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

¶ Then the prince of the priests said, Are these things 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, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken. The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,

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 unto him, Get thee out of thy country and from thy kindred and come into the land which I shall show 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 he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans and dwelt in Haran; and from there, when his father was dead, 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 gave him no 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.

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, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into slavery and mistreat them 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 Gentiles unto whom they shall be in slavery I will judge, said God; and after that 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 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.

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, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt, but 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 afflictions and gave him grace and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he made him governor 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.

Now there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers found no sustenance.

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 when Jacob heard that there was wheat in Egypt, he sent our fathers the first time.

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

And in the second Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s lineage was made known unto 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.

Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob unto him and all his kindred, seventy-five souls.

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

So 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.

who were carried over into Shechem and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor of Shechem.

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 when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew 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 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.

The same dealt subtly with our kindred and mistreated our fathers so that they exposed their babies to death, to the end that the generation would cease.

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 beautiful to God and was nourished in his father’s house three months;

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 put in danger, Pharaoh’s daughter took him in and nourished him as her own 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 taught in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and 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 he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit 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 one of them suffer wrong, he defended him and smote the Egyptian, avenging the oppressed;

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 supposed his brethren would have understood how that God was to give them saving health by his hand, but they had not understood.

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 the next day he showed himself unto them as they strove and urged them to peace, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to 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 did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a prince and a judge over us?

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

Wilt thou kill me as thou didst 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.

Then Moses fled at this word and became a sojourner in the land of Madian, 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 expired, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in 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,

When Moses saw it, he wondered at the vision; and as he drew near to consider it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,

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.

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 dared not to behold.

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.

Then the Lord said to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet; for the place where thou dost stand 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 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.

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 had refused, saying, Who made thee a prince and a judge? the same did God send as prince and redeemer by 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 brought them out, showing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the wilderness for 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 that Moses, who said unto the sons of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren like unto me; him shall ye hear.

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 congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him in the Mount Sinai and with our fathers, who received the oracles of life to give unto 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 obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into 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 unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us; for as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of 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 then they made a calf and offered sacrifice unto 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?

¶ Then God withdrew and gave them up to worship the host of the 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?

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.

On the contrary, 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.

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 tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses that he should make it according to the fashion that 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 that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers unto 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 grace before God and asked to provide 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,

Howbeit the most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as saith 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?

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?

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.

¶ Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do ye.

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;

Who of the prophets have your fathers not persecuted? and they have slain those who announced before the coming of the Just One, of whom ye have now been the betrayers 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 by the disposition of angels and have not kept it.

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.

¶ When they heard these things, they were divided in their hearts and gnashed on him with their teeth.

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 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

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, Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of man standing on 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 crying out with a loud voice, they stopped their ears and ran 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 casting him out of the city, they stoned him; and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was 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 calling upon God 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 he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice, Lord, impute not this sin to their charge. And having said this, he fell asleep in the Lord.