preritAH 7
1 tataH paraM mahAyAjakaH pRSTavAn, eSA kathAM kiM satyA?
Then the high priest said: Are these things so?
2 tataH sa pratyavadat, he pitaro he bhrAtaraH sarvve lAkA manAMsi nidhaddhvaM|asmAkaM pUrvvapuruSa ibrAhIm hAraNnagare vAsakaraNAt pUrvvaM yadA arAm-naharayimadeze AsIt tadA tejomaya Izvaro darzanaM datvA
Who said: Ye men, brethren, and fathers, hear. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charan.
3 tamavadat tvaM svadezajJAtimitrANi parityajya yaM dezamahaM darzayiSyAmi taM dezaM vraja|
And said to him: Go forth out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
4 ataH sa kasdIyadezaM vihAya hAraNnagare nyavasat, tadanantaraM tasya pitari mRte yatra deze yUyaM nivasatha sa enaM dezamAgacchat|
Then he went out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charan. And from thence, after his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein you now dwell.
5 kintvIzvarastasmai kamapyadhikAram arthAd ekapadaparimitAM bhUmimapi nAdadAt; tadA tasya kopi santAno nAsIt tathApi santAnaiH sArddham etasya dezasyAdhikArI tvaM bhaviSyasIti tampratyaGgIkRtavAn|
And he gave him no inheritance in it; no, not the pace of a foot: but he promised to give it him in possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
6 Izvara ittham aparamapi kathitavAn tava santAnAH paradeze nivatsyanti tatastaddezIyalokAzcatuHzatavatsarAn yAvat tAn dAsatve sthApayitvA tAn prati kuvyavahAraM kariSyanti|
And God said to him: That his seed should sojourn in a strange country, and that they should bring them under bondage, and treat them evil four hundred years.
7 aparam Izvara enAM kathAmapi kathitavAn, ye lokAstAn dAsatve sthApayiSyanti tAllokAn ahaM daNDayiSyAmi, tataH paraM te bahirgatAH santo mAm atra sthAne seviSyante|
And the nation which they shall serve will I judge, said the Lord; and after these things they shall go out, and shall serve me in this place.
8 pazcAt sa tasmai tvakchedasya niyamaM dattavAn, ata ishAkanAmni ibrAhIma ekaputre jAte, aSTamadine tasya tvakchedam akarot| tasya ishAkaH putro yAkUb, tatastasya yAkUbo'smAkaM dvAdaza pUrvvapuruSA ajAyanta|
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision, and so he begot Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob; and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.
9 te pUrvvapuruSA IrSyayA paripUrNA misaradezaM preSayituM yUSaphaM vyakrINan|
And the patriarchs, through envy, sold Joseph into Egypt; and God was with him,
10 kintvIzvarastasya sahAyo bhUtvA sarvvasyA durgate rakSitvA tasmai buddhiM dattvA misaradezasya rAjJaH phirauNaH priyapAtraM kRtavAn tato rAjA misaradezasya svIyasarvvaparivArasya ca zAsanapadaM tasmai dattavAn|
And delivered him out of all his tribulations: and he gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharao, the king of Egypt; and he appointed him governor over Egypt, and over all his house.
11 tasmin samaye misara-kinAnadezayo rdurbhikSahetoratikliSTatvAt naH pUrvvapuruSA bhakSyadravyaM nAlabhanta|
Now there came a famine upon all Egypt and Chanaan, and great tribulation; and our fathers found no food.
12 kintu misaradeze zasyAni santi, yAkUb imAM vArttAM zrutvA prathamam asmAkaM pUrvvapuruSAn misaraM preSitavAn|
But when Jacob had heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent our fathers first:
13 tato dvitIyavAragamane yUSaph svabhrAtRbhiH paricito'bhavat; yUSapho bhrAtaraH phirauN rAjena paricitA abhavan|
And at the second time, Joseph was known by his brethren, and his kindred was made known to Pharao.
14 anantaraM yUSaph bhrAtRgaNaM preSya nijapitaraM yAkUbaM nijAn paJcAdhikasaptatisaMkhyakAn jJAtijanAMzca samAhUtavAn|
And Joseph sending, called thither Jacob, his father, and all his kindred, seventy-five souls.
