Acts 7
1 Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are the things that [these people are saying about you(sg)] true?”
Der Hohepriester aber fragte: "Verhält sich das so?"
2 Stephen replied, “Fellow Jews and respected leaders, [please] listen to me! The glorious God [whom we(inc) worship] appeared to our ancestor Abraham while he was still [living] in Mesopotamia [region], before he moved to Haran [town].
Stephanus antwortete: "Meine Brüder! Väter! Höret! Der hocherhabene Gott erschien einst unserem Vater Abraham, als er noch in Mesopotamien lebte, bevor er sich in Charran niederließ,
3 God said to him, ‘Leave this land where you [(sg)] and your relatives [are living], and go into the land to which I will lead you.’
und sprach zu ihm: 'Zieh weg aus deinem Land und aus deiner Verwandtschaft und zieh in das Land, das ich dir zeigen werde.'
4 So Abraham left that land, [which was also called] Chaldea, and he arrived in Haran and lived there. After his father died, God told him to move to this land in which you [and I] are now living.”
Da machte er sich aus dem Lande der Chaldäer auf und zog nach Charran. Nach dem Tode seines Vaters versetzte ihn Gott von dort in dieses Land, wo ihr jetzt wohnt.
5 “[At that time] God did not give Abraham any [land here], not even a small plot of [this] land that would belong to him. God promised that he would [later] give this land to him and his descendants, and that it would [always] belong [to them. However], at that time Abraham did not have any children [who would] ([inherit it/receive it after he died]).”
Doch gab er ihm darin kein Erbe, nicht eines Fußes Breite, sondern er versprach ihm nur, er werde später ihm und seinem Stamm es als Besitztum geben, obwohl er damals noch kein Kind besaß.
6 “[Later] God told Abraham, ‘Your descendants will go and live in a foreign country. They [will live there] for 400 years, and [during that time their leaders] will mistreat your descendants and force them to work as slaves.’
Also sprach nämlich Gott: 'Seine Nachkommen werden als Fremdlinge in fremdem Lande wohnen; man wird sie knechten und sie vierhundert Jahre lang hart bedrücken.
7 But God [also] said, ‘I will punish the people who make them work as slaves. Then, after that, your descendants will leave [that land] and they will [come and] worship me in this land.’”
Das Volk jedoch, dem sie als Knechte dienen, werde ich richten', so sprach Gott. 'Doch später werden sie von dannen ziehen und mir an diesem Orte dienen.'
8 “Then God commanded Abraham that [every male in his household and all of his male descendants] should be circumcised [to show that they all belonged to God] and that they would obey what he had told Abraham to do. Later Abraham’s son, Isaac, was born, and when Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him. [Later] Isaac’s son, Jacob, was born, and Isaac [similarly circumcised] him. And Jacob [similarly circumcised] his twelve sons. They are the twelve men [from whom we(inc) Jews have all descended].”
Dann gab er ihnen das Bundeszeichen der Beschneidung. Kraft desselben zeugte er den Isaak und beschnitt ihn am achten Tage. Isaak zeugte weiterhin den Jakob, und dieser die zwölf Patriarchen.
9 “[You know that] Jacob’s [older] sons became jealous [because their father favored their younger brother] Joseph. So they sold him [to merchants/traders who took him] [MTY] to Egypt. There he became a slave [of an official who lived there]. But God [helped] Joseph.
Die Patriarchen waren eifersüchtig gegen Joseph und verkauften ihn nach Ägypten. Indes war Gott mit ihm.
10 He protected him whenever people caused him to suffer. He enabled Joseph to be wise; and he caused Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to think well of Joseph. So Pharaoh appointed him to rule [over] Egypt and to look after all of Pharaoh’s property [MTY].”
Er rettete ihn aus allen seinen Drangsalen, und er verlieh ihm Gunst und Weisheit vor Pharao, dem König von Ägypten. Dieser machte ihn zum Herrn Ägyptens und seines ganzen Hauses.
11 “[While Joseph was doing that work], there was a time (when there was very little food/of famine) throughout Egypt and also throughout Canaan. People did not have enough food to eat. People were suffering. [At that time] Jacob and his sons [in Canaan] also could not find [enough] food.
Doch eine Hungersnot kam über ganz Ägypten und Kanaan; groß war das Elend, und unsere Väter konnten keine Lebensmittel finden.
