使徒行傳 3
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
彼得醫治瘸腿的乞丐
3 一天，在下午三點禱告的時間，彼得和約翰去聖殿。 2 有一個生來瘸腿的人天天被人抬到聖殿美門的外面，向進殿的人乞討。 3 他看見彼得和約翰要進殿，就求他們施捨。 4 二人定睛看他，彼得說：「看著我們！」 5 那人就緊盯著他們，期盼能有所收穫。
6 彼得說：「金子、銀子我都沒有，但是我把我有的給你。我奉拿撒勒人耶穌基督的名，命令你起來行走！」
7 彼得拉著他的右手扶他起來，那人的腳和踝骨立刻變得強健有力。 8 他跳了起來，站穩後開始行走，跟著彼得和約翰進入聖殿，走著跳著讚美上帝。 9 大家看見他一邊走一邊讚美上帝， 10 認出他就是那個在美門外面的乞丐，都為發生在他身上的事而感到驚奇、詫異。 11 那乞丐緊緊拉著彼得和約翰的手走到所羅門廊，眾人都跑過來，嘖嘖稱奇。
彼得傳揚基督
12 彼得看見這情形，就對大家說：「以色列人啊，何必驚奇呢？為什麼一直盯著我們呢？你們以為我們是憑自己的能力和虔誠叫這人行走嗎？ 13 亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的上帝，就是我們祖先的上帝，已經使祂的僕人耶穌得了榮耀。你們把耶穌交給彼拉多，儘管彼拉多想釋放祂，你們卻在彼拉多面前棄絕祂！ 14 你們棄絕了那聖潔公義者，竟然要求彼拉多釋放一個兇手。 15 你們殺了生命之主，上帝卻使祂從死裡復活了。我們都是這事的見證人。 16 你們認識的這個乞丐因為相信耶穌的名，得到了醫治。你們都看見了，他能痊癒是因為他信耶穌。
17 「弟兄們，我知道你們的所作所為是出於無知，你們的官長也是一樣。 18 但是上帝早已藉眾先知預言基督要受害，這事果然應驗了。 19 所以你們要悔改，歸向上帝，祂將除去你們一切的罪惡， 20 賜給你們煥然一新的日子，也將差遣祂預先為你們選立的基督耶穌降臨。 21 基督必須留在天上，直到萬物更新的時候，這是上帝自古以來藉聖先知的口說的。 22 摩西曾經說，『主——你們的上帝將要在你們中間興起一位像我一樣的先知。你們要留心聽祂的話， 23 凡不聽的，必將他從民中剷除。』
24 「從撒母耳到後來的所有先知都宣告過這些日子。 25 你們是先知的子孫，也承受了上帝和你們祖先所立的約。上帝曾對亞伯拉罕說，『天下萬族必因你的後裔而蒙福。』 26 上帝興起祂的僕人，首先差遣祂到你們中間賜福給你們，使你們脫離罪惡。」
Acts 3
The Voice
Although this young and thriving church has no political influence, property, fame, or wealth, it is powerful. Its power is centered in living the gospel. The people value one another more than any possessions. They come together as a large, passionate, healthy family where it is natural to pray and share all of life together. The kingdom of God is blossoming on earth as these lovers of God embrace the teachings of Jesus. In the days ahead, the church will lose much of this initial beauty and appeal; it will become consumed with a desire for material possessions, cultural influence, and power.
3 One day at three o’clock in the afternoon, a customary time for daily prayer, Peter and John walked to the temple. 2 Some people were carrying in a man who had been paralyzed since birth. Every day they brought him to a place near the beautiful gate (one of the temple entrances) so he could beg for money from people entering to worship. 3 He saw Peter and John coming and asked them for a contribution. 4 Peter gazed intensely at him—so did John.
Peter: Look at us.
5 The man looked up at them, assuming they were about to give him some money.
Peter: 6 I want to give you something, but I don’t have any silver or gold. Here’s what I can offer you: stand up and walk in the name of Jesus of Nazareth, the Anointed One.
7 Then Peter took the man’s right hand and lifted him to his feet. Instantly the man’s feet and ankles grew strong. 8 He jumped and walked, accompanying Peter and John into the temple where he walked, jumped for joy, and shouted praises to God. 9-11 A crowd ran to the commotion, and they gathered around this man in an open area called Solomon’s Porch. There he was, standing on his own two feet, holding on to Peter and John. They knew exactly who he was—the beggar they passed at the beautiful gate every day. Everyone was absolutely amazed at this wonderful miracle; they were speechless, stunned.
Just as Jesus promised, the Spirit comes on believers in power, enabling them to do miracles like this. Now they can participate in the truth of the good news.
Peter (to the crowd): 12 Why are you so amazed, my fellow Israelites? Why are you staring at my friend and me as though we did this miracle through our own power or made this fellow walk by our own holiness? 13 We didn’t do this—God did! The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob—the God of our ancestors has glorified Jesus, God’s servant—the same Jesus whom you betrayed and rejected in front of Pilate, even though Pilate was going to release Him. 14 He is the Holy and Righteous One, but you rejected Him and asked for a murderer to be released to you instead. 15 You not only rejected Him, but you killed Him—the very Author of life! But God raised Jesus from the dead, whom my friend John and I have seen with our own eyes. 16 So that’s how this miracle happened: we have faith in the name of Jesus, and He is the power that made this man strong—this man who is known to all of you. It is faith in Jesus that has given this man his complete health here today, in front of all of you.
17 Listen, friends, I know you didn’t fully realize what you were doing when you rejected and betrayed Jesus. I know that you, and your rulers as well, were acting in ignorance. 18 God was at work in all this, fulfilling what He had predicted through all the prophets—that the Anointed One would suffer. 19 So now you need to rethink everything and turn to God so your sins will be forgiven and a new day can dawn, days of refreshing times flowing from the Lord. 20 Then God may send Jesus the Anointed, whom God has chosen for you. 21 He is in heaven now and must remain there until the day of universal restoration comes—the restoration which in ancient times God announced through the holy prophets. 22 Moses, for example, said, “The Eternal One your God will raise up from among your people a prophet who will be like me. You must listen to Him. 23 And whoever does not listen to His words will be completely uprooted from among the people.”[a]
24 Every prophet, from Samuel through all of his successors, agreed. 25 You are the descendants of these prophets, and you are the people of God’s covenant to your ancestors. God’s word to Abraham includes you: “Because of your descendants, all the families of the earth will be blessed.”[b] 26 So when God raised up His Servant, God sent Him first to you, to begin blessing you by calling you to change your path from evil ways to God’s ways.
Footnotes
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