1 ULB Kira-kira pada waktu itu raja Herodes menangkap beberapa orang dari jemaat sehingga ia bisa menganiaya mereka. BSB BSB: About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.
2 ULB Lalu Ia membunuh Yakobus saudara Yohanes dengan pedang. BSB BSB: He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.
3 ULB Setelah ia melihat bahwa hal ini menyenangkan para orang Yahudi, ia juga memerintahkan untuk menangkap Petrus. Hal ini terjadi pada hari raya Roti Tidak Beragi. BSB BSB: And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
4 ULB Setelah menangkap Petrus, ia memenjarakannya dan memerintahkan empat kelompok prajurit untuk menjaganya; ia berencana untuk mengadilinya di depan rakyat setelah Paskah. BSB BSB: He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
5 ULB Jadi Petrus ditahan di dalam penjara, tetapi orang-orang percaya terus menerus berdoa kepada Allah untuk dia. BSB BSB: So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.
6 ULB Sehari sebelum Herodes hendak mengeluarkannya untuk diadili, malam itu Petrus tidur di antara dua prajurit yang terikat dengan dua rantai; sementara para pengawal di depan pintu menjaga penjara. BSB BSB: On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
7 ULB Lihatlah, tiba-tiba muncul seorang malaikat Tuhan kepadanya, dan cahaya bersinar di dalam sel penjara itu. Lalu ia menepuk Petrus dan membangunkannya sambil berkata," Lekaslah bangun." Kemudian rantai itu terlepas dari tangan Petrus. BSB BSB: Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.
8 ULB Malaikat itu berkata kepadanya, "Berpakaianlah dan kenakanlah sandalmu." Petrus mematuhinya. Malaikat berkata kepadanya, "Kenakanlah jubah luarmu dan ikutilah aku." BSB BSB: “Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”
9 ULB Maka Petrus mengikuti malaikat itu dan keluar. Ia tidak paham bahwa apa yang dilakukan oleh malaikat itu benar-benar nyata. Ia menyangka bahwa ia sedang mendapat sebuah penglihatan. BSB BSB: So Peter followed him out, but he was unaware that what the angel was doing was real. He thought he was only seeing a vision.
10 ULB Setelah mereka melewati pengawal yang pertama dan kedua, mereka sampai pada gerbang besi yang mengarah ke kota, gerbang itu terbuka dengan sendirinya. Lalu mereka keluar dan menuju ke jalan, dan malaikat itu segera meninggalkan dia. BSB BSB: They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.
11 ULB Ketika Petrus sadar, ia berkata, "Sekarang aku benar-benar mengerti bahwa Tuhan telah mengutus malaikatNya dan melepaskan aku dari tangan Herodes, dan dari semua yang diharapkan orang-orang Yahudi. BSB BSB: Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”
12 ULB Setelah ia menyadari hal ini, ia datang ke rumah Maria ibu Yohanes yang juga disebut Markus, banyak orang percaya telah berkumpul di sana dan sedang berdoa. BSB BSB: And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.
13 ULB Ketika ia mengetuk pintu gerbang, seorang pelayan perempuan bernama Rode datang untuk membukakan pintu. BSB BSB: He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.
14 ULB Ketika ia mengenali suara Petrus, karena terlalu gembira ia tidak membukakan pintu; melainkan, ia berlari masuk ke dalam ruangan; lalu ia memberitahukan bahwa Petrus sedang berdiri di depan pintu. BSB BSB: When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!”
15 ULB Karena itu mereka semua berkata kepada perempuan itu, "Engkau gila." Tetapi ia bersikeras bahwa apa yang dikatakannya itu benar. Mereka berkata, "Itu malaikatnya." BSB BSB: “You are out of your mind,” they told her. But when she kept insisting it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”
16 ULB Tetapi Petrus terus mengetuk pintu, dan ketika mereka telah membukakan pintu, mereka melihatnya dan terkejut. BSB BSB: But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded.
17 ULB Petrus memberi isyarat kepada mereka dengan tangannya agar diam, dan ia memberitahu mereka bagaimana Tuhan telah mengeluarkannya dari dalam penjara. Ia berkata, "Laporkanlah semua hal ini kepada Yakobus dan saudara-saudara yang lain." Kemudian ia meninggalkan tempat itu dan pergi ke tempat lain. BSB BSB: Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.
18 ULB Ketika hari telah pagi, para prajurit gempar dengan apa yang terjadi pada Petrus. BSB BSB: At daybreak there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.
19 ULB Setelah Herodes mencarinya dan tidak dapat menemukannya, ia menyelidiki para penjaga dan memerintahkan agar mereka dihukum mati. Kemudian ia pergi dari Yudea ke Kaisarea dan tetap tinggal di sana. BSB BSB: After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.
20 ULB Kemudian Herodes menjadi sangat marah kepada penduduk Tirus dan Sidon. Mereka bersama-sama menghadap dia. Mereka membujuk Blastus, asisten raja, untuk menolong mereka. Kemudian mereka memohon berdamai, karena negara mereka memperoleh makanan dari negara raja itu. BSB BSB: Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.
21 ULB Pada hari yang telah ditentukan Herodes mengenakan pakaian kebesaran dan duduk di atas takhta; ia berpidato di hadapan mereka. BSB BSB: On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.
22 ULB Lalu rakyat berteriak, "Ini adalah suara dewa, bukan suara manusia!" BSB BSB: And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”
23 ULB Seketika itu juga malaikat Tuhan menghantamnya, karena ia tidak memuliakan Allah; lalu ia dimakan cacing dan mati. BSB BSB: Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
24 ULB Tetapi firman Tuhan terus bertumbuh dan berlipat ganda. BSB BSB: But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.
25 ULB Jadi ketika Barnabas dan Saulus menyelesaikan misi mereka, mereka kembali dari {Beberapa salinan kuno dibaca, “mereka kembali ke Yerusalem, mereka membawa serta Yohanes, yang juga disebut Markus.”} BSB BSB: When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.
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