使徒行传 26
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
在阿格里帕王面前辩解
26 阿格里帕对保罗说:“你获准为自己说话。”
于是保罗伸手开始申辩: 2 “阿格里帕王啊,关于犹太人控告我的一切事,今天要在您面前申辩,我认为自己是蒙福的, 3 尤其因为您熟悉犹太人一切的规矩和争议的问题,所以我请求您耐心听我说。
4 “事实上,我自幼的为人,从起初在自己的同胞中间,以及在耶路撒冷,所有的犹太人都知道。 5 他们从一开始就已经认识我,如果他们愿意就可以见证:我是按着我们宗教中最严格的教派,过着法利赛人的生活。 6 现在我站在这里受审,是因为盼望神已经赐给我们祖先的那应许。 7 为了那应许,我们十二个支派日夜热切地事奉神,盼望得到它。王[a]啊,我被犹太人控告,就是为了这盼望。 8 你们为什么判断神使死人复活的事为不可信的呢? 9 事实上,我自己曾经认为必须多做反对拿撒勒人耶稣之名的事, 10 我在耶路撒冷也是这样做的。我不但从祭司长们得了权柄把许多圣徒关进监狱,而且当他们被杀的时候,我也投了一票。 11 我在各会堂里,经常用刑逼他们说亵渎的话,又越发恼恨他们,甚至到国外的城市去逼迫他们。
保罗见证信主经历与使命
12 “那时我得到祭司长们的授权和委任往大马士革去。 13 王啊,约在正午,我在路上的时候,看见一道光,比太阳更明亮,从天上四面照射我和与我同行的人。 14 我们都仆倒在地。我听见有声音用希伯来语对我说[b]:‘扫罗,扫罗!你为什么逼迫我?你脚踢刺棒,是狂妄的。’
15 “我问:‘主啊,你到底是谁?’
“主[c]说:‘我就是你所逼迫的耶稣。 16 你起来,用你的两脚站好!要知道,我向你显现是为这样一个目的[d]:预先指定你做仆人和见证人,就是为你所看见的事,以及我将要显明给你的事做见证人。 17 我要从以色列[e]子民和外邦人当中把你救出来。[f]我差派你到他们那里去, 18 为了开启他们的眼睛,使他们从黑暗归向光明,从撒旦的权势下归向神,使他们因着信我,罪得赦免,并且与那些被分别为圣的人同得继业。’
19 “故此,阿格里帕王啊,我没有悖逆那从天上来的异象。 20 我首先在大马士革,然后在耶路撒冷、犹太全地以及外邦人中,告诫人们要悔改,归向神,行事与悔改的心相称。 21 犹太人就是因这缘故,在圣殿里抓住我,想要杀害我。 22 然而我蒙了从神而来的帮助,直到今天仍能站立得住,不但向卑微的,还向尊贵的做见证。我所讲的,不外乎先知们和摩西所说的那些将要成就的事, 23 就是基督要受难,要成为第一个从死人中复活的人,要把光传给这子民和外邦人。”
听众的反应
24 保罗这样申辩的时候,菲斯特斯大声说:“保罗,你疯了!你学问太大,使你癫狂了。”
25 保罗[g]说:“菲斯特斯大人,我没有疯。我说的都是真实、合理的话。 26 其实王知道这些事,我才对王放胆直言。我深信这些事没有一件瞒得过王,因为这不是在角落里做的。 27 阿格里帕王啊,您相信先知吗?我知道您是相信的。”
28 阿格里帕对保罗说:“你用几句话就要说服我成为[h]基督徒吗?”
29 保罗说:“无论话多话少,我向神祈求的,不仅是您,还有今天所有听我讲话的人都能成为像我这样的人,只是不要有这些锁链!”
30 于是[i]王和总督,还有百妮基以及与他们坐在一起的人,都站起来了。 31 当离开的时候,彼此谈论说:“这个人没有做任何该死或该被捆锁的事。”
32 阿格里帕对菲斯特斯说:“这个人如果没有向凯撒上诉,早就可以释放了。”
Footnotes
- 使徒行传 26:7 王——有古抄本作“阿格里帕王”。
- 使徒行传 26:14 有声音用希伯来语对我说——有古抄本作“有声音对我说话,用希伯来语说”。
- 使徒行传 26:15 主——有古抄本作“那一位”。
- 使徒行传 26:16 一个目的——辅助词语。
- 使徒行传 26:17 以色列——辅助词语。
- 使徒行传 26:17 有古抄本附“现在”。
- 使徒行传 26:25 保罗——有古抄本作“这位”。
- 使徒行传 26:28 成为——有古抄本作“做”。
- 使徒行传 26:30 有古抄本附“他说完这些事,”。
Acts 26
New International Version
26 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.”(A)
So Paul motioned with his hand(B) and began his defense: 2 “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you(C) today as I make my defense against all the accusations of the Jews,(D) 3 and especially so because you are well acquainted with all the Jewish customs(E) and controversies.(F) Therefore, I beg you to listen to me patiently.
