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使徒の活動記録 16
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使徒の活動記録 16
Japanese Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
パウロとシラスと同行するテモテ
16 パウロは都📍デルベに行き、その後、テモテという神を信じる者が住んでいる丘の町ルステラを訪れた。テモテの母親はユダヤ人の信じる者で、父親はギリシャ人だった。 2 丘の町📍ルステラと📍都イコニオンに住む信じる仲間たちがテモテについて話すと、彼らの口からはいつも彼の良いことばかりが出てきた。 3 パウロはテモテと旅をしたかったが、その地域に住んでいるユダヤ人たちは、テモテの父親がギリシャ人であることを知っていた。そこでパウロはユダヤ人たちの気を損なわないようにと、テモテに割礼を行った。
4 こうして彼を含めた、パウロとその一行たちは町々を通って旅を続けた。彼らは信じる仲間たちに、エルサレムの使徒と長老たちが決めた決定事項とルールを言い渡した。彼らは、このルールに従うようにと伝えたのだ。 5 このことを通して、教会たちの信仰はさらに強くなり、信じる仲間たちの数が毎日増えていった。
パウロはマケドニヤ州に呼ばれる
6 パウロとその一行は、📍フルギヤとガラテヤ州の地域を進んで行った。なぜなら、彼らがアジア州に最高な知らせを広めることを聖霊が許さなかったからだ。 7 彼らが📍ムシヤ州の国境にたどり着き、ビテニヤ州に入ろうとしたが、イエスの霊が彼らをそこへ行かせなかったのだ。 8 そこで彼らはムシヤ州を通って、港町📍トロアスへと向かった。
9 その夜、パウロはビジョンを見た。その中で、マケドニヤ出身の男がパウロのもとに来る光景を見たのだ。男はそこに立ってお願いをした。「マケドニヤに渡って来て、私たちを助けてください」 10 パウロはそのビジョンを見た後、すぐにマケドニヤ州に向かう準備をした。神は私たちをその地に呼んでいて、そこに住んでいる人々に最高な知らせを広めてほしいということがわかったのだ。——【「私たち」とあるが、使徒行伝の著者であるルカも彼らと共にマケドニヤに向かったと思われる】
ルデヤはイエスを信じる者となる
11 私たちは港町トロアスを出航し、📍サモトラケ島に着いた。そして、翌日には港の都📍ネアポリスへと出航した。 12 その後、ローマの植民地であり、マケドニア地域の主要都市である📍ピリピに向かった。私たちは数日間、そこに滞在した。
13 休日の日には、都の門を出て川に向かった。そこなら祈るのに良い場所が見つけられるだろうと思ったのだ。そこには、ある女性たちが集まっていたので、私たちも一緒に座って話しに加わった。 14 そこにはテアティラの都からルデヤという女性がいた。彼女は紫の布を売る仕事をし、本当の神を賛美する女性だった。ルデヤはパウロの話を聞いていた。王である神は彼女の心を開き、パウロが言ってることを受け入れられるようにしてくれたのだ。 15 彼女とその家に住む全ての人は洗礼を受けた。それから彼女は自分の家に泊まっていくようにと私たちにお願いし、彼女はこう言った。「私が本当にイエスを信じる者だと思うなら、私の家に泊まっていきなさいよ」こうして彼女は私たちを家に泊まらせるために必死に私たちを説得した。
パウロとシラスが牢屋に
16 ある日のこと・・・私たちは祈るための場所に出かけて行くと、ある召使いの女の子に出会った。彼女の中には悪霊がいて、その霊は将来起こることを伝える力を彼女に与えていた。この女の子の働きによって、雇い主たちはたくさんのお金を儲けていたのだ。 17 すると、彼女はパウロと私たちの後を追ってくるようになり、彼女は叫び続けた。「この方たちは、いと高き神の召使いよ！彼らは、あなた達に救われる方法を伝えているのです！」 18 彼女はこのことを何日にも渡って続けた。この彼女の行動に困り果てたパウロは、振り返って霊に言った。「イエス・キリストの権威によって命じる！彼女から出ていけ！」すると、すぐに霊は彼女から出ていった。
19 やがて、召使いの女の子の主人たちは、もうこれ以上彼女を使ってお金を稼ぐことができないことに気付き、パウロとシラスを捕らえて、役人のいる公共の広場まで彼らを引きずって行ったのだ。 20 彼らはパウロとシラスをローマの役人の前に連れて来ると、こう言った。「彼らはユダヤ人で、私たちの街で騒ぎを起こしています。 21 ローマ市民にとって、従うことを禁じられている習慣を彼らは人々に教えています！」
22 すると、周りの人たちは全員、パウロとシラスに対して反対した。役人は2人の服を引き裂き、木の棒で殴るように命じた。 23 2人は激しく殴られ、牢屋に放り込まれた。役人たちは看守に言った。「やつらを厳重に見張っとけ！」 24 看守はこの特別な命令を聞き、パウロとシラスを牢屋の奥に連れて行くと、木でできた大きな足かせを彼らにはめた。
25 真夜中ごろ、パウロとシラスは神に祈り、神に賛美をすると、他の囚人たちはその歌に聞き入っていた。 26 その時突然、ものすごく強い地震が起き、牢屋の土台がグラグラと揺れ始めた。すると、牢屋の扉が全て開き、囚人全員にかけられていた鎖がはずれたのだ。 27 看守が目を覚ますと、牢屋の扉が開いていることに気が付いた。囚人全員がすでに逃げたと思った看守は、自分の剣を持って自殺しようとしたのだ。【看守の責任を取らされ、上官に殺されると考えたのだ】 28 だがその瞬間、パウロが叫んだ。「自殺なんてするな！俺たちはみんなここにいる！」
