使徒行传 7
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
司提反在议会讲道
7 大祭司问司提反：“真有这些事吗？”
2 司提反说：“各位父老兄弟，请听！我们的先祖亚伯拉罕住哈兰以前，还在美索不达米亚的时候，荣耀的神向他显现， 3 对他说：
‘你要离开你的故土和亲族，
到我所要指示你的地方去。’[a]
4 “于是亚伯拉罕离开迦勒底人的地方，住在哈兰。他的父亲死了以后，神使他从那里迁移到你们现在所住的这地方。 5 在这里，神并没有赐给他继业，连立足的地方也没有。可是神应许要把这地赐给他和他的后裔为业。当时，亚伯拉罕还没有孩子。 6 神这样说：
‘他的后裔要在他人之地做寄居的，
那里的人要奴役、虐待他们四百年。
7 可是我要惩罚那奴役他们的国家。’
神又说：
‘这些事以后，他们将要出来，在这地方事奉我。’[b]
8 神又赐给亚伯拉罕割礼的约。这样，亚伯拉罕生了以撒，第八天给他行了割礼。后来以撒生了雅各，雅各生了十二位先祖。
先祖在埃及
9 “先祖们嫉妒约瑟，把他卖到埃及去。可是神与他同在， 10 救他脱离一切患难，并且使他在埃及王法老面前蒙恩宠、有智慧。法老就委任约瑟做宰相，统管埃及和法老全家。 11 后来整个埃及[c]和迦南地区遭遇了饥荒和大灾难，我们的祖先找不到粮食。 12 雅各听说埃及有粮食，就派我们的祖先去，这是第一次。 13 第二次去的时候，约瑟的身世被他的兄弟们知道了，这样，约瑟的家族就被法老知道了。 14 于是约瑟派人把他的父亲雅各和所有的亲属请来，一共七十五人[d][e]。 15 雅各下到埃及，后来他死了，我们的祖先也死了， 16 遗体被带回示剑，安放到亚伯拉罕在示剑用一笔银子从哈莫尔的子孙买来的坟墓里。
拒绝摩西的拯救
17 “随着神向亚伯拉罕所宣告[f]的那应许时期临近，以色列子民在埃及兴旺、增多， 18 直到另一个不认识约瑟的王起来统治埃及。 19 这王狡猾地对待我们的同胞，虐待我们的祖先，强迫他们丢弃自己的婴孩，好使婴孩活不下去。 20 就在那时候，摩西出生了。他在神的眼里[g]十分俊美，在父亲家里被抚养了三个月。 21 后来他被丢弃的时候，法老的女儿把他捡去，当做自己的儿子抚养。 22 摩西在埃及人的一切智慧上受了教育，说话行事都有能力。
23 “当他满四十岁的时候，心里决定要去探望[h]自己的同胞[i]以色列子民。 24 他看见一个同胞[j]受欺负，就去卫护他，为那受压迫的人报仇，打死了那个埃及人。 25 摩西以为自己的同胞[k]会领悟神是藉着他的手拯救他们[l]，但他们却不领悟。 26 第二天，一些同胞在争斗，摩西就出来，劝他们和睦，说：‘各位！你们是同胞[m]，为什么互相欺负呢？’
27 “但那欺负同伴[n]的人把摩西推开，说：
‘谁委任你做我们的首领和审判官呢？ 28 难道你想杀了我，像你昨天杀了那个埃及人一样吗？’[o]
29 “摩西听了这话就逃跑了，并寄居在米甸地[p]，在那里生了两个儿子。 30 过了四十年，在西奈山的旷野，一位天使[q]在荆棘火焰中向摩西显现。 31 摩西见了这景象[r]，感到惊奇。正当他上前要观看的时候，有主的声音说： 32 ‘我是你祖先的神，就是亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的神[s]。’[t]摩西战战兢兢，不敢观看。
33 “主对他说：
‘脱掉你脚上的鞋，因为你站的地方是圣地。 34 我的子民在埃及的困苦，我确实看见了；他们的呻吟，我也听见了；于是我下来要救他们。现在你来！我要差派你到埃及去。’[u]
35 “这摩西就是他们拒绝说‘谁委任你做首领和审判官’[v]的那位，神却藉着那在荆棘中向他显现的天使的手，差派他做首领、做救赎者。 36 这个人带领以色列子民出来，在埃及地、在红海，并且在旷野的四十年间，行了奇事和神迹。
以色列悖逆神
37 “这个人就是摩西，他曾告诉以色列子民：‘神[w]将要从你们兄弟中给你们兴起一位先知，像兴起我一样。[x]’[y] 38 这个人曾在旷野的会众当中，与那在西奈山对他讲话的天使在一起，又和我们的祖先在一起。他接受了生命的话语，把它传给了我们。 39 我们的祖先不肯顺从，反而弃绝了他，甚至在心里转回埃及去， 40 对亚伦说：
‘为我们造一些神明在我们前面引路吧，因为带领我们出埃及地的那个摩西，我们不知道他出了什么事！’[z]
41 在那些日子里，他们造了一个牛犊的像，又向那偶像献上祭物，并且为自己手所做的而庆祝。 42 神就转身不顾，任凭他们去事奉天上的万象，正如先知书上所记载的：
‘以色列家呀！
你们在旷野的四十年里献上的牺牲和祭物，
难道是给我的吗？
43 你们抬起了摩洛的帐幕和你们理番神的星，
就是你们为敬拜而造的像。
因此，我要把你们迁移到巴比伦以外去。’[aa]
真正的会幕
44 “我们的祖先在旷野有见证的会幕，是照着对摩西说话的那一位所吩咐的，并按照摩西看到的样式所做成的。 45 我们的祖先相继承受了这会幕，并且与约书亚一起把它带进了继业之地，就是神从我们祖先面前赶出的外邦人的地，直到大卫的时代。 46 大卫在神面前蒙了恩典，就祈求为雅各的神[ab]预备[ac]一个居所[ad]。 47 但为神建造殿宇[ae]的却是所罗门。 48 其实至高者并不住在人手所造的殿宇[af]里，正如先知所说：
抗拒圣灵
51 “你们这些顽固不化、心和耳都未受割礼的人哪，你们总是抗拒圣灵！你们的祖先怎样，你们也怎样。 52 有哪一位先知，你们的祖先不逼迫呢？他们杀了那些预言那义者要来的先知，现在你们又成为那义者的出卖者和凶手了。 53 你们领受了藉天使所设立的律法，却不遵守。”
司提反殉道
54 他们听了这些话就勃然大怒[ai]，向司提反咬牙切齿。 55 但是司提反充满圣灵，注目望天，看见了神的荣耀，又看见耶稣站在神的右边。 56 他说：“看哪，我看见诸天开了，人子站在神的右边。”
