Acts of the Apostles 7

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition	VULGATA
1 And the high priest said, "Is this so?"	1 Dixit autem princeps sacerdotum : Si hæc ita se habent ?
2 And Stephen said: "Brethren and fathers, hear me. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,	2 Qui ait : Viri fratres et patres, audite : Deus gloriæ apparuit patri nostro Abrahæ cum esset in Mesopotamia, priusquam moraretur in Charan,
3 and said to him, 'Depart from your land and from your kindred and go into the land which I will show you.'	3 et dixit ad illum : Exi de terra tua, et de cognatione tua, et veni in terram quam monstravero tibi.
4 Then he departed from the land of the Chaldeans, and lived in Haran. And after his father died, God removed him from there into this land in which you are now living;	4 Tunc exiit de terra Chaldæorum, et habitavit in Charan. Et inde, postquam mortuus est pater ejus, transtulit illum in terram istam, in qua nunc vos habitatis.
5 yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot's length, but promised to give it to him in possession and to his posterity after him, though he had no child.	5 Et non dedit illi hæreditatem in ea, nec passum pedis : sed repromisit dare illi eam in possessionem, et semini ejus post ipsum, cum non haberet filium.
6 And God spoke to this effect, that his posterity would be aliens in a land belonging to others, who would enslave them and ill-treat them four hundred years.	6 Locutus est autem ei Deus : Quia erit semen ejus accola in terra aliena, et servituti eos subjicient, et male tractabunt eos annis quadringentis :
7 'But I will judge the nation which they serve,' said God, 'and after that they shall come out and worship me in this place.'	7 et gentem cui servierint, judicabo ego, dixit Dominus : et post hæc exibunt, et servient mihi in loco isto.
8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision. And so Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.	8 Et dedit illi testamentum circumcisionis : et sic genuit Isaac, et circumcidit eum die octavo : et Isaac, Jacob : et Jacob, duodecim patriarchas.
9 "And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; but God was with him,	9 Et patriarchæ æmulantes, Joseph vendiderunt in Ægyptum : et erat Deus cum eo,
10 and rescued him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him governor over Egypt and over all his household.	10 et eripuit eum ex omnibus tribulationibus ejus, et dedit ei gratiam et sapientiam in conspectu pharaonis regis Ægypti : et constituit eum præpositum super Ægyptum, et super omnem domum suam.
11 Now there came a famine throughout all Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction, and our fathers could find no food.	11 Venit autem fames in universam Ægyptum et Chanaan, et tribulatio magna : et non inveniebant cibos patres nostri.
12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time.	12 Cum audisset autem Jacob esse frumentum in Ægypto, misit patres nostros primum :
13 And at the second visit Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh.	13 et in secundo cognitus est Joseph a fratribus suis, et manifestatum est Pharaoni genus ejus.
14 And Joseph sent and called to him Jacob his father and all his kindred, seventy-five souls;	14 Mittens autem Joseph, accersivit Jacob patrem suum et omnem cognationem suam, in animabus septuaginta quinque.
15 and Jacob went down into Egypt. And he died, himself and our fathers,	15 Et descendit Jacob in Ægyptum : et defunctus est ipse, et patres nostri.
16 and they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.	16 Et translati sunt in Sichem, et positi sunt in sepulchro, quod emit Abraham pretio argenti a filiis Hemor filii Sichem.
17 "But as the time of the promise drew near, which God had granted to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt	17 Cum autem appropinquaret tempus promissionis quam confessus erat Deus Abrahæ, crevit populus, et multiplicatus est in Ægypto,
18 till there arose over Egypt another king who had not known Joseph.	18 quoadusque surrexit alius rex in Ægypto, qui non sciebat Joseph.
19 He dealt craftily with our race and forced our fathers to expose their infants, that they might not be kept alive.	19 Hic circumveniens genus nostrum, afflixit patres nostros ut exponerent infantes suos, ne vivificarentur.
20 At this time Moses was born, and was beautiful before God. And he was brought up for three months in his father's house;	20 Eodem tempore natus est Moyses, et fuit gratus Deo : qui nutritus est tribus mensibus in domo patris sui.
