Atos 5

1 But a certain man named Ananias, with Sapphira his wife, sold a possession, 2 and kept back part of the price, his wife also being aware of it, then brought a certain part and laid it at the apostles’ feet. 3 But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and to keep back part of the price of the land? 4 While you kept it, didn’t it remain your own? After it was sold, wasn’t it in your power? How is it that you have conceived this thing in your heart? You haven’t lied to men, but to God."

5 Ananias, hearing these words, fell down and died. Great fear came on all who heard these things. 6 The young men arose and wrapped him up, and they carried him out and buried him. 7 About three hours later, his wife, not knowing what had happened, came in. 8 Peter answered her, "Tell me whether you sold the land for so much."

She said, "Yes, for so much."

9 But Peter asked her, "How is it that you have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who have buried your husband are at the door, and they will carry you out."

10 She fell down immediately at his feet and died. The young men came in and found her dead, and they carried her out and buried her by her husband. 11 Great fear came on the whole assembly, and on all who heard these things.

12 By the hands of the apostles many signs and wonders were done among the people. They were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch. 13 None of the rest dared to join them; however, the people honored them. 14 More believers were added to the Lord, multitudes of both men and women. 15 They even carried out the sick into the streets and laid them on cots and mattresses, so that as Peter came by, at least his shadow might overshadow some of them. 16 The multitude also came together from the cities around Jerusalem, bringing sick people and those who were tormented by unclean spirits; and they were all healed.

17 But the high priest rose up, and all those who were with him (which is the sect of the Sadducees), and they were filled with jealousy 18 and laid hands on the apostles, then put them in public custody. 19 But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors by night, and brought them out and said, 20 "Go stand and speak in the temple to the people all the words of this life."

21 When they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and taught. But the high priest and those who were with him came and called the council together, with all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought. 22 But the officers who came didn’t find them in the prison. They returned and reported, 23 "We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!"

24 Now when the high priest, the captain of the temple, and the chief priests heard these words, they were very perplexed about them and what might become of this. 25 One came and told them, "Behold, the men whom you put in prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people." 26 Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.

27 When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them, 28 saying, "Didn’t we strictly command you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man’s blood on us."

29 But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men. 30 The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree. 31 God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins. 32 We are his witnesses of these things; and so also is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey him."

33 But they, when they heard this, were cut to the heart, and were determined to kill them. 34 But one stood up in the council, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, honored by all the people, and commanded to put the apostles out for a little while. 35 He said to them, "You men of Israel, be careful concerning these men, what you are about to do. 36 For before these days Theudas rose up, making himself out to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves. He was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed and came to nothing. 37 After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the enrollment, and drew away some people after him. He also perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered abroad. 38 Now I tell you, withdraw from these men and leave them alone. For if this counsel or this work is of men, it will be overthrown. 39 But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow it, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!"

40 They agreed with him. Summoning the apostles, they beat them and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41 They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name.

42 Every day, in the temple and at home, they never stopped teaching and preaching Jesus, the Christ.

Ko Anania rāua ko Hapaira

1 Nā, ko tētahi tangata ko Anania tōna ingoa, rāua ko tāna wahine, ko Hapaira, i hoko atu i tētahi whenua. 2 Ā, puritia ana e ia tētahi wāhi o te utu, ko tāna wahine hoki i mōhio ki taua mea huna, mauria ana tētahi wāhi, whakatakotoria ana ki ngā waewae o ngā āpōtoro.

3 Nā, ko te meatanga atu a Pita, "E Anania, nā te aha i whakakīia ai tōu ngākau e Hātana kia teka koe ki te Wairua Tapu, kia puritia atu ai tētahi wāhi o te utu o te whenua? 4 I te mea kāhore anō i riro, he teka ianei nāu ake tāu mea? Ā, ka oti te hoko atu he teka ianei kei a koe tonu te tikanga? Nā te aha tēnei mea i whakaaroa ai i roto i tōu ngākau? Kīhai hoki koe i teka ki te tangata, engari ki te Atua."

