Acts 7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Stephen’s Sermon
7 “Is this true?”[a] the high priest asked.
2 “Brothers and fathers,” he said, “listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,(A) 3 and said to him:
4 “Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. From there, after his father died, God had him move to this land you now live in.(C) 5 He didn’t give him an inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, but He promised to give it to him as a possession, and to his descendants after him,(D) even though he was childless. 6 God spoke in this way:
His descendants would be strangers
in a foreign country,
and they would enslave
and oppress them 400 years.
7 I will judge the nation
that they will serve as slaves, God said.
After this, they will come out
and worship Me in this place.(E)[c]
8 Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision. After this, he fathered Isaac and circumcised(F) him on the eighth day; Isaac did the same with Jacob, and Jacob with the 12 patriarchs.(G)
The Patriarchs in Egypt
9 “The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt, but God was with him(H) 10 and rescued him out of all his troubles. He gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and over his whole household.(I) 11 Then a famine and great suffering came over all of Egypt and Canaan,(J) and our ancestors could find no food. 12 When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors the first time. 13 The second time, Joseph was revealed to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh. 14 Joseph then invited his father Jacob and all his relatives, 75 people in all,(K) 15 and Jacob went down to Egypt. He and our ancestors died there,(L) 16 were carried back to Shechem, and were placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.(M)
Moses, a Rejected Savior
17 “As the time was drawing near to fulfill the promise that God had made to Abraham, the people flourished and multiplied in Egypt(N) 18 until a different king who did not know Joseph ruled over Egypt.[d] 19 He dealt deceitfully with our race and oppressed our ancestors by making them leave their infants outside, so they wouldn’t survive.[e](O) 20 At this time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in God’s sight. He was cared for in his father’s home three months, 21 and when he was left outside, Pharaoh’s daughter adopted and raised him as her own son.(P) 22 So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his speech and actions.(Q)
23 “As he was approaching the age of 40, he decided[f] to visit his brothers, the Israelites. 24 When he saw one of them being mistreated, he came to his rescue and avenged the oppressed man by striking down the Egyptian. 25 He assumed his brothers would understand that God would give them deliverance through him, but they did not understand. 26 The next day he showed up while they were fighting and tried to reconcile them peacefully, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’(R)
27 “But the one who was mistreating his neighbor pushed him[g] away, saying:
Who appointed you a ruler and a judge over us? 28 Do you want to kill me, the same way you killed the Egyptian yesterday?(S)[h]
29 “At this disclosure, Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, where he fathered two sons.(T) 30 After 40 years had passed, an angel[i] appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush. 31 When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight. As he was approaching to look at it, the voice of the Lord came: 32 I am the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob.(U)[j] So Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look.
33 “Then the Lord said to him:
Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. 34 I have observed the oppression of My people in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to rescue them. And now, come, I will send you to Egypt.(V)[k]
35 “This Moses, whom they rejected when they said, Who appointed you a ruler and a judge?[l]—this one God sent as a ruler and a redeemer by means of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.(W) 36 This man led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt,(X) at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness 40 years.(Y)
Israel’s Rebellion against God
37 “This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, God[m] will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your brothers.(Z)[n] 38 He is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness together with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors.(AA) He received living oracles to give to us.(AB) 39 Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him, but pushed him away, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.(AC) 40 They told Aaron:
Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what’s happened to him.(AD)[o]
41 They even made a calf in those days, offered sacrifice to the idol, and were celebrating what their hands had made.(AE) 42 Then God turned away(AF) and gave them up to worship(AG) the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets:
House of Israel, did you bring Me offerings and sacrifices
40 years in the wilderness?
43 No, you took up the tent of Moloch[p]
and the star of your god Rephan,[q]
the images that you made to worship.
So I will deport you beyond Babylon!(AH)[r]
God’s Real Tabernacle
44 “Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern he had seen.(AI) 45 Our ancestors in turn received it and with Joshua brought it in when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our fathers,(AJ) until the days of David. 46 He found favor in God’s sight and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God[s] of Jacob.(AK) 47 But it was Solomon who built Him a house.(AL) 48 However, the Most High does not dwell in sanctuaries made with hands, as the prophet says:(AM)
49 Heaven is My throne,
and earth My footstool.
What sort of house will you build for Me?
says the Lord,
or what is My resting place?
50 Did not My hand make all these things?(AN)[t]
Resisting the Holy Spirit
51 “You stiff-necked(AO) people with uncircumcised hearts and ears!(AP) You are always resisting the Holy Spirit; as your ancestors did, so do you. 52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute?(AQ) They even killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers(AR) you have now become. 53 You received the law under the direction of angels(AS) and yet have not kept it.”
