Acts 7
1 And the chief priest said: Are these things so?
And the prynce of prestis seide to Steuene, Whethir these thingis han hem so?
2 He replied: Brethren and fathers, hear: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, while he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
Which seide, Britheren and fadris, here ye. God of glorie apperide to oure fadir Abraham, whanne he was in Mesopotamie, bifor that he dwelte in Carram, and seide to hym,
3 and said to him: Get out from your land, and from your kindred, and come into a land that I will show you.
Go out of thi loond, and of thi kynrede, and come in to the loond, which Y schal schewe to thee.
4 Then he departed from the land of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in Charran; and thence, after his father died, he removed into this land, in which you now dwell.
Thanne he wente out of the loond of Caldeis, and dwelte in Carram. And fro thens aftir that his fader was deed, he translatide him in to this loond, in which ye dwellen now.
5 And he gave him no inheritance in it, not a foot breadth: and yet he promised to give it for a possession to him, and to his posterity after him, when as yet he had no child.
And he yaf not to hym eritage in it, nethir a paas of a foot, but he bihiyte to yyue hym it in to possessioun, and to his seed aftir hym, whanne he hadde not a sone.
6 And God spoke thus: That his posterity should sojourn in a strange land, and they should enslave them and afflict them, for four hundred years.
And God spak to hym, That his seed schal be comling in an alien lond, and thei schulen make hem suget to seruage, and schulen yuel trete hem, foure hundrid yeris and thritti;
7 And the nation to which they shall be in bondage I will judge, said God; and after that, they shall come forth and serve me in this place.
and Y schal iuge the folk, to which thei schulen serue, seith the Lord. And after these thingis thei schulen go out, and thei schulen serue to me in this place.
8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision, and thus he begot Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs.
And he yaf to hym the testament of circumcisioun; and so he gendride Ysaac, and circumcidide hym in the eiyt dai. And Isaac gendride Jacob, and Jacob gendride the twelue patriarkis.
9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
And the patriarkis hadden enuye to Joseph, and selden hym in to Egipt.
10 and delivered him from all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharoah, king of Egypt: and he made him governor over Egypt, and his whole house.
And God was with hym, and delyuerede hym of alle hise tribulaciouns, and yaf to hym grace and wisdom in the siyt of Farao, king of Egipt. And he ordeynede hym souereyn on Egipt, and on al his hous.
11 And there came a famine, and great affliction on the whole land of Egypt, and of Chanaan: and our fathers found no sustenance.
And hungur cam in to al Egipt, and Canaan, and greet tribulacioun; and oure fadris founden not mete.
12 But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent forth our fathers the first time:
But whanne Jacob hadde herd, that whete was in Egipt, he sente oure fadris first.
13 and, on their second visit, Joseph made himself known to his brothers, and the kindred of Joseph were made known to Pharaoh.
And in the secounde tyme Joseph was knowun of hise britheren, and his kyn was maad knowun to Farao.
14 And Joseph sent and called to him his father Jacob, and all his kindred, seventy-five souls.
And Joseph sente, and clepide Jacob, his fadir, and al his kynrede, seuenti and fyue men.
15 And Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, himself and our fathers;
And Jacob cam doun in to Egipt, and was deed, he and oure fadris;
16 and they were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulcher which Abraham bought for its value in silver, from the sons of Emmor, the father of Sychem.
and thei weren translatid in to Sichen, and weren leid in the sepulcre, that Abraham bouyte bi prijs of siluer of the sones of Emor, the sone of Sichen.
17 And as the time of the promise which God had made with an oath to Abraham drew near, the people increased and multiplied in Egypt,
And whanne the tyme of biheeste cam niy, which God hadde knoulechid to Abraham, the puple waxede, and multipliede in Egipt,
18 till another king arose, who knew not Joseph.
til another kyng roos in Egipt, which knewe not Joseph.
19 He dealt insidiously with our race, and afflicted our fathers, so that they exposed their infants, in order that they might not live.
This bigilide oure kyn, and turmentide oure fadris, that thei schulden putte awey her yonge children, for thei schulden not lyue.
