使徒行传 16
1 保罗先去了特庇，然后又到了路司得。在那里有一位名叫提摩太的信徒，其母亲是犹太基督徒，父亲则是一名希腊人。
Among other places Paul went to Derbe and Lystra. At the latter place they found a disciple, named Timothy, whose mother was a Jewess who had become a believer in Christ, while his father was a Greek,
2 提摩太在路司得和以哥念的兄弟中名声很好，
and who was well spoken of by the Brethren in Lystra and Iconium.
3 保罗希望带上他一同旅行，但由于当地的犹太人都知道他父亲是希腊人，所以他给他行了割礼。
Wishing to take this man with him on his journey, Paul caused him to be circumcised on account of the Jews in that neighbourhood, for they all knew that his father had been a Greek.
4 他们随后便一起去往其他城市，向其他信徒们讲述耶路撒冷使徒和长老所定下的规矩。
As they traveled from town to town, they gave the Brethren the decisions which had been reached by the Apostles and Officers of the Church at Jerusalem, for them to observe.
5 众教会更坚定地相信主，信徒的数量与日俱增。
So the Churches grew stronger in the Faith, and increased in numbers from day to day.
6 由于圣灵阻止他们在亚西亚传道，于是他们就走遍了弗吕家和加拉太地区。
They next went through the Phrygian district of Galatia, but were restrained by the Holy Spirit from delivering the Message in Roman Asia.
7 来到每西亚边境时，他们打算去庇推尼，但耶稣的圣灵不允许他们进入这座城市。
When they reached the borders of Mysia, they attempted to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus did not permit them.
8 于是他们经由每西亚来到特罗亚。
Passing through Mysia, they went down to Troas;
9 保罗在夜里看到了一番异象，一名马其顿人站着恳求他说：“请到马其顿来帮帮我们！”
and there one night Paul saw a vision. A Macedonian was standing and appealing to him — ‘Come over to Macedonia and help us.’
10 保罗见此异象后，我们认为上帝在召唤我们去那里传播福音，于是立刻安排了去往马其顿的行程。
So, immediately after Paul had seen the vision, we looked for an opportunity to cross over to Macedonia, concluding that God had summoned us to tell the Good News to the people there.
11 我们从特罗亚乘船直接去了撒摩特拉，第二天又赶往尼亚波利，
Accordingly we set sail from Troas, and ran before the wind to Samothrace, reaching Neapolis the next day.
12 从那里去了腓立比，这也是马其顿最重要的城市，同时也是罗马的殖民地，然后在城里住了几天。
From there we made our way to Philippi, which is the principal city of that part of Macedonia, and also a Roman Settlement. In that city we spent several days.
13 安息日那天，由于考虑到人们会到河边祈祷，所以我们出了城去往河边，然后坐下，与聚集在那里的妇女交流。
On the Sabbath we went outside the gate to the river-side, where we supposed there would be a Place of Prayer; and we sat down and talked to the women who were gathered there.
14 其中一位妇女名叫吕底亚，在推雅推拉城众售卖紫色布料，敬仰主的她专心聆听我们的话语。主开启她的心灵，让她留心保罗的言语，接受了他对她的教诲。
Among them was a woman, named Lydia, belonging to Thyatira, a dealer in purple cloth, who was accustomed to join in the worship of God. The Lord touched this woman’s heart, so that she gave attention to the Message delivered by Paul,
15 她和家人受洗之后，就恳请我们：“你们如果认为我是对主一心一意，就请到我家来住吧。”她坚持邀请我们，直到我们答应了这个请求。
and, when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us to become her guests. “Since you have shown your conviction,” she said, “that I really am a believer in the Lord, come and stay in my house.” And she insisted on our doing so.
16 有一天，我们正在去往祈祷的场所，路上遇到一名被恶灵附体的婢女。她因为擅长占卜，为她的主人们赚取丰厚收入。
One day, as we were on our way to the Place of Prayer, we were met by a girl possessed by a divining spirit, who made large profits for her masters by fortune-telling.
17 这婢女跟在我们身边，大声喊：“这些人是至高上帝的仆人，向你们宣讲如何获得救赎。”
This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, calling: “These men are servants of the most high God, and they are bringing you news of a way to Salvation.”
18 她一连几天都这样做，保罗感到不胜其烦，于是转身对那恶鬼说：“以耶稣基督之名，命令你从她身上出来！”那恶鬼就离开了她的身体。
She had been doing this for several days, when Paul, much vexed, turned and said to the spirit within her: “In the Name of Jesus Christ I command you to leave her.” That very moment the spirit left her.
