| 1 | Jumala sanoi hänelle: 'Lähde maastasi ja sukusi parista ja mene maahan, jonka minä sinulle osoitan.' | Then the high priest said, Are these things true? |
| 2 mapa | Silloin hän lähti kaldealaisten maasta ja asettui Harraniin, ja hänen isänsä kuoltua Jumala siirsi hänet tähän maahan, jossa te nyt asutte. | And he said, My brothers and fathers, give hearing. The God of glory came to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he was living in Haran, |
| 3 | Jumala ei antanut siitä Abrahamille jalanleveyden vertaa, mutta lupasi, että hän antaa sen omaksi hänelle ja hänen jälkeläisilleen -- vaikka Abrahamilla ei ollut lapsia. | And said to him, Go out of your land, and away from your family, and come into the land to which I will be your guide. |
| 4 mapa | Jumala sanoi: 'Sinun jälkeläisesi tulevat elämään muukalaisina vieraassa maassa, ja heitä pidetään orjuudessa ja sorretaan neljäsataa vuotta. | Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and went into Haran; and from there, when his father was dead, he was guided by God into this land, where you are living now: |
| 5 | Mutta minä' -- niin sanoi Jumala -- 'tuomitsen sen kansan, joka orjuuttaa heitä. Sen jälkeen he lähtevät sieltä ja palvelevat minua tässä paikassa.' | And God gave him no heritage in it, not even enough to put his foot on: but he gave him an undertaking that he would give it to him and to his children after him, though he had no child at that time. |
| 6 | Jumala teki Abrahamin kanssa liiton, jonka merkkinä on ympärileikkaus. Abrahamille syntyi Iisak, ja Abraham ympärileikkasi hänet kahdeksantena päivänä, samoin Iisak Jaakobin ja Jaakob kansamme kaksitoista kantaisää. | And God said that his seed would be living in a strange land, and that they would make them servants, and be cruel to them for four hundred years. |
| 7 | ja pelasti hänet kaikista ahdingoista. Jumala antoi hänelle viisautta, niin että farao, Egyptin kuningas, mieltyi häneen ja uskoi hänen hallintaansa koko Egyptin maan ja oman taloutensa. | And I will be the judge, said God, of that nation which made them servants: and after that, they will come out and give me worship in this place. |
| 8 | Sitten tuli koko Egyptiin ja Kanaaniin nälänhätä, vaikea ahdingon aika, eivätkä isämme saaneet mistään ravintoa. | And he made with him the agreement of which circumcision was the sign. And so Abraham had a son, Isaac, and gave him circumcision on the eighth day; and Isaac had a son, Jacob, and Jacob was the father of the twelve heads of the families of Israel. |
| 9 mapa | Mutta Jaakob kuuli, että Egyptissä oli viljaa, ja lähetti isämme sinne. Ensimmäistä käyntiä | And the brothers, moved with envy against Joseph, gave him to the Egyptians for money: but God was with him, |
| 10 mapa | seurasi toinen, ja silloin Joosef ilmaisi itsensä veljilleen ja farao sai tietää hänen suvustaan. | And made him free from all his troubles, and gave him wisdom and the approval of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who made him ruler over Egypt and all his house. |
| 11 mapa | Joosef lähetti sanan isälleen Jaakobille ja kutsui luokseen hänet ja koko sukunsa, seitsemänkymmentäviisi henkeä. | Now there was no food to be had in all Egypt and Canaan, and there was great trouble: and our fathers were not able to get food. |
| 12 mapa | Niin Jaakob meni Egyptiin. Siellä hän kuoli, samoin kantaisämme, | But Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, sent out our fathers the first time. |
| 13 | ja heidät vietiin Sikemiin ja pantiin hautaan, jonka Abraham oli hopealla ostanut Sikemistä Hamorin pojilta. | And the second time his brothers had a meeting with Joseph, and Pharaoh had knowledge of Joseph's family. |
| 14 | kunnes siellä nousi valtaan uusi kuningas, joka ei tiennyt mitään Joosefista. | Then Joseph sent for Jacob his father and all his family, seventy-five persons. |
| 15 mapa | Hän juonitteli kansaamme vastaan, sorti isiämme ja pakotti heidät jättämään vastasyntyneet lapsensa heitteille, etteivät ne jäisi eloon. | And Jacob went down to Egypt, and came to his end there, and so did our fathers; |
| 16 mapa | Tuohon aikaan syntyi Mooses, ja hän oli Jumalalle mieleinen. Kolme kuukautta häntä hoidettiin kotona, | And they were taken over to Shechem, and put to rest in the place which Abraham got for a price in silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem. |
| 17 mapa | ja sitten hänet jätettiin heitteille. Mutta faraon tytär pelasti hänet ja hoiti häntä omana poikanaan. | But when the time was near for putting into effect the undertaking which God had given to Abraham, the people were increasing in Egypt, |
| 18 mapa | Mooses sai parhaan egyptiläisen kasvatuksen ja osoitti kykynsä sekä sanoissa että teoissa. | Till another king came to power, who had no knowledge of Joseph. |
