Kisah Para Rasul 12

¹Kira-kira pada waktu itu raja Herodes mulai bertindak dengan keras terhadap beberapa orang dari jemaat.

¹About that time Herod the king laid violent hands on some who belonged to the church.

²Ia menyuruh membunuh Yakobus, saudara Yohanes, dengan pedang.

²He killed James the brother of John with the sword,

³Ketika ia melihat, bahwa hal itu menyenangkan hati orang Yahudi, ia melanjutkan perbuatannya itu dan menyuruh menahan Petrus. Waktu itu hari raya Roti Tidak Beragi.

³and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread.

⁴Setelah Petrus ditangkap, Herodes menyuruh memenjarakannya di bawah penjagaan empat regu, masing-masing terdiri dari empat prajurit. Maksudnya ialah, supaya sehabis Paskah ia menghadapkannya ke depan orang banyak.

⁴And when he had seized him, he put him in prison, delivering him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people.

⁵Demikianlah Petrus ditahan di dalam penjara. Tetapi jemaat dengan tekun mendoakannya kepada Allah.

⁵So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church.

⁶Pada malam sebelum Herodes hendak menghadapkannya kepada orang banyak, Petrus tidur di antara dua orang prajurit, terbelenggu dengan dua rantai. Selain itu prajurit-prajurit pengawal sedang berkawal di muka pintu.

⁶Now when Herod was about to bring him out, on that very night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison.

⁷Tiba-tiba berdirilah seorang malaikat Tuhan dekat Petrus dan cahaya bersinar dalam ruang itu. Malaikat itu menepuk Petrus untuk membangunkannya, katanya: "Bangunlah segera!" Maka gugurlah rantai itu dari tangan Petrus.

⁷And behold, an angel of the Lord stood next to him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands.

⁸Lalu kata malaikat itu kepadanya: "Ikatlah pinggangmu dan kenakanlah sepatumu!" Iapun berbuat demikian. Lalu malaikat itu berkata kepadanya: "Kenakanlah jubahmu dan ikutlah aku!"

⁸And the angel said to him, "Dress yourself and put on your sandals." And he did so. And he said to him, "Wrap your cloak around you and follow me."

⁹Lalu ia mengikuti malaikat itu ke luar dan ia tidak tahu, bahwa apa yang dilakukan malaikat itu sungguh-sungguh terjadi, sangkanya ia melihat suatu penglihatan.

⁹And he went out and followed him. He did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.

¹⁰Setelah mereka melalui tempat kawal pertama dan tempat kawal kedua, sampailah mereka ke pintu gerbang besi yang menuju ke kota. Pintu itu terbuka dengan sendirinya bagi mereka. Sesudah tiba di luar, mereka berjalan sampai ke ujung jalan, dan tiba-tiba malaikat itu meninggalkan dia.

¹⁰When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them of its own accord, and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel left him.

¹¹Dan setelah sadar akan dirinya, Petrus berkata: "Sekarang tahulah aku benar-benar bahwa Tuhan telah menyuruh malaikat-Nya dan menyelamatkan aku dari tangan Herodes dan dari segala sesuatu yang diharapkan orang Yahudi."

¹¹When Peter came to himself, he said, "Now I am sure that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were expecting."

¹²Dan setelah berpikir sebentar, pergilah ia ke rumah Maria, ibu Yohanes yang disebut juga Markus. Di situ banyak orang berkumpul dan berdoa.

¹²When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John whose other name was Mark, where many were gathered together and were praying.

¹³Dan ketika ia mengetuk pintu gerbang, datanglah seorang hamba perempuan bernama Rode untuk mengetahui siapa yang mengetuk itu.

¹³And when he knocked at the door of the gateway, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer.

¹⁴Ia terus mengenal suara Petrus, tetapi karena girangnya ia tidak membuka pintu gerbang itu dan segera masuk ke dalam untuk memberitahukan, bahwa Petrus ada di depan pintu gerbang.

¹⁴Recognizing Peter's voice, in her joy she did not open the gate but ran in and reported that Peter was standing at the gate.

¹⁵Kata mereka kepada perempuan itu: "Engkau mengigau." Akan tetapi ia tetap mengatakan, bahwa benar-benar demikian. Kata mereka: "Itu malaikatnya."

¹⁵They said to her, "You are out of your mind." But she kept insisting that it was so, and they kept saying, "It is his angel!"

¹⁶Tetapi Petrus terus-menerus mengetuk dan ketika mereka membuka pintu dan melihat dia, mereka tercengang-cengang.

¹⁶But Peter continued knocking, and when they opened, they saw him and were amazed.

¹⁷Tetapi Petrus memberi isyarat dengan tangannya, supaya mereka diam, lalu ia menceriterakan bagaimana Tuhan menuntunnya ke luar dari penjara. Katanya: "Beritahukanlah hal ini kepada Yakobus dan saudara-saudara kita." Lalu ia keluar dan pergi ke tempat lain.

¹⁷But motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, "Tell these things to James and to the brothers." Then he departed and went to another place.

¹⁸Pada keesokan harinya gemparlah prajurit-prajurit itu. Mereka bertanya-tanya apakah yang telah terjadi dengan Petrus.

¹⁸Now when day came, there was no little disturbance among the soldiers over what had become of Peter.

¹⁹Herodes menyuruh mencari Petrus, tetapi ia tidak ditemukan. Lalu Herodes menyuruh memeriksa pengawal-pengawal itu dan membunuh mereka. Kemudian ia berangkat dari Yudea ke Kaisarea dan tinggal di situ.

¹⁹And after Herod searched for him and did not find him, he examined the sentries and ordered that they should be put to death. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent time there.

²⁰Herodes sangat marah terhadap orang Tirus dan Sidon. Atas persetujuan bersama mereka pergi menghadap dia. Mereka berhasil membujuk Blastus, pegawai istana raja, ke pihak mereka, lalu mereka memohonkan perdamaian, karena negeri mereka beroleh bahan makanan dari wilayah raja.

²⁰Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they came to him with one accord, and having persuaded Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king's country for food.

²¹Dan pada suatu hari yang ditentukan, Herodes mengenakan pakaian kerajaan, lalu duduk di atas takhta dan berpidato kepada mereka.

²¹On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and delivered an oration to them.

²²Dan rakyatnya bersorak membalasnya: "Ini suara allah dan bukan suara manusia!"

²²And the people were shouting, "The voice of a god, and not of a man!"

²³Dan seketika itu juga ia ditampar malaikat Tuhan karena ia tidak memberi hormat kepada Allah; ia mati dimakan cacing-cacing.

²³Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him down, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last.

²⁴Maka firman Tuhan makin tersebar dan makin banyak didengar orang.

²⁴But the word of God increased and multiplied.

²⁵Barnabas dan Saulus kembali dari Yerusalem, setelah mereka menyelesaikan tugas pelayanan mereka. Mereka membawa Yohanes, yang disebut juga Markus.

²⁵And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had completed their service, bringing with them John, whose other name was Mark.