Acts 23
1 Then Paul, fixing a steady gaze on the Sanhedrin, said, "Brethren, it is with a perfectly clear conscience that I have discharged my duties before God up to this 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 On hearing this the High Priest Ananias ordered those who were standing near Paul 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 "Before long," exclaimed Paul, "God will strike you, you white-washed wall! Are you sitting there to judge me in accordance with the Law, and do you yourself actually break the Law by ordering 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 "Do you rail at God's High Priest?" cried the men who stood by him.
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, brethren," replied Paul, "that he was the High Priest; for it is written, 'Thou shalt not speak evil of a ruler of Thy people.'"
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, however, that the Sanhedrin consisted partly of Sadducees and partly of Pharisees, he called out loudly among them, "Brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of Pharisees. It is because of my hope of a resurrection of the dead 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 These words of his caused an angry dispute between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly took different sides.
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 the Sadducees maintain that there is no resurrection, and neither angel nor spirit; but the Pharisees acknowledge the existence of 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 there arose a great uproar; and some of the Scribes belonging to the sect of the Pharisees sprang to their feet and fiercely contended, saying, "We find no harm in the man. What if a spirit has spoken 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 But when the struggle was becoming violent, the Tribune, fearing that Paul would be torn to pieces by the people, ordered the troops to go down and take him from among them by force and bring him into the barracks.
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 The following night the Lord came and stood at Paul's side, and said, "Be of good courage, for as you have borne faithful witness about me in Jerusalem, so you must also bear witness in Rome."
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 Now, when daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and solemnly swore not to 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 of them who bound themselves by this oath.
共有四十多人参与了这项阴谋。
14 They went to the High Priests and Elders and said to them, "We have bound ourselves under a heavy curse to take no 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 Now therefore you and the Sanhedrin should make representations to the Tribune for him to bring him down to you, under the impression that you intend to inquire more minutely about him; and we are prepared to assassinate him before he comes near the place."
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 But Paul's sister's son heard of the intended attack upon him. So he came and went into the barracks and 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 and Paul called one of the Captains and said, "Take this young man to the Tribune, for he has information to give 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 So he took him and brought him to the Tribune, and said, "Paul, the prisoner, called me to him and begged me to bring this youth to you, because he has something to say to 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 Then the Tribune, taking him by the arm, withdrew out of the hearing of others and asked him, "What have you to tell me?"
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," he replied, "have agreed to request you to bring Paul down to the Sanhedrin to-morrow for the purpose of making yourself more accurately acquainted with the 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 I beg you not to comply; for more than forty men among them are lying in wait for him, who have solemnly vowed that they will neither eat nor drink till they have assassinated him; and even now they are ready, in anticipation of receiving that promise of you."
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 So the Tribune sent the youth home, cautioning him. "Do not let any one know that you have given me this information," he said.
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, calling to him two of the Captains, he gave his orders. "Get ready two hundred men," he said, "to march to Caesarea, with seventy cavalry and two hundred light infantry, starting at nine o'clock to-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 He further told them to provide horses to mount Paul on, so as to bring 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 He also wrote a letter of which these were the contents:
千夫长写了一封信，大意如下：
26 "Claudius Lysias to his Excellency, Felix the Governor: all good wishes.
“尊敬的费利克斯总督，请接受克劳迪乌斯·莱修斯的问候！
27 This man Paul had been seized by the Jews, and they were on the point of killing him, when I came upon them with the troops and rescued him, for I had been informed 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 And, wishing to know with certainty the offense of which they were accusing him, I brought him down into their Sanhedrin,
为了知晓犹太人控告他的原因，我就把他带到了公议会。
29 and I discovered that the charge had to do with questions of their Law, but that he was accused of nothing for which he deserves 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 But now that I have received information of an intended attack upon him, I immediately send him to you, directing his accusers also to state before you the case they have against him."
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 So, in obedience to their orders, the soldiers took Paul and brought him by night as far as Antipatris.
于是士兵们听命把保罗带了出来，连夜带到安提帕底。
32 The next day the infantry returned to the barracks, leaving the cavalry to proceed with him;
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 and, the cavalry having reached Caesarea and delivered the letter to the Governor, they brought Paul also to him.
骑兵队抵达该撒利亚后，把信和保罗都交给了总督。
34 Felix, after reading the letter, inquired from what province he was; and being told "from Cilicia,"
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 he said, "I will hear all you have to say, when your accusers also have come." And he ordered him to be detained in custody in Herod's Palace.
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。
