Atti 7
1 E il sommo sacerdote [gli] disse: Stanno queste cose in questa maniera?
Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are the things that [these people are saying about you(sg)] true?”
2 Ed egli disse: Uomini fratelli, e padri, ascoltate: L'Iddio della gloria apparve ad Abrahamo, nostro padre, mentre egli era in Mesopotamia, innanzi che abitasse in Carran;
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 e gli disse: Esci dal tuo paese, e dal tuo parentado, e vieni in un paese il quale io ti mostrerò.
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 Allora egli uscì dal paese de' Caldei, ed abitò in Carran; e di là, dopo che suo padre fu morto, [Iddio] gli fece mutare stanza, e venire in questo paese, nel quale ora voi abitate.
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 E non gli diede alcuna eredità in esso, non pure un piè di terra. Or gli avea promesso di darlo in possessione a lui, ed alla sua progenie dopo lui, allora ch'egli non avea ancora alcun figliuolo.
“[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 Ma Iddio parlò così, che la sua progenie dimorerebbe come forestiera in paese strano; e che [quivi] sarebbe tenuta in servitù, e maltrattata quattrocent'anni.
“[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 Ma, disse Iddio, io farò giudicio della nazione alla quale avranno servito; e poi appresso usciranno, e mi serviranno in questo luogo.
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 E gli diede il patto della circoncisione; e così [Abrahamo] generò Isacco; e lo circoncise nell'ottavo giorno; ed Isacco [generò] Giacobbe, e Giacobbe i dodici patriarchi.
“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 E i patriarchi, portando invidia a Giuseppe, [lo] venderono [per esser menato] in Egitto; e Iddio era con lui.
“[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 E lo liberò di tutte le sue afflizioni, e gli diede grazia, e sapienza davanti a Faraone, re di Egitto, il qual lo costituì governatore sopra l'Egitto, e sopra tutta la sua casa.
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 Or soppravvenne una fame, e gran distretta a tutto il paese d'Egitto, e di Canaan; e i nostri padri non trovavano vittuaglia.
“[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 E Giacobbe, avendo udito che in Egitto v'era del grano, vi mandò la prima volta i nostri padri.
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 E nella seconda, Giuseppe fu riconosciuto da' suoi fratelli, e il legnaggio di Giuseppe fu fatto manifesto a Faraone.
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 E Giuseppe mandò a chiamar Giacobbe, suo padre, e tutto il suo parentado, [ch'era] di settantacinque anime.
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 E Giacobbe scese in Egitto, e morì egli, e i padri nostri.
[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 E furono trasportati in Sichem, e posti nel sepolcro, il quale Abrahamo avea per prezzo di danari comperato da' figliuoli d'Emmor, [padre] di Sichem.
[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 Ora, come si avvicinava il tempo della promessa, la quale Iddio avea giurata ad Abrahamo, il popolo crebbe, e moltiplicò in Egitto.
“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 Finchè sorse un altro re in Egitto, il qual non avea conosciuto Giuseppe.
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 Costui, procedendo cautamente contro al nostro legnaggio, trattò male i nostri padri, facendo [loro] esporre i lor piccoli fanciulli, acciocchè non allignassero.
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 quel tempo nacque Mosè ed era divinamente bello; e fu nudrito tre mesi in casa di suo padre.
“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 Poi appresso, essendo stato esposto, la figliuola di Faraone lo raccolse, e se l'allevò per figliuolo.
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 E Mosè fu ammaestrato in tutta la sapienza degli Egizi; ed era potente ne' suoi detti e fatti.
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 E, quando egli fu pervenuto all'età di quarant'anni, gli montò nel cuore d'andare a visitare i suoi fratelli, i figliuoli d'Israele.
“[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 E, veduto[ne] uno a cui era fatto torto, egli [lo] soccorse; e fece la vendetta dell'oppressato, uccidendo l'Egizio.
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 Or egli stimava che i suoi fratelli intendessero che Iddio era per dar loro salute per man sua; ma essi non [l]'intesero.
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 E il giorno seguente egli comparve fra loro, mentre contendevano; ed egli li incitò a pace, dicendo: O uomini, voi siete fratelli, perchè fate torto gli uni agli altri?
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 Ma colui che faceva torto al [suo] prossimo lo ributtò, dicendo: Chi ti ha costituito principe, e giudice sopra noi?
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 Vuoi uccidere me, come ieri uccidesti l'Egizio?
Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 E a questa parola Mosè fuggì, e dimorò come forestiere nel paese di Madian, ove generò due figliuoli.
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 E in capo a quarant'anni, l'angelo del Signore gli apparve nel deserto del monte Sina in una fiamma di fuoco d'un pruno.
“[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 E Mosè, avendo[la] veduta, si maravigliò di quella visione; e come egli si accostava per considerar [che cosa fosse], la voce del Signore gli fu [indirizzata, dicendo: ]
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 Io [son] l'Iddio de' tuoi padri, l'Iddio d'Abrahamo, e l'Iddio d'Isacco, e l'Iddio di Giacobbe. E Mosè, divenuto tutto tremante, non ardiva por mente [che cosa fosse].
