Acts 7
1 Then the high priest said, “Are these things so?”
dixit autem princeps sacerdotum si haec ita se habent
2 And Stephen said: “Noble brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he stayed in Haran.
qui ait viri fratres et patres audite Deus gloriae apparuit patri nostro Abraham cum esset in Mesopotamiam priusquam moraretur in Charram
3 And God said to him, ‘Depart from your country and from your kindred, and go into the land that I will show to you.’
et dixit ad illum exi de terra tua et de cognatione tua et veni in terram quam tibi monstravero
4 Then he went away from the land of the Chaldeans, and he lived at Haran. And later, after his father was dead, God brought him into this land, in which you now dwell.
tunc exiit de terra Chaldeorum et habitavit in Charram et inde postquam mortuus est pater eius transtulit illum in terram istam in qua nunc vos habitatis
5 And he gave him no inheritance in it, not even the space of one step. But he promised to give it to him as a possession, and to his offspring after him, though he did not have a son.
et non dedit illi hereditatem in ea nec passum pedis et repromisit dare illi eam in possessionem et semini eius post ipsum cum non haberet filium
6 Then God told him that his offspring would be a settler in a foreign land, and that they would subjugate them, and treat them badly, for four hundred years.
locutus est autem Deus quia erit semen eius accola in terra aliena et servituti eos subicient et male tractabunt eos annis quadringentis
7 ‘And the nation whom they will serve, I will judge,’ said the Lord. ‘And after these things, they shall depart and shall serve me in this place.’
et gentem cui servierint iudicabo ego dixit Deus et post haec exibunt et deservient mihi in loco isto
8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so he conceived Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac conceived Jacob, and Jacob, the twelve Patriarchs.
et dedit illi testamentum circumcisionis et sic genuit Isaac et circumcidit eum die octava et Isaac Iacob et Iacob duodecim patriarchas
9 And the Patriarchs, being jealous, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him.
et patriarchae aemulantes Ioseph vendiderunt in Aegyptum et erat Deus cum eo
10 And he rescued him from all his tribulations. And he gave him grace and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. And he appointed him as governor over Egypt and over all his house.
et eripuit eum ex omnibus tribulationibus eius et dedit ei gratiam et sapientiam in conspectu Pharaonis regis Aegypti et constituit eum praepositum super Aegyptum et super omnem domum suam
11 Then a famine occurred in all of Egypt and Canaan, and a great tribulation. And our fathers did not find food.
venit autem fames in universam Aegyptum et Chanaan et tribulatio magna et non inveniebant cibos patres nostri
12 But when Jacob had heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers first.
cum audisset autem Iacob esse frumentum in Aegypto misit patres nostros primum
13 And on the second occasion, Joseph was recognized by his brothers, and his ancestry was made manifest to Pharaoh.
et in secundo cognitus est Ioseph a fratribus suis et manifestatum est Pharaoni genus eius
14 Then Joseph sent for and brought his father Jacob, with all his kindred, seventy-five souls.
mittens autem Ioseph accersivit Iacob patrem suum et omnem cognationem in animabus septuaginta quinque
15 And Jacob descended into Egypt, and he passed away, and so did our fathers.
et descendit Iacob in Aegyptum et defunctus est ipse et patres nostri
16 And they crossed over into Shechem, and they were placed in the sepulcher which Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the son of Shechem.
et translati sunt in Sychem et positi sunt in sepulchro quod emit Abraham pretio argenti a filiis Emmor filii Sychem
17 And when the time of the Promise that God had revealed to Abraham drew near, the people increased and were multiplied in Egypt,
cum adpropinquaret autem tempus repromissionis quam confessus erat Deus Abrahae crevit populus et multiplicatus est in Aegypto
18 even until another king, who did not know Joseph, rose up in Egypt.
quoadusque surrexit rex alius in Aegypto qui non sciebat Ioseph
19 This one, encompassing our kindred, afflicted our fathers, so that they would expose their infants, lest they be kept alive.
hic circumveniens genus nostrum adflixit patres ut exponerent infantes suos ne vivificarentur
20 In the same time, Moses was born. And he was in the grace of God, and he was nourished for three months in the house of his father.
