Acts 11
1 The apostles and [other] believers who lived in various towns in Judea [province] heard people say that [some] non-Jewish people had believed the message [from] God [about Jesus].
Ήκουσαν δε οι απόστολοι και οι αδελφοί οι όντες εν τη Ιουδαία ότι και τα έθνη εδέχθησαν τον λόγον του Θεού.
2 So when Peter [and the six other believers] returned [from Caesarea] to Jerusalem, [some] Jewish believers criticized Peter, [because they thought that Jews should not associate with non-Jews] [MTY].
Και ότε ανέβη ο Πέτρος εις Ιεροσόλυμα, εφιλονείκουν μετ' αυτού οι εκ περιτομής,
3 They said to him, “Not only was it wrong for you(sg) to visit non-Jewish people, you [even] ate with them!”
λέγοντες ότι Εισήλθες προς ανθρώπους απεριτμήτους και συνέφαγες μετ' αυτών.
4 So Peter began to explain exactly [what had happened concerning Cornelius].
Ο δε Πέτρος ήρχισε και εξέθετε προς αυτούς τα γενόμενα κατά σειράν, λέγων·
5 He said, “I was praying [by myself] in Joppa [town], and in a trance I saw a vision. I saw that something like a large sheet was being lowered from heaven. [It was tied with ropes] at its four corners, and it came down to where I was.
Εγώ ήμην προσευχόμενος εν τη πόλει Ιόππη, και είδον όραμα εν εκστάσει, σκεύος τι καταβαίνον ως σινδόνα μεγάλην, ήτις δεδεμένη από των τεσσάρων άκρων κατεβιβάζετο εκ του ουρανού και ήλθε μέχρις εμού·
6 As I was looking intently into it, I saw some tame animals [but also animals that our laws forbid us to eat, including] wild animals, snakes, and wild birds.
εις την οποίαν ατενίσας παρετήρουν και είδον τα τετράποδα της γης και τα θηρία και τα ερπετά και τα πετεινά του ουρανού.
7 Then I heard God [MTY] commanding me, ‘Peter, get up, kill [some of these], and [cook and] eat [their meat]!’
Και ήκουσα φωνήν λέγουσαν προς εμέ· Σηκωθείς, Πέτρε, σφάξον και φάγε.
8 But I replied, ‘Lord, [you(sg)] surely do not [really want me to do that], because I have never eaten [MTY] meat [from any animal] that [our laws say] that we [(exc)] must not eat [SYN]!’
Και είπον· Μη γένοιτο, Κύριε, διότι ουδέν βέβηλον ή ακάθαρτον εισήλθε ποτέ εις το στόμα μου.
9 God spoke from heaven [to me] a second time, ‘[I am] God, [so] if I have made something acceptable [to eat], do not say that it is not acceptable [to eat]!’
Και η φωνή μοι απεκρίθη εκ δευτέρου εκ του ουρανού· Όσα ο Θεός εκαθάρισε, συ μη λέγε βέβηλα.
10 Then [after that happened three times, the sheet with] all [those animals and birds] was pulled up into heaven again.”
Έγεινε δε τούτο τρίς, και πάλιν ανεσύρθησαν άπαντα εις τον ουρανόν.
11 “At that exact moment, three men who had been {whom [Cornelius] had} sent from Caesarea arrived at the house where I was staying.
Και ιδού, τη αυτή ώρα τρεις άνθρωποι έφθασαν εις την οικίαν, εν ή ήμην, απεσταλμένοι προς εμέ από Καισαρείας.
12 [God’s] Spirit told me that I should be willing to go with them [even though they were not Jews]. These six [Jewish] believers [from Joppa] went with me [to Caesarea], and then we [(exc)] went into that [non-Jewish] man’s house.
Είπε δε προς εμέ το Πνεύμα να υπάγω μετ' αυτών, μηδόλως διστάζων. Ήλθον δε μετ' εμού και οι εξ ούτοι αδελφοί, και εισήλθομεν εις τον οίκον του ανθρώπου,
13 He told us that he had seen an angel standing in his house. The angel told him, ‘Tell some [men] to go to Joppa and bring back Simon whose other name is Peter.
και απήγγειλε προς ημάς πως είδε τον άγγελον εν τω οίκω αυτού, ότι εστάθη και είπε προς αυτόν· Απόστειλον ανθρώπους εις Ιόππην και προσκάλεσον τον Σίμωνα τον επονομαζόμενον Πέτρον,
14 He will tell you [(sg)] how you and everyone [MTY] else in your house will be saved {how [God] will save you and everyone [MTY] else in your house}.’
όστις θέλει λαλήσει προς σε λόγους, δι' ων θέλεις σωθή συ και πας ο οίκός σου.
15 After I started to speak, the Holy Spirit [suddenly] came down on them, just like he had first [MTY] come on us [during the Pentecost festival].
Και ενώ ήρχισα να λαλώ, το Πνεύμα το Άγιον επήλθεν επ' αυτούς καθώς και εφ' ημάς κατ' αρχάς.
16 Then I remembered what the Lord had said: ‘John caused people to be baptized in water, but [God] will cause the Holy Spirit [to enter you and change your lives.’]
Τότε ενεθυμήθην τον λόγον του Κυρίου, ότι έλεγεν· Ιωάννης μεν εβάπτισεν εν ύδατι, σεις όμως θέλετε βαπτισθή εν Πνεύματι Αγίω.
17 God gave those non-Jews the same Holy Spirit that he had given to us [(inc)] after we believed in the Lord Jesus Christ. So, ([I] could not [possibly] tell God that he did wrong [when he gave them the Holy Spirit!]/how could I [tell] God that he did wrong [when he gave them the Holy Spirit]?) [RHQ] [He was showing that he had received them]!”
