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Listen & read in about 10-15 minutes a day! Acts 6: Stephen Accused of Blasphemy - Parent Category: The Book of Acts - Category: Acts 1-7: The Apostles in Jerusalem Acts 6 Seven Chosen to Serve 6Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a complaint against the Hebrews by the Hellenists, because their widows were neglected in the daily distribution. 2Then the twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, “It is not desirable that we should leave the word of God and serve tables. 3Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business; 4but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” 5And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch, 6whom they set before the apostles; and when they had prayed, they laid hands on them. 7Then the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith. Stephen Accused of Blasphemy 8And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and signs among the people. 9Then there arose some from what is called the Synagogue of the Freedmen (Cyrenians, Alexandrians, and those from Cilicia and Asia), disputing with Stephen. 10And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke. 11Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.” 12And they stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes; and they came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council. 13They also set up false witnesses who said, “This man does not cease to speak blasphemous words against this holy place and the law; 14for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses delivered to us.” 15And all who sat in the council, looking steadfastly at him, saw his face as the face of an angel. Acts 7: Stephen is Stoned to Death - Parent Category: The Book of Acts - Category: Acts 1-7: The Apostles in Jerusalem Acts 7 Stephen’s Address: The Call of Abraham 7Then the high priest said, “Are these things so?” 2And he said, “Brethren and fathers, listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran, 3and said to him, ‘Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.’ 4Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell. 5And God gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on. But even when Abraham had no child, He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him. 6But God spoke in this way: that his descendants would dwell in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into bondage and oppress them four hundred years. 7‘And the nation to whom they will be in bondage I will judge,’ said God, ‘and after that they shall come out and serve Me in this place.’ 8Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham begot Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; and Isaac begot Jacob, and Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs. The Patriarchs in Egypt 9“And the patriarchs, becoming envious, sold Joseph into Egypt. But God was with him 10and delivered him out of all his troubles, and gave him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. 11Now a famine and great trouble came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers found no sustenance. 12But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. 13And the second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to the Pharaoh. 14Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob and all his relatives to him, seventy-five people. 