Acts 7
1 And the high priest said, Are these things then so?
Dixit autem princeps sacerdotum: Si hæc ita se habent?
2 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 Charran,
Qui ait: Viri fratres, et patres audite: Deus gloriæ apparuit patri nostro Abrahæ cum esset in Mesopotamia, prius quam moraretur in Charan.
3 and said to him, Go out of thy land and out of thy kindred, and come into the land which I will shew thee.
Et dixit ad illum: Exi de terra tua, et de cognatione tua, et veni in terram, quam monstravero tibi.
4 Then going out of the land of the Chaldeans he dwelt in Charran, and thence, after his father died, he removed him into this land in which ye now dwell.
Tunc exiit de terra Chaldæorum, et habitavit in Charan. Et inde, postquam mortuus est pater eius, transtulit illum in terram istam, in qua nunc vos habitatis.
5 And he did not give him an inheritance in it, not even what his foot could stand on; and promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he had no child.
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.
6 And God spoke thus: His seed shall be a sojourner in a strange land, and they shall enslave them and evil entreat [them] four hundred years;
Locutus est autem ei Deus: Quia erit semen eius accola in terra aliena, et servituti eos subiicient, et male tractabunt eos annis quadringentis:
7 and the nation to which they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and serve me in this place.
et gentem cui servierint, iudicabo ego, dixit Dominus. Et post hæc exibunt, et servient mihi in loco isto.
8 And he gave to him [the] covenant of circumcision; and thus he begat Isaac and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.
Et dedit illi testamentum circumcisionis: et sic genuit Isaac, et circumcidit eum die octavo: et Isaac, Iacob: et Iacob, duodecim Patriarchas.
9 And the patriarchs, envying Joseph, sold him away into Egypt. And God was with him,
Et Patriarchæ æmulantes, Ioseph vendiderunt in Ægyptum. Et erat Deus cum eo:
10 and delivered him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he appointed him chief over Egypt and all his house.
et eripuit eum ex omnibus tribulationibus eius: et dedit ei gratiam, et sapientiam in conspectu Pharaonis regis Ægypti, et constituit eum præpositum super Ægyptum, et super omnem domum suam.
11 But a famine came upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress, and our fathers found no food.
Venit autem fames in universam Ægyptum, et Chanaan, et tribulatio magna: et non inveniebant cibos patres nostri.
12 But Jacob, having heard of there being corn in Egypt, sent out our fathers first;
Cum audisset autem Iacob esse frumentum in Ægypto: misit patres nostros primum:
13 and the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren, and the family of Joseph became known to Pharaoh.
et in secundo cognitus est Ioseph a fratribus suis, et manifestatum est Pharaoni genus eius.
14 And Joseph sent and called down to him his father Jacob and all [his] kindred, seventy-five souls.
Mittens autem Ioseph accersivit Iacob patrem suum, et omnem cognationem suam in animabus septuagintaquinque.
15 And Jacob went down into Egypt and died, he and our fathers,
Et descendit Iacob in Ægyptum, et defunctus est ipse, et patres nostri.
16 and were carried over to Sychem and placed in the sepulchre which Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the [father] of Sychem.
Et translati sunt in Sichem, et positi sunt in sepulchro, quod emit Abraham pretio argenti a filiis Hemor filii Sichem.
17 But as the time of promise drew near which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,
Cum autem appropinquaret tempus promissionis, quam confessus erat Deus Abrahæ, crevit populus, et multiplicatus est in Ægypto,
18 until another king over Egypt arose who did not know Joseph.
quoadusque surrexit alius rex in Ægypto, qui non sciebat Ioseph.
19 He dealt subtilly with our race, and evil entreated the fathers, casting out their infants that they might not live.
Hic circumveniens genus nostrum, afflixit patres nostros ut exponerent infantes suos ne vivificarentur.
20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceedingly lovely, who was nourished three months in the house of his father.
