¹The high priest said, “Are these things so?”

¹Ary hoy ny mpisoronabe: Moa izany tokoa va?

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,

²fa hoy Stefana: Mihainoa, ry rahalahy sy ianareo ray: Andriamanitry ny voninahitra niseho tamin'i Abrahama razantsika, raha tany Mesopotamia izy, fony tsy mbola nonina tany Harana,

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

³ka nanao taminy hoe: Mialà amin'ny taninao sy ny havanao, ka andeha ho any amin'ny tany izay hasehoko anao (Gen. 12. 1).

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.

⁴Dia niala tamin'ny tanin'ny Kaldeana izy ka nonina tany Harana; ary rehefa maty ny rainy, dia nafindran'Andriamanitra niala teo izy hankany amin'ny tany izay onenanareo ankehitriny.

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.

⁵Ary tsy nomeny lova teto izy, na dia eram-paladia akory aza; kanefa nampanantenainy izy fa homeny azy sy ny taranany mandimby azy ho lovany izany, na dia tsy mbola nanan-janaka akory aza izy.

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.

⁶Ary nolazain'Andriamanitra fa ny taranany hivahiny any amin'ny tanin'ny firenena hafa ary handevoziny sy hampahoriny efa-jato taona.

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

⁷Nefa ny firenena izay hotompoiny dia hotsaraiko kosa, hoy Andriamanitra; ary rehefa afaka izany, dia hivoaka izy ka hanompo Ahy eto amin'ity tany ity (Gen. 15. 13, 14).

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.

⁸Ary nomeny fanekena amin'ny famorana izy. Ary dia niteraka an'isaka izy ka namora azy tamin'ny andro fahavalo; ary Isaka niteraka an'i Jakoba, ary Jakoba niteraka ny patriarka roa ambin'ny folo lahy.

⁹“The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him,

⁹Ary nialona an'i Josefa ny patriarka ka nivarotra azy ho any Egypta; nefa Andriamanitra nomba azy

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.

¹⁰ka nahafaka azy tamin'ny fahoriany rehetra sady nanome azy fahasoavana sy fahendrena teo imason'i Farao, mpanjakan'i Egypta; ary izy nanendry azy ho mpanapaka any Egypta mbamin'izay rehetra tao an-dapany.

¹¹Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.

¹¹Ary nisy mosary eran'i Egypta sy Kanana rehetra, ka mafy ny fahoriana; ary tsy nahita hanina ny razantsika.

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

¹²Fa nony nandre Jakoba fa nisy vary tany Egypta, dia naniraka ny razantsika izy tamin'ny voalohany.

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

¹³Ary tamin'ny fanindroany dia fantatr'izy mirahalahy avy Josefa, ary dia fantatr'i Farao koa ny havan'i Josefa.

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

¹⁴Ary Josefa naniraka ka nampaka an'i Jakoba rainy mbamin'ny mpianakaviny rehetra, dia olona dimy amby fito-polo izy.

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

¹⁵Ary Jakoba nidina nankany Egypta, dia maty izy sy ny razantsika;

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.

¹⁶ary nentina ho any Sekema izy ka nalevina tao amin'ny fasana izay novidin'i Abrahama vola tamin'ny zanak'i Hamora tany Sekema.

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

¹⁷Fa rehefa ho tonga ny fotoana hahatanterahana ny teny fikasana, izay nataon'Andriamanitra tamin'i Abrahama, dia nitombo sy nihamaro ny olona tany Egypta,

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

¹⁸mandra-pitsangan'ny mpanjaka hafa tany Egypta, izay tsy nahalala an'i Josefa.

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.

¹⁹Ary izy nanao hafetsena tamin'ny razantsika, dia nampahory azy, ka dia samy nanary ny zanany vao teraka mba tsy ho velona izy.

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

²⁰Tamin'izany andro izany no nahaterahan'i Mosesy, ary tsara teo anatrehan'Andriamanitra izy ka notezaina telo volana tao an-tranon'ny rainy.

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

²¹Fa rehefa nariana izy, dia nalain'ny zanakavavin'i Farao ka notezainy ho zanany.

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

²²Ary Mosesy nampianarina ny fahendrena rehetra nananan'ny Egyptiana, ary nahery tamin'ny teniny sy ny asany izy.

