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Travay 7-8
Haitian Creole Version
Travay 7-8
Haitian Creole Version
7 ¶ Granprèt la mande Etyèn: Eske se vre?
2 Etyèn reponn: Frè m' yo, grandèt mwen yo, koute. Bondye, ki gen bèl pouvwa a, te parèt devan Abraram, zansèt nou. Lè sa a, li te rete nan peyi Mezopotami, li pa t' ankò vin rete Karan.
3 Bondye di l' konsa: Kite peyi ou la, kite tout fanmi ou yo ladan l'. Ale nan peyi m'a moutre ou la.
4 Se konsa, Abraram kite peyi kaldeyen yo, li al rete Karan. Lè papa Abraram mouri, Bondye fè l' kite Karan vin nan peyi kote n'ap viv koulye a.
5 Lè sa a, Bondye pa t' bay Abraram okenn bitasyon nan peyi a, pa menm yon ti pous tè. Men, Bondye te pwomèt li t'ap ba l' peyi a ki t'ap rete nèt pou li ak pou pitit pitit li yo. Men, lè sa a Abraram pa t' gen pitit.
6 Men sa Bondye te di l': Pitit pitit ou yo gen pou y' al viv nan yon peyi etranje, kote y'ap fè yo tounen esklav, kote y'ap maltrete yo pandan katsanzan (400 an).
7 Men, Bondye di l' ankò: Se mwen menm k'ap peni nasyon ki va pran yo fè esklav la. Apre sa, y'a soti kite peyi etranje sa a, y'a vin sèvi m' isit la.
8 Apre sa, Bondye pase yon kontra ak Abraram, li ba li sikonsizyon an pou sèvi mak kontra a. Se konsa Abraram te sikonsi Izarak, pitit gason l' lan, wit jou apre l' te fèt. Menm jan an tou, Izarak te sikonsi Jakòb, pitit li a. Jakòb menm sikonsi douz pitit li yo, zansèt douz branch fanmi pèp Izrayèl la.
9 Pitit Jakòb yo, zansèt nou yo, fè jalouzi pou Jozèf. Yo vann li tankou yon esklav nan peyi Lejip. Men, Bondye te kanpe la avèk Jozèf.
10 Li delivre l' nan tout malè li. Lè Jozèf parèt devan farawon an, wa peyi Lejip la, Bondye ba l' bon konprann, li fè l' aji yon jan ki fè wa a plezi. Farawon an mete Jozèf chèf pou l' gouvènen tout peyi Lejip la ansanm ak kay wa a tou.
11 Apre sa, vin gen yon grangou nan tout peyi Lejip ak nan peyi Kanaran. Moun t'ap soufri anpil. Zansèt nou yo pa t' jwenn anyen pou yo te manje.
12 Lè Jakòb tande te gen manje nan peyi Lejip, li voye zansèt nou yo la yon premye fwa.
13 Dezyèm fwa y' ale a, Jozèf fè frè l' yo rekonèt li. Se konsa farawon an vin fè konesans ak fanmi Jozèf yo.
14 Jozèf voye chache Jakòb, papa l', ansanm ak tout fanmi li. Lè sa a, yo te swasannkenz moun antou.
15 Jakòb desann nan peyi Lejip. Se la li mouri, li menm ak tout zansèt nou yo.
16 Yo pote kò yo Sichèm, yo antere yo la, nan twou wòch Abraram te achte nan men eritye Emò yo, lavil Sichèm.
17 ¶ Lè a t'ap pwoche pou Bondye te kenbe pwomès li te fè Abraram lan. Pèp nou an te vin anpil, chak jou li t'ap vin pi plis toujou nan peyi Lejip la.
18 Yon lòt wa ki pa t' konnen anyen sou Jozèf te pran kòmandman peyi a.
19 Wa sa a twonpe pèp nou an, li maltrete zansèt nou yo: li fòse yo kite tibebe ki fenk fèt yo deyò pou yo mouri.
20 Se lè sa a Moyiz te fèt: se te yon bèl pitit devan Bondye. Yo te kenbe l' pandan twa mwa lakay papa li pou ba l' tete.
21 Men, lè yo te lage l' deyò a, pitit fi farawon an te ranmase l': li elve l' tankou pitit pa li.
22 Se konsa Moyiz te vin gen tout konesans moun peyi Lejip yo. Sou jan l' te pale ak sa l' t'ap fè, yo te wè msye te fò anpil.
23 Lè Moyiz vin gen karantan, li fè lide al vizite frè l' yo, moun pèp Izrayèl yo.
24 Lè l' rive, li wè yon moun peyi Lejip ki t'ap maltrete yonn nan frè l' yo, li pran defans nonm yo t'ap maltrete a. Li pran revanj li sou moun peyi Lejip la, li touye li.
