Atos 13

1 E na egreja que estava em Antiochia havia alguns prophetas e doutores, a saber: Barnabé e Simeão, chamado Niger, e Lucio cyreneo, e Manahen, que fôra criado com Herodes o tetrarcha, e Saulo.

Now there were certain prophets and teachers in the church that was at Antioch; Barnabas, and Simeon, who is called Niger, and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, who was brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.

2 E, servindo elles ao Senhor, e jejuando, disse o Espirito Sancto: Apartae-me a Barnabé e a Saulo para a obra para que os tenho chamado.

And while they were ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said: Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, to the work to which I have called them.

3 Então, jejuando e orando, e pondo sobre elles as mãos, os despediram.

Then, after they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.

4 Estes então, enviados pelo Espirito Sancto, desceram a Seleucia e d'ali navegaram para Chypre.

Therefore, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and thence sailed to Cyprus.

5 E, chegados a Salamina, annunciavam a palavra de Deus nas synagogas dos judeos; e tinham tambem a João por ministro.

And while they were in Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogue of the Jews; and they had John as their attendant.

6 E, havendo atravessado a ilha até Paphos, acharam um certo judeo magico, falso propheta, chamado Bar-jesus,

And having gone through the island as far as Paphos, they found a certain magician, a Jewish false prophet, whose name was Bar-jesus;

7 O qual estava com o proconsul Sergio Paulo, varão prudente. Este, chamando a si Barnabé e Saulo, procurava muito ouvir a palavra de Deus.

and he was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, who was a man of intelligence. This man called for Barnabas and Saul, and expressed an earnest wish to hear the word of God.

8 Mas resistia-lhes Elymas, o encantador (que assim se interpreta o seu nome), procurando apartar da fé o proconsul.

But the magician Elymas (for this is his name, when translated) withstood them, desiring to turn away the proconsul from the faith.

9 Porém Saulo, que tambem se chama Paulo, cheio do Espirito Sancto, e fixando os olhos n'elle, disse:

Then Saul, who is also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, and looking earnestly upon him,

10 Ó filho do diabo, cheio de todo o engano e de toda a malicia, inimigo de toda a justiça, não cessarás de perturbar os rectos caminhos do Senhor?

said: O full of all deceit and all wickedness, child of the devil, enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?

11 Eis-ahi, pois, agora contra ti a mão do Senhor, e ficarás cego, sem vêr o sol por algum tempo. E no mesmo instante a escuridão e as trevas cairam sobre elle, e, andando em redor, buscava a quem o guiasse pela mão

And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and a darkness, and he went about and sought some to lead him by the hand.

12 Então o proconsul, vendo o que havia acontecido, creu, maravilhado da doutrina do Senhor.

Then the proconsul, seeing what was done, believed, being amazed at the teaching of the Lord.

13 E, partindo de Paphos, Paulo e os que estavam com elle chegaram a Perge, cidade da Pamphylia. Porém João, apartando-se d'elles, voltou para Jerusalem.

And Paul and his companions put to sea from Paphos, and went to Perga in Pamphylia. But John withdrew from them, and returned to Jerusalem.

14 E elles, saindo de Perge, chegaram a Antiochia, da Pisidia, e, entrando na synagoga, n'um dia de sabbado, assentaram-se;

But having passed through from Perga, they came to Antioch in Pisidia; and on the sabbath-day they went into the synagogue, and sat down.

15 E, depois da lição da lei e dos prophetas, lhes mandaram dizer os principaes da synagoga: Varões irmãos, se vós tendes alguma palavra de consolação para o povo, fallae

After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying: Brethren, if you have a word of exhortation for the people, speak.

16 E, levantando-se Paulo, e pedindo silencio com a mão, disse: Varões israelitas, e os que temeis a Deus, ouvi:

Then Paul arose, and waving his hand, said: Men of Israel, and you who fear God, give audience.

17 O Deus d'este povo d'Israel escolheu a nossos paes, e exaltou o povo, sendo elles estrangeiros na terra do Egypto; e com braço levantado os tirou d'ella;

The God of this people chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they sojourned in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm he brought them out from it.

18 E supportou os seus costumes no deserto por espaço de quasi quarenta annos.

And for about forty years, he cherished them in the wilderness.

19 E, destruindo a sete nações na terra de Canaan, lhes repartiu por sorte a terra d'elles.

And when he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Chanaan, he divided their land among them by lot.

20 E, depois d'isto, por quasi quatrocentos e cincoenta annos, lhes deu juizes, até ao propheta Samuel.

And after that he gave them judges, for about four hundred and fifty years, till Samuel the prophet.

21 E depois pediram um rei, e Deus lhes deu por quarenta annos, a Saul filho de Kis, varão da tribu de Benjamin.

And afterward they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

22 E, tirado este, lhes levantou como rei a David, ao qual tambem deu testemunho, e disse: Achei a David, filho de Jessé, varão conforme o meu coração, que executará toda a minha vontade.

And when he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king; to whom he gave this testimony: I have found David the son of Jesse a man after my own heart, who will do all my will.

23 Da descendencia d'este, conforme a promessa, levantou Deus a Jesus para Salvador d'Israel;

From the posterity of this man, God, according to his promise, raised up for Israel a Savior, Jesus;

24 Tendo primeiramente João, antes da vinda d'elle, prégado a todo o povo d'Israel o baptismo do arrependimento.

John having first preached, before his coming, the immersion of repentance to all the people of Israel.

25 Mas, como João cumprisse a sua carreira, disse: Quem pensaes vós que eu sou? Eu não sou o Christo; mas eis que após mim vem aquelle a quem não sou digno de desatar as alparcas dos pés.

