使徒行传 21
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
劝阻耶路撒冷之行
21 我们与他们惜别以后就开船直航,来到科斯岛。第二天到了罗得岛,又从那里到帕塔拉, 2 找到了一条开往腓尼基的船,就上船起航。 3 我们望见塞浦路斯岛,驶过的时候它在左边。我们继续向叙利亚省航行,在提尔登陆,因为船要在那里卸货。 4 我们找到了一些门徒,就在那里住了七天。他们藉着圣灵,一直告诉保罗不要上耶路撒冷去。 5 那些日子过了以后,我们出发前行,大家与妻子和儿女一起送我们到城外。我们都跪在岸上祷告, 6 彼此告别。我们上了船,他们就回自己的家去了。
7 我们结束了从提尔开始的航程,到达托勒密,就去问候弟兄们,在他们那里住了一天。 8 第二天我们[a]离开那里,来到凯撒里亚,进了传福音者腓利的家,住在他那里,他是那七位执事[b]中的一位。 9 他有四个女儿,都是童贞女,是做先知传道[c]的。
10 我们住了好几天,有一个名叫阿伽布斯的先知从犹太下来了。 11 他来到我们这里,拿起保罗的腰带,把自己的手脚捆起来,说:“圣灵这样说,犹太人在耶路撒冷要如此捆绑这腰带的主人,把他交在外邦人的手中。” 12 我们一听这些话,就和当地的人恳求保罗不要上耶路撒冷去。
13 这时候保罗说:“你们为什么哭,使我心碎呢?我为了主耶稣的名,不仅被捆绑,即使死在耶路撒冷,也都预备好了。”
14 我们既然不能说服保罗,就都安静下来,只说:“愿主的旨意成就。”
有关外邦宣教的争议
15 过了几天,我们收拾行李,上耶路撒冷去。 16 凯撒里亚的一些门徒也陪我们一起去,带我们到一个塞浦路斯人纳森家里去作客住宿。他做门徒已经很久了。
17 我们到了耶路撒冷,弟兄们很高兴地欢迎我们。 18 第二天,保罗与我们一起去探望雅各,所有的长老也都来了。 19 保罗问候他们后,一一述说神藉着他的服事,在外邦人中所做的事。
20 他们听了就不住地荣耀神[d],又对保罗说:“弟兄,你看犹太人中信主[e]的人有多少万,而且他们都是对律法热心的人。 21 他们听到有关你的事,说你教导所有在外邦人中的犹太人离道反教、背弃摩西,叫他们不要给孩子行割礼,也不要按规矩行事。 22 他们一定会听到你来这里了[f]。那么该怎么办呢? 23 你就照我们告诉你的去做吧。我们这里有四个人,他们都许过愿。 24 你带他们去,与他们一起行洁净礼,并且替他们付钱,好让他们剃掉头发。这样,大家就会知道有关你的传闻不是真的,而且你自己也是照着规矩行事、遵守律法的。 25 至于已经相信的外邦人,我们照着决定写了信,要他们远避祭过偶像的食物,远避血和勒死的动物,远避淫乱。[g]”
圣殿里的骚乱
26 于是,第二天保罗带了那四个人,与他们一起行了洁净礼,进了圣殿,宣告洁净期满的日子,直到为他们每一个人的供物都被献上为止。 27 那七天快要结束的时候,从亚细亚省来的一些犹太人看到保罗在圣殿里,就煽动整个人群,下手捉拿他, 28 喊叫:“各位以色列人哪,请帮忙!这个人就是那到处教导大家反对我们的民族、律法,反对这地方的!他甚至把希腊人带进圣殿,玷污了这圣地。” 29 原来他们曾经看见以弗所人特罗费摩与保罗一起在城里,就以为保罗带他进了圣殿。
30 于是全城的人都被煽动了,民众一起跑来,抓住保罗,把他拖出圣殿,殿门立刻关上了。 31 在他们想杀保罗的时候,有消息上报到军团的千夫长,说全耶路撒冷都混乱了。 32 千夫长立即带着士兵和几个百夫长跑下去,到了他们那里。他们一看见千夫长和士兵们,就停止殴打保罗。 33 于是千夫长上前抓住保罗,下令用两条铁链把他捆起来,然后查问他到底是什么人,做了什么事。 34 人群当中,有的喊这个,有的喊那个;千夫长因为骚乱,无法知道真相,就下令把保罗带到营楼里去。 35 保罗到了台阶上的时候,由于人群凶猛,士兵们只好把他抬起来走。 36 那一群人跟在后面,喊叫:“除掉他!”
