Деяния 16
New Russian Translation
Тимофей присоединяется к Павлу и Силе
16 Павел пришел в Дервию и Листру. Там жил ученик по имени Тимофей.
Мать Тимофея была верующей иудеянкой, а отец его был грек. 2 О Тимофее хорошо отзывались братья в Листре и Иконии. 3 Павел захотел взять его с собой в путешествие. И ради иудеев, которые жили в той местности, обрезал его, поскольку все знали, что отец Тимофея грек. 4 Путешествуя из города в город, Павел и его спутники призывали верующих соблюдать решение, принятое апостолами и старейшинами в Иерусалиме. 5 Церкви укреплялись в вере, и число уверовавших с каждым днем увеличивалось.
Павлу является в видении человек из Македонии
6 Они проходили через Фригию и Галатийскую область, но Святой Дух не позволил им возвещать слово в провинции Азия. 7 Подойдя к границе с Мисией, они собрались идти в Вифинию, но Дух Иисуса не позволил им, 8 и они, пройдя Мисию, пришли в Троаду. 9 Ночью Павлу было видение: ему явился человек из Македонии. Он стоял и просил его:
– Приди в Македонию и помоги нам!
10 После этого видения мы[a] решили, что Бог призывает нас возвещать им Радостную Весть, и сразу же приготовились отправиться в Македонию.
Обращение Лидии в Филиппах
11 Из Троады мы отплыли прямо в Самофракию и оттуда на следующий день в Неаполь. 12 Из Неаполя мы продолжили путешествие в Филиппы, римскую колонию и главный город той части Македонии. Там мы пробыли несколько дней. 13 В субботу мы вышли за ворота города к реке, где, как мы предполагали, было место для молитвы. Мы сели и начали разговаривать с женщинами, которые там собрались. 14 Среди них была одна по имени Лидия, из города Фиатиры, которая торговала дорогими пурпурными тканями. Лидия чтила Бога, и Господь открыл ее сердце к тому, что говорил Павел. 15 После того как она и ее домашние были крещены, она пригласила нас к себе.
– Если вы считаете меня верной Господу, то придите и погостите у меня в доме, – упрашивала она и уговорила нас.
Арест Павла и Силы в Филиппах
16 Однажды, когда мы шли к месту молитвы, по дороге нам повстречалась некая рабыня, одержимая духом-змеем[b]. Предсказаниями она приносила большой доход своим хозяевам. 17 Рабыня шла за Павлом и за нами и кричала:
– Эти люди – слуги Всевышнего Бога! Они возвещают вам путь спасения!
18 Она делала это изо дня в день, и когда Павлу все это надоело, он обернулся и сказал духу:
– Во имя Иисуса Христа я повелеваю тебе: выйди из нее!
В тот же момент дух ее покинул. 19 Когда ее хозяева поняли, что у них пропал источник дохода, они схватили Павла и Силу и поволокли их на площадь к городским властям. 20 Они привели их к начальникам города и сказали:
– Эти люди – иудеи, и они служат причиной беспорядков в нашем городе. 21 Они вводят обычаи, которые нам, римлянам, не следует ни принимать, ни исполнять.
22 Толпа тоже присоединилась к обвинениям против Павла и Силы, и начальники велели раздеть их и бить палками. 23 Их сильно избили и бросили в темницу, а темничному стражу приказали бдительно их охранять. 24 Получив такой приказ, он закрыл их во внутреннюю камеру и забил их ноги в колоду.
25 Около полуночи Павел и Сила молились и пели хвалебные песни Богу, а другие заключенные слушали их. 26 Внезапно произошло такое сильное землетрясение, что поколебались основания темницы. Все двери раскрылись, и у всех заключенных цепи упали с ног. 27 Когда темничный страж проснулся и увидел, что все двери темницы раскрыты, он схватил меч и хотел покончить с собой, думая, что все заключенные убежали. 28 Но Павел успел крикнуть:
– Не губи себя! Мы все здесь!
29 Страж потребовал света, вбежал внутрь и, дрожа, пал перед Павлом и Силой. 30 Он вывел их наружу и спросил:
– Господа мои, что мне делать, чтобы быть спасенным?
