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].
Och Petrus och Johannes gingo upp till helgedomen, till den bön som hölls vid nionde timmen.
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.
Och där bars fram en man som hade varit ofärdig allt ifrån moderlivet, och som man var dag plägade sätta vid den port i helgedomen, som kallades Sköna porten, för att han skulle kunna begära allmosor av dem som gingo in i helgedomen.
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!”)
När denne nu fick se Petrus och Johannes, då de skulle gå in i helgedomen, bad han dem om en allmosa.
4 As Peter and John looked directly at him, Peter said to him, “Look at us!”
Då fäste Petrus och Johannes sina ögon på honom, och Petrus sade: "Se på oss."
5 So he looked directly at them, expecting to get some [money] from them.
När han då gav akt på dem, i förväntan att få något av dem,
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!”
sade Petrus: "Silver och guld har jag icke; men vad jag har, det giver jag dig. I Jesu Kristi, nasaréens namn: stå upp och gå."
7 Then Peter grasped the man’s right hand and helped him to stand up. Immediately the man’s feet and ankles became strong.
Och så fattade han honom vid högra handen och reste upp honom. Och strax fingo hans fötter och fotleder styrka,
8 He jumped up and began to walk! Then he entered the Temple [area] with them, walking and leaping and praising God!
och han sprang upp och stod upprätt och begynte gå och följde dem in i helgedomen, alltjämt gående och springande, under det att han lovade Gud.
9 All the people [there] saw that man walking and praising God.
Och allt folket såg honom, där han gick omkring och lovade Gud.
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.
Och när de kände igen honom och sågo att det var samme man som plägade sitta och begära allmosor vid Sköna porten i helgedomen, blevo de uppfyllda av häpnad och bestörtning över det som hade vederfarits honom.
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.
Då han nu höll sig till Petrus och Johannes, strömmade allt folket, utom sig av häpnad, tillsammans till dem på den plats som kallades Salomos pelargång.
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!
När Petrus såg detta, tog han till orda och talade till folket så: "I män av Israel, varför undren I över denne man, och varför sen I så på oss, likasom hade vi genom någon vår kraft eller fromhet åstadkommit att han kan gå?
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.
Nej, Abrahams och Isaks och Jakobs Gud, våra fäders Gud, har förhärligat sin tjänare Jesus, honom som I utlämnaden, och som I förnekaden inför Pilatus, när denne redan hade beslutit att giva honom lös.
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)!
Ja, I förnekaden honom, den helige och rättfärdige, och begärden att en dråpare skulle givas åt eder.
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.
Och livets furste dräpten I, men Gud uppväckte honom från de döda; därom kunna vi själva vittna.
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.”
Och det är på grund av tron på hans namn som denne man, vilken I sen och kännen, har undfått styrka av hans namn; och den tro som verkas genom Jesus har, i allas eder åsyn, gjort att han nu kan bruka alla lemmar.
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].
Nu vet jag väl, mina bröder, att I såväl som edra rådsherrar haven gjort detta, därför att I icke vissten bättre.
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].
Men Gud har på detta sätt låtit det gå i fullbordan, som han förut genom alla sina profeters mun hade förkunnat, nämligen att hans Smorde skulle lida.
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.
Gören därför bättring och omvänden eder, så att edra synder bliva utplånade,
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.
på det att tider av vederkvickelse må komma från Herren, i det att han sänder den Messias som han har utsett åt eder, nämligen Jesus,
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)
vilken dock himmelen måste behålla intill de tider nå allt skall bliva upprättat igen, varom Gud har talat genom sina forntida heliga profeters mun. (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].
Moses har ju sagt: 'En profet skall Herren Gud låta uppstå åt eder, av edra bröder, en som är mig lik; honom skolen I lyssna till i allt vad han talar till eder.
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’.”
Och det skall ske att var och en som icke lyssnar till den profeten, han skall utrotas ur folket.'
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.
Och sedan hava alla profeterna, både Samuel och de som följde efter honom, så många som hava talat, också bebådat dessa tider.
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].’”
I ären själva barn av profeterna och delaktiga i det förbund som Gud slöt med edra fäder, när han sade till Abraham: 'Och i din säd skola alla släkter på jorden varda välsignade.'
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].”
För eder först och främst har Gud låtit sin tjänare uppstå, och han har sänt honom för att välsigna eder, när I, en och var, omvänden eder från eder ondska."