20 At which time Moses was born; and he was exceedingly beautiful, and was nursed three months in his father’s house.
In the same tyme Moyses was borun, and he was louyd of God; and he was norischid thre monethis in the hous of his fadir.
21 But having been exposed, the daughter of Pharaoh took him up, and educated him as her own son.
And whanne he was put out in the flood, the douyter of Farao took hym vp, and nurischide hym in to hir sone.
22 And Moses was instructed in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
And Moises was lerned in al the wisdom of Egipcians, and he was myyti in his wordis and werkis.
23 When he had completed his fortieth year, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the sons of Israel.
But whanne the tyme of fourti yeer was fillid to hym, it roos vp `in to his herte, that he schulde visite hise britheren, the sones of Israel.
24 And seeing one of them unjustly treated, he defended and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian.
And whanne he say a man suffringe wronge, he vengide hym, and dide veniaunce for hym that suffride the wronge, and he killide the Egipcian.
25 And he supposed that his brethren would understand that, by his hand, God would give them salvation: but they understood not.
For he gesside that his britheren schulden vndurstonde, that God schulde yyue to hem helthe bi the hoond of hym; but thei vndurstoden not.
26 And on the next day he showed himself to them, as they were fighting, and endeavored to persuade them to peace, saying, Men, you are brothers: why do you injure one another?
For in the dai suynge he apperide to hem chidinge, and he acordide hem in pees, and seide, Men, ye ben britheren; whi noyen ye ech othere?
27 But he that was doing the injury to his neighbor, thrust him away, saying, Who made you a ruler or a judge over us?
But he that dide the wronge to his neiybore, puttide hym awey, and seide, Who ordeynede thee prince and domesman on vs?
28 Do you intend to kill me, as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?
Whethir thou wolt sle me, as yistirdai thou killidist the Egipcian?
29 And at that saying Moses fled, and became a resident in the land of Midian, where he begot two sons.
And in this word Moises flei, and was maad a comeling in the loond of Madian, where he bigat twei sones.
30 And when forty years were completed, there appeared to him, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
And whanne he hadde fillid fourti yeer, an aungel apperide to hym in fier of flawme of a buysch, in desert of the mount of Syna.
31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight, and as he was drawing near to observe it, the voice of the Lord came to him:
And Moises siy, and wondride on the siyt. And whanne he neiyede to biholde, the vois of the Lord was maad to hym,
32 I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not observe it.
and seide, Y am God of youre fadris, God of Abraham, God of Ysaac, God of Jacob. Moises was maad tremblynge, and durste not biholde.
33 Then said the Lord to him: Loose your shoes from your feet; for the place in which you stand is holy ground.
But God seide to hym, Do of the schoon of thi feet, for the place in which thou stondist is hooli erthe.
34 I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and I have come down to deliver them; and now come, and I will send you into Egypt.
Y seynge say the turmentyng of my puple that is in Egipt, and Y herde the mornyng of hem, and Y cam doun to delyuere hem. And now come thou, and Y schal sende thee in to Egipt.
35 This Moses, whom they rejected, saying, Who made you a ruler and a judge? him God sent as a ruler and as a redeemer, by the hand of the angel that appeared to him in the bush.
This Moises whom thei denyeden, seiynge, Who ordeynede thee prince and domesman on vs? God sente this prince and ayenbiere, with the hoond of the aungel, that apperide to hym in the busch.
36 He brought them out, after he had performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness, forty years.
This Moises ledde hem out, and dide wondris and signes in the loond of Egipt, and in the reed see, and in desert fourti yeeris.
37 This is that Moses, who said to the sons of Israel, A prophet like me will the Lord your God raise up for you from among your brethren; him shall you hear.
This is Moises, that seide to the sones of Israel, God schal reise to you a profete of youre bretheren, as me ye schulen here him.
38 This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers; he received the living oracles, that he might give them to us.
This it is, that was in the chirche in wildirnesse, with the aungel that spak to hym in the mount of Syna, and with oure fadris; which took words of lijf to yyue to vs.
