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Ñˈoom na seilcweˈ Esteban nda̱a̱ nnˈaⁿ na tˈue jom

Quia joˈ tyee na cwiluiitquieñe taxˈeeⁿ nnom Esteban, matsoom:

—¿Aa mayuuˈ na ljoˈ tsuˈ?

Tˈo̱ Esteban matsoom:

—ˈO ta na cwiluiitquiendyoˈ ñequio ˈo nnˈaⁿya, candyeˈyoˈ ñˈoom na nntsjo̱o̱. Nquii Taya Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom na jeeⁿ tˈmaⁿ cwiluiiñê, jom seicaˈmo̱ⁿñê nnom welooya Abraham quia na tyomˈaaⁿ tsaⁿˈñeeⁿ ndyuaa Mesopotamia cwii tjo̱o̱cheⁿ na nncˈoom tsjoom Harán. Tsoom nnom: “Caluiˈ ñjaaⁿñe ndyuaa tsjomˈ. Caˈndiiˈ nnˈaⁿˈ, cjaˈ ndyuaa yuu na mˈmo̱o̱ⁿya njomˈ.” Quia joˈ jlueeⁿˈeⁿ ndyuaa tsjomˈm, ndyuaa Caldea. Tjaaⁿ ndyuaa Harán, tyomˈaaⁿñê joˈ joˈ. Ndoˈ jnda̱ na tueˈ tsotyeeⁿ, jndyoñˈoom Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom jom ndyuaameiiⁿ yuu na mˈaⁿˈyoˈ jeˈ. Sa̱a̱ tînquiaa Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom na nnaaⁿˈaⁿ ndyuaameiiⁿñe meiⁿ cweˈ yuu na nncwintyjeeⁿˈeⁿ. Sa̱a̱ tyeⁿ ˈndii Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom ñˈoom nnoom na maxjeⁿ nnaaⁿˈaⁿ ndyuaameiiⁿ. Nncuaanaˈ cwentaa nnˈaⁿ na nluiindyena tsjaaⁿ ˈnaaⁿˈ jom xeⁿ jnda̱ tueeⁿˈeⁿ meiiⁿ xjeⁿˈñeeⁿ tjaaˈnaⁿ ntseinaaⁿ. Tso Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom na joo nnˈaⁿ na nluiindyena tsjaaⁿ ˈnaaⁿˈ Abraham cwiicheⁿ ndyuaa na nncˈomna na nchii ndyuaana. Tyeⁿ nndyeˈntjomna nda̱a̱ nnˈaⁿ ndyuaaˈñeeⁿ ndoˈ wiˈ nntjoomna nlˈa naⁿˈñeeⁿ cwii ñequiee siaⁿnto ntyu. Ndoˈ tso Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom nnoom: “Ja nncuˈxa̱ⁿ nnˈaⁿ ndyuaaˈñeeⁿ yuu na nndyeˈntjomtyeⁿ nnˈaⁿ na nluiindyena tsjaaⁿ ˈnaⁿˈ na wjaawicantyjooˈ, jnda̱ chii nluiˈna joˈ joˈ. Tyuaawaañe nncˈomna nlatˈmaaⁿˈndyena ja.” Tqueⁿtyeⁿ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom ñˈoom nnom Abraham na catsˈaaⁿ ˈnaaⁿ tjaaⁿˈ yuˈndaa na nluiiñe na tsaⁿsˈa. Joˈ chii quia na tuiiñe jnaaⁿ Isaac, sˈaaⁿ na ljoˈ juu jnda̱ na jnda̱a̱ˈ ñeeⁿ xuee na tuiiñe. Majoˈti sˈaa Isaac ñequio jnaaⁿ Jacob. Ndoˈ Jacob ñecwii xjeⁿ sˈaaⁿ ñequio canchooˈwe ntseinaaⁿ na yonom, nnˈaⁿ na cwiluiindye weloo jaa na canchooˈwe ntmaaⁿˈ nnˈaⁿ Israel.

