Actuum Apostolorum 5
1 Vir autem quidam nomine Ananias, cum Saphira uxore suo vendidit agrum,
And a certain man, Ananias by name, with his wife Sapphira, sold a possession,
2 et fraudavit de pretio agri, conscia uxore sua: et afferens partem quamdam, ad pedes Apostolorum posuit.
and kept back of the price—his wife also knowing—and having brought a certain part, he laid [it] at the feet of the apostles.
3 Dixit autem Petrus ad Ananiam: Anania, cur tentavit satanas cor tuum, mentiri te Spiritui sancto, et fraudare de pretio agri?
And Peter said, “Ananias, why did Satan fill your heart, for you to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back of the price of the place?
4 Nonne manens tibi manebat, et venundatum in tua erat potestate? Quare posuisti in corde tuo hanc rem? Non es mentitus hominibus, sed Deo.
While it remained, did it not remain yours? And having been sold, was it not in your authority? Why [is] it that you put this thing in your heart? You did not lie to men, but to God”;
5 Audiens autem Ananias haec verba, cecidit, et expiravit. Et factus est timor magnus super omnes, qui audierunt.
and Ananias hearing these words, having fallen down, expired, and great fear came on all who heard these things,
6 Surgentes autem iuvenes amoverunt eum, et efferentes sepelierunt.
and having risen, the younger men wound him up, and having carried forth, they buried [him].
7 Factum est autem quasi horarum trium spatium, et uxor ipsius, nesciens quod factum fuerat, introivit.
And it came to pass, about three hours after, that his wife, not knowing what has happened, came in,
8 Dixit autem ei Petrus: Dic mihi mulier, si tanti agrum vendidistis? At illa dixit: Etiam tanti.
and Peter answered her, “Tell me if for so much you sold the place”; and she said, “Yes, for so much.”
9 Petrus autem ad eam: Quid utique convenit vobis tentare Spiritum Domini? Ecce pedes eorum, qui sepelierunt virum tuum ad ostium, et efferent te.
And Peter said to her, “How was it agreed by you to tempt the Spirit of the LORD? Behold, the feet of those who buried your husband [are] at the door, and they will carry you forth”;
10 Confestim cecidit ante pedes eius, et expiravit. Intrantes autem iuvenes invenerunt illam mortuam: et extulerunt, et sepelierunt ad virum suum.
and immediately she fell down at his feet, and expired, and the young men having come in, found her dead, and having carried forth, they buried [her] by her husband;
11 Et factus est timor magnus in universa ecclesia, et in omnes, qui audierunt haec.
and great fear came on all the Assembly, and on all who heard these things.
12 Per manus autem Apostolorum fiebant signa, et prodigia multa in plebe. Et erant unanimiter omnes in porticu Salomonis.
And through the hands of the apostles came many signs and wonders among the people, and they were all with one accord in the porch of Solomon;
13 Ceterorum autem nemo audebat se coniungere illis: sed magnificabat eos populus.
and of the rest no one was daring to join himself to them, but the people were magnifying them,
14 Magis autem augebatur credentium in Domino multitudo virorum, ac mulierum,
(and the more were believers added to the LORD, multitudes of both men and women),
15 ita ut in plateas eiicerent infirmos, et ponerent in lectulis et grabatis, ut, veniente Petro, saltem umbra illius obumbraret quemquam illorum, et liberarentur ab infirmitatibus suis.
so as to bring forth the ailing into the broad places, and to lay [them] on beds and pallets, that at the coming of Peter, even [his] shadow might overshadow someone of them;
16 Concurrebat autem et multitudo vicinarum civitatum Ierusalem, afferentes aegros, et vexatos a spiritibus immundis: qui curabantur omnes.
and there were also coming together the people of the surrounding cities to Jerusalem, carrying ailing persons, and those harassed by unclean spirits—who were all healed.
17 Exurgens autem princeps sacerdotum, et omnes, qui cum illo erant, (quae est haeresis Sadducaeorum) repleti sunt zelo:
And having risen, the chief priest, and all those with him—being the sect of the Sadducees—were filled with zeal,
18 et iniecerunt manus in Apostolos, et posuerunt eos in custodia publica.
and laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in a public prison;
19 Angelus autem Domini per noctem aperiens ianuas carceris, et educens eos, dixit:
but through the night a messenger of the LORD opened the doors of the prison, having also brought them forth, he said,
20 Ite, et stantes loquimini in templo plebi omnia verba vitae huius.
“Go on, and standing, speak in the temple to the people all the sayings of this life”;
21 Qui cum audissent, intraverunt diluculo in templum, et docebant. Adveniens autem princeps sacerdotum, et qui cum eo erant, convocaverunt concilium, et omnes seniores filiorum Israel: et miserunt ad carcerem ut adducerentur.
and having heard, they entered into the temple at the dawn, and were teaching. And the chief priest having come, and those with him, they called together the Sanhedrin and all the Senate of the sons of Israel, and they sent to the prison to have them brought,
22 Cum autem venissent ministri, et aperto carcere non invenissent illos, reversi nunciaverunt,
and the officers having come, did not find them in the prison, and having turned back, they told,
23 dicentes: Carcerem quidem invenimus clausum cum omni diligentia, et custodes stantes ante ianuas: aperientes autem neminem intus invenimus.
saying, “We indeed found the prison shut in all safety, and the keepers standing outside before the doors, and having opened—we found no one within.”