Eodem tempore natus est Moyses et fuit gratus Deo, qui nutritus est tribus mensibus in domo patris sui.
21 And when he was cast out, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and brought him up for herself [to be] for a son.
Exposito autem illo, sustulit eum filia Pharaonis, et nutrivit eum sibi in filium.
22 And Moses was instructed in all [the] wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.
Et eruditus est Moyses omni sapientia Ægyptiorum, et erat potens in verbis, et in operibus suis.
23 And when a period of forty years was fulfilled to him, it came into his heart to look upon his brethren, the sons of Israel;
Cum autem impleretur ei quadraginta annorum tempus, ascendit in cor eius ut visitaret fratres suos filios Israel.
24 and seeing a certain one wronged, he defended [him], and avenged him that was being oppressed, smiting the Egyptian.
Et cum vidisset quendam iniuriam patientem, vindicavit illum: et fecit ultionem ei, qui iniuriam sustinebat, percusso Ægyptio.
25 For he thought that his brethren would understand that God by his hand was giving them deliverance. But they understood not.
Existimabat autem intelligere fratres, quoniam Deus per manum ipsius daret salutem illis: at illi non intellexerunt.
26 And on the morrow he shewed himself to them as they were contending, and compelled them to peace, saying, Ye are brethren, why do ye wrong one another?
Sequenti vero die apparuit illis litigantibus: et reconciliabat eos in pace, dicens: Viri, fratres estis, ut quid nocetis alterutrum?
27 But he that was wronging his neighbour thrust him away, saying, Who established thee ruler and judge over us?
Qui autem iniuriam faciebat proximo, repulit eum, dicens: Quis te constituit principem, et iudicem super nos?
28 Dost thou wish to kill me as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?
Numquid interficere me tu vis, quemadmodum interfecisti heri Ægyptium?
29 And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Madiam, where he begat two sons.
Fugit autem Moyses in verbo isto: et factus est advena in terra Madian, ubi generavit filios duos.
30 And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in a flame of fire of a bush.
Et expletis annis quadraginta, apparuit illi in deserto montis Sina Angelus in igne flammæ rubi.
31 And Moses seeing it wondered at the vision; and as he went up to consider it, there was a voice of [the] Lord,
Moyses autem videns, admiratus est visum. Et accedente illo ut consideraret, facta est ad eum vox Domini, dicens:
32 I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not consider [it].
Ego sum Deus patrum tuorum, Deus Abraham, Deus Isaac, et Deus Iacob. Tremefactus autem Moyses, non audebat considerare.
33 And the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place on which thou standest is holy ground.
Dixit autem illi Dominus: Solve calceamentum pedum tuorum: locus enim in quo stas, terra sancta est.
34 I have surely seen the ill treatment of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groan, and have come down to take them out of it; and now, come, I will send thee to Egypt.
Videns vidi afflictionem populi mei, qui est in Ægypto, et gemitum eorum audivi, et descendi liberare eos. Et nunc veni, et mittam te in Ægyptum.
35 This Moses, whom they refused, saying, Who made thee ruler and judge? him did God send [to be] a ruler and deliverer with the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
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.
36 He led them out, having wrought wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
Hic eduxit illos faciens prodigia, et signa in terra Ægypti, et in rubro mari, et in deserto annis quadraginta.
37 This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up to you out of your brethren like me [him shall ye hear].
Hic est Moyses, qui dixit filiis Israel: Prophetam suscitabit vobis Deus de fratribus vestris, tamquam me, ipsum audietis.
38 This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received living oracles to give to us;
Hic 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.
39 to whom our fathers would not be subject, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,
Cui noluerunt obedire patres nostri: sed repulerunt, et aversi sunt cordibus suis in Ægyptum,
40 saying to Aaron, Make us gods who shall go before us; for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has happened to him.
dicentes ad Aaron: Fac nobis deos, qui præcedant nos: Moyses enim hic, qui eduxit nos de terra Ægypti, nescimus quid factum sit ei.
