Ngāue 7
1And the high priest said, “Are these things so?”
1PEA toki pehē ʻe he taulaʻeiki lahi, “ʻOku moʻoni ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni?
2And Stephen said: “Brothers and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
2Pea pehē ʻe ia, “ʻAe kau tangata kāinga mo e mātuʻa, mou fanongo; naʻe hā mai ʻae ʻOtua lāngilangi ki heʻetau tamai ko ʻEpalahame, ʻi heʻene kei ʻi Mesopōtemia, kae teʻeki nofo ia ʻi Kalana,
3and said to him, ‘Go out from your land and from your kindred and go into the land that I will show you.’
3ʻO ne pehē kiate ia, ‘ʻAlu ʻi ho fonua, mei ho kāinga, pea ke ʻalu ki he fonua te u fakahā kiate koe.’
4Then he went out from the land of the Chaldeans and lived in Haran. And after his father died, God removed him from there into this land in which you are now living.
4Pea toki haʻu ia mei he fonua ko Kalitia, ʻo nofo ʻi Kalana: pea ʻi he pekia ʻa ʻene tamai, pea toki hiki ia mei ai ki he fonua ni, ʻaia ʻoku mou nofo ai ni.
5Yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot’s length, but promised to give it to him as a possession and to his offspring after him, though he had no child.
5Pea naʻe ʻikai te ne foaki kiate ia ha ʻapi ʻi ai, pe ha potu ke tuʻu ai hono vaʻe: ka naʻa ne fakaʻilo te ne foaki ia moʻona, pea mo hono hako ki mui ʻiate ia, ka naʻe teʻeki ai haʻane fānau.
6And God spoke to this effect—that his offspring would be sojourners in a land belonging to others, who would enslave them and afflict them four hundred years.
6Pea naʻe pehē ʻae folofola ʻae ʻOtua, ‘ʻE nofo ʻāunofo hono hako ʻi ha fonua kehe; pea ʻe fakapōpulaʻi ʻakinautolu ʻe he kakai, mo ngaohi kovi ʻi he taʻu ʻe fāngeau.’
7‘But I will judge the nation that they serve,’said God, ‘and after that they shall come out and worship me in this place.’
7Pea naʻe pehē ʻe he ʻOtua, Te u tautea ʻae puleʻanga te nau pōpula ki ai: pea hili ia, te nau haʻu mei ai, ʻo tauhiʻi au ʻi he potu ni.
8And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
8Pea ne tuku kiate ia ʻae fuakava ʻoe kamu: pea naʻe tupu ʻa ʻAisake, pea kamu ia ʻi hono ʻaho valu; pea tupu ʻia ʻAisake ʻa Sēkope; pea tupu ʻia Sēkope, ʻae houʻeiki mātuʻa ʻe toko hongofulu ma toko ua.
9“And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him
9“Pea naʻe loto meheka ʻae kau mātuʻa kia Siosefa, pea naʻa nau fakatau ia ki ʻIsipite: ka naʻe ʻiate ia ʻae ʻOtua,
10and rescued him out of all his afflictions and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and over all his household.
10ʻO ne fakamoʻui ia mei heʻene mamahi kotoa pē, pea naʻa ne pule ke ʻofeina ia mo poto ʻi he ʻao ʻo Felo ko e tuʻi ʻo ʻIsipite; pea ne fakanofo ia ko e pule ki ʻIsipite mo hono fale kotoa pē.
11Now there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food.
11Pea naʻe hoko ʻae honge mo e mamahi lahi ki he fonua kotoa pē ʻo ʻIsipite mo Kēnani: pea naʻe ʻikai maʻu ha meʻakai ʻe heʻetau ngaahi tamai.
12But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers on their first visit.
12Pea ʻi he fanongo ʻa Sēkope ʻoku ʻi ʻIsipite ʻae uite, naʻa ne tomuʻa fekau atu ) ʻa ʻetau ngaahi tamai.
13And on the second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh.
13Pea ʻi hono tuʻo ua hifo, naʻe fakahā ʻa Siosefa ki hono kāinga; pea naʻe fakahā ʻae kāinga ʻo Siosefa kia Felo.
14And Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his kindred, seventy-five persons in all.
14Pea toki fekau ʻe Siosefa, ke ʻomi ʻa ʻene tamai ko Sēkope, mo hono kāinga kotoa pē, ko e toko fitungofulu ma toko nima.
15And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, he and our fathers,
15Pea naʻe ʻalu hifo ʻa Sēkope ki ʻIsipite, pea naʻe pekia ai, ʻaia mo e tau ngaahi tamai.
