Acts 7
1 And the high priest asked him: Are these things so?
EL príncipe de los sacerdotes dijo entónces: ¿Es esto así?
2 And he said: Men, brethren, and our fathers, hear ye. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was between the rivers, before he came to reside in Charran;
Y él dijo: Varones hermanos, y padres, oid: El Dios de la gloria apareció á nuestro padre Abraham, estando en Mesopotamia, ántes que morase en Charan,
3 and he said to him: Depart from thy country, and from thy kindred, and go to a land which I will show to thee.
Y le dijo: Sal de tu tierra, y de tu parentela, y ven á la tierra que te mostraré.
4 And then Abraham departed from the land of the Chaldeans, and came and dwelt in Charran. And from there, after his father had died, God removed him to this land, in which ye this day dwell.
Entónces salió de la tierra de los Caldéos, y habitó en Charan: y de allí, muerto su padre, le traspaso á esta tierra, en la cual vosotros habitais ahora.
5 And he did not give him an inheritance in it, not even a foot-track: but he promised that he would give it him, as an inheritance to him and to his seed, when as yet he had no son.
Y no le dió herencia en ella, ni aun para asentar un pié: mas le prometió que se la daria en posesion, y á su simiente despues de él, no teniendo aun hijo.
6 And God conversed with him, and said to him: Thy seed will be a sojourner in a foreign land; and they will reduce it to servitude, and will treat it ill, during four hundred years.
Y hablóle Dios así: Que su simiente seria extranjera en tierra ajena, y que los reducirian á servidumbre, y maltratarian por cuatrocientos años.
7 And the nation, to whom they perform bondservice, I will judge saith God. And afterwards, they will go out, and will worship me in this land.
Mas yo juzgaré, dijo Dios, la nacion á la cual serán siervos: y despues de esto saldrán, y me servirán en este lugar.
8 And he gave them the covenant of circumcision. And then he begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. And Isaac begat Jacob: and Jacob begat our twelve fathers.
Y dióle el pacto de la circuncision: y así [Abraham] engendró á Isaac, y le circuncidó al octavo dia; é Isaac á Jacob, y Jacob á los doce patriarcas.
9 And those our fathers envied Joseph, and sold him into Egypt: but God was with him,
Y los patriarcas, movidos de envidia, vendieron á José para Egipto; mas Dios era con él,
10 and delivered: him from all his afflictions; and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and he made him chief over Egypt, and over all his house.
Y le libró de todas sus tribulaciones, y le dió gracia y sabiduría en la presencia de Pharaon, rey de Egipto, el cual le puso por gobernador sobre Egipto, y sobre toda su casa.
11 And there was a famine and great distress in all Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, and our fathers lacked food.
Vino entónces hambre en toda la tierra de Egipto, y de Chanaan, y grande tribulacion: y nuestros padres no hallaban alimentos.
12 And when Jacob heard that there was bread-stuff in Egypt, he sent our fathers a first time.
Y como oyese Jacob que habia trigo en Egipto, envió á nuestros padres la primera vez.
13 And when they went the second time, Joseph made himself known to his brethren; and the kindred of Joseph was known to Pharaoh.
Y en la segunda José fué conocido de sus hermanos, y fué sabido de Pharaon el linaje de José.
14 And Joseph sent and brought is father Jacob, and all his family; and they were in number seventy and five souls.
Y enviando José, hizo venir á su padre Jacob, y á toda su parentela, en [número de] setenta y cinco personas.
15 And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died there, he and our fathers.
Así descendió Jacob á Egipto, donde murió él y nuestros padres;
16 And he was transported to Sychem, and was deposited in the sepulchre which Abraham bought with money of the sons of Emmor.
Los cuales fueron trasladados á Sichem, y puestos en el sepulcro que compró Abraham á precio de dinero de los hijos de Hemor, [padre] de Sichem.
17 And when the time arrived for that which God had promised to Abraham with an oath, the people had multiplied and become strong, in Egypt:
Mas como se acercaba el tiempo de la promesa la cual Dios prometió á Abraham, el pueblo creció y multiplicóse en Egipto,
18 until there arose another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
Hasta que se levantó otro rey en Egipto que no conocia á José.
19 And he dealt craftily with our kindred, and ill-treated our fathers, and gave orders that their infants should be cast away, and should not live.
Este, usando de astucia con nuestro linaje, maltrató á nuestros padres, á fin de que pusiesen á peligro [de muerte] sus niños, para que cesase la generacion.
20 At that time was Moses born; and he was lovely to God: and he was nursed three months in his father's house.
En aquel mismo tiempo nació Moisés, y fué agradable á Dios: y fué criado tres meses en casa de su padre.
