使徒行传 13
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
巴拿巴和扫罗接受差遣
13 安提阿教会中有几位先知和教师，就是巴拿巴、绰号“黑人”的希缅、古利奈人路求、与分封王希律一同长大的马念以及扫罗。 2 一天，他们正在敬拜主、禁食的时候，圣灵对他们说：“要为我把巴拿巴和扫罗分别出来，好让他们做我呼召他们去做的事。” 3 于是，他们禁食祷告并把手按在巴拿巴和扫罗身上，然后差遣他们出去。
4 二人受圣灵差遣，下到西流基，从那里乘船去塞浦路斯。 5 他们到了撒拉米，就在当地的犹太会堂传讲上帝的道。约翰·马可做他们的助手。
6 他们走遍全岛，远至帕弗，在那里遇见一个冒充先知的犹太术士巴·耶稣。 7 这人和当地的士求·保罗总督常有来往。士求·保罗是个聪明人，他邀请了巴拿巴和扫罗来，要听上帝的道。 8 但希腊名字叫以吕马的那个术士反对使徒，试图拦阻总督信主。 9 又名扫罗的保罗被圣灵充满，盯着他说： 10 “你这魔鬼的儿子，充满了诡诈和邪恶，是一切正义之敌，到现在还想歪曲主的正道吗？ 11 现在主要亲手惩罚你，使你瞎眼，暂时不见天日！”
他顿觉眼前一片漆黑，只好四处摸索，求人领他走路。 12 总督看见所发生的事，对主的道感到惊奇，就信了。
保罗传扬基督
13 保罗和同伴从帕弗乘船到旁非利亚的别加。约翰·马可在那里离开他们回耶路撒冷去了。 14 他们由别加继续前行，来到彼西底区的安提阿。在安息日那天，他们进了会堂坐下来。 15 读完律法书和先知书后，会堂主管派人告诉他们：“弟兄们，如果你们有什么劝勉众人的话，请讲。”
16 保罗站起来向大家挥手示意，说：“各位以色列同胞和各位敬畏上帝的外族朋友们，请听我说。 17 以色列的上帝拣选了我们的祖先，让他们在埃及寄居期间人丁兴旺成为大族，后来祂伸出臂膀带领他们离开埃及。 18 他们在旷野漂泊的那四十年间，上帝一直照顾、容忍他们。 19 后来上帝又灭了迦南境内的七族，把土地分给他们作产业。 20 前后历时约四百五十年。之后，上帝又为他们设立士师，直到撒母耳先知的时代。
21 “后来，他们求上帝为他们立一位王，上帝就选立便雅悯支派中基士的儿子扫罗为王，执政四十年。 22 之后，上帝废掉扫罗，选立大卫做王，并为他作证说，‘我找到了耶西的儿子大卫，他是合我心意的人，他必遵行我一切的旨意。’ 23 上帝照自己的应许，从大卫的后裔中为以色列人立了一位救主，就是耶稣。 24 在耶稣还未公开露面以前，约翰已经劝告以色列人要悔改，接受洗礼。 25 约翰在工作快要完成的时候说，‘你们以为我是谁？我不是基督。在我之后来的那位，我连给祂解鞋带也不配。’
26 “弟兄们，各位亚伯拉罕的子孙和敬畏上帝的外族人啊，这救恩之道原是传给我们的。 27 可是耶路撒冷的人和他们的官长不知道耶稣是基督，虽然每个安息日都诵读先知的信息，却把基督判死罪。这正应验了先知们的话。 28 他们虽然找不到判祂死罪的理由，却强求彼拉多将祂处死。 29 祂受死的记载全部应验之后，有人把祂从十字架上取下来，安放在石墓里。 30 但上帝却使祂从死里复活。 31 之后有许多天，那些从加利利跟随祂上耶路撒冷的人都看见过祂，他们如今在百姓中都是祂的见证人。 32 我们要报给你们一个好消息，上帝给我们祖先的应许， 33 祂借着使耶稣复活已为我们做子孙的成就了。正如诗篇第二篇所说，
“‘你是我的儿子，
我今日成为你父亲。’
34 圣经曾这样记载上帝使祂从死里复活、永不朽坏的事，
“‘我必将应许大卫的圣洁、
可靠的恩福赐给你们。’
35 又在诗篇上说，
“‘你必不让你的圣者身体朽坏。’
36 “大卫在世时遵行上帝的旨意，最后死了，葬在他祖先那里，肉身也朽坏了。 37 然而，上帝使之复活的那位却没有朽坏。 38 所以，弟兄们，你们应该知道，赦罪的信息是借着耶稣传给你们的。 39 你们靠遵行摩西律法不能被称为义人，只有信靠耶稣才能被称为义人。 40 你们要当心，免得先知说的话应验在你们身上，
41 “‘藐视真理的人啊，看吧！
你们要在惊惧中灭亡，
因为我要在你们的时代行一件事，
