¹Now about that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly.

¹V ta čas pa dvigne Herod kralj roke, da bi mučil nekatere od cerkve.

²He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.

²In umori Jakoba, brata Janezovega, z mečem.

³When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This was during the days of unleavened bread.

³In videč, da je to pogodu Judom, seže dalje in ujame Petra. Bili so pa dnevi presnih kruhov.

⁴When he had arrested him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

⁴In ko ga ujame, ga posadi v ječo in izroči štirim četvoricam vojakov, naj ga stražijo; in po Veliki noči ga je hotel privesti pred ljudstvo.

⁵Peter therefore was kept in the prison, but constant prayer was made by the assembly to God for him.

⁵Petra so torej varovali v ječi; a cerkev je molila zanj k Bogu neprenehoma.

⁶The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison.

⁶Ko ga pa je hotel Herod privesti pred ljudstvo, tisto noč je spal Peter med dvema vojakoma, vkovan v dvojne verige; varuhi pred vrati pa so stražili ječo.

⁷And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, “Stand up quickly!” His chains fell off from his hands.

⁷In glej, angel Gospodov pristopi, in svetloba se zasveti v izbi; in udari Petra v bok in ga zbudi, rekoč: Vstani hitro! In verige mu padejo z rok.

⁸The angel said to him, “Get dressed and put on your sandals.” He did so. He said to him, “Put on your cloak, and follow me.”

⁸Angel mu pa veli: Opaši se in obuj opanke svoje. In storí tako. In mu veli: Ogrni si plašč in pojdi za menoj.

⁹And he went out and followed him. He didn’t know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he saw a vision.

⁹In izide in gre za njim; in ni vedel, da je resnično, kar se je godilo po angelu, temuč menil je, da vidi prikazen.

¹⁰When they were past the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went out, and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.

¹⁰Ko pa preideta mimo prve straže in druge, dospeta do železnih vrat, ki so držala v mesto, in ta se jima odpro sama od sebe; ter stopita ven in preideta eno ulico, in precej se loči angel od njega.

¹¹When Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I truly know that the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from everything the Jewish people were expecting.”

¹¹In Peter se zave in reče: Sedaj vem zares, da je poslal Gospod angela svojega in me je otel iz roke Herodove in vsega, kar je pričakovalo ljudstvo judovsko.

¹²Thinking about that, he came to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose surname was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.

¹²In razmislivši to, pride do hiše Marije, matere Janeza s priimkom Marko, kjer jih je bilo veliko zbranih, ki so molili.

¹³When Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a maid named Rhoda came to answer.

¹³Ko pa potrka Peter na vežna vrata, pristopi deklica, po imenu Roda, poslušat, kdo je.

¹⁴When she recognized Peter’s voice, she didn’t open the gate for joy, but ran in, and reported that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

¹⁴In spoznavši glas Petrov, od veselja ne odpre vrat, ampak zbeži noter in sporoči, da stoji Peter pred vrati.

¹⁵They said to her, “You are crazy!” But she insisted that it was so. They said, “It is his angel.”

¹⁵Oni ji pa reko: Meša se ti. Ali ona trdi, da je tako. Oni pa pravijo: Njegov angel je.

¹⁶But Peter continued knocking. When they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed.

¹⁶A Peter čaka in trka. Ko pa odpro, ga ugledajo in ostrme.

¹⁷But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, “Tell these things to James, and to the brothers.” Then he departed, and went to another place.

¹⁷Namignivši pa z roko, naj molče, jim razloži, kako ga je Gospod izpeljal iz ječe, in reče: Sporočite to Jakobu in bratom. In izide in odrine v drug kraj.

¹⁸Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter.

¹⁸Ko se je pa zdanilo, ni bil majhen strah med vojaki, kaj da se je s Petrom zgodilo.

¹⁹When Herod had sought for him, and didn’t find him, he examined the guards, and commanded that they should be put to death. He went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.

¹⁹Herod pa, ko ga je zahteval in ga ni našel, izpraša varuhe in jih ukaže odpeljati na smrt. In odide iz Judeje v Cezarejo, ter tu prebiva.

²⁰Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. They came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus, the king’s personal aide, their friend, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king’s country for food.

²⁰Bil je pa jezen na Tirce in Sidonce; a oni ene misli pridejo k njemu in, pregovorivši zase Blasta, komornika kraljevega, prosijo miru, zato ker je njih dežela dobivala živež iz kraljevine.

²¹On an appointed day, Herod dressed himself in royal clothing, sat on the throne, and gave a speech to them.

²¹A v določeni dan obleče Herod kraljevsko oblačilo in sede na prestol in jim je govoril.

²²The people shouted, “The voice of a god, and not of a man!”

²²Ljudstvo pa mu je vpilo: Božji glas je to, a ne človeški.

²³Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he didn’t give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.

²³Pri tej priči pa ga udari angel Gospodov, zato ker ni dal slave Bogu: in črvi so se ga lotili, in je umrl.

²⁴But the word of God grew and multiplied.

²⁴A beseda Gospodova je rasla in se razširjala.Barnaba in Pavel pa sta se vrnila iz Jeruzalema, ko sta bila izvršila službo ljubezni, in sta privedla s seboj Janeza s priimkom Marko.

²⁵Barnabas and Saul returned to TR reads “from” instead of “to” Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their service, also taking with them John whose surname was Mark.

²⁵Barnaba in Pavel pa sta se vrnila iz Jeruzalema, ko sta bila izvršila službo ljubezni, in sta privedla s seboj Janeza s priimkom Marko.