< Acts 7 >
1 The high priest said, "Are these things so?"
ειπεν δε ο αρχιερευς ει ταυτα ουτως εχει
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,
ο δε εφη ανδρες αδελφοι και πατερες ακουσατε ο θεος της δοξης ωφθη τω πατρι ημων αβρααμ οντι εν τη μεσοποταμια πριν η κατοικησαι αυτον εν χαρραν
3 and said to him, 'Go out from your land and from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.'
και ειπεν προς αυτον εξελθε εκ της γης σου και {VAR2: [εκ] } της συγγενειας σου και δευρο εις την γην ην αν σοι δειξω
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.
τοτε εξελθων εκ γης χαλδαιων κατωκησεν εν χαρραν κακειθεν μετα το αποθανειν τον πατερα αυτου μετωκισεν αυτον εις την γην ταυτην εις ην υμεις νυν κατοικειτε
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.
και ουκ εδωκεν αυτω κληρονομιαν εν αυτη ουδε βημα ποδος και επηγγειλατο δουναι αυτω εις κατασχεσιν αυτην και τω σπερματι αυτου μετ αυτον ουκ οντος αυτω τεκνου
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.
ελαλησεν δε ουτως ο θεος οτι εσται το σπερμα αυτου παροικον εν γη αλλοτρια και δουλωσουσιν αυτο και κακωσουσιν ετη τετρακοσια
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.'
και το εθνος ω εαν δουλευσουσιν κρινω εγω ο θεος ειπεν και μετα ταυτα εξελευσονται και λατρευσουσιν μοι εν τω τοπω τουτω
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.
και εδωκεν αυτω διαθηκην περιτομης και ουτως εγεννησεν τον ισαακ και περιετεμεν αυτον τη ημερα τη ογδοη και ισαακ τον ιακωβ και ιακωβ τους δωδεκα πατριαρχας
9 "The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt; and God was with him,
και οι πατριαρχαι ζηλωσαντες τον ιωσηφ απεδοντο εις αιγυπτον και ην ο θεος μετ αυτου
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.
και εξειλατο αυτον εκ πασων των θλιψεων αυτου και εδωκεν αυτω χαριν και σοφιαν εναντιον φαραω βασιλεως αιγυπτου και κατεστησεν αυτον ηγουμενον επ αιγυπτον και {VAR2: [εφ] } ολον τον οικον αυτου
11 Now a famine came over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers found no food.
ηλθεν δε λιμος εφ ολην την αιγυπτον και χανααν και θλιψις μεγαλη και ουχ ηυρισκον χορτασματα οι πατερες ημων
12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
ακουσας δε ιακωβ οντα σιτια εις αιγυπτον εξαπεστειλεν τους πατερας ημων πρωτον
13 On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh.
και εν τω δευτερω {VAR1: εγνωρισθη } {VAR2: ανεγνωρισθη } ιωσηφ τοις αδελφοις αυτου και φανερον εγενετο τω φαραω το γενος {VAR2: [του] } ιωσηφ
14 Then Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
αποστειλας δε ιωσηφ μετεκαλεσατο ιακωβ τον πατερα αυτου και πασαν την συγγενειαν εν ψυχαις εβδομηκοντα πεντε
15 Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, himself and our fathers,
{VAR1: κατεβη δε ιακωβ [εις αιγυπτον] } {VAR2: και κατεβη ιακωβ εις αιγυπτον } και ετελευτησεν αυτος και οι πατερες ημων
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.
και μετετεθησαν εις συχεμ και ετεθησαν εν τω μνηματι ω ωνησατο αβρααμ τιμης αργυριου παρα των υιων εμμωρ εν συχεμ
17 "But as the time of the promise came close which God had made to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
καθως δε ηγγιζεν ο χρονος της επαγγελιας ης ωμολογησεν ο θεος τω αβρααμ ηυξησεν ο λαος και επληθυνθη εν αιγυπτω
18 until 'there arose a different king over Egypt, who did not know Joseph.'
αχρις ου ανεστη βασιλευς ετερος {VAR1: επ αιγυπτον } {VAR2: [επ αιγυπτον] } ος ουκ ηδει τον ιωσηφ
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.
