Acts 4
1 [Meanwhile, in the temple courtyard, there were some] priests, the officer who was in charge of the temple police, and [also some] [SYN] Sadducee [sect members]. These men came to Peter and John while the two of them were speaking to the people.
Ενώ δε αυτοί ελάλουν προς τον λαόν, ήλθον επ' αυτούς οι ιερείς και ο στρατηγός του ιερού και οι Σαδδουκαίοι,
2 These men were very angry, because the [two] apostles were teaching the people [about Jesus]. What they were telling the people was that because ([God caused Jesus to become alive again/God raised] Jesus [from the dead]), [God] would cause other people who had died to become alive again.
αγανακτούντες διότι εδίδασκον τον λαόν και εκήρυττον διά του Ιησού την εκ νεκρών ανάστασιν·
3 So those officials seized Peter and John. Then they put them in jail. [They had to wait] until the next day [to question Peter and John], because it was already evening [and it was contrary to their Jewish law to question people at night].
και επέβαλον επ' αυτούς τας χείρας και έθεσαν υπό φύλαξιν έως της αύριον, διότι ήτο ήδη εσπέρα.
4 However, many people who had heard the message [from Peter] believed [in Jesus]. (OR, But many people had [already] believed [in Jesus, because] they had heard the message [from Peter].) So the number of men [who believed in Jesus] increased to about five 5,000.
Πολλοί δε των ακουσάντων τον λόγον επίστευσαν, και έγεινεν ο αριθμός των ανδρών ως πέντε χιλιάδες.
5 The next day [the supreme priest summoned] the [other] chief priests, the teachers of the [Jewish] laws, and the other members [of the Jewish Council, and they] gathered together [in one place] in Jerusalem.
Και τη επαύριον συνήχθησαν εις την Ιερουσαλήμ οι άρχοντες αυτών και οι πρεσβύτεροι και οι γραμματείς,
6 Annas, [the former] supreme priest, Caiaphas [who was the new supreme priest], [two other former supreme priests whose names were] John and Alexander, and other men who were related to the supreme priest [were there].
και Άννας ο αρχιερεύς και Καϊάφας και Ιωάννης και Αλέξανδρος και όσοι ήσαν εκ γένους αρχιερατικού.
7 They [commanded guards to] bring Peter and John into the courtroom [MTY] and have them stand in front of them. [Then one of] the leaders questioned [the two of] them, saying, “Who [do you two claim] gave you the power [to heal this man]? And who authorized [MTY] you to do this [DOU]?”
Και στήσαντες αυτούς εις το μέσον, ηρώτων· Διά ποίας δυνάμεως ή διά ποίου ονόματος επράξατε τούτο σεις;
8 So as the Holy Spirit completely controlled Peter, he said to them, “You [fellow Israelites] who rule us and [all of you other] elders, [listen]!
Τότε ο Πέτρος, πλησθείς Πνεύματος Αγίου, είπε προς αυτούς· Άρχοντες του λαού και πρεσβύτεροι του Ισραήλ,
9 Today you are questioning us concerning our doing something good for a man who was crippled, and you asked us how he was healed.
εάν ημείς ανακρινώμεθα σήμερον διά ευεργεσίαν προς άνθρωπον ασθενούντα, διά ποίας δυνάμεως ούτος ιατρεύθη,
10 So [we(exc) want] you and all [of our other] fellow Israelites to know this: It is because Jesus the Messiah [MTY] from Nazareth healed this man that he is able to stand here. [God considers that] it was you who nailed Jesus to a cross, but God caused him to become alive again.
ας ήναι γνωστόν εις πάντας υμάς και εις πάντα τον λαόν του Ισραήλ ότι διά του ονόματος του Ιησού Χριστού του Ναζωραίου, τον οποίον σεις εσταυρώσατε, τον οποίον ο Θεός ανέστησεν εκ νεκρών, διά τούτου παρίσταται ούτος ενώπιον υμών υγιής.
11 [In the Psalms this was written about the Messiah: ] He is [like] [MET] the stone that was rejected by the builders {that the builders rejected}. But that stone became the most important stone in the building [that they were building]. [Jesus is that stone, and] you [are those builders who threw away the stone that was the most important one].
Ούτος είναι ο λίθος ο εξουθενηθείς εφ' υμών των οικοδομούντων, όστις έγεινε κεφαλή γωνίας.
12 So he alone can save us [MTY]. [God] has sent only one person [MTY] into the world who can save us [from the guilt of our sins, and that person is Jesus]!”
Και δεν υπάρχει δι' ουδενός άλλου η σωτηρία· διότι ούτε όνομα άλλο είναι υπό τον ουρανόν δεδομένον μεταξύ των ανθρώπων, διά του οποίου πρέπει να σωθώμεν.
