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

¹The high priest said, “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,

²He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

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

³and said to him, ‘Get out of your land, and from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.’ Genesis 12:1

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 he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land, where you are now living.

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.

⁵He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he still 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.

⁶God spoke in this way: that his seed would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for 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.

⁷‘I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,’ said God, ‘and after that will they come out, and serve me in this place.’ Genesis 15:13-14

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.

⁸He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.

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

⁹“The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. 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 favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. 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 a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.

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 grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.

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

¹³On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s race was revealed to Pharaoh.

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

¹⁴Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.

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

¹⁵Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, himself 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 they were brought back to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem.

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

¹⁷“But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

¹⁸Joseph theilou kumpipa dang a hongom masiah.

¹⁸until there arose a different king, who didn’t know Joseph.

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

¹⁹The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn’t stay alive.

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

²⁰At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in his father’s house.

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

²¹When he was thrown out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and reared him as 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.

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

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

²³But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may be also correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” , 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.

²⁴Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.

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

²⁵He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn’t understand.

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.

²⁶“The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, ‘Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?’

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

²⁷But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

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

²⁸Do you want to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’ Exodus 2:14

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

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

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

³⁰“When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, 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. As he came close to see, a voice of the Lord came to 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.

³²‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ Exodus 3:6 Moses trembled, and dared not look.

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

³³The Lord said to him, ‘Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place where you stand 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 surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you into Egypt.’ Exodus 3:5,7-8,10

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.

³⁵“This Moses, whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who 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.

³⁶This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for 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, who said to the children of Israel, ‘The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. TR adds “You shall listen to him.” ’ Deuteronomy 18:15

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 who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living oracles to give to us,

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

³⁹to whom our fathers wouldn’t be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to 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 to Aaron, ‘Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.’ Exodus 32:1

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

⁴¹They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their 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?

⁴²But God turned, and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, This idiom could also be translated “host of heaven,” or “angelic beings,” or “heavenly bodies.” as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

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.

⁴³You took up the tabernacle of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, the figures which you made to worship. I will carry you away Amos 5:25-27 beyond Babylon.’

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

⁴⁴“Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern 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, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David,

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

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

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

⁴⁷But Solomon built him a house.

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

⁴⁸However, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,

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

⁴⁹‘heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?’ says 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.

⁵⁰Didn’t my hand make all these things?’ Isaiah 66:1-2

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

⁵¹“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.

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 didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.

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

⁵³You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn’t keep it!”

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

⁵⁴Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at 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 Spirit, looked up steadfastly 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 at the right hand of God!”

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

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

⁵⁸They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named 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.

⁵⁹They stoned Stephen as he called out, 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.

⁶⁰He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.