’Sa̱a̱ joo ntseinda Jacob, joˈ welooya na ñetˈom teiyo, jeeⁿ ta̱a̱ˈ nˈomna tyjeena José. Nda̱a̱na jom nda̱a̱ nnˈaⁿ na tyˈeñˈom jom ndyuaa Egipto. Sa̱a̱ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom tyomˈaaⁿ ñˈeⁿñê ndyuaaˈñeeⁿ. 10 Seicandyaañe jom naquiiˈ chaˈtso nawiˈ na tyotjoom. Tquiaa na jndo̱ˈ tsˈoom ndoˈ sˈaa na neiiⁿˈ tsˈom Faraón jom. Faraónˈñeeⁿ cwiluiiñê tsaⁿmaⁿtsˈiaaⁿ tˈmaⁿ ndyuaa Egipto, ndoˈ jom tyˈioom tsˈiaaⁿ José na catsa̱ˈntjom tsaⁿˈñeeⁿ chaˈwaa ndyuaa Egipto hasta mati catsa̱ˈntjom naquiiˈ watsˈiaaⁿ ˈnaaⁿˈaⁿ.

11 ’Xjeⁿˈñeeⁿ jnaⁿnaˈ na jndyo cwii jndoˈ tˈmaⁿ chaˈwaa ndyuaa Egipto ñequio ndyuaa Canaán. Tˈmaⁿ nawiˈ tyotjoom nnˈaⁿ. Ndoˈ welooya taticaliuna ljoˈ na nlcwaˈna. 12 Sa̱a̱ jnda̱ na jndii Jacob na niom nantquie ndyuaa Egipto, jñoom ntseinaaⁿ welooya najndyee tyˈena joˈ joˈ. 13 Jnda̱ chii tyˈenndaˈna na jnda̱ we. Joˈ na secaño̱o̱ⁿ José na tyjeena jom. Ndoˈ tsaⁿmaⁿtsˈiaaⁿ tˈmaⁿˈñeeⁿ tajnaⁿˈaⁿ na nnˈaaⁿˈ José naⁿˈñeeⁿ. 14 Nda̱nquia seijndaaˈñe José na quiona ñequio tsotyena Jacob ñequio chaˈtso nnˈaⁿ wˈaana. Joona jnda̱a̱ˈ ndyeenˈaaⁿ nchooˈ qui nchooˈ ˈomndyena. 15 Quia joˈ tja Jacob ndyuaa Egipto. Joˈ joˈ mˈaaⁿ ndoˈ tueeⁿˈeⁿ ndoˈ mati joˈ joˈ tja̱ ntseinaaⁿ, joo welooya na ñetˈom teiyo. 16 Jnda̱ chii tyˈeñˈomlcweˈ ntseinda Jacob seiˈtsˈo ˈnaaⁿˈaⁿ tsjoom Siquem ndyuaa yuu na jnaⁿna. Joˈ joˈ tjacantˈiuuˈñê naquiiˈ tseiˈtsuaa na seijnda Abraham ñequio sˈom xuee nda̱a̱ ntseinda Hamor.

17 Tsoti Esteban:

—Welooya nnˈaⁿ Israel na ñetˈom teiyo, tyomˈaⁿtina ndyuaa Egipto. Ndoˈ yocheⁿ na tjatseicanda̱a̱ˈñenaˈ ñˈoom na tso Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom nnom Abraham na nntsˈaaⁿ, yacheⁿ tjawijndyendyena. 18 Jndye nnˈaⁿ ñetˈom tsˈiaaⁿ tˈmaⁿ ndyuaa Egipto. Ndoˈ tueeˈntyjo̱ na tjaquieeˈ cwii tsˈaⁿ tsˈiaaⁿˈñeeⁿ na ticaljeii cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ tsˈoo José. 19 Cwajndii sˈaaⁿ. Tcoˈweeⁿˈeⁿ welooya. Sa̱ˈntjoom na caˈndyetona yoˈndaa ndana na cwjeto. 20 Joo ncueeˈñeeⁿ tuiiñe Moisés. Tjaweeˈ tsˈom Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom yuˈndaa. Tyomˈaaⁿñê waaˈ tsotyeeⁿ chaˈna ndyee chiˈ na teixˈeetina jom. 21 Jnda̱ chii ˈndyena jom na cueeⁿˈeⁿ sa̱a̱ majuuto yuscu jnda tsaⁿmaⁿtsˈiaaⁿ tˈmaⁿˈñeeⁿ ljeii jom. Sˈaa chaˈna jnda jom. 22 Joˈ chii tyotseiˈnaⁿˈaⁿ chaˈtso na jndo̱ˈ nˈom nnˈaⁿ ndyuaa Egipto. Tˈoom na jndo̱ˈ tsˈoom na tyotseineiiⁿ ndoˈ na tyochˈeeⁿ.