即使有人告诉你们，
你们也不会信。’”
42 保罗和巴拿巴离开会堂时，会堂里的人请求他们下一个安息日再来讲道。 43 许多犹太人和诚心改信犹太教的外族人都跟随保罗和巴拿巴，二人就与他们谈论，劝勉他们要坚定不移地信靠上帝的恩典。
44 到了下一个安息日，几乎全城的人都聚集起来，要听上帝的道。 45 犹太人看见那么多人聚集，充满嫉妒，便反驳保罗所讲的，诽谤他。 46 保罗和巴拿巴毫不畏惧地说：“上帝的道本该先传给你们，你们既然拒绝接受，认为自己不配得永生，我们现在就把这道传给外族人。 47 因为主这样吩咐我们，
“‘我已使你成为外族人的光，
好把救恩带到地极。’”
48 外族人听后，非常欢喜，颂赞主的道。凡被选定得永生的人都信了主。 49 主的道传遍了那个地方。
50 但犹太人煽动虔诚的贵妇和城中显要迫害保罗和巴拿巴，将二人赶出城去。 51 保罗和巴拿巴便当众跺掉脚上的尘土[a]，去了以哥念。 52 门徒满心喜乐，被圣灵充满。
使 徒 行 傳 13
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
巴拿巴和扫罗得到特殊的任务
13 安提阿教会里有一些先知和老师，他们是巴拿巴、西面（人们也叫他“黑人”）、古利奈人路求、马念（他是和希律王一起长大的）和扫罗。 2 一天，他们正在侍奉主和禁食 [a]的时候，圣灵对他们说∶“你们指派巴拿巴和扫罗，去做我召唤他们做的工作。”
3 先知和老师禁食和祷告后，就把手放在巴拿巴和扫罗的身上 [b]，然后，派他们出去了。
巴拿巴和扫罗在塞浦路斯
4 受到圣灵的派遣，巴拿巴和扫罗受圣灵派遣去了西流基，然后又从那儿坐船到了塞浦路斯。 5 他们一到撒拉米，便在犹太会堂里宣讲上帝的信息。约翰马可做为助手，与他们同行。
6 他们走遍了整个岛屿，直至帕弗。在那里，他们遇见一个名叫巴耶稣的法术师，也是个假先知，他是犹太人。自称是先知。 7 他与本地总督士求保罗很接近，士求保罗是个机智的人，他派人请来巴拿巴和扫罗，要听上帝之道。 8 但是，扫罗和巴拿巴遭到了法术师以吕马的反对（以吕马这名字在希腊语中是巴耶稣的意思），他试图阻碍总督信仰耶稣， 9 可是扫罗（人们又叫他保罗）却被圣灵充满。他直视着以吕马， 10 说∶“你这个魔鬼的儿子！你处处与美好的为敌，你充满了各种欺诈和诡计。你到什么时候才停止对主的真理的歪曲？ 11 看吧，主将触到你，你会失明。有一段时间，你看不见任何东西，甚至是太阳的光芒。”
立刻，以吕马的眼前一片漆黑。他四周摸索着，想找个人拉着他的手，给他带路。 12 总督亲眼目睹了发生的一切，便相信了上帝，因为对于有关主的教导，他感到非常惊奇。
保罗和巴拿巴去彼西底的安提阿
13 保罗一行人从帕弗航行到了旁非利亚的别加。但是，约翰马可离开了他们，回耶路撒冷去了。 14 他们则从别加继续他们的旅程，到达了彼西底附近的安提阿。安息日那天，保罗和巴拿巴走进了会堂，坐了下来。 15 读完了律法和先知的著作后，会堂的官员派人对他们说∶“兄弟们，如果你们有鼓舞的话要对人们说，请讲。”
16 保罗起身，挥手说道∶“以色列同胞和所有来此敬拜上帝的外族人，请听我说。 17 以色列的上帝选择了我们的祖先，在他们还居住在埃及的时候，就使我们的民族成为伟大的民族，并用他的伟力带领他们离开了那块土地。 18 他在旷野里容忍他们达四十年之久。 19 他在迦南地区打败了七个国家，把他们的土地赐给了他的子民， 20 历时约四百五十年。
“这之后，他赐给了以色列人士师，直到先知撒母耳 [c]的时代。 21 后来，他们要求上帝为他们立一个王。上帝便把扫罗封为国王。扫罗是便雅悯支派基士的儿子，他统治了大约四十年。 22 罢免扫罗之后，他又立大卫做他们的君王。上帝关于他是这么说的∶‘我发现耶西的儿子大卫，是合我心意的人。他会执行我的意旨。’ 23 上帝按照他的许诺，从大卫的后代里，为以色列带来了救世主耶稣。 24 在耶稣到来之前，约翰向所有的以色列人传道，告诉他们应受洗礼以示他们要悔过自新。 25 约翰在完成自己的使命时，说∶‘你们以为我是谁？我不是他，绝不是，但是，在我之后来的那个人，我连给他解鞋带都不配。’
