使徒行傳 17
1 保羅和西拉經過暗妃坡里、亞波羅尼亞，來到帖撒羅尼迦，在那裏有猶太人的會堂。
After passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia, Paul and Silas came to Thessalonica. Here the Jews had a Synagogue;
2 保羅照他素常的規矩進去，一連三個安息日，本着聖經與他們辯論，
and, following his usual custom, Paul joined them, and for three Sabbaths addressed them, drawing his arguments from the Scriptures.
3 講解陳明基督必須受害，從死裏復活；又說：「我所傳與你們的這位耶穌就是基督。」
He laid before them and explained that the Christ must undergo suffering and rise from the dead; and “It is this man,” he declared, “who is the Christ — this Jesus about whom I am telling you.”
4 他們中間有些人聽了勸，就附從保羅和西拉，並有許多虔敬的希臘人，尊貴的婦女也不少。
Some of the people were convinced, and threw in their lot with Paul and Silas, as did also a large body of Greeks who were accustomed to join in the Jewish services, and a great number of women belonging to the leading families.
5 但那不信的猶太人心裏嫉妒，招聚了些市井匪類，搭夥成群，聳動合城的人闖進耶孫 的家，要將保羅、西拉帶到百姓那裏。
But the Jews, becoming jealous, engaged some worthless fellows from the streets, and, getting a mob together, kept the city in an uproar. They attacked Jason’s house, with the intention of bringing Paul and Silas before the Popular Assembly;
6 找不着他們，就把耶孫和幾個弟兄拉到地方官那裏，喊叫說：「那攪亂天下的也到這裏來了，
and, not finding them there, they proceeded to drag Jason and some of the Brethren before the City Magistrates, shouting out: “These men, who have turned the world upside down, have now come here,
7 耶孫收留他們。這些人都違背凱撒的命令，說另有一個王耶穌。」
and have been harboured by Jason! They say that some one else is king — a man called Jesus!”
8 眾人和地方官聽見這話，就驚慌了；
On hearing this, the people and the City Magistrates were much concerned;
9 於是取了耶孫和其餘之人的保狀，就釋放了他們。
and, before letting them go, they took bail from Jason and the others.
10 弟兄們隨即在夜間打發保羅和西拉往庇哩亞去。二人到了，就進入猶太人的會堂。
That very night the Brethren sent Paul and Silas off to Beroea; and on reaching that place, they went to the Jewish Synagogue.
11 這地方的人賢於帖撒羅尼迦的人，甘心領受這道，天天考查聖經，要曉得這道是與不是。
These Jews of Beroea were better disposed than those in Thessalonica, for they welcomed the Message with great readiness, and daily examined the Scriptures to see if what was said was true.
12 所以他們中間多有相信的，又有希臘尊貴的婦女，男子也不少。
As a consequence, many of them became believers in Christ, besides a considerable number of Greek women of position, and of men also.
13 但帖撒羅尼迦的猶太人知道保羅又在庇哩亞傳上帝的道，也就往那裏去，聳動攪擾眾人。
But, when the Jews of Thessalonica found out that God’s Message had been delivered by Paul at Beroea, they came there too, exciting and disturbing the minds of the people.
14 當時弟兄們便打發保羅往海邊去，西拉和提摩太仍住在庇哩亞。
Immediately upon that, the Brethren sent Paul off on his way to the sea coast, but both Silas and Timothy stayed behind in Beroea.
15 送保羅的人帶他到了雅典，既領了保羅的命，叫西拉和提摩太速速到他這裏來，就回去了。
The friends who escorted Paul took him as far as Athens, and, after receiving a message for Silas and Timothy to join him as quickly as possible, they started on their return.
16 保羅在雅典等候他們的時候，看見滿城都是偶像，就心裏着急；
While Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his heart was stirred at seeing the whole city full of idols.
17 於是在會堂裏與猶太人和虔敬的人，並每日在市上所遇見的人，辯論。
So he argued in the Synagogue with the Jews and with those who joined in their worship, as well as daily in the public Square with those who happened to be there.
