使徒行传 13
Chinese Union Version Modern Punctuation (Simplified)
圣灵派巴拿巴和扫罗往外传道
13 在安提阿的教会中有几位先知和教师，就是巴拿巴和称呼尼结的西面、古利奈人路求、与分封之王希律同养的马念并扫罗。 2 他们侍奉主、禁食的时候，圣灵说：“要为我分派巴拿巴和扫罗，去做我召他们所做的工。” 3 于是禁食、祷告，按手在他们头上，就打发他们去了。
4 他们既被圣灵差遣，就下到西流基，从那里坐船往塞浦路斯去。 5 到了撒拉米，就在犹太人各会堂里传讲神的道，也有约翰做他们的帮手。 6 经过全岛，直到帕弗，在那里遇见一个有法术、假充先知的犹太人，名叫巴耶稣。 7 这人常和方伯士求·保罗同在。士求·保罗是个通达人，他请了巴拿巴和扫罗来，要听神的道。
以吕马抵挡方伯信主因而瞎眼
8 只是那行法术的以吕马（这名翻出来就是“行法术”的意思）抵挡使徒，要叫方伯不信真道。 9 扫罗，又名保罗，被圣灵充满，定睛看他， 10 说：“你这充满各样诡诈奸恶，魔鬼的儿子、众善的仇敌，你混乱主的正道还不止住吗？ 11 现在主的手加在你身上，你要瞎眼，暂且不见日光。”他的眼睛立刻昏蒙黑暗，四下里求人拉着手领他。 12 方伯看见所做的事，很稀奇主的道，就信了。
称呼马可的约翰离开保罗
13 保罗和他的同人从帕弗开船，来到旁非利亚的别加，约翰就离开他们，回耶路撒冷去。 14 他们离了别加往前行，来到彼西底的安提阿，在安息日进会堂坐下。 15 读完了律法和先知的书，管会堂的叫人过去，对他们说：“二位兄台，若有什么劝勉众人的话，请说。”
保罗述说以色列古事
16 保罗就站起来，举手说：“以色列人和一切敬畏神的人，请听！ 17 这以色列民的神拣选了我们的祖宗，当民寄居埃及的时候抬举他们，用大能的手领他们出来。 18 又在旷野容忍[a]他们约有四十年。 19 既灭了迦南地七族的人，就把那地分给他们为业。 20 此后给他们设立士师，约有四百五十年，直到先知撒母耳的时候。 21 后来他们求一个王，神就将便雅悯支派中基士的儿子扫罗给他们做王四十年。 22 既废了扫罗，就选立大卫做他们的王，又为他作见证说：‘我寻得耶西的儿子大卫，他是合我心意的人，凡事要遵行我的旨意。’ 23 从这人的后裔中，神已经照着所应许的为以色列人立了一位救主，就是耶稣。
述说耶稣在世的事
24 “在他没有出来以先，约翰向以色列众民宣讲悔改的洗礼。 25 约翰将行尽他的程途，说：‘你们以为我是谁？我不是基督。只是有一位在我以后来的，我解他脚上的鞋带也是不配的。’ 26 弟兄们，亚伯拉罕的子孙和你们中间敬畏神的人哪，这救世的道是传给我们的。 27 耶路撒冷居住的人和他们的官长，因为不认识基督，也不明白每安息日所读众先知的书，就把基督定了死罪，正应了先知的预言。 28 虽然查不出他有当死的罪来，还是求彼拉多杀他。 29 既成就了经上指着他所记的一切话，就把他从木头上取下来，放在坟墓里。 30 神却叫他从死里复活。 31 那从加利利同他上耶路撒冷的人多日看见他，这些人如今在民间是他的见证。 32 我们也报好信息给你们，就是：那应许祖宗的话， 33 神已经向我们这做儿女的应验，叫耶稣复活了。正如《诗篇》第二篇上记着说：‘你是我的儿子，我今日生你。’ 34 论到神叫他从死里复活，不再归于朽坏，就这样说：‘我必将所应许大卫那圣洁、可靠的恩典赐给你们。’ 35 又有一篇上说：‘你必不叫你的圣者见朽坏。’ 36 大卫在世的时候遵行了神的旨意，就睡了[b]，归到他祖宗那里，已见朽坏。 37 唯独神所复活的，他并未见朽坏。
证明耶稣为救主
