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雅各殉道,彼得被囚

12 那時,希律王下手苦害教會中的幾個人, 用刀殺了約翰的哥哥雅各。 他見這事博得了猶太人的歡心,就在除酵節期間,再次捉拿彼得。 捉到了,就把他關在監裡,交給四班士兵看守,每班四個人,打算過了逾越節,把他提出來交給民眾。 彼得就這樣被拘留在監裡;但教會卻為他迫切地祈求 神。

天使救彼得出監

希律要提他出來的前一夜,彼得被兩條鎖鍊鎖住,睡在兩個士兵中間,還有衛兵守在門前。 忽然,有主的一位使者出現,牢房裡就光芒四射。天使拍拍彼得的肋旁,喚醒他,說:“快起來!”他手上的鎖鍊就脫落了。 天使對他說:“束上帶子,穿上鞋!”他就這樣作了。天使又說:“披上外衣,跟我走!” 他就出來跟著天使走,但他不知道天使所作的事是真的,還以為是見了異象。 10 他們經過第一、第二兩個崗位,來到通往城內的鐵門,那門自動給他們開了。他們出來,往前走了一條街,天使立刻離開了他。 11 彼得清醒過來,說:“現在我確實知道,主差他的天使來,救我脫離希律的手和猶太人所期望的一切。” 12 他明白了之後,就到約翰(別名馬可)的母親馬利亞家裡去;有許多人聚集在那裡禱告。 13 彼得敲了大門,有一個名叫羅大的使女,出來應門。 14 她認出是彼得的聲音,歡喜到顧不得開門,就跑進去報告,說彼得站在門外。 15 大家說:“你瘋了!”她卻堅持地說這是真的。他們說:“一定是他的天使。” 16 彼得繼續敲門;他們打開了,一見是他,就非常驚訝。 17 彼得作了一個手勢,要他們安靜,然後對他們述說主怎樣領他出監,又說:“你們把這些事告訴雅各和眾弟兄。”就離開那裡,到別的地方去了。

18 天亮的時候,士兵們非常慌亂,不知彼得出了甚麼事。 19 希律搜索他,卻找不到,就審問衛兵,下令把他們帶出去處死。後來希律離開猶太,到該撒利亞去,住在那裡。

希律被 神擊打

20 當時希律對推羅和西頓人懷怒在心。這兩地的人因為他們的地區都需要從王的領土得到糧食,就先拉攏了王的內侍臣伯拉斯都,然後同心地去見希律,要向他求和。 21 到了定好的日期,希律穿上王服,坐在高臺上,向他們演講。 22 群眾大聲說:“這是 神的聲音,不是人的聲音!” 23 他不歸榮耀給 神,所以主的使者立刻擊打他,他被蟲咬,就斷了氣。

24  神的道日漸興旺,越發廣傳。 25 巴拿巴和掃羅完成了送交捐項的任務,就帶著名叫馬可的約翰,從耶路撒冷回來。

En engel setter Peter fri fra fengslet

12 Omtrent på samme tiden begynte kong Herodes å arrestere og å mishandle flere av medlemmene i menigheten. Han lot Jakob, som var bror til Johannes, bli halshugget med sverd. Da han så at de religiøse lederne var tilfreds med dette, arresterte han også Peter. Dette skjedde samtidig som påskehøytiden[a] ble feiret. Etter arrestasjonen satte han Peter i fengsel og lot fire vaktskift med fire mann i hvert skift bevokte ham. Herodes hadde tenkt at når påsken var over, skulle han føre Peter fram for folket og la de dømme ham. Mens Peter var kastet i fengslet, ba menigheten intenst om at Gud skulle bevare ham.

Natten før han skulle bli stilt for retten, lå Peter og sov, lenket fast mellom to soldater, og utenfor celledøren var det andre soldater som voktet fengslet. Da ble cellen plutselig fylt av lys, og en engel fra Herren sto der. Engelen støtte Peter i siden, vekket ham og sa: ”Reis deg opp, kvikt!” I samme øyeblikk falt lenkene fra hendene til Peter. Engelen fortsatte: ”Ta på deg beltet og sandalene”. Mens Peter gjorde det, sa engelen: ”Bra, svøp nå kappen om deg og følg meg.”