23 ’Ndoˈ Moisés, quia na tueeˈ chaˈna wenˈaaⁿ choomˈm sˈaanaˈ tsˈoom na ñeˈcjaacanoomˈm nnˈaⁿ tsjaaⁿ na tuiiñê ntseindacantyjo Israel. 24 Tjaaⁿ ndoˈ ntyˈiaaⁿˈaⁿ na macoˈwiˈ cwii tsˈaⁿ Egipto cwii tsˈaⁿ tsjaaⁿ na tuiiñê. Joˈ chii tjacwañomˈm tsaⁿˈñeeⁿ. Tjeiiˈñê juu nawiˈ na matjom. Seicueⁿˈeⁿ tsˈaⁿ Egipto. 25 Ee seitioom na nlaˈno̱ⁿˈ nnˈaaⁿˈaⁿ nnˈaⁿ Israel na Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom nntseicandyaañe joona ñequio lˈo̱ jom, sa̱a̱ tîcalaˈno̱ⁿˈna. 26 Ndoˈ cwiicheⁿ xuee ljeiiⁿ we nnˈaⁿ Israel na cwilantjaˈndye. Ndoˈ na lˈue tsˈoom na caljoyaandyena, joˈ chii tsoom nda̱a̱na: “ˈO re mannˈaaⁿndyoˈ. ¿Chiuu na cwilantjaˈndyoˈ?” 27 Quia joˈ juu tsˈaⁿ na malˈue tiaˈ ñˈeⁿ xˈiaaˈ, ntqueeⁿ Moisés. Matsoom nnom: “¿ˈÑeeⁿ juu tqueⁿ ˈu na nntsa̱ˈntjomˈ jâ, ndoˈ na nncuˈxeⁿˈ jâ? 28 ¿Aa ñeˈcatseicueˈ ja, chaˈna seicueˈ tsˈaⁿ Egipto wja?” 29 Jnda̱ na jndii Moisés ñˈoomwaaˈ, jleinoom. Tjaaⁿ ndyuaa Madián. Mana ljooˈñeyaaⁿ joˈ joˈ. Ndoˈ joˈ joˈ tocoom, tuiindye we ntseinaaⁿ naⁿnom.

30 ’Quia na jnda̱ teinom wenˈaaⁿ ntyu na mˈaaⁿ joˈ joˈ seijomnaˈ na mˈaaⁿ cwii joo quiiˈ jnda̱a̱ na nndyooˈ sjo̱ Sinaí ndoˈ teitquiooˈñe cwii ángel nnoom naquiiˈ ntsaachom na cwico tsaˈ tsˈo̱o̱ nˈioom. 31 Tˈmaⁿ seitsaⁿˈnaˈ jom na ntyˈiaaⁿˈaⁿ na ljoˈ. Ndoˈ seicandyooˈñê na nntyˈiaaˈyaaⁿ ndoˈ jñeeⁿ na matseineiⁿ Ta Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom. 32 Matso: “Ja cwiluiindyo̱ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom cwentaaˈ weloˈ Abraham tsaⁿ na ñetˈoom teiyoticheⁿ, ñˈeⁿ Isaac, ñˈeⁿ Jacob.” Quia na jndii Moisés na ljoˈ, teiñê na macatyˈueeⁿ. Meiⁿ tîcˈoomtˈmaaⁿˈñê tsˈoom na nntyˈiaaⁿˈaⁿ. 33 Ndoˈ matso Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom nnoom: “Cwjiˈ lcomˈ na ñjomˈ ee yujoˈ yuu na meintyjeˈ matseixmaⁿnaˈ tyuaa na ljuˈ ee ñjaaⁿ tyjeˈcaño̱o̱ⁿya. 34 Ja jnda̱ ntyˈiayaya na cwitaˈwiˈ nnˈaⁿ ndyuaa Egipto nnˈaⁿya nnˈaⁿ Israel ndoˈ jnda̱ jndiiya na cwitcweena. Ndoˈ jnda̱ jndyocua̱ya na nntseicandyaandyo̱ joona. Joˈ chii majño̱o̱ⁿya ˈu na cjaˈlcweˈ ndyuaa Egipto.”

