使徒行傳 1
1 德敖斐羅！我在第一部書中，已論及耶穌所行所教的一切，
My former narrative, Theophilus, dealt with all that Jesus did and taught as a beginning, down to the day on which,
2 直到他藉聖神囑咐了所選的宗徒之後，被接去的那一天為止；
after giving instruction through the Holy Spirit to the Apostles whom He had chosen, He was taken up to Heaven.
3 他受難以後，用了許多憑據，向他們顯明自己還活著，四十天之久發現給他們，講論天主國的事。
He had also, after He suffered, shown Himself alive to them with many sure proofs, appearing to them at intervals during forty days, and speaking of the Kingdom of God.
4 耶穌與他們一起進食時，吩咐他們不要離開耶路撒冷，但要等候父的恩許，即你們聽我所說過的：「
And while in their company He charged them not to leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the Father's promised gift. "This you have heard of," He said, "from me.
5 若翰固然以水施了洗，但不多幾天以後，你們要因聖神受洗。」
For John indeed baptized with water, but before many days have passed you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit."
6 他們聚集的時候，就問耶穌說：「主，是此時要給以色列復興國家嗎﹖」
Once when they were with Him, they asked Him, "Master, is this the time at which you are about to restore the kingdom of Israel?"
7 他回答說：「父以自己的權柄所定的時候和日期，不是你們應當知道的；
"It is not for you," He replied, "to know times or epochs which the Father has reserved within His own authority;
8 但當聖神降臨於你們身上時，你們將充滿聖神的德能，要在耶路撒冷及全猶太和撒瑪黎雅，並直到地極，為我作證人。」
and yet you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judaea and Samaria and to the remotest parts of the earth."
9 耶穌說完這些話，就在他們觀望中，被舉上升，有塊雲彩接了他去，離開他們的眼界。
When He had said this, and while they were looking at Him, He was carried up, and a cloud closing beneath Him hid Him from their sight.
10 他們向天注視著他上升的時候，忽有兩個穿白衣的人站在他們前，
But, while they stood intently gazing into the sky as He went, suddenly there were two men in white garments standing by them,
11 向他們說：「加里肋亞人！你們為什麼站著望天呢﹖這位離開你們，被接到天上去的耶穌，你們看見他怎樣升了天，也要怎樣降來。」
who said, "Galilaeans, why stand looking into the sky? This same Jesus who has been taken up from you into Heaven will come in just the same way as you have seen Him going into Heaven."
12 那時，他們從名叫橄欖的山上，回了耶路撒冷，這山離耶路撒冷不遠，有一安息日的路程。
Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mountain called the Oliveyard, which is near Jerusalem, about a mile off.
13 他們進了城，就上了那座他們所居住的樓房，在那裏有伯多祿、若望、雅各伯、安德肋、斐理伯、多默、巴爾多祿茂、瑪竇、阿耳斐的兒子雅各伯、熱誠者西滿及雅各伯的兄弟猶達。
They entered the city, and they went up to the upper room which was now their fixed place for meeting. Their names were Peter and John, James and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the brother of James.
14 這些人同一些婦女及耶穌的母親瑪利亞並他的兄弟，都同心合意地專務祈禱。
All of these with one mind continued earnest in prayer, together with some women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and His brothers.
15 有一天，伯多祿起來站在弟兄們中間說： ──當時在一起的眾人大約共有一百二十名──「
It was on one of these days that Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren--the entire number of persons present being about 120--and said,
16 諸位仁人弟兄！聖神藉達味的口，關於領導逮捕耶穌的猶達斯所預言的經文，必須應驗。
"Brethren, it was necessary that the Scripture should be fulfilled--the prediction, I mean, which the Holy Spirit uttered by the lips of David, about Judas, who acted as guide to those who arrested Jesus.
17 他本來是我們中間的一位，分佔了這職務的一分；
For Judas was reckoned as one of our number, and a share in this ministry was allotted to him."
18 但這人竟用不義的代價買了一塊田地，他倒頭墮下，腹部崩裂，一切臟腑都流了出來。
(Now having bought a piece of ground with the money paid for his wickedness he fell there with his face downwards, and, his body bursting open, he became disembowelled.
19 耶路撒冷的居民盡人皆知，為此，他們以本地話稱那塊田地為「哈刻達瑪，」就是「血田」的意思。
This fact became widely known to the people of Jerusalem, so that the place received the name, in their language, of Achel-damach, which means 'The Field of Blood.')
20 原來在聖詠集上曾記載說：『願他的居所變成荒土，沒有人在那裏居住。』又說：『讓人取去他的職位。』
"For it is written in the Book of Psalms, "'Let his encampment be desolate: let there be no one to dwell there'; and "'His work let another take up.'
21 所以必須從這些人中，即主耶穌在我們中間來往的所有時期內，常同我們在一起的人中，
"It is necessary, therefore, that of the men who have been with us all the time that the Lord Jesus went in and out among us--
22 由若翰施洗起，直到耶穌從我們中被接去的日子止，由這些人中，應當有一個同我們一起作他復活的見證人。」
beginning from His baptism by John down to the day on which He was taken up again from us into Heaven--one should be appointed to become a witness with us as to His resurrection."
23 他們便提出了名叫巴爾撒巴，號稱猶斯托的若瑟，和瑪弟亞兩個人。
So two names were proposed, Joseph called Bar-sabbas--and surnamed Justus--and Matthias.
24 他們就祈禱說：「主，你認識眾人的心，求你指示，這兩個人中，你揀選了那一個，
And the brethren prayed, saying, "Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all, show clearly which of these two Thou hast chosen
25 使他取得這職務的地位，即宗徒的職位，因為猶達斯放棄了這職位，去了他自己的地方。」
to occupy the place in this ministry and Apostleship from which Judas through transgression fell, in order to go to his own place."
26 他們給二人拈鬮，瑪弟亞中了鬮，就列入十一位宗徒之中。
Then they drew lots between them. The lot fell on Matthias, and a place among the eleven Apostles was voted to him.
