Travay 7
1 Wo prèt la te di: “Èske bagay sa yo se vrè?”
The high priest said, “Are these things so?”
2 Li te di: “Koute m frè m yo ak ansyen mwen yo!” Bondye laglwa a te parèt devan zansèt nou, Abraham lè li te nan Mésopotamie, avan ke li te rete Charran.
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,
3 E Li te di li: “Kite peyi ou, ak fanmi ou, pou vini nan peyi ke Mwen menm va montre ou a”.
and said to him, ‘Get out of your land and away from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.’
4 Konsa, li te kite peyi a Kaldeyen yo pou vin rete nan Charran. Depi la, lè papa l te vin mouri, Bondye te fè l deplase vin nan peyi sila a kote nou rete koulye a.
Then he came out of the land of the Kasdim and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land where you are now living.
5 Men Li pa t ba li yon eritaj ladann, ni menm yon moso tè, men menm lè li pa t gen pitit, Li te pwomèt li ke Li ta ba li sa kòm yon posesyon, e a desandan aprè li yo.
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.
6 Men Bondye te pale konsa: Ke desandan li yo ta etranje nan yon peyi etranje, pou yo ta nan esklavaj e maltrete pandan kat-san lane.
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.
7 “Epi nenpòt nasyon ki ta mete yo nan esklavaj, Bondye te di: ‘Mwen Menm, Mwen va jije’, epi apre sa, yo va sòti la pou sèvi Mwen nan plas sila a.”
‘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.’
8 Li te bay li akò sikonsizyon an, epi Abraham te vin papa a Isaac, Li te sikonsi li nan uityèm jou a. Isaac te vin papa a Jacob, e Jacob a douz patriyach yo.
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.
9 Patriyach yo te vin jalou de Joseph e yo te vann li an Égypte. Men Bondye te avèk li
“The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him
10 e Li te delivre li nan tout afliksyon li yo. Konsa li te bay li favè avèk sajès devan Pharaon, wa Égypte la, e te fè li vin gouvènè sou Égypte, ak tout lakay li.
and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
11 Alò yon gwo grangou te parèt nan tout Égypte ak Canaan, avèk gwo mizè, e zansèt nou yo pa t kab twouve manje.
Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
12 Men lè Jacob te tande ke te gen manje an Égypte, li te voye zansèt nou yo la pou premye fwa a.
But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
13 Nan dezyèm vizit la Joseph te fè frè l yo dekouvri ki moun li te ye, efanmi Joseph te vin entwodwi a Pharaon.
On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family was revealed to Pharaoh.
14 Alò Joseph te voye envite Jacob, papa li avèk tout fanmi li pou vin kote l. Te gen swasann-kenz moun antou.
Joseph sent and summoned Jacob his father and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
15 Konsa, Jacob te desann an Égypte e li menm avèk zansèt nou yo te mouri la.
Jacob went down into Egypt and he died, himself and our fathers;
16 Depi la kò yo te deplase retounen nan Sichem, pou te antere yo nan tonm nan ke Abraham te achte pou yon sòm lajan nan men fis a Hémor an Sichem yo.
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.
17 Men pandan tan a pwomès ke Bondye te pwomèt a Abraham nan t ap pwoche pèp la te vin ogmante e te miltipliye an Égypte,
“But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18 jiskaske Yon lòt wa te leve sou Égypte ki pa t konnen anyen de Joseph.
until there arose a different king who didn’t know Joseph.
19 Se te li menm ki te sèvi gwo koken pou pran avantaj sou ras nou an, e maltrete zansèt nou pou yo ta kab fè zanfan pa nou yo pa t kab viv.
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.
20 Se te nan tan sila a ke Moïse te ne. Li te byen bèl nan zye Bondye, e li te okipe pandan twa mwa lakay papa li.
At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome to God. He was nourished three months in his father’s house.
21 Epi lè l te abandonen, fi Pharaon an te pran li e te nouri li kòm pwòp fis pa li.
When he was abandoned, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up and reared him as her own son.
22 Moïse te enstwi nan tout konesans Ejipsyen an, e li te vin yon nonm byen fò nan pawòl ak nan zak.
Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works.
23 Men lè l t ap pwoche laj karant ane, sa te antre nan tèt li pou vizite frè li yo, fis Israël yo.
But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.
24 Konsa, lè l te wè youn nan yo byen maltrete, li te defann li, e te vanje pou sila ki te oprime a, e konsa, te touye Ejipsyen an.
Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.
25 Li te sipoze ke frè li yo te konprann ke Bondye t ap bay yo delivrans atravè li menm, men yo pa t konprann.
He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn’t understand.
26 “Nan jou swivan an, li te parèt a yo menm pandan yo t ap goumen youn avèk lòt. Li te eseye rekonsilye yo nan lapè e te di: ‘Moun yo, se frè nou ye. Poukisa nou ap fè mal a youn lòt?’
“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?’
27 “Men sila ki t ap fè frè l la mal la te bourade l e te di: ‘Kilès ki te fè ou yon chèf ak jij sou nou?
But he who did his neighbour wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
28 Èske ou gen entansyon touye m menm jan ke ou te touye Ejipsyen an ayè a?’
Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 “Akoz pawòl sila a Moïse te sove ale, e te vin yon etranje nan peyi Madian, kote li te vin papa a de fis.
Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
30 “Apre karant ane te pase, Yon zanj te parèt a li menm nan dezè Mòn Sinaï nan flanm a yon touf bwa.
“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.
31 Lè Moïse te wè l, li te etone de sa l te wè a. Lè l te pwoche pou gade pi pre, vwa Senyè a te vini sou li:
When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, the voice of the Lord came to him,
32 ‘Mwen menm se Bondye a zansèt nou yo, Bondye Abraham nan, Isaac ak Jacob la’. Moïse te tranble avèk laperèz e pa t menm vle pran chans gade.