35 Tsoticheⁿ Esteban:

—Moisésˈñeeⁿ, ñelˈa nnˈaⁿ Israel na ticueeˈ nˈomna jom. Jluena nnoom: “¿ˈÑeeⁿ tqueⁿ ˈu na nntsa̱ˈntjomˈ jâ ndoˈ na nncuˈxeⁿˈ jâ?” Sa̱a̱ majuutoom tyˈiom Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom tsˈiaaⁿ jom na catsa̱ˈntjoom joona ndoˈ cantyja ˈnaaⁿˈ na nndyaandyena nawiˈ na tyomˈaⁿna. Luaaˈ sˈaa Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom xjeⁿ na teitquiooˈñe ángel nnoom naquiiˈ tsaˈ tsˈo̱o̱ nioom na cwico. 36 Majuu Moisésˈñeeⁿ tjeiiⁿˈeⁿ welooya nnˈaⁿ Israel na ñetˈom ndyuaa Egipto. Jndye ˈnaaⁿ tˈmaⁿ tyochˈeeⁿ ndyuaaˈñeeⁿ na tjaa ˈñeeⁿ juu nnda̱a̱ nntsˈaa na cweˈ na jndeii nquii. Mati tyochˈeeⁿ tsˈiaaⁿ tˈmaⁿ quia na teiˈnomna Ndaaluee Wee ndoˈ quia na tyomˈaⁿna ndyuaa yuu tjaa nnˈaⁿ cˈoom wenˈaaⁿ ntyu. 37 Manqueⁿ na tsoom nda̱a̱ nnˈaⁿ Israel: “Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom nlqueeⁿ cwii nnˈaⁿˈyoˈ na nñequiaa ñˈoomˈm nda̱a̱ˈyoˈ chaˈxjeⁿ na tqueeⁿ ja.” 38 Majom na tyocañˈeeⁿ ñˈeⁿndyena quia na tyotjomndyena ndyuaa yuu tjaa nnˈaⁿ cˈoom. Joˈ joˈ seineiⁿ ángel ñˈeⁿñê sjo̱ Sinaí. Jnda̱ chii jom seineiiⁿ nda̱a̱ welooya nnˈaⁿ Israel. Jom toˈñoom ñˈoom na mañequiaanaˈ na tseixmaⁿ tsˈaⁿ na wandoˈ añmaaⁿˈ na jndyoteincooˈ ñˈoomˈñeeⁿ nda̱a̱ jaa.

39 ’Sa̱a̱ welooya tiñeˈcalacanda̱na ñˈoom na tsoom nda̱a̱na. Tiñeˈcalañˈoomˈndyena jom ndoˈ lˈana na ñeˈcˈoolcweeˈna ndyuaa Egipto. 40 Yocheⁿ na tyomˈaaⁿ xqueⁿ sjo̱ Sinaí jluena nnom Aarón: “Catsaˈ ˈnaⁿ na nlatˈmaaⁿˈndyo̱ na nncˈoojndyeenaˈ jo nda̱a̱ya na nntsaalcwa̱a̱ˈa Egipto ee ticaliuuya ljoˈ tjom Moisés tsˈaⁿ na tjeiˈ jaa joˈ joˈ.” 41 Ndoˈ lˈana cwii ˈnaⁿ chaˈcwijom quiooˈjndyo chjoo. Ndoˈ nnom juunaˈ tyolaˈcwjeena quiooˈ na tyolaˈtˈmaaⁿˈndyena na lˈana xuee. Jeeⁿ neiiⁿna ñequio juunaˈ, ndoˈ cweˈ ˈnaⁿ na lˈa nquieena. 42 Joˈ chii ˈndii Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom joona. ˈNdiitoom na calatˈmaaⁿˈndyetona meiiⁿ cweˈ cancjuu na mˈaⁿ tsjo̱ˈluee. Ee naquiiˈ libro na teiljeii ñˈoom ndyuee profetas, matsonaˈ:

