Acts 11
1 Now the Apostles, and the brethren in various parts of Judaea, heard that the Gentiles also had received God's Message;
Audierunt autem Apostoli, et fratres, qui erant in Iudaea: quoniam et Gentes receperunt verbum Dei.
2 and, when Peter returned to Jerusalem, the champions of circumcision found fault with him.
Cum autem ascendisset Petrus Ierosolymam, disceptabant adversus illum, qui erant ex circumcisione,
3 "You went into the houses of men who are not Jews," they said, "and you ate with them."
dicentes: Quare introisti ad viros praeputium habentes, et manducasti cum illis?
4 Peter, however, explained the whole matter to them from the beginning.
Incipiens autem Petrus exponebat illis ordinem, dicens:
5 "While I was in the town of Jaffa, offering prayer," he said, "in a trance I saw a vision. There descended what seemed to be an enormous sail, being let down from the sky by ropes at the four corners, and it came close to me.
Ego eram in civitate Ioppe orans, et vidi in excessu mentis meae visionem, descendens vas quoddam velut linteum magnum quattuor initiis summitti de caelo, et venit usque ad me.
6 Fixing my eyes on it, I examined it closely, and saw various kinds of quadrupeds, wild beasts, reptiles and birds.
In quod intuens considerabam, et vidi quadrupedia terrae, et bestias, et reptilia, et volatilia caeli.
7 I also heard a voice saying to me, "'Rise, Peter, kill and eat.'
Audivi autem et vocem dicentem mihi: Surge Petre, occide, et manduca.
8 "'On no account, Lord,' I replied, 'for nothing unholy or impure has ever gone into my mouth.'
Dixi autem: Nequaquam Domine: quia commune aut immundum numquam introivit in os meum.
9 "But a voice answered, speaking a second time from the sky, "'What God has purified, you must not regard as unholy.'
Respondit autem vox secundo de caelo: Quae Deus mundavit, tu ne commune dixeris.
10 "This was said three times, and then everything was drawn up again out of sight.
Hoc autem factum est per ter: et recepta sunt omnia rursum in caelum.
11 "Now at that very moment three men came to the house where we were, having been sent from Caesarea to find me.
Et ecce viri tres confestim astiterunt in domo, in qua eram, missi a Caesarea ad me.
12 And the Spirit told me to accompany them without any misgivings. There also went with me these six brethren who are now present, and we reached the Centurion's house.
Dixit autem Spiritus mihi ut irem cum illis, nihil haesitans. Venerunt autem mecum et sex fratres isti, et ingressi sumus in domum viri.
13 Then he described to us how he had seen the angel come and enter his house and say, "'Send to Jaffa and fetch Simon, surnamed Peter.
Narravit autem nobis, quomodo vidisset Angelum in domo sua, stantem et dicentem sibi: Mitte in Ioppen, et accersi Simonem, qui cognominatur Petrus,
14 He will teach you truths by which you and all your family will be saved.'"
qui loquetur tibi verba, in quibus salvus eris tu, et universa domus tua.
15 "And," said Peter, "no sooner had I begun to speak than the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He fell upon us at the first.
Cum autem coepissem loqui, cecidit Spiritus sanctus super eos, sicut et in nos in initio.
16 Then I remembered the Lord's words, how He used to say, "'John baptized with water, but you shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit.'
Recordatus sum autem verbi Domini, sicut dicebat: Ioannes quidem baptizavit aqua, vos autem baptizabimini Spiritu sancto.
17 "If therefore God gave them the same gift as He gave us when we first believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, why, who was I to be able to thwart God?"
Si ergo eandem gratiam dedit illis Deus, sicut et nobis, qui credidimus in Dominum Iesum Christum: ego quis eram, qui possem prohibere Deum?
18 This statement of Peter's silenced his opponents. They extolled the goodness of God, and said, "So, then, to the Gentiles also God has given the repentance which leads to Life."
His auditis, tacuerunt: et glorificaverunt Deum, dicentes: Ergo et Gentibus poenitentiam dedit Deus ad vitam.
19 Those, however, who had been driven in various directions by the persecution which broke out on account of Stephen made their way to Phoenicia, Cyprus and Antioch, delivering the Message to none but Jews.
Et illi quidem, qui dispersi fuerant a tribulatione, quae facta fuerat sub Stephano, perambulaverunt usque Phoenicen, et Cyprum, et Antiochiam, nemini loquentes verbum, nisi solis Iudaeis.
20 But some of them were Cyprians and Cyrenaeans, who, on coming to Antioch, spoke to the Greeks also and told them the Good News concerning the Lord Jesus.
Erant autem quidam ex eis viri Cyprii, et Cyrenaei, qui cum introissent Antiochiam, loquebantur et ad Graecos, annunciantes Dominum Iesum.
21 The power of the Lord was with them, and there were a vast number who believed and turned to the Lord.
Et erat manus Domini cum eis: multusque numerus credentium conversus est ad Dominum.
22 When tidings of this reached the ears of the Church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas as far as Antioch.
Pervenit autem sermo ad aures ecclesiae, quae erat Ierosolymis super istis: et miserunt Barnabam usque ad Antiochiam.
23 On getting there he was delighted to see the grace which God had bestowed; and he encouraged them all to remain, with fixed resolve, faithful to the Lord.
Qui cum pervenisset, et vidisset gratiam Dei, gavisus est: et hortabatur omnes in proposito cordis permanere in Domino:
24 For he was a good man, and was full of the Holy Spirit and of faith; and the number of believers in the Lord greatly increased.
quia erat vir bonus, et plenus Spiritu sancto, et fide. Et apposita est multa turba Domino.
25 Then Barnabas paid a visit to Tarsus to try to find Saul.
Profectus est autem Barnabas Tarsum, ut quaereret Saulum: quem cum invenisset, perduxit Antiochiam.
26 He succeeded, and brought him to Antioch; and for a whole year they attended the meetings of the Church, and taught a large number of people. And it was in Antioch that the disciples first received the name of 'Christians.'
Et annum totum conversati sunt ibi in Ecclesia: et docuerunt turbam multam, ita ut cognominarentur primum Antiochiae discipuli, Christiani.
27 At that time certain Prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch,
In his autem diebus supervenerunt ab Ierosolymis prophetae Antiochiam:
28 one of whom, named Agabus, being instructed by the Spirit, publicly predicted the speedy coming of a great famine throughout the world. (It came in the reign of Claudius.)
et surgens unus ex eis nomine Agabus, significabat per spiritum famem magnam futuram in universo orbe terrarum, quae facta est sub Claudio.
29 So the disciples decided to send relief, every one in proportion to his means, to the brethren living in Judaea.
Discipuli autem, prout quis habebat, proposuerunt singuli in ministerium mittere habitantibus in Iudaea fratribus:
30 This they did, forwarding their contributions to the Elders by Barnabas and Saul.
quod et fecerunt, mittentes ad seniores per manus Barnabae, et Sauli.
