¹A najvyšší kňaz povedal: Či je teda tomu tak?

¹And the chief priest said, `Are then these things so?`

²A on riekol: Mužovia bratia a otcovia, počujte! Bôh slávy sa ukázal nášmu otcovi Abrahámovi, keď bol v Mezopotámii, prv ako býval v Chárane,

²and 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,

³a povedal mu: Vyjdi zo svojej zeme a zo svojho príbuzenstva a poď do zeme, ktorú ti ukážem.

³and 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.

⁴Vtedy vyšiel zo zeme Chaldejov a býval v Chárane, a odtiaľ, keď zomrel jeho otec, ho prestehoval do tejto zeme, v ktorej teraz vy bývate.

⁴`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,

⁵A nedal mu v nej dedičstva ani na stopu nohy a zasľúbil, že mu ju dá do vlastníctva i jeho semenu po ňom, vtedy, keď ešte nemal dieťaťa.

⁵and 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.

⁶A takto povedal Bôh, že totiž jeho semä bude pohostínom v cudzej zemi, a zotročia ho a budú s ním zle nakladať štyristo rokov.

⁶`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,

⁷Ale národ, ktorému budú slúžiť, budem ja súdiť, povedal Bôh, a potom vyjdú a budú mi svätoslúžiť na tomto mieste.

⁷and 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.

⁸A dal mu smluvu obriezky, a tak splodil Izáka a obrezal ho ôsmeho dňa, a Izák splodil Jakoba a Jakob dvanástich patriarchov.

⁸`And He gave to him a covenant of circumcision, and so he begat Isaac, and did circumcise him on the eighth day, and Isaac [begat] Jacob, and Jacob — the twelve patriarchs;

⁹A patriarchovia závidiac Jozefovi predali ho do Egypta, ale Bôh bol s ním

⁹and the patriarchs, having been moved with jealousy, sold Joseph to Egypt, and God was with him,

¹⁰a vytrhol si ho zo všetkých jeho súžení a dal mu milosť a múdrosť pred faraonom, kráľom Egypta, a ustanovil ho za správcu nad Egyptom i nad celým svojím domom.

¹⁰and 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.

¹¹Potom prišiel hlad na celý Egypt a na Kanaán a veľké súženie, a naši otcovia nachádzali potravín.

¹¹`And there came a dearth upon all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great tribulation, and our fathers were not finding sustenance,

¹²A keď počul Jakob, že je obilie v Egypte, vyslal najprv našich otcov,

¹²and Jacob having heard that there was corn in Egypt, sent forth our fathers a first time;

¹³a po druhé sa dal Jozef poznať svojim bratom, a faraon sa dozvedel o rode Jozefovom.

¹³and at the second time was Joseph made known to his brethren, and Joseph`s kindred became manifest to Pharaoh,

¹⁴Vtedy poslal Jozef povolať k sebe Jakoba, svojho otca, a celú svoju rodinu v sedemdesiatich piatich dušiach.

¹⁴and Joseph having sent, did call for his father Jacob, and all his kindred — with seventy and five souls —

¹⁵A Jakob sišiel dolu do Egypta a zomrel on i naši otcovia,

¹⁵and Jacob went down to Egypt, and died, himself and our fathers,

¹⁶a preniesli ich do Sichema a pochovali v hrobe, ktorý bol kúpil Abrahám za cenu striebra od synov Emora, otca Sichemovho.

¹⁶and 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.

¹⁷Ale jako sa blížil čas zasľúbenia, ktoré s prísahou dal Bôh Abrahámovi, rástol ľud a množil sa v Egypte,

¹⁷`And according as the time of the promise was drawing nigh, which God did swear to Abraham, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,

¹⁸dokiaľ nepovstal iný kráľ nad Egyptom, ktorý neznal Jozefa.

¹⁸till another king rose, who had not known Joseph;

¹⁹Ten preľstil náš rod a tak trápil našich otcov, že museli vyhadzovať svoje nemluvňatá, aby nezostaly nažive.

¹⁹this one, having dealt subtilely with our kindred, did evil to our fathers, causing to expose their babes, that they might not live;

²⁰V tom čase sa narodil Mojžiš a bol krásny Bohu, a chovali ho tri mesiace v dome jeho otca.

²⁰in which time Moses was born, and he was fair to God, and he was brought up three months in the house of his father;

²¹A keď ho vyložili, zdvihla a vzala ho dcéra faraonova a vychovala si ho sebe za syna.