The First Christian Martyr
54 When they heard these things, they were enraged in their hearts[u] and gnashed their teeth at him. 55 But Stephen, filled by the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven. He saw God’s glory, with[v] Jesus standing at the right hand of God,(AT) and he said, 56 “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”(AU)
57 Then they screamed at the top of their voices, covered their ears, and together rushed against him. 58 They threw him out of the city and began to stone(AV) him. And the witnesses laid their robes at the feet of a young man named Saul.(AW) 59 They were stoning Stephen as he called out: “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”(AX) 60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice,(AY) “Lord, do not charge them with this sin!” And saying this, he fell asleep.(AZ)
Footnotes
- Acts 7:1 Lit “Are these things so?”
- Acts 7:3 Gn 12:1
- Acts 7:7 Gn 15:13-14
- Acts 7:18 Other mss omit over Egypt
- Acts 7:19 A common pagan practice of population control by leaving infants outside to die
- Acts 7:23 Lit 40, it came into his heart
- Acts 7:27 Moses
- Acts 7:28 Ex 2:14
- Acts 7:30 Other mss add of the Lord
- Acts 7:32 Ex 3:6,15
- Acts 7:34 Ex 3:5,7-8,10
- Acts 7:35 Ex 2:14
- Acts 7:37 Other mss read ‘The Lord your God
- Acts 7:37 Dt 18:15
- Acts 7:40 Ex 32:1,23
- Acts 7:43 Canaanite or Phoenician sky or sun god
- Acts 7:43 Perhaps an Assyrian star god—the planet Saturn
- Acts 7:43 Am 5:25-27
- Acts 7:46 Other mss read house
- Acts 7:50 Is 66:1-2
- Acts 7:54 Or were cut to the quick
- Acts 7:55 Lit and
ᎨᏥᏅᏏᏛ ᏄᎾᏛᏁᎵᏙᎸᎢ 7
Cherokee New Testament
7 ᏄᎬᏫᏳᏒᏃ ᎠᏥᎸ-ᎨᎶᎯ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ; ᎾᏍᎩᏍᎪ ᎤᏃᎯᏳᎯ ᏄᏍᏗ?
2 [ᏍᏗᏫᏃ] ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ; ᎢᏥᏍᎦᏯ ᎢᏓᏓᏅᏟ ᎠᎴ ᏗᎩᏙᏓ, ᎢᏣᏛᏓᏍᏓ. ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᏥᎸᏉᏗ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏄᏛᏁᎴ ᎢᎩᏙᏓ ᎡᏆᎭᎻ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᎯᏳ ᎺᏌᏆᏕᎻ ᏤᎮᎢ, ᎠᏏᏉ ᎨᎳᏂ ᎾᏁᎳᏗᏍᎬᎾ ᏥᎨᏎᎢ;
3 ᎯᎠᏃ ᏄᏪᏎᎴᎢ; ᏣᏤᎵᎪᎯ ᎯᏄᎪᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏗᏨᎩ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᎿ ᎦᏙᎯ ᎬᏯᏎᎮᏗ ᎨᏒ ᏫᎷᎩ.
4 ᎿᏉᏃ ᎤᏓᏅᏎ ᎠᏂᎦᎵᏗ ᎤᎾᏤᎵᎪᎯ, ᎨᎳᏂᏃ ᎤᏁᎳᏕᎢ, ᎾᎿᏃ ᏗᎤᏓᏅᏒ, ᎤᏙᏓ ᎤᏲᎱᏒ, ᎡᏍᎦᏂ ᎤᎷᏤᎴᎢ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎠᏂ ᎪᎯ ᏥᏤᎭ.
5 ᎠᎴ ᎥᏝ ᎦᏓ ᎠᏂ ᏳᏁᎴᎢ ᏂᎤᏟᏍᏕ ᏏᎳᏏᏅᎯᏉ ᎢᎩᏛ, ᎠᏎᏃ ᎤᏚᎢᏍᏓᏁᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏤᎵ ᎢᏳᏩᏁᏗᏱ ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏁᏢᏔᏅᏛ ᎨᏒ ᎠᏏᏉ ᎤᏪᏥ ᏁᎲᎾ ᎨᏎᎢ.
6 ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ; "ᏣᏁᏢᏔᏅᏛ ᎠᏁᏙᎯ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎾᎿ ᎤᎾᏤ-ᎵᎪᎯ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᎿ ᎠᏁᎯ ᏙᏓᎬᏩᏂᎾᏢᏂ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏲ ᏅᏓᎬᏅᏁᎵ ᏅᎩᏧᏈ ᏧᏕᏘᏴᏛ.
