使徒行传 6
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
选出七位执事
6 在那些日子里，门徒增多。说希腊语的犹太人抱怨那些说希伯来语的犹太人，因为他们的寡妇在每日的服事[a]上被忽略了。 2 于是十二使徒[b]召来全体门徒，说：“我们撇下神的话语[c]，去管理饭食，是不妥当的。 3 所以弟兄们，要从你们当中挑选七个有好名声、充满圣灵和智慧的人；我们就委任他们统管这事务。 4 这样，我们将可专心于祷告和福音[d]的服事工作。” 5 这话使全体会众都喜悦，于是选出了司提反——他是一个充满信仰和圣灵的人，还有腓利、普罗克罗、尼卡诺、提门、帕米纳，以及入犹太教的安提阿人尼古拉斯。 6 他们请这些人站在使徒们面前，使徒们就祷告，按手在他们身上。
7 这样，神的话语[e]不断扩展[f]，在耶路撒冷门徒的人数大大增多，并且有一大群祭司也听从了这信仰。
司提反被捕
8 司提反满有恩惠[g]和能力，在民间行了许多大奇事和神迹。 9 可是一些来自称为“自由人”会堂的人，包括一些古利奈人、亚历山大人，还有来自奇里乞亚省和亚细亚省的人，起来与司提反辩论， 10 但司提反以智慧和圣灵说话，他们就抵挡不住。
11 于是他们暗中唆使人说：“我们听过这个人针对摩西和神说亵渎的话语。” 12 他们又煽动民众、长老和经文士们就忽然来抓住司提反，把他带到议会， 13 并且推出假见证人说：“这个人不断地说亵渎神的话语，反对这圣所[h]和律法[i]。 14 我们曾听到他说，这个拿撒勒人耶稣要拆毁这地方[j]，也要改变摩西传给我们的规矩。” 15 所有坐在议会里的人都注视着司提反，看见他的面容好像天使的面容。
Acts 6
New Living Translation
Seven Men Chosen to Serve
6 But as the believers[a] rapidly multiplied, there were rumblings of discontent. The Greek-speaking believers complained about the Hebrew-speaking believers, saying that their widows were being discriminated against in the daily distribution of food.
2 So the Twelve called a meeting of all the believers. They said, “We apostles should spend our time teaching the word of God, not running a food program. 3 And so, brothers, select seven men who are well respected and are full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will give them this responsibility. 4 Then we apostles can spend our time in prayer and teaching the word.”
5 Everyone liked this idea, and they chose the following: Stephen (a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit), Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas of Antioch (an earlier convert to the Jewish faith). 6 These seven were presented to the apostles, who prayed for them as they laid their hands on them.
7 So God’s message continued to spread. The number of believers greatly increased in Jerusalem, and many of the Jewish priests were converted, too.
Stephen Is Arrested
8 Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, performed amazing miracles and signs among the people. 9 But one day some men from the Synagogue of Freed Slaves, as it was called, started to debate with him. They were Jews from Cyrene, Alexandria, Cilicia, and the province of Asia. 10 None of them could stand against the wisdom and the Spirit with which Stephen spoke.
11 So they persuaded some men to lie about Stephen, saying, “We heard him blaspheme Moses, and even God.” 12 This roused the people, the elders, and the teachers of religious law. So they arrested Stephen and brought him before the high council.[b]
13 The lying witnesses said, “This man is always speaking against the holy Temple and against the law of Moses. 14 We have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth[c] will destroy the Temple and change the customs Moses handed down to us.”
15 At this point everyone in the high council stared at Stephen, because his face became as bright as an angel’s.
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