Apostlagärningarna 3
1 Så gingo Petrus och Johannes tillhopa upp i templet, vid bönestunden, som var den nionde timmen.
[One day] Peter and John were going to the Temple [courtyard]. It was three o’clock in the afternoon, which was the time when people prayed [there publicly].
2 Och der var en man, ofärdig allt ifrå sine moders lif, som lät sig bära; den satte de hvar dag för dörrena åt templet, som het den sköna, att han skulle bedas almosa af dem som ingingo i templet.
There was a man there who had been lame from the time he was born. He [was sitting by] the gate called Beautiful [Gate], at the entrance to the Temple [area]. People put him there every day, so that he could ask those who were entering [or leaving] the temple courtyard to give him some money.
3 Då han fick se Petrum och Johannem, att de ville gå in i templet, bad han dem om almoso.
As Peter and John were about to enter [the Temple courtyard], the lame man saw them and asked them several times to give him some money. (OR, The lame man said to them several times, “Please give me some money!”)
4 Då såg Petrus på honom, med Johanne, och sade: Se på oss.
As Peter and John looked directly at him, Peter said to him, “Look at us!”
5 Då såg han på dem, förhoppandes att han skulle något få af dem.
So he looked directly at them, expecting to get some [money] from them.
6 Då sade Petrus: Silfver och guld hafver jag icke; men det jag hafver, det gifver jag dig: I Jesu Christi Nazareni Namn, statt upp, och gack;
Then Peter said to him, “I do not have any money [MTY], but what I [can do], I will [do] for you. Jesus Christ, [who was] from Nazareth [town], has authorized [MTY] me [to heal you! So get up and] walk!”
7 Och tog honom vid högra handena, och reste honom upp; och straxt vordo hans fötter och ben stadig.
Then Peter grasped the man’s right hand and helped him to stand up. Immediately the man’s feet and ankles became strong.
8 Han sprang upp, och stod, och gick, och följde dem in i templet; gick och sprang hit och dit, prisandes Gud.
He jumped up and began to walk! Then he entered the Temple [area] with them, walking and leaping and praising God!
9 Då fick allt folket se honom, att han gick och lofvade Gud;
All the people [there] saw that man walking and praising God.
10 Och kände honom, att han var den samme, som plägade sitta efter almoso, vid, den sköna dörrena för templet; och vordo fulle med undersamhet och förskräckelse öfver det honom vederfaret var.
They recognized that he was the man who used to sit at the Beautiful Gate in the Temple [courtyard] and ask [people] for money! So all the people there were greatly amazed at what had happened to him.
11 Då nu denne mannen, som ofärdig varit hade, och helbregda gjord var, höll sig intill Petrum och Johannem, lopp allt folket till dem i förhuset, som kallas Salomons, och förundrade sig.
As the man clung to Peter and John, all the people were so surprised [that they did not know what to think] So they ran to the two apostles at the place [in the Temple courtyard] that is called {that [people] call} Solomon’s Porch.
12 Då Petrus, det såg, svarade han till folket: I män af Israel, hvi undren I häruppå? Eller hvi sen I på oss, lika visst som vi af vår egen kraft eller förtjenst hade det åstadkommit, att denne hafver fått sin gång?
When Peter saw that, he said to the crowd, “Fellow Israelites, (you should not be surprised about what has happened to this man!/why are you so surprised about what has happened to this man?) [RHQ] And you should not stare at us, either! You seem to [RHQ] think that the two of us enabled this man to walk because we [(exc)] ourselves are powerful or because we please God very much!
13 Abrahams, och Isaacs och Jacobs Gud, våra fäders Gud, hafver förklarat sin Son Jesum, hvilken I öfverantvardat hafven, och förnekat inför Pilatus, då han dömde, att han skulle gifvas lös.
[So I will tell you what is really happening]. Our ancestors, including Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, worshipped God. And now he has greatly honored Jesus, who always served him. Your [leaders] brought Jesus [to the governor, Pilate], so that [his soldiers would kill him]. And [God considers that] in front of Pilate you [were the ones who rejected] Jesus [as your king], after Pilate had decided that he should release Jesus.
14 Men I förnekaden den Helga och Rättfärdiga; och båden, att mandråparen skulle gifvas eder.
[Although Jesus] always did what was right/just and good, you rejected him. [Pilate wanted to release him, but] you urgently asked Pilate to release (a murderer/someone who had killed people)!
