使徒行傳 12
1 那個時期，黑落德已下手磨難教會中的一些人，
At that time Herod the king undertook to afflict some of the church.
2 用劍殺了若望的哥哥雅各伯。
And he slew with the sword James the brother of John.
3 他一看到猶太人喜歡，便命人連伯多祿也加以拘捕，時正值無酵節日；
And when he saw that it pleased the Jews, he apprehended Peter also. Those were the days of unleavened bread.
4 把他拿住以後，就押在監獄中，交由四班兵士──每班四人──看守，願意在逾越節後，給百姓提出來。
And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four tetrads of soldiers to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the passover.
5 伯多祿就被看管在監獄中，而教會懇切為他向天主祈禱。
Therefore, Peter was kept in prison; but fervent prayer to God was made for him by the church.
6 及至黑落德將要提出他的時候，那一夜伯多祿被兩道鎖鏈縛著，睡在兩個士兵中，門前還有衛兵把守監獄。
When Herod was about to bring him out, on that night, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and the keepers before the doors were guarding the prison.
7 忽然，主的一位天使顯現，有一道光，照亮了房間，天使拍著伯多祿的肋膀，喚醒他說：「快快起來！」鎖鏈遂從他手上落下來。
And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the prison. And he gently struck Peter on the side, and awoke him, saying: Arise quickly; and his chains fell from his hands.
8 天使向他說：「束上腰，穿上你的鞋！」他都照辦了。天使吩咐他說：「披上你的外氅，跟我來罷！」
And the angel said to him: Gird yourself, and bind on your sandals; and he did so. And he said to him: Throw your mantle around you, and follow me.
9 他就出來跟著走，還不知道天使所行的是實在的事，只想是見了異像。
And he went out, and followed him; and he knew not that what was done by the angel was real, but thought that he saw a vision.
10 他們經過第一道崗，又第二道，來到通到城的鐵門前，鐵門就自動地給他們開了；他們便出去，往前走了一條街，忽然天使離開他，不見了。
And when they had passed through the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads to the city, which opened to them of its own accord. And they went out, and passed on through one street; and the angel immediately departed from him.
11 伯多祿這纔清醒過來，說：「現今我實在知道主派了他的天使來，救我脫免黑落德的手和猶太人民所希望的事。」
And when Peter came to himself, he said: Now I know, in truth, that the Lord has sent his angel, and has delivered me from the hand of Herod, and from all that was expected by the Jewish people.
12 他既明白過來，就往若望──號稱馬爾谷──的母親瑪利亞的家去，在那裏有好些人聚集祈禱。
And being aware of his condition, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, who is surnamed Mark, where many had met together, and were praying.
13 他敲大門的時候，有一個名叫洛德的使女過來聽。
And when he knocked at the door of the entrance, a maid-servant, named Rhoda, came to listen.
14 她一認出是伯多祿的聲音，喜的沒有開門，就跑進去報告說：伯多祿站在大門前。
And recognizing Peter’s voice, she did not open the entrance for joy, but ran in and told that Peter was standing before the entrance.
15 他們都對她說：「你瘋了！」她卻堅持說：實在是這樣。他們反說：「是他的天使。」
And they said to her: You are mad. But she confidently affirmed that it was even so. Then said hey: It is his angel.
16 伯多祿還不住的敲門；他們一開門，看見是他，便驚呆了。
But Peter continued to knock; and when they had opened the door, they saw him, and were astonished.
17 伯多祿擺手叫他們不要作聲，遂給他們述說上主怎樣領他出了監獄，且說：「你們要把這些事報告給雅各伯和弟兄們。」他便出去，往別的地方去了。
But, having made a sign to them with his hand, that they should keep silence, he made known to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison, and he said: Tell this to James, and to the brethren. And he went out, and departed to another place.
18 天一亮，在士兵中，起了不小的騷亂，不知伯多祿出了什麼事。
And when it was day, there was no little confusion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.
19 黑落德遂搜尋他，搜尋不到，就審訊衛兵，下令把他們處決了。以後，黑落德從猶太下到凱撒勒雅，住在那裏。
But Herod, when he had sought for him, and found him not, examined the keepers, and commanded them to be put to death. And he went down from Judea to Cesarean, and there he remained.
20 那時，黑落德向提洛和漆冬發了大怒；二城的人商量好，來見他，並賄賂了管王臥房的布拉斯托去求和，因為他們那一方當由君王這裏獲得食糧。
And he was intending to make war upon the Tyrians and Sidonians; but they came with one consent to him; and having made Blastus, who had charge of the king’s bed-chamber, their friend, they asked for peace, because their country was supported by that of the king.
21 黑落德在約定的日子，披戴君王的禮服，坐在寶座上向他們演講。
And on an appointed day, Herod, having arrayed himself in royal apparel, and seated himself on his throne, delivered an oration to them.
22 人民便呼喊說：「這不是人的聲音，而是神的聲音。」
And the people shouted: It is the voice of God, and not of man.
23 立刻有上主的天使打擊了他，因為他沒有歸光榮於天主。他為蟲子所吃，遂斷了氣。
And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he did not give God the glory. And having been eaten by worms, he expired.
24 天主的道卻逐漸發揚廣大。
But the word of the Lord increased and multiplied.
25 巴爾納伯和掃祿完成了任務，就帶著號稱馬爾谷的若望從耶路撒冷回去了。
And Barnabas and Saul, after they had fulfilled their ministry, returned from Jerusalem, taking with them John, whose surname was Mark.
