Acts 7
1 And the high-priest said, Are then these things so?
tataH paraM mahAyAjakaH pRSTavAn, ESA kathAM kiM satyA?
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 Haran,
tataH sa pratyavadat, hE pitarO hE bhrAtaraH sarvvE lAkA manAMsi nidhaddhvaM|asmAkaM pUrvvapuruSa ibrAhIm hAraNnagarE vAsakaraNAt pUrvvaM yadA arAm-naharayimadEzE AsIt tadA tEjOmaya IzvarO darzanaM datvA
3 and said to him, “Go forth from thy country and thy kindred, and come into the land which I will show thee.”
tamavadat tvaM svadEzajnjAtimitrANi parityajya yaM dEzamahaM darzayiSyAmi taM dEzaM vraja|
4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Haran; and from thence, after his father was dead, he caused him to remove into this land wherein ye now dwell;
ataH sa kasdIyadEzaM vihAya hAraNnagarE nyavasat, tadanantaraM tasya pitari mRtE yatra dEzE yUyaM nivasatha sa EnaM dEzamAgacchat|
5 and he gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on; and he promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his posterity after him, when as yet he had no child.
kintvIzvarastasmai kamapyadhikAram arthAd EkapadaparimitAM bhUmimapi nAdadAt; tadA tasya kOpi santAnO nAsIt tathApi santAnaiH sArddham Etasya dEzasyAdhikArI tvaM bhaviSyasIti tampratyaggIkRtavAn|
6 And God spoke in this manner: “That his posterity should sojourn in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into bondage, and ill-treat them four hundred years;
Izvara ittham aparamapi kathitavAn tava santAnAH paradEzE nivatsyanti tatastaddEzIyalOkAzcatuHzatavatsarAn yAvat tAn dAsatvE sthApayitvA tAn prati kuvyavahAraM kariSyanti|
7 and the nation to which they shall be in bondage will I judge,” said God; “and after that they shall come forth, and shall worship me in this place.”
aparam Izvara EnAM kathAmapi kathitavAn, yE lOkAstAn dAsatvE sthApayiSyanti tAllOkAn ahaM daNPayiSyAmi, tataH paraM tE bahirgatAH santO mAm atra sthAnE sEviSyantE|
8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so he begat Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.
pazcAt sa tasmai tvakchEdasya niyamaM dattavAn, ata ishAkanAmni ibrAhIma EkaputrE jAtE, aSTamadinE tasya tvakchEdam akarOt| tasya ishAkaH putrO yAkUb, tatastasya yAkUbO'smAkaM dvAdaza pUrvvapuruSA ajAyanta|
9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt; and God was with him,
tE pUrvvapuruSA IrSyayA paripUrNA misaradEzaM prESayituM yUSaphaM vyakrINan|
10 and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt, and all his house.
kintvIzvarastasya sahAyO bhUtvA sarvvasyA durgatE rakSitvA tasmai buddhiM dattvA misaradEzasya rAjnjaH phirauNaH priyapAtraM kRtavAn tatO rAjA misaradEzasya svIyasarvvaparivArasya ca zAsanapadaM tasmai dattavAn|
11 Now there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great distress; and our fathers found no Sustenance.
tasmin samayE misara-kinAnadEzayO rdurbhikSahEtOratikliSTatvAt naH pUrvvapuruSA bhakSyadravyaM nAlabhanta|
12 But Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent out our fathers first.
kintu misaradEzE zasyAni santi, yAkUb imAM vArttAM zrutvA prathamam asmAkaM pUrvvapuruSAn misaraM prESitavAn|
13 And at the second time Joseph was recognized by his brothers, and the kindred of Joseph became known to Pharaoh.
tatO dvitIyavAragamanE yUSaph svabhrAtRbhiH paricitO'bhavat; yUSaphO bhrAtaraH phirauN rAjEna paricitA abhavan|
14 Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, seventy five souls.