ˈO nnˈaⁿ Israel, ¿aa no̱o̱ⁿya tyoñequiaˈyoˈ quiooˈ na tyolacwjeˈyoˈ
wenˈaaⁿ ntyuˈñeeⁿ na tyomˈaⁿˈyoˈ ndyuaa yuu tjaa nnˈaⁿ cˈoom?
43 Nchii joˈ lˈaˈyoˈ ee ñejleiñˈomˈyoˈ wˈaaliaa na ndiiˈ juu na tyolatˈmaaⁿˈndyoˈ na jndyu Moloc.
Ndoˈ ñejleiñˈomˈyoˈ caxjuu cwentaaˈ juu na tyolatˈmaaⁿˈndyoˈ na jndyu Renfán.
Ñequiiˈcheⁿ ˈnaⁿ na ñelˈaˈ ncjoˈyoˈ ñejlatˈmaaⁿˈndyoˈ.
Joˈ chii jeˈ nncwjiiˈa ˈo ndyuaa tsjomˈyoˈ, nntsaˈyoˈ hasta cwiicheⁿ na ntyjaaˈ tsjoom Babilonia.

44 Tsoti Esteban:

—Juu ndyuaa yuu tjaa nnˈaⁿ cˈoom, tyoleiñˈom welooya wˈaaliaa yuu tyolawena ljo̱ˈ lcaaˈ na chuuˈ ljeii na tqueⁿ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom na matsa̱ˈntjomnaˈ. Wˈaaliaaˈñeeⁿ tuiinaˈ chaˈxjeⁿ na sa̱ˈntjom Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom Moisés na catsˈaaⁿ juunaˈ chaˈxjeⁿ na jnda̱ tˈmo̱o̱ⁿ nnom. 45 Juunaˈ tquioñˈom ndacantyjo welooya quia na jndyochuu Josué joona ndyuaameiiⁿñe, ndyuaa na seijndaaˈñe Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom na nndaana. Joˈ chii tjeiiⁿˈeⁿ nnˈaⁿ na ñetˈom ndyuaameiiⁿñe cha ljooˈndye welooya juunaˈ. Ndoˈ ljooñe tyoleiñˈomtina wˈaaliaaˈñeeⁿ hasta quia na tyomˈaaⁿ David. 46 Tjaweeˈ tsˈom Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom ñˈeⁿ David. Ñeˈcatsˈaaⁿ wˈaa yuu na nncˈoom Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom na tyotseitˈmaaⁿˈñe weloomˈm Jacob tsaⁿ na ñetˈoom teiyocheⁿ. 47 Sa̱a̱ jnaaⁿ Salomón juu sˈaa wˈaaˈñeeⁿ cwentaaˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom. 48 Sa̱a̱ nquii Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom na mˈaaⁿ na ndyeticheⁿ, nchii cweˈ naquiiˈ lˈaa na cwilˈa nnˈaⁿ macˈeeⁿ. Ee luaaˈ tyotso profeta. Seineiⁿ tsaⁿˈñeeⁿ ñˈoom na seijno̱o̱ⁿˈo̱ⁿ tsˈom. Matsoom:

49 Cañoomˈluee matseixmaⁿnaˈ ndio ˈnaⁿya yuu na mawacatya̱ⁿ na matsa̱ˈntjo̱ⁿya.
Ndoˈ tsjoomnancue matseixmaⁿnaˈ cweˈ chaˈna ˈnaⁿ yuu na cwiquieˈ ncˈa̱.
Ncˈe na ljoˈ, ¿cwaaⁿ wˈaa na nlˈaˈyoˈ cwentaya?
Ndoˈ ¿yuu waa cwii joo na ya na nncwajndya̱ya?
50 ¿Aa nchii nnco̱ sˈaa cañoomˈluee ñˈeⁿ tsjoomnancue?

51 Tsoti Esteban:

—ˈO maxjeⁿ quieˈ nˈomˈyoˈ. Matseijomnaˈ ˈo chaˈna nnˈaⁿ na tyoolatˈmaaⁿˈndye Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom ee tiñeˈcandyeˈyoˈ meiⁿ tiñeˈcalacanda̱ˈyoˈ. Ñequiiˈ na cwitsaˈyoˈ nacjooˈ Espíritu Santo. Chaˈna tyolˈa weloˈyoˈ na ñetˈom teiyo majoˈti cwilˈaˈ ˈo. 52 Weloˈyoˈ na ñetˈom teiyo, ¿Aa tyomˈaaⁿ ˈñeeⁿ na tyoñequiaa ñˈoomˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom na tîcataˈwiˈna juu? Maxjeⁿ tjaaˈnaⁿ. Jlaˈcwjee weloˈyoˈ nnˈaⁿ na tyolaˈcandii na nndyo nquii Cristo na cwiluiiñe na matyˈiomyanaˈ. Ndoˈ ˈo jeˈ jnda̱ tquiaˈyoˈ cwenta jom ndoˈ jnda̱ jlaˈcueˈyoˈ jom. 53 Mancjoˈtoˈyoˈ na toˈñoomˈyoˈ ljeii na tqueⁿ Moisés na tquia ángeles. Sa̱a̱ tîcalacanda̱ˈyoˈ juunaˈ.

