Stephen's Speech
1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
Kuhani Mkuu akasema, Je! Mambo hayo ndivyo yalivyo?
2 And he said,
Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
Naye akasema, Ndugu zangu na baba zangu, sikilizeni: Mungu wa utukufu alimtokea baba yetu Ibrahimu, alipokuwa katika Mesopotamia, kabla hajakaa Harani,
3 and said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
akamwambia, Toka katika nchi yako na katika jamaa zako, ukaende hata nchi nitakayokuonyesha.
4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
Ndipo alipotoka katika nchi ya Wakaldayo, akakaa Harani, akatoka huko baada ya kufa babaye, Mungu akamhamisha mpaka nchi hii mnayokaa ninyi sasa.
5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
Wala hakumpa urithi humu hata kiasi cha kuweka mguu; akaahidi kwamba atampa, iwe milki yake, na ya uzao wake baadaye alipokuwa hana mtoto.
6 And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
Mungu akanena hivi, ya kwamba wazao wake watakuwa wageni katika nchi ya watu wengine, nao watawafanya kuwa watumwa wao, na kuwatenda mabaya kwa muda wa miaka mia nne.
7 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
Na lile taifa watakaowafanya watumwa nitawahukumu mimi, alisema Mungu; na baada ya hayo watatoka, nao wataniabudu mahali hapa.
8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
Akampa agano la tohara; basi Ibrahimu akamzaa Isaka, akamtahiri siku ya nane. Isaka akamzaa Yakobo. Yakobo akawazaa wale kumi na wawili, wazee wetu.
9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
Wale wazee wetu wakimwonea wivu Yusufu, wakamwuza aende Misri. Mungu akawa pamoja naye,
10 and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
akamtoa katika dhiki zake zote, akampa fadhili na hekima mbele ya Farao, mfalme wa Misri; naye akamfanya awe mtawala juu ya Misri na nyumba yake yote.
11 Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
Basi kukawa njaa katika nchi yote ya Misri na Kanaani, na dhiki nyingi, wala baba zetu hawakupata chakula cha kuwatosha.
12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
Hata Yakobo aliposikia ya kwamba huko Misri kuna nafaka, akawatuma baba zetu mara ya kwanza.
13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
Hata safari ya pili Yusufu akajitambulisha kwa ndugu zake, jamaa ya Yusufu ikawa dhahiri kwa Farao.
14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him , and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
Yusufu akatuma watu akamwita Yakobo babaye na jamaa zake wote pia, watu sabini na watano.
15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
Basi Yakobo akashuka mpaka Misri; akafa yeye na baba zetu;
16 and were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
wakachukuliwa mpaka Shekemu wakazikwa katika kaburi lile, ambalo Ibrahimu alilinunua kwa kima cha fedha kwa wana wa Hamori, huko Shekemu.
17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
Basi wakati wa ile ahadi ambayo Mungu alimpa Ibrahimu ulipokuwa unakaribia, wale watu wakazidi na kuongezeka sana huko Misri,
18 Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
hata mfalme mwingine akainuka juu ya Misri, asiyemfahamu Yusufu.
19 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
Huyo akawafanyia hila kabila yetu, na kuwatenda mabaya baba zetu, akiwaamuru wawatupe watoto wao wachanga, ili wasiishi.
20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months:
Wakati huo akazaliwa Musa, naye alikuwa mzuri sana, akalelewa muda wa miezi mitatu katika nyumba ya babaye.
21 and when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
Hata alipotupwa, binti Farao akamtwaa, akamlea awe kama mwanawe.
22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
Musa akafundishwa hekima yote ya Wamisri, akawa hodari wa maneno na matendo.
23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
Umri wake ulipopata kama miaka arobaini akaazimu moyoni mwake kwenda kuwatazama ndugu zake Waisraeli.
24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him , and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
Akamwona mmoja akidhulumiwa, akamtetea, akamlipia kisasi yule aliyekuwa akionewa, akampiga huyo Mmisri.
25 for he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
Alidhani kwamba ndugu zake watafahamu ya kuwa Mungu anawapa wokovu kwa mkono wake, lakini hawakufahamu.
26 And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
Siku ya pili yake akawatokea walipokuwa wakishindana, akataka kuwapatanisha, akisema, Enyi bwana zangu, ninyi ni ndugu. Mbona mnadhulumiana?
27 But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
Lakini yeye aliyemdhulumu mwenziwe akamsukumia mbali, akisema, Ni nani aliyekuweka wewe kuwa mkuu na mwamuzi juu yetu?
28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
Je! Wataka kuniua mimi kama ulivyomwua yule Mmisri jana?
29 Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
Musa akakimbia kwa neno hilo, akakaa hali ya ugeni katika nchi ya Midiani, akazaa wana wawili huko.
30 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
Hata miaka arobaini ilipotimia, malaika wa Bwana akamtokea katika jangwa la mlima wa Sinai katika mwali wa moto, kijitini.
31 When Moses saw it , he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it , the voice of the Lord came unto him,
Musa alipouona, akastaajabia maono yale, na alipokaribia ili atazame, sauti ya Bwana ikamjia,
32 saying , I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
Mimi ni Mungu wa baba zako, Mungu wa Ibrahimu, na Mungu wa Isaka, na Mungu wa Yakobo. Musa akatetemeka, asithubutu kutazama.
