Act Skutky, kapitola Skutky apoštolů, kapitola 8

Filip a Šimon kouzelník

V Samaří žil také nějaký Šimon, který ze sebe dělal velkou osobnost, ale vlastně jen pletl Samařanům hlavu kouzelnými triky a magií.

Skutky 8:9 v různých překladech

Čeština

B21 V tom městě žil jeden muž jménem Šimon. Už dlouho ohromoval samařský lid svou magií a prohlašoval se za někoho výjimečného.

BKR Muž pak nějaký, jménem Šimon, před tím v tom městě čáry provodil, a lid Samařský mámil, pravě se býti nějakým velikým.

Angličtina

KJV (66 books) But there was a certain man, called Simon, which beforetime in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

AFINT (Exp US) A man named Simon had been operating in the city previously, practicing sorcery and astonishing the Samaritan population. He portrayed himself as someone of great importance.

AFINT (Lit US) But a certain man, Simon by name, had already been in the city, practicing magic, and astonishing the people of Samaria, saying he was someone great.

AFINT (Lit UK) But a certain man, Simon by name, had already been in the city, practising magic, and astonishing the people of Samaria, saying he was someone great.

ASV But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who beforetime in the city used sorcery, and amazed the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

BSB Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,

DRA There was therefore great joy in that city. Now there was a certain man named Simon, who before had been a magician in that city, seducing the people of Samaria, giving out that he was some great one:

EMTV Now a certain man named Simon was previously in the city practicing magic and astounding the people of Samaria, claiming himself to be someone great,

FBV Now there was a man named Simon who lived in the city. He practiced sorcery. He claimed that he was someone very important, and had astounded the people of Samaria

GNV And there was before in the citie a certaine man called Simon, which vsed witchcraft, and bewitched the people of Samaria, saying that he himselfe was some great man.

LSV And a certain man, by name Simon, was previously in the city using magic, and amazing the nation of Samaria, saying himself to be a certain great one,

NASB Now a man named Simon had previously been practicing magic in the city and astonishing the people of Samaria, claiming to be someone great; NASB 2020

NIV (US) Now for some time a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great,

NIV (UK) Now for some time a man named Simon had practised sorcery in the city and amazed all the people of Samaria. He boasted that he was someone great,

NMV But there was a certain man, called Shim’on [he has heard], which formerly in the same city used sorcery, and bewitched the people of Shomron [watch mountain], giving out that himself was some great one:

OJB Now a certain ish by name Shim'on was previously in the city practicing magic and astonishing the people of Shomron, saying that he himself was an ish of gadlus (with remarkable superiority) and gadol.

RV But there was a certain man, Simon by name, which beforetime in the city used sorcery, and amazed the people of Samaria, giving out that himself was some great one:

TCENT Now a man named Simon had previously practiced magic in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, declaring himself to be someone great.

T4T There was a man in that city whose name was Simon. He had been practicing sorcery for a long time, and he had been amazing the people in Samaria province by doing that. He continually claimed that he was a great/important person.

WEB (US) But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,

WEB (UK) But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practise sorcery in the city and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,