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1 安提約基雅教會中，有一些先知和教師，其中有巴爾納伯和號稱尼革爾的西滿，有基勒乃人路基約，和與分封侯黑落德同乳的瑪納恒，還有掃祿。
Among the members of the church at Antioch there were several prophets and teachers – Barnabas, Simeon who was known by the name of “Black”, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen, foster-brother of Prince Herod, and Saul.
2 他們敬禮主和禁食的時候，聖神向他為說：「你們給我選拔出巴爾納伯和掃祿來，去行我叫他們要行的工作。」
While they were engaged in the worship of the Lord and were fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, for the work to which I have called them.’
3 他們遂禁食祈禱，給他們覆了手，派他們走了。
Accordingly, after fasting and prayer, they placed their hands on them and dismissed them.
4 二人既被聖神派遣，遂下到色婁基雅，又從那裏乘船往塞浦路斯。
Barnabas and Saul, sent on this mission, as they were, by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and from there sailed to Cyprus.
5 他們來到撒拉米，就在猶太人的會堂中，宣講天主的聖道；還有若望作助手。
On reaching Salamis, they began to tell the message of God in the Jewish synagogues; and they had John with them as an assistant.
6 他們走遍了全島，直到帕佛，遇見一個猶太人，他是個術士，也是假先知，名叫巴爾耶穌，
After passing through the whole island, they reached Paphos, where they found an astrologer who pretended to be a prophet – a Jew by birth, whose name was Barjoshua.
7 他常同色爾爵保祿總督在一起；總督是個聰明人，他邀請了巴爾納伯和掃祿來，想聽天主的聖道；
He was at the court of the Governor, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence, who sent for Barnabas and Saul and asked to be told God’s message.
8 但那術士厄呂瑪──這是他的希臘譯名──卻反對他們，想法顛覆總督的信心。
But Elymas, the astrologer (for that is the meaning of the word), opposed them, eager to divert the Governor’s attention from the faith.
9 掃祿，也即是保祿，充滿了聖神，定睛望著他，
However, Saul (who is the same as Paul), full of the Holy Spirit, fixed his eyes on him and said,
10 說：「你這滿懷各種欺詐和各種奸惡的人，魔鬼的兒子，一切正義的仇敵，你還不停止顛覆天主的正道嗎﹖
‘You incarnation of deceit and all fraud! You son of the devil! You opponent of all that is good! Will you never cease to divert the straight paths of the Lord? Listen!
11 現今你看，上主的手要臨於你，你要變成一個瞎子，看不見太陽，直到一個時期。」立刻昏黑和幽暗降在他身上，他就回來摸索，找尋領路的人。
The hand of the Lord is on you even now, and you will be blind for a time and unable to see the sun.’ Immediately a mist and darkness fell on him, and he went feeling about for someone to guide him.
12 那時，總督看見發生的事就信了，很驚訝主的道理。
When the Governor saw what had happened, he became a believer in Christ, being greatly impressed by the teaching about the Lord.
13 以後，保祿和同他一起的人，從帕佛乘船來到旁非里雅的培爾革；若望卻離開他們，回了耶路撒冷。
After this, Paul and his companions set sail from Paphos and went to Perga in Pamphylia, where John left them and returned to Jerusalem.
14 他們由培爾革經過各處，到了丕息狄雅的安提約基雅；安息日他們進了會堂坐下。
The others went on from Perga and arrived at Antioch in Pisidia. There they went into the synagogue on the Sabbath and took their seats.
15 在朗誦法律和先知之後，會堂長派人問他們說：「仁人弟兄，你們若有什麼勸勉民眾的話，請說罷！」
After the reading of the Law and the prophets, the synagogue leader sent them this message – ‘Friends, if you have any helpful words to address to the people, now is the time to speak.’
16 保祿就站起來，打手勢說：「諸位以色列人和敬畏天主的人，請聽!
So Paul rose and, motioning with his hand, said: ‘People of Israel and all here who worship God, hear what I have to say.
17 以色列民族的天主，揀選了我們的祖先。當這百姓寄居埃及時，天主就舉揚了他們，以大能的手臂從那裏領他們出來。
The God of this people Israel chose our ancestors, and during their stay in Egypt increased the prosperity of the people, and then with uplifted arm brought them out from that land.
18 大約四十年的工夫在曠野中容忍了他們。
For about forty years he bore with them in the desert;
19 滅了在客納罕地方的七個民族以後，就把那地方分給他們作為基業，
then, after destroying seven heathen nations in Canaan, he allotted their land to this people –
20 約有四百五十年。此後，又給他們立了民長，直到撒慕爾先知時代。
For about four hundred and fifty years. In later times he gave them Judges, of whom the prophet Samuel was the last.
21 從那時起，他們要求一位君王，天主就給他們立了本雅明族人克士的兒子撒烏耳，為王四十年；
And, when they demanded a king, God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, who reigned for forty years.
22 把他撤職以後，給他們立了達味為君王，天主為他作證說：我找到了葉瑟的兒子達味，他是一個合我心意的人，他要履行我的一切旨意。
After removing him, he raised David to the throne, and bore this testimony to him – “In David, the son of Jesse, I have found a man after my own heart, who will carry out all my purposes.”
23 天主按照恩許，從他的後裔中給以色列興起了一位救主耶穌。
It was from this man’s descendants that God, in accordance with his promise, gave Israel a Saviour – Jesus;
24 若翰在他來臨以前，先向全以色列民宣講了悔改的洗禮。
John having first proclaimed, before the appearance of Jesus, a baptism on repentance for all the people of Israel.
