Acts 21

1 After we had torn ourselves away from them, we sailed directly to Cos, and the next day on to Rhodes, and from there to Patara.

1 我们和众人道别之后，乘船直接驶往哥士，第二天到达罗底，从那里前往帕大喇，

2 Finding a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, we boarded it and set sail.

2 在帕大喇遇到一艘开往腓尼基的船，就上了船。

3 After sighting Cyprus and passing south of it, we sailed on to Syria and landed at Tyre, where the ship was to unload its cargo.

3 塞浦路斯遥遥在望，船从该岛的南面绕过，一直驶向叙利亚。因为船要在泰尔卸货，我们就在那里上了岸，

4 We sought out the disciples in Tyre and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they kept telling Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

4 找到当地的门徒后，便和他们同住了七天。他们受圣灵的感动力劝保罗不要去耶路撒冷。

5 But when our time there had ended, we set out on our journey. All the disciples, with their wives and children, accompanied us out of the city and knelt down on the beach to pray with us.

5 时间到了，我们继续前行，众门徒和他们的妻子儿女送我们出城。大家跪在岸边祷告之后，彼此道别。

6 And after we had said our farewells, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.

6 我们上了船，众人也回家去了。

7 When we had finished our voyage from Tyre, we landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and stayed with them for a day.

7 我们从泰尔乘船抵达多利买，上岸问候那里的弟兄姊妹，和他们住了一天。

8 Leaving the next day, we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven.

8 第二天我们离开那里，来到凯撒利亚，住在传道人腓利家里。他是当初选出的七位执事之一。

9 He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.

9 腓利有四个未出嫁的女儿，都能说预言。

10 After we had been there several days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea.

10 过了几天，一个名叫亚迦布的先知从犹太下来。

11 Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”

11 他到了我们这里，拿保罗的腰带绑住自己的手脚，说：“圣灵说，‘耶路撒冷的犹太人也要这样捆绑这腰带的主人，把他交给外族人。’”

12 When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem.

12 听到这话，我们和当地的信徒都苦劝保罗不要去耶路撒冷。

13 Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

13 但保罗说：“你们为什么这样哭泣，让我心碎呢？我为主耶稣的名甘愿受捆绑，甚至死在耶路撒冷。”

14 When he would not be dissuaded, we quieted down and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”

14 我们知道再劝也无济于事，便不再说什么，只说：“愿主的旨意成就。”

15 After these days, we packed up and went on to Jerusalem.

15 过了几天，我们准备妥当，启程上耶路撒冷。

16 Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us, and they took us to stay at the home of Mnason the Cypriot, an early disciple.

16 有几个凯撒利亚的门徒和我们一起去，并带我们到一个信主已久的塞浦路斯人拿孙家里住宿。

17 When we arrived in Jerusalem, the brothers welcomed us joyfully.

17 我们抵达耶路撒冷后，受到弟兄姊妹的热烈欢迎。

18 The next day Paul went in with us to see James, and all the elders were present.

18 第二天，保罗和我们去见雅各，众长老都在那里。

19 Paul greeted them and recounted one by one the things that God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

19 保罗向大家问安之后，便一一述说上帝借着他的服侍在外族人中所成就的事。

20 When they heard this, they glorified God. Then they said to Paul, “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law.

20 大家听了，都同声赞美上帝，又对保罗说：“弟兄，你知道数以万计的犹太人信了主，他们都热衷于律法。

21 But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.

21 他们听见有人说你教导所有住在外族人中的犹太人背弃摩西的律法，不给孩子行割礼，也不遵守犹太人的规矩。

22 What then should we do? They will certainly hear that you have come.

22 他们一定会听到你来这里的消息，这该怎么办？

23 Therefore do what we advise you. There are four men with us who have taken a vow.

23 请你听我们的建议，这里有四位向上帝许过愿的弟兄，

24 Take these men, purify yourself along with them, and pay their expenses so they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know that there is no truth to these rumors about you, but that you also live in obedience to the law.

24 你和他们一起去行洁净礼，并由你替他们付费，让他们可以剃头，好叫众人知道你严守律法，循规蹈矩，关于你的传闻都是假的。

25 As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality.”

25 至于那些外族信徒，我们已经写信吩咐他们，不可吃祭过偶像的食物，不可吃血和勒死的牲畜，不可淫乱。”

26 So the next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he entered the temple to give notice of the date when their purification would be complete and the offering would be made for each of them.

26 于是，保罗和四位弟兄第二天行了洁净礼，然后上圣殿报告他们洁净期满的日子，届时好让祭司为他们每个人献祭物。

27 When the seven days were almost over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,

27 当七日的洁净期将满的时候，有些从亚细亚来的犹太人发现保罗在圣殿里，就煽动众人并抓住他，

28 crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”

28 同时高喊：“以色列人快来帮忙！就是这人到处教唆人反对我们的民族、律法和圣殿。他还带希腊人进圣殿，玷污这圣地。”

29 For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, and they assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.

29 这是因为他们在城里见过一个名叫特罗非摩的以弗所人和保罗在一起，以为保罗一定把他带进圣殿了。

30 The whole city was stirred up, and the people rushed together. They seized Paul and dragged him out of the temple, and at once the gates were shut.

30 这时，全城轰动。众人一拥而上抓住保罗，把他拖出圣殿，随即关上殿门。

31 While they were trying to kill him, the commander of the Roman regiment received a report that all Jerusalem was in turmoil.

31 正当他们要杀保罗的时候，有人把耶路撒冷发生骚乱的消息报告给罗马军营的千夫长，

32 Immediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

32 千夫长马上带着军兵和几个百夫长赶来了。众人一见千夫长和军队，便停止殴打保罗。

33 The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.

33 千夫长上前拿住保罗，命人用两条铁链把他锁起来，问他是什么人、做了什么事。

34 Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, and some another. And since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks.

34 人群中有人这样喊，有人那样喊，千夫长无法了解真相，便命人将保罗带回军营。

35 When Paul reached the steps, he had to be carried by the soldiers because of the violence of the mob.

35 保罗刚走上台阶，众人便凶猛地拥挤过来，士兵们只好把他举起来抬着走。

36 For the crowd that followed him kept shouting, “Away with him!”

36 众人跟在后面高喊：“杀掉他！”

37 As they were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.

37 士兵们抬着保罗要进军营的时候，保罗问千夫长：“我可以和你讲几句话吗？”千夫长说：“你也懂希腊话吗？

38 “Aren’t you the Egyptian who incited a rebellion some time ago and led four thousand members of the Assassins into the wilderness?”

38 不久前煽动叛乱、带着四千暴徒逃到旷野去的那个埃及人是你吗？”

39 But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I beg you to allow me to speak to the people.”

39 保罗说：“我是犹太人，来自基利迦的大数，并非无名小城的人。求你让我跟百姓讲话。”

40 Having received permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. A great hush came over the crowd, and he addressed them in Hebrew:

40 千夫长答应了，保罗就站在台阶上向众人挥手示意，他们都安静下来，保罗用希伯来话对他们说：