| 1 Por aquel tiempo el rey Herodes echó mano a algunos de la Iglesia para maltratarlos. | 1 About that time Herod the king laid violent hands upon some who belonged to the church. |
| 2 Hizo morir por la espada a Santiago, el hermano de Juan. | 2 He killed James the brother of John with the sword; |
| 3 Al ver que esto les gustaba a los judíos, llegó también a prender a Pedro. Eran los días de los Azimos. | 3 and when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during the days of Unleavened Bread. |
| 4 Le apresó, pues, le encarceló y le confió a cuatro escuadras de cuatro soldados para que le custodiasen, con la intención de presentarle delante del pueblo después de la Pascua. | 4 And when he had seized him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people. |
| 5 Así pues, Pedro estaba custodiado en la cárcel, mientras la Iglesia oraba insistentemente por él a Dios. | 5 So Peter was kept in prison; but earnest prayer for him was made to God by the church. |
| 6 Cuando ya Herodes le iba a presentar, aquella misma noche estaba Pedro durmiendo entre dos soldados, atado con dos cadenas; también había ante la puerta unos centinelas custodiando la cárcel. | 6 The very night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries before the door were guarding the prison; |
| 7 De pronto se presentó el Angel del Señor y la celda se llenó de luz. Le dio el ángel a Pedro en el costado, le despertó y le dijo: «Levántate aprisa». Y cayeron las cadenas de sus manos. | 7 and behold, an angel of the Lord appeared, and a light shone in the cell; and he struck Peter on the side and woke him, saying, "Get up quickly." And the chains fell off his hands. |
| 8 Le dijo el ángel: «Cíñete y cálzate las sandalias». Así lo hizo. Añadió: «Ponte el manto y sígueme». | 8 And the angel said to him, "Dress yourself and put on your sandals." And he did so. And he said to him, "Wrap your mantle around you and follow me." |
| 9 Y salió siguiéndole. No acababa de darse cuenta de que era verdad cuanto hacía el ángel, sino que se figuraba ver una visión. | 9 And he went out and followed him; he did not know that what was done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision. |
| 10 Pasaron la primera y segunda guardia y llegaron a la puerta de hierro que daba a la ciudad. Esta se les abrió por sí misma. Salieron y anduvieron hasta el final de una calle. Y de pronto el ángel le dejó. | 10 When they had passed the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened to them of its own accord, and they went out and passed on through one street; and immediately the angel left him. |
| 11 Pedro volvió en sí y dijo: «Ahora me doy cuenta realmente de que el Señor ha enviado su ángel y me ha arrancado de las manos de Herodes y de todo lo que esperaba el pueblo de los judíos». | 11 And Peter came to himself, and 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." |
| 12 Consciente de su situación, marchó a casa de María, madre de Juan, por sobrenombre Marcos, donde se hallaban muchos reunidos en oración. | 12 When 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. |
| 13 Llamó él a la puerta y salió a abrirle una sirvienta llamada Rode; | 13 And when he knocked at the door of the gateway, a maid named Rhoda came to answer. |
| 14 quien, al reconocer la voz de Pedro, de pura alegría no abrió la puerta, sino que entró corriendo a anunciar que Pedro estaba a la puerta. | 14 Recognizing Peter's voice, in her joy she did not open the gate but ran in and told that Peter was standing at the gate. |
| 15 Ellos le dijeron: «Estás loca». Pero ella continuaba afirmando que era verdad. Entonces ellos dijeron: «Será su ángel». | 15 They said to her, "You are mad." But she insisted that it was so. They said, "It is his angel!" |
| 16 Pedro entretanto seguía llamando. Al abrirle, le vieron, y quedaron atónitos. | 16 But Peter continued knocking; and when they opened, they saw him and were amazed. |
| 17 El les hizo señas con la mano para que callasen y les contó cómo el Señor le había sacado de la prisión. Y añadió: «Comunicad esto a Santiago y a los hermanos». Salió y marchó a otro lugar. | 17 But 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 this to James and to the brethren." Then he departed and went to another place. |
| 18 Cuando vino el día hubo un alboroto no pequeño entre los soldados, sobre qué habría sido de Pedro. | 18 Now when day came, there was no small stir among the soldiers over what had become of Peter. |
| 19 Herodes le hizo buscar y al no encontrarle, procesó a los guardias y mandó ejecutarlos. Después bajó de Judea a Cesarea y se quedó allí. | 19 And when Herod had sought for him and could 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 remained there. |
| 20 Estaba Herodes fuertemente irritado con los de Tiro y Sidón. Estos, de común acuerdo, se le presentaron y habiéndose ganado a Blasto, camarlengo del rey, solicitaban hacer las paces, pues su país se abastecía del país del rey. | 20 Now Herod was angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon; and they came to him in a body, and having persuaded Blastus, the king's chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king's country for food. |
| 21 El día señalado, Herodes, regiamente vestido y sentado en la tribuna, les arengaba. | 21 On an appointed day Herod put on his royal robes, took his seat upon the throne, and made an oration to them. |
| 22 Entonces el pueblo se puso a aclamarle: «¡Es un dios el que habla, no un hombre!» | 22 And the people shouted, "The voice of a god, and not of man!" |
| 23 Pero inmediatamente le hirió el Angel del Señor porque no había dado la gloria a Dios; y convertido en pasto de gusanos, expiró. | 23 Immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not give God the glory; and he was eaten by worms and died. |
| 24 Entretanto la Palabra de Dios crecía y se multiplicaba. | 24 But the word of God grew and multiplied. |
| 25 Bernabé y Saulo volvieron, una vez cumplido su ministerio en Jerusalén, trayéndose consigo a Juan, por sobrenombre Marcos. | 25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem when they had fulfilled their mission, bringing with them John whose other name was Mark. |