15So Jacob went down to Egypt; and he died, he and our fathers. 16And they were carried back to Shechem and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem. God Delivers Israel by Moses 17“But when the time of the promise drew near which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt 18till another king arose who did not know Joseph. 19This man dealt treacherously with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, making them expose their babies, so that they might not live. 20At this time Moses was born, and was well pleasing to God; and he was brought up in his father’s house for three months. 21But when he was set out, Pharaoh’s daughter took him away and brought him up as her own son. 22And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and deeds. 23“Now when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel. 24And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended and avenged him who was oppressed, and struck down the Egyptian. 25For he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by his hand, but they did not understand. 26And the next day he appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brethren; why do you wrong one another?’ 27But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? 28Do you want to kill me as you did the Egyptian yesterday?’ 29Then, at this saying, Moses fled and became a dweller in the land of Midian, where he had two sons. 30“And when forty years had passed, an Angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai. 31When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he drew near to observe, the voice of the Lord came to him, 32saying, ‘I am the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ And Moses trembled and dared not look. 33‘Then the Lord said to him, “Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground. 34I have surely seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send you to Egypt.” 35“This Moses whom they rejected, saying, ‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ is the one God sent to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36He brought them out, after he had shown wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red Sea, and in the wilderness forty years. Israel Rebels Against God 37“This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. Him you shall hear.’ 38“This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, the one who received the living oracles to give to us, 39whom our fathers would not obey, but rejected. And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt, 40saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ 41And they made a calf in those days, offered sacrifices to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands. 42Then God turned and gave them up to worship the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the Prophets: ‘Did you offer Me slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel? 43You also 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.’ God’s True Tabernacle 44“Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as He appointed, instructing Moses to make it according to the pattern that he had seen, 45which our fathers, having received it in turn, also brought with Joshua into the land possessed by the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the days of David, 46who found favor before God and asked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob. 47But Solomon built Him a house. 