ουτος κατασοφισαμενος το γενος ημων εκακωσεν τους πατερας {VAR2: [ημων] } του ποιειν τα βρεφη εκθετα αυτων εις το μη ζωογονεισθαι
20 At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in his father's house.
εν ω καιρω εγεννηθη μωυσης και ην αστειος τω θεω ος ανετραφη μηνας τρεις εν τω οικω του πατρος
21 When he was thrown out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and reared him as her own son.
εκτεθεντος δε αυτου ανειλατο αυτον η θυγατηρ φαραω και ανεθρεψατο αυτον εαυτη εις υιον
22 Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
και επαιδευθη μωυσης {VAR2: [εν] } παση σοφια αιγυπτιων ην δε δυνατος εν λογοις και εργοις αυτου
23 But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
ως δε επληρουτο αυτω τεσσερακονταετης χρονος ανεβη επι την καρδιαν αυτου επισκεψασθαι τους αδελφους αυτου τους υιους ισραηλ
24 Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
και ιδων τινα αδικουμενον ημυνατο και εποιησεν εκδικησιν τω καταπονουμενω παταξας τον αιγυπτιον
25 He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they did not understand.
ενομιζεν δε συνιεναι τους αδελφους {VAR2: [αυτου] } οτι ο θεος δια χειρος αυτου διδωσιν σωτηριαν αυτοις οι δε ου συνηκαν
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?'
τη τε επιουση ημερα ωφθη αυτοις μαχομενοις και συνηλλασσεν αυτους εις ειρηνην ειπων ανδρες αδελφοι εστε ινα τι αδικειτε αλληλους
27 But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
ο δε αδικων τον πλησιον απωσατο αυτον ειπων τις σε κατεστησεν αρχοντα και δικαστην εφ ημων
28 Do you want to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?'
μη ανελειν με συ θελεις ον τροπον ανειλες εχθες τον αιγυπτιον
29 Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
εφυγεν δε μωυσης εν τω λογω τουτω και εγενετο παροικος εν γη μαδιαμ ου εγεννησεν υιους δυο
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.
και πληρωθεντων ετων τεσσερακοντα ωφθη αυτω εν τη ερημω του ορους σινα αγγελος εν φλογι πυρος βατου
31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, a voice of the Lord came,
ο δε μωυσης ιδων {VAR1: εθαυμασεν } {VAR2: εθαυμαζεν } το οραμα προσερχομενου δε αυτου κατανοησαι εγενετο φωνη κυριου
32 'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob.' Moses trembled, and dared not look.
εγω ο θεος των πατερων σου ο θεος αβρααμ και ισαακ και ιακωβ εντρομος δε γενομενος μωυσης ουκ ετολμα κατανοησαι
33 The Lord said to him, 'Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
ειπεν δε αυτω ο κυριος λυσον το υποδημα των ποδων σου ο γαρ τοπος εφ ω εστηκας γη αγια εστιν
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.'
ιδων ειδον την κακωσιν του λαου μου του εν αιγυπτω και του στεναγμου {VAR1: αυτου } {VAR2: αυτων } ηκουσα και κατεβην εξελεσθαι αυτους και νυν δευρο αποστειλω σε εις αιγυπτον
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.
τουτον τον μωυσην ον ηρνησαντο ειποντες τις σε κατεστησεν αρχοντα και δικαστην τουτον ο θεος {VAR1: και } {VAR2: [και] } αρχοντα και λυτρωτην απεσταλκεν συν χειρι αγγελου του οφθεντος αυτω εν τη βατω
36 This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
ουτος εξηγαγεν αυτους ποιησας τερατα και σημεια εν {VAR1: τη } {VAR2: γη } αιγυπτω και εν ερυθρα θαλασση και εν τη ερημω ετη τεσσερακοντα
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.'
ουτος εστιν ο μωυσης ο ειπας τοις υιοις ισραηλ προφητην υμιν αναστησει ο θεος εκ των αδελφων υμων ως εμε
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,
ουτος εστιν ο γενομενος εν τη εκκλησια εν τη ερημω μετα του αγγελου του λαλουντος αυτω εν τω ορει σινα και των πατερων ημων ος εδεξατο λογια ζωντα δουναι {VAR1: υμιν } {VAR2: ημιν }
39 to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
ω ουκ ηθελησαν υπηκοοι γενεσθαι οι πατερες ημων αλλα απωσαντο και εστραφησαν εν ταις καρδιαις αυτων εις αιγυπτον
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.'