38 “所以弟兄们，你们当晓得：赦罪的道是由这人传给你们的！ 39 你们靠摩西的律法，在一切不得称义的事上信靠这人，就都得称义了。 40 所以你们务要小心，免得先知书上所说的临到你们。 41 主说：‘你们这轻慢的人，要观看，要惊奇，要灭亡！因为在你们的时候，我行一件事，虽有人告诉你们，你们总是不信。’”
42 他们出会堂的时候，众人请他们到下安息日再讲这话给他们听。 43 散会以后，犹太人和敬虔进犹太教的人多有跟从保罗、巴拿巴的。二人对他们讲道，劝他们务要恒久在神的恩中。
44 到下安息日，合城的人几乎都来聚集，要听神的道。 45 但犹太人看见人这样多，就满心嫉妒，硬驳保罗所说的话，并且毁谤。 46 保罗和巴拿巴放胆说：“神的道先讲给你们原是应当的，只因你们弃绝这道，断定自己不配得永生，我们就转向外邦人去。 47 因为主曾这样吩咐我们说：‘我已经立你做外邦人的光，叫你施行救恩，直到地极。’” 48 外邦人听见这话，就欢喜了，赞美神的道，凡预定得永生的人都信了。 49 于是主的道传遍了那一带地方。
保罗巴拿巴被逐出境
50 但犹太人挑唆虔敬、尊贵的妇女和城内有名望的人，逼迫保罗、巴拿巴，将他们赶出境外。 51 二人对着众人跺下脚上的尘土，就往以哥念去了。 52 门徒满心喜乐，又被圣灵充满。
Footnotes
- 使徒行传 13:18 “容忍”或作“抚养”。
- 使徒行传 13:36 或作：大卫按神的旨意服侍了他那一世的人，就睡了。
使徒行传 13
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
巴拿巴和扫罗奉差遣
13 安提阿教会中，有几位先知和教师，就是巴拿巴、名叫尼结的西面、古利奈人路求、与分封王希律一同长大的马念，和扫罗。 2 他们事奉主，并且禁食的时候，圣灵说：“要为我把巴拿巴和扫罗分别出来，去作我呼召他们作的工。” 3 于是他们禁食祷告，为两人按手，就派他们去了。
第一次宣教旅程
4 他们既然奉圣灵差遣，就下到西流基，从那里坐船往塞浦路斯。 5 他们到了撒拉米，就在犹太人的各会堂里宣讲 神的道，还有约翰作他们的助手。 6 他们走遍全岛，到了帕弗，遇见一个犹太人，名叫巴．耶稣，是个术士，又是个假先知。 7 他常常和省长士求．保罗在一起；省长是个聪明人，他请了巴拿巴和扫罗来，要听听 神的道。 8 但术士以吕马（以吕马就是“术士”的意思）与使徒作对，要使省长转离真道。 9 扫罗，也就是保罗，却被圣灵充满，定睛看着他， 10 说：“你这充满各样诡诈和各样奸恶的人，魔鬼的儿子，公义的仇敌！你歪曲了主的正路，还不停止吗？ 11 你看，现在主的手临到你，你要瞎了眼睛，暂时看不见阳光。”他就立刻被雾和黑暗笼罩着，周围找人牵他的手，给他领路。 12 那时，省长看见了所发生的事，就信了，因为他惊奇主的教训。
在彼西底的安提阿
13 保罗和同伴从帕弗开船，来到旁非利亚的别加，约翰却离开他们，回耶路撒冷去了。 14 他们从别加往前走，到了彼西底的安提阿，在安息日进了会堂，就坐下来。 15 宣读了律法和先知书以后，会堂的理事们派人到他们那里来，说：“弟兄们，如果有甚么劝勉众人的话，请说吧！” 16 保罗就站起来，作了一个手势，说：
“以色列人和敬畏 神的人，请听！ 17 以色列民的 神，拣选了我们的祖先；当他们在埃及地寄居的时候， 神抬举这民，用大能（“大能”原文作“高”）的膀臂，把他们从那地领出来； 18 又在旷野容忍（“容忍”有些抄本作“养育”）他们，约有四十年之久； 19 灭了迦南地的七族之后，就把那地分给他们为业； 20 这一切历时约四百五十年。后来 神赐给他们士师，直到撒母耳先知为止。 21 那时，他们要求立一个王， 神就把便雅悯支派中一个人，基士的儿子扫罗，赐给他们作王，共四十年之久。 22 废去扫罗之后，又为他们兴起大卫作王，并且为他作证说：‘我找到耶西的儿子大卫，他是合我心意的人，必遵行我的一切旨意。’ 23 神照着应许，已经从这人的后裔中，给以色列带来了一位救主，就是耶稣。 24 在他来临之前，约翰早已向以色列全民宣讲悔改的洗礼。 25 约翰快要跑完他的路程的时候，说：‘你们以为我是谁？我不是基督。他是在我以后来的，我就是给他解脚上的鞋带也不配。’
