使徒行传 19
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
在以弗所
19 亚波罗在哥林多的时候，保罗经过内地一带，来到以弗所。他遇见几个门徒， 2 问他们说：“你们信的时候，受了圣灵没有？”他们说：“没有，连圣灵赐下来这件事，我们也没有听过。” 3 保罗问：“那么你们受的是甚么洗呢？”他们说：“是约翰的洗礼。” 4 保罗说：“约翰施的是悔改的洗礼，他告诉人民当信在他以后要来的那一位，就是耶稣。” 5 他们听见了，就受洗归入主耶稣的名下。 6 保罗为他们按手，圣灵就降在他们身上，他们就用各种的语言讲话，并且说预言。 7 他们一共约有十二人。
8 一连三个月，保罗都到会堂里去，放胆宣讲，辩论 神的国的事，劝导人。 9 可是有些人心里刚硬，不受劝化，在群众面前毁谤这道，保罗就离开他们，也叫门徒与他们分开。他每天在推喇奴学院跟人辩论。 10 这样过了两年，全亚西亚的居民，无论犹太人或希腊人，都听见了主的道。
士基瓦的七个儿子
11 神借着保罗的手，行了一些不平凡的神迹。 12 甚至有人把保罗贴身的手巾围巾拿去，放在病人身上，病就好了，邪灵也出来了。 13 那时，有几个赶鬼的犹太人，周游各处，擅自用主耶稣的名，向身上有邪灵的人说：“我奉保罗所传的耶稣的名，命令你们出来。” 14 有一个犹太人士基瓦，是祭司长，他的七个儿子都作这事。 15 邪灵回答他们：“耶稣我认识，保罗我也知道；你们是谁？” 16 邪灵所附的那人就扑到他们身上，制伏了两人，胜过了他们，使他们赤着身带着伤，从那房子逃了出来。 17 所有住在以弗所的犹太人和希腊人，都知道这件事；大家都惧怕，尊主耶稣的名为大。 18 也有许多信了的人，来承认和述说自己行过的事。 19 又有许多行巫术的人，把他们的书堆在一起当众烧掉。他们估计书价，才知道共值五万块银子。 20 这样，主的道大有能力地兴旺起来，而且得胜。
以弗所的骚动
21 这些事以后，保罗心里定意要经过马其顿、亚该亚，往耶路撒冷去。他说：“我到了那边以后，也该去罗马看看。” 22 于是从服事他的人中，派了提摩太和以拉都两人去马其顿，自己暂时留在亚西亚。
23 那时，因这道起了大扰乱， 24 有一个银匠，名叫低米丢，是制造亚底米女神银龛的。他让技工们作了不少的生意。 25 他把这些人和同业的工人聚集起来，说：“各位，你们知道，我们是靠这生意赚钱的。 26 现在你们看见了，也听见了，这个保罗不单在以弗所，而且几乎在整个亚西亚，说服了，也带坏了许多人，说：‘人手所做的，都不是神。’ 27 这样，不只我们这一行要给人鄙视，就是大女神亚底米的庙也会给人撇弃，连全亚西亚和普天下所敬拜的女神也要垮台，威荣尽都失掉了。”
28 他们听了，怒气冲冲喊着说：“以弗所人的女神，伟大的亚底米啊！” 29 全城骚动起来，他们捉住了保罗的旅伴马其顿人该犹和亚里达古，齐心冲进了剧场。 30 保罗想要到人群当中去，门徒却不许。 31 还有几位亚西亚的首长，是保罗的朋友，派人来劝他，不要冒险到剧场里去。 32 那时大家叫这个喊那个，乱成一团，大多数的人都不知道聚集的原因。 33 犹太人把亚历山大推到前面，群众中有人把这事的因由告诉他。亚历山大作了一个手势，要向民众申辩。 34 大家一认出他是犹太人，就异口同声高呼：“以弗所人的女神，伟大的亚底米啊！”喊了约有两个钟头。 35 后来，书记官安抚群众说：“以弗所人哪！谁不知道你们的城，是看守大亚底米的庙，又是看守宙斯那里降下的神像的呢？ 36 这些事既然是驳不倒的，你们就应当平心静气，不可轻举妄动。 37 你们带来的这些人，既没有行劫庙宇，也没有亵渎我们的女神。 38 如果低米丢和同他一起的技工要控告谁，大可以告上法庭，或呈交总督；让他们彼此控告好了。 39 如果还有其他的事件，可以在合法的集会里，谋求解决。 40 今天的动乱，本来是无缘无故的，我们可能有被控告的危险；关于这次的骚动，我们实在无法解释。” 41 说了这些话，就把群众解散了。
使徒行传 19
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
保罗在以弗所传道
19 当亚波罗在哥林多时，保罗已取道内陆重回以弗所，在那里遇见几个门徒。 2 保罗问他们：“你们信的时候有没有领受圣灵？”
他们说：“没有！我们从来没有听过圣灵的事。”
3 保罗说：“那么，你们受的是什么洗礼呢？”
