prēritāḥ 7
1 tataḥ paraṁ mahāyājakaḥ pr̥ṣṭavān, ēṣā kathāṁ kiṁ satyā?
Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are the things that [these people are saying about you(sg)] true?”
2 tataḥ sa pratyavadat, hē pitarō hē bhrātaraḥ sarvvē lākā manāṁsi nidhaddhvaṁ|asmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣa ibrāhīm hāraṇnagarē vāsakaraṇāt pūrvvaṁ yadā arām-naharayimadēśē āsīt tadā tējōmaya īśvarō darśanaṁ datvā
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 tamavadat tvaṁ svadēśajñātimitrāṇi parityajya yaṁ dēśamahaṁ darśayiṣyāmi taṁ dēśaṁ vraja|
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 ataḥ sa kasdīyadēśaṁ vihāya hāraṇnagarē nyavasat, tadanantaraṁ tasya pitari mr̥tē yatra dēśē yūyaṁ nivasatha sa ēnaṁ dēśamāgacchat|
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 kintvīśvarastasmai kamapyadhikāram arthād ēkapadaparimitāṁ bhūmimapi nādadāt; tadā tasya kōpi santānō nāsīt tathāpi santānaiḥ sārddham ētasya dēśasyādhikārī tvaṁ bhaviṣyasīti tampratyaṅgīkr̥tavān|
“[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 īśvara ittham aparamapi kathitavān tava santānāḥ paradēśē nivatsyanti tatastaddēśīyalōkāścatuḥśatavatsarān yāvat tān dāsatvē sthāpayitvā tān prati kuvyavahāraṁ kariṣyanti|
“[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 aparam īśvara ēnāṁ kathāmapi kathitavān, yē lōkāstān dāsatvē sthāpayiṣyanti tāllōkān ahaṁ daṇḍayiṣyāmi, tataḥ paraṁ tē bahirgatāḥ santō mām atra sthānē sēviṣyantē|
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 paścāt sa tasmai tvakchēdasya niyamaṁ dattavān, ata ishākanāmni ibrāhīma ēkaputrē jātē, aṣṭamadinē tasya tvakchēdam akarōt| tasya ishākaḥ putrō yākūb, tatastasya yākūbō'smākaṁ dvādaśa pūrvvapuruṣā ajāyanta|
“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 tē pūrvvapuruṣā īrṣyayā paripūrṇā misaradēśaṁ prēṣayituṁ yūṣaphaṁ vyakrīṇan|
“[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 kintvīśvarastasya sahāyō bhūtvā sarvvasyā durgatē rakṣitvā tasmai buddhiṁ dattvā misaradēśasya rājñaḥ phirauṇaḥ priyapātraṁ kr̥tavān tatō rājā misaradēśasya svīyasarvvaparivārasya ca śāsanapadaṁ tasmai dattavān|
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 tasmin samayē misara-kinānadēśayō rdurbhikṣahētōratikliṣṭatvāt naḥ pūrvvapuruṣā bhakṣyadravyaṁ nālabhanta|
“[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 kintu misaradēśē śasyāni santi, yākūb imāṁ vārttāṁ śrutvā prathamam asmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣān misaraṁ prēṣitavān|
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 tatō dvitīyavāragamanē yūṣaph svabhrātr̥bhiḥ paricitō'bhavat; yūṣaphō bhrātaraḥ phirauṇ rājēna paricitā abhavan|
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 anantaraṁ yūṣaph bhrātr̥gaṇaṁ prēṣya nijapitaraṁ yākūbaṁ nijān pañcādhikasaptatisaṁkhyakān jñātijanāṁśca samāhūtavān|
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 tasmād yākūb misaradēśaṁ gatvā svayam asmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣāśca tasmin sthānē'mriyanta|
[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 tatastē śikhimaṁ nītā yat śmaśānam ibrāhīm mudrādatvā śikhimaḥ pitu rhamōraḥ putrēbhyaḥ krītavān tatśmaśānē sthāpayāñcakrirē|
[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 tataḥ param īśvara ibrāhīmaḥ sannidhau śapathaṁ kr̥tvā yāṁ pratijñāṁ kr̥tavān tasyāḥ pratijñāyāḥ phalanasamayē nikaṭē sati isrāyēllōkā simaradēśē varddhamānā bahusaṁkhyā abhavan|
“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 śēṣē yūṣaphaṁ yō na paricinōti tādr̥śa ēkō narapatirupasthāya
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 asmākaṁ jñātibhiḥ sārddhaṁ dhūrttatāṁ vidhāya pūrvvapuruṣān prati kuvyavaharaṇapūrvvakaṁ tēṣāṁ vaṁśanāśanāya tēṣāṁ navajātān śiśūn bahi rnirakṣēpayat|
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 ētasmin samayē mūsā jajñē, sa tu paramasundarō'bhavat tathā pitr̥gr̥hē māsatrayaparyyantaṁ pālitō'bhavat|
“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 kintu tasmin bahirnikṣiptē sati phirauṇarājasya kanyā tam uttōlya nītvā dattakaputraṁ kr̥tvā pālitavatī|
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 tasmāt sa mūsā misaradēśīyāyāḥ sarvvavidyāyāḥ pāradr̥ṣvā san vākyē kriyāyāñca śaktimān abhavat|
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 sa sampūrṇacatvāriṁśadvatsaravayaskō bhūtvā isrāyēlīyavaṁśanijabhrātr̥n sākṣāt kartuṁ matiṁ cakrē|
“[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 tēṣāṁ janamēkaṁ hiṁsitaṁ dr̥ṣṭvā tasya sapakṣaḥ san hiṁsitajanam upakr̥tya misarīyajanaṁ jaghāna|
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 tasya hastēnēśvarastān uddhariṣyati tasya bhrātr̥gaṇa iti jñāsyati sa ityanumānaṁ cakāra, kintu tē na bubudhirē|
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 tatparē 'hani tēṣām ubhayō rjanayō rvākkalaha upasthitē sati mūsāḥ samīpaṁ gatvā tayō rmēlanaṁ karttuṁ matiṁ kr̥tvā kathayāmāsa, hē mahāśayau yuvāṁ bhrātarau parasparam anyāyaṁ kutaḥ kuruthaḥ?
