使徒行傳 22
1 位仁人弟兄，諸位父老！請聽我現在對你們的分辯。」
"Brethren and fathers," he said, "listen to my defence which I now make before you."
2 他們聽見保祿用希伯來話向他們致辭，就更為安靜了。保祿說：
And on hearing him address them in Hebrew, they kept all the more quiet; and he said,
3 「我原是猶太人，生於基里基雅的塔爾索，卻在這城裏長大，在加瑪里耳足前，對祖傳的法律，曾受過精確的教育；對天主我也是熱忱的，就如你們大家今天一樣。
"I am a Jew, born at Tarsus in Cilicia, but brought up in this city. I was carefully trained at the feet of Gamaliel in the Law of our forefathers, and, like all of you to-day, was zealous for God.
4 我曾迫害過這道，直到死地；不論男女，逮捕綑綁送入獄中；
I persecuted to death this new faith, continually binding both men and women and throwing them into prison;
5 就是大司祭和整個長老團，都可給我作證；我從他們那裏領了給弟兄們的文書，往大馬士革去，有意把那裏的這樣的人加以逮捕，帶到耶路撒冷來處罰。
as the High Priest also and all the Elders can bear me witness. It was, too, from them that I received letters to the brethren in Damascus, and I was already on my way to Damascus, intending to bring those also who had fled there, in chains to Jerusalem, to be punished.
6 當我前行臨近大馬士革時，約在中午，忽然天上有一道大光，環射到我身上，
"But on my way, when I was now not far from Damascus, about noon a sudden blaze of light from Heaven shone round me.
7 我便跌在地上，聽見有聲音向我說：掃祿，掃祿！你為什麼迫害我﹖
I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, "'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?'
8 我回答說：主，你是誰﹖他向我說：我就是你所迫害的那個納匝肋人耶穌。
"'Who art thou, Lord?' I asked. "'I am Jesus, the Nazarene,' He replied, 'whom you are persecuting.'
9 同我在一起的人，只看見那光，卻聽不見那對我說話的聲音。
"Now the men who were with me, though they saw the light, did not hear the words of Him who spoke to me.
10 我說：主，我當作什麼﹖主向我說：你起來，往大馬士革去，在那裏有人要告訴你，給你派定當作的一切事。
And I asked, "'What am I to do, Lord?' "And the Lord said to me, "'Rise, and go into Damascus. There you shall be told of all that has been appointed for you to do.'
11 由於那光的炫耀，我看不見了，就由我的同伴用手領著，進了大馬士革。
"And as I could not see because the light had been so dazzling, those who were with me had to lead me by the arm, and so I came to Damascus.
12 有個人名叫阿納尼雅，是虔誠守法的人，所有住在那裏的猶太人都稱譽他。
"And a certain Ananias, a pious man who obeyed the Law and bore a good character with all the Jews of the city,
13 他來見我，站在旁邊向我說：掃祿兄弟，你看見罷！我當時向他一望，就看見了他。
came to me and standing at my side said, "'Brother Saul, recover your sight.' "I instantly regained my sight and looked up at him.
14 他說：我們祖先的天主，預簡了你，叫你認識他的意願，看見那位義者，並由他口中聽到聲音，
Then he said, 'The God of our forefathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the righteous One and hear Him speak.
15 因為你要向眾人，對你所見所聞的事，為他作證人。
For you shall be a witness for Him, to all men, of what you have seen and heard.
16 現在你還遲延什麼﹖起來領洗，呼求他的名，洗除你的罪惡罷!
And now why delay? Rise, get yourself baptized, and wash off your sins, calling upon His name.'
17 我回到耶路撒冷，在殿裏祈禱時，就神魂超拔，
"After my return to Jerusalem, and while praying in the Temple, I fell into a trance.
18 看見主向我說：趕緊，快快離開耶路撒冷，因為這裏的人，將不接受你為我作的證。
I saw Jesus, and He said to me, "'Make haste and leave Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me.'
19 我就說：主！這是因為他們知道：我經常把信你的人下在監裏，並在各會堂裏鞭打他們；
"'Lord,' I replied, 'they themselves well know how active I was in imprisoning, and in flogging in synagogue after synagogue those who believe in Thee;
20 當你的證人斯德望的血傾流時，我本人還站在旁邊予以贊同，並且看守殺他的人們的衣服!
and when they were shedding the blood of Stephen, Thy witness, I was standing by, fully approving of it, and I held the clothes of those who were killing him.'
21 他向我說：你去！因為我要打發你到遠方外邦人那裏去。」
"'Go,' He replied; 'I will send you as an Apostle to nations far away.'"
22 他們聽他說到這句話，便揚聲說：「從地上除掉這樣的人，他不該活著！」
Until they heard this last statement the people listened to Paul, but now with a roar of disapproval they cried out, "Away with such a fellow from the earth! He ought not to be allowed to live."
23 他們遂喧嘩納喊，扔下衣服，並向空中揚土。
And when they continued their furious shouts, throwing their clothes into the air and flinging dust about,
24 千夫長只得下令將保祿帶進營裏，說是要用鞭子拷問他，以便知道他們為什麼緣故這樣喊叫反對他。
the Tribune ordered him to be brought into the barracks, and be examined by flogging, in order to ascertain the reason why they thus cried out against him.
25 當士兵用皮條將保祿綁好時，保祿向旁邊站著的百夫長說：「一個羅馬人，又沒有被定罪，難道你們就可以鞭打他麼﹖」
But, when they had tied him up with the straps, Paul said to the Captain who stood by, "Does the Law permit you to flog a Roman citizen--and one too who is uncondemned?"
26 百夫長聽了，就來到千夫長前報告說：「你可怎麼辦﹖這個人是羅馬人！」
On hearing this question, the Captain went to report the matter to the Tribune. "What are you intending to do?" he said. "This man is a Roman citizen."
27 千夫長就前來問保祿說：「告訴我，你是羅馬人嗎﹖」保祿說：「是。」
So the Tribune came to Paul and asked him, "Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?" "Yes," he said.
28 千夫長回答說：「我用一大筆錢纔購得這個公民權。」保祿說：「我卻生來就是。」
"I paid a large sum for my citizenship," said the Tribune. "But I was born free," said Paul.
29 於是那些要拷問保祿的人，又因為曾綑綁了他，就害怕起來。
So the men who had been on the point of putting him under torture immediately left him. And the Tribune, too, was frightened when he learnt that Paul was a Roman citizen, for he had had him bound.
30 第二天，千夫長願意知道，保祿為什麼被猶太人控告的實情，就解開他，並命令司祭長及全體公議會集合；隨後將保祿帶下來，叫他站在他們面前。
The next day, wishing to know exactly what charge was being brought against him by the Jews, the Tribune ordered his chains to be removed; and, having sent word to the High Priests and all the Sanhedrin to assemble, he brought Paul down and made him stand before them.