57 于是他们大声喊叫，捂着耳朵，一齐向他冲过去， 58 把他拉到城外，用石头砸他。那些见证人把自己的外衣放在一个称为扫罗的年轻人脚前。 59 他们用石头砸司提反的时候，司提反向主[aj]呼求，说：“主耶稣，求你接受我的灵魂！” 60 然后他跪下，大声呼喊：“主啊，不要把这罪归于他们。”说了这话，他就睡了。
Footnotes
- 使徒行传 7:3 《创世记》12:1。
- 使徒行传 7:7 《创世记》15:13-14。
- 使徒行传 7:11 埃及——有古抄本作“埃及地”。
- 使徒行传 7:14 人——原文直译“灵魂”。
- 使徒行传 7:14 七十五人——参《创世记》46:27；《出埃及记》1:5。希伯来原文作“七十人”。
- 使徒行传 7:17 宣告——有古抄本作“起誓”。
- 使徒行传 7:20 有古抄本没有“在神的眼里”。
- 使徒行传 7:23 探望——或译作“照顾”。
- 使徒行传 7:23 同胞——原文直译“兄弟”。
- 使徒行传 7:24 同胞——原文直译“人”。
- 使徒行传 7:25 同胞——原文直译“兄弟”。
- 使徒行传 7:25 拯救他们——原文直译“给他们拯救”。
- 使徒行传 7:26 同胞——原文直译“兄弟”。
- 使徒行传 7:27 同伴——原文直译“邻人”。
- 使徒行传 7:28 《出埃及记》2:14。
- 使徒行传 7:29 寄居在米甸地——原文直译“成了在米甸地的一个寄居者”。
- 使徒行传 7:30 天使——有古抄本作“主的天使”或“主的使者”。
- 使徒行传 7:31 景象——或译作“异象”。
- 使徒行传 7:32 亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的神——有古抄本作“亚伯拉罕的神、以撒的神、雅各的神”。
- 使徒行传 7:32 《出埃及记》3:6,15。
- 使徒行传 7:34 《出埃及记》3:5,7-8,10。
- 使徒行传 7:35 《出埃及记》2:14。
- 使徒行传 7:37 神——有古抄本作“主——你们的神”。
- 使徒行传 7:37 有古抄本附“你们当听从他。”
- 使徒行传 7:37 《申命记》18:15。
- 使徒行传 7:40 《出埃及记》32:1,23。
- 使徒行传 7:43 《阿摩司书》5:25-27。
- 使徒行传 7:46 雅各的神——有古抄本作“雅各的家”。
- 使徒行传 7:46 预备——原文直译“寻找”。
- 使徒行传 7:46 居所——原文直译“帐幕”或“会幕”。
- 使徒行传 7:47 殿宇——原文直译“家”。
- 使徒行传 7:48 有古抄本没有“殿宇”。
- 使徒行传 7:49 殿宇——原文直译“家”。
- 使徒行传 7:50 《以赛亚书》66:1-2。
- 使徒行传 7:54 勃然大怒——或译作“心如被刀割”。
- 使徒行传 7:59 向主——辅助词语。
Acts 7
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Stephen’s Sermon
7 “Is this true?”[a] the high priest asked.
2 “Brothers and fathers,” he said, “listen: The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he settled in Haran,(A) 3 and said to him:
4 “Then he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and settled in Haran. From there, after his father died, God had him move to this land you now live in.(C) 5 He didn’t give him an inheritance in it, not even a foot of ground, but He promised to give it to him as a possession, and to his descendants after him,(D) even though he was childless. 6 God spoke in this way:
His descendants would be strangers
in a foreign country,
and they would enslave
and oppress them 400 years.
7 I will judge the nation
that they will serve as slaves, God said.
After this, they will come out
and worship Me in this place.(E)[c]
8 Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision. After this, he fathered Isaac and circumcised(F) him on the eighth day; Isaac did the same with Jacob, and Jacob with the 12 patriarchs.(G)
The Patriarchs in Egypt
