使徒行傳 7
Chinese Standard Bible (Traditional)
司提反在議會講道
7 大祭司問司提反：「真有這些事嗎？」
2 司提反說：「各位父老兄弟，請聽！我們的先祖亞伯拉罕住哈蘭以前，還在美索不達米亞的時候，榮耀的神向他顯現， 3 對他說：
『你要離開你的故土和親族，
到我所要指示你的地方去。』[a]
4 「於是亞伯拉罕離開迦勒底人的地方，住在哈蘭。他的父親死了以後，神使他從那裡遷移到你們現在所住的這地方。 5 在這裡，神並沒有賜給他繼業，連立足的地方也沒有。可是神應許要把這地賜給他和他的後裔為業。當時，亞伯拉罕還沒有孩子。 6 神這樣說：
『他的後裔要在他人之地做寄居的，
那裡的人要奴役、虐待他們四百年。
7 可是我要懲罰那奴役他們的國家。』
神又說：
『這些事以後，他們將要出來，在這地方事奉我。』[b]
8 神又賜給亞伯拉罕割禮的約。這樣，亞伯拉罕生了以撒，第八天給他行了割禮。後來以撒生了雅各，雅各生了十二位先祖。
先祖在埃及
9 「先祖們嫉妒約瑟，把他賣到埃及去。可是神與他同在， 10 救他脫離一切患難，並且使他在埃及王法老面前蒙恩寵、有智慧。法老就委任約瑟做宰相，統管埃及和法老全家。 11 後來整個埃及[c]和迦南地區遭遇了饑荒和大災難，我們的祖先找不到糧食。 12 雅各聽說埃及有糧食，就派我們的祖先去，這是第一次。 13 第二次去的時候，約瑟的身世被他的兄弟們知道了，這樣，約瑟的家族就被法老知道了。 14 於是約瑟派人把他的父親雅各和所有的親屬請來，一共七十五人[d][e]。 15 雅各下到埃及，後來他死了，我們的祖先也死了， 16 遺體被帶回示劍，安放到亞伯拉罕在示劍用一筆銀子從哈莫爾的子孫買來的墳墓裡。
拒絕摩西的拯救
17 「隨著神向亞伯拉罕所宣告[f]的那應許時期臨近，以色列子民在埃及興旺、增多， 18 直到另一個不認識約瑟的王起來統治埃及。 19 這王狡猾地對待我們的同胞，虐待我們的祖先，強迫他們丟棄自己的嬰孩，好使嬰孩活不下去。 20 就在那時候，摩西出生了。他在神的眼裡[g]十分俊美，在父親家裡被撫養了三個月。 21 後來他被丟棄的時候，法老的女兒把他撿去，當做自己的兒子撫養。 22 摩西在埃及人的一切智慧上受了教育，說話行事都有能力。
23 「當他滿四十歲的時候，心裡決定要去探望[h]自己的同胞[i]以色列子民。 24 他看見一個同胞[j]受欺負，就去衛護他，為那受壓迫的人報仇，打死了那個埃及人。 25 摩西以為自己的同胞[k]會領悟神是藉著他的手拯救他們[l]，但他們卻不領悟。 26 第二天，一些同胞在爭鬥，摩西就出來，勸他們和睦，說：『各位！你們是同胞[m]，為什麼互相欺負呢？』
27 「但那欺負同伴[n]的人把摩西推開，說：
『誰委任你做我們的首領和審判官呢？ 28 難道你想殺了我，像你昨天殺了那個埃及人一樣嗎？』[o]
29 「摩西聽了這話就逃跑了，並寄居在米甸地[p]，在那裡生了兩個兒子。 30 過了四十年，在西奈山的曠野，一位天使[q]在荊棘火焰中向摩西顯現。 31 摩西見了這景象[r]，感到驚奇。正當他上前要觀看的時候，有主的聲音說： 32 『我是你祖先的神，就是亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的神[s]。』[t]摩西戰戰兢兢，不敢觀看。
33 「主對他說：
『脫掉你腳上的鞋，因為你站的地方是聖地。 34 我的子民在埃及的困苦，我確實看見了；他們的呻吟，我也聽見了；於是我下來要救他們。現在你來！我要差派你到埃及去。』[u]
35 「這摩西就是他們拒絕說『誰委任你做首領和審判官』[v]的那位，神卻藉著那在荊棘中向他顯現的天使的手，差派他做首領、做救贖者。 36 這個人帶領以色列子民出來，在埃及地、在紅海，並且在曠野的四十年間，行了奇事和神蹟。
以色列悖逆神
37 「這個人就是摩西，他曾告訴以色列子民：『神[w]將要從你們兄弟中給你們興起一位先知，像興起我一樣。[x]』[y] 38 這個人曾在曠野的會眾當中，與那在西奈山對他講話的天使在一起，又和我們的祖先在一起。他接受了生命的話語，把它傳給了我們。 39 我們的祖先不肯順從，反而棄絕了他，甚至在心裡轉回埃及去， 40 對亞倫說：
『為我們造一些神明在我們前面引路吧，因為帶領我們出埃及地的那個摩西，我們不知道他出了什麼事！』[z]
41 在那些日子裡，他們造了一個牛犢的像，又向那偶像獻上祭物，並且為自己手所做的而慶祝。 42 神就轉身不顧，任憑他們去事奉天上的萬象，正如先知書上所記載的：
『以色列家呀！
你們在曠野的四十年裡獻上的犧牲和祭物，
難道是給我的嗎？
43 你們抬起了摩洛的帳幕和你們理番神的星，
就是你們為敬拜而造的像。
