Actuum Apostolorum 7
1 dixit autem princeps sacerdotum si haec ita se habent
Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
2 qui ait viri fratres et patres audite Deus gloriae apparuit patri nostro Abraham cum esset in Mesopotamiam priusquam moraretur in Charram
And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
3 et dixit ad illum exi de terra tua et de cognatione tua et veni in terram quam tibi monstravero
And said to him, Depart from thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.
4 tunc exiit de terra Chaldeorum et habitavit in Charram et inde postquam mortuus est pater eius transtulit illum in terram istam in qua nunc vos habitatis
Then he came from the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran. And from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land in which ye now dwell.
5 et non dedit illi hereditatem in ea nec passum pedis et repromisit dare illi eam in possessionem et semini eius post ipsum cum non haberet filium
And he gave him no inheritance in it, no not [so much as] to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his offspring after him, when [as yet] he had no child.
6 locutus est autem Deus quia erit semen eius accola in terra aliena et servituti eos subicient et male tractabunt eos annis quadringentis
And God spoke on this wise, That his offspring should sojourn in a foreign land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat [them] ill four hundred years.
7 et gentem cui servierint iudicabo ego dixit Deus et post haec exibunt et deservient mihi in loco isto
And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that they shall come forth, and serve me in this place.
8 et dedit illi testamentum circumcisionis et sic genuit Isaac et circumcidit eum die octava et Isaac Iacob et Iacob duodecim patriarchas
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so [Abraham] begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac [begat] Jacob, and Jacob [begat] the twelve patriarchs.
9 et patriarchae aemulantes Ioseph vendiderunt in Aegyptum et erat Deus cum eo
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
10 et eripuit eum ex omnibus tribulationibus eius et dedit ei gratiam et sapientiam in conspectu Pharaonis regis Aegypti et constituit eum praepositum super Aegyptum et super omnem domum suam
And delivered him from all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt, and all his house.
11 venit autem fames in universam Aegyptum et Chanaan et tribulatio magna et non inveniebant cibos patres nostri
Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction; and our fathers found no sustenance.
12 cum audisset autem Iacob esse frumentum in Aegypto misit patres nostros primum
But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
13 et in secundo cognitus est Ioseph a fratribus suis et manifestatum est Pharaoni genus eius
And at the second [time] Joseph was made known to his brethren: and Joseph's kindred was made known to Pharaoh.
14 mittens autem Ioseph accersivit Iacob patrem suum et omnem cognationem in animabus septuaginta quinque
Then Joseph sent, and called his father Jacob to [him], and all his kindred, seventy five souls.
15 et descendit Iacob in Aegyptum et defunctus est ipse et patres nostri
So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
16 et translati sunt in Sychem et positi sunt in sepulchro quod emit Abraham pretio argenti a filiis Emmor filii Sychem
And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulcher that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor [the father] of Sychem.
17 cum adpropinquaret autem tempus repromissionis quam confessus erat Deus Abrahae crevit populus et multiplicatus est in Aegypto
But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18 quoadusque surrexit rex alius in Aegypto qui non sciebat Ioseph
Till another king arose, who knew not Joseph.
19 hic circumveniens genus nostrum adflixit patres ut exponerent infantes suos ne vivificarentur
The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and ill-treated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
20 eodem tempore natus est Moses et fuit gratus Deo qui nutritus est tribus mensibus in domo patris sui
In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished in his father's house three months:
21 exposito autem illo sustulit eum filia Pharaonis et enutrivit eum sibi in filium
And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
22 et eruditus est Moses omni sapientia Aegyptiorum et erat potens in verbis et in operibus suis
And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
23 cum autem impleretur ei quadraginta annorum tempus ascendit in cor eius ut visitaret fratres suos filios Israhel
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
24 et cum vidisset quendam iniuriam patientem vindicavit illum et fecit ultionem ei qui iniuriam sustinebat percusso Aegyptio
And seeing one [of them] suffer wrong, he defended [him], and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
25 existimabat autem intellegere fratres quoniam Deus per manum ipsius daret salutem illis at illi non intellexerunt
For he supposed his brethren to understand that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
26 sequenti vero die apparuit illis litigantibus et reconciliabat eos in pacem dicens viri fratres estis ut quid nocetis alterutrum
And the next day he showed himself to them as they were contending, and would have constrained them to be at peace again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren: why do ye wrong one to another?
27 qui autem iniuriam faciebat proximo reppulit eum dicens quis te constituit principem et iudicem super nos
But he that did his neighbor wrong, thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
28 numquid interficere me tu vis quemadmodum interfecisti heri Aegyptium
Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst the Egyptian yesterday?