29 看守はある者に明かりを持って来させるようにと言った。それから看守は怖さのあまり体を震わせながら、パウロとシラスの前に崩れ落ちた。 30 その後、看守は彼らを外に連れて行ってこう言った。「お願いだ！助かるために俺はどうしたらいい？」
31 彼らは言った。「王であるイエスを信じろ。そうすれば、あなたは救われ、あなたの家に住むみんなも救われる」 32 そこでパウロとシラスは、王であるイエスのメッセージを看守と看守の家に住む全てのみんなに伝えた。 33 夜も遅かったが、看守はパウロとシラスを連れて行き、彼らの体にある傷を洗ってやった。その後、看守と共にいた全ての人たちは洗礼を受けた。 34 こうして、看守はパウロとシラスを彼の家に連れて行くと、彼らに食事をふるまった。彼ら全員が神を信じたので、みんなとても喜んでいた。
35 翌朝、ローマの役人たちは「その男たちを釈放せよ」と伝えるために警官を看守に送った。
36 看守はパウロに言った。「役人たちが警官たちを送って、釈放しろとのことです。もう安心して行ってください」
37 しかし、パウロは警官たちに言った。「あの役人たちは、私たちが間違ったことをしたのかを検証せず、公共の場で私たちを殴り、私たちを牢屋に入れた。そして、私たちはローマ市民である。だから今、静かにここから出て行ってほしいということか？いやいや、それはないだろう！彼らが直々に私たちがいるここまで来て、彼らが私たちを解放するべきだ！」——【ローマ市民は、法的に判決が出るまではその人に危害を与えてはならないことになっていた】
38 警官はパウロが言ったことを役人たちに伝えた。彼らはパウロとシラスがローマ市民だったことを聞き、怖くなった。 39 そこで、彼ら役人たちは言われた通り直々にその場に来ると、彼ら2人に謝罪した。こうして彼らは、パウロたちを牢屋から外に案内し、街から出て行ってくれるようにとお願いした。 40 しかし、パウロとシラスは牢屋から出た後、ルデヤの家に立ち寄ると、信じる仲間たちの何人かと会い、彼らを励ました。その後に彼らはその場所から去って行った。
Acts 16
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Acts 16
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Timothy Joins Paul and Silas
16 Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra,(A) where a disciple named Timothy(B) lived, whose mother was Jewish and a believer(C) but whose father was a Greek. 2 The believers(D) at Lystra and Iconium(E) spoke well of him. 3 Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.(F) 4 As they traveled from town to town, they delivered the decisions reached by the apostles and elders(G) in Jerusalem(H) for the people to obey.(I) 5 So the churches were strengthened(J) in the faith and grew daily in numbers.(K)
Paul’s Vision of the Man of Macedonia
6 Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia(L) and Galatia,(M) having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia.(N) 7 When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus(O) would not allow them to. 8 So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas.(P) 9 During the night Paul had a vision(Q) of a man of Macedonia(R) standing and begging him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” 10 After Paul had seen the vision, we(S) got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel(T) to them.
Lydia’s Conversion in Philippi
11 From Troas(U) we put out to sea and sailed straight for Samothrace, and the next day we went on to Neapolis. 12 From there we traveled to Philippi,(V) a Roman colony and the leading city of that district[a] of Macedonia.(W) And we stayed there several days.
