Acts 19
1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples
亚波罗在哥林多期间，保罗从内陆抵达以弗所，在那里找到了若干信徒。
2 and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?” “No,” they answered, “we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”
他问他们说：“当你们信了上帝的时候，是否领取了圣灵？”他们说：“没有，我们甚至都没听说过圣灵这件事情。”
3 “Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied.
保罗问：“那么你们接受的是何种施洗？” 他们说：“是约翰的施洗。”
4 Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
保罗说：“约翰提供的是悔改施洗，他告诉众人应该相信在他之后到来的那个人，也就是他们应该相信耶稣。”
5 On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.
众人听罢，便以主耶稣之名进行受洗。
6 And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
保罗为他们按手，圣灵就便降临在他们身上，他们开始用不同的语言说话，还可以进行预言。
7 There were about twelve men in all.
这些人总计大约十二人。
8 Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.
在三个月的时间内，保罗一直都在会堂里向那里的人大胆宣讲，与他们进行讨论，努力说服他们相信上帝之国。
9 But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
但有些人始终顽固不化，拒绝接受他的宣讲，还在众人面前毁谤道。所以保罗放弃了他们，离开了会堂，将信徒们也一并带走。之后，他每天都在推喇奴讲堂与大家进行讨论。
10 This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.
就这样过了两年，所有亚西亚省的居民，无论犹太人或希腊人，都听到了主的道。
11 God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,
上帝通过保罗显化很多不同寻常的神迹。
12 so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.
甚至有人会拿走保罗曾经触碰的手帕或围巾，去医治病患和赶走邪灵。
13 Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”
几个犹太人打着耶稣的名号四处驱鬼，向身上附着之人说：“我以保罗所言耶稣之名，命令你们出来。”
14 Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.
一位名叫士基瓦的犹太人司长，他的七个儿子都在做这件事，一个是犹太人，一个是大祭司。
15 Eventually, one of the evil spirits answered them, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”
但有一天当他们驱魔时，邪灵却回答到：“我认识耶稣，也认识保罗，但你们是谁？”
16 Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. The attack was so violent that they ran out of the house naked and wounded.
邪灵附体那人扑到他们身上将其制服，一番痛殴后，他们赤裸着身体从那房子逃了出来，满身是伤。
17 This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.
所有住在以弗所的犹太人和希腊人都知道此事，纷纷表示敬畏，主耶稣之名获得了广泛尊重。
18 Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.
也有许多信主之人前来忏悔他们的罪，公开坦诚他们曾经做过的恶行。
19 And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.
其中有许多曾经施行巫术之人，把他们关于巫术的书堆在一起当众烧掉。他们估算了一下书价，总计五万银币。
20 So the word of the Lord powerfully continued to spread and prevail.
通过这种方式，主的道日益强大，广为传播。
21 After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well.”
在这之后，保罗决定穿过马其顿和亚该亚去往耶路撒冷。他说：“我到了那边以后，必须去罗马看看。”
22 He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time in the province of Asia.
他派了两名帮手提摩太和以拉都两人去马其顿，自己则暂时留在亚西亚省。
23 About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.
就在这期间，发生了很多关于道的骚乱，
24 It began with a silversmith named Demetrius who made silver shrines of Artemis, bringing much business to the craftsmen.
有一位名叫低米丢的银匠，以制造亚底米女神的小银龛为生，这门手艺给他这样的工匠带来了不少生意。
25 Demetrius assembled the craftsmen, along with the workmen in related trades. “Men,” he said, “you know that this business is our source of prosperity.
他把同行和相似行业的工人们聚起来，说：“工友们，你们知道，我们就是靠这门生意赚钱。
26 And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.
毫无疑问，通过你们看见和听见的事情，你们也应该意识到这个叫保罗的人，不仅在以弗所、还几乎在整个亚西亚游说和误导众人，说人类所制造的都不是上帝的创造。
27 There is danger not only that our business will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited and her majesty deposed—she who is worshiped by all the province of Asia and the whole world.”
这不仅导致我们这一行可能会受人鄙视，就连伟大女神亚底米的庙也会遭人摒弃，亚西亚和普天下所敬拜的女神将失去其威严。”
28 When the men heard this, they were enraged and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
这话掀起了众人的怒火，他们高喊到：“以弗所人的亚底米，伟大的神！”
29 Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.
全城陷入大骚动，他们捉住了与保罗同行的马其顿人该犹和亚里达古，一起冲进了剧场。
30 Paul wanted to go before the assembly, but the disciples would not allow him.
保罗想去直面暴徒，但其他信徒不让他这么做。
31 Even some of Paul’s friends who were officials of the province of Asia sent word to him, begging him not to venture into the theatre.
保罗有几名省长官的朋友，也捎来口信，叮嘱他不要去剧场那里。
32 Meanwhile the assembly was in turmoil. Some were shouting one thing and some another, and most of them did not even know why they were there.
但暴徒们并不知道聚集的原因，如一群无头苍蝇一般，口中胡乱喊叫着。
33 The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward to explain himself, and he motioned for silence so he could make his defense to the people.
人群中的犹太人把亚历山大推到前面，他做了个让大家安静的手势，想要解释给众人听。
34 But when they realized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
众人认出他是犹太人，便异口同声高喊：“以弗所人的亚底米，伟大的神！”足足喊了两个小时。
35 Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?
后来书记官设法安抚了民众。他说：“以弗所人呐！你们的城是看守伟大亚底米的神庙，也看守来自天堂的神像。这一点谁不知道呢？
36 Since these things are undeniable, you ought to be calm and not do anything rash.
这些都是不可辩驳的事实，你们应当保持平静，不可冲动行事。
37 For you have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed our temple nor blasphemed our goddess.
你们抓到这里的两个人，既没有打劫庙宇，也没有亵渎我们的女神。
38 So if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open and proconsuls are available. Let them bring charges against one another there.
如果低米丢和其他工匠想要控告谁，完全可以去找总督或提交法庭，可以在那里提交诉状。
39 But if you are seeking anything beyond this, it must be settled in a legal assembly.
如果还有其他问题，就应该进行合法的集会予以解决。
40 For we are in jeopardy of being charged with rioting for today’s events, and we have no justification to account for this commotion.”
今天的骚乱毫无来由，我们实在无法评判，事实上，我们甚至可能需要为这件事情负责。”
41 After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.
说罢这番话，他就让暴徒们散去了。
