Acts 6
1 During that time, many more people were becoming believers. [Some of them were from other countries and spoke only the Greek language, but most of them had always lived in Israel and spoke the Hebrew language]. Those who spoke Greek began to complain about those who spoke Hebrew. They were saying. “When [you Hebrew-speaking believers] distribute [food or money] to widows every day, you are not giving fair amounts to the widows who speak Greek!”
Mutta niinä päivinä, koska opetuslasten luku eneni, napisivat Grekiläiset Hebrealaisia vastaan, että heidän leskensä katsottiin ylön jokapäiväisessä palveluksessa.
2 So, [after the] twelve [apostles had heard what they were complaining about], they summoned all the [other] believers [in Jerusalem to meet] together. Then the apostles said [to those other believers], “We [(exc)] would not be doing right if we stopped [preaching and teaching] God’s message [about Jesus] in order to distribute food [MTY] [and money to the widows]!
Niin ne kaksi toistakymmentä kutsuivat kokoon opetuslasten joukon, ja sanoivat: ei se ole kohtuullinen, että me annamme ylön Jumalan sanan, ja pöytäin edessä palvelemme.
3 So, fellow believers, carefully choose seven men from among you, men whom [you] know that the Spirit [of God] controls completely and who are very wise. Then we [(exc)] will appoint them to do this work,
Sentähden, rakkaat veljet, valitkaat teistä seitsemän miestä joista hyvä todistus on, jotka ovat Pyhää Henkeä ja viisautta täynnänsä, joiden haltuun me tämän viran annamme.
4 and we [(exc)] will devote our time to pray and to preach and teach the message [about Jesus].”
Mutta me tahdomme rukouksessa ja sanan palveluksessa pysyväiset olla.
5 What the apostles recommended pleased all of the [other] believers. So they group chose Stephen. He was a man who strongly believed [in God] and whom the Holy Spirit controlled completely. [They also chose] Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas who was from Antioch [city]. Nicolas had accepted the Jewish religion [before he had believed in Jesus].
Ja se puhe kelpasi kaikelle joukolle, ja he valitsivat Stephanin, miehen täynnä uskoa ja Pyhää Henkeä, ja Philippuksen, ja Prokoron, ja Nikanorin, ja Timonin, ja Parmenaan, ja Nikolaon, uuden Juudalaisen Antiokiasta.
6 They brought these [seven] men to the apostles. Then after the apostles prayed [for those men], they placed their hands on [the heads of each one of] them [to appoint them to do that work].
Nämät he asettivat apostoleitten eteen: ja rukoilivat, ja panivat kätensä heidän päällensä.
7 So [the believers] continued to tell many people the message from God. (The number of people in Jerusalem who believed [in Jesus] was increasing greatly./More and more people in Jerusalem were believing in Jesus.) [Among them] were many [Jewish] priests who were believing the message [about Jesus].
Ja Jumalan sana kasvoi ja opetuslasten luku tuli sangen suureksi Jerusalemissa; ja suuri joukko pappeja oli myös uskolle kuuliainen.
8 God was enabling Stephen to do many things by God’s power. He was doing many amazing miracles among the [Jewish] people.
Mutta Stephanus, joka oli uskoa täynnänsä ja väkevyyttä, teki ihmeitä ja suuria tunnustähtiä kansan seassa.
9 However, some people opposed Stephen. They were Jews from a group [that regularly met together in a Jewish meeting place that was] {[that people]} called the Freedmen’s Meeting Place. [Those people were from] Cyrene and Alexandria [cities] and [also] from Cilicia and Asia [provinces]. They all began to argue with Stephen.
Niin nousivat muutamat Libertinein synagogasta, ja Kyreniläisten, ja Aleksandrialaisten, ja jotka Kilikiasta ja Asiasta olivat, ja riitelivät Stephanin kanssa.
10 But they were not able (to refute [what he said/to prove that what he said was wrong]), [because God’s] Spirit enabled him to speak very wisely.
Ja eivät voineet sitä viisautta vastaan olla ja sitä Henkeä, jonka kautta hän puhui.
11 Then that group secretly persuaded [some] men to [falsely accuse Stephen. saying], “We [(exc)] heard him say bad things about Moses and God.”
Niin he sääsivät miehiä, jotka sanoivat: me olemme hänen kuulleet puhuvan pilkkasanoja Mosesta ja Jumalaa vastaan.
12 So, [by saying that], they made the [other Jewish] people angry [at Stephen, including] the elders and the teachers of the [Jewish] laws. Then [they all] seized Stephen and took him to the Jewish Council.
Niin he yllyttivät kansan ja vanhimmat ja kirjanoppineet, ja menivät ja ottivat hänen kiinni, ja veivät hänen raadin eteen,
13 They [also] brought in some other men who accused Stephen falsely [about several things]. They said, “This fellow continually says bad things about this holy Temple and about the laws [that Moses received from God].
Ja asettivat väärät todistajat sanomaan: ei tämä mies lakkaa puhumasta pilkkasanoja tätä pyhää siaa ja lakia vastaan.
14 Specifically, we [(exc)] have heard him say that this Jesus from Nazareth [town] will destroy this Temple and will tell us to obey different customs than Moses [taught our ancestors].”
Sillä me olemme kuulleet hänen sanovan: Jesus Natsarealainen hävittää tämän sian, ja muuttaa säädyt, jotka Moses meille antoi.
15 When all [the people] who were sitting in the Council [room heard that, and as they] all stared at Stephen, they saw that his face was [shining] [SIM] like the face of an angel.
Ja kaikki ne, jotka raadissa istuivat, katsoivat hänen päällensä ja näkivät hänen kasvonsa niinkuin enkelin kasvot.