4 “The Jewish people all know the way I have lived ever since I was a child,(G) from the beginning of my life in my own country, and also in Jerusalem. 5 They have known me for a long time(H) and can testify, if they are willing, that I conformed to the strictest sect(I) of our religion, living as a Pharisee.(J) 6 And now it is because of my hope(K) in what God has promised our ancestors(L) that I am on trial today. 7 This is the promise our twelve tribes(M) are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night.(N) King Agrippa, it is because of this hope that these Jews are accusing me.(O) 8 Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?(P)
9 “I too was convinced(Q) that I ought to do all that was possible to oppose(R) the name of Jesus of Nazareth.(S) 10 And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. On the authority of the chief priests I put many of the Lord’s people(T) in prison,(U) and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.(V) 11 Many a time I went from one synagogue to another to have them punished,(W) and I tried to force them to blaspheme. I was so obsessed with persecuting them that I even hunted them down in foreign cities.
12 “On one of these journeys I was going to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. 13 About noon, King Agrippa, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, blazing around me and my companions. 14 We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice(X) saying to me in Aramaic,[a](Y) ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
15 “Then I asked, ‘Who are you, Lord?’
“ ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied. 16 ‘Now get up and stand on your feet.(Z) I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and will see of me.(AA) 17 I will rescue you(AB) from your own people and from the Gentiles.(AC) I am sending you to them 18 to open their eyes(AD) and turn them from darkness to light,(AE) and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins(AF) and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’(AG)
19 “So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient(AH) to the vision from heaven. 20 First to those in Damascus,(AI) then to those in Jerusalem(AJ) and in all Judea, and then to the Gentiles,(AK) I preached that they should repent(AL) and turn to God and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.(AM) 21 That is why some Jews seized me(AN) in the temple courts and tried to kill me.(AO) 22 But God has helped me to this very day; so I stand here and testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen(AP)— 23 that the Messiah would suffer(AQ) and, as the first to rise from the dead,(AR) would bring the message of light to his own people and to the Gentiles.”(AS)
24 At this point Festus interrupted Paul’s defense. “You are out of your mind,(AT) Paul!” he shouted. “Your great learning(AU) is driving you insane.”
25 “I am not insane, most excellent(AV) Festus,” Paul replied. “What I am saying is true and reasonable. 26 The king is familiar with these things,(AW) and I can speak freely to him. I am convinced that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner. 27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”
28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Do you think that in such a short time you can persuade me to be a Christian?”(AX)
29 Paul replied, “Short time or long—I pray to God that not only you but all who are listening to me today may become what I am, except for these chains.”(AY)
30 The king rose, and with him the governor and Bernice(AZ) and those sitting with them. 31 After they left the room, they began saying to one another, “This man is not doing anything that deserves death or imprisonment.”(BA)
32 Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free(BB) if he had not appealed to Caesar.”(BC)
Footnotes
- Acts 26:14 Or Hebrew
Atti 26
La Bibbia della Gioia
Paolo si difende
26 Allora Agrippa disse a Paolo: «Avanti, ora puoi difenderti!» Paolo fece un cenno con la mano, e si difese così: 2 «Sono davvero contento, re Agrippa», cominciò, «dʼavere lʼoccasione di difendermi davanti a te da tutte le accuse che mi muovono i Giudei, 3 soprattutto perché conosci bene le usanze e le questioni religiose degli Ebrei. Perciò ti prego dʼascoltarmi con un poʼ di pazienza. 4 Tutti i Giudei conoscono bene la mia vita, che fin dai primi anni ho trascorso nel mio paese, prima a Tarso, poi a Gerusalemme. 5 Se vogliono ammetterlo, sanno che per molto tempo ho vissuto secondo i princìpi del partito più rigido della nostra religione: parlo dei Farisei. 6 Ma, dietro le loro accuse, si nasconde ben altro. La ragione per cui sʼaccaniscono contro di me è perché io spero nella promessa che Dio ha fatto ai nostri antenati. 7 Anche le dodici tribù dʼIsraele servono Dio senza stancarsi, notte e giorno, perché aspettano che si realizzi questa promessa. Per questa speranza, o re, sono accusato come un criminale dai Giudei! 8 Ma è davvero un crimine credere nella resurrezione dalla morte? Vi sembra davvero assurdo che Dio possa risuscitare i morti? 9 Io stesso, è vero, una volta credevo fosse mio dovere perseguitare ferocemente i seguaci di Gesù di Nazaret. 10 Ed è quello che ho fatto a Gerusalemme. Autorizzato dai sommi sacerdoti, ho gettato in prigione molti cristiani e, quando venivano condannati a morte, davo il mio voto favorevole. 11 Da una sinagoga allʼaltra, con le torture, li costringevo a bestemmiare Cristo. Ce lʼavevo talmente con loro che li ho perseguitati perfino nelle città straniere! 12 Proprio per questo scopo ero in viaggio verso Damasco, incaricato e autorizzato dai sommi sacerdoti, 13 quando, sarà stato circa mezzogiorno, o re, una luce dal cielo più splendente del sole sfolgorò davanti a me e ai miei compagni. 14 Cademmo a terra, ed io udii una voce che mi parlava in ebraico: “Saulo, Saulo, perché mi perseguiti? Stai soltanto facendo del male a te stesso, è duro per te scalciare contro il pungolo!” 15 “Chi sei, Signore?” chiesi allora. E il Signore rispose: “Sono Gesù, quello che tu perseguiti. 16 Ma ora alzati, perché ti sono apparso per fare di te un mio servo e testimone.
