Acts 8
1 Then some men who revered God buried Stephen’s body in a tomb, and they mourned greatly and loudly for him. On that same day [people] started severely persecuting the believers [who were living] in Jerusalem. So most [of the believers] fled [to other places] throughout Judea and Samaria [provinces]. The apostles were the only [believers who remained in Jerusalem].
Ja Saulus oli myös mielistynyt hänen kuolemaansa. Niin sinä päivänä nousi suuri vaino seurakuntaa vastaan, joka oli Jerusalemissa; ja hajosivat kaikki ympäri Juudan ja Samarian maakuntaa, paitsi apostoleita.
Ja muutamat Jumalaa pelkääväiset miehet korjasivat Stephanin, ja valittivat häntä suuresti.
3 While the people were killing Stephen, Saul was there approving of their killing Stephen. So Saul [also] began trying to destroy the group of believers. He entered houses one by one, he dragged away men and women [who believed in Jesus], and then he [arranged for] them to be put in prison.
Mutta Saulus raateli seurakuntaa ja kävi huone huoneelta, otti miehet ja vaimot ja panetti vankiuteen.
4 The believers who had left Jerusalem went to different places, where they continued preaching the message about Jesus.
Ja ne hajonneet vaelsivat ympärinsä ja saarnasivat Jumalan sanaa.
5 [One of those believers whose name was] Philip went down [from Jerusalem] to a city in Samaria [province]. There he was telling [the people that Jesus is] [MTY] the Messiah.
Niin Philippus tuli Samarian kaupunkiin ja saarnasi heille Kristuksesta.
6 Many people there heard Philip [speak] and saw the miraculous things that he was doing. So they all (paid close attention to/listened carefully to) his words.
Mutta kansa otti vaarin yksimielisesti ja visusti Philippuksen sanoista, kuullen ja nähden ne merkit, jotka hän teki:
7 For [example, when Philip commanded] evil spirits who controlled many people [that they should come out of them], they came out, while those spirits screamed. Also, many people who were paralyzed and [many others] who were lame were healed.
Sillä rumat henget läksivät ulos monesta, huutain suurella äänellä ja monta halvattua ja saattamatointa parani.
8 So [many people] [MTY] in that city greatly rejoiced.
Ja suuri ilo tuli siihen kaupunkiin.
9 There was a man in that city whose name was Simon. He had been practicing sorcery for a long time, and he had been amazing the people in Samaria [province by doing that]. He continually claimed that he was a great/important person.
Mutta siellä oli mies, Simon nimeltä, joka siinä kaupungissa ennen noituuden virkaa piti ja oli Samarian kansan villinnyt, sanoen itsensä olevan jonkun suuren,
10 All the people there, both ordinary and important people, listened to him. [Various ones of] them were saying, “This man works in extremely powerful ways [because] God has caused him to be a great [person].”
Jota kaikki sekä pienet että suuret kuulivat, sanoen: tämä on Jumalan voima, joka suuri on.
11 They continued to listen to him carefully, because for a long time he had astonished them by practicing sorcery.
Mutta he kuultelivat häntä mielellänsä, että hän kauvan aikaa oli heitä noituudellansa villinnyt.
12 But then they believed Philip’s [message] when he preached to them about [how] God desires to rule [MET] [the lives of people who believe in him], and about Jesus being the Messiah [MTY]. Both the men and the women who believed in Jesus were baptized. {[Philip] was baptizing both the men and the women [who had come to believe in Jesus]}.
Mutta kuin he uskoivat Philippuksen, joka saarnasi Jumalan valtakunnasta ja Jesuksen Kristuksen nimestä, niin he kastettiin sekä miehet että vaimot.
13 Simon himself believed [Philip’s message] and, after he was baptized {after [Philip] baptized him}, he began to constantly accompany Philip. Simon was continually amazed because he often saw [Philip] doing many kinds of miraculous things.
Niin Simon myös itse uskoi, ja kuin hän kastettu oli, viipyi hän Philippuksen tykönä. Ja kuin hän näki ne merkit ja suuret voimalliset työt tapahtuvan, niin hän hämmästyi.
14 When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that [many people] [PRS] [throughout] Samaria [district] had believed the message from God [about Jesus], they sent Peter and John there.
Mutta kuin apostolit, jotka Jerusalemissa olivat, kuulivat Samarian Jumalan sanan ottaneen vastaan, lähettivät he heidän tykönsä Pietarin ja Johanneksen,
15 When Peter and John arrived in Samaria, they prayed for those [new believers] in order that the Holy Spirit’s [power] would come to them.
