1E disse o chefe dos sacerdotes: Essas coisas são assim mesmo ? 2E ele disse: Homens irmãos e pais, ouvi: o Deus da glória apareceu a nosso pai Abraão, estando ele na Mesopotâmia, antes de habitar em Harã; 3E disse-lhe: Sai de tua terra, e de tua parentela, e vem a terra que eu te mostrarei. 4Então ele saiu da terra dos caldeus, e habitou em Harã. E dali, depois que morreu seu pai, ele partiu para esta terra, em que agora vós habitais. 5E Deus não lhe deu herança nela, nem mesmo a pegada de um pé; mas prometeu que a daria a ele em propriedade, e a sua semente depois dele, não tendo ele filho ainda . 6E Deus falou assim: Tua semente será peregrina em terra alheia, e a escravizarão, e a maltratarão por quatrocentos anos. 7E à nação a quem eles servirem, eu a julgarei, (disse Deus). E depois disso eles sairão, e me servirão neste lugar. 8E ele lhe deu o pacto da circuncisão; e assim gerou a Isaque, e o circuncidou ao oitavo dia; e Isaque gerou a Jacó, e Jacó aos doze patriarcas. 9E os patriarcas, tendo inveja de José, venderam -no ao Egito; mas Deus era com ele. 10E o livrou de todas as suas aflições, e lhe deu graça e sabedoria diante de Faraó, rei do Egito; e o pôs por governador sobre o Egito, e toda a sua casa. 11E veio fome sobre toda a terra do Egito e de Canaã, e grande aflição; e nossos pais não achavam alimentos. 12Mas Jacó, ao ouvir que havia cereal no Egito, ele enviou nossos pais a primeira vez. 13E na segunda vez ,José foi reconhecido pelos seus irmãos, e a família de José foi conhecia por Faraó. 14E José mandou chamar a seu pai Jacó, e toda a sua parentela, setenta e cinco almas. 15E Jacó desceu ao Egito, e morreu; ele, e nossos pais; 16E foram levados a Siquém, e postos na sepultura que Abraão, por uma quantia em dinheiro, tinha comprado dos filhos de Emor em Siquém. 17Mas quando chegou perto o tempo da promessa que Deus tinha prometido a Abraão, o povo cresceu e se multiplicou no Egito. 18Até que se levantou outro rei, que não tinha conhecido a José. 19Este, usando de astúcia para com nossa parentela, maltratou a nossos pais, até fazendo com que eles rejeitassem suas crianças, para que não sobrevivessem. 20Naquele tempo nasceu Moisés, e ele era muito formoso para Deus, e ele foi criado por três meses na casa de seu pai. 21E tendo sido abandonado, a filha de Faraó o tomou, e o criou para si como filho. 22E Moisés foi instruído em toda a sabedoria dos egípcios; e era poderoso em palavras e ações. 23E quando lhe foi completado o tempo de quarenta anos de idade , veio ao seu coração o desejo de visitar a seus irmãos, os filhos de Israel. 24E vendo um deles sofrendo injustamente, defendeu -o ,e vingou pelo que tinha sido oprimido, matando ao egípcio. 25E ele pensava que seus irmãos tivessem entendido que Deus ia lhes dar liberdade por meio da mão dele; mas eles não entenderam. 26E no dia seguinte, estando uns deles lutando, ele foi visto por eles, e ordenou-lhes fazerem as pazes, dizendo: Homens, vós sois irmãos, por que fazeis mal um ao outro? 27Mas aquele que maltratava a seu próximo empurrou-o, dizendo: Quem te pôs por chefe e juiz sobre nós? 28Queres tu também matar a mim, assim como ontem mataste ao egípcio? 29E com esta palavra Moisés fugiu, e foi peregrino na terra de Midiã, onde ele gerou dois filhos. 30E completados quarenta anos, um anjo do Senhor lhe apareceu no deserto do monte Sinai, em uma sarça inflamada. 31Moisés, ao ver isso ,maravilhou-se da visão; e ao aproximar-se para ver, veio até ele a voz do Senhor, 32Dizendo : Eu sou o Deus de teus pais, o Deus de Abraão, o Deus de Isaque, e o Deus de Jacó. E Moisés, estando tremendo, não ousava olhar com atenção. 33E o Senhor lhe disse: Descalça-te as sandálias de teus pés, porque o lugar em que estás é terra santa. 34Eu tenho visto com atenção a aflição de meu povo que está no Egito, e ouvi o gemido deles, e eu desci para livrá-los; então vem agora, eu te enviarei ao Egito. 