使 徒 行 傳 23
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
23 保罗的目光直视议会的人们，说∶“同胞们，时至今日，我在上帝的面前，一直过着清白良知的生活。” 2 听罢，大祭司亚拿尼亚命令站在保罗旁边的人，骟他的嘴巴。 3 保罗却对他说∶“上帝会打你的，你这堵白粉墙！你坐在那里，依法审判我，可却下令让人打我，你自己就违犯了律法。”
4 站在保罗周围的人说∶“你竟敢侮辱上帝的大祭司吗？”
5 保罗说∶“同胞们，我不知道他是大祭司。因为经上写着∶‘你不许讲自己的民族的统治者的坏话。’”
6 当保罗发觉在场的人中间一部分人是撒都该人，另一部分则是法利赛人时，就在议会里大声说道∶“同胞们，我是法利赛人，是法利赛人的儿子！我受审，仅仅是因为我盼望死者复活。”
7 当他说到这里时，法利赛人和撒都该人之间开始了辩论，议会也分裂了。 8 （撒都该人相信人死后不会成为天使和灵而复活，而法利赛人则相信二者。） 9 喧吵声越来越大，法利赛人中的一些律法师站起身来，激烈地辩论道∶“我们没有发现这个人有任何过错，也许有一位灵或天使的确对他说过话。”
10 争论愈加激烈了。指挥官甚至担心保罗会被他们扯成碎片。于是便命令士兵把保罗从他们中间夺过来，带进军营。
11 那天夜里，主站在保罗的身旁说∶“要有勇气。就像你曾在耶路撒冷为我做见证一样，你也必须在罗马作见证。”
一些犹太人秘谋杀害保罗
12 天亮的时候，一些犹太人聚在一起密谋，他们起誓说，直到杀死保罗，他们才吃才喝。 13 参与这个阴谋的人有四十多人， 14 他们去见祭司长和年长的犹太首领说∶“我们已经起誓，直到杀死保罗，我们不吃任何食物。 15 那么现在，你们和议会可以请求指挥官把保罗带到你们这里来，装作要更加仔细地审查这个案子，我们将准备好在他到这儿之前，杀掉他。”
16 保罗的外甥得知了这个阴谋，就进了兵营，把这个消息告诉了他。 17 保罗叫过来一个军官，对他说∶“把这个年轻人带到指挥官那里，他有话要对他说。” 18 军官把他带到指挥官面前，说∶“犯人保罗让我把这个年青人带到你这里来，他有话要对你说。”
19 指挥官拉着他的手，把他带到一边，问他∶“你有什么事要告诉我？”
20 年轻人说∶“犹太人商量好了，明天请求你把保罗带到议会，假装是他们要更加仔细地审问他。 21 不要听他们的，因为他们有四十多个人要埋伏好，等着他，他们发誓说直到杀死保罗，他们才吃才喝。现在他们已经准备好了，只等你同意了。”
22 指挥官让他下去，并嘱咐他道∶“不要向任何人提起你向我汇报过这些事情。”
保罗被押往该撒利亚
23 指挥官叫来两个军官，对他们说∶“预备二百个步兵，连同七十个骑兵和二百个长矛手，准备去该撒利亚。今晚九点出发， 24 给保罗备些马去骑，让他安全地到达腓力斯总督那里。” 25 他又写了一封信，内容如下：
26 “克劳迪吕西亚向腓力斯总督大人请安！
27 此人被犹太人捉拿，就要被害时，我和我的士兵前去营救了他， 28 因为我了解到他是一位罗马公民，所以我想查清他们控告他的原因，就把他带到了他们的议会。 29 我并没有发现他犯有什么该死或该囚禁的罪状，他们对他的起诉，无非是一些涉及到关于他们自己律法上的问题。 30 我得知有人设计谋对付他，所以，立即将他送到你处，我下令，让控告他的人，在你的面前陈述对他的起诉。”
31 士兵们执行了命令。他们带着保罗连夜前往安提帕底。 32 第二天，步兵返回了兵营。骑兵继续护送保罗。 33 到达该撒利亚后，他们便把信交给了总督，并把保罗也交给了他。 34 总督读了那封信后，问保罗是哪一个省的人，当得知他的籍贯是基利家时， 35 就说∶“指控你的那些人一到，我就会听你的案子。”他命令，把保罗看管在希律的宫殿里。
Acts 23
Contemporary English Version
23 Paul looked straight at the council members and said, “My friends, to this day I have served God with a clear conscience!”
2 Then Ananias the high priest ordered the men standing beside Paul to hit him on the mouth. 3 (A) Paul turned to the high priest and said, “You whitewashed wall![a] God will hit you. You sit there to judge me by the Law of Moses. But at the same time you order men to break the Law by hitting me.”
4 The men standing beside Paul asked, “Don't you know you are insulting God's high priest?”
5 (B) Paul replied, “Oh! I didn't know he was the high priest. The Scriptures do tell us not to speak evil about a leader of our people.”
6 (C) When Paul saw that some of the council members were Sadducees and others were Pharisees, he shouted, “My friends, I am a Pharisee and the son of a Pharisee. I am on trial simply because I believe that the dead will be raised to life.”
7 As soon as Paul said this, the Pharisees and the Sadducees got into a big argument, and the council members started taking sides. 8 (D) The Sadducees do not believe in angels or spirits or that the dead will rise to life. But the Pharisees believe in all of these, 9 and so there was a lot of shouting. Some of the teachers of the Law of Moses were Pharisees. Finally, they became angry and said, “We don't find anything wrong with this man. Maybe a spirit or an angel really did speak to him.”
10 The argument became fierce, and the commander was afraid that Paul would be pulled apart. So he ordered the soldiers to go in and rescue Paul. Then they took him back into the fortress.
11 That night the Lord stood beside Paul and said, “Don't worry! Just as you have told others about me in Jerusalem, you must also tell about me in Rome.”
A Plot To Kill Paul
12-13 The next morning more than 40 Jewish men got together and vowed that they would not eat or drink anything until they had killed Paul. 14 Then some of them went to the chief priests and the nation's leaders and said, “We have promised God that we would not eat a thing until we have killed Paul. 15 You and everyone in the council must go to the commander and pretend that you want to find out more about the charges against Paul. Ask for him to be brought before your court. Meanwhile, we will be waiting to kill him before he gets there.”
16 When Paul's nephew heard about the plot, he went to the fortress and told Paul about it. 17 So Paul said to one of the army officers, “Take this young man to the commander. He has something to tell him.”
18 The officer took him to the commander and said, “The prisoner named Paul asked me to bring this young man to you, because he has something to tell you.”
19 The commander took the young man aside and asked him in private, “What do you want to tell me?”
20 He answered, “Some men are planning to ask you to bring Paul down to the Jewish council tomorrow. They will claim they want to find out more about him. 21 But please don't do what they say. More than 40 men are going to attack Paul. They have made a vow not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him. Even now they are waiting to hear what you decide.”
22 The commander sent the young man away after saying to him, “Don't let anyone know you told me this.”
Paul Is Sent to Felix the Governor
23 The commander called in two of his officers and told them, “By nine o'clock tonight have 200 soldiers ready to go to Caesarea. Take along 70 men on horseback and 200 foot soldiers with spears. 24 Get a horse ready for Paul and make sure he gets safely through to Felix the governor.”
25 The commander wrote a letter that said:
26 Greetings from Claudius Lysias to the Honorable Governor Felix:
27 Some Jews grabbed this man and were about to kill him. But when I found out that he was a Roman citizen, I took some soldiers and rescued him.
28 I wanted to find out what they had against him. So I brought him before their council 29 and learned that the charges concern only their religious laws. This man isn't guilty of anything for which he should die or even be put in jail.
30 As soon as I learned that there was a plot against him, I sent him to you and told their leaders to bring charges against him in your court.
31 The soldiers obeyed the commander's orders, and that same night they took Paul to the city of Antipatris. 32 The next day the foot soldiers returned to the fortress and let the soldiers on horseback take him the rest of the way. 33 When they came to Caesarea, they gave the letter to the governor and handed Paul over to him.
34 The governor read the letter. Then he asked Paul and found out that he was from Cilicia. 35 The governor said, “I will listen to your case as soon as the people come to bring their charges against you.” After saying this, he gave orders for Paul to be kept as a prisoner in Herod's palace.[b]
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