21 and when he was exposed, Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.	21 Exposito autem illo, sustulit eum filia Pharaonis, et nutrivit eum sibi in filium.
22 And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was mighty in his words and deeds.	22 Et eruditus est Moyses omni sapientia Ægyptiorum, et erat potens in verbis et in operibus suis.
23 "When he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.	23 Cum autem impleretur ei quadraginta annorum tempus, ascendit in cor ejus ut visitaret fratres suos filios Israël.
24 And seeing one of them being wronged, he defended the oppressed man and avenged him by striking the Egyptian.	24 Et cum vidisset quemdam injuriam patientem, vindicavit illum, et fecit ultionem ei qui injuriam sustinebat, percusso Ægyptio.
25 He supposed that his brethren understood that God was giving them deliverance by his hand, but they did not understand.	25 Existimabat autem intelligere fratres, quoniam Deus per manum ipsius daret salutem illis : at illi non intellexerunt.
26 And on the following day he appeared to them as they were quarreling and would have reconciled them, saying, 'Men, you are brethren, why do you wrong each other?'	26 Sequenti vero die apparuit illis litigantibus : et reconciliabat eos in pace, dicens : Viri, fratres estis : ut quid nocetis alterutrum ?
27 But the man who was wronging his neighbor thrust him aside, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?	27 Qui autem injuriam faciebat proximo, repulit eum, dicens : Quis te constituit principem et judicem super nos ?
28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?'	28 Numquid interficere me tu vis, quemadmodum interfecisti heri Ægyptium ?
29 At this retort Moses fled, and became an exile in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.	29 Fugit autem Moyses in verbo isto : et factus est advena in terra Madian, ubi generavit filios duos.
30 "Now when forty years had passed, an angel appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in a flame of fire in a bush.	30 Et expletis annis quadraginta, apparuit illi in deserto montis Sina angelus in igne flammæ rubi.
31 When Moses saw it he wondered at the sight; and as he drew near to look, the voice of the Lord came,	31 Moyses autem videns, admiratus est visum. Et accedente illo ut consideraret, facta est ad eum vox Domini, dicens :
32 'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob.' And Moses trembled and did not dare to look.	32 Ego sum Deus patrum tuorum, Deus Abraham, Deus Isaac, et Deus Jacob. Tremefactus autem Moyses, non audebat considerare.
33 And the Lord said to him, 'Take off the shoes from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.	33 Dixit autem illi Dominus : Solve calceamentum pedum tuorum : locus enim in quo stas, terra sancta est.
34 I have surely seen the ill-treatment of my people that are in Egypt and heard their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you to Egypt.'	34 Videns vidi afflictionem populi mei qui est in Ægypto, et gemitum eorum audivi, et descendi liberare eos. Et nunc veni, et mittam te in Ægyptum.
35 "This Moses whom they refused, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge?' God sent as both ruler and deliverer by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.	35 Hunc Moysen, quem negaverunt, dicentes : Quis te constituit principem et judicem ? hunc Deus principem et redemptorem misit, cum manu angeli qui apparuit illi in rubo.
36 He led them out, having performed wonders and signs in Egypt and at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness for forty years.	36 Hic eduxit illos faciens prodigia et signa in terra Ægypti, et in rubro mari, et in deserto annis quadraginta.
37 This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, 'God will raise up for you a prophet from your brethren as he raised me up.'	37 Hic est Moyses, qui dixit filiis Israël : Prophetam suscitabit vobis Deus de fratribus vestris, tamquam me : ipsum audietis.
38 This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him at Mount Sinai, and with our fathers; and he received living oracles to give to us.	38 Hic est qui fuit in ecclesia in solitudine cum angelo, qui loquebatur ei in monte Sina, et cum patribus nostris : qui accepit verba vitæ dare nobis.
39 Our fathers refused to obey him, but thrust him aside, and in their hearts they turned to Egypt,	39 Cui noluerunt obedire patres nostri : sed repulerunt, et aversi sunt cordibus suis in Ægyptum,
40 saying to Aaron, 'Make for us gods to go before us; as for this Moses who led us out from the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.'	40 dicentes ad Aaron : Fac nobis deos qui præcedant nos : Moyses enim hic, qui eduxit nos de terra Ægypti, nescimus quid factum sit ei.
41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered a sacrifice to the idol and rejoiced in the works of their hands.	41 Et vitulum fecerunt in diebus illis, et obtulerunt hostiam simulacro, et lætabantur in operibus manuum suarum.
42 But God turned and gave them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: 'Did you offer to me slain beasts and sacrifices, forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?	42 Convertit autem Deus, et tradidit eos servire militiæ cæli, sicut scriptum est in libro prophetarum : Numquid victimas et hostias obtulistis mihi annis quadraginta in deserto, domus Israël ?
43 And you took up the tent of Moloch, and the star of the god Rephan, the figures which you made to worship; and I will remove you beyond Babylon.'	43 Et suscepistis tabernaculum Moloch, et sidus dei vestri Rempham, figuras quas fecistis adorare eas : et transferam vos trans Babylonem.
44 "Our fathers had the tent of witness in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses directed him to make it, according to the pattern that he had seen.	44 Tabernaculum testimonii fuit cum patribus nostris in deserto, sicut disposuit illis Deus loquens ad Moysen, ut faceret illud secundum formam quam viderat.
45 Our fathers in turn brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations which God thrust out before our fathers. So it was until the days of David,	45 Quod et induxerunt, suscipientes patres nostri cum Jesu in possessionem gentium quas expulit Deus a facie patrum nostrorum, usque in diebus David,
46 who found favor in the sight of God and asked leave to find a habitation for the God of Jacob.	46 qui invenit gratiam ante Deum, et petiit ut inveniret tabernaculum Deo Jacob.
47 But it was Solomon who built a house for him.	47 Salomon autem ædificavit illi domum.
48 Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made with hands; as the prophet says,	48 Sed non Excelsus in manufactis habitat, sicut propheta dicit :
49 'Heaven is my throne, and earth my footstool. What house will you build for me, says the Lord, or what is the place of my rest?	49 Cælum mihi sedes est : terra autem scabellum pedum meorum. Quam domum ædificabitis mihi ? dicit Dominus : aut quis locus requietionis meæ est ?
50 Did not my hand make all these things?'	50 Nonne manus mea fecit hæc omnia ?
51 "You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit. As your fathers did, so do you.	51 Dura cervice, et incircumcisis cordibus et auribus, vos semper Spiritui Sancto resistitis : sicut patres vestri, ita et vos.
52 Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whom you have now betrayed and murdered,	52 Quem prophetarum non sunt persecuti patres vestri ? et occiderunt eos qui prænuntiabant de adventu Justi, cujus vos nunc proditores et homicidæ fuistis :
53 you who received the law as delivered by angels and did not keep it."	53 qui accepistis legem in dispositione angelorum, et non custodistis.
54 Now when they heard these things they were enraged, and they ground their teeth against him.	54 Audientes autem hæc, dissecabantur cordibus suis, et stridebant dentibus in eum.
55 But he, full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God;	55 Cum autem esset plenus Spiritu Sancto, intendens in cælum, vidit gloriam Dei, et Jesum stantem a dextris Dei. Et ait : Ecce video cælos apertos, et Filium hominis stantem a dextris Dei.
56 and he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God."	56 Exclamantes autem voce magna continuerunt aures suas, et impetum fecerunt unanimiter in eum.
57 But they cried out with a loud voice and stopped their ears and rushed together upon him.	57 Et ejicientes eum extra civitatem, lapidabant : et testes deposuerunt vestimenta sua secus pedes adolescentis qui vocabatur Saulus.
58 Then 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.	58 Et lapidabant Stephanum invocantem, et dicentem : Domine Jesu, suscipe spiritum meum.
59 And as they were stoning Stephen, he prayed, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."	59 Positis autem genibus, clamavit voce magna, dicens : Domine, ne statuas illis hoc peccatum. Et cum hoc dixisset, obdormivit in Domino. Saulus autem erat consentiens neci ejus.
60 And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them." And when he had said this, he fell asleep.