²¹and he having been exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and did rear him to herself for a son;

²²A vyučili Mojžiša všetkej múdrosti Egypťanov, a bol mocný vo svojich slovách i skutkoch.

²²and Moses was taught in all wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in words and in works.

²³A keď mu bolo štyridsať rokov, vzišlo na jeho srdce, aby navštívil svojich bratov, synov Izraelových.

²³`And when forty years were fulfilled to him, it came upon his heart to look after his brethren, the sons of Israel;

²⁴A vidiac ktoréhosi z nich, že sa mu krivdí, zastal sa ho a pomstil toho, ktorému sa diala krivda, zabijúc Egypťana.

²⁴and having seen a certain one suffering injustice, he did defend, and did justice to the oppressed, having smitten the Egyptian;

²⁵A domnieval sa, že jeho bratia rozumejú, že im Bôh skrze jeho ruku podáva záchranu. Ale oni neporozumeli.

²⁵and he was supposing his brethren to understand that God through his hand doth give salvation; and they did not understand.

²⁶Potom nasledujúceho dňa sa im ukázal, keď sa vadili, a hnal ich k pokoju a povedal: Mužovia, bratia ste, prečo si navzájom krivdíte?

²⁶`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?

²⁷Ale ten, ktorý krivdil blížnemu, odsotil ho a povedal: Kto teba ustanovil za knieža alebo za sudcu nad nami?

²⁷and he who is doing injustice to the neighbour, did thrust him away, saying, Who set thee a ruler and a judge over us?

²⁸Či ma ty chceš zabiť, ako si včera zabil toho Egypťana?

²⁸to kill me dost thou wish, as thou didst kill yesterday the Egyptian?

²⁹A Mojžiš utiekol pre to slovo a stal sa pohostínom v Madiansku, kde splodil dvoch synov.

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

³⁰A keď sa naplnilo zase štyridsať rokov, ukázal sa mu anjel Pánov na púšti vrchu Sinai v plameni ohňa, vystupujúcom z kra.

³⁰and 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,

³¹A keď to videl Mojžiš, divil sa videniu a keď sa išiel podívať na to, povedal mu hlas Pánov:

³¹and Moses having seen did wonder at the sight; and he drawing near to behold, there came a voice of the Lord unto him,

³²Ja som Bôh tvojich otcov, Bôh Abrahámov, Bôh Izákov a Bôh Jakobov. A Mojžiš sa zhrozil, až sa triasol od strachu a neopovážil sa pozrieť.

³²I [am] 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,

³³A Pán mu povedal: Sozuj svoju obuv so svojich nôh, lebo miesto, na ktorom stojíš, je svätá zem.

³³and the Lord said to him, Loose the sandal of thy feet, for the place in which thou hast stood is holy ground;

³⁴Videl, áno videl som trápenie svojho ľudu, ktorý je v Egypte, a počul som ich vzdychanie a sostúpil som, aby som ich vyslobodil. A tak teraz poď, nech ťa pošlem do Egypta.

³⁴seeing I have seen the affliction of My people that [is] in Egypt, and their groaning I did hear, and came down to deliver them; and now come, I will send thee to Egypt.

³⁵Toho Mojžiša, ktorého zapreli povediac: Kto teba ustanovil za knieža alebo za sudcu? práve toho poslal Bôh ako knieža a vykupiteľa prostredníctvom anjela, ktorý sa mu ukázal v kre.

³⁵`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;

³⁶Ten ich vyviedol učiniac zázraky a divy v Egypte i na Červenom mori i na púšti, a tak to robil štyridsať rokov.

³⁶this 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;

³⁷To je ten Mojžiš, ktorý povedal synom Izraelovým: Proroka vám vzbudí Pán, váš Bôh, zpomedzi vašich bratov, ako mňa, toho budete poslúchať.

³⁷this 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.

³⁸To je ten, ktorý to bol v sbore ľudu na púšti s anjelom, ktorý mu hovoril na vrchu Sinai, i s našimi otcami, ktorý prijal živé slová, aby ich dal nám,

³⁸`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;

³⁹ktorého nechceli poslúchať naši otcovia, ale ho odsotili a obrátili sa svojimi srdcami do Egypta

³⁹to whom our fathers did not wish to become obedient, but did thrust away, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,

⁴⁰povediac Áronovi: Sprav nám bohov, ktorí pojdú pred nami, lebo ten Mojžiš, ktorý nás vyviedol s Egyptskej zeme, nevieme, čo sa mu stalo.

