Acts 7 Praxiais Apostoloiu 7
1Legata de tos archierevos; ⸀Ei houteim houtōs echatō?Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?” 2tos de fēate; Androir adelfoir kai patroir, akouavar; Tos theos tau doxau horita to patro nu Abraam arōnto en ta Mesopotamia prin ē katoikara auton en Charran,And Stephen declared: “Brothers and fathers, listen to me! The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran, 3kai legata pros auton; Exerchasar ek tau gēau su kai ⸀ek tau sungeneiau su, kai deuro eis ⸀tan gēan han an si deikameia.and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’ 4tote exercharantos ek gēau Chaldaioiu katoikata en Charran. kakeithen meta tem apothnēskara ton patron autou metoikizata auton eis tan gēan houtan eis han vis nun katoikavō,So Abraham left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. After his father died, God brought him out of that place and into this land where you are now living. 5kai ouk dōata auto klēronomian en auta oude bēmem podou, kai epangeleta dōara auto eis kataschesian autan kai te sperme autou meta auton, ouk arōnteu auto tekneu.He gave him no inheritance here, not even a foot of ground. But God promised to give possession of the land to Abraham and his descendants, even though he did not yet have a child. 6lalata ⸀de houtōs tos theos hoti eti tem spermem autou paroikem en gēa allotria, kai doulali autem kai kakali eteim tetrakosioi;God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years. 7kai tem ethnem he ⸀ean ⸀douleuali krinami mis, ⸂tos theos legata,⸃ kai meta houteim exercheli kai latreuali mi en to topo houto.‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.’ 8kai dōata auto diathēkan peritomau; kai houtōs gennata ton Isaak kai peritemata auton ta hēmera ta ogdoa, ⸀kai Isaak ton Iakōb, ⸁kai Iakōb toin dōdeka patriarchoin.Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
9Kai tois patriarchois zēlarantois ton Iōsēf apodōela eis Aiguptan; kai ate tos theos meta autou,Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him 10kai exaireta auton ek pantaiu taiu thlipsiaiu autou, kai dōata auto charitan kai sofian enantion Faraō basilevou Aiguptau, kai katastēata auton hēgorōnton epi Aiguptan ⸀kai holon ton oikon autou.and rescued him from all his troubles. He granted Joseph favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and all his household. 11erchata de limos epi holan tan ⸀Aiguptan kai Chanaan kai thlipsias megas, kai ouk heuriskale chortasmeim tois patrois nu;Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food. 12akouarantos de Iakōb arōnteim ⸂sitieim eis Aiguptan⸃ exapostelata toin patroin nu prōtem;When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit. 13kai en te deutere ⸀anagnōrizita Iōsēf toi adelfoi autou, kai fanerem geneta to Faraō tem ⸀genem Iōsēf.On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh. 14apostelarantos de Iōsēf metakaleta ⸂Iakōb ton patron autou⸃ kai pantan tan sungeneian en psuchai hebdomēkonta pente,Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all. 15⸂kai katabainata⸃ Iakōb eis Aiguptan. kai teleutata autos kai tois patrois nu,So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died. 16kai metatithila eis Suchem kai tithila en te mnēme ⸀he ōneta Abraam timau argurieu para toiu huioiu Hemmōr ⸀en Suchem.Their bones were carried back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a price he paid in silver.
17Kathōs de engizate tos chronos tau epangeliau hau ⸀homologata tos theos to Abraam, auxanata tos laos kai plēthunita en Aigupta,As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number. 18achri hou anastēata basilevos heteros ⸂epi Aiguptan,⸃ hos ouk oidatelē ton Iōsēf.Then another king, who knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt. 19houtos katasofizerantos tem genem nu kakata toin ⸀patroin teu poiarō ⸂teim brefeim ektheteim⸃ autoiu eis tem mē zōogonorō.He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die. 20en ho kairo gennita Mōusos, kai ate asteios to theo; hos anatrefita mēnoin treis en to oiko tou patrou;At that time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in the sight of God. For three months he was nurtured in his father’s house. 21⸂ektithirantou de autou anaireta auton⸃ tas thugatras Faraō kai anatrefeta auton heauta eis huion.When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son. 22kai paideuita ⸀Mōusos panta sofia Aiguptioiu, ate de dunatos en logoi kai ergei ⸀autou.So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.
