1Εἶπενδὲὁἀρχιερεύς·Εἰταῦταοὕτωςἔχει;2Ὁδὲἔφη·Ἄνδρεςἀδελφοὶκαὶπατέρες,ἀκούσατε.ὉΘεὸςτῆςδόξηςὤφθητῷπατρὶἡμῶνἈβραὰμὄντιἐντῇMesopotamia,beforeἢdwellingαὐτὸνἐνHaran,3καὶεἶπενπρὸςαὐτόν·Ἔξελθεἐκτῆςγῆςσουκαὶἐκτῆςkindredσου,καὶcomeεἰςτὴνγῆνἣνἄνσοιI will show.’4τότεἐξελθὼνἐκγῆςof Chaldeans,he dweltἐνHaran.And from there,μετὰτὸἀποθανεῖντὸνπατέρααὐτοῦHe removedαὐτὸνεἰςτὴνγῆνταύτηνεἰςἣνὑμεῖςνῦνdwell.5Καὶοὐκἔδωκεναὐτῷan inheritanceἐναὐτῇοὐδὲthe lengthποδόςκαὶHe promisedδοῦναιαὐτῷεἰςa possessionαὐτὴνκαὶτῷdescendantsαὐτοῦμετ᾽αὐτόν,οὐκὄντοςαὐτῷτέκνου.6ἐλάλησενδὲοὕτωςὁΘεὸςὅτιἔσταιτὸseedαὐτοῦa sojournerἐνγῇstrange,καὶthey will enslaveαὐτὸκαὶwill mistreat ityearsfour hundred.7Καὶτὸἔθνοςᾧἐὰνthey will be in bondage,κρινῶἐγώ,ὁΘεὸςεἶπεν,Καὶμετὰταῦταἐξελεύσονταικαὶwill serveμοιἐντῷτόπῳτούτῳ.8Καὶἔδωκεναὐτῷthe covenantof circumcision;καὶοὕτωςἐγέννησεντὸνIsaacκαὶcircumcisedαὐτὸντῇἡμέρᾳτῇeighth;καὶIsaacτὸνJacob,καὶJacobτοὺςδώδεκαpatriarchs.9Καὶοἱpatriarchs,having enviedτὸνJoseph,sold himεἰςEgypt.καὶἦνὁΘεὸςμετ᾽αὐτοῦ10καὶrescuedαὐτὸνἐκπασῶντῶνtribulationsαὐτοῦκαὶἔδωκεναὐτῷχάρινκαὶσοφίανbeforePharaoh,βασιλέωςof Egypt;καὶhe appointedαὐτὸνrulerἐπ᾽Egypt,καὶἐφ᾽ὅλοντὸνοἶκοναὐτοῦ.11Ἦλθενδὲa famineἐφ᾽ὅληντὴνof EgyptκαὶCanaan,καὶafflictionμεγάλη,καὶοὐχηὕρισκονsustenanceοἱπατέρεςἡμῶν.12ἀκούσαςδὲJacobὄνταgrainεἰςEgypt,he sent forthτοὺςπατέραςἡμῶνπρῶτον.13καὶἐντῷsecond time,was made knownJosephτοῖςἀδελφοῖςαὐτοῦκαὶknownἐγένετοτῷto Pharaohτὸfamilyτοῦof Joseph.14ἀποστείλαςδὲJoseph,he called forJacob,τὸνπατέρααὐτοῦκαὶπᾶσαντὴνkindred,ἐνψυχαῖςseventyfive.15ΚαὶκατέβηJacobεἰςEgyptκαὶdied,αὐτὸςκαὶοἱπατέρεςἡμῶν,16καὶthey were carried overεἰςShechemκαὶἐτέθησανἐντῷtombᾧhad boughtἈβραὰμfor a sumof silverπαρὰτῶνυἱῶνof HamorἐνShechem.17Καθὼςδὲwas drawing nearὁχρόνοςτῆςἐπαγγελίαςἧςhad madeὁΘεὸςτῷἈβραάμ,increasedὁλαὸςκαὶmultipliedἐνEgypt,18untilοὗἀνέστηβασιλεὺςἕτεροςἐπ᾽Egypt,ὃςοὐκᾔδειτὸνJoseph.19οὗτοςhaving dealt treacherously withτὸraceἡμῶνhe mistreatedτοὺςπατέραςἡμῶντοῦποιεῖντὰinfantsabandonαὐτῶνεἰςτὸμὴthey would live.20ἘνᾧκαιρῷἐγεννήθηΜωϋσῆςκαὶἦνbeautifulτῷΘεῷ·ὃςwas brought upmonthsτρεῖςἐντῷοἴκῳτοῦπατρός,21Having