25 Li te kwè frè l' yo ta konprann travay Bondye ki te chwazi l' pou delivre yo a. Men, yo pa t' konprann sa.
26 Nan denmen, Moyiz wè de nan moun pèp Izrayèl yo ki t'ap goumen. Li te vle fè yo byen ankò, li di yo: Mezanmi, se frè nou ye. Poukisa yonn ap maltrete lòt konsa?
27 Men, sa ki t'ap maltrete moun pèp Izrayèl parèy li a bay Moyiz yon zòp, li di l' konsa: Kilès ki mete ou la pou ban nou lòd, osinon pou jije nou?
28 Gen lè ou vle touye m' menm jan ou te touye moun peyi Lejip ayè a?
29 Lè Moyiz tande pawòl sa yo, li kouri kite peyi a, li al viv nan peyi Madyan. Antan l' te la, li fè de pitit gason.
30 ¶ Karantan apre sa, yon zanj Bondye parèt devan Moyiz nan yon flanm dife ki t'ap boule yon ti touf bwa nan mitan dezè ki bò Mòn Sinayi a.
31 Moyiz te sezi lè l' wè aparisyon sa a. Antan l' t'ap pwoche pou gade l' pi pre, li tande vwa Bondye ki t'ap di:
32 Se mwen menm ki Bondye zansèt ou yo, Bondye Abraram, Bondye Izarak ak Bondye Jakòb. Moyiz pran tranble sitèlman li te pè. Li pa menm louvri je l' pou l' gade.
33 Lè sa a Bondye di l' ankò: Wete sapat ou, paske kote ou ye a se yon tè ki apa pou Bondye.
34 Mwen wè tray pèp mwen an ap pase nan peyi Lejip, mwen tande jan li ap plenn, mwen desann vin delivre yo. Koulye a, ale non. Se mwen menm k'ap voye ou nan peyi Lejip.
35 Moun pèp Izrayèl yo te voye Moyiz jete lè yo te di: Kilès ki mete ou la pou ban nou lòd osinon pou jije nou? Se menm Moyiz sa a Bondye te voye pou kòmande yo, pou delivre yo avèk konkou zanj ki te parèt nan ti touf bwa a.
36 Se Moyiz ki fè pèp Izrayèl la soti kite peyi Lejip, avèk tout mirak ak tout bèl bagay li te fè nan peyi a bò lanmè Wouj la ak nan dezè a pandan karantan.
37 Se menm Moyiz sa a ki te di pèp Izrayèl la: Bondye gen pou l' voye yon pwofèt ban nou tankou l' te voye m' lan: se va yonn nan frè nou yo.
38 Se li menm ki te la ak pèp Izrayèl la lè yo te sanble nan gwo dezè a; li te la avèk zansèt nou yo ansanm ak zanj Bondye a ki t'ap pale avè l' sou gwo mòn Sinayi a. Se li menm ki te resevwa pawòl ki bay lavi a nan men Bondye epi ki pase yo ban nou.
39 Men, zansèt nou yo pa t' vle obeyi l'; yo mete l' sou kote, epi yo te anvi tounen Lejip.
40 Yo di Arawon: Fè lòt bondye ki pou mache devan nou, paske nou pa konnen sa ki rive nonm yo rele Moyiz la ki te fè nou soti kite peyi Lejip la.
41 Lè sa a, yo fè yon estati an fòm yon ti towo bèf, epi yo touye bèt ofri bay zidòl la. Yo te kontan pou sa yo te fè ak men yo a.
42 ¶ Men, Bondye vire do l' ba yo, li kite yo adore zetwal ki nan syèl la, jan sa te ekri nan Liv pwofèt yo: Nou menm pèp Izrayèl, èske se pou mwen nou te fè ofrann bèt ak lòt sakrifis, pandan karantan nou pase nan gwo dezè a?
43 Non, se pa t' pou mwen. Men, nou redi pote wogatwa zidòl Molòk la, ansanm ak pòtre zetwal Refan, bondye nou an, bann zidòl nou te fè ak men nou pou n' adore! Se poutèt sa, m'ap voye nou jouk lòt bò Babilòn.
44 Nan gwo dezè a, zansèt nou yo te gen yon tant kote yo te fèmen de wòch plat lalwa yo. Yo te fè l' jan Bondye te mande Moyiz pou l' fè l' la, dapre modèl li te moutre Moyiz la.
