Actuum Apostolorum 7
Clementine Vulgate, 1598Translation
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
Berean Standard Bible
1Dixit autem princeps sacerdotum: Si hæc ita se habent?
1Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”
2Qui ait: Viri fratres et patres, audite: Deus gloriæ apparuit patri nostro Abrahæ cum esset in Mesopotamia, priusquam moraretur in Charan,
2And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
3et dixit ad illum: Exi de terra tua, et de cognatione tua, et veni in terram quam monstravero tibi.
3and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’
4Tunc exiit de terra Chaldæorum, et habitavit in Charan. Et inde, postquam mortuus est pater ejus, transtulit illum in terram istam, in qua nunc vos habitatis.
4So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living.
5Et non dedit illi hæreditatem in ea, nec passum pedis: sed repromisit dare illi eam in possessionem, et semini ejus post ipsum, cum non haberet filium.
5He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child.
6Locutus est autem ei Deus: Quia erit semen ejus accola in terra aliena, et servituti eos subjicient, et male tractabunt eos annis quadringentis:
6God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
7et gentem cui servierint, judicabo ego, dixit Dominus: et post hæc exibunt, et servient mihi in loco isto.
7‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.’
8Et dedit illi testamentum circumcisionis: et sic genuit Isaac, et circumcidit eum die octavo: et Isaac, Jacob: et Jacob, duodecim patriarchas.
8Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
9Et patriarchæ æmulantes, Joseph vendiderunt in Ægyptum: et erat Deus cum eo,
9Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him
10et eripuit eum ex omnibus tribulationibus ejus, et dedit ei gratiam et sapientiam in conspectu pharaonis regis Ægypti: et constituit eum præpositum super Ægyptum, et super omnem domum suam.
10and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household.
11Venit autem fames in universam Ægyptum et Chanaan, et tribulatio magna: et non inveniebant cibos patres nostri.
11Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.
12Cum audisset autem Jacob esse frumentum in Ægypto, misit patres nostros primum:
12When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.
13et in secundo cognitus est Joseph a fratribus suis, et manifestatum est Pharaoni genus ejus.
13On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh.
14Mittens autem Joseph, accersivit Jacob patrem suum et omnem cognationem suam, in animabus septuaginta quinque.
14Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.
15Et descendit Jacob in Ægyptum: et defunctus est ipse, et patres nostri.
15So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.
16Et translati sunt in Sichem, et positi sunt in sepulchro, quod emit Abraham pretio argenti a filiis Hemor filii Sichem.
16Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.
17Cum autem appropinquaret tempus promissionis quam confessus erat Deus Abrahæ, crevit populus, et multiplicatus est in Ægypto,
17As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.
18quoadusque surrexit alius rex in Ægypto, qui non sciebat Joseph.
18Then another king, who knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt.
19Hic circumveniens genus nostrum, afflixit patres nostros ut exponerent infantes suos, ne vivificarentur.
19He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.
20Eodem tempore natus est Moyses, et fuit gratus Deo: qui nutritus est tribus mensibus in domo patris sui.
20At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in the sight of God. For three months he was nurtured in his father’s house.
21Exposito autem illo, sustulit eum filia Pharaonis, et nutrivit eum sibi in filium.
21When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.
22Et eruditus est Moyses omni sapientia Ægyptiorum, et erat potens in verbis et in operibus suis.
22So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.
23Cum autem impleretur ei quadraginta annorum tempus, ascendit in cor ejus ut visitaret fratres suos filios Israël.
23When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
24Et cum vidisset quemdam injuriam patientem, vindicavit illum, et fecit ultionem ei qui injuriam sustinebat, percusso Ægyptio.
24And when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him.
25Existimabat autem intelligere fratres, quoniam Deus per manum ipsius daret salutem illis: at illi non intellexerunt.
25He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.
26Sequenti vero die apparuit illis litigantibus: et reconciliabat eos in pace, dicens: Viri, fratres estis: ut quid nocetis alterutrum?
26The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’
27Qui autem injuriam faciebat proximo, repulit eum, dicens: Quis te constituit principem et judicem super nos?
27But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?
28Numquid interficere me tu vis, quemadmodum interfecisti heri Ægyptium?
28Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29Fugit autem Moyses in verbo isto: et factus est advena in terra Madian, ubi generavit filios duos.
29At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.
30Et expletis annis quadraginta, apparuit illi in deserto montis Sina angelus in igne flammæ rubi.
30After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.
