¹Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists The Hellenists used Greek language and culture, even though they were also of Hebrew descent. against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service.

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

²The twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, “It is not appropriate for us to forsake 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.

³Therefore select from among you, brothers, seven men of good report, full of the Holy Spirit and of 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 continue steadfastly in prayer and in the ministry of the word.”

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

⁵These words pleased the whole multitude. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolaus, 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. When they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

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

⁷The word of God increased and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem exceedingly. 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.

⁸Stephen, full of faith and power, performed great wonders and signs among the people.

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

⁹But some of those who were of the synagogue called “The Libertines,” and of the Cyrenians, of the Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and Asia arose, 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.

¹⁰They weren’t able to withstand the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke.

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

¹¹Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God.”

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

¹²They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, and brought him in 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 who said, “This man never stops speaking 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 will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to 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.

¹⁵All who sat in the council, fastening their eyes on him, saw his face like it was the face of an angel.

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