Acts 7
1 Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are the things that [these people are saying about you(sg)] true?”
Da sprach der Hohepriester: Ist dem also?
2 Stephen replied, “Fellow Jews and respected leaders, [please] listen to me! The glorious God [whom we(inc) worship] appeared to our ancestor Abraham while he was still [living] in Mesopotamia [region], before he moved to Haran [town].
Er aber sprach: Liebe Brüder und Väter, höret zu! Gott der HERRLIchkeit erschien unserm Vater Abraham, da er noch in Mesopotamien war, ehe er wohnete in Haran,
3 God said to him, ‘Leave this land where you [(sg)] and your relatives [are living], and go into the land to which I will lead you.’
und er sprach zu ihm: Gehe aus deinem Lande und von deiner Freundschaft und zieh in ein Land, das ich dir zeigen will.
4 So Abraham left that land, [which was also called] Chaldea, and he arrived in Haran and lived there. After his father died, God told him to move to this land in which you [and I] are now living.”
Da ging er aus der Chaldäer Lande und wohnete in Haran. Und von dannen, da sein Vater gestorben war, brachte er ihn herüber in dies Land, darinnen ihr nun wohnet.
5 “[At that time] God did not give Abraham any [land here], not even a small plot of [this] land that would belong to him. God promised that he would [later] give this land to him and his descendants, and that it would [always] belong [to them. However], at that time Abraham did not have any children [who would] ([inherit it/receive it after he died]).”
Und gab ihm kein Erbteil drinnen, auch nicht eines Fußes breit; und verhieß ihm, er wollte es geben ihm zu besitzen und seinem Samen nach ihm, da er noch kein Kind hatte.
6 “[Later] God told Abraham, ‘Your descendants will go and live in a foreign country. They [will live there] for 400 years, and [during that time their leaders] will mistreat your descendants and force them to work as slaves.’
Aber Gott sprach also: Dein Same wird ein Fremdling sein in einem fremden Lande, und sie werden ihn dienstbar machen und übel handeln vierhundert Jahre.
7 But God [also] said, ‘I will punish the people who make them work as slaves. Then, after that, your descendants will leave [that land] and they will [come and] worship me in this land.’”
Und das Volk, dem sie dienen werden, will ich richten, sprach Gott; und danach werden sie ausziehen und mir dienen an dieser Stätte.
8 “Then God commanded Abraham that [every male in his household and all of his male descendants] should be circumcised [to show that they all belonged to God] and that they would obey what he had told Abraham to do. Later Abraham’s son, Isaac, was born, and when Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him. [Later] Isaac’s son, Jacob, was born, and Isaac [similarly circumcised] him. And Jacob [similarly circumcised] his twelve sons. They are the twelve men [from whom we(inc) Jews have all descended].”
Und gab ihm den Bund der Beschneidung. Und er zeugete Isaak und beschnitt ihn am achten Tag und Isaak den Jakob und Jakob die zwölf Erzväter.
9 “[You know that] Jacob’s [older] sons became jealous [because their father favored their younger brother] Joseph. So they sold him [to merchants/traders who took him] [MTY] to Egypt. There he became a slave [of an official who lived there]. But God [helped] Joseph.
Und die Erzväter neideten Joseph und verkauften ihn nach Ägypten. Aber Gott war mit ihm
10 He protected him whenever people caused him to suffer. He enabled Joseph to be wise; and he caused Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to think well of Joseph. So Pharaoh appointed him to rule [over] Egypt and to look after all of Pharaoh’s property [MTY].”
und errettete ihn aus aller seiner Trübsal und gab ihm Gnade und Weisheit vor dem Könige Pharao in Ägypten; der setzte ihn zum Fürsten über Ägypten und über sein ganzes Haus.
11 “[While Joseph was doing that work], there was a time (when there was very little food/of famine) throughout Egypt and also throughout Canaan. People did not have enough food to eat. People were suffering. [At that time] Jacob and his sons [in Canaan] also could not find [enough] food.
Es kam aber eine teure Zeit über das ganze Land Ägypten und Kanaan und eine große Trübsal, und unsere Väter fanden nicht Fütterung.
