Acts 3
1 [One day] Peter and John were going to the Temple [courtyard]. It was three o’clock in the afternoon, which was the time when people prayed [there publicly].
επι το αυτο δε πετροσ και ιωαννησ ανεβαινον εισ το ιερον επι την ωραν τησ προσευχησ την ενατην
2 There was a man there who had been lame from the time he was born. He [was sitting by] the gate called Beautiful [Gate], at the entrance to the Temple [area]. People put him there every day, so that he could ask those who were entering [or leaving] the temple courtyard to give him some money.
και τισ ανηρ χωλοσ εκ κοιλιασ μητροσ αυτου υπαρχων εβασταζετο ον ετιθουν καθ ημεραν προσ την θυραν του ιερου την λεγομενην ωραιαν του αιτειν ελεημοσυνην παρα των εισπορευομενων εισ το ιερον
3 As Peter and John were about to enter [the Temple courtyard], the lame man saw them and asked them several times to give him some money. (OR, The lame man said to them several times, “Please give me some money!”)
οσ ιδων πετρον και ιωαννην μελλοντασ εισιεναι εισ το ιερον ηρωτα ελεημοσυνην
4 As Peter and John looked directly at him, Peter said to him, “Look at us!”
ατενισασ δε πετροσ εισ αυτον συν τω ιωαννη ειπεν βλεψον εισ ημασ
5 So he looked directly at them, expecting to get some [money] from them.
ο δε επειχεν αυτοισ προσδοκων τι παρ αυτων λαβειν
6 Then Peter said to him, “I do not have any money [MTY], but what I [can do], I will [do] for you. Jesus Christ, [who was] from Nazareth [town], has authorized [MTY] me [to heal you! So get up and] walk!”
ειπεν δε πετροσ αργυριον και χρυσιον ουχ υπαρχει μοι ο δε εχω τουτο σοι διδωμι εν τω ονοματι ιησου χριστου του ναζωραιου εγειραι και περιπατει
7 Then Peter grasped the man’s right hand and helped him to stand up. Immediately the man’s feet and ankles became strong.
και πιασασ αυτον τησ δεξιασ χειροσ ηγειρεν παραχρημα δε εστερεωθησαν αυτου αι βασεισ και τα σφυρα
8 He jumped up and began to walk! Then he entered the Temple [area] with them, walking and leaping and praising God!
και εξαλλομενοσ εστη και περιεπατει και εισηλθεν συν αυτοισ εισ το ιερον περιπατων και αλλομενοσ και αινων τον θεον
9 All the people [there] saw that man walking and praising God.
και ειδεν αυτον πασ ο λαοσ περιπατουντα και αινουντα τον θεον
10 They recognized that he was the man who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate in the Temple [courtyard] and ask [people] for money! So all the people there were greatly amazed at what had happened to him.
επεγινωσκον τε αυτον οτι ουτοσ ην ο προσ την ελεημοσυνην καθημενοσ επι τη ωραια πυλη του ιερου και επλησθησαν θαμβουσ και εκστασεωσ επι τω συμβεβηκοτι αυτω
11 As the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were so surprised [that they did not know what to think] So they ran to the two apostles at the place [in the Temple courtyard] that is called {that [people] call} Solomon’s Porch.
κρατουντοσ δε του ιαθεντοσ χωλου τον πετρον και ιωαννην συνεδραμεν προσ αυτουσ πασ ο λαοσ επι τη στοα τη καλουμενη σολομωντοσ εκθαμβοι
12 When Peter saw that, he said to the crowd, “Fellow Israelites, (you should not be surprised about what has happened to this man!/why are you so surprised about what has happened to this man?) [RHQ] And you should not stare at us, either! You seem to [RHQ] think that the two of us enabled this man to walk because we [(exc)] ourselves are powerful or because we please God very much!
ιδων δε πετροσ απεκρινατο προσ τον λαον ανδρεσ ισραηλιται τι θαυμαζετε επι τουτω η ημιν τι ατενιζετε ωσ ιδια δυναμει η ευσεβεια πεποιηκοσιν του περιπατειν αυτον
13 [So I will tell you what is really happening]. Our ancestors, including Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, worshipped God. And now he has greatly honored Jesus, who always served him. Your [leaders] brought Jesus [to the governor, Pilate], so that [his soldiers would kill him]. And [God considers that] in front of Pilate you [were the ones who rejected] Jesus [as your king], after Pilate had decided that he should release Jesus.
ο θεοσ αβρααμ και ισαακ και ιακωβ ο θεοσ των πατερων ημων εδοξασεν τον παιδα αυτου ιησουν ον υμεισ μεν παρεδωκατε και ηρνησασθε αυτον κατα προσωπον πιλατου κριναντοσ εκεινου απολυειν
14 [Although Jesus] always did what was right/just and good, you rejected him. [Pilate wanted to release him, but] you urgently asked Pilate to release (a murderer/someone who had killed people)!
