Apostlenes-gjerninge 7
1 Då sagde øvstepresten: «Hev dette seg so?»
Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are the things that [these people are saying about you(sg)] true?”
2 Han svara: «Brør og feder, høyr på meg! Herlegdomens Gud openberra seg for far vår, Abraham, då han var i Mesopotamia, fyrr han feste bu i Kharan;
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 og han sagde til honom: «Gakk ut frå landet ditt og frå ætti di, og far til det landet som eg skal syna deg!»
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 Då gjekk han ut or Kaldæarland og feste bu i Kharan; og då far hans var dåen, let han honom flytja derifrå til dette landet, der de no bur;
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 men han gav honom ikkje arvlut der, ikkje ei fotbreidd eingong. Og han lova å gjeva honom det til eiga og hans ætt etter honom, endå han ikkje hadde barn.
“[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 Og Gud tala soleis: «Hans ætt skal bu som utlendingar i framandt land, og dei skal gjera deim til trælar og fara ille med deim i fire hundrad år.
“[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 Og det folket som dei trælar under, vil eg døma, » sagde Gud. «Og so skal dei draga ut og tena meg på denne staden.»
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 Og han gav honom umskjeringspakti; og so avla han Isak og umskar honom den åttande dagen, og Isak Jakob, og Jakob dei tolv patriarkarne.
“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 Og patriarkarne ovundast på Josef og selde honom til Egyptarland. Og Gud var med honom
“[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 og fria honom ut or alle hans trengslor og gav honom nåde og visdom for Farao, egyptarkongen, og han sette honom til hovding yver Egyptarland og heile sitt hus.
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 So kom det hunger yver heile Egyptarland og Kana’an, og stor trengsla; og federne våre fann ikkje føda.
“[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 Men då Jakob høyrde at der var korn i Egyptarland, sende han federne våre dit fyrste gongen.
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 Og den andre gongen vart Josef attkjend av brørne sine, og Farao lærde å kjenna Josefs ætt.
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 Men Josef sende bod og kalla Jakob, far sin, og alt folket sitt dit, fem og sytti sjæler.
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 Og Jakob drog ned til Egyptarland, og han døydde, han og federne våre.
[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 Og dei vart flutte yver til Sikem og lagde i den gravi som Abraham kjøpte for sylv av borni åt Hemor i Sikem.
[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 Etter som det leid til tidi for den lovnaden som Gud tilsvor Abraham, auka folket seg og vart mannsterkt i Egyptarland,
“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 alt til det kom ein annan konge yver Egyptarland, som ikkje visste noko um Josef.
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 Han for med svikråd mot folket vårt og for ille med federne våre, til dess dei laut setja småborni sine ut, so dei ikkje skulde få liva.
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 I den tidi vart Moses fødd, og han var yndeleg for Gud. Og han vart fostra i huset åt far sin i tri månader.
“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 Men då han vart utsett, tok Faraos dotter honom og fostra honom upp som sin eigen son.
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 Og Moses vart upplærd i all egyptar-visdomen; og han var megtig i ord og gjerningar.
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 Men då han hadde fyllt fyrti år, fekk han hug til å sjå um brørne sine, Israels-borni.
“[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 Og då han såg at ein leid urett, kom han honom til hjelp og tok hemn for honom som leid yvervald, og slo egyptaren i hel.
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 Han tenkte at brørne hans skulde skyna at Gud gav deim frelsa ved hans hand. Men dei skyna det ikkje.
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 Dagen etter kom han til deim då dei trætta, og han talde deim til å halda fred og sagde: «Menner, de er brør; kvi gjer de urett mot kvarandre?»
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 Men han som gjorde grannen sin urett, støytte honom ifrå seg og sagde: «Kven hev sett deg til hovding og domar yver oss?
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 Vil du kanskje slå meg i hel, liksom du slo egyptaren i hel i går?»
Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 Men Moses flydde for dette ordet skuld og vart ein utlending i Midjans land, og han fekk tvo søner der.
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 Og då fyrti år var lidne, synte ein engel seg for honom i øydemarki ved Sinaifjellet i eldslogen i ein klunger.
“[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 Då Moses såg det, undra han seg yver syni. Men då han gjekk burtåt og vilde sjå, kom ei røyst frå Herren:
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 «Eg er din fedregud, Abrahams Gud og Isaks Gud og Jakobs Gud.» Men Moses vart skjelvande rædd og torde ikkje sjå på.
