Acts 7
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
7 Then the high priest said: Are these things so?
2 Who said: Ye men, brethren, and fathers, hear. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charan.
3 And said to him: Go forth out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
4 Then he went out of the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charan. And from thence, after his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein you now dwell.
5 And he gave him no inheritance in it; no, not the pace of a foot: but he promised to give it him in possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
6 And God said to him: That his seed should sojourn in a strange country, and that they should bring them under bondage, and treat them evil four hundred years.
7 And the nation which they shall serve will I judge, said the Lord; and after these things they shall go out, and shall serve me in this place.
8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision, and so he begot Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob; and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.
9 And the patriarchs, through envy, sold Joseph into Egypt; and God was with him,
10 And delivered him out of all his tribulations: and he gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharao, the king of Egypt; and he appointed him governor over Egypt, and over all his house.
11 Now there came a famine upon all Egypt and Chanaan, and great tribulation; and our fathers found no food.
12 But when Jacob had heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent our fathers first:
13 And at the second time, Joseph was known by his brethren, and his kindred was made known to Pharao.
14 And Joseph sending, called thither Jacob, his father, and all his kindred, seventy-five souls.
15 So Jacob went down into Egypt; and he died, and our fathers.
16 And they were translated into Sichem, and were laid in the sepulchre, that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Hemor, the son of Sichem.
17 And when the time of the promise drew near, which God had promised to Abraham, the people increased, and were multiplied in Egypt,
18 Till another king arose in Egypt, who knew not Joseph.
19 This same dealing craftily with our race, afflicted our fathers, that they should expose their children, to the end they might not be kept alive.
20 At the same time was Moses born, and he was acceptable to God: who was nourished three months in his father's house.
21 And when he was exposed, Pharao's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
22 And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians; and he was mighty in his words and in his deeds.
23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel.
24 And when he had seen one of them suffer wrong, he defended him; and striking the Egyptian, he avenged him who suffered the injury.
25 And he thought that his brethren understood that God by his hand would save them; but they understood it not.
26 And the day following, he shewed himself to them when they were at strife; and would have reconciled them in peace, saying: Men, ye are brethren; why hurt you one another?
27 But he that did the injury to his neighbour thrust him away, saying: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge over us?
28 What, wilt thou kill me, as thou didst yesterday kill the Egyptian?
29 And Moses fled upon this word, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begot two sons.
30 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the desert of mount Sina, an angel in a flame of fire in a bush.
31 And Moses seeing it, wondered at the sight. And as he drew near to view it, the voice of the Lord came unto him, saying:
32 I am the God of thy fathers; the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses being terrified, durst not behold.
33 And the Lord said to him: Loose the shoes from thy feet, for the place wherein thou standest, is holy ground.
34 Seeing I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, and I will send thee into Egypt.
35 This Moses, whom they refused, saying: Who hath appointed thee prince and judge? him God sent to be prince and redeemer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
36 He brought them out, doing wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the desert forty years.
37 This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel: A prophet shall God raise up to you of your own brethren, as myself: him shall you hear.
38 This is he that was in the church in the wilderness, with the angel who spoke to him on mount Sina, and with our fathers; who received the words of life to give unto us.
39 Whom our fathers would not obey; but thrust him away, and in their hearts turned back into Egypt,
40 Saying to Aaron: Make us gods to go before us. For as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.
41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifices to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42 And God turned, and gave them up to serve the host of heaven, as it is written in the books of the prophets: Did you offer victims and sacrifices to me for forty years, in the desert, O house of Israel?
43 And you took unto you the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Rempham, figures which you made to adore them. And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
44 The tabernacle of the testimony was with our fathers in the desert, as God ordained for them, speaking to Moses, that he should make it according to the form which he had seen.
45 Which also our fathers receiving, brought in with Jesus, into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David.
46 Who found grace before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
47 But Solomon built him a house.
48 Yet the most High dwelleth not in houses made by hands, as the prophet saith:
49 Heaven is my throne, and the earth my footstool. What house will you build me? saith the Lord; or what is the place of my resting?
