¹[] Ειπε δε ο αρχιερευς· Τωοντι ουτως εχουσι ταυτα;

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

²Ο δε ειπεν· Ανδρες αδελφοι και πατερες, ακουσατε. Ο Θεος της δοξης εφανη εις τον πατερα ημων Αβρααμ οτε ητο εν τη Μεσοποταμια, πριν κατοικηση εν Χαρραν,

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,

³και ειπε προς αυτον· Εξελθε εκ της γης σου και εκ της συγγενειας σου, και ελθε εις γην, την οποιαν θελω σοι δειξει.

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

⁴Τοτε εξελθων εκ της γης των Χαλδαιων κατωκησεν εν Χαρραν· και εκειθεν μετα τον θανατον του πατρος αυτου μετωκισεν αυτον εις την γην ταυτην, εις την οποιαν σεις κατοικειτε τωρα·

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.

⁵και δεν εδωκεν εις αυτον κληρονομιαν εν αυτη ουδε βημα ποδος, υπεσχεθη δε οτι θελει δωσει αυτην κτημα εις αυτην και εις το σπερμα αυτου μετ' αυτον, ενω δεν ειχε τεκνον.

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.

⁶Ελαλησε δε προς αυτον ο Θεος ουτως, οτι το σπερμα αυτου θελει εισθαι παροικον εν γη ξενη, και θελουσι δουλωσει αυτο και καταθλιψει τετρακοσια ετη·

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.

⁷και το εθνος, εις το οποιον θελουσι δουλωθη, εγω θελω κρινει, ειπεν ο Θεος· και μετα ταυτα θελουσιν εξελθει και θελουσι με λατρευσει εν τω τοπω τουτω.

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

⁸Και εδωκεν εις αυτον διαθηκην περιτομης· και ουτως εγεννησε τον Ισαακ και περιετεμεν αυτον τη ογδοη ημερα, και ο Ισαακ εγεννησε τον Ιακωβ, και ο Ιακωβ τους δωδεκα πατριαρχας.

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.

⁹Και οι πατριαρχαι, φθονησαντες τον Ιωσηφ, επωλησαν εις την Αιγυπτον. Ο Θεος ομως ητο μετ' αυτου,

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

¹⁰και ηλευθερωσεν αυτον εκ πασων των θλιψεων αυτου και εδωκεν εις αυτον χαριν και σοφιαν ενωπιον Φαραω του βασιλεως της Αιγυπτου, οστις κατεστησεν αυτον κυβερνητην επι της Αιγυπτου και ολου του οικου αυτου.

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.

¹¹Ηλθε δε πεινα εφ' ολην την γην της Αιγυπτου και Χανααν και θλιψις μεγαλη, και δεν ευρισκον τροφας οι πατερες ημων.

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

¹²Ακουσας δε ο Ιακωβ οτι υπηρχε σιτος εν Αιγυπτω, εξαπεστειλε πρωτην φοραν τους πατερας ημων·

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

¹³και εν τη δευτερα ανεγνωρισθη ο Ιωσηφ εις τους αδελφους αυτου, και εφανερωθη εις τον Φαραω το γενος του Ιωσηφ.

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

¹⁴Αποστειλας δε ο Ιωσηφ, εκαλεσε προς εαυτον τον πατερα αυτου Ιακωβ και πασαν την συγγενειαν αυτου εβδομηκοντα πεντε ψυχας.

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

¹⁵Και κατεβη ο Ιακωβ εις Αιγυπτον και ετελευτησεν εκει αυτος και οι πατερες ημων,

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

¹⁶και μετεκομισθησαν εις Συχεμ και ετεθησαν εν τω μνηματι, το οποιον ηγορασεν ο Αβρααμ με τιμην αργυριου παρα των υιων του Εμμωρ πατρος του Συχεμ.

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.

¹⁷[] Καθως δε επλησιαζεν ο καιρος της επαγγελιας, την οποιαν ωμοσεν ο Θεος προς τον Αβρααμ, ηυξησεν ο λαος και επληθυνθη εν Αιγυπτω,

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

¹⁸εωσου εσηκωθη βασιλευς αλλος, οστις δεν ηξευρε τον Ιωσηφ.

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

¹⁹Ουτος δολιευθεις το γενος ημων, κατεθλιψε τους πατερας ημων, ωστε να καμη να ριπτωνται τα βρεφη αυτων, δια να μη ζωογονωνται·

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.

²⁰εν τουτω τω καιρω εγεννηθη ο Μωυσης, και ειχε θειον καλλος· οστις ανετραφη τρεις μηνας εν τω οικω του πατρος αυτου.

