¹And the high priest said, Are these things so?

¹Ülempreester küsis: 'Kas see on nõnda?'

²And he said, Brethren and fathers, hearken: The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,

²Aga Stefanos ütles: 'Mehed, vennad ja isad, kuulge! Kirkuse Jumal näitas ennast meie isale Aabrahamile, kui ta oli Mesopotaamias, enne Haaranisse elama asumist,

³and said unto him, Get thee out of thy land, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.

³ning ütles talle: 'Mine välja oma maalt ja oma sugulaste seast ja siirdu sinna maale, mille ma sulle näitan!'

⁴Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Haran: and from thence, when his father was dead, [God] removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell:

⁴Siis ta lahkus kaldealaste maalt ja asus elama Haaranisse. Ja pärast oma isa surma asus ta sealt ümber sellele maale, kus te nüüd elate.

⁵and he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: and he promised that he would give it to him in possession, and to his seed after him, when [as yet] he had no child.

⁵Ja Jumal ei andnud Aabrahamile siin jalatäitki maad pärandiks, ent tõotas selle anda omandiks talle ja ta järglastele - kuigi tal ei olnud last.

⁶And God spake on this wise, that his seed should sojourn in a strange land, and that they should bring them into bondage, and treat them ill, four hundred years.

⁶Jumal rääkis nõnda: Tema järglased elavad võõrana võõral maal ja nad orjastatakse ja neile tehakse kurja nelisada aastat,

⁷And the nation to which they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.

⁷ja rahvast, kes nad orjastab, mina karistan, ütles Jumal, ja pärast seda nad lähevad välja ja teenivad mind selles paigas.

⁸And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so [Abraham] begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac [begat] Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.

⁸Ja Jumal andis talle ümberlõikamislepingu. Ja nii sündis talle Iisak ja ta lõikas tema ümber kaheksandal päeval. Ja Iisakile sündis Jaakob, ja Jaakobile need kaksteist peavanemat.

⁹And the patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt: and God was with him,

⁹Ja peavanemad kadestasid Joosepit ja müüsid ta ära Egiptusesse, ent Jumal oli temaga

¹⁰and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.

¹⁰ja kiskus ta välja kõigist ta viletsustest ning andis talle armu ja tarkust vaarao, Egiptuse kuninga ees, ning see tõstis ta kogu Egiptusemaa ja terve oma koja ülemaks.

¹¹Now there came a famine over all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

¹¹Aga siis tuli nälg kogu Egiptuse- ja Kaananimaale ja suur viletsus ning meie isad ei leidnud toidupoolist.

¹²But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time.

¹²Aga kui Jaakob sai kuulda, et Egiptuses on vilja, läkitas ta meie isad sinna esimest korda.

¹³And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's race became manifest unto Pharaoh.

¹³Ja teisel korral andis Joosep ennast tunda oma vendadele, ja vaaraole sai teatavaks Joosepi päritolu.

¹⁴And Joseph sent, and called to him Jacob his father, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

¹⁴Siis Joosep laskis kutsuda enda juurde oma isa Jaakobi ja kogu oma suguvõsa, seitsekümmend viis hinge.

¹⁵And Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, himself and our fathers;

¹⁵Ja Jaakob läks alla Egiptusesse. Ja tema suri seal ja ka meie isad,

¹⁶and they were carried over unto Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver of the sons of Hamor in Shechem.

¹⁶ja nad viidi Sekemisse ja pandi hauda, mille Aabraham oli hõbeda eest ostnud Hamori laste käest Sekemis.

¹⁷But as the time of the promise drew nigh which God vouchsafed unto Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

¹⁷Kui nüüd lähenes selle tõotuse aeg, mille Jumal Aabrahamile oli andnud, kosus rahvas ja kasvas Egiptuses,

¹⁸till there arose another king over Egypt, who knew not Joseph.

¹⁸kuni tõusis teine kuningas, kes Joosepist midagi ei teadnud.

¹⁹The same dealt craftily with our race, and ill-treated our fathers, that they should cast out their babes to the end they might not live.

¹⁹See tarvitas kavalust meie soo kallal ja tegi kurja meie isadele, nõudes, et nende imikud heidetaks ära, nii et need ei jääks ellu.

²⁰At which season Moses was born, and was exceeding fair; and he was nourished three months in his father's house.

²⁰Sel ajal sündis Mooses ja ta meeldis Jumalale. Teda kasvatati kolm kuud tema isa kojas.

