Acts 7

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

1 فَقَالَ رَئِيسُ ٱلْكَهَنَةِ: «أَتُرَى هَذِهِ ٱلْأُمُورُ هَكَذَا هِيَ؟».

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 فَقَالَ: «أَيُّهَا ٱلرِّجَالُ ٱلْإِخْوَةُ وَٱلْآبَاءُ، ٱسْمَعُوا! ظَهَرَ إِلَهُ ٱلْمَجْدِ لِأَبِينَا إِبْرَاهِيمَ وَهُوَ فِي مَا بَيْنَ ٱلنَّهْرَيْنِ، قَبْلَمَا سَكَنَ في حَارَانِ،

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

3 وَقَالَ لَهُ: ٱخْرُجْ مِنْ أَرْضِكَ وَمِنْ عَشِيرَتِكَ، وَهَلُمَّ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي أُرِيكَ.

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 فَخَرَجَ حِينَئِذٍ مِنْ أَرْضِ ٱلْكَلْدَانِيِّينَ وَسَكَنَ فِي حَارَانَ. وَمِنْ هُنَاكَ نَقَلَهُ، بَعْدَ مَا مَاتَ أَبُوهُ، إِلَى هَذِهِ ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلَّتِي أَنْتُمُ ٱلْآنَ سَاكِنُونَ فِيهَا.

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 فِيهَا مِيرَاثًا وَلَا وَطْأَةَ قَدَمٍ، وَلَكِنْ وَعَدَ أَنْ يُعْطِيَهَا مُلْكًا لَهُ وَلِنَسْلِهِ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ بَعْدُ وَلَدٌ.

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 وَتَكَلَّمَ ٱللهُ هَكَذَا: أَنْ يَكُونَ نَسْلُهُ مُتَغَرِّبًا فِي أَرْضٍ غَرِيبَةٍ، فَيَسْتَعْبِدُونَهُ وَيُسِيئُوا إِلَيْهِ أَرْبَعَ مِئَةِ سَنَةٍ،

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 وَٱلْأُمَّةُ ٱلَّتِي يُسْتَعْبَدُونَ لَهَا سَأَدِينُهَا أَنَا، يَقُولُ ٱللهُ. وَبَعْدَ ذَلِكَ يَخْرُجُونَ وَيَعْبُدُونَنِي فِي هَذَا ٱلْمَكَانِ.

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 وَأَعْطَاهُ عَهْدَ ٱلْخِتَانِ، وَهَكَذَا وَلَدَ إِسْحَاقَ وَخَتَنَهُ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّامِنِ. وَإِسْحَاقُ وَلَدَ يَعْقُوبَ، وَيَعْقُوبُ وَلَدَ رُؤَسَاءَ ٱلْآبَاءِ ٱلِٱثْنَيْ عَشَرَ.

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

9 وَرُؤَسَاءُ ٱلْآبَاءِ حَسَدُوا يُوسُفَ وَبَاعُوهُ إِلَى مِصْرَ، وَكَانَ ٱللهُ 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 ضِيقَاتِهِ، وَأَعْطَاهُ نِعْمَةً وَحِكْمَةً أَمَامَ فِرْعَوْنَ مَلِكِ مِصْرَ، فَأَقَامَهُ مُدَبِّرًا عَلَى مِصْرَ وَعَلَى كُلِّ بَيْتِهِ.

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

11 «ثُمَّ أَتَى جُوعٌ عَلَى كُلِّ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ وَكَنْعَانَ، وَضِيقٌ عَظِيمٌ، فَكَانَ آبَاؤُنَا لَا يَجِدُونَ قُوتًا.

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 قَمْحًا، أَرْسَلَ آبَاءَنَا أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ.

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

13 وَفِي ٱلْمَرَّةِ ٱلثَّانِيَةِ ٱسْتَعْرَفَ يُوسُفُ إِلَى إِخْوَتِهِ، وَٱسْتَعْلَنَتْ عَشِيرَةُ يُوسُفَ لِفِرْعَوْنَ.

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

14 فَأَرْسَلَ يُوسُفُ وَٱسْتَدْعَى أَبَاهُ يَعْقُوبَ وَجَمِيعَ عَشِيرَتِهِ، خَمْسَةً وَسَبْعِينَ نَفْسًا.

