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掃羅悔改歸主(A)

掃羅仍向主的門徒發恐嚇兇殺的話。他到大祭司那裡, 要求他發公函給大馬士革各會堂,如果發現奉行這道的人,准他連男帶女緝拿到耶路撒冷。 他快到大馬士革的時候,忽然有光從天上向他四面照射。 他仆倒在地,聽見有聲音對他說:“掃羅,掃羅!你為甚麼迫害我?” 他說:“主啊,你是誰?”主說:“我就是你所迫害的耶穌。 起來,進城去!你應當作的事,一定有人告訴你。” 同行的人,聽見聲音,卻看不見人,只是目瞪口呆地站在那裡。 掃羅從地上爬起來,睜開眼睛,卻甚麼也看不見。他們牽著他的手,領他進大馬士革。 他三天都不能看見甚麼,不吃也不喝。

10 在大馬士革,有一個門徒名叫亞拿尼亞,主在異象中對他說:“亞拿尼亞!”他說:“主啊,我在這裡。” 11 主說:“起來,到那叫直街的路上去,要在猶大家裡找一個大數人,名叫掃羅。你看,他正在禱告, 12 在異象中他看見一個人,名叫亞拿尼亞,進來為他按手,使他可以再看得見。” 13 但亞拿尼亞回答:“主啊,我聽見許多人說起這個人,他在耶路撒冷作了許多苦害你聖徒的事; 14 並且他在這裡得到祭司長的授權,要捆綁所有求告你名的人。” 15 主對他說:“你去吧!這人是我揀選的器皿,為要把我的名傳給外族人、君王和以色列人。 16 我要指示他,為了我的名他必須受許多的苦。” 17 亞拿尼亞就去了,進了那家,為掃羅按手,說:“掃羅弟兄,在你來的路上向你顯現的耶穌,就是主,差我來使你可以看見,又被聖靈充滿。” 18 立刻有鱗狀的東西,從掃羅的眼裡掉下來,他就能看見了。於是起來,受了洗, 19 吃過了飯,就有氣力了。

掃羅在大馬士革傳道

他和大馬士革的門徒一同住了幾天, 20 隨即在各會堂傳講耶穌,說他是 神的兒子。 21 聽見的人都很驚奇,說:“在耶路撒冷殘害求告這名的,不是這個人嗎?他來這裡不是要緝拿他們交給祭司長嗎?” 22 然而掃羅更加有能力,駁倒住在大馬士革的猶太人,證明耶穌是基督。

掃羅逃脫猶太人的謀害

23 過了許多日子,猶太人商議要殺掉掃羅; 24 但他們的計謀給掃羅知道了。他們就在各城門日夜把守,要殺掉他。 25 於是他的門徒就趁夜用大籃子把他從城牆上縋下去。

26 掃羅到了耶路撒冷,想要接近門徒,但大家都怕他,不信他是個門徒。 27 只有巴拿巴接待他,帶他去見使徒,把他怎樣在路上看見主,主向他說話,和他怎樣在大馬士革奉耶穌的名放膽講道,都講了出來。 28 於是掃羅在耶路撒冷和門徒一同出入,奉主的名放膽講道, 29 並且與講希臘話的猶太人談論辯駁,那些人卻想下手殺他。 30 弟兄們知道了,就送他到該撒利亞,差他往大數去。

31 那時猶太、加利利、撒瑪利亞各處的教會,都得到平安,被建立起來,存著敬畏主的心過生活,並且因著聖靈的激勵,人數增多起來。

彼得醫好以尼雅

32 彼得周遊各地的時候,也到了住在呂大的聖徒那裡。 33 他遇見一個人,名叫以尼雅,害了癱瘓病,在床上躺臥了八年。 34 彼得對他說:“以尼雅,耶穌基督醫好你了!起來,收好你的褥子!”他就立刻起來。 35 所有住在呂大和沙崙的人,看見了他就歸向主。

彼得使多加復活

36 在約帕有一個女門徒,名叫戴比莎,希臘話叫多加;她為人樂善好施。 37 那時,她因病死了;有人把她洗淨了,停放在樓上。 38 呂大靠近約帕,門徒聽說彼得在那邊,就派兩個人去求他,說:“請到我們那邊去,不要耽延!” 39 彼得就動身,跟他們一同去。到了之後,他們領他上樓。所有寡婦站在彼得旁邊哭,把多加和她們在一起的時候所做的內衣外衣拿給他看。 40 彼得叫大家出去之後,就跪下來禱告,然後轉過身來對著屍體說:“戴比莎,起來!”她就睜開眼睛,一看見彼得,就坐了起來。 41 彼得伸手扶她起來,叫聖徒們和寡婦都進來,把多加活活地交給他們。 42 這事傳遍了約帕,就有很多人信了主。 43 此後,彼得在約帕一個製皮工人西門的家裡住了許多日子。

La conversion de Saul

Saul, qui ne pensait qu’à menacer et à tuer les disciples du Seigneur, se rendit chez le grand-prêtre et lui demanda des lettres de recommandation pour les synagogues de Damas. Ces lettres l’autorisaient, s’il trouvait là-bas des hommes ou des femmes qui suivaient la Voie du Seigneur, à les arrêter et à les amener à Jérusalem[a].

