Acts 7

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

1 وَسَأَلَ رَئِيسُ الْكَهَنَةِ اسْتِفَانُوسَ: «هَلْ هَذِهِ الاتِّهَامَاتُ صَحِيحَةٌ؟»

2 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,

2 فَأَجَابَ: «أَيُّهَا الإِخْوَةُ وَالآبَاءُ، اسْمَعُوا: ظَهَرَ إِلهُ الْمَجْدِ لأَبِينَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَهُوَ فِي بِلادِ مَا بَيْنَ النَّهْرَيْنِ، قَبْلَ أَنْ يَرْحَلَ لِيَسْكُنَ فِي حَارَانَ،

3 and told him, ‘Leave your country and your kindred and go to the land I will show you.’

3 وَقَالَ لَهُ: اتْرُكْ أَرْضَكَ وَعَشِيرَتَكَ، وَارْحَلْ إِلَى الأَرْضِ الَّتِي أُرْشِدُكَ إِلَيْهَا.

4 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.

4 فَأَطَاعَ وَرَحَلَ مِنْ بِلادِ الْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ، وَسَكَنَ فِي حَارَانَ، وَبَقِيَ فِيهَا إِلَى أَنْ مَاتَ أَبُوهُ، فَجَاءَ اللهُ بِهِ إِلَى هَذَا الْبَلَدِ الَّذِي تَسْكُنُونَ فِيهِ الآنَ،

5 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.

5 وَلَمْ يُعْطِهِ هُنَا مِلْكاً، وَلا مَوْطِئَ قَدَمٍ. وَمَعَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ وَقْتَئِذٍ بِلا وَلَدٍ، فَإِنَّ اللهَ وَعَدَهُ بِأَنْ يُعْطِيَ هَذَا الْبَلَدَ لَهُ وَلِنَسْلِهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ.

6 God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

6 فَقَدْ قَالَ اللهُ: إِنَّ أَحْفَادَهُ سَيُقَاسُونَ الْغُرْبَةَ فِي بِلادٍ لَيْسَتْ لَهُمْ، مُدَّةَ أَرْبَعِ مِئَةِ سَنَةٍ يُلاقُونَ خِلالَهَا الْعُبُودِيَّةَ وَسُوءَ الْمُعَامَلَةِ؛

7 ‘But I will punish the nation that enslaves them,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come forth and worship Me in this place.’

7 وَلَكِنِّي أُنْزِلُ الْعِقَابَ بِالشَّعْبِ الَّذِي يَسْتَعْبِدُهُمْ. وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَخْرُجُونَ وَيَجِيئُونَ لِيَعْبُدُونِي فِي هَذَا الْمَكَانِ.

8 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.

8 وَطَلَبَ اللهُ إِلَى إِبْرَاهِيمَ أَنْ يَخْتِنَ الذُّكُورَ فِي عَائِلَتِهِ عَلامَةً عَلَى الْعَهْدِ الَّذِي أَبْرَمَهُ لَهُ. فَخَتَنَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ إِسْحَاقَ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّامِنِ مِنْ عُمْرِهِ. وَخَتَنَ إِسْحَاقُ ابْنَهُ يَعْقُوبَ، وَخَتَنَ يَعْقُوبُ أَوْلادَهُ الاثْنَيْ عَشَرَ، الَّذِينَ هُمُ الآبَاءُ الأَوَّلُونَ.

9 Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

9 وَحَسَدَ الآبَاءُ الأَوَّلُونَ يُوسُفَ وَبَاعُوهُ، فَأَصْبَحَ عَبْداً فِي مِصْرَ. وَلَكِنَّ اللهَ كَانَ مَعَهُ،

10 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.

10 وَأَنْقَذَهُ مِنْ جَمِيعِ الْمِحَنِ الَّتِي مَرَّ بِها، وَوَهَبَهُ نِعْمَةً وَحِكْمَةً عِنْدَ فِرْعَوْنَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ، فَوَلّاهُ عَلَى مِصْرَ، وَعَلَى شُؤُونِ بَيْتِهِ.

11 Then famine and great suffering swept across Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers could not find food.

