Apostlagärningarna 1
1 Tillförene hafver jag talat, min gode Theophile, om allt det Jesus begynte både göra och lära;
[Dear] Theophilus, In my first book [that I wrote for you], I wrote about many of the things that Jesus did and taught
2 Intill den dagen han upptagen vardt, sedan han Apostlomen, som han utvalt hade, genom den Helga Anda, hade gifvit befallning;
until the day on which he was taken {[God] took him} up [to heaven]. Before [he went to heaven], saying what the Holy Spirit [told him], he told the apostles whom he had chosen [the things that he wanted them to know].
3 Hvilkom han ock efter sin pino betedde sig lefvandes, med mångahanda bevisning, då han lät sig se af dem i fyratio dagar, och talade med dem om Guds rike.
After he had suffered [and died on the cross], [he became alive again]. As he appeared to them [often] during [the next] 40 days, the apostles saw him many times. He proved to them in many ways that he was alive again. He talked [with them] about [how] God would rule [MET] [the lives of people who accepted him as their king].
4 Och då han hade församlat dem, böd han dem, att de icke skulle gå utaf Jerusalem, utan förbida Fadrens löfte, der I af hört hafven ( sade han ) af mig.
[One time] while he was with them, he told them, “Do not leave Jerusalem [yet]. Instead, wait [here] until my Father sends [his Spirit] [MTY] [to you], as he promised [to do]. You have heard me speak [to you] about that.
5 Ty Johannes döpte i vatten; men I skolen döpte varda i dem Helga Anda, icke många dagar härefter.
John baptized people in water [because they said that they wanted to change their lives], but after a few days [LIT] [God] will put the Holy Spirit within you(pl) [to truly change your lives].”
6 Då de nu församlade voro, frågade de honom, sägande: Herre, skall du i denna tiden upprätta igen Israels rike?
One day when the [apostles] met together [with Jesus], they asked him, “Lord, will you [(sg)] now become the King [MET] over [us] Israelite people [like King David, who ruled long ago]?” (OR, “Lord, will you [(sg)] now [defeat the Romans and] restore the kingdom [to us] Israelite people?”)
7 Då sade han till dem: Det hörer icke eder till att veta tid och stund, som Fadren hafver satt i sine magt;
He replied to them, “You do not [need] to know the time [periods] and days [when that will happen]. My Father alone has decided [when he will make me king].
8 Men I skolen undfå dens Helga Andas kraft, som öfver eder komma skall; och skolen vara min vittne i Jerusalem, och i hela Judeen och Samarien, och ( sedan ) intill jordenes ända.
But [you do need to know that] the Holy Spirit will make you [spiritually] strong when he comes to live in you. Then you will [powerfully] tell people about me in Jerusalem and in all [the other places in] Judea [district], in Samaria [district], and in places far away all over [IDM] the world.”
9 Och när han detta sagt hade, vardt han i deras åsyn upptagen; och en sky tog honom bort utaf deras syn.
After he said that, he was taken {[God] took him} up [to heaven], while they were watching. [He went up into] a cloud [PRS], which prevented them from seeing him [any more].
10 Och som de uppsågo i himmelen efter honom, vid han uppfor; si, två män stodo när dem, klädde i hvit kläder;
While [the apostles] were [still] staring towards the sky as he was going up, suddenly two men who were wearing white clothes stood beside them. [They were angels].
11 De der ock sade: I Galileiske män, hvi stån I och sen upp i himmelen? Denne Jesus, som upptagen är ifrån eder i himmelen, han skall så komma, som I honom sett hafven uppfara i himmelen.
One [of] them said, “You men from Galilee [district], (you do not need to stand [here any longer] looking up at the sky!/why do you still stand [here] looking up at the sky?) [RHQ] [Some day] this same Jesus, whom [God] took from you up to heaven, will come back [to earth]. He will return in the same manner as you [just now] saw him when he went up to heaven, [but he will not return now].”
12 Sedan gingo de till Jerusalem igen, ifrå berget som heter Oljoberget, hvilket ligger ifrå Jerusalem vid en Sabbaths reso;
Then [after the two angels left], the apostles returned to Jerusalem from Olive [Tree] Hill, which was about (a half mile/one kilometer) [MTY] from Jerusalem.
13 Och då de inkommo, stego de upp i salen, der de stadigt blefvo, Petrus och Jacobus, Johannes och Andreas, Philippus och Thomas, Bartholomeus och Mattheus, Jacobus Alphei och Simon Zelotes, och Judas Jacobi.
When they entered [the city], they went upstairs to the room [in the house] where they were staying. [Those who were there included] Peter, John, James, Andrew, Philip, Thomas, Bartholomew, Matthew, [another] James [the son] of Alphaeus, Simon who belonged to the group that wanted to expel the Romans, and Judas [the son] of [another man named] James.