²¹and when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

²¹Aga kui ta oli ära heidetud, siis vaarao tütar lapsendas ta ning kasvatas endale pojaks.

²²And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and works.

²²Ja Moosesele õpetati kogu egiptlaste tarkust ja tema oli vägev oma sõnadelt ja tegudelt.

²³But when he was well-nigh forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

²³Aga kui tal neljakümnes aasta täis sai, tuli tema südamesse mõte minna vaatama oma vendi, Iisraeli lapsi.

²⁴And seeing one [of them] suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, smiting the Egyptian:

²⁴Ja kui ta nägi ühele ülekohut tehtavat, läks ta appi ja maksis kätte selle eest, kellele tehti liiga, lüües egiptlase maha.

²⁵and he supposed that his brethren understood that God by his hand was giving them deliverance; but they understood not.

²⁵Ta arvas, et ta vennad mõistavad, kuidas Jumal tema käe läbi annab neile pääste, aga nad ei mõistnud.

²⁶And the day following he appeared unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?

²⁶Ja järgmisel päeval, sattudes nende juurde, kui nad tülitsesid omavahel, katsus ta neid lepitada ja ütles: 'Mehed, te olete ometi vennad, miks te siis teete teineteisele ülekohut?'

²⁷But he that did his neighbor wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

²⁷Aga see, kes tegi ligimesele ülekohut, tõukas ta eemale ja ütles: 'Kes sind on tõstnud meile ülemaks ja õigusemõistjaks?

²⁸Wouldest thou kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian yesterday?

²⁸Kas sa tahad ka mind hukata samal kombel, nagu sa eile hukkasid egiptlase?'

²⁹And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begat two sons.

²⁹Nende sõnade pärast Mooses põgenes ja elas võõrana Midjanimaal, kus talle sündis kaks poega.

³⁰And when forty years were fulfilled, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.

³⁰Ja kui nelikümmend aastat sai täis, näitas talle ennast ingel Siinai mäe lähedal kõrbes tuleleegis kibuvitsapõõsas.

³¹And when Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord,

³¹Mooses imestas seda nägemust nähes, ja kui ta astus lähemale vaatama, kostis Issanda hääl:

³²I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not behold.

³²'Mina olen sinu isade Jumal, Aabrahami ja Iisaki ja Jaakobi Jumal.' Aga Mooses hakkas värisema ega julgenud enam vaadata.

³³And the Lord said unto him, Loose the shoes from thy feet: for the place whereon thou standest is holy ground.

³³Siis ütles Issand talle: 'Võta jalatsid jalast, sest paik, kus sa seisad, on püha maa!

³⁴I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning, and I am come down to deliver them: and now come, I will send thee into Egypt.

³⁴Ma olen küllalt näinud oma rahva vaevamist Egiptuses ja olen kuulnud nende ägamist ning olen alla tulnud neid vabastama. Ja nüüd mine, ma läkitan su Egiptusesse!'

³⁵This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? him hath God sent [to be] both a ruler and a deliverer with the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.

³⁵Sellesama Moosese, kelle nad olid ära salanud, öeldes: 'Kes sind on tõstnud meile ülemaks ja õigusemõistjaks?', selle läkitas Jumal ülemaks ja lunastajaks ingli käe läbi, kes oli ennast talle näidanud kibuvitsapõõsas.

³⁶This man led them forth, having wrought wonders and signs in Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

³⁶Seesama Mooses viis nad välja, tehes imetegusid ja tunnustähti Egiptusemaal ja Punases meres ja kõrbes neljakümne aasta jooksul.

³⁷This is that Moses, who said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall God raise up unto you from among your brethren, like unto me.

³⁷See on see Mooses, kes ütles Iisraeli lastele: 'Jumal tõstab teie vendade seast teile Prohveti, seesuguse nagu mina.'

³⁸This is he that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel that spake to him in the Mount Sinai, and with our fathers: who received living oracles to give unto us:

³⁸Tema on see, kes oli koguduse seas kõrbes koos ingliga, kes kõneles talle Siinai mäel, ja oli koos meie isadega, kes said elavaid sõnu meile edasiandmiseks.

³⁹to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and turned back in their hearts unto Egypt,

³⁹Kuid meie isad ei tahtnud olla talle kuulekad, vaid tõukasid ta eemale ja pöördusid oma südamega Egiptuse poole,

⁴⁰saying unto Aaron, Make us gods that shall go before us: for as for this Moses, who led us forth out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.