保罗对群众的讲话
37 保罗快要被押进营楼的时候,就对千夫长说:“我是否可以对你说句话?”
千夫长说:“你懂希腊语吗? 38 你究竟是不是那个前些日子作乱、带领四千个凶徒进入旷野的埃及人呢?”
39 保罗回答说:“我是犹太人,是奇里乞亚省的塔尔苏人,并不是无名之城的公民,请求你准许我向民众说话。”
40 千夫长准许了,保罗就站在台阶上,向民众挥一下手,大家都寂静无声,保罗就用希伯来语呼吁,说:
Footnotes
- 使徒行传 21:8 我们——有古抄本作“跟随保罗的人”。
- 使徒行传 21:8 执事——辅助词语。
- 使徒行传 21:9 做先知传道——原文直译“说预言”。
- 使徒行传 21:20 神——有古抄本作“主”。
- 使徒行传 21:20 主——辅助词语。
- 使徒行传 21:22 他们一定会听到你来这里了——有古抄本作“他们听到你来了,民众必定会聚集”。
- 使徒行传 21:25 有古抄本附“除了这些以外,不要遵守任何这样的事”。
Actes 21
Louis Segond
21 Nous nous embarquâmes, après nous être séparés d'eux, et nous allâmes directement à Cos, le lendemain à Rhodes, et de là à Patara.
2 Et ayant trouvé un navire qui faisait la traversée vers la Phénicie, nous montâmes et partîmes.
3 Quand nous fûmes en vue de l'île de Chypre, nous la laissâmes à gauche, poursuivant notre route du côté de la Syrie, et nous abordâmes à Tyr, où le bâtiment devait décharger sa cargaison.
4 Nous trouvâmes les disciples, et nous restâmes là sept jours. Les disciples, poussés par l'Esprit, disaient à Paul de ne pas monter à Jérusalem.
5 Mais, lorsque nous fûmes au terme des sept jours, nous nous acheminâmes pour partir, et tous nous accompagnèrent avec leur femme et leurs enfants jusque hors de la ville. Nous nous mîmes à genoux sur le rivage, et nous priâmes.
6 Puis, ayant pris congé les uns des autres, nous montâmes sur le navire, et ils retournèrent chez eux.
7 Achevant notre navigation, nous allâmes de Tyr à Ptolémaïs, où nous saluâmes les frères, et passâmes un jour avec eux.
8 Nous partîmes le lendemain, et nous arrivâmes à Césarée. Étant entrés dans la maison de Philippe l'évangéliste, qui était l'un des sept, nous logeâmes chez lui.
9 Il avait quatre filles vierges qui prophétisaient.
10 Comme nous étions là depuis plusieurs jours, un prophète, nommé Agabus, descendit de Judée,
11 et vint nous trouver. Il prit la ceinture de Paul, se lia les pieds et les mains, et dit: Voici ce que déclare le Saint Esprit: L'homme à qui appartient cette ceinture, les Juifs le lieront de la même manière à Jérusalem, et le livreront entre les mains des païens.
12 Quand nous entendîmes cela, nous et ceux de l'endroit, nous priâmes Paul de ne pas monter à Jérusalem.
13 Alors il répondit: Que faites-vous, en pleurant et en me brisant le coeur? Je suis prêt, non seulement à être lié, mais encore à mourir à Jérusalem pour le nom du Seigneur Jésus.
14 Comme il ne se laissait pas persuader, nous n'insistâmes pas, et nous dîmes: Que la volonté du Seigneur se fasse!
15 Après ces jours-là, nous fîmes nos préparatifs, et nous montâmes à Jérusalem.
16 Quelques disciples de Césarée vinrent aussi avec nous, et nous conduisirent chez un nommé Mnason, de l'île de Chypre, ancien disciple, chez qui nous devions loger.
