1 T hen the high priest said, “Are these things so?”

And the chief priest said, `Are then these things so?'

2 A nd he said, “Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,

and he said, `Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken: The God of the glory did appear to our father Abraham, being in Mesopotamia, before his dwelling in Haran,

3 a nd said to him, ‘Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.’

and He said to him, Go forth out of thy land, and out of thy kindred, and come to a land that I shall shew thee.

4 T hen he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell.

`Then having come forth out of the land of the Chaldeans, he dwelt in Haran, and from thence, after the death of his father, He did remove him to this land wherein ye now dwell,

5 A nd God gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on. But even when Abraham had no child, He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him.

and He gave him no inheritance in it, not even a footstep, and did promise to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him -- he having no child.

6 B ut God spoke in this way: that his descendants would dwell in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into bondage and oppress them four hundred years.

`And God spake thus, That his seed shall be sojourning in a strange land, and they shall cause it to serve, and shall do it evil four hundred years,

7 ‘ And the nation to whom they will be in bondage I will judge,’ said God, ‘and after that they shall come out and serve Me in this place.’

and the nation whom they shall serve I will judge, said God; and after these things they shall come forth and shall do Me service in this place.

8 T hen He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham begot Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs. The Patriarchs in Egypt

`And He gave to him a covenant of circumcision, and so he begat Isaac, and did circumcise him on the eighth day, and Isaac Jacob, and Jacob -- the twelve patriarchs;

9 “ And the patriarchs, becoming envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him

and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him,

10 a nd delivered him out of all his troubles, and gave him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

and did deliver him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favour and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he did set him -- governor over Egypt and all his house.

11 N ow a famine and great trouble came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers found no sustenance.

`And there came a dearth upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers were not finding sustenance,

12 B ut when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

and Jacob having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers a first time;

13 A nd the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to the Pharaoh.

and at the second time was Joseph made known to his brethren, and Joseph's kindred became manifest to Pharaoh,

14 T hen Joseph sent and called his father Jacob and all his relatives to him, seventy-five people.

and Joseph having sent, did call for his father Jacob, and all his kindred -- with seventy and five souls --

15 S o Jacob went down to Egypt; and he died, he and our fathers.

and Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, himself and our fathers,

16 A nd they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. God Delivers Israel by Moses

and they were carried over into Sychem, and were laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in money from the sons of Emmor, of Sychem.

17 “ But when the time of the promise drew near which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt

`And according as the time of the promise was drawing nigh, which God did swear to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

18 t ill another king arose who did not know Joseph.

till another king rose, who had not known Joseph;

19 T his man dealt treacherously with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, making them expose their babies, so that they might not live.

this one, having dealt subtilely with our kindred, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babes, that they might not live;

20 A t this time Moses was born, and was well pleasing to God; and he was brought up in his father’s house for three months.

in which time Moses was born, and he was fair to God, and he was brought up three months in the house of his father;

21 B ut when he was set out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him away and brought him up as her own son.

and he having been exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and did rear him to herself for a son;

22 A nd Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds.

and Moses was taught in all wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in words and in works.

23 “ Now when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.

`And when forty years were fulfilled to him, it came upon his heart to look after his brethren, the sons of Israel;

24 A nd seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended and avenged him who was oppressed, and struck down the Egyptian.

and having seen a certain one suffering injustice, he did defend, and did justice to the oppressed, having smitten the Egyptian;

25 F or he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by his hand, but they did not understand.

and he was supposing his brethren to understand that God through his hand doth give salvation; and they did not understand.

26 A nd the next day he appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brethren; why do you wrong one another?’

`On the succeeding day, also, he shewed himself to them as they are striving, and urged them to peace, saying, Men, brethren are ye, wherefore do ye injustice to one another?

27 B ut he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?

and he who is doing injustice to the neighbour, did thrust him away, saying, Who set thee a ruler and a judge over us?

28 D o you want to kill me as you did the Egyptian yesterday?’

to kill me dost thou wish, as thou didst kill yesterday the Egyptian?