18 還有伊壁鳩魯和斯多亞兩門的學士，與他爭論。有的說：「這胡言亂語的要說甚麼？」有的說：「他似乎是傳說外邦鬼神的。」這話是因保羅傳講耶穌與復活的道。
Among others, some Epicurean and Stoic Philosophers joined issue with him. Some would ask “What is this prater wanting to make out?”, while others would say “He seems to be a Preacher of foreign Deities.” (This was because he was telling the Good News about Jesus and the Resurrection).
19 他們就把他帶到亞略‧巴古，說：「你所講的這新道，我們也可以知道嗎？
So they laid hold of him and took him to the Court of Areopagus. “May we hear,” they asked, “what new teaching this is which you are giving?
20 因為你有些奇怪的事傳到我們耳中，我們願意知道這些事是甚麼意思。」（
For you are bringing some strange things to our notice, and we should like to know what they mean.”
21 雅典人和住在那裏的客人都不顧別的事，只將新聞說說聽聽。）
(All Athenians and the foreigners staying in the city found no time for anything else but telling, or listening to, the last new thing.)
22 保羅站在亞略‧巴古當中，說：「眾位雅典人哪，我看你們凡事很敬畏鬼神。
So Paul took his stand in the middle of the Court, and said — “Men of Athens, on every hand I see signs of your being very devout.
23 我遊行的時候，觀看你們所敬拜的，遇見一座壇，上面寫着『未識之神』。你們所不認識而敬拜的，我現在告訴你們。
For as I was going about, looking at your sacred shrines, I came upon an altar with this inscription — ‘To an Unknown God.’ What, therefore, you worship in ignorance, that I am now proclaiming to you.
24 創造宇宙和其中萬物的上帝，既是天地的主，就不住人手所造的殿，
The God who made the world and all things that are in it — he, Lord as he is of Heaven and Earth, does not dwell in temples made by hands,
25 也不用人手服事，好像缺少甚麼；自己倒將生命、氣息、萬物，賜給萬人。
nor yet do human hands minister to his wants, as though he needed anything, since he himself gives, to all, life, and breath, and all things.
26 他從一本造出萬族的人，住在全地上，並且預先定準他們的年限和所住的疆界，
He made all races of the earth’s surface — fixing a time for their rise and fall, and the limits of their settlements —
27 要叫他們尋求上帝，或者可以揣摩而得，其實他離我們各人不遠；
That they might search for God, if by any means they might feel their way to him and find him. And yet he is not really far from any one of us;
28 我們生活、動作、存留，都在乎他。就如你們作詩的，有人說：『我們也是他所生的。』
for in him we live and move and are. To use the words of some of your own poets — ‘His offspring, too, are we.’
29 我們既是上帝所生的，就不當以為上帝的神性像人用手藝、心思所雕刻的金、銀、石。
Therefore, as the offspring of God, we must not think that the Deity has any resemblance to anything made of gold, or silver, or stone — a work of human art and imagination.
30 世人蒙昧無知的時候，上帝並不監察，如今卻吩咐各處的人都要悔改。
True, God looked with indulgence on the days of men’s ignorance, but now he is announcing to every one everywhere the need for repentance,
31 因為他已經定了日子，要藉着他所設立的人按公義審判天下，並且叫他從死裏復活，給萬人作可信的憑據。」
because he has fixed a day on which he intends to ‘judge the world with justice,’ by a man whom he has appointed — and of this he has given all men a pledge by raising this man from the dead.”
32 眾人聽見從死裏復活的話，就有譏誚他的；又有人說：「我們再聽你講這個吧！」
On hearing of a resurrection of the dead, some began jeering, but others said that they would hear what he had to say about that another time.
33 於是保羅從他們當中出去了。
And so Paul left the Court.
34 但有幾個人貼近他，信了主，其中有亞略‧巴古的官丟尼修，並一個婦人，名叫大馬哩，還有別人一同信從。
There were, however, some men who joined him, and became believers in Christ. Among them were Dionysius, a member of the Court of Areopagus, a woman named Damaris, and several others.