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

15 فَنَزَلَ يَعْقُوبُ إِلَى مِصْرَ وَمَاتَ هُوَ وَآبَاؤُنَا،

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 وَنُقِلُوا إِلَى شَكِيمَ وَوُضِعُوا فِي ٱلْقَبْرِ ٱلَّذِي ٱشْتَرَاهُ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بِثَمَنٍ فِضَّةٍ مِنْ بَنِي حَمُورَ أَبِي شَكِيمَ.

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

17 وَكَمَا كَانَ يَقْرُبُ وَقْتُ ٱلْمَوْعِدِ ٱلَّذِي أَقْسَمَ ٱللهُ عَلَيْهِ لِإِبْرَاهِيمَ، كَانَ يَنْمُو ٱلشَّعْبُ وَيَكْثُرُ فِي مِصْرَ،

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

18 إِلَى أَنْ قَامَ مَلِكٌ آخَرُ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَعْرِفُ يُوسُفَ.

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

19 فَٱحْتَالَ هَذَا عَلَى جِنْسِنَا وَأَسَاءَ إِلَى آبَائِنَا، حَتَّى جَعَلُوا أَطْفَالَهُمْ مَنْبُوذِينَ لِكَيْ لَا يَعِيشُوا.

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 «وَفِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْوَقْتِ وُلِدَ مُوسَى وَكَانَ جَمِيلًا جِدًّا، فَرُبِّيَ هَذَا ثَلَاثَةَ أَشْهُرٍ فِي بَيْتِ أَبِيهِ.

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

21 وَلَمَّا نُبِذَ، ٱتَّخَذَتْهُ ٱبْنَةُ فِرْعَوْنَ وَرَبَّتْهُ لِنَفْسِهَا ٱبْنًا.

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

22 فَتَهَذَّبَ مُوسَى بِكُلِّ حِكْمَةِ ٱلْمِصْرِيِّينَ، وَكَانَ مُقْتَدِرًا فِي ٱلْأَقْوَالِ وَٱلْأَعْمَالِ.

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

23 وَلَمَّا كَمِلَتْ لَهُ مُدَّةُ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً، خَطَرَ عَلَى بَالِهِ أَنْ يَفْتَقِدَ إِخْوَتَهُ 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 وَإِذْ رَأَى وَاحِدًا مَظْلُومًا حَامَى عَنْهُ، وَأَنْصَفَ ٱلْمَغْلُوبَ، إِذْ قَتَلَ ٱلْمِصْرِيَّ.

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

25 فَظَنَّ أَنَّ إِخْوَتَهُ يَفْهَمُونَ أَنَّ ٱللهَ عَلَى يَدِهِ يُعْطِيهِمْ نَجَاةً، وَأَمَّا هُمْ فَلَمْ يَفْهَمُوا.

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 ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّانِي ظَهَرَ لَهُمْ وَهُمْ يَتَخَاصَمُونَ، فَسَاقَهُمْ إِلَى ٱلسَّلَامَةِ قَائِلًا: أَيُّهَا ٱلرِّجَالُ، أَنْتُمْ إِخْوَةٌ. لِمَاذَا تَظْلِمُونَ بَعْضُكُمْ بَعْضًا؟

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

27 فَٱلَّذِي كَانَ يَظْلِمُ قَرِيبَهُ دَفَعَهُ قَائِلًا: مَنْ أَقَامَكَ رَئِيسًا وَقَاضِيًا عَلَيْنَا؟

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

28 أَتُرِيدُ أَنْ تَقْتُلَنِي كَمَا قَتَلْتَ أَمْسِ ٱلْمِصْرِيَّ؟

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

29 فَهَرَبَ مُوسَى بِسَبَبِ هَذِهِ ٱلْكَلِمَةِ، وَصَارَ غَرِيبًا فِي أَرْضِ مَدْيَانَ، حَيْثُ وَلَدَ ٱبْنَيْنِ.

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 «وَلَمَّا كَمِلَتْ أَرْبَعُونَ سَنَةً، ظَهَرَ لَهُ مَلَاكُ ٱلرَّبِّ فِي بَرِّيَّةِ جَبَلِ سِينَاءَ فِي لَهِيبِ نَارِ عُلَّيْقَةٍ.

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 فَلَمَّا رَأَى مُوسَى ذَلِكَ تَعَجَّبَ مِنَ ٱلْمَنْظَرِ. وَفِيمَا هُوَ يَتَقَدَّمُ لِيَتَطَلَّعَ، صَارَ إِلَيْهِ صَوْتُ ٱلرَّبِّ:

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 وَإِلَهُ إِسْحَاقَ وَإِلَهُ يَعْقُوبَ. فَٱرْتَعَدَ مُوسَى وَلَمْ يَجْسُرْ أَنْ يَتَطَلَّعَ.

