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!”
En aquellos días al crecer el número de los discípulos, se produjo una queja de los griegos contra los hebreos, porque sus viudas eran desatendidas en el suministro cotidiano.
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]!
Por lo cual los doce convocaron la asamblea de los discípulos y dijeron: “No es justo que nosotros descuidemos la palabra de Dios para servir a las mesas.
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,
Elegid, pues, oh hermanos, de entre vosotros a siete varones de buena fama, llenos de espíritu y de sabiduría, a los cuales entreguemos este cargo.
4 and we [(exc)] will devote our time to pray and to preach and teach the message [about Jesus].”
Nosotros, empero, perseveraremos en la oración y en el ministerio de la palabra”.
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].
Agradó esta proposición a toda la asamblea, y eligieron a Esteban, varón lleno de fe y del Espíritu Santo, y a Felipe, a Prócoro, a Nicanor, a Timón, a Parmenas y a Nicolás, prosélito de Antioquía.
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].
A estos los presentaron a los apóstoles, los cuales, habiendo hecho oración, les impusieron las manos.
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].
Mientras tanto la palabra de Dios iba creciendo, y aumentaba sobremanera el número de los discípulos en Jerusalén. También muchos de los sacerdotes obedecían a la fe.
8 God was enabling Stephen to do many things by God’s power. He was doing many amazing miracles among the [Jewish] people.
Esteban, lleno de gracia y de poder, obraba grandes prodigios y milagros en el pueblo.
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.
Por lo cual se levantaron algunos de la sinagoga llamada de los libertinos, de los cireneos, de los alejandrinos y de los de Cilicia y Asia, y disputaron con Esteban,
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.
mas no podían resistir a la sabiduría y al espíritu con que hablaba.
11 Then that group secretly persuaded [some] men to [falsely accuse Stephen. saying], “We [(exc)] heard him say bad things about Moses and God.”
Entonces sobornaron a algunos hombres que decían: “Le hemos oído proferir palabras blasfemas contra Moisés y contra Dios”.
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.
También alborotaron al pueblo, a los ancianos y a los escribas, y cayendo sobre él, lo arrebataron y lo llevaron al sinedrio,
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].
presentando testigos falsos que decían: “Este hombre no deja de proferir palabras contra el lugar santo y contra la Ley.
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].”
Porque le hemos oído decir que Jesús, el Nazareno, destruirá este lugar y mudará las costumbres que nos ha transmitido Moisés”.
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.
Y fijando en él los, ojos todos los que estaban sentados en el sinedrio, vieron su rostro como el rostro de un ángel.