他们说：“是约翰的洗礼。”
4 保罗说：“约翰的洗礼是悔改的洗礼，约翰告诉百姓要信在他以后来的那位——耶稣。”
5 他们听后，立刻奉主耶稣的名受了洗。 6 保罗把手按在他们身上时，圣灵便降在他们身上，他们就说方言，讲上帝的信息。 7 这次共有十二个人。
8 保罗一连三个月勇敢地在会堂里传道，与人辩论上帝国的事，劝导他们。 9 可是有些人仍然顽固不信，还当众毁谤上帝的道。保罗便带着门徒离开他们，天天在推喇奴的学堂辩论。 10 这样持续了两年，亚细亚全境的居民，无论是犹太人还是希腊人，都听见了主的道。 11 上帝又借着保罗的手行了一些非凡的神迹， 12 甚至只要将保罗身上的手帕或围裙放在病人身上，病人就痊愈了，邪灵也会离开所附的人。
13 那时，有几个走江湖的犹太术士也想用耶稣的名赶鬼，他们向那些被邪灵附身的人说：“我奉保罗所传讲的耶稣之名，命令你们出来！” 14 做这事的有犹太祭司长士基瓦的七个儿子。
15 邪灵回答说：“耶稣，我认识；保罗，我也知道。但你们是谁？” 16 被邪灵附身的人随即扑向他们，攻击他们，制服了他们，使他们赤着身子带着伤从屋里逃走了。
17 全以弗所的犹太人和希腊人知道了这件事，都惊惧不已。主耶稣的名因此大受尊崇。 18 许多已经信耶稣的人都前来认罪，公开承认自己的恶行。 19 又有许多行邪术的人把他们的书堆在一起，当众焚烧。根据当时的估价，这些书约值五万银币。 20 主的道就这样传开了，大大兴旺起来。
21 这些事以后，保罗决定经过马其顿和亚该亚回到耶路撒冷。他说：“到了那里之后，我必须去罗马看看。” 22 于是，他派提摩太和以拉都两位同工先去马其顿，自己暂时留在亚细亚。
以弗所的骚乱
23 就在这时，由于主的道，以弗所又起了很大的骚乱。 24 一个名叫底米丢的银匠以制造亚底米女神银龛为业，使从事这门生意的工匠获利丰厚。 25 他召集了工匠和同行的人，说：“各位都知道我们靠这一行发财， 26 可是你们都看到了，也听见了，那个保罗在以弗所和亚细亚全境说服、误导了许多人，说什么人手所造的不是神。 27 这样下去，不但我们的行业会遭人贬抑，连亚底米女神庙也会被人轻看，甚至全亚细亚及普世尊崇的女神也会威严扫地！”
28 众人听后，怒气填胸，高声喊叫：“以弗所人的亚底米女神真伟大！” 29 全城陷入一片混乱。众人抓住保罗的两个同伴——马其顿人该犹和亚里达古，拖着他们冲进戏院。 30 保罗想进去，但门徒不许他去。 31 他的好友——亚细亚的几位官员也派人劝他别冒险进入戏院。
32 这时，戏院里面的人都在大喊大叫，混乱不堪。其实大部分人根本不知道自己为什么聚在那里。 33 这时，人群中的犹太人把亚历山大推到前面，请他解释。亚历山大举手示意大家安静，听他发言。 34 但众人认出他是个犹太人，便又开始一起高呼：“以弗所人的亚底米女神真伟大！”这样喊了两个小时。
35 最后，城里的书记官出面调停，说：“各位以弗所市民，谁不知道以弗所城守护着亚底米女神庙和从宙斯那里掉下来的神像呢？ 36 既然这是无可否认的事实，你们就该安静，不可鲁莽行事。 37 你们带来的这些人既没有偷庙里的东西，也没有亵渎我们的女神。 38 如果底米丢和他的同行要控告谁，大可到法庭或总督那里提出诉讼。 39 倘若你们还有其他的要求，也可以通过合法的会议解决。 40 今天的骚乱实在没有道理，难免会被查问，到时候我们很难交代。” 41 说完，便叫众人散去。
Acts 19
Living Bible
19 While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through Turkey and arrived in Ephesus, where he found several disciples. 2 “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” he asked them.
“No,” they replied, “we don’t know what you mean. What is the Holy Spirit?”
3 “Then what beliefs did you acknowledge at your baptism?” he asked.
And they replied, “What John the Baptist taught.”
