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：「准你为自己辩明。」于是保罗伸手分诉，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，犹太人所告我的一切事，今日得在你面前分诉，实为万幸；

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

3 更可幸的，是你熟悉犹太人的规矩和他们的辩论；所以求你耐心听我。

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

4 我从起初在本国的民中，并在耶路撒冷，自幼为人如何，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 他们若肯作见证就晓得，我从起初是按着我们教中最严紧的教门作了法利赛人。

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

6 现在我站在这里受审，是因为指望 神向我们祖宗所应许的；

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 这应许，我们十二个支派，昼夜切切地事奉 神，都指望得着。王啊，我被犹太人控告，就是因这指望。

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

8 神叫死人复活，你们为什么看作不可信的呢？

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

9 从前我自己以为应当多方攻击拿撒勒人耶稣的名，

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 我在耶路撒冷也曾这样行了。既从祭司长得了权柄，我就把许多圣徒囚在监里。他们被杀，我也出名定案。

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 在各会堂，我屡次用刑强逼他们说亵渎的话，又分外恼恨他们，甚至追逼他们，直到外邦的城邑。」

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

12 「那时，我领了祭司长的权柄和命令，往大马士革去。

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，我在路上，晌午的时候，看见从天发光，比日头还亮，四面照着我并与我同行的人。

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 我们都仆倒在地，我就听见有声音用希伯来话向我说：『扫罗！扫罗！为什么逼迫我？你用脚踢刺是难的！』

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：『我就是你所逼迫的耶稣。

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 你起来站着，我特意向你显现，要派你作执事，作见证，将你所看见的事和我将要指示你的事证明出来。

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

17 我也要救你脱离百姓和外邦人的手。

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 我差你到他们那里去，要叫他们的眼睛得开，从黑暗中归向光明，从撒但权下归向 神；又因信我，得蒙赦罪，和一切成圣的人同得基业。』」

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

19 「亚基帕王啊，我故此没有违背那从天上来的异象；

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 先在大马士革，后在耶路撒冷和犹太全地，以及外邦，劝勉他们应当悔改归向 神，行事与悔改的心相称。

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

21 因此，犹太人在殿里拿住我，想要杀我。

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 然而我蒙 神的帮助，直到今日还站得住，对着尊贵、卑贱、老幼作见证；所讲的并不外乎众先知和摩西所说将来必成的事，

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，并且因从死里复活，要首先把光明的道传给百姓和外邦人。」

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 保罗这样分诉，非斯都大声说：「保罗，你癫狂了吧。你的学问太大，反叫你癫狂了！」

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，我不是癫狂，我说的乃是真实明白话。

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 王也晓得这些事，所以我向王放胆直言，我深信这些事没有一件向王隐藏的，因都不是在背地里做的。

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

27 亚基帕王啊，你信先知吗？我知道你是信的。」

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

28 亚基帕对保罗说：「你想少微一劝，便叫我作基督徒啊 ！」

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：「无论是少劝是多劝，我向 神所求的，不但你一个人，就是今天一切听我的，都要像我一样，只是不要像我有这些锁链。」

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

30 于是，王和巡抚并百妮基与同坐的人都起来，

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

31 退到里面，彼此谈论说：「这人并没有犯什么该死该绑的罪。」

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

32 亚基帕又对非斯都说：「这人若没有上告于凯撒，就可以释放了。」