Acts 19

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

1 亚波罗在哥林多的时候，保罗经过了上边一带地方，就来到以弗所；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 问他们说：「你们信的时候受了圣灵没有？」他们回答说：「没有，也未曾听见有圣灵赐下来。」

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

3 保罗说：「这样，你们受的是什么洗呢？」他们说：「是约翰的洗。」

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：「约翰所行的是悔改的洗，告诉百姓当信那在他以后要来的，就是耶稣。」

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

5 他们听见这话，就奉主耶稣的名受洗。

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

6 保罗按手在他们头上，圣灵便降在他们身上，他们就说方言，又说预言 。

7 There were about twelve men in all.

7 一共约有十二个人。

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

8 保罗进会堂，放胆讲道，一连三个月，辩论 神国的事，劝化众人。

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 后来，有些人心里刚硬不信，在众人面前毁谤这道，保罗就离开他们，也叫门徒与他们分离，便在推喇奴的学房天天辩论。

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 这样有两年之久，叫一切住在亚细亚的，无论是犹太人，是希腊人，都听见主的道。

11 God did extraordinary miracles through the hands of Paul,

11 神借保罗的手行了些非常的奇事；

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 甚至有人从保罗身上拿手巾或围裙放在病人身上，病就退了，恶鬼也出去了。

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，有几个游行各处、念咒赶鬼的犹太人，向那被恶鬼附的人擅自称主耶稣的名，说：「我奉保罗所传的耶稣敕令你们出来！」

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 恶鬼回答他们说：「耶稣我认识，保罗我也知道。你们却是谁呢？」

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 恶鬼所附的人就跳在他们身上，胜了其中二人，制伏他们，叫他们赤着身子受了伤，从那房子里逃出去了。

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 凡住在以弗所的，无论是犹太人，是希腊人，都知道这事，也都惧怕；主耶稣的名从此就尊大了。

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

18 那已经信的，多有人来承认诉说自己所行的事。

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 平素行邪术的，也有许多人把书拿来，堆积在众人面前焚烧。他们算计书价，便知道共合五万块钱。

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

20 主的道大大兴旺，而且得胜，就是这样。

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 这些事完了，保罗心里定意经过了马其顿、亚该亚，就往耶路撒冷去；又说：「我到了那里以后，也必须往罗马去看看。」

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

22 于是从帮助他的人中打发提摩太、以拉都二人往马其顿去，自己暂时等在亚细亚。

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

23 那时，因为这道起的扰乱不小。

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

24 有一个银匠，名叫底米丢，是制造亚底米神银龛的，他使这样手艺人生意发达。

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 他聚集他们和同行的工人，说：「众位，你们知道我们是倚靠这生意发财。

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 这保罗不但在以弗所，也几乎在亚细亚全地，引诱迷惑许多人，说：『人手所做的，不是神。』这是你们所看见所听见的。

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，不独我们这事业被人藐视，就是大女神亚底米的庙也要被人轻忽，连亚细亚全地和普天下所敬拜的大女神之威荣也要消灭了。」

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

28 众人听见，就怒气填胸，喊着说：「大哉，以弗所人的亚底米啊！」

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 满城都轰动起来。众人拿住与保罗同行的马其顿人该犹和亚里达古，齐心拥进戏园里去。

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

30 保罗想要进去，到百姓那里，门徒却不许他去。

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 还有亚细亚几位首领，是保罗的朋友，打发人来劝他，不要冒险到戏园里去。

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 聚集的人纷纷乱乱，有喊叫这个的，有喊叫那个的；大半不知道是为什么聚集。

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 有人把亚历山大从众人中带出来，犹太人推他往前，亚历山大就摆手，要向百姓分诉；

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 只因他们认出他是犹太人，就大家同声喊着说：「大哉！以弗所人的亚底米啊。」如此约有两小时。

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 那城里的书记安抚了众人，就说：「以弗所人哪，谁不知道以弗所人的城是看守大亚底米的庙和从宙斯那里落下来的像呢？

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

36 这事既是驳不倒的，你们就当安静，不可造次。

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

37 你们把这些人带来，他们并没有偷窃庙中之物，也没有谤 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 若是底米丢和他同行的人有控告人的事，自有放告的日子 ，也有方伯可以彼此对告。

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

39 你们若问别的事，就可以照常例聚集断定。

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 今日的扰乱本是无缘无故，我们难免被查问。论到这样聚众，我们也说不出所以然来。」

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

41 说了这话，便叫众人散去。