Acts 7
1 And the high priest said, Are these things so?
tataḥ paraṁ mahāyājakaḥ pṛṣṭavān, eṣā kathāṁ kiṁ satyā?
2 And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken: The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,
tataḥ sa pratyavadat, he pitaro he bhrātaraḥ sarvve lākā manāṁsi nidhaddhvaṁ|asmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣa ibrāhīm hāraṇnagare vāsakaraṇāt pūrvvaṁ yadā arām-naharayimadeśe āsīt tadā tejomaya īśvaro darśanaṁ datvā
3 and said unto him, Get thee out of thy land, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.
tamavadat tvaṁ svadeśajñātimitrāṇi parityajya yaṁ deśamahaṁ darśayiṣyāmi taṁ deśaṁ vraja|
4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Haran: and from thence, when his father was dead, [God] removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell:
ataḥ sa kasdīyadeśaṁ vihāya hāraṇnagare nyavasat, tadanantaraṁ tasya pitari mṛte yatra deśe yūyaṁ nivasatha sa enaṁ deśamāgacchat|
5 and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.
kintvīśvarastasmai kamapyadhikāram arthād ekapadaparimitāṁ bhūmimapi nādadāt; tadā tasya kopi santāno nāsīt tathāpi santānaiḥ sārddham etasya deśasyādhikārī tvaṁ bhaviṣyasīti tampratyaṅgīkṛtavān|
6 And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill, four hundred years.
īśvara ittham aparamapi kathitavān tava santānāḥ paradeśe nivatsyanti tatastaddeśīyalokāścatuḥśatavatsarān yāvat tān dāsatve sthāpayitvā tān prati kuvyavahāraṁ kariṣyanti|
7 And the nation to which they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
aparam īśvara enāṁ kathāmapi kathitavān, ye lokāstān dāsatve sthāpayiṣyanti tāllokān ahaṁ daṇḍayiṣyāmi, tataḥ paraṁ te bahirgatāḥ santo mām atra sthāne seviṣyante|
8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so [Abraham] begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac [begat] Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.
paścāt sa tasmai tvakchedasya niyamaṁ dattavān, ata ishākanāmni ibrāhīma ekaputre jāte, aṣṭamadine tasya tvakchedam akarot| tasya ishākaḥ putro yākūb, tatastasya yākūbo'smākaṁ dvādaśa pūrvvapuruṣā ajāyanta|
9 And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,
te pūrvvapuruṣā īrṣyayā paripūrṇā misaradeśaṁ preṣayituṁ yūṣaphaṁ vyakrīṇan|
10 and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
kintvīśvarastasya sahāyo bhūtvā sarvvasyā durgate rakṣitvā tasmai buddhiṁ dattvā misaradeśasya rājñaḥ phirauṇaḥ priyapātraṁ kṛtavān tato rājā misaradeśasya svīyasarvvaparivārasya ca śāsanapadaṁ tasmai dattavān|
11 Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
tasmin samaye misara-kinānadeśayo rdurbhikṣahetoratikliṣṭatvāt naḥ pūrvvapuruṣā bhakṣyadravyaṁ nālabhanta|
12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time.
kintu misaradeśe śasyāni santi, yākūb imāṁ vārttāṁ śrutvā prathamam asmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣān misaraṁ preṣitavān|
13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph’s race became manifest unto Pharaoh.
tato dvitīyavāragamane yūṣaph svabhrātṛbhiḥ paricito'bhavat; yūṣapho bhrātaraḥ phirauṇ rājena paricitā abhavan|
14 And Joseph sent, and called to him Jacob his father, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
anantaraṁ yūṣaph bhrātṛgaṇaṁ preṣya nijapitaraṁ yākūbaṁ nijān pañcādhikasaptatisaṁkhyakān jñātijanāṁśca samāhūtavān|
15 And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself and our fathers;
tasmād yākūb misaradeśaṁ gatvā svayam asmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣāśca tasmin sthāne'mriyanta|
16 and they were carried over unto Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver of the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
tataste śikhimaṁ nītā yat śmaśānam ibrāhīm mudrādatvā śikhimaḥ pitu rhamoraḥ putrebhyaḥ krītavān tatśmaśāne sthāpayāñcakrire|
17 But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
tataḥ param īśvara ibrāhīmaḥ sannidhau śapathaṁ kṛtvā yāṁ pratijñāṁ kṛtavān tasyāḥ pratijñāyāḥ phalanasamaye nikaṭe sati isrāyellokā simaradeśe varddhamānā bahusaṁkhyā abhavan|
18 till there arose another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
śeṣe yūṣaphaṁ yo na paricinoti tādṛśa eko narapatirupasthāya
19 The same dealt craftily with our race, and ill-treated our fathers, that they should cast out their babes to the end they might not live.