35A este Moisés, ao qual tinham negado, dizendo: Quem te pôs por chefe e juiz, A este Deus enviou por chefe e libertador, pela mão do anjo que lhe apareceu na sarça. 36Este os levou para fora, fazendo milagres e sinais na terra do Egito, e no mar Vermelho, e no deserto, por quarenta anos. 37Este é o Moisés que disse aos filhos de Israel: O Senhor, vosso Deus, vos levantará um profeta dentre vossos irmãos, como a mim; a ele ouvireis. 38Este é aquele que esteve na congregação do povo no deserto com o anjo que tinha lhe falado no monte Sinai, e com nossos pais; o qual recebeu as palavras vivas, para dar a nós; 39Ao qual nossos pais não quiseram obedecer; mas o rejeitaram, e seus corações voltaram ao Egito; 40Ao dizerem a Arão: Faz-nos deuses, que irão adiante de nós; porque quanto a este Moisés, que nos levou para fora da terra do Egito, nós não sabemos o que aconteceu com ele. 41E naqueles dias eles fizeram o bezerro, o ofereceram sacrifício ao ídolo, e se alegraram nas obras de suas próprias mãos. 42E Deus se virou contra eles ,e os entregou, para que servissem ao exército do céu, assim como está escrito no livro dos profetas: Por acaso, casa de Israel, vós oferecestes a mim animais mortos, e sacrifícios no deserto por quarenta anos? 43Mas tomastes para si a tenda de Moloque, e a estrela de vosso Deus Renfã, figuras que vós fizeste para adorá-las; e eu por isso vos expulsarei para além da Babilônia. 44No deserto estava entre nossos pais o Tabernáculo do testemunho, assim como ele tinha ordenado, falando a Moisés, que o fizesse segundo o modelo que tinha visto. 45O qual, recebendo -o também nossos Pais, eles levaram com Josué para a possessão dos gentios que Deus expulsou diante de nossos Pais, até os dias de Davi; 46O qual foi do agrado diante de Deus, e pediu para achar um tabernáculo para o Deus de Jacó. 47E Salomão lhe construiu uma casa. 48Mas o Altíssimo não habita em templos feitos por mãos, assim como o profeta diz: 49O céu é o meu trono, e a terra é o estrado dos meus pés; que casa vós construireis para mim?, diz o Senhor; ou Qual é o lugar do meu repouso? 50Por acaso não foi minhão mão que fez todas estas coisas? 51Vós, obstinados e incircuncisos de coração e de ouvidos! Vós sempre resistis ao Espírito Santo! Tal como vossos pais foram ,assim também sois vós! 52Qual dos profetas vossos pais não perseguiram? E eles mataram a todos os que anunciaram com antecedência a vinda do Justo, do qual agora vós tendes sido traidores e homicidas; 53Que recebestes a Lei por ordem de anjos, e não a guardastes. 54Eles, ao ouvirem estas coisas, retalharam-se de raiva em seus corações, e rangiam os dentes contra ele. 55Mas ele, estando cheio do Espírito Santo, olhando firmemente para o céu, viu à glória de Deus, e a Jesus, que estava à direita de Deus. 56E disse: Eis que vejo os céus abertos, e o Filho do homem, que está a direita de Deus! 57Mas eles, clamando com alta voz, taparam seus próprios ouvidos, e correram juntos contra ele; 58E, lançando -o fora da cidade, o apedrejaram; e as testemunhas puseram as roupas deles junto aos pés de um rapaz chamado Saulo. 59E apedrejaram a Estêvão, que estava clamando e dizendo: Senhor Jesus, recebe o meu espírito. 60E pondo-se de joelhos, clamou com alta voz: Senhor, não os culpes por este pecado.E tendo dito isto, morreu.
1The high priest said, “Are these things so?” 2He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, 3and said to him, ‘Get out of your land, and from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.’ 4Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land, where you are now living. 5He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he still had no child. 6God spoke in this way: that his seed would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years. 7‘I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,’ said God, ‘and after that will they come out, and serve me in this place.’ 