12 When Jacob heard [people report that] there was grain/food [that people could buy] in Egypt, he sent Joseph’s older brothers [to go there to buy grain. They went and bought grain from Joseph, but they did not recognize him. Then they returned home].
Da hörte Jakob, daß es in Ägypten noch Getreide gebe; er sandte unsere Väter ein erstesmal dorthin.
13 When Joseph’s brothers went to Egypt the second time, [they again bought grain from Joseph]. But this time [he] told them who he was. [And] people told Pharaoh that Joseph’s people were Hebrews [and that those men who had come from Canaan were his brothers].
Beim zweitenmal gab sich dann Joseph seinen Brüdern zu erkennen, und so ward dem Pharao die Abstammung des Joseph bekannt.
14 Then after Joseph sent [his brothers back home, they] told their father Jacob [that Joseph wanted] him and his entire family to come [to Egypt. At that time] ([Jacob’s family consisted of] 75 people/there were 75 people in Jacob’s family) [SYN].
Hierauf ließ Joseph seinen Vater Jakob und alle Verwandten kommen; es waren fünfundsiebzig Seelen.
15 [So when] Jacob [heard that, he and all his family] went to [live in] Egypt.” Acts 7:15b-16 “[Later on], Jacob died [there], and our [other] ancestors, [his sons, also died there].
So zog Jakob nach Ägypten, wo er starb, er und unsere Väter.
16 [But] the bodies [of Jacob and Joseph] were brought {[they] brought the bodies [of Jacob and Joseph]} [back to our land], and [Jacob’s body] was buried {they buried [Jacob’s body]} [in the tomb that Abraham had bought, and they buried Joseph’s body] in Shechem in the ground that [Jacob] had bought from Hamor’s sons.”
Man brachte sie nach Sichem; sie wurden in dem Grabe beigesetzt, das Abraham einst um eine Summe Geldes von den Söhnen Hemors in Sichem gekauft hatte.
17 “Our ancestors had become very numerous when it was almost time for [God to rescue them] from Egypt, [as] he had promised Abraham that he would do.
Wie nun die Zeit für die Verheißung nahte, die Gott dem Abraham zugesagt hatte, da mehrte sich das Volk in Ägypten und wurde zahlreich,
18 Another king had begun to rule in Egypt. He did not know that Joseph, [long before that time, had greatly helped the people of Egypt] [MTY].
bis in Ägypten ein anderer König zur Herrschaft kam, der nichts von Joseph wußte.
19 That king cruelly tried to get rid of our ancestors. He oppressed them and caused them to suffer greatly. He [even commanded] them to leave their baby [boys] outside [their homes] so that they would die.”
Und er verfuhr mit unserem Geschlechte hinterlistig: er bedrückte unsere Väter, die ihre Kinder aussetzen mußten, damit sie nicht am Leben blieben.
20 “During that time Moses was born, and he was a very beautiful [LIT] [child]. So his parents [secretly] cared for him in their house for three months.
In dieser Zeit kam Moses auf die Weit: er war Gott wohlgefällig. Drei Monate hindurch ward er im Vaterhause auferzogen;
21 Then they had to put him outside [the house, but] Pharaoh’s daughter [found him and] adopted him and cared for him as [though he were] her own son.
dann setzte man ihn aus. Die Tochter Pharaos nahm ihn indessen an sich und zog ihn für sich auf als den eigenen Sohn.
22 Moses was taught {[The Egyptian teachers] taught Moses} many kinds of wise things [HYP] that the people in Egypt knew, and [when he grew up], he spoke powerfully and did things powerfully.”
Und Moses ward in aller Weisheit der Ägypter unterrichtet; mächtig in Wort und Tat.
23 “[One day] when Moses was about 40 years old, he decided that he would [go and] see his fellow Israelis. [So he went to the place where they worked].
Als er vierzig Jahre alt war, kam ihm das Verlangen, sich nach den Israeliten, seinen Brüdern, umzusehen.
24 He saw an Egyptian beating one of the Israelis. So he went over to help [MTY] the Israeli man who was being hurt/beat {whom [the Egyptian] was hurting/beating}, and he (got revenge on/paid back) the Israeli man by killing the Egyptian [who was hurting/beating him].
Da sah er, wie irgendeinem Unrecht getan ward. Er setzte sich zur Wehr und schaffte dem Mißhandelten sein Recht und schlug den Ägypter tot.
