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Djela 7
Biblija: suvremeni hrvatski prijevod

Stjepanov govor

7 Tada ga je vrhovni svećenik upitao: »Je li to istina?« 2 Stjepan je odgovorio: »Braćo i oci, poslušajte me! Slavni se Bog ukazao našem ocu Abrahamu. On tada još nije živio u Haranu, nego u Mezopotamiji. 3 Bog mu je rekao: ‘Ostavi svoju zemlju i svoj narod i pođi u zemlju koju ću ti pokazati!’[a] 4 Abraham je tako napustio kaldejsku zemlju i nastanio se u Haranu. Kada mu je umro otac, Bog ga je nastanio u zemlji gdje vi sada živite. 5 Nije mu u njoj dao nikakvog nasljedstva, čak ni stopu zemlje. Ali je Bog obećao dati tu zemlju njemu i njegovim potomcima iako u to vrijeme Abraham nije imao djece. 6 Evo što mu je Bog rekao: ‘Tvoji će potomci biti stranci u tuđoj zemlji. Robovat će i biti ugnjetavani četiri stotine godina. 7 No kaznit ću narod kojem budu robovali, a oni će kasnije izaći iz te zemlje i štovati me na ovome mjestu.’[b] 8 Onda je Bog sklopio Savez s Abrahamom i ostavio mu obrezanje kao znak tog Saveza. Abraham je tada dobio sina Izaka. Obrezao ga je osmoga dana nakon rođenja. Izak je dobio sina Jakova, a Jakov je postao ocem dvanaestorice patrijarha.

9 Oni su bili ljubomorni na Josipa i prodali su ga u roblje u Egipat. No Bog je bio s njim i izbavio ga iz svih nevolja. 10 Bog mu je dao mudrosti i omogućio mu da zadobije naklonost faraona, egipatskoga kralja. Faraon je Josipa postavio za upravitelja Egipta i svoga dvora. 11 Tada je cijelim Egiptom i Kanaanom zavladala glad. Narod je strašno patio i naši preci nisu mogli naći hrane. 12 Jakov je čuo da u Egiptu ima žita i prvi je put poslao naše pretke onamo. 13 Kad su drugi put došli u Egipat, Josip se otkrio svojoj braći, tako da je i faraon saznao za njegovo porijeklo. 14 Josip je onda poslao po svoga oca Jakova i svu svoju rodbinu. Bilo ih je ukupno sedamdeset i petorica. 15 Jakov se spustio u Egipat, gdje je umro i on i naši preci. 16 Njegove su kosti prenijeli u Sihem i položili u grobnicu koju je Abraham srebrnim novcem kupio od Hamorovih sinova.

17 Naš je narod u Egiptu brojčano narastao i približavalo se vrijeme ispunjenja obećanja koje je Bog dao Abrahamu. 18 Potom je Egiptom zavladao drugi kralj. On nije ništa znao o Josipu 19 i lukavo je iskorištavao naš narod. Bio je okrutan prema našim precima i prisiljavao ih da svoju dojenčad ostavljaju vani kako bi pomrla. 20 U to se vrijeme rodio Mojsije. Bio je vrlo lijepo dijete. Tri je mjeseca odgajan u očevoj kući, 21 a kad su ga iznijeli iz nje i ostavili, faraonova ga je kći odgojila kao vlastitog sina. 22 Mojsije je stekao najvišu egipatsku naobrazbu, bio je jak i na riječima i na djelu.

23 Kad mu je bilo četrdeset godina, poželio je posjetiti svoju braću, Izraelce. 24 Kad je vidio da jednoga od njih zlostavljaju, stao je u njegovu obranu i ubio Egipćanina. Tako je osvetio zlostavljanog čovjeka. 25 Mislio je da će njegova izraelska braća uvidjeti da im Bog preko njega šalje oslobođenje, ali oni to nisu razumjeli. 26 Sljedećeg je dana Mojsije naišao na neke Izraelce koji su se tukli. Pokušao ih je pomiriti i rekao im je: ‘Ljudi, pa vi ste braća! Zašto jedan drugome činite zlo?’ 27 Ali ga je čovjek, koji je tukao svoga sunarodnjaka, odgurnuo i rekao: ‘Tko je tebe postavio kao vladara i suca nad nama? 28 Hoćeš li i mene ubiti kao što si jučer ubio onoga Egipćanina?’[c] 29 Kad je Mojsije to čuo, pobjegao je iz Egipta i nastanio se u zemlji Midjan, gdje je živio kao stranac. Ondje su mu se rodila dvojica sinova.