5 Ā, nō te rongonga o Anania i ēnei kupu, hinga ana ki raro, mate rawa. He nui anō te wehi i tau ki te hunga katoa i rongo i ēnei mea. 6 Nā, ka whakatika ngā taitamariki, takai ana i a ia, ā, maua atu ana ia ki waho, tanumia ana.

7 Ā, pātata ki te toru hāora i muri, ka tomo mai tāna wahine, kīhai hoki i mōhio he aha te mea kua meatia. 8 Nā, ko te meatanga a Pita ki a ia, "Kōrero mai ki ahau, ko te utu rānei tērā i hokona atu ai e kōrua te whenua?"

Ka mea ia, "Āe, koia tēnā."

9 Ka mea a Pita ki a ia, "He aha kōrua i whakaaro tahi ai ki te whakamātautau i te Wairua o te Ariki? Nanā, kei te kūwaha ngā waewae o te hunga i tanumia ai tāu tāne, mā rātou koe e kawe ki waho."

10 Nā, hinga tonu iho ia ki ōna waewae, hemo rawa. Ā, ko te tomonga mai o ngā taitamariki, rokohanga mai kua mate, nā kawea ana ia ki waho, tanumia ana ki te taha o tāna tāne. 11 Ā, nui atu te wehi o te hāhi katoa, o te hunga katoa anō i rangona ai ēnei mea.

Ngā Tohu me ngā Mea Whakamīharo

12 Ā, nā ngā ringa o ngā āpōtoro i mahi ngā tohu maha, me ngā mea whakamīharo, i roto i te iwi; i noho hoki rātou katoa ki te whakamahau o Horomona, kotahi anō te whakaaro. 13 Tēnā ko ērā atu tāngata kīhai rawa tētahi i māia ki te whakauru mai ki a rātou; otirā, whakanuia ana rātou e te iwi. 14 Ā, he nui noa atu te hunga whakapono i honoa mai ki te Ariki, tōna tini o te tāne, o te wāhine. 15 Nā reira hoki, ka mauria e rātou ngā tūroro ki ngā ara, whakatakotoria ana ki runga i ngā moenga, i ngā whāriki, me kore noa e taumarumaru iho ki tētahi o rātou te ātārangi o Pita, i a ia e haere ana. 16 I hui katoa mai anō te mano i ngā pā katoa e pātata ana ki Hiruhārama, me te mau mai i ngā tūroro, i te hunga e whakapōreareatia ana e ngā wairua poke; ā, whakaorangia ana rātou katoa.

Ka Whakawhiungia ngā Āpōtoro

17 Me i reira ka whakatika te tohunga nui rātou ko ōna hoa katoa, arā te wehenga ki ngā Haruki, kī tonu hoki rātou i te hae, 18 ā, ka pā ō rātou ringa ki ngā āpōtoro, makā ana rātou ki te whare herehere nui. 19 Otirā, nā tētahi anahera a te Ariki i uaki ngā tatau o te whare herehere i te pō; ārahina mai ana rātou e ia ki waho, ka mea, 20 "Haere, e tū i roto i te temepara, ka kōrero ki te iwi i ngā kupu katoa o tēnei ora." 21 Ā, ka rongo rātou i tēnei, ka tomo ki te temepara i te atatū, ka whakaako.

Nā, ko te haerenga o te tohunga nui rātou ko ōna hoa, karangatia ana kia huihui te rūnanga me ngā kaumātua katoa o ngā tama a Īharaira, ā, tonoa ana he tangata ki te whare herehere hei tiki i a rātou. 22 Otirā, ko ngā kātipa i tae mai, kīhai i kite i a rātou i roto i te whare herehere, nā, ka hoki mai, ka kōrero. 23 Ka mea, "Rokohina atu e mātou e tūtaki tonu ana te whare herehere ū tonu, me ngā kaitiaki e tū ana i waho o ngā tatau; nō te huakanga atu, kāhore he tangata i kitea e mātou i roto." 24 Ā, nō ka rongo te rangatira o te temepara rātou ko ngā tohunga nui ki ēnei kupu, ka pororaru rātou, he aha rā te tukunga iho o taua mea.

