使徒行传 26
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
保羅在亞基帕王面前申辯(A)
26 亞基帕對保羅說：“准你為自己申辯。”於是保羅伸手辯護說： 2 “亞基帕王啊，猶太人控告我的事，今天我可以在你面前辯護，實在是萬幸； 3 特別是你熟悉猶太人的一切規例和爭論，所以求你耐心聽我申訴： 4 我從幼年到現在，在本國、在耶路撒冷為人怎樣，猶太人都知道。 5 如果他們肯作證的話，他們是早就知道，我是按著我們祖宗最嚴格的教派，過著法利賽人的生活。 6 現在我站著受審，是為了對 神向我們祖先的應許存著盼望。 7 我們十二支派晝夜切切地事奉 神，都是盼望這應許實現。王啊，我被猶太人控告，正是為了這個盼望。 8 神使死人復活，你們為甚麼認為是不可信的呢？ 9 從前，我也認為應該多方敵對拿撒勒人耶穌的名。 10 後來就在耶路撒冷這樣作了。我得到了眾祭司長授權，把許多聖徒關在監裡，並且他們被殺的時候，我也表示同意。 11 我在各會堂裡多次用刑強迫他們說褻瀆的話；我非常憤恨他們，甚至追到國外的城巿去迫害他們。
12 “那時候，我得到祭司長的授權和准許，去大馬士革。 13 王啊，就在中午的時候，我在路上看見一道光，比太陽更明亮，從天上四面照著我和同行的人。 14 我們都仆倒在地上，我聽見有聲音用希伯來話對我說：‘掃羅！掃羅！你為甚麼迫害我？你要踢刺是難的。’ 15 我說：‘主啊，你是誰？’主說：‘我就是你所迫害的耶穌。 16 你起來，站著，我向你顯現，是要指派你為我工作。你要為你所見過的事，和我將要向你顯明的事作見證。 17 我要救你脫離這人民和外族人，差遣你到他們那裡去， 18 開他們的眼睛，使他們從黑暗中歸向光明，從撒但的權下歸向 神，使他們的罪惡得到赦免，並且在那些因信我而成聖的人中同得基業。’
19 “亞基帕王啊，因此，我沒有違背這從天上來的異象， 20 先向大馬士革、耶路撒冷、猶太全地的人宣講，後向外族人宣講，叫他們悔改，歸向 神，行事與悔改的心相稱。 21 猶太人就是為了這緣故在殿裡捉住我，想要殺我。 22 然而，我得到 神的幫助，直到今日還是站得穩，向尊卑老幼作見證，我所講的都是眾先知和摩西所論的將來必成的事， 23 就是基督必須受難，並且從死人中首先復活，把光明的信息傳報給這人民和外族人。”
保羅說服亞基帕王
24 保羅申訴到這裡，非斯都大聲說：“保羅！你瘋了；你的學問太大，使你瘋了！” 25 保羅說：“非斯都大人，我沒有瘋，我說的都是真實的話，清醒的話。 26 因為王知道這些事，所以我對王坦白直說。我確信這些事沒有一件能瞞得過他，因為這不是在背地裡作的。 27 亞基帕王啊，你信先知嗎？我知道你是信的。” 28 亞基帕對保羅說：“你想用這樣短短的時間就可以說服我作基督徒嗎！” 29 保羅說：“無論時間短也好，時間長也好，我向 神所求的，不單是你，而且是今天所有的聽眾，都能像我一樣作基督徒，只是不要有這些鎖鍊。”
30 亞基帕王、總督和百尼基，還有在座的人都站起來， 31 退到一邊，彼此談論，說：“這個人並沒有犯過甚麼該死該綁的罪。” 32 亞基帕對非斯都說：“這個人若沒有向凱撒上訴，早就可以釋放了。”
使徒行传 26
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
保罗在亚基帕王面前申辩
26 亚基帕对保罗说：“准你为自己辩护。”于是保罗伸手示意，然后为自己辩护说： 2 “亚基帕王啊，面对犹太人对我的种种控告，我今天很荣幸可以在你面前申辩， 3 尤其是你对犹太习俗和各种争议都十分熟悉。因此，求你耐心听我说。
4 “我从小在本族和耶路撒冷为人如何，犹太人都知道。 5 他们认识我很久了，如果他们肯作证的话，他们可以证明我从小就属于犹太教中最严格的法利赛派。 6 现在我站在这里受审，是因为我盼望上帝给我们祖先的应许。 7 我们十二支派日夜虔诚地事奉上帝，盼望这应许能够实现。王啊！就是因为我有这样的盼望，才被犹太人控告。 8 上帝叫死人复活，你们为什么认为不可信呢？ 9 我自己也曾经认为应该尽一切可能反对拿撒勒人耶稣。 10 我在耶路撒冷就是这样做的。我得到祭司长的授权，把许多圣徒[a]关进监狱。他们被判死刑，我也表示赞同。 11 我多次在各会堂惩罚他们，逼他们说亵渎的话，我对他们深恶痛绝，甚至到国外的城镇去追捕、迫害他们。
保罗信主的经过