9 “The patriarchs became jealous of Joseph and sold him into Egypt, but God was with him(H) 10 and rescued him out of all his troubles. He gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh, king of Egypt, who appointed him ruler over Egypt and over his whole household.(I) 11 Then a famine and great suffering came over all of Egypt and Canaan,(J) and our ancestors could find no food. 12 When Jacob heard there was grain in Egypt, he sent our ancestors the first time. 13 The second time, Joseph was revealed to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to Pharaoh. 14 Joseph then invited his father Jacob and all his relatives, 75 people in all,(K) 15 and Jacob went down to Egypt. He and our ancestors died there,(L) 16 were carried back to Shechem, and were placed in the tomb that Abraham had bought for a sum of silver from the sons of Hamor in Shechem.(M)
Moses, a Rejected Savior
17 “As the time was drawing near to fulfill the promise that God had made to Abraham, the people flourished and multiplied in Egypt(N) 18 until a different king who did not know Joseph ruled over Egypt.[d] 19 He dealt deceitfully with our race and oppressed our ancestors by making them leave their infants outside, so they wouldn’t survive.[e](O) 20 At this time Moses was born, and he was beautiful in God’s sight. He was cared for in his father’s home three months, 21 and when he was left outside, Pharaoh’s daughter adopted and raised him as her own son.(P) 22 So Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians and was powerful in his speech and actions.(Q)
23 “As he was approaching the age of 40, he decided[f] to visit his brothers, the Israelites. 24 When he saw one of them being mistreated, he came to his rescue and avenged the oppressed man by striking down the Egyptian. 25 He assumed his brothers would understand that God would give them deliverance through him, but they did not understand. 26 The next day he showed up while they were fighting and tried to reconcile them peacefully, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’(R)
27 “But the one who was mistreating his neighbor pushed him[g] away, saying:
Who appointed you a ruler and a judge over us? 28 Do you want to kill me, the same way you killed the Egyptian yesterday?(S)[h]
29 “At this disclosure, Moses fled and became an exile in the land of Midian, where he fathered two sons.(T) 30 After 40 years had passed, an angel[i] appeared to him in the wilderness of Mount Sinai, in the flame of a burning bush. 31 When Moses saw it, he was amazed at the sight. As he was approaching to look at it, the voice of the Lord came: 32 I am the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob.(U)[j] So Moses began to tremble and did not dare to look.