39 To him our fathers were not willing to be obedient; but they rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
To whom oure fadris wolden not obeie, but puttiden hym awei, and weren turned awei in hertis in to Egipt,
40 saying to Aaron: Make us gods that shall go before us; for, as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what has become of him.
seiynge to Aaron, Make thou to vs goddis, that schulen go bifore vs; for to this Moyses that ledde vs out of the lond of Egipt, we witen not what is don to hym.
41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
And thei maden a calf in tho daies, and offriden a sacrifice to the mawmet; and thei weren glad in the werkis of her hondis.
42 But God turned and delivered them up to serve the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets: Your victims and your sacrifices did you offer to me for forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?
And God turnede, and bitook hem to serue to the knyythod of heuene, as it is writun in the book of profetis, Whether ye, hous of Israel, offriden to me slayn sacrificis, ether sacrificis, fourti yeris in desert?
43 Yes, you took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your God Remphan, images which you made to worship; and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
And ye han take the tabernacle of Moloc, and the sterre of youre god Renfam, figuris that ye han maad to worschipe hem; and Y schal translate you in to Babiloyn.
44 The tabernacle of the testimony was with our fathers in the wilderness, built as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to build it, according to the pattern which he had seen:
The tabernacle of witnessing was with oure fadris in desert, as God disposide to hem, and spak to Moyses, that he schulde make it aftir the fourme that he say.
45 which our fathers, who were with Joshua, received by succession, and brought into the land possessed by the Gentiles, whom God continued to drive out from the face of our fathers till the days of David,
Which also oure fadris token with Jhesu, and brouyten in to the possessioun of hethene men, whiche God puttide awey fro the face of oure fadris, til in to the daies of Dauid,
46 who found favor before God, and desired to find a dwelling-place for the God of Jacob.
that fonde grace anentis God, and axide that he schulde fynde a tabernacle to God of Jacob.
47 But Solomon built him a house.
But Salomon bildide the hous `to hym.
48 Yet the Most High dwells not in temples made with hands, as says the prophet:
But the hiy God dwellith not in thingis maad bi hoond,
49 Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What house will you build me? says the Lord; or what is the place of my rest?
as he seith bi the profete, Heuene is a seete to me, and the erthe is the stool of my feet; what hous schulen ye bilde to me, seith the Lord, ether what place is of my restyng?
50 Has not my hand made all these things?
Whether myn hoond made not alle these thingis?
51 You stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and in ears, you do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so also do you.
With hard nol, and vncircumcidid hertis and eris ye withstoden eueremore the Hooli Goost; and as youre fadris, so ye.
52 Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? They slew also those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you have now become the betrayers and murderers;
Whom of the profetis han not youre fadris pursued, and han slayn hem that bifor telden of the comyng of the riytful man, whos traitouris and mansleeris ye weren now?
53 who received the law by the appointment of angels, and have not kepi, it.
Whiche token the lawe in ordynaunce of aungels, and han not kept it.
54 When they heard these things, they were enraged in their hearts, and gnashed upon him with their teeth.
And thei herden these thingis, and weren dyuersli turmentid in her hertis, and grenneden with teeth on hym.
55 But being full of the Holy Spirit, he looked earnestly up into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God;
But whanne Steuene was ful of the Hooli Goost, he bihelde in to heuene, and say the glorie of God, and Jhesu stondinge on the riythalf of the vertu of God.
56 and he said: Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.
And he seide, Lo! Y se heuenes openyd, and mannus sone stondynge on the riythalf of the vertu of God.
57 And they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and, with one consent, rushed upon him,
And thei crieden with a greet vois, and stoppiden her eris, and maden with o wille an assauyt in to hym.
58 and drove him out of the city, and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man called Saul.
And thei brouyten hym out of the citee, and stonyden. And the witnessis diden of her clothis, bisidis the feet of a yong man, that was clepid Saule.
59 And they stoned Stephen while he was calling on the Lord, and saying: Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
And thei stonyden Steuene, that clepide God to help, seiynge, Lord Jhesu, resseyue my spirit.
60 And he kneeled down and cried with a loud voice: Lord, let not this sin stand against them. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. And Saul was well pleased with his death.
And he knelide, and criede with a greet vois, and seide, Lord, sette not to hem this synne. And whanne he hadde seid this thing, he diede.