31 – Веруй в Господа Иисуса, – ответили они, – и ты будешь спасен, и твои домашние.
32 И они возвестили слово Господа ему и его домашним. 33 В тот же ночной час темничный страж промыл им раны и сразу же был крещен, он сам и все домашние его. 34 Он привел Павла и Силу к себе домой и накрыл для них стол. Вместе со всеми своими домашними он радовался тому, что поверил в Бога.
35 Наступил день, и городские начальники послали своих служителей в темницу с приказом:
– Освободите этих людей.
36 Темничный страж сказал Павлу:
– Начальники приказали освободить вас! Вы можете идти с миром!
37 Но Павел сказал:
– Они без суда избили нас перед народом, несмотря на то что мы римские граждане, и бросили нас в темницу. Сейчас же они хотят от нас избавиться так, чтобы никто не знал? Нет! Пусть они сами придут и выведут нас.
38 Служители доложили об этом городским начальникам, и когда те услышали, что Павел и Сила римские граждане, то испугались. 39 Они пришли, принесли им свои извинения, вывели из темницы и попросили, чтобы те покинули город. 40 Выйдя из темницы, Павел и Сила пошли в дом Лидии. Там они встретились с братьями и ободрили их. После этого они отправились дальше.
Footnotes
- 16:10 Мы – здесь можно увидеть, что с этого момента Лука сам стал участником этого путешествия. Участие Луки в описываемых событиях заметно в следующих отрывках: 16:10-17; 20:5–21:18; 27:1–28:16.
- 16:16 Духом-змеем – букв.: «духом Пифоном». Согласно одной из версий древнегреческого мифа, Пифоном называлась огромная змея, опустошавшая окрестности Дельф. Она сторожила дельфийский оракул и давала там прорицания до того, как ее убил Аполлон. Позже Пифоном стали называть духа прорицания, который овладевал людьми.
Acts 16
Easy-to-Read Version
Timothy Goes With Paul and Silas
16 Paul went to the city of Derbe and then to Lystra, where a follower of Jesus named Timothy lived. Timothy’s mother was a Jewish believer, but his father was a Greek. 2 The believers in the cities of Lystra and Iconium had only good things to say about him. 3 Paul wanted Timothy to travel with him, but all the Jews living in that area knew that his father was a Greek. So Paul circumcised Timothy to please the Jews.
4 Then Paul and those with him traveled through other cities. They gave the believers the rules and decisions from the apostles and elders in Jerusalem. They told them to obey these rules. 5 So the churches were becoming stronger in their faith, and the number of believers was growing every day.
Paul Is Called to Macedonia
6 Paul and those with him went through the areas of Phrygia and Galatia because the Holy Spirit did not allow them to tell the Good News in the province of Asia. 7 When they reached the border of Mysia, they tried to go on into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not let them go there. 8 So they passed by Mysia and went to the city of Troas.
9 That night Paul saw a vision. In it, a man from Macedonia came to Paul. The man stood there and begged, “Come across to Macedonia and help us.” 10 After Paul had seen the vision, we[a] immediately prepared to leave for Macedonia. We understood that God had called us to tell the Good News to those people.
The Conversion of Lydia
11 We left Troas in a ship and sailed to the island of Samothrace. The next day we sailed to the city of Neapolis. 12 Then we went to Philippi, a Roman colony and the leading city in that part of Macedonia. We stayed there for a few days.
13 On the Sabbath day we went out the city gate to the river. There we thought we might find a special place for prayer. Some women had gathered there, so we sat down and talked with them. 14 There was a woman there named Lydia from the city of Thyatira. Her job was selling purple cloth. She was a worshiper of the true God. Lydia was listening to Paul, and the Lord opened her heart to accept what Paul was saying. 15 She and all the people living in her house were baptized. Then she invited us into her home. She said, “If you think I am a true believer in the Lord Jesus, come stay in my house.” She persuaded us to stay with her.
Paul and Silas in Jail
16 One day we were going to the place for prayer, and a servant girl met us. She had a spirit[b] in her that gave her the power to tell what would happen in the future. By doing this she earned a lot of money for the men who owned her. 17 She started following Paul and the rest of us around. She kept shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God! They are telling you how you can be saved!” 18 She continued doing this for many days. This bothered Paul, so he turned and said to the spirit, “By the power of Jesus Christ, I command you to come out of her!” Immediately, the spirit came out.