26 诸位同胞，亚伯拉罕家族的后代们，还有你们这些敬拜上帝的外族人，这拯救的信息已送给了我们。 27 因为住在耶路撒冷的人和他们的统治者没有认出耶稣来，他们给他定罪，应验了每逢安息日时所读到的先知的话。 28 尽管他们找不到判他死罪的任何理由，他们还是请求彼拉多把他杀害了。 29 他们做完了《经》上记载的有关他的一切事情后，便把他从十字架上解下来，放在一个墓穴里。 30 上帝却让他从死里复活了， 31 此后很多天，他出现在那些和他从加利利同行到耶路撒冷去的人们中间。现在，他们在以色列人中间，是他的见证人。 32 我们现在把福音告诉你们，这福音是关于上帝应许给我们祖先的诺言。 33 我们是他们的后代，上帝通过让耶稣死而复活，为了我们使这诺言得以实现。正如诗篇第二篇所说：
‘你是我的儿子，
今日我成为你的父亲。’ (A)
34 上帝让他起死回生，不会重归腐朽。他是这样说的：
‘我要把应许给大卫的神圣、可靠的祝福赐给你们。’ (B)
35 他在另外一处说：
‘你不会让你的圣者经历腐朽。’ (C)
36 大卫在世时，执行了上帝的意旨。他死了，与祖先葬在一起，经历了腐朽。 37 但是，上帝起死回生的那位却没有经历腐朽。
41 ‘看吧，你们这些嘲弄者，
尽管纳闷和灭亡吧，
因为在你们的时代，我进行着一项工作，
即使有人告诉过你们。
你们就是不相信！’” (D)
42 保罗和巴拿巴离开那里时，人们都请求他们在下一个安息日里，再多讲一些这样的事情， 43 散会后，许多犹太人和皈依了犹太教的人都跟随着保罗与巴拿巴。保罗、巴拿巴和他们谈话，并劝勉他们要继续生活在上帝的恩典里。
44 下一个安息日里，全城的人几乎都聚在一起，聆听主的信息。 45 犹太人见到人群，充满了嫉妒。他们反对保罗所说的话，并抵毁他们。 46 但是保罗和巴拿巴却勇敢的说道∶“上帝的教导先告诉你们，是必要的，既然你们拒弃它，并认为自己配不上得到永生，那么，我们要到非犹太人那里去。 47 主是这样指示我们的：
‘我已经使你们成为照亮外邦的一束光明，
好让你们把拯救带到天涯海角。’
48 外族人听到这里，非常高兴。他们赞美主的信息。那些已被挑选来接受永恒生命的人都相信了。
49 主的话传遍了整个地区。 50 犹太人挑唆这个城里的虔诚、上流社会的妇女和有名望的男人，开始迫害保罗和巴拿巴。他们强迫他俩离开了他们的地区。 51 保罗和巴拿巴抖掉脚上的灰尘 [d]，以示对他们的警告，然后到以哥念去了。 52 安提阿的门徒们充满了快乐和圣灵。
Footnotes
- 使 徒 行 傳 13:2 禁食： 在祷告和崇拜上帝的一段特殊时间内，不吃任何食物。
- 使 徒 行 傳 13:3 身上： 在此表示把上帝的一项特殊任务交给了这些人。
- 使 徒 行 傳 13:20 撒母耳： 最后一位士师（领袖）和以色列的第一位先知。
- 使 徒 行 傳 13:51 抖掉脚上的灰尘： 一个警告，表示他们结束了对这些人的讲话。
Acts 13
New Catholic Bible
Antioch[a]
Paul’s First Missionary Journey[b]
Chapter 13
Barnabas and Paul Sent Out on Mission.[c] 1 In the Church at Antioch, there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 On one occasion, while they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set Barnabas and Saul apart for me to do the work to which I have called them.” 3 Then, after completing their fasting and prayer, they laid their hands on them and sent them off.