12 When Jacob heard [people report that] there was grain/food [that people could buy] in Egypt, he sent Joseph’s older brothers [to go there to buy grain. They went and bought grain from Joseph, but they did not recognize him. Then they returned home].
Jakob aber hörete, daß in Ägypten Getreide wäre, und sandte unsere Väter aus aufs erste Mal.
13 When Joseph’s brothers went to Egypt the second time, [they again bought grain from Joseph]. But this time [he] told them who he was. [And] people told Pharaoh that Joseph’s people were Hebrews [and that those men who had come from Canaan were his brothers].
Und zum andernmal ward Joseph erkannt von seinen Brüdern und ward Pharao Josephs Geschlecht offenbar.
14 Then after Joseph sent [his brothers back home, they] told their father Jacob [that Joseph wanted] him and his entire family to come [to Egypt. At that time] ([Jacob’s family consisted of] 75 people/there were 75 people in Jacob’s family) [SYN].
Joseph aber sandte aus und ließ holen seinen Vater Jakob und seine ganze Freundschaft, fünfundsiebzig Seelen.
15 [So when] Jacob [heard that, he and all his family] went to [live in] Egypt.” Acts 7:15b-16 “[Later on], Jacob died [there], and our [other] ancestors, [his sons, also died there].
Und Jakob zog hinab nach Ägypten und starb, er und unsere Väter.
16 [But] the bodies [of Jacob and Joseph] were brought {[they] brought the bodies [of Jacob and Joseph]} [back to our land], and [Jacob’s body] was buried {they buried [Jacob’s body]} [in the tomb that Abraham had bought, and they buried Joseph’s body] in Shechem in the ground that [Jacob] had bought from Hamor’s sons.”
Und sind herübergebracht nach Sichem und gelegt in das Grab, das Abraham gekauft hatte ums Geld von den Kindern Hemors zu Sichem.
17 “Our ancestors had become very numerous when it was almost time for [God to rescue them] from Egypt, [as] he had promised Abraham that he would do.
Da nun sich die Zeit der Verheißung nahete, die Gott Abraham geschworen hatte, wuchs das Volk und mehrete sich in Ägypten,
18 Another king had begun to rule in Egypt. He did not know that Joseph, [long before that time, had greatly helped the people of Egypt] [MTY].
bis daß ein anderer König aufkam, der nichts wußte von Joseph.
19 That king cruelly tried to get rid of our ancestors. He oppressed them and caused them to suffer greatly. He [even commanded] them to leave their baby [boys] outside [their homes] so that they would die.”
Dieser trieb Hinterlist mit unserm Geschlechte und behandelte unsere Väter übel und schaffte, daß man die jungen Kindlein hinwerfen mußte, daß sie nicht lebendig blieben.
20 “During that time Moses was born, and he was a very beautiful [LIT] [child]. So his parents [secretly] cared for him in their house for three months.
Zu der Zeit ward Mose geboren und war ein fein Kind vor Gott und ward drei Monden ernähret in seines Vaters Hause.
21 Then they had to put him outside [the house, but] Pharaoh’s daughter [found him and] adopted him and cared for him as [though he were] her own son.
Als er aber hingeworfen ward, nahm ihn die Tochter Pharaos auf und zog ihn auf zu einem Sohn.
22 Moses was taught {[The Egyptian teachers] taught Moses} many kinds of wise things [HYP] that the people in Egypt knew, and [when he grew up], he spoke powerfully and did things powerfully.”
Und Mose ward gelehret in aller Weisheit der Ägypter und war mächtig in Werken und Worten.
23 “[One day] when Moses was about 40 years old, he decided that he would [go and] see his fellow Israelis. [So he went to the place where they worked].
Da er aber vierzig Jahre alt ward, gedachte er, zu besehen seine Brüder, die Kinder von Israel,
24 He saw an Egyptian beating one of the Israelis. So he went over to help [MTY] the Israeli man who was being hurt/beat {whom [the Egyptian] was hurting/beating}, and he (got revenge on/paid back) the Israeli man by killing the Egyptian [who was hurting/beating him].
und sah einen Unrecht leiden. Da überhalf er und rächete den, dem Leid geschah, und erschlug den Ägypter.