11 وَحَدَثَتْ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ مَجَاعَةٌ فِي مِصْرَ وَكَنْعَانَ، فَقَاسَى آبَاؤُنَا مِنْ ضِيقٍ شَدِيدٍ، إِذْ لَمْ يَجِدُوا الطَّعَامَ.

12 When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our fathers on their first visit.

12 وَلَمَّا سَمِعَ يَعْقُوبُ أَنَّ فِي مِصْرَ قَمْحاً أَرْسَلَ إِلَيْهَا آبَاءَنَا أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ.

13 On their second visit, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and his family became known to Pharaoh.

13 وَعِنْدَمَا أَرْسَلَهُمْ مَرَّةً ثَانِيَةً عَرَّفَهُمْ يُوسُفُ بِنَفْسِهِ، وَتَبَيَّنَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ أَصْلُ يُوسُفَ.

14 Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob and all his relatives, seventy-five in all.

14 وَاسْتَدْعَى يُوسُفُ وَالِدَهُ يَعْقُوبَ، وَإِخْوَتَهُ وَعَائِلاتِهِمْ، إِلَى مِصْرَ وَكَانُوا خَمْسَةً وَسَبْعِينَ شَخْصاً.

15 So Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our fathers died.

15 فَجَاءَ يَعْقُوبُ وَآبَاؤُنَا إِلَى مِصْرَ، وَأَقَامُوا فِيهَا إِلَى أَنْ مَاتُوا،

16 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.

16 فَنُقِلُوا إِلَى شَكِيمَ حَيْثُ دُفِنُوا فِي الْقَبْرِ الَّذِي اشْتَرَاهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مِنْ قَبِيلَةِ حَمُورَ أَبِي شَكِيمَ بِبَعْضِ الْفِضَّةِ.

17 As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.

17 وَفِيمَا كَانَ يَقْتَرِبُ إِتْمَامُ الْوَعْدِ الَّذِي قَطَعَهُ اللهُ لإِبْرَاهِيمَ، كَانَ الشَّعْبُ فِي مِصْرَ يَتَكَاثَرُونَ وَيَزْدَادُونَ عَدَداً.

18 Then another king, who knew nothing of Joseph, arose over Egypt.

18 ثُمَّ قَامَ عَلَى مِصْرَ مَلِكٌ جَدِيدٌ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْرِفُ أَمْرَ يُوسُفَ.

19 He exploited our people and oppressed our fathers, forcing them to abandon their infants so they would die.

19 فَغَدَرَ بِشَعْبِنَا، وَأَسَاءَ مُعَامَلَةَ آبَائِنَا، حَتَّى أَجْبَرَهُمْ عَلَى التَّخَلِّي عَنْ أَطْفَالِهِمْ لِيَمُوتُوا.

20 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.

20 فِي تِلْكَ الْفَتْرَةِ وُلِدَ مُوسَى. وَكَانَ جَمِيلاً جِدّاً، فَرَبَّاهُ وَالِدَاهُ فِي بَيْتِهِمَا ثَلاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ،

21 When he was set outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.

21 وَلَكِنَّهُمَا اضْطُرَّا أَخِيراً إِلَى التَّخَلِّي عَنْهُ، فَأَنْقَذَتْهُ ابْنَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ وَتَبَنَّتْهُ وَرَبَّتْهُ.

22 So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in speech and action.

22 فَتَثَقَّفَ مُوسَى بِعُلُومِ مِصْرَ كُلِّهَا، حَتَّى صَارَ مُقْتَدِراً فِي الْقَوْلِ وَالْعَمَلِ.

23 When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his brothers, the children of Israel.

23 وَلَمَّا بَلَغَ الأَرْبَعِينَ مِنَ الْعُمْرِ خَطَرَ بِقَلْبِهِ أَنْ يَتَفَقَّدَ أَحْوَالَ إِخْوَتِهِ مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ،

24 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.

