Acts 7
1 Then the high priest asked Stephen, “Are the things that [these people are saying about you(sg)] true?”
大司祭遂問說：「真是這樣嗎﹖」
2 Stephen replied, “Fellow Jews and respected leaders, [please] listen to me! The glorious God [whom we(inc) worship] appeared to our ancestor Abraham while he was still [living] in Mesopotamia [region], before he moved to Haran [town].
斯德望答說：「諸位仁人弟兄，諸位父老，請聽！當我們的祖先亞巴郎還在美索不達米亞，還未住在哈蘭以前，榮耀的天主曾顯現給他，
3 God said to him, ‘Leave this land where you [(sg)] and your relatives [are living], and go into the land to which I will lead you.’
向他說：『你要離開你的故鄉和你的家族，往我所指示你的地方去！』
4 So Abraham left that land, [which was also called] Chaldea, and he arrived in Haran and lived there. After his father died, God told him to move to this land in which you [and I] are now living.”
那時，他遂離開了加色丁人的地方，住在哈蘭；他父親死後，天主又叫他從那裏遷移，來到你們現今所住的地方。
5 “[At that time] God did not give Abraham any [land here], not even a small plot of [this] land that would belong to him. God promised that he would [later] give this land to him and his descendants, and that it would [always] belong [to them. However], at that time Abraham did not have any children [who would] ([inherit it/receive it after he died]).”
在此地天主並沒有賜給他產業，連腳掌那麼大的地方也沒有給，卻應許了把此地賜給他和他以後的子孫做產業，雖然當時他還沒有兒子。
6 “[Later] God told Abraham, ‘Your descendants will go and live in a foreign country. They [will live there] for 400 years, and [during that time their leaders] will mistreat your descendants and force them to work as slaves.’
天主還這樣說過：『他的子孫要僑居異地，人要奴役虐待他們，共四百年之久。』
7 But God [also] said, ‘I will punish the people who make them work as slaves. Then, after that, your descendants will leave [that land] and they will [come and] worship me in this land.’”
天主還說：『我要懲治那奴役他們的異民。此後，他們要出來，要在這地方恭敬我。』
8 “Then God commanded Abraham that [every male in his household and all of his male descendants] should be circumcised [to show that they all belonged to God] and that they would obey what he had told Abraham to do. Later Abraham’s son, Isaac, was born, and when Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him. [Later] Isaac’s son, Jacob, was born, and Isaac [similarly circumcised] him. And Jacob [similarly circumcised] his twelve sons. They are the twelve men [from whom we(inc) Jews have all descended].”
天主又賜給了他割損的盟約；這樣，他生了依撒格後，第八天，給他行了割損禮。以後，依撒格生了雅各伯，雅各伯生了十二位宗祖。
9 “[You know that] Jacob’s [older] sons became jealous [because their father favored their younger brother] Joseph. So they sold him [to merchants/traders who took him] [MTY] to Egypt. There he became a slave [of an official who lived there]. But God [helped] Joseph.
宗祖們嫉妒若瑟，把他賣到埃及，天主卻同他在一起，
10 He protected him whenever people caused him to suffer. He enabled Joseph to be wise; and he caused Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, to think well of Joseph. So Pharaoh appointed him to rule [over] Egypt and to look after all of Pharaoh’s property [MTY].”
救他脫離了一切磨難，並在埃及王法郎面前使他得寵，有智慧，法郎就派他總理埃及和王家事務。
11 “[While Joseph was doing that work], there was a time (when there was very little food/of famine) throughout Egypt and also throughout Canaan. People did not have enough food to eat. People were suffering. [At that time] Jacob and his sons [in Canaan] also could not find [enough] food.
後來在全埃及和客納罕發生了饑饉和大難，我們的祖先找不到食物。
12 When Jacob heard [people report that] there was grain/food [that people could buy] in Egypt, he sent Joseph’s older brothers [to go there to buy grain. They went and bought grain from Joseph, but they did not recognize him. Then they returned home].
雅各伯聽說在埃及有糧食，就打發了我們的祖先去，這是第一次。
13 When Joseph’s brothers went to Egypt the second time, [they again bought grain from Joseph]. But this time [he] told them who he was. [And] people told Pharaoh that Joseph’s people were Hebrews [and that those men who had come from Canaan were his brothers].
第二次，若瑟被他的兄弟們認出來了。法郎也明悉了若瑟的親族。
14 Then after Joseph sent [his brothers back home, they] told their father Jacob [that Joseph wanted] him and his entire family to come [to Egypt. At that time] ([Jacob’s family consisted of] 75 people/there were 75 people in Jacob’s family) [SYN].
