Actuum Apostolorum 7
1 Dixit autem princeps sacerdotum: Si haec ita se haberent?
Then sayde ye chefe prest: is it even 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 sayde: ye men brethren and fathers harken to. The God of glory appered vnto oure father Abraha whyll he was yet in Mesopotamia before he dwelt in Charran
3 et dixit ad illum: Exi de terra tua, et de cognatione tua, et veni in terram, quam monstravero tibi.
and sayd vnto him: come out of thy contre and from thy kynred and come into the londe which I shall shewe the.
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 londe of Chaldey and dwelt in Charran. And after that assone as his father was deed he brought him into this lande in which 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 none inheritaunce in it no not the bredeth of a fote: but promised yt he wolde geve it to him to possesse and to his seed after him when as yet he had no chylde.
6 Locutus est autem ei Deus: Quia erit semen tuum accola in terra aliena, et servituti eos subiicient, et male tractabunt eos annis quadringentis:
God verely spake on this wyse that his seade shulde be a dweller in a straunge londe and that they shulde kepe them in bondage and entreate them evyll. iiii. C. yeares.
7 et gentem cui servierint, iudicabo ego, dixit Dominus. et post haec exibunt, et servient mihi in loco isto.
But the nacion to whom they shalbe in bondage will I iudge sayde God. And after that shall they come forthe and serve 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 covenaunt of circumcision. And he begat Isaac and circumcised him the viii. daye and Isaac begat Iacob and Iacob the twelve patriarkes
9 Et Patriarchae aemulantes, Ioseph vendiderunt in Aegyptum. et erat Deus cum eo:
And the patriarkes havinge indignacio solde Ioseph into Egipte. 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 adversities. And gave him faveour and wisdome in the sight of Pharao kynge of Egipte which made him governer over Egipte and over all his housholde.
11 Venit autem fames in universam Aegyptum, et Chanaan, et tribulatio magna: et non inveniebant cibos patres nostri.
Then came ther a derth over all the londe of Egipt and Canaan and great affliccion that our fathers founde no sustenauce.
12 Cum audisset autem Iacob esse frumentum in Aegypto: misit patres nostros primum:
But when Iacob hearde that ther was corne in Egipte he sent oure fathers fyrst
13 et in secundo cognitus est Ioseph a fratribus suis, et manifestatum est Pharaoni genus eius.
and at the seconde tyme Ioseph was knowen of his brethren and Iosephs kynred was made knowne vnto Pharao.
14 Mittens autem Ioseph accersivit Iacob patrem suum, et omnem cognationem suam in animabus septuagintaquinque.
Then sent Ioseph and caused his father to be brought and all his kynne thre score and xv. soules.
15 Et descendit Iacob in Aegyptum, et defunctus est ipse, et patres nostri.
And Iacob descended into Egipte and dyed bothe he and oure fathers
16 Et translati sunt in Sichem, et positi sunt in sepulchro, quod emit Abraham pretio argenti a filiis Hemor filii Sichem.
and were translated into Sichem ond were put in ye sepulcre that Abraham bought for money of the sonnes of Emor at Sichem.
17 Cum autem appropinquaret tempus promissionis, quam confessus erat Deus Abrahae, crevit populus, et multiplicatus est in Aegypto,
When ye tyme of ye promes drue nye (which God had sworme to Abraham) the people grewe and multiplied in Egipte
18 quoadusque surrexit alius rex in Aegypto, qui non sciebat Ioseph.
till another kynge arose which knewe not of Ioseph.
19 Hic circumveniens genus nostrum, afflixit patres nostros ut exponerent infantes suos ne vivificarentur.
The same dealte suttelly with oure kynred and evyll intreated oure fathers and made them to cast oute their younge chyldren that they shuld not remayne alyve.
20 Eodem tempore natus est Moyses et fuit gratus Deo, qui nutritus est tribus mensibus in domo patris sui.
The same tyme was Moses borne and was a proper childe in ye sight of God which was norisshed vp in his fathers housse thre monethes.
21 Exposito autem illo, sustulit eum filia Pharaonis, et nutrivit eum sibi in filium.
When he was cast out Pharoes doughter toke him vp and norisshed him vp for her awne sonne.
22 Et eruditus est Moyses omni sapientia Aegyptiorum, et erat potens in verbis, et in operibus suis.
And Moses was learned in all maner wisdome of the Egipcians and was mighty in dedes and in wordes.