14 Alle desse voro stadigt tillhopa, endrägtige i böner och förmanelse; samt med qvinnomen, och med Maria, Jesu moder, och med hans bröder.
All these apostles agreed concerning the things about which they continually were praying [together. Others who prayed with them] included the women [who had accompanied Jesus], Mary who was Jesus’ mother, and his [younger] brothers.
15 Uti de dagar stod Petrus upp ibland Lärjungarna, och sade; och var hopen af namnen tillsamman vid tjugu och hundrade:
During those days Peter stood up among his fellow believers. There were [at that place] a group of about 120 of [Jesus’ followers]. Peter said,
16 I män och bröder, den Skriften måste fullbordas, som den Helge Ande långo sagt hade genom Davids mun, om Judas, som deras ledsagare var som grepo Jesum.
“My fellow believers, [there are words that King] David wrote [MTY] in the Scriptures long ago that needed to be fulfilled {to happen [as he said they would]}. The Holy Spirit, [who knew that Judas would be the one who would fulfill those words], told David what to write.
17 Ty han var räknad i vårt tal, och hade fått med oss detta ämbetet.
[Although] Judas had been chosen {[Jesus] had chosen Judas}, along with [the rest of] us [(exc)] to serve [as an apostle], Judas was the person who led to Jesus the people who seized him.”
18 Och han förvärfde en åker för orättfärdig lön; och upphängde sig, och remnade midt itu, och alla hans inelfver gåfvo sig ut.
[The Jewish leaders] gave Judas money when he [promised to] treacherously/wickedly [betray Jesus. Later Judas returned that money to them]. When Judas [hanged himself], his body fell down [to the ground]. His abdomen burst open, and all his intestines spilled out. [So] the [Jewish leaders] bought a field [using] that money.
19 Och det är uppenbart vordet allom dem som bo i Jerusalem; så att den åkren kallas på deras mål Akeldama, det är, blodsåker.
All the people who reside in Jerusalem heard [about that], so they called that field in their own [Aramaic] language, Akeldama, which means ‘Field of Blood’, [because it was where someone bled and died].
20 Ty det är skrifvet i Psalmboken: Deras hemman varde öde, och ingen vare som deruti bor; och hans ämbete få en annar.
[Peter also said], “[I perceive that what happened to Judas is like what the writer of] Psalms [desired to happen]: ‘May his house become deserted, and may there be no one to live in it.’ (OR, ‘[Judge him, Lord, so that neither he nor] anyone [else] may live in his house!)’ And it seems that [these other words that David wrote also refer to Judas: ] ‘Let someone else take over his work as a leader.’”
21 Så måste nu en af dessa män, som med oss varit hafva, i allan den tid, som Herren Jesus ut och in gick med oss;
“So it is necessary [for us apostles] to choose a man [to replace Judas. He must be one who] accompanied [MTY] us all the time when the Lord Jesus was with us.
22 Ifrå Johannis döpelse till den dagen att han ifrån oss tagen vardt, med oss ett vittne varda till hans uppståndelse.
[That would be] from [the time when] John [the Baptizer] baptized [Jesus] until the day when Jesus was taken {when [God] took Jesus} from us up [to heaven]. He must be one who saw Jesus alive again [after he died].”
23 Och de satte två i valet, Joseph, som kallas Barsabas, med det vedernamnet Justus, och Matthiam;
So the [apostles and other believers] suggested [the names of two men who qualified. One man was] Joseph, who was called {whom people called} Barsabbas (OR, Joseph Barsabbas) who [also] had the [Roman] name Justus. The other man was Matthias.
24 Och bådo, och sade: Du Herre, som känner allas hjerta, visa ut hvilken af dessa två du utvalt hafver;
Then they prayed like this: “Lord [Jesus], Judas stopped being an apostle. [He died and] went to the place where he [deserved to be] [EUP]. [So we(exc) need to choose someone] to replace [Judas in order] that he can serve [you(sg) by becoming] an apostle. You [(sg)] know what everyone is really like. So [please] show us which of these two men you have chosen.”
25 Att han skall få denna tjensten, och Apostlaämbetet, der Judas ifrå fallen är, att han skulle bortgå i sitt rum.
26 Och de kastade lott derom, och lotten föll på Matthiam; och han vardt räknad till de ellofva Apostlar.
Then they cast lots [to choose between the two of] them, and the lot fell for Matthias. (OR, Then [one of] the [apostles] shook [in a container] small objects/stones [that] they [had marked to determine which man God had chosen]. And the small object/stone [that they had marked] for Matthias fell [out of the container]). So Matthias was considered {they considered Matthias} [to be an apostle] along with the [other] eleven apostles.
