Skutky Apoštolů 9
1 Saul pak ještě dychtě po pohrůžkách a po mordu proti učedlníkům Páně, šel k nejvyššímu knězi,
Meanwhile Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,
2 A vyžádal od něho listy do Damašku do škol, nalezl-li by tam té cesty které muže neb ženy, aby svázané přivedl do Jeruzaléma.
and asked him to give him letters to the Jewish congregations at Damascus, authorising him, if he found there any supporters of the Way, whether men or women, to have them put in chains and brought to Jerusalem.
3 A když byl na cestě, stalo se, že již přibližoval se k Damašku. Tedy pojednou rychle obklíčilo jej světlo s nebe.
While on his journey, as he was nearing Damascus, suddenly a light from the heavens flashed around him.
4 A padna na zem, uslyšel hlas k sobě řkoucí: Sauli, Sauli, proč mi se protivíš?
He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him – ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
5 Kterýž řekl: I kdo jsi Pane? A Pán řekl: Já jsem Ježíš, jemuž ty se protivíš. Tvrdoť jest tobě proti ostnům se zpěčovati.
‘Who are you, Lord?’ he asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the voice answered;
6 A on třesa se a boje se, řekl: Pane, co chceš, abych činil? A Pán k němu: Vstaň a jdi do města, a bude tobě povědíno, co bys ty měl činiti.
‘Yet stand up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.’
7 Ti pak muži, kteříž šli s ním, stáli, ohromeni jsouce, hlas zajisté slyšíce, ale žádného nevidouce.
The men traveling with Saul were meanwhile standing speechless; they heard the sound of the voice, but saw no one.
8 I vstal Saul z země, a otevřev oči své, nic neviděl. Tedy pojavše ho za ruce, uvedli jej do Damašku.
When Saul got up from the ground, though his eyes were open, he could see nothing. So his men led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus;
9 I byl tu za tři dni, nevida, a nejedl, ani nepil.
and for three days he was unable to see, and took nothing either to eat or to drink.
10 Byl pak jeden učedlník v Damašku, jménem Ananiáš. I řekl jemu Pán u vidění: Ananiáši. A on řekl: Aj, já, Pane.
Now there was at Damascus a disciple named Ananias, to whom, in a vision, the Lord said, ‘Ananias.’ ‘Yes, Lord,’ he answered.
11 A Pán k němu: Vstaň a jdi do ulice, kteráž slove přímá, a hledej v domě Judově Saule, jménem Tarsenského. Nebo aj, modlí se.
‘Go at once,’ said the Lord, ‘to the Straight Street, and ask at Judas’s house for a man named Saul, from Tarsus. He is at this moment praying,
12 A viděl u vidění muže, Ananiáše jménem, an jde k němu, a vzkládá naň ruku, aby prohlédl.
and he has seen, in a vision, a man named Ananias coming in and placing his hands on him, so that he may recover his sight.’
13 I odpověděl Ananiáš: Pane, slyšel jsem od mnohých o tom muži, kterak mnoho zlého činil svatým tvým v Jeruzalémě.
‘Lord,’ exclaimed Ananias, ‘I have heard from many people about this man – how much harm he has done at Jerusalem to your people there.
14 A i zdeť má moc od předních kněží, aby jímal všecky, kteříž vzývají jméno tvé.
And, here, too, he holds authority from the chief priests to put in chains all those who invoke your name.’
15 I řekl jemu Pán: Jdi, neboť jest on má nádoba vyvolená, aby nosil jméno mé před pohany i krále, i před syny Izraelské.
But the Lord said to him, ‘Go, for this man is my chosen instrument to uphold my name before the Gentiles and their kings, and the people of Israel.
16 Jáť zajisté ukáži jemu, kterak on mnoho musí trpěti pro jméno mé.
I will myself show him all that he has to suffer for my name.’
17 I šel Ananiáš, a všel do toho domu, a vloživ ruce naň, řekl: Sauli bratře, Pán Ježíš poslal mne, kterýž se ukázal tobě na cestě, po níž jsi šel, abys prohlédl, a naplněn byl Duchem svatým.
So Ananias went, entered the house, and, placing his hands on Saul, said, ‘Saul, my brother, I have been sent by the Lord – by Jesus, who appeared to you on your way here – so that you may recover your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.’
18 A hned spadly s očí jeho jako lupiny, i prohlédl pojednou; a vstav, pokřtěn jest.
Instantly it seemed as if a film fell from Saul’s eyes, and his sight was restored. Then he got up and was baptized,
19 A přijav pokrm, posilnil se. I zůstal Saul s učedlníky, kteříž byli v Damašku, za několik dní.
and, after he had taken food, he felt his strength return. Saul stayed for some days with the disciples who were at Damascus,
20 A hned v školách kázal Krista, že on jest Syn Boží.
and at once began in the synagogues to proclaim Jesus as the Son of God.
21 I divili se náramně všickni, kteříž jej slyšeli, a pravili: Zdaliž toto není ten, kterýž hubil v Jeruzalémě ty, kteříž vzývali jméno toto, a sem na to přišel, aby je svázané vedl k předním kněžím?
All who heard him were amazed. ‘Is not this,’ they asked, ‘the man who worked havoc in Jerusalem among those that invoke this name, and who had also come here for the express purpose of having such persons put in chains and taken before the chief priests?’