50 Hath not my hand made all these things?
51 You stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do you also.
52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? And they have slain them who foretold of the coming of the Just One; of whom you have been now the betrayers and murderers:
53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
54 Now hearing these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed with their teeth at him.
55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looking up steadfastly to heaven, saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God. And he said: Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
56 And they crying out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and with one accord ran violently upon him.
57 And casting him forth without the city, they stoned him; and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man, whose name was Saul.
58 And they stoned Stephen, invoking, and saying: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
59 And falling on his knees, he cried with a loud voice, saying: Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep in the Lord. And Saul was consenting to his death.
Ebikolwa by’Abatume 7
Endagaano Enkadde nʼEndagaano Empya
Okwogera kwa Suteefano mu Lukiiko
7 Awo Kabona Asinga Obukulu n’abuuza Suteefano nti, “Ebyo bwe biri bwe bityo?”
2 (A)Suteefano n’addamu nti, “Baganda bange ne bakadde bange, mumpulirize! Katonda ow’ekitiibwa yalabikira jjajjaffe Ibulayimu ng’akyali mu Mesopotamiya, nga tannaba kulaga mu Kalani. 3 (B)N’amugamba nti, ‘Vva mu nsi yannyo ne mu bantu bo, ogende mu nsi gye ndikulaga.’
4 (C)“Bw’atyo n’ava mu nsi y’Abakuludaaya n’abeera mu Kalani, okutuusa kitaawe bwe yafa. Awo Katonda n’amuleeta wano mu nsi eno mwe tuli kaakano. 5 (D)Naye n’atamuwaako ttaka lirye newaakubadde awalinnyibwa ekigere. Kyokka n’asuubiza okugimuwa okugirya, ye n’ezzadde lye oluvannyuma lwe, newaakubadde nga mu kiseera ekyo lbulayimu teyalina mwana! 6 (E)Katonda n’amugamba nti ezzadde lye, baliba bagenyi mu nsi y’abalala, era balibafuula abaddu, ne babayisa bubi okumala emyaka ebikumi bina. 7 (F)Era Katonda n’agamba nti, ‘Ndibonereza eggwanga eryo eriribafuula abaddu, n’oluvannyuma balivaayo ne bansinziza mu kifo kino.’ 8 (G)Era n’amuwa okukomolebwa ng’akabonero ak’endagaano. Awo lbulayimu n’azaala lsaaka, n’amukomola ng’awezezza ennaku munaana ez’obukulu. Isaaka n’azaala Yakobo, ne Yakobo n’azaala bajjajjaffe ekkumi n’ababiri.
9 (H)“Bajjajja abo ne bakwatirwa Yusufu obuggya, ne bamutunda mu Misiri. Naye Katonda yali naye, 10 (I)n’amuwonya mu kubonaabona kwonna era n’amuwa ekisa n’amagezi mu maaso ga Falaawo, ye kabaka w’e Misiri. Falaawo n’amuwa okufuga Misiri yonna era n’amukwasa okulabirira byonna ebifa mu lubiri lwe.
11 (J)“Awo enjala n’egwa mu Misiri yonna ne mu nsi ya Kanani, n’ereetera bajjajjaffe okubonaabona ennyo kubanga baali tebalina we baggya mmere. 12 (K)Yakobo bwe yawulira nga mu Misiri eriyo eŋŋaano n’atumayo bajjajjaffe, omulundi gwabwe ogwasooka. 13 (L)Ku mulundi ogwokubiri Yusufu ne yeeyanjulira baganda be era n’ayanjulira Falaawo baganda be. 14 (M)Bw’atyo Yusufu n’atumya kitaawe, Yakobo, era n’ab’ennyumba ya kitaawe bonna be bantu nsanvu mu bataano. 15 (N)Bw’atyo Yakobo n’ajja e Misiri era n’afiira eyo ne bajjajjaffe. 16 (O)Oluvannyuma baaleetebwa e Sekemu mu ntaana Ibulayimu gye yali aguze omuwendo gw’effeeza, ku batabani ba Kamoli mu Sekemu.
17 (P)“Ekiseera ky’ekisuubizo bwe kyagenda kisembera, Katonda kye yasuubiza Ibulayimu, abantu ne beeyongera ne baala mu Misiri. 18 (Q)Awo kabaka omulala eyali tamanyi Yusufu n’atandika okufuga Misiri. 19 (R)Kabaka oyo n’asalira eggwanga lyaffe amagezi, n’abonyaabonya bajjajjaffe, ng’abasuuza abaana baabwe abawere baleme okuba abalamu.
