1 Dear Theophilus:
In my first book I wrote about all the things that Jesus did and taught from the time he began his work 2 until the day he was taken up to heaven. Before he was taken up, he gave instructions by the power of the Holy Spirit to the men he had chosen as his apostles. 3 For forty days after his death he appeared to them many times in ways that proved beyond doubt that he was alive. They saw him, and he talked with them about the Kingdom of God. 4 And when they came together, he gave them this order: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift I told you about, the gift my Father promised. 5 John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
Jesus Is Taken Up to Heaven
6 When the apostles met together with Jesus, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time give the Kingdom back to Israel?”
7 Jesus said to them, “The times and occasions are set by my Father's own authority, and it is not for you to know when they will be. 8 But when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, you will be filled with power, and you will be witnesses for me in Jerusalem, in all of Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” 9 After saying this, he was taken up to heaven as they watched him, and a cloud hid him from their sight.
10 They still had their eyes fixed on the sky as he went away, when two men dressed in white suddenly stood beside them 11 and said, “Galileans, why are you standing there looking up at the sky? This Jesus, who was taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way that you saw him go to heaven.”
Judas' Successor
12 Then the apostles went back to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is about half a mile away from the city. 13 They entered the city and went up to the room where they were staying: Peter, John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James son of Alphaeus, Simon the Patriot, and Judas son of James. 14 They gathered frequently to pray as a group, together with the women and with Mary the mother of Jesus and with his brothers.
15 A few days later there was a meeting of the believers, about a hundred and twenty in all, and Peter stood up to speak. 16 “My friends,” he said, “the scripture had to come true in which the Holy Spirit, speaking through David, made a prediction about Judas, who was the guide for those who arrested Jesus. 17 Judas was a member of our group, for he had been chosen to have a part in our work.”
( 18 With the money that Judas got for his evil act he bought a field, where he fell to his death; he burst open and all his insides spilled out. 19 All the people living in Jerusalem heard about it, and so in their own language they call that field Akeldama, which means “Field of Blood.”)
20 “For it is written in the book of Psalms,
‘May his house become empty;
may no one live in it.’
It is also written,
‘May someone else take his place of service.’
21-22 “So then, someone must join us as a witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. He must be one of the men who were in our group during the whole time that the Lord Jesus traveled about with us, beginning from the time John preached his message of baptism until the day Jesus was taken up from us to heaven.”
23 So they proposed two men: Joseph, who was called Barsabbas (also known as Justus), and Matthias. 24 Then they prayed, “Lord, you know the thoughts of everyone, so show us which of these two you have chosen 25 to serve as an apostle in the place of Judas, who left to go to the place where he belongs.” 26 Then they drew lots to choose between the two men, and the one chosen was Matthias, who was added to the group of eleven apostles.
I.
Īvods.
1 Pyrmajā grōmotā, Teofil, es atstōsteju vysu tū, kū Jezus sōkumā dareja un mōceja 2 leidz tai dinai, kurā Jys sovus izlaseitūs apostolus caur Svātū Goru pamōceja un tyka pajimts dabasūs. 3 Pēc sovom cīsšonom četrudesmit dīnu jim pasarōdeidams un runōdams par tū, kas atsateic uz Dīva vaļsteibu, Jys tim daudzkōrteigi pīrōdeja, ka Jys ir dzeivs.
K. Jezus kōpšona dabasūs.
4 Kūpā ar jim āsdams, Jys pavēlēja, lai ji nu Jeruzalemas prūjom naītu, bet gon lai pagaideitu Tāva Apsūleišonas. Par Tū tadei, Jys saceja, nu Manis dzērdējot. 5 Jōņs kristeja tikai yudinī, bet jyus pēc nadaudz dīnom topsit kristeiti Svātā Gorā.
6 Tad klōtsagōjušī vaicōja nu Jō saceidami: Kungs, vai tamā laikā Tu atjaunōsi Izraeļa vaļsti? 7 Jys tim atbiļdēja: Zynōt laiku un stuņdi, kuru Dīvs sovā varā ir nūlicis, — navā jyusu dareišona. 8 Bet gon jyus sajimsit atejūšō uz jums Svātō Gora varu un byusit muni līcinīki Jeruzalemā, vysā Judeā un Samarijā, leidz pat zemes golam.
9 Pēc šitim vōrdim Jys, tim radzūt, pasacēle uz augšu, un nu tūs acim Jū aizsedze mōkūņs. 10 Kad, Jam aizejūt, jī uzmaneigi skatejōs uz dabasim, raug, divi veirīši boltōs drēbēs nūstōja pi jim un saceja: 11 Galilejas veiri, kō jyus stōvat vārdamīs uz dabasim? Šytys pats Jezus, kurs tagad nu jums tyka uz dabasim pajimts, atīs tai pat, kai jyus Jū redzējot uz dabasim aizejam.
Apostoli pādejūs vakariņu mōjā.
12 Tad jī nu tō kolna, kurs saucās Eleja kolns un nu Jeruzalemas ir sabata vīna ceļōjuma attōlumā, aizgōja atpakaļ uz Jeruzalemu. 13 Atgōjuši, jī uzkōpe augšajā kambarī un tur palyka. Tī beja Pīters un Jōņs, Jākubs un Andrivs, Filips un Tomass, Bārtuļs un Mateuss, Alfeja dāls Jākubs, Seimaņs Dydymass un Jākuba brōļs Judass. 14 Šitī visi reizē ar sīvītem, Jezus mōti Mariju un Jō brōlim vīnprōteigi nūsadeve lyugšonai.
Apostola Mateja izvēlēšona.
15 Tamōs dīnōs Pīters, pīsacēlis brōļu vydā, — tur beja sasapuļcejušas apmāram symts divdesmit personas, — saceja: 16 Veiri, brōli! Rokstu vōrdim, kurus Svātais Gors caur Davida muti par Judasu, Jezus apcītynōtōju vodūni, beja īprīkš pasludynōjis, vajadzēja izapiļdeit. 17 Tys pīdarēja pi mums un beja par myusu omota leidzdaleibnīku. 18 Jys gon īgyva zemes gobolu par nataisneigu moksu, bet pasakōris pōrtryuka un vysas īkšas iztecēja. 19 Par šytū izzynōja visi Jeruzalemas īdzeivōtōji; tōpēc tys zemes gobols tyka nūsaukts jūs volūdā Akeldama, tys ir: Ašņa Teirums. 20 Psaļmu grōmotā tadei stōv raksteits:
Jō dzeives vītai jōpalīk tukšai,
un nabyus, kas tur dzeivōtu.
Un tōļōk:
Jō omotu jōpajam cytam.
21 Vajaga tadei, ka vīns veirs nu tim, kas ar mums puļcejōs vysu laiku, kurā pi mums atejūt un aizejūt beja Kungs Jezus, 22 sōcūt nu Jōņa kristeibas leidz Jō debessskōpšonas dīnai, toptu reizē ar mums par Jō augšamceļšonōs līcinīku.
23 Jī stōdeja prīškā divejūs: Jezupu, Barsabas sauktū, pōrsauktū Justus, un Mateju. 24 Tad jī lyudzēs saceidami: Kungs, Tu vysu siržu zynōtōjs, parōdi, kuru nu šitim divejim izlaseji, 25 lai pajimtu tū kolpōšonu un apostola omotu, nu kurō Judass, lai nūkļyut uz sovu vītu, atkryta. 26 Tad jī deve tim lūzes, un lūze kryta Matejam, un tai jys tyka pīskaiteits klōt pi tim vīnpadsmit apostolim.
