Acts 9
1 Meanwhile, Saul angrily continued to say, “I will kill those who believe that [Jesus is] the Lord!” He went to the supreme priest [in Jerusalem]
与此同时，扫罗仍在暴力威胁着主的使徒，想要杀死他们。他到大祭司那里，
2 and requested him [to write] letters [introducing him] to [the leaders of] [MTY] the Jewish meeting places in Damascus [city. The letters asked them to authorize Saul] to seize any men or women who followed the way [that Jesus had taught], and to take them as prisoners to Jerusalem [so that the Jewish leaders could judge and punish them].
要大祭司提供授权函，扫罗想要送到大马士革的各会堂，在发现奉行此道之人后，无论男女，都准许扫罗将其缉拿，带回耶路撒冷。
3 Saul took those letters, and while he [and those with him] traveled toward Damascus, as they were approaching the city, suddenly a [brilliant] light from heaven shone around Saul.
快到大马士革的时候，他周围忽然被来自天堂的光照亮。
4 [Immediately] he fell down to the ground. Then he heard the voice [of the Lord] say to him, “Saul, Saul, (stop causing me to suffer!/why are you causing me to suffer?) [RHQ]”
他伏倒在地，听见有声音对他说：“扫罗啊，扫罗！你为什么迫害我？”
5 Saul asked him, “Lord, who are you?” He replied, “I am Jesus, [and] you [(sg)] are causing me to suffer [by hurting my followers]!
他说：“主啊，你是谁？” 主说：“我就是你所迫害的耶稣。
6 Now instead [of continuing to do that], stand up and go into the city! [Someone there] will tell you [(sg)] what I [want] you to do.”
起来吧，到城里去，会有人告诉你应当做什么。”
7 The men who were traveling with Saul [became so frightened that they] could not say anything. [They just] stood there. They only heard the sound [when the Lord spoke], but they did not see anyone.
与扫罗同行的人听见了声音，却看不见人影，于是站在那里说不出话来。
8 Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see anything. So the men [with him] took him by the hand and led him into Damascus.
扫罗从地上爬起来，睁开眼睛后却什么也看不见。随行的人牵着他的手，领他进入大马士革。
9 For the next three days Saul could not see [anything], and he did not eat or drink anything.
随后三天，他什么也看不到，不吃不喝。
10 In Damascus there was [a Jew] named Ananias who believed in Jesus. While [Ananias was seeing] a vision, the Lord [Jesus] said to him, “Ananias!” He replied, “Lord, I [am listening].”
大马士革有一名叫亚拿尼亚的使徒，主在异像中唤他：“亚拿尼亚！” 他说：“主啊，我在这里。”
11 The Lord Jesus told him, “Go to Straight Street to the house that belongs to Judas. Ask [someone there if you(sg) can talk to] a man named Saul from Tarsus [city], because, surprisingly, at this moment he is praying [to me].
主说：“起来到直街去，在犹大家里找一位来自大数的人。他叫扫罗，现在正在祷告，
12 [Saul has seen] a vision in which a man named Ananias entered [the house where he was staying] and put his hands on him in order that he might see again.”
他在异象中看见一位名叫亚拿尼亚的人，过去为他按手，让他可以再次看得见。”
13 But Ananias [protested], saying, “But Lord, many people have told me about this man! He has done many evil things to the people in Jerusalem who [believe in] you!
但亚拿尼亚回答：“主啊，很多人都说起过这个人，他在耶路撒冷做了许多迫害你信徒的事，
14 And the chief priests have authorized him to come here [to Damascus] in order to seize all of us who believe in you [(sg)] [MTY] [and take us to Jerusalem]!”
祭司长还给了他权力，逮捕所有膜拜和追随你的人。”
15 But the Lord [Jesus] told Ananias, “Go to [Saul! Do what I say], because I have chosen him to serve me in order that he might speak about me [MTY] both to non-Jewish people and [their] kings and to the Israeli people.