15 Och lifsens Första dråpen I. Den hafver Gud nu uppväckt ifrå de döda; till hvilket vi vittne äre;
[God considers that] you killed [Jesus], the one who gives people [eternal] life. But God has greatly honored him (by causing him to become alive again after he died/by raising him from the dead). Many of us saw [him after that, and now] we [(exc)] are telling [you] about it.
16 Och hafver genom trona på hans Namn, på denna, som I sen och kännen, stadfäst sitt Namn; och tron, som är genom honom, hafver gifvit denna hans helbregda, i allas edra åsyn.
It is because [we two] trusted in what Jesus [MTY, PRS] [could do, that he] made this man, whom you see and know, strong again. Yes, it is because we [(exc)] trusted in Jesus that he has completely healed this man for all of you to see.”
17 Nu, käre bröder, vet jag väl, att I det gjort hafven af fåkunnighet, såsom ock edre öfverste.
“Now, my fellow-countrymen, I know that you and your leaders did that [to Jesus] because you [and they] did not know [that he was the Messiah].
18 Men Gud, som genom alla sina Propheters mun föresagt hafver, att Christus skulle lida, han hafver nu så fullbordat det.
However, [your putting him to death] was what God had predicted that people would do. [Long ago] he told all the prophets [MTY] to write [what people would do to the Messiah. They wrote] that the Messiah, whom God [would send], would suffer [and die].
19 Så bättrer eder nu, och vänder eder om, på det edra synder måga afskrapade varda;
So, turn away from your sinful behavior and ask God [to help you] do what pleases [him], in order that he may completely forgive you for your sins.
20 Att vederqvickelsens tid då kommer för Herrans ansigte, när han sändandes varder den eder nu tillförene predikad är, Jesum Christum;
[If you do that], there will be times [when you will know that] the Lord [God is] helping [you]. And some day he will [again] send back [to earth] the Messiah, whom he appointed for you. That person is Jesus.
21 Hvilken himmelen intaga måste, till den tid att igen upprättadt varder allt det Gud sagt hafver, genom alla sina helga Propheters mun, af verldenes begynnelse. (aiōn g165)
Jesus must stay in heaven until the time when God will cause all that he has created to become new. Long ago God promised [to do that, and] he chose holy prophets to tell [that to people]. (aiōn g165)
22 Ty Moses hafver sagt till fäderna: Herren, edar Gud, skall eder uppväcka en Prophet utaf edra bröder, såsom mig; honom skolen I höra i allt det han eder sägandes varder.
For [example, the prophet] Moses said [this about the Messiah]: ‘The Lord (your God/the God whom you [worship]) will cause someone to become a prophet to tell you [God’s message. God will send him] as [he sent] me, [and he will be] from among your own people. You must listen to everything that this prophet tells you [and obey him] [SYN].
23 Och det skall ske, att hvar och en själ, som icke hörer den Propheten, hon skall utkastas ifrå folket.
[Those who] do not listen to [that prophet and obey] him will no longer belong to God’s people, and [God] will get rid of them’.”
24 Och alle Propheterna, ifrå Samuel, och sedan så månge som talat hafva, hafva bådat dessa dagarna.
[Peter continued], “All the prophets have told [about what would happen during] the time [MTY] [in which we(inc) are living. Those prophets include] Samuel [and all the others who] later also spoke [about these events] before they happened.
25 I ären Propheternas och förbundsens barn, det Gud hafver gjort med våra fäder, sägandes till Abraham: I dine säd skola all folk på jordene välsignad varda.
You [as well as we(exc)] are the people [to whom God sent the Messiah, as] the prophets said [MTY] [that he would]. And when God strongly promised [to bless] our ancestors, he also surely promised to bless you. He said to Abraham [concerning the Messiah], ‘[I] will bless all people on the earth as a result of [what] your descendant [will do].’”
26 Eder först och främst hafver Gud uppväckt sin Son, Jesum, och sändt honom till att välsigna eder, att hvar och en af eder skulle sig omvända ifrå sine ondsko.
[Peter concluded], “[So] when God sent [to the earth] (Jesus, the one who always obeys him/his servant Jesus), he sent him first to you [Israelites] to bless you. [God will] enable you to stop doing what is wicked [and to start doing what pleases him].”
