Actuum Apostolorum 7
1 Dixit autem princeps sacerdotum: Si haec ita se haberent?
And the high-priest said, Are then these things so?
2 Qui ait: Viri fratres, et patres audite: Deus gloriae apparuit patri nostro Abrahae cum esset in Mesopotamia, prius quam moraretur in Charan.
And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,
3 et dixit ad illum: Exi de terra tua, et de cognatione tua, et veni in terram, quam monstravero tibi.
and said to him, “Go forth from thy country and thy kindred, and come into the land which I will show thee.”
4 Tunc exiit de terra Chaldaeorum, et habitavit in Charan. Et inde, postquam mortuus est pater eius, transtulit illum in terram istam, in qua nunc vos habitatis.
Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Haran; and from thence, after his father was dead, he caused him to remove into this land wherein ye now dwell;
5 Et non dedit illi hereditatem in ea, nec passum pedis: sed repromisit dare illi eam in possessionem, et semini eius post ipsum, cum non haberet filium.
and he gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on; and he promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his posterity after him, when as yet he had no child.
6 Locutus est autem ei Deus: Quia erit semen tuum accola in terra aliena, et servituti eos subiicient, et male tractabunt eos annis quadringentis:
And God spoke in this manner: “That his posterity should sojourn in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into bondage, and ill-treat them four hundred years;
7 et gentem cui servierint, iudicabo ego, dixit Dominus. et post haec exibunt, et servient mihi in loco isto.
and the nation to which they shall be in bondage will I judge,” said God; “and after that they shall come forth, and shall worship me in this place.”
8 Et dedit illi testamentum circumcisionis: et sic genuit Isaac, et circumcidit eum die octavo: et Isaac, et Iacob: et Iacob, duodecim Patriarchas.
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so he begat Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.
9 Et Patriarchae aemulantes, Ioseph vendiderunt in Aegyptum. et erat Deus cum eo:
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt; and God was with him,
10 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.
and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt, and all his house.
11 Venit autem fames in universam Aegyptum, et Chanaan, et tribulatio magna: et non inveniebant cibos patres nostri.
Now there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress; and our fathers found no Sustenance.
12 Cum audisset autem Iacob esse frumentum in Aegypto: misit patres nostros primum:
But Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent out our fathers first.
13 et in secundo cognitus est Ioseph a fratribus suis, et manifestatum est Pharaoni genus eius.
And at the second time Joseph was recognized by his brothers, and the kindred of Joseph became known to Pharaoh.
14 Mittens autem Ioseph accersivit Iacob patrem suum, et omnem cognationem suam in animabus septuagintaquinque.
Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, seventy five souls.
15 Et descendit Iacob in Aegyptum, et defunctus est ipse, et patres nostri.
And Jacob went down [[into Egypt]], and died, he and our fathers.
16 Et translati sunt in Sichem, et positi sunt in sepulchro, quod emit Abraham pretio argenti a filiis Hemor filii Sichem.
And they were removed to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem.
17 Cum autem appropinquaret tempus promissionis, quam confessus erat Deus Abrahae, crevit populus, et multiplicatus est in Aegypto,
But as the time of the promise drew near, which God solemnly made to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18 quoadusque surrexit alius rex in Aegypto, qui non sciebat Ioseph.
until another king arose, who knew not Joseph.
19 Hic circumveniens genus nostrum, afflixit patres nostros ut exponerent infantes suos ne vivificarentur.
The same dealt subtly with our race, and ill-treated our fathers, so that they should cast out their infants, that they might not be preserved alive.
20 Eodem tempore natus est Moyses et fuit gratus Deo, qui nutritus est tribus mensibus in domo patris sui.
In which time Moses was born, and was exceedingly fair; who was nourished in his father's house three months.
21 Exposito autem illo, sustulit eum filia Pharaonis, et nutrivit eum sibi in filium.
And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for herself as a son.
22 Et eruditus est Moyses omni sapientia Aegyptiorum, et erat potens in verbis, et in operibus suis.
And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in his worlds and deeds.
23 Cum autem impleretur ei quadraginta annorum tempus, ascendit in cor eius ut visitaret fratres suos filios Israel.
And when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.
24 Et cum vidisset quendam iniuriam patientem, vindicavit illum: et fecit ultionem ei, qui iniuriam sustinebat, percusso Aegyptio.
And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed by smiting the Egyptian.
25 Existimabat autem intelligere fratres, quoniam Deus per manum ipsius daret salutem illis: at illi non intellexerunt.
For he supposed his brethren would understand that God through his hand would give them salvation; but they understood not.
26 Sequenti vero die apparuit illis litigantibus: et reconciliabat eos in pace, dicens: Viri, fratres estis, ut quid nocetis alterutrum?
And the next day he showed himself to them as they were contending, and urged them to peace, saying, Ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one another?
27 Qui autem iniuriam faciebat proximo, repulit eum, dicens: Quis te constituit principem, et iudicem super nos?
But he who was wronging his neighbor thrust him away, saying, “Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
28 numquid interficere me tu vis, quemadmodum interfecisti heri Aegyptium?
Dost thou mean to kill me, as thou didst kill the Egyptian yesterday?”
29 Fugit autem Moyses in verbo isto: et factus est advena in terra Madian, ubi generavit filios duos.
And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.
30 Et expletis annis quadraginta, apparuit illi in deserto montis Sina Angelus in igne flammae rubi.
And when forty years were completed, there appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai an angel in the flaming fire of a bush.
