1 Jeg har gitt en tidligere beretning, O Theofilus, om alt Jesus gjorde og lærte fra begynnelsen av,

I have given an earlier account, O Theophilus, of all the things which Jesus did, and of his teaching from the first,

2 Til den dagen da han ble tatt opp til himmelen etter at han hadde gitt sine befalinger, gjennom Den hellige ånd, til apostlene som han hadde utvalgt:

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 Og til hvem han ga klare og sikre tegn på at han levde, etter sin død; for de så ham i førti dager og ga dem undervisning om Guds rike:

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 Og da de var samlet med ham, ga han dem befaling om ikke å forlate Jerusalem, men å bli der og vente til Faderens løfte gikk i oppfyllelse, som han sa, jeg har gitt dere kunnskap om:

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 Johannes døpte med vann, men dere skal døpes med Den hellige ånd om ikke mange dager.

For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.

6 Så, da de var sammen, spurte de ham: Herre, vil du i denne tiden gjenopprette riket for Israel?

So, when they were together, they said to him, Lord, will you at this time give back the kingdom to Israel?

7 Og han sa til dem: Det tilkommer ikke dere å vite tidene eller stundene som Faderen har underlagt sin egen myndighet.

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 Men dere skal få kraft når Den hellige ånd kommer over dere; og dere skal være mine vitner i Jerusalem og i hele Judea og Samaria og til jordens ender.

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 Og mens han sa dette, ble han løftet opp mens de så på, og en sky skjulte ham for øynene deres.

And when he had said these things, while they were looking, he was taken up, and went from their view into a cloud.

10 Og mens de stirret opp mot himmelen mens han forsvant, kom to menn i hvite klær til dem.

And while they were looking up to heaven with great attention, two men came to them, in white clothing,

11 Og de sa: Galileiske menn, hvorfor står dere og ser opp mot himmelen? Denne Jesus, som ble tatt fra dere opp til himmelen, skal komme igjen på samme måte som dere så ham gå til himmelen.

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 Deretter vendte de tilbake til Jerusalem fra fjellet som kalles Oljeberget, som ligger nær Jerusalem, en sabbatsreise unna.

Then they went back to Jerusalem from the mountain named Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.

13 Og da de kom inn, gikk de opp i rommet der de oppholdt seg; Peter og Johannes og Jakob og Andreas, Filip og Tomas, Bartolomeus og Matteus, Jakob, Alfaios' sønn, og Simon seloten, og Judas, Jakobs sønn.

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 Og alle disse holdt stadig samstemt sammen i bønn, med kvinnene og Maria, Jesu mor, og hans brødre.

And they all with one mind gave themselves up to prayer, with the women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

15 Og i de dagene sto Peter opp blant brødrene (det var omkring hundre og tjue av dem) og sa,

And in those days Peter got up among the brothers (there were about one hundred and twenty of them), and said,

16 Mine brødre, Skriften måtte gå i oppfyllelse, som Den hellige ånd ved Davids munn hadde sagt om Judas, som var veiviser for dem som grep Jesus,

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 han var regnet blant oss og hadde fått del i denne tjenesten.

For he was numbered among us, and had his part in our work.

18 (Denne mannen kjøpte seg en åker for belønningen av sin urett, og han falt forover og fikk en brå og voldsom død der.)

(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 Og dette kom til hele Jerusalems innbyggere, så åkeren i deres språk ble kalt Akeldama, det vil si: Blodåkeren.

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 i Salmenes bok står det: La hans bolig stå øde, og la ingen bo i den; og: La en annen ha hans embete.

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 Av denne grunn må en av de mennene som har vært med oss hele tiden, mens Herren Jesus vandret inn og ut blant oss,

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 Fra Johannes' dåp og til han ble tatt opp, være et vitne med oss om hans oppstandelse.

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 De stilte opp to, Josef kalt Barsabbas, som også hadde navnet Justus, og Mattias.

And they made selection of two, Joseph, named Barsabbas, whose other name was Justus, and Matthias.

24 Og de ba og sa: Herre, du som kjenner alles hjerter, vis hvilken av disse to du har utvalt,

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 For å ta plassen i denne tjenesten som apostel, som Judas forlot for å gå til sitt eget sted.

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 Og de kastet lodd, og loddet falt på Mattias, og han ble regnet blant de elleve apostlene.

And they put it to the decision of chance, and the decision was given for Matthias, and he was numbered with the eleven Apostles.