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Esteban oteixnamic

Quemaj inmás hueyi tlayecancau on tiopixquej oquitlajtoltij Esteban:

―¿Tlen melahuac nochi yejhua in quen mitzteixpanhuiyaj?

Niman yejhua oquinanquilij:

―Notlajsojcaicnihuan niman tatajtin, xnechcaquican. On hueyixticaj Dios oquinotitij totataj Abraham ijcuac yejhua nemiya ne Mesopotamia, ijcuac xe onchantiya ne Harán. Niman Dios oquijlij: “Xquisa nican motlalpan niman xquincajtehua mochanejcahuan, niman xhuiya ne ipan on tetlalpan yejhuan nimitzititis.” Ijcuacon Abraham oquis ne intlalpan on caldeos niman ochantito ipan on pueblo itoca Harán. Niman ijcuac yomic itataj, Dios oquititlan Abraham ipan in tlajli campa aman nemejhuamej nenchantij. Pero xoquimacac nion se herencia ipan in tlajli, nion siquiera campa quitlalis se icxi. Pero Dios oquimacac ipromesa ica quimacas yejhua niman sanquin ijcuac miquis quincahuilijtejhua ihuejcaconehuan, masqui ipan on tonaltin Abraham oc xquimpiaya iconehuan. Niman Dios oquijlijca ica ihuejcaconehuan chanejquej yesquej ipan se tlajli yejhuan xinyaxca, niman ica ompa tlanamactin yesquej, niman quintlajyohuiltisquej nahui ciento xipan. Pero Dios no oquijlij: “Nictlajtlacolmacas on país yejhuan quimpias tlanamactin niman quemaj yejhuamej quisasquej ompa, niman nechajtequipanosquej nican.” Quemaj Dios oquitlalij se pacto ihuan Abraham niman oquinahuatij ma quitlali se nescayotl, itoca circuncisión, ipan inacayo para nestias ica oquiselij on pacto. Quemaj Abraham onochiu tajtli ican Isaac niman ipan oquitlalij on nescayotl de circuncisión ijcuac quipiaya chicueyi tonajli ica onen. Niman no ijqui oquichiu Isaac ihuan Jacob on iconeu, niman Jacob no ijqui oquichiu inhuan iconehuan on yejhuan onochijquej tatajtin intech on majtlactli huan ome chanejquej de Israel.

'Iconehuan Jacob oquinexicolitaquej José on imicniu, niman oquinamacaquej para ocuicaquej ne ipan on país Egipto. Pero Dios xqueman ocau José 10 niman oquimanahuij ipan nochi tlen teyolcocoj. Oquimacac tlamachilistli niman oquipalehuij para quipactis Faraón on irey on país Egipto. Niman on rey oquitlalij José quen más hueyi tlayecanquetl itech on país Egipto niman no sa no itech nochi tlin iyaxca on rey.

11 'Quemaj ohuajlaj se mayantli yejhuan sanoyej oquintlajyohuiltij on chanejquej nochihuiyan ne Egipto niman Canaán. Ijcon, tej, on totajhuan xquinextiayaj tlen quicuasquej. 12 Niman ijcuac Jacob oquimat ica ne Egipto oncatca trigo, ompa oquintitlan iconehuan yejhuan toachtojtajhuan. Ipan in tonaltin quemach yeica oyajquej. 13 Ijcuac on toachtojtajhuan ica ocpa oyajquej ne Egipto, José oquichiu para ma quixmatican on icnihuan, niman no oquichiu para irey Egipto ma quimati aquinon itech hualejticaj. 14 Quemaj José otlatitlan ma cuajhuiquilican itaj Jacob ne Egipto niman nochi ichanchanejcahuan yejhuan canaj yepoajli huan majtlactli ipan macuijli tlacamej catcaj. 15 Niman ijcon Jacob otemoc, niman ochantic ne Egipto campa saquin ompa omic niman campa no omiquej on toachtojtajhuan. 16 Saquin oquinhuicaquej on micatzitzintin ne Siquem niman ompa oquintocaquej ipan on tlalcontli yejhuan Abraham oquincohuilijca on iconehuan Hamor ne Siquem.

