Acts 1
1 I have given an earlier account, O Theophilus, of all the things which Jesus did, and of his teaching from the first,
Milý Teofile, také tuto druhou knihu věnuji tobě. V té první jsem se snažil zachytit vše, co Ježíš dělal a učil od počátku
2 Till the day when he was taken up to heaven after he had given his orders, through the Holy Spirit, to the Apostles of whom he had made selection:
až do svého odchodu k Bohu. Tehdy dal také poslední pokyny o Duchu svatém úzkému kruhu svých učedníků. V období čtyřiceti dnů od své smrti a zmrtvýchvstání se s nimi setkával, dokázal jim, že je opravdu živ, a pověděl jim, že se vrátí, aby uskutečnil Boží záměr se světem.
3 And to whom he gave clear and certain signs that he was living, after his death; for he was seen by them for forty days, and gave them teaching about the kingdom of God:
4 And when they were all together, with him, he gave them orders not to go away from Jerusalem, but to keep there, waiting till the word of the Father was put into effect, of which, he said, I have given you knowledge:
Když byli ještě pospolu, řekl jim, aby po jeho odchodu neopouštěli Jeruzalém, ale čekali tam, až Bůh vyplní svůj slib.
5 For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.
Vysvětlil jim: „Jan křtil vodou, ale vás Bůh v nejbližších dnech pokřtí svým svatým Duchem.“
6 So, when they were together, they said to him, Lord, will you at this time give back the kingdom to Israel?
Učedníci se ho také otázali: „Pane, teď už konečně vezmeš do ruky vládu nad Izraelem?“
7 And he said to them, It is not for you to have knowledge of the time and the order of events which the Father has kept in his control.
Odpověděl: „Není vaše starost, kdy to bude! Nechte to na Bohu, který jedná podle svých rozhodnutí.
8 But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
Teď dostanete Ducha svatého a s ním zvláštní sílu k tomu, abyste se stali mými vyslanci nejen v Jeruzalémě, ale v celém Judsku, v Samařsku a po celém světě.“
9 And when he had said these things, while they were looking, he was taken up, and went from their view into a cloud.
Potom byl před jejich očima zdvižen vzhůru a zakryt oblakem.
10 And while they were looking up to heaven with great attention, two men came to them, in white clothing,
Když se upřeně dívali za ním, objevili se vedle nich dva muži v bílém
11 And said, O men of Galilee, why are you looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come again, in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.
a oslovili je: „Galilejci, co tu tak stojíte a díváte se do oblak? Ježíš od vás odešel do nebe, aby se jednou vrátil stejným způsobem.“
12 Then they went back to Jerusalem from the mountain named Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.
To se stalo na Olivové hoře, jen asi čtvrt hodiny cesty od Jeruzaléma.
13 And when they came in, they went up into the room where they were living; Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James.
Vrátili se do města, kde v horní místnosti domu bydleli společně Petr, Jakub, Jan, Ondřej, Filip, Tomáš, Bartoloměj, Matouš, Jakub – syn Alfeův, Šimon Zélot a Juda – syn Jakubův.
14 And they all with one mind gave themselves up to prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
Ti všichni se jednomyslně a vytrvale modlívali a s nimi ještě některé ženy, Ježíšova matka Marie a Ježíšovi bratři.
15 And in those days Peter got up among the brothers (there were about one hundred and twenty of them), and said,
Na jednom shromáždění, kde se sešlo asi sto dvacet Ježíšových následovníků, vystoupil Petr a řekl:
16 My brothers, the word of God had to be put into effect, which the Holy Spirit had said before, by the mouth of David, about Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus,
„Bratři, Jidáš byl jeden z nás, dvanácti apoštolů. Dostal stejné pověření jako my, a přece se propůjčil k tomu, že přivedl na Ježíše stráž, aby ho zatkla. Pak se sám zprovodil ze světa tak hrozným způsobem, že mu až vyhřezly vnitřnosti.
17 For he was numbered among us, and had his part in our work.
18 (Now this man, with the reward of his evil-doing, got for himself a field, and falling head first, came to a sudden and violent end there.
Za jeho zrádcovskou odměnu byl koupen pozemek, kterému dnes jeruzalémští obyvatelé říkají ‚Hakeldama‘– Krvavé pole. Tak se naplnila předpověď Bible. To Duch svatý vložil Davidovi do úst slova o Jidášovi,
19 And this came to the knowledge of all those who were living in Jerusalem, so that the field was named in their language, Akel-dama, or, The field of blood.)
20 For in the book of Psalms it says, Let his house be waste, and let no man be living in it: and, Let his position be taken by another.
která jsou zaznamenána v Žalmech: ‚ať zpustne jeho dům, ať v něm nikdo nebydlí, ‘a jinde: ‚…jeho pověření ať převezme jiný.‘
21 For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
Je tedy nutné nahradit Jidáše. Vyberme muže, který s námi následoval Pána Ježíše po celou dobu od chvíle,
22 Starting from the baptism of John till he went up from us, one will have to be a witness with us of his coming back from death.
kdy ho pokřtil Jan, a byl s ním až do jeho odchodu do nebe. Takový ať se spolu s námi stane jedním ze svědků Ježíšova zmrtvýchvstání.“
23 And they made selection of two, Joseph, named Barsabbas, whose other name was Justus, and Matthias.
Vybrali dva takové: Josefa Barsabáše, kterému se říkalo Justus, a Matěje.
24 And they made prayers and said, Lord, having knowledge of the hearts of all men, make clear which of these two has been marked out by you,
Potom se modlili: „Ty, Pane, znáš srdce každého člověka. Ukaž, kterého z těchto dvou jsi vybral,
25 To take that position as a servant and Apostle, from which Judas by his sin was shut out, so that he might go to his place.
aby byl tvým apoštolem místo Jidáše, který zradil.“
26 And they put it to the decision of chance, and the decision was given for Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven Apostles.
Dali jim vytáhnout los, a ten označil Matěje. Tak se tedy připojil k jedenácti apoštolům.
