Hechos 7
1 EL príncipe de los sacerdotes dijo entónces: ¿Es esto así?
And the chief priest said: Are these things so?
2 Y él dijo: Varones hermanos, y padres, oid: El Dios de la gloria apareció á nuestro padre Abraham, estando en Mesopotamia, ántes que morase en Charan,
He replied: Brethren and fathers, hear: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
3 Y le dijo: Sal de tu tierra, y de tu parentela, y ven á la tierra que te mostraré.
and said to him: Get out from your land, and from your kindred, and come into a land that I will show you.
4 Entónces salió de la tierra de los Caldéos, y habitó en Charan: y de allí, muerto su padre, le traspaso á esta tierra, en la cual vosotros habitais ahora.
Then he departed from the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran; and thence, after his father died, he removed into this land, in which you now dwell.
5 Y no le dió herencia en ella, ni aun para asentar un pié: mas le prometió que se la daria en posesion, y á su simiente despues de él, no teniendo aun hijo.
And he gave him no inheritance in it, not a foot breadth: and yet he promised to give it for a possession to him, and to his posterity after him, when as yet he had no child.
6 Y hablóle Dios así: Que su simiente seria extranjera en tierra ajena, y que los reducirian á servidumbre, y maltratarian por cuatrocientos años.
And God spoke thus: That his posterity should sojourn in a strange land, and they should enslave them and afflict them, for four hundred years.
7 Mas yo juzgaré, dijo Dios, la nacion á la cual serán siervos: y despues de esto saldrán, y me servirán en este lugar.
And the nation to which they shall be in bondage I will judge, said God; and after that, they shall come forth and serve me in this place.
8 Y dióle el pacto de la circuncision: y así [Abraham] engendró á Isaac, y le circuncidó al octavo dia; é Isaac á Jacob, y Jacob á los doce patriarcas.
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision, and thus he begot Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs.
9 Y los patriarcas, movidos de envidia, vendieron á José para Egipto; mas Dios era con él,
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
10 Y le libró de todas sus tribulaciones, y le dió gracia y sabiduría en la presencia de Pharaon, rey de Egipto, el cual le puso por gobernador sobre Egipto, y sobre toda su casa.
and delivered him from all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharoah, king of Egypt: and he made him governor over Egypt, and his whole house.
11 Vino entónces hambre en toda la tierra de Egipto, y de Chanaan, y grande tribulacion: y nuestros padres no hallaban alimentos.
And there came a famine, and great affliction on the whole land of Egypt, and of Chanaan: and our fathers found no sustenance.
12 Y como oyese Jacob que habia trigo en Egipto, envió á nuestros padres la primera vez.
But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time:
13 Y en la segunda José fué conocido de sus hermanos, y fué sabido de Pharaon el linaje de José.
and, on their second visit, Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and the kindred of Joseph were made known to Pharaoh.
14 Y enviando José, hizo venir á su padre Jacob, y á toda su parentela, en [número de] setenta y cinco personas.
And Joseph sent and called to him his father Jacob, and all his kindred, seventy-five souls.
15 Así descendió Jacob á Egipto, donde murió él y nuestros padres;
And Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, himself and our fathers;
16 Los cuales fueron trasladados á Sichem, y puestos en el sepulcro que compró Abraham á precio de dinero de los hijos de Hemor, [padre] de Sichem.
and they were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulcher which Abraham bought for its value in silver, from the sons of Emmor, the father of Sychem.
17 Mas como se acercaba el tiempo de la promesa la cual Dios prometió á Abraham, el pueblo creció y multiplicóse en Egipto,
And as the time of the promise which God had made with an oath to Abraham drew near, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,
18 Hasta que se levantó otro rey en Egipto que no conocia á José.
till another king arose, who knew not Joseph.
19 Este, usando de astucia con nuestro linaje, maltrató á nuestros padres, á fin de que pusiesen á peligro [de muerte] sus niños, para que cesase la generacion.
He dealt insidiously with our race, and afflicted our fathers, so that they exposed their infants, in order that they might not live.
