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

¹ Noonu saraxalekat bu mag ba ne ko: «Ndax loolu dëgg la?»

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 Ecen tontu ko: «Yéen samay bokk ak samay baay, dégluleen! Yàlla, miy Boroom ndam, feeñu woon na sunu maam Ibraayma, bi mu nekkee réewu Mesopotami, te dëkkagul woon Karan.

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 Mu ne ko: “Toxul sa réew, bàyyi say bokk, te ñëw ci réew, mi ma lay won.”

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 «Ci kaw loolu mu génn réewu niti Kalde, dëkksi Karan. Te bi baayam faatoo, Yàlla toxale ko foofa, dëël ko ci réew, mi ngeen dëkk léegi.

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 Waaye mayu ko fa genn moomeel gu mu war a donnale, du sax fu mu man a teg tànkam; waaye dig na ko ne, dina ko may réew mi, mu yilif ko moom ak askanam, fekk booba amagul doom.

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 Yàlla ne ko: “Ñi soqikoo ci yaw dinañu ganeyaan ci réew mu ñu dëkkul; dees na leen def ay jaam, di leen fitnaal diirub ñeenti téeméeri at.”

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 Waaye Yàlla nee na: “Xeet wi leen jaamloo, man maa leen di àtte te gannaaw loolu dinañu génn, di ma jaamu ci bérab bii.”

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 Yàlla nag tëral kóllëre seen diggante, fas ko ci màndargam xaraf. Noonu Ibraayma jur Isaaxa, xarafal ko ca juróom-ñetteelu fan ba; Isaaxa def noonu Yanqóoba, Yanqóoba it def noonu fukki maam ya ak ñaar, ñi sos xeet wi.

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

⁹ «Naka maam yooyu, dañoo iñaane Yuusufa, ba jaay ko, mu jëm réewu Misra. Waaye Yàlla taxawu ko,

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 génne ko ci coonoom yépp, defal ko yiw ak xel ci kanamu Firawna, buuru Misra, mu def ko kilifag Misra ak këram gépp.

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

¹¹ «Bi loolu amee xiif tàbbi ci biir Misra ak réewu Kanaan mépp, ba toskare ja metti lool, te sunuy maam amatuñu lu ñu lekk.

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

¹² Yanqóoba nag dégg ne, Misra am na dugub, mu yebal ca sunuy maam, ñu dem fa yoon wu jëkk.

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

¹³ Bi fa ay doomi baayam delloo nag, Yuusufa xàmmiku leen, te Firawna xamante ak njabootam.

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

¹⁴ Ci kaw loolu Yuusufa yeble, woo baayam ak mbokkam yépp, ñuy juróom-ñaar-fukki nit ak juróom.

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

¹⁵ Noonu Yanqóoba dem Misra, faatu fa, moom ak sunuy maam.

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 Gannaaw loolu ñu yóbbu seeni néew Sikem, dugal leen ca bàmmeel, ba Ibraayma jëndoon ak xaalis ca doomi Emor ca Sikem.

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

¹⁷ «Bi loolu wéyee jamono ji jege woon na, ngir Yàlla amal li mu digoon Ibraayma ci ngiñ; fekk xeet wa di law tey gën a bare ci Misra,

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

¹⁸ ba keroog beneen buur bu xamul Yuusufa di falu ci Misra.

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 Buur boobu nag dafa daan nax sunu xeet, di fitnaal sunuy maam, ba di leen sànniloo seeni doom, ngir ñu dee.

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

²⁰ «Booba nag la Musaa juddu, di ku rafet ci kanam Yàlla; ñu yor ko ñetti weer ci biir kër baayam,

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

²¹ ba noppi sànni ko. Noonu doom ju jigéen ju Firawna for ko, yar ko ni doomam.

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

²² Musaa nag di ku yeewu ci xam-xamu waa Misra bépp, di jàmbaar ci wax ak jëf.

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 «Bi mu demee ba am ñeent-fukki at, mu fas yéeney seeti ay bokkam, maanaam bànni Israyil.

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

²⁴ Noonu mu gis ca ku ñuy néewal doole, mu sotle ko, feyyul ko, ba dóor waayi Misra ja.

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

²⁵ Mu defe ne, ay bokkam dinañu xam ne, ciy loxoom la leen Yàllay musale, waaye xamuñu ko.

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 Ca ëllëg sa mu juux ci ay Yawut yuy xeex, mu di leen jéem a jubale ne leen: “Yéen ay bokk ngeen, lu tax ngeen di xeex?”

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

²⁷ Waaye kiy néewal doole moroomam bëmëx ko ne: “Ku la teg kilifa ak àttekat ci sunu kaw?

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

²⁸ Ndax danga maa bëgg a rey, ni nga defoon démb waayi Misra ja?”

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

²⁹ Bi Musaa déggee wax jooju, mu daldi daw, dem réewu Majan, di fa ab doxandéem; mu séy fa, ba am ñaari doom.

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 «Lu ko wees ñeent-fukki at nag, bi mu nekkee ca màndiŋu tundu Sinayi, malaaka feeñu ko ci takk-takku safara ci biir as ngarab.

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

³¹ Bi ko Musaa gisee, mu daldi waaru ci li mu gis; mu jegesi ngir niir ko, dégg baatu Boroom bi ne ko:

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 “Man maay sa Yàllay maam, di Yàllay Ibraayma, Isaaxa ak Yanqóoba.” Ci kaw loolu Musaa tiit bay lox, te ñemeetul a xool.

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

³³ Noonu Boroom bi ne ko: “Summil say dàll, ndaxte bérab bi nga taxaw, bérab bu sell la.

