使徒行傳 12
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Berean Standard Bible
1那時， 希律 王下手苦害教會中幾個人，
1About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church.
2用刀殺了 約翰 的哥哥 雅各 。
2He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword.
3他見 猶太 人喜歡這事，又去捉拿 彼得 。那時正是除酵的日子。
3And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
4希律 拿了 彼得 ，收在監裏，交付四班兵丁看守，每班四個人，意思要在逾越節後把他提出來，當着百姓 辦他 。
4He arrested him and put him in prison, handing him over to be guarded by four squads of four soldiers each. Herod intended to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
5於是 彼得 被囚在監裏；教會卻為他切切地禱告上帝。
5So Peter was kept in prison, but the church was fervently praying to God for him.
6希律 將要提他出來的前一夜， 彼得 被兩條鐵鍊鎖着，睡在兩個兵丁當中；看守的人也在門外看守。
6On the night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, with sentries standing guard at the entrance to the prison.
7忽然，有主的一個使者站在旁邊，屋裏有光照耀，天使拍 彼得 的肋旁，拍醒了他，說：「快快起來！」那鐵鍊就從他手上脫落下來。
7Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.
8天使對他說：「束上帶子，穿上鞋。」他就那樣做。天使又說：「披上外衣，跟着我來。」
8“Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”
9彼得 就出來跟着他，不知道天使所做是真的，只當見了異象。
9So Peter followed him out, but he was unaware that what the angel was doing was real. He thought he was only seeing a vision.
10過了第一層第二層監牢，就來到臨街的鐵門，那門自己開了。他們出來，走過一條街，天使便離開他去了。
10They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. When they had gone outside and walked the length of one block, the angel suddenly left him.
11彼得 醒悟過來，說：「我現在真知道主差遣他的使者，救我脫離 希律 的手和 猶太 百姓一切所盼望的。」
11Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”
12想了一想，就往那稱呼 馬可 的 約翰 、他母親 馬利亞 家去，在那裏有好些人聚集禱告。
12And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.
13彼得 敲外門，有一個使女，名叫 羅大 ，出來探聽，
13He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.
14聽得是 彼得 的聲音，就歡喜的顧不得開門，跑進去告訴眾人說：「 彼得 站在門外。」
14When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!”
15他們說：「你是瘋了！」使女極力地說：「真是他！」他們說：「必是他的天使！」
15“You are out of your mind,” they told her. But when she kept insisting it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”
16彼得 不住地敲門。他們開了門，看見他，就甚驚奇。
16But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded.
17彼得 擺手，不要他們作聲，就告訴他們主怎樣領他出監；又說：「你們把這事告訴 雅各 和眾弟兄。」於是出去，往別處去了。
17Peter motioned with his hand for silence, and he described how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Send word to James and to the brothers,” he said, and he left for another place.
18到了天亮，兵丁擾亂得很，不知道 彼得 往哪裏去了。
18At daybreak there was no small commotion among the soldiers as to what had become of Peter.
19希律 找他，找不着，就審問看守的人，吩咐把他們拉去殺了。後來 希律 離開 猶太 ，下 凱撒利亞 去，住在那裏。
19After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.
20希律 惱怒 泰爾 、 西頓 的人。他們那一帶地方是從王的地土得糧，因此就託了王的內侍臣 伯拉斯都 的情，一心來求和。
20Now Herod was in a furious dispute with the people of Tyre and Sidon, and they convened before him. Having secured the support of Blastus, the king’s chamberlain, they asked for peace, because their region depended on the king’s country for food.
21希律 在所定的日子，穿上朝服，坐在位上，對他們講論一番。
21On the appointed day, Herod donned his royal robes, sat on his throne, and addressed the people.
22百姓喊着說：「這是神的聲音，不是人的聲音。」
22And they began to shout, “This is the voice of a god, not a man!”
23希律 不歸榮耀給上帝，所以主的使者立刻罰他，他被蟲所咬，氣就絕了。
23Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
24上帝的道日見興旺，越發廣傳。
24But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.
25巴拿巴 和 掃羅 辦完了他們供給的事，就從 耶路撒冷 回來，帶着稱呼 馬可 的 約翰 同去。
25When Barnabas and Saul had fulfilled their mission to Jerusalem, they returned, bringing with them John, also called Mark.
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