¹Mepekune' Imam Bohe hi Stefanus, na'uli': "Makono mpu'u hewa to ra'uli' bali' -nu toera-e?"

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

²Na'uli' Stefanus: "Ompi' -ompi', tuama-tuama! Pe'epei-ka-kuwo ulu lolita-ku! Owi, nto'u ntu'a-ta Abraham hi tana' Mesopotamia-pidi, kako'ia-na mentoli tumai hi ngata Haran, Alata'ala to bohe kabaraka' -na mehupa' hi ntu'a-ta toei,

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,

³na'uli' -ki: `Palahii ngata-nu pai' ompi' -nu. Hilou-ko hi ngata to kutudo' -koko mpai'.'

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

⁴Toe pai' napalahii mpu'u-mi tana' -ra to Kasdim tumai hi ngata Haran. Hi ngata Haran toe, tuama-na Abraham mate-mi. Pai' oti toe, Alata'ala mpopentoli wo'o-imi Abraham tumai hi tana' tohe'i, to tapo'ohai' -mi tempo toi-e.

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:

⁵Nto'u toe, Alata'ala uma mpowai' tana' toi hi Abraham, nau' hampotomia. Sampale-di, Alata'ala mojanci hi Abraham, na'uli': `Tana' tohe'i mpai' kuwai' -koko, duu' rata hi muli-muli-nu.' Hiaa' nto'u toe, ko'ia-hawo ria ana' -na.

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.

⁶Aga Alata'ala mpo'uli' -ki Abraham hewa toi: `Muli-nu mpai' mesowo' hi ngata doo. Pue' ngata toera mpai' mpobatua-ra pai' mpobalinai' -ra hante makanca rala-na opo' atu mpae.

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.

⁷Tapi' oti toe, Aku' moto mpohuku' pue' ngata to mpobatua muli-nu toera, pai' lako' malai-rada ngkai tana' tetu, tumai mpopue' -a hi tana' tohe'i.' Wae-mi lolita-na Alata'ala hi Abraham.

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.

⁸Oti toe, Alata'ala mpobabehi pojanci posidaia' -na hante Abraham, pai' nahubui bona Abraham pai' hawe'ea muli-na ratini'. Ada petini' toe jadi' tanda pojanci-na Alata'ala hante muli Abraham. Jadi', putu mpu'u-mi ana' Abraham to rahanga' Ishak, natini' -imi hi eo kawalu-na. Oti toe wo'o-hawo, Ishak mpotini' Yakub ana' -na. Pai' Yakub mpotini' ana' -na to hampulu' rodua. Pai' hira' toe-mi to jadi' ntu'a-ta kita' to Yahudi.

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.

⁹"Ntu'a-ta toera mohingi' hi Yusuf ompi' -ra, alaa-na rapobalu' -i pai' -i rapobatua hi tana' Mesir. Aga Alata'ala mpodohei-i,

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

¹⁰pai' ka'omea-na nabahaka-imi ngkai hawe'ea kaparia-na. Nawai' -i kapantea to mpokagoe' nono Firaun, magau' hi tana' Mesir, alaa-na Firaun mpo'ongko' -i jadi' gubernur tana' Mesir pai' jadi' topohawa' hi rala tomi-na.

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.

¹¹Ngkai ree, rata-mi oro' bohe hobo' hi tana' Mesir pai' tana' Kanaan. Rata-mi oro' bohe toe, wori' tauna to ntodohaka, pai' ntu'a-ta wo'o uma-pi ria pongkoni' -ra.

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

¹²Ngkai ree, na'epe Yakub, ria-hana pae rapobalu' hi Mesir. Toe pai' nahubui-ramo ana' -ana' -na, ntu'a-ta toera-e, hilou hi Mesir. Tohe'e pomako' -ra to lomo' -na hilou hi Mesir.

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

¹³Kahilou-ra karongkani-na, nalohu-miraka Yusuf kahi'a-nami ompi' -ra. Nto'u toe lako' na'inca-di Firaun kahema-ra ompi' -na Yusuf.

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

¹⁴Oti toe, Yusuf mpakatu kareba hilou hi Yakub tuama-na, mpo'uli' -ki bona hira' hantinaa mentoli hilou hi tana' Mesir. Kawori' tauna to mentoli hilou hi Mesir toe, pitu mpulu' lima.

