Acts 16
1 Paul [and Silas] to Derbe [city and visited the believers there]. Next [they went to] Lystra [city]. A believer whose name was Timothy lived there. His mother was a Jewish believer, but his father was a Greek.
祿來到了德爾貝和呂斯特辣。在那裏有個門徒，名叫弟茂德，是一個信主的猶太婦人的兒子，父親卻是希臘人，
2 The believers in Lystra and Iconium said good things about Timothy,
在呂斯特辣及依科尼雍的弟兄們都稱揚他。
3 and Paul wanted to take Timothy with him [when he went] to other places, so he circumcised Timothy. [He did that so that] the Jews who lived in those places [would accept Timothy], because they knew that his non-Jewish father [had not allowed him to be circumcised] {[anyone to circumcise his son]}.
保祿願意他隨自己同去，為了那些地方的猶太人的緣故，帶他去行了割損禮，因為眾人都知道他的父親是希臘人。
4 [So Timothy went with Paul and Silas] and they traveled to many other towns. [In each town] they told [the] believers the rules that had been decided by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem {that the apostles and elders in Jerusalem had decided} that [non-Jewish] believers should obey.
當他們經過各城時，就將宗徒和長老在耶路撒冷所議定的規條，交給他們遵守；
5 [God was helping] the believers in those towns to trust more strongly [in the Lord Jesus], and every day more people became believers.
於是各處教會信德穩固，數目天天增加。
6 Paul and his companions wanted/planned to enter Asia [province] preach the message [about Jesus] there, but they were prevented by the Holy Spirit {the Holy Spirit prevented them} [from going there. So] they traveled through Phrygia and Galatia [provinces].
聖神既阻止他們在亞細亞講道，他們就經過夫黎基雅和迦拉達地區，
7 They arrived at the border of Mysia [province] and they wanted to go [north] Bithynia [province]. But [again] the Spirit of Jesus showed them that they should not [go there].
到了米息雅附近，想往彼提尼雅去；可是耶穌的神不許他們去，
8 So they went through Mysia [province] and arrived at Troas, a [port city. I, Luke, joined them there].
遂繞過米息雅，下到了特洛阿。
9 That night [God gave] Paul a vision in which he saw a man [who was a native] of Macedonia [province]. He was standing [some distance away], and he was earnestly calling to Paul, “[Please] come over [here] to Macedonia and help us!”
夜間保祿見了一個異象，有個馬其頓人站著，請求他說：「請往馬其頓去，援助我們罷！」
10 [The next morning] we [(exc)] immediately got ready to go to Macedonia, because we believed that God had called us to [go and] preach the good message to the people there.
保祿既見了這異象，我們便推知是天主召叫我們給他們宣傳福音，便立即設法往馬其頓去。
11 So we [(exc)] got on a ship in Troas and sailed across [the sea] Samothrace [Island. We spent the night there], and the next day [we sailed again across the sea and arrived] at Neapolis [port/town].
我們從特洛阿開船，一直航到撒摩辣刻，第二天到了乃阿頗里，
12 Then we [left Neapolis and] went [by land] to Philippi. It was a very important city in Macedonia [province, where many] Roman citizens lived. We stayed in Philippi several days.
從那裏到了斐理伯，這是馬其頓一區的首城，羅馬的殖民地。我們就在這城裏住了幾天。
13 On the first (Sabbath/Jewish day of rest) [after we(exc) arrived], we went outside the city gate [down] to the river. We had heard [someone say] that [Jewish] people gathered to pray there. [When we arrived there, we saw] some women who had gathered [to pray]. So we sat down and began to tell them [the message about Jesus].
安息日，我們出了城門，到了河邊，我們知道那裏有個祈禱所。我們遂坐下向聚集的婦女講話。
14 A woman whose name was Lydia was one of those who were listening [to Paul. She was a non-Jewish woman], from Thyatira [city, who bought and] sold [expensive] purple cloth. She had accepted what the Jews believe about God. The Lord [God] caused her to pay attention to the message that Paul preached, and she believed it. [The members of her household also heard the good message and believed in Jesus] [MTY].
