使徒行传 7
1 大祭司问到：“这些指控是真的吗？”
Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are the things that [these people are saying about you(sg)] true?”
2 司提芬说：“各位父老兄弟，听我说！我们的祖先亚伯拉罕当年还没有搬到哈兰时，曾住在美索不达米亚，荣耀的上帝就是在那个时候向他显现，
Stephen replied, “Fellow Jews and respected leaders, [please] listen to me! The glorious God [whom we(inc) worship] appeared to our ancestor Abraham while he was still [living] in Mesopotamia [region], before he moved to Haran [town].
3 对他说：‘你要离开你的国家和民众，到我指示你的地方去。’
God said to him, ‘Leave this land where you [(sg)] and your relatives [are living], and go into the land to which I will lead you.’
4 于是他离开迦勒底人的国家，搬到哈兰。他父亲去世后，上帝又叫他从那里迁到你们现在所住的地方。
So Abraham left that land, [which was also called] Chaldea, and he arrived in Haran and lived there. After his father died, God told him to move to this land in which you [and I] are now living.”
5 但上帝并没有在这里赐他产业，他甚至没有立足之地。但上帝承诺将赐予他和子孙田产，尽管那时他尚无子嗣。
“[At that time] God did not give Abraham any [land here], not even a small plot of [this] land that would belong to him. God promised that he would [later] give this land to him and his descendants, and that it would [always] belong [to them. However], at that time Abraham did not have any children [who would] ([inherit it/receive it after he died]).”
6 上帝还告诉他，他的后代将在异教徒国家居住，他们将会在那里被奴役、被虐待长达四百年。
“[Later] God told Abraham, ‘Your descendants will go and live in a foreign country. They [will live there] for 400 years, and [during that time their leaders] will mistreat your descendants and force them to work as slaves.’
7 上帝说：‘我会惩罚那个奴役他们的国家，最终，他们会离开那里，来到这敬拜我。’
But God [also] said, ‘I will punish the people who make them work as slaves. Then, after that, your descendants will leave [that land] and they will [come and] worship me in this land.’”
8 上帝还赐予他割礼之约。于是亚伯拉罕的儿子以撒在出生后第八天就行了割礼。随后，以撒诞下雅各，雅各是十二位族长的父亲。
“Then God commanded Abraham that [every male in his household and all of his male descendants] should be circumcised [to show that they all belonged to God] and that they would obey what he had told Abraham to do. Later Abraham’s son, Isaac, was born, and when Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him. [Later] Isaac’s son, Jacob, was born, and Isaac [similarly circumcised] him. And Jacob [similarly circumcised] his twelve sons. They are the twelve men [from whom we(inc) Jews have all descended].”
9 先人们因为妒忌约瑟，就把他卖到埃及为奴，但上帝与他同在，
“[You know that] Jacob’s [older] sons became jealous [because their father favored their younger brother] Joseph. So they sold him [to merchants/traders who took him] [MTY] to Egypt. There he became a slave [of an official who lived there]. But God [helped] Joseph.
10 救他于所有苦难之中，赋予他智慧，让他获得埃及王法老的偏爱。法老立他为主管，管理埃及和法老皇族的事务。
He protected him whenever people caused him to suffer. He enabled Joseph to be wise; and he caused Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to think well of Joseph. So Pharaoh appointed him to rule [over] Egypt and to look after all of Pharaoh’s property [MTY].”
11 后来埃及和迦南全境遭遇了一场大饥荒，先人没有办法获得食物。
“[While Joseph was doing that work], there was a time (when there was very little food/of famine) throughout Egypt and also throughout Canaan. People did not have enough food to eat. People were suffering. [At that time] Jacob and his sons [in Canaan] also could not find [enough] food.
12 雅各听说埃及有粮食，于是派我们的祖先去，这也是他们的第一次造访。
When Jacob heard [people report that] there was grain/food [that people could buy] in Egypt, he sent Joseph’s older brothers [to go there to buy grain. They went and bought grain from Joseph, but they did not recognize him. Then they returned home].
13 在第二次造访期间，约瑟向兄弟们表明了自己的身世，法老才了解了约瑟的家世。
When Joseph’s brothers went to Egypt the second time, [they again bought grain from Joseph]. But this time [he] told them who he was. [And] people told Pharaoh that Joseph’s people were Hebrews [and that those men who had come from Canaan were his brothers].
14 约瑟派人把自己的父亲雅各和所有亲戚接了过来，总计七十五人。
Then after Joseph sent [his brothers back home, they] told their father Jacob [that Joseph wanted] him and his entire family to come [to Egypt. At that time] ([Jacob’s family consisted of] 75 people/there were 75 people in Jacob’s family) [SYN].