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

¹⁵Jadi', mentoli mpu'u-imi Yakub hi tana' Mesir, pai' tida hi ria duu' -na mate. Wae wo'o hawe'ea ana' -na.

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

¹⁶Aga wuku-ra rakeni nculii' moto tumai hi ngata Sikhem pai' ratana hi rala daeo' to na'oli Abraham ngkai muli Hemor hante doi pera'.

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.

¹⁷"Mahaa-hae ngkai ree, neo' rata-mi tempo-na Alata'ala mpopadupa' pojanci-na hi Abraham. Momuli-muli-ramo ntu'a-ta hi tana' Mesir, duu' -na wori' lia-ramo.

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

¹⁸Ka'omea-na, ria magau' to moparenta hi Mesir, to uma mpokiwoi kahema-na Yusuf.

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

¹⁹Magau' toei mposapai ntu'a-ta owi pai' nabalinai' -ra. Nahubui-ra mpotadi ana'lei-ra bona mate.

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.

²⁰Nto'u toe, putu-imi-hawo Musa. Musa toei, hadua ana' to subo' lia. Tolu mula-i-wadi rapodoo rala tomi totu'a-na, pai' -i ratadi.

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

²¹Hi karatadi-na toe, ana' toronaa Firaun mpotima' -i, pai' napodoo naponcawa ana' -na moto-mi.

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

²²Jadi', Musa rapoposikola hi hawe'ea kapantea to Mesir, pai' alaa-na mokuasa mpu'u-i hi pololita-na pai' hi pongkale-na.

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

²³"Kahono' -na opo' mpulu' mpae-mi umuru-na Musa, ria patuju-na doko' mpencuai' hingka ompi' -na muli Israel.

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

²⁴Karata-na hi ria, mpohilo-i hadua to Israel naweba' hadua to Mesir. Kahilou-nami mpehawa-ki ompi' -na, mpopatehi to Mesir toei.

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

²⁵Na'ulia' -hana Musa, ra'inca moto ompi' -na kahi'a-nami to napopale Alata'ala mpobahaka-ra ngkai karapobatuaa-ra. Ntaa' uma-di ra'incai.

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

²⁶"Kamepulo-na, nahilo wo'o rodua to motuda', paka' to Israel. Jadi', apa' doko' napopohintuwu' -ra, toe pai' na'uli' -miraka: `Napa pai' motuda' moto-mokoi, koi' ntali ompi'?'

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?

²⁷Tapi' to hadua to mpoweba' -mi doo-na mpotulaka Musa pai' na'uli' -ki: `Hema to mpo'ongko' -ko jadi' pangkeni to mpobotuhi kara-kara-kai?

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

²⁸Ba doko' mpopatehi aku' wo'o-moko, hewa kampopatehi-nu to Mesir wengi-e?'

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

²⁹Kana'epe-na Musa telohu-mi kehi-na toe, metibo' -imi ngkai tana' Mesir hilou tida hi tana' Midian. Hi ria-i motobinei, pai' -i mo'anai' rodua.

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

³⁰"Opo' mpulu' mpae ngkai ree, mehupa' hadua mala'eka mpohirua' -ki Musa hi tana' to wao' mohu' Bulu' Sinai. Mala'eka toe mehupa' hi rala julumpu to jela'.

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.

³¹Konce-i Musa mpohilo toe, toe pai' hilou namohui' doko' na'inca ba napa-i-hawo. Nto'u toe, na'epe lolita Pue' to mpo'uli':

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

³²`Aku' -mi Alata'ala to rapue' ntu'a-nu. Aku' -mi Alata'ala to napue' Abraham, Ishak pai' Yakub.' Mpo'epe toe, moridi' -imi Musa nakeni eka' -na, pai' uma-ipi daho' mponaa julumpu to jela' toe.

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

³³Na'uli' wo'o-mi Pue' mpo'uli' -ki: `Roncu sapatu' -nu, apa' tana' to nupokorei tetu-e, tana' to moroli'.

