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

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

²And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

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 to him, Go out of thy land and out of thy kindred, and come into the land which I will shew thee.

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

⁴Then going out of the land of the Chaldeans he dwelt in Charran, and thence, after his father died, he removed him into this land in which *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 did not give him an inheritance in it, not even what his foot could stand on; and promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when 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 spoke thus: His seed shall be a sojourner in a strange land, and they shall enslave them and evil entreat [them] 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 these things they shall 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 to him [the] covenant of circumcision; and thus he begat Isaac and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac 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, envying Joseph, sold him away 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 tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he appointed him chief 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.

¹¹But a famine came upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress, and our fathers found no food.

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 Jacob, having heard of there being corn in Egypt, sent out our fathers first;

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

¹³and the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren, and the family of Joseph became known to 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 down to him his father Jacob and all [his] kindred, seventy-five 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 died, he and our fathers,

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

¹⁶and were carried over to Sychem and placed in the sepulchre which Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the [father] of Sychem.

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 promise drew near which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

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

¹⁸until another king over Egypt arose who did not know Joseph.

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

¹⁹*He* dealt subtilly with our race, and evil entreated the fathers, casting out their infants that they might not live.

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

²⁰In which time Moses was born, and was exceedingly lovely, who was nourished three months in the house of his father.

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, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and brought him up for herself [to be] for a 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 deeds.

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

²³And when a period of forty years was fulfilled to him, it came into his heart to look upon his brethren, the sons of Israel;

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

²⁴and seeing a certain one wronged, he defended [him], and avenged him that was being oppressed, smiting the Egyptian.

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

²⁵For he thought that his brethren would understand 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 on the morrow he shewed himself to them as they were contending, and compelled them to peace, saying, *Ye* are brethren, why do ye wrong one 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 was wronging his neighbour thrust him away, saying, Who established thee ruler and judge over us?

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

²⁸Dost *thou* wish to 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 Madiam, 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 of 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 Moses seeing it wondered at the vision; and as he went up to consider it, there was a voice of [the] Lord,

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

³²*I* am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not consider [it].

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 to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place on which 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 ill treatment of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groan, and have come down to take them out of it; and now, come, I will send thee to 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 ruler and judge? him did God send [to be] a ruler and deliverer with the hand of the angel who 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.

³⁶*He* led them out, having wrought wonders and signs in the land of 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 the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up to you out of your brethren like me [him shall ye hear].

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

³⁸This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received living oracles to give to 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 subject, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back to 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 to Aaron, Make us gods who shall go before us; for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has happened to 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 offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own 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 delivered them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in [the] book of the prophets, Have ye offered me victims 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?

⁴³Yea, ye took up the tent of Moloch, and the star of [your] god Remphan, the forms which ye made to do homage to them; and I will transport you 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 tent of the testimony in the wilderness, as he that spoke to Moses commanded to make it according to the model which 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, receiving from their predecessors, brought in with Joshua when they entered into possession of [the lands of] the nations, whom God drove out from [the] face of our fathers, until 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 favour before God, and asked to find a tabernacle 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.

⁴⁸But the Most High dwells not in [places] made with hands; as says 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 house will ye build me? saith [the] Lord, or where [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?

⁵⁰has not my hand made all these things?

⁵⁰Pate nai murho vas kai kerdia sa kadala bucha?

⁵¹O stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, *ye* do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers, *ye* also.

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 have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the Just One, of whom *ye* have now become deliverers up 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;

⁵³who have received the law as ordained by [the] ministry of angels, and have not kept [it].

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

⁵⁴And hearing these things they were cut to the heart, and gnashed their teeth against him.

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

⁵⁵But being full of [the] Holy Spirit, having fixed his eyes on heaven, he saw [the] glory of God, and Jesus standing at 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, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at 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."

⁵⁷And they cried out with a loud voice, and held 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 having cast [him] out of the city, they stoned [him]. And the witnesses laid aside their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul.

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

⁵⁹And they stoned Stephen, praying, 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 kneeling down, he cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And having said this, he fell asleep.