8He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs. 9“The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him, 10and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt. He made him governor over Egypt and all his house. 11Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food. 12But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time. 13On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s race was revealed to Pharaoh. 14Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls. 15Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, himself and our fathers, 16and they were brought back to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem. 17“But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt, 18until there arose a different king, who didn’t know Joseph. 19The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn’t stay alive. 20At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in his father’s house. 21When he was thrown out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and reared him as her own son. 22Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians. He was mighty in his words and works. 23But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the children of Israel. 24Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian. 25He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn’t understand. 26“The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, ‘Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?’ 27But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? 28Do you want to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’ 29Moses fled at this saying, and became a stranger in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons. 30“When forty years were fulfilled, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush. 31When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, a voice of the Lord came to him, 32‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ Moses trembled, and dared not look. 33The Lord said to him, ‘Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground. 34I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you into Egypt.’ 35“This Moses, whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years. 37This is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, ‘The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me.’ 38This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living oracles to give to us, 39to whom our fathers wouldn’t be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt, 40saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.’ 41They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands. 42But God turned, and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? 43You took up the tabernacle of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, the figures which you made to worship. I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’ 44“Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen; 45which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David, 46who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob. 47But Solomon built him a house. 48However, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says, 49‘heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?’ says the Lord; ‘or what is the place of my rest? 50Didn’t my hand make all these things?’ 51“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do. 52Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers. 53You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn’t keep it!” 54Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. 55But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, 56and said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” 57But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed at him with one accord. 58They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!” 60He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.