30 Četrdeset godina nakon toga Mojsije je bio u pustinji, blizu Sinajske planine. U plamenu gorućega grma ukazao mu se anđeo. 31 Kad je Mojsije ugledao taj prizor, ostao je začuđen. I dok se približavao da ga bolje vidi, čuo je Gospodinov glas: 32 ‘Ja sam Bog tvojih predaka: Bog Abrahamov, Izakov i Jakovljev.’[d] A Mojsije je drhtao od straha i nije se usuđivao ni pogledati grm. 33 Tada mu je Gospodin rekao: ‘Skini obuću sa svojih nogu jer je mjesto na kojem stojiš sveto. 34 Vidio sam kako zlostavljaju moj narod u Egiptu. Čuo sam njegove uzdisaje i sišao da ga oslobodim. Sad, hajde! Poslat ću te u Egipat.’[e]

35 Bio je to onaj isti Mojsije kojeg su Židovi odbacili i rekli mu: ‘Tko je tebe postavio kao vladara i suca nad nama?’[f] Njega je Bog, preko anđela koji mu se ukazao u grmu, poslao da nama vlada i da nas izbavi. 36 Mojsije je izveo narod iz Egipta. Četrdeset je godina činio čudesna djela i znakove u Egiptu, na Crvenome moru i u pustinji. 37 To je onaj isti Mojsije koji je rekao izraelskom narodu: ‘Bog će vam iz vašega naroda podići proroka poput mene.’[g] 38 On je taj koji je bio s narodom okupljenim u pustinji, s našim precima. S njim je anđeo razgovarao na Sinajskoj planini. On je primio riječi koje daju život da bi ih predao nama.

39 No naši ga preci nisu htjeli slušati. Naprotiv, odbacili su ga i srcem se okrenuli prema Egiptu. 40 Rekli su Aronu: ‘Napravi nam neke bogove koji će nas voditi! Ne znamo što se dogodilo s tim Mojsijem koji nas je izveo iz Egipta.’[h] 41 I tada su napravili idola u obliku teleta. Prinosili su mu žrtve i održavali svetkovine u čast djela svojih ruku, 42 a Bog se okrenuo od njih i predao ih da se klanjaju zvijezdama, kako i piše u knjizi proroka:

‘Narode Izraela,
    niste meni četrdeset godina u pustinji prinosili žrtve i darove.
43 Ponijeli ste sa sobom šator boga Moloha
    i zvijezdu svoga boga Refana.
To su idoli koje ste sami napravili da ih štujete.
    Zbog toga ću vas prognati dalje od Babilona.’[i]

44 Naši su preci imali Šator svjedočanstva u pustinji. Bog je rekao Mojsiju kako da napravi šator i Mojsije ga je napravio onako kako mu je bilo pokazano. 45 Kad su naši preci primili Šator, ponijeli su ga sa sobom u zemlju, koju su zauzeli od naroda koje je Bog pred njima protjerao, a vodio ih je Jošua. Šator je ostao ondje sve do Davidovih dana. 46 David je uživao Gospodinovu naklonost i zamolio je Gospodina da mu dopusti podići Hram Jakovljevom Bogu. 47 No tek je Salomon bio taj koji ga je sagradio.

48 Međutim, Svevišnji ne stanuje u građevinama sagrađenima ljudskom rukom, kako i piše u knjizi proroka.

49 ‘Gospodin kaže: Nebo je moje prijestolje,
    a Zemlja postolje mojim nogama.
Kakav ćete mi dom sagraditi?
    Gdje će mi biti mjesto odmora?
50 Nije li moja ruka sve stvorila?’[j]

51 O vi, tvrdoglavi ljudi, koji ne predajete srca Bogu i ne slušate ga! Uvijek se opirete Svetom Duhu. Isti ste kao vaši preci! 52 Postoji li ijedan prorok kojeg vaši preci nisu progonili? Oni su čak ubili one koji su davno prorekli Pravednikov dolazak. Vi ste ga sada izdali i ubili. 53 Vi ste oni koji su, preko anđela, primili Zakon, ali ga nisu vršili.«

Stjepanova smrt

54 Kad su Židovi to čuli, toliko su se razljutili na Stjepana da su počeli škripati zubima. 55 A Stjepan, pun Svetog Duha, pogledao je u Nebo i ugledao Božju slavu i Isusa kako stoji zdesna Bogu. 56 I rekao je: »Pogledajte! Evo, Nebo je otvoreno i Sin Čovječji stoji zdesna Bogu.«