29 T hen, at this saying, Moses fled and became a dweller in the land of Midian, where he had two sons.

`And Moses fled at this word, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons,

30 “ And when forty years had passed, an Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai.

and forty years having been fulfilled, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sinai a messenger of the Lord, in a flame of fire of a bush,

31 W hen Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he drew near to observe, the voice of the Lord came to him,

and Moses having seen did wonder at the sight; and he drawing near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord unto him,

32 s aying, ‘I am the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ And Moses trembled and dared not look.

I the God of thy fathers; the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. `And Moses having become terrified, durst not behold,

33 ‘ Then the L ord said to him, “Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.

and the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place in which thou hast stood is holy ground;

34 I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you to Egypt.”’

seeing I have seen the affliction of My people that in Egypt, and their groaning I did hear, and came down to deliver them; and now come, I will send thee to Egypt.

35 “ This Moses whom they rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ is the one God sent to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the bush.

`This Moses, whom they did refuse, saying, Who did set thee a ruler and a judge? this one God a ruler and a redeemer did send, in the hand of a messenger who appeared to him in the bush;

36 H e brought them out, after he had shown wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years. Israel Rebels Against God

this one did bring them forth, having done wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years;

37 “ This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, ‘The L ord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear.’

this is the Moses who did say to the sons of Israel: A prophet to you shall the Lord your God raise up out of your brethren, like to me, him shall ye hear.

38 “ This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, the one who received the living oracles to give to us,

`This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the messenger who is speaking to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers who did receive the living oracles to give to us;

39 w hom our fathers would not obey, but rejected. And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt,

to whom our fathers did not wish to become obedient, but did thrust away, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,

40 s aying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’

saying to Aaron, Make to us gods who shall go on before us, for this Moses, who brought us forth out of the land of Egypt, we have not known what hath happened to him.

41 A nd they made a calf in those days, offered sacrifices to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

`And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in the works of their hands,

42 T hen God turned and gave them up to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the Prophets: ‘Did you offer Me slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

and God did turn, and did give them up to do service to the host of the heaven, according as it hath been written in the scroll of the prophets: Slain beasts and sacrifices did ye offer to Me forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

43 Y ou also took up the tabernacle of Moloch, And the star of your god Remphan, Images which you made to worship; And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’ God’s True Tabernacle

and ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan -- the figures that ye made to bow before them, and I will remove your dwelling beyond Babylon.

44 “ Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as He appointed, instructing Moses to make it according to the pattern that he had seen,

`The tabernacle of the testimony was among our fathers in the wilderness, according as He did direct, who is speaking to Moses, to make it according to the figure that he had seen;

45 w hich our fathers, having received it in turn, also brought with Joshua into the land possessed by the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the days of David,

which also our fathers having in succession received, did bring in with Joshua, into the possession of the nations whom God did drive out from the presence of our fathers, till the days of David,

46 w ho found favor before God and asked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob.

who found favour before God, and requested to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;

47 B ut Solomon built Him a house.

and Solomon built Him an house.

48 “ However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:

`But the Most High in sanctuaries made with hands doth not dwell, according as the prophet saith:

49 ‘ Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. What house will you build for Me? says the L ord, Or what is the place of My rest?

The heaven My throne, and the earth My footstool; what house will ye build to Me? saith the Lord, or what the place of My rest?

50 H as My hand not made all these things?’ Israel Resists the Holy Spirit

hath not My hand made all these things?

51 “ You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.

`Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and in ears! ye do always the Holy Spirit resist; as your fathers -- also ye;

52 W hich of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers,

which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed those who declared before about the coming of the Righteous One, of whom now ye betrayers and murderers have become,

53 w ho have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it. ” Stephen the Martyr

who received the law by arrangement of messengers, and did not keep.'

54 W hen they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth.

And hearing these things, they were cut to the hearts, and did gnash the teeth at him;

55 B ut he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God,

and being full of the Holy Spirit, having looked stedfastly to the heaven, he saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

56 a nd said, “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”

and he said, `Lo, I see the heavens having been opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.'

57 T hen they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord;

And they, having cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and did rush with one accord upon him,

58 a nd they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.

and having cast him forth outside of the city, they were stoning -- and the witnesses did put down their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul --

59 A nd they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

and they were stoning Stephen, calling and saying, `Lord Jesus, receive my spirit;'

60 T hen he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

and having bowed the knees, he cried with a loud voice, `Lord, mayest thou not lay to them this sin;' and this having said, he fell asleep.