Acts 7
1 Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are the things that [these people are saying about you(sg)] true?”
Tedy rzekł najwyższy kapłan: A także się ma ta rzecz?
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].
A on rzekł: Mężowie bracia i ojcowie, słuchajcie! Bóg chwały ukazał się ojcu naszemu Abrahamowi, gdy był w Mezopotamii, przedtem niż mieszkał w Haranie.
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.’
I rzekł do niego: Wynijdź z ziemi twojej i od twojej rodziny, a idź do ziemi, którą ci ukażę.
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.”
Tedy wyszedłszy z ziemi Chaldejskiej, mieszkał w Haranie, a stamtąd, gdy umarł ojciec jego, przeniósł go Bóg do ziemi tej, w której wy teraz mieszkacie.
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]).”
I nie dał mu w niej dziedzictwa i na stopę nogi, choć mu ją był obiecał dać w dzierżawę, i nasieniu jego po nim, gdy jeszcze nie miał potomka.
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.’
I mówił mu tak Bóg: Nasienie twoje będzie przychodniem w cudzej ziemi i zniewolą je, i trapić je będą przez czterysta lat.
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.’”
Ale ten naród, któremu służyć będą, ja będę sądził, rzekł Bóg; a potem wynijdą i służyć mi będą na tem miejscu.
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].”
I dał mu przymierze obrzezki; i tak Abraham spłodził Izaaka i obrzezał go dnia ósmego, a Izaak Jakóba, a Jakób dwunastu patryjarchów.
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.
A patryjarchowie nienawidząc Józefa, sprzedali go do Egiptu; ale Bóg był z nim.
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].”
I wyrwał go ze wszystkich jego ucisków, a dał mu łaskę i mądrość przed Faraonem, królem Egipskim, który go postanowił książęciem nad Egiptem i nad wszystkim domem swoim.
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.
Potem przyszedł głód na wszystkę ziemię Egipską i Chananejską, i ucisk wielki, i nie znajdowali żywności ojcowie nasi.
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].
A gdy usłyszał Jakób, iż zboża były w Egipcie, posłał ojców naszych pierwszy raz.
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].
A za wtórym razem poznany jest Józef od braci swych i objawiony jest Faraonowi naród Józefowy.
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].
Tedy Józef posławszy, przyzwał ojca swego Jakóba i wszystkę swoję rodzinę w siedmdziesiąt i pięciu duszach.
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].
I zstąpił Jakób do Egiptu, i tam umarł on i ojcowie nasi.
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.”
I przeniesieni są do Sychem, i położeni w grobie, który był kupił Abraham za pieniądze u synów Hemora, ojca Sychemowego.
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.
A gdy się przybliżył czas obietnicy, o którą był przysiągł Bóg Abrahamowi, rozrodził się lud i rozmnożył się w Egipcie.
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].
Aż nastał inny król, który nie znał Józefa.
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.”
Ten podchodząc zdradliwie naród nasz, trapił ojców naszych, tak iż musieli wymiatać niemowlątka swoje, żeby się nie rozkrzewiały.
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.
Pod ten czas narodził się Mojżesz, a był krasnym z daru Bożego, którego chowano przez trzy miesiące w domu ojca jego.
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.
A gdy był wyrzucony, wzięła go córka Faraonowa i wychowała go sobie za syna.
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.”
I wyćwiczony jest Mojżesz we wszelkiej mądrości Egipskiej, a był możny w mowach i w uczynkach.
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].
A gdy mu było czterdzieści lat, przyszło mu na myśl, aby nawiedził braci swych, syny Izraelskie.
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].
A ujrzawszy jednego ukrzywdzonego, ujął się oń i pomścił się krzywdy tego, który bezprawie cierpiał, zabiwszy Egipczanina.
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.
Albowiem mniemał, że bracia jego rozumieją, że Bóg przez rękę jego daje im wybawienie; lecz oni tego nie rozumieli.
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]’
A nazajutrz pokazał się im, gdy się z sobą bili i prowadził je do pokoju, mówiąc: Mężowie! bracia jesteście sobie; przeczże się społem krzywdzicie?
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]
Lecz ten, co krzywdził bliźniego, odegnał go, mówiąc: Któż cię postanowił książęciem i sędzią nad nami?
28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
Izali mię ty chcesz zabić, jakoś wczoraj zabił Egipczanina?
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.”
I uciekł Mojżesz za temi słowy i był przychodniem w ziemi Madyjańskiej, gdzie spłodził dwóch synów.
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.
A gdy się wypełniło czterdzieści lat, ukazał mu się na puszczy góry Synaj Anioł Pański w płomieniu ognistym w krzaku.
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],
A Mojżesz ujrzawszy, zadziwił się onemu widzeniu; a gdy przystąpił, aby się temu przypatrzył, stał się do niego głos Pański:
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].