Peter fulgte med engelen ut av cellen, men han trodde hele tiden at det var et syn og ikke noe som skjedde i virkeligheten. 10 De passerte først en vaktpost og så en til, og var til slutt framme ved jernporten som førte ut til byen. Porten åpnet seg for dem helt av seg selv, det var bare å gå rett ut! Da de hadde gått nedover gaten et lite stykke, var plutselig engelen borte!

11 Da Peter hadde roet seg litt, sa han til seg selv: ”Dette må likevel være virkelighet! Herren sendte virkelig sin engel og reddet meg fra Herodes, og fra alt det som jødene hadde ventet skulle ramme meg.” 12 Da han var helt seg selv igjen, gikk han hjem til Maria, som var mor til Johannes Markus. Der var hele huset fullt av troende som ba til Gud.

13 Peter dundret på porten, og en jente som het Rode, kom for å låse opp. 14 Da hun kjente igjen Peter sin stemme, ble hun så glad at hun glemte å åpne. I stedet sprang hun inn i huset igjen og fortalte til alle at Peter sto utenfor på gaten. 15 ”Du er fullstendig fra sans og samling”, ropte de. Men hun ga seg ikke, og de sa: ”Det er kanskje hans engel.[b]

16 I mens fortsatte Peter å dundre på døren. Da de endelig åpnet og så at det virkelig var ham, ble de fra seg av overraskelse. 17 Han ga tegn om at de skulle være stille og fortalte hvordan Herren hadde ført ham ut av fengslet. Til slutt sa han: ”La Jakob[c] og de andre i menigheten få vite hva som har skjedd”, og så gikk han videre til et annen sted.

18 Da morgenen kom, ble det stor oppstandelse blant soldatene i fengslet. Ingen kunne fatte hva som hadde skjedd med Peter. 19 Da Herodes sendte bud etter Peter og ikke fikk tak i ham, satte han i verk forhør av vaktene og dømte samtlige til døden.

Etter dette dro Herodes fra Judea og ned til Cæsarea for å bo der.

Herodes dør

20 Innbyggerne i Tyrus og Sidon[d], som var avhengige av å bli supplert med mat fra Herodes sitt distrikt, hadde gjort Herodes sint. Forholdet hadde lenge vært spent mellom dem. De sendte derfor en felles delegasjon til Herodes for å be om fred. De lyktes med å få kongens kammerherre Blastus på sin side. 21 De fikk løfte om å treffe Herodes. På den fastsatte dagen tok Herodes på seg den kongelige kappen, satte seg på troen og talte til dem. 22 Folket hyllet ham og ropte: ”Det er en gud som taler og ikke noe menneske!” 23 I samme øyeblikk lot Herren en engel gjøre Herodes syk, etter som Herodes tok imot tilbedelse fra mennesker i stedet for å gi Gud æren. Han ble spist opp av ormer og døde.

Barnabas og Saulus blir sendt ut fra Antiokia

24 Budskapet om Jesus spredde seg til flere og flere. Mange mennesker kom til tro.

25 Siden Barnabas og Saulus hadde fullført oppdraget sitt i Jerusalem vendte de tilbake til Antiokia og tok Johannes Markus med seg.

Footnotes

  1. 12:3 I grunnteksten: De usyrede brøds høytid. Jødene spiser i påskeuken bare brød som har blitt bakt uten gjær.
  2. 12:15 De siktet til hans ”skytsengel”, se Matteus sin fortelling om Jesus 18:10. Mange jøder trodde at denne engelen lignet et menneske og kunne vise seg for andre.
  3. 12:17 Jakob var bror til Jesus og leder for menigheten.
  4. 12:20 Tyrus og Sidon var fønikiske byer ved kysten av Middelhavet, nordvest for Galilea.

希律王的暴行

12 那時,希律王下手殘害教會的一些人, 殺了約翰的哥哥雅各。 他見這樣做能取悅猶太人,便又在除酵節期間拘捕了彼得, 把他關在監裡,由四班衛兵,每班四人輪流看守,想等逾越節[a]過後當眾懲辦他。 彼得被囚期間,教會都迫切地為他向上帝禱告。

彼得神奇出獄

在被希律提審前一夜,彼得被兩條鐵鏈鎖著睡在兩個衛兵中間,門外警衛森嚴。 忽然,有一位主的天使站在彼得身旁,監牢內一片光明,天使拍他的肋旁,把他叫醒,說:「趕快起來!」鐵鏈就從他手上脫落下來。 天使對他說:「束上腰帶,穿好鞋子。」彼得一一照辦。天使又說:「披上外衣,跟我來!」 他跟著天使走出牢房,不知道這一切都是真的,還以為自己看到了異象。 10 他們一路穿過第一道和第二道守衛,來到通往城裡的鐵門,那門竟自動打開了。他們就出來,走過一條街之後,天使便離開了彼得。

