Πραξεις 11

1 Ἤκουσαν δὲ οἱ ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ ἀδελφοὶ οἱ ὄντες κατὰ τὴν Ἰουδαίαν ὅτι καὶ τὰ ἔθνη ἐδέξαντο τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ.

And the apostles and the brethren who were in Judaea heard that the nations also had received the word of God;

2 (Καὶ *k*) Ὅτε (δὲ *no*) ἀνέβη Πέτρος εἰς (Ἰερουσαλήμ, *N(k)O*) διεκρίνοντο πρὸς αὐτὸν οἱ ἐκ περιτομῆς

and when Peter went up to Jerusalem, they of the circumcision contended with him,

3 λέγοντες ὅτι (εἰσῆλθες *NK(O)*) πρὸς ἄνδρας ἀκροβυστίαν ἔχοντας καὶ (συνέφαγες *NK(O)*) αὐτοῖς.

saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised and hast eaten with them.

4 ἀρξάμενος δὲ (ὁ *k*) Πέτρος ἐξετίθετο αὐτοῖς καθεξῆς λέγων·

But Peter began and set forth [the matter] to them in order, saying,

5 ἐγὼ ἤμην ἐν πόλει Ἰόππῃ προσευχόμενος καὶ εἶδον ἐν ἐκστάσει ὅραμα καταβαῖνον σκεῦός τι ὡς ὀθόνην μεγάλην τέσσαρσιν ἀρχαῖς καθιεμένην ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ἦλθεν ἄχρι ἐμοῦ·

I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in an ecstasy I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending like a great sheet, let down by four corners out of heaven, and it came even to me:

6 εἰς ἣν ἀτενίσας κατενόουν καὶ εἶδον τὰ τετράποδα τῆς γῆς καὶ τὰ θηρία καὶ τὰ ἑρπετὰ καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ.

on which having fixed mine eyes, I considered, and saw the quadrupeds of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven.

7 ἤκουσα δὲ (καὶ *no*) φωνῆς λεγούσης μοι· ἀναστὰς Πέτρε, θῦσον καὶ φάγε.

And I heard also a voice saying to me, Rise up, Peter, slay and eat.

8 εἶπον δέ· μηδαμῶς, κύριε· ὅτι (πᾶν *K*) κοινὸν ἢ ἀκάθαρτον οὐδέποτε εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸ στόμα μου.

And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.

9 ἀπεκρίθη δὲ (μοι *k*) φωνὴ ἐκ δευτέρου ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ· ἃ ὁ θεὸς ἐκαθάρισεν, σὺ μὴ κοίνου.

And a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God has cleansed, do not thou make common.

10 τοῦτο δὲ ἐγένετο ἐπὶ τρίς, καὶ ἀνεσπάσθη πάλιν ἅπαντα εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν.

And this took place thrice, and again all was drawn up into heaven;

11 καὶ ἰδοὺ ἐξαυτῆς τρεῖς ἄνδρες ἐπέστησαν ἐπὶ τὴν οἰκίαν ἐν ᾗ (ἦμεν *N(k)O*) ἀπεσταλμένοι ἀπὸ Καισαρείας πρός με.

and lo, immediately three men were at the house in which I was, sent to me from Caesarea.

12 εἶπεν δὲ τὸ πνεῦμά μοι συνελθεῖν αὐτοῖς μηδὲν (διακρίναντα. *N(k)O*) ἦλθον δὲ σὺν ἐμοὶ καὶ οἱ ἓξ ἀδελφοὶ οὗτοι, καὶ εἰσήλθομεν εἰς τὸν οἶκον τοῦ ἀνδρός.

And the Spirit said to me to go with them, nothing doubting. And there went with me these six brethren also, and we entered into the house of the man,

13 ἀπήγγειλεν (δὲ *N(k)O*) ἡμῖν πῶς εἶδεν τὸν ἄγγελον ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦ σταθέντα καὶ εἰπόντα (αὐτῷ· *k*) ἀπόστειλον εἰς Ἰόππην (ἄνδρας *K*) καὶ μετάπεμψαι Σίμωνα τὸν ἐπικαλούμενον Πέτρον,

and he related to us how he had seen the angel in his house, standing and saying [to him], Send [men] to Joppa and fetch Simon, who is surnamed Peter,

14 ὃς λαλήσει ῥήματα πρὸς σὲ ἐν οἷς σωθήσῃ σὺ καὶ πᾶς ὁ οἶκός σου.

who shall speak words to thee whereby thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.

15 ἐν δὲ τῷ ἄρξασθαί με λαλεῖν ἐπέπεσεν τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ἐπ᾽ αὐτούς, ὥσπερ καὶ ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς ἐν ἀρχῇ.

And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them even as upon us also at the beginning.

16 ἐμνήσθην δὲ τοῦ ῥήματος (τοῦ *no*) κυρίου, ὡς ἔλεγεν· Ἰωάννης μὲν ἐβάπτισεν ὕδατι, ὑμεῖς δὲ βαπτισθήσεσθε ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ.

And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, John baptised with water, but ye shall be baptised with [the] Holy Spirit.

17 εἰ οὖν τὴν ἴσην δωρεὰν ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ὁ θεὸς ὡς καὶ ἡμῖν, πιστεύσασιν ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, ἐγὼ (δὲ *k*) τίς ἤμην δυνατὸς κωλῦσαι τὸν θεόν;

If then God has given them the same gift as also to us when we had believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who indeed was I to be able to forbid God?

