Atos 7
1 E disse o chefe dos sacerdotes: Por acaso é isto assim?
Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are the things that [these people are saying about you(sg)] true?”
2 E ele disse: Homens irmãos e pais, ouvi: o Deus da glória apareceu a nosso pai Abraão, estando ele na Mesopotâmia, antes de habitar em Harã;
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 disse-lhe: Sai de tua terra, e de tua parentela, e vem a terra que eu te mostrarei.
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 Então ele saiu da terra dos caldeus, [e] habitou em Harã. E dali, depois que morreu seu pai, ele partiu para esta terra, em que agora vós habitais.
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 [Deus] não lhe deu herança nela, nem mesmo a pegada de um pé; mas prometeu que a daria a ele em propriedade, e a sua semente depois dele, não tendo ele filho [ainda].
“[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 E Deus falou assim: Tua semente será peregrina em terra alheia, e a escravizarão, e a maltratarão [por] quatrocentos anos.
“[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 E à nação a quem eles servirem, eu a julgarei, (disse Deus). E depois disso eles sairão, e me servirão neste lugar.
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 ele lhe deu o pacto da circuncisão; e assim gerou a Isaque, e o circuncidou ao oitavo dia; e Isaque [gerou] a Jacó, e Jacó aos doze patriarcas.
“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 os patriarcas, tendo inveja [de] José, venderam [-no] ao Egito; mas Deus era com ele.
“[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 o livrou de todas as suas aflições, e lhe deu graça e sabedoria diante de Faraó, rei do Egito; e o pôs [por] governador sobre o Egito, e toda a 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 E veio fome sobre toda a terra do Egito e de Canaã, e grande aflição; e nossos pais não achavam alimentos.
“[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 Mas Jacó, ao ouvir que havia cereal no Egito, ele enviou nossos pais a primeira vez.
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 na segunda [vez], José foi reconhecido pelos seus irmãos, e a família de José foi conhecia por Faraó.
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 José mandou chamar a seu pai Jacó, e toda a sua parentela, setenta e cinco almas.
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 Jacó desceu ao Egito, e morreu; ele, e nossos pais;
[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 foram levados a Siquém, e postos na sepultura que Abraão, por uma quantia em dinheiro, tinha comprado dos filhos de Emor em Siquém.
[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 Mas quando chegou perto o tempo da promessa que Deus tinha prometido a Abraão, o povo cresceu e se multiplicou no Egito.
“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 Até que se levantou outro rei, que não tinha conhecido a José.
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 Este, usando de astúcia para com nossa parentela, maltratou a nossos pais, até fazendo com que eles rejeitassem suas crianças, para que não sobrevivessem.
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 Naquele tempo nasceu Moisés, e ele era muito formoso para Deus, e ele foi criado por três meses na casa de seu pai.
“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 E tendo sido abandonado, a filha de Faraó o tomou, e o criou para si como filho.
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 Moisés foi instruído em toda a sabedoria dos egípcios; e era poderoso em palavras e ações.
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 lhe foi completado o tempo de quarenta anos [de idade], veio ao seu coração [o desejo] de visitar a seus irmãos, os filhos de Israel.
“[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 vendo um [deles] sofrendo injustamente, defendeu [-o], e vingou pelo que tinha sido oprimido, matando ao egípcio.
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 E ele pensava que seus irmãos tivessem entendido que Deus ia lhes dar liberdade por meio da mão dele; mas eles não entenderam.
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 no dia seguinte, estando [uns deles] lutando, ele foi visto por eles, e ordenou-lhes [fazerem] as pazes, dizendo: Homens, vós sois irmãos, por que fazeis mal um ao outro?
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 Mas aquele que maltratava a seu próximo empurrou-o, dizendo: Quem te pôs por chefe e juiz sobre nós?
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 Queres tu [também] matar a mim, assim como ontem mataste ao egípcio?
Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 E com esta palavra Moisés fugiu, e foi peregrino na terra de Midiã, onde ele gerou dois filhos.
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 completados quarenta anos, um anjo do Senhor lhe apareceu no deserto do monte Sinai, em uma sarça inflamada.
“[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 Moisés, ao ver [isso], maravilhou-se da visão; e ao aproximar-se para ver, veio até ele a voz do Senhor,
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 [Dizendo]: Eu [sou] o Deus de teus pais, o Deus de Abraão, o Deus de Isaque, e o Deus de Jacó. E Moisés, estando tremendo, não ousava olhar com atenção.
