Acts 8
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Clementine Vulgate, 1598
1Saul was consenting to his death. A great persecution arose against the assembly which was in Jerusalem in that day. They were all scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles.
1Facta est autem in illa die persecutio magna in ecclesia quæ erat Jerosolymis, et omnes dispersi sunt per regiones Judææ et Samariæ præter Apostolos.
2Devout men buried Stephen and lamented greatly over him.
2Curaverunt autem Stephanum viri timorati, et fecerunt planctum magnum super eum.
3But Saul ravaged the assembly, entering into every house and dragged both men and women off to prison.
3Saulus autem devastabat ecclesiam per domos intrans, et trahens viros ac mulieres, tradebat in custodiam.
4Therefore those who were scattered abroad went around preaching the word.
4Igitur qui dispersi erant pertransibant, evangelizantes verbum Dei.
5Philip went down to the city of Samaria and proclaimed to them the Christ.
5Philippus autem descendens in civitatem Samariæ, prædicabant illis Christum.
6The multitudes listened with one accord to the things that were spoken by Philip when they heard and saw the signs which he did.
6Intendebant autem turbæ his quæ a Philippo dicebantur, unanimiter audientes, et videntes signa quæ faciebat.
7For unclean spirits came out of many of those who had them. They came out, crying with a loud voice. Many who had been paralyzed and lame were healed.
7Multi enim eorum qui habebant spiritus immundos, clamantes voce magna exibant. Multi autem paralytici et claudi curati sunt.
8There was great joy in that city.
8Factum est ergo gaudium magnum in illa civitate.
9But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,
9Vir autem quidam nomine Simon, qui ante fuerat in civitate magus, seducens gentem Samariæ, dicens se esse aliquem magnum:
10to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is that great power of God.”
10cui auscultabant omnes a minimo usque ad maximum, dicentes: Hic est virtus Dei, quæ vocatur magna.
11They listened to him because for a long time he had amazed them with his sorceries.
11Attendebant autem eum: propter quod multo tempore magiis suis dementasset eos.
12But when they believed Philip preaching good news concerning God’s Kingdom and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
12Cum vero credidissent Philippo evangelizanti de regno Dei, in nomine Jesu Christi baptizabantur viri ac mulieres.
13Simon himself also believed. Being baptized, he continued with Philip. Seeing signs and great miracles occurring, he was amazed.
13Tunc Simon et ipse credidit: et cum baptizatus esset, adhærebat Philippo. Videns etiam signa et virtutes maximas fieri, stupens admirabatur.
14Now when the apostles who were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria had received the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them,
14Cum autem audissent Apostoli qui erant Jerosolymis, quod recepisset Samaria verbum Dei, miserunt ad eos Petrum et Joannem.
15who, when they had come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Spirit;
15Qui cum venissent, oraverunt pro ipsis ut acciperent Spiritum Sanctum:
16for as yet he had fallen on none of them. They had only been baptized in the name of Christ Jesus.
16nondum enim in quemquam illorum venerat, sed baptizati tantum erant in nomine Domini Jesu.
17Then they laid their hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.
17Tunc imponebant manus super illos, et accipiebant Spiritum Sanctum.
18Now when Simon saw that the Holy Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money,
18Cum vidisset autem Simon quia per impositionem manus Apostolorum daretur Spiritus Sanctus, obtulit eis pecuniam,
19saying, “Give me also this power, that whomever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit.”
19dicens: Date et mihi hanc potestatem, ut cuicumque imposuero manus, accipiat Spiritum Sanctum. Petrus autem dixit ad eum:
20But Peter said to him, “May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
20Pecunia tua tecum sit in perditionem: quoniam donum Dei existimasti pecunia possideri.
21You have neither part nor lot in this matter, for your heart isn’t right before God.
21Non est tibi pars neque sors in sermone isto: cor enim tuum non est rectum coram Deo.
22Repent therefore of this, your wickedness, and ask God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you.
22Pœnitentiam itaque age ab hac nequitia tua: et roga Deum, si forte remittatur tibi hæc cogitatio cordis tui.
23For I see that you are in the poison of bitterness and in the bondage of iniquity.”
23In felle enim amaritudinis, et obligatione iniquitatis, video te esse.
24Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me.”
24Respondens autem Simon, dixit: Precamini vos pro me ad Dominum, ut nihil veniat super me horum quæ dixistis.
25They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the Good News to many villages of the Samaritans.
25Et illi quidem testificati, et locuti verbum Domini, redibant Jerosolymam, et multis regionibus Samaritanorum evangelizabant.
26Then an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert.”
26Angelus autem Domini locutus est ad Philippum, dicens: Surge, et vade contra meridianum, ad viam quæ descendit ab Jerusalem in Gazam: hæc est deserta.
27He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship.
27Et surgens abiit. Et ecce vir Æthiops, eunuchus, potens Candacis reginæ Æthiopum, qui erat super omnes gazas ejus, venerat adorare in Jerusalem:
28He was returning and sitting in his chariot, and was reading the prophet Isaiah.
28et revertebatur sedens super currum suum, legensque Isaiam prophetam.
29The Spirit said to Philip, “Go near, and join yourself to this chariot.”
29Dixit autem Spiritus Philippo: Accede, et adjunge te ad currum istum.
30Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”
30Accurrens autem Philippus, audivit eum legentem Isaiam prophetam, et dixit: Putasne intelligis quæ legis?
31He said, “How can I, unless someone explains it to me?” He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
31Qui ait: Et quomodo possum, si non aliquis ostenderit mihi? Rogavitque Philippum ut ascenderet, et sederet secum.
32Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn’t open his mouth.
32Locus autem Scripturæ quem legebat, erat hic: [Tamquam ovis ad occisionem ductus est: et sicut agnus coram tondente se, sine voce, sic non aperuit os suum.
33In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away. Who will declare His generation? For his life is taken from the earth.”
33In humilitate judicium ejus sublatum est. Generationem ejus quis enarrabit? quoniam tolletur de terra vita ejus.]
34The eunuch answered Philip, “Who is the prophet talking about? About himself, or about someone else?”
34Respondens autem eunuchus Philippo, dixit: Obsecro te, de quo propheta dicit hoc? de se, an de alio aliquo?
35Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, preached to him about Jesus.
35Aperiens autem Philippus os suum, et incipiens a Scriptura ista, evangelizavit illi Jesum.
36As they went on the way, they came to some water; and the eunuch said, “Behold, here is water. What is keeping me from being baptized?”
36Et dum irent per viam, venerunt ad quamdam aquam: et ait eunuchus: Ecce aqua: quid prohibet me baptizari?
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37Dixit autem Philippus: Si credis ex toto corde, licet. Et respondens ait: Credo Filium Dei esse Jesum Christum.
38He commanded the chariot to stand still, and they both went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.
38Et jussit stare currum: et descenderunt uterque in aquam, Philippus et eunuchus, et baptizavit eum.
39When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, and the eunuch didn’t see him any more, for he went on his way rejoicing.
39Cum autem ascendissent de aqua, Spiritus Domini rapuit Philippum, et amplius non vidit eum eunuchus. Ibat autem per viam suam gaudens.
40But Philip was found at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the Good News to all the cities until he came to Caesarea.
40Philippus autem inventus est in Azoto, et pertransiens evangelizabat civitatibus cunctis, donec veniret Cæsaream.
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