anantaraM yUSaph bhrAtRgaNaM prESya nijapitaraM yAkUbaM nijAn panjcAdhikasaptatisaMkhyakAn jnjAtijanAMzca samAhUtavAn|
15 And Jacob went down [[into Egypt]], and died, he and our fathers.
tasmAd yAkUb misaradEzaM gatvA svayam asmAkaM pUrvvapuruSAzca tasmin sthAnE'mriyanta|
16 And they were removed to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem.
tatastE zikhimaM nItA yat zmazAnam ibrAhIm mudrAdatvA zikhimaH pitu rhamOraH putrEbhyaH krItavAn tatzmazAnE sthApayAnjcakrirE|
17 But as the time of the promise drew near, which God solemnly made to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
tataH param Izvara ibrAhImaH sannidhau zapathaM kRtvA yAM pratijnjAM kRtavAn tasyAH pratijnjAyAH phalanasamayE nikaTE sati isrAyEllOkA simaradEzE varddhamAnA bahusaMkhyA abhavan|
18 until another king arose, who knew not Joseph.
zESE yUSaphaM yO na paricinOti tAdRza EkO narapatirupasthAya
19 The same dealt subtly with our race, and ill-treated our fathers, so that they should cast out their infants, that they might not be preserved alive.
asmAkaM jnjAtibhiH sArddhaM dhUrttatAM vidhAya pUrvvapuruSAn prati kuvyavaharaNapUrvvakaM tESAM vaMzanAzanAya tESAM navajAtAn zizUn bahi rnirakSEpayat|
20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceedingly fair; who was nourished in his father's house three months.
Etasmin samayE mUsA jajnjE, sa tu paramasundarO'bhavat tathA pitRgRhE mAsatrayaparyyantaM pAlitO'bhavat|
21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for herself as a son.
kintu tasmin bahirnikSiptE sati phirauNarAjasya kanyA tam uttOlya nItvA dattakaputraM kRtvA pAlitavatI|
22 And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in his worlds and deeds.
tasmAt sa mUsA misaradEzIyAyAH sarvvavidyAyAH pAradRSvA san vAkyE kriyAyAnjca zaktimAn abhavat|
23 And when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.
sa sampUrNacatvAriMzadvatsaravayaskO bhUtvA isrAyElIyavaMzanijabhrAtRn sAkSAt kartuM matiM cakrE|
24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed by smiting the Egyptian.
tESAM janamEkaM hiMsitaM dRSTvA tasya sapakSaH san hiMsitajanam upakRtya misarIyajanaM jaghAna|
25 For he supposed his brethren would understand that God through his hand would give them salvation; but they understood not.
tasya hastEnEzvarastAn uddhariSyati tasya bhrAtRgaNa iti jnjAsyati sa ityanumAnaM cakAra, kintu tE na bubudhirE|
26 And the next day he showed himself to them as they were contending, and urged them to peace, saying, Ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one another?
tatparE 'hani tESAm ubhayO rjanayO rvAkkalaha upasthitE sati mUsAH samIpaM gatvA tayO rmElanaM karttuM matiM kRtvA kathayAmAsa, hE mahAzayau yuvAM bhrAtarau parasparam anyAyaM kutaH kuruthaH?
27 But he who was wronging his neighbor thrust him away, saying, “Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
tataH samIpavAsinaM prati yO janO'nyAyaM cakAra sa taM dUrIkRtya kathayAmAsa, asmAkamupari zAstRtvavicArayitRtvapadayOH kastvAM niyuktavAn?
28 Dost thou mean to kill me, as thou didst kill the Egyptian yesterday?”
hyO yathA misarIyaM hatavAn tathA kiM mAmapi haniSyasi?
29 And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.
tadA mUsA EtAdRzIM kathAM zrutvA palAyanaM cakrE, tatO midiyanadEzaM gatvA pravAsI san tasthau, tatastatra dvau putrau jajnjAtE|
30 And when forty years were completed, there appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai an angel in the flaming fire of a bush.
anantaraM catvAriMzadvatsarESu gatESu sInayaparvvatasya prAntarE prajvalitastambasya vahnizikhAyAM paramEzvaradUtastasmai darzanaM dadau|
31 And Moses seeing it wondered at the sight; and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came [[to him]],
mUsAstasmin darzanE vismayaM matvA vizESaM jnjAtuM nikaTaM gacchati,
32 saying, “I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham and Isaac and Jacob.” And Moses trembled and durst not behold.