17 'Ijcuac ye nisiu para nochihuas on tlen Dios yoquimelajcaijlica Abraham, on hebreos ne Egipto sanoyej omiyequiaquej. 18 Quemaj ne Egipto opeu tequihuajti se rey yejhuan xoquimat itech ica José. 19 Yejhua in yencuic rey oquincajcayau tlamach ica on tochantlacaj hebreos, niman xcuajli oquimpix on toachtojtajhuan hasta quinchihualtiaya para ma quincahuatij inconehuan ne tlapatlaco yejhuan quemach tlacatij para ompa ma miquican. 20 Sa no ipan on tonaltin otlacat Moisés niman yejhua oquipacaitac Dios. Niman Moisés oquiscaltijquej yeyi metztli ichan itaj. 21 Niman ijcuac oquicahuatoj Moisés ne tlapatlaco, ichpoch on rey ne Egipto oquinextito, niman oquiscaltij quen iconeu yesquia. 22 Niman oquimachtijquej Moisés nochi on tlajtlamach yejhuan on egipcios nomachtiaj, niman Moisés nochi hueliya quijtohuaya niman quichihuaya.

23 'Ijcuac Moisés ye quipiaya ompoajli xipan, oquinec cominnotzas on ichantlacaj hebreos. 24 Ompa oquitac ica se egipcio cuijsoquia se de yejhuamej on hebreos. Yejhua, tej, oquimanahuij on hebreos, niman ocuepiltij on egipcio yejhuan temailiaya hasta oquimictij. 25 Ijcuac ijcon oquichiu quinemiliaya ica on ichanchanejcahuan hebreos cajsicamatisquiaj ica Dios yejhua itechcopa quinmaquixtisquia, pero yejhuamej xocajsicamatquej. 26 Niman ijcuac huajmostla, Moisés oquinnextito omemej hebreos yejhuan nohuijsoquiyaj. Pampa quinequiya quintlahuelsehuis, yejhua oquimijlij: “Tlacamej, nemejhuamej nemicniutin. ¿Tlica, tej, ijcon nenquimochihuiliaj?”

27 'Ijcuacon on yejhuan cuijsoquia on itehuical oquimapejtiaj Moisés, niman oquijlij: “¿Aquinon omitztlalij para toca titequihuaj yes niman para titechtlajtlacolmacas? 28 ¿No ticnequi tinechmictis quen yalohua oticmictij on egipcio?” 29 Niman ijcuac Moisés oquimat ica on tlacamej oquimatquej ica oquimictijca se egipcio, ocholojteu niman oyaj ne ica Madián. Ompa ochantic quen se yejhuan xchanej, niman oquipix ome iconeu.

