Acts 11

1 The apostles and brothers throughout Judea soon heard that the Gentiles also had received the word of God.

1 使徒和犹太全境的弟兄姊妹都听说外族人接受了上帝的道。

2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, the circumcised believers took issue with him

2 彼得一回到耶路撒冷，严守割礼的信徒就指责他：

3 and said, “You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them.”

3 “你竟然去未受割礼之人的家，还和他们一同吃饭！”

4 But Peter began and explained to them the whole sequence of events:

4 彼得就把事情的经过一一向他们解释，说：

5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.

5 “我在约帕城祷告的时候，看见一个异象，有个东西好像一大块布，四角吊着从天上降到我面前。

6 I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.

6 我仔细一看，见里面有四脚的牲畜、野兽、爬虫和飞禽。

7 Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’

7 接着，我听见有声音对我说，‘彼得，起来，宰了吃！’

8 ‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

8 我说，‘主啊，这可不行！我从未吃过任何污秽不洁之物！’

9 But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’

9 那从天上来的声音又说，‘上帝已经洁净的，你不可再称之为不洁净。’

10 This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into heaven.

10 这样一连三次，然后一切都被收回天上去了。

11 Just then three men sent to me from Caesarea stopped at the house where I was staying.

11 就在那时候，有三个从凯撒利亚来的人到我住处的门口来找我。

12 The Spirit told me to accompany them without hesitation. These six brothers also went with me, and we entered the man’s home.

12 圣灵吩咐我跟他们同去，不要犹豫。就这样，我和这六位弟兄一同到了那人的家。

13 He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.

13 他告诉我们天使如何在他家中向他显现，并对他说，‘你派人去约帕，请一个叫西门·彼得的人来。

14 He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’

14 他有话告诉你，能使你和你的全家得救。’

15 As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.

15 “我开口讲话时，圣灵降在他们身上，跟当初降在我们身上的情形一模一样。

16 Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’

16 我就想起主的话，‘约翰用水施洗，但你们要受圣灵的洗。’

17 So if God gave them the same gift He gave us who believed in the Lord Jesus Christ, who was I to hinder the work of God?”

17 既然上帝赐给他们的恩赐，与赐给我们这些信主耶稣基督之人的一样，我是谁，怎能拦阻上帝？”

18 When they heard this, they had no further objections, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”

18 众人听了便安静下来，转而归荣耀给上帝，说：“如此看来，上帝把悔改得永生的机会也赐给了外族人。”

19 Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.

19 司提凡殉道后，信徒们因受迫害而四散到各处，远至腓尼基、塞浦路斯和安提阿，他们只向那里的犹太人传福音。

20 But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.

20 不过，有些塞浦路斯和古利奈的信徒到了安提阿之后，也向希腊人传讲主耶稣的福音。

21 The hand of the Lord was with them, and a great number of people believed and turned to the Lord.

21 主的能力伴随着他们，有许多人相信并归向了主。

22 When news of this reached the ears of the church in Jerusalem, they sent Barnabas to Antioch.

22 耶路撒冷教会的人听到这消息后，就派巴拿巴去安提阿。

23 When he arrived and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced and encouraged them all to abide in the Lord with all their hearts.

23 他到了，看见上帝所赐的恩典后很高兴，就劝勉他们要全心地忠于主。

24 Barnabas was a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, and a great number of people were brought to the Lord.

24 巴拿巴是个被圣灵充满、信心坚定的好人。那时信主的人大大增加。

25 Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul,

25 他又到大数去找扫罗，

26 and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.

26 找到后，便带他回安提阿。他们在教会待了一年之久，教导了许多人。门徒被称为“基督徒”就是从安提阿开始的。

27 In those days some prophets came down from Jerusalem to Antioch.

27 当时，有几位先知从耶路撒冷下到安提阿。

28 One of them named Agabus stood up and predicted through the Spirit that a great famine would sweep across the whole world. (This happened under Claudius.)

28 其中一位名叫亚迦布，他得到圣灵的启示，站起来预言天下将有严重的饥荒。后来，这事果然在克劳狄执政期间发生了。

29 So the disciples, each according to his ability, decided to send relief to the brothers living in Judea.

29 门徒决定各尽所能，捐款救济住在犹太境内的弟兄姊妹。

30 This they did, sending their gifts to the elders with Barnabas and Saul.

30 他们捐完后，委托巴拿巴和扫罗将款项送交当地教会的长老。