Etasmin samayE, ahaM tava pUrvvapuruSANAm IzvarO'rthAd ibrAhIma Izvara ishAka IzvarO yAkUba Izvarazca, mUsAmuddizya paramEzvarasyaitAdRzI vihAyasIyA vANI babhUva, tataH sa kampAnvitaH san puna rnirIkSituM pragalbhO na babhUva|
33 And the Lord said to him, “Loose the sandals from thy feet; for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
paramEzvarastaM jagAda, tava pAdayOH pAdukE mOcaya yatra tiSThasi sA pavitrabhUmiH|
34 I have surely seen the oppression of my people in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them; and now, come, I will send thee into Egypt.”
ahaM misaradEzasthAnAM nijalOkAnAM durddazAM nitAntam apazyaM, tESAM kAtaryyOktinjca zrutavAn tasmAt tAn uddharttum avaruhyAgamam; idAnIm Agaccha misaradEzaM tvAM prESayAmi|
35 This Moses, whom they denied, saying, “Who made thee a ruler and a judge?” this very man did God send both as a ruler and a redeemer with the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
kastvAM zAstRtvavicArayitRtvapadayO rniyuktavAn, iti vAkyamuktvA tai ryO mUsA avajnjAtastamEva IzvaraH stambamadhyE darzanadAtrA tEna dUtEna zAstAraM muktidAtAranjca kRtvA prESayAmAsa|
36 This very man brought them out, working wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
sa ca misaradEzE sUphnAmni samudrE ca pazcAt catvAriMzadvatsarAn yAvat mahAprAntarE nAnAprakArANyadbhutAni karmmANi lakSaNAni ca darzayitvA tAn bahiH kRtvA samAninAya|
37 This is the Moses who said to the sons of Israel, “A prophet will God raise up to you from among your brethren, as he raised up me.”
prabhuH paramEzvarO yuSmAkaM bhrAtRgaNasya madhyE mAdRzam EkaM bhaviSyadvaktAram utpAdayiSyati tasya kathAyAM yUyaM manO nidhAsyatha, yO jana isrAyElaH santAnEbhya EnAM kathAM kathayAmAsa sa ESa mUsAH|
38 This is he that was in the assembly in the wilderness with the anger who spake to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received the living oracles to give to us;
mahAprAntarasthamaNPalImadhyE'pi sa Eva sInayaparvvatOpari tEna sArddhaM saMlApinO dUtasya cAsmatpitRgaNasya madhyasthaH san asmabhyaM dAtavyani jIvanadAyakAni vAkyAni lEbhE|
39 to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back into Egypt,
asmAkaM pUrvvapuruSAstam amAnyaM katvA svEbhyO dUrIkRtya misaradEzaM parAvRtya gantuM manObhirabhilaSya hArONaM jagaduH,
40 saying to Aaron, “Make us gods who shall go before us; for as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.”
asmAkam agrE'grE gantum asmadarthaM dEvagaNaM nirmmAhi yatO yO mUsA asmAn misaradEzAd bahiH kRtvAnItavAn tasya kiM jAtaM tadasmAbhi rna jnjAyatE|
41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
tasmin samayE tE gOvatsAkRtiM pratimAM nirmmAya tAmuddizya naivEdyamutmRjya svahastakRtavastunA AnanditavantaH|
42 But God turned away, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the Prophets, “Did ye offer to me slain beasts and sacrifices for forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
tasmAd IzvarastESAM prati vimukhaH san AkAzasthaM jyOtirgaNaM pUjayituM tEbhyO'numatiM dadau, yAdRzaM bhaviSyadvAdinAM granthESu likhitamAstE, yathA, isrAyElIyavaMzA rE catvAriMzatsamAn purA| mahati prAntarE saMsthA yUyantu yAni ca| balihOmAdikarmmANi kRtavantastu tAni kiM| mAM samuddizya yuSmAbhiH prakRtAnIti 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 mOlakAkhyasya dEvasya dUSyamEva ca| yuSmAkaM rimphanAkhyAyA dEvatAyAzca tArakA| EtayOrubhayO rmUrtI yuSmAbhiH paripUjitE| atO yuSmAMstu bAbElaH pAraM nESyAmi nizcitaM|
44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, as he that spoke to Moses commanded that he should make it according to the pattern that he had seen;
aparanjca yannidarzanam apazyastadanusArENa dUSyaM nirmmAhi yasmin IzvarO mUsAm EtadvAkyaM babhASE tat tasya nirUpitaM sAkSyasvarUpaM dUSyam asmAkaM pUrvvapuruSaiH saha prAntarE tasthau|
45 which also our fathers received and brought in with Joshua, at their taking possession of the gentiles whom God drove out from before our fathers, until the days of David;
pazcAt yihOzUyEna sahitaistESAM vaMzajAtairasmatpUrvvapuruSaiH svESAM sammukhAd IzvarENa dUrIkRtAnAm anyadEzIyAnAM dEzAdhikRtikAlE samAnItaM tad dUSyaM dAyUdOdhikAraM yAvat tatra sthAna AsIt|
46 who found favor before God, and asked that he might find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
sa dAyUd paramEzvarasyAnugrahaM prApya yAkUb IzvarArtham EkaM dUSyaM nirmmAtuM vavAnjcha;
