प्रेरित-चरित 13

1Now there were in the church which was at Antioch, prophets and doctors, among whom was Barnabas, and Simon who was called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manahen, who was the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

2And as they were ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Ghost said to them: Separate me Saul and Barnabas, for the work whereunto I have taken them.

3Then they, fasting and praying, and imposing their hands upon them, sent them away.

4So they being sent by the Holy Ghost, went to Seleucia: and from thence they sailed to Cyprus.

5And when they were come to Salamina, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John also in the ministry.

6And when they had gone through the whole island, as far as Paphos, they found a certain man, a magician, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesu:

7Who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, a prudent man. He sending for Barnabas and Saul, desired to hear the word of God.

8But Elymas the magician (for so his name is interpreted) withstood them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.

9Then Saul, otherwise Paul, filled with the Holy Ghost, looking upon him,

10Said: O full of all guile, and of all deceit, child of the devil, enemy of all justice, thou ceasest not to pervert the right ways of the Lord.

11And now behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a time. And immediately there fell a mist and darkness upon him, and going about, he sought some one to lead him by the hand.

12Then the proconsul, when he had seen what was done, believed, admiring at the doctrine of the Lord.

13Now when Paul and they that were with him had sailed from Paphos, they came to Perge in Pamphylia. And John departing from them, returned to Jerusalem.

14But they passing through Perge, came to Antioch in Pisidia: and entering into the synagogue on the sabbath day, they sat down.

15And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying: Ye men, brethren, if you have any word of exhortation to make to the people, speak.

16Then Paul rising up, and with his hand bespeaking silence, said: Ye men of Israel, and you that fear God, give ear.

17The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they were sojourners in the land of Egypt, and with an high arm brought them out from thence,

18And for the space of forty years endured their manners in the desert.

19And destroying seven nations in the land of Chanaan, divided their land among them, by lot,

20As it were, after four hundred and fifty years: and after these things, he gave unto them judges, until Samuel the prophet.

21And after that they desired a king: and God gave them Saul the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, forty years.

22And when he had removed him, he raised them up David to be king: to whom giving testimony, he said: I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man according to my own heart, who shall do all my wills.

23Of this man’s seed God according to his promise, hath raised up to Israel a Saviour, Jesus:

24John first preaching, before his coming, the baptism of penance to all the people of Israel.

25And when John was fulfilling his course, he said: I am not he, whom you think me to be: but behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.

26Men, brethren, children of the stock of Abraham, and whosoever among you fear God, to you the word of this salvation is sent.

27For they that inhabited Jerusalem, and the rulers thereof, not knowing him, nor the voices of the prophets, which are read every sabbath, judging him have fulfilled them.

28And finding no cause of death in him, they desired of Pilate, that they might kill him.

29And when they had fulfilled all things that were written of him, taking him down from the tree, they laid him in a sepulchre.

30But God raised him up from the dead the third day:

31Who was seen for many days, by them who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who to this present are his witnesses to the people.

32And we declare unto you, that the promise which was made to our fathers,

33This same God hath fulfilled to our children, raising up Jesus, as in the second psalm also is written: Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

34And to shew that he raised him up from the dead, not to return now any more to corruption, he said thus: I will give you the holy things of David faithful.

35And therefore, in another place also, he saith: Thou shalt not suffer thy holy one to see corruption.

36For David, when he had served in his generation, according to the will of God, slept: and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption.

37But he whom God hath raised from the dead, saw no corruption.

38Be it known therefore to you, men, brethren, that through him forgiveness of sins is preached to you: and from all the things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

39In him every one that believeth, is justified.

40Beware, therefore, lest that come upon you which is spoken in the prophets:

41Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish: for I work a work in your days, a work which you will not believe, if any man shall tell it you.

42And as they went out, they desired them, that on the next sabbath, they would speak unto them these words.

43And when the synagogue was broken up, many of the Jews, and of the strangers who served God, followed Paul and Barnabas: who speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

44But the next sabbath day, the whole city almost came together, to hear the word of God.

45And the Jews seeing the multitudes, were filled with envy, and contradicted those things which were said by Paul, blaspheming.

46Then Paul and Barnabas said boldly: To you it behoved us first to speak the word of God: but because you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold we turn to the Gentiles.

