< Mga Gawa 7 >
1 Sinabi ng pinaka-punong pari, “Totoo ba ang mga bagay na ito?''
Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are the things that [these people are saying about you(sg)] true?”
2 Sinabi ni Esteban, ''Mga kapatid at mga ama, makinig kayo sa akin: Ang Diyos ng kaluwalhatian ay nagpakita sa ating ama na si Abraham noong siya ay nasa Mesopotamia, bago siya nanirahan sa 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 sinabi niya sa kaniya, 'Iwan mo ang iyong lupain at ang iyong mga kamag-anak at pumunta ka sa lupain na ipapakita ko sa iyo.'
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 Pagkatapos iniwan niya ang lugar ng mga Caldeo at nanirahan sa Haran; mula doon, matapos mamatay ang kaniyang ama, dinala siya ng Diyos sa lupain na ito, kung saan kayo naninirahan ngayon.
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 Wala siyang ibinigay na anuman dito bilang pamana sa kaniya, wala, kahit na sapat man lang na paglagyan ng paa. Ngunit siya ay nangako—kahit na wala pang Anak si Abraham—na kaniyang ibibigay ang lupain bilang pag-aari para sa kaniya at sa kaniyang magiging kaapu-apuhan na susunod sa kaniya.
“[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 Nakikipag-usap sa kaniya ang Diyos ng katulad nito, na ang kaniyang kaapu-apuhan ay panandaliang maninirahan sa ibang lupain, at dadalhin sila ng mga naninirahan doon sa pagkaalipin at pakikitunguhan sila ng masama ng apatnaraang taon.
“[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 At hahatulan ko ang bansa kung saan sila ay magiging alipin,' sabi ng Diyos, 'at pagkatapos lalabas sila at sasambahin ako sa lugar na ito.'
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 At ibinigay niya kay Abraham ang tipan ng pagtututli. Kaya si Abraham ang naging ama ni Isaac at tinuli siya sa ikawalong araw; Si isaac ang naging ama ni Jacob, at si Jacob ang naging ama ng labindalawang patriyarka.
“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 Nainggit kay Jose ang mga patriyarka kaya ibenenta nila siya sa Egipto, at Sinamahan siya ng Diyos,
“[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 at iniligtas siya mula sa lahat ng kaniyang mga pagdurusa, at pinagpala siya ng Diyos ng karunungan sa harap ni Faraon, na hari ng Egipto. Pagkatapos ginawa siya ng Faraon na gobernador ng Egipto at ng kaniyang buong sambahayan.
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 Ngayon ay nagkaroon ng taggutom sa buong lupain ng Egipto at Canaan, at labis na pagdurusa: at walang natagpuang pagkain ang ating mga ninuno.
“[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 Ngunit nang mabalitaan ni Jacob na mayroong butil sa Egipto, ipinadala niya ang ating mga ninuno sa unang pagkakataon.
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 Sa ikalawang pagkakataon, ipinakita ni Jose ang kaniyang sarili sa kaniyang mga kapatid; at ang sambahayan ni Jose ay nakilala ng Faraon.
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 Pinabalik ni Jose ang kaniyang mga kapatid upang sabihin kay Jacob na kaniyang ama na magtungo sa Egipto, kasama lahat ng kanilang kamag-anak at pitumpu't limang tao silang lahat.
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 Kaya bumaba si Jacob sa Egipto; pagkatapos namatay siya, pati na rin ang ating mga ninuno.
[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 Sila ay dinala sa Siquem at inihimlay sa libingan na binili ni Abraham sa halaga ng pilak mula sa mga anak ni Hamor na taga Siquem.
[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 Habang papalapit ang panahong ipinangako ng Diyos kay Abraham, ang mga tao ay lumago at dumami sa Egipto,
“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 hanggang sa may tumayo na ibang hari sa buong Egipto, isang hari na hindi alam ang tungkol kay Jose.
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 Siya din ang hari na nanlinlang sa ating mga kababayan at nagmalupit ng labis sa ating mga ninuno, na kinailangan nilang itapon ang kanilang mga sanggol upang makaligtas.
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 Isinilang si Moises ng panahong iyon; siya ay napakaganda sa harapan ng Diyos at inalagaan ng tatlong buwan sa bahay ng kaniyang ama.
