Apustuļu Darbi 7
1 Un tas augstais priesteris sacīja: “Vai tas tā ir?”
Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are the things that [these people are saying about you(sg)] true?”
2 Bet viņš sacīja: “Vīri, brāļi un tēvi, klausāties! Tas godības Dievs parādījās mūsu tēvam Ābrahāmam, kad viņš bija Mezopotamijā, pirms Hāranā mājoja,
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 Un sacīja uz viņu: izej no savas zemes un no saviem radiem un ej uz to zemi, ko Es tev rādīšu.
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 Tad viņš no Kaldeju zemes izgājis mājoja Hāranā; un pēc, kad viņa tēvs bija nomiris, Dievs viņu no turienes pārveda uz šo zemi, kur jūs tagad dzīvojiet,
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 Un viņam nedeva nekādu iemantojamu tiesu iekš tās, ir ne pēdas platumā; un tomēr viņam to solīja par mantu dot un viņa dzimumam pēc viņa, kad viņam bērnu vēl nebija.
“[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 Bet Dievs tā runāja: tavs dzimums būs piedzīvotājs svešā zemē un piespiests pie kalpošanas un grūti vārdzināts četrsimt gadus.
“[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 Un to tautu, kam tie kalpos, Es gribu sodīt, Dievs sacīja; un pēc tam tie izies un Man kalpos šinī vietā.
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 Un Viņš tam deva to apgraizīšanas derību. Un tā viņš dzemdināja to Īzaku un to apgraizīja astotā dienā, un Īzaks to Jēkabu, un Jēkabs tos divpadsmit vectēvus.
“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 Un tie vectēvi apskauda un pārdeva Jāzepu uz Ēģiptes zemi; un Dievs bija ar viņu,
“[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 Un to izglāba no visām viņa bēdām un tam deva žēlastību un gudrību Faraona, Ēģiptes ķēniņa, priekšā, un tas viņu iecēla par valdītāju pār Ēģiptes zemi un visu savu namu.
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 Bet bads nāca un lielas bēdas pār visu Ēģiptes un Kanaāna zemi; un mūsu tēvi neatrada barības.
“[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 Un Jēkabs dzirdējis, labību esam Ēģiptes zemē, izsūtīja mūsu tēvus pirmo reiz.
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 Un otru reiz Jāzeps no saviem brāļiem tapa pazīts, un Jāzepa radi Faraonam kļuva zināmi.
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 Un Jāzeps sūtīja un ataicināja savu tēvu Jēkabu un visus savus radus, septiņdesmit un piecas dvēseles.
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 Un Jēkabs nogāja uz Ēģiptes zemi un nomira, viņš un mūsu tēvi,
[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 Un tapa pārvesti uz Šehemi un tai kapā ielikti, ko Ābrahāms ar sudraba maksu bija pircis no Hamora bērniem Šehemē.
[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 Bet kad tas apsolīšanas laiks tuvu klāt nāca, ko Dievs Ābrahāmam bija zvērējis, tad tie ļaudis auga un vairojās Ēģiptes zemē,
“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 Tiekams cits ķēniņš cēlās, kas Jāzepu nepazina.
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 Šis mūsu tautai ar viltu uzmācās un mūsu tēviem ļaunu darīja, tā ka viņiem savi mazie bērniņi bija jāizmet laukā, lai tie nepaliktu pie dzīvības.
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 Tai laikā Mozus piedzima un bija Dievam patīkams un tapa audzināts trīs mēnešus sava tēva namā.
“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 Un kad tas bija izlikts laukā, tad Faraona meita to uzņēma un to uzaudzināja sev pašai par dēlu.
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 Un Mozus tapa mācīts visā ēģiptiešu gudrībā un bija spēcīgs vārdos un darbos.
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 Kad nu viņš bija četrdesmit gadus vecs, tad tas savā sirdī apņēmās, apmeklēt savus brāļus, Israēla bērnus.
“[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 Un redzēdams, ka viens netaisnību cieta, viņš pārstāvēja un atrieba to, kam pāri darīja, un nosita to Ēģiptieti.
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 Un viņš domāja, ka viņa brāļi nomanīšot, ka Dievs caur viņa roku tiem dodot pestīšanu. Bet tie to nesaprata.
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 Un otrā dienā viņš tiem piestājās, kad tie bārās un tos skubināja uz mieru sacīdams: vīri, jūs esat brāļi, kāpēc jūs viens otram pāri darāt?
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 Bet tas, kas savam tuvākam pāri darīja, viņu atgrūda sacīdams: kas tevi cēlis par virsnieku un tiesas kungu pār mums?
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 Vai tu mani arīdzan gribi nokaut, kā tu vakar to Ēģiptieti esi nokāvis?
Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 Un Mozus šī vārda dēļ bēga un piemita Midijana zemē, kur viņš divus dēlus dzemdināja.
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 Un kad četrdesmit gadi bija pagājuši, tad Tā Kunga eņģelis Sinaī kalna tuksnesī viņam parādījās degošā ērkšķu krūmā.
“[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 Un Mozus to redzēdams, brīnījās par to parādīšanu, un kad tas piegāja to aplūkot, tad Tā Kunga balss uz viņu notika:
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 “Es esmu tavu tēvu Dievs, Ābrahāma Dievs un Īzaka Dievs un Jēkaba Dievs.” Un Mozus sāka drebēt un nedrīkstēja tur skatīties.