7 ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏑᎾᏓᎴᎩ ᏴᏫ ᏗᎬᏩᏂᎾᏢᏅᎯ ᏙᏓᎦᏥᏳᎪᏓᏁᎵ, ᎣᏂᏃ ᎤᏂᎾᏄᎪᎢᏍᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᎬᏆᏛᏁᏗ ᎨᏎᏍᏗ," ᎤᏛᏁ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ.
8 ᏗᎧᎿᏩᏛᏍᏗᏃ ᎤᏁᎴ ᎠᎱᏍᏕᏍᏗ ᎨᏒ ᎤᎬᏩᎵ; ᎡᏆᎭᎻᏃ ᎤᏕᏁᎴ ᎡᏏᎩ, ᎤᎱᏍᏕᏎᎴᏃ ᏧᏁᎵᏁ ᎢᎦ, ᎡᏏᎩᏃ ᏤᎦᏈ, ᏤᎦᏈᏃ ᏔᎳᏚ ᎢᏯᏂᏛ ᏗᎩᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ.
9 ᏗᎩᎦᏴᎵᎨᏃ ᎠᏅᏳᏤᎲ ᏅᏗᎤᎵᏍᏙᏔᏁ ᎤᏂᎾᏗᏅᏎ ᏦᏩ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ ᏩᎦᏘᏅᏍᏙᏗᏱ; ᎠᏎᏃ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏚᎧᎿᏩᏗᏙᎮᎢ,
10 ᎠᎴ ᎤᏭᏓᎴᏍᎨ ᏂᎦᏛ ᎤᏲ ᏄᎵᏍᏓᏁᎵᏕᎬᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏁᎴ ᎣᏏᏳ ᎠᎦᏓᏅᏖᏗᏱ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎦᏔᎿᎢᏳ ᎨᏒ ᎠᎦᏔᎲ ᏇᎵᏲ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ, ᎠᎴ ᏄᎬᏫᏳᏌᏕᎩ ᏄᏩᏁᎴ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ, ᎠᎴ ᏂᎦᏛ ᎦᏁᎸᎢ.
11 ᏂᎬᎾᏛᏃ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ ᎠᎴ ᎨᎾᏂ ᏚᎪᏄᎶᏎᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏣᏘ ᎠᎩᎵᏯ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏁᎢ, ᏗᎩᎦᏴᎵᎨᏃ ᎤᎾᏠᎨ ᎤᎾᎵᏍᏓᏴᏗ.
12 ᏤᎦᏈᏃ ᎤᏛᎦᏅ ᎤᏣᎴᏍᏗ ᎡᎲ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ, ᏕᎤᏅᏎ ᏗᎩᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᎩᎳ ᎾᎨᏎᎢ.
13 ᏔᎵᏁᏃ ᏦᏩ ᎠᎾᎵᏅᏟ ᎬᏬᎵᏤᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏇᎵᏲ ᏕᎤᎦᏙᎥᏎ ᏦᏩ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏧᏩᎿ.
14 ᏦᏩᏃ ᎤᏓᏅᏎ ᏭᏯᏅᎮ ᎤᏙᏓ ᏤᎦᏈ ᎠᎴ ᏂᎦᏛ ᎤᏩᏒ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏧᏩᎿ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎦᎵᏆᏍᎪᎯ ᎯᏍᎩᎦᎵ ᎢᏯᏂᎢ.
15 ᏤᎦᏈᏃ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ ᏭᎶᏎᎢ, ᎤᏲᎱᏎᏃ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏗᎩᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ.
16 ᏌᎩᎻᏃ ᏫᏗᎨᏥᏅᏍᏔᏁᎢ ᎠᎴ ᏕᎨᏥᏂᏌᏁ ᎠᏤᎵᏍᏛ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎡᏆᎭᎻ ᎠᏕᎸ ᏧᎫᏴᏔᏁ ᏥᏚᏩᏎᎴ ᎡᎹ ᏧᏪᏥ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏌᎩᎻ ᎤᏙᏓ.
17 ᎠᏚᎢᏍᏛᏃ ᎤᏍᏆᎸᎯᏗᏎᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏎᎵᏔᏅᎯ ᏧᏁᏤᎴ ᎡᏆᎭᎻ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏂᏁᏉᏤ ᏴᏫ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏂᏣᏔᏅᎯ ᏄᎾᎵᏍᏔᏁ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ.
18 ᎬᏂ ᏅᏩᏓᎴ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎤᎾᏄᎪᏨ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏄᎦᏔᎲᎾ ᏦᏩ.