13 On the Sabbath(X) we went outside the city gate to the river, where we expected to find a place of prayer. We sat down and began to speak to the women who had gathered there. 14 One of those listening was a woman from the city of Thyatira(Y) named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth. She was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart(Z) to respond to Paul’s message. 15 When she and the members of her household(AA) were baptized,(AB) she invited us to her home. “If you consider me a believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
Paul and Silas in Prison
16 Once when we were going to the place of prayer,(AC) we were met by a female slave who had a spirit(AD) by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. 17 She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God,(AE) who are telling you the way to be saved.” 18 She kept this up for many days. Finally Paul became so annoyed that he turned around and said to the spirit, “In the name of Jesus Christ I command you to come out of her!” At that moment the spirit left her.(AF)
19 When her owners realized that their hope of making money(AG) was gone, they seized Paul and Silas(AH) and dragged(AI) them into the marketplace to face the authorities. 20 They brought them before the magistrates and said, “These men are Jews, and are throwing our city into an uproar(AJ) 21 by advocating customs unlawful for us Romans(AK) to accept or practice.”(AL)
22 The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered them to be stripped and beaten with rods.(AM) 23 After they had been severely flogged, they were thrown into prison, and the jailer(AN) was commanded to guard them carefully. 24 When he received these orders, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.(AO)
25 About midnight(AP) Paul and Silas(AQ) were praying and singing hymns(AR) to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was such a violent earthquake that the foundations of the prison were shaken.(AS) At once all the prison doors flew open,(AT) and everyone’s chains came loose.(AU) 27 The jailer woke up, and when he saw the prison doors open, he drew his sword and was about to kill himself because he thought the prisoners had escaped.(AV) 28 But Paul shouted, “Don’t harm yourself! We are all here!”
29 The jailer called for lights, rushed in and fell trembling before Paul and Silas.(AW) 30 He then brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”(AX)
31 They replied, “Believe(AY) in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved(AZ)—you and your household.”(BA) 32 Then they spoke the word of the Lord to him and to all the others in his house. 33 At that hour of the night(BB) the jailer took them and washed their wounds; then immediately he and all his household were baptized.(BC) 34 The jailer brought them into his house and set a meal before them; he(BD) was filled with joy because he had come to believe in God—he and his whole household.
35 When it was daylight, the magistrates sent their officers to the jailer with the order: “Release those men.” 36 The jailer(BE) told Paul, “The magistrates have ordered that you and Silas be released. Now you can leave. Go in peace.”(BF)
37 But Paul said to the officers: “They beat us publicly without a trial, even though we are Roman citizens,(BG) and threw us into prison. And now do they want to get rid of us quietly? No! Let them come themselves and escort us out.”
38 The officers reported this to the magistrates, and when they heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were alarmed.(BH) 39 They came to appease them and escorted them from the prison, requesting them to leave the city.(BI) 40 After Paul and Silas came out of the prison, they went to Lydia’s house,(BJ) where they met with the brothers and sisters(BK) and encouraged them. Then they left.
Footnotes
- Acts 16:12 The text and meaning of the Greek for the leading city of that district are uncertain.
Acts 16
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Acts 16
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16 Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek:
2 Which was well reported of by the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium.
3 Him would Paul have to go forth with him; and took and circumcised him because of the Jews which were in those quarters: for they knew all that his father was a Greek.
4 And as they went through the cities, they delivered them the decrees for to keep, that were ordained of the apostles and elders which were at Jerusalem.
5 And so were the churches established in the faith, and increased in number daily.
6 Now when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia, and were forbidden of the Holy Ghost to preach the word in Asia,
7 After they were come to Mysia, they assayed to go into Bithynia: but the Spirit suffered them not.
8 And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas.
9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
10 And after he had seen the vision, immediately we endeavoured to go into Macedonia, assuredly gathering that the Lord had called us for to preach the gospel unto them.
11 Therefore loosing from Troas, we came with a straight course to Samothracia, and the next day to Neapolis;
12 And from thence to Philippi, which is the chief city of that part of Macedonia, and a colony: and we were in that city abiding certain days.
13 And on the sabbath we went out of the city by a river side, where prayer was wont to be made; and we sat down, and spake unto the women which resorted thither.
14 And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.
15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
16 And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
17 The same followed Paul and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants of the most high God, which shew unto us the way of salvation.
18 And this did she many days. But Paul, being grieved, turned and said to the spirit, I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her. And he came out the same hour.
19 And when her masters saw that the hope of their gains was gone, they caught Paul and Silas, and drew them into the marketplace unto the rulers,
20 And brought them to the magistrates, saying, These men, being Jews, do exceedingly trouble our city,
21 And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither to observe, being Romans.
22 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
24 Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
25 And at midnight Paul and Silas prayed, and sang praises unto God: and the prisoners heard them.
26 And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken: and immediately all the doors were opened, and every one's bands were loosed.
27 And the keeper of the prison awaking out of his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, he drew out his sword, and would have killed himself, supposing that the prisoners had been fled.
28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm: for we are all here.
29 Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas,
30 And brought them out, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
31 And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
32 And they spake unto him the word of the Lord, and to all that were in his house.
33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
34 And when he had brought them into his house, he set meat before them, and rejoiced, believing in God with all his house.
35 And when it was day, the magistrates sent the serjeants, saying, Let those men go.
36 And the keeper of the prison told this saying to Paul, The magistrates have sent to let you go: now therefore depart, and go in peace.
37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.
38 And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
39 And they came and besought them, and brought them out, and desired them to depart out of the city.
40 And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia: and when they had seen the brethren, they comforted them, and departed.
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