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Stephen Taak ta de Council
1 De head man ob de Jew priest dem aks Stephen say, “All dat wa dem people yah done say ginst ya, dat de trute?”
2 Stephen ansa say, “Oona, me fada dem an me bredren, listen ta me! God wa hab glory an powa mo den all oda, e appeah ta we fada Abraham. Dat been wen Abraham beena lib een Mesopotamia, fo e gone fa lib ta Haran town. 3 God tell Abraham say, ‘Ya mus lef ya kin folk an come outta ya country. Haffa go ta a country dat A gwine show ya.’ 4 So Abraham come outta Chaldea an gone fa lib ta Haran. Atta Abraham fada done dead, God moob Abraham outta Haran an sen um ta dis lan weh oona da lib now. 5 Stillyet, God ain gii Abraham no place dey fa be e own een dat time. E ain git eben one foot ob groun fa esef. Bot e mek a cobnant wid um, promise um say, e gwine gim dat groun. An God promise um dat groun dey gwine be Abraham own propaty, an de propaty ob Abraham chullun chullun atta Abraham done pass oba. Now Abraham ain hab no chullun yet wen God tell um dat. 6 God tell Abraham like dis, say, ‘Abraham, ya chullun chullun gwine lib een noda lan wa blongst ta oda people. An dem people een dat oda lan gwine mek ya chullun chullun slabe. Dey gwine do um bad an mek um suffa fa fo hundud yeah. 7 Bot A gwine jedge de nation wa mek um slabe. Den ya chullun chullun gwine come outta dat slabe life an dat oda lan. Dey gwine come yah ta dis place an woshup me.’ 8 God tell Abraham fa circumcise dey son dem atta dey bon, fa show dat God been mek dat cobnant wid dem. So wen Abraham hab a son, wa e name Isaac, Abraham circumcise um pon de eight day atta e bon. An atta wile, wen Isaac hab a son, wa e name Jacob, e circumcise um pon de eight day atta e bon. An wen Jacob hab e tweb son dem, e circumcise um. Dem we own ole people leada wa staat de tweb tribe dem een we Jew nation.
9 “Now den Joseph broda dem been jealous ob um. Cause ob dat, dey sell um fa slabe een Egypt lan. Bot God been dey wid Joseph. 10 God beena hep Joseph all de time wen trouble hab um. E sabe um outta e fliction. Wen dey tek Joseph an gone fo Pharaoh, de king ob Egypt, God bless Joseph an gim sense an fabor een Pharaoh eye. So Pharaoh mek Joseph gobna fa rule oba Egypt, an e mek um de rula oba Pharaoh own house. 11 Den de dry drought come eenta all ob Egypt lan an Canaan lan. Plenty people suffa fa true. An we ole people ain been able fa find nottin fa nyam. 12 Wen Jacob yeh say dat grain been stillyet dey een Egypt, e sen e chullun wa come fa be we ole fada. Jacob sen um dey fa buy food. Dat been de fus time e chullun gone dey. 13 De secon time wen dey gone ta Egypt lan, Joseph tell e broda dem who dat e been, an King Pharaoh come fa know bout Joseph fambly. 14 Den Joseph sen wod ta e fada Jacob fa aks um fa come ta Egypt lan wid all de fambly. Dey been sebenty-fibe people een de fambly. 15 Jacob gone down ta Egypt. Dey een Egypt, e an all e chullun, we ole people, dey beena lib dey til all done dead. 16 Dey tote dey dead body an gone bury um back een Shechem een de tomb dat Abraham been buy fom Hamor son dem.
17 “Wen de time beena come close fa God fa do wa e been promise Abraham, we ole people een Egypt lan beena grow fa be a whole heap. 18 An noda king dat ain been know Joseph staat fa rule oba Egypt. 19 Dis nyew king yah tek wantage ob we people, an e mek we people suffa bad. E mek we people chunk dey baby chullun outdoor fa dead. 20 Dat same time dey, Moses bon. E been a fine chile. E modda an e fada tek cyah ob um an hide um een dey house fa shree mont. 21 Den wen dey pit Moses outdoor, Pharaoh daughta tek Moses an dopt um an mind um like e own son. 22 Dey laan Moses all wa de Egypt people know, all dey sense. An e been a great man wa been know fa true how fa taak an cyaa esef.
23 “Wen Moses been foty yeah ole, e mek op e mind fa go see e bredren, de Israel people. 24 Wen e been dey, e see a Egypt man da do bad ta a Israel man. So Moses gone an fight fa de Israel man, an e kill de Egypt man. 25 Moses been tink dat e bredren gwine ondastan dat God sen um fa hep um an set um free fom slabery. Bot dey ain ondastan bout dat. 26 De nex day, Moses see two Israel man da fight. E gone fa paat um an git um fa mek peace wid one noda. E tell um say, ‘Listen yah, oona two broda, hoccome oona da fight an do bad ta one noda?’ 27 Bot de man wa beena do bad ginst e Israel broda tell Moses say, ‘Who mek ya a rula an a jedge oba we? 28 Ya wahn fa kill me same like how ya done kill dat Egypt man yestiddy, ainty?’ 29 Wen Moses yeh wa dat man say, e ron way an gone outta Egypt lan. E gone fa lib een a lan name Midian. E been a come-yah poson dey, an e hab two son.