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

33 فَقَالَ لَهُ ٱلرَّبُّ: ٱخْلَعْ نَعْلَ رِجْلَيْكَ، لِأَنَّ ٱلْمَوْضِعَ ٱلَّذِي أَنْتَ وَاقِفٌ عَلَيْهِ 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 لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ مَشَقَّةَ شَعْبِي ٱلَّذِينَ فِي مِصْرَ، وَسَمِعْتُ أَنِينَهُمْ وَنَزَلْتُ لِأُنْقِذَهُمْ. فَهَلُمَّ ٱلْآنَ 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 «هَذَا مُوسَى ٱلَّذِي أَنْكَرُوهُ قَائِلِينَ: مَنْ أَقَامَكَ رَئِيسًا وَقَاضِيًا؟ هَذَا أَرْسَلَهُ ٱللهُ رَئِيسًا وَفَادِيًا بِيَدِ ٱلْمَلَاكِ ٱلَّذِي ظَهَرَ لَهُ فِي ٱلْعُلَّيْقَةِ.

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 هَذَا أَخْرَجَهُمْ صَانِعًا عَجَائِبَ وَآيَاتٍ فِي أَرْضِ مِصْرَ، وَفِي ٱلْبَحْرِ ٱلْأَحْمَرِ، وَفِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ 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 «هَذَا هُوَ مُوسَى ٱلَّذِي قَالَ لِبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ: نَبِيًّا مِثْلِي سَيُقِيمُ لَكُمُ ٱلرَّبُّ إِلَهُكُمْ مِنْ إِخْوَتِكُمْ. لَهُ تَسْمَعُونَ.

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 هَذَا هُوَ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ فِي ٱلْكَنِيسَةِ فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ، مَعَ ٱلْمَلَاكِ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ يُكَلِّمُهُ فِي جَبَلِ سِينَاءَ، وَمَعَ آبَائِنَا. ٱلَّذِي قَبِلَ أَقْوَالًا حَيَّةً لِيُعْطِيَنَا إِيَّاهَا.

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

39 ٱلَّذِي لَمْ يَشَأْ آبَاؤُنَا أَنْ يَكُونُوا طَائِعِينَ لَهُ، بَلْ دَفَعُوهُ وَرَجَعُوا بِقُلُوبِهِمْ 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 قَائِلِينَ لِهَارُونَ: ٱعْمَلْ لَنَا آلِهَةً تَتَقَدَّمُ أَمَامَنَا، لِأَنَّ هَذَا مُوسَى ٱلَّذِي أَخْرَجَنَا مِنْ أَرْضِ مِصْرَ لَا نَعْلَمُ مَاذَا أَصَابَهُ!

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

41 فَعَمِلُوا عِجْلًا فِي تِلْكَ ٱلْأَيَّامِ وَأَصْعَدُوا ذَبِيحَةً لِلصَّنَمِ، وَفَرِحُوا بِأَعْمَالِ 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 فَرَجَعَ ٱللهُ وَأَسْلَمَهُمْ لِيَعْبُدُوا جُنْدَ ٱلسَّمَاءِ، كَمَا هُوَ مَكْتُوبٌ فِي كِتَابِ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ: هَلْ قَرَّبْتُمْ لِي ذَبَائِحَ وَقَرَابِينَ أَرْبَعِينَ سَنَةً فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ يَا بَيْتَ إِسْرَائِيلَ؟

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 بَلْ حَمَلْتُمْ خَيْمَةَ مُولُوكَ، وَنَجْمَ إِلَهِكُمْ رَمْفَانَ، ٱلتَّمَاثِيلَ ٱلَّتِي صَنَعْتُمُوهَا لِتَسْجُدُوا لَهَا. فَأَنْقُلُكُمْ إِلَى مَا وَرَاءَ 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 «وَأَمَّا خَيْمَةُ ٱلشَّهَادَةِ فَكَانَتْ مَعَ آبَائِنَا فِي ٱلْبَرِّيَّةِ، كَمَا أَمَرَ ٱلَّذِي كَلَّمَ مُوسَى أَنْ يَعْمَلَهَا عَلَى ٱلْمِثَالِ ٱلَّذِي كَانَ قَدْ رَآهُ،

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 ٱلَّتِي أَدْخَلَهَا أَيْضًا آبَاؤُنَا إِذْ تَخَلَّفُوا عَلَيْهَا مَعَ يَشُوعَ فِي مُلْكِ ٱلْأُمَمِ ٱلَّذِينَ طَرَدَهُمُ ٱللهُ مِنْ وَجْهِ آبَائِنَا، إِلَى أَيَّامِ دَاوُدَ

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

46 ٱلَّذِي وَجَدَ نِعْمَةً أَمَامَ ٱللهِ، وَٱلْتَمَسَ أَنْ يَجِدَ مَسْكَنًا لِإِلَهِ يَعْقُوبَ.

