Acts 6
1 And in these days, the disciples multiplying, there came a murmuring of the Hellenists at the Hebrews, because their widows were being overlooked in the daily ministration,
Men da i de Dage Disciplenes Antal forøgedes, begyndte Hellenisterne at knurre imod Hebræerne, fordi deres Enker bleve tilsidesatte ved den daglige Uddeling.
2 and the twelve, having called near the multitude of the disciples, said, 'It is not pleasing that we, having left the word of God, do minister at tables;
Da sammenkaldte de tolv Disciplenes Skare og sagde: „Det huer os ikke at forlade Guds Ord for at tjene ved Bordene.
3 look out, therefore, brethren, seven men of you who are well testified of, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may set over this necessity,
Udser derfor, Brødre! iblandt eder syv Mænd, som have godt Vidnesbyrd og ere fulde af Aand og Visdom; dem ville vi saa indsætte til denne Gerning.
4 and we to prayer, and to the ministration of the word, will give ourselves continually.'
Men vi ville holde trolig ved i Bønnen og Ordets Tjeneste.”
5 And the thing was pleasing before all the multitude, and they did choose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch,
Og denne Tale behagede hele Mængden; og de udvalgte Stefanus, en Mand fuld af Tro og den Helligaand, og Filip og Prokorus og Nikanor og Timon og Parmenas og Nikolaus, en Proselyt fra Antiokia;
6 whom they did set before the apostles, and they, having prayed, laid on them [their] hands.
dem stillede de frem for Apostlene; og disse bade og lagde Hænderne paa dem.
7 And the word of God did increase, and the number of the disciples did multiply in Jerusalem exceedingly; a great multitude also of the priests were obedient to the faith.
Og Guds Ord havde Fremgang, og Disciplenes Tal forøgedes meget i Jerusalem; og en stor Mængde af Præsterne adløde Troen.
8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people,
Men Stefanus, fuld af Naade og Kraft, gjorde Undere og store Tegn iblandt Folket.
9 and there arose certain of those of the synagogue, called of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia, and Asia, disputing with Stephen,
Da stod der nogle frem af den Synagoge, som kaldes de frigivnes og Kyrenæernes og Aleksandrinernes, og nogle af dem fra Kilikien og Asien, og de tvistedes med Stefanus.
10 and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit with which he was speaking;
Og de kunde ikke modstaa den Visdom og den Aand, som han talte af.
11 then they suborned men, saying — 'We have heard him speaking evil sayings in regard to Moses and God.'
Da fik de hemmeligt nogle Mænd til at sige: „Vi have hørt ham tale bespottelige Ord imod Moses og imod Gud.”
12 They did stir up also the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and having come upon [him], they caught him, and brought [him] to the sanhedrim;
Og de ophidsede Folket og de Ældste og de skriftkloge, og de overfaldt ham og slæbte ham med sig og førte ham for Raadet;
13 they set up also false witnesses, saying, 'This one doth not cease to speak evil sayings against this holy place and the law,
og de fremstillede falske Vidner, som sagde: „Dette Menneske holder ikke op med at tale Ord imod dette hellige Sted og imod Loven.
14 for we have heard him saying, That this Jesus the Nazarean shall overthrow this place, and shall change the customs that Moses delivered to us;'
Thi vi have hørt ham sige, at denne Jesus af Nazareth skal nedbryde dette Sted og forandre de Skikke, som Moses har overgivet os.”
15 and gazing at him, all those sitting in the sanhedrim saw his face as it were the face of a messenger.
Og alle de, som sade i Raadet, stirrede paa ham, og de saa hans Ansigt som en Engels Ansigt.
