¹And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

¹V teh dnevih pa, ko so se učenci množili, nastane godrnjanje grških Judov zoper Hebrejce, da se pri vsakdanji postrežbi zanemarjajo njih vdove.

²Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.

²In dvanajsteri skličejo množico učencev in reko: To ne gre, da bi mi besedo Božjo opuščali in oskrbovali mize.

³Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

³Ozrite se torej, bratje, po sedmih možeh izmed sebe, ki so na dobrem glasu, polni svetega Duha in modrosti, da jih postavimo nad tem opravilom;

⁴But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

⁴a mi se bomo marljivo držali molitve in službe besede.

⁵And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

⁵In ta beseda je bila vsej množici pogodu; ter izvolijo Štefana, moža polnega vere in svetega Duha, in Filipa in Prohora in Nikanora, Timona in Parmena in Nikolaja, pojudenca iz Antiohije.

⁶Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

⁶Te postavijo pred apostole, in molijo in pokladajo nanje roke.

⁷And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.

⁷In beseda Božja je rasla, in število učencev se je silno množilo v Jeruzalemu; tudi precejšnja množica duhovnikov je bila pokorna veri.

⁸And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and miracles among the people.

⁸Štefan pa, poln milosti in moči, je delal velike čudeže in znamenja med ljudstvom.

⁹Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen.

⁹In vstane jih nekaj iz takoimenovane shodnice Libertinov in Cirencev in Aleksandrijcev, in iz shodnice teh, ki so bili iz Cilicije in Azije, in se prepirajo s Štefanom.

¹⁰And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.

¹⁰Ali niso se mogli upirati modrosti in Duhu, po katerem je govoril.

¹¹Then they suborned men, which said, We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.

¹¹Tedaj nahujskajo može, ki naj bi rekli: Slišali smo ga govoriti kletvine zoper Mojzesa in Boga.

¹²And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes, and came upon him, and caught him, and brought him to the council,

¹²Ter razdražijo ljudstvo in starejšine in pismarje, ga napadejo in ga zgrabijo in pripeljejo v veliki zbor.

¹³And set up false witnesses, which said, This man ceaseth not to speak blasphemous words against this holy place, and the law:

¹³In postavijo krive priče, ki izpričajo: Ta človek ne neha govoriti kletvin zoper ta sveti kraj in zoper postavo.

¹⁴For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us.

¹⁴Slišali smo ga namreč, da pravi: Ta Jezus Nazarečan razdene to mesto in premeni šege, ki nam jih je izročil Mojzes.In ostro ga pogledajo vsi, ki sede v velikem zboru, in vidijo obličje njegovo kakor obličje angela.

¹⁵And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

¹⁵In ostro ga pogledajo vsi, ki sede v velikem zboru, in vidijo obličje njegovo kakor obličje angela.