4 Having been sent on their mission by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia,[d] and from there they set sail for Cyprus. 5 When they arrived in Salamis,[e] they proclaimed the word of God in the Jewish synagogues, while John served as their assistant.
At Cyprus Facing a Proconsul and a Magician.[f] 6 When they had traveled through the whole island as far as Paphos,[g] they encountered a magician named Bar-Jesus, who was a Jewish false prophet. 7 He was an attendant of the proconsul Sergius Paulus, a learned man who had summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God. 8 However, the magician Elymas (for that is the translation of his name) opposed them in an attempt to prevent the proconsul’s conversion to the faith.
9 Then Saul, also known as Paul,[h] filled with the Holy Spirit, looked intently at Elymas 10 and said, “You offspring of the devil, you enemy of righteousness, filled with every kind of deceit and fraud, will you never cease to pervert the straight paths of the Lord? 11 Now take note of how the hand of the Lord will strike you. You will be blind, and for a period of time you will not be able to see the sun.” Immediately, he was enveloped in a dark mist, and he groped about for someone to lead him by the hand. 12 When the proconsul saw what had happened, he became a believer, having been deeply impressed by the teaching of the Lord.
13 Paul’s Arrival at Antioch in Pisidia.[i]Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and arrived at Perga[j] in Pamphylia. There, John left them and returned to Jerusalem. 14 Then they went on from Perga and arrived at Antioch[k] in Pisidia.
On the Sabbath, they went into the synagogue and took their seats. 15 After the readings from the Law and the Prophets, the officials of the synagogue sent this message to them, “Brethren, if you have any words of exhortation to offer to the people, please do so.”
16 Paul’s Speech in the Synagogue. Then Paul stood up, motioned with his hand, and began to speak, saying, “Listen, men of Israel and you others who fear God![l] 17 The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors and made our people great while they were dwelling as foreigners in Egypt. With uplifted arm, he led them out, 18 and for about forty years he endured their conduct in the desert.
19 “After he had destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave their land to his people as their inheritance 20 at the end of about four hundred and fifty years.[m] After that, he appointed judges for them until the time of the prophet Samuel.
21 “Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul, son of Kish, a man from the tribe of Benjamin. He reigned for forty years, 22 after which God removed him and raised up David as their king. In commending him, he said, ‘I have found David, the son of Jesse, to be a man after my own heart. He will carry out my every wish.’
23 “From this man’s descendants, God has fulfilled his promise by raising up for Israel a savior, Jesus. 24 Prior to his coming, John had already proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. 25 And as John was nearing the end of his work, he said, ‘I am not the one you believe me to be. One is coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to unfasten.’
26 “Brethren, children of the family of Abraham, and those others among you who fear God, we are the ones to whom this message of salvation has been sent. 27 The people of Jerusalem and their leaders failed to recognize Jesus or to understand the words of the Prophets that are read on every Sabbath, and they fulfilled those prophecies by condemning him. 28 Even though they found no basis to justify his execution, they asked Pilate to have him killed.
29 “When they had carried out everything that was written about him, they took him down from the tree and placed him in a tomb. 30 However, God raised him from the dead, 31 and over a period of many days he appeared to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem. These are now his witnesses before the people.
32 “We have come here to proclaim to you the good news—what God promised to our ancestors 33 he has fulfilled for us, their children, by raising Jesus up as it is written in the second psalm:
‘You are my Son;
this day I have begotten you.’
34 “God raised him from the dead, never to be subjected to corruption. He declares it in these words, ‘To you I will give the blessings promised to David.’ 35 And he also says in another psalm, ‘You will not allow your Holy One to suffer corruption.’ 36 When David had served God’s purposes during his lifetime, he fell asleep, and he was buried with his ancestors, and he saw corruption. 37 However, the one whom God raised up did not see corruption. 38 “You must understand, brethren, that it is through him that forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you. 39 All those who believe are justified from all the things from which they could not be justified by the Law of Moses. 40 Beware, then, lest what the Prophets have foretold will happen to you:
41 ‘Look carefully, you scoffers!
Be amazed and perish!
For I am doing a work in your days
that you will never believe
even if someone tells you.’ ”
42 As they were leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to speak further on these subjects on the following Sabbath. 43 After the congregation had dispersed, many Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to remain faithful to the grace of God.
