Actuum Apostolorum 10
1 Vir autem quidam erat in Caesarea, nomine Cornelius, Centurio cohortis, quae dicitur Italica,
And there was a certain man in Caesarea, by name Cornelius, a centurion from a band called Italian,
2 religiosus, ac timens Deum cum omni domo sua, faciens eleemosynas multas plebi, et deprecans Deum semper:
pious, and fearing God with all his house, doing also many kind acts to the people, and beseeching God always,
3 is vidit in visu manifeste, quasi hora diei nona, Angelum Dei introeuntem ad se, et dicentem sibi: Corneli.
he saw in a vision manifestly, as it were the ninth hour of the day, a messenger of God coming in unto him, and saying to him, 'Cornelius;'
4 At ille intuens eum, timore correptus, dixit: Quis es, Domine? Dixit autem illi: Orationes tuae, et eleemosynae tuae ascenderunt in memoriam in conspectu Dei.
and he having looked earnestly on him, and becoming afraid, said, 'What is it, Lord?' And he said to him, 'Thy prayers and thy kind acts came up for a memorial before God,
5 Et nunc mitte viros in Ioppen, et accersi Simonem quendam, qui cognominatur Petrus:
and now send men to Joppa, and send for a certain one Simon, who is surnamed Peter,
6 hic hospitatur apud Simonem quendam coriarium, cuius est domus iuxta mare: hic dicet tibi quid te oporteat facere.
this one doth lodge with a certain Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea; this one shall speak to thee what it behoveth thee to do.'
7 Et cum discessisset Angelus qui loquebatur illi, vocavit duos domesticos suos, et militem metuentem Dominum ex his, qui illi parebant.
And when the messenger who is speaking to Cornelius went away, having called two of his domestics, and a pious soldier of those waiting on him continually,
8 Quibus cum narrasset omnia, misit illos in Ioppen.
and having declared to them all things, he sent them to Joppa.
9 Postera autem die iter illis facientibus, et appropinquantibus civitati, ascendit Petrus in superiora ut oraret circa horam sextam.
And on the morrow, as these are proceeding on the way, and are drawing nigh to the city, Peter went up upon the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour,
10 Et cum esuriret, voluit gustare. Parantibus autem illis, cecidit super eum mentis excessus:
and he became very hungry, and wished to eat; and they making ready, there fell upon him a trance,
11 et vidit caelum apertum, et descendens vas quoddam, velut linteum magnum, quattuor initiis submitti de caelo in terram,
and he doth behold the heaven opened, and descending unto him a certain vessel, as a great sheet, bound at the four corners, and let down upon the earth,
12 in quo erant omnia quadrupedia, et serpentia terrae, et volatilia caeli.
in which were all the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven,
13 Et facta est vox ad eum: Surge Petre, occide, et manduca.
and there came a voice unto him: 'Having risen, Peter, slay and eat.'
14 Ait autem Petrus: Absit Domine, quia numquam manducavi omne commune, et immundum.
And Peter said, 'Not so, Lord; because at no time did I eat anything common or unclean;'
15 Et vox iterum secundo ad eum: Quod Deus purificavit, tu commune ne dixeris.
and [there is] a voice again a second time unto him: 'What God did cleanse, thou, declare not thou common;'
16 Hoc autem factum est per ter: et statim receptum est vas in caelum.
and this was done thrice, and again was the vessel received up to the heaven.
17 Et dum intra se haesitaret Petrus quidnam esset visio, quam vidisset: ecce viri, qui missi erant a Cornelio, inquirentes domum Simonis, astiterunt ad ianuam.
And as Peter was perplexed in himself what the vision that he saw might be, then, lo, the men who have been sent from Cornelius, having made inquiry for the house of Simon, stood at the gate,
18 Et cum vocassent, interrogabant, si Simon, qui cognominatur Petrus, illic haberet hospitium.
and having called, they were asking if Simon, who is surnamed Peter, doth lodge here?
19 Petro autem cogitante de visione, dixit Spiritus ei: Ecce viri tres quaerunt te.
And Peter thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, 'Lo, three men do seek thee;
20 Surge itaque, descende, et vade cum eis nihil dubitans: quia ego misi illos.
but having risen, go down and go on with them, nothing doubting, because I have sent them;'
21 Descendens autem Petrus ad viros, dixit: Ecce ego sum, quem quaeritis: quae causa est, propter quam venistis?
and Peter having come down unto the men who have been sent from Cornelius unto him, said, 'Lo, I am he whom ye seek, what [is] the cause for which ye are present?'
22 Qui dixerunt: Cornelius Centurio, vir iustus, et timens Deum, et testimonium habens ab universa gente Iudaeorum, responsum accepit ab Angelo sancto accersire te in domum suam, et audire verba abs te.
And they said, 'Cornelius, a centurion, a man righteous and fearing God, well testified to, also, by all the nation of the Jews, was divinely warned by a holy messenger to send for thee, to his house, and to hear sayings from thee.'
23 Introducens ergo eos, recepit hospitio. Sequenti autem die surgens profectus est cum illis: et quidam ex fratribus ab Ioppe comitati sunt eum.
Having called them in, therefore, he lodged them, and on the morrow Peter went forth with them, and certain of the brethren from Joppa went with him,
24 Altera autem die introivit Caesaream. Cornelius vero expectabat illos, convocatis cognatis suis, et necessariis amicis.
and on the morrow they did enter into Caesarea; and Cornelius was waiting for them, having called together his kindred and near friends,
25 Et factum est cum introisset Petrus, obvius venit ei Cornelius, et procidens ad pedes eius adoravit.
and as it came that Peter entered in, Cornelius having met him, having fallen at [his] feet, did bow before [him];
26 Petrus vero elevavit eum, dicens: Surge, et ego ipse homo sum.
and Peter raised him, saying, 'Stand up; I also myself am a man;'
27 Et loquens cum illo intravit, et invenit multos, qui convenerant:
and talking with him he went in, and doth find many having come together.