Jotka, kuin he sinne tulivat alas, rukoilivat niiden edestä, että he olisivat saaneet Pyhän Hengen;
16 [Peter and John realized that] the Holy Spirit had not yet begun to empower any of them. They had been baptized {[Philip] had baptized them} [because they had believed] in [MTY] the Lord Jesus, [but they did not know about the Holy Spirit].
(Sillä ei hän ollut vielä yhdenkään niiden päälle laskettu alas, vaan olivat ainoastaan Herran Jesuksen nimeen kastetut.)
17 [Then Peter and John] placed their hands on [the heads of] each person, and they received the [power of] [MTY] the Holy Spirit.
Niin he panivat kätensä heidän päällensä, ja he saivat Pyhän Hengen.
18 Simon saw [things that convinced him] that [God] had given the Spirit’s [power to people] as a result of the apostles placing their hands on them. So he offered [to give] money to the apostles,
Mutta kuin Simon näki, että apostolien kätten päälle-panemisen kautta Pyhä Henki annettiin, taritsi hän heille rahaa,
19 saying, “Enable me also to do what [you are doing], so that everyone on whom I place/put my hands may receive the Holy Spirit’s [power].”
Sanoen: antakaat minullekin se voima, että kenenkä päälle minä käteni panen, se sais Pyhän Hengen.
20 But Peter said to him, “May you [(sg)] and your money go to hell, because you [mistakenly] think that you can buy [from us] what God [alone] gives to [people] (questioned)
Vaan Pietari sanoi hänelle: sinun rahas olkoon sinun kanssas kadotuksessa, että Jumalan lahjan luulet rahoilla ostettavan.
21 [God] has not authorized you to have any part of this ministry of giving [the Holy Spirit’s power], because he knows that you are not thinking rightly! (OR, because he knows that you are thinking completely wrongly.)
Ei sinulla ole osaa eikä arpaa tässä sanassa; sillä ei sinun sydämes ole oikia Jumalan edessä.
22 So stop thinking wickedly [like] that, and plead that the Lord, if he is willing, will forgive you [for what] you [wickedly] thought/planned [to do]
Sentähden tee parannus sinun pahuudestas, ja rukoile Jumalaa, että sydämes ajatukset sinulle anteeksi annettaisiin.
23 [Turn away from your evil ways], because I perceive that you [(sg)] are extremely envious of [us], and you [are] a slave of your [continual desire to do evil! God will certainly punish you severely]!”
Sillä minä näen sinun olevan katkerassa sapessa ja vääryyden solmussa.
24 Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord [God] that [he] will not do to me what you just said!”
Niin Simon vastasi ja sanoi: rukoilkaat te Herraa minun edestäni, ettei mitään näistä, mitä te sanoitte, minun päälleni tulisi.
25 After [Peter and John] told [people there] what they knew personally [about the] Lord [Jesus] and declared to them the message about Jesus, they both returned to Jerusalem. [Along the way] they preached the good message [about Jesus to people] in many villages in Samaria [province].
Mutta kuin he olivat todistaneet ja puhuneet Herran sanan, palasivat he Jerusalemiin, ja saarnasivat evankeliumia monessa Samarian kylässä.
26 [One day] an angel whom the Lord [God] had sent commanded Philip, “Get ready and go south along the road that extends from Jerusalem to Gaza.” [That was] a road in a desert area.
Mutta Herran enkeli puhui Philippukselle ja sanoi: nouse ja mene lounaaseen päin, sitä tietä, joka Jerusalemista menee alas Gatsaan, joka kylmillä on.
27 So Philip got ready and went [along that road]. Suddenly he met a man from Ethiopia. He was an important official who took care of all the funds for the queen [of] Ethiopia. [In his language people called their queen] Candace. This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship [God],
Niin hän nousi ja meni. Ja katso, yksi Etiopian mies, Etiopian kuningattaren Kandasen voimallinen kamaripalvelia, joka oli pantu kaiken hänen tavaransa päälle, se oli tullut Jerusalemiin rukoilemaan,
28 and he was returning [home] and was seated [riding] in his chariot. [As he was riding], he was reading [out loud from] what the prophet Isaiah [had written] [MTY] [long ago].
Ja palasi sieltä, istuen vaunuissansa, ja luki Jesaias prophetaa.