26 “弟兄们，亚伯拉罕的子孙，和你们中间敬畏 神的人哪，这救恩之道是传给我们的。 27 住在耶路撒冷的人和他们的官长，因为不认识基督，也不明白每逢安息日所读的先知的话，就把他定了罪，正好应验了先知的话。 28 他们虽然找不出该死的罪状，还是要求彼拉多杀害他。 29 他们把所记载一切关于他的事作成了，就把他从木头上取下来，放在坟墓里。 30 但 神却使他从死人中复活了。 31 有许多日子，他向那些跟他一同从加利利上耶路撒冷的人显现，现在这些人在民众面前作了他的见证人， 32 我们报好信息给你们： 神给列祖的应许， 33 借着耶稣的复活，向我们这些作子孙的应验了。就如诗篇第二篇所记的：
‘你是我的儿子，
我今日生了你。’
34 至于 神使他从死人中复活，不再归于朽坏，他曾这样说：
‘我必把应许大卫的、神圣可靠的恩福赐给你们。’
35 所以他在另一篇说：
‘你必不容你的圣者见朽坏。’
36 “大卫在他自己的世代里，遵行了 神的计划，就睡了，归回他列祖那里，见了朽坏。 37 唯独 神所复活的那一位，没有见过朽坏。 38 所以弟兄们，你们当知道，赦罪之道是由这位耶稣传给你们的。在你们靠摩西律法不能称义的一切事上， 39 信靠他的人就得称义了。 40 你们要小心，免得先知书上所说的临到你们：
41 ‘傲慢的人哪！
你们要看、要惊奇、要灭亡，
因为在你们的日子，我要作一件事，
就算有人告诉你们，你们总是不信。’”
42 保罗和巴拿巴出来的时候，众人请求他们下一个安息日再对他们讲这些话。 43 散会以后，许多犹太人和归信犹太教的虔诚人，跟从了保罗和巴拿巴。两人对他们谈话，勉励他们要恒久住在 神的恩典中。
44 下一个安息日，几乎全城的人都聚了来，要听主的道。 45 犹太人看见这么多人，就满心嫉妒，反驳保罗所讲的，并且毁谤他们。 46 保罗和巴拿巴却放胆说：“ 神的道，先讲给你们听，是应该的。但因为你们弃绝这道，断定自己不配得永生，所以我们现在就转向外族人去了。 47 因为主曾这样吩咐我们说：
‘我已立你作外族人的光，
使你把救恩带到地极去。’”
48 外族人听见了就欢喜，赞美主的道，凡指定得永生的都信了。 49 于是主的道传遍那地。 50 但犹太人唆使虔诚尊贵的妇女和城内的显要，煽动大家迫害保罗和巴拿巴，把他们驱逐出境。 51 两人当众跺掉脚上的尘土，往以哥念去了。 52 门徒满有喜乐，又被圣灵充满。
Acts 13
The Voice
After Barnabas and Saul help deliver the relief fund to Jerusalem (11:29–30), the three men return to Antioch. With this trip by Saul (who will shortly be renamed Paul) back to Antioch, Luke’s emphasis for the rest of the book shifts away from Peter and the church in Jerusalem to focus on Paul and his mission to spread the good news to Jews and outsiders throughout the northern Mediterranean area.