16and they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
16Pea naʻe fetuku ʻakinautolu ki Sikemi, ʻo tuku ki he fonualoto naʻe fakatau ʻe ʻEpalahame ʻaki ʻae ngaahi paʻanga mei he foha ʻo ʻEmoa ko e tamai ʻa Sikemi.
17“But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt
17“Ka kuo fakaʻaʻau ʻo ofi ʻae kuonga naʻe talaʻofa ki ai, ʻaia naʻe fuakava ki ai ʻe he ʻOtua kia ʻEpalahame, pea tupu ʻo tokolahi ʻae kakai ʻi ʻIsipite,
18until there arose over Egypt another king who did not know Joseph.
18ʻO aʻu ki he hoko ʻae tuʻi ʻe taha, ʻaia naʻe ʻikai ʻilo ʻe ia ʻa Siosefa.
19He dealt shrewdly with our race and forced our fathers to expose their infants, so that they would not be kept alive.
19Pea naʻe fai kākā ia ki hotau kāinga, mo fai fakamamahi ki heʻetau ngaahi tamai, pea naʻa nau lī ai kituaʻā ʻenau fānau valevale, ke ʻoua naʻa nau moʻui.
20At this time Moses was born; and he was beautiful in God’s sight. And he was brought up for three months in his father’s house,
20Pea feʻunga mo ia naʻe fanauʻi ʻa Mōsese, pea naʻe fakaʻofoʻofa lahi ia, pea naʻe tauhi fufū ia ʻi he fale ʻo ʻene tamai ʻi he māhina ʻe tolu:
21and when he was exposed, Pharaoh’s daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.
21Pea ʻi he tuku ia kituʻa, naʻe toʻo hake ia ʻe he ʻofefine ʻo Felo, pea naʻe ngaohi ia maʻane tama.
22And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.
22Pea naʻe akonakiʻi ʻa Mōsese ʻi he poto kotoa pe ʻoe kakai ʻIsipite, pea naʻe mālohi ia ʻi he lea mo e ngaue.
23“When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
23“Pea kuo kakato kiate ia ʻae taʻu ʻe fāngofulu, pea tupu ʻi hono loto ke ʻaʻahi ki hono kāinga ko e fānau ʻa ʻIsileli.
24And seeing one of them being wronged, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian.
24Pea ʻi heʻene mamata ki he tokotaha naʻe teʻia taʻetotonu, naʻa ne langomakiʻi ia, ʻo totongi, ia kuo fakamālohiʻi, mo tāmateʻi ʻae tangata ʻIsipite:
25He supposed that his brothers would understand that God was giving them salvation by his hand, but they did not understand.
25He naʻe mahalo ʻe ia kuo ʻilo ʻe hono kāinga ʻe fakamoʻui ʻe he ʻOtua ʻakinautolu ʻi hono nima: ka naʻe ʻikai te nau ʻilo.
26And on the following day he appeared to them as they were quarreling and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why do you wrong each other?’
26Pea pongipongi ai, naʻa ne fakahā ia kiate kinautolu lolotonga ʻenau kē, pea ne fai ke fakalelei ʻakinautolu, ʻo ne pehē, ‘Kau tangata, ko e kāinga ʻakimoutolu; ko e hā ʻoku mo fefaikoviʻaki ai?’
27But the man who was wronging his neighbor thrust him aside, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
27Ka ko ia naʻe fai kovi ki hono kaungāʻapi, ne ne tekeʻi atu ia, ʻo pehē, ‘Ko hai naʻa ne fakanofo koe koe pule mo e fakamaau kiate kimautolu?’
28Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
28Te ke tāmateʻi au, ʻo hangē ko hoʻo tāmateʻi ʻaneafi ʻae tangata ʻIsipite?
29At this retort Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
29Pea toki hola ʻa Mōsese ʻi he lea ko ia, pea ʻāunofo ia ʻi he fonua ko Mitiani, pea naʻe tupu ʻiate ia ʻi ʻae foha ʻe toko ua.
30“Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
30“Pea kuo hili ʻae taʻu ʻe fāngofulu, pea hā mai kiate ia, ʻi he toafa ʻoe moʻunga ko Sainai, ha ʻāngelo ʻae ʻEiki, ʻi he ulo afi ʻi he ʻulu ʻakau.
31When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and as he drew near to look, there came the voice of the Lord:
31Pea ʻi he mamata ʻa Mōsese ki ai, naʻe ofo ia ʻi heʻene hā mai: pea ʻi heʻene ʻunuʻunu atu ke vakai, naʻe ongo mai kiate ia ʻae leʻo ʻoe ʻEiki,
32‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob.’And Moses trembled and did not dare to look.
