Hechos 12
1 En aquel tiempo, el rey Herodes puso las manos sobre algunos de la iglesia para maltratarlos.
About that time King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church in order to harm them.
2 Mató a espada a Jacobo, el hermano de Juan.
He killed James the brother of John with the sword.
3 Al ver que esto agradó a los judíos, también arrestó a Pedro. Eran los días de [los] Panes sin Levadura.
And when he saw that this pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. (This took place during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.)
4 Después de arrestar[lo], [lo] metió en [la] cárcel. Fue entregado a cuatro grupos de cuatro soldados para que lo custodiaran. Se proponía sacarlo al pueblo después de la Pascua.
After seizing him, he put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod planned to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
5 Por tanto Pedro era custodiado en la cárcel, pero la iglesia hablaba con Dios fervientemente a favor de él.
So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.
6 La víspera del día cuando Herodes estaba dispuesto a sacarlo, Pedro estaba dormido entre dos soldados, atado con dos cadenas. Unos centinelas delante de la puerta vigilaban la cárcel.
The very night before Herod was going to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while the guards in front of the door were keeping watch over the prison.
7 Apareció un Ángel del Señor y una luz resplandeció en la celda. Tocó el costado de Pedro, lo despertó y le dijo: ¡Levántate de prisa! Y se le cayeron las cadenas de las manos.
And behold, an angel of the Lord stood before Peter, and a light shone in the cell. The angel struck Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly!” And the chains fell off Peter's hands.
8 Entonces el Ángel le ordenó: Ajústate la ropa y átate tus sandalias. Cúbrete con tu manto y sígueme. Así lo hizo.
Then the angel said to him, “Get dressed and put on yoʋr sandals.” And Peter did so. Then the angel said to him, “Put on yoʋr cloak and follow me.”
9 Salió y seguía [al ángel], pero no entendía que era real lo que hacía. Suponía que era una visión.
So Peter went out and followed him, but he did not realize that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision.
10 Pasaron [la] primera guardia y [la] segunda. Llegaron a la puerta de hierro que conduce a la ciudad, la cual se les abrió. Salieron y avanzaron una calle, y enseguida el ángel se retiró.
After they passed the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them on its own, and they went out. When they had gone the length of one street, the angel immediately left him.
11 Cuando Pedro se dio cuenta se dijo: Ahora entiendo en verdad que el Señor envió a su ángel y me libró de [la] mano de Herodes y de los judíos.
When Peter came to his senses, he said, “Now I truly know that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting to happen.”
12 Reflexionó y fue a la casa de María, la madre de Juan Marcos, donde muchos estaban reunidos y hablaban con Dios.
When Peter realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John (who was called Mark), where many had gathered together and were praying.
13 Cuando él llamó a la puerta del patio, una esclava llamada Rode salió a atender.
Peter knocked at the door of the gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer.
14 Al reconocer la voz de Pedro, por la alegría, no abrió la puerta sino corrió adentro e informó que Pedro estaba en frente del patio.
When she recognized Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed that she did not open the gate, but ran in and reported that Peter was standing in front of the gate.
15 Ellos le dijeron: ¡Estás loca! Pero ella insistía en lo que dijo. Entonces ellos decían: ¡Es su ángel!
They said to her, “Yoʋ are out of yoʋr mind.” But when she kept insisting that it was so, they said, “It is his angel.”
16 Pedro continuaba llamando. Abrieron, lo vieron y se asombraron.
Meanwhile Peter continued knocking, and when they opened the gate, they saw him and were astonished.
17 Les hizo señal de guardar silencio y relató cómo el Señor lo sacó de la cárcel y ordenó: Informen esto a Jacobo y a los hermanos. Y se fue a otro lugar.
But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he told them how the Lord had brought him out of prison. He also said, “Tell these things to James and to the brothers.” Then he left and went to another place.
18 Al llegar el día, hubo un gran alboroto entre los soldados: ¿Dónde está Pedro?
When daybreak came, there was a great commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.
19 Entonces Herodes lo buscó y no lo halló. Investigó a los guardias y ordenó que los ejecutaran. Y cuando bajó de Judea a Cesarea permaneció allá.
When Herod searched for him but did not find him, he questioned the guards and ordered them to be led away and executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent time there.
20 [Herodes] estaba muy airado contra los de Tiro y Sidón, pero ellos se presentaron unánimes ante él. Sobornaron a Blasto, el camarero del rey y pedían paz, porque la región de ellos era abastecida por la [región] real.
Now Herod was having an angry dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they came to him with one accord, and having won over Blastus, the king's personal attendant, they asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food from the king's country.
21 Un día prefijado, vestido con ropa real, Herodes se sentó en el tribunal y les presentó un discurso enardecido.
On an appointed day Herod dressed himself in royal clothing, sat down on the platform, and made a speech to them.
22 El pueblo gritaba: ¡Voz de Dios y no de hombre!
The people kept shouting, “The voice of a god and not of a man!”
23 De inmediato un ángel del Señor lo atacó, porque no dio la gloria a Dios, y expiró comido por gusanos.
Immediately an angel of the Lord struck Herod down because he did not give glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last breath.
24 Pero la Palabra de Dios crecía y se multiplicaba.
But the word of God increased and multiplied.
25 Cuando Bernabé y Saulo cumplieron el servicio en Jerusalén, regresaron [a Antioquía] y llevaron con ellos a Juan Marcos.
And when Barnabas and Saul completed their ministry, they returned to Jerusalem and brought with them John, who was called Mark.