19 ᎾᏍᎩ ᏓᏏᎾᏌᏅᏤᎮ ᎪᎱᏍᏗ ᏗᎬᎿ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏲ ᏂᏚᏩᏁᎴ ᏗᎩᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᎨᎦᏓᎢᏅᏗᏱ ᏧᎾᏍᏗ ᏧᏁᏥ, ᏗᎬᏩᎾᏛᎯᏍᏗ ᏂᎨᏒᎾ ᎢᏳ ᎵᏍᏙᏗᏱ.
20 ᎾᎯᏳ ᎼᏏ ᎤᏕᏁᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏩᏔᏅᎯ ᎤᏬᏚᎯᏳ ᎨᏎᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏥᏍᏆᏂᎪᏔᏁ ᎤᏙᏓ ᎦᏁ-ᎸᎢ ᏦᎢ ᎢᏯᏅᏙ.
21 ᎠᎦᏓᎢᏅᏃ ᏇᎵᏲ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎠᎨᏴ ᎤᏁᏎᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏍᏆᏂᎪᏔᏁᎢ ᎤᏩᏒ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎤᏰᎸᏁᎢ.
22 ᏱᏏᏃ ᎠᎨᏲᏅᎯ ᎨᏎ ᏂᎦᎥ ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎿᎢᏳ ᎨᏒ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ ᎠᏁᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᎵᏂᎩᏗᏳ ᎨᏎ ᎤᏁᎢᏍᏗᏱ ᎠᎴ ᏧᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᏗᏱ.
23 ᏅᎦᏍᎪᎯᏃ ᎢᏳᏕᏘᏴᏛ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏅ, ᎤᏓᏅᏖᎴ ᏓᏩᏛᎲᏍᏗᏱ ᎠᎾᎵᏅᏟ ᎢᏏᎵ ᏧᏪᏥ.
24 ᎤᎪᎲᏃ ᎠᏏᏴᏫ ᎦᏰᏥᏐᏢᏛᎢ, ᎤᏍᏕᎸᎮᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏞᏤᎴ ᎤᏲ ᎢᏯᎬᏁᎸᎯ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᎴ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ ᎡᎯ.
25 ᎠᎴ ᎯᎠ ᏁᎵᏍᎨᎢ, ᏛᏃᎵᏥ ᎣᏣᎵᏅᏟ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᏴ ᎠᏉᏰᏂ ᏗᎬᏔᏂᏒ ᏙᏗᏍᏕᎸᎯᏒᎢ; ᎠᏎᏃ ᎥᏝ ᏳᏃᎵᏤᎢ.
26 ᎤᎩᏨᏛᏃ ᏚᎾᏄᎪᏤᎴ ᎠᎾᎵᎲᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎦᎪᎯᏍᏓᏁᎮ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ; "ᎢᏍᏗᏍᎦᏯ, ᏗᏍᏓᏓᏅᏟᏉ; ᎦᏙᏃ ᎤᏲ ᏂᏙᏍᏓᏓᏛᏁᎭ?"
27 ᎠᏎᏃ ᎤᏣᏘᏂ ᎢᏳᏛᏁᎸᎯ ᎾᎥ ᎢᏧᎾᏓᎳ ᏗᎤᏪᏌᏙᏰᏉ, ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ; ᎦᎪ ᏂᏣᎬᏫᏳᏌᏕᎩ ᎠᎴ ᏗᏍᎩᏳᎪᏓᏁᎯ ᎢᏣᎧᏅ ᏂᎯ?
28 ᏥᎪ ᎠᏴ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏣᏚᎵ ᏍᏗᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎤᏒᎯ ᏥᎸᎩ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ ᎡᎯ?
29 ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏄᏪᏒ ᎼᏏ ᎤᎵᏘᏎᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎻᏗᏂ ᎦᏓ ᎠᎲ ᏒᏙᎯ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏁᎢ, ᎾᎿᏃ ᎠᏂᏔᎵ ᎠᏂᏍᎦᏯ ᏧᏪᏥ ᎬᏩᏕᏁᎴᎢ.
30 ᏅᎦᏍᎪᎯᏃ ᏄᏕᏘᏴᎲ ᏗᎧᎿᏩᏗᏙᎯ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᏄᏛᏁᎴ ᎢᎾᎨ ᏓᎾᏱ ᎣᏓᎸ ᎤᏪᏲᏓᏛ ᎠᏓᏪᎵᎩᏍᎬᎢ.
