1 Aga sel ajal pistis kuningas Heroodes käe mõnede külge kogudusest, et neile paha teha.
2 Ja ta tappis mõõgaga Jakoobuse, Johannese venna.
3 Ja nähes, et see oli juutidele meelt mööda, võttis ta ette vangistada ka Peetruse. Sel ajal olid parajasti hapnemata leibade pühad.
4 Ta võttis tema kinni ja heitis ta vangitorni ning andis tema nelja neljamehelise sõjameeste salga kätte hoida, kavatsedes teda pärast paasapüha tuua rahva ette.
5 Nii peeti siis Peetrust vangis, aga kogudus tegi väsimata palvet Jumala poole tema eest.
6 Aga kui Heroodes tahtis teda tuua kohtu ette, magas Peetrus sel ööl kahe sõjamehe vahel kahe ahelaga seotult, ja vahid ukse ees valvasid vangihoonet.
7 Ja vaata, Issanda Ingel seisis seal ja valgus paistis seal toas! Ja Ingel tõukas Peetruse külge, äratas ta üles ning ütles: „Tõuse usinasti üles!" Ja ta ahelad langesid käte ümbert maha.
8 Ja Ingel ütles talle: „Pane vöö vööle ja kingad jalga!" Tema tegi nõnda. Veel ta ütles talle: „Pane kuub selga ja tule mu järel!"
9 Ja ta tuli välja ja läks ta järele ega teadnud, et on ilmsi see, mis sünnib ingli kaudu, vaid mõtles nägevat nägemust.
10 Aga kui nad jõudsid mööda esimesest ja teisest vahist, tulid nad raudvärava ette, mis viis linna. See läks iseenesest neile lahti ja nad tulid välja ja läksid edasi üht tänavat mööda. Ja Ingel lahkus äkitselt temast.
11 Kui siis Peetrus teadlikuks sai, ütles ta: „Nüüd ma tean tõesti, et Issand on läkitanud Oma Ingli ja on mind päästnud Heroodese käest ja kõigest, mida juuda rahvas ootas!"
12 Ja märgates, kus ta on, tuli ta Maarja, Johannese, teise nimega Markuse ema maja juurde, kuhu mitmed olid kokku tulnud palvetama.
13 Ent kui Peetrus koputas jalgväravale, tuli tüdruk, nimega Roode, välja kuulatama.
14 Kui ta Peetruse hääle ära tundis, ei teinud ta väravat lahti rõõmu pärast, vaid jooksis sisse ja teatas, et Peetrus värava taga seisvat.
15 Nemad ütlesid talle: „Sa jampsid!" Aga tema tunnistas kindlasti, et see on nõnda. Nad ütlesid: „See on tema Ingel!"
16 Aga Peetrus jäi veel koputama. Ja kui nad avasid, nägid nad teda ja ehmusid.
17 Siis ta viitas käega neile, et nad jääksid vait, ja jutustas neile, kuidas Issand ta oli vangihoonest välja viinud, ning ütles: „Kuulutage seda Jakoobusele ja vendadele!" Ja ta väljus ning läks teise paika.
18 Aga kui valgeks läks, ei olnud sõjameestel pisut muret sellest, mis Peetrusega oli sündinud.
19 Ja kui Heroodes teda otsis ega leidnud, laskis ta valvuritele kohut mõista ja käskis nad ära hukata. Ise ta läks siis Juudamaalt Kaisareasse ja viibis seal.
20 Heroodes aga kandis viha tüüroslaste ja siidonlaste vastu. Need tulid ühel meelel tema juurde ja meelitasid Blastust, kuninga kambriülemat, ja palusid rahu. Sest nende maa sai oma toiduse kuninga maast.
21 Siis pani Heroodes määratud päeval kuninglikud riided selga ja istus kohtujärjele ja pidas neile kõnet;
22 aga rahvas kisendas: „See on Jumala, aga mitte inimese hääl!"
23 Aga sedamaid lõi teda Issanda Ingel, sest et ta ei andnud au Jumalale; ja ussid sõid ta ära ja ta heitis hinge.
24 Aga Jumala sõna kasvas ja levis.
25 Ja Barnabas ja Saulus tulid tagasi Jeruusalemmast, kui nad olid täitnud oma ülesande, ning võtsid enestega ühes ka Johannese, keda hüüti lisanimega Markuseks.
1 Now, about that time, Herod the king made cruel attacks on the Christians.
2 And he put James, the brother of John, to death with the sword.
3 And when he saw that this was pleasing to the Jews he went on to take Peter in addition. This was at the time of the feast of unleavened bread.
4 And having taken him, he put him in prison, with four bands of armed men to keep watch over him; his purpose being to take him out to the people after the Passover.
5 So Peter was kept in prison: but the church made strong prayer to God for him.
6 And when Herod was about to take him out, the same night Peter was sleeping in chains between two armed men, and the watchmen were keeping watch before the door of the prison.
7 And a great light was seen shining in the room, and an angel of the Lord came to Peter and, touching him on his side so that he came out of his sleep, said, Get up quickly. And his chains came off his hands.
8 Then the angel said, Put on your shoes and get ready to go. And he did so. And he said, Put your coat round you and come with me.
9 And he went out after him; and he was not certain if what was done by the angel was a fact, for it seemed to him that he was seeing a vision.
10 And when they had gone past the first and second watchmen they came to the iron door into the town, which came open by itself: and they went out and down one street; and then the angel went away.
11 And when Peter came to his senses he said, Now, truly, I am certain that the Lord has sent his angel and taken me out of the hands of Herod, against all the hopes of the Jews.
12 And when he became clear about this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John named Mark, where a number of them had come together for prayer.
13 And he gave a blow on the door, and a young girl came to it, named Rhoda.
14 And hearing the voice of Peter, in her joy she went running, without opening the door, to say that Peter was outside.
15 And they said to her, You are off your head. But still she said, with decision, that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.
16 But Peter went on giving blows on the door: and when it was open and they saw him, they were full of wonder.
17 But he made a sign to them with his hand to be quiet, and gave them an account of how the Lord had taken him out of prison. And he said, Give the news to James and the brothers. And then he went away.
18 Now when it was day, the armed men were greatly troubled about what had become of Peter.
19 And Herod, when he sent for him, and he was not there, after questioning the watchmen, gave orders that they were to be put to death. Then he went down from Judaea to Caesarea for a time.
20 Now he was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon: and they came to him, all together, and having made friends with Blastus, the controller of the king's house, they made a request for peace, because their country was dependent on the king's country for its food.
21 And on the day which had been fixed, Herod, dressed in his robes and seated in his place, made a public statement to them.
22 And the people, with loud cries, said, It is the voice of a god, not of a man.
23 And straight away the angel of the Lord sent a disease on him, because he did not give the glory to God: and his flesh was wasted away by worms, and so he came to his end.
24 But the word of the Lord went on increasing.
25 And Barnabas and Saul came back from Jerusalem, when their work was ended, taking with them John named Mark.