Peter’s miraculous escape from prison
1It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. 2He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword. 3When he saw that this met with approval among the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This happened during the Festival of Unleavened Bread. 4After arresting him, he put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out for public trial after the Passover.
5So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.
6The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance. 7Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. ‘Quick, get up!’ he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists.
8Then the angel said to him, ‘Put on your clothes and sandals.’ And Peter did so. ‘Wrap your cloak round you and follow me,’ the angel told him. 9Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision. 10They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself, and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him.
11Then Peter came to himself and said, ‘Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen.’
12When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying. 13Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer the door. 14When she recognised Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, ‘Peter is at the door!’
15‘You’re out of your mind,’ they told her. When she kept insisting that it was so, they said, ‘It must be his angel.’
16But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished. 17Peter motioned with his hand for them to be quiet and described how the Lord had brought him out of prison. ‘Tell James and the other brothers and sisters about this,’ he said, and then he left for another place.
18In the morning, there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter. 19After Herod had a thorough search made for him and did not find him, he cross-examined the guards and ordered that they be executed.
Herod’s death
Then Herod went from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there. 20He had been quarrelling with the people of Tyre and Sidon; they now joined together and sought an audience with him. After securing the support of Blastus, a trusted personal servant of the king, they asked for peace, because they depended on the king’s country for their food supply.
21On the appointed day Herod, wearing his royal robes, sat on his throne and delivered a public address to the people. 22They shouted, ‘This is the voice of a god, not of a man.’ 23Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
24But the word of God continued to spread and flourish.
Barnabas and Saul sent off
25When Barnabas and Saul had finished their mission, they returned from12:25 Some manuscripts to Jerusalem, taking with them John, also called Mark.
Pedrotaca shuj angelmi carcelmanta llujshichishca
1Chai punllacunallatajmi, jatun mandaj Herodesca, tandanacushca crijcunata mana ricusha nishpa llaquichingapaj maijancunata japirca. 2Juanpaj huauqui Jacobotacarin, espadahuanmi huañuchichirca. 3Jesusta mana crij judiocuna chaita ricushpa achcata cushicujpimi, Pedrotapish japichirca. Levadura illajlla tandata micuna punllacunapimi, paitaca japichirca. 4Pedrota carcelpi churashpaca, punllapi chuscu cutin, chuscu chuscu soldadocuna cuidachunmi churarca. Pascua punllacuna qʼuipa, Pedrotaca tucuicunapaj ñaupajpi llujshichishpa juchachisha yuyashpami, chashna rurarca. 5Pedrota carcelpi alli cuidaracujpica, tandanacushca crijcunaca mana samashpa, Taita Diosta mañacurcallacunami.
6Herodesca chai tutaca, ‘Caya llujshichishpami, juchachisha’ yuyacurcami. Chai tutaca Pedroca ishqui cadenahuan huatashcami, ishqui soldadocunapaj chaupipi dormicurca. Cutin caishuj ishqui soldadocunaca, cárcel pungupimi cuidashpa shayacurca. 7Chashna cajpipish Mandaj Dios cachashca ángel ñapish shamujpica, chai ucupica achijlla tucurcallami. Chai angelca Pedrotaca: “Utca jatari” nishpami, costillasmanta maquihuan cuyuchishpa rijchachirca. Chashna nijpica cadenacunaca, Pedropaj maquicunamanta cacharirishpa urmarcallami. 8Angelca, Pedrotaca: «Alli chumbilliri, pargatetapish churari» nircami. Ña chashna rurajpica, cutin chai angelca: «Jahua churanata churarishpa, ñucata cati» nircapishmi.
9Pedroca, angelta catishpa llujshishpapish, chashnataj tucucushcataca manaraj crircachu. ‘Muscuipimi ricucuj yuyachini’ yuyarcallami. 10Ñami carcelmantaca, ucullaman cuidacuj soldadocunapajta llujshishpa, cati pungupi cuidacuj soldadocunapajtapish rircacuna. Ñanman llujshina jatun fierro punguman chayacujpica, chai punguca pascarircallami. Paicuna ñanman llujshishpa, ashata puricujpica, chai angelca chingarircallami.
11Chaimantami Pedro ña yuyaita japishpaca: «Herodespaj maquimantapish, ñucata huañuchingapaj chaparacuj judiocunapaj maquimantapish quishpichichunmari, Mandaj Diosca Paipaj angelta cachashca» nirca. 12Pedroca, chashna ña yuyaita japishpaca, Marcos nishca Juanpaj mama Mariapaj huasimanmi rirca. Chaipica achca crijcunami tandanacushpa, Diosta mañacurcacuna. 13Huasi canllaman yaicuna pungupi Pedro huajtajpimi, Rode shuti huarmi huambra ricunaman llujshirca. 14Chai huambraca, Pedropaj rimaita rijsishpaca jatuntami cushicurca. Chaimantami pungutapish mana pascashpa, callpashpa ucuman tigrashpaca:
—Pedromari cashca— nishpa huillarca.
15Chashna nijpica:
—Musparicujmi yuyachingui— nijpipish, huambraca:
—Mana, paitajmari— nircami.
Chashna nijpipish paicunaca:
—¡Angelmari canga!— nircacunami.
16Chaicamaca Pedroca, pungupi huajtacurcallami. Paicuna punguta pascashpa Pedrota ricushpaca, upayajtami mancharircacuna. 17Paica, maquihuan upallachishpami, paicunamanca, Apunchij Jesús ima shina paita carcelmanta llujshichishcata parlarca. Chai qʼuipaca:
—Caitaca Jacobomanpish, caishuj crijcunamanpish parlanguichij— nishcahuan chaimanta llujshishpa, shujtajman rircallami.
18Ña pacarijpimi cuidaj soldadocunaca:
—¿Pedroca imashi tucurca?— nishpa, caishuj chaishuj mancharinacushpa tapunacurcacuna.
19Herodesca Pedrotaca alli mashcachishpapish manataj japircachu. Chaimantami soldadocunata alli tapushpa, huañuchichirca. Chaimantami Herodesca, Judeamanta rishpaca, Cesareapi causagrirca.
Herodestaca cʼurucuna micushpami huañuchishca
20Herodesca Tiro shuti, Sidón shuti pueblocunapi causajcunahuanmi pʼiñarirca. Chaimantami, chai llajtapi causajcunamanca, paicuna imallata randij cashcataca ña mana cʼaturca. Chaimantami, chai pueblocunapi causajcunaca, jatun mandaj Herodesta servij Blastoman camarishpa, Herodes-huan alli tucunacunata mañarcacuna.
21Herodesca paicunataca, pai munashca punllapajmi cayarca. Chai punllaca paica mandangapaj churanata churarishpami, jatun tiyarinapi tiyarirca. Chaipi tiyashpami, paicunata sumajta rimarca. 22Chaita uyashpaca, tucuicunami: “¡Paica Dios shinamari rimacun, mana runa shinalla rimanchu!” nishpa, achcata caparircacuna. 23Chashna nijpica, Herodesca Taita Diosta sumajyachinapaj randica, pairajmi jatun tucurca. Chaimanta, Mandaj Diospaj ángel macajpimi, cʼurucuna micujpi huañurca.
24Ashtahuanpish Mandaj Diospaj Shimita huillajpica, crijcunaca ashtahuanmi mirarcacuna.
25Bernabehuan, Saulohuanca, paicunaman mingashcata Jerusalenpi cushpaca, Antioquiaman tigrarcallacunami. Marcos nishca Juantapish pushashpami tigramurcacuna.
