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Laɓar Istifanus
1 Tǝrgha Firis na manggǝn yi Yahudaya tsahang mee nǝn Istifanus, “Palth yiniya ƙǝkafek ni wa?”
2 Nggǝmangga Istifanus ndǝghǝn, “Wan manggina tǝ chinggina, keema thlǝmaarha fa! Faara tǝ mamnggitghǝn ɗǝɗǝ thlǝmad chichid nǝm Ibrahim ɗǝ ndǝghǝn ɓalɗǝ a Mesopotamiya kapa nǝn ɗǝrha Haran ɗǝ tǝ tsaurha.” 3 Ndangga Faara, “Malang chehweed nggǝttǝwa tǝ hurfayiwa, ɗǝnna ahu chehweed ɗaɗǝ niya saworha.” 4 Nanǝn kee malangga Ibrahim chehweed Kaldiyayini tsauka a Haran. A kwasamadɗi mǝrna chin, thlǝnangga Faara ahu chehwedɗa ɓa mbǝɗi nanun sǝ tǝ tsaurha ya. 5 Amma Faara fǝrangwa langaarha a mbǝɗiya wa, ko ɗǝf saara tal yi chehweerha. Ɗǝf Faara miighǝn a ndǝghǝn tǝ chichiyighǝn na ɓayi a samadghǝn nǝn a fǝrang chehwedɗi kanda ko nanǝn mbǝ wanggighǝn sǝ wa. 6 Ndangga Faara Ibrahim, “Na chichiyiwa a tsaurha ahu chehweerha pak, ǝna tar mafayirha nda sǝsangganda kanda yi hurarha haru faɗa. 7 Amma niya sǝsang chehwedɗi kyangga kanda ahu tar mafayirha hai, a kwasamadghǝn na nda a kyarha sǝ fǝree mamnggirha nda a mbǝɗiya.”*
8 “Faara ƙǝm fǝrang ɗǝf mee nǝn Ibrahim yi thlee muwa a farɗi. Nanǝn tsauna Ibrahim chin Ishaku, thleng muwa nǝn a far ɓeena wuvaɗa. Tsauka Ishaku chin Yakubu, tǝ ƙǝm tsauka Yakubu chin chichiiya Isǝrela kumkap sǝri.”
9 “Ƙǝsǝr chichiiyini na nda a sǝrghang Yisufu fa, hengganda a Masar ɗǝ ƙǝla mafarha. Amma Faara nǝghǝn tǝghǝn ha 10 kyanggǝn sǝ ahu ɓilladghǝn heu. Fǝrang sǝnda nǝn Yisufu tǝ ƙǝm nagha fadghǝn pet a mbed Firˈauna kutǝr Masar; nanǝn kee faɗangga Firˈauna tsauka ngwamna hu chehweed Masar tǝ ƙǝm mamnda ahu wuri kutǝryidghǝn.”
11 Tǝrgha miirha kyagha hu chehweed Masar hai tǝ yi Kanˈana. Nagha sǝsaarha sǝ kaan, tǝrgha chichiyinǝm ngwalagha ǝnnarhami hai a haar ndan. 12 Sǝkna Yakubu ndaarha ɓalgha hwarma sǝ a Masar, thlǝn wanggighǝn nǝn ɗǝ ɗa nda hiirha ɓa, kanda tsauka chichiyinǝm. 13 Wuttǝ ndan ɗǝ yi sǝri, Yisufu chalmang fadghǝnǝn wan manggighǝn, kyaɗang wanmanggighǝn nǝn Firˈauna. 14 Tǝrgha Yisufu thlǝngga ɗǝ a chin, Yakubu, tǝ hurfayighǝn a ɓa nda a Masar ɓa, kanda heu kumggit mǝd kap tuf. 15 Tǝrgha Yakubu ɗǝgha Masar ɗǝ. Mǝrgha a mbǝɗi ndǝghǝn tǝ chichiyinǝm. 16 Mǝr yindan tǝrangganda kanda a Shekem ɗǝ pangganda kanda ahu kwadɗi hiina Ibrahim a haar wangya Hamor.
17 Nduwusna sayidɗa ɓa na Faara a lǝɗang nda ˈya ndanǝn a Ibrahim, hang nda nafinǝm a Masar chikka kaan. 18 Tǝrgha nggǝrgha nda ǝna kutǝra a pak a Masar sǝngwaa Yisufu. 19 Kutǝr ɗiya huk ɗǝ nafinǝm nagha a ngyaɓang nda fa nggǝtya a muwangganda wufar waya ɗǝ nggǝt nanda ka a mǝra nda.
20 A hu sayidɗi nggǝt nda Musa, wundakhne ngga a yid Faara. Ƙǝrghǝna fa nggǝtyighǝn ahur minda yi ndǝree mahan. 21 Ɗǝfang nanda a ƙǝshaaɗǝ, malghǝnda wutarad Firˈauna tǝranggǝn ƙǝrghǝnǝn tsauka yighǝn. 22 Tsahang thladwayid Masarya nda Musa ha heu, ndǝghǝn nggi ƙǝm nǝghǝn tǝ sǝsǝmnda fa hu laɓara tǝ ǝn ǝnadghǝn.