因此，我要把你們遷移到巴比倫以外去。』[aa]
真正的會幕
44 「我們的祖先在曠野有見證的會幕，是照著對摩西說話的那一位所吩咐的，並按照摩西看到的樣式所做成的。 45 我們的祖先相繼承受了這會幕，並且與約書亞一起把它帶進了繼業之地，就是神從我們祖先面前趕出的外邦人的地，直到大衛的時代。 46 大衛在神面前蒙了恩典，就祈求為雅各的神[ab]預備[ac]一個居所[ad]。 47 但為神建造殿宇[ae]的卻是所羅門。 48 其實至高者並不住在人手所造的殿宇[af]裡，正如先知所說：
抗拒聖靈
51 「你們這些頑固不化、心和耳都未受割禮的人哪，你們總是抗拒聖靈！你們的祖先怎樣，你們也怎樣。 52 有哪一位先知，你們的祖先不逼迫呢？他們殺了那些預言那義者要來的先知，現在你們又成為那義者的出賣者和凶手了。 53 你們領受了藉天使所設立的律法，卻不遵守。」
司提反殉道
54 他們聽了這些話就勃然大怒[ai]，向司提反咬牙切齒。 55 但是司提反充滿聖靈，注目望天，看見了神的榮耀，又看見耶穌站在神的右邊。 56 他說：「看哪，我看見諸天開了，人子站在神的右邊。」
57 於是他們大聲喊叫，摀著耳朵，一齊向他衝過去， 58 把他拉到城外，用石頭砸他。那些見證人把自己的外衣放在一個稱為掃羅的年輕人腳前。 59 他們用石頭砸司提反的時候，司提反向主[aj]呼求，說：「主耶穌，求你接受我的靈魂！」 60 然後他跪下，大聲呼喊：「主啊，不要把這罪歸於他們。」說了這話，他就睡了。
Footnotes
- 使徒行傳 7:3 《創世記》12:1。
- 使徒行傳 7:7 《創世記》15:13-14。
- 使徒行傳 7:11 埃及——有古抄本作「埃及地」。
- 使徒行傳 7:14 人——原文直譯「靈魂」。
- 使徒行傳 7:14 七十五人——參《創世記》46:27；《出埃及記》1:5。希伯來原文作「七十人」。
- 使徒行傳 7:17 宣告——有古抄本作「起誓」。
- 使徒行傳 7:20 有古抄本沒有「在神的眼裡」。
- 使徒行傳 7:23 探望——或譯作「照顧」。
- 使徒行傳 7:23 同胞——原文直譯「兄弟」。
- 使徒行傳 7:24 同胞——原文直譯「人」。
- 使徒行傳 7:25 同胞——原文直譯「兄弟」。
- 使徒行傳 7:25 拯救他們——原文直譯「給他們拯救」。
- 使徒行傳 7:26 同胞——原文直譯「兄弟」。
- 使徒行傳 7:27 同伴——原文直譯「鄰人」。
- 使徒行傳 7:28 《出埃及記》2:14。
- 使徒行傳 7:29 寄居在米甸地——原文直譯「成了在米甸地的一個寄居者」。
- 使徒行傳 7:30 天使——有古抄本作「主的天使」或「主的使者」。
- 使徒行傳 7:31 景象——或譯作「異象」。
- 使徒行傳 7:32 亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的神——有古抄本作「亞伯拉罕的神、以撒的神、雅各的神」。
- 使徒行傳 7:32 《出埃及記》3:6,15。
- 使徒行傳 7:34 《出埃及記》3:5,7-8,10。
- 使徒行傳 7:35 《出埃及記》2:14。
- 使徒行傳 7:37 神——有古抄本作「主——你們的神」。
- 使徒行傳 7:37 有古抄本附「你們當聽從他。」
- 使徒行傳 7:37 《申命記》18:15。
- 使徒行傳 7:40 《出埃及記》32:1,23。
- 使徒行傳 7:43 《阿摩司書》5:25-27。
- 使徒行傳 7:46 雅各的神——有古抄本作「雅各的家」。
- 使徒行傳 7:46 預備——原文直譯「尋找」。
- 使徒行傳 7:46 居所——原文直譯「帳幕」或「會幕」。
- 使徒行傳 7:47 殿宇——原文直譯「家」。
- 使徒行傳 7:48 有古抄本沒有「殿宇」。
- 使徒行傳 7:49 殿宇——原文直譯「家」。
- 使徒行傳 7:50 《以賽亞書》66:1-2。
- 使徒行傳 7:54 勃然大怒——或譯作「心如被刀割」。
- 使徒行傳 7:59 向主——輔助詞語。
Acts 7
New King James Version
Stephen’s Address: The Call of Abraham
7 Then the high priest said, “Are these things so?”