⁴⁰saying 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.

⁴¹A spravili si v tých dňoch teľa a obetovali modle obeť a veselili sa v dielach svojich rúk.

⁴¹`And they made a calf in those days, and brought a sacrifice to the idol, and were rejoicing in the works of their hands,

⁴²Ale Bôh sa odvrátil a vydal ich, aby slúžili nebeskému vojsku, jako je napísané v knihe prorokov: Či ste mi azda za štyridsať rokov doniesli bitné a iné obeti na púšti, dome Izraelov?

⁴²and 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?

⁴³A vzali ste a nosili stán Molochov a hviezdu svojho boha Remfana, podoby, ktorých ste si narobili, aby ste sa im klaňali, a preto vás presídlim ta za Babylon.

⁴³and 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.

⁴⁴Stán svedoctva mali naši otcovia na púšti, jako bol nariadil ten, ktorý hovoril Mojžišovi, aby ho urobil podľa vzoru, ktorý bol videl,

⁴⁴`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;

⁴⁵ktorý to stán prevzali naši otcovia i vniesli s Jozuom do zeme, ktorá bola vlastníctvom pohanov, ktorých Bôh vyhnal zpred tvári našich otcov, čo tak trvalo až do dní Dávida,

⁴⁵which 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,

⁴⁶ktorý našiel milosť pred Bohom a prosil, žeby smel najsť príbytok Bohu Jakobovmu.

⁴⁶who found favour before God, and requested to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob;

⁴⁷A Šalamún mu vystavil dom.

⁴⁷and Solomon built Him an house.

⁴⁸Ale Najvyšší nebýva v chrámoch, učinených rukou, jako hovorí prorok:

⁴⁸`But the Most High in sanctuaries made with hands doth not dwell, according as the prophet saith:

⁴⁹Nebo mi je trónom a zem podnožou mojim nohám; akýže mi vystavíte dom? hovorí Pán. Alebo kde jaké je miesto môjho odpočinku?

⁴⁹The heaven [is] My throne, and the earth My footstool; what house will ye build to Me? saith the Lord, or what [is] the place of My rest?

⁵⁰Či toho všetkého neučinila moja ruka?

⁵⁰hath not My hand made all these things?

⁵¹Tvrdošijní a neobrezaného srdca aj uší, vy sa vždycky protivíte Svätému Duchu, jako vaši otcovia, tak aj vy.

⁵¹`Ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and in ears! ye do always the Holy Spirit resist; as your fathers — also ye;

⁵²Ktoréhože z prorokov neprenasledovali vaši otcovia? A pobili tých, ktorí predzvestovali o príchode toho Spravedlivého, ktorého ste sa vy teraz stali zradcami a vrahmi,

⁵²which 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,

⁵³ktorí ste vzali zákon na nariadenia anjelov a nezachovali ste.

⁵³who received the law by arrangement of messengers, and did not keep [it].`

⁵⁴A keď to počuli, bolo im, ako by ich bodnul do srdca, a zúriac v hneve škrípali zubami na neho.

⁵⁴And hearing these things, they were cut to the hearts, and did gnash the teeth at him;

⁵⁵A on súc plný Svätého Ducha uprel zrak do neba a videl slávu Božiu a Ježiša stáť po pravici Božej

⁵⁵and 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,

⁵⁶a povedal: Hľa, vidím nebesia otvorené a Syna človeka stáť po pravici Božej!

⁵⁶and he said, `Lo, I see the heavens having been opened, and the Son of Man standing on the right hand of God.`

⁵⁷A oni skríkli velikým hlasom, zapchali si uši a jednomyseľne sa vrhli na neho

⁵⁷And they, having cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and did rush with one accord upon him,

⁵⁸a vyženúc ho von z mesta kameňovali. A svedkovia si složili svoje rúcha k nohám mládenca, ktorý sa volal Saul.

⁵⁸and having cast him forth outside of the city, they were stoning [him] — and the witnesses did put down their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul —

⁵⁹A kameňovali Štefana, ktorý volal na Pána a hovoril: Pane Ježišu, prijmi môjho ducha!

⁵⁹and they were stoning Stephen, calling and saying, `Lord Jesus, receive my spirit;`

⁶⁰A skloniac kolená skríkol velikým hlasom: Pane, nepočítaj im tohoto hriechu! A keď to povedal, usnul.

⁶⁰and 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.

⁶¹A Saul súhlasil s jeho zabitím.