48“However, the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says: 49‘Heaven is My throne, And earth is My footstool. What house will you build for Me? says the Lord, Or what is the place of My rest? 50Has My hand not made all these things?’ Israel Resists the Holy Spirit 51“You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. 52Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, 53who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.” Stephen the Martyr 54When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. 55But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, 56and said, “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” 57Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord; 58and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 60Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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प्रेरित अध्याय 7 प्रधान पूजाहारीले स्तिफनसलाई भने, “के यी कुराहरू सत्य हुन्?” 2 स्तिफनसले उत्तर दिए, “मेरा यहूदी पिताहरू र दाज्यु-भाइहरू, मलाई ध्यानसित सुन। हाम्रा पुर्खा अब्राहाम समक्ष महिमामय परमेश्वर प्रकट हुनुभयो। अब्राहाम त्यसबेला मेसोपोटामियामा थिए। यो उहाँ हारानमा रहनु भन्दा पहिलेको कुरा हो। 3 परमेश्वरले अब्राहामलाई भन्नुभयो, ‘तिम्रो देश र त्यहाँका तिम्रा मनिसहरूलाई छोड अनि त्यो देशमा जाऊ, म तिमीलाई देखाउने छु।’ 4 यसैले अब्राहामले कल्दी देश छाडे अनि हारानमा बस्न गए। अब्राहमको पितकाको मृत्युपछि उनलाई परमेश्वरले यो ठाँउमा पठाउनु भयो, जहाँ अहिले तिमी बस्छौ। 5 तर उहाँले अब्राहामलाई त्यो जमीनको कुनै टुक्रा आफ्नो बनाउन दिनुभएन, खालि यसको एक फूट मात्र पनि दिनुभए। तर तिनले प्रतिज्ञा गरे कि भविष्यमा त्यो जमीन उसको अनि उसको उत्तरधिकारीको हुनेछ। यद्यपि त्यस बेला अब्राहमको कुनै सन्तान थिएन। 6 परमेश्वरले उनलाई भन्नुभयो, तिम्रो सन्तानहरूले यो ठाउँमा बस्नु पर्नेछ। त्यहाँका मानिसहरूले तिनीहरूलाई दास बनाउने छन् र चार सय र्वष सम्म कुव्यवाहर गरेर राख्नेछन्। 7 तर म त्यो राष्ट्रलाई दण्ड दिनेछु जुन राष्ट्रले तिनीहरूलाई दास बनाउनेछ।’ परमेश्वरले यो पनि भन्नुभयो, तब तिम्रा मानिसहरू त्यस देशबाट निस्कि आउनेछन् अनि तिनीहरूले यस ठाउँमा मलाई आराधना गर्नेछन्। 8 परमेश्वरले अब्राहामसंग एक करार बाँध्नु भयो; यस करारको संकेत खतना थियो। यसर्थ जब अब्राहमको छोरो भयो, त्यो आठ दिनको पुग्दा उनले खतना गरिदिए। उनको छोरोको नाउँ इसहाक थियो। पछि उसले आफ्नो छोरो याकूबको पनि खतना गरे पछि याकूबले आफ्ना छोराहरूलाई त्यसै गरे। ती छोराहरू पछि बाह्रजना पिताहरू भए। 9 “त्यसपछि ती पिताहरू यूसुफसंग डाह गर्ने भए। यूसुफलाई मिश्रदेशमा दास बनाउन बेचे। तर यूसुफसंग परमेश्वर हुनुहुन्थ्यो। 10 यूसुफले धेरै दुःख-कष्टहरू सामना गर्नु पर्यो, तर परमेश्वरले उनलाई ती सबै दुःख-कष्टहरूबाट बचाउनु भयो। फिरऊन मिश्रदेशका राजा थिए। उहाँले यूसुफलाई मनपराउनु भयो अनि आदर पनि गर्नु भयो किनभने यूसुफमा परमेश्वरबाट पाएको ज्ञान थियो। उसले यूसुफलाई मिश्र देशका राज्यपाल बनाए अनि तिनलाई उहाँको घरका सम्पूर्ण मानिसहरूमाथि शासन गर्ने अधिकार दिए। 11 तर सम्पूर्ण मिश्रदेश र कनानमा अनिकाल लागेको थियो। यसले मानिसहरूलाई अत्यन्त यातना भोगायो। हाम्रा पुर्खाहरूले खाने-कुरा केही पाउन सकेनन्। 12 तर याकूबले त्यहाँ मिश्रदेशको गोदामहरूमा अन्नको राश छ भनेर थाहा पाए। यसकारण उनले हाम्रा पुर्खाहरूलाई त्यहाँ पठाए। तिनीहरूको त्यो प्रथम मिश्रदेश यात्रा थियो। 13 पछिबाट तिनीहरू त्यहाँ दोस्रो पल्ट गए। त्यसबेला यूसुफले आफ्ना भाइहरूलाई ऊ को हो बताए। अनि फिरऊनले यूसुफको परिवारको विषयमा जान्न पाए। 14 तब यूसुफले उनका पिता याकूबलाई मिश्र देशमा निमन्त्रण गर्न केही मानिसहरू पठाए। उनले जम्मै आफन्तहरू पनि निम्त्याए (जम्मा पचहत्तर जना मानिसहरू)। 