25 Nā, ko te haerenga mai o tētahi, ka kōrero ki a rātou, ka mea, "Nanā, ko te hunga i makā rā e koutou ki te whare herehere, e tū mai nei i te temepara, e whakaako ana i te iwi!" 26 Kātahi, ka haere te rangatira rātou ko ngā kātipa, ā, ārahina mai ana rātou, otirā, kīhai i takakinotia; i wehi hoki rātou i te iwi, kei ākina rātou ki te kōhatu.

27 Ā, ka oti rātou te ārahi mai, ka whakatūria ki mua i te rūnanga. Nā, ka ui te tohunga nui ki a rātou, 28 ka mea, "Kīhai ianei mātou i āta whakatūpato i a koutou kia kaua e whakaako i runga i tēnei ingoa? Nā, kua kī nei Hiruhārama i tā koutou whakaakoranga, ā, e mea ana koutou kia whakairia ngā toto o tēnei tangata ki runga i a mātou."

29 Nā, ka whakahoki a Pita rātou ko ngā āpōtoro, ka mea, "Me whakarongo rā mātou ki te Atua, kaua ki te tangata. 30 Nā te Atua o ō tātou tūpuna i whakaara ake a Īhu, i whakamatea nā e koutou, he mea whakairi ki te rākau. 31 Kua oti ia te whakanoho e te ringa matau o te Atua ki runga, hei Piriniha, hei Kaiwhakaora, hei hōmai i te rīpenetā, i te murunga hara ki a Īharaira. 32 Ko mātou anō ngā kaiwhakaatu i ēnei mea; ko te Wairua Tapu hoki, i hōmai nei e te Atua ki te hunga e rongo ana ki a ia."

33 Otirā, i tō rātou rongonga i tēnei, tū tonu ki ō rātou ngākau, ā, ka whakaaro kia whakamatea rātou. 34 Nā, ka whakatika tētahi o ngā Parihi i roto i te rūnanga, ko Kamariera te ingoa, he kaiwhakaako i te ture, he tangata e whakanuia ana e te iwi katoa, ka mea, kia nekehia atu aua tāngata ki waho mō tētahi wā poto nei. 35 Nā, ko tāna meatanga ki a rātou, "E ngā tāngata o Īharaira, kia tūpato ki tā koutou e mea ai ki ēnei tāngata. 36 I ngā rā ki muri ka whakatika ake a Teura, me te whakaari i a ia, ko ia he tangata nui; piri atu ana ki a ia ētahi tāngata, pātata ki te whā rau. Nā patua iho ia; ā, ko te hunga katoa i whakarongo ki a ia, whakamararatia atu ana, ā, kore ake. 37 Ā muri iho i taua tangata ka whakatika ake ko Hūrā o Karirī i ngā rā o te tatauranga, ā, kūmea atu ana e ia ētahi o te iwi ki te whai i a ia; i ngaro anō hoki tēnā; ā, ko te hunga katoa i whakarongo ki a ia, whakamararatia atu ana. 38 Nā, ko tāku kupu tēnei ki a koutou, kāti te mea ki ēnei tāngata. Waiho noa iho rātou! Ki te mea hoki nā te tangata tēnei whakaaro, tēnei mahi, tērā e whakakāhoretia, 39 otirā, mehemea nā te Atua, e kore rawa e taea e koutou te whakakāhore. Kei tūpono hoki e whawhai kē ana koutou ki te Atua!"

40 Ā, whakaae ana rātou ki a ia; nā, ka karangatia ngā āpōtoro ki a rātou, ka whiua, ka whakatūpatoria kia kaua rawa e kōrero i runga i te ingoa o Īhu, ā, tukua ana rātou kia haere. 41 Heoi, haere hari atu ana rātou i te aroaro o te rūnanga, mō rātou kua meinga e pai ana kia whakataurekarekatia mō te Ingoa. 42 Ā, i ngā rā katoa, i roto i te temepara, i ngā kāinga rānei, kāhore e mutu ana tā rātou whakaako, tā rātou kauwhau i a Īhu, ko te Karaiti ia.