17 Lorsque nous arrivâmes à Jérusalem, les frères nous reçurent avec joie.
18 Le lendemain, Paul se rendit avec nous chez Jacques, et tous les anciens s'y réunirent.
19 Après les avoir salués, il raconta en détail ce que Dieu avait fait au milieu des païens par son ministère.
20 Quand ils l'eurent entendu, ils glorifièrent Dieu. Puis ils lui dirent: Tu vois, frère, combien de milliers de Juifs ont cru, et tous sont zélés pour la loi.
21 Or, ils ont appris que tu enseignes à tous les Juifs qui sont parmi les païens à renoncer à Moïse, leur disant de ne pas circoncire les enfants et de ne pas se conformer aux coutumes.
22 Que faire donc? Sans aucun doute la multitude se rassemblera, car on saura que tu es venu.
23 C'est pourquoi fais ce que nous allons te dire. Il y a parmi nous quatre hommes qui ont fait un voeu;
24 prends-les avec toi, purifie-toi avec eux, et pourvois à leur dépense, afin qu'ils se rasent la tête. Et ainsi tous sauront que ce qu'ils ont entendu dire sur ton compte est faux, mais que toi aussi tu te conduis en observateur de la loi.
25 A l'égard des païens qui ont cru, nous avons décidé et nous leur avons écrit qu'ils eussent à s'abstenir des viandes sacrifiées aux idoles, du sang, des animaux étouffés, et de l'impudicité.
26 Alors Paul prit ces hommes, se purifia, et entra le lendemain dans le temple avec eux, pour annoncer à quel jour la purification serait accomplie et l'offrande présentée pour chacun d'eux.
27 Sur la fin des sept jours, les Juifs d'Asie, ayant vu Paul dans le temple, soulevèrent toute la foule, et mirent la main sur lui,
28 en criant: Hommes Israélites, au secours! Voici l'homme qui prêche partout et à tout le monde contre le peuple, contre la loi et contre ce lieu; il a même introduit des Grecs dans le temple, et a profané ce saint lieu.
29 Car ils avaient vu auparavant Trophime d'Éphèse avec lui dans la ville, et ils croyaient que Paul l'avait fait entrer dans le temple.
30 Toute la ville fut émue, et le peuple accourut de toutes parts. Ils se saisirent de Paul, et le traînèrent hors du temple, dont les portes furent aussitôt fermées.
31 Comme ils cherchaient à le tuer, le bruit vint au tribun de la cohorte que tout Jérusalem était en confusion.
32 A l'instant il prit des soldats et des centeniers, et courut à eux. Voyant le tribun et les soldats, ils cessèrent de frapper Paul.
33 Alors le tribun s'approcha, se saisit de lui, et le fit lier de deux chaînes. Puis il demanda qui il était, et ce qu'il avait fait.
34 Mais dans la foule les uns criaient d'une manière, les autres d'une autre; ne pouvant donc rien apprendre de certain, à cause du tumulte, il ordonna de le mener dans la forteresse.
35 Lorsque Paul fut sur les degrés, il dut être porté par les soldats, à cause de la violence de la foule;
36 car la multitude du peuple suivait, en criant: Fais-le mourir!
37 Au moment d'être introduit dans la forteresse, Paul dit au tribun: M'est-il permis de te dire quelque chose? Le tribun répondit: Tu sais le grec?
38 Tu n'es donc pas cet Égyptien qui s'est révolté dernièrement, et qui a emmené dans le désert quatre mille brigands?
39 Je suis Juif, reprit Paul, de Tarse en Cilicie, citoyen d'une ville qui n'est pas sans importance. Permets-moi, je te prie, de parler au peuple.