12 “那时，我带着祭司长的授权和委托去大马士革。 13 王啊！大约中午时分，我在路上看见一道比太阳还亮的光从天上照在我和同行的人周围。 14 我们都倒在地上，我听见有声音用希伯来话对我说，‘扫罗！扫罗！你为什么迫害我？你很难用脚去踢刺。’ 15 我说，‘主啊，你是谁？’主说，‘我就是你所迫害的耶稣。 16 你站起来。我向你显现，是要派你做我的仆人和见证人，把你所看见的和以后我将启示给你的事告诉世人。 17 我将把你从你的同胞和外族人手中救出来。我差遣你到他们那里， 18 去开他们的眼睛，使他们弃暗投明，脱离魔鬼的权势，归向上帝，好叫他们的罪得到赦免，与所有因信我而圣洁的人同得基业。’
保罗放胆传道
19 “亚基帕王啊！我没有违背这从天上来的异象。 20 我先在大马士革，然后到耶路撒冷、犹太全境和外族人当中劝人悔改归向上帝，行事为人要与悔改的心相称。 21 就因为这些事，犹太人在圣殿中抓住我，打算杀我。 22 然而，我靠着上帝的帮助，到今天还能站在这里向所有尊卑老幼做见证。我讲的不外乎众先知和摩西说过要发生的事， 23 就是基督必须受害，并首先从死里复活，将光明带给犹太人和外族人。”
24 这时，非斯都打断保罗的申辩，大声说：“保罗，你疯了！一定是你的学问太大，使你神经错乱了！”
25 保罗说：“非斯都大人，我没有疯。我讲的话真实、合理。 26 王了解这些事，所以我才敢在王面前直言。我相信这些事没有一件瞒得过王，因为这些事并非暗地里做的。 27 亚基帕王啊，你信先知吗？我知道你信。”
28 亚基帕王对保罗说：“难道你想三言两语就说服我成为基督徒吗？”
29 保罗说：“不论话多话少，我求上帝不仅使你，也使今天在座的各位都能像我一样，只是不要像我这样带着锁链。”
30 亚基帕王、总督、百妮姬及其他在座的人都站起来， 31 走到一边商量说：“这人没有做什么该判死刑或监禁的事。” 32 亚基帕王对非斯都说：“这人要是没有向凯撒上诉，已经可以获释了。”
Footnotes
- 26:10 保罗在这里指的是信耶稣的基督徒。
使徒行傳 26
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
保羅在亞基帕王面前申辯
26 亞基帕對保羅說：「准你為自己辯護。」於是保羅伸手示意，然後為自己辯護說： 2 「亞基帕王啊，面對猶太人對我的種種控告，我今天很榮幸可以在你面前申辯， 3 尤其是你對猶太習俗和各種爭議都十分熟悉。因此，求你耐心聽我說。
4 「我從小在本族和耶路撒冷為人如何，猶太人都知道。 5 他們認識我很久了，如果他們肯作證的話，他們可以證明我從小就屬於猶太教中最嚴格的法利賽派。 6 現在我站在這裡受審，是因為我盼望上帝給我們祖先的應許。 7 我們十二支派日夜虔誠地事奉上帝，盼望這應許能夠實現。王啊！就是因為我有這樣的盼望，才被猶太人控告。 8 上帝叫死人復活，你們為什麼認為不可信呢？ 9 我自己也曾經認為應該盡一切可能反對拿撒勒人耶穌。 10 我在耶路撒冷就是這樣做的。我得到祭司長的授權，把許多聖徒[a]關進監獄。他們被判死刑，我也表示贊同。 11 我多次在各會堂懲罰他們，逼他們說褻瀆的話，我對他們深惡痛絕，甚至到國外的城鎮去追捕、迫害他們。
保羅信主的經過
12 「那時，我帶著祭司長的授權和委託去大馬士革。 13 王啊！大約中午時分，我在路上看見一道比太陽還亮的光從天上照在我和同行的人周圍。 14 我們都倒在地上，我聽見有聲音用希伯來話對我說，『掃羅！掃羅！你為什麼迫害我？你很難用腳去踢刺。』 15 我說，『主啊，你是誰？』主說，『我就是你所迫害的耶穌。 16 你站起來。我向你顯現，是要派你作我的僕人和見證人，把你所看見的和以後我將啟示給你的事告訴世人。 17 我將把你從你的同胞和外族人手中救出來。我差遣你到他們那裡， 18 去開他們的眼睛，使他們棄暗投明，脫離魔鬼的權勢，歸向上帝，好叫他們的罪得到赦免，與所有因信我而聖潔的人同得基業。』
保羅放膽傳道
19 「亞基帕王啊！我沒有違背這從天上來的異象。 20 我先在大馬士革，然後到耶路撒冷、猶太全境和外族人當中勸人悔改歸向上帝，行事為人要與悔改的心相稱。 21 就因為這些事，猶太人在聖殿中抓住我，打算殺我。 22 然而，我靠著上帝的幫助，到今天還能站在這裡向所有尊卑老幼做見證。我講的不外乎眾先知和摩西說過要發生的事， 23 就是基督必須受害，並首先從死裡復活，將光明帶給猶太人和外族人。」
24 這時，非斯都打斷保羅的申辯，大聲說：「保羅，你瘋了！一定是你的學問太大，使你神經錯亂了！」