44 Paul’s Speech to the Gentiles. On the next Sabbath, almost the entire city gathered to hear the word of the Lord. 45 When the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and with blasphemy they contradicted whatever Paul said. 46 Then both Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, saying, “It was necessary that the word of God should be proclaimed to you first. However, since you have rejected it and judge yourselves to be unworthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. 47 For so has the Lord commanded us to do, saying,
‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles
so that you may bring salvation
to the farthest corners of the earth.’ ”
48 When the Gentiles heard this, they were delighted, and they praised the word of the Lord. All those who were destined for eternal life became believers. 49 Thus, the word of the Lord continued to spread throughout the entire region.
50 However, the Jews incited the devout women of the upper classes and the leading men of the city. As a result, a campaign of persecution was stirred up against Paul and Barnabas, and they were driven out of the territory. 51 And so they shook the dust from their feet in protest against them and went to Iconium.[n] 52 And the disciples were filled with joy and with the Holy Spirit.
Footnotes
- Acts 13:1 Under the impulse of the Spirit and the call of events, the community of Jerusalem finds the main points of its internal fire; it has broken out of the Jewish world to spread the Gospel into the Gentile world. New communities have been founded in which the Spirit stirs up the same internal fire and strong missionary initiative. The cycle of Jerusalem ends with the establishment of the Church at Antioch (Acts 11:19-26). In the second cycle in Acts, this young Church is the point of departure and return for all the stories, replacing Jerusalem as the center for the spread of the Gospel. Henceforth, the action takes place outside of Palestine; the Church now exists independently of the temple and of Jewish life in the Holy Land.
According to the historians of the period, Antioch, a main communications center of the Mediterranean world, was a “hotbed of falsehood.” Two missionary journeys take off from it: the first to Asia Minor (Acts 13:1—14:28), the second as far as Greece (Acts 15:36—18:23). We shall witness the encounter with quite different environments, from Oriental magic to Greek philosophy.
Paul will soon take the initiative in this missionary activity by means of the first two voyages ordinarily called missionary journeys of the Apostle. The Council of Jerusalem is called upon to officially resolve the problem in the community between converts from the Gentiles and converts from Judaism. - Acts 13:1 A missionary undertaking begins that will reach into the heart of Asia Minor. The story dwells at length on the outward journey; the return is told in a few verses, but makes clear that in the interim some Churches have been born that have their own life and personality. The Gospel will be addressed first of all to Jews and then directly to the Gentiles. Is Christianity a complete novelty or Judaism with a new face?
- Acts 13:1 Events suggest the vitality of the community of Antioch, whose importance is also underlined by the list of people available. Paul and Barnabas are chosen to go on mission. The laying on of hands by the community here is not a communication of powers (as in Acts 6:6) but a confirmation of the inspiration of the Spirit.
- Acts 13:4 Seleucia: this was Antioch’s seaport, 16 miles to the west. Cyprus: the Gospel had already been preached there (see Acts 11:19f).
- Acts 13:5 Salamis: a town on the east coast of Cyprus.
- Acts 13:6 The problem preoccupying some spiritual authorities once again comes to the fore: What is Christianity’s relation to magic? Luke once again dissociates the Church from the magical arts practiced at the time (see Acts 8:18-24).
- Acts 13:6 Paphos: a town 100 miles west of Salamis.
- Acts 13:9 Known as Paul: Saul drops his Hebrew name and uses his Roman name, Paul, to show that he has entered fully into his mission to the world of the “nations.” Henceforth, he will also be mentioned before Barnabas, his companion in missionary activity.
- Acts 13:13 Christianity came into being within Judaism and brought the history of Israel to its conclusion. Therefore, the proclamation of the word must follow that same order: it is to be addressed first to the Jews, then to the Gentiles (see Acts 11:19-20). Only at the end of Acts will the mission be aimed directly at the Gentiles without first passing through the synagogue (see Acts 28:28). This sermon of Paul is delivered to Jews and follows the pattern of early Christian preaching that has already characterized the discourses of Peter.
- Acts 13:13 Perga: the capital of Pamphylia, which was a province of Asia Minor, 80 miles long and 20 miles wide, between the provinces of Lycia and Cilicia on the southern coast of Asia Minor.
- Acts 13:14 Antioch: a city 110 miles from Perga strategically situated for commerce, which was a Roman colony and had a large Jewish population. Pisidia: a district north of Pamphylia that was 120 miles long and 50 miles wide.
- Acts 13:16 Others who fear God: Gentiles who accept the beliefs and moral principles of Judaism without becoming members of the Jewish people by circumcision.
- Acts 13:20 Four hundred and fifty years: this could also refer to the period of the Judges until the time of the prophet Samuel.
- Acts 13:51 Iconium: an important crossroads and center of agriculture in the province of Galatia.
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