若瑟遂打發人請自己的父親和所有同族前來，共計七十五人。
15 [So when] Jacob [heard that, he and all his family] went to [live in] Egypt.” Acts 7:15b-16 “[Later on], Jacob died [there], and our [other] ancestors, [his sons, also died there].
雅各伯下到了埃及，以後他和我們的祖先都死了；
16 [But] the bodies [of Jacob and Joseph] were brought {[they] brought the bodies [of Jacob and Joseph]} [back to our land], and [Jacob’s body] was buried {they buried [Jacob’s body]} [in the tomb that Abraham had bought, and they buried Joseph’s body] in Shechem in the ground that [Jacob] had bought from Hamor’s sons.”
後來他們被運到舍根，埋葬在亞巴郎用銀價從哈摩爾的兒子在舍根所買的墳墓中。
17 “Our ancestors had become very numerous when it was almost time for [God to rescue them] from Egypt, [as] he had promised Abraham that he would do.
天主向亞巴郎所應承的恩許的時期來近了，這民族在埃及就逐漸繁殖增多起來，
18 Another king had begun to rule in Egypt. He did not know that Joseph, [long before that time, had greatly helped the people of Egypt] [MTY].
直到另一位不認識若瑟的君王起來統治埃及，
19 That king cruelly tried to get rid of our ancestors. He oppressed them and caused them to suffer greatly. He [even commanded] them to leave their baby [boys] outside [their homes] so that they would die.”
他就用計謀壓迫我們的親族，虐待我們的祖先，叫他們拋棄自己的嬰孩，不容生存。
20 “During that time Moses was born, and he was a very beautiful [LIT] [child]. So his parents [secretly] cared for him in their house for three months.
就在那時期梅瑟誕生了，他為天主所喜愛；在父親家中養育了三個月。
21 Then they had to put him outside [the house, but] Pharaoh’s daughter [found him and] adopted him and cared for him as [though he were] her own son.
他被拋棄後，法郎的女兒卻將他拾去，當自己的兒子養育。
22 Moses was taught {[The Egyptian teachers] taught Moses} many kinds of wise things [HYP] that the people in Egypt knew, and [when he grew up], he spoke powerfully and did things powerfully.”
梅瑟學習了埃及人的各種智慧；他講話辨事，都有才幹。
23 “[One day] when Moses was about 40 years old, he decided that he would [go and] see his fellow Israelis. [So he went to the place where they worked].
當他滿了四十歲的時候，他心中起了看望自己的弟兄──以色列子民的願望。
24 He saw an Egyptian beating one of the Israelis. So he went over to help [MTY] the Israeli man who was being hurt/beat {whom [the Egyptian] was hurting/beating}, and he (got revenge on/paid back) the Israeli man by killing the Egyptian [who was hurting/beating him].
他看見一個人受欺壓，就加以衛護，為受欺負的人報仇，打死了那個埃及人。
25 Moses was thinking that his fellow Israelis would understand that God had sent him to free them [from being slaves]. But they did not understand that.
他以為自己的弟兄明白天主要藉他的手拯救他們， 但他們卻不明白。
26 The next day, Moses saw two Israeli men fighting [each other]. He tried to make them stop fighting by saying to them, ‘Men, you two are fellow [Israelis! So] (stop hurting each other!/why are you hurting each other?) [RHQ]’
第二天，他看見他們打架，就勸他們和解說：同仁！你們原是弟兄，為什麼彼此傷害呢﹖
27 But the man who was injuring the other man pushed Moses away and said to him, ‘(No one appointed you [(sg)] to rule and judge us [(exc)]!/Do you [(sg)] think someone appointed you [(sg)] to rule and judge us [(exc)]?) [RHQ]
那欺壓近人的推開他說：誰立了你做我們的首領和判官﹖
28 Do you want to kill me as you killed the Egyptian yesterday?’
難道你願意殺死我，就像昨天你殺死了那埃及人一樣嗎﹖
29 When Moses heard that, [he thought to himself, ‘Obviously, people know what I have done, and someone will kill me.’ He was afraid, so] he fled [from Egypt] to Midian land. He lived there [for some years]. He [got married, and he and his wife] had two sons.”
梅瑟因這句話，便逃跑了，在米德楊地方作客，在那裏生了兩個兒子。
30 “[One day] 40 years later, [the Lord God appeared as] an angel to Moses. He appeared in a bush that was burning in the desert near Sinai Mountain.
