Skutky Apoštolů 8
1 Saul pak také přivolil k usmrcení jeho. I přišlo v ten čas veliké protivenství na církev, kteráž byla v Jeruzalémě, a všickni se rozprchli po krajinách Judských a Samařských, kromě apoštolů.
Then some men who revered God buried Stephen’s body in a tomb, and they mourned greatly and loudly for him. On that same day [people] started severely persecuting the believers [who were living] in Jerusalem. So most [of the believers] fled [to other places] throughout Judea and Samaria [provinces]. The apostles were the only [believers who remained in Jerusalem].
2 I pochovali Štěpána muži pobožní, a plakali velmi nad ním.
3 Saul pak hubil církev, do domů vcházeje, a jímaje muže i ženy, dával je do žaláře.
While the people were killing Stephen, Saul was there approving of their killing Stephen. So Saul [also] began trying to destroy the group of believers. He entered houses one by one, he dragged away men and women [who believed in Jesus], and then he [arranged for] them to be put in prison.
4 Ti pak, kteříž se byli rozprchli, chodili, kážíce slovo Boží.
The believers who had left Jerusalem went to different places, where they continued preaching the message about Jesus.
5 A Filip všed do města Samaří, kázal jim Krista.
[One of those believers whose name was] Philip went down [from Jerusalem] to a city in Samaria [province]. There he was telling [the people that Jesus is] [MTY] the Messiah.
6 I pozorovali zástupové s pilností jednomyslně toho, což se pravilo od Filipa, slyšíce a vidouce divy, kteréž činil.
Many people there heard Philip [speak] and saw the miraculous things that he was doing. So they all (paid close attention to/listened carefully to) his words.
7 Nebo duchové nečistí z mnohých, kteříž je měli, křičíce hlasem velikým, vycházeli, a mnozí šlakem poražení a kulhaví uzdraveni jsou.
For [example, when Philip commanded] evil spirits who controlled many people [that they should come out of them], they came out, while those spirits screamed. Also, many people who were paralyzed and [many others] who were lame were healed.
8 A stala se radost veliká v tom městě.
So [many people] [MTY] in that city greatly rejoiced.
9 Muž pak nějaký, jménem Šimon, před tím v tom městě čáry provodil, a lid Samařský mámil, pravě se býti nějakým velikým.
There was a man in that city whose name was Simon. He had been practicing sorcery for a long time, and he had been amazing the people in Samaria [province by doing that]. He continually claimed that he was a great/important person.
10 Na něhož pozor měli všickni, od nejmenšího až do největšího, říkajíce: Tentoť jest Boží moc veliká.
All the people there, both ordinary and important people, listened to him. [Various ones of] them were saying, “This man works in extremely powerful ways [because] God has caused him to be a great [person].”
11 Pozor pak měli na něho, protože je za mnohý čas mámil svými čáry.
They continued to listen to him carefully, because for a long time he had astonished them by practicing sorcery.
12 A když, uvěřivše Filipovi zvěstujícímu o království Božím a o jménu Ježíše Krista, křtili se muži i ženy,
But then they believed Philip’s [message] when he preached to them about [how] God desires to rule [MET] [the lives of people who believe in him], and about Jesus being the Messiah [MTY]. Both the men and the women who believed in Jesus were baptized. {[Philip] was baptizing both the men and the women [who had come to believe in Jesus]}.
13 Tedy i ten Šimon také uvěřil, a pokřtěn byv, přídržel se Filipa, a vida zázraky a moci veliké činěné, děsil se.
Simon himself believed [Philip’s message] and, after he was baptized {after [Philip] baptized him}, he began to constantly accompany Philip. Simon was continually amazed because he often saw [Philip] doing many kinds of miraculous things.
14 Uslyšavše pak v Jeruzalémě apoštolé, že by Samaří přijala slovo Boží, poslali k nim Petra a Jana.
When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that [many people] [PRS] [throughout] Samaria [district] had believed the message from God [about Jesus], they sent Peter and John there.
