使徒行传 21
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
结束第三次宣教旅程
21 我们离别了他们以后,船就直航到了哥士,第二天到罗底,从那里开往帕大拉; 2 遇见了一艘开往腓尼基的船,就上船起行。 3 我们远远看见塞浦路斯,就从南边驶过,直航叙利亚,在推罗靠了岸,因为船要在那里卸货。 4 我们找到了一些门徒,就在那里住了七天。他们凭着圣灵的指示告诉保罗不要上耶路撒冷去。 5 过了这几天,我们就启程前行,他们众人带着妻子儿女送我们到城外。我们跪在海滩上祷告, 6 互相道别。我们上了船,他们就回家去了。
7 我们从推罗继续航行,到了多利买,问候那里的弟兄,与他们同住了一天。 8 第二天我们离开那里,来到该撒利亚,到了传福音的腓利家里,与他住在一起。他是那七位执事中的一位。 9 他有四个女儿,都是童女,是会说预言的。 10 我们住了几天之后,有一位先知,名叫亚迦布,从犹太下来。 11 他来见我们,把保罗的腰带拿过来,绑住自己的手脚,说:“圣灵说,犹太人在耶路撒冷要这样捆绑这腰带的主人,把他交在外族人的手里。” 12 我们听了这些话,就和当地的人劝保罗不要去耶路撒冷。 13 保罗却回答:“你们为甚么哭,使我心碎呢?我为主耶稣的名,不但被捆绑,就算死在耶路撒冷我也都准备好了。” 14 他既然不听劝,我们只说了“愿主的旨意成就”,就不出声了。
15 过了几天,我们收拾行装,上耶路撒冷去。 16 有该撒利亚的几个门徒同我们在一起,领我们到一个塞浦路斯人拿孙家里住宿;他作了门徒已经很久了。
保罗报告工作的情况
17 我们到了耶路撒冷,弟兄们欢欢喜喜接待我们。 18 第二天,保罗和我们一同去见雅各,长老们也都在座。 19 保罗问候了他们,就把 神借着他的工作在外族人中所行的事,一一述说出来。 20 他们听了,就赞美 神,对保罗说:“弟兄,你看,犹太人中信主的有好几万,都是对律法很热心的人。 21 他们听说,你教导所有在外族人中的犹太人背弃摩西,叫他们不要给孩子行割礼,也不要遵守规例。 22 他们总会听见你来了,那怎么办呢? 23 你就照我们的话作吧,我们这里有四个人,都有愿在身。 24 你把他们带去,和他们一同行洁净礼,并且替他们付钱,让他们剃去头发,这样大家就知道以前所听见关于你的事,都不是真实的,也知道你是遵守律法循规蹈矩而行的人。 25 至于信主的外族人,我们已经写了信,吩咐他们要禁戒祭偶像的食物、血、勒死的牲畜和淫乱。” 26 保罗就把那几个人带走了,第二天和他们一同行了洁净礼。他们进了殿,报明了他们洁净期满的日子,以及各人献祭的时间。
保罗在圣殿被犹太人捉住
27 七日将完的时候,从亚西亚来的犹太人看见保罗在殿里,就煽动群众,并且捉住他, 28 喊叫着说:“以色列人哪,快来帮忙!这个人到处教导众人反对人民,反对律法和这个地方,他甚至把希腊人也带进殿里,污秽了这圣地。” 29 原来他们看见过以弗所人特罗非摩同保罗在城里,就以为保罗带他进了殿。 30 于是全城震动,民众一齐跑来,捉住保罗,拉出殿外,殿门就立刻关起来了。 31 他们正想杀他的时候,有人报告营部的千夫长,说:“整个耶路撒冷都乱了!” 32 千夫长立刻带着一些百夫长和士兵跑到他们那里。众人一看见千夫长和士兵,就停止殴打保罗。 33 于是千夫长上前捉住保罗,吩咐人用两条铁链捆住他,问他是甚么人,作过甚么事。 34 那时众人叫这个喊那个,吵吵闹闹,以致千夫长没有办法知道真相,只好下令把保罗带到营楼去。 35 保罗到了台阶下面的时候,士兵把他抬起来,因为群众猛挤, 36 而且有一群人跟在后面叫喊:“干掉他!”
保罗为自己申辩(A)
37 他们带着保罗快到营楼的时候,保罗对千夫长说:“我可以跟你讲一句话吗?”千夫长说:“你懂希腊话吗? 38 难道你不就是不久以前作乱的、带领四千个杀手到旷野去的那个埃及人吗?” 39 保罗说:“我是犹太人,是基利家的大数人,并不是无名小城的公民,求你准我向民众讲几句话。” 40 千夫长准许了他,保罗就站在台阶上,向民众作了一个手势。大家安静下来了,保罗就用希伯来语讲话,说:
Machitidwe a Atumwi 21
Mawu a Mulungu mu Chichewa Chalero
Paulo Apita ku Yerusalemu
21 Titalawirana nawo, tinachoka kumeneko mʼsitima ya pamadzi, ndipo tinayenda molunjika mpaka kufika ku Kosi. Mmawa mwake tinapita ku Rode, kuchokera kumeneko tinapita ku Patara. 2 Kumeneko tinapeza sitima yapamadzi yopita ku Foinike. Choncho tinalowamo nʼkunyamuka. 3 Tinaona chilumba cha Kupro ndipo tinadutsa kummwera kwake nʼkupita ku Siriya. Tinakayima ku Turo chifukwa sitima yathuyo imayenera kusiya katundu kumeneko. 4 Tinafunafuna ophunzira kumeneko, ndipo titawapeza tinakhala nawo masiku asanu ndi awiri. Iwowa, mwa Mzimu Woyera anakakamiza Paulo kuti asapite ku Yerusalemu. 5 Koma nthawi yathu itatha, tinachokako ndi kupitiriza ulendo wathu. Ophunzira onse pamodzi ndi akazi awo ndi ana anatiperekeza mpaka kunja kwa mzinda. Ndipo kumeneko tinagwada mʼmbali mwa nyanja ndi kupemphera. 6 Titatsanzikana, tinalowa mʼsitima ija, iwowo anabwerera ku nyumba zawo.
7 Ife tinapitiriza ulendo wathu wochokera ku Turo mpaka tinafika ku Ptolemayi. Kumeneko tinalonjera abale ndi kukhala nawo tsiku limodzi. 8 Tinachoka mmawa mwake, mpaka tinakafika ku Kaisareya. Tinapita kukakhala mʼnyumba ya mlaliki Filipo, amene anali mmodzi mwa atumiki a mpingo asanu ndi awiri aja. 9 Iye anali ndi ana aakazi anayi osakwatiwa amene anali ndi mphatso ya uneneri.
10 Titakhala kumeneko masiku ambiri, kunabwera mneneri wina wochokera ku Yudeya dzina lake Agabu. 11 Atafika kwa ife, anatenga lamba wa Paulo, nadzimanga naye manja ake ndi mapazi ake ndipo anati, “Mzimu Woyera akuti, ‘Mwini lambayu, Ayuda adzamumanga chomwechi ku Yerusalemu, ndipo adzamupereka mʼmanja mwa anthu a mitundu ina.’ ”
12 Titamva zimenezi, ife pamodzi ndi anthu kumeneko tinamudandaulira Paulo kuti asapite ku Yerusalemu. 13 Koma Paulo anayankha kuti, “Chifukwa chiyani mukulira ndi kunditayitsa mtima? Ndine wokonzeka osati kumangidwa kokha ayi, komanso kufa ku Yerusalemu chifukwa cha dzina la Ambuye Yesu.” 14 Titalephera kumuletsa tinamuleka ndipo tinati, “Chifuniro cha Ambuye chichitike.”
15 Pambuyo pake, ife tinakonzeka ndi kunyamuka kumapita ku Yerusalemu. 16 Ena mwa ophunzira a ku Kaisareya anatiperekeza mpaka kukatifikitsa ku nyumba ya Mnasoni, kumene tinakonza kuti tizikhalako. Iye anali wa ku Kupro ndiponso mmodzi wa ophunzira oyambirira.
Paulo Afika ku Yerusalemu
17 Titafika ku Yerusalemu, abale anatilandira mwachimwemwe. 18 Mmawa mwake Paulo pamodzi ndi ife tonse tinapita kwa Yakobo, ndipo akulu onse a mpingo anali komweko. 19 Paulo anawalonjera ndi kuwafotokozera mwatsatanetsatane zimene Mulungu anachita pakati pa anthu a mitundu ina kudzera mu utumiki wake.
20 Atamva zimenezi, iwo anayamika Mulungu. Kenaka anawuza Paulo kuti, “Mʼbale, ukuona kuti pali Ayuda ambirimbiri amene anakhulupirira, ndipo ndi okhulupirika potsatira Malamulo a Mose. 21 Iwo anawuzidwa kuti iwe umaphunzitsa Ayuda onse amene akukhala pakati pa anthu a mitundu ina kuti asiye kutsatira Mose, kuti asamachite mdulidwe kapena kutsatira miyambo. 22 Nanga pamenepa ife titani? Iwo adzamva ndithu kuti iwe wabwera, 23 tsono iwe chita zimene ife tikuwuze. Tili nawo amuna anayi pano amene anachita lumbiro kwa Mulungu. 24 Muwatenge anthu amenewa, ndipo muchite nawo mwambo wowayeretsa ndipo muwalipirire zoti apereke kuti amete tsitsi lawo. Kotero aliyense adzadziwa kuti palibe choonadi pa zimene anamva za inu, koma kuti inu mwini mumakhala moyo womvera Malamulo. 25 Koma kunena za anthu a mitundu ina amene asandulika okhulupirira, ife tinawalembera zimene tinavomerezana zakuti asadye chakudya choperekedwa ku mafano, asadye magazi, asadye nyama yopotola ndiponso asachite zadama.”
26 Mmawa mwake Paulo anatenga amuna aja ndipo anachita mwambo wodziyeretsa. Kenaka anapita ku Nyumba ya Mulungu nakadziwitsa ansembe za tsiku limene adzatsiriza nthawi ya kudziyeretsa ndi kuperekera nsembe aliyense wa iwo.
Agwira Paulo
27 Ali pafupi kutsiriza masiku asanu ndi awiriwo, Ayuda ena ochokera ku Asiya anaona Paulo mʼNyumba ya Mulungu. Iwo anawutsa gulu lonse la anthu ndipo anamugwira Paulo, 28 akufuwula kuti, “Inu Aisraeli, tithandizeni! Ndi uyu munthu uja amaphunzitsa anthu onse ponseponse kuti azinyoza mtundu wathu ndiponso Malamulo athu ndi malo ano. Kuwonjezera pamenepo, walowetsa Agriki mʼbwalo la Nyumba ino ndipo wadetsa malo opatulika.” 29 Iwo ananena izi chifukwa anali ataona Trofimo wa ku Efeso ali ndi Paulo mu mzindamo ndipo iwo ankaganiza kuti Paulo anamulowetsa mʼbwalo la Nyumba ya Mulungu.
30 Mzinda wonse unasokonezeka, ndipo anthu anabwera akuthamanga kuchokera kumbali zonse. Anamugwira Paulo, namukokera kunja kwa Nyumbayo, ndipo nthawi yomweyo anatseka zipata. 31 Pamene anthuwo ankafuna kupha Paulo, nkhaniyi inamveka kwa mkulu wa magulu a asilikali a Aroma kuti mzinda wonse wa Yerusalemu wasokonezeka. 32 Nthawi yomweyo iye anatenga asilikali ndi atsogoleri a magulu a asilikali ndi kuthamangira kumene kunali anthuwo. Anthuwo ataona mkuluyo ndi asilikali ake analeka kumenya Paulo.
33 Mkulu wa asilikaliyo anabwera nagwira Paulo, ndipo analamula kuti amangidwe ndi maunyolo awiri. Kenaka iye anafunsa kuti ndi ndani ndipo wachita chiyani. 34 Ena mʼgulumo anafuwula chinthu china ndi enanso chinanso. Tsono popeza mkulu wa asilikaliyo sanathe kudziwa choonadi chenicheni chifukwa cha phokoso, analamula kuti Paulo atengedwe kupita ku malo a asilikali. 35 Paulo atafika pa makwerero olowera ku malo a asilikaliwo, ananyamulidwa ndi asilikali chifukwa cha ukali wa anthuwo. 36 Gulu la anthu limene linamutsatira linapitiriza kufuwula kuti, “Ameneyo aphedwe basi!”
Paulo Ayankhula
37 Asilikali ali pafupi kulowa naye ku malo awo, iye anapempha mkulu wa asilikaliyo kuti, “Kodi mungandilole ndiyankhulepo?”
Mkulu wa asilikaliyo anafunsa kuti, “Kodi umayankhula Chigriki? 38 Kodi sindiwe Mwigupto uja amene masiku apitawo unayambitsa kuwukira ndi kutsogolera anthu 4,000 owukira aja nʼkupita nawo ku chipululu?”
39 Paulo anayankha kuti, “Ine ndine Myuda, wa ku Tarisisi ku Kilikiya. Sindine nzika ya mzinda wamba. Chonde loleni ndiyankhule nawo anthuwa.”
40 Ataloledwa ndi mkulu wa asilikaliyo, Paulo anayimirira pa makwereropo nakweza dzanja lake kwa gulu la anthuwo. Onse atakhala chete, iye anayankhula nawo mʼChihebri.
Acts 21
New International Version
On to Jerusalem
21 After we(A) had torn ourselves away from them, we put out to sea and sailed straight to Kos. The next day we went to Rhodes and from there to Patara. 2 We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia,(B) went on board and set sail. 3 After sighting Cyprus and passing to the south of it, we sailed on to Syria.(C) We landed at Tyre, where our ship was to unload its cargo. 4 We sought out the disciples(D) there and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit(E) they urged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem. 5 When it was time to leave, we left and continued on our way. All of them, including wives and children, accompanied us out of the city, and there on the beach we knelt to pray.(F) 6 After saying goodbye to each other, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.
7 We continued our voyage from Tyre(G) and landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and sisters(H) and stayed with them for a day. 8 Leaving the next day, we reached Caesarea(I) and stayed at the house of Philip(J) the evangelist,(K) one of the Seven. 9 He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.(L)
10 After we had been there a number of days, a prophet named Agabus(M) came down from Judea. 11 Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says,(N) ‘In this way the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will bind(O) the owner of this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles.’”(P)
12 When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem. 13 Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die(Q) in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”(R) 14 When he would not be dissuaded, we gave up(S) and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”(T)
15 After this, we started on our way up to Jerusalem.(U) 16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea(V) accompanied us and brought us to the home of Mnason, where we were to stay. He was a man from Cyprus(W) and one of the early disciples.
Paul’s Arrival at Jerusalem
17 When we arrived at Jerusalem, the brothers and sisters(X) received us warmly.(Y) 18 The next day Paul and the rest of us went to see James,(Z) and all the elders(AA) were present. 19 Paul greeted them and reported in detail what God had done among the Gentiles(AB) through his ministry.(AC)
20 When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous(AD) for the law.(AE) 21 They have been informed that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses,(AF) telling them not to circumcise their children(AG) or live according to our customs.(AH) 22 What shall we do? They will certainly hear that you have come, 23 so do what we tell you. There are four men with us who have made a vow.(AI) 24 Take these men, join in their purification rites(AJ) and pay their expenses, so that they can have their heads shaved.(AK) Then everyone will know there is no truth in these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law. 25 As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they should abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality.”(AL)
26 The next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he went to the temple to give notice of the date when the days of purification would end and the offering would be made for each of them.(AM)
Paul Arrested
27 When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,(AN) 28 shouting, “Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and our law and this place. And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”(AO) 29 (They had previously seen Trophimus(AP) the Ephesian(AQ) in the city with Paul and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.)
30 The whole city was aroused, and the people came running from all directions. Seizing Paul,(AR) they dragged him(AS) from the temple, and immediately the gates were shut. 31 While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of Jerusalem was in an uproar. 32 He at once took some officers and soldiers and ran down to the crowd. When the rioters saw the commander and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.(AT)
33 The commander came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound(AU) with two(AV) chains.(AW) Then he asked who he was and what he had done. 34 Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another,(AX) and since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks.(AY) 35 When Paul reached the steps,(AZ) the violence of the mob was so great he had to be carried by the soldiers. 36 The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Get rid of him!”(BA)
Paul Speaks to the Crowd(BB)
37 As the soldiers were about to take Paul into the barracks,(BC) he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?”
“Do you speak Greek?” he replied. 38 “Aren’t you the Egyptian who started a revolt and led four thousand terrorists out into the wilderness(BD) some time ago?”(BE)
39 Paul answered, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus(BF) in Cilicia,(BG) a citizen of no ordinary city. Please let me speak to the people.”
40 After receiving the commander’s permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned(BH) to the crowd. When they were all silent, he said to them in Aramaic[a]:(BI)
Footnotes
- Acts 21:40 Or possibly Hebrew; also in 22:2
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