18 Ἀκούσαντες δὲ ταῦτα ἡσύχασαν καὶ (ἐδόξασαν *N(k)O*) τὸν θεὸν λέγοντες· ἄρα (γε *k*) καὶ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ὁ θεὸς τὴν μετάνοιαν εἰς ζωὴν ἔδωκεν.

And when they heard these things they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, Then indeed God has to the nations also granted repentance to life.

19 Οἱ μὲν οὖν διασπαρέντες ἀπὸ τῆς θλίψεως τῆς γενομένης ἐπὶ Στεφάνῳ διῆλθον ἕως Φοινίκης καὶ Κύπρου καὶ Ἀντιοχείας μηδενὶ λαλοῦντες τὸν λόγον εἰ μὴ μόνον Ἰουδαίοις.

They then who had been scattered abroad through the tribulation that took place on the occasion of Stephen, passed through [the country] to Phoenicia and Cyprus and Antioch, speaking the word to no one but to Jews alone.

20 Ἦσαν δέ τινες ἐξ αὐτῶν ἄνδρες Κύπριοι καὶ Κυρηναῖοι, οἵτινες (ἐλθόντες *N(k)O*) εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν ἐλάλουν (καὶ *no*) πρὸς τοὺς (Ἑλληνιστὰς *NK(o)*) εὐαγγελιζόμενοι τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν.

But there were certain of them, Cyprians and Cyrenians, who entering into Antioch spoke to the Greeks also, announcing the glad tidings of the Lord Jesus.

21 καὶ ἦν χεὶρ κυρίου μετ᾽ αὐτῶν, πολύς τε ἀριθμὸς (ὁ *no*) πιστεύσας ἐπέστρεψεν ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον·

And [the] Lord's hand was with them, and a great number believed and turned to the Lord.

22 ἠκούσθη δὲ ὁ λόγος εἰς τὰ ὦτα τῆς ἐκκλησίας τῆς (οὔσης *no*) ἐν (Ἰερουσαλὴμ *N(k)O*) περὶ αὐτῶν καὶ ἐξαπέστειλαν Βαρναβᾶν (διελθεῖν *NK*) ἕως Ἀντιοχείας·

And the report concerning them reached the ears of the assembly which was in Jerusalem, and they sent out Barnabas to go through as far as Antioch:

23 ὃς παραγενόμενος καὶ ἰδὼν τὴν χάριν (τὴν *no*) τοῦ θεοῦ ἐχάρη καὶ παρεκάλει πάντας τῇ προθέσει τῆς καρδίας προσμένειν (ἐν *o*) τῷ κυρίῳ·

who, having arrived and seeing the grace of God, rejoiced, and exhorted all with purpose of heart to abide with the Lord;

24 ὅτι ἦν ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸς καὶ πλήρης πνεύματος ἁγίου καὶ πίστεως. καὶ προσετέθη ὄχλος ἱκανὸς τῷ κυρίῳ.

for he was a good man and full of [the] Holy Spirit and of faith; and a large crowd [of people] were added to the Lord.

25 ἐξῆλθεν δὲ εἰς Ταρσὸν (ὁ *k*) (Βαρνάβας *K*) ἀναζητῆσαι Σαῦλον,

And he went away to Tarsus to seek out Saul.

26 καὶ εὑρὼν (αὐτὸν *k*) ἤγαγεν (αὐτὸν *k*) εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν. ἐγένετο δὲ (αὐτοῖς *N(k)O*) καὶ ἐνιαυτὸν ὅλον συναχθῆναι ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ καὶ διδάξαι ὄχλον ἱκανόν, χρηματίσαι τε (πρώτως *N(k)O*) ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ τοὺς μαθητὰς Χριστιανούς.

And having found [him], he brought him to Antioch. And so it was with them that for a whole year they were gathered together in the assembly and taught a large crowd: and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.

27 Ἐν ταύταις δὲ ταῖς ἡμέραις κατῆλθον ἀπὸ Ἱεροσολύμων προφῆται εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν·

Now in these days prophets went down from Jerusalem to Antioch;

28 ἀναστὰς δὲ εἷς ἐξ αὐτῶν ὀνόματι Ἅγαβος ἐσήμανεν διὰ τοῦ πνεύματος λιμὸν (μεγάλην *N(k)O*) μέλλειν ἔσεσθαι ἐφ᾽ ὅλην τὴν οἰκουμένην, (ἥτις *N(k)O*) (καὶ *k*) ἐγένετο ἐπὶ Κλαυδίου (Καίσαρος. *K*)

and one from among them, by name Agabus, rose up and signified by the Spirit that there was going to be a great famine over all the inhabited earth, which also came to pass under Claudius.

29 τῶν δὲ μαθητῶν καθὼς εὐπορεῖτό τις, ὥρισαν ἕκαστος αὐτῶν εἰς διακονίαν πέμψαι τοῖς κατοικοῦσιν ἐν τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ ἀδελφοῖς·

And they determined, according as any one of the disciples was well off, each of them to send to the brethren who dwelt in Judaea, to minister [to them];

30 ὃ καὶ ἐποίησαν ἀποστείλαντες πρὸς τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους διὰ χειρὸς Βαρναβᾶ καὶ Σαύλου.

which also they did, sending it to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.