25 保羅說：「非斯都大人，我沒有瘋。我講的話真實、合理。 26 王瞭解這些事，所以我才敢在王面前直言。我相信這些事沒有一件瞞得過王，因為這些事並非暗地裡做的。 27 亞基帕王啊，你信先知嗎？我知道你信。」
28 亞基帕王對保羅說：「難道你想三言兩語就說服我成為基督徒嗎？」
29 保羅說：「不論話多話少，我求上帝不僅使你，也使今天在座的各位都能像我一樣，只是不要像我這樣帶著鎖鏈。」
30 亞基帕王、總督、百妮姬及其他在座的人都站起來， 31 走到一邊商量說：「這人沒有做什麼該判死刑或監禁的事。」 32 亞基帕王對非斯都說：「這人要是沒有向凱撒上訴，已經可以獲釋了。」
Footnotes
- 26·10 保羅在這裡指的是信耶穌的基督徒。
Acts 26
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 26
King Agrippa Hears Paul. 1 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You may now speak on your own behalf.” So Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense. 2 [a]“I count myself fortunate, King Agrippa, that I am to defend myself before you today against all the charges made against me by the Jews, 3 especially since you are an expert in all the Jewish customs and controversies. And therefore I beg you to listen patiently. 4 My manner of living from my youth, a life spent from the beginning among my people[b] and in Jerusalem, all [the] Jews know. 5 (A)They have known about me from the start, if they are willing to testify, that I have lived my life as a Pharisee, the strictest party of our religion. 6 (B)But now I am standing trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our ancestors. 7 Our twelve tribes hope to attain to that promise as they fervently worship God day and night; and on account of this hope I am accused by Jews, O king. 8 Why is it thought unbelievable among you that God raises the dead? 9 (C)I myself once thought that I had to do many things against the name of Jesus the Nazorean, 10 and I did so in Jerusalem. I imprisoned many of the holy ones with the authorization I received from the chief priests, and when they were to be put to death I cast my vote against them.(D) 11 Many times, in synagogue after synagogue, I punished them in an attempt to force them to blaspheme; I was so enraged against them that I pursued them even to foreign cities.
