1 Then said the high priest, Are these things so?

1 Dixit autem princeps sacerdotum: Si hæc ita se habent?

2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,

2 Qui ait: Viri fratres et patres, audite: Deus gloriæ apparuit patri nostro Abrahæ cum esset in Mesopotamia, priusquam moraretur in Charan,

3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.

3 et dixit ad illum: Exi de terra tua, et de cognatione tua, et veni in terram quam monstravero tibi.

4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldæans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.

4 Tunc exiit de terra Chaldæorum, et habitavit in Charan. Et inde, postquam mortuus est pater ejus, transtulit illum in terram istam, in qua nunc vos habitatis.

5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

5 Et non dedit illi hæreditatem in ea, nec passum pedis: sed repromisit dare illi eam in possessionem, et semini ejus post ipsum, cum non haberet filium.

6 And God spake on this wise, That his seed should

ℵ ⟨unto him, Thy seed shall⟩

sojourn in a strange land; and that they should

ℵ ⟨they shall⟩

bring them

ℵ ⟨it⟩

into bondage, and entreat them

ℵ ⟨it⟩

evil four hundred years.

6 Locutus est autem ei Deus: Quia erit semen ejus accola in terra aliena, et servituti eos subjicient, et male tractabunt eos annis quadringentis:

7 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.

7 et gentem cui servierint, judicabo ego, dixit Dominus: et post hæc exibunt, et servient mihi in loco isto.

8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth

ℵ ⟨seventh⟩

day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

8 Et dedit illi testamentum circumcisionis: et sic genuit Isaac, et circumcidit eum die octavo: et Isaac, Jacob: et Jacob, duodecim patriarchas.

9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

9 Et patriarchæ æmulantes, Joseph vendiderunt in Ægyptum: et erat Deus cum eo,

10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all

ℵA ⟨over all⟩

his house.

10 et eripuit eum ex omnibus tribulationibus ejus, et dedit ei gratiam et sapientiam in conspectu pharaonis regis Ægypti: et constituit eum præpositum super Ægyptum, et super omnem domum suam.

11 Now there came a dearth over all the land of

ℵBA omit

Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.

11 Venit autem fames in universam Ægyptum et Chanaan, et tribulatio magna: et non inveniebant cibos patres nostri.

12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.

12 Cum audisset autem Jacob esse frumentum in Ægypto, misit patres nostros primum:

13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's

ℵA ⟨his⟩

kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.

13 et in secundo cognitus est Joseph a fratribus suis, et manifestatum est Pharaoni genus ejus.

14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his

ℵBA ⟨his⟩

kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.

14 Mittens autem Joseph, accersivit Jacob patrem suum et omnem cognationem suam, in animabus septuaginta quinque.

15 So Jacob went down into Egypt

B omit

, and died, he, and our fathers,

15 Et descendit Jacob in Ægyptum: et defunctus est ipse, et patres nostri.

16 And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of

ℵBA ⟨in⟩

Sychem.

16 Et translati sunt in Sichem, et positi sunt in sepulchro, quod emit Abraham pretio argenti a filiis Hemor filii Sichem.

17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn

ℵBA ⟨promised⟩

to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

17 ¶ Cum autem appropinquaret tempus promissionis quam confessus erat Deus Abrahæ, crevit populus, et multiplicatus est in Ægypto,

18 Till another king arose

ℵBA ⟨arose over Egypt⟩

, which knew not Joseph.

18 quoadusque surrexit alius rex in Ægypto, qui non sciebat Joseph.

19 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our

ℵB ⟨the⟩

fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.

19 Hic circumveniens genus nostrum, afflixit patres nostros ut exponerent infantes suos, ne vivificarentur.

20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his

ℵBA ⟨his⟩

father's house three months:

20 Eodem tempore natus est Moyses, et fuit gratus Deo: qui nutritus est tribus mensibus in domo patris sui.

21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.

21 Exposito autem illo, sustulit eum filia Pharaonis, et nutrivit eum sibi in filium.

22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds

ℵBA ⟨his words and deeds⟩

.

22 Et eruditus est Moyses omni sapientia Ægyptiorum, et erat potens in verbis et in operibus suis.

23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.

23 Cum autem impleretur ei quadraginta annorum tempus, ascendit in cor ejus ut visitaret fratres suos filios Israël.

24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:

24 Et cum vidisset quemdam injuriam patientem, vindicavit illum, et fecit ultionem ei qui injuriam sustinebat, percusso Ægyptio.

25 For he supposed his

ℵB ⟨the⟩

brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.

25 Existimabat autem intelligere fratres, quoniam Deus per manum ipsius daret salutem illis: at illi non intellexerunt.

26 And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?

26 Sequenti vero die apparuit illis litigantibus: et reconciliabat eos in pace, dicens: Viri, fratres estis: ut quid nocetis alterutrum?

27 But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?

27 Qui autem injuriam faciebat proximo, repulit eum, dicens: Quis te constituit principem et judicem super nos?

28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?

28 Numquid interficere me tu vis, quemadmodum interfecisti heri Ægyptium?

29 Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.

29 Fugit autem Moyses in verbo isto: et factus est advena in terra Madian, ubi generavit filios duos.

30 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord

ℵBA omit

in a flame of

A ⟨flaming⟩

fire in a bush.

30 Et expletis annis quadraginta, apparuit illi in deserto montis Sina angelus in igne flammæ rubi.

31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight

A omit

: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him

ℵBA ⟨a voice from the Lord came⟩

,

31 Moyses autem videns, admiratus est visum. Et accedente illo ut consideraret, facta est ad eum vox Domini, dicens:

32 Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob

ℵBA ⟨of Isaac and of Jacob⟩

. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.