20 En aquel mismo tiempo nació Moisés, y fué agradable á Dios: y fué criado tres meses en casa de su padre.
At which time Moses was born; and he was exceedingly beautiful, and was nursed three months in his father’s house.
21 Mas siendo puesto al peligro, la hija de Pharaon le tomó, y le crió como á hijo suyo.
But having been exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and educated him as her own son.
22 Y fué enseñado Moisés en toda la sabiduría de los Egipcios; y era poderoso en sus dichos y hechos.
And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
23 Y cuando hubo cumplido la edad de cuarenta años, le vino voluntad de visitar á sus hermanos los hijos de Israel.
When he had completed his fortieth year, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.
24 Y como vió á uno que era injuriado, defendióle, é hiriendo al Egipcio, vengó al injuriado.
And seeing one of them unjustly treated, he defended and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian.
25 Pues él pensaba que sus hermanos entendian que Dios les habia de dar salud por su mano: mas ellos no [lo] habian entendido.
And he supposed that his brethren would understand that, by his hand, God would give them salvation: but they understood not.
26 Y al dia siguiente riñendo ellos, se les mostró, y les metia en paz, diciendo: Varones hermanos sois, ¿por qué os injuriais los unos á los otros?
And on the next day he showed himself to them, as they were fighting, and endeavored to persuade them to peace, saying, Men, you are brothers: why do you injure one another?
27 Entónces el que injuriaba á su prójimo, le rempujó diciendo: ¿Quién te ha puesto por príncipe y juez sobre nosotros?
But he that was doing the injury to his neighbor, thrust him away, saying, Who made you a ruler or a judge over us?
28 ¿Quieres tú matarme, como mataste ayer al Egipcio?
Do you intend to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?
29 A esta palabra Moisés huyó: y se hizo extranjero en tierra de Madian, donde engendró dos hijos.
And at that saying Moses fled, and became a resident in the land of Midian, where he begot two sons.
30 Y cumplidos cuarenta años, un ángel le apareció en el desierto del monte Sina en fuego de llama de una zarza.
And when forty years were completed, there appeared to him, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
31 Entónces Moisés mirando, se maravilló de la vision; y llegandose para considerar, fué hecha á él voz del Señor:
When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight, and as he was drawing near to observe it, the voice of the Lord came to him:
32 Yo [soy] el Dios de tus padres, el Dios de Abraham, y el Dios de Isaac, y^ el Dios de Jacob. Mas Moisés, temeroso, no osaba mirar.
I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not observe it.
33 Y le dijo el Señor: Quita los zapatos de tus piés, porque el lugar en que estás, es tierra santa.
Then said the Lord to him: Loose your shoes from your feet; for the place in which you stand is holy ground.
34 He visto, he visto la afliccion de mi pueblo que está en Egipto, y he oido el gemido de ellos, y he descendido para librarlos. Ahora pues ven, te enviaré á Egipto.
I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them; and now come, and I will send you into Egypt.
35 A este Moisés, al cual habian rehusado, diciendo: ¿Quién te ha puesto por príncipe y juez? á este envió Dios por príncipe y redentor con la mano del ángel que le apareció en la zarza.
This Moses, whom they rejected, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? him God sent as a ruler and as a redeemer, by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.
36 Este los saco, habiendo hecho prodigios y milagros en la tierra de Egipto, y en el mar Bermejo, y en el desierto por cuarenta años.
He brought them out, after he had performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness, forty years.
37 Este es el Moisés, el cual dijo á los hijos de Israel: Profeta os levantará el Señor Dios vuestro, de vuestros hermanos, como yo; á él oiréis.
This is that Moses, who said to the sons of Israel, A prophet like me will the Lord your God raise up for you from among your brethren; him shall you hear.
38 Este es aquel que estuvo en la congregacion en el desierto con el ángel que le hablaba en el monte Sina, y con nuestros padres; y recibió las palabras de vida para darnos:
This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers; he received the living oracles, that he might give them to us.
39 Al cual nuestros padres no quisieron obedecer; ántes [le] desecharon, y se apartaron de corazon á Egipto,
To him our fathers were not willing to be obedient; but they rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
40 Diciendo á Aaron: Haznos dioses que vayan delante de nosotros; porque á este Moisés, que nos sacó de tierra de Egipto, no sabemos qué le ha acontecido.
saying to Aaron: Make us gods that shall go before us; for, as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has become of him.
