Acts 26

1 Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:

1 亚基帕对保罗说：“准你为自己辩护。”于是保罗伸手示意，然后为自己辩护说：

2 “King Agrippa, I consider myself fortunate to stand before you today to defend myself against all the accusations of the Jews,

2 “亚基帕王啊，关于犹太人对我的所有控告，我今天很荣幸可以在你面前申辩，

3 especially since you are acquainted with all the Jewish customs and controversies. I beg you, therefore, to listen to me patiently.

3 尤其是你对犹太习俗和争议都十分熟悉。因此，求你耐心听我说。

4 Surely all the Jews know how I have lived from my earliest childhood among my own people, and also in Jerusalem.

4 “我从小在本族和耶路撒冷为人如何，犹太人都知道。

5 They have known me for a long time and can testify, if they are willing, that I lived as a Pharisee, adhering to the strictest sect of our religion.

5 他们认识我很久了，如果肯作证的话，可以证明我一直属于犹太教中最严格的法利赛派。

6 And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,

6 现在我是因为对上帝给我们祖先的应许充满盼望，才站在这里受审的。

7 the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.

7 我们十二支派日夜虔诚地事奉上帝，盼望这应许能够实现。王啊！我就是因为有这样的盼望，才被犹太人控告。

8 Why would any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?

8 上帝叫死人复活，你们为什么认为不可信呢？

9 So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

9 我自己也曾经认为应该尽一切可能反对拿撒勒人耶稣的名。

10 And that is what I did in Jerusalem. With authority from the chief priests I put many of the saints in prison, and when they were condemned to death, I cast my vote against them.

10 我在耶路撒冷就曾这样做。我得到祭司长的授权，把许多圣徒 关进监狱。他们被判死刑，我也表示赞同。

11 I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.

11 我多次在各会堂惩罚他们，逼他们说亵渎的话，对他们深恶痛绝，甚至到外族城镇去追捕、迫害他们。

12 In this pursuit I was on my way to Damascus with the authority and commission of the chief priests.

12 “那时，我带着祭司长的授权和委托去大马士革。

13 About noon, O king, as I was on the road, I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and my companions.

13 王啊！大约正午，我在路上看见一道比太阳还亮的光从天上四面照着我和同行的人。

14 We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’

14 我们都倒在地上，我听见有声音用希伯来话对我说，‘扫罗！扫罗！你为什么迫害我？你用脚踢刺棍自讨苦吃。’

15 ‘Who are You, Lord?’ I asked. ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting,’ the Lord replied.

15 我说，‘主啊，你是谁？’主说，‘我就是你所迫害的耶稣。

16 ‘But get up and stand on your feet. For I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen from Me and what I will show you.

16 你站起来。我向你显现，是要派你做我的仆人和见证人，把你所看见的和以后我将启示给你的事告诉世人。

17 I will rescue you from your own people and from the Gentiles. I am sending you to them

17 我将把你从你的同胞和外族人手中救出来。我差遣你到他们那里，

18 to open their eyes, so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those sanctified by faith in Me.’

18 去开启他们的眼睛，使他们弃暗投明，脱离魔鬼的权势，归向上帝，好叫他们的罪得到赦免，与所有因信我而圣洁的人同得基业。’

19 So then, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision.

19 “因此，亚基帕王啊！我没有违背这从天上来的异象。

20 First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.

20 我先在大马士革，然后到耶路撒冷、犹太全境和外族人当中劝人悔改归向上帝，行事为人要与悔改的心相称。

21 For this reason the Jews seized me in the temple courts and tried to kill me.

21 就因为这些事，犹太人在圣殿中抓住我，打算杀我。

22 But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:

22 然而，我靠着上帝的帮助，到今天还能站在这里向所有尊卑老幼做见证。我讲的不外乎众先知和摩西说过将要发生的事，

23 that the Christ would suffer, and as the first to rise from the dead, would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”

23 就是基督必须受害，并首先从死里复活，将光明带给犹太人和外族人。”

24 At this stage of Paul’s defense, Festus exclaimed in a loud voice, “You are insane, Paul! Your great learning is driving you to madness!”

24 这时，非斯都打断保罗的申辩，大声说：“保罗，你疯了！一定是你的学问太大，使你癫狂了！”

25 But Paul answered, “I am not insane, most excellent Festus; I am speaking words of truth and sobriety.

25 保罗说：“非斯都大人，我没有疯。我讲的话真实、合理。

26 For the king knows about these matters, and I can speak freely to him. I am confident that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner.

26 王了解这些事，所以我才敢在王面前直言。我相信这些事没有一件瞒得过王，因为这些事并非暗地里做的。

27 King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know you do.”

27 亚基帕王啊，你信先知吗？我知道你信。”

28 Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Can you persuade me in such a short time to become a Christian?”

28 亚基帕王对保罗说：“难道你想三言两语就说服我成为基督徒吗？”

29 “Short time or long,” Paul replied, “I wish to God that not only you but all who hear me this day may become what I am, except for these chains.”

29 保罗说：“不论话多话少，我求上帝不仅使你，也使今天在座的各位都能像我一样，只是不要带着这些锁链。”

30 Then the king and the governor rose, along with Bernice and those seated with them.

30 亚基帕王、总督、百妮姬及其他在座的人都站起来，

31 On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”

31 走到一边商量说：“这人没有做什么该判死刑或监禁的事。”

32 And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”

32 亚基帕王对非斯都说：“这人要是没有向凯撒上诉，已经可以获释了。”