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

¹ Alfaga beero mo ne: «Hayey din, ya-cine no i bara?»

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,

² Istifanos ne: «Alborey, nya-izey da baabey, wa hangan ka maa: Irikoy Darzakoyo bangay iri kaayo Ibrahim se waato kaŋ a go Mesopotamiya laabo ra, za a mana goro Haran kwaara ra.

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

³ A ne a se: ‹Ma fatta ni laabo da ni dumey ra, ka koy laabo kaŋ ay ga cabe ni se ra.›

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.

⁴ Gaa no a fun Kaldancey laabo ra ka kaa ka goro Haran. Waato gaa, a baabo buuyaŋo banda, Irikoy kand'a ne laabu woone ra, naŋ kaŋ araŋ go da goray sohõ.

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.

⁵ A mana tubuyaŋ hari no a se a ra, baa sanda ce taamuyaŋ fo cine. Amma Irikoy na alkawli sambu a se ka ne nga ga laabo no a se a ma ciya a wane, d'a dumo kaŋ ga kaa a banda mo wane. Waato din mo Ibrahim sinda ize jina.

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.

⁶ Yaa no Irikoy ci mo: a ‹banda ga yawtaray goray te mebarawey laabo ra. I g'i daŋ tamtaray mo k'i taabandi jiiri zangu taaci.

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

⁷ Dumo kaŋ se i ga may din mo, ay g'a ciiti. Woodin banda no i ga fun ka kaa ka sududu ay se nango wo ra.› Yaadin no Irikoy ci.

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.

⁸ A na Ibrahim no dambanguyaŋ sappa mo. Yaadin no, kaŋ Ibrahim na Isaka hay, a n'a dambangu* zaari ahakkanta hane. Isaka na Yakuba hay _k'a dambangu|_, Yakuba mo na kaayey baaba way cindi hinka hay _k'i dambangu|_.

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

⁹ Kaayey baabey mo canse Yusufu gaa. I n'a neera _boro fooyaŋ se|_ i ma kond'a Misira laabu. Amma Irikoy go a banda

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.

¹⁰ k'a faaba a gurzuga kulu ra. A n'a no gaakuri da laakal Firawna jine, kaŋ ga ti Misira laabu koyo, hal a na Yusufu daŋ Misira laabo nda nga windo kulu se dabariko.

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

¹¹ Amma haray fo te Misira laabo da Kanaana laabo kulu ra, kaŋ te kankami bambata, hal iri kaayey mana du haŋ kaŋ ga ngey boŋ ŋwaayandi.

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

¹² Amma waato kaŋ Yakuba maa i ne ntaasu go Misira laabo ra, a n'iri kaayey donton sorro sintina.

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

¹³ Sorro hinkanta alwaato ra no Yusufu na nga boŋ bangandi nga baabayzey se. Firawna mo du ka Yusufu dumo bay.

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

¹⁴ Gaa no Yusufu donton ka nga baabo Yakuba ce, nga da nga dumey kulu, ngey boro wayye cindi gu no.

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

¹⁵ Yakuba mo koy Misira. Nga bumbo bu noodin, d'iri kaayey mo.

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.

¹⁶ I kand'ey Sikem laabu k'i daŋ sarayey ra kaŋ Ibrahim day da nzarfu Hamor izey gaa Sikem ra.

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

¹⁷ Alkawlo kaŋ Irikoy te Ibrahim se alwaato maan. Alwaato din jama soobay ka tonton ka baa gumo Misira ra,

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

¹⁸ hala: ‹bonkooni fo furo Misira laabo koytara ra kaŋ si Yusufu bay.›

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.

¹⁹ Bonkoono din binde n'iri dumey hiila k'iri kaayey gurzugandi. A n'i tilasandi i ma ngey ize attaciriyey furu, zama i ma si du ka funa.

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

²⁰ Alwaato din ra no i na Musa hay, nga mo zanka kaŋ ga sogo no Irikoy jine. I n'a biiri mo handu hinza nga baabo windo ra.