‘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 Bet Tas Kungs uz to sacīja: “Noauni kurpes no savām kājām, jo tā vieta, kur tu stāvi, ir svēta zeme.
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 Es redzēdams esmu redzējis Savu ļaužu grūtumu Ēģiptes zemē, un dzirdējis viņu nopūšanos un nolaidies tos izglābt; un nu nāc, Es tevi sūtīšu uz Ēģiptes zemi.”
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 Šo Mozu, ko tie bija aizlieguši sacīdami: kas tevi cēlis par virsnieku un tiesas kungu? šo Dievs sūtījis par virsnieku un pestītāju caur tā eņģeļa roku, kas tam bija parādījies ērkšķu krūmā.
“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 Šis viņus ir izvedis, darīdams brīnumus un zīmes Ēģiptes zemē un sarkanā jūrā un tuksnesī četrdesmit gadus.
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 Šis ir tas Mozus, kas uz Israēla bērniem sacīja: “Tas Kungs, jūsu Dievs, jums no jūsu brāļiem cels vienu pravieti tā kā mani; To jums būs klausīt.”
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 Šis pie tās draudzes tuksnesī bija ar to eņģeli, kas uz viņu runāja Sinaī kalnā, un bija ar mūsu tēviem; un saņēma dzīvus vārdus, mums tos dot;
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 Tam mūsu tēvi negribēja paklausīt, bet viņu atmeta un savās sirdis atgriezās uz Ēģiptes zemi,
“[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 Sacīdami uz Āronu: taisi mums dievus, kas mūsu priekšā ies; jo mēs nezinām, kas ir noticis šim Mozum, kas mūs izvedis no Ēģiptes zemes.
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 Un tie taisīja tanīs dienās vienu teļu un pienesa tam elkadievam upurus un priecājās par savu roku darbiem.
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 Bet Dievs novērsās un tos nodeva kalpot tam debess spēkam, itin kā ir rakstīts praviešu grāmatā: vai tu Israēla nams šinīs četrdesmit gados tuksnesī Man esi atnesis kaujamus un citus upurus?
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 Un jūs esat pieņēmuši to Moloka dzīvokli un sava Dieva, Remvana, zvaigzni, tās bildes, ko esat taisījuši, tās pielūgt; un Es jūs pārcelšu viņpus Bābeles.
[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 Tā liecības telts bija pie mūsu tēviem tuksnesī, itin kā tas, kas ar Mozu runājis, bija pavēlējis, to taisīt pēc tās priekšzīmes, ko viņš bija redzējis;
“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 To dabūjuši, mūsu tēvi ar Jozua to arī ieveda tai zemē, kas tiem pagāniem bija, kurus Dievs ir izdzinis mūsu tēvu priekšā līdz Dāvida dienām.
[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 Šis žēlastību atrada Dieva priekšā un ilgojās tam Jēkaba Dievam dzīvokli atrast.
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 Un Salamans Viņam namu uztaisīja.
But [instead, God let David’s son] Solomon build a house [where people could worship] God.”
48 Bet tas Visuaugstākais nedzīvo namos, kas rokām taisīti, itin kā tas pravietis saka:
“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 “Debess ir Mans goda krēsls un zeme Manu kāju pamesls; kādu namu jūs Man uztaisīsiet, tā saka Tas Kungs, jeb kura ir Mana dusas vieta?
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 Vai Mana roka nav šo visu taisījusi?”
51 Jūs stūrgalvīgie un sirdīs un ausīs neapgraizītie, jūs allažiņ tam Svētam Garam pretī stāvat, tā kā jūsu tēvi, tā arī jūs!
“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 Kuru no tiem praviešiem jūsu tēvi nav vajājuši? Viņi nokāvuši tos, kas par Tā Taisnā atnākšanu papriekš sludināja; Šim jūs tagad esat palikuši par nodevējiem un slepkavām,
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 Jūs, kas bauslību caur eņģeļu rokām esat dabūjuši un neesat sargājuši.”
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 Kad tie to dzirdēja, tad tas tiem iedūra sirdī un tie sakoda zobus pret viņu.
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 Bet viņš, Svēta Gara pilns būdams, skatījās uz debesīm un redzēja Dieva godību un Jēzu stāvam pie Dieva labās rokas,
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 Un sacīja: redzi, es debesis redzu atvērtas un To Cilvēka Dēlu stāvam pie Dieva labās rokas.
“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open, and I [see] the one who came from heaven standing at God’s right side!”
57 Bet tie ar skaņu balsi brēkdami aizturēja savas ausis un visi kopā viņam uzmācās virsū,
[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 Un to izmeta no pilsētas ārā un nomētāja ar akmeņiem; un tie liecinieki savas drēbes nolika pie viena jaunekļa kājām, kam vārds bija Sauls.
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 Un tie ar akmeņiem nomētāja Stefanu, kas sauca un sacīja: Kungs Jēzu, pieņem manu garu!
While they continued to throw stones at Stephen, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
60 Un ceļos mezdamies tas sauca ar skaņu balsi: Kungs, nepielīdzini tiem šo grēku! Un to sacījis viņš aizmiga.
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.
