Acts 7
1 And the high priest asked him: Are these things so?
Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
2 And he said: Men, brethren, and our fathers, hear ye. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was between the rivers, before he came to reside in Charran;
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,
3 and he said to him: Depart from thy country, and from thy kindred, and go to a land which I will show to thee.
And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
4 And then Abraham departed from the land of the Chaldeans, and came and dwelt in Charran. And from there, after his father had died, God removed him to this land, in which ye this day dwell.
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.
5 And he did not give him an inheritance in it, not even a foot-track: but he promised that he would give it him, as an inheritance to him and to his seed, when as yet he had no son.
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.
6 And God conversed with him, and said to him: Thy seed will be a sojourner in a foreign land; and they will reduce it to servitude, and will treat it ill, during four hundred years.
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.
7 And the nation, to whom they perform bondservice, I will judge saith God. And afterwards, they will go out, and will worship me in this land.
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.
8 And he gave them the covenant of circumcision. And then he begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. And Isaac begat Jacob: and Jacob begat our twelve fathers.
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 And those our fathers envied Joseph, and sold him into Egypt: but God was with him,
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
10 and delivered: him from all his afflictions; and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he made him chief over Egypt, and over all his house.
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.
11 And there was a famine and great distress in all Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, and our fathers lacked food.
Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
12 And when Jacob heard that there was bread-stuff in Egypt, he sent our fathers a first time.
But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
13 And when they went the second time, Joseph made himself known to his brethren; and the kindred of Joseph was known to Pharaoh.
And at the second [time] Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
14 And Joseph sent and brought is father Jacob, and all his family; and they were in number seventy and five souls.
Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to [him], and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
15 And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died there, he and our fathers.
So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
16 And he was transported to Sychem, and was deposited in the sepulchre which Abraham bought with money of the sons of Emmor.
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.
17 And when the time arrived for that which God had promised to Abraham with an oath, the people had multiplied and become strong, in Egypt:
But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18 until there arose another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
19 And he dealt craftily with our kindred, and ill-treated our fathers, and gave orders that their infants should be cast away, and should not live.
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.
20 At that time was Moses born; and he was lovely to God: and he was nursed three months in his father's house.
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father’s house three months:
21 And when he was cast out, by his people, the daughter of Pharaoh found him, and brought him up for her own son.
And when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
22 And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was eminent in his words, and also in his deeds.
And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
23 And when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
24 And he saw one of the race of his kindred treated with violence; and he avenged him, and did him justice, and killed the Egyptian who had abused him.
And seeing one [of them] suffer wrong, he defended [him], and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
25 And he supposed that his brethren the sons of Israel would have understood, that by his hand God would give them deliverance; but they understood not.
For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
26 And on another day, he appeared to them, as they were quarrelling one with another. And he exhorted them to become reconciled, saying: Men, ye are brethren; why do ye seek to harm each other?
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?
27 But he who did the wrong to his fellow, repulsed him from him, and said to him: Who constituted thee a ruler and a judge over us?
But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
28 Dost thou seek to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?
Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
29 And Moses fled at that speech, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian. And he had two sons.
Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
30 And when forty years had been passed by him there, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in a fire that burned in a bush.
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.
31 And when Moses saw it, he admired the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the Lord said to him, audibly:
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,
32 I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and dared not to gaze at the sight.
[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.
33 And the Lord said to him: Loose thy shoes from thy feet; for the ground on which thou standest is holy.
Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
34 I have attentively seen the affliction of my people, who are in Egypt; and I have heard their groans, and have come down to deliver them. And now, come, I will send thee to Egypt.
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 This Moses, whom they rejected, saying, Who constituted thee a ruler and judge over us? this same did God, by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush, send to them to be their captain and deliverer.
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.
36 He it was that brought them out, working signs and wonders and prodigies in the land of Egypt, and at the sea of rushes, and in the desert, forty years.
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.
37 This Moses is the man who said to the children of Israel: A prophet, like me, will the Lord God raise up to you from among your brethren; to him give ear.
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.
38 He it was, who was in the congregation in the wilderness, with the angel that conversed with him and with our fathers at mount Sinai; and he it was, received the living words to give them to us.
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:
39 And our fathers would not hearken to him, but forsook him, and in their hearts returned again to Egypt;
To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
40 when they said to Aaron: Make us gods who may go before us; because, as for this Moses who brought us from the land of Egypt, we know not what hath become of him.
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.
41 And he made them a calf in those days; and they offered sacrifices to idols, and were voluptuous with the work of their hands.
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42 And God turned away, and gave them up to worship the hosts of heaven: as it is written in the book of the prophets: Did ye, for forty years, in the wilderness, present to me a slain animal or a sacrifice, ye sons of Israel?
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?
43 But ye bore the tabernacle of Malchum, and the star of the god Rephon, images which ye had made, that ye might bow down to them. I will transport you beyond Babylon.
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.
44 Lo, the tabernacle of the testimony of our fathers, was in the wilderness; as he who talked with Moses, commanded to make it after the form which he showed him.
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.
45 And this same tabernacle, our fathers, with Joshua, actually brought into the land which God gave to them for an inheritance from those nations which he drove out before them; and it was borne about, until the days of David.
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;
46 He found favor before God; and he requested, that he might find a residence for the God of Jacob.
Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
47 But Solomon built the house.
But Solomon built him an house.
48 Yet the most High lodgeth not in a work of human hands; as saith the prophet:
Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
49 Heaven is my throne, and earth the footstool under my feet. What is the house, ye will build for me? saith the Lord: or, what is the place of my repose?
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 Lo, hath not my hand made all these things?
Hath not my hand made all these things?
51 O ye stiff of neck, and uncircumcised in their heart, and in their hearing; ye do always set yourselves against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers, so also ye.
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers [did], so [do] ye.
52 For, which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute and kill, even them, who foretold the coming of the Just One, whom ye delivered up and slew?
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:
53 And ye have received the law by the ordination of angels, and have not kept it.
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept [it.]
54 And when they heard these things, they were filled with rage in their souls; and they gnashed their teeth against him.
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with [their] teeth.
55 And he, as he was full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, looked towards heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
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,
56 And he said: Lo, I see heaven open, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
57 And they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and all rushed upon him.
Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
58 And they seized him, and hurried him out of the city, and stoned him. And they who testified against him, laid their clothes at the feet of a certain young man who was called Saul.
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.
59 And they stoned Stephen, while he prayed and said: Our Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [God], and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60 And when he had kneeled down, he cried with a loud voice, and said: Our Lord, establish not this sin against them. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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.