31Moyses autem videns, admiratus est visum. Et accedente illo ut consideraret, facta est ad eum vox Domini, dicens:
31When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight. As he approached to look more closely, the voice of the Lord came to him:
32Ego sum Deus patrum tuorum, Deus Abraham, Deus Isaac, et Deus Jacob. Tremefactus autem Moyses, non audebat considerare.
32‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.
33Dixit autem illi Dominus: Solve calceamentum pedum tuorum: locus enim in quo stas, terra sancta est.
33Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.
34Videns vidi afflictionem populi mei qui est in Ægypto, et gemitum eorum audivi, et descendi liberare eos. Et nunc veni, et mittam te in Ægyptum.
34I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’
35Hunc Moysen, quem negaverunt, dicentes: Quis te constituit principem et judicem? hunc Deus principem et redemptorem misit, cum manu angeli qui apparuit illi in rubo.
35This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
36Hic eduxit illos faciens prodigia et signa in terra Ægypti, et in rubro mari, et in deserto annis quadraginta.
36He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.
37Hic est Moyses, qui dixit filiis Israël: Prophetam suscitabit vobis Deus de fratribus vestris, tamquam me: ipsum audietis.
37This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’
38Hic est qui fuit in ecclesia in solitudine cum angelo, qui loquebatur ei in monte Sina, et cum patribus nostris: qui accepit verba vitæ dare nobis.
38He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.
39Cui noluerunt obedire patres nostri: sed repulerunt, et aversi sunt cordibus suis in Ægyptum,
39But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.
40dicentes ad Aaron: Fac nobis deos qui præcedant nos: Moyses enim hic, qui eduxit nos de terra Ægypti, nescimus quid factum sit ei.
40They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’
41Et vitulum fecerunt in diebus illis, et obtulerunt hostiam simulacro, et lætabantur in operibus manuum suarum.
41At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.
42Convertit autem Deus, et tradidit eos servire militiæ cæli, sicut scriptum est in libro prophetarum: [Numquid victimas et hostias obtulistis mihi annis quadraginta in deserto, domus Israël?
42But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
43Et suscepistis tabernaculum Moloch, et sidus dei vestri Rempham, figuras quas fecistis adorare eas: et transferam vos trans Babylonem.]
43You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’
44Tabernaculum testimonii fuit cum patribus nostris in deserto, sicut disposuit illis Deus loquens ad Moysen, ut faceret illud secundum formam quam viderat.
44Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.
45Quod et induxerunt, suscipientes patres nostri cum Jesu in possessionem gentium quas expulit Deus a facie patrum nostrorum, usque in diebus David,
45And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,
46qui invenit gratiam ante Deum, et petiit ut inveniret tabernaculum Deo Jacob.
46who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.
47Salomon autem ædificavit illi domum.
47But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.
48Sed non Excelsus in manufactis habitat, sicut propheta dicit:
48However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
49[Cælum mihi sedes est: terra autem scabellum pedum meorum. Quam domum ædificabitis mihi? dicit Dominus: aut quis locus requietionis meæ est?
49‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be?
50Nonne manus mea fecit hæc omnia?]
50Has not My hand made all these things?’
51Dura cervice, et incircumcisis cordibus et auribus, vos semper Spiritui Sancto resistitis: sicut patres vestri, ita et vos.
51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
52Quem prophetarum non sunt persecuti patres vestri? et occiderunt eos qui prænuntiabant de adventu Justi, cujus vos nunc proditores et homicidæ fuistis:
52Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
53qui accepistis legem in dispositione angelorum, et non custodistis.
53you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”
54Audientes autem hæc, dissecabantur cordibus suis, et stridebant dentibus in eum.
54On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
55Cum autem esset plenus Spiritu Sancto, intendens in cælum, vidit gloriam Dei, et Jesum stantem a dextris Dei. Et ait: Ecce video cælos apertos, et Filium hominis stantem a dextris Dei.
55But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
56Exclamantes autem voce magna continuerunt aures suas, et impetum fecerunt unanimiter in eum.
56“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
57Et ejicientes eum extra civitatem, lapidabant: et testes deposuerunt vestimenta sua secus pedes adolescentis qui vocabatur Saulus.
57At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.
58Et lapidabant Stephanum invocantem, et dicentem: Domine Jesu, suscipe spiritum meum.
58They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
59Positis autem genibus, clamavit voce magna, dicens: Domine, ne statuas illis hoc peccatum. Et cum hoc dixisset, obdormivit in Domino. Saulus autem erat consentiens neci ejus.
59While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
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60Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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