15 Kteříž přišedše k nim, modlili se za ně, aby přijali Ducha svatého.
When Peter and John arrived in Samaria, they prayed for those [new believers] in order that the Holy Spirit’s [power] would come to them.
16 (Nebo ještě byl na žádného z nich nesstoupil, ale pokřtěni toliko byli ve jménu Pána Ježíše.)
[Peter and John realized that] the Holy Spirit had not yet begun to empower any of them. They had been baptized {[Philip] had baptized them} [because they had believed] in [MTY] the Lord Jesus, [but they did not know about the Holy Spirit].
17 Tedy vzkládali na ně ruce, a oni přijali Ducha svatého.
[Then Peter and John] placed their hands on [the heads of] each person, and they received the [power of] [MTY] the Holy Spirit.
18 I uzřev Šimon, že skrze vzkládání rukou apoštolských dává se Duch svatý, přinesl jim peníze,
Simon saw [things that convinced him] that [God] had given the Spirit’s [power to people] as a result of the apostles placing their hands on them. So he offered [to give] money to the apostles,
19 Řka: Dejte i mně tu moc, ať, na kohož bych koli vzložil ruce, přijme Ducha svatého.
saying, “Enable me also to do what [you are doing], so that everyone on whom I place/put my hands may receive the Holy Spirit’s [power].”
20 I řekl k němu Petr: Peníze tvé buďtež s tebou na zatracení, protože jsi se domníval, že by dar Boží mohl býti zjednán za peníze.
But Peter said to him, “May you [(sg)] and your money go to hell, because you [mistakenly] think that you can buy [from us] what God [alone] gives to [people] (questioned)
21 Nemáš dílu ani losu v této věci; nebo srdce tvé není upřímé před Bohem.
[God] has not authorized you to have any part of this ministry of giving [the Holy Spirit’s power], because he knows that you are not thinking rightly! (OR, because he knows that you are thinking completely wrongly.)
22 Protož čiň pokání z této své nešlechetnosti, a pros Boha, zda by odpuštěno bylo tobě to myšlení srdce tvého.
So stop thinking wickedly [like] that, and plead that the Lord, if he is willing, will forgive you [for what] you [wickedly] thought/planned [to do]
23 Nebo v žluči hořkosti a v svazku nepravosti tebe býti vidím.
[Turn away from your evil ways], because I perceive that you [(sg)] are extremely envious of [us], and you [are] a slave of your [continual desire to do evil! God will certainly punish you severely]!”
24 I odpověděv Šimon, řekl: Modltež vy se za mne Pánu, aby na mne nepřišlo něco z těch věcí, kteréž jste mluvili.
Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord [God] that [he] will not do to me what you just said!”
25 Oni pak osvědčovavše a mluvivše slovo Páně, navrátili se do Jeruzaléma, a ve mnohých městečkách Samaritánských kázali evangelium.
After [Peter and John] told [people there] what they knew personally [about the] Lord [Jesus] and declared to them the message about Jesus, they both returned to Jerusalem. [Along the way] they preached the good message [about Jesus to people] in many villages in Samaria [province].
26 V tom anděl Páně mluvil k Filipovi, řka: Vstaň a jdi ku polední straně na cestu, kteráž vede od Jeruzaléma do města Gázy, kteréž jest pusté.
[One day] an angel whom the Lord [God] had sent commanded Philip, “Get ready and go south along the road that extends from Jerusalem to Gaza.” [That was] a road in a desert area.
27 A on vstav, i šel. A aj, muž Mouřenín, kleštěnec, komorník královny Mouřenínské Kandáces, kterýž vládl všemi poklady jejími, a byl přijel do Jeruzaléma, aby se modlil,
So Philip got ready and went [along that road]. Suddenly he met a man from Ethiopia. He was an important official who took care of all the funds for the queen [of] Ethiopia. [In his language people called their queen] Candace. This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship [God],
28 Již se navracoval zase, sedě na voze svém, a četl Izaiáše proroka.
and he was returning [home] and was seated [riding] in his chariot. [As he was riding], he was reading [out loud from] what the prophet Isaiah [had written] [MTY] [long ago].
