Acts 23
1 Paul fixed his eyes upon the Council, and began: “Brothers, for my part, I have always ordered my life before God, with a clear conscience, up to this very day.”
保罗毫不躲避地看着公议会成员，说：“各位兄弟，此前我一直都凭着良心在上帝面前行事。”
2 At this, the High Priest Ananias ordered the men standing near to strike him on the mouth;
大祭司亚拿尼亚命令保罗身边的侍从，对他进行掌掴。
3 whereupon Paul turned to him and said: “God will strike you, you white-washed wall! Are you sitting there to try me in accordance with law, and yet, in defiance of law, order me to be struck?”
保罗对他说：“你们这粉饰的墙啊，上帝会惩罚你们！你坐在那里按律法审判我，现在竟然违背律法命人打我吗？”
4 The people standing near said to Paul: “Do you know that you are insulting God’s High Priest?”
站在保罗身边的侍从说：“你胆敢辱骂上帝的大祭司吗？”
5 “I did not know, Brothers, that it was the High Priest,” said Paul, “for Scripture says — ‘Of the Ruler of thy People thou shalt speak no ill’.”
保罗说：“兄弟们，我不知道他是大祭司。因为经文中说：‘不可咒诅民众的统治者。’”
6 Noticing that some of those present were Sadducees and others Pharisees, Paul called out in the Council: “Brothers, I am a Pharisee and a son of Pharisees. It is on the question of hope for the dead and of their resurrection that I am on my trial.”
保罗发现公议会中有撒都该人，还有法利赛人。于是就大声说：“兄弟们，我是法利赛人，也是法利赛人的子孙，我现在受审是因为我盼望死人能够复活！”
7 As soon as he said this, a dispute arose between the Pharisees and the Sadducees; and there was a sharp division of opinion among those present.
他说完这番话，法利赛人和撒都该人之间产生了分歧，公议会的意见分成了两派。
8 (For Sadducees say there is no such thing as a resurrection, and that there is neither angel nor spirit, while Pharisees believe in both.)
（法利赛人相信死而复生、天使和灵，但撒都该人却完全不相信。）
9 So a great uproar ensued, and some of the Teaches of the Law belonging to the Pharisees’ party stood up and hotly protested: “We find nothing whatever wrong in this man. Suppose a spirit did speak to him, or an angel...”
现场出现了一阵骚乱，几名法利赛派的宗教老师站起来，激烈地辩论道：“我们看不出这人有罪，可能灵或天使真的和他说过话。”
10 The dispute was becoming so violent, that the Commanding Officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces between them, ordered the Guard to go down and rescue him from them, and take him into the Fort.
争论越来越激烈，千夫长担心反对者可能会伤害保罗，于是就吩咐士兵去把他从人群中救出来，带到了军营中。
11 That night the Lord came and stood by Paul, and said: “Courage! You have borne witness for me in Jerusalem and you must bear witness in Rome also.”
当天晚上，主站在保罗身边，对他说：“保持这样的勇气！你在罗马为我作证的方式，要和你在耶路撒冷所做的一样。”
12 In the morning the Jews combined together, and took an oath that they would not eat or drink till they had killed Paul.
第二天，一些犹太人一起策划杀死保罗的计划。他们还发誓，不杀保罗，不吃不喝。
13 There were more than forty in the plot;
共有四十多人参与了这项阴谋。
14 and they went to the Chief Priests and the Councillors, and said: “We have taken a solemn oath not to touch food till we have killed Paul.
他们来见祭司长和长老，说：“我们已经郑重发誓，不杀保罗，不吃不喝。
15 So we want you now, with the consent of the Council, to suggest to the Commanding Officer that he should bring Paul down before you, as though you intended to go more fully into his case; but, before he comes here, we will be ready to make away with him.”
你们和公议会应该给千夫长捎个口信，把保罗带到你们这里来。你们装作想要更详细地审问他，我们在路上会随时准备杀了他。”
16 However, the son of Paul’s sister, hearing of the plot, went to the Fort, and on being admitted, told Paul about it.
但保罗的外甥（他姐妹的孩子）却听到了这次伏击的诡计，于是就跑到军营去告诉保罗。
17 Paul called one of the Captains of the garrison and asked him to take the lad to the Commanding Officer, as he had something to tell him.
