Apostelenes gerninger 6
1 Men da i de Dage Disciplenes Antal forøgedes, begyndte Hellenisterne at knurre imod Hebræerne, fordi deres Enker bleve tilsidesatte ved den daglige Uddeling.
Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was increasing, protests were made by the Greek Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were not taken care of in the distribution of food every day.
2 Da sammenkaldte de tolv Disciplenes Skare og sagde: „Det huer os ikke at forlade Guds Ord for at tjene ved Bordene.
And the Apostles sent for all the disciples and said, It is not right for us to give up preaching the word of God in order to make distribution of food.
3 Udser derfor, Brødre! iblandt eder syv Mænd, som have godt Vidnesbyrd og ere fulde af Aand og Visdom; dem ville vi saa indsætte til denne Gerning.
Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business.
4 Men vi ville holde trolig ved i Bønnen og Ordets Tjeneste.‟
Then we will give all our time to prayer and the teaching of the word.
5 Og denne Tale behagede hele Mængden; og de udvalgte Stefanus, en Mand fuld af Tro og den Helligaand, og Filip og Prokorus og Nikanor og Timon og Parmenas og Nikolaus, en Proselyt fra Antiokia;
And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew:
6 dem stillede de frem for Apostlene; og disse bade og lagde Hænderne paa dem.
These they took to the Apostles, who, after prayer, put their hands on them.
7 Og Guds Ord havde Fremgang, og Disciplenes Tal forøgedes meget i Jerusalem; og en stor Mængde af Præsterne adløde Troen.
And the word of God was increasing in power; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem became very great, and a great number of priests were in agreement with the faith.
8 Men Stefanus, fuld af Naade og Kraft, gjorde Undere og store Tegn iblandt Folket.
And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
9 Da stod der nogle frem af den Synagoge, som kaldes de frigivnes og Kyrenæernes og Aleksandrinernes, og nogle af dem fra Kilikien og Asien, og de tvistedes med Stefanus.
But some of those who were of the Synagogue named that of the Libertines, and some of the men of Cyrene and of Alexandria and those from Cilicia and Asia, had arguments with Stephen.
10 Og de kunde ikke modstaa den Visdom og den Aand, som han talte af.
But they were not able to get the better of him, for his words were full of wisdom and of the Spirit.
11 Da fik de hemmeligt nogle Mænd til at sige: „Vi have hørt ham tale bespottelige Ord imod Moses og imod Gud.‟
Then they got men to say, He has said evil against Moses and against God, in our hearing.
12 Og de ophidsede Folket og de Ældste og de skriftkloge, og de overfaldt ham og slæbte ham med sig og førte ham for Raadet;
And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin,
13 og de fremstillede falske Vidner, som sagde: „Dette Menneske holder ikke op med at tale Ord imod dette hellige Sted og imod Loven.
And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law:
14 Thi vi have hørt ham sige, at denne Jesus af Nazareth skal nedbryde dette Sted og forandre de Skikke, som Moses har overgivet os.‟
For he has said in our hearing that this Jesus of Nazareth will put this place to destruction and make changes in the rules which were handed down to us by Moses.
15 Og alle de, som sade i Raadet, stirrede paa ham, og de saa hans Ansigt som en Engels Ansigt.
And all those who were in the Sanhedrin, looking at him, saw that his face was like the face of an angel.