47For so the Lord hath commanded us: I have set thee to be the light of the Gentiles; that thou mayest be for salvation unto the utmost part of the earth.

48And the Gentiles hearing it, were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to life everlasting, believed.

49And the word of the Lord was published throughout the whole country.

50But the Jews stirred up religious and honourable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas: and cast them out of their coasts.

51But they, shaking off the dust of their feet against them, came to Iconium.

52And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Ghost.

1Erant autem in ecclesia quæ erat Antiochiæ, prophetæ et doctores, in quibus Barnabas, et Simon qui vocabatur Niger, et Lucius Cyrenensis, et Manahen, qui erat Herodis Tetrarchæ collactaneus, et Saulus.

2Ministrantibus autem illis Domino, et jejunantibus, dixit illis Spiritus Sanctus: Segregate mihi Saulum et Barnabam in opus ad quod assumpsi eos.

3Tunc jejunantes et orantes, imponentesque eis manus, dimiserunt illos.

4Et ipsi quidem missi a Spiritu Sancto abierunt Seleuciam: et inde navigaverunt Cyprum.

5Et cum venissent Salaminam, prædicabant verbum Dei in synagogis Judæorum. Habebant autem et Joannem in ministerio.

6Et cum perambulassent universam insulam usque Paphum, invenerunt quemdam virum magum pseudoprophetam, Judæum, cui nomen erat Barjesu,

7qui erat cum proconsule Sergio Paulo viro prudente. Hic, accersitis Barnaba et Saulo, desiderabat audire verbum Dei.

8Resistebat autem illis Elymas magus (sic enim interpretatur nomen ejus), quærens avertere proconsulem a fide.

9Saulus autem, qui et Paulus, repletus Spiritu Sancto, intuens in eum,

10dixit: O plene omni dolo et omni fallacia, fili diaboli, inimice omnis justitiæ, non desinis subvertere vias Domini rectas.

11Et nunc ecce manus Domini super te, et eris cæcus, non videns solem usque ad tempus. Et confestim cecidit in eum caligo et tenebræ: et circuiens quærebat qui ei manum daret.

12Tunc proconsul cum vidisset factum, credidit admirans super doctrina Domini.

13Et cum a Papho navigassent Paulus et qui cum eo erant, venerunt Pergen Pamphyliæ. Joannes autem discedens ab eis, reversus est Jerosolymam.

14Illi vero pertranseuntes Pergen, venerunt Antiochiam Pisidiæ: et ingressi synagogam die sabbatorum, sederunt.

15Post lectionem autem legis et prophetarum, miserunt principes synagogæ ad eos, dicentes: Viri fratres, si quis est in vobis sermo exhortationis ad plebem, dicite.

16Surgens autem Paulus, et manu silentium indicens, ait: Viri Israëlitæ, et qui timetis Deum, audite:

17Deus plebis Israël elegit patres nostros, et plebem exaltavit cum essent incolæ in terra Ægypti, et in brachio excelso eduxit eos ex ea,

18et per quadraginta annorum tempus mores eorum sustinuit in deserto.

19Et destruens gentes septem in terra Chanaan, sorte distribuit eis terram eorum,

20quasi post quadringentos et quinquaginta annos: et post hæc dedit judices, usque ad Samuel prophetam.

21Et exinde postulaverunt regem: et dedit illis Deus Saul filium Cis, virum de tribu Benjamin, annis quadraginta:

22et amoto illo, suscitavit illis David regem: cui testimonium perhibens, dixit: Inveni David filium Jesse, virum secundum cor meum, qui faciet omnes voluntates meas.

23Hujus Deus ex semine secundum promissionem eduxit Israël salvatorem Jesum,

24prædicante Joanne ante faciem adventus ejus baptismum pœnitentiæ omni populo Israël.

25Cum impleret autem Joannes cursum suum, dicebat: Quem me arbitramini esse, non sum ego: sed ecce venit post me, cujus non sum dignus calceamenta pedum solvere.

26Viri fratres, filii generis Abraham, et qui in vobis timent Deum, vobis verbum salutis hujus missum est.