29 I řekl Duch k Filipovi: Přistup a přiviň se k vozu tomu.
[God’s] Spirit told Philip, “Go near to that chariot and keep walking close to [the man who is riding in] it!”
30 A přiběh Filip, slyšel jej, an čte Izaiáše proroka. I řekl: Rozumíš-liž, co čteš?
So Philip ran [to the chariot and kept running close to it]. Then he heard the official reading what the prophet Isaiah [had written]. He asked the man, “Do you [(sg)] understand what you are reading?”
31 A on řekl: Kterakž bych mohl rozuměti, leč by mi kdo vyložil? I prosil Filipa, aby vstoupil na vůz, a seděl s ním.
He answered Philip, “[No!] (I cannot possibly [understand it] if [there is] no one to explain it to me!/How can I [understand it] if [there is] no one to explain it to me?) [RHQ]” Acts 8:31b-35 Then the man said to Philip, “Please come up [and] sit beside me.” [So Philip did that].
32 Místo pak toho Písma, kteréž četl, toto bylo: Jako ovce k zabití veden jest, a jako beránek němý před tím, kdož jej střiže, tak neotevřel úst svých.
The part of the Scriptures that the official was reading was this: He will [be silent when] they lead him away to kill him [like when] a sheep [is led away to be killed]. As a young sheep is silent when its wool is being cut off {someone cuts off its wool}, [similarly] he will not protest [MTY] [when people cause him to suffer].
33 V ponížení jeho odsouzení jeho vyhlazeno jest, rod pak jeho kdo vypraví, ačkoli zahlazen byl z země život jeho?
When he will be humiliated by being accused falsely {people will humiliate him [by accusing him falsely]}, [the rulers] (will not consider him innocent/will consider him guilty). No one will possibly be able to tell about his descendants, because he will be killed {people will kill him} without him having [any descendants] on the earth.
34 A odpovídaje komorník Filipovi, dí: Prosím tebe, o kom toto mluví prorok? Sám-li o sobě, čili o někom jiném?
The official asked Philip [about these words that he was reading], “Tell me, who was the prophet writing about? [Was he writing] about himself or about someone else?”
35 Tedy otevřev Filip ústa svá, a počav od toho Písma, zvěstoval jemu Ježíše.
So Philip began [to explain] that Scripture passage. He told him the good message about [MTY] Jesus. [So the official understood and believed in Jesus].
36 A když jeli cestou, přijeli k jedné vodě. I řekl komorník: Aj, teď voda. Proč nemám býti pokřtěn?
While they were traveling along the road, they came to [a place where there was a pond of] water [near the road]. Then the official said [to Philip], “Look, [there is a pond of] water! (I would like you to baptize me, because I do not know of anything that would prevent me from being baptized {prevent [you] from baptizing me.}/Do you know of anything that would prevent me from being baptized {prevent [you] from baptizing me}?) [RHQ]”
37 I řekl Filip: Věříš-li celým srdcem, slušíť. A on odpověděv, řekl: Věřím, že Ježíš Kristus jest Syn Boží.
38 I rozkázal státi vozu, a sstoupili oba do vody, i Filip i komorník. I pokřtil ho.
So the official told [the driver] to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the official went down into the [pond of] water, and [Philip] baptized him.
39 A když vystoupili z vody, Duch Páně pochopil Filipa, a neviděl ho více komorník; i jel cestou svou, raduje se.
When they came up out of the water, suddenly God’s Spirit took Philip away. The official never saw Philip again. But [although he never saw Philip again], the official continued going along the road, very happy [that God had saved him].
40 Filip pak nalezen jest v Azotu; a chodě, kázal evangelium všem městům, až přišel do Cesaree.
Philip then realized [that the Spirit had miraculously taken him to] Azotus [town]. While he traveled around [in that region], he continued proclaiming the message [about Jesus] in all the towns [between Azotus and Caesarea. And he was still proclaiming] it when he finally arrived in Caesarea [city].