24 فَرَأَى وَاحِداً مِنْهُمْ يَعْتَدِي عَلَيْهِ مِصْرِيٌّ، فَتَدَخَّلَ لِيُدَافِعَ عَنِ الْمَظْلُومِ، وَانْتَقَمَ لَهُ فَقَتَلَ الْمِصْرِيَّ،

25 He assumed his brothers would understand that God was using him to deliver them, but they did not.

25 عَلَى أَمَلِ أَنْ يُدْرِكَ إِخْوَتُهُ أَنَّ اللهَ سَيُنْقِذُهُمْ عَلَى يَدِهِ. غَيْرَ أَنَّهُمْ لَمْ يُدْرِكُوا!

26 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?’

26 وَفِي الْيَوْمِ التَّالِي وَجَدَ اثْنَيْنِ مِنْ إِخْوَتِهِ يَتَعَارَكَانِ، فَحَاوَلَ أَنْ يُصْلِحَ بَيْنَهُمَا، قَائِلاً: أَنْتُمَا أَخَوَانِ، فَلِمَاذَا يَعْتَدِي أَحَدُكُمَا عَلَى الآخَرِ؟

27 But the man who was abusing his neighbor pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?

27 فَمَا كَانَ مِنَ الْمُعْتَدِي عَلَى قَرِيبِهِ إِلّا أَنْ دَفَعَهُ بَعِيداً، وَقَالَ: مَنْ أَقَامَكَ رَئِيساً وَقَاضِياً عَلَيْنَا؟

28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’

28 أَتُرِيدُ أَنْ تَقْتُلَنِي كَمَا قَتَلْتَ الْمِصْرِيَّ أَمْسِ؟

29 At this remark, Moses fled to the land of Midian, where he lived as a foreigner and had two sons.

29 وَهُنَا هَرَبَ مُوسَى مِنْ مِصْرَ إِلَى بِلادِ مَدْيَانَ، وَعَاشَ فِيهَا غَرِيباً. وَهُنَاكَ أَنْجَبَ وَلَدَيْنِ.

30 After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai.

30 وَبَعْدَمَا مَضَتْ أَرْبَعُونَ سَنَةً كَانَ مُوسَى فِي صَحْرَاءِ جَبَلِ سِينَاءَ، عِنْدَمَا ظَهَرَ لَهُ مَلاكُ الرَّبِّ فِي لَهِيبِ نَارٍ مِنْ عُلَّيقَةٍ تَشْتَعِلُ

31 When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight. As he approached to look more closely, the voice of the Lord came to him:

31 وَأَثَارَ الْمَنْظَرُ دَهْشَةَ مُوسَى، فَاقْتَرَبَ لِيَسْتَطْلِعَ الأَمْرَ، وَإذَا صَوْتُ الرَّبِّ يُنَادِيهِ:

32 ‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.’ Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.

32 أَنَا إِلَهُ آبَائِكَ، إِلَهُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَإِسْحَاقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ! فَارْتَعَدَ مُوسَى وَلَمْ يَعُدْ يَجْرُؤُ عَلَى أَنْ يَنْظُرَ.

33 Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

33 فَقَالَ لَهُ الرَّبُّ: اخْلَعْ نَعْلَيْكَ لأَنَّ الْمَكَانَ الَّذِي تَقِفُ عَلَيْهِ هُوَ أَرْضٌ مُقَدَّسَةٌ!

34 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.’

34 إِنِّي رَأَيْتُ الْعَذَابَ الَّذِي يُعَانِيهِ شَعْبِي فِي مِصْرَ، وَسَمِعْتُ أَنِينَهُمْ، فَنَزَلْتُ لأُنْقِذَهُمْ. وَالآنَ، هَيَّا أُرْسِلُكَ إِلَى مِصْرَ!

35 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.

35 فَمُوسَى الَّذِي رَفَضَهُ شَعْبُهُ قَائِلِينَ: مَنْ أَقَامَكَ رَئِيساً وَقَاضِياً عَلَيْنَا؟ هُوَ نَفْسُهُ أَرْسَلَهُ اللهُ رَئِيساً وَمُحَرِّراً، يُؤَيِّدُهُ الْمَلاكُ الَّذِي ظَهَرَ لَهُ فِي الْعُلَّيْقَةِ!

36 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.

36 وَقَدْ أَخْرَجَ الشَّعْبَ مِنْ مِصْرَ وَهُوَ يُجْرِي عَجَائِبَ وَمُعْجِزَاتٍ فِيهَا، وَفِي الْبَحْرِ الأَحْمَرِ، وفِي الصَّحْرَاءِ مُدَّةَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً.

