1 K atahi ka mea te tohunga nui, He pono ranei enei mea?

And the high priest said, Are these things then so?

2 N a mea ia, E nga teina, e nga matua, whakarongo mai: I puta te Atua o te kororia ki to tatou matua, ki a Aperahama, i a ia i Mehopotamia, a kiano i noho ki Harana,

And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

3 K a mea ki a ia, Haere atu i tou whenua, i ou whanaunga, a e tomo ki te whenua e whakakitea e ahau ki a koe.

and said to him, Go out of thy land and out of thy kindred, and come into the land which I will shew thee.

4 N a puta mai ana ia i te whenua o nga Karari, noho ana ki Harana: a, no te matenga o tona papa, ka whakahekea mai ia i reira e te Atua ki tenei whenua e noho nei koutou.

Then going out of the land of the Chaldeans he dwelt in Charran, and thence, after his father died, he removed him into this land in which ye now dwell.

5 A kihai i hoatu tetahi kainga mona i konei, kore rawa, ahakoa he turanga waewae noa: heoi i oati ia, tera e homai a konei hei kainga mona, mo tona uri hoki i muri i a ia, ahakoa ra i taua wa kahore ana tamariki.

And he did not give him an inheritance in it, not even what his foot could stand on; and promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he had no child.

6 A i penei te korero a te Atua, tera tona uri e noho manene ki te whenua ke: ka meinga hoki hei pononga, a e wha rau tau e tukinotia ana.

And God spoke thus: His seed shall be a sojourner in a strange land, and they shall enslave them and evil entreat four hundred years;

7 N a, ko te iwi e meinga ai ratou hei pononga, ka whakawakia e ahau, e ai ta te Atua: muri iho i tenei ka puta mai ratou, a ka mahi ki ahau i tenei wahi.

and the nation to which they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and serve me in this place.

8 A i homai ano e ia ki a ia te kawenata o te kotinga: a whanau ake ta Aperahama ko Ihaka, a i te waru o nga ra ka kotia; a na Ihaka ko Hakopa; na Hakopa hoki nga tupuna kotahi tekau ma rua.

And he gave to him covenant of circumcision; and thus he begat Isaac and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.

9 N a ka hae nga tupuna ki a Hohepa, a hokona ana ia ki Ihipa: otira i a ia te Atua;

And the patriarchs, envying Joseph, sold him away into Egypt. And God was with him,

10 N ana ia i whakaora i ona matenga katoa, a hoatu ana ki a ia he pai, he matauranga i te aroaro o Parao kingi o Ihipa; a meinga ana ia e tera hei kawana mo Ihipa, mo tona whare katoa hoki.

and delivered him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he appointed him chief over Egypt and all his house.

11 N a i reira ka puta he matekai ki te whenua katoa o Ihipa, o Kanaana, a he mate nui: kihai rawa i kitea he oranga e o tatou matua.

But a famine came upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress, and our fathers found no food.

12 A , no te rongonga o Hakopa, e whai witi ana a Ihipa, ka tonoa e ia o tatou matua, ko te tononga tuatahi.

But Jacob, having heard of there being corn in Egypt, sent out our fathers first;

13 A , no te tononga tuarua, ka whakamohiotia a Hohepa ki ona tuakana; a ka whakaaturia ki a Parao te iwi o Hohepa.

and the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren, and the family of Joseph became known to Pharaoh.

14 N a ka tono tangata a Hohepa ki te karanga i tona papa, i a Hakopa ki a ia, i ona huanga katoa hoki, e whitu tekau ma rima nga wairua.

And Joseph sent and called down to him his father Jacob and all kindred, seventy-five souls.

15 N a heke ana a Hakopa ki Ihipa, a ka mate, a ia me o tatou matua.

And Jacob went down into Egypt and died, he and our fathers,

16 A kawea atu ana ratou ki Hekeme, whakatakotoria ana ki te urupa i hokona mai ra e Aperahama, he moni hiriwa te utu, i nga tama a Hamora i Hekeme.

and were carried over to Sychem and placed in the sepulchre which Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the of Sychem.

17 A , no ka tata mai te wa mo te mea i korerotia ra i mua, i oatitia ra e te Atua ki a Aperahama, ka tupu te iwi, ka tini haere ki Ihipa,

But as the time of promise drew near which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

18 A tae noa ki te putanga ake o tetahi atu kingi mo Ihipa, kihai nei i mohio ki a Hohepa.

until another king over Egypt arose who did not know Joseph.

19 K o ia te mea nana i tinihanga to tatou iwi, i whakatupu kino o tatou matua, i meatia ai kia maka atu a ratou tamariki kei puta ki te ora.

He dealt subtilly with our race, and evil entreated the fathers, casting out their infants that they might not live.

20 N o taua wa ka whanau a Mohi, he tangata tino ataahua; e toru nga marama i whakatupuria ai ia i roto i te whare o tona papa,

In which time Moses was born, and was exceedingly lovely, who was nourished three months in the house of his father.