ειποντες τω ααρων ποιησον ημιν θεους οι προπορευσονται ημων ο γαρ μωυσης ουτος ος εξηγαγεν ημας εκ γης αιγυπτου ουκ οιδαμεν τι εγενετο αυτω
41 They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
και εμοσχοποιησαν εν ταις ημεραις εκειναις και ανηγαγον θυσιαν τω ειδωλω και ευφραινοντο εν τοις εργοις των χειρων αυτων
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?
εστρεψεν δε ο θεος και παρεδωκεν αυτους λατρευειν τη στρατια του ουρανου καθως γεγραπται εν βιβλω των προφητων μη σφαγια και θυσιας προσηνεγκατε μοι ετη τεσσερακοντα εν τη ερημω οικος ισραηλ
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.'
και ανελαβετε την σκηνην του μολοχ και το αστρον του θεου {VAR1: ρομφα } {VAR2: [υμων] ραιφαν } τους τυπους ους εποιησατε προσκυνειν αυτοις και μετοικιω υμας επεκεινα βαβυλωνος
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;
η σκηνη του μαρτυριου ην τοις πατρασιν ημων εν τη ερημω καθως διεταξατο ο λαλων τω μωυση ποιησαι αυτην κατα τον τυπον ον εωρακει
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,
ην και εισηγαγον διαδεξαμενοι οι πατερες ημων μετα ιησου εν τη κατασχεσει των εθνων ων εξωσεν ο θεος απο προσωπου των πατερων ημων εως των ημερων δαυιδ
46 who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
ος ευρεν χαριν ενωπιον του θεου και ητησατο ευρειν σκηνωμα τω {VAR1: θεω } {VAR2: οικω } ιακωβ
47 But Solomon built him a house.
σολομων δε οικοδομησεν αυτω οικον
48 However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
αλλ ουχ ο υψιστος εν χειροποιητοις κατοικει καθως ο προφητης λεγει
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?
ο ουρανος μοι θρονος {VAR1: και η } {VAR2: η δε } γη υποποδιον των ποδων μου ποιον οικον οικοδομησετε μοι λεγει κυριος η τις τοπος της καταπαυσεως μου
50 Did not my hand make all these things?'
ουχι η χειρ μου εποιησεν ταυτα παντα
51 "You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so you do.
σκληροτραχηλοι και απεριτμητοι καρδιαις και τοις ωσιν υμεις αει τω πνευματι τω αγιω αντιπιπτετε ως οι πατερες υμων και υμεις
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.
τινα των προφητων ουκ εδιωξαν οι πατερες υμων και απεκτειναν τους προκαταγγειλαντας περι της ελευσεως του δικαιου ου νυν υμεις προδοται και φονεις εγενεσθε
53 You received the Law as it was ordained by angels, and did not keep it."
οιτινες ελαβετε τον νομον εις διαταγας αγγελων και ουκ εφυλαξατε
54 Now when they heard these things, they were furious, and they ground their teeth at him.
ακουοντες δε ταυτα διεπριοντο ταις καρδιαις αυτων και εβρυχον τους οδοντας επ αυτον
55 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.
υπαρχων δε πληρης πνευματος αγιου ατενισας εις τον ουρανον ειδεν δοξαν θεου και ιησουν εστωτα εκ δεξιων του θεου
56 And he said, "Look, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."
και ειπεν ιδου θεωρω τους ουρανους διηνοιγμενους και τον υιον του ανθρωπου εκ δεξιων εστωτα του θεου
57 But they shouted out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed at him with one accord.
κραξαντες δε φωνη μεγαλη συνεσχον τα ωτα αυτων και ωρμησαν ομοθυμαδον επ αυτον
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.
και εκβαλοντες εξω της πολεως ελιθοβολουν και οι μαρτυρες απεθεντο τα ιματια αυτων παρα τους ποδας νεανιου καλουμενου σαυλου
59 They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
και ελιθοβολουν τον στεφανον επικαλουμενον και λεγοντα κυριε ιησου δεξαι το πνευμα μου
60 He kneeled down, and shouted out, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." When he had said this, he fell asleep.
θεις δε τα γονατα εκραξεν φωνη μεγαλη κυριε μη στησης αυτοις ταυτην την αμαρτιαν και τουτο ειπων εκοιμηθη