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

¹The 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,

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

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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,

⁹“The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. 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. 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 a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. 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 when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out 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.

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

¹⁴Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, 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.

¹⁵Jacob 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 brought back to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of 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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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 that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. 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.

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

²²Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. 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 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.

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

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

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

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'?'

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?’

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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':

³¹When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, a voice of the Lord came to him,

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

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

³³The Lord said to him, ‘Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place where you stand 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. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you into Egypt.’ Exodus 3:5,7-8,10

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.

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.

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 out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for 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 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

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 that spoke to him on 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 wouldn’t be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts 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 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

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.

⁴¹They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to 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 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?

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.'

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.’

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'.

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;

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 into the possession of the nations, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to 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:

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

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?

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?

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

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

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'.

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

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 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.

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

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

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 at 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 steadfastly 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 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,

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

⁵⁸They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed 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!"

⁵⁹They stoned Stephen as he called out, 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.

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.