‘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 E il Signore gli disse: Sciogli il calzamento de' tuoi piedi, perciocchè il luogo nel qual tu stai è terra santa.
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 Certo, io ho veduta l'afflizion del mio popolo ch' [è] in Egitto, ed ho uditi i lor sospiri, e son disceso per liberarli; or dunque, vieni, io ti manderò in Egitto.
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 Quel Mosè, il quale aveano rinnegato, dicendo: Chi ti ha costituito principe, e giudice? esso mandò [loro] Iddio per rettore, e liberatore, per la man dell'angelo, che gli era apparito nel pruno.
“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 Esso li condusse fuori, avendo fatti segni, e prodigi nel paese di Egitto, e nel mar Rosso, e nel deserto, lo spazio di quarant'anni.
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 Quel Mosè, il qual disse a' figliuoli d'Israele: Il Signore Iddio vostro vi susciterà un Profeta d'infra i vostri fratelli, come me; ascoltatelo;
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 esso è quel che nella raunanza nel deserto, fu con l'angelo che parlava a lui nel monte Sina, e [co]' padri nostri; e ricevette le parole viventi, per darcele.
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 Al quale i padri nostri non vollero essere ubbidienti; anzi [lo] ributtarono, e si rivoltarono co' lor cuori all'Egitto;
“[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 dicendo ad Aaronne: Facci degl'iddii, che vadano davanti a noi; perciocchè quant'è a questo Mosè, che ci ha condotti fuor del paese di Egitto, noi non sappiamo quel che gli sia avvenuto.
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 E in que' giorni fecero un vitello, ed offersero sacrificio all'idolo, e si rallegrarono nelle opere delle lor mani.
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 E Iddio si rivoltò indietro, e li diede a servire all'esercito del cielo; come egli è scritto nel libro de' profeti: Casa d'Israele, mi offeriste voi sacrificii, ed offerte, lo spazio di quarant'anni nel deserto?
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 Anzi, voi portaste il tabernacolo di Moloc, e la stella del vostro dio Refan; le figure, le quali voi avevate fatte per adorarle; perciò, io vi trasporterò di là da Babilonia.
[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 Il tabernacolo della testimonianza fu appresso i nostri padri nel deserto, come avea comandato colui che avea detto a Mosè, che lo facesse secondo la forma ch'egli avea veduta.
“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 Il quale ancora i padri nostri ricevettero, e lo portarono con Giosuè, nel paese ch'era stato posseduto da' Gentili, i quali Iddio scacciò d'innanzi a' padri nostri; [e quivi dimorò] fino a' giorni di Davide.
[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 Il qual trovò grazia nel cospetto di Dio, e chiese di trovare una stanza all'Iddio di Giacobbe.
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 Ma Salomone fu quello che gli edificò una casa.
But [instead, God let David’s son] Solomon build a house [where people could worship] God.”
48 Ma l'Altissimo non abita in templi fatti per opera di mani; siccome dice il profeta:
“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 Il cielo [è] il mio trono, e la terra lo scannello de' miei piedi; qual casa mi edifichereste voi? dice il Signore; o qual [sarebbe] il luogo del mio riposo?
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 Non ha la mia mano fatte tutte queste cose?
51 [Uomini] di collo duro, ed incirconcisi di cuore e di orecchi, voi contrastate sempre allo Spirito Santo; come [fecero] i padri vostri, [così fate] ancora voi.
“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 Qual de' profeti non perseguitarono i padri vostri? Uccisero eziandio coloro che innanzi annunziavano la venuta del Giusto, del qual voi al presente siete stati traditori, ed ucciditori.
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 [Voi], che avete ricevuta la legge, facendone gli angeli le pubblicazioni, e non l'avete osservata.
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 Or essi, udendo queste cose, scoppiavano ne' lor cuori, e digrignavano i denti contro a lui.
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 Ma egli, essendo pieno dello Spirito Santo, affissati gli occhi al cielo, vide la gloria di Dio, e Gesù che stava alla destra di Dio.
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 E disse: Ecco, io veggo i cieli aperti, ed il Figliuol dell'uomo che sta alla destra di Dio.
“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open, and I [see] the one who came from heaven standing at God’s right side!”
57 Ma essi, gettando di gran gridi, si turarono gli orecchi, e tutti insieme di pari consentimento si avventarono sopra lui.
[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 E cacciatolo fuor della città, [lo] lapidavano; ed i testimoni miser giù le lor veste a' piedi d'un giovane, chiamato Saulo.
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 E lapidavano Stefano, che invocava [Gesù], e diceva: Signore Gesù, ricevi il mio spirito.
While they continued to throw stones at Stephen, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
60 Poi, postosi in ginocchioni, gridò ad alta voce: Signore, non imputar loro questo peccato. E detto questo, si addormentò.
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.