但主对他说：“去吧，我已选中此人，把我的名传给异教徒、君王和以色列人。
16 I myself will tell him that he must often suffer greatly because of [telling people about] me [MTY].”
我会向他显示，为了我之名，他不得不受苦。”
17 So Ananias went, and [after he found] the house [where Saul was], he entered it. Then, [as soon as he met Saul], he put his hands on him, and he said, “Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus [himself] commanded me to come [to you]. He is the [same] one who appeared to you [(sg)] while you were traveling along the road. [He sent me to you] in order that you might see again and that you might be completely controlled by the Holy Spirit {that the Holy Spirit might completely control you}.”
于是亚拿尼亚出发去了那栋房子，为扫罗按手，说：“扫罗兄弟，主耶稣在你来的路上已向你显现，他派我来让你可以重见光明，可以被圣灵充满。”
18 Instantly, things like [fish] scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he was able to see again. Then he stood up and was baptized {[Ananias] baptized him} [immediately].
话音刚落，扫罗的眼里立刻掉下来鳞片一样的东西，然后他就恢复了视力，然后起身接受施洗。
19 After Saul ate some food, he felt strong again. Saul stayed with the [other] believers in Damascus for several days.
他还吃了些东西，感觉有些力气了，之后他和大马士革的使徒同住了几天。
20 Right away Saul began to preach [to people about Jesus] in the Jewish meeting places [in Damascus. He told them] that Jesus is (the Son of/the man who is also) God.
然后，他立刻在各会堂宣讲耶稣，说“耶稣是上帝之子。”
21 And all the people who heard him [preach] were amazed. [Various ones of] them were saying, “([We(inc) can hardly believe that] this is the [same man] who persecuted the believers in Jerusalem!/Is this really the [same man] who persecuted the believers in Jerusalem?) [RHQ, MTY] And we [(inc)] know that he has [RHQ] come here to seize us and take us to the chief priests [in Jerusalem]!”
众人听此都感到很惊讶，说：“他不是在耶路撒冷迫害那些相信耶稣的人吗？他来这里，不是为了捉拿信徒，然后交给祭司长吗？”
22 But [God] enabled Saul [to preach to many people even] more convincingly. He was proving [from the Scriptures] that Jesus is the Messiah. So the Jewish leaders in Damascus could not think of anything (to refute [what he said/to prove that what he said was not true]).
但扫罗变得越来越有信心，以强有力的方式证明耶稣就是基督，住在大马士革的犹太人完全无法与他辩论。
23 Some time later, [after Saul had left Damascus and then returned], the Jewish [leaders] [SYN] [there] plotted to kill him.
过了一段时间后，犹太人商议要杀掉他。
24 [During each] day and night those Jews were continually watching [the people passing through] the city gates, in order that [when they saw Saul] they might kill him. However, someone told Saul what they planned to do.
但扫罗知晓了他们的阴谋。犹太人在各城门处日夜把守，打算除掉他。
25 So some of those whom he had helped [to believe in Jesus] took him [one] night [to the high stone wall that surrounded the city]. They [used ropes to] lower him in a [large] basket through an opening in the wall. [So he escaped from Damascus].
于是在一天晚上，他的门徒从城墙的一个开口处，用大篮子把他顺了下去。
26 When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he began trying to associate with other believers. However, [almost] all of them continued to be afraid of him, because they did not believe that he had become a believer.
扫罗来到耶路撒冷后想要见其他门徒，但大家都怕他，不相信他也是个门徒。
27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He explained to the apostles how, [while Saul was traveling] along the road [to Damascus], he had seen the Lord [Jesus] and how the Lord had spoken to him [there. He] also told them how Saul had preached boldly about Jesus [MTY] [to people] in Damascus. [The apostles believed Barnabas and told the other believers about that].
但巴拿巴带着他去见其他门徒，还帮他解释了如何在路上看见主、主如何与他说话，以及扫罗如何在大马士革以耶稣之名传道。
28 So Saul began to associate with the apostles [and other believers] throughout Jerusalem, and he spoke boldly [to people] about [MTY] the Lord [Jesus].
于是扫罗与其他门徒待在一起，与他们走遍耶路撒冷，
29 Saul was [also] speaking [about Jesus] with Jews who spoke Greek, and he was debating with them. But they were continually trying [to think] ([of a way] to kill him/of [how they could] kill him).