13 The [Jewish leaders] realized that Peter and John (were not afraid [of them]/spoke boldly). They also learned that the two men were ordinary people who had not studied in schools. So the leaders were amazed, and they realized that these men had associated with Jesus.
Θεωρούντες δε την παρρησίαν του Πέτρου και Ιωάννου, και πληροφορηθέντες ότι είναι άνθρωποι αγράμματοι και ιδιώται, εθαύμαζον και ανεγνώριζον αυτούς ότι ήσαν μετά του Ιησού·
14 They also saw the man who had been healed standing there with [the two of] them, so they were not able to say anything [to oppose Peter and John].
βλέποντες δε τον άνθρωπον τον τεθεραπευμένον ιστάμενον μετ' αυτών, δεν είχον ουδέν να αντείπωσι.
15 So the [Jewish leaders] commanded [guards] to take Peter, John, and the man outside of the room [where those leaders were meeting. After they did so], the leaders talked with each other [about Peter and John].
Προστάξαντες δε αυτούς να απέλθωσιν έξω του συνεδρίου, συνεβουλεύθησαν προς αλλήλους,
16 [Being frustrated, one after another], they said, “(There is really nothing that we can do to [punish] these [two] men!/How can we [(inc)] do anything to [punish] these [two] men?) [RHQ] Almost everyone [HYP] who is living in Jerusalem knows that they have done an amazing miracle, so we cannot tell people that it did not happen!
λέγοντες· Τι θέλομεν κάμει εις τους ανθρώπους τούτους; επειδή ότι μεν έγεινε δι' αυτών γνωστόν θαύμα, είναι φανερόν εις πάντας τους κατοικούντας την Ιερουσαλήμ, και δεν δυνάμεθα να αρνηθώμεν τούτο·
17 However, [we] must not allow other people to hear about [this miracle]. So we must tell these men that [we will punish them if they] continue to tell other people about this [MTY] man [who they say gave them the power to do it].”
αλλά διά να μη διαδοθή περισσότερον εις τον λαόν, ας απειλήσωμεν αυτούς αυστηρώς να μη λαλώσι πλέον εν τω ονόματι τούτω προς μηδένα άνθρωπον.
18 So the Jewish leaders [commanded guards] to bring the two apostles [into that room again. After they did so], they [commanded] them both that they should never speak about Jesus, and they should not teach [anyone about him] [MTY] [again].
Και καλέσαντες αυτούς, παρήγγειλαν εις αυτούς να μη λαλώσι καθόλου μηδέ να διδάσκωσιν εν τω ονόματι του Ιησού.
19 But Peter and John replied, “Would God think that it is right [for us two] to obey you and not [to obey] him? [We(exc) will let] you decide [which of those you think is proper].
Ο δε Πέτρος και Ιωάννης αποκριθέντες προς αυτούς, είπον· Αν ήναι δίκαιον ενώπιον του Θεού να ακούωμεν εσάς μάλλον παρά τον Θεόν, κρίνατε.
20 [But as for us, we cannot obey you]. We will not stop telling people about the things that we [(exc)] have seen [Jesus do] and what we have heard [him teach].”
Διότι ημείς δεν δυνάμεθα να μη λαλώμεν όσα είδομεν και ηκούσαμεν.
21 Then the [Jewish leaders] again told [Peter and John] not to disobey them. But all the people [there] were praising God about what had happened [to the lame man. The leaders knew that only God could have enabled Peter and John] to miraculously heal the man, because the man was more than 40 years old [and he was lame when his mother bore him. They also knew that the people would become angry if they punished the two apostles]. So, because they could not decide how to punish Peter and John, [they finally] let them go.
Οι δε, πάλιν απειλήσαντες αυτούς απέλυσαν, μη ευρίσκοντες το πως να τιμωρήσωσιν αυτούς, διά τον λαόν, διότι πάντες εδόξαζον τον Θεόν διά το γεγονός.
Επειδή ο άνθρωπος, εις τον οποίον έγεινε το θαύμα τούτο της θεραπείας, ήτο περισσότερον των τεσσαράκοντα ετών.
23 After Peter and John had been released, they went to the other believers and reported all that the chief priests and [other Jewish] elders had said to them.
Και αφού απελύθησαν, ήλθον προς τους οικείους και απήγγειλαν όσα είπον προς αυτούς οι αρχιερείς και οι πρεσβύτεροι.
24 When they heard that, they [all] agreed as they prayed to God, and [one of] them prayed, “O Lord! You [(sg)] made the sky, the earth and the oceans, and everything in them.
Οι δε ακούσαντες, ομοθυμαδόν ύψωσαν την φωνήν προς τον Θεόν και είπον· Δέσποτα, συ είσαι ο Θεός, όστις έκαμες τον ουρανόν και την γην και την θάλασσαν και πάντα τα εν αυτοίς,
25 The Holy Spirit caused our ancestor, [King] David [MTY], who served you, to write these words: [It is ridiculous] [RHQ] that the non-Jews became angry and the Israelite people planned uselessly [to oppose God].