‘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 o Senhor lhe disse: Descalça-te as sandálias de teus pés, porque o lugar em que estás é 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 Eu tenho visto com atenção a aflição de meu povo que [está] no Egito, e ouvi o gemido deles, e eu desci para livrá-los; então vem agora, eu te enviarei ao Egito.
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 A este Moisés, ao qual tinham negado, dizendo: Quem te pôs por chefe e juiz, A este Deus enviou por chefe e libertador, pela mão do anjo que lhe apareceu na sarça.
“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 Este os levou para fora, fazendo milagres e sinais na terra do Egito, e no mar Vermelho, e no deserto, [por] quarenta anos.
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 Este é o Moisés que disse aos filhos de Israel: O Senhor, vosso Deus, vos levantará um profeta dentre vossos irmãos, como a mim; a ele ouvireis.
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 Este é aquele que esteve na congregação [do povo] no deserto com o anjo que tinha lhe falado no monte Sinai, e [com] nossos pais; o qual recebeu as palavras vivas, para dar a nós;
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 Ao qual nossos pais não quiseram obedecer; mas [o] rejeitaram, e seus corações voltaram ao Egito;
“[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 Ao dizerem a Arão: Faz-nos deuses, que irão adiante de nós; porque [quanto a] este Moisés, que nos levou para fora da terra do Egito, nós não sabemos o que aconteceu com ele.
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 naqueles dias eles fizeram o bezerro, o ofereceram sacrifício ao ídolo, e se alegraram nas obras de suas [próprias] mãos.
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 Deus se afastou[deles], e os entregou, para que servissem ao exército do céu, como está escrito no livro dos profetas: Ó casa de Israel, acaso foi a mim que oferecestes animais sacrificados, e ofertas no deserto por quarenta anos?
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 Porém tomastes [para si] a tenda de Moloque, e a estrela de vosso Deus Renfã, figuras que vós fizeste para adorá-las; e eu [por isso] vos expulsarei para além da Babilônia.
[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 No deserto estava entre nossos pais o Tabernáculo do testemunho, assim como ele tinha ordenado, falando a Moisés, que o fizesse segundo o modelo que tinha visto.
“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 O qual, recebendo [-o] também nossos Pais, eles levaram com Josué para a possessão dos gentios que Deus expulsou diante de nossos Pais, até os dias de Davi;
[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 O qual foi do agrado diante de Deus, e pediu para achar um tabernáculo para o Deus de Jacó.
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 E Salomão lhe construiu uma casa.
But [instead, God let David’s son] Solomon build a house [where people could worship] God.”
48 Mas o Altíssimo não habita em templos feitos por mãos, assim como o profeta diz:
“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 O céu é o meu trono, e a terra [é] o estrado dos meus pés; que casa vós construireis para mim?, diz o Senhor; ou Qual é o lugar do meu repouso?
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 Por acaso não [foi] minhão mão [que] fez todas estas coisas?
51 Vós, obstinados e incircuncisos de coração e de ouvidos! Vós sempre resistis ao Espírito Santo! Tal como vossos pais [foram], assim também [sois] vós!
“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 dos profetas vossos pais não perseguiram? E eles mataram a todos os que anunciaram com antecedência a vinda do Justo, do qual agora vós tendes sido traidores e homicidas;
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 Que recebestes a Lei por ordem de anjos, e não [a] guardastes.
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 Eles, ao ouvirem estas coisas, retalharam-se de raiva em seus corações, e rangiam os dentes contra ele.
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 Mas ele, estando cheio do Espírito Santo, olhando firmemente para o céu, viu à glória de Deus, e a Jesus, que estava à direita de Deus.
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: Eis que vejo os céus abertos, e o Filho do homem, que está a direita de Deus!
“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open, and I [see] the one who came from heaven standing at God’s right side!”
57 Mas eles, clamando com alta voz, taparam seus próprios ouvidos, e correram juntos contra ele;
[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, lançando [-o] fora da cidade, [o] apedrejaram; e as testemunhas puseram as roupas deles junto aos pés de um rapaz chamado 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 apedrejaram a Estêvão, que estava clamando e dizendo: Senhor Jesus, recebe o meu espírito.
While they continued to throw stones at Stephen, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
60 E pondo-se de joelhos, clamou com alta voz: Senhor, não os culpes por este pecado. E tendo dito isto, morreu.
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.
