| 4:1 |
But while they were speaking to the people, the priests and the magistrate of the temple and the Sadducees overwhelmed them, |
| 4:2 |
being grieved that they were teaching the people and announcing in Jesus the resurrection from the dead. |
| 4:3 |
And they laid hands on them, and they placed them under guard until the next day. For it was now evening. |
| 4:4 |
But many of those who had heard the word believed. And the number of men became five thousand. |
| 4:5 |
And it happened on the next day that their leaders and elders and scribes gathered together in Jerusalem, |
| 4:6 |
including Annas, the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John and Alexander, and as many as were of the priestly family. |
| 4:7 |
And stationing them in the middle, they questioned them: “By what power, or in whose name, have you done this?” |
| 4:8 |
Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them: “Leaders of the people and elders, dëgjo. |
| 4:9 |
If we today are judged by a good deed done to an infirm man, by which he has been made whole, |
| 4:10 |
let it be known to all of you and to all of the people of Israel, that in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom you crucified, whom God has raised from the dead, by him, this man stands before you, healthy. |
| 4:11 |
He is the stone, which was rejected by you, the builders, which has become the head of the corner. |
| 4:12 |
And there is no salvation in any other. For there is no other name under heaven given to men, by which it is necessary for us to be saved.” |
| 4:13 |
Pastaj, seeing the constancy of Peter and John, having verified that they were men without letters or learning, they wondered. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus. |
| 4:14 |
Gjithashtu, seeing the man who had been cured standing with them, they were unable to say anything to contradict them. |
| 4:15 |
But they ordered them to withdraw outside, away from the council, and they conferred among themselves, |
| 4:16 |
duke thënë: “What shall we do to these men? For certainly a public sign has been done through them, before all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. It is manifest, and we cannot deny it. |
| 4:17 |
But lest it spread further among the people, let us threaten them not to speak anymore in this name to any man.” |
| 4:18 |
And calling them in, they warned them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. |
| 4:19 |
Megjithatë me të vërtetë, Peter and John said in response to them: “Judge whether it is just in the sight of God to listen to you, rather than to God. |
| 4:20 |
For we are unable to refrain from speaking the things that we have seen and heard.” |
| 4:21 |
Por ata, threatening them, sent them away, having not found a way that they might punish them because of the people. For all were glorifying the things that had been done in these events. |
| 4:22 |
For the man in whom this sign of a cure had been accomplished was more than forty years old. |
| 4:23 |
Pastaj, duke u liruar, shkuan tek të tyret, dhe ata treguan plotësisht ato që u kishin thënë krerët e priftërinjve dhe pleqtë. |
| 4:24 |
Dhe kur e dëgjuan, me një marrëveshje, ata e ngritën zërin e tyre te Perëndia, dhe ata thanë: “Zot, ti je Ai që krijoi qiellin dhe tokën, detin dhe gjithçka që është në to, |
| 4:25 |
OBSH, nga Fryma e Shenjtë, me gojën e atit tonë David, shërbëtori juaj, tha: ‘Pse johebrenjtë po zien?, dhe pse njerëzit mendojnë për gjëra të pakuptimta? |
| 4:26 |
Mbretërit e dheut janë ngritur në këmbë, dhe udhëheqësit janë bashkuar si një, kundër Zotit dhe kundër Krishtit të tij.' |
| 4:27 |
Për të vërtetë Herodin dhe Ponc Pilatin, me johebrenjtë dhe popullin e Izraelit, u bashkuan në këtë qytet kundër shërbëtorit tënd të shenjtë Jezus, të cilin ju e vajosët |
| 4:28 |
do të bëhej ajo që dora jote dhe këshilla jote kishin vendosur. |
| 4:29 |
Dhe tani, o Zot, shikoni kërcënimet e tyre, dhe jepu shërbëtorëve të tu që ta thonë fjalën tënde me besim të plotë, |
| 4:30 |
duke zgjatur dorën në kura, shenja dhe mrekulli, të bëhet nëpërmjet emrit të Birit tuaj të shenjtë, Jezusi.” |
| 4:31 |
Dhe kur ata ishin falur, vendi ku ishin mbledhur u zhvendos. Dhe të gjithë u mbushën me Frymën e Shenjtë. Dhe ata po flisnin Fjalën e Perëndisë me siguri. |
| 4:32 |
Then the multitude of believers were of one heart and one soul. Neither did anyone say that any of the things that he possessed were his own, but all things were common to them. |
| 4:33 |
And with great power, the Apostles were rendering testimony to the Resurrection of Jesus Christ our Lord. And great grace was in them all. |
| 4:34 |
And neither was anyone among them in need. For as many as were owners of fields or houses, selling these, were bringing the proceeds of the things that they were selling, |
| 4:35 |
and were placing it before the feet of the Apostles. Then it was divided to each one, just as he had need. |
| 4:36 |
Now Joseph, who the Apostles surnamed Barnabas (which is translated as ‘son of consolation’), who was a Levite of Cyprian descent, |
| 4:37 |
since he had land, he sold it, and he brought the proceeds and placed these at the feet of the Apostles. |
