使徒行传 21
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
結束第三次宣教旅程
21 我們離別了他們以後，船就直航到了哥士，第二天到羅底，從那裡開往帕大拉； 2 遇見了一艘開往腓尼基的船，就上船起行。 3 我們遠遠看見塞浦路斯，就從南邊駛過，直航敘利亞，在推羅靠了岸，因為船要在那裡卸貨。 4 我們找到了一些門徒，就在那裡住了七天。他們憑著聖靈的指示告訴保羅不要上耶路撒冷去。 5 過了這幾天，我們就啟程前行，他們眾人帶著妻子兒女送我們到城外。我們跪在海灘上禱告， 6 互相道別。我們上了船，他們就回家去了。
7 我們從推羅繼續航行，到了多利買，問候那裡的弟兄，與他們同住了一天。 8 第二天我們離開那裡，來到該撒利亞，到了傳福音的腓利家裡，與他住在一起。他是那七位執事中的一位。 9 他有四個女兒，都是童女，是會說預言的。 10 我們住了幾天之後，有一位先知，名叫亞迦布，從猶太下來。 11 他來見我們，把保羅的腰帶拿過來，綁住自己的手腳，說：“聖靈說，猶太人在耶路撒冷要這樣捆綁這腰帶的主人，把他交在外族人的手裡。” 12 我們聽了這些話，就和當地的人勸保羅不要去耶路撒冷。 13 保羅卻回答：“你們為甚麼哭，使我心碎呢？我為主耶穌的名，不但被捆綁，就算死在耶路撒冷我也都準備好了。” 14 他既然不聽勸，我們只說了“願主的旨意成就”，就不出聲了。
15 過了幾天，我們收拾行裝，上耶路撒冷去。 16 有該撒利亞的幾個門徒同我們在一起，領我們到一個塞浦路斯人拿孫家裡住宿；他作了門徒已經很久了。
保羅報告工作的情況
17 我們到了耶路撒冷，弟兄們歡歡喜喜接待我們。 18 第二天，保羅和我們一同去見雅各，長老們也都在座。 19 保羅問候了他們，就把 神藉著他的工作在外族人中所行的事，一一述說出來。 20 他們聽了，就讚美 神，對保羅說：“弟兄，你看，猶太人中信主的有好幾萬，都是對律法很熱心的人。 21 他們聽說，你教導所有在外族人中的猶太人背棄摩西，叫他們不要給孩子行割禮，也不要遵守規例。 22 他們總會聽見你來了，那怎麼辦呢？ 23 你就照我們的話作吧，我們這裡有四個人，都有願在身。 24 你把他們帶去，和他們一同行潔淨禮，並且替他們付錢，讓他們剃去頭髮，這樣大家就知道以前所聽見關於你的事，都不是真實的，也知道你是遵守律法循規蹈矩而行的人。 25 至於信主的外族人，我們已經寫了信，吩咐他們要禁戒祭偶像的食物、血、勒死的牲畜和淫亂。” 26 保羅就把那幾個人帶走了，第二天和他們一同行了潔淨禮。他們進了殿，報明了他們潔淨期滿的日子，以及各人獻祭的時間。
保羅在聖殿被猶太人捉住
27 七日將完的時候，從亞西亞來的猶太人看見保羅在殿裡，就煽動群眾，並且捉住他， 28 喊叫著說：“以色列人哪，快來幫忙！這個人到處教導眾人反對人民，反對律法和這個地方，他甚至把希臘人也帶進殿裡，污穢了這聖地。” 29 原來他們看見過以弗所人特羅非摩同保羅在城裡，就以為保羅帶他進了殿。 30 於是全城震動，民眾一齊跑來，捉住保羅，拉出殿外，殿門就立刻關起來了。 31 他們正想殺他的時候，有人報告營部的千夫長，說：“整個耶路撒冷都亂了！” 32 千夫長立刻帶著一些百夫長和士兵跑到他們那裡。眾人一看見千夫長和士兵，就停止毆打保羅。 33 於是千夫長上前捉住保羅，吩咐人用兩條鐵鍊捆住他，問他是甚麼人，作過甚麼事。 34 那時眾人叫這個喊那個，吵吵鬧鬧，以致千夫長沒有辦法知道真相，只好下令把保羅帶到營樓去。 35 保羅到了臺階下面的時候，士兵把他抬起來，因為群眾猛擠， 36 而且有一群人跟在後面叫喊：“幹掉他！”
保羅為自己申辯(A)
37 他們帶著保羅快到營樓的時候，保羅對千夫長說：“我可以跟你講一句話嗎？”千夫長說：“你懂希臘話嗎？ 38 難道你不就是不久以前作亂的、帶領四千個殺手到曠野去的那個埃及人嗎？” 39 保羅說：“我是猶太人，是基利家的大數人，並不是無名小城的公民，求你准我向民眾講幾句話。” 40 千夫長准許了他，保羅就站在臺階上，向民眾作了一個手勢。大家安靜下來了，保羅就用希伯來語講話，說：
使徒行傳 21
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
保羅前往耶路撒冷
21 我們和眾人道別之後，乘船直接駛往哥士，第二天到達羅底，從那裡前往帕大喇， 2 在帕大喇遇到一艘開往腓尼基的船，就上了船。 3 塞浦路斯遙遙在望，船從該島的南面繞過，一直駛向敘利亞。因為船要在泰爾卸貨，我們就在那裡上了岸， 4 找到當地的門徒後，便和他們同住了七天。他們受聖靈的感動力勸保羅不要去耶路撒冷。 5 時間到了，我們繼續前行，眾門徒和他們的妻子兒女送我們出城。大家跪在岸邊禱告之後，彼此道別。 6 我們上了船，眾人也回家去了。