32 Ego sum Deus patrum tuorum, Deus Abraham, Deus Isaac, et Deus Jacob. Tremefactus autem Moyses, non audebat considerare.

33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.

33 Dixit autem illi Dominus: Solve calceamentum pedum tuorum: locus enim in quo stas, terra sancta est.

34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.

34 Videns vidi afflictionem populi mei qui est in Ægypto, et gemitum eorum audivi, et descendi liberare eos. Et nunc veni, et mittam te in Ægyptum.

35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge

ℵ ⟨judge over us⟩

? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer

ℵ ⟨judge⟩

by

BA ⟨with⟩

the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.

35 Hunc Moysen, quem negaverunt, dicentes: Quis te constituit principem et judicem? hunc Deus principem et redemptorem misit, cum manu angeli qui apparuit illi in rubo.

36 He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.

36 Hic eduxit illos faciens prodigia et signa in terra Ægypti, et in rubro mari, et in deserto annis quadraginta.

37 ¶ This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your

ℵA omit

God raise up unto you of your

ℵ ⟨your⟩

brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear

ℵBA omit

.

37 Hic est Moyses, qui dixit filiis Israël: Prophetam suscitabit vobis Deus de fratribus vestris, tamquam me: ipsum audietis.

38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our

ℵ ⟨your⟩

fathers: who received

B ⟨had chosen⟩

the lively oracles to give unto us

ℵ ⟨you⟩

:

38 Hic est qui fuit in ecclesia in solitudine cum angelo, qui loquebatur ei in monte Sina, et cum patribus nostris: qui accepit verba vitæ dare nobis.

39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,

39 Cui noluerunt obedire patres nostri: sed repulerunt, et aversi sunt cordibus suis in Ægyptum,

40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which

ℵ ⟨the man which⟩

brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

40 dicentes ad Aaron: Fac nobis deos qui præcedant nos: Moyses enim hic, qui eduxit nos de terra Ægypti, nescimus quid factum sit ei.

41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.

41 Et vitulum fecerunt in diebus illis, et obtulerunt hostiam simulacro, et lætabantur in operibus manuum suarum.

42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness

B* omit

?

42 Convertit autem Deus, et tradidit eos servire militiæ cæli, sicut scriptum est in libro prophetarum: Numquid victimas et hostias obtulistis mihi
annis quadraginta in deserto, domus Israël?

43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan

ℵ ⟨Romphan⟩; B ⟨Rompha⟩; A ⟨Rephan⟩

, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.

43 Et suscepistis tabernaculum Moloch,
et sidus dei vestri Rempham,
figuras quas fecistis adorare eas:
et transferam vos trans Babylonem.

44 Our

A ⟨Your⟩

fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.

44 ¶ Tabernaculum testimonii fuit cum patribus nostris in deserto, sicut disposuit illis Deus loquens ad Moysen, ut faceret illud secundum formam quam viderat.

45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;

45 Quod et induxerunt, suscipientes patres nostri cum Jesu in possessionem gentium quas expulit Deus a facie patrum nostrorum, usque in diebus David,

46 Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God

ℵB ⟨house⟩

of Jacob.

46 qui invenit gratiam ante Deum, et petiit ut inveniret tabernaculum Deo Jacob.

47 But Solomon built him an house.

47 Salomon autem ædificavit illi domum.

48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples

ℵBA ⟨what is⟩

made with hands; as saith the prophet,

48 Sed non Excelsus in manufactis habitat, sicut propheta dicit:

49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?

49 ¶ Cælum mihi sedes est:
terra autem scabellum pedum meorum.
Quam domum ædificabitis mihi? dicit Dominus:
aut quis locus requietionis meæ est?

50 Hath not my hand made all these things?

50 Nonne manus mea fecit hæc omnia?

51 ¶ Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart

BA ⟨hearts⟩; ℵ ⟨your hearts⟩

and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.

51 ¶ Dura cervice, et incircumcisis cordibus et auribus, vos semper Spiritui Sancto resistitis: sicut patres vestri, ita et vos.

52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

52 Quem prophetarum non sunt persecuti patres vestri? et occiderunt eos qui prænuntiabant de adventu Justi, cujus vos nunc proditores et homicidæ fuistis:

53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.

53 qui accepistis legem in dispositione angelorum, et non custodistis.

54 ¶ When they heard these things

ℵ omit

, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.

54 ¶ Audientes autem hæc, dissecabantur cordibus suis, et stridebant dentibus in eum.

55 But he, being full of the

ℵ ⟨faith and of the⟩

Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,

56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

55 Cum autem esset plenus Spiritu Sancto, intendens in cælum, vidit gloriam Dei, et Jesum stantem a dextris Dei. Et ait: Ecce video cælos apertos, et Filium hominis stantem a dextris Dei.

57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,

56 Exclamantes autem voce magna continuerunt aures suas, et impetum fecerunt unanimiter in eum.

58 And cast him

A ⟨him⟩

out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.

57 Et ejicientes eum extra civitatem, lapidabant: et testes deposuerunt vestimenta sua secus pedes adolescentis qui vocabatur Saulus.

59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.

58 Et lapidabant Stephanum invocantem, et dicentem: Domine Jesu, suscipe spiritum meum.

60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice

ℵ omit

, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.

59 Positis autem genibus, clamavit voce magna, dicens: Domine, ne statuas illis hoc peccatum. Et cum hoc dixisset, obdormivit in Domino. Saulus autem erat consentiens neci ejus.