Acts 7
1 The cohen hagadol said, "Are these things so?"
Then the high priest said, Are these things true?
2 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,
And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran,
3 and said to him, 'Go out from your land and from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.'
And said to him, Go out of your land, and away from your family, and come into the land to which I will be your guide.
4 Then he came out of the land of the Kasdim, and lived in Haran. From there, after his father died, he moved him into this land, where you are now living.
Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and went into Haran; and from there, when his father was dead, he was guided by God into this land, where you are living now:
5 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 descendants after him, when he still had no child.
And God gave him no heritage in it, not even enough to put his foot on: but he gave him an undertaking that he would give it to him and to his children after him, though he had no child at that time.
6 But God spoke in this way, 'His descendants will live as strangers in a foreign land, and that they will be slaves and mistreated, for four hundred years.
And God said that his seed would be living in a strange land, and that they would make them servants, and be cruel to them for four hundred years.
7 But I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,' said God, 'and after that will they come out, and serve me in this place.'
And I will be the judge, said God, of that nation which made them servants: and after that, they will come out and give me worship in this place.
8 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.
And he made with him the agreement of which circumcision was the sign. And so Abraham had a son, Isaac, and gave him circumcision on the eighth day; and Isaac had a son, Jacob, and Jacob was the father of the twelve heads of the families of Israel.
9 "The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt; and God was with him,
And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God was with him,
10 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.
And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house.
11 Now a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers found no food.
Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food.
12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
But Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent out our fathers the first time.
13 On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh.
And the second time his brothers had a meeting with Joseph, and Pharaoh had knowledge of Joseph's family.
14 Then Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
Then Joseph sent for Jacob his father and all his family, seventy-five persons.
15 Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, himself and our fathers,
And Jacob went down to Egypt, and came to his end there, and so did our fathers;
16 and they were brought back to Shechem, and placed in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor in Shechem.
And they were taken over to Shechem, and put to rest in the place which Abraham got for a price in silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.
17 "But as the time of the promise came close which God had made to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
But when the time was near for putting into effect the undertaking which God had given to Abraham, the people were increasing in Egypt,
18 until 'there arose a different king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.'
Till another king came to power, who had no knowledge of Joseph.
19 The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they would not stay alive.
He, having evil designs against our nation, was cruel to our fathers, and they were forced to put out their young children, so that they might not go on living.
20 At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in his father's house.
At which time Moses came to birth, and he was very beautiful; and he was kept for three months in his father's house:
21 When he was thrown out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and reared him as her own son.
And when he was put out, Pharaoh's daughter took him and kept him as her son.
22 Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
And Moses was trained in all the wisdom of Egypt, and was great in his words and works.
23 But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
But when he was almost forty years old, it came into his heart to go and see his brothers, the children of Israel.
24 Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
And seeing one of them being attacked, he went to his help and gave the Egyptian a death-blow:
25 He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they did not understand.
And he was hoping that his brothers would see that God had sent him to be their saviour; but they did not see.
26 "The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, 'Men, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?'
And the day after, he came to them, while they were having a fight, and would have made peace between them, saying, Sirs, you are brothers; why do you do wrong to one another?
27 But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
But the man who was doing wrong to his neighbour, pushing him away, said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
28 Do you want to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?'
Will you put me to death as you did the Egyptian yesterday?
29 Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
And at these words, Moses went in flight to the land of Midian, and was living there for a time, and had two sons.
30 "When forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
At the end of forty years, an angel came to him in the waste land of Sinai, in the flame of a burning thorn-tree.
31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, a voice of the Lord came,
And Moses, seeing it, was full of wonder, and when he came up to have a nearer view of it, the voice of the Lord came to him, saying,
32 'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob.' Moses trembled, and dared not look.
I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. And Moses, shaking with fear, kept his eyes from looking at it.
33 The Lord said to him, 'Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
And the Lord said, Take off the shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy.
34 I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you to Egypt.'
Truly, I have seen the sorrows of my people in Egypt, and their cries have come to my ears, and I have come down to make them free: and now, come, I will send you to Egypt.
35 "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.
This Moses, whom they would not have, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? him God sent to be a ruler and a saviour, by the hand of the angel whom he saw in the thorn-tree.
36 This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
This man took them out, having done wonders and signs in Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the waste land, for forty years.
37 This is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, 'God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me.'
This is the same Moses, who said to the children of Israel, God will give you a prophet from among your brothers, like me.
38 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 words of life to give to us,
This is the man who was in the church in the waste land with the angel who was talking to him in Sinai, and with our fathers; and to him were given the living words of God, so that he might give them to you.
39 to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
By whom our fathers would not be controlled; but they put him on one side, turning back in their hearts to Egypt,
40 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.'
And saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has become of him.
41 They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
And they made the image of a young ox in those days, and made an offering to it, and had joy in the work of their hands.
42 But God turned, and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets, 'Did you offer to me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
But God was turned from them and let them give worship to the stars of heaven, as it says in the book of the prophets, Did you make offerings to me of sheep and oxen for forty years in the waste land, O house of Israel?
43 You took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Rephan, the images that you made to worship them. Therefore I will exile you beyond Babylon.'
And you took up the tent of Moloch and the star of the god Rephan, images which you made to give worship to them: and I will take you away, farther than Babylon.
44 "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;
Our fathers had the Tent of witness in the waste land, as God gave orders to Moses to make it after the design which he had seen.
45 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,
Which our fathers, in their turn, took with them when, with Joshua, they came into the heritage of the nations whom God was driving out before the face of our fathers, till the time of David,
46 who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
Who was pleasing to God; and he had a desire to make a holy tent for the God of Jacob.
47 But Solomon built him a house.
But Solomon was the builder of his house.
48 However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
But still, the Most High has not his resting-place in houses made with hands, as the prophet says,
49 '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?
Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is a resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, says the Lord, or what is my place of rest?
50 Did not my hand make all these things?'
Did not my hand make all these things?
51 "You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Ruach ha-Kodesh. As your fathers did, so you do.
You whose hearts are hard and whose ears are shut to me; you are ever working against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.
52 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.
Which of the prophets was not cruelly attacked by your fathers? and they put to death those who gave them the news of the coming of the Upright One; whom you have now given up and put to death;
53 You received the Law as it was ordained by angels, and did not keep it."
You, to whom the law was given as it was ordered by angels, and who have not kept it.
54 Now when they heard these things, they were furious, and they ground their teeth at him.
Hearing these things, they were cut to the heart and moved with wrath against him.
55 But he, being full of the Ruach ha-Kodesh, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Yeshua standing on the right hand of God.
But he was full of the Holy Spirit, and looking up to heaven, he saw the glory of God and Jesus at the right hand of God.
56 And he said, "Look, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."
And he said, Now I see heaven open, and the Son of man at the right hand of God.
57 But they shouted out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed at him with one accord.
But with loud cries, and stopping their ears, they made an attack on him all together,
58 They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
Driving him out of the town and stoning him: and the witnesses put their clothing at the feet of a young man named Saul.
59 They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, "Lord Yeshua, receive my spirit."
And Stephen, while he was being stoned, made prayer to God, saying, Lord Jesus, take my spirit.
60 He kneeled down, and shouted out, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." When he had said this, he fell asleep.
And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest.