25 Moses was thinking that his fellow Israelis would understand that God had sent him to free them [from being slaves]. But they did not understand that.
Er meinete aber, seine Brüder sollten's vernehmen, daß Gott durch seine Hand ihnen Heil gäbe; aber sie vernahmen's nicht.
26 The next day, Moses saw two Israeli men fighting [each other]. He tried to make them stop fighting by saying to them, ‘Men, you two are fellow [Israelis! So] (stop hurting each other!/why are you hurting each other?) [RHQ]’
Und am andern Tage kam er zu ihnen, da sie sich miteinander haderten, und handelte mit ihnen, daß sie Frieden hätten, und sprach: Liebe Männer, ihr seid Brüder, warum tut einer dem andern Unrecht?
27 But the man who was injuring the other man pushed Moses away and said to him, ‘(No one appointed you [(sg)] to rule and judge us [(exc)]!/Do you [(sg)] think someone appointed you [(sg)] to rule and judge us [(exc)]?) [RHQ]
Der aber seinem Nächsten Unrecht tat, stieß ihn von sich und sprach: Wer hat dich über uns gesetzt zum Obersten und Richter?
28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
Willst du mich auch töten, wie du gestern den Ägypter tötetest?
29 When Moses heard that, [he thought to himself, ‘Obviously, people know what I have done, and someone will kill me.’ He was afraid, so] he fled [from Egypt] to Midian land. He lived there [for some years]. He [got married, and he and his wife] had two sons.”
Mose aber floh über dieser Rede und ward ein Fremdling im Lande Midian. Daselbst zeugete er zwei Söhne.
30 “[One day] 40 years later, [the Lord God appeared as] an angel to Moses. He appeared in a bush that was burning in the desert near Sinai Mountain.
Und über vierzig Jahre erschien ihm in der Wüste auf dem Berge Sinai der Engel des HERRN in einer Feuerflamme im Busch.
31 When Moses saw that, he was greatly surprised, [because the bush was not burning up]. As he went over to look more closely, he heard the Lord [God] say [to him],
Da es aber Mose sah, wunderte er sich des Gesichtes. Als er aber hinzuging, zu schauen, geschah die Stimme des HERRN zu ihm:
32 ‘I [am] the God [whom] your ancestors [worshipped]. I [am] the God that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob [worship].’ Moses [was so afraid that he] began to shake. He was afraid to look [at the bush any longer].
Ich bin der Gott deiner Väter, der Gott Abrahams und der Gott Isaaks und der Gott Jakobs. Mose aber ward zitternd und durfte nicht anschauen.
33 Then the Lord [God] said to him, ‘Take your sandals off [to show that you(sg) revere me]. Because I [am here], the place where you are standing is holy/sacred.
Aber der HERR sprach zu ihm: Zieh die Schuhe aus von deinen Füßen; denn die Stätte, da du stehest, ist heilig Land.
34 I have surely seen how the people of Egypt are continually causing my people to suffer. I have heard my people when they groan [because those people continually oppress them]. So I have come down to rescue them [from Egypt]. Now get ready, because I am going to send you [back] to Egypt [to do that].’”
Ich habe wohl gesehen das Leiden meines Volks, das in Ägypten ist, und habe ihr Seufzen gehöret und bin herabkommen, sie zu erretten. Und nun komm her; ich will dich nach Ägypten senden.
35 “This Moses [is the one who had tried to help our Israeli people, but] whom they rejected [by saying], ‘No one [RHQ] appointed you to rule and judge [us!’] Moses [is the one whom] God [himself] sent to rule them and to free them [from being slaves. He is the one whom] an angel in the bush [commanded to do that].
Diesen Mose, welchen sie verleugneten und sprachen: Wer hat dich zum Obersten und Richter gesetzt? den sandte Gott zu einem Obersten und Erlöser durch die Hand des Engels, der ihm erschien im Busch.
36 Moses [is the one who] led our ancestors out [from Egypt]. He did many kinds of miracles in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and during the 40 years [that the Israelite people lived] in the desert.
Dieser führete sie aus und tat Wunder und Zeichen in Ägypten, im Roten Meer und in der Wüste vierzig Jahre.