25 Moses was thinking that his fellow Israelis would understand that God had sent him to free them [from being slaves]. But they did not understand that.
Er meinte, seine Brüder würden wohl verstehen, daß Gott ihnen Rettung durch seine Hand verschaffen wolle; doch sie verstanden es nicht.
26 The next day, Moses saw two Israeli men fighting [each other]. He tried to make them stop fighting by saying to them, ‘Men, you two are fellow [Israelis! So] (stop hurting each other!/why are you hurting each other?) [RHQ]’
Des anderen Tags kam er zu ihnen, als sie gerade miteinander stritten. Er wollte zwischen ihnen Frieden stiften mit den Worten: 'Ihr seid doch Brüder, Männer! Warum tut ihr einander Unrecht an?'
27 But the man who was injuring the other man pushed Moses away and said to him, ‘(No one appointed you [(sg)] to rule and judge us [(exc)]!/Do you [(sg)] think someone appointed you [(sg)] to rule and judge us [(exc)]?) [RHQ]
Doch der, der seinem Nächsten unrecht tat, stieß ihn zurück und sagte: 'Wer hat denn dich zum Herrn und Richter über uns gemacht?
28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
Willst du etwa mich töten, so wie du gestern den Ägypter totgeschlagen hast?'
29 When Moses heard that, [he thought to himself, ‘Obviously, people know what I have done, and someone will kill me.’ He was afraid, so] he fled [from Egypt] to Midian land. He lived there [for some years]. He [got married, and he and his wife] had two sons.”
Auf diese Worte hin brachte Moses sich in Sicherheit und lebte im Lande Madian als Fremdling, wo er Vater von zwei Söhnen wurde.
30 “[One day] 40 years later, [the Lord God appeared as] an angel to Moses. He appeared in a bush that was burning in the desert near Sinai Mountain.
Vierzig Jahre waren schon vorüber, da erschien ihm in der Wüste bei dem Berge Sinai ein Engel in der Flamme eines brennenden Dornbusches.
31 When Moses saw that, he was greatly surprised, [because the bush was not burning up]. As he went over to look more closely, he heard the Lord [God] say [to him],
Voll Verwunderung sah Moses die Erscheinung. Als er hinzutrat, um sie zu betrachten, erging die Stimme des Herrn:
32 ‘I [am] the God [whom] your ancestors [worshipped]. I [am] the God that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob [worship].’ Moses [was so afraid that he] began to shake. He was afraid to look [at the bush any longer].
'Ich bin der Gott deiner Väter, der Gott Abrahams, Isaaks und Jakobs.' Moses zitterte und wagte nicht, dorthin zu schauen.
33 Then the Lord [God] said to him, ‘Take your sandals off [to show that you(sg) revere me]. Because I [am here], the place where you are standing is holy/sacred.
Und also sprach der Herr zu ihm: 'Ziehe deine Schuhe aus! Der Ort, auf dem du stehst, ist heiliges Land.
34 I have surely seen how the people of Egypt are continually causing my people to suffer. I have heard my people when they groan [because those people continually oppress them]. So I have come down to rescue them [from Egypt]. Now get ready, because I am going to send you [back] to Egypt [to do that].’”
Ich habe die Bedrückung meines Volkes in Ägypten gesehen und ihr Seufzen gehört; ich bin herabgekommen, damit ich es befreie. So komm denn, ich will dich nach Ägypten senden.'
35 “This Moses [is the one who had tried to help our Israeli people, but] whom they rejected [by saying], ‘No one [RHQ] appointed you to rule and judge [us!’] Moses [is the one whom] God [himself] sent to rule them and to free them [from being slaves. He is the one whom] an angel in the bush [commanded to do that].
Denselben Moses, den sie verworfen hatten, indem sie sprachen: 'Wer hat denn dich zum Herrn und Richter eingesetzt?', den hat Gott als Herrn und Befreier gesandt unter dem Schutz eines Engels, der ihm im Dornbusch erschienen war.
36 Moses [is the one who] led our ancestors out [from Egypt]. He did many kinds of miracles in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and during the 40 years [that the Israelite people lived] in the desert.
Und dieser führte sie heraus, vollbrachte Wunder und Zeichen im Lande Ägypten, im Roten Meer und in der Wüste, vierzig Jahre lang.