24 Ut autem audierunt hos sermones magistratus templi, et principes sacerdotum ambigebant de illis quidnam fieret.
And as the priest, and the magistrate of the temple, and the chief priests, heard these words, they were doubting concerning them to what this would come;
25 Adveniens autem quidam nunciavit eis: Quia ecce viri, quos posuistis in carcerem, sunt in templo stantes, et docentes populum.
and coming near, a certain one told them, saying, “Behold, the men whom you put in the prison are in the temple standing and teaching the people”;
26 Tunc abiit magistratus cum ministris, et adduxit illos sine vi: timebant enim populum ne lapidarentur.
then the magistrate having gone away with officers, brought them without violence, for they were fearing the people, lest they should be stoned;
27 Et cum adduxissent illos, statuerunt in concilio: Et interrogavit eos princeps sacerdotum,
and having brought them, they set [them] in the Sanhedrin, and the chief priest questioned them,
28 dicens: Praecipiendo praecepimus vobis ne doceretis in nomine isto: et ecce replestis Ierusalem doctrina vestra: et vultis inducere super nos sanguinem hominis istius.
saying, “Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this Name? And behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and you intend to bring on us the blood of this Man.”
29 Respondens autem Petrus, et Apostoli, dixerunt: Obedire oportet Deo magis, quam hominibus.
And Peter and the apostles answering, said, “It is required to obey God, rather than men;
30 Deus patrum nostrorum suscitavit Iesum, quem vos interemistis, suspendentes in ligno.
and the God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you slew, having hanged on a tree;
31 Hunc principem, et salvatorem Deus exaltavit dextera sua ad dandam poenitentiam Israeli, et remissionem peccatorum.
this One, God, a Prince and a Savior, has exalted with His right hand, to give conversion to Israel, and forgiveness of sins;
32 et nos sumus testes horum verborum, et Spiritus sanctus, quem dedit Deus omnibus obedientibus sibi.
and we are His witnesses of these sayings, and the Holy Spirit also, whom God gave to those obeying Him.”
33 Haec cum audissent, dissecabantur, et cogitabant interficere illos.
And they having heard, were cut [to the heart], and were intending to slay them,
34 Surgens autem quidam in concilio Pharisaeus, nomine Gamaliel, legisdoctor honorabilis universae plebi, iussit foras ad breve homines fieri.
but a certain one, having risen up in the Sanhedrin—a Pharisee, by name Gamaliel, a teacher of law honored by all the people—commanded to put the apostles forth a little,
35 dixitque ad illos: Viri Israelitae attendite vobis super hominibus istis quid acturi sitis.
and said to them, “Men, Israelites, take heed to yourselves about these men, what you are about to do,
36 Ante hos enim dies extitit Theodas, dicens se esse aliquem, cui consensit numerus virorum circiter quadringentorum: qui occisus est: et omnes, qui credebant ei, dissipati sunt, et redacti ad nihilum.
for before these days Theudas rose up, saying that he was someone, to whom a number of men joined themselves, as it were four hundred, who was slain, and all, as many as were obeying him, were scattered, and came to nothing.
37 Post hunc extitit Iudas Galilaeus in diebus professionis, et avertit populum post se, et ipse periit: et omnes, quotquot consenserunt ei, dispersi sunt.
After this one, Judas the Galilean rose up, in the days of the census, and drew away people after him, and that one perished, and all, as many as were obeying him, were scattered;
38 Et nunc itaque dico vobis, discedite ab hominibus istis, et sinite illos: quoniam si est ex hominibus consilium hoc, aut opus, dissolvetur:
and now I say to you, refrain from these men, and leave them alone, because if this counsel or this work may be of men, it will be overthrown,
39 si vero ex Deo est, non poteritis dissolvere illud, ne forte et Deo repugnare inveniamini. Consenserunt autem illi.
and if it be of God, you are not able to overthrow it, lest perhaps you are also found fighting against God.”
40 Et convocantes Apostolos, caesis denunciaverunt ne omnino loquerentur in nomine Iesu, et dimiserunt eos.
And to him they agreed, and having called near the apostles, having beaten [them], they commanded [them] not to speak in the Name of Jesus, and let them go;
41 Et illi quidem ibant gaudentes a conspectu concilii, quoniam digni habiti sunt pro nomine Iesu contumeliam pati.
they, indeed, then, departed from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that for His Name they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor,
42 Omni autem die non cessabant in templo, et circa domos docentes, et evangelizantes Christum Iesum.
also every day in the temple, and in every house, they were not ceasing teaching and proclaiming good news—Jesus the Christ.