Jlaˈcueeˈna Esteban

54 Jnda̱ na jndye naⁿˈñeeⁿ ñˈoommeiⁿˈ jlaˈjmeiⁿˈndyena. Tyoteinquiena ndeiˈnˈomna na jeeⁿ lioona Esteban. 55 Sa̱a̱ jom na tooˈ naquiiˈ tsˈoom mˈaaⁿ Espíritu Santo, jlunda̱a̱ñê ntyˈiaaⁿˈaⁿ cañoomˈluee. Ntyˈiaaⁿˈaⁿ na neiⁿcooˈ caxuee yuu na mˈaaⁿ nquii Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom ndoˈ ntyˈiaaⁿˈaⁿ Jesús na meintyjeeˈ jo ntyjaaˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom ntyjaya. 56 Ndoˈ matsoom:

—Cantyˈiaˈyoˈ. Mantyˈiaya na jnda̱ jnaaⁿ cañoomˈluee, ndoˈ nquii Jesús na jnaⁿ joˈ joˈ, meintyjeeˈ ntyjaaˈ Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom ntyjaya.

57 Quia joˈ jndeii tyolaxuaana na jmeiⁿˈndyena. Jlacuˈna luaˈquina ndoˈ ñejom tyˈenomna nacjoomˈm. 58 Ndoˈ jndeii tyˈentquieena jom nnom tsjoom. Jnda̱ chii nnˈaⁿ na tyolue na waa jnaaⁿˈaⁿ tjeiiˈna liaa na teincoo na cweeˈna. Tsa̱ˈna joonaˈ, ndoˈ cwii tsˈaⁿ na titquieñe na jndyu Saulo jom sˈaaⁿ cwenta joonaˈ. Jnda̱ chii tyotmeiiⁿˈna ljo̱ˈ Esteban. 59 Ndoˈ yocheⁿ na cwitmeiiⁿˈna ljo̱ˈ jom, seineiiⁿ nnom Tyˈo̱o̱tsˈom, matsoom:

—Ta Jesús, coñomˈ añmaⁿ ˈnaⁿya.

60 Jnda̱ chii tcoomˈm xtyeeⁿ. Jndeii seixuaⁿ, matsoom:

—Ta, tincwjaaˈndyuˈ cwenta jnaaⁿna na cwilaˈcueeˈna ja.

Jnda̱ tsoom na luaaˈ mana tueeⁿˈeⁿ.

Stephen’s Speech to the Sanhedrin

Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”

To this he replied: “Brothers and fathers,(A) listen to me! The God of glory(B) appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Harran.(C) ‘Leave your country and your people,’ God said, ‘and go to the land I will show you.’[a](D)

“So he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Harran. After the death of his father, God sent him to this land where you are now living.(E) He gave him no inheritance here,(F) not even enough ground to set his foot on. But God promised him that he and his descendants after him would possess the land,(G) even though at that time Abraham had no child. God spoke to him in this way: ‘For four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated.(H) But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come out of that country and worship me in this place.’[b](I) Then he gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision.(J) And Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him eight days after his birth.(K) Later Isaac became the father of Jacob,(L) and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.(M)

“Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph,(N) they sold him as a slave into Egypt.(O) But God was with him(P) 10 and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave Joseph wisdom and enabled him to gain the goodwill of Pharaoh king of Egypt. So Pharaoh made him ruler over Egypt and all his palace.(Q)

11 “Then a famine struck all Egypt and Canaan, bringing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.(R) 12 When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our forefathers on their first visit.(S) 13 On their second visit, Joseph told his brothers who he was,(T) and Pharaoh learned about Joseph’s family.(U) 14 After this, Joseph sent for his father Jacob and his whole family,(V) seventy-five in all.(W) 15 Then Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our ancestors died.(X) 16 Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a certain sum of money.(Y)

17 “As the time drew near for God to fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt had greatly increased.(Z) 18 Then ‘a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing, came to power in Egypt.’[c](AA) 19 He dealt treacherously with our people and oppressed our ancestors by forcing them to throw out their newborn babies so that they would die.(AB)

20 “At that time Moses was born, and he was no ordinary child.[d] For three months he was cared for by his family.(AC) 21 When he was placed outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.(AD) 22 Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians(AE) and was powerful in speech and action.