45 Yo pase tant sa a bay grandèt nou yo ki te vin apre. Grandèt nou yo menm te pote l' avèk yo lè Jozye t'ap mennen yo pou yo pran peyi a nan men pèp Bondye t'ap chase met deyò devan yo. Tant la rete la jouk sou tan David.
46 David te jwenn favè Bondye, li te mande l' pèmisyon pou l' te fè yon kay pou Bondye Jakòb la.
47 Men se Salomon ki te bati kay la pou li.
48 Men, Bondye ki anwo nan syèl la pa rete nan kay moun bati ak men yo. Men sa pwofèt la di:
49 Syèl la se fòtèy kote m' chita a. Se Bondye ki di sa. Tè a se yon ti ban pou m' lonje pye mwen. Ki kalite kay nou ta ka bati pou mwen? Ki kote nou ta ka ban mwen pou m' poze kò m'?
50 Eske se pa mwen ki fè tout bagay sa yo?
51 ¶ Ala moun gen tèt di! Tankou moun lòt nasyon yo, nou fèmen kè nou, nou fèmen zòrèy nou bay Bondye, n'ap kenbe tèt ak Sentespri toujou. Nou tankou zansèt nou yo.
52 Kilès nan pwofèt yo zansèt nou yo pa t' pèsekite? Yo te touye tout pwofèt ki te fè konnen davans ki jan Sèvitè Bondye a te gen pou vini. Koulye a, se Sèvitè Bondye a menm nou trayi, se li menm nou touye.
53 Se nou menm ki te resevwa lalwa Moyiz nan men zanj Bondye yo, epi se nou menm ankò ki pa obeyi li.
54 ¶ Lè manm Gran Konsèy yo tande pawòl sa yo, yo fin pran chenn, yo manje dan yo sou Etyèn sitèlman yo te an kolè.
55 Men Etyèn, anba pouvwa Sentespri, leve je l' anlè, li gade syèl la. Li wè tout bèl pouvwa Bondye a ansanm ak Jezi kanpe sou bò dwat Bondye.
56 Li di: Gade, men mwen wè syèl la louvri, ak Moun Bondye voye nan lachè a kanpe sou bò dwat Bondye.
57 Moun yo pran rele byen fò, yo bouche zòrèy yo. Epi yo tout tonbe sou li ansanm.
58 Yo trennen l' deyò lavil la. Yo touye l' ak kout wòch. Moun ki t'ap akize Etyèn yo te mete rad yo nan pye yon jenn gason yo te rele Sòl.
59 Pandan yo t'ap voye wòch sou Etyèn, Etyèn menm t'ap lapriyè, li t'ap di: Seyè Jezi, resevwa lespri mwen.
60 Apre sa, li tonbe ajenou, li rele byen fò: Seyè, pa mete peche sa a sou kont yo. Lè l' fin di sa, li mouri.
8 ¶ Sòl menm te dakò pou yo te touye Etyèn. Menm jou sa a, yo kòmanse pèsekite legliz Jerizalèm lan anpil. Tout disip yo gaye kò yo nan peyi Jide ak nan peyi Samari. Se apòt yo sèlman ki te rete Jerizalèm.
2 Kèk moun ki renmen Bondye te antere Etyèn, yo te kriye anpil pou li.
3 Sòl menm te soti pou l' fini ak legliz la. Li mache kay an kay, li trennen tout moun ki kwè yo rache yo met deyò pa fòs, li fè fèmen fanm kou gason nan prizon.
4 ¶ Disip ki te gaye nan peyi a t'ap anonse bon nouvèl la toupatou.
5 Se konsa Filip al nan yon lavil peyi Samari. Rive la li tanmen pale sou Kris la bay moun yo.
6 Foul moun yo mete tèt yo ansanm, yo t'ap swiv sa Filip t'ap di yo: yo t'ap koute l', yo t'ap wè mirak li t'ap fè.
7 Move lespri yo t'ap pouse gwo rèl lè Filip t'ap chase yo soti sou anpil moun malad. Li te geri anpil moun paralize ak moun enfim tou.
8 Se konsa te gen yon gwo kontantman nan tout lavil la.
9 Nan lavil sa a te gen yon nonm yo rele Simon. Metye l' se fè maji. Simon sa a te yon sezisman pou tout moun Samari. Li te fè tèt li pase pou yon grannèg.
10 Tout moun, piti kou gran, t'ap swiv tou sa li t'ap fè. Yo t'ap di: Nonm sa a gen pouvwa Bondye, sa yo rele gwo pouvwa a, nan tèt li.