“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 Nang siya ay itinapon, kinuha siya ng anak na babae ng Paraon at pinalaki siya na kagaya ng kaniyang sariling anak.
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 Naturunan si Moises sa lahat ng kaalaman ng mga taga Egipto, at naging makapangyarihan siya sa kaniyang mga salita at mga gawa.
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 Ngunit nang siya ay nasa apatnapung taon na, pumasok sa kaniyang puso na bisitahin ang kaniyang mga kapatid, ang mga anak ni 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 Nang makakita siya ng Israelita na inaapi, ipinagtanggol siya ni Moises at pinaghiganti sa pamamagitan ng paghampas sa Egipcio:
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 Inakala niya na maiintindihan siya ng kaniyang mga kapatid na inililigtas sila ng Diyos sa pamamagitan ng kaniyang kamay. Ngunit hindi nila naintindihan.
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 Nang sumunod na araw pumunta siya sa ilang mga Israelita habang sila ay nag-aaway; sinubukan niyang pagkasunduin sila; sinabi niya, 'Mga Ginoo, kayo ay magkapatid; bakit kayo nag-aaway?'
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 Ngunit itinulak siya ng lalaking nanakit sa kaniyang kapatid at sinabi, 'Sino ang naglagay sa iyo upang mamuno at humatol sa amin?
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 Nais mo ba akong patayin katulad ng pagpatay mo sa Egipcio kahapon?'
Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 Tumakas si Moises matapos na marinig ito, naging dayuhan siya sa lupain ng Madian, kung saan siya ay naging ama ng dalawang anak na lalaki.
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 Nang makalipas ang apatnapung taon, nagpakita sa kaniya ang anghel sa ilang ng bundok Sinai, sa ningas ng apoy na nasa mababang punongkahoy.
“[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 Nang makita ni Moises ang apoy, namangha siya sa kaniyang nakita; at habang siya ay papalapit upang tingnan ito, doon ay dumating ang tinig ng Panginoon, na nagsasabing,
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 'Ako ang Diyos ng iyong mga ninuno, ang Diyos ni Abraham, ni Isaac, at ni Jacob.' Nanginig si Moises at hindi naglakas loob na tumingin.
‘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 Sinabi ng Panginoon sa kaniya, 'Alisin mo ang iyong sandalyas, sapagkat ang lugar na iyong kinatatayuan ay banal na dako.
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 Nakita kong tiyak ang pagdurusa ng aking mga tao na nasa Egipto; Aking narinig ang kanilang pagdaing, at bumaba ako upang sila ay iligtas, at ngayon halika, isusugo kita sa Egipto.'
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 Itong Moises na kanilang tinanggihan, nang kanilang sinabi, 'Sino ang naglagay sa iyo na tagapamuno at tagahatol?'—siya ang sinugo sa atin ng Diyos upang maging tagapamuno at tagapagligtas. Sinugo siya ng Diyos sa pamamagitan ng kamay ng anghel na nagpakita kay Moises sa mababang puno.
“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 Ginabayan sila ni Moises palabas ng Egipto, pagkatapos gumawa ng mga himala at tanda sa Egipto at sa dagat na pula at sa ilang sa loob ng apatnapung taon.
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 Ito rin ang Moises na nagsabi sa mga tao ng Israel, 'Maghihirang ang Diyos ng isang propeta para sa inyo mula sa inyong mga kapatid, isang propeta na katulad ko.'
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 Ito ang lalaki na nasa kapulungan sa ilang kasama ang anghel na nangusap sa kaniya sa Bundok Sinai. Ito ang lalaking nakasama ng ating mga ninuno; ito ang lalaki na siyang tumanggap ng mga buhay na salita upang ibigay sa atin.
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 Ito ang lalaking tinanggihang sundin ng ating mga ninuno; siya ay itinulak nila palayo mula sa kanilang sarili, at sa kanilang mga puso sila ay bumalik sa Egipto.
“[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 Sa mga panahong iyon sinabi nila kay Aaron, 'Igawa mo kami ng mga diyos na mangunguna sa amin. Sapagkat itong Moises na nanguna sa amin palabas ng Egipto ay hindi na namin alam kung ano ang nangyari sa kaniya.'