27Qui enim habitabant Jerusalem, et principes ejus hunc ignorantes, et voces prophetarum quæ per omne sabbatum leguntur, judicantes impleverunt,

28et nullam causam mortis invenientes in eo, petierunt a Pilato ut interficerent eum.

29Cumque consummassent omnia quæ de eo scripta erant, deponentes eum de ligno, posuerunt eum in monumento.

30Deus vero suscitavit eum a mortuis tertia die: qui visus est per dies multos his

31qui simul ascenderant cum eo de Galilæa in Jerusalem: qui usque nunc sunt testes ejus ad plebem.

32Et nos vobis annuntiamus eam, quæ ad patres nostros repromissio facta est:

33quoniam hanc Deus adimplevit filiis nostris resuscitans Jesum, sicut et in psalmo secundo scriptum est: Filius meus es tu, ego hodie genui te.

34Quod autem suscitavit eum a mortuis, amplius jam non reversurum in corruptionem, ita dixit: Quia dabo vobis sancta David fidelia.

35Ideoque et alias dicit: Non dabis sanctum tuum videre corruptionem.

36David enim in sua generatione cum administrasset, voluntati Dei dormivit: et appositus est ad patres suos, et vidit corruptionem.

37Quem vero Deus suscitavit a mortuis, non vidit corruptionem.

38Notum igitur sit vobis, viri fratres, quia per hunc vobis remissio peccatorum annuntiatur, et ab omnibus quibus non potuistis in lege Moysi justificari,

39in hoc omnis qui credit, justificatur.

40Videte ergo ne superveniat vobis quod dictum est in prophetis:

41[Videte contemptores, et admiramini, et disperdimini: quia opus operor ego in diebus vestris, opus quod non credetis, si quis enarraverit vobis.]

42Exeuntibus autem illis rogabant ut sequenti sabbato loquerentur sibi verba hæc.

43Cumque dimissa esset synagoga, secuti sunt multi Judæorum, et colentium advenarum, Paulum et Barnabam: qui loquentes suadebant eis ut permanerent in gratia Dei.

44Sequenti vero sabbato pene universa civitas convenit audire verbum Dei.

45Videntes autem turbas Judæi, repleti sunt zelo, et contradicebant his quæ a Paulo dicebantur, blasphemantes.

46Tunc constanter Paulus et Barnabas dixerunt: Vobis oportebat primum loqui verbum Dei: sed quoniam repellitis illud, et indignos vos judicatis æternæ vitæ, ecce convertimur ad gentes.

47Sic enim præcepit nobis Dominus: Posui te in lucem gentium, ut sis in salutem usque ad extremum terræ.

48Audientes autem gentes, gavisæ sunt, et glorificabant verbum Domini: et crediderunt quotquot erant præordinati ad vitam æternam.

49Disseminabatur autem verbum Domini per universam regionem.

50Judæi autem concitaverunt mulieres religiosas et honestas, et primos civitatis, et excitaverunt persecutionem in Paulum et Barnabam: et ejecerunt eos de finibus suis.

51At illi excusso pulvere pedum in eos, venerunt Iconium.

52Discipuli quoque replebantur gaudio, et Spiritu Sancto.

1Now there were, in the Church at Antioch, prophets and teachers, among whom were Barnabas, and Simon, who was called the Black, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manahen, who was the foster brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

2Now as they were ministering for the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said to them: “Separate Saul and Barnabas for me, for the work for which I have selected them.”

3Then, fasting and praying and imposing their hands upon them, they sent them away.

4And having been sent by the Holy Spirit, they went to Seleucia. And from there they sailed to Cyprus.

5And when they had arrived at Salamis, they were preaching the Word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they also had John in the ministry.

6And when they had traveled throughout the entire island, even to Paphos, they found a certain man, a magician, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-Jesu.

7And he was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a prudent man. This man, summoning Barnabas and Saul, wanted to hear the Word of God.

8But Elymas the magician (for so his name is translated) stood against them, seeking to turn the proconsul away from the Faith.

9Then Saul, who is also called Paul, having been filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at him,

10and he said: “So full of every deceit and of all falsehoods, son of the devil, enemy of all justice, you never cease to subvert the righteous ways of the Lord!

11And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you. And you will be blinded, not seeing the sun for a length of time.” And immediately a fog and a darkness fell over him. And wandering around, he was seeking someone who might lead him by the hand.

