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

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

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,

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 land, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show 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 Haran: and from thence, when his father was dead, [God] 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: 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.

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 treat them ill, 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 which 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 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 jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and 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 favor and wisdom before 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 famine over all Egypt and Canaan, 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 grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time.

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 race became manifest unto Pharaoh.

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

¹⁴And Joseph sent, and called to him Jacob his father, 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.

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

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

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.

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

¹⁷But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto 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 there arose another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

²³But when he was well-nigh 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, smiting the Egyptian:

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

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

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

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?

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 neighbor 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?

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

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

²⁹And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, 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 fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, 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.

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

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

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

³³And the Lord said unto him, Loose the shoes from thy feet: for the place whereon 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 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.

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? 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.

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.

³⁶This man led them forth, having wrought wonders and signs in 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, who said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me.

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 that spake to him in the Mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received living 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 be obedient, but thrust him from them, and turned back in their hearts unto Egypt,

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

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.

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 brought a sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.

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

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?

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?

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.

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 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.

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, 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;

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 favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation 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 a house.

⁴⁷ Waaye Suleymaan moo tabaxal Yàlla kër ga.

⁴⁸Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in [houses] 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:

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?

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

⁵⁰Did not my hand make 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 Spirit: 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 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;

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.

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

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

⁵⁴Now when 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 Spirit, 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.»

⁵⁷But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed 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 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.

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 [the Lord], 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.