過了四十年，在西乃山的曠野裏，有一位使者在荊棘叢火燄中顯現給他。
31 When Moses saw that, he was greatly surprised, [because the bush was not burning up]. As he went over to look more closely, he heard the Lord [God] say [to him],
梅瑟一見，就奇怪這異像；他正要前去觀察，有上主的聲音說：『
32 ‘I [am] the God [whom] your ancestors [worshipped]. I [am] the God that Abraham, Isaac and Jacob [worship].’ Moses [was so afraid that he] began to shake. He was afraid to look [at the bush any longer].
我是你祖先的天主，即亞巴郎、依撒格和雅各伯的天主。』梅瑟就戰慄起來，不敢前去觀察。
33 Then the Lord [God] said to him, ‘Take your sandals off [to show that you(sg) revere me]. Because I [am here], the place where you are standing is holy/sacred.
上主向他說：『將你腳上的鞋脫下！因為你站的地方是聖地。
34 I have surely seen how the people of Egypt are continually causing my people to suffer. I have heard my people when they groan [because those people continually oppress them]. So I have come down to rescue them [from Egypt]. Now get ready, because I am going to send you [back] to Egypt [to do that].’”
我看見了我百姓在埃及的苦楚，也聽見了他們的哀歎，遂下來拯救他們。現在你來，我要打發你到埃及去。』
35 “This Moses [is the one who had tried to help our Israeli people, but] whom they rejected [by saying], ‘No one [RHQ] appointed you to rule and judge [us!’] Moses [is the one whom] God [himself] sent to rule them and to free them [from being slaves. He is the one whom] an angel in the bush [commanded to do that].
這梅瑟就是他們曾否定說：『誰立了你做我們的首領和判官』的，天主卻藉著在荊棘中顯現的使者的手，打發他做首領和救贖者。
36 Moses [is the one who] led our ancestors out [from Egypt]. He did many kinds of miracles in Egypt, at the Red Sea, and during the 40 years [that the Israelite people lived] in the desert.
就是他領了他們出來，在埃及，在紅海，在曠野四十年之久，行了奇蹟異事。
37 This Moses is the one who said to the Israelite people, ‘God will appoint a prophet for you from among your own people. [He will speak words from God], just like I [speak his words to you].’
這人就是那給以色列子民說：『天主要從你們弟兄們中間，給你們興起一位像我似的先知』的梅瑟。
38 This man [Moses] was [our people’s leader] when they gathered together in the desert. It is Moses to whom [God sent] the angel on Sinai Mountain to [give him our laws], and [he was the one who told] our [other] ancestors [what the angel had said]. He was the one who received [from God] words that tell us how to live [eternally, and Moses] passed [them] on to us.”
就是他在曠野時，在會眾中，立在西乃山給他說話的使者和我們的祖先之間，領受生命的話，傳授給我們。
39 “[However], our ancestors did not want to obey [Moses]. Instead, [while he was still on the mountain], they rejected him [as their leader] and decided that they wanted to return to Egypt.
我們的祖先卻不肯聽從他，反而拒絕他；他們的心已轉向埃及，
40 So they told [his older brother] Aaron, ‘Make idols for us who will be our gods to lead us [back to Egypt]! As for that fellow Moses who led us out of Egypt we [(exc)] do not know what has happened to him!’
遂向亞郎說：『請給我們製造神像，在我們面前引路，因為領我們出埃及地的這位梅瑟，我們不知道他遭遇了什麼事。』
41 So, they made [out of gold] an image [that looked like] a calf. Then they sacrificed [animals and offered other things] to [honor] that idol, and they sang and danced to honor the idol that they themselves had made.
他們就在那幾天製造了一個牛犢，向那偶像奉獻祭品，並因他們手中的作品而歡樂。
42 So God rejected them. He abandoned them to worship the sun, moon and stars in the sky. This agrees with the words that one of the prophets wrote that God said, You Israelite [people] [MTY], when you [repeatedly] killed animals and offered them as sacrifices during those 40 years [that you were] in the desert, (you [most certainly] were not offering them to me!/what makes you think that you were offering them to me?) [RHQ]
於是天主轉過身去，任憑他們恭敬天上的軍旅，就如在先知書上所載的：『以色列家！你們四十年在曠野中，何嘗向我奉獻過犧牲和祭品﹖
43 [On the contrary], you carried [with you from place to place] the tent [that contained the idol] representing [the god] Molech [that you worshipped]. You also [carried with you] the image of the star [called] Rephan. [Those] were idols that you had made, [and you] worshipped [them instead of me]. So I will [cause you to] be taken away {[people to] take you} [from your own country. You will be taken] {[They will take you]} [far from your homes to regions] even farther than Babylon [Country].”