31 ᎼᏏᏃ ᎤᎪᎲ ᎤᏍᏆᏂᎪᏎ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎠᎪᏩᏘᏍᎬᎢ. ᎤᎪᎵᏰᏗᏱᏃ ᎤᏰᎸᏅ ᎾᎥ ᏭᎷᏨ ᏗᎪᎵ-ᏰᏎᎢ, ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎧᏁᎬ ᎤᏛᎦᏁ [ᎯᎠ ᏂᎦᏪᏍᎨᎢ;]
32 "ᎠᏴ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏗᏣᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᎤᎾᏤᎵᎦ, ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎡᏆᎭᎻ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎡᏏᎩ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏤᎦᏈ ᏅᏤᎵᎦ." ᎣᏏᏃ ᎤᏪᎿᏪᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᏍᎦᎴ ᎤᎪᎵᏰᏗᏱ.
33 ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯᏃ ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎴᎢ; "ᏔᎳᏑᎳᎩ, ᎾᎿᏰᏃ ᏥᏙᎦ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎦᏙᎯ.
34 ᎤᏙᎯᏳᎯᏯ ᎠᎩᎪᎲ ᎤᏲ ᏄᎾᎵᏍᏓᏁᎵᏕᎬ ᏴᏫ ᏗᏆᏤᎵ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ ᏣᏁᎭ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏆᏛᎦᏅ ᏚᏂᎵᏰᏗᏍᎬᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎠᏆᏠᏱᏏᎸ ᏕᎫᏓᎴᏏᎸ; Ꭷ ᎿᏉ ᏓᎬᏅᏏ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ."
35 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᎼᏏ ᏧᏂᏲᎢᏎᎴ ᎯᎠ ᏥᏄᏂᏪᏎᎢ, ᎦᎪ ᏂᏣᎬᏫᏳᏌᏕᎩ ᎠᎴ ᏚᎪᏗᏍᎩ ᏣᎧᏅ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏅᏎ ᏄᎬᏫᏳᏌᏕᎩ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏄᏓᎴᏍᎩ ᏄᏩᏁᎴ ᎤᏩᏔᏁ ᏗᎧᎿᏩᏗᏙᎯ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᏛᏁᎸᎯ ᎤᏪᏲᏓᏛᎢ.
36 ᎾᏍᎩ ᏚᏘᎿᏫᏛᎮᎢ ᏂᏚᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎶ ᎤᏍᏆᏂᎪᏗ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏰᎸᏛ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ ᎠᎴ ᎠᎹ-ᎩᎦᎨᏍᏛᏱ ᎠᎴ ᎢᎾᎨ ᏅᎦᏍᎪᎯ ᏧᏕᏘᏴᏛ.
37 ᎯᎠ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎼᏏ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏥᏂᏚᏪᏎᎴ ᎢᏏᎵ ᏧᏪᏥ; ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ ᎢᏣᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏓᏥᎾᏄᎪᏫᏎᎵ ᎠᏙᎴᎰᏍᎩ ᎢᏣᎵᏅᏟ ᎨᏒ ᏓᎦᎾᏄᎪᏥ ᎠᏴ ᎾᏍᎩᏯᎢ; ᎾᏍᎩ ᏓᏰᏣᏛᎦᏁᎵ.
38 ᎯᎠ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᏥᎨᎳᏗᏙᎮ ᎤᎾᏓᏡᏩᏕᎬ ᎢᎾᎨᎢ, ᏔᎵ ᏧᏛᏗᏕᎨ ᏗᎧᎿᏩᏗᏙᎯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏧᏁᏤᎴ ᎣᏓᎸ ᏌᎾᏱ, ᏥᎨᎳᏗᏙᎮ ᎠᏁᏙᎲ ᏗᎩᎦᏴᎵᎨᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏥᏓᏥᏲᎯᏎᎴ ᎠᏛᏂᏗᏍᏙᏗ ᎧᏃᎮᏛ ᎠᏴ ᎢᎩᏁᏗ.
39 ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᎩᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᎥᏝ ᏳᏚᎵᏍᎨ ᎤᏃᎯᏳᏗᏱ, ᎢᏴᏛᏉᏍᎩᏂ ᏄᏅᏁᏔᏁᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏚᎾᏓᏅᏛ ᎢᏥᏈᏱᏉ ᏫᏂᏚᏅᏁᎢ,
40 ᎯᎠ ᏄᏂᏪᏎᎴ ᎡᎳᏂ; ᏗᏍᎩᏲᏢᎾᏏ ᏦᎦᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏗᎪᎦᏘᏂᏙᎯ, ᎯᎠᏰᏃ ᎼᏏ ᎢᏥᏈᏱ ᏂᏙᏓᏲᎦᏘᏅᏍᏔᏅᎯ ᎥᏝ ᏲᏥᎦᏔᎭ ᏄᎵᏍᏓᏁᎸᎢ.