1En de hogepriester zeide: Zijn dan deze dingen alzo? 2En hij zeide: Gij mannen broeders en vaders, hoort toe: de God der heerlijkheid verscheen onzen vader Abraham, nog zijnde in Mesopotamie, eer hij woonde in Charran; 3En zeide tot hem: Ga uit uw land en uit uw maagschap, en kom in een land, dat Ik u wijzen zal. 4Toen ging hij uit het land der Chaldeen, en woonde in Charran. En van daar, nadat zijn vader gestorven was, bracht Hij hem over in dit land, daar gij nu in woont. 5En Hij gaf hem geen erfdeel in hetzelve, ook niet een voetstap; en beloofde, dat Hij hem het zelve tot een bezitting geven zou, en zijn zade na hem, als hij nog geen kind had. 6En God sprak alzo, dat zijn zaad vreemdeling zijn zoude in een vreemd land, en dat zij het zouden dienstbaar maken, en kwalijk handelen, vierhonderd jaren. 7En het volk, dat zij dienen zullen, zal Ik oordelen, sprak God; en daarna zullen zij uitgaan, en zij zullen Mij dienen in deze plaats. 8En Hij gaf hem het verbond der besnijdenis; en alzo gewon hij Izak, en besneed hem op den achtsten dag; en Izak gewon Jakob, en Jakob de twaalf patriarchen. 9En de patriarchen, nijdig zijnde, verkochten Jozef, om naar Egypte gebracht te worden; en God was met hem, 10En verloste hem uit al zijn verdrukkingen, en gaf hem genade en wijsheid voor Farao, den koning van Egypteland; en hij stelde hem tot een overste over Egypte, en zijn gehele huis. 11En er kwam een hongersnood over het gehele land van Egypte en Kanaan, en grote benauwdheid; en onze vaders vonden geen spijs. 12Maar als Jakob hoorde, dat in Egypte koren was, zond hij onze vaders de eerste maal uit. 13En in de tweede reize werd Jozef zijn broederen bekend; en het geslacht van Jozef werd aan Farao openbaar. 14En Jozef zond heen, en ontbood zijn vader Jakob, en al zijn geslacht, bestaande in vijf en zeventig zielen. 15En Jakob kwam af in Egypte, en stierf, hijzelf en onze vaders. 16En zij werden overgebracht naar Sichem, en gelegd in het graf, hetwelk Abraham gekocht had voor een som gelds, van de zonen van Emmor, den vader van Sichem. 17Maar als nu de tijd der belofte, die God aan Abraham gezworen had, genaakte, wies het volk en vermenigvuldigde in Egypte; 18Totdat een ander koning opstond, die Jozef niet gekend had. 19Deze gebruikte listigheid tegen ons geslacht, en handelde kwalijk met onze vaderen, zodat zij hun jonge kinderen moesten wegwerpen, opdat zij niet zouden voorttelen. 20In welken tijd Mozes werd geboren, en was uitnemend schoon; welke drie maanden opgevoed werd in het huis zijns vaders. 21En als hij weggeworpen was, nam hem de dochter van Farao op, en voedde hem voor zichzelve op tot een zoon. 22En Mozes werd onderwezen in alle wijsheid der Egyptenaren; en was machtig in woorden en in werken. 23Als hem nu de tijd van veertig jaren vervuld was, kwam hem in zijn hart, zijn broeders, de kinderen Israels, te bezoeken. 24En ziende een, die onrecht leed, beschermde hij hem, en wreekte dengene, dien overlast geschiedde, en versloeg den Egyptenaar. 25En hij meende, dat zijn broeders zouden verstaan, dat God door zijn hand hun verlossing geven zou; maar zij hebben het niet verstaan. 26En den volgenden dag werd hij van hen gezien, daar zij vochten; en hij drong ze tot vrede, zeggende: Mannen, gij zijt broeders; waarom doet gij elkander ongelijk? 27En die zijn naaste ongelijk deed, verstiet hem, zeggende: Wie heeft u tot een overste en rechter over ons gesteld? 28Wilt gij mij ook ombrengen, gelijkerwijs gij gisteren den Egyptenaar omgebracht hebt? 29En Mozes vluchtte op dat woord en werd een vreemdeling in het land Madiam, waar hij twee zonen gewon. 30En als veertig jaren vervuld waren, verscheen hem de Engel des Heeren, in de woestijn van den berg Sinai, in een vlammig vuur van het doornenbos. 31Mozes nu, dat ziende, verwonderde zich over het gezicht; en als hij derwaarts ging, om dat te bezien, zo geschiedde een stem des Heeren tot hem, 32Zeggende: Ik ben de God uwer vaderen, de God Abrahams, en de God Izaks, en de God Jakobs. En Mozes werd zeer bevende, en durfde het niet bezien. 