19 When the men who owned the servant girl saw this, they realized that they could no longer use her to make money. So they grabbed Paul and Silas and dragged them to the public square to meet with the authorities. 20 They brought Paul and Silas before the Roman officials and said, “These men are Jews, and they are making trouble in our city. 21 They are telling people to do things that are not right for us as Romans to do.”
22 The whole crowd turned against Paul and Silas. The officials tore the clothes off both men and ordered that they be beaten with rods. 23 They were beaten severely and thrown into jail. The officials told the jailer, “Guard them very carefully!” 24 When the jailer heard this special order, he put Paul and Silas far inside the jail and bound their feet between large blocks of wood.
25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing songs to God. The other prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was an earthquake so strong that it shook the foundation of the jail. All the doors of the jail opened, and the chains on all the prisoners fell off. 27 The jailer woke up and saw that the jail doors were open. He thought that the prisoners had already escaped, so he got his sword and was ready to kill himself.[c] 28 But Paul shouted, “Don’t hurt yourself! We are all here!”
29 The jailer told someone to bring a light. Then he ran inside and, shaking with fear, fell down in front of Paul and Silas. 30 Then he brought them outside and said, “Men, what must I do to be saved?”
31 They said to him, “Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved—you and all who live in your house.” 32 So Paul and Silas told the message of the Lord to the jailer and all the people who lived in his house. 33 It was late at night, but the jailer took Paul and Silas and washed their wounds. Then the jailer and all his people were baptized. 34 After this the jailer took Paul and Silas home and gave them some food. All the people were very happy because they now believed in God.
35 The next morning the Roman officials sent some soldiers to tell the jailer, “Let these men go free.”
36 The jailer said to Paul, “The officials have sent these soldiers to let you go free. You can leave now. Go in peace.”
37 But Paul said to the soldiers, “Those officials did not prove that we did anything wrong, but they beat us in public and put us in jail. And we are Roman citizens.[d] Now they want us to go away quietly. No, they must come here themselves and lead us out!”
38 The soldiers told the officials what Paul said. When they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were afraid. 39 So they came and told them they were sorry. They led them out of the jail and asked them to leave the city. 40 But when Paul and Silas came out of the jail, they went to Lydia’s house. They saw some of the believers there and encouraged them. Then they left.
Footnotes
- Acts 16:10 we Luke, the writer, apparently went with Paul to Macedonia but did not leave Philippi with him. (See verse 40.) The first person pronoun occurs again in 20:5-21:18 and 27:1-28.
- Acts 16:16 spirit A spirit from the devil that gave special knowledge.
- Acts 16:27 kill himself He thought the leaders would kill him for letting the prisoners escape.
- Acts 16:37 Roman citizens Roman law said that Roman citizens must not be beaten before their trial.
Acts 16
New American Standard Bible
The Macedonian Vision
16 Now Paul also came to (A)Derbe and to (B)Lystra. And a disciple was there, named (C)Timothy, the son of a (D)Jewish woman who was a believer, but his father was a Greek, 2 and he was well spoken of by (E)the brothers and sisters who were in (F)Lystra and (G)Iconium. 3 Paul wanted this man to leave with him; and he (H)took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek. 4 Now while they were passing through the cities, they were delivering (I)the ordinances for them to follow which had been determined by (J)the apostles and (K)elders in Jerusalem. 5 So (L)the churches were being strengthened [a]in the faith, and were (M)increasing in number daily.
6 They passed through the [b](N)Phrygian and (O)Galatian region, after being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in [c](P)Asia; 7 and after they came to (Q)Mysia, they were trying to go into (R)Bithynia, and the (S)Spirit of Jesus did not allow them; 8 and passing by (T)Mysia, they went down to (U)Troas. 9 (V)And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of (W)Macedonia was standing and pleading with him, and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” 10 When he had seen (X)the vision, (Y)we immediately sought to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to (Z)preach the gospel to them.
