7:1  dixit autem princeps sacerdotum si      1.  Then said the high priest, Are
haec ita se habent                           these things so?

7:2  qui ait viri fratres et patres          2.  And he said, Men, brethren, and
audite Deus gloriae apparuit patri           fathers, hearken; The God of glory
nostro Abraham cum esset in                  appeared unto our father Abraham, when
Mesopotamiam priusquam moraretur in          he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt
Charram                                      in Charran,

7:3  et dixit ad illum exi de terra tua      3.  And said unto him, Get thee out of
et de cognatione tua et veni in terram       thy country, and from thy kindred, and
quam tibi monstravero                        come into the land which I shall shew
                                             thee.

7:4  tunc exiit de terra Chaldeorum et       4.  Then came he out of the land of the
habitavit in Charram et inde postquam        Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and
mortuus est pater eius transtulit illum      from thence, when his father was dead,
in terram istam in qua nunc vos              he removed him into this land, wherein
habitatis                                    ye now dwell.

7:5  et non dedit illi hereditatem in        5.  And he gave him none inheritance in
ea nec passum pedis et repromisit dare       it, no, not so much as to set his foot
illi eam in possessionem et semini eius      on: yet he promised that he would give
post ipsum cum non haberet filium            it to him for a possession, and to his
                                             seed after him, when as yet he had no
                                             child.

7:6  locutus est autem Deus quia erit        6.  And God spake on this wise, That
semen eius accola in terra aliena et         his seed should sojourn in a strange
servituti eos subicient et male              land; and that they should bring them
tractabunt eos annis quadringentis           into bondage, and entreat them evil
                                             four hundred years.

7:7  et gentem cui servierint iudicabo       7.  And the nation to whom they shall
ego dixit Deus et post haec exibunt et       be in bondage will I judge, said God:
deservient mihi in loco isto                 and after that shall they come forth,
                                             and serve me in this place.

7:8  et dedit illi testamentum               8.  And he gave him the covenant of
circumcisionis et sic genuit Isaac et        circumcision: and so Abraham begat
circumcidit eum die octava et Isaac          Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth
Iacob et Iacob duodecim patriarchas          day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob
                                             begat the twelve patriarchs.

7:9  et patriarchae aemulantes Ioseph        9.  And the patriarchs, moved with
vendiderunt in Aegyptum et erat Deus         envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God
cum eo                                       was with him,

7:10  et eripuit eum ex omnibus              10.  And delivered him out of all his
tribulationibus eius et dedit ei             afflictions, and gave him favour and
gratiam et sapientiam in conspectu           wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of
Pharaonis regis Aegypti et constituit        Egypt; and he made him governor over
eum praepositum super Aegyptum et super      Egypt and all his house.
omnem domum suam

7:11  venit autem fames in universam         11.  Now there came a dearth over all
Aegyptum et Chanaan et tribulatio magna      the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and
et non inveniebant cibos patres nostri       great affliction: and our fathers found
                                             no sustenance.

7:12  cum audisset autem Iacob esse          12.  But when Jacob heard that there
frumentum in Aegypto misit patres            was corn in Egypt, he sent out our
nostros primum                               fathers first.

7:13  et in secundo cognitus est Ioseph      13.  And at the second time Joseph was
a fratribus suis et manifestatum est         made known to his brethren; and
Pharaoni genus eius                          Joseph's kindred was made known unto
                                             Pharaoh.

7:14  mittens autem Ioseph accersivit        14.  Then sent Joseph, and called his
Iacob patrem suum et omnem cognationem       father Jacob to him, and all his
in animabus septuaginta quinque              kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

7:15  et descendit Iacob in Aegyptum et      15.  So Jacob went down into Egypt, and
defunctus est ipse et patres nostri          died, he, and our fathers,

7:16  et translati sunt in Sychem et         16.  And were carried over into Sychem,
positi sunt in sepulchro quod emit           and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham
Abraham pretio argenti a filiis Emmor        bought for a sum of money of the sons
filii Sychem                                 of Emmor the father of Sychem.

7:17  cum adpropinquaret autem tempus        17.  But when the time of the promise
repromissionis quam confessus erat Deus      drew nigh, which God had sworn to
Abrahae crevit populus et multiplicatus      Abraham, the people grew and multiplied
est in Aegypto                               in Egypt,

7:18  quoadusque surrexit rex alius in       18.  Till another king arose, which
Aegypto qui non sciebat Ioseph               knew not Joseph.

7:19  hic circumveniens genus nostrum        19.  The same dealt subtilly with our
adflixit patres ut exponerent infantes       kindred, and evil entreated our
suos ne vivificarentur                       fathers, so that they cast out their
                                             young children, to the end they might
                                             not live.

7:20  eodem tempore natus est Moses et       20.  In which time Moses was born, and
fuit gratus Deo qui nutritus est tribus      was exceeding fair, and nourished up in
mensibus in domo patris sui                  his father's house three months:

7:21  exposito autem illo sustulit eum       21.  And when he was cast out,
filia Pharaonis et enutrivit eum sibi        Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and
in filium                                    nourished him for her own son.