23 Cum autem impleretur ei quadraginta annorum tempus, ascendit in cor eius ut visitaret fratres suos filios Israel.
And when he was full forty yeare olde it came into his hert to visit his brethren the chyldren of Israhel.
24 Et cum vidisset quendam iniuriam patientem, vindicavit illum: et fecit ultionem ei, qui iniuriam sustinebat, percusso Aegyptio.
And when he sawe one of them suffre wronge he defended him and avenged his quarell that had the harme done to him and smote the Egypcian.
25 Existimabat autem intelligere fratres, quoniam Deus per manum ipsius daret salutem illis: at illi non intellexerunt.
For he supposed hys brethren wolde have vnderstonde how yt God by his hondes shuld save them But they vnderstode not.
26 Sequenti vero die apparuit illis litigantibus: et reconciliabat eos in pace, dicens: Viri, fratres estis, ut quid nocetis alterutrum?
And the next daye he shewed him selfe vnto the as they strove and wolde have set the at one agayne sayinge: Syrs ye are brethren why hurte ye one another?
27 Qui autem iniuriam faciebat proximo, repulit eum, dicens: Quis te constituit principem, et iudicem super nos?
But he that dyd his neghbour wronge thrust him awaye sayinge: who made ye a rular and a iudge amonge vs?
28 numquid interficere me tu vis, quemadmodum interfecisti heri Aegyptium?
What wilt thou kyll me as thou dyddest the Egyptian yester daye?
29 Fugit autem Moyses in verbo isto: et factus est advena in terra Madian, ubi generavit filios duos.
Then fleed Moses at that sayenge and was a stranger in the londe of Madian where he begat two sonnes.
30 Et expletis annis quadraginta, apparuit illi in deserto montis Sina Angelus in igne flammae rubi.
And when. xl. yeares were expired ther appered to him in the wyldernes of mounte Syna an angell of the Lorde in a flamme of fyre in a busshe.
31 Moyses autem videns, admiratus est visum. et accedente illo ut consideraret, facta est ad eum vox Domini, dicens:
When Moses sawe it he wondred at the syght. And as he drue neare to beholde the voyce of the Lorde came vnto him:
32 Ego sum Deus patrum tuorum, Deus Abraham, Deus Isaac, et Deus Iacob. Tremefactus autem Moyses, non audebat considerare.
I am ye God of thy fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob. Moses trembled and durst not beholde.
33 Dixit autem illi Dominus: Solve calceamentum pedum tuorum: locus enim in quo stas, terra sancta est.
Then sayde ye Lorde to him: Put of thy showes from thy fete for the place where thou stondest is holy grounde.
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 perfectly sene the affliccion of my people which is in Egypte and I have hearde their gronynge and am come doune to delyver them. And now come and I will sende the into Egypte.
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 forsoke sayinge: who made the a ruelar and a iudge: the same God sent bothe a ruler and delyverer by ye hondes of the angell which appered to him in the busshe.
36 Hic eduxit illos faciens prodigia, et signa in terra Aegypti, et in rubro mari, et in deserto annis quadraginta.
And the same brought them out shewynge wonders and signes in Egypte and in the reed see and in the wyldernes. xl. yeares.
37 Hic est Moyses, qui dixit filiis Israel: Prophetam suscitabit vobis Deus de fratribus vestris, tamquam meipsum audietis.
This is that Moses which sayde vnto the chyldre of Israel: A Prophet shall the Lorde youre God rayse vp vnto you of youre brethren lyke vnto me him shall ye heare.
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 ye congregacion in the wyldernes with the angell which spake to him in ye moute Syna and with oure fathers. This man receaved the worde of lyfe to geve vnto vs
39 Cui noluerunt obedire patres nostri: sed repulerunt, et aversi sunt cordibus suis in Aegyptum,
to who oure fathers wolde not obeye but cast it from them and in their hertes turned backe agayne into Egypte
40 dicentes ad Aaron: Fac nobis deos, qui praecedant nos: Moysi enim huic, qui eduxit nos de terra Aegypti, nescimus quid factum sit ei.
sayinge vnto Aaron: Make vs goddes to goo before vs. For this Moses that brought vs out of the londe of Egypte we wote 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 calfe in those dayes and offered sacrifice vnto the ymage and reioysed in the workes of their awne hondes.