57 Na to su oni pokrili uši rukama i počeli vikati. Svi su kao jedan nasrnuli na njega. 58 Odvukli su ga izvan grada i počeli na njega bacati kamenje. Oni koji su svjedočili protiv Stjepana ostavili su svoje ogrtače kod mladića po imenu Savao. 59 Dok su bacali kamenje na njega, Stjepan je ovako molio: »Gospodine Isuse, primi moj duh!« 60 Onda je pao na koljena i iz svega glasa povikao: »Gospodine, ne uzmi im ovo za grijeh!« Nakon što je izgovorio te riječi, izdahnuo je.

Footnotes

  1. 7,3 Citat iz Post 12,1.
  2. 7,7 Citat iz Post 15,13-14; Izl 3,12.
  3. 7,28 Citat iz Izl 2,14.
  4. 7,32 Citat iz Izl 3,6.
  5. 7,34 Citat iz Izl 3,5-10.
  6. 7,35 Citat iz Izl 2,14.
  7. 7,37 Citat iz Pnz 18,15.
  8. 7,40 Citat iz Izl 32,1.
  9. 7,42-43 Citat iz Am 5,25-27.
  10. 7,49-50 Citat iz Iz 66,1-2.
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Stephen’s Speech to the Sanhedrin

7 Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”

2 To this he replied: “Brothers and fathers,(A) listen to me! The God of glory(B) appeared to our father Abraham while he was still in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Harran.(C) 3 ‘Leave your country and your people,’ God said, ‘and go to the land I will show you.’[a](D)

4 “So he left the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Harran. After the death of his father, God sent him to this land where you are now living.(E) 5 He gave him no inheritance here,(F) not even enough ground to set his foot on. But God promised him that he and his descendants after him would possess the land,(G) even though at that time Abraham had no child. 6 God spoke to him in this way: ‘For four hundred years your descendants will be strangers in a country not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated.(H) 7 But I will punish the nation they serve as slaves,’ God said, ‘and afterward they will come out of that country and worship me in this place.’[b](I) 8 Then he gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision.(J) And Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him eight days after his birth.(K) Later Isaac became the father of Jacob,(L) and Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs.(M)

9 “Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph,(N) they sold him as a slave into Egypt.(O) But God was with him(P) 10 and rescued him from all his troubles. He gave Joseph wisdom and enabled him to gain the goodwill of Pharaoh king of Egypt. So Pharaoh made him ruler over Egypt and all his palace.(Q)

11 “Then a famine struck all Egypt and Canaan, bringing great suffering, and our ancestors could not find food.(R) 12 When Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent our forefathers on their first visit.(S) 13 On their second visit, Joseph told his brothers who he was,(T) and Pharaoh learned about Joseph’s family.(U) 14 After this, Joseph sent for his father Jacob and his whole family,(V) seventy-five in all.(W) 15 Then Jacob went down to Egypt, where he and our ancestors died.(X) 16 Their bodies were brought back to Shechem and placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought from the sons of Hamor at Shechem for a certain sum of money.(Y)

17 “As the time drew near for God to fulfill his promise to Abraham, the number of our people in Egypt had greatly increased.(Z) 18 Then ‘a new king, to whom Joseph meant nothing, came to power in Egypt.’[c](AA) 19 He dealt treacherously with our people and oppressed our ancestors by forcing them to throw out their newborn babies so that they would die.(AB)

20 “At that time Moses was born, and he was no ordinary child.[d] For three months he was cared for by his family.(AC) 21 When he was placed outside, Pharaoh’s daughter took him and brought him up as her own son.(AD) 22 Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians(AE) and was powerful in speech and action.

23 “When Moses was forty years old, he decided to visit his own people, the Israelites. 24 He saw one of them being mistreated by an Egyptian, so he went to his defense and avenged him by killing the Egyptian. 25 Moses thought that his own people would realize that God was using him to rescue them, but they did not. 26 The next day Moses came upon two Israelites who were fighting. He tried to reconcile them by saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why do you want to hurt each other?’