⁴⁰öeldes Aaronile: 'Tee meile jumalaid, kes käiksid meie eel, sest me ei tea, mis on juhtunud selle Moosesega, kes tõi meid välja Egiptusest!'

⁴¹And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.

⁴¹Ja nad tegid noil päevil vasika ja viisid sellele ebajumalale ohvreid ja rõõmustasid oma käte tegude üle.

⁴²But God turned, and gave them up to serve the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, Did ye offer unto me slain beasts and sacrifices Forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

⁴²Jumal aga pööras neile selja ning jättis nad teenima taevavägesid, nõnda nagu prohvetite raamatus on kirjutatud: 'Kas teie, Iisraeli sugu, tõite mulle tapa- ja roaohvreid nelikümmend aastat kõrbes olles?

⁴³And ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, And the star of the god Rephan, The figures which ye made to worship them: And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

⁴³Ei, vaid te võtsite Mooloki telgi ja oma jumala Raifa tähe, kujud, mis te olite teinud, et neid kummardada; ja ma asutan teid teisele poole Paabelit.'

⁴⁴Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he appointed who spake unto Moses, that he should make it according to the figure that he had seen.

⁴⁴Meie isadel oli tunnistustelk kõrbes, nõnda nagu oli seadnud ingel, kes Moosesel käskis selle teha eeskuju järgi, mida ta oli näinud.

⁴⁵Which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered on the possession of the nations, that God thrust out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

⁴⁵Selle telgi võtsid meie isad omaks ja koos Joosuaga tõid selle kaasa nende rahvaste maa vallutamisel, kelle Jumal oli tõuganud eemale meie isade palge eest. Nii see oli Taaveti päevini,

⁴⁶who found favor in the sight of God, and asked to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.

⁴⁶Taavet leidis armu Jumala silmis ja palus, et ta leiaks eluaseme Jaakobi soole.

⁴⁷But Solomon built him a house.

⁴⁷Saalomon ehitas aga temale koja.

⁴⁸Howbeit the Most High dwelleth not in [houses] made with hands; as saith the prophet,

⁴⁸Kuid Kõigekõrgem ei ela kätega tehtus, nagu prohvet ütleb:

⁴⁹The heaven is my throne, And the earth the footstool of my feet: What manner of house will ye build me? saith the Lord: Or what is the place of my rest?

⁴⁹'Taevas on mu troon ja maa minu jalajäri. Millise koja teie tahate mulle ehitada?' ütleb Issand.

⁵⁰Did not my hand make all these things?

⁵⁰'Eks minu käsi ole kõik need teinud?!'

⁵¹Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Spirit: as your fathers did, so do ye.

⁵¹Te kangekaelsed ja ümberlõikamatud südamelt ja kõrvadelt! Teie panete alati vastu Pühale Vaimule, nii nagu teie isad, nõnda teete teiegi.

⁵²Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;

⁵²Keda prohvetitest teie isad ei ole taga kiusanud? Ja nad on tapnud need, kes kuulutasid ette selle Õige tulemist, kelle reetjaiks ja mõrtsukaiks nüüd olete saanud teie,

⁵³ye who received the law as it was ordained by angels, and kept it not.

⁵³kes te saite Seaduse inglite antud korralduse kaudu, ent ei ole seda pidanud.'

⁵⁴Now when they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

⁵⁴Aga kui nad seda kuulsid, lõikas see neil südamesse ja nad kiristasid hambaid.

⁵⁵But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

⁵⁵Stefanos aga, täis Püha Vaimu, vaatas ainiti taevasse ja nägi Jumala kirkust ning Jeesust seismas Jumala paremal käel

⁵⁶and said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.

⁵⁶ja ütles: 'Ennäe, ma näen taevaid avanevat ja Inimese Poja seisvat Jumala paremal käel.'

⁵⁷But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;

⁵⁷Selle peale nad karjusid valju häälega ja oma kõrvu kinni hoides sööstsid nagu üks mees tema kallale

⁵⁸and they cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

⁵⁸ja kihutasid ta linnast välja ning viskasid teda kividega. Ja tunnistajad panid oma rõivad maha ühe noormehe jalgade ette, keda kutsuti Sauluseks,

⁵⁹And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [the Lord], and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

⁵⁹ja nad viskasid kividega Stefanost, kes valjusti hüüdis: 'Issand Jeesus, võta mu vaim vastu!'

⁶⁰And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

⁶⁰Ja ta laskus põlvili ning hüüdis suure häälega: 'Issand, ära pane seda neile patuks!' Ja kui ta seda oli öelnud, uinus ta.