Acts 12

1 About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.

1 那时，希律王下手残害教会的一些人，

2 He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.

2 下令杀了约翰的哥哥雅各。

3 And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

3 他见这样做能取悦犹太人，便又在除酵节期间拘捕了彼得，

4 He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.

4 把他关在监牢，由四班卫兵，每班四人轮流看守，想等逾越节 过后当众惩办他。

5 So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.

5 彼得被囚期间，教会都迫切地为他向上帝祷告。

6 On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.

6 在被希律提审前夜，彼得被两条铁链锁着睡在两个卫兵中间，门外警卫森严。

7 Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.

7 忽然，有一位主的天使站在彼得身旁，牢房内一片光明，天使拍他的肋旁，把他叫醒，说：“赶快起来！”铁链就从他手上脱落下来。

8 “Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”

8 天使对他说：“束上腰带，穿上鞋。”彼得一一照办。天使又说：“披上外衣，跟我来！”

9 So Peter followed him out, but he was unaware that what the angel was doing was real. He thought he was only seeing a vision.

9 他跟着天使走出牢房，不知道这一切都是真的，还以为自己看到了异象。

10 They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.

10 他们一路穿过第一道和第二道守卫，来到通往城里的铁门，那门竟自动打开了。他们就出来，走过一条街之后，天使便离开了彼得。

11 Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”

11 彼得这才如梦初醒，说：“现在我确信无疑，主派天使把我从希律手中救了出来，让犹太人期望落空。”

12 And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.

12 他明白之后，便去约翰·马可的母亲玛丽亚家，很多人正聚集在那里祷告。

13 He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.

13 彼得在外面敲门，有一个叫罗大的婢女出来应门。

14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!”

14 她听出是彼得的声音，喜出望外，竟然没有开门就跑进去报信说：“彼得在门外！”

15 “You are out of your mind,” they told her. But when she kept insisting it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”

15 他们说：“你一定疯了。”她坚持说：“是真的！”他们就说：“是他的天使吧！”

16 But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded.

16 彼得不住地敲门。他们开门看见他，都大吃一惊！

17 Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.

17 彼得摆手示意他们安静，然后把主怎样领他出狱的经过告诉大家，又说：“把这事告诉雅各和其他弟兄姊妹。”然后，他便离开那里，往其他地方去了。

18 At daybreak there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.

18 天亮后，卫兵发现彼得不见了，顿时一片骚动。

19 After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.

19 希律派人四处搜捕，一无所获，于是亲自审问卫兵，下令处决他们。后来希律离开犹太，下到凯撒利亚，并住在那里。

20 Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.

20 希律对泰尔和西顿的人非常恼火。于是，他们联合起来去见他，先取得宫廷总管伯拉斯都的支持，然后向他求和，因为他们两地需要从他的辖区获得粮食。

21 On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.

21 到了约定的日子，希律穿上王袍，坐在宝座上向众人致词。

22 And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”

22 众人齐声高呼：“这是神明的声音，不是凡人的声音！”

23 Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.

23 希律没有把荣耀归给上帝，主的天使立刻击打他，他被虫子啃噬而亡。

24 But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.

24 上帝的道日见兴旺，越传越广。

25 When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.

25 巴拿巴和扫罗把款项送到以后，就带着约翰·马可从耶路撒冷回去。