32ʻO pehē, ‘Ko e ʻOtua au ʻo hoʻo ngaahi tamai, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻEpalahame, ko e ʻOtua ʻo ʻAisake, pea ko e ʻOtua ʻo Sēkope.’ Pea naʻe toki tetetete ʻa Mōsese, pea manavahē ke sio.
33Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
33Pea pehē ʻe he ʻEiki kiate ia, Toʻo ho topuvaʻe ʻi ho vaʻe; he ko e potu ʻoku ke tuʻu ai ko e potu māʻoniʻoni.
34I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you to Egypt.’
34Kuo u mamata, kuo u mamata, ki he mamahi, ʻa hoku kakai ʻi ʻIsipite, pea kuo u fanongo ki heʻenau toʻe, pea kuo u ʻalu hifo ke fakamoʻui ʻakinautolu. Pea ke haʻu, te u fekau koe ki ʻIsipite.
35“This Moses, whom they rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—this man God sent as both ruler and redeemer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
35Ko Mōsese ʻeni, ʻaia naʻa nau liʻaki, ʻo pehē, ‘Ko hai ne ne fakanofo koe koe pule mo e fakamaau?’ Ko ia ia naʻe fekau ʻe he ʻOtua ko e ʻeiki mo e huhuʻi, ʻi he nima ʻoe ʻāngelo naʻe hā mai kiate ia ʻi he ʻulu ʻakau.
36This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in Egypt and at the Red Sea and in the wilderness for forty years.
36Pea ne ʻomi ʻakinautolu mei ai, kuo hili ʻene fai ʻae ngaahi mana mo e ngāue fakaofo ʻi he fonua ko ʻIsipite, mo e Tahi Kulokula, pea mo e toafa, ʻi he taʻu ʻe fāngofulu.
37This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your brothers.’
37Pea ko e Mōsese ko ia eni, naʻe pehē ki he fānau ʻa ʻIsileli, ‘ʻE fokotuʻu kiate kimoutolu ʻe he ʻEiki ko homou ʻOtua ha palōfita ʻi homou kāinga, ke hangē ko au; pea te mou fanongo kiate ia.’
38This is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. He received living oracles to give to us.
38Ko ia ia naʻe ʻi he fakataha ʻi he toafa, mo e ʻāngelo ʻaia naʻe lea kiate ia ʻi he moʻunga ko Sainai, pea mo ʻetau ngaahi tamai; ʻaia naʻe maʻu ʻae ngaahi fekau moʻui ke tuku kiate kitautolu:
39Our fathers refused to obey him, but thrust him aside, and in their hearts they turned to Egypt,
39“ʻAia naʻe ʻikai talangofua ki ai ʻetau ngaahi tamai, ka naʻe tekeʻi atu ia ʻiate kinautolu, pea nau foki ʻi honau loto ki ʻIsipite,
40saying to Aaron, ‘Make for us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who led us out from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’
40ʻO nau pehē kia ʻEloni, ‘Ngaohi moʻotautolu ha ngaahi ʻotua ke muʻomuʻa ʻiate kitautolu: he ko e Mōsese ni, ʻaia naʻe ʻomi ʻakitautolu mei he fonua ko ʻIsipite, ʻoku ʻikai te tau ʻilo pe ʻoku ʻi fē ia.’
41And they made a calf in those days, and offered a sacrifice to the idol and were rejoicing in the works of their hands.
41Pea naʻa nau ngaohi ʻae ʻuhikiʻi pulu ʻi he ngaahi ʻaho ko ia, pea feilaulau ki he tamapua, ʻo fiefia ʻi he ngāue ʻa honau nima.
42But God turned away and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: “‘Did you bring to me slain beasts and sacrifices, during the forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
42Pea naʻe tafoki ʻae ʻOtua, ʻo fakatukutukuʻi ʻakinautolu, ke nau lotu ki he ngaahi meʻa ʻoe langi; ʻo hangē ko ia kuo tohi ʻi he tohi ʻoe kau palōfita, ‘ʻAe fale ʻo ʻIsileli, he kuo mou tauhi ʻaki au ʻae manu tāmateʻi, mo e feilaulau, ʻi he taʻu ʻe fāngofulu ʻi he toafa?
43You took up the tent of Moloch and the star of your god Rephan, the images that you made to worship; and I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’
43ʻIo, pea mou toʻo hake ʻae fale fehikitaki ʻo Moloke, mo e fetuʻu ʻo homou ʻotua ko Lemafani, ʻae ngaahi fakatātā naʻa mou ngaohi ke mou lotu ki ai: pea te u fetuku ʻakimoutolu kituʻa Papilone.’