όστις είπας διά στόματος Δαβίδ του δούλου σου· Διά τι εφρύαξαν τα έθνη και οι λαοί εμελέτησαν μάταια;
26 The kings of the world prepared to fight [God’s Ruler], and the [other] rulers assembled together [with them] to oppose the Lord [God] and the one whom he had appointed [to be the Messiah].
παρεστάθησαν οι βασιλείς της γης και οι άρχοντες συνήχθησαν ομού κατά του Κυρίου και κατά του Χριστού αυτού.
27 [Lord, we know that what you(sg) said long ago was true], because [King] Herod and the [governor], Pontius Pilate, and many other people, both non-Jews and Israelites, assembled together [here] in this city. [They] planned [to kill] Jesus, who devotedly served you [and] whom you appointed [MTY] [to be the Messiah].
Διότι συνήχθησαν επ' αληθείας εναντίον του αγίου Παιδός σου Ιησού, τον οποίον έχρισας, και ο Ηρώδης και ο Πόντιος Πιλάτος μετά των εθνών και των λαών του Ισραήλ,
28 [Because] you [(sg)] are all-powerful, those people did [only] what you [SYN] allowed [them to do]. It was what you decided long ago would happen.”
διά να κάμωσιν όσα η χειρ σου και η βουλή σου προώρισε να γείνωσι·
29 “So now, Lord, listen to what they are saying about punishing us! Help us who serve you [(sg)] to very boldly speak messages from you [(sg) about Jesus]
και τώρα, Κύριε, βλέψον εις τας απειλάς αυτών και δος εις τους δούλους σου να λαλώσι τον λόγον σου μετά πάσης παρρησίας,
30 [Also], by your power [MTY] miraculously heal [sick people] and do other amazing miracles [SYN] that show people your power! Ask Jesus, who always serves you, [to give us the authority] [MTY] [to do such miracles]!”
εκτείνων την χείρα σου εις θεραπείαν και γινομένων σημείων και τεραστίων διά του ονόματος του αγίου Παιδός σου Ιησού.
31 When the believers had finished praying, the place where they were meeting shook. All of them were (completely controlled/empowered) by the Holy Spirit {the Holy Spirit (completely controlled/empowered) all of them}, with the result that they began to speak boldly the words that God [told them to speak].
Μετά δε την δέησιν αυτών εσείσθη ο τόπος όπου ήσαν συνηγμένοι, και επλήσθησαν άπαντες Πνεύματος Αγίου και ελάλουν τον λόγον του Θεού μετά παρρησίας.
32 The group of people who had believed [in Jesus] were completely agreed about what they thought and what they wanted/desired. Not one of them claimed that he [alone] owned anything. Instead, they shared with one another everything that they had.
Του δε πλήθους των πιστευσάντων η καρδία και η ψυχή ήτο μία, και ουδέ εις έλεγεν ότι είναι εαυτού τι εκ των υπαρχόντων αυτού αλλ' είχον τα πάντα κοινά.
33 The apostles continued to tell others, very powerfully, [that God] had (caused the Lord Jesus to become alive again/raised the Lord Jesus from the dead). [People knew that God] was graciously helping all the believers.
Και μετά δυνάμεως μεγάλης απέδιδον οι απόστολοι την μαρτυρίαν της αναστάσεως του Κυρίου Ιησού, και χάρις μεγάλη ήτο επί πάντας αυτούς.
34 [Some of] the believers who owned land or houses would occasionally sell [some of] their property. Then they would bring [the money for what they sold]
Επειδή ουδέ ήτο τις μεταξύ αυτών ενδεής· διότι όσοι ήσαν κτήτορες αγρών ή οικιών, πωλούντες έφερον τας τιμάς των πωλουμένων
35 and they would present it to the apostles [MTY]. Then [the apostles] would give money to any [believer] who needed [it]. So no one among the believers was lacking anything.
και έθετον εις τους πόδας των αποστόλων· και διεμοιράζετο εις έκαστον κατά την χρείαν την οποίαν είχε.
36 [For example, there was] Joseph. [He was] a descendant of Levi [and he was born] on Cyprus [Island]. The apostles called him Barnabas; [in the Jewish language] that name means a person who [IDM] always encourages [others].
Και ο Ιωσής, ο επονομασθείς υπό των αποστόλων Βαρνάβας, το οποίον μεθερμηνευόμενον είναι υιός παρηγορίας Λευΐτης, Κύπριος το γένος,
37 He sold one of his fields, and brought the money to the apostles [for them to distribute to other believers].
έχων αγρόν επώλησε και έφερε τα χρήματα και έθεσεν εις τους πόδας των αποστόλων.