23 Tsǝna Musa hurarha kumggit faɗa, na midghǝn sǝ a weng tala nǝn nafiyighǝn, nafiya Isǝrela. 24 Na wan tǝ Masar nǝn a ɗǝghang nda tǝ Isǝrela ɗǝ. Ɗǝgha ɗǝ ɗanggǝn tǝ Isǝrela ɗa sǝ, ɓǝlanggǝn tǝ Masar ɗi. 25 Tamngga Musa ndaarha na nafiyighǝn a sǝnda sǝ tǝ ndaarha na Faara a ǝna taara tǝghǝn ka a hǝrghanggǝn kanda, amma sǝngwa nda sǝ wa.
26 Ɗalthna mbǝrha hai nggǝrghǝn weng tala kanda fadɗǝn ɗǝgha wal Isǝrelaya sǝri a kanda ndan a yanda. Midghǝn sǝ a ndǝghanggǝn kanda hai, ndanggǝn kanda, “Kun nafiniya, nuwun a wanmanggi. Kama nda nun a yanda tǝ ndan?”
27 “Amma yanɗi na a ɗǝghang nda shadghǝn ɗǝ puwanggǝn Musa man patu ɗǝ ndanggǝn, wunni tsawowa kutǝra nan, tǝ ngwa kumarha aten nan? 28 Na a ɓǝleerha ƙǝla ɓǝlang na tǝ Masar ɗi ɓǝrarha wa?” 29 Sǝkna Musa ndǝn kee, ɗaagha mal chehweed ɗa nǝn ɗǝgha tsau ronggirha a chehweed Mediyan nggǝt wangya hǝshya nǝn sǝri a mbǝɗi.
30 “A kwasamad hurarha kumnggit faɗa, tǝthlǝnda Faara ɓagha thlǝmad Musa ɗǝ ahu ƙǝssa waarha ahu ɗǝfrha ngguchit a kaheerha na tsau tǝ wumnda Sǝnai fa. 31 Nanǝn ndǝn kee, ƙǝsgha ǝnwulteena ndǝn a mbǝɗi. Nduwus nǝn ɗǝ ka ɗǝgha ƙǝlang nda, sǝk urad Chinǝm nǝn, ndanggǝn, 32 Nggini Faara yi chichiyiwa, Faara yi Ibrahim, tǝ Ishaku tǝ Yakubu.” Tǝrǝmngga Musa nagha fadghǝn a rǝprha fa, nggǝrwa fadghǝn ndang nda a ɗǝgha ƙǝlang nda ɓal wa.
33 “Tǝrgha Chinǝm ndanggǝn, Ƙǝɗang paham wa hai, ƙǝsǝr ishgha a mbǝd tǝ Peɗǝnda. 34 Naɗi sǝsadɗi na nafina a saarha fa a Masar. Sǝkɗi tendan ndǝn ɓani ɓa a ɓi hǝrghang nda kanda. Nanǝn ya ɗuwa ɗǝ, ƙǝsǝr niya thlǝn sa a wuɗana Masar ɗǝ.”†
35 “Musa ɗani kar nanda tǝ ndaarha, ‘Wunni tsawowa kutǝr nan, tǝ tǝ ngwa kumad nan?’ Musa ɗani thlǝnang na Faara ɗǝ ɗǝgha tsaurha kutǝr ndan tǝ ƙǝm tǝ hǝrǝkrǝ ndan a mii thlǝnda Faara kyaɗang nǝn fadghǝn ahu ɗǝfǝdɗi ƙǝsgha waarha a kaheerha. 36 Kyanggǝn kanda sǝ ahur Masar tǝ ǝnsakhkya tǝ ǝnwulteengya hangga ǝnanǝn. Kyagha tǝ kanda tǝ hur wuri aama na yiɓa, tǝ ƙǝm tǝ hur kaheerha yi huraya kumggit faɗa.”
37 “Musa tafadghǝn ndanggǝn nafiya Isǝrela, ‘Na Faara a thlǝnang annabi kun ɓa ƙǝla nggi ahur nafi nun.’‡ 38 Na Musa ahur fiya wumngga hai a kaheedɗi, tǝ tǝthlǝnda Faara ndik ɗǝ tǝghǝn tǝ chingginǝm a Wumnda Sǝnai. Thlǝɗǝ laɓara ɓa yi yibrha fǝrang nǝn ƙǝm.”