7:22  et eruditus est Moses omni             22.  And Moses was learned in all the
sapientia Aegyptiorum et erat potens in      wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty
verbis et in operibus suis                   in words and in deeds.

7:23  cum autem impleretur ei                23.  And when he was full forty years
quadraginta annorum tempus ascendit in       old, it came into his heart to visit
cor eius ut visitaret fratres suos           his brethren the children of Israel.
filios Israhel

7:24  et cum vidisset quendam iniuriam       24.  And seeing one of them suffer
patientem vindicavit illum et fecit          wrong, he defended him, and avenged him
ultionem ei qui iniuriam sustinebat          that was oppressed, and smote the
percusso Aegyptio                            Egyptian:

7:25  existimabat autem intellegere          25.  For he supposed his brethren would
fratres quoniam Deus per manum ipsius        have understood how that God by his
daret salutem illis at illi non              hand would deliver them: but they
intellexerunt                                understood not.

7:26  sequenti vero die apparuit illis       26.  And the next day he shewed himself
litigantibus et reconciliabat eos in         unto them as they strove, and would
pacem dicens viri fratres estis ut quid      have set them at one again, saying,
nocetis alterutrum                           Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong
                                             one to another?

7:27  qui autem iniuriam faciebat            27.  But he that did his neighbour
proximo reppulit eum dicens quis te          wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made
constituit principem et iudicem super        thee a ruler and a judge over us?
nos

7:28  numquid interficere me tu vis          28.  Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest
quemadmodum interfecisti heri Aegyptium      the Egyptian yesterday?

7:29  fugit autem Moses in verbo isto        29.  Then fled Moses at this saying,
et factus est advena in terra Madiam         and was a stranger in the land of
ubi generavit filios duos                    Madian, where he begat two sons.

7:30  et expletis annis quadraginta          30.  And when forty years were expired,
apparuit illi in deserto montis Sina         there appeared to him in the wilderness
angelus in igne flammae rubi                 of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a
                                             flame of fire in a bush.

7:31  Moses autem videns admiratus est       31.  When Moses saw it, he wondered at
visum et accedente illo ut consideraret      the sight: and as he drew near to
facta est vox Domini                         behold it, the voice of the LORD came
                                             unto him,

7:32  ego Deus patrum tuorum Deus            32.  Saying, I am the God of thy
Abraham et Deus Isaac et Deus Iacob          fathers, the God of Abraham, and the
tremefactus autem Moses non audebat          God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
considerare                                  Then Moses trembled, and durst not
                                             behold.

7:33  dixit autem illi Dominus solve         33.  Then said the Lord to him, Put off
calciamentum pedum tuorum locus enim in      thy shoes from thy feet: for the place
quo stas terra sancta est                    where thou standest is holy ground.

7:34  videns vidi adflictionem populi        34.  I have seen, I have seen the
mei qui est in Aegypto et gemitum eorum      affliction of my people which is in
audivi et descendi liberare eos et nunc      Egypt, and I have heard their groaning,
veni et mittam te in Aegyptum                and am come down to deliver them. And
                                             now come, I will send thee into Egypt.

7:35  hunc Mosen quem negaverunt             35.  This Moses whom they refused,
dicentes quis te constituit principem        saying, Who made thee a ruler and a
et iudicem hunc Deus principem et            judge? the same did God send to be a
redemptorem misit cum manu angeli qui        ruler and a deliverer by the hand of
apparuit illi in rubo                        the angel which appeared to him in the
                                             bush.

7:36  hic eduxit illos faciens prodigia      36.  He brought them out, after that he
et signa in terra Aegypti et in Rubro        had shewed wonders and signs in the
mari et in deserto annis quadraginta         land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and
                                             in the wilderness forty years.

7:37  hic est Moses qui dixit filiis         37.  This is that Moses, which said
Israhel prophetam vobis suscitabit Deus      unto the children of Israel, A prophet
de fratribus vestris tamquam me              shall the Lord your God raise up unto
                                             you of your brethren, like unto me; him
                                             shall ye hear.

7:38  hic est qui fuit in ecclesia in        38.  This is he, that was in the church
solitudine cum angelo qui loquebatur ei      in the wilderness with the angel which
in monte Sina et cum patribus nostris        spake to him in the mount Sina, and
qui accepit verba vitae dare nobis           with our fathers: who received the
                                             lively oracles to give unto us:

7:39  cui noluerunt oboedire patres          39.  To whom our fathers would not
nostri sed reppulerunt et aversi sunt        obey, but thrust him from them, and in
cordibus suis in Aegyptum                    their hearts turned back again into
                                             Egypt,

7:40  dicentes ad Aaron fac nobis deos       40.  Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to
qui praecedant nos Moses enim hic qui        go before us: for as for this Moses,
eduxit nos de terra Aegypti nescimus         which brought us out of the land of
quid factum sit ei                           Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

7:41  et vitulum fecerunt in illis           41.  And they made a calf in those
diebus et obtulerunt hostiam simulacro       days, and offered sacrifice unto the
et laetabantur in operibus manuum suarum     idol, and rejoiced in the works of
                                             their own hands.