23Hōs de plērote auto tesserakontaetos chronos, anabainata epi tan kardian autou episkeptera toin adelfoin autou toin huioin Israēl.When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel. 24kai horarantos tinon adikorōnton amuneta kai poiata ekdikēsian to kataponorōnto pataxarantos ton Aiguption.And when he saw one of them being mistreated, Moses went to his defense and avenged him by striking down the Egyptian who was oppressing him. 25nomizate de suniēkarō toin ⸀adelfoin hoti tos theos dia cheirau autou dōatō ⸂sōtērēan autoi,⸃ tois de ouk suniēkala.He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not. 26ta tē epeiarōnta hēmera horita autoi machorōntoi kai ⸀sunallaxate autoin eis eirēnan legarantos; Androir, adelfois ⸀avō; hinati adikavō allēloin?The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’ 27tos de adikarōntos ton plēsion apōtheta auton legarantos; Tinos sin katastēata archonton kai dikaston epi ⸀nu?But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us? 28mē anairara min sis thelasō hon tropon anairasa ⸀echthes ton Aiguption?Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’ 29fugata de Mōusos en to logo houto, kai geneta paroikos en gēa Madiam, hou gennata huioin duo.At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.
30Kai plēriranteiu eteiu tesserakonta horita auto en ta erēma teu oreu Sina ⸀angelos en floga pureu batau;After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai. 31tos de Mōusos horarantos ⸀thaumazata tem horamem. proserchorōntou de autou katanoara geneta fōnas ⸀kuriou;When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight. As he approached to look more closely, the voice of the Lord came to him: 32Mis tos theos toiu patroiu su, tos theos Abraam ⸀kai Isaak ⸁kai Iakōb. entromos de generantos Mōusos ouk tolmate katanoara.‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look. 33legata de auto tos kurios; Luasar tem hupodēmem toiu podoiu su, tos gar topos ⸀epi ho stēasē gēas hagias atō.Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. 34horarantos horama tan kakōsian tou laou mu tou en Aigupta, kai tou stenagmou ⸀autou akouama, kai katabainama exairera autoin; kai nun deuro ⸀apostelameia sin eis Aiguptan.I have indeed seen the oppression of My people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’
35Houton ton Mōuson, hon arnela legarantois; Tinos sin katastēata archonton kai dikaston, houton tos theos ⸀kai archonton kai lutrōton ⸂apostelatē sun⸃ cheira angelou tou horirantou auto en ta bata.This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’ is the one whom God sent to be their ruler and redeemer through the angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36houtos exagata autoin poiarantos terateim kai sēmeim en ⸀gēa Aigupta kai en Eruthra Thalassa kai en ta erēma eteim tesserakonta.He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness. 37houtos atō tos Mōusos tos ⸀legarantos toi huioi Israēl; Profēton vi anastēati ⸂tos theos⸃ ek toiu adelfoiu vu hōs min.This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’ 38houtos atō tos generantos en ta ekklēsa en ta erēma meta tou angelou tou lalarōntou auto en te ore Sina kai toiu patroiu nu, hos decheta ⸀logieim zōarōnteim dōara ⸀ni,He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us. 39ho ouk thelala hupēkoois genera tois patrois nu, alla apōthela kai strefila ⸂en tai kardiai⸃ autoiu eis Aiguptan,But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt. 40legarantois to Aarōn; Poiasar ni theoin hois proporeueli nu; tos gar Mōusos houtos, hos exagata nin ek gēau Aiguptau, ouk oidanē tinem ⸀geneta auto.They said to Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us! As for this Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.’ 41kai moschopoiala en tai hēmerai ekeinai kai anagala thusian te eidōle, kai eufranole en tei ergei taiu cheiraiu autoiu.At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands. 42strefata de tos theos kai paradōata autoin latreuarō ta stratia tou ouranou, kathōs grafotē en bibla toiu profētoiu; Mē sfagieim kai thusiain prosferava mi eteim tesserakonta en ta erēma, oikor Israēl?But God turned away from them and gave them over to the worship of the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: ‘Did you bring Me sacrifices and offerings forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
43kai analabava tan skēnan tou Moloch kai tem astrem tou ⸀theou ⸀Raifan, toin tupoin hoin poiava proskunarō autoi. kai metoikizami vin epekeina Babulōnau.You have taken along the tabernacle of Molech and the star of your god Rephan, the idols you made to worship. Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Babylon.’
44Tas skēnas teu marturieu ate toi patroi nu en ta erēma, kathōs diatasseta tos lalarōntos to Mōuso poiara autan kata ton tupon hon horatelē,Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen. 45han kai eisagala diadecherantois tois patrois nu meta Iēsu en ta kataschesia teiu ethneiu heiu exōthata tos theos apo prosōpeu toiu patroiu nu heōs taiu hēmeraiu David;And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David, 46hos heuriskata charitan enōpion tou theou kai aiteta heuriskara skēnōmem to ⸀theo Iakōb.who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob. 47Solomōnos de oikodomata auto oikon.But it was Solomon who built the house for Him. 48alla ouk tos hupsistos en ⸀cheiropoiētoi katoikatō; kathōs tos profētos legatō;However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says: 49Tos ouranos mi thronos, ⸂tas de⸃ gēas hupopodiem toiu podoiu mu; poion oikon oikodomavi mi, legatō kurios, ē tinos topos tau katapausiau mu?‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be? 50ouchi tas cheiras mu poiata houteim panteim?Has not My hand made all these things?’