15 雅各来到埃及，然后和其他祖先一样，都在埃及去世。
[So when] Jacob [heard that, he and all his family] went to [live in] Egypt.” Acts 7:15b-16 “[Later on], Jacob died [there], and our [other] ancestors, [his sons, also died there].
16 他们的遗体被运回示剑，埋葬在亚伯拉罕用银子从哈抹之子那里买来的墓地中。
[But] the bodies [of Jacob and Joseph] were brought {[they] brought the bodies [of Jacob and Joseph]} [back to our land], and [Jacob’s body] was buried {they buried [Jacob’s body]} [in the tomb that Abraham had bought, and they buried Joseph’s body] in Shechem in the ground that [Jacob] had bought from Hamor’s sons.”
17 此刻已接近上帝对亚伯拉罕承诺的兑现时间，以色列人在埃及的人口越来越多。
“Our ancestors had become very numerous when it was almost time for [God to rescue them] from Egypt, [as] he had promised Abraham that he would do.
18 这时又一位新郡王开始统治埃及，他并不认识约瑟。
Another king had begun to rule in Egypt. He did not know that Joseph, [long before that time, had greatly helped the people of Egypt] [MTY].
19 他阴谋利用我们的同胞，虐待我们的祖先，逼他们拋弃自己的孩子，任由孩子死去。
That king cruelly tried to get rid of our ancestors. He oppressed them and caused them to suffer greatly. He [even commanded] them to leave their baby [boys] outside [their homes] so that they would die.”
20 就在那时候，摩西降生了。他生来俊美，在父亲家中被照顾了三个月。
“During that time Moses was born, and he was a very beautiful [LIT] [child]. So his parents [secretly] cared for him in their house for three months.
21 他被拋弃后，法老女儿把他捡了回去，当作儿子抚养。
Then they had to put him outside [the house, but] Pharaoh’s daughter [found him and] adopted him and cared for him as [though he were] her own son.
22 摩西接受了埃及人所有知识领域的教育，是一位强有力的演讲者和领袖。
Moses was taught {[The Egyptian teachers] taught Moses} many kinds of wise things [HYP] that the people in Egypt knew, and [when he grew up], he spoke powerfully and did things powerfully.”
23 但到了四十岁那年，他决定去造访自己的同胞以色列人。
“[One day] when Moses was about 40 years old, he decided that he would [go and] see his fellow Israelis. [So he went to the place where they worked].
24 他看到一位同胞受到虐待，就跑过去为同胞伸张正义，打死了那个欺负人的埃及人。
He saw an Egyptian beating one of the Israelis. So he went over to help [MTY] the Israeli man who was being hurt/beat {whom [the Egyptian] was hurting/beating}, and he (got revenge on/paid back) the Israeli man by killing the Egyptian [who was hurting/beating him].
25 摩西以为，他的以色列同胞们知道上帝将通过他拯救他们，但此时他们对此一无所知。
Moses was thinking that his fellow Israelis would understand that God had sent him to free them [from being slaves]. But they did not understand that.
26 第二天他来到这里时，看到两个以色列人在打架，便试图调和两人的争斗：‘嘿，你们是兄弟，为什么要攻击彼此呢？’
The next day, Moses saw two Israeli men fighting [each other]. He tried to make them stop fighting by saying to them, ‘Men, you two are fellow [Israelis! So] (stop hurting each other!/why are you hurting each other?) [RHQ]’
27 但那挑起事端的男人把他推开，质问到：‘谁让你管我们的？怎么你成了我们的法官了？
But the man who was injuring the other man pushed Moses away and said to him, ‘(No one appointed you [(sg)] to rule and judge us [(exc)]!/Do you [(sg)] think someone appointed you [(sg)] to rule and judge us [(exc)]?) [RHQ]
28 难道你想像昨天杀那个埃及人一样，杀了我吗？’
Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
29 听到这番话，摩西离开了此地，以流亡者的身份来到米甸地，在那里有两个儿子。
When Moses heard that, [he thought to himself, ‘Obviously, people know what I have done, and someone will kill me.’ He was afraid, so] he fled [from Egypt] to Midian land. He lived there [for some years]. He [got married, and he and his wife] had two sons.”
30 四十年后在西奈山的荒野中，一位天使在燃烧的荆棘丛中向摩西显现。
“[One day] 40 years later, [the Lord God appeared as] an angel to Moses. He appeared in a bush that was burning in the desert near Sinai Mountain.