2 And he said, (A)“Brethren and fathers, listen: The (B)God of glory appeared to our father Abraham when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in (C)Haran, 3 and said to him, (D)‘Get out of your country and from your relatives, and come to a land that I will show you.’ 4 Then (E)he came out of the land of the Chaldeans and dwelt in Haran. And from there, when his father was (F)dead, He moved him to this land in which you now dwell. 5 And God gave him no inheritance in it, not even enough to set his foot on. But even when Abraham had no child, (G)He promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his descendants after him. 6 But God spoke in this way: (H)that his descendants would dwell in a foreign land, and that they would bring them into (I)bondage and oppress them four hundred years. 7 (J)‘And the nation to whom they will be in bondage I will (K)judge,’ said God, (L)‘and after that they shall come out and serve Me in this place.’ 8 (M)Then He gave him the covenant of circumcision; (N)and so Abraham begot Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day; (O)and Isaac begot Jacob, and (P)Jacob begot the twelve patriarchs.
The Patriarchs in Egypt
9 (Q)“And the patriarchs, becoming envious, (R)sold Joseph into Egypt. (S)But God was with him 10 and delivered him out of all his troubles, (T)and gave him favor and wisdom in the presence of Pharaoh, king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house. 11 (U)Now a famine and great [a]trouble came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and our fathers found no sustenance. 12 (V)But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. 13 And the (W)second time Joseph was made known to his brothers, and Joseph’s family became known to the Pharaoh. 14 (X)Then Joseph sent and called his father Jacob and (Y)all his relatives to him, [b]seventy-five people. 15 (Z)So Jacob went down to Egypt; (AA)and he died, he and our fathers. 16 And (AB)they were carried back to Shechem and laid in (AC)the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money from the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem.