15 यसकारणा याकूब मिश्र देश आए। याकूब र हाम्रा पुर्खाहरू नमरूञ्जेल सम्म त्यहाँ बसे। 16 त्यसपछि तिनीहरूका शरीरहरू शकेम्मा पठाइयो अनि तिनीहरूलाई चिहानमा राखियो। यो त्यही चिहान हो जुन अब्राहमले शकेममा हमोरका छोराहरूबाट चाँदी दिएर किनेका थियो। 17 “मिश्र देशमा यहूदीहरूको संख्या बढेर गयो। त्यहाँ अधिक भन्दा अधिक हाम्रा मानिसहरू उपस्थित थिए। परमेश्वरले अब्राहामलाई दिनु भएको वचन पूरा हुने समय नजिक आइरहेको थियो। 18 त्यसपछि एक अर्को राजाले मिश्र देशमा शासन गर्न थाल्यो। उसले यूसुफको विषयमा केही पनि जानेन्। 19 ती राजाले हाम्रो मानिसहरूलाई हानी पुरयाउन धूर्त तरिकाहरू प्रयोग गरे। उनले तिनीहरूको भर्खर जन्मेका नानीहरू मरोस् भनी बाहिर राख्न वाध्य गराए। 20 यो त्यसबेलाको कुरा हो जब बालक मोशा जन्मेका थिए। ती एउटा खुबै सुन्दर अनि परमेश्वरलाई खुशी पार्ने बालक थिए। उनलाई तीन महीना सम्म आफ्नो पिताको घरमा पाले। 21 जब तिनीहरूले मोशालाई बाहिर निकाले, फिरऊनकी छोरीले तिनलाई आफ्नै छोरो सरह स्याहार-सुसार गरिन्। 22 मिश्र देशवासीहरूले तिनलाई जानेको प्रत्येक विषयको प्रशिक्षण दिए। तिनी वचन अनि कर्ममा दृढ भए। 23 “जब मोशा चालीस र्वषका भए, उनको आफ्ना यहूदी दाज्यु-भाइहरूलाई भेट्ने निर्णय लिए। 24 मोशाले एक यहूदीलाई मिश्रदेशवासीले नराम्रो व्यवहार गरेको देखे। यसर्थ तिनी त्यो यहूदीको रक्षा गर्न गए अनि त्यो मिश्र देशीलाई मारे जसले यहूदीमाथि कुव्यवहार गरिरहेको थियो। 25 परमेश्वरले उनलाई उनीहरूकै बचाऊको लागि प्रयोग गरिरहनु भएको तिनको यहूदी भाइहरूले बुझ्लान् भन्ने मोशाले सोचे। तर तिनीहरूले त्यो बुझेनन्। 26 अर्को दिन मोशाले दुइ यहूदीहरूलाई आपसमा झगडा गरेको देखे। उनले तिनीहरूलाई शान्त गराउन खोजे। उनले भने, ए मानिस हो! तिमीहरू दाज्यु-भाइहरू हौ! किन तिमीहरू एकार्को प्रति नराम्रो व्यवहार गरिरहेछौ?” 27 जुन मानिसले अर्को मानिससित कुव्यवहार गर्दैथ्यो त्यसले मोशालाई घचेट्यो अनि भन्यो? कसले तिमीलाई हाम्रो शासक अनि न्यायकर्त्ता बनायो? 28 जसरी तिमीले हिजो मिश्र देशवासीलाई मार्यो त्यसरी नै मलाई मार्छौ? 29 जब मोशाले त्यस्तो सुने तिनले मिश्रदेश छोडे। उनि मिदयानको देशमा नौला मानिस जस्तै बस्न थाले अनि त्यहीं उनका दुइ छोराहरू भए। 30 “चालिस र्वष पछि मोशा सीनै पर्वतको मरूभूमिमा थिए। बलिरहेको पोथ्राको ज्वालामा एकजना स्वर्गदूत तिनको अघाडि देखा परे। 31 जब मोशाले यस्तो देखे, उनी अचम्भित भए। जब उनी नियालेर हेर्न नजिक गए, मोशाले परमप्रभुको आवाजले भन्दै गरेको सुने। 32 परमप्रभुले उनलाई भन्नुभयो, ‘म तिम्रा पिताहरूको परमेश्वर, अब्राहामका परमेश्वर, इसहाकका परमश्वर, याकूबका परमेश्वर हुँ।’मोशा डरले काम्न थाले। उनलाई त्यस बल्दै गरेको पोथ्रामा हेर्ने साहस भएन। 33 परमप्रभुले उनलाई भन्नुभयो, तिम्रा जुत्ताहरू खोल, किनभने जुन ठाउँमा तिमी उभिरहकाछौ त्यो पवित्र ठाँउ हो। 34 मैले मेरा मानिसहरूलाई मिश्र देशमा अत्यन्तै कष्ट पाइरहेको देखें। मैले तिनीहरूको विलाप सुने। म तिनीहरूलाई बचाउन तल झरे। अब आऊ, म तिमीलाई मिश्र देश पठाउँछु। 35 “यो मोशा त्यही मानिस थिए जसलाई यहूदीहरूले चाहिंदैन भनेका थिए। तिनीहरूले उनलाई भनेका थिए, ‘कसले तिमीलाई हाम्रो शासक र न्यायकर्त्ता बनायो?’ त्यही मानिसलाई परमश्वरले शासक र उद्धारकको रूपमा पठाउनु भएको थियो। परमेश्वरले मोशालाई स्वर्गदूतको माध्यम पठाउनु भएको थियो जो जल्दै गरेको पोथ्रामा उनी अघि देखापरेको थियो। 36 तब मोशाले मानिसहरूका अगुवाई गरे। उनले आश्चर्यमय कुराहरू अनि चमत्कारहरू मिश्र देशमा लाल सागरमा अनि मरुभूमिमा चालीस र्वष सम्म गरे। 37 उनी त्यही मोशा थिए जसले यहूदीहरूलाई भनेका थिए, ‘परमेश्वरले तिमीहरूको लागि तिमीहरूकै माझबाट एक अगमवक्ता पठाउनु हुनेछ। उनी म जस्तै नै हुनेछन्। 38 उनी त्यही मोशा हुन जो यहूदीहरूकै जमघटमा एकत्रित भएर मरूभूमिमा संगै थिए। तिनी त्यो स्वर्गदूतसंग जो सीनै पर्वतमा तिनीसित बोले अनि तिनी हाम्रा पुर्खाहरूसंग थिए। मोशाले परमेश्वरबाट आदेशहरू प्राप्त गरे जसले जीवन दिन्छ। मोशाले हामीलाई ती आदेशहरू दिए। 