28 dixitque ad illos: Vos scitis quomodo abominatum sit viro Iudaeo coniungi, aut accedere ad alienigenam: sed mihi ostendit Deus, neminem communem aut immundum dicere hominem.
And he said unto them, 'Ye know how it is unlawful for a man, a Jew, to keep company with, or to come unto, one of another race, but to me God did shew to call no man common or unclean;
29 Propter quod sine dubitatione veni accersitus. Interrogo ergo, quam ob causam accersistis me?
therefore also without gainsaying I came, having been sent for; I ask, therefore, for what matter ye did send for me?'
30 Et Cornelius ait: A nudiusquarta die usque ad hanc horam, orans eram hora nona in domo mea, et ecce vir stetit ante me in veste candida, et ait:
And Cornelius said, 'Four days ago till this hour, I was fasting, and [at] the ninth hour praying in my house, and, lo, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
31 Corneli, exaudita est oratio tua, et eleemosynae tuae commemoratae sunt in conspectu Dei.
and he said, Cornelius, thy prayer was heard, and thy kind acts were remembered before God;
32 Mitte ergo in Ioppen, et accersi Simonem, qui cognominatur Petrus: hic hospitatur in domo Simonis coriarii iuxta mare.
send, therefore, to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter; this one doth lodge in the house of Simon a tanner, by the sea, who having come, shall speak to thee;
33 Confestim ergo misi ad te: et tu benefecisti veniendo. Nunc ergo omnes nos in conspectu tuo adsumus audire omnia quaecumque tibi praecepta sunt a Domino.
at once, therefore, I sent to thee; thou also didst do well, having come; now, therefore, are we all before God present to hear all things that have been commanded thee by God.'
34 Aperiens autem Petrus os suum, dixit: In veritate comperi quia non est personarum acceptor Deus,
And Peter having opened his mouth, said, 'Of a truth, I perceive that God is no respecter of persons,
35 sed in omni gente qui timet eum, et operatur iustitiam, acceptus est illi.
but in every nation he who is fearing Him, and is working righteousness, is acceptable to Him;
36 Verbum misit Deus filiis Israel, annuncians pacem per Iesum Christum: (hic est omnium Dominus.)
the word that he sent to the sons of Israel, proclaiming good news — peace through Jesus Christ (this one is Lord of all, )
37 Vos scitis quod factum est verbum per universam Iudaeam: incipiens enim a Galilaea post baptismum, quod praedicavit Ioannes,
ye — ye have known; — the word that came throughout all Judea, having begun from Galilee, after the baptism that John preached;
38 Iesum a Nazareth: quomodo unxit eum Deus Spiritu sancto, et virtute, qui pertransiit benefaciendo, et sanando omnes oppressos a diabolo, quoniam Deus erat cum illo.
Jesus who [is] from Nazareth — how God did anoint him with the Holy Spirit and power; who went through, doing good, and healing all those oppressed by the devil, because God was with him;
39 Et nos testes sumus omnium, quae fecit in regione Iudaeorum, et Ierusalem, quem occiderunt suspendentes in ligno.
and we — we are witnesses of all things that he did, both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem, — whom they did slay, having hanged upon a tree.
40 Hunc Deus suscitavit tertia die, et dedit eum manifestum fieri
'This one God did raise up the third day, and gave him to become manifest,
41 non omni populo, sed testibus praeordinatis a Deo: nobis, qui manducavimus, et bibimus cum illo postquam resurrexit a mortuis.
not to all the people, but to witnesses, to those having been chosen before by God — to us who did eat with [him], and did drink with him, after his rising out of the dead;
42 Et praecepit nobis praedicare populo, et testificari quia ipse est, qui constitutus est a Deo iudex vivorum, et mortuorum.
and he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify fully that it is he who hath been ordained by God judge of living and dead —
43 Huic omnes Prophetae testimonium perhibent remissionem peccatorum accipere per nomen eius omnes, qui credunt in eum.
to this one do all the prophets testify, that through his name every one that is believing in him doth receive remission of sins.'
44 Adhuc loquente Petro verba haec, cecidit Spiritus sanctus super omnes, qui audiebant verbum.
While Peter is yet speaking these sayings, the Holy spirit fell upon all those hearing the word,
45 Et obstupuerunt ex circumcisione fideles, qui venerant cum Petro: quia et in nationes gratia Spiritus sancti effusa est.
and those of the circumcision believing were astonished — as many as came with Peter — because also upon the nations the gift of the Holy Spirit hath been poured out,
46 Audiebant enim illos loquentes linguis, et magnificantes Deum.
for they were hearing them speaking with tongues and magnifying God.
47 Tunc respondit Petrus: Numquid aquam quis prohibere potest ut non baptizentur hi, qui Spiritum sanctum acceperunt sicut et nos?
Then answered Peter, 'The water is any one able to forbid, that these may not be baptized, who the Holy Spirit did receive — even as also we?'
48 Et iussit eos baptizari in nomine Domini Iesu Christi. Tunc rogaverunt eum ut maneret apud eos aliquot diebus.
he commanded them also to be baptized in the name of the Lord; then they besought him to remain certain days.
