Atti degli Apostoli 7

NOVA VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 Dixit autem princeps sacerdo tum: “ Si haec ita se habent? ”.	1 Then the high priest asked, "Is this so?"
2 Quiait: “ Viri fratres et patres, audite. Deus gloriae apparuit patri nostroAbraham, cum esset in Mesopotamia, priusquam moraretur in Charran,	2 And he replied, "My brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham while he was in Mesopotamia, before he had settled in Haran,
3 et dixit adillum: “Exi de terra tua et de cognatione tua et veni in terram, quam tibimonstravero”.	3 and said to him, 'Go forth from your land and (from) your kinsfolk to the land that I will show you.'
4 Tunc egressus de terra Chaldaeorum habitavit in Charran. Etinde, postquam mortuus est pater eius, transtulit illum in terram istam, in quanunc vos habitatis;	4 So he went forth from the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. And from there, after his father died, he made him migrate to this land where you now dwell.
5 et non dedit illi hereditatem in ea nec passum pedis etrepromisit dare illi eam in possessionem et semini eius post ipsum, cum nonhaberet filium.	5 Yet he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot's length, but he did promise to give it to him and his descendants as a possession, even though he was childless.
6 Locutus est autem sic Deus: “Erit semen eius accola in terraaliena, et servituti eos subicient et male tractabunt annis quadringentis;	6 And God spoke thus, 'His descendants shall be aliens in a land not their own, where they shall be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years;
7 etgentem, cui servierint, iudicabo ego, dixit Deus; et post haec exibunt etdeservient mihi in loco isto”.	7 but I will bring judgment on the nation they serve,' God said, 'and after that they will come out and worship me in this place.'
8 Et dedit illi testamentum circumcisionis; etsic genuit Isaac et circumcidit eum die octava, et Isaac Iacob, et Iacobduodecim patriarchas.	8 Then he gave him the covenant of circumcision, and so he became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him on the eighth day, as Isaac did Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.
9 Et patriarchae aemulantes Ioseph vendiderunt inAegyptum; et erat Deus cum eo	9 "And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into slavery in Egypt; but God was with him
10 et eripuit eum ex omnibus tribulationibus eiuset dedit ei gratiam et sapientiam in conspectu pharaonis regis Aegypti; etconstituit eum praepositum super Aegyptum et super omnem domum suam.	10 and rescued him from all his afflictions. He granted him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, who put him in charge of Egypt and (of) his entire household.
11 Venitautem fames in universam Aegyptum et Chanaan et tribulatio magna, et noninveniebant cibos patres nostri.	11 Then a famine and great affliction struck all Egypt and Canaan, and our ancestors could find no food;
12 Cum audisset autem Iacob esse frumentum inAegypto, misit patres nostros primum;	12 but when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors there a first time.
13 et in secundo cognitus est Ioseph afratribus suis, et manifestatum est pharaoni genus Ioseph.	13 The second time, Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and Joseph's family became known to Pharaoh.
14 Mittens autemIoseph accersivit Iacob patrem suum et omnem cognationem in animabus septuagintaquinque;	14 Then Joseph sent for his father Jacob, inviting him and his whole clan, seventy-five persons;
15 et descendit Iacob in Aegyptum. Et defunctus est ipse et patresnostri;	15 and Jacob went down to Egypt. And he and our ancestors died
16 et translati sunt in Sichem et positi sunt in sepulcro, quod emitAbraham pretio argenti a filiis Hemmor in Sichem.	16 and were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had purchased for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor at Shechem.
17 Cum appropinquaret autem tempus repromissionis, quam confessus erat DeusAbrahae, crevit populus et multiplicatus est in Aegypto,	17 "When the time drew near for the fulfillment of the promise that God pledged to Abraham, the people had increased and become very numerous in Egypt,
18 quoadusque surrexitrex alius super Aegypto, qui non sciebat Ioseph.	18 until another king who knew nothing of Joseph came to power (in Egypt).
19 Hic circumveniens genusnostrum, afflixit patres, ut exponerent infantes suos, ne vivi servarentur.	19 He dealt shrewdly with our people and oppressed (our) ancestors by forcing them to expose their infants, that they might not survive.
20 Eodem tempore natus est Moyses et erat formosus coram Deo; qui nutritus esttribus mensibus in domo patris.	20 At this time Moses was born, and he was extremely beautiful. For three months he was nursed in his father's house;
21 Exposito autem illo, sustulit eum filiapharaonis et enutrivit eum sibi in filium;	21 but when he was exposed, Pharaoh's daughter adopted him and brought him up as her own son.