7 我們從泰爾乘船抵達多利買，上岸探訪那裡的弟兄姊妹，和他們住了一天。 8 第二天我們離開那裡，來到凱撒利亞，住在傳道人腓利家裡。他是當初選出的七位執事之一。 9 腓利有四個未出嫁的女兒，都能說預言。 10 過了幾天，一個名叫亞迦布的先知從猶太下來。 11 他到了我們這裡，拿保羅的腰帶綁住自己的手腳，說：「聖靈說，『耶路撒冷的猶太人也要這樣捆綁這腰帶的主人，把他交給外族人。』」
12 聽到這話，我們和當地的信徒都苦勸保羅不要去耶路撒冷。 13 但保羅說：「你們為什麼這樣哭泣，令我心碎呢？我為主耶穌的名甘願受捆綁，甚至死在耶路撒冷。」
14 我們知道再勸也無濟於事，只好對他說：「願主的旨意成就。」
15 過了幾天，我們收拾行裝啟程上耶路撒冷。 16 有幾個凱撒利亞的門徒和我們一起去，並帶我們到一個信主已久的塞浦路斯人拿孫家裡住宿。
保羅會見雅各和眾長老
17 我們抵達耶路撒冷後，受到弟兄姊妹的熱烈歡迎。 18 第二天，保羅和我們去見雅各，眾長老都在那裡。 19 保羅向大家問安之後，便一一述說上帝如何藉著他傳福音給外族人。 20 大家聽了，都同聲讚美上帝，又對保羅說：「弟兄，你知道數以萬計的猶太人信了主，他們都嚴守律法。 21 他們聽見有人說你教導住在外族人中的猶太人背棄摩西的律法，不替孩子行割禮，也不遵守猶太人的規矩。 22 他們一定會聽到你來這裡的消息，這該怎麼辦？ 23 請你聽我們的建議，這裡有四位向上帝許過願的弟兄， 24 你和他們一起去行潔淨禮，並由你替他們付費，讓他們可以剃頭，好叫眾人知道你嚴守律法，循規蹈矩，關於你的傳聞都是假的。 25 至於那些外族信徒，我們已經寫信吩咐他們，不可吃祭過偶像的食物，不可吃血和勒死的牲畜，不可淫亂。」
保羅被捕
26 於是，保羅和四位弟兄第二天行了潔淨禮，然後上聖殿報告他們潔淨期滿的日子，好在期滿後讓祭司為他們每個人獻祭物。 27 當七日的潔淨期將滿的時候，有些從亞細亞來的猶太人發現保羅在聖殿裡，就煽動眾人去抓他。 28 他們高喊：「以色列人快來幫忙！就是這人到處教唆人反對我們的民族、律法和聖殿。他還帶希臘人進聖殿，玷污這聖地。」 29 這是因為他們在城裡見過一個名叫特羅非摩的以弗所人和保羅在一起，以為保羅一定把他帶進聖殿了。
30 消息一傳開，全城轟動。眾人衝進聖殿把保羅拉出來，隨即關上殿門。 31 正當他們要殺保羅的時候，有人把耶路撒冷發生騷亂的消息報告給羅馬軍營的千夫長， 32 千夫長馬上帶著軍兵和幾個百夫長趕來了。眾人一見千夫長和軍隊，便停止毆打保羅。 33 千夫長上前拿住保羅，命人用兩條鐵鏈把他鎖起來，問他是什麼人、做了什麼事。 34 人群中有人這樣喊，有人那樣喊，情形混亂不堪，千夫長無法辨明真相，便命人將保羅帶回軍營。 35 保羅剛走上臺階，眾人便兇猛地擁擠過來，士兵們只好把他舉起來抬著走。 36 眾人擠在後面喊著說：「殺掉他！」
保羅的申辯
37 士兵們抬著保羅來到軍營門口，保羅問千夫長：「我可以和你講幾句話嗎？」千夫長說：「你也懂希臘話嗎？ 38 不久前煽動叛亂、帶著四千暴徒逃到曠野去的那個埃及人是你嗎？」 39 保羅說：「我是猶太人，來自基利迦的大數，並非無名小城的人。請准許我向百姓講幾句話。」 40 千夫長答應了，保羅就站在臺階上向眾人揮手示意，他們都安靜下來，保羅用希伯來話對他們說：
Acts 21
EasyEnglish Bible
Paul goes to Jerusalem
21 We said ‘goodbye’ to the leaders of the believers from Ephesus. Then we went on a ship straight across the sea, and we arrived at Cos. The next day, we continued on our journey to Rhodes. From there we went to the town of Patara.[a]
2 At Patara, we found a ship that was going to Phoenicia. So we got onto the ship and we sailed across the sea.
3 After travelling for some time, we could see the island called Cyprus. We went south of Cyprus, and we continued as far as Syria. We arrived on the coast at the city of Tyre and we got off the ship. The ship would remain in Tyre for some days, because people had to remove the things off the ship. 4 We found some believers in the city. So we stayed with them for a week. The Holy Spirit showed these believers that trouble would come to Paul in Jerusalem. So they said to him, ‘Paul, you should not to go to Jerusalem.’
5 After a week with the believers in Tyre, it was time for us to leave them. All the believers, together with their wives and their children, went with us out of the city. At the beach, we all went down on our knees and we prayed together. 6 Then we said ‘goodbye’ to each other and the believers returned to their homes in the city. We went and we got on the ship again, together with Paul.
7 We continued our journey across the sea. We sailed from Tyre to Ptolemais. There, we met some believers and we stayed with them for one day. 8 The next day, we left Ptolemais and we sailed to Caesarea. We stayed there with Philip. He was someone who taught people the good news about Jesus. He was one of the seven men that the believers had chosen in Jerusalem.[b] 9 He had four daughters who were not married. They spoke messages from God.
10 We stayed with Philip in Caesarea for a few days. Then a man called Agabus arrived in the city from Judea. He was a prophet and he spoke messages from God. 11 Agabus came to where we were. He took Paul's belt and he tied it around his own feet and hands. He said, ‘Listen to this message from the Holy Spirit. “The Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will take hold of the man who has this belt. They will tie his hands and his feet. Then they will give him to the Gentiles to be their prisoner.” ’
12 When we heard Agabus's message, we all said many times to Paul, ‘Please do not go to Jerusalem.’ 13 But Paul answered, ‘Stop crying like this! You are making me very sad! I am ready for men in Jerusalem to take hold of me. They may tie me up, and I may even die there. I am ready for all this because I believe in the Lord Jesus.’