41 Y entónces hicieron un becerro, y ofrecieron sacrificios al ídolo, y en las obras de sus manos se holgaron,
And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42 Y Dios se apartó y los entregó que sirviesen al ejército del cielo, como está escrito en el libro de los profetas: ¿Me ofrecisteis víctimas y sacrificios en el desierto por cuarenta años, casa de Israel?
But God turned and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: Your victims and your sacrifices did you offer to me for forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
43 Antes trajísteis el tabernáculo de Moloch, y la estrella de vuestro dios Remfan, figuras que os hicísteis para adorarlas: os trasportaré pues más allá de Babilonia.
Yes, you took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your God Remphan, images which you made to worship; and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
44 Tuvieron nuestros padres el tabernáculo del Testimonio en el desierto como habia [Dios] ordenado, hablando á Moisés que le hiciese segun la forma que habia visto.
The tabernacle of the testimony was with our fathers in the wilderness, built as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to build it, according to the pattern which he had seen:
45 El cual recibido, metieron tambien nuestros padres con Josué en la posesion de los Gentiles, que Dios echó de la presencia de nuestros padres, hasta los dias de David:
which our fathers, who were with Joshua, received by succession, and brought into the land possessed by the Gentiles, whom God continued to drive out from the face of our fathers till the days of David,
46 El cual halló gracia delante de Dios, y pidió hallar tabernáculo para el Dios de Jacob.
who found favor before God, and desired to find a dwelling-place for the God of Jacob.
47 Mas Salomon le edificó casa.
But Solomon built him a house.
48 Si bien el Altísimo no habita en templos hechos de mano, como el profeta dice:
Yet the Most High dwells not in temples made with hands, as says the prophet:
49 El cielo [es] mi trono, y la tierra el estrado de mis piés. ¿Qué casa me edificaréis? dice el Señor: ó ¿cuál [será] el lugar de mi reposo?
Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What house will you build me? says the Lord; or what is the place of my rest?
50 ¿No hizo mi mano todas estas cosas?
Has not my hand made all these things?
51 Duros de cerviz, é incircuncisos de corazon y de oidos; vosotros resistís siempre al Espíritu Santo: como vuestros padres, [así] tambien vosotros.
You stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and in ears, you do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so also do you.
52 ¿A cuál de los profetas no persiguieron vuestros padres? y mataron á los que ántes anunciaron la venida del Justo, del cual vosotros ahora habeis sido entregadores y matadores:
Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? They slew also those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you have now become the betrayers and murderers;
53 Que recibísteis la ley por disposicion de ángeles, y no [la] guardásteis.
who received the law by the appointment of angels, and have not kepi, it.
54 Y oyendo estas cosas, regañaban de sus corazones, y crujian los dientes contra él.
When they heard these things, they were enraged in their hearts, and gnashed upon him with their teeth.
55 Mas él estando lleno de Espíritu Santo, puestos los ojos en el cielo, vió la gloria de Dios, y á Jesus que estaba á la diestra de Dios.
But being full of the Holy Spirit, he looked earnestly up into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God;
56 Y dijo: Hé aquí, veo los cielos abiertos, y al Hijo del hombre que está á la diestra de Dios.
and he said: Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.
57 Entónces dando grandes voces, se taparon sus oidos, y arremetieron unánimes contra él.
And they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and, with one consent, rushed upon him,
58 Y echándolo fuera de la ciudad, [le] apedreaban: y los testigos pusieron sus vestidos á los piés de un mancebo que se llamaba Saulo.
and drove him out of the city, and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul.
59 Y apedrearon á Esteban, invocando él, y diciendo: Señor Jesus, recibe mi espíritu.
And they stoned Stephen while he was calling on the Lord, and saying: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60 Y puesto de rodillas, clamó á gran voz: Señor, no les imputes este pecado. Y habiendo dicho esto, durmió [en el Señor.]
And he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice: Lord, let not this sin stand against them. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. And Saul was well pleased with his death.