7:42  convertit autem Deus et tradidit       42.  Then God turned, and gave them up
eos servire militiae caeli sicut             to worship the host of heaven; as it is
scriptum est in libro Prophetarum            written in the book of the prophets, O
numquid victimas aut hostias obtulistis      ye house of Israel, have ye offered to
mihi annis quadraginta in deserto domus      me slain beasts and sacrifices by the
Israhel                                      space of forty years in the wilderness?

7:43  et suscepistis tabernaculum            43.  Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of
Moloch et sidus dei vestri Rempham           Moloch, and the star of your god
figuras quas fecistis adorare eas et         Remphan, figures which ye made to
transferam vos trans Babylonem               worship them: and I will carry you away
                                             beyond Babylon.

7:44  tabernaculum testimonii fuit           44.  Our fathers had the tabernacle of
patribus nostris in deserto sicut            witness in the wilderness, as he had
disposuit loquens ad Mosen ut faceret        appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he
illud secundum formam quam viderat           should make it according to the fashion
                                             that he had seen.

7:45  quod et induxerunt suscipientes        45.  Which also our fathers that came
patres nostri cum Iesu in possessionem       after brought in with Jesus into the
gentium quas expulit Deus a facie            possession of the Gentiles, whom God
patrum nostrorum usque in diebus David       drave out before the face of our
                                             fathers, unto the days of David;

7:46  qui invenit gratiam ante Deum et       46.  Who found favour before God, and
petiit ut inveniret tabernaculum Deo         desired to find a tabernacle for the
Iacob                                        God of Jacob.

7:47  Salomon autem aedificavit illi         47.  But Solomon built him an house.
domum

7:48  sed non Excelsus in manufactis         48.  Howbeit the most High dwelleth not
habitat sicut propheta dicit                 in temples made with hands; as saith
                                             the prophet,

7:49  caelum mihi sedis est terra autem      49.  Heaven is my throne, and earth is
scabillum pedum meorum quam domum            my footstool: what house will ye build
aedificabitis mihi dicit Dominus aut         me? saith the Lord: or what is the
quis locus requietionis meae est             place of my rest?

7:50  nonne manus mea fecit haec omnia       50.  Hath not my hand made all these
                                             things?

7:51  dura cervice et incircumcisi           51.  Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised
cordibus et auribus vos semper Spiritui      in heart and ears, ye do always resist
Sancto resistitis sicut patres vestri        the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so
et vos                                       do ye.

7:52  quem prophetarum non sunt              52.  Which of the prophets have not
persecuti patres vestri et occiderunt        your fathers persecuted? and they have
eos qui praenuntiabant de adventu Iusti      slain them which shewed before of the
cuius vos nunc proditores et homicidae       coming of the Just One; of whom ye have
fuistis                                      been now the betrayers and murderers:

7:53  qui accepistis legem in                53.  Who have received the law by the
dispositionem angelorum et non               disposition of angels, and have not
custodistis                                  kept it.

7:54  audientes autem haec                   54.  When they heard these things, they
dissecabantur cordibus suis et               were cut to the heart, and they gnashed
stridebant dentibus in eum                   on him with their teeth.

7:55  cum autem esset plenus Spiritu         55.  But he, being full of the Holy
Sancto intendens in caelum vidit             Ghost, looked up stedfastly into
gloriam Dei et Iesum stantem a dextris       heaven, and saw the glory of God, and
Dei                                          Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

7:55  (continues) et ait ecce video          56.  And said, Behold, I see the
caelos apertos et Filium hominis a           heavens opened, and the Son of man
 dextris stantem Dei                         standing on the right hand of God.

7:56  exclamantes autem voce magna           57.  Then they cried out with a loud
continuerunt aures suas et impetum           voice, and stopped their ears, and ran
fecerunt unianimiter in eum                  upon him with one accord,

7:57  et eicientes eum extra civitatem       58.  And cast him out of the city, and
lapidabant et testes deposuerunt             stoned him: and the witnesses laid down
vestimenta sua secus pedes adulescentis      their clothes at a young man's feet,
qui vocabatur Saulus                         whose name was Saul.

7:58  et lapidabant Stephanum                59.  And they stoned Stephen, calling
invocantem et dicentem Domine Iesu           upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus,
suscipe spiritum meum                        receive my spirit.

7:59  positis autem genibus clamavit         60.  And he kneeled down, and cried
voce magna Domine ne statuas illis hoc       with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this
peccatum et cum hoc dixisset obdormivit      sin to their charge. And when he had
Saulus autem erat consentiens neci eius      said this, he fell asleep.