33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
Bwana akamwambia, Vua viatu miguuni mwako, kwa maana mahali hapa unaposimama ni nchi takatifu.
34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
Yakini nimeona mateso ya watu wangu waliomo Misri, nimesikia kuugua kwao, nami nimeshuka niwatoe. Basi sasa, nitakutuma mpaka Misri.
35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
Musa huyo waliyemkataa, wakisema, Ni nani aliyekuweka kuwa mkuu na mwamuzi? Ndiye aliyetumwa na Mungu kuwa mkuu na mkombozi, kwa mkono wa yule malaika aliyemtokea katika kile kijiti.
36 He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
Huyo ndiye aliyewatoa, akifanya ajabu na ishara katika nchi ya Misri, na katika bahari ya Shamu, na katika jangwa muda wa miaka arobaini.
37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
Musa huyo ndiye aliyewaambia Waisraeli, Bwana Mungu wenu atawainulieni nabii, katika ndugu zenu, kama mimi; msikieni yeye.
38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
Yeye ndiye aliyekuwa katika kanisa jangwani pamoja na yule malaika aliyesema naye katika mlima wa Sinai, tena pamoja na baba zetu; ndiye aliyepokea maneno ya uzima atupe sisi.
39 to whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
Mtu huyo baba zetu hawakutaka kumtii, bali wakamsukumia mbali, na kwa mioyo yao wakarejea Misri,
40 saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
wakamwambia Haruni, Tufanyie miungu, watakaotutangulia; maana huyo Musa, aliyetutoa katika nchi ya Misri, hatujui lililompata.
41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
Wakafanya ndama siku zile, wakaleta dhabihu kwa sanamu ile, wakafurahia kazi za mikono yao.
42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets,
O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices
By the space of forty years in the wilderness?
Basi Mungu akaghairi, akawaacha ili waliabudu jeshi la mbinguni, kama ilivyoandikwa katika chuo cha manabii, Je! Mlinitolea mimi dhabihu na sadaka Miaka arobaini katika jangwa, enyi nyumba ya Israeli?
43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch,
And the star of your god Remphan,
Figures which ye made to worship them:
And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
Nanyi mlichukua hema ya Moleki, Na nyota za mungu wenu Refani, Sanamu mlizozifanya ili kuziabudu; Nami nitawafahamisha mwende mbali kupita Babeli.
44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
Ile hema ya ushahidi ilikuwa pamoja na baba zetu jangwani, kama alivyoagiza yeye aliyesema na Musa, ya kwamba aifanye sawasawa na mfano ule aliouona;
45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
ambayo baba zetu, kwa kupokezana, wakaiingiza pamoja na Yoshua katika milki ya Mataifa wale, ambao Mungu aliwafukuza mbele ya baba zetu, mpaka siku za Daudi;
46 who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
aliyepata fadhili mbele za Mungu, naye aliomba ampatie Mungu wa Yakobo maskani.
47 But Solomon built him an house.
Lakini Sulemani alimjengea nyumba.
48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
Ila Yeye aliye juu hakai katika nyumba zilizofanywa kwa mikono, kama vile asemavyo nabii,
49 Heaven is my throne,
And earth is my footstool:
What house will ye build me? saith the Lord:
Or what is the place of my rest?
Mbingu ni kiti changu cha enzi, Na nchi ni pa kuwekea miguu yangu; Ni nyumba gani mtakayonijengea? Asema Bwana,
50 Hath not my hand made all these things?
Au ni mahali gani nitakapostarehe? Si mkono wangu uliofanya haya yote?
51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did , so do ye.
Enyi wenye shingo gumu, msiotahiriwa mioyo wala masikio, siku zote mnampinga Roho Mtakatifu; kama baba zenu walivyofanya, na ninyi ni vivyo hivyo.
52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
Ni yupi katika manabii ambaye baba zenu hawakumwudhi? Nao waliwaua wale waliotabiri habari za kuja kwake yule Mwenye Haki; ambaye ninyi sasa mmekuwa wasaliti wake, mkamwua;
53 who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it .
ninyi mlioipokea torati kwa agizo la malaika msiishike.
Death of Stephen
54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
Basi waliposikia maneno haya, wakachomwa mioyo, wakamsagia meno.
55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
Lakini yeye akijaa Roho Mtakatifu, akakaza macho yake, akitazama mbinguni, akauona utukufu wa Mungu, na Yesu akisimama upande wa mkono wa kuume wa Mungu.
56 and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Akasema, Tazama! Naona mbingu zimefunguka, na Mwana wa Adamu amesimama mkono wa kuume wa Mungu.
57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
Wakapiga kelele kwa sauti kuu, wakaziba masikio yao, wakamrukia kwa nia moja,
58 and cast him out of the city, and stoned him : and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
wakamtoa nje ya mji, wakampiga kwa mawe. Nao mashahidi wakaweka nguo zao miguuni pa kijana mmoja aliyeitwa Sauli.
59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God , and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Wakampiga kwa mawe Stefano, naye akiomba, akisema, Bwana Yesu, pokea roho yangu.
60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Akapiga magoti, akalia kwa sauti kuu, Bwana, usiwahesabie dhambi hii. Akiisha kusema haya akalala. Na Sauli alikuwa akiona vema kwa kuuawa kwake.
