Atos 6
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Acts 6
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| Ora, naqueles dias, crescendo o número dos discípulos, houve uma murmuração dos helenistas contra os hebreus, porque as viúvas daqueles estavam sendo esquecidas na distribuição diária. | Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was increasing, protests were made by the Greek Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were not taken care of in the distribution of food every day. |
| E os doze, convocando a multidão dos discípulos, disseram: Não é razoável que nós deixemos a palavra de Deus e sirvamos às mesas. | And the Apostles sent for all the disciples and said, It is not right for us to give up preaching the word of God in order to make distribution of food. |
| Escolhei, pois, irmãos, dentre vós, sete homens de boa reputação, cheios do Espírito Santo e de sabedoria, aos quais encarreguemos deste serviço. | Take then from among you seven men of good name, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, to whom we may give control of this business. |
| Mas nós perseveraremos na oração e no ministério da palavra. | Then we will give all our time to prayer and the teaching of the word. |
| O parecer agradou a todos, e elegeram a Estevão, homem cheio de fé e do Espírito Santo, Filipe, Prócoro, Nicanor, Timão, Pármenas, e Nicolau, prosélito de Antioquia, | And this saying was pleasing to all of them: and they made selection of Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip and Prochorus and Nicanor and Timon and Parmenas and Nicolas of Antioch, who had become a Jew: |
| e os apresentaram perante os apóstolos; estes, tendo orado, lhes impuseram as mãos. | These they took to the Apostles, who, after prayer, put their hands on them. |
| E divulgava-se a palavra de Deus, de sorte que se multiplicava muito o número dos discípulos em Jerusalém e muitos sacerdotes obedeciam à fé. | And the word of God was increasing in power; and the number of the disciples in Jerusalem became very great, and a great number of priests were in agreement with the faith. |
| Ora, Estêvão, cheio de graça e poder, fazia prodígios e grandes sinais entre o povo. | And Stephen, full of grace and power, did great wonders and signs among the people. |
| Levantaram-se, porém, alguns que eram da sinagoga chamada dos libertos, dos cireneus, dos alexandrinos, dos da Cilícia e da Ásia, e disputavam com Estêvão; | But some of those who were of the Synagogue named that of the Libertines, and some of the men of Cyrene and of Alexandria and those from Cilicia and Asia, had arguments with Stephen. |
| e não podiam resistir à sabedoria e ao Espírito com que falava. | But they were not able to get the better of him, for his words were full of wisdom and of the Spirit. |
| Então subornaram uns homens para que dissessem: Temo-lo ouvido proferir palavras blasfemas contra Moisés e contra Deus. | Then they got men to say, He has said evil against Moses and against God, in our hearing. |
| Assim excitaram o povo, os anciãos, e os escribas; e investindo contra ele, o arrebataram e o levaram ao sinédrio; | And the people, with the rulers and the scribes, were moved against him, and they came and took him before the Sanhedrin, |
| e apresentaram falsas testemunhas que diziam: Este homem não cessa de proferir palavras contra este santo lugar e contra a lei; | And they got false witnesses who said, This man is for ever saying things against this holy place and against the law: |
| porque nós o temos ouvido dizer que esse Jesus, o nazareno, há de destruir este lugar e mudar os costumes que Moisés nos transmitiu. | For he has said in our hearing that this Jesus of Nazareth will put this place to destruction and make changes in the rules which were handed down to us by Moses. |
| Então todos os que estavam assentados no sinédrio, fitando os olhos nele, viram o seu rosto como de um anjo. | And all those who were in the Sanhedrin, looking at him, saw that his face was like the face of an angel. |