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?
Then God turned him selfe and gave them vp that they shuld worship the starres of the skye as it is written in the boke of the prophetes. O ye of ye housse of Israel gave ye to me sacrefices and meate offerynges by the space of xl. yeares in the wildernes?
43 Et suscepistis tabernaculum Moloch, et sidus Dei vestri Rempham, figuras, quas fecistis, adorare eas. Et transferam vos in Babylonem.
And ye toke vnto you the tabernacle of Moloch and the starre of youre god Remphan figures which ye made to worshippe them. And I will translate you beyonde Babylon.
44 Tabernaculum testimonii fuit cum patribus nostris in deserto, sicut disposuit illis Deus, loquens ad Moysen, ut faceret illud secundum formam, quam viderat.
Oure fathers had the tabernacle of witnes in ye wyldernes as he had apoynted the speakynge vnto Moses that he shuld make it acordynge to the fassion that he had sene.
45 Quod et induxerunt, suscipientes patres nostri cum Iesu in possessionem Gentium, quas expulit Deus a facie patrum nostrorum, usque in diebus David,
Which tabernacle oure fathers receaved and brought it in with Iosue into the possession of the gentyls which God drave out before the face of oure fathers vnto the tyme of David
46 qui invenit gratiam ante Deum, et petiit ut inveniret tabernaculum Deo Iacob.
which founde favour before God and desyred that he myght fynde a tabernacle for the God of Iacob.
47 Salomon autem aedificavit illi domum.
But Salomon bylt him an housse.
48 Sed non excelsus in manufactis habitat, sicut per Prophetam dicit:
How be it he that is hyest of all dwelleth not in teple made with hondes as saith the Prophete:
49 Caelum mihi sedes est: terra autem scabellum pedum meorum. Quam domum aedificabitis mihi, dicit Dominus? aut quis locus requietionis meae est?
Heven is my seate and erth is my fote stole what housse will ye bylde for me sayth the Lorde? or what place is it that I shuld rest in?
50 Nonne manus mea fecit haec omnia?
hath not my honde made all these thinges?
51 Dura cervice, et incircumcisis cordibus, et auribus, vos semper Spiritui sancto resistitis, sicut Patres vestri, ita et vos.
Ye stiffenecked and of vncircumcised hertes and eares: ye have all wayes resisted the holy goost: as youre fathers dyd 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 prophetes have not youre fathers persecuted? And they have slayne them which shewed before of the commynge of that iust whom ye have now betrayed and mordred.
53 qui accepistis legem in dispositione Angelorum, et non custodistis.
And ye also have receaved a lawe by the ordinaunce of angels and have not kept it.
54 Audientes autem haec dissecabantur cordibus suis, et stridebant dentibus in eum.
When they hearde these thinges their hertes clave a sunder and they gnasshed on him with their tethe.
55 Cum autem esset plenus Spiritu sancto, intendens in caelum, vidit gloriam Dei, et Iesum stantem a dextris virtutis Dei.
But he beynge full of the holy goost loked vp stedfastlye with his eyes into heven and sawe the glorie of God and Iesus stondynge on the ryght honde of God
56 Et ait: Ecce video caelos apertos, et filium hominis stantem a dextris Dei.
and sayde: beholde I se the hevens open and the sonne of man stondynge on the ryght honde of god.
57 Exclamantes autem voce magna continuerunt aures suas, et impetum fecerunt unanimiter in eum.
Then they gave a shute with a loude voyce and stopped their eares and ranne apon him all at once
58 Et eiicientes eum extra civitatem lapidabant: et testes deposuerunt vestimenta sua secus pedes adolescentis, qui vocabatur Saulus.
and caste him out of the cite and stoned him. And the witnesses layde doune their clothes at a yonge mannes fete named Saul.
59 Et lapidabant Stephanum invocantem, et dicentem: Domine Iesu suscipe spiritum meum.
And they stoned Steven callynge on and sayinge: Lorde Iesu receave my sprete.
60 Positis autem genibus, clamavit voce magna, dicens: Domine ne statuas illis hoc peccatum. Et cum hoc dixisset, obdormivit in Domino.
And he kneled doune and cryed with a loude voyce: Lorde laye not this synne to their charge. And when he had thus spoken he fell a slepe.
