¹Zvino mupristi mukuru akati: Zvinhu izvi zvakadai here?

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

²Zvino akati: Varume, hama nemadzibaba, teererai. Mwari wekubwinya wakaonekwa kuna baba vedu Abhurahamu vari muMesopotamia, vasati vagara Harani,

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,

³akati kwavari: Buda munyika yako nekuhama dzako, uuye kunyika yandichakuratidza.

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

⁴Zvino vakabuda munyika yevaKaradhia, vakagara muHarani; zvino kubva ipapo shure kwekufa kwababa vavo, wakavabvisira kunyika iyi yamunogara imwi ikozvino;

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:

⁵asi haana kuvapa nhaka mairi, kwete kunyange chitsiko chetsoka, asi wakavavimbisa kuvapa iyo ive yavo, neyembeu yavo shure kwavo, vasati vava nemwana.

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.

⁶Mwari ndokutaura seizvi, kuti mbeu yavo ichava vatorwa kunyika yeumweni, uye ichaiita nhapwa nekuibata zvakaipa makore mazana mana;

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.

⁷asi rudzi urwo rwavachava varanda kwarwuri ndicharwutonga ini, wakadaro Mwari; uye shure kweizvozvo vachabuda vagondishumira panzvimbo ino.

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.

⁸Zvino akavapa sungano yedzingiso, naizvozvo vakabereka Isaka, vakamudzingisa zuva rerusere; naIsaka Jakobho; naJakobho mateteguru gumi nemaviri.

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.

⁹Mateteguru akazadzwa negodo, vakatengesa Josefa kuEgipita; asi Mwari waiva naye.

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

¹⁰Akamusunungura pamatambudziko ake ose, akamupa nyasha nenjere pamberi paFarao mambo weEgipita; ndokumuita mutungamiriri pamusoro peEgipita neimba yake yose.

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.

¹¹Zvino kwakauya nzara panyika yose yeEgipita neKanani, nedambudziko guru; madzibaba edu akasawana chikafu.

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

¹²Asi Jakobho wakati anzwa kuti kwaiva nezviyo kuEgipita, wakatuma madzibaba edu kwekutanga.

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

¹³Zvino kwechipiri Josefa wakaziviswa kuvanakomana vababa vake; uye rudzi rwaJosefa rwukaziviswa kuna Farao.

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

¹⁴Zvino Josefa akatumira akadana baba vake Jakobho nehama dzake dzose, vane mweya makumi manomwe nemishanu.

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

¹⁵Zvino Jakobho akaburukira Egipita, ndokufa iye nemadzibaba edu;

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

¹⁶uye vakatakurirwa Shekemi, vakaradzikwa paguva Abhurahamu raakange atenga nemutengo wesirivheri kuvanakomana vaEmori weShekemi.

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.

¹⁷Zvino nguva yechivimbiso yakati yaswedera Mwari chaakange apikira kuna Abhurahamu, vanhu vakakura, vakawanda muEgipita,

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

¹⁸kusvikira umwe mambo amuka wakange asingazivi Josefa.

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

¹⁹Ndiye wakabata rudzi rwedu nemanomano, akatambudza madzibaba edu, chivarasisa vacheche vavo kuti varege kurarama.

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.

²⁰Munguva iyoyo Mozisi wakaberekwa, uye wakange akanaka kuna Mwari; ndokurerwa mumba mababa vake mwedzi mitatu.

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

²¹Zvino wakati araswa, mukunda waFarao akamunonga, akazvirerera iye kuti ave mwanakomana.

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

²²Mozisi akadzidziswa muuchenjeri hwese hwevaEgipita; akava nesimba pamashoko nepamabasa.

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

²³Zvino makore makumi mana akati asvika kwaari, zvakasvika mumoyo make kushanyira hama dzake, vana vaIsraeri.

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

²⁴Zvino achiona umwe achiitirwa zvisakarurama, akamurwira ndokutsivira wakange achitambudzwa, akarova muEgipita;

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

²⁵zvino waifunga kuti hama dzake dzichanzwisisa kuti Mwari unovapa ruponeso neruoko rwake; asi havana kunzwisisa.

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

²⁶Zvino zuva raitevera wakazvionesa kwavari vachirwa, akavayananisa nesimba achiti: Varume, imwi muri hama; munoitiranirei zvisakarurama?

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?

²⁷Zvino iye wakange achiitira umwe wake zvakaipa wakamusundidzira achiti: Ndiani wakuita mutungamiriri nemutongi pamusoro pedu?

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

²⁸Iwe unoda kundiuraya, sezvo wakauraya muEgipita zuro here?

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

²⁹Zvino neshoko iri Mozisi wakatiza, ndokuva mutorwa munyika yeMidhiani, kwaakabereka vanakomana vaviri.

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

³⁰Zvino makore makumi mana akati azadziswa, kwakaonekwa kwaari murenje regomo Sinai mutumwa waIshe mumurazvo wemoto wemugwenzi.

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.

³¹Mozisi wakati aona, akashamisika nechionekwa ichi; zvino paaiswedera kunocherekedza, inzwi raIshe rikasvika kwaari richiti:

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

³²Ndini Mwari wemadzibaba ako, Mwari waAbhurahamu, naMwari waIsaka, naMwari waJakobho. Zvino Mozisi akadedera akasashinga kucherekedza.

