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OET (OET-LV) And they_made_a_calf in the those days, and they_brought_up a_sacrifice to_the idol, and they_were_being_gladdened in the works of_the hands of_them.
OET (OET-RV) So together they made a calf as an idol to bring sacrifices to, and they were pleased with what they’d achieved.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
ἐμοσχοποίησαν
˱they˲_made_a_calf
Stephen assumes that his listeners will know that this image of a calf was a statue that the Israelites wanted to worship as an idol. Stephen refers to it as the idol later in the sentence. Alternate translation: [they made a statue that looked like a calf to worship as an idol]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ἐκείναις
in ¬the days those
Stephen is using the term days to refer to a specific time. Alternate translation: [at that time]
Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns
ἐμοσχοποίησαν
˱they˲_made_a_calf
The pronoun they refers back to “our fathers” in verse 39, that is, to the Israelites whom Moses led out of Egypt. Alternate translation: [the Israelites made an image of a calf]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
τοῖς ἔργοις τῶν χειρῶν αὐτῶν
the works ˱of˲_the hands ˱of˲_them
Stephen describes what he also calls the calf and the idol as the works of their hands by association with the way the Israelites used their hands to make the calf. Alternate translation: [the statue they had made]
7:1-53 Stephen responded to the accusations by testifying about his Lord (cp. Luke 21:12-17). Instead of defending himself against their prosecution, he became a witness in God’s prosecution of them, exposing their stubbornness and unfaithfulness to God. Stephen’s recital of Israel’s past reminded them of their repeated rejections of those whom God had sent.
• Stephen’s review of Israel’s history has three principal parts, dealing with the work of the patriarchs (Acts 7:2-16), the ministry of Moses (7:17-43), and the role of the Tabernacle and the Temple (7:44-50). Stephen followed up his historical survey with a clear attack on the hard-heartedness of his own people. With a prophetic challenge, he urged them to stop rebelling against the Holy Spirit and turn to God with repentance and faith.
OET (OET-LV) And they_made_a_calf in the those days, and they_brought_up a_sacrifice to_the idol, and they_were_being_gladdened in the works of_the hands of_them.
OET (OET-RV) So together they made a calf as an idol to bring sacrifices to, and they were pleased with what they’d achieved.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.