Dzieje 8
1 A Saul zgodził się na zabicie go. W tym czasie zaczęło się wielkie prześladowanie kościoła w Jerozolimie i wszyscy oprócz apostołów rozproszyli się po okolicach Judei i Samarii.
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 Szczepana zaś pogrzebali bogobojni ludzie i bardzo go opłakiwali.
3 Tymczasem Saul niszczył kościół. Wchodził do domów, wywlekał mężczyzn i kobiety i wtrącał ich do więzienia.
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 A ci, którzy się rozproszyli, szli wszędzie, głosząc słowo [Boże].
The believers who had left Jerusalem went to different places, where they continued preaching the message about Jesus.
5 Filip przybył do miasta Samarii i głosił im Chrystusa.
[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 A lud jednomyślnie przyjmował to, co mówił Filip, gdy go słyszeli i widzieli cuda, które czynił.
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 Duchy nieczyste bowiem wychodziły z donośnym krzykiem z wielu, którzy [je] mieli. Wielu też sparaliżowanych i ułomnych zostało uzdrowionych.
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 I wielka radość zapanowała w tym mieście.
So [many people] [MTY] in that city greatly rejoiced.
9 A pewien człowiek o imieniu Szymon, który wcześniej w tym mieście zajmował się czarami, mamił lud Samarii, twierdząc, że jest kimś wielkim.
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 Liczyli się z nim wszyscy od najmniejszego do największego, mówiąc: Ten [człowiek] jest tą wielką mocą Boga.
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 A liczyli się z nim dlatego, że od dłuższego czasu mamił ich [swoimi] czarami.
They continued to listen to him carefully, because for a long time he had astonished them by practicing sorcery.
12 A gdy uwierzyli Filipowi, który głosił o królestwie Bożym i o imieniu Jezusa Chrystusa, chrzcili się zarówno mężczyźni, jak i kobiety.
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 Uwierzył też sam Szymon, a gdy się ochrzcił, trzymał się Filipa i zdumiewał się, widząc cuda i wielkie znaki, jakie się działy.
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 Kiedy apostołowie, którzy byli w Jerozolimie, usłyszeli, że Samaria przyjęła słowo Boże, wysłali do nich Piotra i Jana;
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 Którzy przyszli tam i modlili się za nich, aby otrzymali Ducha Świętego.
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 Na żadnego z nich bowiem jeszcze nie zstąpił. Byli tylko ochrzczeni w imię Pana Jezusa.
[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 Wtedy kładli na nich ręce, a oni otrzymywali Ducha Świętego.
[Then Peter and John] placed their hands on [the heads of] each person, and they received the [power of] [MTY] the Holy Spirit.
18 A gdy Szymon zobaczył, że Duch Święty był udzielany przez nakładanie rąk apostołów, przyniósł im pieniądze;
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 Mówiąc: Dajcie i mnie tę moc, aby [ten], na kogo nałożę ręce, otrzymał Ducha Świętego.
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 I powiedział mu Piotr: Niech zginą z tobą twoje pieniądze, bo sądziłeś, że dar Boży można nabyć za pieniądze.
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 Nie masz w tej sprawie części ani udziału, bo twoje serce nie jest prawe przed Bogiem.
[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 Dlatego pokutuj z tej twojej nieprawości i proś Boga, a może ci przebaczy zamysł twego serca.
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 Widzę bowiem, że jesteś [pogrążony] w goryczy żółci i w więzach nieprawości.
[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 Wtedy Szymon odpowiedział: Módlcie się za mnie do Pana, aby nic z tego, co powiedzieliście, mnie nie spotkało.
Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord [God] that [he] will not do to me what you just said!”
25 A gdy dali świadectwo i opowiedzieli słowo Pana, udali się w drogę powrotną do Jerozolimy i głosili ewangelię w wielu wioskach samarytańskich.
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 Lecz anioł Pana powiedział do Filipa: Wstań i idź na południe, na drogę, która prowadzi z Jerozolimy do Gazy. Jest to [droga] pustynna.
[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 Wstał więc i poszedł. A oto przyjechał do Jerozolimy oddać cześć [Bogu] Etiopczyk, eunuch, dostojnik królowej etiopskiej Kandaki, który zarządzał jej wszystkimi skarbami;
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 I wracał, a siedząc na swoim wozie, czytał proroka Izajasza.
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 A Duch powiedział do Filipa: Podejdź i przyłącz się do tego wozu.
[God’s] Spirit told Philip, “Go near to that chariot and keep walking close to [the man who is riding in] it!”
30 Kiedy Filip podbiegł, usłyszał, jak tamten czyta proroka Izajasza, i zapytał: Rozumiesz, co czytasz?
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 A on odpowiedział: Jak mogę rozumieć, jeśli mi nikt nie wyjaśni? I zaprosił Filipa, aby wszedł i przy nim usiadł.
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 A czytał ten fragment Pisma: Jak owca na rzeź był prowadzony i jak baranek milczący wobec tego, który go strzyże, tak on nie otworzył swoich ust.
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 W jego poniżeniu pozbawiono go sądu, a któż wypowie jego ród? Jego życie bowiem zostało zabrane z ziemi.
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 I zapytał eunuch Filipa: Proszę cię, o kim to prorok mówi? Sam o sobie czy o kimś innym?
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 Wtedy Filip otworzył swe usta i zaczynając od tego [fragmentu] Pisma, głosił mu Jezusa.
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 A gdy jechali drogą, przybyli nad jakąś wodę. Wówczas eunuch powiedział: Oto woda; co stoi na przeszkodzie, żebym mógł być ochrzczony?
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]”
37 I powiedział Filip: Jeśli wierzysz z całego serca, możesz. [A on] odpowiedział: Wierzę, że Jezus Chrystus jest Synem Bożym.
38 Kazał więc zatrzymać wóz. Obaj, Filip i eunuch, zeszli do wody i ochrzcił go.
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 A gdy wyszli z wody, Duch Pański porwał Filipa i eunuch go więcej nie widział, ale jechał swoją drogą, radując się.
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 Filip zaś znalazł się w Azocie, a obchodząc wszystkie miasta, głosił ewangelię, aż dotarł do Cezarei.
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].