21 And when he was cast out, by his people, the daughter of Pharaoh found him, and brought him up for her own son.
Mas siendo puesto al peligro, la hija de Pharaon le tomó, y le crió como á hijo suyo.
22 And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was eminent in his words, and also in his deeds.
Y fué enseñado Moisés en toda la sabiduría de los Egipcios; y era poderoso en sus dichos y hechos.
23 And when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.
Y cuando hubo cumplido la edad de cuarenta años, le vino voluntad de visitar á sus hermanos los hijos de Israel.
24 And he saw one of the race of his kindred treated with violence; and he avenged him, and did him justice, and killed the Egyptian who had abused him.
Y como vió á uno que era injuriado, defendióle, é hiriendo al Egipcio, vengó al injuriado.
25 And he supposed that his brethren the sons of Israel would have understood, that by his hand God would give them deliverance; but they understood not.
Pues él pensaba que sus hermanos entendian que Dios les habia de dar salud por su mano: mas ellos no [lo] habian entendido.
26 And on another day, he appeared to them, as they were quarrelling one with another. And he exhorted them to become reconciled, saying: Men, ye are brethren; why do ye seek to harm each other?
Y al dia siguiente riñendo ellos, se les mostró, y les metia en paz, diciendo: Varones hermanos sois, ¿por qué os injuriais los unos á los otros?
27 But he who did the wrong to his fellow, repulsed him from him, and said to him: Who constituted thee a ruler and a judge over us?
Entónces el que injuriaba á su prójimo, le rempujó diciendo: ¿Quién te ha puesto por príncipe y juez sobre nosotros?
28 Dost thou seek to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?
¿Quieres tú matarme, como mataste ayer al Egipcio?
29 And Moses fled at that speech, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian. And he had two sons.
A esta palabra Moisés huyó: y se hizo extranjero en tierra de Madian, donde engendró dos hijos.
30 And when forty years had been passed by him there, the angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai, in a fire that burned in a bush.
Y cumplidos cuarenta años, un ángel le apareció en el desierto del monte Sina en fuego de llama de una zarza.
31 And when Moses saw it, he admired the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the Lord said to him, audibly:
Entónces Moisés mirando, se maravilló de la vision; y llegandose para considerar, fué hecha á él voz del Señor:
32 I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and dared not to gaze at the sight.
Yo [soy] el Dios de tus padres, el Dios de Abraham, y el Dios de Isaac, y^ el Dios de Jacob. Mas Moisés, temeroso, no osaba mirar.
33 And the Lord said to him: Loose thy shoes from thy feet; for the ground on which thou standest is holy.
Y le dijo el Señor: Quita los zapatos de tus piés, porque el lugar en que estás, es tierra santa.
34 I have attentively seen the affliction of my people, who are in Egypt; and I have heard their groans, and have come down to deliver them. And now, come, I will send thee to Egypt.
He visto, he visto la afliccion de mi pueblo que está en Egipto, y he oido el gemido de ellos, y he descendido para librarlos. Ahora pues ven, te enviaré á Egipto.
35 This Moses, whom they rejected, saying, Who constituted thee a ruler and judge over us? this same did God, by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush, send to them to be their captain and deliverer.
A este Moisés, al cual habian rehusado, diciendo: ¿Quién te ha puesto por príncipe y juez? á este envió Dios por príncipe y redentor con la mano del ángel que le apareció en la zarza.
36 He it was that brought them out, working signs and wonders and prodigies in the land of Egypt, and at the sea of rushes, and in the desert, forty years.
Este los saco, habiendo hecho prodigios y milagros en la tierra de Egipto, y en el mar Bermejo, y en el desierto por cuarenta años.
37 This Moses is the man who said to the children of Israel: A prophet, like me, will the Lord God raise up to you from among your brethren; to him give ear.
Este es el Moisés, el cual dijo á los hijos de Israel: Profeta os levantará el Señor Dios vuestro, de vuestros hermanos, como yo; á él oiréis.
38 He it was, who was in the congregation in the wilderness, with the angel that conversed with him and with our fathers at mount Sinai; and he it was, received the living words to give them to us.
Este es aquel que estuvo en la congregacion en el desierto con el ángel que le hablaba en el monte Sina, y con nuestros padres; y recibió las palabras de vida para darnos:
39 And our fathers would not hearken to him, but forsook him, and in their hearts returned again to Egypt;
Al cual nuestros padres no quisieron obedecer; ántes [le] desecharon, y se apartaron de corazon á Egipto,
40 when they said to Aaron: Make us gods who may go before us; because, as for this Moses who brought us from the land of Egypt, we know not what hath become of him.