37 This Moses is the one who said to the Israelite people, ‘God will appoint a prophet for you from among your own people. [He will speak words from God], just like I [speak his words to you].’
Es ist derselbe Moses, der den Söhnen Israels gesagt hatte: 'Einen Propheten wie mich wird Gott euch erwecken aus der Mitte eurer Brüder.'
38 This man [Moses] was [our people’s leader] when they gathered together in the desert. It is Moses to whom [God sent] the angel on Sinai Mountain to [give him our laws], and [he was the one who told] our [other] ancestors [what the angel had said]. He was the one who received [from God] words that tell us how to live [eternally, and Moses] passed [them] on to us.”
Er ist es auch, der bei der Gemeinde in der Wüste mit dem Engel verkehrte, der auf dem Berge Sinai mit ihm und mit unseren Vätern redete, und er empfing die Worte des Lebens, um sie euch mitzuteilen.
39 “[However], our ancestors did not want to obey [Moses]. Instead, [while he was still on the mountain], they rejected him [as their leader] and decided that they wanted to return to Egypt.
Doch unsere Väter wollten ihm nicht gehorsam sein; sie lehnten ihn vielmehr ab und wandten sich in ihren Herzen wieder Ägypten zu.
40 So they told [his older brother] Aaron, ‘Make idols for us who will be our gods to lead us [back to Egypt]! As for that fellow Moses who led us out of Egypt we [(exc)] do not know what has happened to him!’
So sprachen sie zu Aaron: 'Verschaffe uns Götter, die vor uns herziehen; wir wissen nicht, was aus dem Moses da geworden ist, der uns aus Ägypten herausgeführt hat.'
41 So, they made [out of gold] an image [that looked like] a calf. Then they sacrificed [animals and offered other things] to [honor] that idol, and they sang and danced to honor the idol that they themselves had made.
Sie machten sich in jenen Tagen ein Kalb, brachten diesem Götzenbild Opfer dar und ergötzten sich an dem Gebilde ihrer Hände.
42 So God rejected them. He abandoned them to worship the sun, moon and stars in the sky. This agrees with the words that one of the prophets wrote that God said, You Israelite [people] [MTY], when you [repeatedly] killed animals and offered them as sacrifices during those 40 years [that you were] in the desert, (you [most certainly] were not offering them to me!/what makes you think that you were offering them to me?) [RHQ]
Da wandte Gott sich von ihnen ab und ließ sie dem Himmelsheer dienen, wie es geschrieben steht im Buche der Propheten. 'Habt ihr mir etwa Schlachttiere und Opfer dargebracht die vierzig Jahre in der Wüste, Haus Israel?
43 [On the contrary], you carried [with you from place to place] the tent [that contained the idol] representing [the god] Molech [that you worshipped]. You also [carried with you] the image of the star [called] Rephan. [Those] were idols that you had made, [and you] worshipped [them instead of me]. So I will [cause you to] be taken away {[people to] take you} [from your own country. You will be taken] {[They will take you]} [far from your homes to regions] even farther than Babylon [Country].”
O nein, das Zelt des Moloch und das Sternbild eures Gottes Rempham habt ihr herumgeführt, die Bilder, die ihr selbst verfertigt habt, um sie anzubeten. Ich werde euch noch über Babylon hinaus verbannen.'
44 “While our ancestors were in the desert, they worshipped God at the tent that showed [that he was there with them]. They had made the tent exactly like God had commanded Moses [to make it. It was] exactly like the model that Moses had seen [when he was up on the mountain].
Unsere Väter hatten in der Wüste das Bundeszelt, wie der es angeordnet hatte, der zu Moses sprach: 'Er soll es machen nach dem Vorbilde, das er gesehen hat.'
45 [Later on], other ancestors of ours carried that tent with them when Joshua led them [into this land]. That was during the time that they took this land for themselves, when God forced the people [who previously lived here] to leave. So the Israelis were able to possess this land. [The tent remained in this land and was still here] when [King] David ruled.
Und dieses übernahmen unsere Väter und brachten es mit sich, als sie dann unter Josue das Land der Heiden zum Besitz erhielten, die Gott vor unseren Vätern hernach vertrieb. So blieb es bis auf Davids Zeit.
46 David pleased God, and he asked God to let him build a house where [he and] all of our Israeli people could worship God.