31 摩西见此非常惊讶，跑上前去想要仔细端详，这时就有主的声音说：
When Moses saw that, he was greatly surprised, [because the bush was not burning up]. As he went over to look more closely, he heard the Lord [God] say [to him],
32 ‘我是你祖先的上帝，就是亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的上帝。’摩西吓得战战兢兢，不敢抬头。
‘I [am] the God [whom] your ancestors [worshipped]. I [am] the God that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob [worship].’ Moses [was so afraid that he] began to shake. He was afraid to look [at the bush any longer].
33 主对他说：‘脱掉你的鞋，因为你站在圣地。
Then the Lord [God] said to him, ‘Take your sandals off [to show that you(sg) revere me]. Because I [am here], the place where you are standing is holy/sacred.
34 我亲眼看到我的子民在埃及所受的痛苦，听到他们的悲鸣，现在我要到人间拯救他们。现在过来，我要派你到埃及去。’
I have surely seen how the people of Egypt are continually causing my people to suffer. I have heard my people when they groan [because those people continually oppress them]. So I have come down to rescue them [from Egypt]. Now get ready, because I am going to send you [back] to Egypt [to do that].’”
35 就是这位摩西，当他们说：‘谁让你成为审判我们的领袖？’并因此而排斥他，上帝派天使在荆棘中向他显现，指定他成为领袖和救赎者。
“This Moses [is the one who had tried to help our Israeli people, but] whom they rejected [by saying], ‘No one [RHQ] appointed you to rule and judge [us!’] Moses [is the one whom] God [himself] sent to rule them and to free them [from being slaves. He is the one whom] an angel in the bush [commanded to do that].
36 摩西在埃及和红海显化神迹后，便带领以色列人离开埃及，在随后的四十年中，又在荒野中继续显化神迹。
Moses [is the one who] led our ancestors out [from Egypt]. He did many kinds of miracles in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and during the 40 years [that the Israelite people lived] in the desert.
37 就是这位摩西，对以色列人承诺‘上帝要从你们中间选择一名像我这样的先知。’
This Moses is the one who said to the Israelite people, ‘God will appoint a prophet for you from among your own people. [He will speak words from God], just like I [speak his words to you].’
38 当摩西和上帝召集的民众来到荒野中后，天使在西奈山上与他对话。就是在那里，他和祖先们一起亲自接受了上帝传递给我们的鲜活之语。
This man [Moses] was [our people’s leader] when they gathered together in the desert. It is Moses to whom [God sent] the angel on Sinai Mountain to [give him our laws], and [he was the one who told] our [other] ancestors [what the angel had said]. He was the one who received [from God] words that tell us how to live [eternally, and Moses] passed [them] on to us.”
39 就是这位摩西，我们的祖先不先信他，而是拒绝他，打算返回埃及。
“[However], our ancestors did not want to obey [Moses]. Instead, [while he was still on the mountain], they rejected him [as their leader] and decided that they wanted to return to Egypt.
40 于是他们对亚伦说：‘为我们制作上帝的神像，因为我们不知道把我们从埃及领出来的摩西，到底发生了什么。’
So they told [his older brother] Aaron, ‘Make idols for us who will be our gods to lead us [back to Egypt]! As for that fellow Moses who led us out of Egypt we [(exc)] do not know what has happened to him!’
41 然后他们制作了一个牛犊样子的神像，向其献祭，还因为自己做出来的东西而大肆庆祝！
So, they made [out of gold] an image [that looked like] a calf. Then they sacrificed [animals and offered other things] to [honor] that idol, and they sang and danced to honor the idol that they themselves had made.
42 于是上帝放弃了他们，任凭他们膜拜星辰，正如先知所写：‘以色列人啊，你们在荒野四十年中，可曾将祭牲和祭物献给我？
So God rejected them. He abandoned them to worship the sun, moon and stars in the sky. This agrees with the words that one of the prophets wrote that God said, You Israelite [people] [MTY], when you [repeatedly] killed animals and offered them as sacrifices during those 40 years [that you were] in the desert, (you [most certainly] were not offering them to me!/what makes you think that you were offering them to me?) [RHQ]
43 没有，你们抬着摩洛的帐篷，还有理番之神的星星图像，你们把它们做出来然后膜拜它们。所以我要把你们放逐到巴比伦的另一边。’
[On the contrary], you carried [with you from place to place] the tent [that contained the idol] representing [the god] Molech [that you worshipped]. You also [carried with you] the image of the star [called] Rephan. [Those] were idols that you had made, [and you] worshipped [them instead of me]. So I will [cause you to] be taken away {[people to] take you} [from your own country. You will be taken] {[They will take you]} [far from your homes to regions] even farther than Babylon [Country].”