12 “On one such occasion I was traveling to Damascus with the authorization and commission of the chief priests. 13 (E)At midday, along the way, O king, I saw a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my traveling companions.(F) 14 We all fell to the ground and I heard a voice saying to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?(G) It is hard for you to kick against the goad.’[c] 15 And I said, ‘Who are you, sir?’ And the Lord replied, ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.(H) 16 Get up now, and stand on your feet.(I) I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you as a servant and witness of what you have seen [of me] and what you will be shown.[d] 17 I shall deliver you from this people and from the Gentiles to whom I send you,(J) 18 to open their eyes[e] that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may obtain forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been consecrated by faith in me.’(K)
19 “And so, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision. 20 On the contrary, first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem and throughout the whole country of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I preached the need to repent and turn to God, and to do works giving evidence of repentance. 21 (L)That is why the Jews seized me [when I was] in the temple and tried to kill me. 22 (M)But I have enjoyed God’s help to this very day, and so I stand here testifying to small and great alike, saying nothing different from what the prophets and Moses foretold,[f] 23 that the Messiah must suffer[g] and that, as the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles.”(N)
Reactions to Paul’s Speech. 24 While Paul was so speaking in his defense, Festus said in a loud voice, “You are mad, Paul; much learning is driving you mad.” 25 But Paul replied, “I am not mad, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of truth and reason. 26 The king knows about these matters and to him I speak boldly, for I cannot believe that [any] of this has escaped his notice; this was not done in a corner.[h] 27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets?[i] I know you believe.” 28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You will soon persuade me to play the Christian.” 29 Paul replied, “I would pray to God that sooner or later not only you but all who listen to me today might become as I am except for these chains.”
30 Then the king rose, and with him the governor and Bernice and the others who sat with them. 31 [j]And after they had withdrawn they said to one another, “This man is doing nothing [at all] that deserves death or imprisonment.” 32 And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”(O)
Footnotes
- 26:2–23 Paul’s final defense speech in Acts is now made before a king (see Acts 9:15). In the speech Paul presents himself as a zealous Pharisee and Christianity as the logical development of Pharisaic Judaism. The story of his conversion is recounted for the third time in Acts in this speech (see note on Acts 9:1–19).
- 26:4 Among my people: that is, among the Jews.
- 26:14 In Hebrew: see note on Acts 21:40. It is hard for you to kick against the goad: this proverb is commonly found in Greek literature and in this context signifies the senselessness and ineffectiveness of any opposition to the divine influence in his life.
- 26:16 The words of Jesus directed to Paul here reflect the dialogues between Christ and Ananias (Acts 9:15) and between Ananias and Paul (Acts 22:14–15) in the two previous accounts of Paul’s conversion.
- 26:18 To open their eyes: though no mention is made of Paul’s blindness in this account (cf. Acts 9:8–9, 12, 18; 22:11–13), the task he is commissioned to perform is the removal of other people’s spiritual blindness.
- 26:22 Saying nothing different from what the prophets and Moses foretold: see note on Lk 18:31.
- 26:23 That the Messiah must suffer: see note on Lk 24:26.
- 26:26 Not done in a corner: for Luke, this Greek proverb expresses his belief that he is presenting a story about Jesus and the church that is already well known. As such, the entire history of Christianity is public knowledge and incontestable. Luke presents his story in this way to provide “certainty” to his readers about the instructions they have received (Lk 1:4).
- 26:27–28 If the Christian missionaries proclaim nothing different from what the Old Testament prophets had proclaimed (Acts 26:22–23), then the logical outcome for the believing Jew, according to Luke, is to become a Christian.
- 26:31–32 In recording the episode of Paul’s appearance before Agrippa, Luke wishes to show that, when Paul’s case was judged impartially, no grounds for legal action against him were found (see Acts 23:29; 25:25).
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