40 Le tribun le lui ayant permis, Paul, debout sur les degrés, fit signe de la main au peuple. Un profond silence s'établit, et Paul, parlant en langue hébraïque, dit:
Acts 21
New International Version
On to Jerusalem
21 After we(A) had torn ourselves away from them, we put out to sea and sailed straight to Kos. The next day we went to Rhodes and from there to Patara. 2 We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia,(B) went on board and set sail. 3 After sighting Cyprus and passing to the south of it, we sailed on to Syria.(C) We landed at Tyre, where our ship was to unload its cargo. 4 We sought out the disciples(D) there and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit(E) they urged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem. 5 When it was time to leave, we left and continued on our way. All of them, including wives and children, accompanied us out of the city, and there on the beach we knelt to pray.(F) 6 After saying goodbye to each other, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.
7 We continued our voyage from Tyre(G) and landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and sisters(H) and stayed with them for a day. 8 Leaving the next day, we reached Caesarea(I) and stayed at the house of Philip(J) the evangelist,(K) one of the Seven. 9 He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.(L)
10 After we had been there a number of days, a prophet named Agabus(M) came down from Judea. 11 Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says,(N) ‘In this way the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will bind(O) the owner of this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles.’”(P)
12 When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem. 13 Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die(Q) in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”(R) 14 When he would not be dissuaded, we gave up(S) and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”(T)
15 After this, we started on our way up to Jerusalem.(U) 16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea(V) accompanied us and brought us to the home of Mnason, where we were to stay. He was a man from Cyprus(W) and one of the early disciples.
Paul’s Arrival at Jerusalem
17 When we arrived at Jerusalem, the brothers and sisters(X) received us warmly.(Y) 18 The next day Paul and the rest of us went to see James,(Z) and all the elders(AA) were present. 19 Paul greeted them and reported in detail what God had done among the Gentiles(AB) through his ministry.(AC)
20 When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous(AD) for the law.(AE) 21 They have been informed that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses,(AF) telling them not to circumcise their children(AG) or live according to our customs.(AH) 22 What shall we do? They will certainly hear that you have come, 23 so do what we tell you. There are four men with us who have made a vow.(AI) 24 Take these men, join in their purification rites(AJ) and pay their expenses, so that they can have their heads shaved.(AK) Then everyone will know there is no truth in these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law. 25 As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they should abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality.”(AL)
26 The next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he went to the temple to give notice of the date when the days of purification would end and the offering would be made for each of them.(AM)
Paul Arrested
27 When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,(AN) 28 shouting, “Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and our law and this place. And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”(AO) 29 (They had previously seen Trophimus(AP) the Ephesian(AQ) in the city with Paul and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.)
30 The whole city was aroused, and the people came running from all directions. Seizing Paul,(AR) they dragged him(AS) from the temple, and immediately the gates were shut. 31 While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of Jerusalem was in an uproar. 32 He at once took some officers and soldiers and ran down to the crowd. When the rioters saw the commander and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.(AT)
33 The commander came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound(AU) with two(AV) chains.(AW) Then he asked who he was and what he had done. 34 Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another,(AX) and since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.(AY) 35 When Paul reached the steps,(AZ) the violence of the mob was so great he had to be carried by the soldiers. 36 The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Get rid of him!”(BA)
Paul Speaks to the Crowd(BB)
37 As the soldiers were about to take Paul into the barracks,(BC) he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?”
“Do you speak Greek?” he replied. 38 “Aren’t you the Egyptian who started a revolt and led four thousand terrorists out into the wilderness(BD) some time ago?”(BE)
39 Paul answered, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus(BF) in Cilicia,(BG) a citizen of no ordinary city. Please let me speak to the people.”
40 After receiving the commander’s permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned(BH) to the crowd. When they were all silent, he said to them in Aramaic[a]:(BI)
Footnotes
- Acts 21:40 Or possibly Hebrew; also in 22:2
Acts 21
New King James Version
Warnings on the Journey to Jerusalem
21 Now it came to pass, that when we had departed from them and set sail, running a straight course we came to Cos, the following day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara. 2 And finding a ship sailing over to Phoenicia, we went aboard and set sail. 3 When we had sighted Cyprus, we passed it on the left, sailed to Syria, and landed at Tyre; for there the ship was to unload her cargo. 4 And finding [a]disciples, we stayed there seven days. (A)They told Paul through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem. 5 When we had come to the end of those days, we departed and went on our way; and they all accompanied us, with wives and children, till we were out of the city. And (B)we knelt down on the shore and prayed. 6 When we had taken our leave of one another, we boarded the ship, and they returned (C)home.