13 The church in Antioch had grown strong, with many prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon (a dark man from Central Africa), Lucius (from Cyrene in North Africa), Manaen (a member of Herod’s governing council), and Saul. 2 Once they were engaged in a time of worship and fasting when the Holy Spirit spoke to them, “Commission Barnabas and Saul to a project I have called them to accomplish.” 3 They fasted and prayed some more, laid their hands on the two selected men, and sent them off on their new mission. 4 Having received special commissioning by the Holy Spirit, Barnabas and Saul went to nearby Seleucia on the coast. Then they caught a ship to the island of Cyprus.
5 At the city of Salamis on the east side of Cyprus, they proclaimed the message of God in Jewish synagogues, assisted by John Mark. 6-7 They went westward from town to town, finally reaching Paphos on the western shore. There the proconsul named Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man, summoned Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear their message. At his side was an occult spiritualist and Jewish false prophet named Bar-Jesus 8 or Elymas (which means “magician”). Elymas argued with Barnabas and Saul, trying to keep Sergius Paulus from coming to faith.
9 Saul, who is also known as Paul, was suddenly full of the Holy Spirit. He stared directly into Elymas’s face.
Paul: 10 You’re a son of the devil. You’re an enemy of justice, you’re full of lies, and you steal opportunities from others. Why do you insist on confusing and twisting the clear, straight paths of the Lord? 11 Hear this, Elymas: the Lord’s hand is against you, and you will be as blind as a bat for a period of time, beginning right now!
At that instant, it was as if a mist came over Elymas and then total darkness. He stumbled around, groping for a hand so he could be led back home. 12 When Sergius Paulus saw this happen, he came to faith and was attracted to and amazed by the teaching about the Lord.
13 Paul and his entourage boarded a ship and set sail from Paphos. They traveled north to Perga in Pamphylia. John Mark, however, abandoned the mission and returned to Jerusalem.
14 Paul and Barnabas continued from Perga to Pisidian Antioch; and on the Sabbath, they entered the synagogue and sat down. 15 After the regular reading of the Hebrew Scriptures—including passages from the Law and the Prophets—the synagogue leaders sent a message to them: “Brothers, if you would like to give us some exhortation, please do so.” 16 Paul rose to his feet, offered a gesture of greeting, and began his message.
Paul: Israelites and other God-fearing people, please hear me. 17 The God of the Israelites chose our ancestors and helped them become a large population while they were living in Egypt many years ago. He displayed His great power by leading them out of that powerful nation. 18 For about 40 years, He endured their constant complaining in the wilderness. 19 He opened up some land for them in Canaan by destroying the seven nations living there, and that land became their inheritance for about 450 years. 20 They had tribal leaders[a] through the time of the prophet Samuel. 21 Then they asked for a king, and God gave them one—Saul, son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin—who reigned for 40 years. 22 After God moved Saul aside, He made David king in his place. God had this to say about David: “I have found David, son of Jesse, to be a man after My own heart. He’s the kind of king who will rule in ways that please Me.”[b] 23 God has selected one of David’s descendants as the long-promised Liberator of Israel. I am speaking of Jesus.