37 This Moses is the one who said to the Israelite people, ‘God will appoint a prophet for you from among your own people. [He will speak words from God], just like I [speak his words to you].’
Dies ist Mose, der zu den Kindern von Israel gesagt hat: Einen Propheten wird euch der HERR, euer Gott, erwecken aus euren Brüdern gleichwie mich, den sollt ihr hören.
38 This man [Moses] was [our people’s leader] when they gathered together in the desert. It is Moses to whom [God sent] the angel on Sinai Mountain to [give him our laws], and [he was the one who told] our [other] ancestors [what the angel had said]. He was the one who received [from God] words that tell us how to live [eternally, and Moses] passed [them] on to us.”
Dieser ist's, der in der Gemeinde in der Wüste mit dem Engel war, der mit ihm redete auf dem Berge Sinai und mit unsern Vätern; dieser empfing das lebendige Wort, uns zu geben;
39 “[However], our ancestors did not want to obey [Moses]. Instead, [while he was still on the mountain], they rejected him [as their leader] and decided that they wanted to return to Egypt.
welchem nicht wollten gehorsam werden eure Väter, sondern stießen ihn von sich und wandten sich um mit ihren Herzen gen Ägypten
40 So they told [his older brother] Aaron, ‘Make idols for us who will be our gods to lead us [back to Egypt]! As for that fellow Moses who led us out of Egypt we [(exc)] do not know what has happened to him!’
und sprachen zu Aaron: Mache uns Götter, die vor uns hingehen; denn wir wissen nicht, was diesem Mose, der uns aus dem Lande Ägypten geführet hat, widerfahren ist.
41 So, they made [out of gold] an image [that looked like] a calf. Then they sacrificed [animals and offered other things] to [honor] that idol, and they sang and danced to honor the idol that they themselves had made.
Und machten ein Kalb zu der Zeit und opferten dem Götzen Opfer und freueten sich der Werke ihrer Hände.
42 So God rejected them. He abandoned them to worship the sun, moon and stars in the sky. This agrees with the words that one of the prophets wrote that God said, You Israelite [people] [MTY], when you [repeatedly] killed animals and offered them as sacrifices during those 40 years [that you were] in the desert, (you [most certainly] were not offering them to me!/what makes you think that you were offering them to me?) [RHQ]
Aber Gott wandte sich und gab sie dahin, daß sie dieneten des Himmels Heer; wie denn geschrieben stehet in dem Buch des Propheten: Habt ihr vom Hause Israel die vierzig Jahre in der Wüste mir auch je Opfer und Vieh geopfert?
43 [On the contrary], you carried [with you from place to place] the tent [that contained the idol] representing [the god] Molech [that you worshipped]. You also [carried with you] the image of the star [called] Rephan. [Those] were idols that you had made, [and you] worshipped [them instead of me]. So I will [cause you to] be taken away {[people to] take you} [from your own country. You will be taken] {[They will take you]} [far from your homes to regions] even farther than Babylon [Country].”
Und ihr nahmet die Hütte Molochs an und das Gestirn eures Gottes Remphan, die Bilder, die ihr gemacht hattet, sie anzubeten; und ich will euch wegwerfen jenseit Babyloniens.
44 “While our ancestors were in the desert, they worshipped God at the tent that showed [that he was there with them]. They had made the tent exactly like God had commanded Moses [to make it. It was] exactly like the model that Moses had seen [when he was up on the mountain].
Es hatten unsere Väter die Hütte des Zeugnisses in der Wüste, wie er ihnen das verordnet hatte, da er zu Mose redete, daß er sie machen sollte nach dem Vorbilde, das er gesehen hatte,
45 [Later on], other ancestors of ours carried that tent with them when Joshua led them [into this land]. That was during the time that they took this land for themselves, when God forced the people [who previously lived here] to leave. So the Israelis were able to possess this land. [The tent remained in this land and was still here] when [King] David ruled.
welche unsere Väter auch annahmen und brachten sie mit Josua in das Land, das die Heiden innehatten, welche Gott ausstieß vor dem Angesichte unserer Väter bis zur Zeit Davids.
46 David pleased God, and he asked God to let him build a house where [he and] all of our Israeli people could worship God.
