Apostelgeschichte 7
1 Der Hohepriester aber sprach: Ist [denn] dieses also? Er aber sprach:
Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are the things that [these people are saying about you(sg)] true?”
2 Brüder und Väter, höret! Der Gott der Herrlichkeit erschien unserem Vater Abraham, als er in Mesopotamien war, ehe er in Haran wohnte,
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].
3 und sprach zu ihm: “Geh aus deinem Lande und aus deiner Verwandtschaft, und komm in das Land, das ich dir zeigen werde”.
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.’
4 Da ging er aus dem Lande der Chaldäer und wohnte in Haran; und von da übersiedelte er ihn, nachdem sein Vater gestorben war, in dieses Land, in welchem ihr jetzt wohnet.
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.”
5 Und er gab ihm kein Erbe darin, auch nicht einen Fußbreit; und er verhieß, es ihm zum Besitztum zu geben und seinem Samen nach ihm, als er kein Kind hatte.
“[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]).”
6 Gott aber sprach also: “Sein Same wird ein Fremdling sein in fremdem Lande, und man wird ihn knechten und mißhandeln vierhundert Jahre.
“[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.’
7 Und die Nation, welcher sie dienen werden, werde ich richten”, sprach Gott, “und danach werden sie ausziehen und mir dienen an diesem Orte”.
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.’”
8 Und er gab ihm den Bund der Beschneidung; und also zeugte er den Isaak und beschnitt ihn am achten Tage, und Isaak den Jakob, und Jakob die zwölf Patriarchen.
“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].”
9 Und die Patriarchen, neidisch auf Joseph, verkauften ihn nach Ägypten.
“[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.
10 Und Gott war mit ihm und rettete ihn aus allen seinen Drangsalen und gab ihm Gunst und Weisheit vor Pharao, dem König von Ägypten; und er setzte ihn zum Verwalter über Ägypten und sein ganzes Haus.
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].”
11 Es kam aber eine Hungersnot über das ganze [Land] Ägypten und Kanaan und eine große Drangsal, und unsere Väter fanden keine Speise.
“[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.
12 Als aber Jakob hörte, daß in Ägypten Getreide sei, sandte er unsere Väter zum ersten Male aus.
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].
13 Und beim zweiten Male wurde Joseph von seinen Brüdern wiedererkannt, und dem Pharao wurde das Geschlecht Josephs offenbar.
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].
14 Joseph aber sandte hin und ließ seinen Vater Jakob holen und die ganze Verwandtschaft, an fünfundsiebzig Seelen.
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].
15 Jakob aber zog hinab nach Ägypten und starb, er und unsere Väter;
[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].
16 und sie wurden nach Sichem hinübergebracht und in die Grabstätte gelegt, welche Abraham für eine Summe Geldes von den Söhnen Hemors, des Vaters Sichems, kaufte.
[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.”
17 Als aber die Zeit der Verheißung nahte, welche Gott dem Abraham zugesagt hatte, wuchs das Volk und vermehrte sich in Ägypten,
“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.
18 bis ein anderer König über Ägypten aufstand, der Joseph nicht kannte.
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].
19 Dieser handelte mit List gegen unser Geschlecht und mißhandelte die Väter, so daß sie ihre Kindlein aussetzen mußten, damit sie nicht am Leben blieben.
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.”
20 In dieser Zeit wurde Moses geboren, und er war ausnehmend schön; und er wurde drei Monate aufgezogen in dem Hause des Vaters.
“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.
21 Als er aber ausgesetzt worden war, nahm ihn die Tochter Pharaos zu sich und zog ihn auf, sich zum Sohne.
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.
22 Und Moses wurde unterwiesen in aller Weisheit der Ägypter; er war aber mächtig in seinen Worten und Werken.
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.”
23 Als er aber ein Alter von vierzig Jahren erreicht hatte, kam es in seinem Herzen auf, nach seinen Brüdern, den Söhnen Israels, zu sehen.
“[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].
24 Und als er einen Unrecht leiden sah, verteidigte er ihn und rächte den Unterdrückten, indem er den Ägypter erschlug.
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].
25 Er meinte aber, seine Brüder würden verstehen, daß Gott durch seine Hand ihnen Rettung gebe; sie aber verstanden es nicht.
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.
26 Und am folgenden Tage zeigte er sich ihnen, als sie sich stritten, und trieb sie zum Frieden, indem er sagte: Ihr seid Brüder, warum tut ihr einander unrecht?
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]’
27 Der aber dem Nächsten unrecht tat, stieß ihn weg und sprach: Wer hat dich zum Obersten und Richter über uns gesetzt?
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]
28 Willst du mich etwa umbringen, wie du gestern den Ägypter umgebracht hast?
Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 Moses aber entfloh bei diesem Worte und wurde Fremdling im Lande Midian, wo er zwei Söhne zeugte.
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.”
30 Und als vierzig Jahre verflossen waren, erschien ihm in der Wüste des Berges Sinai ein Engel in einer Feuerflamme eines Dornbusches.
“[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.
31 Als aber Moses es sah, verwunderte er sich über das Gesicht; während er aber hinzutrat, es zu betrachten, geschah eine Stimme des Herrn:
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],
32 “Ich bin der Gott deiner Väter, der Gott Abrahams und Isaaks und Jakobs”. Moses aber erzitterte und wagte nicht, es zu betrachten.
‘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].