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

³⁴Kuhilo mpu'u-mi kapai' tuwu' -ra ntodea-ku to Israel hi Mesir. Ku'epe-mi pontodohaka-ra. Toe pai' hompo-ama tumai doko' mpobahaka-ra. Jadi', tumai-ko, kuhubui-ko hilou hi tana' Mesir, bona mpobahaka-ra to Israel.' Toe-mi lolita-na Pue' Alata'ala hi Musa.

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.

³⁵"Jadi', Musa to rasapuaka to Israel wengi, hi'a lau-mi to nahubui Alata'ala hilou mpobahaka-ra. Lomo' -na rasapuaka-i, ra'uli': `Hema to mpo'ongko' -ko jadi' pangkeni to mpobotuhi kara-kara-kai?' Hiaa' hi'a mpu'u-mi to nakio' Alata'ala hante wiwi mala'eka to mpololitai-i ngkai rala julumpu. Hi'a mpu'u-mi to na'ongko' Alata'ala jadi' pangkeni to mpobahaka-ra.

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.

³⁶Musa toe-mile to mpakeni-ra malai ngkai tana' Mesir. Hi'a-mi to mpobabehi anu mobaraka' pai' tanda mekoncehi hi Mesir, hi Tahi' Molei pai' hi tana' to wao' rala-na opo' mpulu' mpae.

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

³⁷Musa toe wo'o-mi to mpo'uli' -raka to Israel owi hewa toi: `Alata'ala mpai' mpo'ongko' hadua ngkai ompi' -ni jadi' nabi hewa aku' toi.'

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.

³⁸Musa toe-mile to mpodoo-ra ntodea to Israel hi tana' to wao' -e. Hi'a-mi to mpo'epe lolita mala'eka to mpololitai-i hi lolo Bulu' Sinai, pai' -i jadi' tauntongo' to mpoparata lolita toe hi ntu'a-ta owi. Hi'a to mpotarima ngkai Pue' Ala lolita to tuwu' to raparata-taka duu' tempo toi-e.

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:

³⁹"Aga ntu'a-ta owi, uma-ra-rana dota mengkoru hi Musa. Rasapuaka-i jadi' pangkeni-ra. Doko' nculii' lau-ramo hilou hi tana' Mesir.

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

⁴⁰Ra'uli' mpo'uli' -ki Harun: `Babehi-taka pinotau to ma'ala tapue', bona pinotau tetu-damo to mpokeni-ta. Apa' uma-pi ki'incai napa to jadi' hi Musa tetui to mpakeni-ta malai ngkai Mesir.'

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.

⁴¹Ngkai ree, rababehi mpu'u-mi lence ana' japi ngkai bulawa. Rapue' -mi lence to rababehi tetu, rasumale' -ki porewua, pai' mosusa' -ramo mpo'une' babehia pale-ra moto.

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

⁴²Toe pai' Alata'ala mpalahii-ra, napelele' -ra mpopue' betue' hi langi'. Apa' ria Lolita Pue' Ala to te'uki' hi rala sura nabi-nabi, hewa toi moni-na: `Ee to Israel! Bula-ni hi tana' to wao' rala-na opo' mpulu' mpae, mposumale' -koi porewua jadi' pepue' -ni. Aga bela hi Aku' pepue' -ni tetu.

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?

⁴³Mepue' -koi hi pue' to rahanga' Molokh, pai' tomi-na nikeni-keni oa' dohe-ni. Mepue' wo'o-koi hi pinotau to molence betue' Refan. Lence-lence toe-mi to nibabehi bona nipue'. Toe pai' kupelele' moto-koi mpai' ratawani, pai' rakeni hilou duu' rata hi mali ria ngata Babel.'

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.

⁴⁴"Bula-ra ntu'a-ta owi hi tana' to wao', Pue' Ala mpohubui Musa mpobabehi kemah jadi' tomi pepuea' -ra. Kemah toe jadi' tanda karia-na Alata'ala hi laintongo' to Yahudi, pai' rababehi ntuku' lence to napopohiloi Pue' Ala hi Musa. Jadi', kemah pepuea' toe rakeni oa' ntu'a-ta owi bula-ra hi tana' to wao'.

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.

