1 Aga keegi mees, Ananias nimi, oma naise Safiiraga müüs oma varanduse
2 ja mees toimetas oma naise teades muist hinda kõrvale ja muist ta tõi ning pani Apostlite jalgade ette.
3 Aga Peetrus ütles: „Ananias, mispärast on saatan täitnud su südame, et sa valet rääkisid Pühale Vaimule ja kõrvale toimetasid muist põllu hinda?
4 Eks see su käes olles olnud sinu oma, ja kui see oli müüdud, eks see olnud ka siis sinu meelevallas? Mispärast oled sa seda ette võtnud oma südames? Sina ei ole valetanud inimestele, vaid Jumalale!"
5 Kui nüüd Ananias kuulis neid sõnu, langes ta maha ja heitis hinge. Ja suur kartus tuli kõikide peale, kes seda kuulsid.
6 Aga noored mehed tõusid ning koristasid ta ära ja kandsid ta välja ning matsid maha.
7 Arvata kolme tunni pärast tuli tema naine ega teadnud, mis oli sündinud.
8 Aga Peetrus küsis talt: „Ütle mulle, kas te selle hinnaga müüsite põllu?" Tema vastas: „Selle hinnaga jah!"
9 Siis ütles Peetrus talle: „Mispärast on teil üks nõu olnud kiusata Issanda Vaimu? Vaata, nende jalad, kes su mehe matsid, on ukse ees ja kannavad sindki välja!"
10 Siis langes naine kohe maha tema jalge ette ja heitis hinge. Ja kui noored mehed tulid sisse, leidsid nad ta surnud olevat ja kandsid ta välja ning matsid ta tema mehe kõrvale.
11 Ja suur kartus tuli kõige koguduse peale ja kõikide peale, kes seda kuulsid.
12 Aga palju tunnustähti ja imesid sündis rahva seas Apostlite käte läbi. Ja nad olid kõik koos ühel meelel Saalomoni võlvitud hoones.
13 Muudest inimestest aga ei julgenud ükski liituda nende hulka, rahvas aga pidas neist suurt lugu.
14 Seda enam aga lisandus neid, kes uskusid Issandasse, nii mehi kui naisi suurel hulgal!
15 Kandsid ju inimesed haigeid tänavailegi ja asetasid neid vooditesse ja raamidele, et kui Peetrus tuleb, tema vari langeks mõne peale nendest.
16 Ka tuli rahvast kokku Jeruusalemma ümberkaudseist linnadest, tuues haigeid ja rüvedaist vaimudest vaevatuid, ja need kõik said terveks.
17 Aga ülempreester tõusis ning kõik ta kaaslased, saduseride lahk, ning said täis viha,
18 ja pistsid oma käed Apostlite külge ning panid nad üldisesse vanglasse.
19 Aga Issanda Ingel tegi öösel vangihoone uksed lahti ja viis nad välja ning ütles:
20 „Minge, esinege ning rääkige rahvale pühakojas kõik selle elu sõnad!"
21 Kui nad seda olid kuulnud, läksid nad koidu ajal pühakotta ja õpetasid. Aga ülempreester ja tema kaaslased tulid ja kutsusid kokku Suurkohtu ja kõik Iisraeli laste vanematekogu ja läkitasid sulased vangitorni neid tooma.
22 Kui nüüd sulased kohale jõudsid, ei leidnud nad neid vangihoonest. Nad tulid tagasi ja andsid seda teada,
23 öeldes: „Vangla me leidsime küll hästi hoolsasti lukustatud olevat ja hoidjad väljas uste ees seisvat, aga kui me avasime, ei leidnud me kedagi seest!"
24 Kui pühakoja pealik ja ülempreestrid neid sõnumeid kuulsid, jäid nad kahevahele, mis sellest arvata.
25 Siis tuli keegi ja jutustas neile: „Vaata, mehed, keda te panite vanglasse, seisavad pühakojas ja õpetavad rahvast!"
26 Siis läks pealik sulastega ja tõi nad ära; aga mitte vägisi, sest nad kartsid, et rahvas nad kividega surnuks viskab.
27 Ja nad tõid ning seadsid nad Suurkohtu ette. Ja ülempreester küsis neilt ning ütles:
28 „Kas me teid ei ole kõvasti keelanud õpetamast selle nimel? Ja vaata, te olete Jeruusalemma täitnud oma õpetusega ja tahate Selle inimese vere saata meie peale!"
29 Aga Peetrus ja teised Apostlid kostsid ning ütlesid: „Jumala sõna tuleb rohkem kuulda kui inimeste sõna.
30 Meie esiisade Jumal on üles äratanud Jeesuse, Kelle te olete poonud puu külge ning surmanud.
31 Tema on Jumal Oma parema käega tõstnud Juhiks ja Õnnistegijaks, andma Iisraelile meeleparandust ja pattude andeksandmist.
32 Ja meie oleme kõigi nende asjade tunnistajad ja samuti Püha Vaim, Keda Jumal on andnud neile, kes võtavad kuulda Tema sõna!"
33 Aga kui nad seda kuulsid, käis see nende südamest läbi, ja nad võtsid nõuks nemad ära tappa.
34 Kuid Suurkohtus tõusis üles üks variser, Gamaaliel nimi, käsuõpetaja, keda kõik rahvas austas, ja käskis mehed välja viia natukeseks ajaks,
35 ja ütles siis koosolijaile: „Iisraeli mehed, olge ettevaatlikud sellega, mida te nende inimestega mõtlete teha.