Il se dirigeait donc vers Damas et approchait déjà de cette ville quand, soudain, il fut environné d’une lumière éclatante qui venait du ciel. Il tomba à terre et entendit une voix qui lui disait : Saul, Saul, pourquoi me persécutes-tu ?

– Qui es-tu, Seigneur ? demanda-t-il.

La voix reprit : Je suis, moi, Jésus, que tu persécutes. Mais relève-toi, entre dans la ville, et là on te dira ce que tu dois faire.

Ses compagnons de voyage restèrent figés sur place, muets de stupeur : ils entendaient bien la voix, mais ne voyaient personne. Saul se releva de terre, mais il avait beau ouvrir les yeux, il ne voyait plus. Il fallut le prendre par la main pour le conduire à Damas.

Il resta aveugle pendant trois jours, et ne mangea ni ne but.

10 Or, à Damas, vivait un disciple nommé Ananias. Le Seigneur lui apparut dans une vision et lui dit : Ananias !

– Oui, Seigneur, répondit-il.

11 Et le Seigneur lui dit : Lève-toi, et va dans la rue que l’on appelle la rue Droite et, dans la maison de Judas, demande à voir un nommé Saul, originaire de Tarse[b]. Car il prie 12 et, dans une vision, il a vu un homme du nom d’Ananias entrer dans la maison et lui imposer les mains pour lui rendre la vue.

13 – Mais Seigneur, répliqua Ananias, j’ai beaucoup entendu parler de cet homme ; de plusieurs côtés, on m’a dit tout le mal qu’il a fait aux membres de ton peuple saint à Jérusalem. 14 De plus, il est venu ici muni de pouvoirs, que lui ont accordés les chefs des prêtres, pour arrêter tous ceux qui te prient.

15 Mais le Seigneur lui dit : Va ! car j’ai choisi cet homme pour me servir : il fera connaître qui je suis aux peuples étrangers et à leurs rois, ainsi qu’aux Israélites. 16 Je lui montrerai moi-même tout ce qu’il devra souffrir pour moi.

17 Ananias partit donc et, arrivé dans la maison, il imposa les mains à Saul et lui dit : Saul, mon frère, le Seigneur Jésus qui t’est apparu sur le chemin par lequel tu venais, m’a envoyé pour que la vue te soit rendue et que tu sois rempli du Saint-Esprit.

18 Au même instant, ce fut comme si des écailles tombaient des yeux de Saul et il vit de nouveau. Alors il se leva et fut baptisé, 19 puis il mangea et reprit des forces.

Saul, témoin de Jésus-Christ

Saul passa quelques jours parmi les disciples de Damas. 20 Et dans les synagogues, il se mit tout de suite à proclamer que Jésus est le Fils de Dieu.

21 Ses auditeurs n’en revenaient pas. Tous disaient : Voyons, n’est-ce pas lui qui s’acharnait, à Jérusalem, contre ceux qui, dans leurs prières, invoquent ce nom-là ? N’est-il pas venu ici exprès pour les arrêter et les ramener aux chefs des prêtres ?

22 Mais Saul s’affermissait de jour en jour dans la foi et les Juifs qui habitaient à Damas ne savaient plus que dire, car il leur démontrait que Jésus est le Messie. 23 Après un certain temps, les Juifs résolurent de le faire mourir. 24 Saul eut vent de leur complot. Jour et nuit, ils faisaient même surveiller les portes de la ville avec l’intention de le tuer. 25 Mais une nuit, les disciples qu’il enseignait l’emmenèrent et le firent descendre dans une corbeille le long du rempart.

26 A son arrivée à Jérusalem, il essaya de se joindre aux disciples. Mais tous avaient peur de lui, car ils ne croyaient pas qu’il fût vraiment devenu un disciple. 27 Barnabas le prit avec lui, le conduisit auprès des apôtres et leur raconta comment, sur le chemin de Damas, Saul avait vu le Seigneur, comment le Seigneur lui avait parlé et avec quel courage il avait prêché à Damas au nom de Jésus.

28 Dès lors, il se joignit à eux, allant et venant avec eux à Jérusalem, et parlant ouvertement au nom du Seigneur. 29 Il avait aussi beaucoup d’entretiens et de discussions avec les Juifs de culture grecque ; mais ceux-là aussi cherchèrent à le faire mourir. 30 Quand les frères l’apprirent, ils le conduisirent jusqu’à Césarée et, de là, le firent partir pour Tarse.

