Acts 12

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

1 那时，希律王下手苦害教会中几个人，

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

2 用刀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 他见犹太人喜欢这事，又去捉拿彼得。那时正是除酵的日子。

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 希律拿了彼得，收在监里，交付四班兵丁看守，每班四个人，意思要在逾越节后把他提出来，当着百姓办他。

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

5 于是彼得被囚在监里；教会却为他切切地祷告 神。

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 希律将要提他出来的前一夜，彼得被两条铁链锁着，睡在两个兵丁当中；看守的人也在门外看守。

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，有主的一个使者站在旁边，屋里有光照耀，天使拍彼得的肋旁，拍醒了他，说：「快快起来！」那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：「束上带子，穿上鞋。」他就那样做。天使又说：「披上外衣，跟着我来。」

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 彼得就出来跟着他，不知道天使所做是真的，只当见了异象。

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 过了第一层第二层监牢，就来到临街的铁门，那门自己开了。他们出来，走过一条街，天使便离开他去了。

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 彼得醒悟过来，说：「我现在真知道主差遣他的使者，救我脱离希律的手和犹太百姓一切所盼望的。」

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 想了一想，就往那称呼马可的约翰、他母亲马利亚家去，在那里有好些人聚集祷告。

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

13 彼得敲外门，有一个使女，名叫罗大，出来探听，

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 听得是彼得的声音，就欢喜的顾不得开门，跑进去告诉众人说：「彼得站在门外。」

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：「你是疯了！」使女极力地说：「真是他！」他们说：「必是他的天使！」

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。他们开了门，看见他，就甚惊奇。

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，不要他们作声，就告诉他们主怎样领他出监；又说：「你们把这事告诉雅各和众弟兄。」于是出去，往别处去了。

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

18 到了天亮，兵丁扰乱得很，不知道彼得往哪里去了。

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 希律找他，找不着，就审问看守的人，吩咐把他们拉去杀了。后来希律离开犹太，下凯撒利亚去，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 希律恼怒泰尔、西顿的人。他们那一带地方是从王的地土得粮，因此就托了王的内侍臣伯拉斯都的情，一心来求和。

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

21 希律在所定的日子，穿上朝服，坐在位上，对他们讲论一番。

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

22 百姓喊着说：「这是神的声音，不是人的声音。」

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 希律不归荣耀给 神，所以主的使者立刻罚他，他被虫所咬，气就绝了。

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

24 神的道日见兴旺，越发广传。

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

25 巴拿巴和扫罗办完了他们供给的事，就从耶路撒冷回来，带着称呼马可的约翰同去。