36 Sest mitte ammu tagasi tõusis Teudas ning ütles enese midagi olevat, ja temaga liitus arvult ligi nelisada meest; tema tapeti ja kõik, kes nõustusid temaga, hajutati ja hävisid.
37 Pärast teda astus üles galilealane Juudas rahvalugemise päevil ja ahvatles rahva enese järele; ka tema sai hukka ja kõik, kes heitsid tema nõusse, hajutati.
38 Ja nüüd ma ütlen teile: jätke need inimesed rahule ja laske nad minna! Sest kui see nõu ja töö on inimestest, siis läheb see tühja,
39 aga kui see on Jumalast, siis te ei või seda tühjaks teha, et te kuidagi ei osutuks jumalavastasteks!" Ja nad võtsid kuulda tema nõu.
40 Ja kui Apostlid olid sisse kutsutud, peksid nad neid ja keelasid neid rääkimast Jeesuse nimel ja lasksid nad minna.
41 Aga nemad läksid Suurkohtu eest minema, rõõmsad sellest, et neid oli väärt arvatud kannatama teotust Selle nime pärast.
42 Ja nad ei lakanud iga päev pühakojas ja kodasid mööda õpetamast Evangeeliumi Kristusest Jeesusest.
1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, got money for his property,
2 And kept back part of the price, his wife having knowledge of it, and took the rest and put it at the feet of the Apostles.
3 But Peter said, Ananias, why has the Evil One put it into your heart to be false to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
4 While you had it, was it not your property? and after you had given it in exchange, was it not still in your power? how has this purpose come into your mind? you have been false, not to men, but to God.
5 And at these words, Ananias went down on the earth, and his life went from him: and great fear came on all who were present.
6 And the young men went and made ready his body, and took it out, and put it in the earth.
7 And about three hours after, his wife, having no knowledge of what had taken place, came in.
8 And Peter said to her, Give me an answer: was this amount of money the price of the land? And she said, Yes, it was.
9 But Peter said to her, Why have you made an agreement together to be false to the Spirit of the Lord? See, the feet of the young men who have put the body of your husband in the earth, are at the door, and they will take you out.
10 And straight away she went down at his feet, and her life went from her: and the young men came in and saw her dead, and they took her out and put her in the earth with her husband.
11 Then great fear came on all the church and on all who had knowledge of these things.
12 Now a number of signs and wonders were done among the people by the hands of the Apostles; and they were all together in Solomon's covered way.
13 The others, in fear, kept back from joining them: but the people made much of them;
14 And a great number of men and women had faith, and were joined to the Lord;
15 And they even took into the streets people who were ill, and put them on beds, so that when Peter went by, some of them might be in his shade.
16 And numbers of people came together from the towns round about Jerusalem, with those who were ill and those who were troubled with unclean spirits: and they were all made well.
17 But the high priest and those who were with him (the Sadducees) were full of envy,
18 And they took the Apostles and put them in the common prison.
19 But in the night an angel of the Lord, opening the doors of the prison, took them out and said,
20 Go, take your place in the Temple and give the people all the teaching about this Life.
21 And hearing this, they went into the Temple at dawn, and were teaching. But the high priest and those who were with him got together the Sanhedrin and the representatives of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to get them.
22 But the men who were sent saw that they were not in the prison, and came back with the news,
23 Saying, The doors of the prison were safely shut, and the keepers were at the doors, but when they were open, there was nobody inside.
24 Now, at these words, the captain of the Temple and the chief priests were greatly troubled about what might be the end of this business.
25 And someone came and said to them, The men, whom you put in prison, are in the Temple teaching the people.
26 Then the captain and some of the police went and took them, but not violently, for fear that they might be stoned by the people.
27 And they took them into the Sanhedrin, and the high priest said to them,
28 We gave you very clear orders not to give teaching in this name: and now Jerusalem is full of your teaching, and you are attempting to make us responsible for this man's death.
29 But Peter and the Apostles, answering, said, We have to do the orders of God, not of man.
30 The God of our fathers gave Jesus back to life, whom you had put to death, hanging him on a tree.
31 Him God has put on high at his right hand, as a Ruler and a Saviour, to give to Israel a change of heart and forgiveness of sins.
32 And we are witnesses of these things, and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who keep his laws.
33 But when these words came to their ears, they were cut to the heart, and had a mind to put them to death.
34 But one of the Sanhedrin, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a man of learning in the law, of whom all the people had a high opinion, got up and made a suggestion for the men to be put outside for a little time.
35 And he said to them, Men of Israel, take care what you do about these men.
36 For before this there was Theudas, who said he was someone important, to whom about four hundred men gave their support: he was put to death, and his band was broken up and came to nothing.
37 After this man, there was Judas of Galilee, at the time of the numbering, and some of the people went after him: he was put to death, and all his supporters were put to flight.
38 And now I say to you, Do nothing to these men, but let them be: for if this teaching or this work is of men, it will come to nothing:
39 But if it is of God, you will not be able to overcome them, and you are in danger of fighting against God.
40 And he seemed to them to be right: and they sent for the Apostles, and, after having them whipped and giving them orders to give no teaching in the name of Jesus, they let them go.
41 So they went away from the Sanhedrin, happy to undergo shame for the Name.
42 And every day, in the Temple and privately, they went on teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ.