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

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

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,

²And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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 begat the twelve patriarchs.

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

⁹And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

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.

¹⁰And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

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

¹¹Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

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

¹²But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁵So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,

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

¹⁶And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.

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

¹⁷But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

¹⁸Joseph theilou kumpipa dang a hongom masiah.

¹⁸Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.

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

¹⁹The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

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

²⁰In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months:

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

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

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

²²And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.

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

²³And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

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.

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

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

²⁵For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.

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.

²⁶And the next day he shewed himself 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?

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

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

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

²⁸Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?

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

²⁹Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

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

³⁰And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.

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

³¹When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the LORD came unto him,

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

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

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

³³Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.

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.

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

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.

³⁵This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.

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

³⁶He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

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

³⁷This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.

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.

³⁸This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:

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

³⁹To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

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.

⁴⁰Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

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

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

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?

⁴²Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?

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.

⁴³Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

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

⁴⁴Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.

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.

⁴⁵Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

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

⁴⁶Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.

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

⁴⁷But Solomon built him an house.

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

⁴⁸Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,

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

⁴⁹Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?

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

⁵⁰Hath not my hand made all these things?

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

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

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.

⁵²Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

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

⁵³Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

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

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

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

⁵⁵But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus 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.

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

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

⁵⁷Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,

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.

⁵⁸And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.

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.

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

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.

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.