27 “But the man who was mistreating the other pushed Moses aside and said, ‘Who made you ruler and judge over us?(AF) 28 Are you thinking of killing me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’[e] 29 When Moses heard this, he fled to Midian, where he settled as a foreigner and had two sons.(AG)

30 “After forty years had passed, an angel appeared to Moses in the flames of a burning bush in the desert near Mount Sinai. 31 When he saw this, he was amazed at the sight. As he went over to get a closer look, he heard the Lord say:(AH) 32 ‘I am the God of your fathers,(AI) the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.’[f] Moses trembled with fear and did not dare to look.(AJ)

33 “Then the Lord said to him, ‘Take off your sandals, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.(AK) 34 I have indeed seen the oppression of my people in Egypt. I have heard their groaning and have come down to set them free. Now come, I will send you back to Egypt.’[g](AL)

35 “This is the same Moses they had rejected with the words, ‘Who made you ruler and judge?’(AM) He was sent to be their ruler and deliverer by God himself, through the angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36 He led them out of Egypt(AN) and performed wonders and signs(AO) in Egypt, at the Red Sea(AP) and for forty years in the wilderness.(AQ)

37 “This is the Moses who told the Israelites, ‘God will raise up for you a prophet like me from your own people.’[h](AR) 38 He was in the assembly in the wilderness, with the angel(AS) who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors;(AT) and he received living words(AU) to pass on to us.(AV)

39 “But our ancestors refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.(AW) 40 They told Aaron, ‘Make us gods who will go before us. As for this fellow Moses who led us out of Egypt—we don’t know what has happened to him!’[i](AX) 41 That was the time they made an idol in the form of a calf. They brought sacrifices to it and reveled in what their own hands had made.(AY) 42 But God turned away from them(AZ) and gave them over to the worship of the sun, moon and stars.(BA) This agrees with what is written in the book of the prophets:

“‘Did you bring me sacrifices and offerings
    forty years in the wilderness, people of Israel?
43 You have taken up the tabernacle of Molek
    and the star of your god Rephan,
    the idols you made to worship.
Therefore I will send you into exile’[j](BB) beyond Babylon.

44 “Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the covenant law(BC) with them in the wilderness. It had been made as God directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.(BD) 45 After receiving the tabernacle, our ancestors under Joshua brought it with them when they took the land from the nations God drove out before them.(BE) It remained in the land until the time of David,(BF) 46 who enjoyed God’s favor and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God of Jacob.[k](BG) 47 But it was Solomon who built a house for him.(BH)

48 “However, the Most High(BI) does not live in houses made by human hands.(BJ) As the prophet says:

49 “‘Heaven is my throne,
    and the earth is my footstool.(BK)
What kind of house will you build for me?
says the Lord.
    Or where will my resting place be?
50 Has not my hand made all these things?’[l](BL)

51 “You stiff-necked people!(BM) Your hearts(BN) and ears are still uncircumcised. You are just like your ancestors: You always resist the Holy Spirit! 52 Was there ever a prophet your ancestors did not persecute?(BO) They even killed those who predicted the coming of the Righteous One. And now you have betrayed and murdered him(BP)— 53 you who have received the law that was given through angels(BQ) but have not obeyed it.”

The Stoning of Stephen

54 When the members of the Sanhedrin heard this, they were furious(BR) and gnashed their teeth at him. 55 But Stephen, full of the Holy Spirit,(BS) looked up to heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God.(BT) 56 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open(BU) and the Son of Man(BV) standing at the right hand of God.”

57 At this they covered their ears and, yelling at the top of their voices, they all rushed at him, 58 dragged him out of the city(BW) and began to stone him.(BX) Meanwhile, the witnesses(BY) laid their coats(BZ) at the feet of a young man named Saul.(CA)

59 While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”(CB) 60 Then he fell on his knees(CC) and cried out, “Lord, do not hold this sin against them.”(CD) When he had said this, he fell asleep.(CE)

Footnotes

  1. Acts 7:3 Gen. 12:1
  2. Acts 7:7 Gen. 15:13,14
  3. Acts 7:18 Exodus 1:8
  4. Acts 7:20 Or was fair in the sight of God
  5. Acts 7:28 Exodus 2:14
  6. Acts 7:32 Exodus 3:6
  7. Acts 7:34 Exodus 3:5,7,8,10
  8. Acts 7:37 Deut. 18:15
  9. Acts 7:40 Exodus 32:1
  10. Acts 7:43 Amos 5:25-27 (see Septuagint)
  11. Acts 7:46 Some early manuscripts the house of Jacob
  12. Acts 7:50 Isaiah 66:1,2
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