‘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 Og Herren sagde til honom: «Løys skorne av føterne dine! for staden du stend på, er heilag jord.
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 Eg hev grant set illgjerdi mot mitt folk i Egyptarland og høyrt deira sukk, og eg hev stige ned og vil fria deim ut. Og no, kom! lat meg senda deg til Egyptarland!»
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 Denne Moses som dei forneitta og sagde: «Kven hev sett deg til hovding og domar?» honom sende Gud til hovding og utløysar ved den engels hand som synte seg for honom i klungeren.
“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 Han førde deim ut medan han gjorde under og teikn i Egyptarland og i Raudehavet og i øydemarki i fyrti år.
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 Han er den Moses som sagde til Israels-borni: «Ein profet liksom eg skal Herren, dykkar Gud, reisa upp åt dykk av dykkar brør.»
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 Han er den som i lyden i øydemarki var med engelen som tala til honom på Sinaifjellet, og med federne våre, han som tok imot livande ord til å gjeva oss.
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 Honom vilde federne dykkar ikkje lyda, men dei støytte honom ifrå seg og vende seg i sitt hjarta til Egyptarland, då dei sagde til Aron:
“[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 «Gjer oss gudar, som kann ganga fyre oss! for denne Moses som førde oss ut or Egyptarland - me veit ikkje kva som hev hendt honom.»
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 Og dei gjorde ein kalv i dei same dagarne bar offer fram til den avguden, og gledde seg yver det som deira eigne hender hadde gjort.
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 Men Gud vende seg burt og yvergav deim til å tena himmelheren, so som det stend skrive i profetboki: «Hev vel de, Israels hus, gjeve meg slagtoffer og andre offer i fyrti år i øydemarki?
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 Og de bar med dykk Moloks tjeld og guden Remfans stjerna, dei bilæti som de gjorde for å tilbeda deim. Og eg vil flytja dykk burt på hi sida åt Babylon.»
[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 Vitnemålstjeldet var hjå federne våre i øydemarki; so som han som tala til Moses, hadde bode å gjera det etter det bilætet han hadde set.
“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 Dette tok federne våre i arv og førde det inn med Josva i eigedomslandet til dei heidningfolki som Gud dreiv undan for federne våre alt til Davids dagar.
[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 Han fann nåde for Guds åsyn og bad um at han måtte finna ein bustad åt Jakobs Gud.
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 Men Salomo bygde honom eit hus.
But [instead, God let David’s son] Solomon build a house [where people could worship] God.”
48 Men den Høgste bur ikkje i hus som er gjorde med hender, som profeten segjer:
“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 «Himmelen er min kongsstol, og jordi skammel under mine føter. Kva hus vil de byggja meg? segjer Herren, eller kva stad er min kvilestad?
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 Hev ikkje mi hand gjort alt dette?»
51 De harde halsar og u-umskorne på hjarta og øyro! De stend alltid imot den Heilage Ande, som dykkar feder, so de og!
“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 Kven av profetarne forfylgde ikkje federne dykkar? og dei slo deim i hel, som fyreåt forkynte at den Rettferdige skulde koma, han som de no hev svike og drepe,
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 de som fekk lovi gjenom englar og hev ikkje halde henne!»
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 Men då dei høyrde dette, skar det deim i hjarta, og dei beit tennerne saman imot honom.
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 Men han var full av den Heilage Ande og såg upp mot himmelen, og han såg Guds herlegdom, og Jesus standa ved Guds høgre hand.
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 Og han sagde: «Sjå, eg ser himlarne opne og Menneskjesonen standa ved Guds høgre hand!»
“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open, and I [see] the one who came from heaven standing at God’s right side!”
57 Då skreik dei med høg røyst og heldt for øyro sine og styrmde samlyndt inn på honom.
[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 Og dei dreiv honom ut utanfor byen og steina honom. Og vitni lagde klædi sine av ved føterne til ein ung mann som heitte 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 Og dei steina Stefanus, medan han bad og sagde: «Herre Jesus, tak imot mi ånd!»
While they continued to throw stones at Stephen, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
60 Men han fall på kne og ropa med høg røyst: «Herre, tilrekna deim ikkje denne syndi!» Og då han hadde sagt dette, sovna han av.
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.