15 tasmAd yAkUb misaradezaM gatvA svayam asmAkaM pUrvvapuruSAzca tasmin sthAne'mriyanta|
So Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, and our fathers.
16 tataste zikhimaM nItA yat zmazAnam ibrAhIm mudrAdatvA zikhimaH pitu rhamoraH putrebhyaH krItavAn tatzmazAne sthApayAJcakrire|
And they were translated into Sichem, and were laid in the sepulchre, that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Hemor, the son of Sichem.
17 tataH param Izvara ibrAhImaH sannidhau zapathaM kRtvA yAM pratijJAM kRtavAn tasyAH pratijJAyAH phalanasamaye nikaTe sati isrAyellokA simaradeze varddhamAnA bahusaMkhyA abhavan|
And when the time of the promise drew near, which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased, and were multiplied in Egypt,
18 zeSe yUSaphaM yo na paricinoti tAdRza eko narapatirupasthAya
Till another king arose in Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
19 asmAkaM jJAtibhiH sArddhaM dhUrttatAM vidhAya pUrvvapuruSAn prati kuvyavaharaNapUrvvakaM teSAM vaMzanAzanAya teSAM navajAtAn zizUn bahi rnirakSepayat|
This same dealing craftily with our race, afflicted our fathers, that they should expose their children, to the end they might not be kept alive.
20 etasmin samaye mUsA jajJe, sa tu paramasundaro'bhavat tathA pitRgRhe mAsatrayaparyyantaM pAlito'bhavat|
At the same time was Moses born, and he was acceptable to God: who was nourished three months in his father’s house.
21 kintu tasmin bahirnikSipte sati phirauNarAjasya kanyA tam uttolya nItvA dattakaputraM kRtvA pAlitavatI|
And when he was exposed, Pharao’s daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
22 tasmAt sa mUsA misaradezIyAyAH sarvvavidyAyAH pAradRSvA san vAkye kriyAyAJca zaktimAn abhavat|
And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and in his deeds.
23 sa sampUrNacatvAriMzadvatsaravayasko bhUtvA isrAyelIyavaMzanijabhrAtRn sAkSAt kartuM matiM cakre|
And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.
24 teSAM janamekaM hiMsitaM dRSTvA tasya sapakSaH san hiMsitajanam upakRtya misarIyajanaM jaghAna|
And when he had seen one of them suffer wrong, he defended him; and striking the Egyptian, he avenged him who suffered the injury.
25 tasya hastenezvarastAn uddhariSyati tasya bhrAtRgaNa iti jJAsyati sa ityanumAnaM cakAra, kintu te na bubudhire|
And he thought that his brethren understood that God by his hand would save them; but they understood it not.
26 tatpare 'hani teSAm ubhayo rjanayo rvAkkalaha upasthite sati mUsAH samIpaM gatvA tayo rmelanaM karttuM matiM kRtvA kathayAmAsa, he mahAzayau yuvAM bhrAtarau parasparam anyAyaM kutaH kuruthaH?
And the day following, he shewed himself to them when they were at strife; and would have reconciled them in peace, saying: Men, ye are brethren; why hurt you one another?
27 tataH samIpavAsinaM prati yo jano'nyAyaM cakAra sa taM dUrIkRtya kathayAmAsa, asmAkamupari zAstRtvavicArayitRtvapadayoH kastvAM niyuktavAn?
But he that did the injury to his neighbour thrust him away, saying: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge over us?
28 hyo yathA misarIyaM hatavAn tathA kiM mAmapi haniSyasi?
What, wilt thou kill me, as thou didst yesterday kill the Egyptian?
29 tadA mUsA etAdRzIM kathAM zrutvA palAyanaM cakre, tato midiyanadezaM gatvA pravAsI san tasthau, tatastatra dvau putrau jajJAte|
And Moses fled upon this word, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begot two sons.
30 anantaraM catvAriMzadvatsareSu gateSu sInayaparvvatasya prAntare prajvalitastambasya vahnizikhAyAM paramezvaradUtastasmai darzanaM dadau|
And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the desert of mount Sina, an angel in a flame of fire in a bush.