14 We could not cause Paul to think in a different way. So we stopped saying to him, ‘You should not go to Jerusalem.’ Instead we said to him, ‘We want the Lord God to do what he wants.’
15 We stayed in Caesarea for a few days. Then we prepared ourselves to travel across land. We left there to go to Jerusalem. 16 Some of the believers from Caesarea also went with us. They took us to the house of a man called Mnason. We had decided to stay with him. His home town was on the island called Cyprus. He had been a believer for a long time.
Paul visits James in Jerusalem
17 When we arrived in Jerusalem, the believers there were very happy to welcome us. 18 The next day, we went with Paul to see James. The leaders of the believers were also there. 19 Paul said, ‘hello’ to them and then he told them everything about his work. God had helped him to do many good things for the Gentiles.
20 After the leaders had listened to Paul, they praised God. Then they said, ‘Brother Paul, you can see the problem. There are now many thousands of Jews who have believed in Jesus. But they also really want to obey the Law of Moses.[c] 21 These Jews here have heard about what you teach Jewish people in other countries. They think that you say to them, “You do not need to obey the Law of Moses any longer. You do not need to circumcise your children. You do not need to live in the way that Jewish people usually live.”
22 We need to do something about this problem. These Jewish believers will certainly hear that you are in Jerusalem. 23 We will tell you what you must do. There are four Jewish men in our group who have made a promise to God. 24 You must go with these men to the temple. There, they will wash to make themselves clean in front of God. Join with them when they do that. Then pay the priest the money for their sacrifices. After that, the men can cut the hair off their heads. When you do that, everyone will understand about you. They will see what you have done. They will know that you yourself obey the Law of Moses. They will know that what they have heard about you is not true. 25 But it is different for the Gentiles who believe in Jesus. We have already sent a letter to them. We wrote, “Do not eat any food that people have given to their idols. Do not eat anything that still has blood in it. If people have strangled an animal to kill it, do not eat its meat. Do not have sex with anyone that you are not married to.” ’
26 So the next day, Paul went with the four men. He joined with them when they washed to make themselves clean in front of God. Then he went into the yard of the temple. He told the priest there when the four men would finish their promise to God. This would be after seven days. After that, each man would give an animal as a sacrifice to God.[d]
27 At the end of those seven days, some Jews from Asia region saw Paul in the temple. They said some bad things against Paul to the crowd. So the people became angry and they took hold of Paul. 28 The Jews from Asia shouted, ‘People of Israel, come and help us! This is the man who goes everywhere and he teaches everyone bad things. He speaks against us, the people of Israel. He also speaks against the Law of Moses and against this temple. Now he has even brought some Gentiles into this temple. So now this special place is not clean in front of God any longer.’
29 (These men had earlier seen Paul in the city with a man called Trophimus. Trophimus was a Gentile who came from Ephesus. They thought that Paul had brought Trophimus into the temple. That is why they shouted bad things against Paul.)[e]
30 Many other people in the city heard about the trouble and they also became angry. They all ran from their homes to the temple and they took hold of Paul. Then they pulled him out of the temple and they closed the doors immediately.[f]
31 The angry crowd was trying to kill Paul. But someone sent a message to the leader of the Roman soldiers. The message was, ‘People are fighting everywhere in the city.’
32 So the soldiers' leader quickly took some other officers and a large group of soldiers and they ran down to the crowd. The angry crowd of people saw the leader with his soldiers. So then they stopped hitting Paul.
33 The Roman soldiers' leader went to Paul and he took hold of him. He said to his men, ‘Tie two chains round the arms of this man.’ Then he asked the people in the crowd, ‘Who is this man and what has he done?’
34 Some people in the crowd shouted one thing and other people shouted something different. There was so much noise that the leader of the soldiers was not sure about the true facts. He did not know what had really happened. So he said to his soldiers, ‘Take this man up into our strong building!’ 35 The soldiers then led Paul as far as the steps of their building. Then they had to carry him because the crowd was so angry. 36 The crowd followed behind Paul and the soldiers. They were shouting, ‘Kill him!’
