1 Esimese raamatu, Teofilos, ma kirjutasin kõigest sellest, mida Jeesus algusest peale tegi ja õpetas
2 selle päevani, mil Ta võeti üles pärast seda kui Ta Püha Vaimu läbi oli andnud käsu Apostlitele, keda Ta oli valinud,
3 kellele Tema ka pärast Oma kannatamist oli mitme tõestusmärgiga Ennast näidanud elavana, neile ilmudes nelikümmend päeva ning neile rääkides Jumala riigist.
4 Ja kui Ta nendega koos oli, keelas Ta neid Jeruusalemmast ära minemast, käskis aga oodata Isa tõotust, „mis teie," ütles Tema, „olete kuulnud Minult.
5 Sest Johannes ristis veega, aga teid peab ristitama Püha Vaimuga mitte kaua pärast neid päevi!"
6 Siis küsisid Temalt need, kes olid kokku tulnud, ning ütlesid: „Issand, kas sa sel ajal jälle ehitad Iisraelile kuningriigi?"
7 Tema ütles neile: „Teile ei sünni teada aegu ega hetki, mis Isa Omas meelevallas on määranud;
8 aga te saate Püha Vaimu väe, Kes tuleb teie peale, ja peate olema Minu tunnistajad Jeruusalemmas ja kõigel Juuda- ja Samaariamaal ja maailma otsani!"
9 Kui Ta seda oli öelnud, siis tõsteti Ta üles nende nähes ja pilv viis Ta nende silme eest ära.
10 Ja kui nad vaatasid üksisilmi taeva poole, kuidas Ta ära läks, vaata, siis seisid nende juures kaks meest valgeis riideis,
11 ja need ütlesid: „Galilea mehed, miks te seisate ja vaatate üles taeva poole? See Jeesus, Kes teilt üles võeti taevasse, tuleb samal kombel kui te nägite Teda taevasse minevat!"
12 Siis nad läksid tagasi Jeruusalemma mäelt, mida kutsutakse Õlimäeks ja mis on Jeruusalemma lähedal ühe hingamispäeva teekonna maad.
13 Ja kui nad olid jõudnud linna, siis nad läksid ülemisse tuppa, kus nad olid asumas, Peetrus ja Jakoobus ja Johannes ja Andreas, Filippus ja Toomas, Bartolomeus ja Matteus, Jakoobus, Alfeuse poeg ja Siimon Selootes ja Juudas, Jakoobuse vend.
14 Need kõik olid alati ühel meelel üheskoos palves naistega ja Maarjaga, Jeesuse Emaga, ja Jeesuse vendadega.
15 Neil päevil tõusis Peetrus vendade seas üles — rahvast aga oli koos umbes sada kakskümmend isikut — ning ütles:
16 „Mehed, vennad, täide on pidanud minema Kirjasõna, mis Püha Vaim on ette kuulutanud Taaveti suu kaudu Juuda kohta, kes hakkas juhiks Jeesuse kinnivõtjaile.
17 Sest ta oli arvatud meie sekka ja oli saanud selle ameti osaliseks.
18 Aga tema hankis enesele põllu ülekohtu palgaga, ja kui ta ülepeakaela alla kukkus, lõhkes ta keskpaigast ja kogu ta sisikond vajus välja.
19 Ja see on saanud teatavaks kõigile Jeruusalemma elanikele, nõnda et seda põldu nende oma keelemurdes hüütakse Akeldaamaks, see on Verepõlluks.
20 Sest Psalmide raamatus on kirjutatud: „Tema elamu saagu tühjaks ja ärgu olgu selles elanikku, ja tema ülevaatajaamet saagu teisele!"
21 Sellepärast peab nüüd üks neist meestest, kes on käinud ühes meiega kõige selle aja, mil Issand Jeesus meie juures käis sisse ja välja,
22 alates Johannese ristimisest kuni selle päevani, mil Ta meilt võeti üles, saama Tema ülestõusmise tunnistajaks ühes meiega!"
23 Ja nad seadsid üles kaks meest: Joosepi, keda hüütakse Barsabaseks, lisanimega Justuseks, ja Mattiase.
24 Ja nad palvetasid ning ütlesid: „Sina, Issand, kõikide südametundja, näita meile, kumma neist kahest Sina oled valinud
25 saama selle tunnistuse ja Apostliameti koha, millest Juudas ära astus, et minna oma paika!"
26 Ja nad heitsid liisku nende kohta; ja liisk langes Mattiasele, ja tema arvati nende üheteistkümne Apostli juurde.
1 I have given an earlier account, O Theophilus, of all the things which Jesus did, and of his teaching from the first,
2 Till the day when he was taken up to heaven after he had given his orders, through the Holy Spirit, to the Apostles of whom he had made selection:
3 And to whom he gave clear and certain signs that he was living, after his death; for he was seen by them for forty days, and gave them teaching about the kingdom of God:
4 And when they were all together, with him, he gave them orders not to go away from Jerusalem, but to keep there, waiting till the word of the Father was put into effect, of which, he said, I have given you knowledge:
5 For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.
6 So, when they were together, they said to him, Lord, will you at this time give back the kingdom to Israel?
7 And he said to them, It is not for you to have knowledge of the time and the order of events which the Father has kept in his control.
8 But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
9 And when he had said these things, while they were looking, he was taken up, and went from their view into a cloud.
10 And while they were looking up to heaven with great attention, two men came to them, in white clothing,
11 And said, O men of Galilee, why are you looking up into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come again, in the same way as you saw him go into heaven.
12 Then they went back to Jerusalem from the mountain named Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.
13 And when they came in, they went up into the room where they were living; Peter and John and James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James, the son of Alphaeus, and Simon the Zealot, and Judas, the son of James.
14 And they all with one mind gave themselves up to prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.
15 And in those days Peter got up among the brothers (there were about one hundred and twenty of them), and said,
16 My brothers, the word of God had to be put into effect, which the Holy Spirit had said before, by the mouth of David, about Judas, who was guide to those who took Jesus,
17 For he was numbered among us, and had his part in our work.
18 (Now this man, with the reward of his evil-doing, got for himself a field, and falling head first, came to a sudden and violent end there.
19 And this came to the knowledge of all those who were living in Jerusalem, so that the field was named in their language, Akel-dama, or, The field of blood.)
20 For in the book of Psalms it says, Let his house be waste, and let no man be living in it: and, Let his position be taken by another.
21 For this reason, of the men who have been with us all the time, while the Lord Jesus went in and out among us,
22 Starting from the baptism of John till he went up from us, one will have to be a witness with us of his coming back from death.
23 And they made selection of two, Joseph, named Barsabbas, whose other name was Justus, and Matthias.
24 And they made prayers and said, Lord, having knowledge of the hearts of all men, make clear which of these two has been marked out by you,
25 To take that position as a servant and Apostle, from which Judas by his sin was shut out, so that he might go to his place.
26 And they put it to the decision of chance, and the decision was given for Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven Apostles.