23 “When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his own people, the Israelites. 24 He saw one of them being mistreated by an Egyptian, so he went to his defense and avenged him by killing the Egyptian. 25 Moses thought that his own people would realize that God was using him to rescue them, but they did not. 26 The next day Moses came upon two Israelites who were fighting. He tried to reconcile them by saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why do you want to hurt each other?’

27 “But the man who was mistreating the other pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?(AF) 28 Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’[e] 29 When Moses heard this, he fled to Midian, where he settled as a foreigner and had two sons.(AG)

30 “After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai. 31 When he saw this, he was amazed at the sight. As he went over to get a closer look, he heard the Lord say:(AH) 32 ‘I am the God of your fathers,(AI) the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.’[f] Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.(AJ)

33 “Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.(AK) 34 I have indeed seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to set them free. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’[g](AL)

35 “This is the same Moses they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’(AM) He was sent to be their ruler and deliverer by God himself, through the angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36 He led them out of Egypt(AN) and performed wonders and signs(AO) in Egypt, at the Red Sea(AP) and for forty years in the wilderness.(AQ)

37 “This is the Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your own people.’[h](AR) 38 He was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel(AS) who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors;(AT) and he received living words(AU) to pass on to us.(AV)

39 “But our ancestors refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.(AW) 40 They told Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who led us out of Egypt—we don’t know what has happened to him!’[i](AX) 41 That was the time they made an idol in the form of a calf. They brought sacrifices to it and reveled in what their own hands had made.(AY) 42 But God turned away from them(AZ) and gave them over to the worship of the sun, moon and stars.(BA) This agrees with what is written in the book of the prophets:

“‘Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings
    forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel?
43 You have taken up the tabernacle of Molek
    and the star of your god Rephan,
    the idols you made to worship.
Therefore I will send you into exile’[j](BB) beyond Babylon.

44 “Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the covenant law(BC) with them in the wilderness. It had been made as God directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.(BD) 45 After receiving the tabernacle, our ancestors under Joshua brought it with them when they took the land from the nations God drove out before them.(BE) It remained in the land until the time of David,(BF) 46 who enjoyed God’s favor and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.[k](BG) 47 But it was Solomon who built a house for him.(BH)

48 “However, the Most High(BI) does not live in houses made by human hands.(BJ) As the prophet says:

49 “‘Heaven is my throne,
    and the earth is my footstool.(BK)
What kind of house will you build for me?
says the Lord.
    Or where will my resting place be?
50 Has not my hand made all these things?’[l](BL)

51 “You stiff-necked people!(BM) Your hearts(BN) and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit! 52 Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute?(BO) They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him(BP) 53 you who have received the law that was given through angels(BQ) but have not obeyed it.”

The Stoning of Stephen

54 When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they were furious(BR) and gnashed their teeth at him. 55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit,(BS) looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.(BT) 56 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open(BU) and the Son of Man(BV) standing at the right hand of God.”

57 At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, 58 dragged him out of the city(BW) and began to stone him.(BX) Meanwhile, the witnesses(BY) laid their coats(BZ) at the feet of a young man named Saul.(CA)

59 While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”(CB) 60 Then he fell on his knees(CC) and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.”(CD) When he had said this, he fell asleep.(CE)

Footnotes

  1. Acts 7:3 Gen. 12:1
  2. Acts 7:7 Gen. 15:13,14
  3. Acts 7:18 Exodus 1:8
  4. Acts 7:20 Or was fair in the sight of God
  5. Acts 7:28 Exodus 2:14
  6. Acts 7:32 Exodus 3:6
  7. Acts 7:34 Exodus 3:5,7,8,10
  8. Acts 7:37 Deut. 18:15
  9. Acts 7:40 Exodus 32:1
  10. Acts 7:43 Amos 5:25-27 (see Septuagint)
  11. Acts 7:46 Some early manuscripts the house of Jacob
  12. Acts 7:50 Isaiah 66:1,2