Diciendo á Aaron: Haznos dioses que vayan delante de nosotros; porque á este Moisés, que nos sacó de tierra de Egipto, no sabemos qué le ha acontecido.
41 And he made them a calf in those days; and they offered sacrifices to idols, and were voluptuous with the work of their hands.
Y entónces hicieron un becerro, y ofrecieron sacrificios al ídolo, y en las obras de sus manos se holgaron,
42 And God turned away, and gave them up to worship the hosts of heaven: as it is written in the book of the prophets: Did ye, for forty years, in the wilderness, present to me a slain animal or a sacrifice, ye sons of Israel?
Y Dios se apartó y los entregó que sirviesen al ejército del cielo, como está escrito en el libro de los profetas: ¿Me ofrecisteis víctimas y sacrificios en el desierto por cuarenta años, casa de Israel?
43 But ye bore the tabernacle of Malchum, and the star of the god Rephon, images which ye had made, that ye might bow down to them. I will transport you beyond Babylon.
Antes trajísteis el tabernáculo de Moloch, y la estrella de vuestro dios Remfan, figuras que os hicísteis para adorarlas: os trasportaré pues más allá de Babilonia.
44 Lo, the tabernacle of the testimony of our fathers, was in the wilderness; as he who talked with Moses, commanded to make it after the form which he showed him.
Tuvieron nuestros padres el tabernáculo del Testimonio en el desierto como habia [Dios] ordenado, hablando á Moisés que le hiciese segun la forma que habia visto.
45 And this same tabernacle, our fathers, with Joshua, actually brought into the land which God gave to them for an inheritance from those nations which he drove out before them; and it was borne about, until the days of David.
El cual recibido, metieron tambien nuestros padres con Josué en la posesion de los Gentiles, que Dios echó de la presencia de nuestros padres, hasta los dias de David:
46 He found favor before God; and he requested, that he might find a residence for the God of Jacob.
El cual halló gracia delante de Dios, y pidió hallar tabernáculo para el Dios de Jacob.
47 But Solomon built the house.
Mas Salomon le edificó casa.
48 Yet the most High lodgeth not in a work of human hands; as saith the prophet:
Si bien el Altísimo no habita en templos hechos de mano, como el profeta dice:
49 Heaven is my throne, and earth the footstool under my feet. What is the house, ye will build for me? saith the Lord: or, what is the place of my repose?
El cielo [es] mi trono, y la tierra el estrado de mis piés. ¿Qué casa me edificaréis? dice el Señor: ó ¿cuál [será] el lugar de mi reposo?
50 Lo, hath not my hand made all these things?
¿No hizo mi mano todas estas cosas?
51 O ye stiff of neck, and uncircumcised in their heart, and in their hearing; ye do always set yourselves against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers, so also ye.
Duros de cerviz, é incircuncisos de corazon y de oidos; vosotros resistís siempre al Espíritu Santo: como vuestros padres, [así] tambien vosotros.
52 For, which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute and kill, even them, who foretold the coming of the Just One, whom ye delivered up and slew?
¿A cuál de los profetas no persiguieron vuestros padres? y mataron á los que ántes anunciaron la venida del Justo, del cual vosotros ahora habeis sido entregadores y matadores:
53 And ye have received the law by the ordination of angels, and have not kept it.
Que recibísteis la ley por disposicion de ángeles, y no [la] guardásteis.
54 And when they heard these things, they were filled with rage in their souls; and they gnashed their teeth against him.
Y oyendo estas cosas, regañaban de sus corazones, y crujian los dientes contra él.
55 And he, as he was full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, looked towards heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.
Mas él estando lleno de Espíritu Santo, puestos los ojos en el cielo, vió la gloria de Dios, y á Jesus que estaba á la diestra de Dios.
56 And he said: Lo, I see heaven open, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
Y dijo: Hé aquí, veo los cielos abiertos, y al Hijo del hombre que está á la diestra de Dios.
57 And they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and all rushed upon him.
Entónces dando grandes voces, se taparon sus oidos, y arremetieron unánimes contra él.
58 And they seized him, and hurried him out of the city, and stoned him. And they who testified against him, laid their clothes at the feet of a certain young man who was called Saul.
Y echándolo fuera de la ciudad, [le] apedreaban: y los testigos pusieron sus vestidos á los piés de un mancebo que se llamaba Saulo.
59 And they stoned Stephen, while he prayed and said: Our Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
Y apedrearon á Esteban, invocando él, y diciendo: Señor Jesus, recibe mi espíritu.
60 And when he had kneeled down, he cried with a loud voice, and said: Our Lord, establish not this sin against them. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Y puesto de rodillas, clamó á gran voz: Señor, no les imputes este pecado. Y habiendo dicho esto, durmió [en el Señor.]
