Acts 19

1 While Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the interior and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples

1 当亚波罗在哥林多时，保罗已取道内陆重回以弗所，在那里遇见几个门徒。

2 and asked them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?” “No,” they answered, “we have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.”

2 保罗问他们：“你们信的时候有没有领受圣灵？” 他们说：“没有！我们甚至都没有听过有圣灵。”

3 “Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied.

3 保罗说：“那么，你们受的是什么洗礼呢？” 他们说：“是约翰的洗礼。”

4 Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”

4 保罗说：“约翰的洗礼是悔改的洗礼，他告诉百姓要信在他以后来的那一位，就是耶稣。”

5 On hearing this, they were baptized into the name of the Lord Jesus.

5 他们听后，立刻奉主耶稣的名受了洗。

6 And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

6 保罗把手按在他们身上时，圣灵便降在他们身上，他们就说方言，讲预言。

7 There were about twelve men in all.

7 他们约有十二个人。

8 Then Paul went into the synagogue and spoke boldly there for three months, arguing persuasively about the kingdom of God.

8 保罗一连三个月勇敢地在会堂里传道，与人辩论上帝国的事，劝导他们。

9 But when some of them stubbornly refused to believe and publicly maligned the Way, Paul took his disciples and left the synagogue to conduct daily discussions in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

9 可是有些人仍然硬着心不信，还当众毁谤主的道。保罗便带着门徒离开他们，天天在推喇奴的学堂讲论。

10 This continued for two years, so that everyone who lived in the province of Asia, Jews and Greeks alike, heard the word of the Lord.

10 这样持续了两年，亚细亚所有的居民，无论是犹太人还是希腊人，都听见了主的道。

11 God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,

11 上帝又借着保罗的手行了一些非凡的神迹，

12 so that even handkerchiefs and aprons that had touched him were taken to the sick, and the diseases and evil spirits left them.

12 甚至只要将保罗身上的手帕或围裙放在病人身上，病人就痊愈了，邪灵也会离开所附的人。

13 Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I command you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”

13 那时，有几个走江湖的犹太术士也想用耶稣的名赶鬼，他们向那些被邪灵附身的人说：“我奉保罗所传讲的耶稣之名，命令你们出来！”

14 Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this.

14 做这事的有犹太祭司长士基瓦的七个儿子。

15 But one day the evil spirit responded, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?”

15 邪灵回答说：“耶稣，我认识；保罗，我也知道。但你们是谁？”

16 Then the man with the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. The attack was so violent that they ran out of the house naked and wounded.

16 被邪灵附身的人随即扑向他们，攻击他们，制服了他们，使他们赤着身子带着伤从屋里逃走了。

17 This became known to all the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, and fear came over all of them. So the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.

17 住在以弗所的犹太人和希腊人知道了这件事，都惊惧不已。主耶稣的名因此大受尊崇。

18 Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.

18 许多已经信耶稣的人都前来认罪，公开承认自己的恶行。

19 And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas.

19 又有许多行邪术的人把他们的书堆在一起，当众焚烧。根据当时的估价，这些书约值五万银币。

20 So the word of the Lord powerfully continued to spread and prevail.

20 主的道就这样传开了，大大兴旺起来。

21 After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem, passing through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well.”

21 这些事以后，保罗决定经过马其顿和亚该亚回到耶路撒冷。他说：“到了那里之后，我必须去罗马看看。”

22 He sent two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, to Macedonia, while he stayed for a time in the province of Asia.

22 于是，他派提摩太和以拉都两位同工先去马其顿，自己暂时留在亚细亚。

23 About that time there arose a great disturbance about the Way.

23 就在这时，由于主的道，以弗所起了很大的骚乱。

24 It began with a silversmith named Demetrius who made silver shrines of Artemis, bringing much business to the craftsmen.

24 一个名叫底米丢的银匠以制造亚底米女神银龛为业，使从事这门生意的工匠获利丰厚。

25 Demetrius assembled the craftsmen, along with the workmen in related trades. “Men,” he said, “you know that this business is our source of prosperity.

25 他召集了工匠和同行的人，说：“各位都知道我们靠这一行发财，

26 And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, this Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.

26 可是你们都耳闻目睹那个保罗在以弗所和亚细亚全境说服、误导了许多人，说什么人手所造的不是神。

27 There is danger not only that our business will fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will be discredited and her majesty deposed—she who is worshiped by all the province of Asia and the whole world.”

27 这样下去，不但我们的行业会遭人贬抑，连亚底米女神庙也会被人轻看，甚至全亚细亚及普世尊崇的女神也会威严扫地！”

28 When the men heard this, they were enraged and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

28 众人听后，怒气填胸，高声喊叫：“以弗所人的亚底米真伟大！”

29 Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.

29 全城陷入一片混乱。众人抓住保罗的两个同伴马其顿人该犹和亚里达古，拖着他们冲进戏院。

30 Paul wanted to go before the assembly, but the disciples would not allow him.

30 保罗想进去，但门徒不许他去。

31 Even some of Paul’s friends who were officials of the province of Asia sent word to him, begging him not to venture into the theatre.

31 他的好友——亚细亚的几位官员也派人劝他别冒险进入戏院。

32 Meanwhile the assembly was in turmoil. Some were shouting one thing and some another, and most of them did not even know why they were there.

32 这时，戏院里面有人这样喊，有人那样喊，混乱不堪。其实大部分人根本不知道自己为什么聚在那里。

33 The Jews in the crowd pushed Alexander forward to explain himself, and he motioned for silence so he could make his defense to the people.

33 这时，人群中的犹太人把亚历山大推到前面，请他解释。亚历山大举手示意大家安静，听他发言。

34 But when they realized that he was a Jew, they all shouted in unison for about two hours: “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”

34 但众人认出他是个犹太人，便又开始一起高呼：“以弗所人的亚底米真伟大！”这样喊了大约两个小时。

35 Finally the city clerk quieted the crowd and declared, “Men of Ephesus, doesn’t everyone know that the city of Ephesus is guardian of the temple of the great Artemis and of her image, which fell from heaven?

35 最后，城里的书记官使民众安静下来，说：“各位以弗所市民，谁不知道以弗所城守护着亚底米神庙和从宙斯那里掉下来的神像呢？

36 Since these things are undeniable, you ought to be calm and not do anything rash.

36 既然这是无可否认的事实，你们就该安静，不可鲁莽行事。

37 For you have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed our temple nor blasphemed our goddess.

37 你们带来的这些人既没有偷庙里的东西，也没有亵渎我们的女神。

38 So if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open and proconsuls are available. Let them bring charges against one another there.

38 底米丢和他的同行如果要控告谁，大可到法庭或总督那里提出诉讼。

39 But if you are seeking anything beyond this, it must be settled in a legal assembly.

39 你们若还有其他要求，也可以通过合法的会议解决。

40 For we are in jeopardy of being charged with rioting for today’s events, and we have no justification to account for this commotion.”

40 今天的骚乱实在没有道理，难免会被查问，到时候我们很难交代。”

41 After he had said this, he dismissed the assembly.

41 说完，便叫众人散去。