Parlerai al mondo di questʼesperienza e di tutte le altre volte in cui ti apparirò. 17 Ti proteggerò da tutti i pericoli, quando ti manderò dagli Ebrei e dai pagani, 18 per aprire loro gli occhi, perché si convertano e vivano nella luce di Dio, invece che nelle tenebre di Satana. Quelli che avranno fede in me potranno ottenere il perdono dei peccati e la parte di eredità promessa, insieme a quelli che sono santificati dal Signore”. 19 Perciò, o re Agrippa, io non ho voluto disubbidire alla visione che ho avuto dal cielo! 20 Dapprima ho predicato agli abitanti di Damasco, poi a quelli di Gerusalemme, della Giudea ed anche ai pagani. A tutti dicevo di pentirsi e convertirsi a Dio, e di dimostrare con le buone azioni la sincerità della loro conversione. 21 E fu per questo motivo che i Giudei mi hanno arrestato nel tempio ed hanno cercato di uccidermi, 22 ma Dio mi ha protetto così bene che a tuttʼoggi sono ancora vivo per raccontare queste cose a tutti, piccoli e grandi, senza aggiungere una sola parola a ciò che i profeti e Mosè avevano predetto: 23 e cioè che il Messia avrebbe sofferto e sarebbe stato il primo a resuscitare dai morti per portare la luce della speranza e della vita sia ai Giudei che ai pagani».
24 Mentre Paolo diceva queste cose in sua difesa, improvvisamente Festo esclamò: «Tu sei pazzo, Paolo! Tutti gli studi che hai fatto ti hanno dato al cervello!» 25 Ma Paolo rispose: «So benissimo quello che dico, eccellentissimo Festo. Queste cose che dico sono vere e ragionevoli. 26 Il re Agrippa conosce molto bene queste cose e gliene posso parlare francamente, perché sono sicuro che non è allʼoscuro di questi fatti, che non sono avvenuti di nascosto! 27 Re Agrippa, tu credi ai profeti? Io so che ci credi!»
28 Agrippa lo interruppe: «Poco ci manca che mi convinci a diventare cristiano!»
29 Allora Paolo rispose: «Che manchi poco o molto, voglia Dio che non soltanto tu, ma anche tutti quelli che oggi mʼascoltano diventino tali e quali a me, eccetto ovviamente che per queste catene!»
30 Allora il re, il governatore, Berenìce e tutto il loro seguito si alzarono e si ritirarono. 31 Mentre si allontanavano, dicevano fra loro: «Questʼuomo non ha fatto niente che meriti la morte o la prigione!»
32 E Agrippa disse a Festo: «Se non si fosse appellato a Cesare, poteva essere rimesso in libertà!»
Acts 26
New King James Version
Paul’s Early Life
26 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You are permitted to speak for yourself.”
So Paul stretched out his hand and answered for himself: 2 “I think myself (A)happy, King Agrippa, because today I shall answer (B)for myself before you concerning all the things of which I am (C)accused by the Jews, 3 especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which have to do with the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.
4 “My manner of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know. 5 They knew me from the first, if they were willing to testify, that according to (D)the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. 6 (E)And now I stand and am judged for the hope of (F)the promise made by God to our fathers. 7 To this promise (G)our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God (H)night and day, (I)hope to attain. For this hope’s sake, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews. 8 Why should it be thought incredible by you that God raises the dead?
9 (J)“Indeed, I myself thought I must do many things [a]contrary to the name of (K)Jesus of Nazareth. 10 (L)This I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority (M)from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them. 11 (N)And I punished them often in every synagogue and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
Paul Recounts His Conversion(O)
12 (P)“While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, 13 at midday, O king, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me. 14 And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ 15 So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. 16 But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, (Q)to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you. 17 I will [b]deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, (R)to whom I [c]now send you, 18 (S)to open their eyes, in order (T)to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, (U)that they may receive forgiveness of sins and (V)an inheritance among those who are (W)sanctified[d] by faith in Me.’
