Atos 9
1 E Saulo, ainda assoprando ameaças e mortes contra os discípulos do Senhor, foi ao chefe dos sacerdotes.
Meanwhile, Saul angrily continued to say, “I will kill those who believe that [Jesus is] the Lord!” He went to the supreme priest [in Jerusalem]
2 E pediu-lhe cartas para Damasco, para as sinagogas, para que se achasse alguns deste caminho, tanto homens como mulheres, ele [os] trouxesse presos a Jerusalém.
and requested him [to write] letters [introducing him] to [the leaders of] [MTY] the Jewish meeting places in Damascus [city. The letters asked them to authorize Saul] to seize any men or women who followed the way [that Jesus had taught], and to take them as prisoners to Jerusalem [so that the Jewish leaders could judge and punish them].
3 E indo, aconteceu que chegando perto de Damasco, repentinamente brilhou ao redor dele uma luz do céu.
Saul took those letters, and while he [and those with him] traveled toward Damascus, as they were approaching the city, suddenly a [brilliant] light from heaven shone around Saul.
4 E caindo em terra, ouviu ma voz lhe dizendo: Saulo, Saulo, por que me persegues?
[Immediately] he fell down to the ground. Then he heard the voice [of the Lord] say to him, “Saul, Saul, (stop causing me to suffer!/why are you causing me to suffer?) [RHQ]”
5 E ele disse: Quem és, Senhor? E ele [disse]: Eu sou Jesus, a quem tu persegues.
Saul asked him, “Lord, who are you?” He replied, “I am Jesus, [and] you [(sg)] are causing me to suffer [by hurting my followers]!
6 mas levanta-te, e entra na cidade; e [ali] te será dito o que deves fazer.
Now instead [of continuing to do that], stand up and go into the city! [Someone there] will tell you [(sg)] what I [want] you to do.”
7 E os homens que viajavam com ele pararam emudecidos, ouvindo, de fato, a voz, porém não vendo ninguém.
The men who were traveling with Saul [became so frightened that they] could not say anything. [They just] stood there. They only heard the sound [when the Lord spoke], but they did not see anyone.
8 E Saulo se levantou da terra e, tendo aberto seus olhos, não via ninguém; e sendo guiado pela mão, levaram-no a Damasco.
Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see anything. So the men [with him] took him by the hand and led him into Damascus.
9 E ele estava três dias sem ver; e não comeu, nem bebeu.
For the next three days Saul could not see [anything], and he did not eat or drink anything.
10 E havia em Damasco um certo discípulo, de nome Ananias; e disse-lhe o Senhor em visão: Ananias! E ele respondeu: Eis-me aqui, Senhor!
In Damascus there was [a Jew] named Ananias who believed in Jesus. While [Ananias was seeing] a vision, the Lord [Jesus] said to him, “Ananias!” He replied, “Lord, I [am listening].”
11 E o Senhor lhe [disse]: Levanta-te, e vai a rua chamada Direita, e pergunta na casa de Judas por um chamado Saulo, de Tarso; porque que ele ora.
The Lord Jesus told him, “Go to Straight Street to the house that belongs to Judas. Ask [someone there if you(sg) can talk to] a man named Saul from Tarsus [city], because, surprisingly, at this moment he is praying [to me].
12 E ele viu em visão que um homem, de nome Ananias, entrava, e sobre ele punha a mão, para que voltasse a ver.
[Saul has seen] a vision in which a man named Ananias entered [the house where he was staying] and put his hands on him in order that he might see again.”
13 E Ananias respondeu: Senhor, eu ouvi de muitos sobre este homem, quantos males ele tem feito aos teus santos em Jerusalém;
But Ananias [protested], saying, “But Lord, many people have told me about this man! He has done many evil things to the people in Jerusalem who [believe in] you!
14 E aqui ele tem poder dos chefes dos sacerdotes para prender a todos os que invocam o teu nome.
And the chief priests have authorized him to come here [to Damascus] in order to seize all of us who believe in you [(sg)] [MTY] [and take us to Jerusalem]!”
15 Mas o Senhor lhe disse: Vai, porque este me é um vaso escolhido para levar meu nome diante dos gentios, e dos reis, e dos filhos de Israel;
But the Lord [Jesus] told Ananias, “Go to [Saul! Do what I say], because I have chosen him to serve me in order that he might speak about me [MTY] both to non-Jewish people and [their] kings and to the Israeli people.
16 Porque eu mostrarei a ele o quanto ele deve sofrer por causa do meu nome.
I myself will tell him that he must often suffer greatly because of [telling people about] me [MTY].”