22 et eruditus est Moyses in omnisapientia Aegyptiorum; et erat potens in verbis et in operibus suis.	22 Moses was educated (in) all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his words and deeds.
23 Cumautem impleretur ei quadraginta annorum tempus, ascendit in cor eius, utvisitaret fratres suos filios Israel.	23 "When he was forty years old, he decided to visit his kinsfolk, the Israelites.
24 Et cum vidisset quendam iniuriampatientem, vindicavit et fecit ultionem ei, qui opprimebatur, percusso Aegyptio.	24 When he saw one of them treated unjustly, he defended and avenged the oppressed man by striking down the Egyptian.
25 Existimabat autem intellegere fratres, quoniam Deus per manum ipsius daretsalutem illis; at illi non intellexerunt.	25 He assumed (his) kinsfolk would understand that God was offering them deliverance through him, but they did not understand.
26 Atque sequenti die apparuit illislitigantibus et reconciliabat eos in pacem dicens: “Viri, fratres estis; utquid nocetis alterutrum?”.	26 The next day he appeared to them as they were fighting and tried to reconcile them peacefully, saying, 'Men, you are brothers. Why are you harming one another?'
27 Qui autem iniuriam faciebat proximo, reppuliteum dicens: “Quis te constituit principem et iudicem super nos?	27 Then the one who was harming his neighbor pushed him aside, saying, 'Who appointed you ruler and judge over us?
28 Numquidinterficere me tu vis, quemadmodum interfecisti heri Aegyptium?”.	28 Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?'
29 Fugitautem Moyses propter verbum istud; et factus est advena in terra Madian, ubigeneravit filios duos.	29 Moses fled when he heard this and settled as an alien in the land of Midian, where he became the father of two sons.
30 Et expletis annis quadraginta, apparuit illi in deserto montis Sinai angelusin ignis flamma rubi.	30 "Forty years later, an angel appeared to him in the desert near Mount Sinai in the flame of a burning bush.
31 Moyses autem videns admirabatur visum; accedente autemillo, ut consideraret, facta est vox Domini:	31 When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight, and as he drew near to look at it, the voice of the Lord came,
32 “Ego Deus patrum tuorum, DeusAbraham et Isaac et Iacob”. Tremefactus autem Moyses non audebat considerare.	32 'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob.' Then Moses, trembling, did not dare to look at it.
33 Dixit autem illi Dominus: “Solve calceamentum pedum tuorum; locus enim, inquo stas, terra sancta est.	33 But the Lord said to him, 'Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
34 Videns vidi afflictionem populi mei, qui est inAegypto, et gemitum eorum audivi et descendi liberare eos; et nunc veni, mittamte in Aegyptum”.	34 I have witnessed the affliction of my people in Egypt and have heard their groaning, and I have come down to rescue them. Come now, I will send you to Egypt.'
35 Hunc Moysen, quem negaverunt dicentes: “Quis te constituit principem etiudicem?”, hunc Deus et principem et redemptorem misit cum manu angeli, quiapparuit illi in rubo.	35 This Moses, whom they had rejected with the words, 'Who appointed you ruler and judge?' God sent as (both) ruler and deliverer, through the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
36 Hic eduxit illos faciens prodigia et signa in terraAegypti et in Rubro mari et in deserto annis quadraginta.	36 This man led them out, performing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and in the desert for forty years.
37 Hic est Moyses, quidixit filiis Israel: “Prophetam vobis suscitabit Deus de fratribus vestristamquam me”.	37 It was this Moses who said to the Israelites, 'God will raise up for you, from among your own kinsfolk, a prophet like me.'
38 Hic est qui fuit in ecclesia in solitudine cum angelo, quiloquebatur ei in monte Sinai, et cum patribus nostris; qui accepit verba vivadare nobis;	38 It was he who, in the assembly in the desert, was with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and with our ancestors, and he received living utterances to hand on to us.
39 cui noluerunt oboedire patres nostri, sed reppulerunt et aversisunt in cordibus suis in Aegyptum	39 "Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him; instead, they pushed him aside and in their hearts turned back to Egypt,
40 dicentes ad Aaron: “Fac nobis deos, quipraecedant nos; Moyses enim hic, qui eduxit nos de terra Aegypti, nescimus quidfactum sit ei”.	40 saying to Aaron, 'Make us gods who will be our leaders. As for that Moses who led us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him.'