asmākaṁ jñātibhiḥ sārddhaṁ dhūrttatāṁ vidhāya pūrvvapuruṣān prati kuvyavaharaṇapūrvvakaṁ teṣāṁ vaṁśanāśanāya teṣāṁ navajātān śiśūn bahi rnirakṣepayat|
20 At which season Moses was born, and was exceeding fair; and he was nourished three months in his father’s house:
etasmin samaye mūsā jajñe, sa tu paramasundaro'bhavat tathā pitṛgṛhe māsatrayaparyyantaṁ pālito'bhavat|
21 and when he was cast out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
kintu tasmin bahirnikṣipte sati phirauṇarājasya kanyā tam uttolya nītvā dattakaputraṁ kṛtvā pālitavatī|
22 And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and works.
tasmāt sa mūsā misaradeśīyāyāḥ sarvvavidyāyāḥ pāradṛṣvā san vākye kriyāyāñca śaktimān abhavat|
23 But when he was well-nigh forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
sa sampūrṇacatvāriṁśadvatsaravayasko bhūtvā isrāyelīyavaṁśanijabhrātṛn sākṣāt kartuṁ matiṁ cakre|
24 And seeing one [of them] suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, smiting the Egyptian:
teṣāṁ janamekaṁ hiṁsitaṁ dṛṣṭvā tasya sapakṣaḥ san hiṁsitajanam upakṛtya misarīyajanaṁ jaghāna|
25 and he supposed that his brethren understood that God by his hand was giving them deliverance; but they understood not.
tasya hasteneśvarastān uddhariṣyati tasya bhrātṛgaṇa iti jñāsyati sa ityanumānaṁ cakāra, kintu te na bubudhire|
26 And the day following he appeared unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
tatpare 'hani teṣām ubhayo rjanayo rvākkalaha upasthite sati mūsāḥ samīpaṁ gatvā tayo rmelanaṁ karttuṁ matiṁ kṛtvā kathayāmāsa, he mahāśayau yuvāṁ bhrātarau parasparam anyāyaṁ kutaḥ kuruthaḥ?
27 But he that did his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
tataḥ samīpavāsinaṁ prati yo jano'nyāyaṁ cakāra sa taṁ dūrīkṛtya kathayāmāsa, asmākamupari śāstṛtvavicārayitṛtvapadayoḥ kastvāṁ niyuktavān?
28 Wouldest thou kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?
hyo yathā misarīyaṁ hatavān tathā kiṁ māmapi haniṣyasi?
29 And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.
tadā mūsā etādṛśīṁ kathāṁ śrutvā palāyanaṁ cakre, tato midiyanadeśaṁ gatvā pravāsī san tasthau, tatastatra dvau putrau jajñāte|
30 And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
anantaraṁ catvāriṁśadvatsareṣu gateṣu sīnayaparvvatasya prāntare prajvalitastambasya vahniśikhāyāṁ parameśvaradūtastasmai darśanaṁ dadau|
31 And when Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord,
mūsāstasmin darśane vismayaṁ matvā viśeṣaṁ jñātuṁ nikaṭaṁ gacchati,
32 I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
etasmin samaye, ahaṁ tava pūrvvapuruṣāṇām īśvaro'rthād ibrāhīma īśvara ishāka īśvaro yākūba īśvaraśca, mūsāmuddiśya parameśvarasyaitādṛśī vihāyasīyā vāṇī babhūva, tataḥ sa kampānvitaḥ san puna rnirīkṣituṁ pragalbho na babhūva|