4 Then Paul pointed out to them that John’s baptism was to demonstrate a desire to turn from sin to God and that those receiving his baptism must then go on to believe in Jesus, the one John said would come later.
5 As soon as they heard this, they were baptized in[a] the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 Then, when Paul laid his hands upon their heads, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in other languages and prophesied. 7 The men involved were about twelve in number.
8 Then Paul went to the synagogue and preached boldly each Sabbath day[b] for three months, telling what he believed and why, and persuading many to believe in Jesus. 9 But some rejected his message and publicly spoke against Christ, so he left, refusing to preach to them again. Pulling out the believers, he began a separate meeting at the lecture hall of Tyrannus and preached there daily. 10 This went on for the next two years, so that everyone in the Turkish province of Asia Minor—both Jews and Greeks—heard the Lord’s message.
11 And God gave Paul the power to do unusual miracles, 12 so that even when his handkerchiefs or parts of his clothing were placed upon sick people, they were healed, and any demons within them came out.
13 A team of itinerant Jews who were traveling from town to town casting out demons planned to experiment by using the name of the Lord Jesus. The incantation they decided on was this: “I adjure you by Jesus, whom Paul preaches, to come out!” 14 Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish priest, were doing this. 15 But when they tried it on a man possessed by a demon, the demon replied, “I know Jesus and I know Paul, but who are you?” 16 And he leaped on two of them and beat them up, so that they fled out of his house naked and badly injured.
17 The story of what happened spread quickly all through Ephesus, to Jews and Greeks alike; and a solemn fear descended on the city, and the name of the Lord Jesus was greatly honored. 18-19 Many of the believers who had been practicing black magic confessed their deeds and brought their incantation books and charms and burned them at a public bonfire. (Someone estimated the value of the books at $10,000.
21 Afterwards Paul felt impelled by the Holy Spirit[d] to go across to Greece before returning to Jerusalem. “And after that,” he said, “I must go on to Rome!” 22 He sent his two assistants, Timothy and Erastus, on ahead to Greece while he stayed awhile longer in Asia Minor.
23 But about that time, a big blowup developed in Ephesus concerning the Christians. 24 It began with Demetrius, a silversmith who employed many craftsmen to manufacture silver shrines of the Greek goddess Diana. 25 He called a meeting of his men, together with others employed in related trades, and addressed them as follows:
“Gentlemen, this business is our income. 26 As you know so well from what you’ve seen and heard, this man Paul has persuaded many, many people that handmade gods aren’t gods at all. As a result, our sales volume is going down! And this trend is evident not only here in Ephesus, but throughout the entire province! 27 Of course, I am not only talking about the business aspects of this situation and our loss of income, but also of the possibility that the temple of the great goddess Diana will lose its influence, and that Diana—this magnificent goddess worshiped not only throughout this part of Turkey but all around the world—will be forgotten!”
28 At this their anger boiled and they began shouting, “Great is Diana of the Ephesians!”
29 A crowd began to gather, and soon the city was filled with confusion. Everyone rushed to the amphitheater, dragging along Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions, for trial. 30 Paul wanted to go in, but the disciples wouldn’t let him. 31 Some of the Roman officers of the province, friends of Paul, also sent a message to him, begging him not to risk his life by entering.
32 Inside the people were all shouting, some one thing and some another—everything was in confusion. In fact, most of them didn’t even know why they were there.
33 Alexander was spotted among the crowd by some of the Jews and dragged forward. He motioned for silence and tried to speak. 34 But when the crowd realized he was a Jew, they started shouting again and kept it up for two hours: “Great is Diana of the Ephesians! Great is Diana of the Ephesians!”
35 At last the mayor was able to quiet them down enough to speak. “Men of Ephesus,” he said, “everyone knows that Ephesus is the center[e] of the religion of the great Diana, whose image fell down to us from heaven. 36 Since this is an indisputable fact, you shouldn’t be disturbed no matter what is said, and should do nothing rash. 37 Yet you have brought these men here who have stolen nothing from her temple and have not defamed her. 38 If Demetrius and the craftsmen have a case against them, the courts are currently in session and the judges can take the case at once. Let them go through legal channels. 39 And if there are complaints about other matters, they can be settled at the regular City Council meetings; 40 for we are in danger of being called to account by the Roman government for today’s riot, since there is no cause for it. And if Rome demands an explanation, I won’t know what to say.”
41 Then he dismissed them, and they dispersed.
Footnotes
- Acts 19:5 baptized in, or “baptized into.”
- Acts 19:8 each Sabbath day, implied. telling what he believed and why, literally, “concerning the Kingdom of God.”
- Acts 19:18 $10,000, approximately £3,500.
- Acts 19:21 felt impelled by the Holy Spirit, literally, “purposed in the spirit.”
- Acts 19:35 is the center, literally, “is the temple-keeper.”
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