been set outsideδὲαὐτοῦtook upαὐτὸνἡdaughterof Pharaoh,καὶbrought upαὐτὸνἑαυτῇεἰςυἱόν.22καὶwas instructedΜωϋσῆςἐνπάσῃσοφίᾳof the Egyptians;ἦνδὲmightyἐνλόγοιςκαὶἔργοιςαὐτοῦ.23Ὡςδὲἐπληροῦτοαὐτῷof forty yearsχρόνος,ἀνέβηἐπὶτὴνκαρδίαναὐτοῦto visitτοὺςἀδελφοὺςαὐτοῦτοὺςυἱοὺςἸσραήλ.24καὶἰδώντιναbeing wronged,he defended himκαὶἐποίησενvengeanceτῷbeing oppressed,having struck downτὸνEgyptian.25He was supposingδὲto understandτοὺςἀδελφοὺςαὐτοῦὅτιὁΘεὸςδιὰχειρὸςαὐτοῦδίδωσινsalvationαὐτοῖς·οἱδὲοὐthey understood.26Τῇτεfollowingἡμέρᾳὤφθηαὐτοῖςwere quarrelingκαὶurgedαὐτοὺςεἰςεἰρήνηνεἰπών·Ἄνδρες,ἀδελφοίἐστε·So that whywrong youἀλλήλους;27Ὁδὲmistreatingτὸνneighborpushed awayαὐτὸνεἰπών·Τίςσεappointed,rulerκαὶjudgeἐφ᾽ἡμῶν;28μὴto killμεσὺθέλειςὃνwayyou put to deathyesterdayτὸνEgyptian?’29FledδὲΜωϋσῆςἐντῷλόγῳτούτῳκαὶἐγένετοexiledἐνγῇof Midian,whereἐγέννησενυἱοὺςδύο.30Καὶπληρωθέντωνyearsforty,ὤφθηαὐτῷἐντῇwildernessτοῦὄρουςSinaiἄγγελοςἐνa flameπυρὸςof a bush.31ὁδὲΜωϋσῆςἰδὼνmarveled atτὸvision;προσερχομένουδὲαὐτοῦto behold it,ἐγένετοφωνὴΚυρίου·32ἘγὼὁΘεὸςτῶνπατέρωνσου,ὁΘεὸςἈβραὰμκαὶof Isaac,καὶof Jacob.’TerrifiedδὲγενόμενοςΜωϋσῆςοὐκhe daredto look.33ΕἶπενδὲαὐτῷὁΚύριος·Take offτὸsandalτῶνποδῶνσου,ὁγὰρτόποςἐφ᾽ᾧἕστηκαςγῆἁγίαἐστίν.34ἰδὼνεἶδοντὴνoppressionτοῦλαοῦμουτοῦἐνEgypt,καὶτοῦgroansαὐτῶνἤκουσα,καὶκατέβηνto deliverαὐτούς·καὶνῦνcome,ἀποστείλωσεεἰςEgypt.’35ΤοῦτοντὸνΜωϋσῆνὃνthey rejected,εἰπόντες·Τίςσεappointedrulerκαὶjudge?’ —;τοῦτονὁΘεὸςκαὶrulerκαὶredeemerἀπέσταλκενσὺνχειρὶἀγγέλουτοῦὀφθέντοςαὐτῷἐντῇbush —.36οὗτοςled outαὐτοὺςποιήσαςwondersκαὶσημεῖαἐνγῇof Egypt,καὶἐνthe RedΘαλάσσῃκαὶἐντῇwildernessyearsforty.37ΟὗτόςἐστινὁΜωϋσῆςὁεἴπαςτοῖςυἱοῖςἸσραήλ·ΠροφήτηνὑμῖνἀναστήσειὁΘεὸςἐκτῶνἀδελφῶνὑμῶνὡςἐμέ.38οὗτόςἐστινὁγενόμενοςἐντῇἐκκλησίᾳἐντῇwilderness,μετὰτοῦἀγγέλουτοῦλαλοῦντοςαὐτῷἐντῷὄρειSinai,καὶτῶνπατέρωνἡμῶν,ὃςἐδέξατοoraclesζῶνταδοῦναιἡμῖν,39ᾧοὐκἠθέλησανobedientγενέσθαιοἱπατέρεςἡμῶν,ἀλλὰthrust away,καὶturned backἐνταῖςκαρδίαιςαὐτῶνεἰςEgypt,40εἰπόντεςτῷto Aaron,Ποίησονἡμῖνθεοὺςοἳwill go beforeἡμῶν·ὁγὰρΜωϋσῆςοὗτος,ὃςbrought outἡμᾶςἐκγῆςof Egypt,οὐκοἴδαμεντίἐγένετοαὐτῷ.41Καὶthey made a