19 但她的主人们看见自己的财路断了，就拉着保罗和西拉去见集市上的长官，
When her masters saw that there was no hope of further profit from her, they seized Paul and Silas, dragged them into the public square to the authorities,
20 他们将两人带到裁判官面前，说：“这些犹太人人正在扰乱我们的城市。
and took them before the Magistrates. “These men are causing a great disturbance in our town,” they complained;
21 对于我们罗马人而言，接受或践行他们所鼓吹的事情，是不合法的。”
“They are Jews, and they are teaching customs which it is not right for us, as Romans, to sanction or adopt.”
22 民众纷纷攻击他们，裁判官剥去他们的衣服，下令对他们施以棍刑。
On this the mob rose as one man against them, and the Magistrates stripped them of their clothing and ordered them to be beaten with rods.
23 用棍子打了他们以后，就把他们投入监牢，吩咐狱卒看住他们。
After beating them severely, the Magistrates put them in prison, with orders to the Governor of the Jail to keep them in safe custody.
24 狱卒遵命把他们押入内部的牢房，将他们的两脚拴在木柱上。
On receiving so strict an order, the Governor put them into the inner cell, and secured their feet in the stocks.
25 大约午夜时分，保罗和西拉向上帝祈祷并唱起颂歌，引来其他囚犯们侧耳听着。
About midnight, while Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and while the prisoners were listening to them,
26 忽然发生了大地震，震撼了监牢的地基，所有的牢房门立刻打开，囚犯身上的锁链也脱落了。
suddenly there was an earthquake of such violence that the Jail was shaken to its foundations; all the doors flew open, and all the prisoners’ chains were loosened.
27 狱卒醒来后发现牢门全开，以为囚犯都已逃脱了，便拔出刀来想要自刎。
Roused from his sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, the Governor drew his sword intending to kill himself, in the belief that the prisoners had escaped.
28 保罗大喊：“别伤害自己，我们都在这里！”
But Paul called our loudly: “Do not harm yourself; we are all here.”
29 狱卒叫人拿来灯，然后冲了进去。看到保罗和西拉，便全身颤抖着俯伏在他们面前。
Calling for a light, the Governor rushed in, and flung himself trembling at the feet of Paul and Silas.
30 随后他便护送二人出了监牢，问到：“先生们，我该怎样做才能得救？”
Then he led them out, and said: “What must I do to be saved?”
31 他们说：“相信主耶稣，你和全家人就会获得救赎。”
“Believe in Jesus, our Lord,” they replied, “and you shall be saved, you and your household too.”
32 然后，他们就开始向他和全家人宣讲主之道。
Then they spoke to him of God’s Message, and to all his household as well.
33 尽管当时已是深夜，狱卒还是为使徒清洗伤口，然后和家人一起受了洗。
And that very hour of the night he took them and washed their wounds, and he himself and every one belonging to him were baptized without delay.
34 他将使徒们带回家中，为其准备饭菜，他和全家因相信上帝而获得极大的喜悦。
Afterwards he took them up to his house and set before them something to eat, rejoicing that he, with all his household, had come to believe in God.
35 第二天清晨，裁判官派法警来找狱卒，说：“放了那些人。”
In the morning the Magistrates sent the police with an order for the men to be discharged.
36 狱卒对保罗说：“裁判官派人来释放你们，现在你们可以平安地离开了。”
The Governor of the Jail told Paul of his instructions. “The Magistrates have sent an order for your discharge,” he said, “so you had better leave the place at once and go quietly away.”
37 但保罗对他们说：“我们是罗马人，但他们在没有审判的情况下就公开殴打我们，将我们投入监牢，现在又想让我们悄悄地走？不行！他们应当亲自来释放我们！”
But Paul’s answer to them was: “They have flogged us in public without trial, though we are Roman citizens, and they have put us in prison, and now they are for sending us out secretly! No, indeed! Let them come and take us out themselves.”
38 法警回去报告，裁判官听说保罗和西拉是罗马人，感到很害怕，
The police reported his words to the Magistrates, who, on hearing that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, were alarmed,
39 于是跑来向他们道歉，亲自护送他们出了监牢，恳请他们离开这座城。
and went to the prison, and did their best to conciliate them. Then they took them out, and begged them to leave the city.
40 两人离开监牢后去了吕底亚的家，在那里见到了其他信徒，鼓舞他们一番后便离开了。
When Paul and Silas left the prison, they went to Lydia’s house, and, after they had seen the Brethren, and encouraged them, they left the place.