24 Before Jesus arrived on the scene, His cousin John was hard at work, proclaiming to all the people of Israel a ceremonial washing through baptism[c] and pointing to a new direction in thought and life. 25 John’s ministry climaxed when he said, “Who do you assume me to be? I am not the One you’re looking for. No, but One is coming after me, One whose sandal thong I am unworthy to untie.”[d] 26 My brothers, fellow descendants of our common father Abraham, and others here who fear God, we are the ones to whom God has sent this message of salvation.
27 But you know the people of Jerusalem and their leaders did not recognize Jesus. They didn’t understand the words of the prophets that are read in the synagogues on Sabbath after Sabbath. As a result, they fulfilled the ancient prophecies by condemning Jesus. 28 Even though they could find no offense punishable by death, still they asked Pilate to execute Jesus. 29 When they carried out everything that had been foretold by the prophets, they took His body down from the tree and laid Him in a tomb. 30 But that was not the end: God raised Him from the dead, 31 and over a period of many days, He appeared to those who had been His companions from the beginning of their journey in Galilee until its end in Jerusalem. They are now witnesses to everyone. 32 We are here to bring you the good news of God’s promise to our ancestors, 33 which He has now fulfilled for our children by raising Jesus. Consider the promises fulfilled in Jesus. The psalmist says, “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.”[e]
34 Elsewhere God promises that Jesus will rise and never return to death and corruption again: “I will make You the holy and faithful promises I made to David.”[f] 35 Similarly, another psalm says, “You will not abandon Me to experience death and the grave or leave Me to rot alone.”[g] 36 We all know David died and was reduced to dust after he served God’s purpose in his generation; 37 these words obviously apply not to David but to the One God raised from death before suffering decay. 38 So you must realize, my brothers, that through this resurrected man forgiveness of sins is assured to you. 39 Through Jesus, everyone who believes is set free from all sins—sins which the law of Moses could not release you from. 40 In light of all this, be careful that you do not fulfill these words of the prophet Habakkuk:
41 Look, you scoffers!
Be shocked to death.
For in your days I am doing a work,
a work you will never believe, even if someone tells you plainly![h]
42 Paul and Barnabas prepared to leave the synagogue, but the people wanted to hear more and urged them to return the following Sabbath. 43 As the people dispersed after the meeting, many Jews and converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas. Privately Paul and Barnabas continued teaching them and urged them to remain steadfast in the grace of God. 44 The next Sabbath, it seemed the whole city had gathered to hear the message of the Lord. 45 But some of the Jewish leaders were jealous when they saw these huge crowds. They began to argue with and contradict Paul’s message, as well as slander him. 46 Paul and Barnabas together responded with great confidence.
Paul and Barnabas: OK, then. It was only right that we should bring God’s message to you Jewish people first. But now, since you are rejecting our message and identifying yourselves as unworthy of eternal life, we are turning to the outsiders. 47 The Lord has commanded us to do this. Remember His words:
I have appointed you a light to the nations beyond Israel,
so you can bring redemption to every corner of the earth.[i]
48 These words created two strong reactions. The outsiders were thrilled and praised God’s message, and all those who had been appointed for eternal life became believers. 49 Through them the Lord’s message spread through the whole region. 50 But the Jewish leaders united the aristocratic religious women and the city’s leading men in opposition to Paul and Barnabas, and soon they were persecuted and driven out of the region. 51 They simply shook the dust off their feet in protest and moved on to Iconium. 52 The disciples weren’t intimidated at all; rather, they were full of joy and the Holy Spirit.
Footnotes
- 13:20 In the Hebrew Scriptures, these leaders were called “judges.”
- 13:22 1 Samuel 13:14
- 13:24 Literally, immersion, an act to show repentance
- 13:25 Luke 3:16
- 13:33 Psalm 2:7
- 13:34 Isaiah 55:3
- 13:35 Psalm 16:10
- 13:41 Habakkuk 1:5
- 13:47 Isaiah 49:6
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