44 我们的祖先在沙漠中有见证的帐幕。上帝谈话向摩西指示，如何按照上帝的计划行事。
“While our ancestors were in the desert, they worshipped God at the tent that showed [that he was there with them]. They had made the tent exactly like God had commanded Moses [to make it. It was] exactly like the model that Moses had seen [when he was up on the mountain].
45 后来，我们的祖先与约书亚一起占领了这片土地，把帐幕也带到这里。在他们之前，上帝已将这片土地中的异教徒赶走。他们在这里一直居住到大卫的时代。
[Later on], other ancestors of ours carried that tent with them when Joshua led them [into this land]. That was during the time that they took this land for themselves, when God forced the people [who previously lived here] to leave. So the Israelis were able to possess this land. [The tent remained in this land and was still here] when [King] David ruled.
46 大卫蒙受上帝的恩宠，请求为雅各的上帝找个居所。
David pleased God, and he asked God to let him build a house where [he and] all of our Israeli people could worship God.
47 但为他修建神庙的却是所罗门。
But [instead, God let David’s son] Solomon build a house [where people could worship] God.”
48 但事实上，至高之神并没有住在我们为其建造的神庙中，正如先知说：
“However, [we(inc) know that] God is greater than everything, and he does not live in [houses that] people [SYN] have made. It is like the prophet [Isaiah] wrote. He wrote [these words that God had spoken: ]
49 ‘主说：天是我的宝座，地是我的脚凳，你们又能为我建造怎样的居所呢？你为我造出的床，怎能让我安寝？
Heaven is (my throne/the place from which I rule the entire universe), and the earth is (my footstool/[merely like] a stool on which I may rest my feet). I myself [SYN] have made everything [both in heaven and on the earth]. So you [human beings], ([you] really cannot build a house that would be [adequate] for me!/do you think you can build a house that would be [appropriate] for me?) [RHQ] You cannot [RHQ] make a place good enough for me [to live in]!”
50 这一切不都是出自我手吗？’
51 你们这些心肠冰冷的傲慢之人呐！你们从不聆听！你们总是抗拒圣灵！你们的行为就和你们的祖先一模一样！
“You people are extremely stubborn [MET], not wanting to obey God or listen [MTY] [to him!] You are exactly like your ancestors! You always resist the Holy Spirit [as they did]!
52 哪位先知没有遭受你们祖先的迫害？先知预先告知那真正善良正义之人即将到来，于是就被杀害。现在，那善良正义之人又被你们背叛和谋杀。
Your ancestors caused [RHQ] every prophet to suffer, [including Moses]. They even killed those who long ago announced [that the Messiah] would come, the one who always did what pleased God. [And the Messiah has come! He is the one whom] you [recently] turned over [to his enemies] and [insisted that] they kill him!
53 你们接受了由天使传达的律法，却不遵守。”
You [are the people] who have received God’s laws. [Those were laws] that God caused angels to give [to our ancestors]. However, [incredibly], you have not obeyed them!”
54 公议会的成员听闻此言，恼怒异常，咬牙切齿地向司提芬咆哮。
When the Jewish Council members [and others there] heard all that [Stephen said], they became very angry. They were grinding their teeth [together because they were so angry] at him!
55 但司提芬身体中充满圣灵，他目不转睛地望着天，看见上帝的荣耀，看见耶稣站在上帝的右边。
But the Holy Spirit completely controlled Stephen. He looked up into heaven and saw a dazzling light from God, and [he saw] Jesus standing at God’s right side.
56 他说：“看呐！我看见天已开启，人子站在上帝的右边。”
“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open, and I [see] the one who came from heaven standing at God’s right side!”
57 但众人却捂住了耳朵，大声喊叫着向他冲过去，
[When the Jewish Council members and others heard that], they shouted loudly. They put their hands over their ears [so that they could not hear Stephen, and immediately] they all rushed at him.
58 把他推出城外，用石头打他。那些谴责他的人把自己的衣服放在一个名叫扫罗的青年人脚前。
They dragged him outside the city [of Jerusalem] and started to throw stones at him. The people who were accusing him [took off] their outer garments [in order to throw stones more easily, and] they put their clothes [on the ground] next to a young man whose name was Saul, [so that he could guard them].
59 司提芬在被他们用石头攻击时祈祷：“主耶稣啊，求你接收我的灵魂！”
While they continued to throw stones at Stephen, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
60 然后跪下来大喊：“主啊，不要因这罪而惩罚他们！”说罢，他就死去了。
Then Stephen fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not punish them (OR, forgive them) [LIT] for this sin!” After he had said that, he died.