37 This is the same Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers.’

37 وَمُوسَى هَذَا هُوَ الَّذِي قَالَ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: سَيَبْعَثُ اللهُ لَكُمْ مِنْ بَيْنِ إِخْوَتِكُمْ نَبِيًّا مِثْلِي.

38 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.

38 وَهُوَ الَّذِي كَانَ يَقُودُ جَمَاعَةَ الشَّعْبِ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ، وَقَدْ قَامَ بِدَوْرِ الْوَسِيطِ بَيْنَ الْمَلاكِ الَّذِي كَلَّمَهُ عَلَى جَبَلِ سِينَاءَ وَآبَائِنَا، فَنَقَلَ إِلَيْكُمْ وَصَايَا اللهِ الْحَيَّةَ.

39 But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.

39 وَلَكِنَّ آبَاءَنَا رَفَضُوا أَنْ يُطِيعُوا مُوسَى، وَلَمْ يَعْتَرِفُوا بِقِيَادَتِهِ، وَحَنَّتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ لِلرُّجُوعِ إِلَى مِصْرَ،

40 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.’

40 وَقَالُوا لِهَرُونَ: اصْنَعْ لَنَا آلِهَةً تَهْدِينَا فِي سَيْرِنَا، فَإِنَّنَا لَا نَعْلَمُ مَاذَا جَرَى لِمُوسَى هَذَا الَّذِي أَخْرَجَنَا مِنْ بِلادِ مِصْرَ!

41 At that time they made a calf and offered a sacrifice to the idol, rejoicing in the works of their hands.

41 فَصَنَعُوا صَنَماً عَلَى صُورَةِ عِجْلٍ فِي تِلْكَ الأَيَّامِ وَقَدَّمُوا لَهُ ذَبِيحَةً، وَابْتَهَجُوا بِمَا صَنَعَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ.

42 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?

42 فَتَحَوَلَّ اللهُ عَنْهُمْ وَتَرَكَهُمْ يَعْبُدُونَ كَوَاكِبَ السَّمَاءِ، كَمَا جَاءَ فِي كِتَابِ الأَنْبِيَاءِ: يَا بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ، هَلْ قَرَّبْتُمْ لِي ذَبَائِحَ وَتَقْدِمَاتٍ طَوَالَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ؟

43 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.’

43 لا، بَلْ حَمَلْتُمْ خَيْمَةَ الصَّنَمِ مُولُوكَ، وَكَوْكَبَ الإِلَهِ رَمْفَانَ، التِّمْثَالَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ صَنَعْتُمَاهُمَا لِتَسْجُدُوا لَهُمَا! لِذلِكَ سَأَنْفِيكُمْ إِلَى أَبْعَدَ مِنْ بَابِلَ!

44 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.

44 وَقَدْ حَمَلَ آبَاؤُنَا مَعَهُمْ فِي الصَّحْرَاءِ خَيْمَةَ الشَّهَادَةِ. وَكَانَ اللهُ قَدْ أَوْصَى مُوسَى أَنْ يُقِيمَهَا عَلَى الْمِثَالِ الَّذِي أَطْلَعَهُ عَلَيْهِ؛

45 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,

45 ثُمَّ دَخَلُوا بِها إِلَى هَذِهِ الْبِلادِ الَّتِي فَتَحُوهَا بِقِيَادَةِ يَشُوعَ، بَعْدَمَا طَرَدَ اللهُ مِنْ أَمَامِهِمِ الشُّعُوبَ السَّاكِنَةَ فِيهَا. وَظَلَّ آبَاؤُنَا يَعْبُدُونَ اللهَ فِي الْخَيْمَةِ حَتَّى أَيَّامِ دَاوُدَ،

46 who found favor in the sight of God and asked to provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.

46 الَّذِي نَالَ قُبُولاً لَدَى اللهِ، فَسَعَى أَنْ يَجِدَ بَيْتاً لإِلَهِ يَعْقُوبَ.