29 fugit autem Moses in verbo isto et factus est advena in terra Madiam ubi generavit filios duos
Then Moses fled at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
30 et expletis annis quadraginta apparuit illi in deserto montis Sina angelus in igne flammae rubi
And when forty years had expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina, an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
31 Moses autem videns admiratus est visum et accedente illo ut consideraret facta est vox Domini
When Moses saw [it], he wondered at the sight; and as he drew near to behold [it], the voice of the Lord came to him,
32 ego Deus patrum tuorum Deus Abraham et Deus Isaac et Deus Iacob tremefactus autem Moses non audebat considerare
[Saying], I [am] the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
33 dixit autem illi Dominus solve calciamentum pedum tuorum locus enim in quo stas terra sancta est
Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
34 videns vidi adflictionem populi mei qui est in Aegypto et gemitum eorum audivi et descendi liberare eos et nunc veni et mittam te in Aegyptum
I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
35 hunc Mosen quem negaverunt dicentes quis te constituit principem et iudicem hunc Deus principem et redemptorem misit cum manu angeli qui apparuit illi in rubo
This Moses, whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send [to be] a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
36 hic eduxit illos faciens prodigia et signa in terra Aegypti et in Rubro mari et in deserto annis quadraginta
He brought them out, after he had showed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
37 hic est Moses qui dixit filiis Israhel prophetam vobis suscitabit Deus de fratribus vestris tamquam me
This is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, A prophet will the Lord your God raise up to you of your brethren, like me; him will ye hear.
38 hic est qui fuit in ecclesia in solitudine cum angelo qui loquebatur ei in monte Sina et cum patribus nostris qui accepit verba vitae dare nobis
This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on the mount Sina, and [with] our fathers: who received the living oracles to give to us:
39 cui noluerunt oboedire patres nostri sed reppulerunt et aversi sunt cordibus suis in Aegyptum
Whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust [him] from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
40 dicentes ad Aaron fac nobis deos qui praecedant nos Moses enim hic qui eduxit nos de terra Aegypti nescimus quid factum sit ei
Saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for [as for] this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
41 et vitulum fecerunt in illis diebus et obtulerunt hostiam simulacro et laetabantur in operibus manuum suarum
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42 convertit autem Deus et tradidit eos servire militiae caeli sicut scriptum est in libro Prophetarum numquid victimas aut hostias obtulistis mihi annis quadraginta in deserto domus Israhel
Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices [during] forty years in the wilderness?
43 et suscepistis tabernaculum Moloch et sidus dei vestri Rempham figuras quas fecistis adorare eas et transferam vos trans Babylonem
Yes, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your God Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
44 tabernaculum testimonii fuit patribus nostris in deserto sicut disposuit loquens ad Mosen ut faceret illud secundum formam quam viderat
Our fathers had the tabernacle of testimony in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking to Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
45 quod et induxerunt suscipientes patres nostri cum Iesu in possessionem gentium quas expulit Deus a facie patrum nostrorum usque in diebus David
Which also our fathers, that came after, brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David;
46 qui invenit gratiam ante Deum et petiit ut inveniret tabernaculum Deo Iacob
Who found favor before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
47 Salomon autem aedificavit illi domum
But Solomon built him a house.
48 sed non Excelsus in manufactis habitat sicut propheta dicit
Yet, the Most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands, as saith the prophet,
49 caelum mihi sedis est terra autem scabillum pedum meorum quam domum aedificabitis mihi dicit Dominus aut quis locus requietionis meae est
Heaven [is] my throne, and earth [is] my footstool: What house will ye build for me? saith the Lord: or what [is] the place of my rest?
50 nonne manus mea fecit haec omnia
Hath not my hand made all these things?
51 dura cervice et incircumcisi cordibus et auribus vos semper Spiritui Sancto resistitis sicut patres vestri et vos
Ye stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers [did], so [do] ye.
52 quem prophetarum non sunt persecuti patres vestri et occiderunt eos qui praenuntiabant de adventu Iusti cuius vos nunc proditores et homicidae fuistis
Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them who showed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers;
53 qui accepistis legem in dispositionem angelorum et non custodistis
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept [it].
54 audientes autem haec dissecabantur cordibus suis et stridebant dentibus in eum
When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with [their] teeth.
55 cum autem esset plenus Spiritu Sancto intendens in caelum vidit gloriam Dei et Iesum stantem a dextris Dei
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,
56 et ait ecce video caelos apertos et Filium hominis a dextris stantem Dei
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
57 exclamantes autem voce magna continuerunt aures suas et impetum fecerunt unianimiter in eum
Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
58 et eicientes eum extra civitatem lapidabant et testes deposuerunt vestimenta sua secus pedes adulescentis qui vocabatur Saulus
And cast [him] out of the city, and stoned [him]: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
59 et lapidabant Stephanum invocantem et dicentem Domine Iesu suscipe spiritum meum
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [God], and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60 positis autem genibus clamavit voce magna Domine ne statuas illis hoc peccatum et cum hoc dixisset obdormivit
And he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