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 Kaya nang mga araw na iyon sila ay gumawa ng guya at nagdala sila ng mga handog sa mga diyus-diyosan, at nagalak dahil sa ginawa ng kanilang mga kamay.
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 Ngunit ang Diyos ay tumalikod at isinuko sila upang sumamba sa mga bituin sa langit, gaya ng nasusulat sa aklat ng mga propeta, 'Nag-alay ba kayo sa akin ng patay na hayop at ng mga handog sa ilang sa loob ng apatnapung taon, sambahayan ng 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 Tinanggap ninyo ang tabernakulo ni Molec at ang bituin ng diyos na si Rephan, at ang mga imahe na inyong ginawa upang sila ay sambahin. At dadalhin ko kayo palayo sa Babilonia.'
[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 Ang ating mga ninuno ay mayroong tabernakulo ng patotoo sa ilang, tulad ng iniutos ng Diyos noong siya ay nagsalita kay Moises, na kailangan niyang gawin ito na kagaya ng anyo na nakita niya.
“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 Ito ay ang tolda ng ating mga ninuno, nang sila ay tumalikod ay dinala sa lupain kasama ni Josue. Ito ay nangyari nang sila ay pumasok sa mga pag-aari ng mga bansang itinaboy ng Diyos sa harapan ng ating mga ninuno. Ito ay katulad nito hanggang sa mga araw ni David,
[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 na nakatanggap ng biyaya sa paningin ng Diyos; hiniling niyang makahanap ng lugar na pananahanan para sa Diyos ni Jacob.
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 Ngunit nagtayo si Solomon ng bahay ng Diyos,
But [instead, God let David’s son] Solomon build a house [where people could worship] God.”
48 Gayunpaman, ang Kataas-taasan ay hindi naninirahan sa mga bahay na gawa ng mga kamay; kagaya ito ng sinasabi ng propeta,
“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 'Ang langit ang aking trono at ang lupa ang tungtungan para sa aking mga paa. Anong uri ng bahay ang maaari ninyong itayo sa akin? Sabi ng Panginoon: o saan ang lugar para sa aking kapahingahan?
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 Hindi ba't ang aking kamay ang gumawa ng lahat ng mga bagay na ito?'
51 Kayong mga tao, na mapagmatigas at hindi tuli sa puso at mga tainga, lagi ninyong nilalabanan ang banal na Espiritu; ginawa ninyo ang kagaya ng ginawa ng inyong mga ninuno.
“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 Sino sa mga propeta ang hindi inusig ng inyong mga ninuno? Pinatay nila ang mga naunang propeta na nagpahayag sa pagdating ng Matuwid; at kayo rin ngayon ang mga nagkanulo at mga pumatay sa kaniya,
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 kayong mga tao na tumanggap ng kautusan na itinatag ng mga anghel, ngunit hindi ninyo ito iningatan.”
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 Ngayon, nang marinig ng mga kasapi ng konseho ang mga bagay na ito, nasugatan sila sa kanilang mga puso, at ang kanilang mga ngipin ay nagngalit kay Esteban.
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 Ngunit siya na puspos ng Banal na Espiritu ay kusang tumingala sa langit at kaniyang nakita ang kaluwalhatian ng Diyos; at nakita niya si Jesus na nakatayo sa kanang kamay ng Diyos.
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 Sinabi ni Esteban, “Tingnan ninyo, nakita ko na binuksan ang kalangitan, at ang Anak ng Tao ay nakatayo sa kanang kamay ng Diyos.”
“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open, and I [see] the one who came from heaven standing at God’s right side!”
57 Ngunit ang mga kasapi ng konseho ay sumigaw ng may malakas na boses, at tinakpan ang kanilang mga tainga, at sinunggaban siya,
[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 itinapon siya nila sa labas ng lungsod at siya ay binato: at inilatag ng mga saksi ang kanilang balabal sa paanan ng binatang ang pangalan ay 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 Habang binabato nila si Esteban, patuloy siyang tumatawag sa Panginoon at sinasabing, ''Panginoong Jesus, tanggapin mo ang aking espiritu.''
While they continued to throw stones at Stephen, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
60 Lumuhod siya at tumawag ng may malakas na boses, ''Panginoon, huwag mong ipataw ang kasalanang ito laban sa kanila.” Nang matapos niyang sabihin ito, siya ay nakatulog.
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.