God Delivers Israel by Moses
17 “But when (AD)the time of the promise drew near which God had sworn to Abraham, (AE)the people grew and multiplied in Egypt 18 till another king (AF)arose who did not know Joseph. 19 This man dealt treacherously with our people, and oppressed our forefathers, (AG)making them expose their babies, so that they might not live. 20 (AH)At this time Moses was born, and (AI)was well pleasing to God; and he was brought up in his father’s house for three months. 21 But (AJ)when he was set out, (AK)Pharaoh’s daughter took him away and brought him up as her own son. 22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was (AL)mighty in words and deeds.
23 (AM)“Now when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren, the children of Israel. 24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended and avenged him who was oppressed, and struck down the Egyptian. 25 For he supposed that his brethren would have understood that God would deliver them by his hand, but they did not understand. 26 And the next day he appeared to two of them as they were fighting, and tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brethren; why do you wrong one another?’ 27 But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, (AN)‘Who made you a ruler and a judge over us? 28 Do you want to kill me as you did the Egyptian yesterday?’ 29 (AO)Then, at this saying, Moses fled and became a dweller in the land of Midian, where he (AP)had two sons.
30 (AQ)“And when forty years had passed, an Angel [c]of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire in a bush, in the wilderness of Mount Sinai. 31 When Moses saw it, he marveled at the sight; and as he drew near to observe, the voice of the Lord came to him, 32 saying, (AR)‘I am the God of your fathers—the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’ And Moses trembled and dared not look. 33 (AS)‘Then the Lord said to him, “Take your sandals off your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground. 34 I have surely (AT)seen the oppression of My people who are in Egypt; I have heard their groaning and have come down to deliver them. And now come, I will (AU)send you to Egypt.” ’
35 “This Moses whom they rejected, saying, (AV)‘Who made you a ruler and a judge?’ is the one God sent to be a ruler and a deliverer (AW)by the hand of the Angel who appeared to him in the bush. 36 (AX)He brought them out, after he had (AY)shown wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, (AZ)and in the Red Sea, (BA)and in the wilderness forty years.
Israel Rebels Against God
37 “This is that Moses who said to the children of Israel, (BB)‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a Prophet like me from your brethren. (BC)Him[d] you shall hear.’
38 (BD)“This is he who was in the [e]congregation in the wilderness with (BE)the Angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, (BF)the one who received the living (BG)oracles[f] to give to us, 39 whom our fathers (BH)would not obey, but rejected. And in their hearts they turned back to Egypt, 40 (BI)saying to Aaron, ‘Make us gods to go before us; as for this Moses who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has become of him.’ 41 (BJ)And they made a calf in those days, offered sacrifices to the idol, and (BK)rejoiced in the works of their own hands. 42 Then (BL)God turned and gave them up to worship (BM)the host of heaven, as it is written in the book of the Prophets:
(BN)‘Did you offer Me slaughtered animals and sacrifices during forty years in the wilderness,
O house of Israel?
43 You also took up the tabernacle of Moloch,
And the star of your god Remphan,
Images which you made to worship;
And (BO)I will carry you away beyond Babylon.’
God’s True Tabernacle
44 “Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as He appointed, instructing Moses (BP)to make it according to the pattern that he had seen, 45 (BQ)which our fathers, having received it in turn, also brought with Joshua into the land possessed by the Gentiles, (BR)whom God drove out before the face of our fathers until the (BS)days of David, 46 (BT)who found favor before God and (BU)asked to find a dwelling for the God of Jacob. 47 (BV)But Solomon built Him a house.
48 “However, (BW)the Most High does not dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says:
49 ‘Heaven(BX) is My throne,
And earth is My footstool.