33 And the Lord said unto him, Loose the shoes from thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.
parameśvarastaṁ jagāda, tava pādayoḥ pāduke mocaya yatra tiṣṭhasi sā pavitrabhūmiḥ|
34 I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and I am come down to deliver them: and now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
ahaṁ misaradeśasthānāṁ nijalokānāṁ durddaśāṁ nitāntam apaśyaṁ, teṣāṁ kātaryyoktiñca śrutavān tasmāt tān uddharttum avaruhyāgamam; idānīm āgaccha misaradeśaṁ tvāṁ preṣayāmi|
35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? him hath God sent [to be] both a ruler and a deliverer with the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.
kastvāṁ śāstṛtvavicārayitṛtvapadayo rniyuktavān, iti vākyamuktvā tai ryo mūsā avajñātastameva īśvaraḥ stambamadhye darśanadātrā tena dūtena śāstāraṁ muktidātārañca kṛtvā preṣayāmāsa|
36 This man led them forth, having wrought wonders and signs in Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
sa ca misaradeśe sūphnāmni samudre ca paścāt catvāriṁśadvatsarān yāvat mahāprāntare nānāprakārāṇyadbhutāni karmmāṇi lakṣaṇāni ca darśayitvā tān bahiḥ kṛtvā samānināya|
37 This is that Moses, who said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me.
prabhuḥ parameśvaro yuṣmākaṁ bhrātṛgaṇasya madhye mādṛśam ekaṁ bhaviṣyadvaktāram utpādayiṣyati tasya kathāyāṁ yūyaṁ mano nidhāsyatha, yo jana isrāyelaḥ santānebhya enāṁ kathāṁ kathayāmāsa sa eṣa mūsāḥ|
38 This is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel that spake to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received living oracles to give unto us:
mahāprāntarasthamaṇḍalīmadhye'pi sa eva sīnayaparvvatopari tena sārddhaṁ saṁlāpino dūtasya cāsmatpitṛgaṇasya madhyasthaḥ san asmabhyaṁ dātavyani jīvanadāyakāni vākyāni lebhe|
39 to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and turned back in their hearts unto Egypt,
asmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣāstam amānyaṁ katvā svebhyo dūrīkṛtya misaradeśaṁ parāvṛtya gantuṁ manobhirabhilaṣya hāroṇaṁ jagaduḥ,
40 saying unto Aaron, Make us gods that shall go before us: for as for this Moses, who led us forth out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
asmākam agre'gre gantum asmadarthaṁ devagaṇaṁ nirmmāhi yato yo mūsā asmān misaradeśād bahiḥ kṛtvānītavān tasya kiṁ jātaṁ tadasmābhi rna jñāyate|
41 And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
tasmin samaye te govatsākṛtiṁ pratimāṁ nirmmāya tāmuddiśya naivedyamutmṛjya svahastakṛtavastunā ānanditavantaḥ|
42 But God turned, and gave them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, Did ye offer unto me slain beasts and sacrifices Forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
tasmād īśvarasteṣāṁ prati vimukhaḥ san ākāśasthaṁ jyotirgaṇaṁ pūjayituṁ tebhyo'numatiṁ dadau, yādṛśaṁ bhaviṣyadvādināṁ grantheṣu likhitamāste, yathā, isrāyelīyavaṁśā re catvāriṁśatsamān purā| mahati prāntare saṁsthā yūyantu yāni ca| balihomādikarmmāṇi kṛtavantastu tāni kiṁ| māṁ samuddiśya yuṣmābhiḥ prakṛtānīti naiva ca|
43 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.
kintu vo molakākhyasya devasya dūṣyameva ca| yuṣmākaṁ rimphanākhyāyā devatāyāśca tārakā| etayorubhayo rmūrtī yuṣmābhiḥ paripūjite| ato yuṣmāṁstu bābelaḥ pāraṁ neṣyāmi niścitaṁ|
44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he appointed who spake unto Moses, that he should make it according to the figure that he had seen.