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 Gis naa bu baax fitnay sama xeet ci Misra te dégg naa seeni tawat, kon wàcc naa ngir musal leen. Léegi nag ñëwal, dinaa la yebal Misra.”

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 «Musaa moomu bañoon nañu ko, ba ne ko: “Ku la teg kilifa ak àttekat?” Waaye moom la Yàlla yebal, jaarale ko ci malaaka mi ko feeñu ca ngarab sa, ngir mu nekk kilifa gu leen di goreel.

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

³⁶ Moo leen génne réewu Misra, di def ay kéemaan ak ay firnde ca réew ma, ca Géej gu xonq ga ak ca màndiŋ ma diirub ñeent-fukki at.

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 Musaa moomu moo ne woon bànni Israyil: “Yàlla dina leen feeñalal ci seeni bokk Yonent bu mel ni man.”

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 Te moo nekkoon ak mbooloo ma ca màndiŋ ma, ànd ak sunuy maam, wéttalikoo malaaka, mi waxoon ak moom ci tundu Sinayi. Te mu jote ci Yàlla kàddu yiy dund, ngir jottali nu ko.

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

³⁹ Waaye sunuy maam nanguwuñu koo déggal; dañu koo bañ te seeni xel dëpp, dellu Misra.

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 Ñu sant Aaroona ne: “Sàkkal nu ay yàlla yuy jiitu ci sunu kanam, ndaxte Musaa male nu génne ci réewu Misra, xamunu lu ko dal.”

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

⁴¹ Booba nag ñu tëgglu aw sëllu, muy xërëm, ñu di ko tuuru, di bànneexu ci seeni jëfi loxo.

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 Waaye bi ñu ko defee Yàlla dëddu leen, bërgël leen, ñuy jaamu biddiiwi asamaan. Moom lañu bind ci téereb yonent yi ne:“Yéen bànni Israyil, ndax rendi ngeen jur,jébbal ma, boole ko ak i sarax,diirub ñeent-fukki at ca màndiŋ ma?

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 Yóbbu ngeen sax fu nekk tànt,biy màggalukaayu Molog ak biddiiwub Refan,bi ñu daan bokkaaleel Yàlla,di ay nataal, yi ngeen defoon ngir màggal leen!Kon nag dinaa leen toxal,yóbbu leen ci gannaaw réewu Babilon.”

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 «Sunuy maam amoon nañu ca màndiŋ ma tàntu màggalukaay, bi ëmboon li Yàlla seede. Tànt boobu nag defoon nañu ko, roye ko ci bi Musaa gisoon, ni ko ko Yàlla sante woon.

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 Te gannaaw ga, bi Yosuwe nekkee kilifag sunuy maam, ñu jot tànt ba ñoom it, yóbbu ko ca réew, ma ñu nangu ca xeet ya Yàlla dàq ci seen kanam. Tànt ba nekk fa, ba ci jamonoy Daawuda.

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

⁴⁶ Moom yiw na fa kanam Yàlla, mu ñaan ko, mu sàkkal ko kër ngir askanu Yanqóoba.

⁴⁷But Solomon built him a house.

⁴⁷ Waaye Suleymaan moo tabaxal Yàlla kër ga.

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

⁴⁸ «Moona Aji Kawe ji du dëkk ci fu loxol nit defar; moom la ab yonent wax 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 “Asamaan mooy sama jal,te suuf mooy sama tegukaayu tànk.Kon gan kër ngeen may tabaxal,mbaa fan mooy sama bérabu noppalukaay?

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

⁵⁰ Ndax du sama loxo moo defar yëf yooyu yépp?— Moom la Boroom bi doon wax.”

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

⁵¹ «Yéen ñi dëgër bopp, ànd ak xol buy bañ ak ay nopp yuy fatt, mel ni ñi xamul Yàlla. Dungeen noppeek a diiroo ak Xel mu Sell mi; ni ko seen baay yi daan defe, noonu ngeen di def yéen itam.

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 Kan ca yonent ya la seeni maam tegul woon ay fitna? Rey nañu ñi doon yégle ñëwug Aji Jub ji, moom mi ngeen jébbale léegi, ba ñu rey ko.

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

⁵³ Jot ngeen yoonu Musaa, wi Yàlla wàcce jaarale ko ci ay malaaka, te sàggane ngeen ko.»

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

⁵⁴ Bi ñu déggee loolu nag, seeni xol di dagg, ñuy yéyu, jëm ci kawam.

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 Waaye Ecen, mi fees ak Xel mu Sell mi, ne jàkk ci asamaan, gis ndamu Yàlla, te gis Yeesu mi taxaw ci ndeyjooru Yàlla.

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

⁵⁶ Mu ne: «Seetleen, maa ngi gis asamaan yi ubbiku, te Doomu nit kaa ngii taxaw ci ndeyjooru Yàlla.»

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

⁵⁷ Bi ñu déggee loolu, ñu daldi xaacu ca kaw, tey dar seeni nopp; ñu ànd, ne milib ci kawam;

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 ñu wat-wate ko, génne ko dëkk ba, dóor ko ay doj, ba mu dee. Seede ya tegoon nañu seeni yére ci tànki waxambaane wu tudd Sool.

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

⁵⁹ Noonu ñu dóor Ecen ay doj, muy ñaan Yàlla ne: «Boroom bi Yeesu, nangul sama ruu!»

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 Bi mu ko waxee, mu sukk, wax ak baat bu kawe: «Boroom bi, bu leen bindal bàkkaar bii,» ba noppi mu nelaw.