| 19 | Nähdessään, miten julmasti yhtä heistä kohdeltiin, hän riensi apuun ja kosti pahoinpidellyn puolesta lyömällä egyptiläisen hengiltä. | He, having evil designs against our nation, was cruel to our fathers, and they were forced to put out their young children, so that they might not go on living. |
| 20 | Hän luuli veljiensä ymmärtävän, että Jumala oli valinnut hänet heidän pelastajakseen, mutta he eivät ymmärtäneet. | At which time Moses came to birth, and he was very beautiful; and he was kept for three months in his father's house: |
| 21 | Seuraavana päivänä hän tuli paikalle juuri kun kaksi heistä tappeli keskenään, ja hän yritti saada sovinnon aikaan. Hän sanoi: 'Miehet, tehän olette veljiä! Miksi te käytte toistenne kimppuun?' | And when he was put out, Pharaoh's daughter took him and kept him as her son. |
| 22 | Mutta se mies, joka oli tappelun aloittanut, työnsi Mooseksen syrjään ja sanoi: 'Kuka sinut on pannut meidän päälliköksemme ja tuomariksemme? | And Moses was trained in all the wisdom of Egypt, and was great in his words and works. |
| 23 | Aiotko tappaa minutkin, niin kuin eilen tapoit sen egyptiläisen?' | But when he was almost forty years old, it came into his heart to go and see his brothers, the children of Israel. |
| 24 | Tämän kuultuaan Mooses pakeni. Hän eli sitten muukalaisena Midianin maassa, ja hänelle syntyi siellä kaksi poikaa. | And seeing one of them being attacked, he went to his help and gave the Egyptian a death-blow: |
| 25 | Mooses hämmästyi tätä näkyä ja meni lähemmäs katsoakseen tarkemmin, mutta silloin hän kuuli Herran äänen: | And he was hoping that his brothers would see that God had sent him to be their saviour; but they did not see. |
| 26 | 'Minä olen sinun isiesi Jumala, Abrahamin, Iisakin ja Jaakobin Jumala.' Mooses alkoi vapista eikä rohjennut katsoa. | And the day after, he came to them, while they were having a fight, and would have made peace between them, saying, Sirs, you are brothers; why do you do wrong to one another? |
| 27 | Mutta Herra sanoi hänelle: 'Riisu kengät jalastasi, sillä paikka, jossa seisot, on pyhää maata. | But the man who was doing wrong to his neighbour, pushing him away, said, Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? |
| 28 | Minä olen nähnyt, miten kansaani sorretaan Egyptissä, ja kuullut, miten se huokaa. Nyt olen astunut alas vapauttaakseni kansani. Tule, minä lähetän sinut Egyptiin.' | Will you put me to death as you did the Egyptian yesterday? |
| 29 mapa | Juuri hän johti heidät pois ja teki ihmeitä ja tunnustekoja Egyptissä, Punaisellamerellä ja autiomaassa neljänkymmenen vuoden ajan. | And at these words, Moses went in flight to the land of Midian, and was living there for a time, and had two sons. |
| 30 mapa | Ja juuri tämä Mooses sanoi israelilaisille: 'Jumala on veljienne joukosta nostava teille profeetan, minun kaltaiseni.' | At the end of forty years, an angel came to him in the waste land of Sinai, in the flame of a burning thorn-tree. |
| 31 | Juuri Mooses, silloin kun kansa oli koolla autiomaassa, välitti isillemme sen, mitä enkeli puhui hänelle Siinainvuorella. Hän otti vastaan elävät sanat antaakseen ne edelleen meille. | And Moses, seeing it, was full of wonder, and when he came up to have a nearer view of it, the voice of the Lord came to him, saying, |
| 32 | Mutta meidän isämme eivät suostuneet tottelemaan häntä, vaan työnsivät hänet syrjään ja mielittelivät takaisin Egyptiin. | I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob. And Moses, shaking with fear, kept his eyes from looking at it. |
| 33 | He sanoivat Aaronille: 'Tee meille jumalia, jotka johdattavat meitä. Me emme tiedä, mitä on tapahtunut Moosekselle, tuolle miehelle, joka toi meidät pois Egyptistä.' | And the Lord said, Take off the shoes from your feet, for the place where you are is holy. |
| 34 mapa | Niin he sitten tekivät sonnipatsaan, toivat sille uhreja ja viettivät ilojuhlaa tämän omatekoisen jumalansa kunniaksi. | Truly, I have seen the sorrows of my people in Egypt, and their cries have come to my ears, and I have come down to make them free: and now, come, I will send you to Egypt. |
| 35 | Mutta Jumala käänsi heille selkänsä ja hylkäsi heidät, antoi heidän palvoa taivaan tähtiä. Näinhän sanotaan profeettojen kirjassa: -- Toitteko te minulle teuraita ja muita uhreja autiomaassa niiden neljänkymmenen vuoden aikana, toitteko, Israelin sukukunta? | This Moses, whom they would not have, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? him God sent to be a ruler and a saviour, by the hand of the angel whom he saw in the thorn-tree. |
