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!”
In diesen Tagen aber, als die Jünger sich vermehrten, entstand ein Murren der Hellenisten [griechische Juden] gegen die Hebräer, weil ihre Witwen bei der täglichen Bedienung übersehen wurden.
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]!
Die Zwölfe aber beriefen die Menge der Jünger und sprachen: Es ist nicht gut, daß wir das Wort Gottes verlassen und die Tische bedienen.
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,
So sehet euch nun um, Brüder, nach sieben Männern aus euch, von gutem Zeugnis, voll Heiligen Geistes und Weisheit, die wir über dieses Geschäft bestellen wollen;
4 and we [(exc)] will devote our time to pray and to preach and teach the message [about Jesus].”
wir aber werden im Gebet und im Dienst des Wortes verharren.
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].
Und die Rede gefiel der ganzen Menge; und sie erwählten Stephanus, einen Mann voll Glaubens und Heiligen Geistes, und Philippus und Prochorus und Nikanor und Timon und Parmenas und Nikolaus, einen Proselyten aus Antiochien,
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].
welche sie vor die Apostel stellten; und als sie gebetet hatten, legten sie ihnen die Hände auf.
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].
Und das Wort Gottes wuchs, und die Zahl der Jünger in Jerusalem vermehrte sich sehr; und eine große Menge der Priester wurde dem Glauben gehorsam.
8 God was enabling Stephen to do many things by God’s power. He was doing many amazing miracles among the [Jewish] people.
Stephanus aber, voll Gnade und Kraft, tat Wunder und große Zeichen [O. große Wunder und Zeichen] unter dem Volke.
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.
Es standen aber etliche auf von der sogenannten Synagoge der Libertiner [O. Freigelassenen] und der Kyrenäer und der Alexandriner und derer von Cilicien und Asien und stritten mit Stephanus.
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.
Und sie vermochten nicht der Weisheit und dem Geiste zu widerstehen, womit [O. durch welchen] er redete.
11 Then that group secretly persuaded [some] men to [falsely accuse Stephen. saying], “We [(exc)] heard him say bad things about Moses and God.”
Da schoben sie heimlich Männer vor, [O. stifteten sie Männer an] welche sagten: Wir haben ihn Lästerworte reden hören wider Moses und Gott.
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.
Und sie erregten das Volk und die Ältesten und die Schriftgelehrten; und sie fielen über ihn her und rissen ihn mit sich fort und führten ihn vor das Synedrium.
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].
Und sie stellten falsche Zeugen auf, welche sagten: Dieser Mensch hört nicht auf, Worte zu reden wider die heilige Stätte und das Gesetz;
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].”
denn wir haben ihn sagen hören: Dieser Jesus, der Nazaräer, wird diese Stätte zerstören und die Gebräuche verändern, die uns Moses überliefert hat.
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.
Und alle, die in dem Synedrium saßen, schauten unverwandt auf ihn und sahen sein Angesicht wie eines Engels Angesicht.