Der fand Gnade bei Gott und bat, daß er eine Hütte finden möchte dem Gott Jakobs.
47 But [instead, God let David’s son] Solomon build a house [where people could worship] God.”
Salomo aber bauete ihm ein Haus.
48 “However, [we(inc) know that] God is greater than everything, and he does not live in [houses that] people [SYN] have made. It is like the prophet [Isaiah] wrote. He wrote [these words that God had spoken: ]
Aber der Allerhöchste wohnet nicht in Tempeln, die mit Händen gemacht sind, wie der Prophet spricht:
49 Heaven is (my throne/the place from which I rule the entire universe), and the earth is (my footstool/[merely like] a stool on which I may rest my feet). I myself [SYN] have made everything [both in heaven and on the earth]. So you [human beings], ([you] really cannot build a house that would be [adequate] for me!/do you think you can build a house that would be [appropriate] for me?) [RHQ] You cannot [RHQ] make a place good enough for me [to live in]!”
Der Himmel ist mein Stuhl und die Erde meiner Füße Schemel; was wollt ihr mir denn für ein Haus bauen, spricht der HERR, oder welches ist die Stätte meiner Ruhe?
Hat nicht meine Hand das alles gemacht?
51 “You people are extremely stubborn [MET], not wanting to obey God or listen [MTY] [to him!] You are exactly like your ancestors! You always resist the Holy Spirit [as they did]!
Ihr Halsstarrigen und Unbeschnittenen an Herzen und Ohren, ihr widerstrebet allezeit dem Heiligen Geist, wie eure Väter, also auch ihr!
52 Your ancestors caused [RHQ] every prophet to suffer, [including Moses]. They even killed those who long ago announced [that the Messiah] would come, the one who always did what pleased God. [And the Messiah has come! He is the one whom] you [recently] turned over [to his enemies] and [insisted that] they kill him!
Welchen Propheten haben eure Väter nicht verfolget und, sie getötet, die da zuvor verkündigten die Zukunft dieses Gerechten, dessen Verräter und Mörder ihr nun worden seid?
53 You [are the people] who have received God’s laws. [Those were laws] that God caused angels to give [to our ancestors]. However, [incredibly], you have not obeyed them!”
Ihr habt das Gesetz empfangen durch der Engel Geschäfte und habt's nicht gehalten.
54 When the Jewish Council members [and others there] heard all that [Stephen said], they became very angry. They were grinding their teeth [together because they were so angry] at him!
Da sie solches höreten, ging's ihnen durchs Herz, und bissen die Zähne zusammen über ihn.
55 But the Holy Spirit completely controlled Stephen. He looked up into heaven and saw a dazzling light from God, and [he saw] Jesus standing at God’s right side.
Als er aber voll Heiligen Geistes war, sah er auf gen Himmel und sah die HERRLIchkeit Gottes und Jesum stehen zur Rechten Gottes und sprach: Siehe, ich sehe den Himmel offen und des Menschen Sohn zur Rechten Gottes stehen.
56 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open, and I [see] the one who came from heaven standing at God’s right side!”
Sie schrieen aber laut und hielten ihre Ohren zu und stürmeten einmütiglich zu ihm ein, stießen ihn zur Stadt hinaus und steinigten ihn.
57 [When the Jewish Council members and others heard that], they shouted loudly. They put their hands over their ears [so that they could not hear Stephen, and immediately] they all rushed at him.
Und die Zeugen legten ab ihre Kleider zu den Füßen eines Jünglings, der hieß Saulus.
58 They dragged him outside the city [of Jerusalem] and started to throw stones at him. The people who were accusing him [took off] their outer garments [in order to throw stones more easily, and] they put their clothes [on the ground] next to a young man whose name was Saul, [so that he could guard them].
Und steinigten Stephanus, der anrief und sprach: HERR Jesu, nimm meinen Geist auf!
59 While they continued to throw stones at Stephen, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
Er knieete aber nieder und schrie laut: HERR, behalt ihnen diese Sünde nicht! Und als er das gesagt, entschlief er.
60 Then Stephen fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not punish them (OR, forgive them) [LIT] for this sin!” After he had said that, he died.
