Teot 8
1 Myös Saulus hyväksyi Stefanuksen surmaamisen. Ja sinä päivänä nousi suuri vaino Jerusalemin seurakuntaa vastaan; ja kaikki hajaantuivat ympäri Juudean ja Samarian paikkakuntia, paitsi apostolit.
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].
2 Ja muutamat jumalaapelkääväiset miehet hautasivat Stefanuksen ja pitivät hänelle suuret valittajaiset.
3 Mutta Saulus raateli seurakuntaa, kulki talosta taloon ja raastoi ulos miehiä ja naisia ja panetti heidät vankeuteen.
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.
4 Ne, jotka näin olivat hajaantuneet, vaelsivat paikasta toiseen ja julistivat evankeliumin sanaa.
The believers who had left Jerusalem went to different places, where they continued preaching the message about Jesus.
5 Ja Filippus meni Samarian kaupunkiin ja saarnasi heille Kristusta.
[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.
6 Ja kansa otti yksimielisesti vaarin siitä, mitä Filippus puhui, kun he kuulivat hänen sanansa ja näkivät ne tunnusteot, jotka hän teki.
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.
7 Sillä monista, joissa oli saastaisia henkiä, ne lähtivät pois huutaen suurella äänellä; ja moni halvattu ja rampa parani.
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.
8 Ja syntyi suuri ilo siinä kaupungissa.
So [many people] [MTY] in that city greatly rejoiced.
9 Mutta ennestään oli kaupungissa muuan mies, nimeltä Simon, joka harjoitti noituutta ja hämmästytti Samarian kansaa sanoen olevansa jokin suuri;
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.
10 ja häntä kuuntelivat kaikki, pienet ja suuret, ja sanoivat: "Tämä mies on se Jumalan voima, jota kutsutaan 'suureksi'".
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].”
11 Ja he kuuntelivat häntä sentähden, että hän kauan aikaa oli noituuksillaan heitä hämmästyttänyt.
They continued to listen to him carefully, because for a long time he had astonished them by practicing sorcery.
12 Mutta kun he nyt uskoivat Filippusta, joka julisti evankeliumia Jumalan valtakunnasta ja Jeesuksen Kristuksen nimestä, niin he ottivat kasteen, sekä miehet että naiset.
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]}.
13 Ja Simon itsekin uskoi, ja kasteen saatuansa hän pysytteli Filippuksen seurassa; ja nähdessään ihmeitä ja suuria, voimallisia tekoja hän hämmästyi.
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.
14 Mutta kun apostolit, jotka olivat Jerusalemissa, kuulivat, että Samaria oli ottanut vastaan Jumalan sanan, lähettivät he heidän tykönsä Pietarin ja Johanneksen.
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.
15 Ja tultuaan sinne nämä rukoilivat heidän edestänsä, että he saisivat Pyhän Hengen;
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.
16 sillä hän ei ollut vielä tullut yhteenkään heistä, vaan he olivat ainoastaan kastetut Herran Jeesuksen nimeen.
[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].
17 Silloin he panivat kätensä heidän päällensä, ja he saivat Pyhän Hengen.
[Then Peter and John] placed their hands on [the heads of] each person, and they received the [power of] [MTY] the Holy Spirit.
18 Mutta kun Simon näki, että Henki annettiin sille, jonka päälle apostolit panivat kätensä, toi hän heille rahaa
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,
19 ja sanoi: "Antakaa minullekin se valta, että kenen päälle minä käteni panen, se saa Pyhän Hengen".
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].”
20 Mutta Pietari sanoi hänelle: "Menkööt rahasi sinun kanssasi kadotukseen, koska luulet Jumalan lahjan olevan rahalla saatavissa.
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)
21 Ei sinulla ole osaa eikä arpaa tähän sanaan, sillä sinun sydämesi ei ole oikea Jumalan edessä.
[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.)
22 Tee siis parannus ja käänny tästä pahuudestasi ja rukoile Herraa-jos ehkä vielä sinun sydämesi ajatus sinulle anteeksi annetaan.
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]
23 Sillä minä näen sinun olevan täynnä katkeruuden sappea ja kiinni vääryyden siteissä."
[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]!”
24 Niin Simon vastasi ja sanoi: "Rukoilkaa te minun edestäni Herraa, ettei minulle tapahtuisi mitään siitä, mitä te olette sanoneet".
Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord [God] that [he] will not do to me what you just said!”
25 Ja kun he olivat todistaneet ja Herran sanaa puhuneet, palasivat he Jerusalemiin ja julistivat evankeliumia monessa Samarian kylässä.
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].
26 Mutta Filippukselle puhui Herran enkeli sanoen: "Nouse ja mene puolipäivään päin sille tielle, joka vie Jerusalemista alas Gassaan ja on autio".
[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.
27 Ja hän nousi ja lähti. Ja katso, siellä kulki etiopialainen mies, Etiopian kuningattaren Kandaken hoviherra, mahtava mies ja koko hänen aarteistonsa hoitaja; hän oli tullut Jerusalemiin rukoilemaan
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],
28 ja oli nyt paluumatkalla ja istui vaunuissaan ja luki profeetta Esaiasta.
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].
29 Niin Henki sanoi Filippukselle: "Käy luo ja pysyttele lähellä noita vaunuja".
[God’s] Spirit told Philip, “Go near to that chariot and keep walking close to [the man who is riding in] it!”
30 Niin Filippus juoksi luo ja kuuli hänen lukevan profeetta Esaiasta ja sanoi: "Ymmärrätkö myös, mitä luet?"
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?”
31 Niin hän sanoi: "Kuinka minä voisin ymmärtää, ellei kukaan minua opasta?" Ja hän pyysi Filippusta nousemaan ja istumaan viereensä.
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].
32 Ja se kirjoitus, jota hän luki, oli tämä: "Niinkuin lammas hänet viedään teuraaksi; ja niinkuin karitsa on ääneti keritsijänsä edessä, niin ei hänkään suutansa avaa.
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].
33 Hänen alentumisensa kautta hänen tuomionsa otetaan pois. Kuka kertoo hänen syntyperänsä? Sillä hänen elämänsä otetaan pois maan päältä."
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.
34 Ja hoviherra kysyi Filippukselta sanoen: "Minä pyydän sinua: sano, kenestä profeetta puhuu näin, itsestäänkö vai jostakin toisesta?"
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?”
35 Niin Filippus avasi suunsa ja lähtien tästä kirjoituksesta julisti hänelle evankeliumia Jeesuksesta.
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].
36 Ja kulkiessaan tietä he tulivat veden ääreen; ja hoviherra sanoi: "Katso, tässä on vettä. Mikä estää kastamasta minua?"
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]”
38 Ja hän käski pysäyttää vaunut, ja he astuivat kumpikin veteen, sekä Filippus että hoviherra, ja Filippus kastoi hänet.
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.
39 Ja kun he olivat astuneet ylös vedestä, tempasi Herran Henki Filippuksen pois, eikä hoviherra häntä enää nähnyt. Ja hän jatkoi matkaansa iloiten.
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].
40 Mutta Filippus tavattiin Asdodissa; ja hän vaelsi ympäri ja julisti evankeliumia kaikissa kaupungeissa, kunnes tuli Kesareaan.
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].