37 While the soldiers were leading Paul into their building, he asked their leader, ‘Please may I say something to you?’
The soldiers' leader replied, ‘Oh! Do you speak the Greek language? 38 I thought that you must be that bad man who came from Egypt. He was the one who fought against our Roman government. Some time ago, he led 4,000 of his own men out into the wilderness, with their weapons.’
39 Paul answered, ‘I am a Jew and I was born in Tarsus in the region called Cilicia. So you see, I am a man from an important city. Please, let me speak to this crowd.’
40 The leader of the soldiers said to Paul, ‘Yes, you may speak to the people.’ So Paul stood still on the steps of the soldiers' building. He raised his hands towards them so that the people became quiet. Then he spoke to them in Aramaic, the Jewish people's own language.
Footnotes
- 21:1 Cos and Rhodes are islands. Patara is a town on the coast.
- 21:8 We can read about this in Acts 6:1-6.
- 21:20 Brother is a name that a Christian may call another Christian.
- 21:26 These men had promised something to God. It was time now to cut their hair. This showed that they had finished the time of their promise to God. The men had to wait for seven days, before they went to the temple. The priests there killed the animal that each man brought as a gift to God.
- 21:29 Trophimus was a not a Jew so he could not go into the temple.
- 21:30 The crowd wanted to kill Paul, but they could not kill him in the temple. That would have caused the House of God not to be clean in front of God.
Hechos 21
Nueva Versión Internacional (Castilian)
Rumbo a Jerusalén
21 Después de separarnos de ellos, zarpamos y navegamos directamente a Cos. Al día siguiente fuimos a Rodas, y de allí a Pátara. 2 Como encontramos un barco que iba para Fenicia, subimos a bordo y zarpamos. 3 Después de avistar Chipre y de pasar al sur de la isla, navegamos hacia Siria y llegamos a Tiro, donde el barco tenía que descargar. 4 Allí encontramos a los discípulos y nos quedamos con ellos siete días. Ellos, por medio del Espíritu, exhortaron a Pablo a que no subiera a Jerusalén. 5 Pero, al cabo de algunos días, partimos y continuamos nuestro viaje. Todos los discípulos, incluso las mujeres y los niños, nos acompañaron hasta las afueras de la ciudad, y allí en la playa nos arrodillamos y oramos. 6 Después de despedirnos, subimos a bordo y ellos regresaron a sus hogares.
7 Nosotros continuamos nuestro viaje en barco desde Tiro y arribamos a Tolemaida, donde saludamos a los hermanos y nos quedamos con ellos un día. 8 Al día siguiente salimos y llegamos a Cesarea, y nos hospedamos en casa de Felipe el evangelista, que era uno de los siete; 9 este tenía cuatro hijas solteras que profetizaban.
10 Llevábamos allí varios días cuando bajó de Judea un profeta llamado Ágabo. 11 Este vino a vernos y, tomando el cinturón de Pablo, se ató con él de pies y manos, y dijo:
―Así dice el Espíritu Santo: “De esta manera atarán los judíos de Jerusalén al dueño de este cinturón, y lo entregarán en manos de los gentiles”.
12 Al oír esto, nosotros y los de aquel lugar le rogamos a Pablo que no subiera a Jerusalén.
13 ―¿Por qué lloráis? ¡Me partís el alma! —respondió Pablo—. Por el nombre del Señor Jesús estoy dispuesto no solo a ser atado, sino también a morir en Jerusalén.
14 Como no se dejaba convencer, desistimos, exclamando:
―¡Que se haga la voluntad del Señor!
15 Después de esto, acabamos los preparativos y subimos a Jerusalén. 16 Algunos de los discípulos de Cesarea nos acompañaron y nos llevaron a la casa de Mnasón, donde íbamos a alojarnos. Este era de Chipre, y uno de los primeros discípulos.