21 A , no ka maka atu ia, ka tangohia ake ia e te tamahine a Parao, a atawhaitia ana hei tamaiti ake mana.

And when he was cast out, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and brought him up for herself for a son.

22 N a i ata whakaakona a Mohi ki nga mea katoa o te matauranga o nga Ihipiana; a he mana rawa ia, i te kupu, i te mahi.

And Moses was instructed in all wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.

23 A , ka tata ona tau ki te wha tekau, ka uru mai te whakaaro ki tona ngakau kia haere ia ki ona tuakana, ki nga tama a Iharaira.

And when a period of forty years was fulfilled to him, it came into his heart to look upon his brethren, the sons of Israel;

24 A , i tona kitenga i tetahi o ratou e tukinotia ana, ka awhina ia i a ia, a patua iho e ia te Ihipiana, a ka whai utu mona i tukinotia ra:

and seeing a certain one wronged, he defended, and avenged him that was being oppressed, smiting the Egyptian.

25 H ua noa e mohio ona tuakana, nona te ringa e homai ai e te Atua te whakaoranga mo ratou: heoi kihai ratou i mohio.

For he thought that his brethren would understand that God by his hand was giving them deliverance. But they understood not.

26 N a i te aonga ake ka puta atu ia ki etahi e whawhai ana ki a raua, ka tahuri ki te wawao i a raua, ka mea, E hoa ma, he teina, he tuakana korua: he aha korua ka kino ai ki a korua ano?

And on the morrow he shewed himself to them as they were contending, and compelled them to peace, saying, Ye are brethren, why do ye wrong one another?

27 O tira peia atu ana ia e te tangata nana te he ki tona hoa; i mea ia, Na wai koe i mea hei rangatira, hei kaiwhakawa mo maua?

But he that was wronging his neighbour thrust him away, saying, Who established thee ruler and judge over us?

28 E mea ana koe ki te whakamate i ahau, me koe i whakamate ra i te Ihipiana inanahi?

Dost thou wish to kill me as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?

29 N a ka tahuti a Mohi i taua korero, a noho manene ana i Miriana; a tokorua ana tama i whanau ki reira.

And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Madiam, where he begat two sons.

30 A , no ka tutuki nga tau e wha tekau, ka puta ki a ia tetahi anahera a te Ariki i te koraha o Maunga Hinai, i roto i te mura ahi i te rakau.

And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in a flame of fire of a bush.

31 A , no te kitenga o Mohi, ka miharo ki taua whakakitenga; a i a ia ka whakatata atu ki te matakitaki, ka puaki mai te reo o te Ariki ki a ia,

And Moses seeing it wondered at the vision; and as he went up to consider it, there was a voice of Lord,

32 K o te Atua ahau o ou matua, ko te Atua o Aperahama, o Ihaka, o Hakopa. Na wiri ana a Mohi, kore rawa i kaha ki te titiro atu.

I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not consider.

33 A ka mea mai te Ariki ki a ia, Wetekia atu nga hu i ou waewae: ko te wahi hoki e tu na koe he oneone tapu.

And the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place on which thou standest is holy ground.

34 K ua tino kite hoki ahau i te mate o toku iwi e noho nei i Ihipa, kua rongo hoki i ta ratou aue, a kua heke iho nei ahau ki te whakaora i a ratou. Na, haere mai, ka tonoa koe e ahau ki Ihipa.

I have surely seen the ill treatment of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groan, and have come down to take them out of it; and now, come, I will send thee to Egypt.

35 N a ko taua Mohi i whakakahoretia ra e ratou, i mea ra ratou, na wai koe i mea hei rangatira, hei kaiwhakawa? ko ia ano i tonoa e te Atua hei rangatira, hei kaiwhakaora, he mea na te ringa o te anahera i puta mai ra ki a ia i te rakau.

This Moses, whom they refused, saying, Who made thee ruler and judge? him did God send a ruler and deliverer with the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

36 N a taua tangata ratou i arahi atu, i muri iho i tana mahinga i nga mea whakamiharo, i nga tohu, ki te whenua o Ihipa, ki te Moana Whero, ki te koraha hoki i nga tau e wha tekau.

He led them out, having wrought wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

37 K o taua Mohio ano tenei i mea atu ra ki nga tamariki a Iharaira, Ma te Atua e whakaara ake he poropiti mo koutou i roto i o koutou teina, he penei me ahau.

This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up to you out of your brethren like me.

38 K o ia ano tenei i te whakaminenga i te koraha, raua ko te anahera i korero ra ki a ia i Maunga Hinai, ko o tatou matua hoki: i riro mai ai i a ia nga kupu ora hei homai ki a tatou.

This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received living oracles to give to us;

39 K ihai nei o tatou matua i pai ki te whakarongo ki a ia, heoi peia atu ana ia e ratou, a hoki ana o ratou ngakau ki Ihipa.

to whom our fathers would not be subject, but thrust from them, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,

40 A mea ana ratou ki a Arona, hanga ma tatou etahi atua hei haere ki mua i a tatou: ko tenei Mohi hoki i arahina mai nei tatou i te whenua o Ihipa, kahore tatou e matau kua ahatia ranei.

saying to Aaron, Make us gods who shall go before us; for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has happened to him.

