使徒行传 22
1 “诸位父兄请听，我现在对你们分诉。”
“Brother and fathers,” he said, “Please listen as I give my defense before you.”
2 众人听他说的是希伯来话，就更加安静了。
When they heard him speaking to them in Aramaic, they became very quiet.
3 保罗说：“我原是犹太人，生在基利家的大数，长在这城里，在迦玛列门下，按着我们祖宗严紧的律法受教，热心事奉 神，像你们众人今日一样。
“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus in Cilicia,” he began. “However, I was brought up here in this city, and sat at the feet of Gamaliel. I was taught to strictly observe the law of our fathers. I was zealous for God, just like all of you here today,
4 我也曾逼迫奉这道的人，直到死地，无论男女都锁拿下监。
and I persecuted the people of this Way—having them put to death, and imprisoning both men and women.
5 这是大祭司和众长老都可以给我作见证的。我又领了他们达与弟兄的书信，往大马士革去，要把在那里奉这道的人锁拿，带到耶路撒冷受刑。”
As the high priest and the council of the elders can also verify, I received from them letters of authorization addressed to the Jewish brothers in Damascus, and went there to arrest these people and bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem to be punished.
6 “我将到大马士革，正走的时候，约在晌午，忽然从天上发大光，四面照着我。
At around noon, while I was on my way and approaching Damascus, suddenly a bright light from heaven shone all around me.
7 我就仆倒在地，听见有声音对我说：‘扫罗！扫罗！你为什么逼迫我？’
I fell to the ground, and I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?’
8 我回答说：‘主啊，你是谁？’他说：‘我就是你所逼迫的拿撒勒人耶稣。’
‘Who are you, Lord?’ I answered. ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, the one you are persecuting,’ he told me.
9 与我同行的人看见了那光，却没有听明那位对我说话的声音。
Those who were traveling with me did see the light, but they didn't hear the voice that spoke to me.
10 我说：‘主啊，我当做什么？’主说：‘起来，进大马士革去，在那里，要将所派你做的一切事告诉你。’
‘What shall I do, Lord?’ I asked. The Lord told me, ‘Get up and go into Damascus, and there you'll be told everything that's arranged for you to do.’
11 我因那光的荣耀不能看见，同行的人就拉着我手进了大马士革。
Since I couldn't see because of the brightness of the light, those who were with me led me by the hand into Damascus.
12 那里有一个人，名叫亚拿尼亚，按着律法是虔诚人，为一切住在那里的犹太人所称赞。
There a man called Ananias came to see me. He was a religious man who observed the law, and was highly respected by the Jews who lived in the town.
13 他来见我，站在旁边，对我说：‘兄弟扫罗，你可以看见。’我当时往上一看，就看见了他。
He stood in front of me and said, ‘Brother Saul, receive back your sight.’ At that very moment I could see again, and I looked at him.
14 他又说：‘我们祖宗的 神拣选了你，叫你明白他的旨意，又得见那义者，听他口中所出的声音。
He told me, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, to see the one who is truly good and right, and to listen to what he has to say to you.
15 因为你要将所看见的，所听见的，对着万人为他作见证。
You will testify for him to everyone about what you have seen and heard. So what are you waiting for?
16 现在你为什么耽延呢？起来，求告他的名受洗，洗去你的罪。’”
Get up, be baptized, and wash away your sins as you call on his name.’
17 “后来，我回到耶路撒冷，在殿里祷告的时候，魂游象外，
I returned to Jerusalem, and as I was praying in the Temple, I fell into a trance.
18 看见主向我说：‘你赶紧地离开耶路撒冷，不可迟延；因你为我作的见证，这里的人必不领受。’
I saw a vision of the Lord telling me, ‘Hurry! You need to leave Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept what you are telling them about me.’
19 我就说：‘主啊，他们知道我从前把信你的人收在监里，又在各会堂里鞭打他们。
I replied, ‘Lord, they certainly know that I went from synagogue to synagogue, beating and imprisoning those who trusted in you.
20 并且你的见证人司提反被害流血的时候，我也站在旁边欢喜；又看守害死他之人的衣裳。’
When Stephen was killed for testifying about you I was standing there in full agreement with those who killed him, holding their coats for them.’
21 主向我说：‘你去吧！我要差你远远地往外邦人那里去。’”
The Lord told me, ‘Leave now, for I am sending you far away to the foreigners.’”
22 众人听他说到这句话，就高声说：“这样的人，从世上除掉他吧！他是不当活着的。”
Up until this point they had listened to what he was saying, but then they started shouting, “Get rid of this man from the earth—he doesn't deserve to live!”
23 众人喧嚷，摔掉衣裳，把尘土向空中扬起来。
They screamed and tore off their coats and threw dust into the air.
24 千夫长就吩咐将保罗带进营楼去，叫人用鞭子拷问他，要知道他们向他这样喧嚷是为什么缘故。
The commander ordered Paul brought into the fortress, and gave orders for him to be interrogated by flogging so he could find out the reason people were shouting so much against Paul.
25 刚用皮条捆上，保罗对旁边站着的百夫长说：“人是罗马人，又没有定罪，你们就鞭打他，有这个例吗？”
As they stretched him out and tied him down to flog him, Paul asked the centurion standing there, “Is it legal to flog a Roman citizen who hasn't had a trial?”
26 百夫长听见这话，就去见千夫长，告诉他说：“你要做什么？这人是罗马人。”
When the centurion heard what Paul said, he went to the commander and asked him, “What are you doing? This man is a Roman citizen.”
27 千夫长就来问保罗说：“你告诉我，你是罗马人吗？”保罗说：“是。”
The commander came, and asked Paul, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” Paul replied, “Yes I am.”
28 千夫长说：“我用许多银子才入了罗马的民籍。”保罗说：“我生来就是。”
“I paid a lot of money to buy Roman citizenship,” said the commander. “But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.
29 于是那些要拷问保罗的人就离开他去了。千夫长既知道他是罗马人，又因为捆绑了他，也害怕了。
Those who were about to interrogate Paul left immediately. The commander was worried when he found out that Paul was a Roman citizen because he had placed him in chains.
30 第二天，千夫长为要知道犹太人控告保罗的实情，便解开他，吩咐祭司长和全公会的人都聚集，将保罗带下来，叫他站在他们面前。
The next day, wanting to find out the reason why the Jews were accusing Paul, he had him released and taken before the chief priests and the whole council which he ordered to assemble. He had Paul brought down and placed him before them.