你們抬著摩肋客的帳幕和楞番神的星辰，為朝拜你們所製造的偶像。為此，我要把你們遷徙到巴比倫那邊去。』
44 “While our ancestors were in the desert, they worshipped God at the tent that showed [that he was there with them]. They had made the tent exactly like God had commanded Moses [to make it. It was] exactly like the model that Moses had seen [when he was up on the mountain].
我們的祖先在曠野中有一個作證的帳幕，這帳幕就是天主吩咐梅瑟，按他所指示的式樣製造的。
45 [Later on], other ancestors of ours carried that tent with them when Joshua led them [into this land]. That was during the time that they took this land for themselves, when God forced the people [who previously lived here] to leave. So the Israelis were able to possess this land. [The tent remained in this land and was still here] when [King] David ruled.
我們的祖先相繼承受了它；當天主把異民從我們祖先的面前趕走之後，他們便同若蘇厄將此帳幕運到繼承為業之地，直到達味的時日。
46 David pleased God, and he asked God to let him build a house where [he and] all of our Israeli people could worship God.
達味在天主面前獲得了寵愛，就懇求要為雅各伯的天主尋找一個住所；
47 But [instead, God let David’s son] Solomon build a house [where people could worship] God.”
撒羅滿便為天主建築了殿宇。
48 “However, [we(inc) know that] God is greater than everything, and he does not live in [houses that] people [SYN] have made. It is like the prophet [Isaiah] wrote. He wrote [these words that God had spoken: ]
但至高者本不住在人手所建造的殿宇中：正如先知說：
49 Heaven is (my throne/the place from which I rule the entire universe), and the earth is (my footstool/[merely like] a stool on which I may rest my feet). I myself [SYN] have made everything [both in heaven and on the earth]. So you [human beings], ([you] really cannot build a house that would be [adequate] for me!/do you think you can build a house that would be [appropriate] for me?) [RHQ] You cannot [RHQ] make a place good enough for me [to live in]!”
『天是我的寶座，地是我的腳凳。你們要為我建築什麼樣的殿宇﹖──上主說──或者我安息的地方是怎樣的呢﹖
這一切不是我的手所造的嗎﹖』
51 “You people are extremely stubborn [MET], not wanting to obey God or listen [MTY] [to him!] You are exactly like your ancestors! You always resist the Holy Spirit [as they did]!
執坳和心耳未受割損的人啊！你們時常反抗聖神，你們的祖先怎樣，你們也怎樣。
52 Your ancestors caused [RHQ] every prophet to suffer, [including Moses]. They even killed those who long ago announced [that the Messiah] would come, the one who always did what pleased God. [And the Messiah has come! He is the one whom] you [recently] turned over [to his enemies] and [insisted that] they kill him!
那一位先知，你們的祖先沒有迫害過﹖他們殺害了那些預言義人來臨的人，現在你們都成了那義人的出賣者和兇手。
53 You [are the people] who have received God’s laws. [Those were laws] that God caused angels to give [to our ancestors]. However, [incredibly], you have not obeyed them!”
你們這些人接受了藉天使所傳佈的法律，卻不遵守。」
54 When the Jewish Council members [and others there] heard all that [Stephen said], they became very angry. They were grinding their teeth [together because they were so angry] at him!
他們一聽這些話，怒從心起，向他咬牙切齒。
55 But the Holy Spirit completely controlled Stephen. He looked up into heaven and saw a dazzling light from God, and [he saw] Jesus standing at God’s right side.
斯德望卻充滿了聖神，注目向天，看見天主的光榮，並看見耶穌站在天主右邊，
56 “Look,” he said, “I see heaven open, and I [see] the one who came from heaven standing at God’s right side!”
遂說道：「看，我見天開了，並見人子站在天主右邊。」
57 [When the Jewish Council members and others heard that], they shouted loudly. They put their hands over their ears [so that they could not hear Stephen, and immediately] they all rushed at him.
他們都大聲亂嚷，掩著自己的耳朵一致向他撲去，
58 They dragged him outside the city [of Jerusalem] and started to throw stones at him. The people who were accusing him [took off] their outer garments [in order to throw stones more easily, and] they put their clothes [on the ground] next to a young man whose name was Saul, [so that he could guard them].
把他拉出城外，用石頭砸死了。證人脫下自己的衣服放在名叫掃祿的青年人腳前。
59 While they continued to throw stones at Stephen, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!”
當他們用石頭砸斯德望的時候，他祈求說：「主耶穌！接我的靈魂去罷！」
60 Then Stephen fell on his knees and cried out, “Lord, do not punish them (OR, forgive them) [LIT] for this sin!” After he had said that, he died.
遂屈膝跪下，大聲呼喊說：「主，不要向他們算這罪債！」說了這話，就死了。
