Act 15:1Et quīdam dēscendentēs dē Jūdaeā docēbant frātrēs: Quia nisi circumcīdāminī secundum mōrem Mōysī, nōn potestis salvārī.And certain men coming down from Judea were teaching the brothers: "Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved." Act 15:2Factā ergō sēditiōne nōn minimā Paulō et Barnabae adversus illōs, statuērunt ut ascenderent Paulus et Barnabas, et quīdam aliī ex aliīs ad Apostolōs et presbyterōs in Jerūsalem super hāc quaestiōne.So when no small dissension had arisen for Paul and Barnabas against them, they decided that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others of the rest, should go up to the Apostles and elders in Jerusalem about this question. Act 15:3Illī ergō dēductī ab ecclēsiā pertrānsībant Phoenīcēn et Samariam, narrantēs conversiōnem gentium: et faciēbant gaudium magnum omnibus frātribus.They, therefore, escorted by the church, were passing through Phoenicia and Samaria, telling of the conversion of the Gentiles: and they were causing great joy to all the brothers. Act 15:4Cum autem vēnissent Jerosolymam, susceptī sunt ab ecclēsiā, et ab Apostolīs et seniōribus, annūntiantēs quanta Deus fēcisset cum illīs.And when they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the church, and by the Apostles and elders, announcing how great things God had done with them.
Act 15:5Surrēxērunt autem quīdam dē haeresī pharisaeōrum, quī crēdidērunt, dīcentēs quia oportet circumcīdī eōs, praecipere quoque servāre lēgem Mōysī.But there rose up certain men from the sect of the Pharisees, who had believed, saying that they must be circumcised, and that they must be commanded also to keep the law of Moses. Act 15:6Convēnēruntque Apostolī et seniōrēs vidēre dē verbō hōc.And the Apostles and elders came together to see about this matter. Act 15:7Cum autem magna conquīsītiō fieret, surgēns Petrus dīxit ad eōs: Virī frātrēs, vōs scītis quoniam ab antīquīs diēbus Deus in nōbīs ēlēgit, per ōs meum audīre gentēs verbum Evangeliī et crēdere.And when a great inquiry was taking place, Peter, rising, said to them: "Men, brothers, you know that from ancient days God made a choice among us, that through my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the Gospel and believe. Act 15:8Et quī nōvit corda Deus, testimōnium perhibuit, dāns illīs Spīritum Sānctum, sīcut et nōbīs, et nihil discrēvit inter nōs et illōs, fidē pūrificāns corda eōrum.And God, who knows hearts, bore witness, giving them the Holy Spirit, just as also to us, and made no distinction between us and them, purifying their hearts by faith.
Act 15:10Nunc ergō quid tentātis Deum, impōnere jugum super cervīcēs discipulōrum quod neque patrēs nostrī, neque nōs portāre potuimus?Now, therefore, why do you test God, to put upon the necks of the disciples a yoke which neither our fathers nor we have been able to carry? Act 15:11Sed per grātiam Dominī Jēsū Chrīstī crēdimus salvārī, quemadmodum et illī.But through the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ we believe that we are saved, in the same way as they also." Act 15:12Tacuit autem omnis multitūdō: et audiēbant Barnabam et Paulum narrantēs quanta Deus fēcisset signa et prōdigia in gentibus per eōs.And the whole multitude was silent: and they were listening to Barnabas and Paul telling how great signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them. Act 15:13Et postquam tacuērunt, respondit Jacōbus, dīcēns: Virī frātrēs, audīte mē.And after they had fallen silent, James answered, saying: "Men, brothers, listen to me. Act 15:14Simōn narrāvit quemadmodum prīmum Deus vīsitāvit sūmere ex gentibus populum nōminī suō.Simon has told how God first visited them, to take from the Gentiles a people for his name.
Act 15:15Et huic concordant verba prophētārum: sīcut scrīptum est: [Post haec revertar, et reaedificābō tabernāculum David quod dēcidit: et dīruta ejus reaedificābō, et ērigam illud: ut requīrant cēterī hominum Dominum, et omnēs gentēs super quās invocātum est nōmen meum, dīcit Dominus faciēns haec.And with this the words of the prophets agree: as it has been written: [After these things I will return, and will rebuild the tent of David which has fallen: and its ruins I will rebuild, and I will set it up: so that the rest of men may seek the Lord, and all the nations upon whom my name has been invoked, says the Lord who does these things. Act 15:18Notum ā saeculō est Dominō opus suum.] Propter quod ego jūdicō nōn inquiētārī eōs quī ex gentibus convertuntur ad Deum, sed scrībere ad eōs ut abstineant sē ā contāminātiōnibus simulācrōrum, et fornicātiōne, et suffōcātīs, et sanguine.Known from the age to the Lord is his work.] For which reason I judge that those who from the Gentiles are turning to God are not to be troubled, but that we write to them that they abstain from the pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood.