30 “Now den, wen foty yeah been pass, one angel come ta Moses een de wildaness close ta de high hill name Mount Sinai, een a fire dat beena come outta a bush. 31 Wen Moses see dat, e beena wonda tommuch. E gone close fa look good at um, an e yeh de boice ob God de Lawd da taak ta um say, 32 ‘A de God ob ya ole people, de God ob Abraham, Isaac an Jacob.’ Wen Moses yeh dat, e tremble, cause e been too scaid so dat e ain eben shrow e eye op fa look. 33 De Lawd tell um say, ‘Tek ya shoe off ya foot, cause de place dey weh ya da stan, dat holy groun. 34 Fa true A see de bad fliction ob me people dey een Egypt lan. A done yeh um da groan, an A done come down fa sabe dem fom suffa. Come on yah! A gwine sen ya back ta Egypt.’
35 “Now den, dat de same Moses dat de Israel people ain been wahn, wen dey aks um say, ‘Who mek ya a rula an a jedge oba we?’ God esef sen dat Moses fa rule oba dem people an sabe um. An God nyuse de angel dat come ta Moses fom de fire dat been een de bush, fa tell Moses. 36 Den Moses lead de people outta Egypt lan. An God do plenty miracle an sign een Egypt lan an at de Red Sea an een de wildaness lan weh dey beena lib fa foty yeah. 37 Dat de same Moses dat tell de Israel people say, ‘God gwine tek one ob oona own people an mek um a prophet, same like e done ta me.’ 38 Dat de Moses dat been dey wid de Israel people wen dey beena geda een de wildaness. E been dey wid we ole people an wid de angel wa taak ta um pontop Mount Sinai. God gim e message wa gwine lib faeba, fa gii we.
39 “Bot we ole people ain do wa Moses tell um fa do. Dey ton dey back pon um, an een dey haat dey been wahn fa go back ta Egypt lan. 40 Dey tell Aaron say, ‘Mek we some god dem fa lead de way fa we. Dat man Moses dat bring we outta Egypt lan, we ain know wa happen ta um.’ 41 Dat de time wen dey mek ting wa look like a calf fa woshup, an dey offa sacrifice ta dat idol. Dey hab feas an mek merry fa sake ob dat ting wa dey deysef been mek. 42 Bot den God ton e back pon de Israel people. E lef um fa woshup dem ting wa dey een de sky, like de staa dem an de moon. Dat stan same like dey say een de book dat de prophet dem write. Dey say:
‘Oona Israel people yah, e ain been fa me
dat oona beena kill dem animal an sacrifice um jurin
de foty yeah wen oona been dey een de wildaness, ainty?
43 Oona beena tote de tent dat keep dat god name Molech,
an de ting dat oona mek dat look like de staa ob oona god Rephan.
Oona mek dem idol fa woshup um.
So den, A gwine git people fa tek oona faaway, way pass Babylon.’
44 “Wen we ole people been dey een de desat, dey hab de tent wa show dat God dey long wid um. Same fashion God been tell Moses how fa mek dat tent dey, dat how Moses mek um. 45 We ole fada dat been dey fus, dey dead an lef dey tent ta we fada dem. An dey tote um wen dey gone wid Joshua an tek oba de lan fom dem oda nation dat God been dribe outta dey fo Joshua an de people dem. De tent been dey een dat lan til de time wen David beena rule. 46 God been heppy wid David, an David aks God fa leh um build a house fa de God dat Jacob woshup. 47 Bot King Solomon de one dat build dat house fa God.
48 “Stillyet, God wa dey oba all de wol, an wa hab powa mo den all oda, e ain lib eenside house wa people mek. Jes like de prophet write, wen e say,
49 ‘Heaben de place weh A da seddown fa rule,
an pon de wol weh de people da lib, A pit me foot.
So wa kinda house ya wahn fa build fa me?
Weh de place weh A gwine res?
50 Ain me han mek all dem ting?’
51 “Oona got haad haat fa true! God ain dey een oona haat, an oona ain da pay no mind ta wa God say! Oona jes like oona ole people. Oonasef ain neba gree fa do nottin dat de Holy Sperit tell oona fa do! 52 Dey ain neba been no prophet dat oona ole people ain mek suffa, ainty? Dey eben kill dem prophet dat God sen fa tell bout how de One wa da Waak Scraight wid God been gwine come. Now, oona done han dat One wa da Waak Scraight wid God oba ta de enemy, an oona kill um. 53 God sen e angel dem fa gii oona e law. Stillyet, oona ain do wa de law tell oona fa do!”
Dey Kill Stephen
54 Wen de leada dem een de Jew Council yeh wa Stephen say, dey been mad down, an dey suck dey teet at um. 55 Bot Stephen been full op wid de Holy Sperit. E look op eenta heaben an e see God glory da shine an Jedus da stan pon God right han side. 56 Stephen tell de people say, “Look! A see heaben open op an A see de Man wa Come fom God da stanop pon God right han side!”
57 Wen dey yeh Stephen say dat, de people kiba dey yea wid dey han. Dey holla loud an dey all rush togeda pon Stephen. 58 Dey drag um outta de city, an den dey chunk stone pon um. An dem wa beena stone um, dey pull off dey coat an pit um down ta de foot ob one nyoung man name Saul fa keep fa um. 59 Wiles dey beena stone um, Stephen beena pray say, “Lawd Jedus, tek me sperit!” 60 Den e kneel down pon de groun an pray een a loud boice say, “Lawd, paadon dem people fa dis sin wa dey done!” Atta e pray dat, e done dead.