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

³³Zvino Ishe akati kwaari: Kurura shangu patsoka dzako, nekuti nzvimbo yaumire pairi ivhu dzvene.

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

³⁴Ndaonesesa dambudziko revanhu vangu vari muEgipita, ndikanzwa kugomera kwavo, zvino ndaburuka kuzovasunungura; ikozvino uya, ndichakutuma kuEgipita.

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.

³⁵Uyu Mozisi wavakaramba vachiti: Ndiani wakakuita mutungamiri nemutongi? ndiye Mwari waakatuma kuva mutungamiriri nemudzukunuri neruoko rwemutumwa, wakaonekwa kwaari mugwenzi.

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.

³⁶Iye akavabudisa, aita zvishamiso nezviratidzo munyika yeEgipita nemuGungwa Dzvuku, nemurenje makore makumi mana.

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

³⁷Ndiye uya Mozisi wakati kuvana vaIsraeri: Ishe Mwari wenyu uchakumutsirai Muporofita pahama dzenyu, wakafanana neni; muchamunzwa iye.

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.

³⁸Uyu ndiye wakange ari mukereke murenje, ane mutumwa wakataura naye mugomo Sinai uye nemadzibaba edu; wakagamuchira mashoko mapenyu kuti atipe.

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:

³⁹Ndiye madzibaba edu wavakange vasingadi kuteerera; asi vakamusundidzira parutivi, vakadzokera kuEgipita mumoyo yavo.

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

⁴⁰Vachiti kuna Aroni: Tiitire vamwari vachatitungamirira; nekuti Mozisi uyu wakatibudisa munyika yeEgipita, hatizivi zvamuwira.

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.

⁴¹Zvino vakaita mhuru mumazuva iwayo, vakauisa chibayiro kuchifananidzo, vakafara nemabasa emaoko avo.

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

⁴²Zvino Mwari akafuratira, akavakumikidza kuti vashumire hondo yekudenga, sezvakanyorwa mubhuku revaporofita, zvichinzi: Ko makauisa kwandiri here zvibairo nezvipo makore makumi mana murenje, imwi imba yaIsraeri?

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?

⁴³Uye makatakura tende raMoroki, nenyeredzi yamwari wenyu Remifani, zvifananidzo zvamakaita kuti muzvinamate; uye ndichakutamisirai mberi kweBhabhironi.

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.

⁴⁴Madzibaba edu aiva netende reuchapupu murenje, sekuraira kwaiye wakataura naMozisi kuti aiite nemufananidzo waakange aona;

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.

⁴⁵yakatiwo madzibaba edu aitevera aigamuchira, akaipinza pamwe naJoshua munhumbi dzevahedheni, Mwari vaakadzinga pamberi pechiso chemadzibaba edu, kusvika kumazuva aDhavhidhi;

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;

⁴⁶wakawana nyasha pamberi paMwari, akakumbira kuwanira Mwari waJakobho tende.

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

⁴⁷Asi Soromoni wakamuvakira imba.

⁴⁷But Solomon built him a house.

⁴⁸Asi Wekumusoro-soro haagari mutembere dzakaitwa nemaoko, sezvinoreva muporofita achiti:

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

⁴⁹Denga chigaro changu cheushe, nenyika chitsiko chetsoka dzangu; muchandivakira imba yakadini? ndizvo zvinoreva Ishe; kana nzvimbo yezororo rangu ndeipi?

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?

⁵⁰Ruoko rwangu haruna kuita zvinhu izvi zvose here?

⁵⁰Did not my hand make all these things?

⁵¹Imwi vemitsipa mikukutu uye vasina kudzingiswa pamoyo nenzeve, imwi munogara muchipikisa Mweya Mutsvene; semadzibaba enyu saizvozvo imwi.

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

⁵²Ndeupi wevaporofita madzibaba enyu wavasina kushusha? Vakaponda avo vaifanozivisa nezvekuuya kweWakarurama, iye ikozvino wamava vatengesi nevaurayi vake.

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;

⁵³Imwi vakagamuchira murairo neurongwa hwevatumwa, asi mukasauchengeta.

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

⁵⁴Zvino vanzwa zvinhu izvi vakabayiwa pamoyo yavo, vakamugedera-gedera meno.

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

⁵⁵Asi iye azere neMweya Mutsvene, akatarisisa kudenga, akaona kubwinya kwaMwari, naJesu amire kuruoko rwerudyi rwaMwari,

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,

⁵⁶akati: Tarirai, ndinoona matenga akazaruka, neMwanakomana wemunhu amire kuruoko rwerudyi rwaMwari.

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

⁵⁷Zvino vakadanidzira nenzwi guru, vakadzivira nzeve dzavo, vakamhanyira paari nemoyo umwe;

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

⁵⁸vakamubudisira kunze kweguta, ndokumutaka nemabwe; nezvapupu zvikaisa nguvo dzazvo patsoka dzejaya rainzi Sauro.

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.

⁵⁹Zvino vakataka Sitefano nemabwe, achidana achiti: Ishe Jesu, gamuchirai mweya wangu.

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

⁶⁰Zvino wakafugama, akadanidzira nenzwi guru, achiti: Ishe, musavaverengera chivi ichi. Zvino wakati areva izvi, akarara.

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.