Act 15:21Mōysēs enim ā temporibus antīquīs habet in singulīs cīvitātibus quī eum praedicent in synagōgīs, ubi per omne sabbatum legitur.For Moses from ancient times has in every city those who preach him in the synagogues, where he is read every sabbath." Act 15:22Tunc placuit Apostolīs et seniōribus cum omnī ecclēsiā ēligere virōs ex eīs, et mittere Antiochīam cum Paulō et Barnabā: Jūdam, quī cognōminābātur Barsabas, et Silam, virōs prīmōs in frātribus: scrībentēs per manūs eōrum: Apostolī et seniōrēs frātrēs, hīs quī sunt Antiochīae, et Syriae, et Ciliciae, frātribus ex gentibus, salūtem.Then it pleased the Apostles and elders with the whole church to choose men from among them, and to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas, who was surnamed Barsabbas, and Silas, leading men among the brothers: writing by their hands: "The Apostles and elders, brothers, to those who are at Antioch, and Syria, and Cilicia, brothers from the Gentiles, greeting. Act 15:24Quoniam audīvimus quia quīdam ex nōbīs exeuntēs, turbāvērunt vōs verbīs, ēvertentēs animās vestrās, quibus nōn mandāvimus, placuit nōbīs collēctīs in ūnum ēligere virōs, et mittere ad vōs cum cārissimīs nostrīs Barnabā et Paulō, hominibus quī trādidērunt animās suās prō nōmine Dominī nostrī Jēsū Chrīstī.Since we have heard that certain men going out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, to whom we gave no command, it has pleased us, gathered together as one, to choose men, and to send them to you with our dearest Barnabas and Paul, men who have handed over their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Act 15:27Mīsimus ergō Jūdam et Silam, quī et ipsī vōbīs verbīs referent eadem.We have sent, therefore, Judas and Silas, who themselves also will report the same things to you by word. Act 15:28Vīsum est enim Spīrituī Sānctō et nōbīs nihil ultrā impōnere vōbīs oneris quam haec necessāria: ut abstineātis vōs ab immolātīs simulācrōrum, et sanguine, et suffōcātō, et fornicātiōne: ā quibus custōdientēs vōs, bene agētis.For it has seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us to impose no further burden upon you than these necessary things: that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication: keeping yourselves from these, you will do well. Act 15:29Valēte.Farewell." Act 15:30Illī ergō dīmissī, dēscendērunt Antiochīam: et congregātā multitūdine trādidērunt epistolam.They, therefore, having been sent off, went down to Antioch: and the multitude having been gathered, they delivered the letter. Act 15:31Quam cum lēgissent, gāvīsī sunt super cōnsōlātiōne.And when they had read it, they rejoiced over the consolation. Act 15:32Jūdas autem et Silās, et ipsī cum essent prophētae, verbō plūrimō cōnsōlātī sunt frātrēs, et cōnfirmāvērunt.And Judas and Silas, since they themselves too were prophets, consoled the brothers with very much speech, and strengthened them.
Act 15:33Factō autem ibi aliquantō tempore, dīmissī sunt cum pāce ā frātribus ad eōs quī mīserant illōs.And some time having been spent there, they were sent off with peace by the brothers to those who had sent them. Act 15:34Vīsum est autem Silae ibi remanēre: Jūdas autem sōlus abiit Jerūsalem.But it seemed good to Silas to remain there: and Judas went away alone to Jerusalem. Act 15:35Paulus autem et Barnabas dēmorābantur Antiochīae, docentēs et ēvangelizantēs cum aliīs plūribus verbum Dominī.But Paul and Barnabas were staying at Antioch, teaching and preaching, with many others, the word of the Lord. Act 15:36Post aliquot autem diēs, dīxit ad Barnabam Paulus: Revertentēs vīsitēmus frātrēs per ūniversās cīvitātēs in quibus praedicāvimus verbum Dominī, quōmodo sē habeant.And after some days, Paul said to Barnabas: "Going back, let us visit the brothers through all the cities in which we have preached the word of the Lord, how they are." Act 15:37Barnabas autem volēbat sēcum assūmere et Jōannem, quī cognōminābātur Mārcus.But Barnabas wished to take with him John also, who was surnamed Mark. Act 15:38Paulus autem rogābat eum (ut quī discessisset ab eīs dē Pamphȳliā, et nōn īsset cum eīs in opus) nōn dēbēre recipī.But Paul was asking him (since he had departed from them from Pamphylia, and had not gone with them to the work) that he ought not to be taken back.
Act 15:39Facta est autem dissēnsiō, ita ut discēderent ab invicem, et Barnabas quidem, assūmptō Mārcō, nāvigāret Cyprum.And a disagreement arose, so that they parted from one another, and Barnabas indeed, having taken Mark, sailed to Cyprus. Act 15:40Paulus vērō, ēlēctō Silā, profectus est, trāditus grātiae Deī ā frātribus.But Paul, having chosen Silas, set out, handed over to the grace of God by the brothers. Act 15:41Perambulābat autem Syriam et Ciliciam, cōnfirmāns ecclēsiās: praecipiēns custōdīre praecepta Apostolōrum et seniōrum.And he was walking through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches: commanding them to keep the precepts of the Apostles and elders.