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，
About that time King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church in order to harm them.
2 用劍殺了若望的哥哥雅各伯。
He killed James the brother of John with the sword.
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 this pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. (This took place during the Feast 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。
After seizing him, he put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod planned 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。
So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was earnestly praying to God for him.
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。
The very night before Herod was going to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, while the guards in front of the door were keeping watch over 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 before Peter, and a light shone in the cell. The angel struck Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly!” And the chains fell off Peter's 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！」
Then the angel said to him, “Get dressed and put on yoʋr sandals.” And Peter did so. Then the angel said to him, “Put on yoʋr cloak 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。
So Peter went out and followed him, but he did not realize that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing 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。
After they passed the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. It opened for them on its own, and they went out. When they had gone the length of one street, the angel immediately left 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。」
When Peter came to his senses, he said, “Now I truly know that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from everything the Jewish people were expecting to happen.”
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。
When Peter realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John (who was called Mark), where many had gathered 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。
Peter knocked at the door of the gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer.
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。
When she recognized Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed that she did not open the gate, but ran in and reported that Peter was standing in front of the gate.
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。」
They said to her, “Yoʋ are out of yoʋr mind.” But when she kept insisting that it was so, they said, “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。
Meanwhile Peter continued knocking, and when they opened the gate, 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 motioning to them with his hand to be silent, he told them how the Lord had brought him out of prison. He also said, “Tell these things to James and to the brothers.” Then he left and went 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。
When daybreak came, there was a great commotion 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。
When Herod searched for him but did not find him, he questioned the guards and ordered them to be led away and executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent time there.
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。
Now Herod was having an angry dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon. So they came to him with one accord, and having won over Blastus, the king's personal attendant, they asked for peace, because their country was supplied with food from the king's country.
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。
On an appointed day Herod dressed himself in royal clothing, sat down on the platform, and made a speech to them.
22 人民便呼喊說：「這不是人的聲音，而是神的聲音。」
The people kept shouting, “The voice of a god and not of a 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。
Immediately an angel of the Lord struck Herod down because he did not give glory to God, and he was eaten by worms and breathed his last breath.
24 天主的道卻逐漸發揚廣大。
But the word of God 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 when Barnabas and Saul completed their ministry, they returned to Jerusalem and brought with them John, who was called Mark.