25 及至若翰將完成自己的任務時，說道：我不是你們所猜想的那位，但是，看，他在我以後要來，我不配解他腳上的鞋。
As John was drawing towards the end of his career, he said “What do you suppose that I am? I am not the Christ. But there is ‘one coming’ after me, whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”
26 諸位仁人弟兄，亞巴郎的子孫和你們敬畏天主的人! 這救恩之道正是給我們賜下的，
Brothers and sisters, descendants of Abraham, and all those among you who worship God, it was to us that the message of this salvation was sent.
27 因為耶路撒冷的居民和他們的首領不認識他，也不明白每安息日所誦讀的先知的預言，就判決了他，而應驗了這些預言。
The people of Jerusalem and their leaders, failing to recognise Jesus, and not understanding the utterances of the prophets that are read every Sabbath, fulfilled them by condemning him.
28 他們本來找不到一條死罪，卻要求比拉多處死了他。
They found no ground at all for putting him to death, and yet demanded his execution from Pilate;
29 論他所記載的都成就了以後，就把他從木架上卸下，放在墳墓裏，
and, after carrying out everything written about him, they took Jesus down from the cross, and laid him in a tomb.
30 天主卻使他從死者中復活起來，
But God raised him from the dead;
31 他多日顯現給同他一起，從加里肋亞往耶路撒冷去的人；這些人就是現今在百姓前給他作證的人。
and he appeared for many days to those who had gone up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, and who are now witnesses for him to the people.
32 我們現今也給你們報告喜訊：就是那向祖先所應許的恩許，
We also have good news to tell you, about the promise made to our ancestors –
33 天主已給我們作他們子孫的完成了，叫耶穌復活了，就如在第二篇聖詠上所記載的：『你是我的兒子，我今日生了你。』
That our children have had this promise completely fulfilled to them by God, by his raising Jesus. That is just what is said in the second Psalm – “You are my Son; this day I have become your Father.”
34 論到天主使他從死者中復活了，使他不再歸於腐朽，曾這樣說過：『我要賜給你們許與達味的聖善忠實。』
As to his raising Jesus from the dead, never again to return to corruption, this is what is said – “I will give to you the sacred promises made to David;”
35 為此，又在另一處說：『你決不讓你的聖者見到腐朽。』
And, therefore, in another Psalm it is said – “You will not give up the Holy One to undergo corruption.”
36 達味固然在自己活著時，奉行了天主的旨意，但是他死了，也歸到了自己祖先那裏，且見到了腐朽；
David, after obediently doing God’s will in his own time, fell asleep and was laid by the side of his ancestors, and did undergo corruption;
37 但天主從死者中所復活的那位，卻沒有見到腐朽。
but Jesus, whom God raised from the dead, did not undergo corruption.
38 所以，諸位仁人弟兄，你們必須知道：就是藉著這耶穌給你們宣佈了赦罪之恩；凡在一切你們憑梅瑟法律不能成義的事上，
I would, therefore, like you to know, friends, that through Jesus forgiveness of sins is being proclaimed to you,
39 憑著他，凡信的人都可成義。
and that, in union with him, everyone who believes in him is absolved from every sin from which under the Law of Moses you could not be absolved.
40 所以，你們要小心，不要叫先知書上說的話來到你們身上：『
Beware, therefore, that what is said in the prophets does not come true of you –
41 藐視的人哪！你們要看，要驚訝，要消逝！因為在你們的日子，我作了一件事，即使有人告訴你們，你們也必不信那件事。』
“Look, you despisers, and wonder, and perish; for I am doing a deed in your days – a deed which, though told you in full, you will never believe”.’
42 他們出去的時候，眾人要求下一個安息日再給他們講這些事。
As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people begged for a repetition of this teaching on the next Sabbath.
43 會眾散去以後，有許多猶太人和歸依猶太教的虔誠人，隨從了保祿和巴爾納伯，二人同他們談話，勸他們務要堅持天主的恩寵。
After the congregation had dispersed, many of the Jews, and of the converts who joined in their worship, followed Paul and Barnabas, who talked with them and urged them to continue to rely on the loving kindness of God.
44 下一個安息日，全城的人幾乎都聚集了來，要聽天主的聖道。
On the following Sabbath, almost all the city gathered to hear God’s message.
45 猶太人一看見這麼眾多的人，就滿心嫉妒，反對保祿所講的，且加以辱罵。
But the sight of the crowds of people filled the minds of the Jews with jealousy, and they kept contradicting Paul’s statements in violent language.
Then Paul and Barnabas spoke out fearlessly, and said: ‘It was necessary that the message of God should be told to you first; but, since you reject it and reckon yourselves not worthy of the eternal life – we turn to the Gentiles! (aiōnios g166)
47 因為主如此命我們說：『我已立你作為外邦人的光明，使你成為他們的救恩，直到地極。』
For this is the Lord’s command to us – “I have destined you for a light to the Gentiles, a means of salvation to the ends of the earth”.’
On hearing this, the Gentiles were glad and extolled God’s message; and all those who had been enrolled for eternal life became believers in Christ; (aiōnios g166)
49 主的聖道遂傳遍了那地方。
and the Lord’s message was carried throughout that district.
50 猶太人卻挑唆敬畏天主的尊貴婦人和城中的要人，發動迫害保祿和巴爾納伯，把他們驅逐出境。
But the Jews incited the women of high social standing who worshiped with them, and the leading men of the town, and started a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their region.
51 二人就把腳上的塵土向他們拂下，往依科尼雍去了。
They, however, shook the dust off their feet in protest,
52 門徒都充滿喜樂和聖神。
and went to Iconium, leaving the disciples full of joy and of the Holy Spirit.