29 [God’s] Spirit told Philip, “Go near to that chariot and keep walking close to [the man who is riding in] it!”
Niin Henki sanoi Philippukselle: käy ja mene lähemmä tätä vaunua.
30 So Philip ran [to the chariot and kept running close to it]. Then he heard the official reading what the prophet Isaiah [had written]. He asked the man, “Do you [(sg)] understand what you are reading?”
Niin Philippus juoksi lähemmä, ja kuuli hänen lukevan Jesaias prophetaa, ja sanoi: ymmärrätkös, mitäs luet?
31 He answered Philip, “[No!] (I cannot possibly [understand it] if [there is] no one to explain it to me!/How can I [understand it] if [there is] no one to explain it to me?) [RHQ]” Acts 8:31b-35 Then the man said to Philip, “Please come up [and] sit beside me.” [So Philip did that].
Mutta hän sanoi: kuinka minä taidan ymmärtää, ellei joku minua johdata? Ja hän rukoili Philippusta, että hän tulis ja istuis hänen kanssansa.
32 The part of the Scriptures that the official was reading was this: He will [be silent when] they lead him away to kill him [like when] a sheep [is led away to be killed]. As a young sheep is silent when its wool is being cut off {someone cuts off its wool}, [similarly] he will not protest [MTY] [when people cause him to suffer].
Mutta se, mitä hän Raamatusta luki, oli tämä: hän on niinkuin lammas teuraaksi talutettu: ja niinkuin karitsa keritsiänsä edessä on ääneti, niin ei hänkään avannut suutansa,
33 When he will be humiliated by being accused falsely {people will humiliate him [by accusing him falsely]}, [the rulers] (will not consider him innocent/will consider him guilty). No one will possibly be able to tell about his descendants, because he will be killed {people will kill him} without him having [any descendants] on the earth.
Hänen nöyryydessänsä on hänen tuomionsa otettu pois, mutta kuka taitaa sanoa ulos hänen elämänsä pituuden? sillä hänen elämänsä otetaan pois maasta.
34 The official asked Philip [about these words that he was reading], “Tell me, who was the prophet writing about? [Was he writing] about himself or about someone else?”
Niin kamaripalvelija vastasi Philippusta: minä rukoilen sinua, sanos: kenestä propheta näitä puhuu? itsestäänkö eli jostakin toisesta?
35 So Philip began [to explain] that Scripture passage. He told him the good message about [MTY] Jesus. [So the official understood and believed in Jesus].
Niin Philippus avasi suunsa ja rupesi tästä kirjoituksesta hänelle saarnaamaan evankeliumia Jesuksesta.
36 While they were traveling along the road, they came to [a place where there was a pond of] water [near the road]. Then the official said [to Philip], “Look, [there is a pond of] water! (I would like you to baptize me, because I do not know of anything that would prevent me from being baptized {prevent [you] from baptizing me.}/Do you know of anything that would prevent me from being baptized {prevent [you] from baptizing me}?) [RHQ]”
Ja kuin he tiellä vaelsivat, tulivat he veden tykö, ja kamaripalvelia sanoi: katso, tässä on vesi: mikä estää minua kastamasta?
Mutta Philippus sanoi: jos sinä kaikesta sydämestä uskot, niin tapahtukoon. Hän vastasi ja sanoi: minä uskon Jesuksen Kristuksen Jumalan Pojaksi.
38 So the official told [the driver] to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the official went down into the [pond of] water, and [Philip] baptized him.
Niin hän käski seisahtaa vaunun; ja he astuivat molemmat veteen, Philippus ja kamaripalvelia, ja hän kasti hänen.
39 When they came up out of the water, suddenly God’s Spirit took Philip away. The official never saw Philip again. But [although he never saw Philip again], the official continued going along the road, very happy [that God had saved him].
Mutta kuin he vedestä astuivat ylös, tempasi Herran Henki Philippuksen, ja ei kamaripalvelia häntä enään nähnyt, vaan meni iloiten tietänsä myöten.
40 Philip then realized [that the Spirit had miraculously taken him to] Azotus [town]. While he traveled around [in that region], he continued proclaiming the message [about Jesus] in all the towns [between Azotus and Caesarea. And he was still proclaiming] it when he finally arrived in Caesarea [city].
Mutta Philippus löydettiin Atsotissa, ja vaelsi ympäri ja saarnasi joka kaupungissa evankeliumia, siihenasti kuin hän tuli Kesareaan.
