Acts 7
1 The high priest said, “Are these things so?”
And the high priests said; Are these things so?
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,
And he said, Men, brothers and fathers, hear ye; The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia, before he migrated into Haran, and He said to him;
3 and said to him, ‘Get out of your land and away from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.’
Come out from thy country and from thy kindred, and come hither into the land which I will show unto thee.
4 Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land where you are now living.
And after his father died he migrated himself thence into this country in which you now dwell,
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 offspring after him, when he still had no child.
and God gave him no inheritance in it, not the step of his foot; and he promised to give it to him, and his seed after him, for an inheritance, there being no child to him.
6 God spoke in this way: that his offspring would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.
And thus God spoke, that his seed shall sojourn in a strange land, and they will enslave it and oppress it four hundred years.
7 ‘I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,’ said God, ‘and after that they will come out and serve me in this place.’
And the nation whom they shall serve I will judge, says God, and after these things they shall come out and serve me in this place.
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.
And He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so he begat Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac, Jacob; and Jacob, the twelve patriarchs.
9 “The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him
And the patriarchs, envying Joseph, sold him into Egypt:
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.
and God was with him, and delivered him out of all his troubles, and gave him grace and wisdom before Pharaoh the king of Egypt; and he placed him governor over Egypt and all his house.
11 Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
And the famine came into all the land and Canaan, and great distress: and our fathers found no sustenance.
12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
And Jacob hearing that there is food in Egypt, sent away our fathers first.
13 On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family was revealed to Pharaoh.
And the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren, and his race became manifest to Pharaoh.
14 Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
And Joseph sending, called to him Jacob his father, and all the family, seventy-five souls.
15 Jacob went down into Egypt and he died, himself and our fathers;
And Jacob went down into Egypt, and he and our fathers died there.
16 and they were brought back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem.
And they were carried over into Shechem, and buried in a tomb which Abraham purchased from the sons of Emmor in Shechem with a sum of money.
17 “But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
When the time of the promise which God made with Abraham drew nigh, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,
18 until there arose a different king who didn’t know Joseph.
until another king arose over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
19 The same took advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to abandon their babies, so that they wouldn’t stay alive.
He dealing fraudulently with our race, afflicted our fathers, that they should expose their infants, so that they should not live.
20 At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome to God. He was nourished three months in his father’s house.
During which time Moses was born, and was beautiful to God; who was kept three months in the house of his father.
21 When he was abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up and reared him as her own son.
And he being exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him, and adopted him for a son to herself.
22 Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
And Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and was mighty in his words and works.
23 But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
And when the time of the fortieth year was fulfilled to him, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.
24 Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
And seeing a certain one suffering affliction, he interposed, and executed vengeance in behalf of the oppressed one, slaying the Egyptian.
25 He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn’t understand.
And he supposed that his brethren would understand that God through his hand is giving them salvation: but they did not recognize it.
26 “The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, ‘Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?’
On the following day, he appeared to them fighting, and undertook to reduce them to peace, saying, Men, you are brethren; therefore do not injure one another.
27 But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
And the one injuring his neighbor thrust him away, saying, Who appointeth you a leader and a judge over us?
28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
whether do you wish to kill me, in the manner in which you slew the Egyptian yesterday?
29 Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
And at this word Moses fled, and became a sojourner in the land of Midia, where he begat two sons.
30 “When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.
And forty years having passed away, an angel appeared to him in the desert of Mount Sinai in the flame of fire of the bramble bush.
31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, the voice of the Lord came to him,
And Moses, seeing the sight, was astonished: and he coming nigh to investigate, the voice of the Lord came:
32 ‘I am the God of your fathers: the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ Moses trembled and dared not look.
I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembling, did not dare to investigate.
33 The Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
And the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet: for the place on which thou standest is holy ground.
34 I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you into Egypt.’
Seeing, I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and heard their groaning, and have come down to deliver them. And come now, I will send thee into Egypt.
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.
And this Moses whom they denied, saying, Who hath established thee a ruler and a judge? him hath God sent a ruler and deliverer, with the hand of an angel having appeared unto him in a bush.
36 This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.
He led them out, doing wonders and miracles in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
37 This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, ‘The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me.’
This Moses is the one having said to the sons of Israel, A prophet will God raise up to you of your brethren, like unto me.
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 living revelations to give to us,
And this is the one being in the church in the wilderness with the angel speaking to him in Mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received the living oracles to give unto us;
39 to whom our fathers wouldn’t be obedient, but rejected him and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
to whom our fathers were not willing to be obedient, but thrust him away, and turned back in their hearts towards Egypt,
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 don’t know what has become of him.’
saying to Aaron, Make us gods who shall go before us: for this Moses, who led us out from the land of Egypt, we know not what happened to him.
41 They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42 But God turned away and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
And God turned away, and gave them up to serve the host of the heaven; as has been written in the book of the prophets: Slain victims and sacrifices you have not brought unto me forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel.
43 You took up the tabernacle of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, the figures which you made to worship, so I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’
And ye took up the shrine of Moloch, and the star of the god Remphan, images which you made to worship them; and I will transport you beyond Babylon.
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;
And the tabernacle of testimony was with our fathers in the wilderness, as the one speaking to Moses commanded him to make it according to the example he had seen;
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,
which our fathers receiving, brought in along with Joshua in the dispossession of the nations, whom God drove out, from the face of our fathers, until the days of David,
46 who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
who found favor before God, and asked that he should build a tabernacle for the house of Jacob.
47 But Solomon built him a house.
But Solomon built a house for him.
48 However, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
But the Most High dwelleth not in houses built with hands, as the prophet says,
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?
Heaven is my throne, and earth the footstool of my feet: What house will you build for me? says the Lord; Or what shall be the place of my rest?
50 Didn’t my hand make all these things?’
Hath not my hand made all of these things?
51 “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.
Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you do always resist the Holy Ghost; as your fathers did, so do ye.
52 Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.
Which one of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? and they slew those proclaiming concerning the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers you became:
53 You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn’t keep it!”
who received the law in the administrations of angels, and did not keep it.
54 Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
And hearing these words, they were cut through their hearts and gnashed their teeth at him.
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,
But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, and looking up to heaven, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
56 and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
57 But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears, then rushed at him with one accord.
And crying out with a loud voice, they stopped their ears, and unanimously rushed on him,
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.
and casting him out from the city, they began to stone him. And the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man, called Saul:
59 They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
and continued to stone Stephen, calling upon the Lord, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60 He kneeled down and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.
And putting down his knees, he cried with a loud voice, Lord, do not impute this sin to them. And saying this, he fell asleep.