31 mUsAstasmin darzane vismayaM matvA vizeSaM jJAtuM nikaTaM gacchati,
And Moses seeing it, wondered at the sight. And as he drew near to view it, the voice of the Lord came unto him, saying:
32 etasmin samaye, ahaM tava pUrvvapuruSANAm Izvaro'rthAd ibrAhIma Izvara ishAka Izvaro yAkUba Izvarazca, mUsAmuddizya paramezvarasyaitAdRzI vihAyasIyA vANI babhUva, tataH sa kampAnvitaH san puna rnirIkSituM pragalbho na babhUva|
I am the God of thy fathers; the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses being terrified, durst not behold.
33 paramezvarastaM jagAda, tava pAdayoH pAduke mocaya yatra tiSThasi sA pavitrabhUmiH|
And the Lord said to him: Loose the shoes from thy feet, for the place wherein thou standest, is holy ground.
34 ahaM misaradezasthAnAM nijalokAnAM durddazAM nitAntam apazyaM, teSAM kAtaryyoktiJca zrutavAn tasmAt tAn uddharttum avaruhyAgamam; idAnIm Agaccha misaradezaM tvAM preSayAmi|
Seeing I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, and I will send thee into Egypt.
35 kastvAM zAstRtvavicArayitRtvapadayo rniyuktavAn, iti vAkyamuktvA tai ryo mUsA avajJAtastameva IzvaraH stambamadhye darzanadAtrA tena dUtena zAstAraM muktidAtAraJca kRtvA preSayAmAsa|
This Moses, whom they refused, saying: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge? him God sent to be prince and redeemer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
36 sa ca misaradeze sUphnAmni samudre ca pazcAt catvAriMzadvatsarAn yAvat mahAprAntare nAnAprakArANyadbhutAni karmmANi lakSaNAni ca darzayitvA tAn bahiH kRtvA samAninAya|
He brought them out, doing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the desert forty years.
37 prabhuH paramezvaro yuSmAkaM bhrAtRgaNasya madhye mAdRzam ekaM bhaviSyadvaktAram utpAdayiSyati tasya kathAyAM yUyaM mano nidhAsyatha, yo jana isrAyelaH santAnebhya enAM kathAM kathayAmAsa sa eSa mUsAH|
This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel: A prophet shall God raise up to you of your own brethren, as myself: him shall you hear.
38 mahAprAntarasthamaNDalImadhye'pi sa eva sInayaparvvatopari tena sArddhaM saMlApino dUtasya cAsmatpitRgaNasya madhyasthaH san asmabhyaM dAtavyani jIvanadAyakAni vAkyAni lebhe|
This is he that was in the church in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on mount Sina, and with our fathers; who received the words of life to give unto us.
39 asmAkaM pUrvvapuruSAstam amAnyaM katvA svebhyo dUrIkRtya misaradezaM parAvRtya gantuM manobhirabhilaSya hAroNaM jagaduH,
Whom our fathers would not obey; but thrust him away, and in their hearts turned back into Egypt,
40 asmAkam agre'gre gantum asmadarthaM devagaNaM nirmmAhi yato yo mUsA asmAn misaradezAd bahiH kRtvAnItavAn tasya kiM jAtaM tadasmAbhi rna jJAyate|
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 tasmin samaye te govatsAkRtiM pratimAM nirmmAya tAmuddizya naivedyamutmRjya svahastakRtavastunA AnanditavantaH|
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifices to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42 tasmAd IzvarasteSAM prati vimukhaH san AkAzasthaM jyotirgaNaM pUjayituM tebhyo'numatiM dadau, yAdRzaM bhaviSyadvAdinAM grantheSu likhitamAste, yathA, isrAyelIyavaMzA re catvAriMzatsamAn purA| mahati prAntare saMsthA yUyantu yAni ca| balihomAdikarmmANi kRtavantastu tAni kiM| mAM samuddizya yuSmAbhiH prakRtAnIti naiva ca|
And God turned, and gave them up to serve the host of heaven, as it is written in the books of the prophets: Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me for forty years, in the desert, O house of Israel?
