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 我们离别了众人，就开船一直行到哥士。第二天到了罗底，从那里到帕大喇，

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

2 遇见一只船要往腓尼基去，就上船起行。

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 望见塞浦路斯，就从南边行过，往叙利亚去，我们就在泰尔上岸，因为船要在那里卸货。

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 找着了门徒，就在那里住了七天。他们被圣灵感动，对保罗说：「不要上耶路撒冷去。」

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 过了这几天，我们就起身前行。他们众人同妻子儿女，送我们到城外，我们都跪在岸上祷告，彼此辞别。

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

6 我们上了船，他们就回家去了。

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 我们从泰尔行尽了水路，来到多利买，就问那里的弟兄安，和他们同住了一天。

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，就进了传福音的腓利家里，和他同住。他是那七个执事里的一个。

9 He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.

9 他有四个女儿，都是处女，是说预言的。

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

10 我们在那里多住了几天，有一个先知，名叫亚迦布，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 到了我们这里，就拿保罗的腰带捆上自己的手脚，说：「圣灵说：犹太人在耶路撒冷，要如此捆绑这腰带的主人，把他交在外邦人手里。」

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

12 我们和那本地的人听见这话，都苦劝保罗不要上耶路撒冷去。

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 保罗说：「你们为什么这样痛哭，使我心碎呢？我为主耶稣的名，不但被人捆绑，就是死在耶路撒冷也是愿意的。」

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

14 保罗既不听劝，我们便住了口，只说：「愿主的旨意成就」，便了。

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

15 过了几日，我们收拾行李上耶路撒冷去。

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 有凯撒利亚的几个门徒和我们同去，带我们到一个久为 门徒的家里，叫我们与他同住；他名叫拿孙，是塞浦路斯人。

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

17 到了耶路撒冷，弟兄们欢欢喜喜地接待我们。

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

18 第二天，保罗同我们去见雅各；长老们也都在那里。

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

19 保罗问了他们安，便将 神用他传教，在外邦人中间所行之事，一一地述说了。

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 他们听见，就归荣耀与 神，对保罗说：「兄台，你看犹太人中信主的有多少万，并且都为律法热心。

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 他们听见人说，你教训一切在外邦的犹太人离弃摩西，对他们说，不要给孩子行割礼，也不要遵行条规。

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

22 众人必听见你来了，这可怎么办呢？

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

23 你就照着我们的话行吧！我们这里有四个人，都有愿在身。

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 你带他们去，与他们一同行洁净的礼，替他们拿出规费，叫他们得以剃头。这样，众人就可知道，先前所听见你的事都是虚的；并可知道，你自己为人，循规蹈矩，遵行律法。

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 至于信主的外邦人，我们已经写信拟定，叫他们谨忌那祭偶像之物，和血，并勒死的牲畜，与奸淫。」

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 于是保罗带着那四个人，第二天与他们一同行了洁净的礼，进了殿，报明洁净的日期满足，只等祭司为他们各人献祭。

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 那七日将完，从亚细亚来的犹太人看见保罗在殿里，就耸动了众人，下手拿他，

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 喊叫说：「以色列人来帮助，这就是在各处教训众人糟践我们百姓和律法，并这地方的。他又带着希腊人进殿，污秽了这圣地。」（

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 这话是因他们曾看见以弗所人特罗非摩同保罗在城里，以为保罗带他进了殿。）

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 合城都震动，百姓一齐跑来，拿住保罗，拉他出殿，殿门立刻都关了。

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

31 他们正想要杀他，有人报信给营里的千夫长说：「耶路撒冷合城都乱了。」

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 千夫长立时带着兵丁和几个百夫长，跑下去到他们那里。他们见了千夫长和兵丁，就止住不打保罗。

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 于是千夫长上前拿住他，吩咐用两条铁链捆锁；又问他是什么人，做的是什么事。

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 众人有喊叫这个的，有喊叫那个的；千夫长因为这样乱嚷，得不着实情，就吩咐人将保罗带进营楼去。

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

35 到了台阶上，众人挤得凶猛，兵丁只得将保罗抬起来。

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

36 众人跟在后面，喊着说：「除掉他！」

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 将要带他进营楼，保罗对千夫长说：「我对你说句话可以不可以？」他说：「你懂得希腊话吗？

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 你莫非是从前作乱、带领四千凶徒往旷野去的那埃及人吗？」

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：「我本是犹太人，生在基利家的大数，并不是无名小城的人。求你准我对百姓说话。」

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 千夫长准了。保罗就站在台阶上，向百姓摆手，他们都静默无声，保罗便用希伯来话对他们说：