47 But Solomon built him a house.
kintu sulEmAn tadarthaM mandiram EkaM nirmmitavAn|
48 Yet the Most High dwelleth not in [[temples]] made with hands; as saith the prophet,
tathApi yaH sarvvOparisthaH sa kasmiMzcid hastakRtE mandirE nivasatIti nahi, bhaviSyadvAdI kathAmEtAM kathayati, yathA,
49 “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What house will ye build for me? saith the Lord; or what is the place of my rest?
parEzO vadati svargO rAjasiMhAsanaM mama| madIyaM pAdapIThanjca pRthivI bhavati dhruvaM| tarhi yUyaM kRtE mE kiM pranirmmAsyatha mandiraM| vizrAmAya madIyaM vA sthAnaM kiM vidyatE tviha|
50 Did not my hands make all these things?”
sarvvANyEtAni vastUni kiM mE hastakRtAni na||
51 Stiffnecked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears! ye do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do ye.
hE anAjnjAgrAhakA antaHkaraNE zravaNE cApavitralOkAH yUyam anavarataM pavitrasyAtmanaH prAtikUlyam Acaratha, yuSmAkaM pUrvvapuruSA yAdRzA yUyamapi tAdRzAH|
52 Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they slew those who foretold the coming of the righteous one, of whom ye have now become the betrayers and murderers;
yuSmAkaM pUrvvapuruSAH kaM bhaviSyadvAdinaM nAtAPayan? yE tasya dhArmmikasya janasyAgamanakathAM kathitavantastAn aghnan yUyam adhUnA vizvAsaghAtinO bhUtvA taM dhArmmikaM janam ahata|
53 ye who received the Law as ordained through angels, and did not keep it.
yUyaM svargIyadUtagaNEna vyavasthAM prApyApi tAM nAcaratha|
54 But when they heard these things, their hearts were filled with rage, and they gnashed their teeth at him.
imAM kathAM zrutvA tE manaHsu biddhAH santastaM prati dantagharSaNam akurvvan|
55 But, being full of the Holy Spirit, he looked up earnestly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
kintu stiphAnaH pavitrENAtmanA pUrNO bhUtvA gagaNaM prati sthiradRSTiM kRtvA Izvarasya dakSiNE daNPAyamAnaM yIzunjca vilOkya kathitavAn;
56 and said, Lo, I behold the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
pazya, mEghadvAraM muktam Izvarasya dakSiNE sthitaM mAnavasutanjca pazyAmi|
57 And they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;
tadA tE prOccaiH zabdaM kRtvA karNESvaggulI rnidhAya EkacittIbhUya tam Akraman|
58 and having cast him out of the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul;
pazcAt taM nagarAd bahiH kRtvA prastarairAghnan sAkSiNO lAkAH zaulanAmnO yUnazcaraNasannidhau nijavastrANi sthApitavantaH|
59 and they stoned Stephen, making supplication, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
anantaraM hE prabhO yIzE madIyamAtmAnaM gRhANa stiphAnasyEti prArthanavAkyavadanasamayE tE taM prastarairAghnan|
60 And kneeling down he cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And saying this, he fell asleep.
tasmAt sa jAnunI pAtayitvA prOccaiH zabdaM kRtvA, hE prabhE pApamEtad EtESu mA sthApaya, ityuktvA mahAnidrAM prApnOt|
