使徒行传 12
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
雅各殉道，彼得被囚
12 那时，希律王下手苦害教会中的几个人， 2 用刀杀了约翰的哥哥雅各。 3 他见这事博得了犹太人的欢心，就在除酵节期间，再次捉拿彼得。 4 捉到了，就把他关在监里，交给四班士兵看守，每班四个人，打算过了逾越节，把他提出来交给民众。 5 彼得就这样被拘留在监里；但教会却为他迫切地祈求 神。
天使救彼得出监
6 希律要提他出来的前一夜，彼得被两条锁炼锁住，睡在两个士兵中间，还有卫兵守在门前。 7 忽然，有主的一位使者出现，牢房里就光芒四射。天使拍拍彼得的肋旁，唤醒他，说：“快起来！”他手上的锁炼就脱落了。 8 天使对他说：“束上带子，穿上鞋！”他就这样作了。天使又说：“披上外衣，跟我走！” 9 他就出来跟着天使走，但他不知道天使所作的事是真的，还以为是见了异象。 10 他们经过第一、第二两个岗位，来到通往城内的铁门，那门自动给他们开了。他们出来，往前走了一条街，天使立刻离开了他。 11 彼得清醒过来，说：“现在我确实知道，主差他的天使来，救我脱离希律的手和犹太人所期望的一切。” 12 他明白了之后，就到约翰（别名马可）的母亲马利亚家里去；有许多人聚集在那里祷告。 13 彼得敲了大门，有一个名叫罗大的使女，出来应门。 14 她认出是彼得的声音，欢喜到顾不得开门，就跑进去报告，说彼得站在门外。 15 大家说：“你疯了！”她却坚持地说这是真的。他们说：“一定是他的天使。” 16 彼得继续敲门；他们打开了，一见是他，就非常惊讶。 17 彼得作了一个手势，要他们安静，然后对他们述说主怎样领他出监，又说：“你们把这些事告诉雅各和众弟兄。”就离开那里，到别的地方去了。
18 天亮的时候，士兵们非常慌乱，不知彼得出了甚么事。 19 希律搜索他，却找不到，就审问卫兵，下令把他们带出去处死。后来希律离开犹太，到该撒利亚去，住在那里。
希律被 神击打
20 当时希律对推罗和西顿人怀怒在心。这两地的人因为他们的地区都需要从王的领土得到粮食，就先拉拢了王的内侍臣伯拉斯都，然后同心地去见希律，要向他求和。 21 到了定好的日期，希律穿上王服，坐在高台上，向他们演讲。 22 群众大声说：“这是 神的声音，不是人的声音！” 23 他不归荣耀给 神，所以主的使者立刻击打他，他被虫咬，就断了气。
24 神的道日渐兴旺，越发广传。 25 巴拿巴和扫罗完成了送交捐项的任务，就带著名叫马可的约翰，从耶路撒冷回来。
使 徒 行 傳 12
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
信徒受到更多的迫害
12 大约在此时，希律王对属于教会的一些人开始进行迫害。 2 他用剑杀害了约翰的哥哥雅各。 3 当他发现，这么做很讨好犹太人时，便索性又把彼得也抓了起来。（当时正值逾越节期间） 4 希律逮捕彼得后，把他关进了监狱，并把他交给四个班的警卫轮流看守，每班四个人，打算在逾越节之后，把他带到众人面前审讯。 5 彼得被囚在牢里。教会的人都热切地为他祷告着。
彼得从狱中被营救
6 在希律开庭审判彼得的前一天晚上，彼得正睡在两个士兵中间。他被两条铁链锁着，牢房门口还有卫兵看守着。 7 突然，主的一个天使站在了那里，一束光射进了牢房。天使拍了拍彼得的肋旁，把他唤醒，说道∶“快起来！”锁链便从彼得的手上脱落了。 8 这时，天使对彼得说∶“系好腰带穿上鞋。”彼得照此做了，天使又说∶“把斗篷裹在身上，跟我来。” 9 彼得就跟他出来了。彼得不知道这一切是否是真实的，他还以为是自己看见了异象。 10 他们通过了第一和第二个哨兵，来到了通向城里的铁门跟前。门自动打开了，他们便走了出去。当他们走了大概有一条街那么远时，天使突然消逝了。
11 这时，彼得清醒过来了，说∶“现在我毫无怀疑地知道，主派他的天使把我从希律的魔掌中营救从来，并把我从犹太人所期待的一切事情里营救出来。”
12 彼得意识到这些，便向约翰（又名马可）的母亲马利亚家走去。很多人正聚在那里祷告着。 13 彼得敲了敲外面的门，一个叫罗大的女佣走过来开门。 14 当她听出是彼得的声音时，高兴的连门都没顾得上开，而是返身跑回屋里，向人们通报说，彼得正站在门口。 15 人们都说∶“你真是疯了！”可她却坚持说是这么回事，他们又说∶“那是他的天使。”
16 彼得仍然在敲门。他们打开门，看见果然是他，都十分吃惊。 17 他用手示意，让他们安静下来。然后告诉大家，主是如何把他从监狱里带出来的。他说∶“把这件事告诉给雅各和弟兄们。”说完便离开那里，去了别处。
18 天一亮，警卫们乱作一团，不知道彼得发生了什么事。 19 希律派人搜索，却没有找到他。他便审问那些警卫，并下令处死他们。
希律亚基帕之死
后来，希律 [a]从犹太出发，去了该撒利亚，在那儿住了一段时间。 20 他对推罗和西顿的人非常生气。于是他们便一同来见他。他们争得了王室的管家伯拉斯都的支持之后，来见希律，向他求和，因为他们需要从国王管辖的地域获得粮食。
21 在一个指定的日子里，希律穿着王袍，坐在宝座上，向人们讲话。 22 人们大喊道∶“这是神的声音，不是人的声音！” 23 突然，主的天使击打了他，因为他没有把荣耀归于上帝。他被体内的寄生虫所吃，死掉了。
24 但是，上帝的信息 [b]得以传播和兴旺起来。
25 巴拿巴和扫罗完成了在耶路撒冷的侍奉，带着约翰马可回到了安提阿。
Footnotes
- 使 徒 行 傳 12:19 希律： 亚基帕一世，希律大帝的重孙。
- 使 徒 行 傳 12:24 信息： 上帝使人们的罪受到宽恕并永远与他同在的福音。
Acts 12
Holman Christian Standard Bible
James Martyred and Peter Jailed
12 About that time King Herod cruelly attacked some who belonged to the church, 2 and he killed James,(A) John’s brother, with the sword. 3 When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter too, during the days of Unleavened Bread.(B) 4 After the arrest, he put him in prison and assigned four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover. 5 So Peter was kept in prison, but prayer was being made earnestly to God for him by the church.
Peter Rescued
6 On the night before Herod was to bring him out for execution, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, while the sentries in front of the door guarded the prison. 7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord(C) appeared, and a light shone in the cell. Striking Peter on the side, he woke him up and said, “Quick, get up!” Then the chains fell off his wrists.(D) 8 “Get dressed,” the angel told him, “and put on your sandals.” And he did so. “Wrap your cloak around you,” he told him, “and follow me.” 9 So he went out and followed, and he did not know that what took place through the angel was real, but thought he was seeing a vision.(E) 10 After they passed the first and second guard posts, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went outside and passed one street, and immediately the angel left him.(F)
11 Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from all that the Jewish people expected.”(G) 12 When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John Mark,[a](H) where many had assembled and were praying. 13 He knocked at the door in the gateway, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer. 14 She recognized Peter’s voice, and because of her joy, she did not open the gate but ran in and announced that Peter was standing at the gateway.
