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].
E Pedro e João subiam juntos ao templo à hora da oração, a nona.
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.
E era trazido um varão que desde o ventre de sua mãe era coxo, o qual cada dia punham à porta do templo, chamada Formosa, para pedir esmola aos que entravam no templo.
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!”)
O qual, vendo a Pedro e João, que iam entrando no templo, pediu que lhe dessem uma esmola.
4 As Peter and John looked directly at him, Peter said to him, “Look at us!”
E Pedro, com João, fitando os olhos nele, disse: Olha para nós.
5 So he looked directly at them, expecting to get some [money] from them.
E olhou para eles, esperando receber deles alguma coisa.
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!”
E disse Pedro: Não tenho prata nem ouro; mas o que tenho isso te dou. Em nome de Jesus Cristo, o Nazareno, levanta-te e anda.
7 Then Peter grasped the man’s right hand and helped him to stand up. Immediately the man’s feet and ankles became strong.
E, tomando-o pela mão direita, o levantou, e logo os seus pés e artelhos se firmaram.
8 He jumped up and began to walk! Then he entered the Temple [area] with them, walking and leaping and praising God!
E, saltando ele, pôs-se em pé, e andou, e entrou com eles no templo, andando, e saltando, e louvando a Deus;
9 All the people [there] saw that man walking and praising God.
E todo o povo o viu andar e louvar a Deus;
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.
E conheciam-no, que era ele o que se assentava à esmola à porta Formosa do templo, e ficaram cheios de pasmo e assombro, pelo que lhe acontecera.
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.
E, apegando-se o coxo, que fôra curado, a Pedro e João, todo o povo correu atônito para junto deles, ao alpendre chamado de Salomão.
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!
E Pedro, vendo isto, disse ao povo: Varões israelitas, porque vos maravilhais disto? Ou, porque olhais tanto para nós, como se por nossa própria virtude ou santidade o fizessemos andar?
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.
O Deus de Abraão, e de Isaac e de Jacob, o Deus de nossos pais, glorificou a seu filho Jesus, a quem vós entregastes e perante a face de Pilatos negastes, julgando ele que devia ser solto.
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)!
Mas vós negastes o Santo e o Justo, e pedistes que se vos desse um homem homicida.
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.
E matastes o príncipe da vida, ao qual Deus resuscitou dos mortos, do que nós somos testemunhas.
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.”
E pela fé no seu nome o seu nome fortaleceu a este que vêdes e conheceis; e a fé que é por ele deu a este, na presença de todos vós, esta perfeita saúde
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].
E agora, irmãos, eu sei que o fizestes por ignorância, como também os vossos príncipes:
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].
Mas Deus assim cumpriu o que já de antes pela boca de todos os seus profetas havia anunciado; que o Cristo havia de padecer.
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.
Arrependei-vos, pois, e convertei-vos, para que sejam apagados os vossos pecados, quando vierem os tempos do refrigério pela presença do Senhor,
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.
E ele enviar a Jesus Cristo, que já de antes vos foi pregado:
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)
O qual convém que o céu contenha até aos tempos da restauração de todas as coisas, das quais Deus falou pela boca de todos os seus santos profetas, desde todo o século. (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].
Porque Moisés disse aos pais: O Senhor vosso Deus levantará dentre vossos irmãos um profeta semelhante a mim: a ele ouvireis em tudo quanto vos disser.
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’.”
E acontecerá que toda a alma que não escutar esse profeta será exterminada dentre o povo.
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.
E também todos os profetas, desde Samuel, e todos quantos depois tem falado, já de antes anunciaram esses dias.
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].’”
Vós sois os filhos dos profetas, e do concerto que Deus fez com nossos pais, dizendo a Abraão: Na tua descendência serão benditas todas as famílias da terra.
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].”
Resuscitando Deus a seu Filho Jesus, primeiro o enviou a vós, para que nisso vos abençoasse, e vos desviasse, a cada um, das vossas maldades.