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

²¹Αφου δε ερριφθη, ανελαβεν αυτον η θυγατηρ του Φαραω και ανεθρεψεν αυτον δια να ηναι υιος αυτης.

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

²²Και εδιδαχθη ο Μωυσης πασαν την σοφιαν των Αιγυπτιων και ητο δυνατος εν λογοις και εν εργοις.

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

²³Ενω δε ετελειονε το τεσσαρακοστον ετος της ηλικιας αυτου, ηλθεν εις την καρδιαν αυτου να επισκεφθη τους αδελφους αυτου, τους υιους Ισραηλ.

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.

²⁴Και ιδων τινα αδικουμενον, υπερησπισθη αυτον και εκαμεν εκδικησιν υπερ του καταθλιβομενου, παταξας τον Αιγυπτιον.

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

²⁵Ενομιζε δε οτι οι αδελφοι αυτου ηθελον νοησει οτι ο Θεος δια της χειρος αυτου διδει εις αυτους σωτηριαν· εκεινοι ομως δεν ενοησαν.

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

²⁶Την δε ακολουθον ημεραν εφανη εις αυτους, ενω εμαχοντο, και παρεκινησεν αυτους εις ειρηνην, ειπων· Ανθρωποι, αδελφοι εισθε σεις· δια τι αδικειτε αλληλους;

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?’

²⁷Ο δε αδικων τον πλησιον απεσπρωξεν αυτον, ειπων· Τις σε κατεστησεν αρχοντα και δικαστην εφ' ημας;

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

²⁸Μηπως θελεις συ να με φονευσης, καθ' ον τροπον εφονευσας χθες τον Αιγυπτιον;

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

²⁹Τοτε ο Μωυσης εφυγε δια τον λογον τουτον και εγεινε παροικος εν γη Μαδιαμ, οπου εγεννησε δυο υιους.

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

³⁰[] Και αφου συνεπληρωθησαν τεσσαρακοντα ετη, εφανη εις αυτον αγγελος Κυριου εν τη ερημω του ορους Σινα εν μεσω φλογος καιομενης βατου.

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.

³¹Ο δε Μωυσης ιδων εθαυμασε δια το οραμα· και ενω επλησιαζε δια να παρατηρηση, ηλθε φωνη Κυριου προς αυτον·

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

³²Εγω ειμαι ο Θεος των πατερων σου, ο Θεος του Αβρααμ και ο Θεος του Ισαακ και ο Θεος του Ιακωβ. Εντρομος δε γενομενος ο Μωυσης, δεν ετολμα να παρατηρηση.

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.

³³Και ειπε προς αυτον ο Κυριος· Λυσον το υποδημα των ποδων σου· διοτι ο τοπος, επι του οποιου ιστασαι, ειναι γη αγια.

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

³⁴Ειδον, ειδον την ταλαιπωριαν του λαου μου του εν Αιγυπτω και ηκουσα τον στεναγμον αυτων και κατεβην δια να ελευθερωσω αυτους· και τωρα ελθε, θελω σε αποστειλει εις Αιγυπτον.

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

³⁵Τουτον τον Μωυσην τον οποιον ηρνηθησαν ειποντες· Τις σε κατεστησεν αρχοντα και δικαστην; τουτον ο Θεος απεστειλεν αρχηγον και λυτρωτην δια χειρος του αγγελου του φανεντος εις αυτον εν τη βατω.

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.

³⁶Ουτος εξηγαγεν αυτους, αφου εκαμε τερατα και σημεια εν γη Αιγυπτου και εν τη Ερυθρα θαλασση και εν τη ερημω τεσσαρακοντα ετη.

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

³⁷Ουτος ειναι ο Μωυσης, οστις ειπε προς τους υιους του Ισραηλ· προφητην εκ των αδελφων σας θελει σας αναστησει Κυριος ο Θεος σας, ως εμε· αυτου θελετε ακουσει.

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

³⁸Ουτος ειναι οστις εν τη εκκλησια εν τη ερημω εσταθη μετα του αγγελου του λαλουντος προς αυτον εν τω ορει Σινα και μετα των πατερων ημων, και παρελαβε λογια ζωοποια δια να δωση εις ημας.

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,

³⁹Εις τον οποιον οι πατερες ημων δεν ηθελησαν να υπακουσωσιν, αλλ' απεβαλον και εστραφησαν εν ταις καρδιαις αυτων εις Αιγυπτον

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

⁴⁰ειποντες προς τον Ααρων· Καμε εις ημας θεους, οιτινες θελουσι προπορευεσθαι ημων· διοτι ουτος ο Μωυσης, οστις εξηγαγεν ημας εξ Αιγυπτου, δεν εξευρομεν τι συνεβη εις αυτον.