15 “You’re crazy!” they told her. But she kept insisting that it was true. Then they said, “It’s his angel!”(I) 16 Peter, however, kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded.
17 Motioning to them with his hand(J) to be silent, he explained to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Report these things to James[b](K) and the brothers,” he said. Then he departed and went to a different place.
18 At daylight, there was a great commotion[c] among the soldiers as to what could have become of Peter. 19 After Herod had searched and did not find him, he interrogated the guards and ordered their execution. Then Herod went down from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there.(L)
Herod’s Death
20 He had been very angry with the Tyrians and Sidonians.[d] Together they presented themselves before him. They won over Blastus, who was in charge of the king’s bedroom, and through him they asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food from the king’s country.(M) 21 So on an appointed day, dressed in royal robes and seated on the throne, Herod delivered a public address to them. 22 The assembled people began to shout, “It’s the voice of a god and not of a man!” 23 At once an angel of the Lord(N) struck him because he did not give the glory to God, and he became infected with worms and died.(O) 24 Then God’s message flourished and multiplied.(P) 25 After they had completed their relief mission, Barnabas and Saul returned to[e] Jerusalem, taking along John who is called Mark.(Q)
Footnotes
- Acts 12:12 Lit John who was called Mark
- Acts 12:17 This was James, the Lord’s brother; Mk 6:3. This was not James the apostle; Ac 12:2.
- Acts 12:18 Or was no small disturbance
- Acts 12:20 The people of the area of modern Lebanon
- Acts 12:25 Other mss read from
Acts 12
King James Version
12 Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church.
2 And he killed James the brother of John with the sword.
3 And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)
4 And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him.
6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his hands.
8 And the angel said unto him, Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals. And so he did. And he saith unto him, Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.
9 And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.
10 When they were past the first and the second ward, they came unto the iron gate that leadeth unto the city; which opened to them of his own accord: and they went out, and passed on through one street; and forthwith the angel departed from him.
11 And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.
12 And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark; where many were gathered together praying.
13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.
14 And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.
15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.
16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished.
17 But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.
18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.
19 And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.
20 And Herod was highly displeased with them of Tyre and Sidon: but they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by the king's country.
21 And upon a set day Herod, arrayed in royal apparel, sat upon his throne, and made an oration unto them.
22 And the people gave a shout, saying, It is the voice of a god, and not of a man.
23 And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
24 But the word of God grew and multiplied.
25 And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, when they had fulfilled their ministry, and took with them John, whose surname was Mark.
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