有個敬畏天主的女人，名叫里狄雅，是提雅提辣城賣紫紅布的，她一直在聽；主開明了她的心，使她接受保祿所講的話。
15 After [Paul and Silas] baptized Lydia and the others who lived in her house [MTY] {After Lydia and the others who lived in her house were baptized}, she invited us to [go and stay in] her home. She said, “You [(pl)] know that I [now] believe in the Lord [Jesus], so [please] come and stay in my house.” She persuaded us [to do that, so we(exc) stayed there].
她同她一家領了洗，便請求說：「你們若認為我是忠於主的人，就請到我家去住。」遂強邀我們去了。
16 Another day, while we [(exc)] were going to the place where people regularly gathered to pray, we met a young woman who was a slave. An evil spirit was enabling her to be a ventriloquist and to tell people what would happen [to them]. People paid a lot of money to [the men who were] her owners, in return for her telling them things that [she said] would happen [to them].
當我們往祈禱所去時，有個附占卜之神的女孩，向我們迎面走來；她行占卜，使她的主人們大獲利潤。
17 This young woman followed Paul and the rest of us. She continually shouted, “These men serve the God who is the greatest [of all gods]! They are telling you how ([God] can save you [so that he will not punish you/to be] saved)”
她跟著保祿和我們，喊叫說：「這些人是至高者天主的僕人，他們來給你們宣佈得救的道路。」
18 She continued to do that for many days. Finally Paul became irritated. So he turned [toward the young woman] and rebuked the evil spirit [that was in her. He said], “By the authority [MTY] of Jesus Christ, I command you [(sg)] to come out of this young woman!” Right away the evil spirit left her.
她這樣行了多日，保祿就厭煩了，轉身向那惡神說：「我因耶穌基督之名，命你從她身上出去。」那惡神即刻便出去了。
19 And then her owners realized that she could no longer earn money for them [because she could no longer predict what would happen to people, so they were angry]. They grabbed Paul and Silas and forcefully took them to the public square, to [the place where] the government authorities and [a lot of other people were gathered].
她的主人們見自己獲利的指望已去，便揪住保祿和息拉，拉到街市上去見首領；
20 The owners [of the young woman] brought Paul and Silas to the city officials and told them, “These men are Jews, and they are greatly troubling [the people in] [MTY] our city.
又帶他們到官長前說：「這些是猶太人，他們擾亂我們的城市，
21 They are teaching that we [(inc)] should follow customs that our laws do not allow us Romans to consider [to be correct] or to obey!”
竟傳佈我們羅馬人所不能接受，也不能遵行的規例。」
22 Many of the crowd joined [those who were accusing] Paul and Silas, and started beating them. Then the [Roman] authorities commanded [soldiers] to tear the shirts off Paul and Silas and to beat them [with rods/sticks].
群眾齊來攻擊他們，官長就撕下了他們的衣服，下令用棍毆打。
23 [So the soldiers] beat Paul and Silas vigorously [with rods]. After that, they [took them and] shoved them into the prison. They told the jailer that he should lock them up securely.
打了許多棍之後，就把他們押在監裏，吩咐獄警小心看守；
24 [Because the officials] had [commanded] him [to do that], the jailer shoved Paul and Silas into the cell that was farthest inside. [There, he made them sit down on the floor/ground and stretch out their legs]. Then he fastened their ankles in [grooves] between two large wooden beams, [so that Paul and Silas could not move their legs].
獄警領命，就把他們下在內監，又在他們的腳上帶上木枷。
25 About midnight, Paul and Silas were praying [aloud] and praising God by singing hymns. The [other] prisoners were listening attentively to them.
約在半夜時分，保祿和息拉祈禱讚頌天主，囚犯都側耳靜聽。
26 Suddenly there was a very strong earthquake. It shook the entire jail [SYN] and its foundation [SYN]. [The earthquake caused] all the doors [of the jail] to open suddenly, and [caused] all the chains that fastened the prisoners to fall off.