41 ᎾᎯᏳᏃ ᎤᏃᏢᏁ ᏩᎦ ᎠᎩᎾ, ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏗᏟᎶᏍᏔᏅᎯ ᎠᏥᎸ-ᎨᎳᏍᏗ ᎤᏂᏲᎮᎴᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᎾᎵᎮᎵᏤᎴ ᎤᏅᏒ ᏧᏃᏰᏂ ᏧᏅᏔᏅᎯ ᎤᏃᏢᏅᎯ.
42 ᎿᏉᏃ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᎦᏔᎲᏎᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᎾᏁᎳᎩ ᏫᏓᏂᎸᏉᏓ ᎤᏂᏣᏘ ᎦᎸᎶ ᎠᏁᎯ ᏚᏪᎵᏎᎴᎢ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎯᎠ ᏥᏂᎬᏅ ᏥᎪᏪᎳ ᎠᎾᏙᎴᎰᏍᎩ ᏧᏃᏪᎳᏅᎯ; "ᏂᎯ ᎢᏏᎵ ᏏᏓᏁᎸᎯ ᎨᏒᎢ, ᏥᎪ ᏕᏍᎩᏃᎮᎸ ᏗᎸᎯ ᎦᎾᏝᎢ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏥᎸ-ᎨᎳᏍᏗ ᏅᎦᏍᎪᎯ ᏥᎾᏕᏘᏴ ᎢᎾᎨᎢ?
43 ᎢᏥᎲᏒᏰᏃ ᎦᎵᏦᏙᏗ ᎼᎳᎩ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ ᎠᎴ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎢᏥᏰᎸᎯ ᎴᎻᏈᏂ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ ᏃᏈᏏ, ᏗᏟᎶᏍᏔᏅᎯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏗᏦᏢᏅᎯ ᏗᏣᏓᏙᎵᏍᏓᏁᏗ; ᏓᏗᎶᏂᏃ ᎤᏗᏗᏢ ᏫᏙᏓᏨᏯᎧᏂ."
44 ᏗᎩᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᎢᎾᎨ ᎤᏂᎮ ᎦᎵᏦᏛ ᎠᏙᎴᎰᎮᏍᏙᏗ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎤᏁᏨᎢ ᎼᏏ ᏧᏁᏤᎴ ᎤᏬᏢᏗᏱ ᏧᏟᎶᏍᏙᏗᏱ ᏄᏍᏛ ᎤᎪᎲᎢ.
45 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎾᏍᏉ ᏗᎩᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᏗᎨᏥᏲᎯᏎᎸᎯ ᎨᏒ ᏦᏑᏩ ᏧᎾᏖᏉᎶᏎ ᏧᏂᏲᎴ ᏧᎾᏓᎴᏅᏛ ᏴᏫ ᎤᎾᏤᎵᎪᎯ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏥᏚᎨᎯᏕᎴ ᏗᎩᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᏕᏫ ᏤᎮ ᎢᏯᏍᏗ.
46 ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎣᏏᏳ ᎤᏓᏅᏖᏍᎩ ᏄᎵᏍᏔᏁᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎾᏍᎩ ᎤᏔᏲᎴ ᎤᏩᏛᏗᏱ ᎤᏁᎳᏗᏍᏗᏱ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᏤᎦᏈ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ.
47 ᎠᏎᏃ ᏐᎵᎹᏅ ᎤᏁᏍᎨᎴᎢ.
48 ᎥᏝᏍᎩᏂᏃᏅ ᏩᏍᏛ ᎦᎸᎳᏗᏳ ᎡᎯ ᏱᎦᏁᎸ ᏓᏓᏁᎸ ᎩᎶ ᏧᏃᏰᏂ ᏧᏅᏔᏅᎯ ᏧᎾᏁᏍᎨᎲᎩ, ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᎠᏙᎴᎰᏍᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏥᏂᎦᏪᎠ;
49 "ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᎠᎩᏗᏱ ᎡᎶᎯᏃ ᏗᏆᎳᏏᏗᏱ. ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏕᏍᏗ ᎦᎵᏦᏕ ᏓᏍᎩᏯᏁᏍᎨᎵ? ᎠᏗᎭ ᎤᎬᏫᏳᎯ; ᎠᎴ ᎭᏢ ᎠᏆᎵᏙᎯᏍᏙᏗᏱ;
50 ᏝᏍᎪ ᎠᏉᏰᏂ ᎠᏋᏔᏅᎯ ᎠᏉᏢᏅᎯ ᏱᎩ ᎯᎠ ᏂᎦᏛ ᏥᏄᏍᏗᏓᎾ?"