11 Se konsa yo t'ap swiv tou sa li t'ap fè paske depi lontan yo te egare devan maji l' yo.
12 Men, lè Filip anonse bon nouvèl peyi kote Bondye wa a, lè l' fè yo konnen non Jezi Kris la, moun yo kwè pawòl la; fanm kou gason resevwa batèm.
13 Ata Simon te kwè. Li menm tou li te resevwa batèm. Apre sa, li te toujou avèk Filip, li te sezi wè bèl bagay ak mirak li t'ap fè.
14 ¶ Apòt yo menm ki te lavil Jerizalèm, lè yo tande moun Samari te asepte pawòl Bondye a, yo voye Pyè ak Jan bò kote yo.
15 Lè Pyè ak Jan rive Samari, yo lapriyè pou moun ki kwè yo pou yo te kapab resevwa Sentespri,
16 paske Sentespri a pa t' ankò desann sou okenn nan yo. Yo te resevwa batèm nan non Seyè Jezi a sèlman.
17 Lè sa a, Pyè ak Jan mete men sou tèt yo, yo resevwa Sentespri.
18 Simon te wè jan moun yo te resevwa Sentespri lè apòt yo mete men sou tèt yo. Li ofri Pye ak Jan lajan.
19 Li di yo: Ban m' pouvwa sa a tou, pou lè m' mete men m' sou tèt yon moun li ka resevwa Sentespri a tou.
20 Men, Pyè di li: Al mouri ansanm ak tout lajan ou lan! Sa Bondye fè kado, ou kwè moun ka achte sa ak lajan?
21 Nan travay sa a, pa gen anyen pou ou; ou pa gen dwa ladan l' paske kè ou pa dwat devan Bondye.
22 Wete move lide sa a nan tèt ou, lapriyè Bondye pou ou wè si la padonnen ou dèske ou te fè lide sa a.
23 Paske mwen wè kè ou anmè kou fyèl, peche fin mare nanm ou.
24 Lè sa a, Simon di Pyè ak Jan konsa: Tanpri souple, lapriyè Bondye pou mwen, pou anyen nan sa nou di a pa rive mwen.
25 Lè Pyè ak Jan fin rann temwayaj sa a, lè yo fin bay mesaj Bondye a, yo tounen lavil Jerizalèm. Sou tout wout la, yo t'ap bay bon nouvèl la nan anpil bouk peyi Samari.
26 ¶ Yon zanj Bondye pale ak Filip, li di li: Leve non! Al nan direksyon sid, sou wout ki soti lavil Jerizalèm pou desann Gaza a. (Wout sa a, moun pa fasil pase sou li ankò.)
27 Filip leve, li pati. Antan l' sou wout la, yon nonm parèt devan l'; se te yon moun peyi Letiopi, yon nèg konfyans. Li te yon gwo chèf nan peyi Letiopi. Se li menm ki te reskonsab tout richès Kandas, larenn peyi a. Li te moute lavil Jerizalèm pou adore Bondye.
28 Antan li t'ap tounen nan peyi l', li te chita nan cha li, li t'ap li nan liv pwofèt Ezayi a.
29 Sentespri di Filip konsa: Leve pye ou, rive toupre cha a.
30 Filip kouri ale bò cha a, li tande moun peyi Letiopi a ki t'ap li nan liv pwofèt Ezayi a. Li mande li: Eske ou konprann sa w'ap li la a?
31 Nonm lan reponn li: Ki jan pou m' fè konprann si m' pa jwenn moun pou esplike mwen? Epi li mande Filip pou l' moute nan cha a, vin chita bò kote li.
32 Men pasaj li t'ap li nan liv la: Li te tankou yon mouton yo t'ap mennen labatwa. Li te tankou yon ti mouton ki pa janm rele lè y'ap taye lenn sou do li. Li pa janm louvri bouch li di anyen.
33 Yo te desann li ba anpil, yo refize fè l' jistis. Pesonn p'ap nonmen non pitit pitit li. Paske, lavi l' sou latè fini nèt.
34 Chèf peyi Letiopi a mande Filip: Di m' non, ki moun pwofèt la ap pale konsa: tèt pa l' osinon yon lòt moun?
35 Filip pran pale: li kòmanse avèk pasaj li t'ap li nan liv la, li fè l' konnen bon nouvèl ki pale sou Jezi a.
36 Antan yo prale konsa, yo rive yon kote ki te gen dlo. Lè sa a, nonm peyi Letiopi a di li: Bon, men dlo. Kisa ki pou anpeche m' resevwa batèm?
37 Filip di li: Si ou kwè ak tout kè ou, ou ka resevwa batèm. Nonm lan reponn li: Mwen kwè Jezikri se Pitit Bondye a.
38 Apre sa, li fè yo rete cha a. Filip desann nan dlo a ansanm ak gwo chèf la. Filip batize li.
39 Lè yo soti nan dlo a, Lespri Bondye fè Filip disparèt, gwo chèf la pa janm wè l' ankò. Men, li kontinye chemen l' ak kè kontan.
40 Filip menm rete konsa li wè li lavil Azòt. Apre sa, li pran mache. Nan tout ti bouk kote l' pase, li anonse bon nouvèl la jouk li rive lavil Sezare.
Acts 7-8
New International Version
Acts 7-8
New International Version
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)
8 And Saul(CF) approved of their killing him.
The Church Persecuted and Scattered
On that day a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all except the apostles were scattered(CG) throughout Judea and Samaria.(CH) 2 Godly men buried Stephen and mourned deeply for him. 3 But Saul(CI) began to destroy the church.(CJ) Going from house to house, he dragged off both men and women and put them in prison.
Philip in Samaria
4 Those who had been scattered(CK) preached the word wherever they went.(CL) 5 Philip(CM) went down to a city in Samaria and proclaimed the Messiah there. 6 When the crowds heard Philip and saw the signs he performed, they all paid close attention to what he said. 7 For with shrieks, impure spirits came out of many,(CN) and many who were paralyzed or lame were healed.(CO) 8 So there was great joy in that city.
Simon the Sorcerer
9 Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery(CP) in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great,(CQ) 10 and all the people, both high and low, gave him their attention and exclaimed, “This man is rightly called the Great Power of God.”(CR) 11 They followed him because he had amazed them for a long time with his sorcery. 12 But when they believed Philip as he proclaimed the good news of the kingdom of God(CS) and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized,(CT) both men and women. 13 Simon himself believed and was baptized. And he followed Philip everywhere, astonished by the great signs and miracles(CU) he saw.
14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria(CV) had accepted the word of God,(CW) they sent Peter and John(CX) to Samaria. 15 When they arrived, they prayed for the new believers there that they might receive the Holy Spirit,(CY) 16 because the Holy Spirit had not yet come on any of them;(CZ) they had simply been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.(DA) 17 Then Peter and John placed their hands on them,(DB) and they received the Holy Spirit.(DC)
18 When Simon saw that the Spirit was given at the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money 19 and said, “Give me also this ability so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
20 Peter answered: “May your money perish with you, because you thought you could buy the gift of God with money!(DD) 21 You have no part or share(DE) in this ministry, because your heart is not right(DF) before God. 22 Repent(DG) of this wickedness and pray to the Lord in the hope that he may forgive you for having such a thought in your heart. 23 For I see that you are full of bitterness and captive to sin.”
24 Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me(DH) so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”
25 After they had further proclaimed the word of the Lord(DI) and testified about Jesus, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages.(DJ)
Philip and the Ethiopian
26 Now an angel(DK) of the Lord said to Philip,(DL) “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27 So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian[m](DM) eunuch,(DN) an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship,(DO) 28 and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet. 29 The Spirit told(DP) Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”
30 Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.
31 “How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.
32 This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading:
“He was led like a sheep to the slaughter,
and as a lamb before its shearer is silent,
so he did not open his mouth.
33 In his humiliation he was deprived of justice.
Who can speak of his descendants?
For his life was taken from the earth.”[n](DQ)
34 The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” 35 Then Philip began(DR) with that very passage of Scripture(DS) and told him the good news(DT) about Jesus.
36 As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?”(DU) [37] [o] 38 And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. 39 When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away,(DV) and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing. 40 Philip, however, appeared at Azotus and traveled about, preaching the gospel in all the towns(DW) until he reached Caesarea.(DX)
Footnotes
- Acts 7:3 Gen. 12:1
- Acts 7:7 Gen. 15:13,14
- Acts 7:18 Exodus 1:8
- Acts 7:20 Or was fair in the sight of God
- Acts 7:28 Exodus 2:14
- Acts 7:32 Exodus 3:6
- Acts 7:34 Exodus 3:5,7,8,10
- Acts 7:37 Deut. 18:15
- Acts 7:40 Exodus 32:1
- Acts 7:43 Amos 5:25-27 (see Septuagint)
- Acts 7:46 Some early manuscripts the house of Jacob
- Acts 7:50 Isaiah 66:1,2
- Acts 8:27 That is, from the southern Nile region
- Acts 8:33 Isaiah 53:7,8 (see Septuagint)
- Acts 8:37 Some manuscripts include here Philip said, “If you believe with all your heart, you may.” The eunuch answered, “I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.”
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