Pierre visite l’Eglise de Judée

31 Dans toute la Judée, la Galilée et la Samarie, l’Eglise jouissait alors de la paix. Elle grandissait dans la foi, vivait dans l’obéissance au Seigneur, et s’accroissait en nombre, grâce au soutien du Saint-Esprit.

32 Pierre, qui parcourait tout le pays, passa aussi chez les membres du peuple saint qui habitaient à Lydda[c]. 33 Il y trouva un homme du nom d’Enée qui n’avait pas quitté son lit depuis huit ans parce qu’il était paralysé.

34 – Enée, lui dit Pierre, Jésus-Christ te guérit, lève-toi et fais ton lit !

Il se leva aussitôt. 35 Tous ceux qui habitaient le village de Lydda et la plaine de Saron le virent et se convertirent au Seigneur.

36 A Jaffa vivait une femme, disciple du Seigneur, nommée Tabitha (en grec : Dorcas, ce qui signifie la Gazelle). Elle faisait beaucoup de bien autour d’elle et venait en aide aux pauvres. 37 A cette époque, elle tomba malade et mourut. Après avoir fait sa toilette funèbre, on la déposa dans la chambre, au premier étage de sa maison[d]. 38 Or Jaffa est tout près de Lydda, et les disciples avaient appris que Pierre se trouvait là ; ils lui envoyèrent donc deux hommes pour l’inviter en lui disant : Dépêche-toi de venir chez nous.

39 Pierre les suivit aussitôt. A son arrivée, on le conduisit dans la chambre. Toutes les veuves l’accueillirent en pleurant et lui montrèrent les robes et autres vêtements que Tabitha avait confectionnés quand elle était encore des leurs.

40 Pierre fit sortir tout le monde, se mit à genoux et pria. Puis, se tournant vers le corps, il dit : Tabitha, lève-toi !

Elle ouvrit les yeux, aperçut Pierre et s’assit. 41 Celui-ci lui donna la main et l’aida à se lever ; puis il rappela les croyants et les veuves et la leur présenta vivante.

42 La nouvelle eut vite fait le tour de la ville et beaucoup crurent au Seigneur. 43 Pierre resta quelque temps encore à Jaffa ; il logeait chez un tanneur nommé Simon.

Footnotes

  1. 9.2 Le prétendu crime était trop grave pour être jugé par un tribunal juif local. Seul le Grand-Conseil de Jérusalem était habilité à juger de tels cas. Les Romains admettaient l’extradition pour motif religieux.
  2. 9.11 Tarse: capitale de la Cilicie, à une quinzaine de kilomètres de la mer.
  3. 9.32 Lydda: à une vingtaine de kilomètres de Jaffa.
  4. 9.37 Voir note 1.13.

Saul’s Conversion(A)

Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the Lord’s disciples.(B) He went to the high priest and asked him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus,(C) so that if he found any there who belonged to the Way,(D) whether men or women, he might take them as prisoners to Jerusalem. As he neared Damascus on his journey, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.(E) He fell to the ground and heard a voice(F) say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”

“Who are you, Lord?” Saul asked.

“I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,” he replied. “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”(G)

The men traveling with Saul stood there speechless; they heard the sound(H) but did not see anyone.(I) Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing.(J) So they led him by the hand into Damascus. For three days he was blind, and did not eat or drink anything.

10 In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord called to him in a vision,(K) “Ananias!”

“Yes, Lord,” he answered.

11 The Lord told him, “Go to the house of Judas on Straight Street and ask for a man from Tarsus(L) named Saul, for he is praying. 12 In a vision he has seen a man named Ananias come and place his hands on(M) him to restore his sight.”

13 “Lord,” Ananias answered, “I have heard many reports about this man and all the harm he has done to your holy people(N) in Jerusalem.(O) 14 And he has come here with authority from the chief priests(P) to arrest all who call on your name.”(Q)

15 But the Lord said to Ananias, “Go! This man is my chosen instrument(R) to proclaim my name to the Gentiles(S) and their kings(T) and to the people of Israel. 16 I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.”(U)

17 Then Ananias went to the house and entered it. Placing his hands on(V) Saul, he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord—Jesus, who appeared to you on the road as you were coming here—has sent me so that you may see again and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”(W) 18 Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized,(X) 19 and after taking some food, he regained his strength.