17 E Ananias foi, e entrou na casa; e pondo as mãos sobre ele, disse: Irmão Saulo, o Senhor, [que é] Jesus, aquele que apareceu a ti no caminho, me enviou para que tu voltes a ver, e sejas cheio do Espírito Santo.
So Ananias went, and [after he found] the house [where Saul was], he entered it. Then, [as soon as he met Saul], he put his hands on him, and he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus [himself] commanded me to come [to you]. He is the [same] one who appeared to you [(sg)] while you were traveling along the road. [He sent me to you] in order that you might see again and that you might be completely controlled by the Holy Spirit {that the Holy Spirit might completely control you}.”
18 E logo lhe caíram como que escamas dos olhos, e imediatamente voltou a ver; e levantando-se, foi batizado.
Instantly, things like [fish] scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he was able to see again. Then he stood up and was baptized {[Ananias] baptized him} [immediately].
19 E ao comer, ele se fortaleceu. E Saulo ficou alguns dias com os discípulos [que estavam] em Damasco.
After Saul ate some food, he felt strong again. Saul stayed with the [other] believers in Damascus for several days.
20 E logo nas sinagogas pregava a Cristo, [dizendo] que aquele era o Filho de Deus.
Right away Saul began to preach [to people about Jesus] in the Jewish meeting places [in Damascus. He told them] that Jesus is (the Son of/the man who is also) God.
21 E todos os que o ouviam ficavam admirados, e diziam: Não é este aquele que em Jerusalém tentava destruir aos que invocavam este nome? E [não foi] para isso [que] ele veio aqui, para os levar presos aos chefes dos sacerdotes?
And all the people who heard him [preach] were amazed. [Various ones of] them were saying, “([We(inc) can hardly believe that] this is the [same man] who persecuted the believers in Jerusalem!/Is this really the [same man] who persecuted the believers in Jerusalem?) [RHQ, MTY] And we [(inc)] know that he has [RHQ] come here to seize us and take us to the chief priests [in Jerusalem]!”
22 Mas Saulo se esforçava muito mais, e confundia aos judeus que habitavam em Damasco, provando que aquele era o Cristo.
But [God] enabled Saul [to preach to many people even] more convincingly. He was proving [from the Scriptures] that Jesus is the Messiah. So the Jewish leaders in Damascus could not think of anything (to refute [what he said/to prove that what he said was not true]).
23 E passados vários dias, os judeus tiveram conselho entre si para o matarem.
Some time later, [after Saul had left Damascus and then returned], the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] [there] plotted to kill him.
24 Mas as ciladas deles foram conhecidas por Saulo; e eles vigiavam as portas, tanto de dia como de noite, para poderem matá-lo.
[During each] day and night those Jews were continually watching [the people passing through] the city gates, in order that [when they saw Saul] they might kill him. However, someone told Saul what they planned to do.
25 Porém os discípulos, tomando-o de noite, levaram-no abaixo pelo muro em um cesto.
So some of those whom he had helped [to believe in Jesus] took him [one] night [to the high stone wall that surrounded the city]. They [used ropes to] lower him in a [large] basket through an opening in the wall. [So he escaped from Damascus].
26 E Saulo, tendo vindo a Jerusalém, procurava se juntar aos discípulos; mas todos tinham medo dele, não crendo que fosse discípulo.
When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he began trying to associate with other believers. However, [almost] all of them continued to be afraid of him, because they did not believe that he had become a believer.
27 Mas Barnabás, tomando-o consigo, trouxe [-o] aos apóstolos, e contou-lhes como no caminho tinha visto ao Senhor, e tinha lhe falado, e como em Damasco tinha falado ousadamente no nome de Jesus.
But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He explained to the apostles how, [while Saul was traveling] along the road [to Damascus], he had seen the Lord [Jesus] and how the Lord had spoken to him [there. He] also told them how Saul had preached boldly about Jesus [MTY] [to people] in Damascus. [The apostles believed Barnabas and told the other believers about that].
28 E ele estava junto deles, entrando e saindo em Jerusalém;
So Saul began to associate with the apostles [and other believers] throughout Jerusalem, and he spoke boldly [to people] about [MTY] the Lord [Jesus].
29 E falando ousadamente no nome do Senhor; falava e discutia também contra os gregos; mas eles procuravam matá-lo.
Saul was [also] speaking [about Jesus] with Jews who spoke Greek, and he was debating with them. But they were continually trying [to think] ([of a way] to kill him/of [how they could] kill him).