7 And when we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais, greeted the brethren, and stayed with them one day. 8 On the next day we [b]who were Paul’s companions departed and came to (D)Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip (E)the evangelist, (F)who was one of the seven, and stayed with him. 9 Now this man had four virgin daughters (G)who prophesied. 10 And as we stayed many days, a certain prophet named (H)Agabus came down from Judea. 11 When he had come to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own hands and feet, and said, “Thus says the Holy Spirit, (I)‘So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt, and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’ ”
12 Now when we heard these things, both we and those from that place pleaded with him not to go up to Jerusalem. 13 Then Paul answered, (J)“What do you mean by weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”
14 So when he would not be persuaded, we ceased, saying, (K)“The will of the Lord be done.”
Paul Urged to Make Peace
15 And after those days we [c]packed and went up to Jerusalem. 16 Also some of the disciples from Caesarea went with us and brought with them a certain Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we were to lodge.
17 (L)And when we had come to Jerusalem, the brethren received us gladly. 18 On the following day Paul went in with us to (M)James, and all the elders were present. 19 When he had greeted them, (N)he told in detail those things which God had done among the Gentiles (O)through his ministry. 20 And when they heard it, they glorified the Lord. And they said to him, “You see, brother, how many myriads of Jews there are who have believed, and they are all (P)zealous for the law; 21 but they have been informed about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children nor to walk according to the customs. 22 [d]What then? The assembly must certainly meet, for they will hear that you have come. 23 Therefore do what we tell you: We have four men who have taken a vow. 24 Take them and be purified with them, and pay their expenses so that they may (Q)shave their heads, and that all may know that those things of which they were informed concerning you are nothing, but that you yourself also walk orderly and keep the law. 25 But concerning the Gentiles who believe, (R)we have written and decided [e]that they should observe no such thing, except that they should keep themselves from things offered to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from [f]sexual immorality.”
Arrested in the Temple
26 Then Paul took the men, and the next day, having been purified with them, (S)entered the temple (T)to announce the [g]expiration of the days of purification, at which time an offering should be made for each one of them.
27 Now when the seven days were almost ended, (U)the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and (V)laid hands on him, 28 crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man (W)who teaches all men everywhere against the people, the law, and this place; and furthermore he also brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.” 29 (For they had [h]previously seen (X)Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.)
30 And (Y)all the city was disturbed; and the people ran together, seized Paul, and dragged him out of the temple; and immediately the doors were shut. 31 Now as they were (Z)seeking to kill him, news came to the commander of the [i]garrison that all Jerusalem was in an uproar. 32 (AA)He immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. And when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul. 33 Then the (AB)commander came near and took him, and (AC)commanded him to be bound with two chains; and he asked who he was and what he had done. 34 And some among the multitude cried one thing and some another.
So when he could not ascertain the truth because of the tumult, he commanded him to be taken into the barracks. 35 When he reached the stairs, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob. 36 For the multitude of the people followed after, crying out, (AD)“Away with him!”
Addressing the Jerusalem Mob(AE)
37 Then as Paul was about to be led into the barracks, he said to the commander, “May I speak to you?”
He replied, “Can you speak Greek? 38 (AF)Are you not the Egyptian who some time ago stirred up a rebellion and led the four thousand assassins out into the wilderness?”
39 But Paul said, (AG)“I am a Jew from Tarsus, in Cilicia, a citizen of no [j]mean city; and I implore you, permit me to speak to the people.”
40 So when he had given him permission, Paul stood on the stairs and (AH)motioned with his hand to the people. And when there was a great silence, he spoke to them in the (AI)Hebrew language, saying,
Footnotes
- Acts 21:4 NU the disciples
- Acts 21:8 NU omits who were Paul’s companions
- Acts 21:15 made preparations
- Acts 21:22 NU What then is to be done? They will certainly hear
- Acts 21:25 NU omits that they should observe no such thing, except
- Acts 21:25 fornication
- Acts 21:26 completion
- Acts 21:29 M omits previously
- Acts 21:31 cohort
- Acts 21:39 insignificant
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