eodem tempore natus est Moses et fuit gratus Deo qui nutritus est tribus mensibus in domo patris sui
21 Then, having been abandoned, the daughter of Pharaoh took him in, and she raised him as her own son.
exposito autem illo sustulit eum filia Pharaonis et enutrivit eum sibi in filium
22 And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. And he was mighty in his words and in his deeds.
et eruditus est Moses omni sapientia Aegyptiorum et erat potens in verbis et in operibus suis
23 But when forty years of age were completed in him, it rose up in his heart that he should visit his brothers, the sons of Israel.
cum autem impleretur ei quadraginta annorum tempus ascendit in cor eius ut visitaret fratres suos filios Israhel
24 And when he had seen a certain one suffering injury, he defended him. And striking the Egyptian, he wrought a retribution for him who was enduring the injury.
et cum vidisset quendam iniuriam patientem vindicavit illum et fecit ultionem ei qui iniuriam sustinebat percusso Aegyptio
25 Now he supposed that his brothers would understand that God would grant them salvation through his hand. But they did not understand it.
existimabat autem intellegere fratres quoniam Deus per manum ipsius daret salutem illis at illi non intellexerunt
26 So truly, on the following day, he appeared before those who were arguing, and he would have reconciled them in peace, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. So why would you harm one another?’
sequenti vero die apparuit illis litigantibus et reconciliabat eos in pacem dicens viri fratres estis ut quid nocetis alterutrum
27 But he who was causing the injury to his neighbor rejected him, saying: ‘Who has appointed you as leader and judge over us?
qui autem iniuriam faciebat proximo reppulit eum dicens quis te constituit principem et iudicem super nos
28 Could it be that you want to kill me, in the same way that you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
numquid interficere me tu vis quemadmodum interfecisti heri Aegyptium
29 Then, at this word, Moses fled. And he became a foreigner in the land of Midian, where he produced two sons.
fugit autem Moses in verbo isto et factus est advena in terra Madiam ubi generavit filios duos
30 And when forty years were completed, there appeared to him, in the desert of Mount Sinai, an Angel, in a flame of fire in a bush.
et expletis annis quadraginta apparuit illi in deserto montis Sina angelus in igne flammae rubi
31 And upon seeing this, Moses was amazed at the sight. And as he drew near in order to gaze at it, the voice of the Lord came to him, saying:
Moses autem videns admiratus est visum et accedente illo ut consideraret facta est vox Domini
32 ‘I am the God of your fathers: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ And Moses, being made to tremble, did not dare to look.
ego Deus patrum tuorum Deus Abraham et Deus Isaac et Deus Iacob tremefactus autem Moses non audebat considerare
33 But the Lord said to him: ‘Loosen the shoes from your feet. For the place in which you stand is holy ground.
dixit autem illi Dominus solve calciamentum pedum tuorum locus enim in quo stas terra sancta est
34 Certainly, I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning. And so, I am coming down to free them. And now, go forth and I will send you into Egypt.’
videns vidi adflictionem populi mei qui est in Aegypto et gemitum eorum audivi et descendi liberare eos et nunc veni et mittam te in Aegyptum
35 This Moses, whom they rejected by saying, ‘Who has appointed you as leader and judge?’ is the one God sent to be leader and redeemer, by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the bush.
hunc Mosen quem negaverunt dicentes quis te constituit principem et iudicem hunc Deus principem et redemptorem misit cum manu angeli qui apparuit illi in rubo
36 This man led them out, accomplishing signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, and at the Red Sea, and in the desert, for forty years.
hic eduxit illos faciens prodigia et signa in terra Aegypti et in Rubro mari et in deserto annis quadraginta
37 This is Moses, who said to the sons of Israel: ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your own brothers. You shall listen to him.’
hic est Moses qui dixit filiis Israhel prophetam vobis suscitabit Deus de fratribus vestris tamquam me
38 This is he who was in the Church in the wilderness, with the Angel who was speaking to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. It is he who received the words of life to give to us.
