Acts 12
1 Now, about that time, Herod the king made cruel attacks on the Christians.
E por aquelle mesmo tempo o rei Herodes estendeu as mãos sobre alguns da egreja, para os maltratar;
2 And he put James, the brother of John, to death with the sword.
E matou á espada Thiago, irmão de João.
3 And when he saw that this was pleasing to the Jews he went on to take Peter in addition. This was at the time of the feast of unleavened bread.
E, vendo que isso agradára aos judeos, continuou, mandando prender tambem a Pedro. E eram os dias dos asmos.
4 And having taken him, he put him in prison, with four bands of armed men to keep watch over him; his purpose being to take him out to the people after the Passover.
E, havendo-o prendido, o encerrou na prisão, entregando-o a quatro quaternos de soldados, para que o guardassem, querendo apresental-o ao povo depois da paschoa.
5 So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.
Pedro, pois, era guardado na prisão; porém a egreja fazia continua oração por elle a Deus.
6 And when Herod was about to take him out, the same night Peter was sleeping in chains between two armed men, and the watchmen were keeping watch before the door of the prison.
E quando Herodes o havia de tirar, n'aquella mesma noite, estava Pedro dormindo entre dois soldados, ligado com duas cadeias, e os guardas diante da porta guardavam a prisão.
7 And a great light was seen shining in the room, and an angel of the Lord came to Peter and, touching him on his side so that he came out of his sleep, said, Get up quickly. And his chains came off his hands.
E eis que sobreveiu o anjo do Senhor, e resplandeceu uma luz na prisão; e, tocando a Pedro na ilharga, o despertou, dizendo: Levanta-te depressa. E cairam-lhe das mãos as cadeias.
8 Then the angel said, Put on your shoes and get ready to go. And he did so. And he said, Put your coat round you and come with me.
E disse-lhe o anjo: Cinge-te, e ata as tuas alparcas. E elle o fez assim. Disse-lhe mais: Lança ás costas a tua capa, e segue-me.
9 And he went out after him; and he was not certain if what was done by the angel was a fact, for it seemed to him that he was seeing a vision.
E, saindo, o seguia. E não sabia que fosse verdade o que era feito pelo anjo, mas cuidava que via alguma visão.
10 And when they had gone past the first and second watchmen they came to the iron door into the town, which came open by itself: and they went out and down one street; and then the angel went away.
E, quando passaram a primeira e segunda guarda, chegaram á porta de ferro, que dá para a cidade, a qual se lhes abriu por si mesma; e, tendo saido, andaram uma rua, e logo o anjo se apartou d'elle.
11 And when Peter came to his senses he said, Now, truly, I am certain that the Lord has sent his angel and taken me out of the hands of Herod, against all the hopes of the Jews.
E Pedro, tornando a si, disse: Agora sei verdadeiramente que o Senhor enviou o seu anjo, e me livrou da mão de Herodes, e de tudo o que o povo dos judeos esperava.
12 And when he became clear about this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John named Mark, where a number of them had come together for prayer.
E, considerando elle n'isto, foi a casa de Maria, mãe de João, que tinha por sobrenome Marcos, onde muitos estavam juntos e orando.
13 And he gave a blow on the door, and a young girl came to it, named Rhoda.
E, batendo Pedro á porta do pateo, uma menina chamada Rhode saiu a escutar;
14 And hearing the voice of Peter, in her joy she went running, without opening the door, to say that Peter was outside.
E, conhecendo a voz de Pedro, de gozo não abriu a porta do pateo, mas, correndo para dentro, annunciou que Pedro estava fóra á porta do pateo.
15 And they said to her, You are off your head. But still she said, with decision, that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.
E disseram-lhe: Estás fóra de ti. Mas ella affirmava que assim era. E diziam: É o seu anjo.
16 But Peter went on giving blows on the door: and when it was open and they saw him, they were full of wonder.
Porém Pedro perseverava em bater, e, quando abriram, viram-n'o, e se espantaram.
17 But he made a sign to them with his hand to be quiet, and gave them an account of how the Lord had taken him out of prison. And he said, Give the news to James and the brothers. And then he went away.
E, acenando-lhes elle com a mão para que se calassem, contou-lhes como o Senhor o tirára da prisão, e disse: Annunciae isto a Thiago e aos irmãos. E, saindo, partiu para outro logar.
18 Now when it was day, the armed men were greatly troubled about what had become of Peter.
E, sendo já dia, houve não pouco alvoroço entre os soldados sobre o que seria feito de Pedro.
19 And Herod, when he sent for him, and he was not there, after questioning the watchmen, gave orders that they were to be put to death. Then he went down from Judaea to Caesarea for a time.
E, quando Herodes o buscou e o não achou, feita inquirição aos guardas, mandou-os justiçar. E, partindo da Judea para Cesarea, ficou ali
20 Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon: and they came to him, all together, and having made friends with Blastus, the controller of the king's house, they made a request for peace, because their country was dependent on the king's country for its food.
E Herodes estava irritado com os de Tyro e de Sidon; porém elles, vindo de commum accordo ter com elle, e persuadindo Blasto, que era o camarista do rei, pediam paz: porquanto o seu paiz sustentava-se do paiz do rei.
21 And on the day which had been fixed, Herod, dressed in his robes and seated in his place, made a public statement to them.
E n'um dia designado, vestindo Herodes as vestes reaes, e assentado no tribunal, lhes fez uma pratica.
22 And the people, with loud cries, said, It is the voice of a god, not of a man.
E o povo exclamava: Voz de Deus, e não de homem.
23 And straight away the angel of the Lord sent a disease on him, because he did not give the glory to God: and his flesh was wasted away by worms, and so he came to his end.
E no mesmo instante feriu-o o anjo do Senhor, porquanto não deu gloria a Deus, e, comido de bichos, expirou.
24 But the word of the Lord went on increasing.
E a palavra de Deus crescia e se multiplicava.
25 And Barnabas and Saul came back from Jerusalem, when their work was ended, taking with them John named Mark.
E Barnabé e Saulo, havendo cumprido aquelle serviço, voltaram de Jerusalem, levando tambem comsigo a João, que tinha por sobrenome Marcos.