20 (S)“Mu biseera ebyo ne Musa n’azaalibwa, n’ayagalwa nnyo Katonda. Bakadde be ne bamulabirira mu nnyumba yaabwe okumala emyezi esatu. 21 (T)Bwe yalekebwa mu mugga, muwala wa Falaawo n’amulonda n’amutwala n’amulera nga mutabani we. 22 (U)Musa n’ayigirizibwa mu magezi gonna ag’Abamisiri, n’akula nga w’amaanyi mu bigambo ne mu bikolwa.
23 “Awo Musa bwe yali awezezza emyaka amakumi ana, n’asalawo mu mutima gwe okukyalirako baganda be, abaana ba Isirayiri. 24 N’alaba Omuyisirayiri ng’anyigirizibwa, n’amutaasa, n’atta Omumisiri ng’awoolera eggwanga olw’oyo eyali anyigirizibwa. 25 Musa n’alowooza nti baganda be banaategeera nga Katonda amutumye okubalokola, naye ne batakitegeera. 26 Olunaku olwaddirira n’alaba abalwana. N’agezaako okubatabaganya ng’abagamba nti, ‘Abasajja lwaki mulwana nga muli baaluganda?’
27 “Naye oli eyali ayiikiriza munne n’asindika eri Musa ng’agamba nti, ‘Ani eyakufuula omufuzi waffe era omulamuzi waffe? 28 Oyagala kunzita nga bwe watta Omumisiri jjo?’ 29 (V)Musa bwe yawulira ebyo, n’adduka n’agenda abeera mugenyi mu nsi ya Midiyaani, era eyo n’azaalirayo abaana aboobulenzi babiri.
30 “Awo nga wayiseewo emyaka amakumi ana, Musa bwe yali ng’ali mu ddungu ly’olusozi Sinaayi, malayika n’amulabikira mu muliro ogwaka, wakati mu kisaka. 31 (W)Musa bwe yakiraba ne yeewuunya. N’agenda ng’asemberera ekisaka yeetegereze, eddoboozi lya Mukama ne limugamba nti, 32 (X)‘Nze Katonda wa bajjajja bo, Katonda wa Ibulayimu, ne Isaaka ne Yakobo.’ Musa n’akankana, era n’atasobola na kwongera kutunulayo.
33 (Y)“Awo Mukama n’agamba Musa nti, ‘Gyamu engatto zo, kubanga ekifo w’oyimiridde kitukuvu. 34 (Z)Ndabye okubonaabona kw’abantu bange mu Misiri, ne mpulira n’okusinda kwabwe. Kyenvudde nzika okubalokola. Kaakano jjangu, nkutume e Misiri.’
35 (AA)“Oyo Musa gwe baagaana nga bagamba nti, ‘Ani eyakufuula omufuzi era omulamuzi waffe?’ Oyo Katonda gwe yatuma ng’ayita mu malayika eyamulabikira mu kisaka eky’omuliro, abeere omufuzi waabwe era omununuzi waabwe. 36 (AB)Oyo n’abaggyayo ng’amaze okukola ebyamagero n’ebyewuunyisa, mu nsi y’e Misiri, n’abayisa mu Nnyanja Emyufu[a], n’abatambuza mu ddungu okumala emyaka amakumi ana.
37 (AC)“Oyo ye Musa eyategeeza abaana ba Isirayiri nti, ‘Katonda agenda kubayimusiza Nnabbi ng’amuggya mu baganda bammwe nga nze.’ 38 (AD)Era Musa oyo ye yali ne bajjajjaffe mu ddungu nga bakuŋŋaanye nga malayika ayogera naye ku lusozi Sinaayi, era yaweebwa ebigambo eby’obulamu okubitutuusaako.