33En de Heere zeide tot hem: Ontbind de schoenen van uw voeten; want de plaats in welke gij staat, is heilig land. 34Ik heb merkelijk gezien de mishandeling Mijns volks, dat in Egypte is, en Ik heb hun zuchten gehoord en ben nedergekomen, om hen daaruit te verlossen; en nu, kom herwaarts, Ik zal u naar Egypte zenden. 35Dezen Mozes, welken zij verloochend hadden, zeggende: Wie heeft u tot een overste en rechter gesteld? dezen, zeg ik, heeft God tot een overste en verlosser gezonden, door de hand des Engels, Die hem verschenen was in het doornenbos. 36Deze heeft hen uitgeleid, doende wonderen en tekenen in het land van Egypte, en in de Rode zee, en in de woestijn, veertig jaren. 37Deze is de Mozes, die tot de kinderen Israels gezegd heeft: De Heere, uw God, zal u een Profeet verwekken uit uw broederen, gelijk mij; Dien zult gij horen. 38Deze is het, die in de vergadering des volks in de woestijn was met den Engel, Die tot hem sprak op den berg Sinai, en met onze vaderen; welke de levende woorden ontving, om ons die te geven. 39Denwelken onze vaders niet wilden gehoorzaam zijn, maar verwierpen hem, en keerden met hun harten weder naar Egypte; 40Zeggende tot Aaron: Maak ons goden, die voor ons heengaan; want wat dezen Mozes aangaat, die ons uit het land van Egypte geleid heeft, wij weten niet, wat hem geschied is. 41En zij maakten een kalf in die dagen, en brachten offerande tot den afgod, en verheugden zich in de werken hunner handen. 42En God keerde Zich, en gaf hen over, dat zij het heir des hemels dienden, gelijk geschreven is in het boek der profeten: Hebt gij ook slachtofferen en offeranden Mij opgeofferd, veertig jaren in de woestijn, gij huis Israels? 43Ja, gij hebt opgenomen den tabernakel van Moloch, en het gesternte van uw god Remfan, de afbeeldingen, die gij gemaakt hebt, om die te aanbidden; en Ik zal u overvoeren op gene zijde van Babylon. 44De tabernakel der getuigenis was onder onze vaderen in de woestijn, gelijk geordineerd had Hij, Die tot Mozes zeide, dat hij denzelven maken zou naar de afbeelding, die hij gezien had; 45Welken ook onze vaders ontvangen hebbende, met Jozua gebracht hebben in het land, dat de heidenen bezaten, die God verdreven heeft van het aangezicht onzer vaderen, tot de dagen van David toe; 46Dewelke voor God genade gevonden heeft, en begeerd heeft te vinden een woonstede voor den God Jakobs. 47En Salomo bouwde Hem een huis. 48Maar de Allerhoogste woont niet in tempelen met handen gemaakt; gelijk de profeet zegt: 49De hemel is Mij een troon, en de aarde een voetbank Mijner voeten. Hoedanig huis zult gij Mij bouwen, zegt de Heere, of welke is de plaats Mijner ruste? 50Heeft niet Mijn hand al deze dingen gemaakt? 51Gij hardnekkigen en onbesnedenen van hart en oren, gij wederstaat altijd den Heiligen Geest; gelijk uw vaders, alzo ook gij. 52Wien van de profeten hebben uw vaders niet vervolgd? En zij hebben gedood degenen, die te voren verkondigd hebben de komst des Rechtvaardigen, van Welken gijlieden nu verraders en moordenaars geworden zijt. 53Gij, die de wet ontvangen hebt door bestellingen der engelen, en hebt ze niet gehouden! 54Als zij nu dit hoorden, berstten hun harten, en zij knersten de tanden tegen hem. 55Maar hij, vol zijnde des Heiligen Geestes, en de ogen houdende naar den hemel, zag de heerlijkheid Gods, en Jezus, staande ter rechter hand Gods. 56En hij zeide: Ziet, ik zie de hemelen geopend, en den Zoon des mensen, staande ter rechter hand Gods. 57Maar zij, roepende met grote stemme, stopten hun oren, en vielen eendrachtelijk op hem aan; 58En wierpen hem ter stad uit, en stenigden hem; en de getuigen legden hun klederen af aan de voeten eens jongelings, genaamd Saulus. 59En zij stenigden Stefanus, aanroepende en zeggende: Heere Jezus, ontvang mijn geest. 60En vallende op de knieen, riep hij met grote stem: Heere, reken hun deze zonde niet toe! En als hij dat gezegd had, ontsliep hij.
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