47 But it was Solomon who built the house for Him.

47 وَتَحَقَّقَتْ هذِهِ الرَّغْبَةُ عَلَى يَدِ سُلَيْمَانَ الَّذِي بَنَى الْهَيْكَلَ.

48 However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:

48 إِلّا أَنَّ الْعَلِيَّ لَا يَسْكُنُ فِي هَيَاكِلَ تَصْنَعُهَا أَيْدِي الْبَشَرِ، كَمَا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ:

49 ‘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?

49 السَّمَاءُ عَرْشِي، وَالأَرْضُ مَوْطِئُ قَدَمَيَّ. فَأَيَّ بَيْتٍ تَبْنُونُ لِي؟ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ، وَأَيَّ مَكَانٍ تُعِدُّونَ لِرَاحَتِي؟

50 Has not My hand made all these things?’

50 أَلَيْسَتْ يَدِي قَدْ صَنَعَتْ هَذِهِ الأَشْيَاءَ كُلَّهَا؟»

51 You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

51 ثُمَّ قَالَ اسْتِفَانُوسُ: «يَا أَصْحَابَ الرِّقَابِ الصُّلْبَةِ وَالْقُلُوبِ وَالآذَانِ غَيْرِ الْمَخْتُونَةِ! إِنَّكُمْ دَائِماً تُقَاوِمُونَ الرُّوحَ الْقُدُسَ. وَكَمَا فَعَلَ آبَاؤُكُمْ تَفْعَلُونَ!

52 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—

52 فَأَيُّ نَبِيٍّ نَجَا مِنِ اضْطِهَادِهِمْ وَقَدْ قَتَلُوا الَّذِينَ أَنْبَأُوا بِمَجِيءِ البَارِّ الَّذِي سَلَّمْتُمُوهُ أَنْتُمْ وَقَتَلْتُمُوهُ!

53 you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.”

53 فَأَنْتُمْ أَخَذْتُمُ الشَّرِيعَةَ مِنْ أَيْدِي الْمَلائِكَةِ، وَلَكِنَّكُمْ لَمْ تُطِيعُوهَا!»

54 On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.

54 فَلَمَّا سَمِعَ الْمُجْتَمِعُونَ كَلامَ اسْتِفَانُوسَ، مَلأَ الْغَيْظُ قُلُوبَهُمْ، وَأَخَذُوا يَصِرُّونَ بِأَسْنَانِهِمْ تَوَعُّداً.

55 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.

55 فَرَفَعَ اسْتِفَانُوسُ نَظَرَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، وَهُوَ مُمْتَلِئٌ مِنَ الرُّوحِ الْقُدُسِ، فَرَأَى مَجْدَ اللهِ وَيَسُوعَ وَاقِفاً عَنْ يَمِينِ اللهِ،

56 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”

56 فَقَالَ: «إِنِّي أَرَى السَّمَاءَ مَفْتُوحَةً وَابْنَ الإِنْسَانِ وَاقِفاً عَنْ يَمِينِ اللهِ!»

57 At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.

57 فَصَاحُوا صِيَاحاً شَدِيداً، وَسَدُّوا آذَانَهُمْ وَهَجَمُوا عَلَيْهِ هَجْمَةً وَاحِدَةً،

58 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.

58 وَدَفَعُوهُ إِلَى خَارِجِ الْمَدِينَةِ، وَأَخَذُوا يَرْجُمُونَهُ بِالْحِجَارَةِ. وَخَلَعَ الشُّهُودُ ثِيَابَهُمْ عِنْدَ قَدَمَيْ شَابٍّ اسْمُهُ شَاوُلُ لِكَيْ يَحْرُسَهَا.

59 While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

59 وَبَيْنَمَا كَانُوا يَرْجُمُونَ اسْتِفَانُوسَ، كَانَ يَدْعُو: «أَيُّهَا الرَّبُّ يَسُوعُ، اقْبَلْ رُوحِي!»

60 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.

60 ثُمَّ رَكَعَ وَصَرَخَ بِصَوْتٍ عَالٍ: «يَا رَبُّ، لَا تَحْسُبْ عَلَيْهِمْ هَذِهِ الْخَطِيئَةَ!» وَإِذْ قَالَ هَذَا رَقَدَ.