Paul’s Post-Conversion Life
19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision, 20 but (X)declared first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and throughout all the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and do (Y)works befitting repentance. 21 For these reasons the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me. 22 Therefore, having obtained help from God, to this day I stand, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those (Z)which the prophets and (AA)Moses said would come— 23 (AB)that the Christ would suffer, (AC)that He would be the first to rise from the dead, and (AD)would proclaim light to the Jewish people and to the Gentiles.”
Agrippa Parries Paul’s Challenge
24 Now as he thus made his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Paul, (AE)you are beside yourself! Much learning is driving you mad!”
25 But he said, “I am not [e]mad, most noble Festus, but speak the words of truth and reason. 26 For the king, before whom I also speak freely, (AF)knows these things; for I am convinced that none of these things escapes his attention, since this thing was not done in a corner. 27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you do believe.”
28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You almost persuade me to become a Christian.”
29 And Paul said, (AG)“I would to God that not only you, but also all who hear me today, might become both almost and altogether such as I am, except for these chains.”
30 When he had said these things, the king stood up, as well as the governor and Bernice and those who sat with them; 31 and when they had gone aside, they talked among themselves, saying, (AH)“This man is doing nothing deserving of death or chains.”
32 Then Agrippa said to Festus, “This man might have been set (AI)free (AJ)if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Footnotes
- Acts 26:9 against
- Acts 26:17 rescue
- Acts 26:17 NU, M omit now
- Acts 26:18 set apart
- Acts 26:25 out of my mind
Acts 26
Evangelical Heritage Version
26 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.”
Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense. 2 “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate that I am going to make my defense before you today concerning all the things about which I am being accused by the Jews, 3 especially because you are an expert in all the Jewish customs and controversies. Therefore, I beg you to listen to me patiently.
4 “All the Jews know the way I have lived from the earliest days of my youth, among my own people and in Jerusalem. 5 They have known about me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that I lived as a Pharisee according to the strictest party of our religion.
6 “And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our fathers, 7 the promise that our twelve tribes hope to attain as they earnestly serve God night and day. I am being accused by the Jews concerning this hope, O King. 8 Why does it seem unbelievable to any of you that God raises the dead?
9 “I too was convinced that it was necessary to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene. 10 And that is what I did in Jerusalem. After receiving authority from the chief priests, I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them. 11 I often tried to make them blaspheme by punishing them throughout all the synagogues. Because I was so insanely angry with them, I even pursued them to foreign cities.
12 “That is how I came to be traveling to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests. 13 At noon along the road, O King, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those traveling with me. 14 We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew dialect,[a] ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’[b]
15 “Then I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’
“The Lord replied, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. 16 Now get up and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you as a servant and witness to the things you have seen[c] and to the things I will reveal to you. 17 I will rescue you from your people and from the Gentiles to whom I am sending you. 18 You are to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive the forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’
19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the vision from heaven. 20 Rather, I first told those in Damascus and Jerusalem about it, and then throughout the entire country of Judea and also the Gentiles. I told them that they should repent and turn to God, while also doing works that are consistent with repentance. 21 These are the reasons the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.
22 “But I have had help from God right up to this day, and so I stand testifying to both small and great. I am saying nothing other than what the prophets and Moses said would happen, 23 that the Christ would suffer and, as the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”
24 While Paul was saying these things in his defense, Festus shouted, “Paul, you are out of your mind! Your great learning is driving you insane.”
25 But Paul replied, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus, but I am clearly speaking words that are true and sensible. 26 Certainly the king to whom I am freely speaking knows about these things. Indeed, I cannot believe that any of these things has escaped his notice, because this has not been done in a corner. 27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.”
28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “In such a short time are you going to persuade me to become[d] a Christian?”
29 Paul replied, “I pray God, that whether in a short time or a long time, not only you, but also all those who are listening to me today would become what I am, except for these chains.”
30 After he had said these things,[e] the king stood up, along with the governor and Bernice and those sitting with them. 31 After they had left, they said to one another in private, “This man is doing nothing worthy of death or chains.”
32 Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
Footnotes
- Acts 26:14 Or Aramaic. The Greek word is Hebrew but likely refers to the Aramaic dialect spoken by the Jews at that time and place.
- Acts 26:14 Goads are pointed sticks used to urge or direct an animal. To kick against the goads means to resist stubbornly.
- Acts 26:16 A few witnesses to the text add of me.
- Acts 26:28 A few witnesses to the text read to make me.
- Acts 26:30 Some witnesses to the text omit After he had said these things.
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