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

⁴¹Και κατεσκευασαν μοσχον εν ταις ημεραις εκειναις και προσεφεραν θυσιαν εις το ειδωλον και ευφραινοντο εις τα εργα των χειρων αυτων.

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

⁴²[] Οθεν εστραφη ο Θεος και παρεδωκεν αυτους εις το να λατρευσωσι την στρατιαν του ουρανου, καθως ειναι γεγραμμενον εν τω βιβλιω των προφητων. Μηπως προσεφερατε εις εμε σφαγια και θυσιας τεσσαρακοντα ετη εν τη ερημω, οικος Ισραηλ;

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?

⁴³Μαλιστα ανελαβετε την σκηνην του Μολοχ και το αστρον του Θεου σας Ρεμφαν, τους τυπους, τους οποιους εκαμετε δια να προσκυνητε αυτους· δια τουτο θελω σας μετοικισει επεκεινα της Βαβυλωνος.

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.’

⁴⁴Η σκηνη του μαρτυριου ητο μετα των πατερων ημων εν τη ερημω, καθως διεταξεν εκεινος, οστις ελαλει προς τον Μωυσην, να κατασκευαση αυτην κατα τον τυπον τον οποιον ειχεν ιδει·

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;

⁴⁵την οποιαν και παραλαβοντες οι πατερες ημων, εφεραν μετα του Ιησου εις την κατακτηθεισαν γην των εθνων, τα οποια ο Θεος εξωσεν απ' εμπροσθεν των πατερων ημων, εως των ημερων του Δαβιδ·

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,

⁴⁶οστις ευρε χαριν ενωπιον του Θεου και ηυχηθη να ευρη κατοικιαν δια τον Θεον του Ιακωβ.

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

⁴⁷Ο Σολομων δε ωκοδομησεν εις αυτον οικον.

⁴⁷But Solomon built him a house.

⁴⁸Αλλ' ο Υψιστος δεν κατοικει εν χειροποιητοις ναοις, καθως ο προφητης λεγει·

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

⁴⁹Ο ουρανος ειναι θρονος μου, η δε γη υποποδιον των ποδων μου· ποιον οικον θελετε οικοδομησει δι' εμε, λεγει Κυριος, η ποιος ο τοπος της αναπαυσεως μου;

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?

⁵⁰Η χειρ μου δεν εκαμε ταυτα παντα;

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

⁵¹[] Σκληροτραχηλοι και απεριτμητοι την καρδιαν και τα ωτα, σεις παντοτε αντιφερεσθε κατα του Πνευματος του Αγιου· καθως οι πατερες σας, ουτω και σεις.

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

⁵²Τινα των προφητων δεν εδιωξαν οι πατερες σας; μαλιστα εφονευσαν εκεινους, οιτινες προκατηγγειλαν περι της ελευσεως του δικαιου, του οποιου σεις εγεινατε τωρα προδοται και φονεις·

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.

⁵³οιτινες ελαβετε τον νομον εκ διαταγων αγγελων και δεν εφυλαξατε.

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

⁵⁴[] Ακουοντες δε ταυτα, κατεκοπτοντο τας καρδιας αυτων και ετριζον τους οδοντας κατ' αυτου.

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

⁵⁵Ο δε Στεφανος, πληρης ων Πνευματος Αγιου, ατενισας εις τον ουρανον, ειδε την δοξαν του Θεου και τον Ιησουν ισταμενον εκ δεξιων του Θεου

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,

⁵⁶και ειπεν· Ιδου, θεωρω τους ουρανους ανεωγμενους και τον Υιον του ανθρωπου ισταμενον εκ δεξιων του Θεου.

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

⁵⁷Τοτε φωναξαντες μετα φωνης μεγαλης, εφραξαν τα ωτα αυτων και ωρμησαν ομοθυμαδον επ' αυτον,

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

⁵⁸και εκβαλοντες εξω της πολεως ελιθοβολουν. Και οι μαρτυρες απεθεσαν τα ιματια αυτων εις τους ποδας νεανιου τινος ονομαζομενου Σαυλου.

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

⁵⁹Και ελιθοβολουν τον Στεφανον, επικαλουμενον και λεγοντα· Κυριε Ιησου, δεξαι το πνευμα μου.

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

⁶⁰Και γονατισας εφωναξε μετα φωνης μεγαλης· Κυριε, μη λογαριασης εις αυτους την αμαρτιαν ταυτην. Και τουτο ειπων εκοιμηθη.

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.