22 Saul pak více se zmocňoval, a zahanboval Židy, kteříž bydleli v Damašku, potvrzuje toho, že ten jest Kristus.
Saul’s influence, however, kept steadily increasing, and he confounded the Jewish people who lived in Damascus by the proofs that he gave that Jesus was the Christ.
23 A když přeběhlo drahně dnů, radu mezi sebou na tom zavřeli Židé, aby jej zabili.
After some time some of them laid a plot to kill Saul,
24 Ale zvěděl Saul o těch úkladech jejich. Ostříhali také i bran ve dne i v noci, aby jej zahubili.
but it became known to him. They even watched the gates day and night, to kill him;
25 Ale učedlníci v noci vzavše ho, spustili jej po provaze přes zed v koši.
but his disciples let him down by night through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket.
26 Přišed pak Saul do Jeruzaléma, pokoušel se přitovaryšiti k učedlníkům, ale báli se ho všickni, nevěříce, by byl učedlníkem.
On his arrival in Jerusalem, Saul attempted to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, as they did not believe that he was really a disciple.
27 Barnabáš pak přijav jej, vedl ho k apoštolům, a vypravoval jim, kterak na cestě viděl Pána, a že mluvil s ním, a kterak v Damašku svobodně mluvil ve jménu Ježíše.
Barnabas, however, taking him by the hand, brought him to the apostles, and told them the whole story of how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord, and how the Lord had talked to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out fearlessly in the name of Jesus.
28 I bydlil s nimi v Jeruzalémě,
After that, Saul remained in Jerusalem, in close contact with the apostles; and he spoke fearlessly in the name of the Lord,
29 A směle mluvil ve jménu Pána Ježíše, a hádal se s Řeky; oni pak usilovali ho zabiti.
talking and arguing with the Jews of foreign birth, who, however, made attempts to kill him.
30 To zvěděvše bratří, dovedli ho do Cesaree, a poslali jej do Tarsu.
But, when the followers found this out, they took him down to Caesarea, and sent him on his way to Tarsus.
31 A tak zborové po všem Judstvu a Galilei i Samaří měli pokoj, vzdělávajíce se, a chodíce v bázni Páně, a rozhojňovali se potěšením Ducha svatého.
And so it came about that the church, throughout Judea, Galilee, and Samaria, enjoyed peace and became firmly established; and, ordering its life by respect for the Lord and the help of the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.
32 Stalo se pak, že Petr, když procházel všecky, přišel také k svatým, kteříž bydleli v Lyddě.
Peter, while traveling from place to place throughout the country, went down to visit the people of Christ living at Lydda.
33 I nalezl tu člověka jednoho, jménem Eneáše, již od osmi let na loži ležícího, kterýž byl šlakem poražený.
There he found a man named Aeneas, who had been bedridden for eight years with paralysis.
34 I řekl mu Petr: Eneáši, uzdravuje tebe Ježíš Kristus; vstaň, a ustel sobě. A hned vstal.
‘Aeneas,’ Peter said to him, ‘Jesus Christ cures you. Get up, and make your bed.’ Aeneas got up at once;
35 I viděli jej všickni, kteříž bydlili v Lyddě a v Sároně, kteříž se obrátili ku Pánu.
and all the inhabitants of Lydda and of the Plain of Sharon saw him, and came over to the Lord’s side.
36 Byla pak jedna učedlnice v Joppen, jménem Tabita, což se vykládá Dorkas. Ta byla plná skutků dobrých a almužen, kteréž činila.
At Joppa there lived a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which is in Greek “Dorcas” – a Gazelle. Her life was spent in doing kind and charitable actions.
37 I stalo se v těch dnech, že roznemohši se, umřela. Kterouž umyvše, položili na síň vrchní.
Just at that time she was taken ill, and died; and they had washed her body and laid it out in an upstairs room.
38 A že byla blízko Lydda od Joppen, uslyšavše učedlníci, že by tam byl Petr, poslali k němu dva muže, prosíce ho, aby sobě neobtěžoval přijíti až k nim.
Joppa was near Lydda, and the disciples, having heard that Peter was at Lydda, sent two men with the request that he come to them without delay.
39 Tedy vstav Petr, šel s nimi. A když přišel, vedli jej na síň. I obstoupily ho všecky vdovy, plačíce, a ukazujíce sukně a pláště, kteréž jim dělala, dokudž s nimi byla, Dorkas.
Peter returned with them at once. On his arrival, he was taken upstairs, and all the widows came round him in tears, showing the coats and other clothing which Dorcas had made while she was among them.
40 I rozkázav všechněm vyjíti ven Petr, poklek na kolena, modlil se, a obrátiv se k tomu tělu, řekl: Tabito, vstaň. A ona otevřela oči své, a uzřevši Petra, posadila se.
But Peter sent everybody out of the room, and knelt down and prayed. Then, turning to the body, he said, ‘Tabitha! Stand up.’ She opened her eyes, and, seeing Peter, sat up.
41 A podav jí ruky, pozdvihl jí; a povolav svatých a vdov, ukázal jim ji živou.
Giving her his hand, Peter raised her up, and, calling in the widows and others of Christ’s people, presented her to them alive.
42 I rozhlášeno jest to po všem Joppen, a uvěřili mnozí v Pána.
This became known all through Joppa, and numbers of people came to believe in the Lord.
43 I stalo se, že za mnohé dni pozůstal Petr v Joppen u nějakého Šimona koželuha.
And Peter stayed some days at Joppa with a tanner named Simon.