41 Et vitulum fecerunt in illis diebus et obtulerunt hostiamsimulacro et laetabantur in operibus manuum suarum.	41 So they made a calf in those days, offered sacrifice to the idol, and reveled in the works of their hands.
42 Convertit autem Deus ettradidit eos servire militiae caeli, sicut scriptum est in libro Prophetarum: “Numquid victimas et hostias obtulistis mihi annis quadraginta in deserto, domus Israel?	42 Then God turned and handed them over to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: 'Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings for forty years in the desert, O house of Israel?
43 Et suscepistis tabernaculum Moloch et sidus dei vestri Rhaephan, figuras, quas fecistis ad adorandum eas. Et transferam vos trans Babylonem”.	43 No, you took up the tent of Moloch and the star of (your) god Rephan, the images that you made to worship. So I shall take you into exile beyond Babylon.'
44 Tabernaculum testimonii erat patribus nostris in deserto, sicut disposuit,qui loquebatur ad Moysen, ut faceret illud secundum formam, quam viderat;	44 "Our ancestors had the tent of testimony in the desert just as the One who spoke to Moses directed him to make it according to the pattern he had seen.
45 quod et induxerunt suscipientes patres nostri cum Iesu in possessionem gentium,quas expulit Deus a facie patrum nostrorum, usque in diebus David,	45 Our ancestors who inherited it brought it with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out from before our ancestors, up to the time of David,
46 quiinvenit gratiam ante Deum et petiit, ut inveniret tabernaculum domui Iacob.	46 who found favor in the sight of God and asked that he might find a dwelling place for the house of Jacob.
47 Salomon autem aedificavit illi domum.	47 But Solomon built a house for him.
48 Sed non Altissimus in manufactishabitat, sicut propheta dicit:	48 Yet the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
49 “Caelum mihi thronus est, terra autem scabellum pedum meorum. Quam domum aedificabitis mihi, dicit Dominus, aut quis locus requietionis meae?	49 'The heavens are my throne, the earth is my footstool. What kind of house can you build for me? says the Lord, or what is to be my resting place?
50 Nonne manus mea fecit haec omnia?”.	50 Did not my hand make all these things?'
51 Duri cervice et incircumcisi cordibus et auribus, vos semper Spiritui Sanctoresistitis; sicut patres vestri, et vos.	51 "You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always oppose the holy Spirit; you are just like your ancestors.
52 Quem prophetarum non sunt persecutipatres vestri? Et occiderunt eos, qui praenuntiabant de adventu Iusti, cuius vosnunc proditores et homicidae fuistis,	52 Which of the prophets did your ancestors not persecute? They put to death those who foretold the coming of the righteous one, whose betrayers and murderers you have now become.
53 qui accepistis legem in dispositionibusangelorum et non custodistis ”.	53 You received the law as transmitted by angels, but you did not observe it."
54 Audientes autem haec, dissecabantur cordibus suis et stridebant dentibus ineum.	54 When they heard this, they were infuriated, and they ground their teeth at him.
55 Cum autem esset plenus Spiritu Sancto, intendens in caelum vidit gloriamDei et Iesum stantem a dextris Dei	55 But he, filled with the holy Spirit, looked up intently to heaven and saw the glory of God and Jesus standing at the right hand of God,
56 et ait: “ Ecce video caelos apertos etFilium hominis a dextris stantem Dei ”.	56 and he said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God."
57 Exclamantes autem voce magnacontinuerunt aures suas et impetum fecerunt unanimiter in eum	57 But they cried out in a loud voice, covered their ears, and rushed upon him together.
58 et eicientesextra civitatem lapidabant. Et testes deposuerunt vestimenta sua secus pedesadulescentis, qui vocabatur Saulus.	58 They threw him out of the city, and began to stone him. The witnesses laid down their cloaks at the feet of a young man named Saul.
59 Et lapidabant Stephanum invocantem etdicentem: “ Domine Iesu, suscipe spiritum meum ”.	59 As they were stoning Stephen, he called out, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit."
60 Positis autem genibusclamavit voce magna: “ Domine, ne statuas illis hoc peccatum ”; et cum hocdixisset, obdormivit.	60 Then he fell to his knees and cried out in a loud voice, "Lord, do not hold this sin against them"; and when he said this, he fell asleep.