¹Ülempreester küsis: 'Kas see on nõnda?'

¹The high priest said, “Are these things so?”

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

²He said, “Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,

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

³and said to him, ‘Get out of your land, and from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.’ Genesis 12:1

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

⁴Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land, where you are now living.

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

⁵He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he still had no child.

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

⁶God spoke in this way: that his seed would live as aliens in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated for four hundred years.

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

⁷‘I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,’ said God, ‘and after that will they come out, and serve me in this place.’ Genesis 15:13-14

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.

⁸He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day. Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.

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

⁹“The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him,

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.

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

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

¹¹Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.

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

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

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

¹³On the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s race was revealed to Pharaoh.

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

¹⁴Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.

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

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

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

¹⁶and they were brought back to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a price in silver from the children of Hamor of Shechem.

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

¹⁷“But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

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

¹⁸until there arose a different king, who didn’t know Joseph.

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

¹⁹The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn’t stay alive.

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

²⁰At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in his father’s house.

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

²¹When he was thrown out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him up, and reared him as her own son.

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

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

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

²³But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers The word for “brothers” here and where the context allows may be also correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.” , the children of Israel.

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

²⁴Seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him who was oppressed, striking the Egyptian.

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

²⁵He supposed that his brothers understood that God, by his hand, was giving them deliverance; but they didn’t understand.

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?'

²⁶“The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, ‘Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?’

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

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

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

²⁸Do you want to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’ Exodus 2:14

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

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

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

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

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

³¹When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight. As he came close to see, a voice of the Lord came to him,

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

³²‘I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ Exodus 3:6 Moses trembled, and dared not look.

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

³³The Lord said to him, ‘Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.

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!'

³⁴I have surely seen the affliction of my people that is in Egypt, and have heard their groaning. I have come down to deliver them. Now come, I will send you into Egypt.’ Exodus 3:5,7-8,10

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.

³⁵“This Moses, whom they refused, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’—God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.

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

³⁶This man led them out, having worked wonders and signs in Egypt, in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.

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

³⁷This is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, ‘The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. TR adds “You shall listen to him.” ’ Deuteronomy 18:15

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.

³⁸This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living oracles to give to us,

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

³⁹to whom our fathers wouldn’t be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,

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

⁴⁰saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what has become of him.’ Exodus 32:1

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

⁴¹They made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their hands.

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?

⁴²But God turned, and gave them up to serve the army of the sky, This idiom could also be translated “host of heaven,” or “angelic beings,” or “heavenly bodies.” as it is written in the book of the prophets, ‘Did you offer to me slain animals and sacrifices forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?

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.'

⁴³You took up the tabernacle of Moloch, the star of your god Rephan, the figures which you made to worship. I will carry you away Amos 5:25-27 beyond Babylon.’

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

⁴⁴“Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen;

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,

⁴⁵which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David,

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

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

⁴⁷Saalomon ehitas aga temale koja.

⁴⁷But Solomon built him a house.

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

⁴⁸However, the Most High doesn’t dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,

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

⁴⁹‘heaven is my throne, and the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?’ says the Lord; ‘or what is the place of my rest?

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

⁵⁰Didn’t my hand make all these things?’ Isaiah 66:1-2

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

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

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,

⁵²Which of the prophets didn’t your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.

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

⁵³You received the law as it was ordained by angels, and didn’t keep it!”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

⁵⁸They threw him out of the city, and stoned him. The witnesses placed their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

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

⁵⁹They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”

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

⁶⁰He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, “Lord, don’t hold this sin against them!” When he had said this, he fell asleep.