Εάν λοιπόν ο Θεός έδωκεν εις αυτούς την ίσην δωρεάν ως και εις ημάς, διότι επίστευσαν εις τον Κύριον Ιησούν Χριστόν, εγώ τις ήμην ώστε να δυνηθώ να εμποδίσω τον Θεόν;
18 After [those Jewish believers] heard what Peter said, they stopped criticizing [him. Instead], they praised God, saying, “Then it is [clear to us that] God has also accepted the non-Jews so that they will have eternal life, if they turn from their sinful behavior [and believe in Jesus]!”
Ακούσαντες δε ταύτα ησύχασαν και εδόξαζον τον Θεόν, λέγοντες· Και εις τα έθνη λοιπόν έδωκεν ο Θεός την μετάνοιαν εις ζωήν.
19 After [people had killed] Stephen, many of the believers left [Jerusalem and went] to other places, because people were causing them to suffer [there in Jerusalem. Some of] them went to Phoenicia [region], some went to Cyprus [Island], and others went to Antioch [city in Syria province. In those places] they were continually telling people the message [about Jesus], but they told only other Jewish people.
Οι μεν λοιπόν διασκορπισθέντες εκ του διωγμού του γενομένου διά τον Στέφανον, επέρασαν έως Φοινίκης και Κύπρου και Αντιοχείας, εις μηδένα κηρύττοντες τον λόγον, ειμή μόνον εις Ιουδαίους.
20 Some of the believers were men from Cyprus and from Cyrene [city in north Africa]. They went to Antioch, and [although they told other Jews about] the Lord Jesus, they also told non-Jewish people [there].
Ήσαν δε τινές εξ αυτών άνδρες Κύπριοι και Κυρηναίοι, οίτινες εισελθόντες εις Αντιόχειαν, ελάλουν προς τους Ελληνιστάς, ευαγγελιζόμενοι τον Κύριον Ιησούν.
21 The Lord [God] [MTY] was powerfully enabling those [believers to preach effectively. As a result], very many [non-Jewish] people believed [their message and] trusted in the Lord [Jesus].
Και ήτο χειρ Κυρίου μετ' αυτών, και πολύ πλήθος πιστεύσαντες επέστρεψαν εις τον Κύριον.
22 The group of believers in Jerusalem heard [MTY] [people say that many people in Antioch were believing in Jesus. So] the [leaders] of the congregation in [Jerusalem] asked Barnabas to go to Antioch.
Ηκούσθη δε ο λόγος περί αυτών εις τα ώτα της εκκλησίας της εν Ιεροσολύμοις, και εξαπέστειλαν τον Βαρνάβαν, διά να περάση έως Αντιοχείας·
23 When he got [there], he realized that God had acted kindly toward [the believers. So] he was very happy, and he continually encouraged all of the [believers] to continue to trust completely in the Lord [Jesus].
όστις ελθών και ιδών την χάριν του Θεού, εχάρη και παρεκίνει πάντας να εμμένωσιν εν σταθερότητι καρδίας εις τον Κύριον,
24 Barnabas was a good man [whom] the Holy Spirit completely controlled, one who trusted [God] completely. [Because of what Barnabas did], many people [there] believed in the Lord [Jesus].
επειδή ήτο ανήρ αγαθός και πλήρης Πνεύματος Αγίου και πίστεως· και προσετέθη εις τον Κύριον πλήθος ικανόν.
25 Then Barnabas went to Tarsus [in Cilicia province to try] to find Saul.
Τότε εξήλθεν εις Ταρσόν ο Βαρνάβας, διά να αναζητήση τον Σαύλον,
26 After he found him, Barnabas brought him [back to] Antioch [to help teach the believers. So during] a whole year [Barnabas and Saul] met [regularly] with the congregation [there] and taught many of them [about Jesus. It was] at Antioch that the believers were first called Christians {[that people] first called the believers Christians}.
και ευρών αυτόν, έφερεν αυτόν εις Αντιόχειαν. Και συνελθόντες εις την εκκλησίαν εν ολόκληρον έτος εδίδαξαν πλήθος ικανόν, και πρώτον εν Αντιοχεία ωνομάσθησαν οι μαθηταί Χριστιανοί.
27 During the time [that Barnabas and Saul were] at Antioch, some [believers who were] prophets arrived there from Jerusalem.
Εν εκείναις δε ταις ημέραις κατέβησαν από Ιεροσολύμων προφήται εις Αντιόχειαν·
28 One of them, whose name was Agabus, stood up [in order to speak]. [God’s] Spirit enabled him to prophesy (that there would soon be a famine in many countries/that [people] in many countries [HYP] would soon [suffer because they] would not have enough [food] to eat). (That famine happened when Claudius was the [Roman Emperor].)
σηκωθείς δε εις εξ αυτών ονόματι Άγαβος, εφανέρωσε διά του Πνεύματος ότι έμελλε να γείνη μεγάλη πείνα καθ' όλην την οικουμένην· ήτις και έγεινεν επί Κλαυδίου Καίσαρος.
29 When the believers [there heard what Agabus said], they decided that they would send [money] to help the believers who lived in Judea. Each [of them decided to give as much money] as he was able [to give].
Όθεν οι μαθηταί απεφάσισαν, έκαστος αυτών κατά την εαυτού κατάστασιν, να πέμψωσι βοήθειαν προς τους αδελφούς τους κατοικούντας εν τη Ιουδαία·
30 They sent [the money] with Barnabas and Saul to the leaders of the congregation [in Jerusalem].
το οποίον και έκαμον αποστείλαντες αυτήν προς τους πρεσβυτέρους διά χειρός Βαρνάβα και Σαύλου.
