."

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

⁶⁰Porme pelo ande changende, ai tsipisardia zurales, "Devla, na xoliavol pe lende anda so kerde," ai kana phendia kodola vorbi mulo.

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.