Atos 7
1 O sumo sacerdote disse: “São estas coisas assim?”
Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are the things that [these people are saying about you(sg)] true?”
2 Ele disse: “Irmãos e pais, escutem. O Deus da glória apareceu a nosso pai Abraão quando ele estava na Mesopotâmia, antes de viver em Haran,
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 lhe disse: “Saia de sua terra e afaste-se de seus parentes, e venha para uma terra que eu lhe 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 viveu em Haran. De lá, quando seu pai faleceu, Deus o levou para esta terra onde você está vivendo agora.
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 Ele não lhe deu nenhuma herança nela, não, nem mesmo para colocar o pé. Ele prometeu que a daria a ele por uma posse, e à sua descendência depois dele, quando ainda não tivesse nenhum filho.
“[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 Deus falou assim: que sua prole viveria como alienígena em uma terra estranha, e que seria escravizada e maltratada 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 'Eu julgarei a nação à qual eles estarão em cativeiro', 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 Ele lhe deu o pacto da circuncisão. Assim Abraão tornou-se o pai de Isaac, e o circuncidou no oitavo dia. Isaque se tornou o pai de Jacó, e Jacó se tornou o pai dos 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 “Os patriarcas, movidos de ciúmes contra José, venderam-no para o Egito. Deus estava 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 libertou de todas as suas aflições, dando-lhe favor e sabedoria diante do Faraó, rei do Egito. Ele o fez governador do Egito e de 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 Agora veio uma fome sobre toda a terra do Egito e de Canaã, e uma grande aflição. Nossos pais não encontraram comida.
“[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 quando Jacó soube que havia grãos no Egito, enviou nossos pais pela 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 Na segunda vez José foi dado a conhecer a seus irmãos, e a família de José foi revelada ao 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 José enviou e convocou Jacó, seu pai e todos os seus parentes, 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 Jacó desceu ao Egito e morreu, ele mesmo 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 eles foram trazidos de volta a Siquém e colocados no túmulo que Abraão comprou por um preço em prata dos filhos de Hamor de 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 se aproximava o tempo da promessa que Deus havia jurado 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 surgiu um rei diferente que não conhecia 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 O mesmo aproveitou-se de nossa raça e maltratou nossos pais, forçando-os a abandonar seus bebês, para que não continuassem vivos.
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 Naquela época nasceu Moisés, e era muito bonito para Deus. Ele foi alimentado 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 Quando ele foi abandonado, a filha do Faraó o acolheu e o criou como seu próprio 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 Moisés foi instruído em toda a sabedoria dos egípcios. Ele era poderoso em suas palavras e obras.
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 Mas quando ele tinha quarenta anos de idade, veio ao seu coração visitar 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 Ao ver um deles sofrendo mal, ele o defendeu e vingou aquele que era oprimido, atingindo o 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 Ele supunha que seus irmãos entendiam que Deus, por sua mão, estava lhes dando libertação; mas eles não entendiam.
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 “No dia seguinte, ele lhes apareceu enquanto lutavam, e os exortou a ficarem em paz novamente, dizendo: 'Senhores, vocês são irmãos'. Por que vocês se enganam uns aos outros?
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 fez mal ao próximo o afastou, dizendo: 'Quem fez de vocês um soberano e um 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 Você quer me matar como matou o egípcio ontem?
Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 Moisés fugiu deste ditado, e se tornou um estranho na terra de Midian, onde se tornou o pai de 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 “Quando quarenta anos foram cumpridos, um anjo do Senhor apareceu-lhe no deserto do Monte Sinai, em uma chama de fogo em um arbusto.
“[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 Quando Moisés o viu, ele se perguntou à vista. Ao aproximar-se para ver, a voz do Senhor veio até ele,
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 'Eu sou o Deus de seus pais: o Deus de Abraão, o Deus de Isaac, e o Deus de Jacó'. Moisés tremeu e não ousou olhar.
‘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 O Senhor disse-lhe: 'Tirai as sandálias, pois o lugar em que estais 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 Certamente vi a aflição do meu povo que está no Egito, e ouvi seus gemidos. Desci para entregá-los. Agora venha, eu o 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 “Este Moisés a quem recusaram, dizendo: 'Quem te fez governante e juiz?'-Deus o enviou como governante e libertador pela mão do anjo que lhe apareceu no mato.
“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 homem os conduziu para fora, tendo feito maravilhas e sinais no Egito, 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 aquele Moisés que disse aos filhos de Israel: 'O Senhor nosso Deus levantará um profeta para vós do meio de vossos irmãos, como eu'.
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 estava na assembléia no deserto com o anjo que lhe falou no Monte Sinai, e com nossos pais, que receberam revelações vivas para nos dar,
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 a quem nossos pais não seriam obedientes, mas o rejeitaram e voltaram em seus corações para o 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 dizendo a Aarão: 'Fazei-nos deuses que irão adiante de nós, pois quanto a este Moisés que nos conduziu para fora da terra do Egito, 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 Eles fizeram um bezerro naqueles dias, e trouxeram um sacrifício ao ídolo, e se alegraram com as obras de suas 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 Mas Deus se afastou e os entregou para servir ao exército do céu, como está escrito no livro dos profetas, “Você me ofereceu animais mortos e sacrifícios? quarenta anos no deserto, ó casa de Israel?
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 Você assumiu o tabernáculo de Moloch, a estrela de seu deus Rephan, os números que você fez para adorar, por isso vos levarei 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 “Nossos pais tinham o tabernáculo do testemunho no deserto, como aquele que falou com Moisés lhe ordenou que o fizesse de acordo com o padrão que ele 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 que também nossos pais, por sua vez, trouxeram com Josué quando entraram na posse das nações que Deus expulsou diante da face de nossos pais para 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 que encontrou favor aos olhos de Deus, e pediu para encontrar uma morada 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 Mas Salomão construiu-lhe uma casa.
But [instead, God let David’s son] Solomon build a house [where people could worship] God.”
48 Entretanto, o Altíssimo não habita em templos feitos com as mãos, como diz o 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 'o céu é meu trono, e a terra um escabelo para os meus pés. Que tipo de casa você vai me construir?” diz o Senhor. Ou qual é o lugar do meu descanso?
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 Minha mão não fez todas essas coisas”?
51 “Você de pescoço duro e incircunciso no coração e nos ouvidos, você sempre resiste ao Espírito Santo! Como fizeram seus pais, assim fazem vocês.
“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 não foi perseguido por seus pais? Eles mataram aqueles que predisseram a vinda do Justo, dos quais vocês se tornaram agora traidores e assassinos.
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 Vocês receberam a lei como ela foi ordenada pelos anjos, e não a cumpriram”!
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 Agora, quando ouviram estas coisas, foram cortados até o coração, e lhe rangeram os dentes.
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, olhou firmemente para o céu e viu a glória de Deus, e Jesus em pé 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 em pé à 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 gritaram com voz alta e pararam seus ouvidos, depois se apressaram a golpeá-lo com um só acordo.
[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 Eles o expulsaram da cidade e o apedrejaram. As testemunhas colocaram suas vestes aos pés de um jovem chamado Saul.
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 Apedrejaram Estêvão quando ele gritou, dizendo: “Senhor Jesus, receba meu espírito”!
While they continued to throw stones at Stephen, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
60 Ele se ajoelhou e gritou com voz alta: “Senhor, não detenha este pecado contra eles”! Quando ele disse isto, ele adormeceu.
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.
