使 徒 行 傳 6
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
七个人去执行特殊的任务
6 当时，门徒的人数不断地增长着。讲希腊语的犹太人与讲阿拉米语的犹太人之间发生了争执，前者埋怨后者在日常的分配中忽视了他们的寡妇。 2 十二名使徒便把全体门徒召集到一起，对他们说∶“如果我们忽视传播上帝信息的工作，而去伺候膳食，是不对的。 3 所以，兄弟们，从你们中间选出七个以充满圣灵和智慧而有好名声的男子，我们让他们来负责这件事， 4 这样我们就可以专心致志地祷告和教导上帝之道了。”
5 这个建议令所有的人都非常满意。于是，他们选出了司提反（司提反是一个充满信仰和圣灵的人）、腓利 [a]、伯罗歌罗、尼迦挪、提门、巴米拿，和过去改信犹太教的安提阿人尼哥拉。 6 他们让这七个人站到了使徒们面前，使徒们把手放在他们身上 [b]，为他们做了祷告。
7 这样，上帝的话得以传播，耶路撒冷门徒的人数又大大地增加了。许多祭司也服从了这个信仰。
一些犹太人反对司提反
8 充满恩赐和力量的司提反，在人们中间行了许多了不起的奇事和神迹。 9 但是，一些来自被称为自由人会堂 [c]的人却反对他。这些犹太人是从古利奈、亚力山太，以及基利家和亚西亚等地来的犹太人。他们和司提反争吵起来。 10 但是，他们无法对抗他话里的智慧和圣灵，他是凭着它们在说话的， 11 于是他们就秘密地收买了一些人去说∶“我们听到司提反亵渎摩西和上帝！” 12 这些犹太人用这种方式煽动起人们、年长的犹太首领和律法师。他们便去抓住司提反，并把他带到了议会面前。 13 他们又带来假证人，他们说∶“这个家伙从末停止过亵渎圣所和律法。 14 因为，我们亲耳听到他说，拿撒勒的耶稣要毁掉这个地方，还要改变摩西传给我们的规矩。 15 这时，所有坐在议会的人都把目光集中到了司提反身上，他们看见，司提反的面容就像天使的脸。
Footnotes
- 使 徒 行 傳 6:5 腓利： 不是使徒腓利。
- 使 徒 行 傳 6:6 把手放在他们身上： 在此表示把上帝的一项重要任务交给了这些人。
- 使 徒 行 傳 6:9 自由人会堂： 曾是奴隶的犹太人，或他们的父亲是奴隶，但此时已自由了。
Acts 6
New Living Translation
Seven Men Chosen to Serve
6 But as the believers[a] rapidly multiplied, there were rumblings of discontent. The Greek-speaking believers complained about the Hebrew-speaking believers, saying that their widows were being discriminated against in the daily distribution of food.
2 So the Twelve called a meeting of all the believers. They said, “We apostles should spend our time teaching the word of God, not running a food program. 3 And so, brothers, select seven men who are well respected and are full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will give them this responsibility. 4 Then we apostles can spend our time in prayer and teaching the word.”
5 Everyone liked this idea, and they chose the following: Stephen (a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit), Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas of Antioch (an earlier convert to the Jewish faith). 6 These seven were presented to the apostles, who prayed for them as they laid their hands on them.
7 So God’s message continued to spread. The number of believers greatly increased in Jerusalem, and many of the Jewish priests were converted, too.
Stephen Is Arrested
8 Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, performed amazing miracles and signs among the people. 9 But one day some men from the Synagogue of Freed Slaves, as it was called, started to debate with him. They were Jews from Cyrene, Alexandria, Cilicia, and the province of Asia. 10 None of them could stand against the wisdom and the Spirit with which Stephen spoke.
11 So they persuaded some men to lie about Stephen, saying, “We heard him blaspheme Moses, and even God.” 12 This roused the people, the elders, and the teachers of religious law. So they arrested Stephen and brought him before the high council.[b]
13 The lying witnesses said, “This man is always speaking against the holy Temple and against the law of Moses. 14 We have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth[c] will destroy the Temple and change the customs Moses handed down to us.”
15 At this point everyone in the high council stared at Stephen, because his face became as bright as an angel’s.
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