39 Amma chingginǝm kar nda sǝk miighǝn fa. A meghedghǝn karghǝnda fa ndaa nda ahur ndan a nggushi wudnanda a Masar ɗǝ. 40 Ndangganda Haruna, Tangsang faarya ƙǝm sǝ na a naarha a mben nǝm, ƙǝsǝr sǝnggum ǝnɗi walgha Musa ɗiya wa kyangga ƙǝm ɓa a Masar. 41 41 Əna ɗaharha nda ƙǝla wan thlaarha, ǝnang sataka nda na nda a ǝna wutsǝfayirha a ǝnɗi ǝnana nda. 42 Tǝrgha Faara kyahargha ma kanda malanggǝn kanda na nda a fǝrang mamnggirha wufǝlngaarya na a fǝrakh amshi tsawa nda faar yindan. A hu ɗeleewar annabiya nǝghǝn chichirethlee hai,
Nafiya Isǝrela, a nggini nun a ɓee satakhkya ɓa tǝ ǝn fǝrya,
Ahu hurayini kumnggit faɗa a kaheedɗi wa?
43 Awo, nggǝmnda hur nun nǝghǝn hu takkwa ɗahaa yinun
Mbǝd paa ɗahad Molek
Tǝ wufǝlngaar ɗahad Rifan,
Tǝ ǝngya tak sanun tǝ har nun non a fǝrang mamnggirha kanda.
Nanǝn kee niya ɗǝrha tǝ kun hu tar mafayirha ɗǝ
A mbǝrha ɗǝ inggun ma Mbabila.§
44 “Chichiyinǝm tǝrang nda cham hwan Faara a kaheedɗi. Ənagha ndan mǝmǝl ƙǝla kyaɗang na Faara Musa. 45 Thlǝna nda cham ɗaɓa, chichiyinǝm na a kamu Djeshiwa tahang nda ha ɓa thlǝ nanda chehwedɗi a haar nafini mbuwa Yahudaya rǝghang na Faara kanda ɗǝ. Tsauka cham ɗi a mbǝɗi ta thlakh mbǝd Kutǝra Ndauda ɗǝ.”
46 Walgha Ndauda nggayirha a mbed Faara, hwanggǝnǝn na a tǝnang mbǝd tsaurha nǝn Faara sǝ yi Yakubu. 47 Amma Sulemanu ni tǝngga ndǝn. 48 Ko nanǝn kee, Faara Amshi mbǝ tsaurha ahur minda tǝnna niifa tǝ haarghǝn wa. Ƙǝla ndana annabi,
49 Ndagha Faara, “ ‘Na tsǝnggam nggina a fǝrakh amshi,
Chehweerha ndǝna mbǝd ɗǝf sarna.
Tsakhka Chinǝm mee,
Nun mbang tǝne Ƙǝn Faara sǝ ngga kee wa?
Nun mbang tǝne mbǝd yibrha sǝ kee wa?
50 Mbǝ tǝ haryi na ni ǝnani nda talara tǝ hweeɗe wa?’ ”
51 “Kun nafiya mbuwa wa sǝk ˈya! Na huryinun kakrak mbun sǝk path ƙǝkafek wa. Pa kwanɗǝ nun narha kar Sǝsǝna fa tǝ Peɗǝnda? Chichiyinun ǝnanda kee, kun kǝm nuwun kee! 52 Aah ma thlǝm annabi tal sǝsangwana chichiyinun! Ɓǝlang nda fingyayini thlǝkka laɓar ɓad ka niifɗa ɓa Ƙǝrǝsti fǝr nun tǝ ƙǝm ɓǝlang nun. 53 Thlǝmǝn kee kar nun ngyakhrha Faara fa, ko nanǝn thlǝwun ndǝn ɓa a haar fa thlǝngya Faara.”
54 Ndengga mamngya Yahudayini pǝmnggindan hai ka sǝbrha hura sǝk nanda palth Istifanus. 55 Amma Istifanus lǝlǝgɗa tǝ Sǝsǝna tǝ Peɗǝnda, ƙǝlagha talara sǝ na kukwaryid Faara nǝn a yanda hai, tǝ ƙǝm na Yeeso ƙǝrǝsti nǝn ƙǝt a yisǝmad Faara. 56 Ndagha, “Kuloɗǝ, naɗi talara inɗaɗǝ haang Wan niifa ƙǝt a yisǝmad Faara!”
57 Tǝrgha nggǝlang ngganda thlǝmayi ndan tǝ haryi ndan na nda ahuhwaarha. Ɗa nda thlǝmadghǝn ɗǝ 58 rǝghang ngganda sǝ ma talɗi katǝrangganda mukƙǝn hai tǝ ferya. Fingya mamngya Yahudaya tsangga ndǝn ƙǝɗangganda kaɓayindan hai ɗǝfang ngganda a mbed wundǝlarha na nda aarha Shawulu.
59 Muk na ndan, hwangga Istifanus Faara, “Chinǝm Yeeso, thlu yiɓǝd na.” 60 Ɓǝrgha hai tǝ waɗedghǝn, tǝranggǝn uradghǝn sǝ, “Chinǝm, a ƙǝsna ɗimiyid ndan ha wa!” Ndanǝn kee mǝrgha.
* 7:7 Katǝrarha 12:7; 15:13-14; Kyarhaɓa 3:12 † 7:34 Katǝrarha 7:31-34 Kyarhaɓa 3:5-10. ‡ 7:37 Ɗeleewar Ngwa Kumaarha 18:15 § 7:43 Amos 5:25