calfἐνταῖςἡμέραιςἐκείναιςκαὶoffereda sacrificeτῷidol,καὶthey were rejoicingἐντοῖςἔργοιςτῶνχειρῶναὐτῶν.42Turned awayδὲὁΘεὸςκαὶπαρέδωκεναὐτοὺςto worshipτῇhostτοῦοὐρανοῦκαθὼςγέγραπταιἐνbookτῶνπροφητῶν·¬Μὴslain beastsκαὶsacrificesdid you offerμοιyearsfortyἐντῇwilderness,οἶκοςἸσραήλ;43¬καὶYou took upτὴνtabernacleτοῦof Moloch,¬καὶτὸstarτοῦθεοῦὑμῶνRephan,¬τοὺςimagesοὓςἐποιήσατεπροσκυνεῖναὐτοῖς,¬καὶI will removeὑμᾶςbeyondBabylon.’44Ἡtabernacleτοῦtestimonyἦντοῖςπατράσινἡμῶνἐντῇwilderness,καθὼςhad commandedὁλαλῶντῷΜωϋσῇποιῆσαιαὐτὴνκατὰτὸνpatternὃνἑωράκει·45ἣνκαὶbrought it,having received by succession,οἱπατέρεςἡμῶνμετὰἸησοῦἐντῇtaking possessionτῶνἐθνῶν,ὧνdrove outὁΘεὸςἀπὸπροσώπουτῶνπατέρωνἡμῶνἕωςτῶνἡμερῶνΔαυίδ,46ὃςεὗρενχάρινἐνώπιοντοῦΘεοῦκαὶᾐτήσατοεὑρεῖνa dwelling placeτῷοἴκῳof Jacob.47Solomonδὲbuiltαὐτῷοἶκον.48Ἀλλ᾽οὐχὁMost Highἐνhand-made housesdwells.καθὼςὁπροφήτηςλέγει·49¬Ὁοὐρανόςμοιθρόνος,¬ἡδὲγῆa footstoolτῶνποδῶνμου·What kind ofοἶκονwill you buildμοι,λέγειΚύριος,¬ἢτίςτόποςτῆςrestμου;50¬οὐχὶἡχείρμουἐποίησενταῦταπάντα;51Stiff-neckedκαὶuncircumcisedκαρδίαιςκαὶτοῖςears,ὑμεῖςalwaysτῷΠνεύματιτῷἉγίῳresist;ὡςοἱπατέρεςὑμῶνκαὶὑμεῖς.52τίνατῶνπροφητῶνοὐκdid persecuteοἱπατέρεςὑμῶν;καὶἀπέκτειναντοὺςhaving foretoldπερὶτῆςcomingτοῦΔικαίου,οὗνῦνὑμεῖςbetrayersκαὶmurderersἐγένεσθε,53οἵτινεςἐλάβετετὸννόμονεἰςthe ordinationἀγγέλωνκαὶοὐκhave kept it.54Ἀκούοντεςδὲταῦταthey were cutταῖςκαρδίαιςαὐτῶνκαὶbegan gnashingτοὺςteethἐπ᾽αὐτόν.55ὑπάρχωνδὲfullΠνεύματοςἉγίουhaving looked intentlyεἰςτὸνοὐρανὸνεἶδενδόξανΘεοῦκαὶἸησοῦνἑστῶταἐκδεξιῶντοῦΘεοῦ56καὶεἶπεν·Ἰδοὺθεωρῶτοὺςοὐρανοὺςhaving been opened,καὶτὸνΥἱὸντοῦἀνθρώπουἐκδεξιῶνἑστῶτατοῦΘεοῦ.57Κράξαντεςδὲφωνῇμεγάλῃthey heldτὰearsαὐτῶνκαὶrushedwith one accordἐπ᾽αὐτόν58καὶἐκβαλόντεςἔξωτῆςπόλεωςthey began to stone him.καὶοἱwitnesseslaid asideτὰἱμάτιααὐτῶνπαρὰτοὺςπόδαςof a young manκαλουμένουSaul.59Καὶthey were stoningτὸνStephen,he was calling outκαὶλέγοντα·ΚύριεἸησοῦ,δέξαιτὸπνεῦμάμου.60θεὶςδὲτὰknees,ἔκραξενφωνῇμεγάλῃ·Κύριε,μὴστήσῃςαὐτοῖςταύτηντὴνἁμαρτίαν.καὶτοῦτοεἰπὼνhe fell asleep.Tap a word to flip it. 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