And as John was finishing his course, he said: Who do you suppose that I am? I am not he; but behold, there is coming after me one, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.

26 Varões irmãos, filhos da geração d'Abrahão, e os que d'entre vós temem a Deus, a vós vos é enviada a palavra d'esta salvação.

Brethren, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to you is the word of this salvation sent.

27 Porque, não conhecendo a este os que habitavam em Jerusalem, nem os seus principes, condemnando-o, cumpriram assim as vozes dos prophetas que se lêem todos os sabbados.

For those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they did not know him, nor the words of the prophets, which are read every sabbath-day, have fulfilled them in condemning him.

28 E, não achando nenhuma causa de morte, pediram a Pilatos que fosse morto.

And though they found no cause of death, yet they demanded of Pilate that he should be slain.

29 E, havendo elles cumprido todas as coisas que d'elle estavam escriptas, tirando-o do madeiro, o pozeram na sepultura;

And when they had fulfilled all that was written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a sepulcher.

30 Porém Deus o resuscitou dos mortos.

But God raised him from the dead.

31 E elle por muitos dias foi visto pelos que subiram com elle da Galilea a Jerusalem, e são suas testemunhas para com o povo.

And he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his witnesses to the people.

32 E nós vos annunciamos a promessa que foi feita aos paes, a qual já Deus nos cumpriu, a nós, seus filhos, resuscitando a Jesus:

And we preach to you good news concerning the promise made to our fathers,

33 Como tambem está escripto no psalmo segundo: Meu filho és tu, hoje te gerei.

that God has fulfilled the same to us, their children, by raising up Jesus, as it is written in the second Psalm: Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee.

34 E que o resuscitaria dos mortos, para nunca mais tornar á corrupção, disse-o assim: As sanctas e fieis bençãos de David vos darei.

But that he raised him from the dead, no more to return to corruption, he has spoken thus: I will give you the sure mercies of David.

35 Pelo que tambem em outro psalmo diz: Não permittirás que o teu sancto veja corrupção.

For which reason he says also in another Psalm: Thou wilt not suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.

36 Porque, na verdade, tendo David no seu tempo servido conforme a vontade de Deus, dormiu, e foi posto junto de seus paes e viu a corrupção,

For David, after serving the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw corruption.

37 Mas aquelle a quem Deus resuscitou nenhuma corrupção viu.

But he whom God raised up did not see corruption.

38 Seja-vos pois notorio, varões irmãos, que por este se vos annuncia a remissão dos peccados.

Be it known to you, therefore, brethren, that through this man is preached to you the remission of sins:

39 E de tudo o que, pela lei de Moysés não podestes ser justificados n'este é justificado todo aquelle que crê.

and by him, every one that believes is justified from all things, from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

40 Vêde pois que não venha sobre vós o que está dito nos prophetas:

Take heed, therefore, lest that which is spoken in the prophets come upon you:

41 Vêde, ó desprezadores, e espantae vos e desapparecei; porque opéro uma obra em vossos dias, obra que não crereis, se alguem vol-a contar.

Behold, you despisers, and wonder, and perish. For I work a work in your days, a work which you will not believe, though one fully declare it to you.

42 E, saidos os judeos da synagoga, os gentios rogaram que no sabbado seguinte se lhes fallassem as mesmas coisas.

And as they were departing from the synagogue, they were requested to speak these things to them on the next sabbath.

43 E, despedida a synagoga, muitos dos judeos e dos proselytos religiosos seguiram Paulo e Barnabé; os quaes, fallando-lhes, os exhortavam a que permanecessem na graça de Deus.

Now, after the congregation was dismissed, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them, and persuaded them to continue faithful to the grace of God.

44 E no sabbado seguinte ajuntou-se quasi toda a cidade a ouvir a palavra de Deus.

And on the next sabbath-day, almost the whole city met together to hear the word of God.

45 Porém os judeos, vendo a multidão, encheram-se de inveja: e, blasphemando, contradiziam o que Paulo dizia.

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spoke against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and reviling.

46 Mas Paulo e Barnabé, usando de ousadia, disseram: Era mister que a vós se vos fallasse primeiro a palavra de Deus; mas, visto que a rejeitaes, e vos não julgaes dignos da vida eterna, eis que nós voltamos para os gentios; (aiōnios g166)

But Paul and Barnabas, speaking boldly, said: It was necessary that the word of God should be spoken to you first: but since you reject it, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo! we turn to tho Gentiles. (aiōnios g166)

47 Porque o Senhor assim nol-o mandou, dizendo: Eu te puz para luz dos gentios, para que sejas para salvação até aos confins da terra.

For thus has the Lord given us commandment: I have placed thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be for salvation to the most distant part of the earth.

48 E os gentios, ouvindo isto, alegraram-se, e glorificavam a palavra do Senhor; e creram todos quantos estavam ordenados para a vida eterna. (aiōnios g166)

When the Gentiles heard this they rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord; and as many as were determined to obtain eternal life, believed. (aiōnios g166)

49 E a palavra do Senhor se divulgava por toda aquella provincia.

And the word of the Lord was published throughout the whole of that region.

50 Mas os judeos incitaram a algumas mulheres religiosas e honestas, e aos principaes da cidade, e levantaram perseguição contra Paulo e Barnabé, e os lançaram fóra dos seus termos.

But the Jews in cited the devout and influential women, and the first men of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their borders.

51 Sacudindo, porém, contra elles o pó dos seus pés, partiram para Iconio.

But they shook off the dust from their feet against them, and went to Iconium.

52 E os discipulos estavam cheios d'alegria e do Espirito Sancto.

And the disciples were filled with joy and the Holy Spirit.