11 So after setting sail from (AA)Troas, we ran (AB)a straight course to Samothrace, and on the following day to Neapolis; 12 and from there to (AC)Philippi, which is a leading city of the district of (AD)Macedonia, (AE)a Roman colony; and we were spending some days in this city. 13 And on (AF)the Sabbath day we went outside the gate to a riverside, where we were thinking that there was a place of prayer; and we sat down and began speaking to the women who had assembled.
First Convert in Europe
14 A woman named Lydia was listening; she was a seller of purple fabrics from the city of (AG)Thyatira, and (AH)a worshiper of God. [d]The Lord (AI)opened her heart to respond to the things spoken by Paul. 15 Now when she and (AJ)her household had been baptized, she urged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” And she prevailed upon us.
16 It happened that as we were going to (AK)the place of prayer, a slave woman who had (AL)a spirit of divination met us, who was bringing great profit to her masters by fortune-telling. 17 She followed Paul and us and cried out repeatedly, saying, “These men are bond-servants of (AM)the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you a way of salvation.” 18 Now she continued doing this for many days. But Paul was greatly annoyed, and he turned and said to the spirit, “I command you (AN)in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!” And it came out at that very [e]moment.
19 But when her masters saw that their hope of (AO)profit was suddenly gone, they seized (AP)Paul and Silas and (AQ)dragged them into the marketplace before the authorities, 20 and when they had brought them to the chief magistrates, they said, “These men, Jews as they are, are causing our city trouble, 21 and they (AR)are proclaiming customs that are not lawful for us to accept or to practice, since we are (AS)Romans.”
Paul and Silas Imprisoned
22 The crowd joined in an attack against them, and the chief magistrates tore their [f]robes off them and proceeded to order [g]them to be (AT)beaten with rods. 23 When they had struck them with many blows, they threw them into prison, commanding (AU)the jailer to guard them securely; 24 [h]and he, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in (AV)the [i]stocks.
25 Now about midnight (AW)Paul and Silas were praying and (AX)singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them; 26 and suddenly (AY)there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately (AZ)all the doors were opened, and everyone’s (BA)chains were unfastened. 27 When (BB)the jailer awoke and saw the prison doors opened, he drew his sword and was about (BC)to kill himself, thinking that the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Paul called out with a loud voice, saying, “Do not harm yourself, for we are all here!” 29 And the jailer asked for lights and rushed in, and trembling with fear, he fell down before (BD)Paul and Silas; 30 and after he brought them out, he said, “Sirs, (BE)what must I do to be saved?”
The Jailer Converted
31 They said, “(BF)Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and (BG)your household.” 32 And they spoke the word of God to him together with all who were in his house. 33 And he took them (BH)that very hour of the night and washed their wounds, and immediately he was baptized, he and all his household. 34 And he brought them into his house and set [j]food before them, and was [k]overjoyed, since he had become a believer in God together with (BI)his whole household.
35 Now when day came, the chief magistrates sent their officers, saying, “Release those men.” 36 And (BJ)the jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The chief magistrates have sent word that you be released. So come out now and go (BK)in peace.” 37 But Paul said to them, “After beating us in public without due process—(BL)men who are Romans—they threw us into prison; and now they are releasing us secretly? No indeed! On the contrary, let them come [l]in person and lead us out.” 38 The officers reported these words to the chief magistrates. (BM)And they became fearful when they heard that they were Romans, 39 and they came and pleaded with them, and when they had led them out, they repeatedly asked them (BN)to leave the city. 40 They left the prison and entered the house of (BO)Lydia, and when they saw (BP)the brothers and sisters, they [m]encouraged them and departed.
Footnotes
- Acts 16:5 Or in faith
- Acts 16:6 Or Phrygia and the Galatian region
- Acts 16:6 I.e., west coast province of Asia Minor
- Acts 16:14 Lit Whose heart the Lord opened
- Acts 16:18 Lit hour
- Acts 16:22 Or outer garments
- Acts 16:22 Lit to beat with rods
- Acts 16:24 Lit who
- Acts 16:24 Lit wood
- Acts 16:34 Lit a table
- Acts 16:34 Or overjoyed together with his whole household, since...God
- Acts 16:37 Lit themselves
- Acts 16:40 Or exhorted
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