12Then the proconsul, when he had seen what was done, believed, being in wonder over the doctrine of the Lord.

13And when Paul and those who were with him had sailed from Paphos, they arrived at Perga in Pamphylia. Then John departed from them and returned to Jerusalem.

14Yet truly, they, traveling on from Perga, arrived at Antioch in Pisidia. And upon entering the synagogue on the Sabbath day, they sat down.

15Then, after the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the leaders of the synagogue sent to them, saying: “Noble brothers, if there is in you any word of exhortation to the people, speak.”

16Then Paul, rising up and motioning for silence with his hand, said: “Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen closely.

17The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people, when they were settlers in the land of Egypt. And with an exalted arm, he led them away from there.

18And throughout a time of forty years, he endured their behavior in the desert.

19And by destroying seven nations in the land of Canaan, he divided their land among them by lot,

20after about four hundred and fifty years. And after these things, he gave them judges, even until the prophet Samuel.

21And later on, they petitioned for a king. And God gave them Saul, the son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

22And having removed him, he raised up for them king David. And offering testimony about him, he said, ‘I have found David, the son of Jesse, to be a man according to my own heart, who will accomplish all that I will.’

23From his offspring, according to the Promise, God has brought Jesus the Savior to Israel.

24John was preaching, before the face of his advent, a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

25Then, when John completed his course, he was saying: ‘I am not the one you consider me to be. For behold, one arrives after me, the shoes of whose feet I am not worthy to loosen.’

26Noble brothers, sons of the stock of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, it is to you the Word of this salvation has been sent.

27For those who were living in Jerusalem, and its rulers, heeding neither him, nor the voices of the Prophets that are read on every Sabbath, fulfilled these by judging him.

28And although they found no case for death against him, they petitioned Pilate, so that they might put him to death.

29And when they had fulfilled everything that had been written about him, taking him down from the tree, they placed him in a tomb.

30Yet truly, God raised him up from the dead on the third day.

31And he was seen for many days by those who went up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who even now are his witnesses to the people.

32And we are announcing to you that the Promise, which was made to our fathers,

33has been fulfilled by God for our children by raising up Jesus, just as it has been written in the second Psalm also: ‘You are my Son. This day I have begotten you.’

34Now, since he raised him from the dead, so as to no longer return to corruption, he has said this: ‘I will give to you the holy things of David, the faithful one.’

35And also then, in another place, he says: ‘You will not allow your Holy One to see corruption.’

36For David, when he had ministered to his generation in accordance with the will of God, fell asleep, and he was placed next to his fathers, and he saw corruption.

37Yet truly, he whom God has raised from the dead has not seen corruption.

38Therefore, let it be known to you, noble brothers, that through him is announced to you remission from sins and from everything by which you were not able to be justified in the law of Moses.

39In him, all who believe are justified.

40Therefore, be careful, lest what was said by the Prophets may overwhelm you:

41‘You despisers! Look, and wonder, and be scattered! For I am working a deed in your days, a deed which you would not believe, even if someone were to explain it to you.’ ”

42Then, as they were departing, they asked them if, on the following Sabbath, they might speak these words to them.

43And when the synagogue had been dismissed, many among the Jews and the new worshipers were following Paul and Barnabas. And they, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.

44Yet truly, on the following Sabbath, nearly the entire city came together to hear the Word of God.

45Then the Jews, seeing the crowds, were filled with envy, and they, blaspheming, contradicted the things that were being said by Paul.

46Then Paul and Barnabas said firmly: “It was necessary to speak the Word of God first to you. But because you reject it, and so judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.

47For so has the Lord instructed us: ‘I have set you as a light to the Gentiles, so that you may bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’ ”

48Then the Gentiles, upon hearing this, were gladdened, and they were glorifying the Word of the Lord. And as many as believed were preordained to eternal life.

49Now the word of the Lord was disseminated throughout the entire region.

50But the Jews incited some devout and honest women, and the leaders of the city. And they stirred up a persecution against Paul and Barnabas. And they drove them away from their parts.

51But they, shaking the dust from their feet against them, went on to Iconium.

52The disciples were likewise filled with gladness and with the Holy Spirit.