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].
Saulus aber hatte seiner Hinrichtung zugestimmt. Und es entstand an jenem Tage eine große Verfolgung über die Gemeinde zu Jerusalem, und alle zerstreuten sich in die Landschaften von Judäa und Samaria, ausgenommen die Apostel.
Den Stephanus aber begruben gottesfürchtige Männer und veranstalteten eine große Trauer um ihn.
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.
Saulus aber verwüstete die Gemeinde, drang in die Häuser ein, schleppte Männer und Frauen fort und überlieferte sie ins Gefängnis.
4 The believers who had left Jerusalem went to different places, where they continued preaching the message about Jesus.
Die nun, welche sich zerstreut hatten, zogen umher und verkündigten das Wort des Evangeliums.
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.
Philippus aber kam hinab in eine Stadt von Samaria und predigte ihnen Christus.
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.
Und das Volk achtete einmütig auf das, was Philippus sagte, als sie zuhörten und die Zeichen sahen, die er tat.
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.
Denn aus vielen, welche unreine Geister hatten, fuhren diese mit großem Geschrei aus; es wurden aber auch viele Gichtbrüchige und Lahme geheilt.
8 So [many people] [MTY] in that city greatly rejoiced.
Und es herrschte große Freude in jener Stadt.
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.
Ein Mann aber mit Namen Simon hatte zuvor in der Stadt Zauberei getrieben und das Volk von Samaria in Erstaunen gesetzt, indem er sich für etwas Großes ausgab.
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].”
Auf ihn achteten alle, klein und groß, und sprachen: Dieser ist die Kraft Gottes, die man die große nennt.
11 They continued to listen to him carefully, because for a long time he had astonished them by practicing sorcery.
Sie achteten aber auf ihn, weil er sie so lange Zeit durch seine Zaubereien in Erstaunen gesetzt hatte.
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]}.
Als sie aber dem Philippus glaubten, der das Evangelium vom Reiche Gottes und vom Namen Jesu Christi predigte, ließen sich Männer und Frauen taufen.
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.
Simon aber wurde auch gläubig und hielt sich, nachdem er getauft worden war, stets zu Philippus; und da er sah, daß Zeichen und große Wunder geschahen, staunte er.
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.
Als aber die Apostel zu Jerusalem hörten, daß Samaria das Wort Gottes angenommen habe, sandten sie Petrus und Johannes zu ihnen.
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.
Diese kamen hinab und beteten für sie, daß sie den heiligen Geist empfingen;
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].
denn er war noch auf keinen von ihnen gefallen, sondern sie waren nur getauft auf den Namen des Herrn Jesus.
17 [Then Peter and John] placed their hands on [the heads of] each person, and they received the [power of] [MTY] the Holy Spirit.
Da legten sie ihnen die Hände auf, und sie empfingen den heiligen Geist.
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,
Als aber Simon sah, daß durch die Handauflegung der Apostel der heilige Geist gegeben wurde, brachte er ihnen Geld und sprach:
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].”
Gebet auch mir diese Vollmacht, damit, wenn ich jemand die Hände auflege, er den heiligen Geist empfange!
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)
Petrus aber sprach zu ihm: Dein Geld fahre samt dir ins Verderben, weil du meinst, die Gabe Gottes mit Geld erwerben zu können!
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.)
Du hast weder Anteil noch Erbe an diesem Wort; denn dein Herz ist nicht aufrichtig vor Gott!
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]
So tue nun Buße über diese deine Bosheit und bitte den Herrn, ob dir die Tücke deines Herzens möge vergeben werden;
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]!”
denn ich sehe, daß du in bitterer Galle und in Ungerechtigkeit verstrickt bist.
24 Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord [God] that [he] will not do to me what you just said!”
Da antwortete Simon und sprach: Betet ihr für mich zum Herrn, daß nichts von dem, was ihr gesagt habt, über mich komme!
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].
Sie nun, nachdem sie das Wort des Herrn bezeugt und gelehrt hatten, kehrten nach Jerusalem zurück und predigten das Evangelium in vielen Dörfern der Samariter.
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.
Ein Engel des Herrn aber redete zu Philippus und sprach: Steh auf und wandere nach Süden auf der Straße, die von Jerusalem nach Gaza hinabführt; diese ist einsam.
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],
Und er stand auf und machte sich auf den Weg. Und siehe, ein Äthiopier, ein Kämmerer und Gewaltiger Kandaces, der Königin der Äthiopier, welcher über ihren ganzen Schatz gesetzt war, der war gekommen, um in Jerusalem anzubeten;
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].
und nun kehrte er zurück und saß auf seinem Wagen und las den Propheten Jesaja.
29 [God’s] Spirit told Philip, “Go near to that chariot and keep walking close to [the man who is riding in] it!”
Da sprach der Geist zu Philippus: Geh hinzu und halte dich zu diesem Wagen!
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?”
Da lief Philippus hinzu und hörte ihn den Propheten Jesaja lesen; und er sprach: Verstehst du auch, was du liesest?
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].
Er aber sprach: Wie kann ich es, wenn niemand mich anleitet? Und er bat Philippus, aufzusteigen und sich zu ihm zu setzen.
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].
Die Schriftstelle aber, die er las, war diese: «Wie ein Schaf ward er zur Schlachtung geführt, und wie ein Lamm vor seinem Scherer stumm ist, so tut er seinen Mund nicht auf.
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.
In seiner Erniedrigung ward sein Gericht aufgehoben. Wer will aber sein Geschlecht beschreiben? Denn sein Leben wird von der Erde weggenommen!»
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?”
Da wandte sich der Kämmerer an Philippus und sprach: Ich bitte dich, von wem sagt der Prophet solches? Von sich selbst oder von einem andern?
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].
Da tat Philippus seinen Mund auf und hob an mit dieser Schriftstelle und verkündigte ihm das Evangelium von Jesus.
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]”
Als sie aber des Weges dahinzogen, kamen sie zu einem Wasser, und der Kämmerer spricht: Siehe, hier ist Wasser! Was hindert mich, getauft zu werden?
Da sprach Philippus: Wenn du von ganzem Herzen glaubst, so ist es erlaubt. Er antwortete und sprach: Ich glaube, daß Jesus Christus der Sohn Gottes ist!
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.
Und er hieß den Wagen anhalten, und sie stiegen beide in das Wasser hinab, Philippus und der Kämmerer, und er taufte ihn.
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].
Als sie aber aus dem Wasser heraufgestiegen waren, entrückte der Geist des Herrn den Philippus, und der Kämmerer sah ihn nicht mehr; denn er zog fröhlich seines Weges.
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].
Philippus aber wurde zu Azot gefunden, und er zog umher und verkündigte das Evangelium in allen Städten, bis er nach Cäsarea kam.
