| 宗徒大事錄 |
Acts |
| 1宗徒和在猶太的弟兄聽說了，連外邦人也接受了天主的聖道。 |
1 Now the apostles and the brothers who were in Judea heard that the Gentiles too had accepted the word of God. |
| 2及至伯多祿上到耶路撒冷，那些受割損的人非難他 |
2So when Peter went up to Jerusalem the circumcised believers confronted him, |
| 3說：「你竟進了未受割損人的家，且同他們吃了飯！」 |
3saying, "You entered the house of uncircumcised people and ate with them." |
| 4伯多祿便開始按次解釋說： |
4Peter began and explained it to them step by step, saying, |
| 5「我在約培城祈禱的時候，在神魂超拔中見了一個異像：由天上降下一個器皿，好像一塊大布，繫着四角，從天縋下，一直來到我面前。 |
5"I was at prayer in the city of Joppa when in a trance I had a vision, something resembling a large sheet coming down, lowered from the sky by its four corners, and it came to me. |
| 6我往裏面定睛細看，見有地上的四足獸、野獸、爬蟲和天空的飛鳥。 |
6Looking intently into it, I observed and saw the four-legged animals of the earth, the wild beasts, the reptiles, and the birds of the sky. |
| 7我也聽到有聲音向我說：伯多祿！起來，宰了，吃罷！ |
7I also heard a voice say to me, 'Get up, Peter. Slaughter and eat.' |
| 8我卻答說：主，絕對不可！因為污穢和不潔之物總沒有進過我的口。 |
8But I said, 'Certainly not, sir, because nothing profane or unclean has ever entered my mouth.' |
| 9第二次有聲音從天上答道：天主稱為潔淨的，你不可稱為污穢！ |
9But a second time a voice from heaven answered, 'What God has made clean, you are not to call profane.' |
| 10這事竟一連發生了三次。以後，那一切又撤回天上去了。 |
10This happened three times, and then everything was drawn up again into the sky. |
| 11正在那時，忽有三個人，來到我們所住的家門前，他們是從凱撒勒雅被派來見我的。 |
11Just then three men appeared at the house where we were, who had been sent to me from Caesarea. |
| 12聖神吩咐我應與他們同去，不必疑惑。同我一起去的，還有這六個弟兄，我們就進了那人的家。 |
12The Spirit told me to accompany them without discriminating. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man's house. |
| 13那人告訴了我們：他怎樣看見天使站在他的屋內，說：你要打發人到約培去，邀請號稱伯多祿的西滿來。 |
13He related to us how he had seen (the) angel standing in his house, saying, 'Send someone to Joppa and summon Simon, who is called Peter, |
| 14他有話對你講，使你和你全家得救。 |
14who will speak words to you by which you and all your household will be saved.' |
| 15以後，在我開始講話時，聖神就降在他們身上，有如當初降在我們身上一樣。 |
15As I began to speak, the holy Spirit fell upon them as it had upon us at the beginning, |
| 16我就想起了主所說的話：若翰固然用水施了洗，但你們卻要因聖神受洗。 |
16and I remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said, 'John baptized with water but you will be baptized with the holy Spirit.' |
| 17所以，如果天主賜給了他們同樣的恩惠，如同給我們信主耶穌基督的人一樣，我是什麼人，能阻止天主呢？」 |
17If then God gave them the same gift he gave to us when we came to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to be able to hinder God?" |
| 18眾人聽了這話，纔平靜下來，並光榮天主說：「原來天主也恩賜外邦人悔改，為得生命。」 |
18When they heard this, they stopped objecting and glorified God, saying, "God has then granted life-giving repentance to the Gentiles too." |
| 19在斯德望受害時，那些由於窘難而四散的人，經過各地，來到了腓尼基、塞浦路斯和安提約基雅，他們只向猶太人講道。 |
19 Now those who had been scattered by the persecution that arose because of Stephen went as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, preaching the word to no one but Jews. |
| 20但其中有些塞浦路斯和基勒乃人到了安提約基雅，也向希臘人講道，宣傳主耶穌的福音。 |
20There were some Cypriots and Cyrenians among them, however, who came to Antioch and began to speak to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the Lord Jesus. |
| 21主的手同他們在一起，信而歸主的人，數目很多。 |
21The hand of the Lord was with them and a great number who believed turned to the Lord. |
| 22這事傳到了耶路撒冷教會的耳中，就打發巴爾納伯到安提約基雅去。 |
22The news about them reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, and they sent Barnabas (to go) to Antioch. |
| 23他一來到，看見天主所賜的恩惠就很喜歡，並勸勉眾人要決心堅定於主。 |
23When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to remain faithful to the Lord in firmness of heart, |
| 24因為他是好人，充滿聖神和信德，如此有許多人歸附了主。 |
24for he was a good man, filled with the holy Spirit and faith. And a large number of people was added to the Lord. |
| 25以後，他往塔爾索去找掃祿； |
25Then he went to Tarsus to look for Saul, |
| 26找着以後，便領他回到安提約基雅。他們一整年在那教會中共同工作，教導了許多人；在安提約基雅最先稱門徒為「基督徒」。 |
26and when he had found him he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they met with the church and taught a large number of people, and it was in Antioch that the disciples were first called Christians. |
| 27在那時候，有些先知從耶路撒冷下到安提約基雅。 |
27 At that time some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch, |
| 28其中一個名叫阿加波的，因神示起來預言在普世上將有大饑荒，這饑荒就在喀勞狄時發生了。 |
28and one of them named Agabus stood up and predicted by the Spirit that there would be a severe famine all over the world, and it happened under Claudius. |
| 29門徒遂決定，每人按力捐獻，把救濟物資送給住在猶太的弟兄。 |
29So the disciples determined that, according to ability, each should send relief to the brothers who lived in Judea. |
| 30他們都照辦了，由巴爾納伯和掃祿經手，送到長老那裏。 |
30 This they did, sending it to the presbyters in care of Barnabas and Saul. |