Dieser war Gott wohlgefällig und bat, ob er für den Gott Jakobs nicht eine Wohnung machen dürfe.
47 But [instead, God let David’s son] Solomon build a house [where people could worship] God.”
Jedoch erst Salomo erbaute ihm ein Haus.
48 “However, [we(inc) know that] God is greater than everything, and he does not live in [houses that] people [SYN] have made. It is like the prophet [Isaiah] wrote. He wrote [these words that God had spoken: ]
Allein der Allerhöchste wohnt nicht in Stätten, die von Menschenhand gemacht sind. Sagt doch schon der Prophet:
49 Heaven is (my throne/the place from which I rule the entire universe), and the earth is (my footstool/[merely like] a stool on which I may rest my feet). I myself [SYN] have made everything [both in heaven and on the earth]. So you [human beings], ([you] really cannot build a house that would be [adequate] for me!/do you think you can build a house that would be [appropriate] for me?) [RHQ] You cannot [RHQ] make a place good enough for me [to live in]!”
'Der Himmel ist mein Thron, die Erde der Schemel meiner Füße. Was für ein Haus wollt ihr mir bauen', spricht der Herr, 'oder wo ist der Ort, an dem ich ständig wohnen kann?
Hat denn nicht meine Hand all dies geschaffen?'
51 “You people are extremely stubborn [MET], not wanting to obey God or listen [MTY] [to him!] You are exactly like your ancestors! You always resist the Holy Spirit [as they did]!
O ihr Halsstarrigen und Unbeschnittenen an Herz und Ohren! Ihr widerstrebt allzeit dem Heiligen Geiste, wie eure Väter, so auch ihr.
52 Your ancestors caused [RHQ] every prophet to suffer, [including Moses]. They even killed those who long ago announced [that the Messiah] would come, the one who always did what pleased God. [And the Messiah has come! He is the one whom] you [recently] turned over [to his enemies] and [insisted that] they kill him!
Gibt es einen Propheten, den eure Väter nicht verfolgt haben? Sie haben die ermordet, die das Kommen des Gerechten vorherverkündigt haben; ihr selbst seid nun seine Verräter und Mörder geworden,
53 You [are the people] who have received God’s laws. [Those were laws] that God caused angels to give [to our ancestors]. However, [incredibly], you have not obeyed them!”
ihr, die ihr das Gesetz auf Anordnung von Engeln zwar erhalten, aber nicht gehalten habt."
54 When the Jewish Council members [and others there] heard all that [Stephen said], they became very angry. They were grinding their teeth [together because they were so angry] at him!
Bei diesen Worten ergrimmten sie in ihrem Innersten und knirschten mit den Zähnen gegen ihn.
55 But the Holy Spirit completely controlled Stephen. He looked up into heaven and saw a dazzling light from God, and [he saw] Jesus standing at God’s right side.
Stephanus aber, voll des Heiligen Geistes, blickte zum Himmel empor und sah die Herrlichkeit Gottes und Jesus stehend zur Rechten Gottes
56 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open, and I [see] the one who came from heaven standing at God’s right side!”
und rief aus: "O schaut! Ich sehe die Himmel offen und den Menschensohn zur Rechten Gottes stehen."
57 [When the Jewish Council members and others heard that], they shouted loudly. They put their hands over their ears [so that they could not hear Stephen, and immediately] they all rushed at him.
Da erhoben sie ein wüstes Geschrei und hielten sich die Ohren zu. Alle miteinander stürzten sie auf ihn los,
58 They dragged him outside the city [of Jerusalem] and started to throw stones at him. The people who were accusing him [took off] their outer garments [in order to throw stones more easily, and] they put their clothes [on the ground] next to a young man whose name was Saul, [so that he could guard them].
stießen ihn zur Stadt hinaus und steinigten ihn. Die Zeugen gaben ihre Kleider einem jungen Manne namens Saul in Verwahrung.
59 While they continued to throw stones at Stephen, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
So steinigten sie den Stephanus. Er betete: "Herr Jesus, nimm meinen Geist auf!"
60 Then Stephen fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not punish them (OR, forgive them) [LIT] for this sin!” After he had said that, he died.
Dann sank er in die Knie und rief mit lauter Stimme: "Herr, rechne ihnen diese Sünde nicht an!" Damit entschlief er.