忽然地震大作，甚至監獄地基都搖動了，所有的門立時開了，眾人的鎖鏈也解開了。
27 The jailer woke up and saw that the doors of the jail were open. He thought that the prisoners had escaped. So he pulled out his sword in order to kill himself, [because he knew that the officials would kill him if the prisoners escaped].
獄警醒來，見監門全開著，以為囚犯都已逃走，就拔出劍來，想要自殺。
28 Paul [saw the jailer and] shouted to him, “Do not harm yourself! We [(exc) prisoners] are all here!”
保祿大聲喊說：「不要傷害自己，我們還都在這裏。」
29 The jailer shouted [to someone] to bring torches/lanterns, [and after they brought them], he rushed into the jail and knelt down in front of Paul and Silas. [He was very afraid, so] much so that he was trembling/shaking.
獄警要來了燈，就跑進去，戰慄發抖地俯伏在保祿和息拉面前，
30 Then he brought Paul and Silas out [of the jail] and asked: “Sirs, what do I need to do to be saved [from being punished for my sins]?”
然後領他們出來說：「先生，我當作什麼纔可得救﹖」
31 [They answered], “Trust in [what] the Lord Jesus [has done for you], and you will be saved {[God] will save you}, and the others who live in [MTY] your house will [also] be saved [if they believe in Jesus].”
他們說： 「你信主耶穌罷！你和你一家就必得救。」
32 Then the jailer took Paul and Silas into his house, washed their wounds, and gave them a meal. [He woke up all the people in his house, and] Paul and Silas told all of them the message about the Lord [Jesus. They all believed in him]. Immediately [after that, the jailer and all his family were baptized] {[Paul and Silas] baptized the jailer and all his family}. They were very happy, because now they all believed in God.
他們就給他和他家所有的人，講了主的聖道。
當夜在那時刻，獄警就帶他們去洗傷，他和他的親人也都領了洗；
遂又領他們到自己家裏，擺了宴席；他和全家因信了天主，都滿心喜歡。
35 The next morning, the [Roman] officials commanded [some] police officers [to go to the jail to say to the jailer], “[Our bosses] say, ‘Let those [two] prisoners go [now]!’”
到了天亮，官長打發侍衛來說：「釋放那些人！」
36 [After the officers went and told that to] the jailer, he [went and] told Paul, “The [Roman] authorities have sent a message [(sg)] saying that I should release you [(sg)] and Silas [from prison]. So you [two] can leave [the jail] now. Now you can go peacefully!”
獄警就將這話報告給保祿說：「官長打發人來釋放你們，所以現在你們出來，平安去罷！」
37 But Paul said to the police officers, “The authorities [commanded men to] beat us in front of a crowd before [those authorities] had learned if we [(exc)] had done anything wrong! Then they [ordered men to] shove us into jail! [But that was not legal, because] we [(exc)] are Roman citizens! And now they want [RHQ] to send us away secretly! We will not accept that! Those [Roman] officials must come themselves and [tell us that they are sorry], and take us out [of jail].”
可是保祿向他們說：「我們是羅馬人，還沒有定罪，就公開鞭打我們，又把我們下在監裏；現在卻要秘密地趕我們出去嗎﹖絕對不可！他們得親自來領我們出去！」
38 So the police officers [went and] told the city authorities [what Paul had said]. When those authorities heard that Paul and Silas were Roman citizens, they were afraid [that someone would report to more important officials what they had done, and as a result they would be punished] {[those officials would punish them]}.
侍衛就把這話報告給官長，官長一聽他們是羅馬人，就害怕起來，
39 So the city authorities came to Paul and Silas and told them that they were sorry for what they had done to them. The authorities brought them out of the jail, and repeatedly asked them to leave the city [soon].
遂來向他們說好話，領出後，請求他們離開那城。
40 After Paul and Silas left the jail, they went to Lydia’s house. There they met with her and the [other] believers. They encouraged the believers [to continue trusting in the Lord Jesus], and then the two apostles left [Philippi].
二人出了監獄，就進了里狄雅的家，會見了弟兄們，鼓勵一番後，便起程走了。