30 'Niman ijcuac yopanoc on ompoajli xipan, se ilhuicactequitquetl oquinotitij ican se tlimilinajli ipan se tlacotepajsojli ne campa tlapatlaco, nisiu on tepetl itoca Sinaí. 31 Ijcuacon Moisés sa tlamojcaitzticatca ica on tlen oquitac. Niman ijcuac oquinisihuij para más cuajli quitas, ocac itlajtol toTeco yejhuan quijtohuaya: 32 “Nejhua niinDios on moachtojtajhuan. NiiDios Abraham, Isaac niman Jacob. Ijcuacon Moisés opeu mojcacuecuetlacaya, niman xquichihuaya canica para ontlachas.” 33 Quemaj on toTeco oquijlij: “Xquinquixti mocachuan pampa nican campa ticholojticaj sanoyej tlayecan. 34 Melahuac yoniquintac quen tlajyohuiyaj noconehuan yejhuan chantij ne Egipto, niman niquincaqui quen chocaj ican ajmantli. Aman yonitemoc para niquinmanahuis. Xhuajla, tej, nimitztitlanis ne Egipto.” 35 Aman, tej, sa no yejhua on Moisés on yejhuan xoquitlacamatquej niman oquijlijquej: “¿Aquinon omitztlalij para toca tequihuaj yes niman para titechtlajtlacolmacas?” Dios oquititlan para tlayecanquetl niman para temaquixtijquetl yes. Ijcon oquititlan itechcopa on ilhuicactequitquetl yejhuan oquinotitij ne ipan on tlacotepajsojli. 36 Moisés, tej, yejhua oquinquixtij on hebreos ne Egipto. Niman yejhua oquichiu milagros niman tlamajhuisojli ne Egipto niman ne ipan on mar Rojo, niman ne tlapatlaco campa onenquej ompoajli xipan. 37 Aman sa no yejhua on Moisés yejhuan oquimijlij on hebreos: “Dios mechajtitlanilis se tiotlajtojquetl yejhuan sa no nemotzajlan quisas ijcon quen nejhua onechajtitlan. Xcaquican tlinon yejhua mechijlis.” 38 Niman Moisés no yejhua onen inhuan on tlacamej yejhuan onosentlalijquej ne campa tlapatlaco. Yejhua onen ihuan on ilhuicactequitquetl yejhuan oquinotz ne ipan on tepetl itoca Sinaí niman inhuan on toachtojtajhuan. Niman no yejhua oquiselij on cuajli tlajtojli yejhuan quitemaca nemilistli para otechpanoltilij.

39 'Pero on toachtojtajhuan xoquinequej oquitlacamatquej, yej neca ocomapejquej, niman ocsejpa quinequiyaj para nocuepasquej ne Egipto. 40 Yejhuamej oquijlijquej Aarón: “Xtechchijchihuili totajtzitzihuan para techyecanasquej tejhuamej, pampa Moisés, on aquin otechquixtij ne tetlalpan Egipto, xticmatij tlinon ipan yonochiu.” 41 Quemaj oquichijchijquej se huacaxconetl niman oquinmictijquej yolquej para ocuentlalilijquej itech on intotajtzin, niman opacquej yejhua ica on tlen oquichijchijquej ican inmahuan. 42 Ijcuacon Dios oquintlalcahuij niman oquincahuilij para ma quinmahuistilican on tlahuiltin yejhuan quech tlahuilohuaj ne ipan cielo ijcon quen tlajcuilolnesticaj ipan on intlajcuilolamau on tiotlajtojquej:

Nemehuamej chanejquej ne Israel, ¿onenquinmictijquej on yolquej para nennechixpantilisquej nejhua ipan on ompoajli xipan ne tlapatlaco? 43 Ca. Yej nenquitquiyaj on itiopantzin on dios Moloc niman on isitlalin on dios Renfán. Yejhua in tlajtlamach onenquinmachijchijquej para onenquinmahuistilijquej. Yejhua ica, tej, nejhua nemechquixtis ne ipan nemopaís niman nemechtitlanis más huejca iyacapan on Babilonia.

44 'Ne campa tlapatlaco on toachtojtajhuan quipiayaj on tlaquentiopan hueyi campa quejehuayaj on temej yejhuan ipan tlajcuilolnesticatca on tlanahuatijli. Ijcon, tej, quipiayaj on quen Dios oquinahuatij Moisés para ma quichijchihua ijcon quen yejhua oquititij. 45 Quemaj más saquin toachtojtajhuan oquinmacaquej inconehuan on tlaquentiopan. Niman quemaj yejhuamej oquitquiquej ijcuac oyajquej ihuan Josué niman oquinoyaxcatijquej intlal on xhebreos yejhuan Dios oquinquixtij imixpan on toachtojtajhuan. Ijcon, tej, onochiu hasta ipan on tonaltin ijcuac David nemiya. 46 Dios ican iteicnelilis oquiselij David, niman David oquitlajtlanilij para cahuilis ma quichijchihuili se tiopan para iDios Jacob chantis. 47 Pero Salomón yejhua oquichijchihuilij ihueyi tiopan Dios. 48 Pero tohueyi Dios xchanti ipan tiopantin yejhuan tlacamej quichijchihuaj. Ijquin quijtohua on tiotlajtojquetl: 49 ToTeco Dios quijtohua: “On ilhuicac on campa nehuaticaj niman on tlalticpactli on campa nicholojticaj. Tla ijcon, tej, xhuelis tinechchijchihuilis tiopan campa nichantis. Nion xoncaj canon campa ninosehuis.

