Djela apostolska 7
1 Veliki svećenik upita: “Je li to tako?”
The high priest said, “Are these things so?”
2 Stjepan odgovori: “Braćo i oci, čujte! Bog slave ukaza se ocu našemu Abrahamu dok bijaše u Mezopotamiji, prije negoli se nastani u Haranu,
He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
3 i reče mu: Iziđi iz zemlje svoje, iz zavičaja svoga, hajde u zemlju koju ću ti pokazati.
and said to him, ‘Get out of your land and away from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.’
4 On nato iziđe iz zemlje kaldejske i nastani se u Haranu. Odande ga nakon smrti oca njegova Bog preseli u ovu zemlju u kojoj vi sada boravite.
Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land where you are now living.
5 U njoj mu ne dade ni stope baštine, nego obeća dati je u posjed njemu i potomstvu njegovu nakon njega, premda još nije imao djeteta.
He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his offspring after him, when he still had no child.
6 Bog isto tako reče da će potomci njegovi biti pridošlice u zemlji tuđoj, da će ih porobljavati i tlačiti četiri stotine godina.
God spoke in this way: that his offspring would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.
7 Ali narod kojemu budu robovali ja ću suditi, reče Bog. A nakon toga izići će i iskazati mi štovanje na ovome mjestu.
‘I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,’ said God, ‘and after that they will come out and serve me in this place.’
8 Dade mu i Savez obrezanja. Tako rodi Izaka i obreza ga osmi dan, Izak Jakova, Jakov dvanaest rodozačetnika.”
He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.
9 “Rodozačetnici pak, iz zavisti, Josipa predadoše u Egipat. Ali Bog bijaše s njim
“The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him
10 te ga izbavljaše iz svih nevolja, podari ga naklonošću i mudrošću pred faraonom, kraljem egipatskim koji ga postavi za upravitelja nad Egiptom i nad cijelim dvorom svojim.
and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
11 Onda u cijeloj zemlji egipatskoj i kanaanskoj nasta glad i nevolja velika: oci naši ne mogahu naći hrane.
Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
12 Kad Jakov doču da u Egiptu ima žita, posla onamo najprije oce naše.
But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
13 Drugi se put Josip očitova braći svojoj pa faraon dozna za podrijetlo Josipovo.
On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family was revealed to Pharaoh.
14 Josip tada posla po Jakova, oca svoga, i svu rodbinu, sedamdeset i pet duša.
Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
15 Jakov tako siđe u Egipat. I umrije on i oci naši.
Jacob went down into Egypt and he died, himself and our fathers;
16 Preneseni su u Sihem i položeni u grob koji je Abraham za srebro kupio od sinova Hamorovih u Sihemu.”
and they were brought back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem.
17 “Kako se bližilo vrijeme obećanja koje Bog obreče Abrahamu, rastao je u Egiptu narod i množio se
“But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18 dok ondje ne zavlada drugi kralj koji nije poznavao Josipa.
until there arose a different king who did not know Joseph.
19 Lukav prema rodu našemu, tlačio je on oce naše da bi djecu svoju izlagali da ne ostanu na životu.
The same took advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to abandon their babies, so that they would not stay alive.
20 U taj se čas rodi Mojsije. Bijaše božanski lijep. Tri je mjeseca hranjen u kući očinskoj,
At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome to God. He was nourished three months in his father’s house.
21 a onda, kad je bio izložen, prigrli ga kći faraonova i othrani sebi za sina.
When he was abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up and reared him as her own son.
22 Tako Mojsije, odgojen u svoj mudrosti egipatskoj, bijaše silan na riječima i djelima.”
Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
23 “Kad mu bijaše četrdeset godina, ponuka ga srce da pohodi braću svoju, sinove Izraelove.
But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
24 I kad vidje kako je jednomu nanesena nepravda, suprotstavi se i osveti zlostavljenoga ubivši Egipćanina.
Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
25 Mislio je da će braća njegova shvatiti kako će im Bog po njegovoj ruci pružiti spasenje, ali oni ne shvatiše.
He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they did not understand.
26 Sutradan se pojavi pred onima koji su se tukli te ih stade nagovarati da se izmire: 'Ljudi, braća ste! Zašto zlostavljate jedan drugoga?'
“The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, ‘Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?’
27 Ali ga onaj što je zlostavljao svoga bližnjega odbi riječima: Tko te postavi glavarom i sucem nad nama?
But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
28 Kaniš li ubiti i mene kao što si jučer ubio onog Egipćanina?
Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 Na te riječi pobježe Mojsije i skloni se u zemlju midjansku, gdje mu se rodiše dva sina.”
Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
30 “Nakon četrdeset godina ukaza mu se Anđeo u pustinji brda Sinaja u rasplamtjeloj vatri jednoga grma.