44“Our fathers had the tent of witness in the wilderness, just as he who spoke to Moses directed him to make it, according to the pattern that he had seen.
44“Naʻe ʻi heʻetau ngaahi tamai ʻae fale fehikitaki ʻoe fakamoʻoni ʻi he toafa, ʻo hangē ko e tuʻutuʻuni ʻo ia naʻe folofola kia Mōsese, ke ne ngaohi ia ʻo fakatatau ki he fakatātā kuo ne mamata ki ai.
45Our fathers in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our fathers. So it was until the days of David,
45ʻAia naʻe ʻomi ʻe heʻetau ngaahi tamai mo Siosiua ki he fonua ʻoe kakai Senitaile, ʻakinautolu naʻe kapusi ʻe he ʻOtua mei he ʻao ʻo ʻetau ngaahi tamai, ʻo aʻu ki he ngaahi ʻaho ʻo Tevita,
46who found favor in the sight of God and asked to find a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
46ʻAia naʻe ʻofeina ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ʻOtua, pea ne holi ke ne ʻilo ha nofoʻanga mo e ʻOtua ʻo Sēkope.
47But it was Solomon who built a house for him.
47Ka naʻe langa ʻe Solomone ʻae fale moʻona.
48Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made by hands, as the prophet says,
48“Ka ʻoku ʻikai nofo ʻae Fungani Māʻolunga ʻi he ngaahi fale kuo ngaohi ʻaki ʻae nima; ʻo hangē ko e lea ʻae palōfita,
49“‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?
49‘ʻOku pehē ʻe he ʻEiki, Ko hoku nofoʻa ʻae langi, pea ko hoku tuʻungavaʻe ʻa māmani: ko e hā ʻae fale te mou langa moʻoku? pea ko e hā hoku mālōlōʻanga?
50Did not my hand make all these things?’
50ʻIkai naʻe ngaohi ʻe hoku nima ʻae ngaahi meʻa ni kotoa pē?’
51“You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.
51“ʻAe kau kia kekeva, pea taʻekamu ʻae loto mo e telinga, ʻoku mou tekeʻi maʻuaipē ʻae Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni: ʻo hangē ko hoʻomou ngaahi tamai.
52Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,
52Ko e palōfita fē naʻe ʻikai fakatangaʻi ʻe hoʻomou ngaahi tamai? Pea kuo nau tāmateʻi ʻakinautolu naʻe muʻaki fakahā ʻae haʻu ʻoe Toko Taha Angatonu; ʻaia kuo mou toki lavakiʻi mo tāmateʻi:
53you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it.”
53ʻAkimoutolu naʻe maʻu ʻae fono ʻi he ʻao ʻoe kau ʻāngelo, kae ʻikai fai ki ai.”
54Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth at him.
54Pea kuo nau fanongo ki he ngaahi meʻa ni, naʻe tekelili honau loto ʻi he ʻita, pea nau fakalili honau nifo kiate ia.
55But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
55Ka naʻe pito ia ʻi he Laumālie Māʻoniʻoni, pea sio fakamamaʻu ia ki he langi, ʻo ne mamata ki he nāunau ʻoe ʻOtua, mo Sisu ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he nima toʻomataʻu ʻoe ʻOtua,
56And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
56ʻO ne pehē, “Vakai, ʻoku ou mamata ki he langi kuo matangaki, mo e Foha ʻoe tangata ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he nima toʻomataʻu ʻoe ʻOtua.”
57But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together at him.
57Pea naʻa nau toki kalanga ʻaki ʻae leʻo lahi, mo tāpuni honau telinga, ʻo feʻohofi fakataha kiate ia,
58Then they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
58ʻO lī ia ki he tuaʻā kolo, mo tolongaki ʻaki ʻae maka: pea naʻe tuku hifo ʻe he kau fakamoʻoni honau kofu ʻi he vaʻe ʻoe talavou, ko Saula hono hingoa.
59And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
59Pea naʻa nau tolongaki ʻa Setiveni, kae lotu pe ia, mo pehē, “ʻEiki Sisu, ke ke maʻu hoku laumālie.”
60And falling to his knees he cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
60Pea tuʻulutui ia, ʻo kalanga ʻaki ʻae leʻo lahi, “ʻEiki, ʻoua naʻa lau ʻae angahala ni kiate kinautolu.” Pea kuo ne leaʻaki ia, pea mohe. Pea naʻe loto lelei ʻa Saula ki heʻene mate.