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 then 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 to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

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

³and said to him, Go out of thy land and out of thy kindred, and come into the land which I will shew 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 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.

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 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.

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 spoke thus: His seed shall be a sojourner in a strange land, and they shall enslave them and evil entreat [them] 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 these things they shall 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 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.

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, envying Joseph, sold him away 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 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁹*He* dealt subtilly with our race, and evil entreated the fathers, casting out their infants that 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.

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

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

²¹And when he was cast out, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and brought him up for herself [to be] for a 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 deeds.

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

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;

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 a certain one wronged, he defended [him], and avenged him that was being 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.

²⁵For he thought that his brethren would understand 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 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?

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 was wronging his neighbour thrust him away, saying, Who established thee ruler and judge over us?

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

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

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].

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 to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place on which 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 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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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 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].

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 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;

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 subject, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back to 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 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.

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 offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own 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 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?

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.'

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.

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 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;

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, 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;

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 favour before God, and asked to find a tabernacle 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:

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

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

⁵⁰has not my hand made 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'.

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

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 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!

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

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

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

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

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 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,

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

⁵⁶and said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at 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,

⁵⁷And they cried out with a loud voice, and held 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 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.

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

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