31 Moyses autem videns, admiratus est visum. et accedente illo ut consideraret, facta est ad eum vox Domini, dicens:
And Moses seeing it wondered at the sight; and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came [[to him]],
32 Ego sum Deus patrum tuorum, Deus Abraham, Deus Isaac, et Deus Iacob. Tremefactus autem Moyses, non audebat considerare.
saying, “I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.” And Moses trembled and durst not behold.
33 Dixit autem illi Dominus: Solve calceamentum pedum tuorum: locus enim in quo stas, terra sancta est.
And the Lord said to him, “Loose the sandals from thy feet; for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
34 Videns vidi afflictionem populi mei, qui est in Aegypto, et gemitum eorum audivi, et descendi liberare eos. Et nunc veni, et mittam te in Aegyptum.
I have surely seen the oppression of my people 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 Hunc Moysen, quem negaverunt, dicentes: Quis te constituit principem et iudicem? hunc Deus principem et redemptorem misit, cum manu Angeli, qui apparuit illi in rubo.
This Moses, whom they denied, saying, “Who made thee a ruler and a judge?” this very man did God send both as a ruler and a redeemer with the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
36 Hic eduxit illos faciens prodigia, et signa in terra Aegypti, et in rubro mari, et in deserto annis quadraginta.
This very man brought them out, working wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
37 Hic est Moyses, qui dixit filiis Israel: Prophetam suscitabit vobis Deus de fratribus vestris, tamquam meipsum audietis.
This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, “A prophet will God raise up to you from among your brethren, as he raised up me.”
38 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.
This is he that was in the assembly in the wilderness with the anger who spake to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received the living oracles to give to us;
39 Cui noluerunt obedire patres nostri: sed repulerunt, et aversi sunt cordibus suis in Aegyptum,
to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back into Egypt,
40 dicentes ad Aaron: Fac nobis deos, qui praecedant nos: Moysi enim huic, qui eduxit nos de terra Aegypti, nescimus quid factum sit ei.
saying to Aaron, “Make us gods who shall go before us; for as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.”
41 Et vitulum fecerunt in diebus illis, et obtulerunt hostiam simulachro, et laetabantur in operibus manuum suarum.
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42 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 Israel?
But God turned away, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the Prophets, “Did ye offer to me slain beasts and sacrifices for forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
43 Et suscepistis tabernaculum Moloch, et sidus Dei vestri Rempham, figuras, quas fecistis, adorare eas. Et transferam vos in Babylonem.
And ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of the god Rephan, the figures which ye made to worship them; and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.”
44 Tabernaculum testimonii fuit cum patribus nostris in deserto, sicut disposuit illis Deus, loquens ad Moysen, ut faceret illud secundum formam, quam viderat.
Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, as he that spoke to Moses commanded that he should make it according to the pattern that he had seen;
45 Quod et induxerunt, suscipientes patres nostri cum Iesu in possessionem Gentium, quas expulit Deus a facie patrum nostrorum, usque in diebus David,
which also our fathers received and brought in with Joshua, at their taking possession of the gentiles whom God drove out from before our fathers, until the days of David;
46 qui invenit gratiam ante Deum, et petiit ut inveniret tabernaculum Deo Iacob.
who found favor before God, and asked that he might find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
47 Salomon autem aedificavit illi domum.
But Solomon built him a house.
48 Sed non excelsus in manufactis habitat, sicut per Prophetam dicit:
Yet the Most High dwelleth not in [[temples]] made with hands; as saith the prophet,
49 Caelum mihi sedes est: terra autem scabellum pedum meorum. Quam domum aedificabitis mihi, dicit Dominus? aut quis locus requietionis meae est?
“Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What house will ye build for me? saith the Lord; or what is the place of my rest?
50 Nonne manus mea fecit haec omnia?
Did not my hands make all these things?”
51 Dura cervice, et incircumcisis cordibus, et auribus, vos semper Spiritui sancto resistitis, sicut Patres vestri, ita et vos.
Stiffnecked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears! ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do ye.
52 Quem Prophetarum non sunt persecuti patres vestri? Et occiderunt eos, qui praenunciabant de adventu Iusti, cuius vos nunc proditores, et homicidae fuistis:
Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they slew those who foretold the coming of the righteous one, of whom ye have now become the betrayers and murderers;
53 qui accepistis legem in dispositione Angelorum, et non custodistis.
ye who received the Law as ordained through angels, and did not keep it.
54 Audientes autem haec dissecabantur cordibus suis, et stridebant dentibus in eum.
But when they heard these things, their hearts were filled with rage, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
55 Cum autem esset plenus Spiritu sancto, intendens in caelum, vidit gloriam Dei, et Iesum stantem a dextris virtutis Dei.
But, being full of the Holy Spirit, he looked up earnestly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
56 Et ait: Ecce video caelos apertos, et filium hominis stantem a dextris Dei.
and said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
57 Exclamantes autem voce magna continuerunt aures suas, et impetum fecerunt unanimiter in eum.
And they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;
58 Et eiicientes eum extra civitatem lapidabant: et testes deposuerunt vestimenta sua secus pedes adolescentis, qui vocabatur Saulus.
and having cast him out of the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul;
59 Et lapidabant Stephanum invocantem, et dicentem: Domine Iesu suscipe spiritum meum.
and they stoned Stephen, making supplication, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60 Positis autem genibus, clamavit voce magna, dicens: Domine ne statuas illis hoc peccatum. Et cum hoc dixisset, obdormivit in Domino.
And kneeling down he cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And saying this, he fell asleep.