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.

²³Ary rehefa ho efa-polo taona izy, dia velona tao am-pony ny hamangy ny Zanak'isiraely, rahalahiny

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

²⁴Ary raha nahita ny anankiray nampahorina maina izy, dia namaly ka namono ilay Egyptiana ary namonjy ilay nampahorina.

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

²⁵Ary nataony fa ho fantatry ny rahalahiny fa ny tànany no hamonjen'Andriamanitra azy; kanjo tsy fantany.

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?’

²⁶Ary nony ampitson'iny dia niseho tamin'ireo izay niady Mosesy ary nanao izay hampihavana azy ka nanao hoe: Raondriana, mirahalahy ianareo, koa nahoana ianareo no miady?

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

²⁷Fa ilay namely maina ny namany dia nanosika azy ka nanao hoe: Iza no nanendry an'ialahy ho mpanapaka sy mpitsara anay?

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

²⁸Moa ta-hamono ahy koa va ialahy tahaka ny namonoan'ialahy ilay Egyptiana omaly? (Eks. 2. 13, 14.)

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

²⁹Ary tamin'izany teny izany dia nandositra Mosesy ka nivahiny tany amin'ny tany Midiana, ary tany no niterahany zanaka roa lahy.

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.

³⁰Ary rehefa afaka efa-polo taona, dia nisy anjely niseho taminy tany an-efitry ny tendrombohitra Sinay teo anaty lelafo teo amin'ny voaroy.

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

³¹Ary Mosesy, nony nahita, dia gaga noho ny fahitana; nefa nony nanatona handinika izy, dia tonga ny feon'ny Tompo nanao hoe:

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.

³²Izaho no Andriamanitry ny razanao, dia Andriamanitr'i Abrahama sy Isaka ary Jakoba (Eks. 3. 6). Dia tora-kovitra Mosesy ka tsy sahy nandinika.

³³The Lord said to him, ‘Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.

³³Ary hoy Jehovah taminy: Esory ny kapa amin'ny tongotrao; fa masina io tany ijanonanao io.

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

³⁴Hitako tokoa ny fahorian'ny oloko any Egypta, ary reko ny fitarainany, dia nidina hamonjy azy Aho. Koa andeha ankehitriny, dia hirahiko ho any Egypta ianao (Eks. 3. 5-10).

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.

³⁵Izany Mosesy izany dia nolaviny ka nataony hoe: Iza no nanendry an'ialahy ho mpanapaka sy mpitsara? (Eks. 2. 14) kanjo izy ihany no nirahin'Andriamanitra ho mpanapaka sy mpanavotra nomban'ny tanan'ny Anjely, Ilay niseho taminy teo amin'ny voaroy.

³⁶This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.

³⁶Izy no nitondra ny olona nivoaka sady nanao fahagagana sy famantarana tany Egypta sy teo amin'ny Ranomasina Mena ary tany an-efitra efa-polo taona.

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

³⁷Izany no Mosesy izay nilaza tamin'ny Zanak'isiraely hoe: Mpaminany no hatsangan'Andriamanitra ho anareo avy amin'ny rahalahinareo, tahaka ahy (Deo. 18. 15).

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,

³⁸Izy ilay teo amin'ny fiangonana tany an-efitra mbamin'ny Anjely izay niteny taminy tany an-tendrombohitra Sinay sy tamin'ny razantsika, ka izy no nandray teny velona mba homeny antsika.

³⁹to whom our fathers wouldn’t be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,

³⁹Nefa ny razantsika tsy nety nanaiky azy, fa nandà, dia manina an'i Egypta ny fony,

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

⁴⁰ka hoy izy tamin'i Arona: Anaovy andriamanitra izahay, hitarika antsika eo aloha; fa ilay Mosesy iny, izay nitondra antsika nivoaka avy tany amin'ny tany Egypta, dia tsy fantatray izay nanjo azy (Eks. 32. 1).

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

⁴¹Ary dia nanao ombilahy kely izy tamin'izany andro izany, dia nanatitra fanatitra tamin'ny sampy ka niravoravo tamin'ny asan'ny tànany.

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?