50 ¿Tlen xnejhua ican nomahuan onicchijchiu nochi in tlajtlamach?”

51 Quemaj Esteban oquimijlij:

―Nemejhuamej nochipa ijcon nenquichihuaj, sanoyej nenyoltechicajquej. Xnenquinequij nencaquisquej itlajtol Dios nion xnenquinequij nenquitlacamatisquej. Yej nochipa xipan nenquitaj on Espíritu Santo. Ijcon quen nemotajhuan onohuicajquej, no ijqui nemejhuamej nemohuicaj. 52 Nemoachtojtajhuan oquintlahuelitaquej niman tlajtlamach ica oquitlayohuiltijquej nochimej on tiotlajtojquej. Oquinmijmictijquej on yejhuan oquiteijlijquej ica huajlas on yolmelajqui, niman aman ica yohuajlaj nemejhuamej onenquitemactilijquej niman onenquimictijquej. 53 Masqui onenquiselijquej itlanahuatil Moisés intechcopa on ilhuicactequitquej, xnenquitlacamatij.

Oquimictijquej Esteban

54 Ijcuac yejhuamej ocacquej on tlajtlamach, ocualanquej sanoyej ipan inyojlo itechcopa Esteban, hasta notlantisiyaj ican intlahuel. 55 Pero on Espíritu Santo nochi ica quiyecanaya Esteban, niman yejhua ontlachix ne ilhuicac niman oquitac ihueyilis Dios, niman Jesús ompa ijcaticatca iyecmacopa Dios. 56 Ijcuacon oquijtoj:

―¡Xquitacan! Nejhua niquita on ilhuicac tlapojticaj, niman yejhua on yejhuan onochiu Tlacatl ompa ijcaticaj iyecmacopa Dios.

57 Ijcuacon yejhuamej ononacastzajtzacuquej niman chicahuac otzajtziquej niman quemaj nochimej san secan ipan oyajquej. 58 Oquixtijquej ne ipan on hueyican. Quemaj on yejhuan oquiteixpanhuijquej Esteban oquitlalijquej intlaquen ne icxitlan se telpochtli itoca Saulo, niman opeu quitemojmotlaj. 59 Niman chica quitemojmotlayaj, Esteban onohueyicatzajtzilij. Ijquin oquijtoj:

―NoTeco Jesús, xnechselili nonemilis.

60 Quemaj onotlacuenquetz niman chicahuac otzajtzic:

―NoTeco, ma ca tiquintlajtlacolmacas yejhua ica in tlajtlacojli.

Niman quemaj ijcuac ijquin oquijtoj, ohuajnotlamilij.

Stephen’s Speech to the Sanhedrin

Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are these charges true?”

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) ‘Leave your country and your people,’ God said, ‘and go to the land I will show you.’[a](D)

“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) 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. 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) 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) 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)

“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)

Footnotes

  1. Acts 7:3 Gen. 12:1
  2. Acts 7:7 Gen. 15:13,14
  3. Acts 7:18 Exodus 1:8
  4. Acts 7:20 Or was fair in the sight of God
  5. Acts 7:28 Exodus 2:14
  6. Acts 7:32 Exodus 3:6
  7. Acts 7:34 Exodus 3:5,7,8,10
  8. Acts 7:37 Deut. 18:15
  9. Acts 7:40 Exodus 32:1
  10. Acts 7:43 Amos 5:25-27 (see Septuagint)
  11. Acts 7:46 Some early manuscripts the house of Jacob
  12. Acts 7:50 Isaiah 66:1,2