41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
Et vitulum fecerunt in diebus illis, et obtulerunt hostiam simulachro, et lætabantur in operibus manuum suarum.
42 But God turned and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in [the] book of the prophets, Have ye offered me victims and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
Convertit 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 Israel?
43 Yea, ye took up the tent of Moloch, and the star of [your] god Remphan, the forms which ye made to do homage to them; and I will transport you beyond Babylon.
Et suscepistis tabernaculum Moloch, et sidus dei vestri Rempham, figuras, quas fecistis, adorare eas. Et transferam vos trans Babylonem.
44 Our fathers had the tent of the testimony in the wilderness, as he that spoke to Moses commanded to make it according to the model which he had seen;
Tabernaculum testimonii fui cum patribus nostris in deserto, sicut disposuit illis Deus, loquens ad Moysen, ut faceret illud secundum formam, quam viderat.
45 which also our fathers, receiving from their predecessors, brought in with Joshua when they entered into possession of [the lands of] the nations, whom God drove out from [the] face of our fathers, until the days of David;
Quod et induxerunt, suscipientes patres nostri cum Iesu in possessionem Gentium, quas expulit Deus a facie patrum nostrorum, usque in diebus David,
46 who found favour before God, and asked to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;
qui invenit gratiam ante Deum, et petiit ut inveniret tabernaculum Deo Iacob.
47 but Solomon built him a house.
Salomon autem ædificavit illi domum.
48 But the Most High dwells not in [places] made with hands; as says the prophet,
Sed non Excelsus in manufactis habitat, sicut Propheta dicit:
49 The heaven [is] my throne and the earth the footstool of my feet: what house will ye build me? saith [the] Lord, or where [is the] place of my rest?
Cælum mihi sedes est: terra autem scabellum pedum meorum. Quam domum ædificabitis mihi, dicit Dominus? Aut quis locus requietionis meæ est?
50 has not my hand made all these things?
Nonne manus mea fecit hæc omnia?
51 O stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers, ye also.
Dura cervice, et incircumcisis cordibus, et auribus, vos semper Spiritui Sancto resistitis, sicut Patres vestri, ita et vos.
52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the Just One, of whom ye have now become deliverers up and murderers!
Quem Prophetarum non sunt persecuti patres vestri? Et occiderunt eos, qui prænunciabant de adventu Iusti, cuius vos nunc proditores, et homicidæ fuistis:
53 who have received the law as ordained by [the] ministry of angels, and have not kept [it].
qui accepistis legem in dispositione Angelorum, et non custodistis.
54 And hearing these things they were cut to the heart, and gnashed their teeth against him.
Audientes autem hæc dissecabantur cordibus suis, et stridebant dentibus in eum.
55 But being full of [the] Holy Spirit, having fixed his eyes on heaven, he saw [the] glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God,
Cum autem esset plenus Spiritu Sancto, intendens in cælum, vidit gloriam Dei, et Iesum stantem a dextris Dei.
56 and said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.
Et ait: Ecce video cælos apertos, et Filium hominis stantem a dextris Dei.
57 And they cried out with a loud voice, and held their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;
Exclamantes autem voce magna continuerunt aures suas, et impetum fecerunt unanimiter in eum.
58 and having cast [him] out of the city, they stoned [him]. And the witnesses laid aside their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul.
Et eiicientes eum extra civitatem lapidabant: et testes deposuerunt vestimenta sua secus pedes adolescentis, qui vocabatur Saulus.
59 And they stoned Stephen, praying, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Et lapidabant Stephanum invocantem, et dicentem: Domine Iesu suscipe spiritum meum.
60 And kneeling down, he cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And having said this, he fell asleep.
Positis autem genibus, clamavit voce magna, dicens: Domine ne statuas illis hoc peccatum. Et cum hoc dixisset, obdormivit in Domino.