Llegada de Pablo a Jerusalén
17 Cuando llegamos a Jerusalén, los creyentes nos recibieron calurosamente. 18 Al día siguiente Pablo fue con nosotros a ver a Jacobo, y todos los ancianos estaban presentes. 19 Después de saludarlos, Pablo les relató detalladamente lo que Dios había hecho entre los gentiles por medio de su ministerio.
20 Al oírlo, alabaron a Dios. Luego dijeron a Pablo: «Ya ves, hermano, cuántos miles de judíos han creído, y todos ellos siguen aferrados a la ley. 21 Ahora bien, han oído decir que tú enseñas que se aparten de Moisés todos los judíos que viven entre los gentiles. Les recomiendas que no circunciden a sus hijos ni vivan según nuestras costumbres. 22 ¿Qué vamos a hacer? Sin duda se van a enterar de que has llegado. 23 Por eso, será mejor que sigas nuestro consejo. Hay aquí entre nosotros cuatro hombres que tienen que cumplir un voto. 24 Llévatelos, toma parte en sus ritos de purificación y paga los gastos que corresponden al voto de rasurarse la cabeza. Así todos sabrán que no son ciertos esos informes acerca de ti, sino que tú también vives en obediencia a la ley. 25 En cuanto a los creyentes gentiles, ya les hemos comunicado por escrito nuestra decisión de que se abstengan de lo sacrificado a los ídolos, de sangre, de la carne de animales estrangulados y de la inmoralidad sexual».
26 Al día siguiente Pablo se llevó a los hombres y se purificó con ellos. Después entró en el templo para dar aviso de la fecha en que vencería el plazo de la purificación y se haría la ofrenda por cada uno de ellos.
Arresto de Pablo
27 Cuando estaban a punto de cumplirse los siete días, unos judíos de la provincia de Asia vieron a Pablo en el templo. Alborotaron a toda la multitud y le echaron mano, 28 gritando: «¡Israelitas! ¡Ayudadnos! Este es el hombre que anda por todas partes enseñando a toda la gente contra nuestro pueblo, nuestra ley y este lugar. Además, hasta ha metido a unos griegos en el templo, y ha profanado este lugar santo».
29 Y es que antes habían visto en la ciudad a Trófimo el efesio en compañía de Pablo, y suponían que Pablo lo había metido en el templo.
30 Toda la ciudad se alborotó. La gente se precipitó en masa, agarró a Pablo y lo sacó del templo a rastras, e inmediatamente se cerraron las puertas. 31 Iban a matarlo, cuando se le informó al comandante del batallón romano que toda la ciudad de Jerusalén estaba amotinada. 32 En seguida tomó algunos centuriones con sus tropas y bajó corriendo hacia la multitud. Al ver al comandante y a sus soldados, los amotinados dejaron de golpear a Pablo.
33 El comandante se abrió paso, lo arrestó y ordenó que lo sujetaran con dos cadenas. Luego preguntó quién era y qué había hecho. 34 Entre la multitud cada uno gritaba una cosa distinta. Como el comandante no pudo averiguar la verdad a causa del alboroto, mandó que condujeran a Pablo al cuartel. 35 Cuando Pablo llegó a las gradas, los soldados tuvieron que llevárselo en vilo debido a la violencia de la turba. 36 El pueblo en masa iba detrás gritando: «¡Que lo maten!»
Pablo se dirige a la multitud(A)
37 Cuando los soldados estaban a punto de meterlo en el cuartel, Pablo le preguntó al comandante:
―¿Me permites decirte algo?
―¿Hablas griego? —replicó el comandante—. 38 ¿No eres el egipcio que hace algún tiempo provocó una rebelión y llevó al desierto a cuatro mil guerrilleros?
39 ―No, yo soy judío, natural de Tarso, una ciudad muy importante de Cilicia —le respondió Pablo—. Por favor, permíteme que hable al pueblo.
40 Con el permiso del comandante, Pablo se puso de pie en las gradas e hizo una señal con la mano a la multitud. Cuando todos guardaron silencio, les dijo en arameo:[a]
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