hic est qui fuit in ecclesia in solitudine cum angelo qui loquebatur ei in monte Sina et cum patribus nostris qui accepit verba vitae dare nobis
39 It is he whom our fathers were not willing to obey. Instead, they rejected him, and in their hearts they turned away toward Egypt,
cui noluerunt oboedire patres nostri sed reppulerunt et aversi sunt cordibus suis in Aegyptum
40 saying to Aaron: ‘Make gods for us, which may go before us. For this Moses, who led us away from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’
dicentes ad Aaron fac nobis deos qui praecedant nos Moses enim hic qui eduxit nos de terra Aegypti nescimus quid factum sit ei
41 And so they fashioned a calf in those days, and they offered sacrifices to an idol, and they rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
et vitulum fecerunt in illis diebus et obtulerunt hostiam simulacro et laetabantur in operibus manuum suarum
42 Then God turned, and he handed them over, to subservience to the armies of heaven, just as it was written in the Book of the Prophets: ‘Did you not offer victims and sacrifices to me for forty years in the desert, O house of Israel?
convertit autem Deus et tradidit eos servire militiae caeli sicut scriptum est in libro Prophetarum numquid victimas aut hostias obtulistis mihi annis quadraginta in deserto domus Israhel
43 And yet you took up for yourselves the tabernacle of Moloch and the star of your god Rephan, figures which you yourselves formed in order to adore them. And so I will carry you away, beyond Babylon.’
et suscepistis tabernaculum Moloch et sidus dei vestri Rempham figuras quas fecistis adorare eas et transferam vos trans Babylonem
44 The tabernacle of the testimony was with our fathers in the desert, just as God ordained for them, speaking to Moses, so that he would make it according to the form that he had seen.
tabernaculum testimonii fuit patribus nostris in deserto sicut disposuit loquens ad Mosen ut faceret illud secundum formam quam viderat
45 But our fathers, receiving it, also brought it, with Joshua, into the land of the Gentiles, whom God expelled before the face of our fathers, even until the days of David,
quod et induxerunt suscipientes patres nostri cum Iesu in possessionem gentium quas expulit Deus a facie patrum nostrorum usque in diebus David
46 who found grace before God and who asked that he might obtain a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
qui invenit gratiam ante Deum et petiit ut inveniret tabernaculum Deo Iacob
47 But it was Solomon who built a house for him.
Salomon autem aedificavit illi domum
48 Yet the Most High does not live in houses built by hands, just as he said through the prophet:
sed non Excelsus in manufactis habitat sicut propheta dicit
49 ‘Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house would you build for me? says the Lord. And which is my resting place?
caelum mihi sedis est terra autem scabillum pedum meorum quam domum aedificabitis mihi dicit Dominus aut quis locus requietionis meae est
50 Has not my hand made all these things?’
nonne manus mea fecit haec omnia
51 Stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you ever resist the Holy Spirit. Just as your fathers did, so also do you do.
dura cervice et incircumcisi cordibus et auribus vos semper Spiritui Sancto resistitis sicut patres vestri et vos
52 Which of the Prophets have your fathers not persecuted? And they killed those who foretold the advent of the Just One. And you have now become the betrayers and murderers of him.
quem prophetarum non sunt persecuti patres vestri et occiderunt eos qui praenuntiabant de adventu Iusti cuius vos nunc proditores et homicidae fuistis
53 You received the law by the actions of Angels, and yet you have not kept it.”
qui accepistis legem in dispositionem angelorum et non custodistis
54 Then, upon hearing these things, they were deeply wounded in their hearts, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
audientes autem haec dissecabantur cordibus suis et stridebant dentibus in eum
55 But he, being filled with the Holy Spirit, and gazing intently toward heaven, saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
cum autem esset plenus Spiritu Sancto intendens in caelum vidit gloriam Dei et Iesum stantem a dextris Dei
56 And he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.”
et ait ecce video caelos apertos et Filium hominis a dextris stantem Dei
57 Then they, crying out with a loud voice, blocked their ears and, with one accord, rushed violently toward him.
exclamantes autem voce magna continuerunt aures suas et impetum fecerunt unianimiter in eum
58 And driving him out, beyond the city, they stoned him. And witnesses placed their garments beside the feet of a youth, who was called Saul.
et eicientes eum extra civitatem lapidabant et testes deposuerunt vestimenta sua secus pedes adulescentis qui vocabatur Saulus
59 And as they were stoning Stephen, he called out and said, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
et lapidabant Stephanum invocantem et dicentem Domine Iesu suscipe spiritum meum
60 Then, having been brought to his knees, he cried out with a loud voice, saying, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep in the Lord.
positis autem genibus clamavit voce magna Domine ne statuas illis hoc peccatum et cum hoc dixisset obdormivit