υμεισ δε τον αγιον και δικαιον ηρνησασθε και ητησασθε ανδρα φονεα χαρισθηναι υμιν
15 [God considers that] you killed [Jesus], the one who gives people [eternal] life. But God has greatly honored him (by causing him to become alive again after he died/by raising him from the dead). Many of us saw [him after that, and now] we [(exc)] are telling [you] about it.
τον δε αρχηγον τησ ζωησ απεκτεινατε ον ο θεοσ ηγειρεν εκ νεκρων ου ημεισ μαρτυρεσ εσμεν
16 It is because [we two] trusted in what Jesus [MTY, PRS] [could do, that he] made this man, whom you see and know, strong again. Yes, it is because we [(exc)] trusted in Jesus that he has completely healed this man for all of you to see.”
και επι τη πιστει του ονοματοσ αυτου τουτον ον θεωρειτε και οιδατε εστερεωσεν το ονομα αυτου και η πιστισ η δι αυτου εδωκεν αυτω την ολοκληριαν ταυτην απεναντι παντων υμων
17 “Now, my fellow-countrymen, I know that you and your leaders did that [to Jesus] because you [and they] did not know [that he was the Messiah].
και νυν αδελφοι οιδα οτι κατα αγνοιαν επραξατε ωσπερ και οι αρχοντεσ υμων
18 However, [your putting him to death] was what God had predicted that people would do. [Long ago] he told all the prophets [MTY] to write [what people would do to the Messiah. They wrote] that the Messiah, whom God [would send], would suffer [and die].
ο δε θεοσ α προκατηγγειλεν δια στοματοσ παντων των προφητων αυτου παθειν τον χριστον επληρωσεν ουτωσ
19 So, turn away from your sinful behavior and ask God [to help you] do what pleases [him], in order that he may completely forgive you for your sins.
μετανοησατε ουν και επιστρεψατε εισ το εξαλειφθηναι υμων τασ αμαρτιασ οπωσ αν ελθωσιν καιροι αναψυξεωσ απο προσωπου του κυριου
20 [If you do that], there will be times [when you will know that] the Lord [God is] helping [you]. And some day he will [again] send back [to earth] the Messiah, whom he appointed for you. That person is Jesus.
και αποστειλη τον προκεχειρισμενον υμιν χριστον ιησουν
21 Jesus must stay in heaven until the time when God will cause all that he has created to become new. Long ago God promised [to do that, and] he chose holy prophets to tell [that to people]. (aiōn g165)
ον δει ουρανον μεν δεξασθαι αχρι χρονων αποκαταστασεωσ παντων ων ελαλησεν ο θεοσ δια στοματοσ παντων των αγιων αυτου προφητων απ αιωνοσ (aiōn g165)
22 For [example, the prophet] Moses said [this about the Messiah]: ‘The Lord (your God/the God whom you [worship]) will cause someone to become a prophet to tell you [God’s message. God will send him] as [he sent] me, [and he will be] from among your own people. You must listen to everything that this prophet tells you [and obey him] [SYN].
μωσησ μεν γαρ προσ τουσ πατερασ ειπεν οτι προφητην υμιν αναστησει κυριοσ ο θεοσ ημων εκ των αδελφων υμων ωσ εμε αυτου ακουσεσθε κατα παντα οσα αν λαληση προσ υμασ
23 [Those who] do not listen to [that prophet and obey] him will no longer belong to God’s people, and [God] will get rid of them’.”
εσται δε πασα ψυχη ητισ εαν μη ακουση του προφητου εκεινου εξολοθρευθησεται εκ του λαου
24 [Peter continued], “All the prophets have told [about what would happen during] the time [MTY] [in which we(inc) are living. Those prophets include] Samuel [and all the others who] later also spoke [about these events] before they happened.
και παντεσ δε οι προφηται απο σαμουηλ και των καθεξησ οσοι ελαλησαν και κατηγγειλαν τασ ημερασ ταυτασ
25 You [as well as we(exc)] are the people [to whom God sent the Messiah, as] the prophets said [MTY] [that he would]. And when God strongly promised [to bless] our ancestors, he also surely promised to bless you. He said to Abraham [concerning the Messiah], ‘[I] will bless all people on the earth as a result of [what] your descendant [will do].’”
υμεισ εστε υιοι των προφητων και τησ διαθηκησ ησ διεθετο ο θεοσ προσ τουσ πατερασ ημων λεγων προσ αβρααμ και εν τω σπερματι σου ενευλογηθησονται πασαι αι πατριαι τησ γησ
26 [Peter concluded], “[So] when God sent [to the earth] (Jesus, the one who always obeys him/his servant Jesus), he sent him first to you [Israelites] to bless you. [God will] enable you to stop doing what is wicked [and to start doing what pleases him].”
υμιν πρωτον ο θεοσ αναστησασ τον παιδα αυτου ιησουν απεστειλεν αυτον ευλογουντα υμασ εν τω αποστρεφειν εκαστον απο των πονηριων υμων