以主之名勇敢讲道。他与说希腊语的犹太人讲述辩论，那些人却想杀了他。
30 When the [other] believers heard that [those Jews were planning to kill him, some of] the believers took Saul down to Caesarea [city. There] they arranged for him to go [by ship] to Tarsus, [his hometown].
他的兄弟们得知这件事，就把他带到该撒利亚，派他往大数去。
31 So the groups of believers throughout [the entire regions of] Judea, Galilee, and Samaria lived peacefully [because no one was persecuting them any more]. The Holy Spirit was strengthening them [spiritually] and encouraging them. They were continuing to revere/honor the Lord [Jesus, and the Holy Spirit] was enabling many other people [to become believers].
当时位于犹太、加利利、撒玛利亚各处的教会都太平无事。这些教会越来越强大，人数也越来越多，因为信徒们在圣灵的鼓励下，为主过着虔诚的生活。
32 While Peter was traveling throughout those [regions, once] he went to [the coastal plain to visit] the believers [who lived] in Lydda [town].
彼得周游各地过程中，去造访吕大的信徒。
33 There he met a man whose name was Aeneas. Aeneas had not been able to get up from [his] bed for eight years, because he was paralyzed.
在那里他遇见了以尼雅，此人瘫痪在床已经整整八年。
34 Peter said to him, “Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you [(sg) right now]! Get up and roll up your mat!” Right away Aeneas stood up.
彼得对他说：“以尼雅，耶稣基督让你痊愈了！起来，拿好你的垫子！”以尼雅立刻站起来。
35 Most of the people who lived in Lydda and on Sharon [Plain] saw Aeneas [after the Lord had healed him], so they believed in the Lord [Jesus].
吕大和沙仑的所有居民看见以尼雅，于是就成为了主的信徒。
36 In Joppa [town] there was a believer whose name was Tabitha. [Her name] in the [Greek] language was Dorcas. [Both of these names mean gazelle/deer/antelope]. That woman was continually doing good deeds [for others. Specifically], she was helping poor people [by giving them things that they needed].
在约帕有一个名叫戴比莎（希腊语为多加）的女信徒，为人一向乐善好施。
37 During the time [that Peter was in Lydda], she became sick and died. [Some women there] washed her body [according to the Jewish custom so that the people could bury it]. Then they [covered her body with cloth and] placed it in an upstairs room [in her house].
但在那时候她因病去世，人们把她洗净后安置在楼上。
38 Lydda was near Joppa, so when the believers heard that Peter was [still] in Lydda, they sent two men to [go] to Peter. [When they arrived where Peter was], they repeatedly urged/begged him, “Please come immediately with us [to Joppa]!”
吕大与约帕距离不远，门徒们听说彼得在那边，就派两个人去求他，说：“请立刻到我们这边来。”
39 So [right away] Peter got ready and went with them. When they arrived [at the house in Joppa], the two men took Peter to the upstairs room [where Dorcas’ body was lying]. All the widows [there] around Peter. They were crying and showing him the cloaks and [other] garments that Dorcas had made for people while she was still alive.
于是彼得动身跟他们前去。来到这里后，他们把他带上楼。所有寡妇都在那里哭泣，把多加在世时给她们做的衣服拿给彼得看。
40 But Peter sent them all out of the room. Then he got down on his knees and prayed. Then, turning toward Tabitha’s body, he said, “Tabitha, stand up!” [Immediately] she opened her eyes and, when she saw Peter, she sat up.
彼得让大家都出去，然后跪下来祷告，接着转过身对那具尸体说：“戴比莎，起来吧！”她睁开眼睛，看见彼得后就坐了起来。
41 He grasped one of her hands and helped her to stand up. After he had summoned the believers and [especially] the widows [among them to come back in], he showed them that Tabitha was alive [again].
彼得伸手扶她起来，然后叫来信徒和寡妇，活生生的多加就出现在他们面前。
42 [Soon] people everywhere in Joppa knew about that miracle, and as a result many people believed in the Lord [Jesus].
这事传遍了约帕，很多人便信了主。
43 Peter stayed in Joppa many days with a man named Simon who made leather [from animal skins].
彼得在约帕的制皮匠西门家里住了很久。