33 Der Herr aber sprach zu ihm: “Löse die Sandale von deinen Füßen, denn der Ort, auf dem du stehst, ist heiliges Land.
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.
34 Gesehen habe ich die Mißhandlung meines Volkes, das in Ägypten ist, und ihr Seufzen habe ich gehört, und ich bin herniedergekommen, sie herauszureißen. Und nun komm, ich will dich nach Ägypten senden.”
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].’”
35 Diesen Moses, den sie verleugneten, indem sie sagten: “Wer hat dich zum Obersten und Richter gesetzt?” diesen hat Gott zum Obersten und Retter gesandt mit der Hand des Engels, der ihm in dem Dornbusch erschien.
“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].
36 Dieser führte sie heraus, indem er Wunder und Zeichen tat im Lande Ägypten und im Roten Meere und in der Wüste, vierzig Jahre.
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.
37 Dieser ist der Moses, der zu den Söhnen Israels sprach: “Einen Propheten wird euch Gott aus euren Brüdern erwecken, gleich mir; [ihn sollt ihr hören]”.
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].’
38 Dieser ist es, der in der Versammlung in der Wüste mit dem Engel, welcher auf dem Berge Sinai zu ihm redete, und mit unseren Vätern gewesen ist; der lebendige Aussprüche empfing, um sie uns zu geben;
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.”
39 welchem unsere Väter nicht gehorsam sein wollten, sondern stießen ihn von sich und wandten sich in ihren Herzen nach Ägypten zurück,
“[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.
40 indem sie zu Aaron sagten: “Mache uns Götter, die vor uns herziehen sollen; denn dieser Moses, der uns aus dem Lande Ägypten geführt hat, wir wissen nicht, was ihm geschehen ist”.
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!’
41 Und sie machten ein Kalb in jenen Tagen und brachten dem Götzenbilde ein Schlachtopfer und ergötzten sich an den Werken ihrer Hände.
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.
42 Gott aber wandte sich ab und gab sie dahin, dem Heere des Himmels zu dienen, wie geschrieben steht im Buche der Propheten: “Habt ihr etwa mir vierzig Jahre in der Wüste Opfertiere und Schlachtopfer dargebracht, Haus Israel?
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]
43 Ja, ihr nahmet die Hütte des Moloch auf und das Gestirn [eures] Gottes Remphan, die Bilder, welche ihr gemacht hattet, sie anzubeten; und ich werde euch verpflanzen über Babylon hinaus”.
[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].”
44 Unsere Väter hatten die Hütte des Zeugnisses in der Wüste, wie der, welcher zu Moses redete, befahl, sie nach dem Muster zu machen, das er gesehen hatte;
“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].
45 welche auch unsere Väter überkamen und mit Josua einführten bei der Besitzergreifung des Landes der Nationen, welche Gott austrieb von dem Angesicht unserer Väter hinweg, bis zu den Tagen Davids,
[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.
46 welcher Gnade fand vor Gott und eine Wohnstätte zu finden begehrte für den Gott Jakobs.
David pleased God, and he asked God to let him build a house where [he and] all of our Israeli people could worship God.
47 Salomon aber baute ihm ein Haus.
But [instead, God let David’s son] Solomon build a house [where people could worship] God.”
48 Aber der Höchste wohnt nicht in Wohnungen, die mit Händen gemacht sind, wie der Prophet spricht:
“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: ]
49 “Der Himmel ist mein Thron, und die Erde der Schemel meiner Füße. Was für ein Haus wollt ihr mir bauen, spricht der Herr, oder welches ist der Ort meiner Ruhe?
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]!”
50 Hat nicht meine Hand dies alles gemacht?”
51 Ihr Halsstarrigen und Unbeschnittenen an Herz und Ohren! Ihr widerstreitet allezeit dem Heiligen Geiste; wie eure Väter, so auch ihr.
“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]!
52 Welchen der Propheten haben eure Väter nicht verfolgt? Und sie haben die getötet, welche die Ankunft des Gerechten zuvor verkündigten, dessen Verräter und Mörder ihr jetzt geworden seid,
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!
53 die ihr das Gesetz durch Anordnung von Engeln empfangen und nicht beobachtet habt.
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!”
54 Als sie aber dies hörten, wurden ihre Herzen durchbohrt, und sie knirschten mit den Zähnen gegen ihn.
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!
55 Als er aber, voll Heiligen Geistes, unverwandt gen Himmel schaute, sah er die Herrlichkeit Gottes, und Jesum zur Rechten Gottes stehen;
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.
56 und er sprach: Siehe, ich sehe die Himmel geöffnet, und den Sohn des Menschen zur Rechten Gottes stehen!
“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open, and I [see] the one who came from heaven standing at God’s right side!”
57 Sie schrieen aber mit lauter Stimme, hielten ihre Ohren zu und stürzten einmütig auf ihn los.
[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.
58 Und als sie ihn aus der Stadt hinausgestoßen hatten, steinigten sie ihn. Und die Zeugen legten ihre Kleider ab zu den Füßen eines Jünglings, genannt Saulus.
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].
59 Und sie steinigten den Stephanus, welcher betete und sprach: Herr Jesus, nimm meinen Geist auf!
While they continued to throw stones at Stephen, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
60 Und niederkniend rief er mit lauter Stimme: Herr, rechne ihnen diese Sünde nicht zu! Und als er dies gesagt hatte, entschlief er.
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.