39 “तर हाम्रा पुर्खाहरूले मोशाका आज्ञा पालन गर्न चाहेनन्। तिनलाई स्वीकार गरेनन्। अनि तिनीहरूले मिश्रदेश फर्की जाने इच्छा गरे। 40 हाम्रा पुर्खाहरूले हारूनलाई भने, ‘मोशाले हामीलाई मिश्र देश बाहिर निकालेर ल्याए। तर उनलाई के भयो हामी जान्दैनौ। हाम्रा निम्ति केही देवताहरू सृष्टि गरिदेऊ जो हाम्रो अघि जानेछन् अनि हामीलाई अगुवाइ गर्नेछन्।’ 41 यसकारणले मानिसहरूले बाछो जस्तो देखिने एउटा मूर्ति बनाए। त्यसपछि तिनीहरूले त्यसलाई बलिहरू चढाए। मानिसहरू आफ्नै हातले त्यस्तो चीज बनायौं भनेर अत्यन्त खुशी थिए। 42 तर परमश्वर तिनीहरूबाट टाढा जानु भयो अनि तिनीहरूलाई आकाशको झूटो देवताहरूको पूजा गर्न छाडिदिनु भयो। अगमवक्ताहरूका पुस्तकमा लेखिए जस्तै यो घट्योः‘तिमी यहूदीहरूले चालीस र्वषसम्म यो मरूभूमिमा मेरा निम्ति पशु-बलि अनि भेटीहरू अर्पण गरेनौं 43 तिमीहरूले तिनीहरूसित मोलेकको पाल अनि तिम्रो देवता रिफमका तारा ल्यायौ। तिनीहरू मूर्तिहरू थिए जो तिमीहरूले पुज्नलाई बनायौ। ती मूर्तिहरू थिए जसलाई आराधनाका निम्ति बनाइएको थियो। यसैकारण म तिमीहरूलाई बेबिलोन देखि निक्कै टाढा पठाउनेछु।’ 44 “हाम्रा पुर्खाहरूसँग मरूभूमिमा “पवित्र मण्डप” थियो। कसरी तम्बू बनाउनु मोशालाई परमेश्वरले बताउनु भयो। तिनले परमेश्वरले देखाउनु भएको योजना अनुसार बनाए। 45 तब यहोशूले हाम्रा पुर्खाहरूलाई अरू राष्ट्रहरूको जमीन हत्याउनुमा अगुवाइ गरे। हाम्रा मानिस जमीनभित्र पसे अनि परमेश्वरले अन्य राष्ट्रहरूलाई बाहिर खेदनु भयो। जब हाम्रा मानिसहरू त्यस नयाँ जमीनमा गए, तिनीहरूले आफूसित त्यही मण्डप लगेर गए। हाम्रा मानिसहरूले त्यो मण्डप आफ्ना पुर्खाहरूबाट प्राप्त गरेका थिए, अनि तिनीहरूले त्यसलाई दाऊदको समय सम्म जोगाएर राखे। 46 परमेश्वर दाऊदसँग अत्यन्त खुशी हुनुभयो। दाऊदले परमेश्वरलाई याकूबको परमेश्वरका निम्ति भवन निर्माण गर्न दिनुहोस् भनी परमेश्वरलाई आग्रह गरे। 47 तर सुलेमान (दाऊद का पुत्र) एक मानिस थिए जसले उहाँको लागि मन्दिर निर्माण गरे। 48 “तर मानिसको हातले बनाएको मन्दिरमा सर्वोच्च परमेश्वर बस्नु हुन्न। जस्तो अगमवक्ताले भन्छन् 49 पृथ्वी त्यो ठाउँ हो जहाँ मेरा खुट्टाहरू आराम गर्दछ। कस्तो प्रकारको घर तिमी मेरो लागि बनाउन सक्छौ? मैले आराम गर्न सक्ने स्थान त्यहाँ कहाँ छ? 50 के मेरा हातहरूले यी सबै कुराहरू बनाएको होइन?” 51 तब स्तिफनसले भने, “तिमी अट्टेरी यहूदी अगुवाहरू! तिमीहरूले आफ्ना हृदय परमेश्वरलाई दिएका छैनौ! तिमीहरूले उहाँलाई कहिल्यै सुनेनौ! पवित्र-आत्माले तिमीहरूलाई जे भन्नुहुन्छ त्यो तिमीहरूले सधैं विरोध गर्छौ। तिम्रा पुर्खाहरूले त्यसै गरे अनि तिमीहरू उनीहरू जस्तै छौ। 52 तिमीहरूका पुर्खाहरूले नसताएका कुनै अगमवक्ता होलान? ती अगमवक्ताहरूले एक धार्मिक आउनु हुन्छ भनेर पहिल्यै भनिसकेका थिए। तर तिमीहरूका पुर्खाहरूले तिनीहरूलाई मारे। अनि अहिले तिमीहरूले एक धार्मिक मानिस प्रति विश्वासघात गर्यौ अनि उहाँलाई मार्यौ। 53 तिमीहरू त्यही मानिसहरू हौ जसले स्वर्गका दूतहरूले दिएको मोशाको व्यवस्थालाई ग्रहण गर्यौ तर पालन गरेनौं।” 54 जब यहूदी नेताहरूले यी कूरा सुने तिनीहरू रिसले चूर भए अनि उनको विरूद्ध दाह्रा किट्न थाले। 55 तर स्तिफनस पवित्र-आत्माले परिपूर्ण थिए। स्तिफनसले उँभो आकाश तिर हेरे। उनले परमेश्वरको महिमा देखे। अनले यशूलाई परमेश्वरको दाहिने तर्फ उभिरहेको देखे। 56 स्तिफनसले भने, “हेर! मैले स्वर्ग खुल्ला अनि मानिसको पुत्र परमेश्वरको दाहिने तर्फ उभिरहेको देख्छु!” 57 तुरून्तै समस्त यहूदी अगुवाहरू एकसाथ ठूलो स्वरमा चिच्याए। तिनीहरूले आफ्ना हातले कान बन्द गरे। तिनीहरू सबै एकसाथ स्तिफनस तिर दौडे। 58 तिनीहरूले उनलाई शहर बाहिर फयाँके अनि ढुङ्गा हान्न थाले। ती मानिसहरू जजसले स्तिफनसको विरूद्ध झूटो कुरा गरेका थिए, तिनीहरूले आफ्ना पोशाक खोलेर शावल नाउँको एक युवकलाई दिए। 59 अनि त्यसपछि तिनीहरूले स्तिफनस माथि ढुङ्गा हान्न शुरू गरे। तर स्तिफनस प्रार्थना गरिरहेका थिए। उनले भने,“प्रभु येशू, मेरो आत्मा ग्रहण गर्नुहोस्!” 60 तब उनले घूँडा टेके अनि जोडले चिच्याए, “प्रभु, यिनीहरूलाई यो पापका निम्ति दोष नदिनुहोस्! यति भनिसके पछि स्तिफनसले देह त्याग गरे।