| 36 mapa | Molokin telttaa ja Raifan-jumalan tähteä te kannoitte, kuvia, jotka itse olitte kumarrettaviksenne tehneet! Niinpä minä siirrän teidät pois, Babylonin tuolle puolen. | This man took them out, having done wonders and signs in Egypt and in the Red Sea and in the waste land, for forty years. |
| 37 | Sen teltan meidän isämme saivat perinnöksi, ja he toivat sen mukanaan vallatessaan Joosuan johdolla tämän maan kansoilta, jotka Jumala karkotti heidän tieltään. Näin oli Daavidin aikaan saakka. | This is the same Moses, who said to the children of Israel, God will give you a prophet from among your brothers, like me. |
| 38 mapa | Jumala mieltyi Daavidiin, ja niin Daavid pyysi, että saisi etsiä asuinpaikan Jaakobin suvun Jumalalle. | This is the man who was in the church in the waste land with the angel who was talking to him in Sinai, and with our fathers; and to him were given the living words of God, so that he might give them to you. |
| 39 mapa | Mutta Salomo rakensi hänelle asuttavaksi talon! Korkein ei kuitenkaan asu ihmiskäsin tehdyissä rakennuksissa. | By whom our fathers would not be controlled; but they put him on one side, turning back in their hearts to Egypt, |
| 40 mapa | Profeettahan sanoo: | And saying to Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: as for this Moses, who took us out of the land of Egypt, we have no idea what has become of him. |
| 41 | -- Taivas on minun valtaistuimeni ja maa minun jalkojeni koroke. Millaisen talon te minulle rakentaisitte, sanoo Herra, mikä olisi minun asuinsijani? | And they made the image of a young ox in those days, and made an offering to it, and had joy in the work of their hands. |
| 42 | Olenhan omin käsin tehnyt tämän kaiken! | But God was turned from them and let them give worship to the stars of heaven, as it says in the book of the prophets, Did you make offerings to me of sheep and oxen for forty years in the waste land, O house of Israel? |
| 43 mapa | Onko yhtäkään profeettaa, jota teidän isänne eivät olisi vainonneet? He tappoivat ne, jotka ennalta ilmoittivat, että Vanhurskas oli tuleva. Ja nyt olette te kavaltaneet ja murhanneet hänet! | And you took up the tent of Moloch and the star of the god Rephan, images which you made to give worship to them: and I will take you away, farther than Babylon. |
| 44 | Tämän kuullessaan neuvoston jäsenet olivat pakahtua raivosta ja kiristelivät hampaitaan. | Our fathers had the Tent of witness in the waste land, as God gave orders to Moses to make it after the design which he had seen. |
| 45 | Mutta Pyhää Henkeä täynnä Stefanos nosti katseensa taivasta kohti ja näki Jumalan kirkkauden ja Jeesuksen, joka seisoi Jumalan oikealla puolella. | Which our fathers, in their turn, took with them when, with Joshua, they came into the heritage of the nations whom God was driving out before the face of our fathers, till the time of David, |
| 46 | Silloin he alkoivat huutaa suureen ääneen, tukkivat korvansa ja ryntäsivät yhtenä miehenä hänen kimppuunsa. | Who was pleasing to God; and he had a desire to make a holy tent for the God of Jacob. |
| 47 | He raahasivat hänet ulos kaupungista kivittääkseen hänet, ja todistajat jättivät viittansa Saul-nimisen nuoren miehen huostaan. | But Solomon was the builder of his house. |
| 48 | But still, the Most High has not his resting-place in houses made with hands, as the prophet says, | |
| 49 | Heaven is the seat of my power, and earth is a resting-place for my feet: what sort of house will you make for me, says the Lord, or what is my place of rest? | |
| 50 | Did not my hand make all these things? | |
| 51 | You whose hearts are hard and whose ears are shut to me; you are ever working against the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. | |
| 52 | Which of the prophets was not cruelly attacked by your fathers? and they put to death those who gave them the news of the coming of the Upright One; whom you have now given up and put to death; | |
| 53 | You, to whom the law was given as it was ordered by angels, and who have not kept it. | |
| 54 | Hearing these things, they were cut to the heart and moved with wrath against him. | |
| 55 | But he was full of the Holy Spirit, and looking up to heaven, he saw the glory of God and Jesus at the right hand of God. | |
| 56 | And he said, Now I see heaven open, and the Son of man at the right hand of God. | |
| 57 | But with loud cries, and stopping their ears, they made an attack on him all together, | |
| 58 | Driving him out of the town and stoning him: and the witnesses put their clothing at the feet of a young man named Saul. | |
| 59 | And Stephen, while he was being stoned, made prayer to God, saying, Lord Jesus, take my spirit. | |
| 60 | And going down on his knees, he said in a loud voice, Lord, do not make them responsible for this sin. And when he had said this, he went to his rest. |