11 彼得這才如夢初醒,說:「現在我確定,主派了天使來救我脫離希律的魔掌,不讓猶太人的期望得逞。」 12 他清醒後,便到約翰·馬可的母親瑪麗亞家,很多人正聚集在那裡禱告。

13 彼得在外面敲門,有一個叫羅大的婢女出來應門。 14 她聽出是彼得的聲音,喜出望外,竟然沒有開門就跑進去告訴大家:「彼得在門外!」 15 他們說:「你一定瘋了。」她堅持說:「是真的!」他們就說:「是他的天使吧!」

16 彼得不住地敲門。他們開門看見他,都大吃一驚! 17 彼得擺手示意他們安靜,然後把主怎樣領他出獄的經過告訴大家,又說:「把這事告訴雅各和其他弟兄姊妹。」交待完了,他便離開那裡,往其他地方去了。

18 天亮後,監獄的守衛發現彼得不見了,頓時一片騷動。 19 希律派人四處搜捕,一無所獲,於是親自審問看守彼得的衛兵,下令處決他們。後來希律離開猶太,下到凱撒利亞,並住在那裡。

希律的下場

20 希律對泰爾和西頓的人非常惱火。於是,他們聯合起來去見他,先取得宮廷總管伯拉斯都的支持,然後向他求和,因為他們兩地需要從他的轄區獲得糧食。

21 到了約定的日子,希律穿上王袍,坐在寶座上向眾人致詞。 22 致詞完畢,眾人齊聲高呼:「這是神明在說話,不是凡人在說話!」 23 希律沒有把榮耀歸給上帝,主的天使立刻懲罰他,他當場被蟲子咬死了。

24 上帝的道日見興旺,越傳越廣。

25 巴拿巴和掃羅把款項送到以後,就帶著約翰·馬可從耶路撒冷回去。

Footnotes

  1. 12·4 除酵節為期七天,逾越節是其中的第一天,參見出埃及記12章。

Peter’s Miraculous Escape From Prison

12 It was about this time that King Herod(A) arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. He had James, the brother of John,(B) put to death with the sword.(C) When he saw that this met with approval among the Jews,(D) he proceeded to seize Peter also. This happened during the Festival of Unleavened Bread.(E) After 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.(F)

So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.(G)

The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains,(H) and sentries stood guard at the entrance. Suddenly an angel(I) 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.(J)

Then the angel said to him, “Put on your clothes and sandals.” And Peter did so. “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me,” the angel told him. Peter 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.(K) 10 They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself,(L) and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him.

11 Then Peter came to himself(M) and said, “Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me(N) from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen.”

12 When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark,(O) where many people had gathered and were praying.(P) 13 Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer the door.(Q) 14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed(R) 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.”(S)

16 But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished. 17 Peter motioned with his hand(T) for them to be quiet and described how the Lord had brought him out of prison. “Tell James(U) and the other brothers and sisters(V) about this,” he said, and then he left for another place.

18 In the morning, there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter. 19 After Herod had a thorough search made for him and did not find him, he cross-examined the guards and ordered that they be executed.(W)

Herod’s Death

Then Herod went from Judea to Caesarea(X) and stayed there. 20 He had been quarreling with the people of Tyre and Sidon;(Y) 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.(Z)

21 On the appointed day Herod, wearing his royal robes, sat on his throne and delivered a public address to the people. 22 They shouted, “This is the voice of a god, not of a man.” 23 Immediately, because Herod did not give praise to God, an angel(AA) of the Lord struck him down,(AB) and he was eaten by worms and died.

24 But the word of God(AC) continued to spread and flourish.(AD)

Barnabas and Saul Sent Off

25 When Barnabas(AE) and Saul had finished their mission,(AF) they returned from[a] Jerusalem, taking with them John, also called Mark.(AG)

Footnotes

  1. Acts 12:25 Some manuscripts to

12 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.

And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.

And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)

And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.

And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.

And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.

And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.

And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.

10 When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.

11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.

12 And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.

13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.

14 And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.

15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.

16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished.

17 But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.

18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.

19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.

20 And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.

21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.

22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.

23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.

24 But the word of God grew and multiplied.

25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.