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

²¹ Waato kaŋ i n'a furu mo, Firawna ize wandiya di a k'a sambu, k'a biiri danga nga bumbo ize.

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

²² I na Musa dondonandi Misira bayray kulu, a te boro beeri mo nga sanney da nga goyey ra.

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.

²³ Amma waato kaŋ a to jiiri waytaaci, a ma koy ka nga nya-izey kaŋ ti Israyla izey kunfa furo a bina ra.

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

²⁴ Waato kaŋ a di nga nya-izey ra i goono ga boro fo toonye, a furo ka faasa bora kaŋ i goono ga toonye din se ka Misiranca wi.

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

²⁵ A ho hala nga nya-izey ga faham kaŋ Irikoy g'i faaba Musa kamba do, amma i mana faham.

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?’

²⁶ A wane suba mo, a kaa ka Israyla ize fooyaŋ gar kaŋ yaŋ goono ga yanje. Musa ga ba nga m'i sasabandi. A ne i se: ‹Ya alborey, araŋ ya care nya-izeyaŋ no. Ifo se no araŋ goono ga care toonye?›

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

²⁷ Amma bora kaŋ goono ga nga hangasino toonye din na Musa tuti ka ne: ‹May ka ni daŋ koy da ciitiko iri boŋ?

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

²⁸ Wala ni ga ba ni ma ay mo wi mate kaŋ ni na Misiranca wi bi?›

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

²⁹ Musa binde zuru sanno din sabbay se. A koy yawtaray Midiyan laabo ra ka goro. Noodin no a na ize hinka hay.

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.

³⁰ Waato kaŋ a te jiiri waytaaci noodin, malayka fo bangay a se Sinayi tondo do ganjo ra danji beele ra gumbi fo ra.

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

³¹ Waato kaŋ Musa di a kulu, a n'a dambarandi. A maan zama nga ma guna, kal a maa Irikoy jinde kaŋ ne:

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.

³² ‹Ay no ga ti ni kaayey Irikoyo, Ibrahim da Isaka nda Yakuba Irikoyo.› Musa mo jijiri, a mana ta nga ma guna koyne.

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

³³ Rabbi ne a se: ‹Ma ni taamey kaa ni cey gaa, zama nango kaŋ ni goono ga kay din, nangu hanante no.

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

³⁴ Haciika, ay di ay borey kaŋ go Misira laabo ra kankamo, ay maa i durayyaŋey mo. Ay zumbu zama ay m'i faaba se. Sohõ binde koy, ay ga ni donton Misira laabu.›

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.

³⁵ Musa wo, kaŋ i wang'a ka ne a se: ‹May ka ni daŋ koy da ciitiko iri boŋ?›, nga no Irikoy donton koy da faabako Malayka kambe do kaŋ bangay a se gumbo ra.

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

³⁶ Bora din no k'i kaa taray, kaŋ a na dambara hariyaŋ da alaamayaŋ te Misira ra da Teeku Cira ra, da ganjo ra mo jiiri waytaaci.

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

³⁷ Nga ga ti Musa din kaŋ ne Israyla izey se: ‹Irikoy ga annabi fo tunandi araŋ se araŋ nya-izey game ra, danga ay cine.›

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,

³⁸ Woone ga ti bora kaŋ go jama ra ganjo ra iri kaayey banda nda malayka kaŋ salaŋ d'a Sinayi tondo ra banda. A na sanni fundikooney ta mo ka no iri se.

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

³⁹ Amma iri kaayey si ba ngey m'a gana, hal i wang'a ka ngey biney bare ngey ma ye Misira do haray.

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

⁴⁰ I ne Haruna se: ‹Ma tooruyaŋ te iri se kaŋ yaŋ ga furo iri jine. Zama Musa wo, bora kaŋ n'iri kaa Misira laabo ra, iri si bay haŋ kaŋ du a.›

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

⁴¹ Jirbey din ra mo i na handayze tooru fo te ka kande tooro se sargay. I goono ga farhã ngey kambey goyo se.

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?