aparañca yannidarśanam apaśyastadanusāreṇa dūṣyaṁ nirmmāhi yasmin īśvaro mūsām etadvākyaṁ babhāṣe tat tasya nirūpitaṁ sākṣyasvarūpaṁ dūṣyam asmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣaiḥ saha prāntare tasthau|
45 Which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered on the possession of the nations, that God thrust out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
paścāt yihośūyena sahitaisteṣāṁ vaṁśajātairasmatpūrvvapuruṣaiḥ sveṣāṁ sammukhād īśvareṇa dūrīkṛtānām anyadeśīyānāṁ deśādhikṛtikāle samānītaṁ tad dūṣyaṁ dāyūdodhikāraṁ yāvat tatra sthāna āsīt|
46 who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
sa dāyūd parameśvarasyānugrahaṁ prāpya yākūb īśvarārtham ekaṁ dūṣyaṁ nirmmātuṁ vavāñcha;
47 But Solomon built him a house.
kintu sulemān tadarthaṁ mandiram ekaṁ nirmmitavān|
48 Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in [houses] made with hands; as saith the prophet,
tathāpi yaḥ sarvvoparisthaḥ sa kasmiṁścid hastakṛte mandire nivasatīti nahi, bhaviṣyadvādī kathāmetāṁ kathayati, yathā,
49 The heaven is my throne, And the earth the footstool of my feet: What manner of house will ye build me? saith the Lord: Or what is the place of my rest?
pareśo vadati svargo rājasiṁhāsanaṁ mama| madīyaṁ pādapīṭhañca pṛthivī bhavati dhruvaṁ| tarhi yūyaṁ kṛte me kiṁ pranirmmāsyatha mandiraṁ| viśrāmāya madīyaṁ vā sthānaṁ kiṁ vidyate tviha|
50 Did not my hand make all these things?
sarvvāṇyetāni vastūni kiṁ me hastakṛtāni na||
51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.
he anājñāgrāhakā antaḥkaraṇe śravaṇe cāpavitralokāḥ yūyam anavarataṁ pavitrasyātmanaḥ prātikūlyam ācaratha, yuṣmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣā yādṛśā yūyamapi tādṛśāḥ|
52 Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;
yuṣmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣāḥ kaṁ bhaviṣyadvādinaṁ nātāḍayan? ye tasya dhārmmikasya janasyāgamanakathāṁ kathitavantastān aghnan yūyam adhūnā viśvāsaghātino bhūtvā taṁ dhārmmikaṁ janam ahata|
53 ye who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and kept it not.
yūyaṁ svargīyadūtagaṇena vyavasthāṁ prāpyāpi tāṁ nācaratha|
54 Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
imāṁ kathāṁ śrutvā te manaḥsu biddhāḥ santastaṁ prati dantagharṣaṇam akurvvan|
55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
kintu stiphānaḥ pavitreṇātmanā pūrṇo bhūtvā gagaṇaṁ prati sthiradṛṣṭiṁ kṛtvā īśvarasya dakṣiṇe daṇḍāyamānaṁ yīśuñca vilokya kathitavān;
56 and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
paśya, meghadvāraṁ muktam īśvarasya dakṣiṇe sthitaṁ mānavasutañca paśyāmi|
57 But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;
tadā te proccaiḥ śabdaṁ kṛtvā karṇeṣvaṅgulī rnidhāya ekacittībhūya tam ākraman|
58 and they cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
paścāt taṁ nagarād bahiḥ kṛtvā prastarairāghnan sākṣiṇo lākāḥ śaulanāmno yūnaścaraṇasannidhau nijavastrāṇi sthāpitavantaḥ|
59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [the Lord], and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
anantaraṁ he prabho yīśe madīyamātmānaṁ gṛhāṇa stiphānasyeti prārthanavākyavadanasamaye te taṁ prastarairāghnan|
60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
tasmāt sa jānunī pātayitvā proccaiḥ śabdaṁ kṛtvā, he prabhe pāpametad eteṣu mā sthāpaya, ityuktvā mahānidrāṁ prāpnot|