51 ᏧᏩᏗᏔᏯ ᏗᏥᎩᎵᎨᏂ, ᎠᎴ ᏂᏕᏥᎤᏍᏕᏎᎸᎾ ᏗᏥᎾᏫ ᎠᎴ ᏕᏥᎵᎷᎬᎢ, ᏂᎪᎯᎸ ᎡᏣᏡᏗᏍᎪ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ; ᏗᏥᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᏄᎾᏛᏁᎸ ᎾᏍᎩᏯ ᏂᎯ ᏂᏣᏛᏁᎰᎢ.
52 ᎦᏙ ᎤᏍᏗ ᎾᏍᎩ Ꮎ ᎠᎾᏙᎴᎰᏍᎩ ᎨᏒ ᏗᏥᎦᏴᎵᎨ ᎥᏝ ᎤᏲ ᎢᏳᏅᏁᎸᎯ ᏱᎩ? ᎠᎴ ᏕᎤᏂᎸ ᎤᎾᏙᎴᎰᏛᎯ ᎬᏂᎨᏒ ᎢᏳᏅᏁᎸᎯ ᎤᎷᎯᏍᏗᏱ ᎾᏍᎦᏅᎾ ᎾᏍᎩ ᏂᎯ ᎡᏥᎶᏄᎡᎸᎯ ᎠᎴ ᎡᏥᎸᎯ ᏥᏄᎵᏍᏔᏅ;
53 ᏤᏥᏲᎯᏎᎸᎩ ᏗᎧᎿᏩᏛᏍᏗ ᏗᏂᎧᎿᏩᏗᏙᎯ ᎣᏍᏛ ᏄᏅᎿᏕᎬᎢ ᎠᏎᏃ ᎥᏝ ᎢᏥᏍᏆᏂᎪᏔᏅᎯ ᏱᎩ.
54 ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᎤᎾᏛᎦᏅ ᏚᏂᏘᎴ ᏧᏂᎾᏫᏱ, ᎠᎴ ᏗᏂᏄᏙᎬ ᏕᎬᏩᏄᏓᎨᎴᎢ.
55 ᎠᏎᏃ ᎤᎧᎵᏨᎯ ᎨᏎ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎠᏓᏅᏙ ᎤᏯᏅᏒᎯ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᏫᏚᎧᎿᏁᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᏭᎪᎮ ᎦᎸᏉᏗᏳ ᎨᏒ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏤᎵᎦ, ᎠᎴ ᏥᏌ ᎦᏙᎨ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᎦᏘᏏᏗᏢ;
56 ᎯᎠᏃ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ; ᎬᏂᏳᏉ ᎦᎸᎳᏗ ᎤᎵᏍᏚᎢᏛ ᏥᎪᏩᏘᎭ, ᎠᎴ ᏴᏫ ᎤᏪᏥ ᎦᏙᎦ ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎠᎦᏘᏏᏗᏢ.
57 ᎠᏍᏓᏯᏃ ᎤᏁᎷᏅ ᏗᏂᎴᏂ ᏚᏂᏍᏚᏁᎢ, ᎠᎴ ᎤᎴᏃᏅᎯ ᎤᎾᏁᎷᎩᎡᎴᎢ;
58 ᎦᏚᎲᏃ ᎤᏂᏄᎪᏫᏒ ᏅᏯ ᏚᏅᏂᏍᏔᏁᎢ. ᎠᏂᎦᏔᎯᏃ ᏧᎾᏅᏬ ᏚᏂᏅᏁ ᏚᎳᏍᎬ ᎾᎥ ᎠᏫᏅ ᏐᎳ ᏧᏙᎢᏛ.
59 ᏅᏯᏃ ᏚᏅᏂᏍᏔᏁ ᏍᏗᏫ ᎠᏓᏙᎵᏍᏗᏍᎨᎢ, ᎯᎠ ᏂᎦᏪᏍᎨᎢ; ᏣᎬᏫᏳᎯ, ᏥᏌ, ᏔᏓᏂᎸᎩ ᎠᏆᏓᏅᏙᎩ.
60 ᏚᎵᏂᏆᏅᏅᏃ ᎠᏍᏓᏯ ᎤᏪᎷᏁᎢ, ᎯᎠ ᏄᏪᏎᎢ; ᏣᎬᏫᏳᎯ, ᏞᏍᏗ ᎯᎠ ᎤᏂᏍᎦᏅᏨ ᏱᎦᎯᏍᏔᏁᏍᏗ. ᎾᏍᎩᏃ ᏄᏪᏒ ᎤᎸᏁᎢ.