⁴⁵Mahaa-hae ngkai ree, mate-ramo ntu'a-ta hi tana' to wao' toe. Pai' ana' -ra mpokeni kemah pepuea' -ra toe mesua' hi tana' Kanaan toi. Nto'u toe, Alata'ala mpopalai pue' ngata Kanaan, pai' Yosua mpakeni-ra to Israel mpema'ala tana' to tapo'ohai' -mi toi-e. Jadi' kemah pepuea' toe, ria-pidi hi laintongo' to Israel owi, duu' rata hi tempo-na Magau' Daud.

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;

⁴⁶Daud tohe'e mpakagoe' nono Pue' Ala. Mekakae-i hi Pue' Ala, na'uli': `O Alata'ala to napue' Yakub owi, kuperapi' bona nupiliu-a mpowangu tomi po'ohaa' -nu.'

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

⁴⁷Aga uma napiliu-i. Ana' -na-damo mpai' to rahanga' Salomo to mpowangu Tomi Alata'ala.

⁴⁷But Solomon built him a house.

⁴⁸"Tapi' kakoo-kono-na, Alata'ala uma-i-hana mo'oha' hi tomi to nababehi manusia'. Apa' meliu kabaraka' -na ngkai hawe'ea to rapue'. Ria hadua nabi owi to mpo'uli' hewa toi:

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

⁴⁹Na'uli' Pue' Ala: `Langi' pohuraa-ku, pai' dunia' pentodua-ku. Ha tomi napa-i mpai' to doko' niwangu-kae? Hiapa mpai' to natao jadi' tomi katidaa-kue?

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?

⁵⁰Hiaa' bo Aku' -di to mpajadi' hawe'ea-nae!' Wae-mi Lolita Pue'."

⁵⁰Did not my hand make all these things?

⁵¹Na'uli' wo'o-mi Stefanus mpo'uli' -raka totu'a to Yahudi: "Uma mowo katu'a maga-ni ompi'! Uma mowo kamengkabatu-ni! Uma mowo kamengkawongo-ni mpe'epei Lolita Pue' Ala! Bate hibalia hante ntu'a-ta owi-koi, mposapuaka oa' Inoha' Tomoroli'.

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

⁵²Uma ria haduaa nabi to uma rabalinai' ntu'a-ni owi. Rapatehi-ra suro-suro Alata'ala owi to mpo'uli' karia-na mpai' Batua Alata'ala to monoa', Hi'a-mi Yesus. Hiaa' hewa toe lau, koi' -mi to mpobalu' Batua Alata'ala toei hi bali' -na. Koi' to mpopatehi-i!

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;

⁵³Koi' to mpotarima Atura Pue' Ala to raparata mala'eka hi ntu'a-ta, aga uma nituku'."

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

⁵⁴Kara'epe-na topohura toera lolita Stefanus, gigi-mi nono-ra, pai' ngkuku' maga-ramo.

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

⁵⁵Ngkai ree, Stefanus nakuasai Inoha' Tomoroli', pai' -i mengoa' hi langi'. Nahilo-mi baraka' -na Alata'ala, pai' nahilo wo'o Yesus mokore hi mali ngka'ana Alata'ala.

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,

⁵⁶Na'uli' Stefanus: "Hilo-dile! Kuhilo langi' mobea pai' Ana' Manusia' mokore hi mali ngka'ana Alata'ala!"

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

⁵⁷Ngkai ree, topohura agama toera mpo'ompo tilinga-ra, pai' -ra mejeu' mpesukui bona neo' -pi ra'epei lolita Stefanus. Karaperapai-nami, rahoko' -i,

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

⁵⁸pai' -i radii' hilou hi mali ngata bona rapatehi-i rapana' hante watu. Sabi' boa' to mpobalihi Stefanus mporoncu baju-ra bona lompe' pepana' -ra. Baju-ra toe rawai' -ki hadua tomane to rahanga' Saulus bona nadongo-raka.

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.

⁵⁹Bula-na Stefanus rapana', mekakae-imi, na'uli': "Pue' Yesus, doa-mi kao' -ku!"

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

⁶⁰Oti toe, mowingkotu' -i pai' na'uli' napesukui: "Pue', neo' -ra nuhuku' ngkai jeko' -ra toi." Ka'oti-na mololita hewa toe, mate-imi.

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.