Jam jest Bóg ojców twoich, Bóg Abrahama, Bóg Izaaka, i Bóg Jakóba. A zadrżawszy Mojżesz nie śmiał się przypatrywać.
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.
I rzekł mu Pan: Zzuj obuwie z nóg twoich; bo miejsce, na którem stoisz, jest ziemia święta.
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].’”
Widząc widziałem utrapienie ludu mego, który jest w Egipcie, i słyszałem wzdychanie ich, a zstąpiłem, żebym je wybawił; przetoż teraz chodź, poślę cię do Egiptu.
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].
Tego Mojżesza, którego się byli zaprzali, mówiąc: Któż cię postanowił książęciem i sędzią? Tego Bóg książęciem i wybawicielem posłał przez rękę Anioła, który mu się ukazał w krzaku.
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.
I ten je wywiódł, czyniąc cuda i znamiona w ziemi Egipskiej i na morzu Czerwonem, i na puszczy, przez czterdzieści lat.
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].’
Tenci jest Mojżesz, który rzekł synom Izraelskim: Proroka wam wzbudzi Pan, Bóg wasz, z braci waszych, jako mię, onego słuchać będziecie;
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.”
Ten jest, który był w zgromadzeniu na puszczy z Aniołem, który mówił do niego na górze Synaj, i z ojcami naszymi, który przyjął słowa Boże żywe, aby je nam podał.
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.
Któremu nie chcieli posłuszni być ojcowie nasi; ale go odrzucili i obrócili się sercy swemi do Egiptu.
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!’
Mówiąc do Aarona: Uczyń nam bogi, którzy by szli przed nami; albowiem Mojżeszowi onemu, który nas wywiódł z ziemi Egipskiej, nie wiemy co się stało.
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.
I uczynili w one dni cielca i sprawowali ofiarę onemu bałwanowi, i weselili się w sprawach rąk swoich;
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]
I odwrócił się Bóg i podał je, aby służyli wojsku niebieskiemu, jako napisano jest w księgach prorockich: Zażeście mu bite i inne ofiary ofiarowali na puszczy przez czterdzieści lat, domu Izraelski?
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].”
Owszem nosiliście namiot Molocha i gwiazdę boga waszego Remfana, te obrazy, któreście sobie uczynili, abyście się im kłaniali; przetoż was zaprowadzę za Babilon.
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].
Namiot świadectwa mieli ojcowie nasi na puszczy, jako był rozrządził ten, który powiedział Mojżeszowi, aby go uczynił według kształtu, który widział.
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.
Który wziąwszy ojcowie nasi, wnieśli z Jozuem tam, gdzie była osiadłość poganów, których Bóg wygnał od obliczności ojców naszych, aż do dni Dawidowych;
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.
Który znalazł łaskę przed obliczem Bożem i prosił, aby znalazł namiot Bogu Jakóbowemu.
47 But [instead, God let David’s son] Solomon build a house [where people could worship] God.”
A Salomon zbudował mu dom.
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: ]
Ale on Najwyższy nie mieszka w kościołach ręką uczynionych, jako prorok mówi:
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]!”
Niebo jest stolica moja, a ziemia podnóżek nóg moich. Cóż mi za dom zbudujecie, mówi Pan, albo które jest miejsce odpocznienia mego?
Izali ręka moja tego wszystkiego nie uczyniła?
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]!
Ludzie twardego karku i nieobrzezanego serca, i uszów! wy się zawżdy sprzeciwiacie Duchowi Świętemu jako ojcowie wasi, tak i wy.
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!
Któregoż z proroków nie prześladowali ojcowie wasi, i nie pozabijali tych, którzy przedtem opowiadali o przyjściu tego Sprawiedliwego, któregoście wy się teraz stali zdrajcami i mordercami?
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!”
Którzyście wzięli zakon przez rozrządzenie anielskie, a nie strzegliście go.
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!
Tedy słuchając tego, pukali się w sercach swych i zgrzytali na niego zębami.
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.
A on będąc pełen Ducha Świętego, patrząc pilnie w niebo, ujrzał chwałę Bożą i Jezusa stojącego po prawicy Bożej.
56 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open, and I [see] the one who came from heaven standing at God’s right side!”
I rzekł: Oto widzę niebiosa otworzone i Syna człowieczego stojącego po prawicy Bożej.
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.
A oni krzyknąwszy głosem wielkim, zatulili uszy swoje i rzucili się na niego jednomyślnie.
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].
A wypchnąwszy go z miasta, kamionowali; a świadkowie złożyli szaty swoje u stóp młodzieńca, którego zwano Saul.
59 While they continued to throw stones at Stephen, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
I kamionowali Szczepana modlącego się i mówiącego: Panie Jezu! przyjmij ducha mojego!
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.
A klęknąwszy na kolana, zawołał głosem wielkim: Panie! nie poczytaj im tego za grzech! A to rzekłszy, zasnął.