What house will you build for Me? says the Lord,
Or what is the place of My rest?
50 Has My hand not (BY)made all these things?’
Israel Resists the Holy Spirit
51 “You (BZ)stiff-necked[g] and (CA)uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. 52 (CB)Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of (CC)the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, 53 (CD)who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.”
Stephen the Martyr
54 (CE)When they heard these things they were [h]cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. 55 But he, (CF)being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the (CG)glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, 56 and said, “Look! (CH)I see the heavens opened and the (CI)Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord; 58 and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And (CJ)the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, (CK)receive my spirit.” 60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, (CL)“Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
Acts 7
King James Version
7 Then said the high priest, Are these things so?
2 And he said, Men, brethren, and fathers, hearken; The God of glory appeared unto our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Charran,
3 And said unto him, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall shew thee.
4 Then came he out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Charran: and from thence, when his father was dead, he removed him into this land, wherein ye now dwell.
5 And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
6 And God spake on this wise, That his seed should sojourn in a strange land; and that they should bring them into bondage, and entreat them evil four hundred years.
7 And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
8 And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
9 And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
10 And delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favour and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.
11 Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance.
12 But when Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first.
13 And at the second time Joseph was made known to his brethren; and Joseph's kindred was made known unto Pharaoh.
14 Then sent Joseph, and called his father Jacob to him, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.
15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, and died, he, and our fathers,
16 And were carried over into Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Emmor the father of Sychem.
17 But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
18 Till another king arose, which knew not Joseph.
19 The same dealt subtilly with our kindred, and evil entreated our fathers, so that they cast out their young children, to the end they might not live.
20 In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, and nourished up in his father's house three months:
21 And when he was cast out, Pharaoh's daughter took him up, and nourished him for her own son.
22 And Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was mighty in words and in deeds.
23 And when he was full forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brethren the children of Israel.
24 And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged him that was oppressed, and smote the Egyptian:
25 For he supposed his brethren would have understood how that God by his hand would deliver them: but they understood not.
26 And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
27 But he that did his neighbour wrong thrust him away, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?
28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou diddest the Egyptian yesterday?
29 Then fled Moses at this saying, and was a stranger in the land of Madian, where he begat two sons.
30 And when forty years were expired, there appeared to him in the wilderness of mount Sina an angel of the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush.
31 When Moses saw it, he wondered at the sight: and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came unto him,
32 Saying, I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and durst not behold.
33 Then said the Lord to him, Put off thy shoes from thy feet: for the place where thou standest is holy ground.
34 I have seen, I have seen the affliction of my people which is in Egypt, and I have heard their groaning, and am come down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.
35 This Moses whom they refused, saying, Who made thee a ruler and a judge? the same did God send to be a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel which appeared to him in the bush.
36 He brought them out, after that he had shewed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.
37 This is that Moses, which said unto the children of Israel, A prophet shall the Lord your God raise up unto you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear.
38 This is he, that was in the church in the wilderness with the angel which spake to him in the mount Sina, and with our fathers: who received the lively oracles to give unto us:
39 To whom our fathers would not obey, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,
40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us gods to go before us: for as for this Moses, which brought us out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.
41 And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice unto the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.
42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?
43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god Remphan, figures which ye made to worship them: and I will carry you away beyond Babylon.
44 Our fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion that he had seen.
45 Which also our fathers that came after brought in with Jesus into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drave out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David;
46 Who found favour before God, and desired to find a tabernacle for the God of Jacob.
47 But Solomon built him an house.
48 Howbeit the most High dwelleth not in temples made with hands; as saith the prophet,
49 Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what is the place of my rest?
50 Hath not my hand made all these things?
51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
52 Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:
53 Who have received the law by the disposition of angels, and have not kept it.
54 When they heard these things, they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed on him with their teeth.
55 But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God,
56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.
57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,
58 And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul.
59 And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
60 And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And when he had said this, he fell asleep.
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