⁴²Fa Andriamanitra nihodina, dia nanolotra azy hanompo izay eny amin'ny lanitra; araka ny voasoratra eo amin'ny bokin'ny mpaminany hoe: Moa nanatitra zavatra voavono sy fanatitra ho Ahy efa-polo taona tany an-efitra va ianareo, ry taranak'isiraely?

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.’

⁴³Tsia, fa nobetainareo ny tranolain'i Moloka sy ny kintan'ny andriamanitra atao hoe Refana, Dia ny endri-javatra izay nataonareo hivavahana, Ka dia hamindra anareo ho any ankoatr'i Babylona Aho (Amo. 5. 25-27).

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;

⁴⁴Ny trano-lain'ny Vavolombelona dia teo amin'ny razantsika tany an-efitra, tahaka ny voatendrin'izay niteny tamin'i Mosesy mba hanaovany azy araka ny endrika izay efa hitany.

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,

⁴⁵Izany koa dia noraisin'ny razantsika izay nandimby ireo, ka nentiny niditra niaraka tamin'i Josoa tamin'ny nahazoany ny tanin'ny firenena izay noroahin'Andriamanitra hiala teo anoloan'ny razantsika hatramin'ny andron'i Davida;

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

⁴⁶izy nahita fitia anatrehan'Andriamanitra ka nangataka hahita trano ho an'Andriamanitr'i Jakoba.

⁴⁷But Solomon built him a house.

⁴⁷Fa Solomona kosa no nanao trano ho Azy.

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

⁴⁸Kanefa ny Avo Indrindra tsy mitoetra ao amin'izay nataon-tànan'olona; araka ny nolazain'ny mpaminany hoe:

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?

⁴⁹Ny lanitra no seza fiandrianako, Ary ny tany no fitoeran-tongotro; Koa trano manao ahoana no hataonareo ho Ahy? hoy Jehovah, Ary manao ahoana no ho fitoerana fitsaharako?

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

⁵⁰Tsy ny tanako va no nanao izao zavatra rehetra izao? (Isa. 66. 1, 2.)

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

⁵¹Ry olona mafy hatoka sady tsy voafora fo sy sofina, ianareo manohitra ny Fanahy Masina mandrakariva; tahaka ny nataon'ny razanareo ihany no ataonareo koa.

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.

⁵²Iza no mpaminany izay tsy nenjehin'ny razanareo? Eny, novonoiny aza izay naminany ny fihavian'ilay Marina; ary ankehitriny dia efa tonga mpamadika sy mpamono Azy ianareo,

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

⁵³dia olona izay nahazo ny lalàna tamin'ny nandaharan'anjely azy, nefa tsy nankato izany.

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

⁵⁴Ary nony nandre izany izy ireo, dia lotika ny fony, ka nihidy vazana taminy izy.

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,

⁵⁵Fa Stefana, feno ny Fanahy Masina, dia nibanjina ny lanitra ka nahita ny voninahitr'Andriamanitra sy Jesosy nitsangana teo ankavanan'Andriamanitra,

⁵⁶and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”

⁵⁶dia nanao hoe: Indro, hitako ny lanitra misokatra ary ny Zanak'olona mitsangana eo ankavanan'Andriamanitra.

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

⁵⁷Ary ny olona niantso tamin'ny feo mahery sady nanentsin-tadiny ka indray nirodona taminy,

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

⁵⁸dia nandroaka azy ho eny ivelan'ny tanàna ka nitora-bato azy; ary ireo vavolombelona dia nametraka ny fitafiany teo anilan'ny tongotry ny zatovo anankiray atao hoe Saoly.

⁵⁹They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

⁵⁹Ary ny olona nitora-bato an'i Stefana, izay niantso hoe: Ry Jesosy Tompo ô, raiso ny fanahiko.Dia nandohalika izy ka niantso tamin'ny feo mahery hoe Tompo ô, aza atao ho helony anie izao ota izao. Ary rehefa nilaza izany izy, dia nodi-mandry.

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.

⁶⁰Dia nandohalika izy ka niantso tamin'ny feo mahery hoe Tompo ô, aza atao ho helony anie izao ota izao. Ary rehefa nilaza izany izy, dia nodi-mandry.