保罗让人叫来一位百夫长，对他说：“请你带这位青年人去见千夫长，他有事禀报。”
18 The Captain went with the lad to the Commanding Officer, and said: “The prisoner Paul called me and asked me to bring this lad to you, as he has something to tell you.”
百夫长带着保罗的外甥去见千夫长，说：“犯人保罗求我带这位青年人来见你，他有事禀报。”
19 The Commanding Officer took the lad by the hand, and, stepping aside, asked what it was he had to tell him.
千夫长拉着青年人的手走到一边，私下问他：“有什么事要报告？”
20 “The Jews have agreed,” answered the lad, “to ask you to bring Paul down before the Council to-morrow, on the plea of your making further inquiry into his case.
保罗外甥说：“犹太人已经密谋好了，明天会让你把保罗带到公议会，装作想要更详细地审问他。
21 But do not let them persuade you, for more than forty of them are lying in wait for him, who have taken an oath that they will not eat or drink, till they have made away with him; and they are at this very moment in readiness, counting upon your promise.”
别听他们的，因为有四十多人正准备偷袭保罗。他们已经发了誓，不杀保罗，不吃不喝。他们现在已经准备好了，就等你同意他们的要求了。”
22 The Commanding Officer then dismissed the lad, cautioning him not to mention to anybody that he had given him that information.
千夫长嘱咐那青年人：“不要对别人说，你把这事告诉了我。”然后就让他走了。
23 Then he called two Captains, and ordered them to have two hundred men ready to go to Caesarea, as well as seventy troopers and two hundred lancers, by nine o’clock that night,
千夫长叫来两名百夫长，说：“准备好两百名步兵、七十名骑兵和两百个长枪手，晚上九点钟去该撒利亚。
24 and to have horses ready for Paul to ride, so that they might take him safely to Felix, the Governor.
还要为保罗准备可以骑的马匹，护送他安全到达腓力斯总督那里。”
25 To him he wrote a letter, somewhat as follows —
千夫长写了一封信，大意如下：
26 ‘Claudius Lysias sends his compliments to His Excellency Felix the Governor.
“尊敬的费利克斯总督，请接受克劳迪乌斯·莱修斯的问候！
27 The man whom I send with this had been seized by the Jews, and was on the point of being killed by them, when I came upon them with the force under my command, and rescued him, as I learned that he was a Roman citizen.
犹太人把这人捉住并打算杀害他，我听说他是罗马公民，就带领士兵把他救了出来。
28 Wishing to ascertain exactly the ground of the charges they made against him, I brought him before their Council,
为了知晓犹太人控告他的原因，我就把他带到了公议会。
29 when I found that their charges were connected with questions of their own Law, and that there was nothing alleged involving either death or imprisonment.
我发现他被控告，是关于他们律法上的问题，但并没有应该判处死刑或入狱的罪名。
30 Having, however, information of a plot against the man, which was about to be put into execution, I am sending him to you at once, and I have also directed his accusers to prosecute him before you.’
后来我发现了有人想要密谋杀害他，就立刻把他送到你那里去，命令那些原告在你面前进行指控。”
31 The soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took charge of Paul and conducted him by night to Antipatris;
于是士兵们听命把保罗带了出来，连夜带到安提帕底。
32 and on the next day, leaving the troopers to go on with him, they returned to the Fort.
第二天早晨，他们便派骑兵队把保罗送走，士兵就回了军营。
33 On arriving at Caesarea, the troopers delivered the letter to the Governor, and brought Paul before him.
骑兵队抵达该撒利亚后，把信和保罗都交给了总督。
34 As soon as Felix had read the letter, he enquired to what province Paul belonged, and, learning that he came from Cilicia, he said:
总督读罢信后问保罗来自哪个省。在得知他是基利家人后，
35 “I will hear all you have to say as soon as your accusers have arrived.” And he ordered Paul to be kept under guard in Herod’s Government House.
就说：“等到原告到了之后，我就会审问你。”然后命令人把他拘禁在希律的王府中。
