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!”
V te dní pa, ko so se učenci množili, vstane godrnjanje Grkov zoper Hebrejce, da se pri vsakdanjej delitvi njih vdove zanemarjajo.
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]!
In dvanajsteri pokličejo množico učencev, in rekó: To ne gre, da bi mi besedo Božjo opuščali, in oskrbljevali mize.
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,
Ozrite se torej, bratje, po sedmih možéh poštenih izmed sebe, kteri so polni Duha svetega in modrosti, da jih postavimo nad tem opravilom;
4 and we [(exc)] will devote our time to pray and to preach and teach the message [about Jesus].”
A mi se bomo molitve in službe besede držali.
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].
In ta beseda je bila vsej množici po godi; ter izvolijo Štefana, moža polnega vere in Duha svetega, in Filipa, in Prohora, in Nikanora, Timona in Parmena, in Nikolaja izpreobrnjenca iz Antijohije.
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].
Te postavijo pred aposteljne; in molivši, položé na-nje roke.
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].
In beseda Božja je rastla, in število učencev se je silno množilo v Jeruzalemu; tudi velika truma duhovnov je bila pokorna veri.
8 God was enabling Stephen to do many things by God’s power. He was doing many amazing miracles among the [Jewish] people.
Štefan pa, poln vere in moči, delal je čudeže in velika znamenja med ljudmi.
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.
In vstane jih nekaj iz shajališča, ktero se imenuje Libertinsko in Cirenejsko in Aleksandrinsko, in teh, kteri so bili iz Cilicije in Azije, in prepirali so se s Štefanom;
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.
Ali niso se mogli upirati modrosti in Duhu, po kterem je govoril.
11 Then that group secretly persuaded [some] men to [falsely accuse Stephen. saying], “We [(exc)] heard him say bad things about Moses and God.”
Tedaj podšuntajo možé, kteri naj bi rekli: Slišali smo ga govoriti kletvine zoper Mojzesa in Boga.
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.
Ter nadražijo ljudstvo in starešine in pismarje, in napadejo in zgrabijo ga, in pripeljejo v zbor,
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].
In postavijo krive priče, ktere so govorile: Ta človek ne neha govoriti kletvin zoper to sveto mesto in postavo.
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].”
Slišali smo ga namreč, da pravi: Ta Jezus Nazarečan bo razdel to mesto, in premenil bo šege, ktere nam je izročil Mojzes.
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.
In pogledavši na-nj vsi, kteri so sedeli v zboru, videli so obličje njegovo kakor obličje angelja.