⁴² Amma Irikoy bare k'i nooyandi i ma sududu beene marga se, mate kaŋ i hantum annabey tira ra ka ne: ‹Ya Israyla dumo, jiiri waytaaci ganjo ra, manti ay se no araŋ goono ga kande almanyaŋ da sargayyaŋ k'i sarga* bo.

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.’

⁴³ Araŋ na tooro kaŋ se i ga ne Molok hukumo sambu, da Ramfan tooru handariya, himandi-himandey kaŋ araŋ te zama araŋ ma sombu i se. Ay mo g'araŋ dagu ka konda araŋ Babila se ya-haray.›

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;

⁴⁴ Iri kaayey gonda seeda hukumo ganjo ra, mate kaŋ Irikoy kaŋ salaŋ Musa se lordi ka ne a m'a te deedando kaŋ a di din boŋ.

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,

⁴⁵ Iri kaayey du hukumo din ngey alwaato ra. I kand'a Yasuwa banda waato kaŋ i na dumi cindey koytaray ŋwa kaŋ yaŋ Irikoy gaaray iri kaayey jine. Hukumo go no mo kal a ma koy to Dawda jirbey gaa.

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

⁴⁶ Dawda wo du gaakuri Irikoy jine. A na Irikoy ŋwaaray mo nga ma du ka nangoray cina Yakuba Irikoyo se.

⁴⁷But Solomon built him a house.

⁴⁷ Amma Suleymanu no ka windo cina a se.

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

⁴⁸ Amma Beeraykoyo si ga goro fuwey ra kaŋ i te da kambey bo, mate kaŋ annabi ci ka ne:

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?

⁴⁹ ‹Beene ya ay karga no, ganda mo ay ce furkange no.› Irikoy ne: ‹Fu woofo dumi no araŋ ga cina ay se? Wala man gaa no ga ti ay fulanzamyaŋ do?

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

⁵⁰ Manti ay kamba no na hayey wo kulu te?›

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

⁵¹ Araŋ boŋ sandey, araŋ kaŋ araŋ biney d'araŋ hangey mana du dambanguyaŋ, duumi araŋ goono ga gaaba nda Biya Hanna. Danga mate kaŋ cine araŋ kaayey te din, yaadin no araŋ mo goono ga te.

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.

⁵² Annabi woofo no kaa kaŋ araŋ kaayey man'a gurzugandi? Annabey kaŋ yaŋ kande Adilitaraykoyo kaayaŋo baaro mo, i n'i wi. Sohõ araŋ ciya a nooyandikoyaŋ d'a wiikoyaŋ.

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

⁵³ Araŋ na Tawretu ta kaŋ Irikoy samba malaykey kambe ra, amma araŋ man'a gana.»

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

⁵⁴ Waato kaŋ i maa hayey din, sanno n'i biney dooru. I na ngey hinjey kaama a gaa.

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,

⁵⁵ Amma Istifanos to da Biya Hanno. A na nga moy basu beene, a di Irikoy darza, a di Yesu mo goono ga kay Irikoy kambe ŋwaaro gaa.

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

⁵⁶ A ne: «Guna! Ay goono ga di beena feerante da Boro Izo kaŋ goono ga kay Irikoy kambe ŋwaaro gaa.»

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

⁵⁷ Gaa no i wurru da jinde beeri ka ngey hangey daabu. I zuru ka kaŋ a boŋ ce folloŋ.

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

⁵⁸ I n'a jindaw birno banda, k'a catu ka wi da tondiyaŋ. Seedey mo na ngey bankaarayey jisi arwasu fo do kaŋ se i ga ne Sawulu.

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

⁵⁹ Waati kaŋ i goono ga Istifanos catu ka wi da tondiyaŋ, a goono ga Rabbi ce ka ne: «Ya Rabbi Yesu, m'ay fundo ta.»

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.

⁶⁰ A gurfa ganda mo ka ce da jinde beeri ka ne: «Ya Rabbi, ma si zunubi woone lasaabu i se.» Waato kaŋ a na woodin ci, a kani.