‘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.
33 “Men SENYÈ a te di l: ‘Retire sapat nan pye ou, paske lye kote ou kanpe a se tè sen.
The Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
34 Mwen anverite wè soufrans pèp Mwen an an Égypte e tande plent yo, e Mwen gen tan vini desann pou delivre yo. Vini koulye a e Mwen va voye ou an Égypte.’
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.’
35 “Menm Moïse sila a ke yo te rejte lè yo te di: ‘Kilès ki te fè ou yon chèf e yon jij?’ Se sila a ke Bondye te voye pou li ta kapab non sèlman yon chèf, men yon liberatè avèk èd zanj ki te parèt kote li nan touf bwa a.
“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.
36 Mesye sila a te mennen yo sòti, e te fè mèvèy ak sign nan peyi Égypte, ak nan Lamè Wouj, epi pandan karant ane nan dezè a.
This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Sea of Suf, and in the wilderness for forty years.
37 Se te Moïse sila a ki te di a fis Israël yo: ‘Bondye va fè leve pou nou yon pwofèt tankou mwen ki sòti nan frè nou yo.’
This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, ‘The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from amongst your brothers, like me.’
38 “Sa se li menm ki te nan asanble nan dezè a; ki te avèk zanj ki t ap pale avè l sou Mòn Sinaï a, e avèk zansèt nou yo, ki te te resevwa pawòl vivan yo pou pase bannou.
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,
39 “Zansèt nou yo pa t dakò obeyisan a li menm, men yo te rejte l, e nan kè yo, yo te vire tounen an Égypte.
to whom our fathers wouldn’t be obedient, but rejected him and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
40 Konsa yo di a Aaron: ‘Fè pou nou dye yo ki va ale devan nou. Paske Moïse sila a ki te mennen nou sòti an Égypte la, nou pa menm konnen kisa ki rive li.’
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.’
41 Nan tan sa a yo te fè yon jenn bèf. Yo te pote yon sakrifis pou zidòl la, e yo t ap rejwi yo nan zèv a pwòp men yo.
They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.
42 “Men Bondye te vire do Li, e te livre yo pou adore dye a zetwal syèl yo, jan sa ekri nan liv pwofèt yo: ‘Se pa t a Mwen menm ke nou te ofri ofrann ak sakrifis karant ane nan dezè a, O lakay Israël.
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?
43 Men nou te pran anplis, tabènak Moloch la, ak zetwal a dye Remphan an; imaj ke nou te fè pou adore yo. Pou sa a Mwen osi va retire nou jis rive lòtbò Babylone.’
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.’
44 “Zansèt nou yo te gen tabènak temwayaj nan dezè a, menm jan ke Sila ki te pale avèk Moïse la te kòmande li pou fè, selon modèl ke li te wè a.
“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;
45 “Konsa, zansèt nou yo ki te resevwa li nan lè pa yo, te pote li avèk Josué lè l te depouye nasyon ke Bondye te chase devan yo jis rive nan tan David la.
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,
46 David te twouve favè nan zye Bondye, e te mande pou li ta kapab jwenn yon mezon pou Bondye Jacob la abite.
who found favour in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.
47 Men se te Salomon ki te bati yon kay pou Li.
But Solomon built him a house.
48 “Poutan Trè Wo a pa rete nan kay ki fèt pa men moun, jan pwofèt la di a:
However, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
49 ‘Syèl la se twòn Mwen, E tè a se ban pou pye Mwen. Ki kalite kay ou kapab fè pou Mwen?’ ‘Oubyen ki plas ki gen pou repo Mwen?
‘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?
50 Se pa t men Mwen ki te fè tout bagay sa yo?’
Didn’t my hand make all these things?’
51 “Nou menm, ki se moun kou rèd e ensikonsi nan kè, avèk zòrèy ki toujou ap reziste a Lespri Sen an, n ap fè menm bagay ke zansèt nou yo te konn fè yo.
“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.
52 Kilès nan pwofèt yo ke zansèt nou yo pa t pèsekite? Yo te touye sila yo ki avan lè te anonse ke Sila Ki Jis la t ap vini; ke nou menm koulye a trayi e asasine.
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.
53 Nou menm ki te resevwa Lalwa kòm yon òdonans pa zanj yo, te vyole li.”
You received the Torah as it was ordained by angels, and didn’t keep it!”
54 Alò, lè yo te tande sa, yo te blese byen fon, e t ap manje dan yo sou li.
Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.
55 Men ranpli avèk Lespri Sen an, li te fikse zye l anwo nan syèl la e te wè glwa Bondye ak Jésus ki t ap kanpe bò men dwat Bondye.
But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Yeshua standing on the right hand of God,
56 Li te di: “Gade byen, Mwen wè syèl la vin louvri, e Fis a lòm nan ki kanpe bò men dwat Bondye.”
and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
57 Konsa yo te kriye fò avèk yon gwo vwa, e te kouvri zòrèy yo. Yo te kouri sou li ansanm a lafwa,
But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears, then rushed at him with one accord.
58 e lè yo te fin pouse li deyò vil la, yo te kòmanse lapide l avèk wòch. Temwen sila yo te depoze vètman yo nan pye a yon jennonm yo te rele Saul.
They threw him out of the city and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.
59 Yo te kontinye lapide Étienne pandan li te rele Senyè a, e te di: “Senyè Jésus, resevwa Lespri mwen”.
They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Yeshua, receive my spirit!”
60 Konsa, li te tonbe sou jenou li, e te kriye avèk yon gwo vwa: “Senyè, pa kenbe peche sa a kont yo!” Lè l fin di sa, li te mouri.
He knelt down and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.