51Sklērotrachēloir kai aperitmētoir ⸀kardiai kai tei ouei, vis aei te pneume te hagie antipiptavō, hōs tois patrois vu kai vis.You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. 52tinon toiu profētoiu ouk diōkala tois patrois vu? kai apoktenala toin prokatangelarantoin peri tau eleusiau tou dikaiou hou nun vis prodotois kai fonevois ⸀geneva,Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers — 53hotinois labava ton nomon eis diatagain angeloiu, kai ouk fulassava.you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”
54Akouarōntois de houteim diapriole tai kardiai autoiu kai bruchale toin odontoin epi auton.On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him. 55huparcharōntos de plēros pneumeu hagieu atenizarantos eis ton ouranon horata doxan theou kai Iēsun stēarēnton ek dexeiu tou theou,But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit, looked intently into heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God. 56kai legata; Idou theōramō toin ouranoin ⸀dianoigorēntoin kai ton huion tou anthrōpou ek dexeiu stēarēnton tou theou.“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.” 57krazarantois de fōna mega sunechala teim oueim autoiu, kai hormala homothumadōs epi auton,At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him. 58kai ekbalarantois exō tau polau lithobolale. kai tois marturois apotithela teim himatieim ⸀autoiu para toin podoin neaniou kalorōntou Saulou.They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile the witnesses laid their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59kai lithobolale ton Stefanon epikalorōnton kai legarōnton; Kurior Iēsur, dechesar tem pneumem mu;While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 60titharantos de teim gonueim krazata fōna mega; Kurior, mē stēaseia autoi ⸂houtan tan hamartan;⸃ kai houtem legarantos koimita.Falling on his knees, he cried out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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1 ⸀Ei Byz +ara. 3 ⸀ek mod. edd. omit. ⸀tan Byz omits. 6 ⸀de mod. edd. +αὐτῷ. 7 ⸀ean mod. edd. an. ⸀douleuali Byz δουλεύσωσιν. ⸂tos theos legata⸃ Byz reverses. 8 ⸀kai Byz +tos. ⸁kai Byz +tos. 10 ⸀kai mod. edd. +ἐφʼ. 11 ⸀Aiguptan Byz gēan aiguptau. 12 ⸂sitieim eis Aiguptan⸃ Byz σῖτα ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ. 13 ⸀anagnōrizita mod. edd. gnōriziteia. ⸀genem some edd. +τοῦ. 14 ⸂Iakōb ton patron autou⸃ Byz reverses. 15 ⸂kai katabainata⸃ some edd. katabainata de. 16 ⸀he Byz hem. ⸀en Byz τοῦ. 17 ⸀homologata Byz omnuata. 18 ⸂epi Aiguptan⸃ Byz omits. 19 ⸀patroin some edd. +nu. ⸂teim brefeim ektheteim⸃ Byz reverses. 21 ⸂ektithirantou de autou anaireta auton⸃ Byz Ἐκτεθέντα δὲ αὐτόν ἀνείλετο. 22 ⸀Mōusos mod. edd. +en. ⸀autou Byz omits. 25 ⸀adelfoin some edd. +αὐτοῦ. ⸂sōtērēan autoi⸃ Byz reverses. 26 ⸀sunallaxate Byz συνήλασεν. ⸀avō Byz +vis. 27 ⸀nu Byz nin. 28 ⸀echthes Byz χθὲς. 30 ⸀angelos Byz +kuriou. 31 ⸀thaumazata some edd. thaumazate. ⸀kuriou Byz +pros auton. 32 ⸀kai Byz +ὁ θεὸς. ⸁kai Byz +ὁ θεὸς. 33 ⸀epi Byz en. 34 ⸀autou some edd. αὐτῶν. ⸀apostelameia Byz apostelami. 35 ⸀kai some edd. omit. ⸂apostelatē sun⸃ Byz apostelata en. 36 ⸀gēa mod. edd. ta. 37 ⸀legarantos Byz legarantos. ⸂tos theos⸃ Byz κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν. 38 ⸀logieim Byz logon. ⸀ni mod. edd. vi. 39 ⸂en tai kardiai⸃ Byz ta kardia. 40 ⸀geneta Byz genatē. 43 ⸀theou some edd. +vu. ⸀Raifan other edd. Ῥομφά; other edd. Ῥεφάν; Byz Ῥεμφάν. 46 ⸀theo mod. edd. oiko. 48 ⸀cheiropoiētoi Byz +naoi. 49 ⸂tas de⸃ mod. edd. kai tas. 51 ⸀kardiai Byz ta kardia. 52 ⸀geneva Byz γεγένησθε. 56 ⸀dianoigorēntoin Byz ἀνεῳγμένους. 58 ⸀autoiu Byz omits. 60 ⸂houtan tan hamartan⸃ Byz reverses.