30 E os irmãos, ao perceberem [isto], o levaram até Cesareia, e o enviaram a Tarso.
When the [other] believers heard that [those Jews were planning to kill him, some of] the believers took Saul down to Caesarea [city. There] they arranged for him to go [by ship] to Tarsus, [his hometown].
31 Então as igrejas por toda a Judeia, e Galileia, e Samaria, tinham paz, e eram edificadas; e andando no temor do Senhor, e [na] consolação do Espírito Santo, se multiplicavam.
So the groups of believers throughout [the entire regions of] Judea, Galilee, and Samaria lived peacefully [because no one was persecuting them any more]. The Holy Spirit was strengthening them [spiritually] and encouraging them. They were continuing to revere/honor the Lord [Jesus, and the Holy Spirit] was enabling many other people [to become believers].
32 E aconteceu que, Pedro, passando por todos [os lugares], veio também aos santos que habitavam em Lida.
While Peter was traveling throughout those [regions, once] he went to [the coastal plain to visit] the believers [who lived] in Lydda [town].
33 E ali ele achou a um certo homem chamado Enéas, que havia oito anos que jazia numa cama, que era paralítico.
There he met a man whose name was Aeneas. Aeneas had not been able to get up from [his] bed for eight years, because he was paralyzed.
34 E Pedro lhe disse: Enéas, Jesus Cristo te cura; levanta-te, e faz tua cama. E logo ele se levantou.
Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you [(sg) right now]! Get up and roll up your mat!” Right away Aeneas stood up.
35 E todos os que habitavam em Lida e Sarona o viram, os quais se converteram ao Senhor.
Most of the people who lived in Lydda and on Sharon [Plain] saw Aeneas [after the Lord had healed him], so they believed in the Lord [Jesus].
36 E havia em Jope uma certa discípula, de nome Tabita, que traduzido se diz Dorcas. Esta estava cheia de boas obras e doações que ela fazia [aos necessitados].
In Joppa [town] there was a believer whose name was Tabitha. [Her name] in the [Greek] language was Dorcas. [Both of these names mean gazelle/deer/antelope]. That woman was continually doing good deeds [for others. Specifically], she was helping poor people [by giving them things that they needed].
37 E aconteceu naqueles dias, que tendo ela ficado doente, morreu; e tendo a lavado, puseram-na no compartimento superior.
During the time [that Peter was in Lydda], she became sick and died. [Some women there] washed her body [according to the Jewish custom so that the people could bury it]. Then they [covered her body with cloth and] placed it in an upstairs room [in her house].
38 E como Lida era perto de Jope, os discípulos, ao ouvirem que Pedro estava ali, mandaram-lhe dois homens, rogando [-lhe] que não demorasse a vir a eles.
Lydda was near Joppa, so when the believers heard that Peter was [still] in Lydda, they sent two men to [go] to Peter. [When they arrived where Peter was], they repeatedly urged/begged him, “Please come immediately with us [to Joppa]!”
39 E Pedro, tendo se levantado, foi com eles; o qual chegou, e [o] levaram ao compartimento superior, e todas as viúvas o rodearam, chorando, e mostrando [-lhe] as túnicas e roupas que Dorcas tinha feito quando estava com elas.
So [right away] Peter got ready and went with them. When they arrived [at the house in Joppa], the two men took Peter to the upstairs room [where Dorcas’ body was lying]. All the widows [there] around Peter. They were crying and showing him the cloaks and [other] garments that Dorcas had made for people while she was still alive.
40 Mas Pedro, pondo para fora a todas; pôs-se de joelhos, e orou; e virando-se para o corpo, disse: Tabita, levanta-te; E ela abriu seus olhos, e vendo a Pedro, sentou-se.
But Peter sent them all out of the room. Then he got down on his knees and prayed. Then, turning toward Tabitha’s body, he said, “Tabitha, stand up!” [Immediately] she opened her eyes and, when she saw Peter, she sat up.
41 E ele, dando-lhe a mão, levantou-a; e tendo chamado aos santos, e às viúvas, apresentou-a viva.
He grasped one of her hands and helped her to stand up. After he had summoned the believers and [especially] the widows [among them to come back in], he showed them that Tabitha was alive [again].
42 E isto ficou conhecido por toda Jope, e muitos creram no Senhor.
[Soon] people everywhere in Joppa knew about that miracle, and as a result many people believed in the Lord [Jesus].
43 E aconteceu que ele ficou muitos dias em Jope, com um certo Simão curtidor.
Peter stayed in Joppa many days with a man named Simon who made leather [from animal skins].
