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,
THE former writing, O Theophilus, I wrote concerning all those (things) which our Lord Jeshu Meshiha began to do and to teach,
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:
until that day in which he was taken up, after that he had instructed those apostles whom he had chosen by the Holy Spirit:
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:
to whom also he showed himself alive, after he had suffered, with many signs, for forty days, appearing to them, and discoursing on the kingdom of Aloha.
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:
And when he had eaten bread with them, he directed them that from Urishlem they should not remove; but await the promise of the Father, which, you have heard from me.
5 For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.
For Juhanon baptized with waters, but you shall be baptized with the Spirit of Holiness after days not many.
6 So, when they were together, they said to him, Lord, will you at this time give back the kingdom to Israel?
But they when assembled asked him, and said to him, Our Lord, at this time wilt thou restore the kingdom to Israel?
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.
He saith to them, This is not yours to know the time or the times which the Father hath reposed in his own authority:
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.
but when the Spirit of Holiness hath come upon you, you shall receive power to be made unto me the witnesses, in Urishlem and in all Jehud, and also among the Shomroyee, and unto the confines of the earth.
9 And when he had said these things, while they were looking, he was taken up, and went from their view into a cloud.
And as these he said, while they beheld him, he was taken up, and the cloud received him, and he was covered from their eyes.
10 And while they were looking up to heaven with great attention, two men came to them, in white clothing,
And while they looked to the heavens as he went, two men were found standing with them in white vestments;
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.
and they said to them, Men, Galiloyee, why stand you looking to the heavens 3? this Jeshu who is taken up from you into the heavens will so come as you have seen him ascend into the heavens.
12 Then they went back to Jerusalem from the mountain named Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.
And afterward they returned to Urishlem from the mount which is called the place of Olives, which is over against Urishlem, and distant from her as seven stadias.
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.
And after they had entered, they ascended to that upper room in which were Petros, and Juhanon, and Jakub, and Andros, and Philipos, and Thoma, and Mathai, and Bar Tolmai, and Jakub bar Halphai, and Shemun the Zealous, and Jihuda bar Jakub.
14 And they all with one mind gave themselves up to prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
These altogether persevered in prayer with one soul, with the women, and with Mariam the mother of Jeshu, and with his brethren.
15 And in those days Peter got up among the brothers (there were about one hundred and twenty of them), and said,
AND in those days arose Shemun Kipha in the midst of the disciples; -now there was there an assembly of men as an hundred and twenty; -and said,
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,
Men, brethren, it was right for that scripture to be fulfilled which the Spirit of Holiness had before spoken, by the mouth of David, concerning Jihuda, who was the leader of them who took Jeshu.
17 For he was numbered among us, and had his part in our work.
For he had numbered with us, and had part in this ministry.
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.
This is he who obtained the field with the wages of sin, and fell upon his face on the ground, and was severed in his middle, and all his bowels were shed forth.
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.)
And this hath been known of all who dwell in Urishlem; and so is called that field in the language of the country Hakel-damo, the interpretation of which is, A 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.
For it is written in the book of Psalms: Let his habitation be desert, And no inhabitant be therein, And his ministry let another take.
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,
There needeth therefore one from these men who have been with us in all this time in which our Lord Jeshu hath come in and gone out among us,
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.
which went forth from the baptism of Juhanon until the day that he was taken up from (being) with us, to be with us a witness of his resurrection.
23 And they made selection of two, Joseph, named Barsabbas, whose other name was Justus, and Matthias.
And they set up two: Jauseph, who is called Barshaba, who is surnamed Justus, and Mathia.
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,
And praying, they said, Thou, Lord, (who) knowest the hearts of all, show the one whom thou choosest of these two,
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.
that he may receive the part in the ministry and the apostleship from which Jihuda separated, to go unto his place.
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.
And they cast the lots, and it came up unto Mathia; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.