“When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
31 Opazivši to, zadivi se Mojsije viđenju. Dok je prilazio da bolje promotri, eto glasa Gospodnjega:
When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, the voice of the Lord came to him,
32 Ja sam Bog Otaca tvojih, Bog Abrahamov, Izakov i Jakovljev. Sav preplašen, Mojsije se ne usudi pogledati.
‘I am the God of your fathers: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ Moses trembled and dared not look.
33 A Gospodin će mu: Izuj obuću s nogu! Jer mjesto na kojem stojiš, sveto je tlo.
The Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
34 Vidio sam, vidio nevolju naroda svoga u Egiptu i uzdisaj mu čuo pa siđoh izbaviti ga. I sad hajde! Šaljem te u Egipat!”
I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you into Egypt.’
35 “Toga Mojsija - kojega su se odrekli rekavši: Tko te postavi glavarom i sucem? - toga im Bog kao glavara i otkupitelja posla po Anđelu koji mu se ukaza u grmu.
“This Moses whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
36 On ih izvede učinivši čudesa i znamenja u zemlji egipatskoj, u Crvenome moru i u pustinji kroz četrdeset godina.
This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
37 To je onaj Mojsije koji reče sinovima Izraelovim: Proroka poput mene od vaše braće podići će vam Bog.
This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, ‘The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me.’
38 To je onaj koji za skupa u pustinji bijaše između Anđela što mu govoraše na brdu Sinaju i otaca naših; onaj koji je primio riječi životne da ih nama preda.
This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living revelations to give to us,
39 Njemu se ne htjedoše pokoriti oci naši, nego ga odbiše i u srcima se svojima vratiše u Egipat
to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but rejected him and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
40 rekavši Aronu: 'Napravi nam bogove koji će ići pred nama! Ta ne znamo što se dogodi s tim Mojsijem koji nas izvede iz zemlje egipatske.'
saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’
41 Tele načiniše u dane one, prinesoše žrtvu tom kumiru i veseljahu se djelima ruku svojih.
They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
42 Bog se pak odvrati i prepusti ih da časte vojsku nebesku, kao što piše u Knjizi proročkoj: Prinosiste li mi žrtve i prinose četrdeset godina u pustinji, dome Izraelov?
But God turned away and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
43 Poprimiste šator Molohov i zvijezdu boga Refana - likove koje napraviste da biste im se klanjali. Odvest ću vas stoga u progonstvo onkraj Babilona!”
You took up the tabernacle of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, the figures which you made to worship, so I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’
44 “Oci naši imahu u pustinji Šator svjedočanstva kako odredi Onaj koji reče Mojsiju da se on načini po praliku koji je vidio.
“Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen;
45 Taj su Šator preuzeli oci naši i pod Jošuom ga unijeli u posjed s kojega Bog pred licem njihovim rastjera narode. Tako bijaše sve do dana Davida,
which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations whom God drove out before the face of our fathers to the days of David,
46 koji je našao milost pred Bogom te molio da nađe boravište Bogu Jakovljevu.
who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
47 Istom Salomon izgradi mu Dom.
But Solomon built him a house.
48 Ali Svevišnji u rukotvorinama ne prebiva, kao što veli prorok:
However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
49 Nebesa su moje prijestolje, a zemlja podnožje nogama. Kakav dom da mi sagradite, govori Gospodin, i gdje da bude mjesto mog počinka?
‘heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?’ says the Lord. ‘Or what is the place of my rest?
50 Nije li ruka moja načinila sve to?
Did not my hand make all these things?’
51 Tvrdovrati i neobrezanih srdaca i ušiju, vi se uvijek opirete Duhu Svetomu: kako oci vaši tako i vi!
“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.
52 Kojega od proroka nisu progonili oci vaši? I pobiše one koji su unaprijed navijestili dolazak Pravednika čiji ste vi sada izdajice i ubojice,
Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.
53 vi koji po anđeoskim uredbama primiste Zakon, ali ga se niste držali.”
You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and did not keep it!”
54 Kad su to čuli, uskipješe u srcima i počeše škripati zubima na njega.
Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
55 Ali on, pun Duha Svetoga, uprije pogled u nebo i ugleda slavu Božju i Isusa gdje stoji zdesna Bogu
But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
56 pa reče: “Evo vidim nebesa otvorena i Sina Čovječjega gdje stoji zdesna Bogu.”
and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
57 Vičući iza glasa, oni zatisnuše uši i navališe jednodušno na njega.
But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears, then rushed at him with one accord.
58 Izbaciše ga iz grada pa ga kamenovahu. Svjedoci odložiše haljine do nogu mladića koji se zvao Savao.
They threw him out of the city and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
59 I dok su ga kamenovali, Stjepan je zazivao: “Gospodine Isuse, primi duh moj!”
They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
60 Onda se baci na koljena i povika iza glasa: “Gospodine, ne uzmi im ovo za grijeh!” Kada to reče, usnu.
He kneeled down and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.
