Maj 4, 2014

First Reading

The Acts of Apostles 2: 14, 22-33

2:14	Men Peter, står upp med elvan, höjde sin röst, och han talade till dem: ”Männen från Judeen, och alla som vistas i Jerusalem, låt detta bli känt för dig, och böj era öron till mina ord.
2:22	Israels män, hör dessa ord: Jesus från nasaréen är en man bekräftad av Gud bland er genom de mirakel och under och tecken som Gud utförde genom honom mitt ibland er, precis som du också vet.
2:23	Den här mannen, under Guds definitiva plan och förkunskap, befriades av de orättfärdigas händer, drabbats, och dödas.
2:24	Och han som Gud har uppväckt har brutit helvetets sorger, för visst var det omöjligt för honom att hållas av den.
2:25	Ty David sade om honom: ’Jag förutsåg Herren alltid i mina ögon, ty han är på min högra sida, så att jag inte kan bli rörd.
2:26	På grund av detta, mitt hjärta har fröjts, och min tunga har jublat. Dessutom, mitt kött skall också vila i hopp.
2:27	För du kommer inte att överge min själ till helvetet, inte heller kommer du att tillåta din Helige att se korruption.
2:28	Du har gjort mig bekant med livets vägar. Du kommer helt att fylla mig med lycka genom din närvaro.'
2:29	Ädla bröder, Tillåt mig att tala fritt till dig om patriarken David: ty han gick bort och blev begraven, och hans grav är hos oss, även till denna dag.
2:30	Därför, han var en profet, ty han visste att Gud hade svurit honom en ed om frukten av hans länd, om den som skulle sitta på hans tron.
2:31	Förutse detta, han talade om Kristi uppståndelse. För han var inte heller kvar i helvetet, inte heller såg hans kött korruption.
2:32	Den här Jesus, Gud reste upp igen, och om detta är vi alla vittnen.
2:33	Därför, upphöjd till Guds högra hand, och efter att ha mottagit den Helige Andes löfte från Fadern, han hällde ut detta, precis som du nu ser och hör.

Second Reading

First Letter of Peter 1: 17-21

1:17 And if you invoke as Father him who, without showing favoritism to persons, judges according to each one’s work, then act in fear during the time of your sojourning here.

1:18 For you know that it was not with corruptible gold or silver that you were redeemed away from your useless behavior in the traditions of your fathers,

1:19 but it was with the precious blood of Christ, an immaculate and undefiled lamb,

1:20 foreknown, säkert, before the foundation of the world, and made manifest in these latter times for your sake.

1:21 Through him, you have been faithful to God, who raised him up from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope would be in God.

Gospel

The Holy Gospel According to Luke 24: 13-35

24:13	Och se, two of them went out, on the same day, to a town named Emmaus, which was the distance of sixty stadia from Jerusalem.
24:14	And they spoke to one another about all of these things that had occurred.
24:15	Och det hände det, while they were speculating and questioning within themselves, Jesus himself, närmar sig, traveled with them.
24:16	But their eyes were restrained, so that they would not recognize him.
24:17	Och han sade till dem, “What are these words, which you are discussing with one another, as you walk and are sad?”
24:18	Och en av dem, whose name was Cleopas, responded by saying to him, “Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”
24:19	Och han sade till dem, “What things?"Och de sa, “About Jesus of Nazareth, who was a noble prophet, powerful in works and in words, before God and all the people.
24:20	And how our high priests and leaders handed him over to be condemned to death. And they crucified him.
24:21	But we were hoping that he would be the Redeemer of Israel. Och nu, on top of all this, today is the third day since these things have happened.
24:22	Sedan, för, certain women from among us terrified us. For before daytime, they were at the tomb,
24:23	och, having not found his body, they returned, saying that they had even seen a vision of Angels, who said that he is alive.
24:24	And some of us went out to the tomb. And they found it just as the women had said. Men verkligen, they did not find him.”
24:25	Och han sade till dem: “How foolish and reluctant in heart you are, to believe everything that has been spoken by the Prophets!
24:26	Was not the Christ required to suffer these things, and so enter into his glory?”
24:27	And beginning from Moses and all the Prophets, he interpreted for them, in all the Scriptures, the things that were about him.
24:28	And they drew near to the town where they were going. And he conducted himself so as to go on further.
24:29	But they were insistent with him, ordspråk, “Remain with us, because it is toward evening and now daylight is declining.” And so he entered with them.
24:30	Och det hände det, while he was at table with them, he took bread, and he blessed and broke it, and he extended it to them.
24:31	And their eyes were opened, and they recognized him. And he vanished from their eyes.
24:32	And they said to one another, “Was not our heart burning within us, while he was speaking on the way, and when he opened the Scriptures to us?”
24:33	And rising up at that same hour, de återvände till Jerusalem. And they found the eleven gathered together, and those who were with them,
24:34	ordspråk: “In truth, the Lord has risen, and he has appeared to Simon.”
24:35	And they explained the things that were done on the way, and how they had recognized him at the breaking of the bread.