Saul in Damascus and Jerusalem

Saul spent several days with the disciples(Y) in Damascus.(Z) 20 At once he began to preach in the synagogues(AA) that Jesus is the Son of God.(AB) 21 All those who heard him were astonished and asked, “Isn’t he the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who call on this name?(AC) And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”(AD) 22 Yet Saul grew more and more powerful and baffled the Jews living in Damascus by proving that Jesus is the Messiah.(AE)

23 After many days had gone by, there was a conspiracy among the Jews to kill him,(AF) 24 but Saul learned of their plan.(AG) Day and night they kept close watch on the city gates in order to kill him. 25 But his followers took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall.(AH)

26 When he came to Jerusalem,(AI) he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple. 27 But Barnabas(AJ) took him and brought him to the apostles. He told them how Saul on his journey had seen the Lord and that the Lord had spoken to him,(AK) and how in Damascus he had preached fearlessly in the name of Jesus.(AL) 28 So Saul stayed with them and moved about freely in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord. 29 He talked and debated with the Hellenistic Jews,[a](AM) but they tried to kill him.(AN) 30 When the believers(AO) learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea(AP) and sent him off to Tarsus.(AQ)

31 Then the church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria(AR) enjoyed a time of peace and was strengthened. Living in the fear of the Lord and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it increased in numbers.(AS)

Aeneas and Dorcas

32 As Peter traveled about the country, he went to visit the Lord’s people(AT) who lived in Lydda. 33 There he found a man named Aeneas, who was paralyzed and had been bedridden for eight years. 34 “Aeneas,” Peter said to him, “Jesus Christ heals you.(AU) Get up and roll up your mat.” Immediately Aeneas got up. 35 All those who lived in Lydda and Sharon(AV) saw him and turned to the Lord.(AW)

36 In Joppa(AX) there was a disciple named Tabitha (in Greek her name is Dorcas); she was always doing good(AY) and helping the poor. 37 About that time she became sick and died, and her body was washed and placed in an upstairs room.(AZ) 38 Lydda was near Joppa; so when the disciples(BA) heard that Peter was in Lydda, they sent two men to him and urged him, “Please come at once!”

39 Peter went with them, and when he arrived he was taken upstairs to the room. All the widows(BB) stood around him, crying and showing him the robes and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was still with them.

40 Peter sent them all out of the room;(BC) then he got down on his knees(BD) and prayed. Turning toward the dead woman, he said, “Tabitha, get up.”(BE) She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up. 41 He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called for the believers, especially the widows, and presented her to them alive. 42 This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.(BF) 43 Peter stayed in Joppa for some time with a tanner named Simon.(BG)

Footnotes

  1. Acts 9:29 That is, Jews who had adopted the Greek language and culture

And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest,

And desired of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.

And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus: and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven:

And he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?

And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.

And the men which journeyed with him stood speechless, hearing a voice, but seeing no man.

And Saul arose from the earth; and when his eyes were opened, he saw no man: but they led him by the hand, and brought him into Damascus.

And he was three days without sight, and neither did eat nor drink.

10 And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him said the Lord in a vision, Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.

11 And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and enquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus: for, behold, he prayeth,

12 And hath seen in a vision a man named Ananias coming in, and putting his hand on him, that he might receive his sight.

13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard by many of this man, how much evil he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem:

14 And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.

15 But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way: for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel:

16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.

17 And Ananias went his way, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared unto thee in the way as thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mightest receive thy sight, and be filled with the Holy Ghost.

18 And immediately there fell from his eyes as it had been scales: and he received sight forthwith, and arose, and was baptized.

19 And when he had received meat, he was strengthened. Then was Saul certain days with the disciples which were at Damascus.

20 And straightway he preached Christ in the synagogues, that he is the Son of God.

21 But all that heard him were amazed, and said; Is not this he that destroyed them which called on this name in Jerusalem, and came hither for that intent, that he might bring them bound unto the chief priests?

22 But Saul increased the more in strength, and confounded the Jews which dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is very Christ.

23 And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill him:

24 But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

25 Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.

26 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.

27 But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how he had preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.

28 And he was with them coming in and going out at Jerusalem.

29 And he spake boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed against the Grecians: but they went about to slay him.

30 Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.

31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

32 And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints which dwelt at Lydda.

33 And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.

34 And Peter said unto him, Aeneas, Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: arise, and make thy bed. And he arose immediately.

35 And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron saw him, and turned to the Lord.

36 Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which by interpretation is called Dorcas: this woman was full of good works and almsdeeds which she did.

37 And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died: whom when they had washed, they laid her in an upper chamber.

38 And forasmuch as Lydda was nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had heard that Peter was there, they sent unto him two men, desiring him that he would not delay to come to them.

39 Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.

40 But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up.

41 And he gave her his hand, and lifted her up, and when he had called the saints and widows, presented her alive.

42 And it was known throughout all Joppa; and many believed in the Lord.

43 And it came to pass, that he tarried many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner.