使 徒 行 傳 9
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
扫罗成为耶稣的门徒
9 与此同时，扫罗还在威胁着要杀主的门徒。他到大祭司那里， 2 请求他写些信给大马士革的会堂，如果他发现了信主之道的门徒时，不论男女，可以逮捕他们，并押回耶路撒冷。
3 当他快走到大马士革的时候，突然从天上降下一束光，把他围在中间， 4 他栽倒在地上。这时，他听见一个声音对他说∶“扫罗，扫罗，你为什么要迫害我？”
5 扫罗说∶“你是谁，先生？”
那个声音又说∶“我是耶稣，就是被你迫害的那位。 6 起来，进城去，那儿会有人告诉你该做什么。”
7 与他同行的人都站在那里，哑口无言。他们听见了那个声音，可是却看不见任何人。 8 扫罗从地上爬起来，可再睁开眼时，他却什么都看不见了。人们只好拉着他的手，把他领进了大马士革城。 9 他三天看不见东西，也不吃不喝。
10 大马士革城里有一个叫亚拿尼亚的门徒。主在幻象中对他说∶“亚拿尼亚！”
他回答说∶“我在这儿，主。”
11 主又对他说∶“马上起来，到叫直街的那条街去，在犹大 [a]的家门口找一个大数人，名字叫扫罗，因为他在祈祷。 12 他在幻象中，看到一个名叫亚拿尼亚的人走进来，把手放在他的头上，以便他能再看见。”
13 亚拿尼亚答道∶“我从很多人那里听说过这个人。他在耶路撒冷对你的圣徒们所做的种种恶事，我都听说了。 14 而且他还从祭司长那里得到许可，要到这里逮捕那些信仰你的人们 [b]。”
15 可是，主却对他说∶“去吧！这个人是我选中的工具，要在外族人和君王面前，以及以色列人的面前，讲述关于我的事情。 16 我会亲自向他展示，为了我的名字，他必须遭受多少痛苦。”
17 亚拿尼亚离开，走进那所房子，把手放在扫罗的身上，说道∶“扫罗兄弟，主－就是在你来此途中向你显现的耶稣－打发我来，以便你能重见光明，充满圣灵。” 18 立即，有像鱼鳞似的东西从扫罗的眼睛里落下，他又能看见东西了。他站起身来，受了洗礼。 19 吃了些东西后，恢复了体力。
扫罗开始传道
扫罗在大马士革与门徒们在一起住了一段时间。 20 然后，他便径直来到各个会堂，开始宣传耶稣。他说∶“耶稣是上帝之子。”
21 所有听到的人都觉得十分震惊，他们说∶“他难道不就是那个在耶路撒冷想毁灭信赖耶稣的人吗？他来这里的目的是想逮捕他们，并把他们带回祭司长那里去。”
22 但是，扫罗越来越有力，他证明耶稣就是基督，驳倒了住在大马士革的犹太人。
扫罗从犹太人那里逃脱
23 又过了很多天，犹太人密谋要杀害扫罗。 24 可扫罗得知了这个阴谋的风声。犹太人日夜把守着城门，要杀扫罗。 25 但是，夜里，他的门徒们帮他离开了此城，他们把他放进筐里，从城墙上的一个窟窿里把他缒了下去。
扫罗在耶路撒冷
26 扫罗来到耶路撒冷，试图加入耶稣门徒的行列。但他们都非常害怕他，谁都不相信他也成了耶稣的门徒。 27 但是，巴拿巴收留了他，带他来见使徒，告诉他们扫罗在路上如何见到了主，主对他讲过话，还告诉他们扫罗在大马士革时，是多么大胆地以耶稣的名义讲话。
28 扫罗便与他们呆在一起，他在耶路撒冷自由出入，大胆地以主的名义讲话。 29 他与讲希腊语的犹太人交谈、辩论，可那些人却企图要杀害他。 30 当兄弟们得知这个消息后，就把扫罗带到了该撒利亚，然后又把他送到了大数。
31 所以，犹太、加利利和撒玛利亚的教会出现了一段和平时期。教会得到了加强，门徒们生活在对主充满了敬畏之情之中，并受到圣灵鼓舞，所以门徒的人数增多了。
彼得在吕大和约帕
32 此时，彼得正四处奔走。一次他去探访住在吕大的上帝的圣民， 33 他在那里遇见一个叫以尼雅的人，此人瘫痪，已卧床有八年之久。 34 彼得对他说∶“以尼雅，耶稣基督让你痊愈了，站起来，收拾你的被褥。”话音刚落，以尼雅就站了起来。 35 住在吕大以及沙仑的人们都看到了他，并且都归顺了主。 36 约帕有一个耶稣的门徒，名叫大比大（希腊文是多加，即羚羊）她一生行善，周济穷人。 37 当时，她生病死了。人们洗净了她的尸体，把她放到了楼上。吕大离约帕不远。 38 当约帕的门徒听说彼得在吕大时，便派两个人来请求他说∶“请赶快到我们这儿来。” 39 彼得便与他们一起启程了。彼得一到，他们就把他领到了楼上。这时，所有的寡妇都围在彼得的身边，边哭边让彼得看多加在世时缝制的内衣和外衣。 40 彼得让所有的人都出去后，跪下来祈祷，然后转向尸体说∶“大比大，起来。”大比大睁开眼睛，看见了彼得，便坐起身来。 41 彼得伸出手，扶她站了起来。然后，彼得把圣徒和寡妇们都叫了进来，把活着的大比大交给了他们。 42 这件事在整个约帕家喻户晓，许多人信仰了主。 43 此后，彼得又在约帕住了很多天，和一个名叫西门的硝皮匠住在一起。
Footnotes
- 使 徒 行 傳 9:11 犹大： 不是使徒犹大。
- 使 徒 行 傳 9:14 信仰你的人们： 直译为“召唤你的名字”，意为用对他的崇拜或祈祷来表示对耶稣的信仰。
使徒行传 9
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
掃羅悔改歸主(A)
9 掃羅仍向主的門徒發恐嚇兇殺的話。他到大祭司那裡， 2 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。 3 他快到大馬士革的時候，忽然有光從天上向他四面照射。 4 他仆倒在地，聽見有聲音對他說：“掃羅，掃羅！你為甚麼迫害我？” 5 他說：“主啊，你是誰？”主說：“我就是你所迫害的耶穌。 6 起來，進城去！你應當作的事，一定有人告訴你。” 7 同行的人，聽見聲音，卻看不見人，只是目瞪口呆地站在那裡。 8 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。 9 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。
Acts 9
J.B. Phillips New Testament
The crisis for Saul
9 1-2 But Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the High Priest and begged him for letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he should find there any followers of the Way, whether men or women, he could bring them back to Jerusalem as prisoners.
3-4 But on his journey, as he neared Damascus, a light from Heaven suddenly blazed around him, and he fell to the ground. Then he heard a voice speaking to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
5 “Who are you, Lord?” he asked.
6 “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting,” was the reply. “But now stand up and go into the city and there you will be told what you must do.”
7-9 His companions on the journey stood there speechless, for they had heard the voice but could see no one. Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could see nothing. So they took him by the hand and led him into Damascus. There he remained sightless for three days, and during that time he had nothing either to eat or drink.
God’s preparation for the converted Saul
10 Now in Damascus there was a disciple by the name of Ananias. The Lord spoke to this man in a dream. calling him by his name. “I am here, Lord,” he replied.
11-12 Then the Lord said to him, “Get up and go down to the street called Straight, and enquire at the house of Judas for a man named Saul from Tarsus. At this moment he is praying and he sees in his mind’s eye a man by the name of Ananias coming into the house, and placing his hands upon him to restore his sight.”
13-14 But Ananias replied, “Lord, I have heard on all hands about this man and how much harm he has done to your holy people in Jerusalem! Why even now he holds powers from the chief priests to arrest all who call upon your name.”
15-16 But the Lord said to him, “Go on your way, for this man is my chosen instrument to bear my name before the Gentiles and their kings, as well as to the sons of Israel. Indeed, I myself will show him what he must suffer for the sake of my name.”
17 Then Ananias set out and went to the house, and there he laid his hands upon Saul, and said, “Saul, brother, the Lord has sent me—Jesus who appeared to you on your journey here—so that you may recover your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”
18-19a Immediately something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again. He got to his feet and was baptised. Then he took some food and regained his strength.
Saul’s conversion astounds the disciples
19b-21 Saul stayed with the disciples in Damascus for some time. Without delay he proclaimed Jesus in the synagogues declaring that he is the Son of God. All his hearers were staggered and kept saying, “Isn’t this the man who so bitterly persecuted those who called on the name in Jerusalem, and came down here with the sole object of taking back all such people as prisoners before the chief priests?”
22 But Saul went on from strength to strength, reducing to confusion the Jews who lived at Damascus by proving beyond doubt that this man is Christ.
The long revenge on the “renegade” begins
23-25 After some time the Jews made a plot to kill Saul, but news of this came to his ears. Although in their murderous scheme the Jews watched the gates day and night for him, Saul’s disciples took him one night and let him down through an opening in the wall by lowering him in a basket.
At Jerusalem Saul is suspect: Barnabas conciliates
26-30 When Saul reached Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples. But they were all afraid of him, finding it impossible to believe that he was a disciple. Barnabas, however, took him by the hand and introduced him to the apostles, and explained to them how he had seen the Lord on his journey, and how the Lord had spoken to him. He further explained how Saul had spoken in Damascus with the utmost boldness in the name of Jesus. After that Saul joined with them in all their activities in Jerusalem, preaching fearlessly in the name of the Lord. He used to talk and argue with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they made several attempts on his life. When the brothers realised this they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.
A time of peace
31 The whole Church throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria now enjoyed a period of peace. It became established and as it went forward in reverence for the Lord and in the strengthening presence of the Holy spirit, continued to grow in numbers.
Peter heals at Lydda
32-34 Now it happened that Peter, in the course of travelling about among them all, came to God’s people living at Lydda. There he found a man called Aeneas who had been bed-ridden for eight years through paralysis. Peter said to him “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you! Get up and make your bed.”
35 He got to his feet at once. And all those who lived in Lydda and Sharon saw him and turned to the Lord.
And again at Joppa
36-38 Then there was a woman in Joppa, a disciple called Tabitha, whose name in Greek was Dorcas (meaning Gazelle). She was a woman whose whole life was full of good and kindly actions, but in those days she became seriously ill and died. So when they had washed her body they laid her in an upper room. Now Lydda is quite near Joppa, and when the disciples heard that Peter was in Lydda, they sent two men to him and begged him, “Please come to us without delay.”
39-40a Peter got up and went back with them, and when he arrived in Joppa they took him to the room upstairs. All the widows stood around him with tears in their eyes, holding out for him to see dresses and cloaks which Dorcas used to make for them while she was with them. But Peter put them all outside the room and knelt down and prayed. Then he turned to the body and said, “Tabitha, get up!”
40b-41 She opened her eyes, and as soon as she saw Peter she sat up. He took her by the hand, helped her to her feet, and then called out to the believers and widows and presented her to them alive.
42 This became known throughout the whole of Joppa and many believed in the Lord. Peter himself remained there for some time, staying with a tanner called Simon.
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