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 tataḥ samīpavāsinaṁ prati yō janō'nyāyaṁ cakāra sa taṁ dūrīkr̥tya kathayāmāsa, asmākamupari śāstr̥tvavicārayitr̥tvapadayōḥ kastvāṁ niyuktavān?
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 hyō yathā misarīyaṁ hatavān tathā kiṁ māmapi haniṣyasi?
Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 tadā mūsā ētādr̥śīṁ kathāṁ śrutvā palāyanaṁ cakrē, tatō midiyanadēśaṁ gatvā pravāsī san tasthau, tatastatra dvau putrau jajñātē|
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 anantaraṁ catvāriṁśadvatsarēṣu gatēṣu sīnayaparvvatasya prāntarē prajvalitastambasya vahniśikhāyāṁ paramēśvaradūtastasmai darśanaṁ dadau|
“[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 mūsāstasmin darśanē vismayaṁ matvā viśēṣaṁ jñātuṁ nikaṭaṁ gacchati,
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 ētasmin samayē, ahaṁ tava pūrvvapuruṣāṇām īśvarō'rthād ibrāhīma īśvara ishāka īśvarō yākūba īśvaraśca, mūsāmuddiśya paramēśvarasyaitādr̥śī vihāyasīyā vāṇī babhūva, tataḥ sa kampānvitaḥ san puna rnirīkṣituṁ pragalbhō na babhūva|
‘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 paramēśvarastaṁ jagāda, tava pādayōḥ pādukē mōcaya yatra tiṣṭhasi sā pavitrabhūmiḥ|
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 ahaṁ misaradēśasthānāṁ nijalōkānāṁ durddaśāṁ nitāntam apaśyaṁ, tēṣāṁ kātaryyōktiñca śrutavān tasmāt tān uddharttum avaruhyāgamam; idānīm āgaccha misaradēśaṁ tvāṁ prēṣayāmi|
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 kastvāṁ śāstr̥tvavicārayitr̥tvapadayō rniyuktavān, iti vākyamuktvā tai ryō mūsā avajñātastamēva īśvaraḥ stambamadhyē darśanadātrā tēna dūtēna śāstāraṁ muktidātārañca kr̥tvā prēṣayāmāsa|
“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 sa ca misaradēśē sūphnāmni samudrē ca paścāt catvāriṁśadvatsarān yāvat mahāprāntarē nānāprakārāṇyadbhutāni karmmāṇi lakṣaṇāni ca darśayitvā tān bahiḥ kr̥tvā samānināya|
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 prabhuḥ paramēśvarō yuṣmākaṁ bhrātr̥gaṇasya madhyē mādr̥śam ēkaṁ bhaviṣyadvaktāram utpādayiṣyati tasya kathāyāṁ yūyaṁ manō nidhāsyatha, yō jana isrāyēlaḥ santānēbhya ēnāṁ kathāṁ kathayāmāsa sa ēṣa mūsāḥ|
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 mahāprāntarasthamaṇḍalīmadhyē'pi sa ēva sīnayaparvvatōpari tēna sārddhaṁ saṁlāpinō dūtasya cāsmatpitr̥gaṇasya madhyasthaḥ san asmabhyaṁ dātavyani jīvanadāyakāni vākyāni lēbhē|
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 asmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣāstam amānyaṁ katvā svēbhyō dūrīkr̥tya misaradēśaṁ parāvr̥tya gantuṁ manōbhirabhilaṣya hārōṇaṁ jagaduḥ,
“[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 asmākam agrē'grē gantum asmadarthaṁ dēvagaṇaṁ nirmmāhi yatō yō mūsā asmān misaradēśād bahiḥ kr̥tvānītavān tasya kiṁ jātaṁ tadasmābhi rna jñāyatē|
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 tasmin samayē tē gōvatsākr̥tiṁ pratimāṁ nirmmāya tāmuddiśya naivēdyamutmr̥jya svahastakr̥tavastunā ānanditavantaḥ|
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 tasmād īśvarastēṣāṁ prati vimukhaḥ san ākāśasthaṁ jyōtirgaṇaṁ pūjayituṁ tēbhyō'numatiṁ dadau, yādr̥śaṁ bhaviṣyadvādināṁ granthēṣu likhitamāstē, yathā, isrāyēlīyavaṁśā rē catvāriṁśatsamān purā| mahati prāntarē saṁsthā yūyantu yāni ca| balihōmādikarmmāṇi kr̥tavantastu tāni kiṁ| māṁ samuddiśya yuṣmābhiḥ prakr̥tānīti naiva ca|
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 kintu vō mōlakākhyasya dēvasya dūṣyamēva ca| yuṣmākaṁ rimphanākhyāyā dēvatāyāśca tārakā| ētayōrubhayō rmūrtī yuṣmābhiḥ paripūjitē| atō yuṣmāṁstu bābēlaḥ pāraṁ nēṣyāmi niścitaṁ|
[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 aparañca yannidarśanam apaśyastadanusārēṇa dūṣyaṁ nirmmāhi yasmin īśvarō mūsām ētadvākyaṁ babhāṣē tat tasya nirūpitaṁ sākṣyasvarūpaṁ dūṣyam asmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣaiḥ saha prāntarē tasthau|
“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 paścāt yihōśūyēna sahitaistēṣāṁ vaṁśajātairasmatpūrvvapuruṣaiḥ svēṣāṁ sammukhād īśvarēṇa dūrīkr̥tānām anyadēśīyānāṁ dēśādhikr̥tikālē samānītaṁ tad dūṣyaṁ dāyūdōdhikāraṁ yāvat tatra sthāna āsīt|
[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 sa dāyūd paramēśvarasyānugrahaṁ prāpya yākūb īśvarārtham ēkaṁ dūṣyaṁ nirmmātuṁ vavāñcha;
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 kintu sulēmān tadarthaṁ mandiram ēkaṁ nirmmitavān|
But [instead, God let David’s son] Solomon build a house [where people could worship] God.”
48 tathāpi yaḥ sarvvōparisthaḥ sa kasmiṁścid hastakr̥tē mandirē nivasatīti nahi, bhaviṣyadvādī kathāmētāṁ kathayati, yathā,
“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 parēśō vadati svargō rājasiṁhāsanaṁ mama| madīyaṁ pādapīṭhañca pr̥thivī bhavati dhruvaṁ| tarhi yūyaṁ kr̥tē mē kiṁ pranirmmāsyatha mandiraṁ| viśrāmāya madīyaṁ vā sthānaṁ kiṁ vidyatē tviha|
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 sarvvāṇyētāni vastūni kiṁ mē hastakr̥tāni na||
51 hē anājñāgrāhakā antaḥkaraṇē śravaṇē cāpavitralōkāḥ yūyam anavarataṁ pavitrasyātmanaḥ prātikūlyam ācaratha, yuṣmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣā yādr̥śā yūyamapi tādr̥śāḥ|
“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 yuṣmākaṁ pūrvvapuruṣāḥ kaṁ bhaviṣyadvādinaṁ nātāḍayan? yē tasya dhārmmikasya janasyāgamanakathāṁ kathitavantastān aghnan yūyam adhūnā viśvāsaghātinō bhūtvā taṁ dhārmmikaṁ janam ahata|
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 yūyaṁ svargīyadūtagaṇēna vyavasthāṁ prāpyāpi tāṁ nācaratha|
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 imāṁ kathāṁ śrutvā tē manaḥsu biddhāḥ santastaṁ prati dantagharṣaṇam akurvvan|
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 kintu stiphānaḥ pavitrēṇātmanā pūrṇō bhūtvā gagaṇaṁ prati sthiradr̥ṣṭiṁ kr̥tvā īśvarasya dakṣiṇē daṇḍāyamānaṁ yīśuñca vilōkya kathitavān;
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 paśya, mēghadvāraṁ muktam īśvarasya dakṣiṇē sthitaṁ mānavasutañca paśyāmi|
“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open, and I [see] the one who came from heaven standing at God’s right side!”
57 tadā tē prōccaiḥ śabdaṁ kr̥tvā karṇēṣvaṅgulī rnidhāya ēkacittībhūya tam ākraman|
[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 paścāt taṁ nagarād bahiḥ kr̥tvā prastarairāghnan sākṣiṇō lākāḥ śaulanāmnō yūnaścaraṇasannidhau nijavastrāṇi sthāpitavantaḥ|
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 anantaraṁ hē prabhō yīśē madīyamātmānaṁ gr̥hāṇa stiphānasyēti prārthanavākyavadanasamayē tē taṁ prastarairāghnan|
While they continued to throw stones at Stephen, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
60 tasmāt sa jānunī pātayitvā prōccaiḥ śabdaṁ kr̥tvā, hē prabhē pāpamētad ētēṣu mā sthāpaya, ityuktvā mahānidrāṁ prāpnōt|
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.