39 (AE)“Naye bajjajjaffe baagaana okumugondera, ne bamujeemera, era mu mitima gyabwe ne baddayo e Misiri. 40 (AF)Ne bagamba Alooni nti, ‘Tukolere bakatonda abanaatukulembera, kubanga ono Musa eyatuggya mu nsi y’e Misiri tetumanyi kyabadde.’ 41 (AG)Mu nnaku ezo, ne beekolera ennyana, ne bawaayo ssaddaaka eri ekifaananyi, ne basanyukira ekyo kye beekoledde n’emikono gyabwe. 42 (AH)Awo Katonda n’abavaako, n’abawaayo okusinzanga eggye ery’omu ggulu, nga bwe kyawandiikibwa mu kitabo kya bannabbi nti,
“ ‘Mwandeeteranga ssaddaaka n’ebiweebwayo mu ddungu emyaka gyonna amakumi ana,
ggw’ennyumba ya Isirayiri?
43 (AI)Muzimbye essabo lya Moloki,
ne mugulumiza emmunyeenye ya katonda wammwe Lefani,
nga be bakatonda abalala be mwekolera mubasinze.
Kyendiva mbawaŋŋangusa’ okusukka Babulooni.
44 (AJ)“Bajjajjaffe baatambula mu ddungu nga beetisse Eweema ey’Endagaano, eyakolebwa nga Katonda bwe yalagirira Musa ng’efaanana nga bwe yagimulaga. 45 (AK)Bajjajjaffe bajja bagisituzza abaana baabwe, okutuusa Yoswa lwe yajja nayo okulya ensi y’abamawanga Katonda be yagobanga mu maaso ga bajjajjaffe. Eweema n’ebeerawo okutuusa ku mirembe gya Dawudi. 46 (AL)Dawudi n’asiimibwa Katonda, era n’asaba azimbire Katonda wa Yakobo ennyumba. 47 Naye Sulemaani ye yagizimba.
48 (AM)“Naye oyo Ali Waggulu Ennyo tabeera mu nnyumba zizimbiddwa bantu. Nga nnabbi bw’agamba nti,
49 (AN)“ ‘Eggulu y’entebe yange ey’obwakabaka.
N’ensi ke katebe kwe nteeka ebigere byange.
Mukama n’agamba nti,
Ononzimbira nnyumba ya ngeri ki?
Oba kifo ki mwe ndiwummulira?
50 (AO)Omukono gwange si gwe gwakola ebyo byonna!’
51 (AP)“Mmwe abalina ensingo enkakanyavu, abatakomolebwanga mu mutima wadde amatu, muwakanya Mwoyo Mutukuvu bulijjo; era bajjajjammwe nga bwe baali, nammwe bwe mutyo bwe muli. 52 (AQ)Nnabbi ki bajjajjammwe gwe bataayigganya? Batta n’abo abaalangirira okujja kw’Omutuukirivu, gwe mwalyamu olukwe ne mumutta. 53 (AR)Mmwe mwaweebwa amateeka nga bwe gaalagirwa bamalayika naye ne mutagagondera.”
Suteefano Akubwa Amayinja
54 (AS)Awo abakulembeze b’Abayudaaya bwe baawulira ebigambo ebyo byonna Suteefano bye yayogera, ne bajjula obusungu bungi ne bamulumira obujiji. 55 (AT)Naye Suteefano ng’ajjudde Mwoyo Mutukuvu, n’atunuulira eggulu enkaliriza, n’alaba ekitiibwa kya Katonda, ne Yesu ng’ayimiridde ku mukono gwa Katonda ogwa ddyo. 56 (AU)N’abagamba nti, “Laba, ndaba eggulu nga libikkuse, nga n’Omwana w’Omuntu ayimiridde ku mukono ogwa ddyo ogwa Katonda.”
57 Ne baleekaanira waggulu nga bazibikidde amatu gaabwe ne bamweyiwako. 58 (AV)Ne bamusindiikiriza ebweru w’ekibuga, ne bamukuba amayinja. Abaamukuba ne bassa eminagiro gyabwe ku bigere by’omuvubuka erinnya lye Sawulo.
59 (AW)Awo bwe baali bakuba Suteefano amayinja, n’akoowoola Katonda ng’agamba nti, “Mukama wange Yesu, twala omwoyo gwange.” 60 (AX)N’agwa wansi ku maviivi n’akaaba mu ddoboozi ery’omwanguka nti, “Mukama wange, tobavunaana olw’ekibi kino.” Bwe yamala okwogera ekyo, n’afa.
Footnotes
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