Acts 7
New King James Version
Stephen’s Address: The Call of Abraham
7 Then the high priest said, “Are these things so?”
2 And he said, (A)“Brethren and fathers, listen: The (B)God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in (C)Haran, 3 and said to him, (D)‘Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.’ 4 Then (E)he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was (F)dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell. 5 And God gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on. But even when Abraham had no child, (G)He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him. 6 But God spoke in this way: (H)that his descendants would dwell in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into (I)bondage and oppress them four hundred years. 7 (J)‘And the nation to whom they will be in bondage I will (K)judge,’ said God, (L)‘and after that they shall come out and serve Me in this place.’ 8 (M)Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision; (N)and so Abraham begot Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; (O)and Isaac begot Jacob, and (P)Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs.
The Patriarchs in Egypt
9 (Q)“And the patriarchs, becoming envious, (R)sold Joseph into Egypt. (S)But God was with him 10 and delivered him out of all his troubles, (T)and gave him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. 11 (U)Now a famine and great [a]trouble came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers found no sustenance. 12 (V)But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. 13 And the (W)second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to the Pharaoh. 14 (X)Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob and (Y)all his relatives to him, [b]seventy-five people. 15 (Z)So Jacob went down to Egypt; (AA)and he died, he and our fathers. 16 And (AB)they were carried back to Shechem and laid in (AC)the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem.
God Delivers Israel by Moses
17 “But when (AD)the time of the promise drew near which God had sworn to Abraham, (AE)the people grew and multiplied in Egypt 18 till another king (AF)arose who did not know Joseph. 19 This man dealt treacherously with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, (AG)making them expose their babies, so that they might not live. 20 (AH)At this time Moses was born, and (AI)was well pleasing to God; and he was brought up in his father’s house for three months. 21 But (AJ)when he was set out, (AK)Pharaoh’s daughter took him away and brought him up as her own son. 22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was (AL)mighty in words and deeds.
23 (AM)“Now when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel. 24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended and avenged him who was oppressed, and struck down the Egyptian. 25 For he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by his hand, but they did not understand. 26 And the next day he appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brethren; why do you wrong one another?’ 27 But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, (AN)‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? 28 Do you want to kill me as you did the Egyptian yesterday?’ 29 (AO)Then, at this saying, Moses fled and became a dweller in the land of Midian, where he (AP)had two sons.
30 (AQ)“And when forty years had passed, an Angel [c]of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai. 31 When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he drew near to observe, the voice of the Lord came to him, 32 saying, (AR)‘I am the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ And Moses trembled and dared not look. 33 (AS)‘Then the Lord said to him, “Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground. 34 I have surely (AT)seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will (AU)send you to Egypt.” ’
35 “This Moses whom they rejected, saying, (AV)‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ is the one God sent to be a ruler and a deliverer (AW)by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36 (AX)He brought them out, after he had (AY)shown wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, (AZ)and in the Red Sea, (BA)and in the wilderness forty years.
Israel Rebels Against God
37 “This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, (BB)‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. (BC)Him[d] you shall hear.’
38 (BD)“This is he who was in the [e]congregation in the wilderness with (BE)the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, (BF)the one who received the living (BG)oracles[f] to give to us, 39 whom our fathers (BH)would not obey, but rejected. And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt, 40 (BI)saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ 41 (BJ)And they made a calf in those days, offered sacrifices to the idol, and (BK)rejoiced in the works of their own hands. 42 Then (BL)God turned and gave them up to worship (BM)the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the Prophets:
(BN)‘Did you offer Me slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness,
O house of Israel?
43 You also took up the tabernacle of Moloch,
And the star of your god Remphan,
Images which you made to worship;
And (BO)I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’
God’s True Tabernacle
44 “Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as He appointed, instructing Moses (BP)to make it according to the pattern that he had seen, 45 (BQ)which our fathers, having received it in turn, also brought with Joshua into the land possessed by the Gentiles, (BR)whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the (BS)days of David, 46 (BT)who found favor before God and (BU)asked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob. 47 (BV)But Solomon built Him a house.
48 “However, (BW)the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:
49 ‘Heaven(BX) is My throne,
And earth is My footstool.
What house will you build for Me? says the Lord,
Or what is the place of My rest?
50 Has My hand not (BY)made all these things?’
Israel Resists the Holy Spirit
51 “You (BZ)stiff-necked[g] and (CA)uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. 52 (CB)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of (CC)the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, 53 (CD)who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.”
Stephen the Martyr
54 (CE)When they heard these things they were [h]cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. 55 But he, (CF)being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the (CG)glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, 56 and said, “Look! (CH)I see the heavens opened and the (CI)Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord; 58 and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And (CJ)the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, (CK)receive my spirit.” 60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, (CL)“Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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