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

47 وَلَكِنَّ سُلَيْمَانَ بَنَى لَهُ بَيْتًا.

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

48 لَكِنَّ ٱلْعَلِيَّ لَا يَسْكُنُ فِي هَيَاكِلَ مَصْنُوعَاتِ ٱلْأَيَادِي، كَمَا يَقُولُ ٱلنَّبِيُّ:

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 ٱلسَّمَاءُ كُرْسِيٌّ لِي، وَٱلْأَرْضُ مَوْطِئٌ لِقَدَمَيَّ. أَيَّ بَيْتٍ تَبْنُونَ لِي؟ يَقُولُ ٱلرَّبُّ، وَأَيٌّ هُوَ مَكَانُ رَاحَتِي؟

50 Has not My hand made all these things?’

50 أَلَيْسَتْ يَدِي صَنَعَتْ هَذِهِ ٱلْأَشْيَاءَ كُلَّهَا؟

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

51 «يَا قُسَاةَ ٱلرِّقَابِ، وَغَيْرَ ٱلْمَخْتُونِينَ بِٱلْقُلُوبِ وَٱلْآذَانِ! أَنْتُمْ دَائِمًا تُقَاوِمُونَ ٱلرُّوحَ ٱلْقُدُسَ. كَمَا كَانَ آبَاؤُكُمْ كَذَلِكَ أَنْتُمْ!

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 أَيُّ ٱلْأَنْبِيَاءِ لَمْ يَضْطَهِدْهُ آبَاؤُكُمْ؟ وَقَدْ قَتَلُوا ٱلَّذِينَ سَبَقُوا فَأَنْبَأُوا بِمَجِيءِ ٱلْبَارِّ، ٱلَّذِي أَنْتُمُ ٱلْآنَ صِرْتُمْ مُسَلِّمِيهِ وَقَاتِلِيهِ،

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

53 ٱلَّذِينَ أَخَذْتُمُ ٱلنَّامُوسَ بِتَرْتِيبِ مَلَائِكَةٍ وَلَمْ تَحْفَظُوهُ».

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

54 فَلَمَّا سَمِعُوا هَذَا حَنِقُوا بِقُلُوبِهِمْ وَصَرُّوا بِأَسْنَانِهِمْ عَلَيْهِ.

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 وَأَمَّا هُوَ فَشَخَصَ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَاءِ وَهُوَ مُمْتَلِئٌ مِنَ ٱلرُّوحِ ٱلْقُدُسِ، فَرَأَى مَجْدَ ٱللهِ، وَيَسُوعَ قَائِمًا عَنْ يَمِينِ ٱللهِ.

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

56 فَقَالَ: «هَا أَنَا أَنْظُرُ ٱلسَّمَاوَاتِ مَفْتُوحَةً، وَٱبْنَ ٱلْإِنْسَانِ قَائِمًا عَنْ يَمِينِ ٱللهِ».

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

57 فَصَاحُوا بِصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ وَسَدُّوا آذَانَهُمْ، وَهَجَمُوا عَلَيْهِ بِنَفْسٍ وَاحِدَةٍ،

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 وَأَخْرَجُوهُ خَارِجَ ٱلْمَدِينَةِ وَرَجَمُوهُ. وَٱلشُّهُودُ خَلَعُوا ثِيَابَهُمْ عِنْدَ رِجْلَيْ شَابٍّ يُقَالُ لَهُ شَاوُلُ.

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

59 فَكَانُوا يَرْجُمُونَ ٱسْتِفَانُوسَ وَهُوَ يَدْعُو وَيَقُولُ: «أَيُّهَا ٱلرَّبُّ يَسُوعُ، ٱقْبَلْ 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 جَثَا عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ وَصَرَخَ بِصَوْتٍ عَظِيمٍ: «يَارَبُّ، لَا تُقِمْ لَهُمْ هَذِهِ ٱلْخَطِيَّةَ». وَإِذْ قَالَ هَذَا رَقَدَ.