33 “Then the Lord said to him:
Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground. 34 I have observed the oppression of My people in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to rescue them. And now, come, I will send you to Egypt.(V)[k]
35 “This Moses, whom they rejected when they said, Who appointed you a ruler and a judge?[l]—this one God sent as a ruler and a redeemer by means of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.(W) 36 This man led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt,(X) at the Red Sea, and in the wilderness 40 years.(Y)
Israel’s Rebellion against God
37 “This is the Moses who said to the Israelites, God[m] will raise up for you a Prophet like me from among your brothers.(Z)[n] 38 He is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness together with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our ancestors.(AA) He received living oracles to give to us.(AB) 39 Our ancestors were unwilling to obey him, but pushed him away, and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.(AC) 40 They told Aaron:
Make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we don’t know what’s happened to him.(AD)[o]
41 They even made a calf in those days, offered sacrifice to the idol, and were celebrating what their hands had made.(AE) 42 Then God turned away(AF) and gave them up to worship(AG) the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the prophets:
House of Israel, did you bring Me offerings and sacrifices
40 years in the wilderness?
43 No, you took up the tent of Moloch[p]
and the star of your god Rephan,[q]
the images that you made to worship.
So I will deport you beyond Babylon!(AH)[r]
God’s Real Tabernacle
44 “Our ancestors had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, just as He who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern he had seen.(AI) 45 Our ancestors in turn received it and with Joshua brought it in when they dispossessed the nations that God drove out before our fathers,(AJ) until the days of David. 46 He found favor in God’s sight and asked that he might provide a dwelling place for the God[s] of Jacob.(AK) 47 But it was Solomon who built Him a house.(AL) 48 However, the Most High does not dwell in sanctuaries made with hands, as the prophet says:(AM)
49 Heaven is My throne,
and earth My footstool.
What sort of house will you build for Me?
says the Lord,
or what is My resting place?
50 Did not My hand make all these things?(AN)[t]
Resisting the Holy Spirit
51 “You stiff-necked(AO) people with uncircumcised hearts and ears!(AP) You are always resisting the Holy Spirit; as your ancestors did, so do you. 52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute?(AQ) They even killed those who announced beforehand the coming of the Righteous One, whose betrayers and murderers(AR) you have now become. 53 You received the law under the direction of angels(AS) and yet have not kept it.”
The First Christian Martyr
54 When they heard these things, they were enraged in their hearts[u] and gnashed their teeth at him. 55 But Stephen, filled by the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven. He saw God’s glory, with[v] Jesus standing at the right hand of God,(AT) and he said, 56 “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”(AU)
57 Then they screamed at the top of their voices, covered their ears, and together rushed against him. 58 They threw him out of the city and began to stone(AV) him. And the witnesses laid their robes at the feet of a young man named Saul.(AW) 59 They were stoning Stephen as he called out: “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”(AX) 60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice,(AY) “Lord, do not charge them with this sin!” And saying this, he fell asleep.(AZ)
Footnotes
- Acts 7:1 Lit “Are these things so?”
- Acts 7:3 Gn 12:1
- Acts 7:7 Gn 15:13-14
- Acts 7:18 Other mss omit over Egypt
- Acts 7:19 A common pagan practice of population control by leaving infants outside to die
- Acts 7:23 Lit 40, it came into his heart
- Acts 7:27 Moses
- Acts 7:28 Ex 2:14
- Acts 7:30 Other mss add of the Lord
- Acts 7:32 Ex 3:6,15
- Acts 7:34 Ex 3:5,7-8,10
- Acts 7:35 Ex 2:14
- Acts 7:37 Other mss read ‘The Lord your God
- Acts 7:37 Dt 18:15
- Acts 7:40 Ex 32:1,23
- Acts 7:43 Canaanite or Phoenician sky or sun god
- Acts 7:43 Perhaps an Assyrian star god—the planet Saturn
- Acts 7:43 Am 5:25-27
- Acts 7:46 Other mss read house
- Acts 7:50 Is 66:1-2
- Acts 7:54 Or were cut to the quick
- Acts 7:55 Lit and
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