41 H eoi hanga ana e ratou he kuao kau i aua ra, tapaea ana he patunga tapu ma taua whakapakoko, a koa ana o ratou ngakau ki nga mahi a o ratou ringa.

And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

42 N a ka tahuri ke te Atua, tukua atu ana ratou kia karakia ki te ope o te rangi; kia pera me te mea i tuhia ki te pukapuka a nga poropiti, I homai koia e koutou ki ahau nga patunga tapu me nga whakahere i nga tau e wha tekau i te koraha, e te whar e o Iharaira?

But God turned and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in book of the prophets, Have ye offered me victims and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

43 N a kua mau koutou ki te tapenakara o Moroko, ki te whetu o to koutou atua o Reipana, ki nga whakapakoko i hanga e koutou hei koropiko atu; na, maku koutou e kawe atu ki tawahi o Papurona.

Yea, ye took up the tent of Moloch, and the star of god Remphan, the forms which ye made to do homage to them; and I will transport you beyond Babylon.

44 I o tatou matua te tapenakara o te whakaaturanga i te koraha, tana hoki i whakarite ai, i mea ai ki a Mohi kia hanga e ia, kia rite ki te tauira i kite ai ia.

Our fathers had the tent of the testimony in the wilderness, as he that spoke to Moses commanded to make it according to the model which he had seen;

45 A , i o ratou na ra, na o tatou matua i mau mai, i a ratou ko Hohua i haere mai ai ki te noho i te whenua o nga Tauiwi, i peia atu nei e te Atua i te aroaro o o tatou matua, a taea noatia nga ra i a Rawiri;

which also our fathers, receiving from their predecessors, brought in with Joshua when they entered into possession of the nations, whom God drove out from face of our fathers, until the days of David;

46 I paingia nei ia e te Atua, a i inoi hoki mana e rapu he nohoanga mo te Atua o Hakopa.

who found favour before God, and asked to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;

47 N a Horomona ia i hanga he whare mona.

but Solomon built him a house.

48 H e ahakoa ra, e kore te Runga Rawa e noho ki nga whare i hanga e te ringa; ko ta te poropiti hoki tena i mea ai,

But the Most High dwells not in made with hands; as says the prophet,

49 K o te rangi toku torona, ko te whenua toku turanga waewae; he whare pehea ta koutou e hanga ai moku? e ai ta te Ariki: a ko tehea te wahi e okioki ai ahau?

The heaven my throne and the earth the footstool of my feet: what house will ye build me? saith Lord, or where place of my rest?

50 E hara ianei i toku ringa nana enei mea katoa i hanga?

has not my hand made all these things?

51 E te hunga kaki maro, kahore nei i kotia te ngakau me nga taringa, he whakakeke tonu ta koutou ki te Wairua Tapu: rite tonu ta koutou ki ta o koutou matua.

O stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers, ye also.

52 K o tehea o nga poropiti kihai i whakatupuria kinotia e o koutou matua? whakamatea iho e ratou te hunga i poropititia ai te haerenga mai o te Mea Tika: ko koutou nei ona kaituku, ona kaikohuru;

Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the Just One, of whom ye have now become deliverers up and murderers!

53 K o koutou, kua riro na i a koutou te ture, i ta nga anahera i whakatakoto mai ai, heoi kihai i puritia e koutou.

who have received the law as ordained by ministry of angels, and have not kept.

54 A ka rongo ratou ki enei mea, na tu rawa ki roto ki o ratou ngakau, tetea ana o ratou niho ki a ia.

And hearing these things they were cut to the heart, and gnashed their teeth against him.

55 O tiia ko ia, ki tonu i te Wairua Tapu, titiro matatau atu ana ki te rangi, ka kite i te kororia o te Atua, i a Ihu hoki e tu ana i te ringa matau o te Atua;

But being full of Holy Spirit, having fixed his eyes on heaven, he saw glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God,

56 A ka mea, nana, e kite ana ahau ko nga rangi e tuhaha ana, a ko te Tama a te tangata e tu ana i te ringa matau o te Atua.

and said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.

57 K atahi ratou ka hamama, he nui te reo, ka puru i o ratou taringa, a kotahi tonu te omanga atu ki a ia,

And they cried out with a loud voice, and held their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;

58 K a maka ia e ratou ki waho o te pa, a akina ana ki te kohatu: ko nga kaititiro i whakatakoto i o ratou kakahu ki nga waewae o tetahi taitama, ko Haora te ingoa.

and having cast out of the city, they stoned. And the witnesses laid aside their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul.

59 H eoi akina ana e ratou a Tepene ki te kohatu, me ia e karanga ana ki te Ariki, e mea ana, E te Ariki, e Ihu, toku wairua ki a koe.

And they stoned Stephen, praying, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

60 K atahi ia ka tuturi ki raro, ka karanga, he nui te reo, E te Ariki, kaua tenei mea e whakairia ki a ratou. A, i tana korerotanga i tenei, ka moe.

And kneeling down, he cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And having said this, he fell asleep.