43 kintu vo molakAkhyasya devasya dUSyameva ca| yuSmAkaM rimphanAkhyAyA devatAyAzca tArakA| etayorubhayo rmUrtI yuSmAbhiH paripUjite| ato yuSmAMstu bAbelaH pAraM neSyAmi nizcitaM|
And you took unto you the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Rempham, figures which you made to adore them. And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
44 aparaJca yannidarzanam apazyastadanusAreNa dUSyaM nirmmAhi yasmin Izvaro mUsAm etadvAkyaM babhASe tat tasya nirUpitaM sAkSyasvarUpaM dUSyam asmAkaM pUrvvapuruSaiH saha prAntare tasthau|
The tabernacle of the testimony was with our fathers in the desert, as God ordained for them, speaking to Moses, that he should make it according to the form which he had seen.
45 pazcAt yihozUyena sahitaisteSAM vaMzajAtairasmatpUrvvapuruSaiH sveSAM sammukhAd IzvareNa dUrIkRtAnAm anyadezIyAnAM dezAdhikRtikAle samAnItaM tad dUSyaM dAyUdodhikAraM yAvat tatra sthAna AsIt|
Which also our fathers receiving, brought in with Jesus, into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David.
46 sa dAyUd paramezvarasyAnugrahaM prApya yAkUb IzvarArtham ekaM dUSyaM nirmmAtuM vavAJcha;
Who found grace before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
47 kintu sulemAn tadarthaM mandiram ekaM nirmmitavAn|
But Solomon built him a house.
48 tathApi yaH sarvvoparisthaH sa kasmiMzcid hastakRte mandire nivasatIti nahi, bhaviSyadvAdI kathAmetAM kathayati, yathA,
Yet the most High dwelleth not in houses made by hands, as the prophet saith:
49 parezo vadati svargo rAjasiMhAsanaM mama| madIyaM pAdapIThaJca pRthivI bhavati dhruvaM| tarhi yUyaM kRte me kiM pranirmmAsyatha mandiraM| vizrAmAya madIyaM vA sthAnaM kiM vidyate tviha|
Heaven is my throne, and the earth my footstool. What house will you build me? saith the Lord; or what is the place of my resting?
50 sarvvANyetAni vastUni kiM me hastakRtAni na||
Hath not my hand made all these things?
51 he anAjJAgrAhakA antaHkaraNe zravaNe cApavitralokAH yUyam anavarataM pavitrasyAtmanaH prAtikUlyam Acaratha, yuSmAkaM pUrvvapuruSA yAdRzA yUyamapi tAdRzAH|
You stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do you also.
52 yuSmAkaM pUrvvapuruSAH kaM bhaviSyadvAdinaM nAtADayan? ye tasya dhArmmikasya janasyAgamanakathAM kathitavantastAn aghnan yUyam adhUnA vizvAsaghAtino bhUtvA taM dhArmmikaM janam ahata|
Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? And they have slain them who foretold of the coming of the Just One; of whom you have been now the betrayers and murderers:
53 yUyaM svargIyadUtagaNena vyavasthAM prApyApi tAM nAcaratha|
Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
54 imAM kathAM zrutvA te manaHsu biddhAH santastaM prati dantagharSaNam akurvvan|
Now hearing these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed with their teeth at him.
55 kintu stiphAnaH pavitreNAtmanA pUrNo bhUtvA gagaNaM prati sthiradRSTiM kRtvA Izvarasya dakSiNe daNDAyamAnaM yIzuJca vilokya kathitavAn;
But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looking up steadfastly to heaven, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God.
56 pazya, meghadvAraM muktam Izvarasya dakSiNe sthitaM mAnavasutaJca pazyAmi|
And he said: Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
57 tadA te proccaiH zabdaM kRtvA karNeSvaGgulI rnidhAya ekacittIbhUya tam Akraman|
And they crying out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and with one accord ran violently upon him.
58 pazcAt taM nagarAd bahiH kRtvA prastarairAghnan sAkSiNo lAkAH zaulanAmno yUnazcaraNasannidhau nijavastrANi sthApitavantaH|
And casting him forth without the city, they stoned him; and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man, whose name was Saul.
59 anantaraM he prabho yIze madIyamAtmAnaM gRhANa stiphAnasyeti prArthanavAkyavadanasamaye te taM prastarairAghnan|
And they stoned Stephen, invoking, and saying: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60 tasmAt sa jAnunI pAtayitvA proccaiH zabdaM kRtvA, he prabhe pApametad eteSu mA sthApaya, ityuktvA mahAnidrAM prApnot|
And falling on his knees, he cried with a loud voice, saying: Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep in the Lord.
