¹彼得向耶路撒冷教会报告

¹And the apostles and the brethren who are in Judea heard that also the nations did receive the word of God,

²彼得上到耶路撒冷的时候，那些守割礼的人与他争论，

²and when Peter came up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision were contending with him,

³说：“你竟然到未受割礼的人那里，跟他们一起吃饭！”

³saying — `Unto men uncircumcised thou didst go in, and didst eat with them!`

⁴彼得就按着次序向他们讲解，说：

⁴And Peter having begun, did expound to them in order saying,

⁵“我在约帕城祷告的时候，魂游象外，见到异象：有一件东西，好像一块大布，绑着四角，从天上降下来，一直来到我面前。

⁵`I was in the city of Joppa praying, and I saw in a trance a vision, a certain vessel coming down, as a great sheet by four corners being let down out of the heaven, and it came unto me;

⁶我定睛观察，看见里面有地上的四足牲畜、走兽，还有昆虫和天空的飞鸟。

⁶at which having looked stedfastly, I was considering, and I saw the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of heaven;

⁷我也听见有声音对我说：‘彼得，起来，宰了吃！’

⁷and I heard a voice saying to me, Having risen, Peter, slay and eat;

⁸我说：‘主啊，千万不可，因为俗物或不洁的东西，从来没有进过我的口。’

⁸and I said, Not so, Lord; because anything common or unclean hath at no time entered into my mouth;

⁹第二次又有声音从天上回答：‘　神所洁净的，你不可当作俗物。’

⁹and a voice did answer me a second time out of the heaven, What God did cleanse, thou — declare not thou common.

¹⁰这样一连三次之后，所有的东西都拉回天上去了。

¹⁰`And this happened thrice, and again was all drawn up to the heaven,

¹¹就在那个时候，有三个从该撒利亚派到我这里来的人，站在我住的房子门前。

¹¹and, lo, immediately, three men stood at the house in which I was, having been sent from Cesarea unto me,

¹²圣灵吩咐我跟他们一起去，一点也不要疑惑。这六位弟兄也跟我一起去，我们就进了那人的家。

¹²and the Spirit said to me to go with them, nothing doubting, and these six brethren also went with me, and we did enter into the house of the man,

¹³他告诉我们，他怎样看见天使站在他家里说：‘派人到约帕去，请那个名叫彼得的西门来，

¹³he declared also to us how he saw the messenger in his house standing, and saying to him, Send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter,

¹⁴他有话要告诉你，使你和你全家都可以得救。’

¹⁴who shall speak sayings by which thou shalt be saved, thou and all thy house.

¹⁵我一开始讲话，圣灵就降在他们身上，正像当初降在我们身上一样。

¹⁵`And in my beginning to speak, the Holy Spirit did fall upon them, even as also upon us in the beginning,

¹⁶我就想起主所说的话：‘约翰用水施洗，但你们要受圣灵的洗。’

¹⁶and I remembered the saying of the Lord, how he said, John indeed did baptize with water, and ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit;

¹⁷　神既然把同样的恩赐给他们，像给我们这些信了主耶稣基督的人一样，我是谁，我能够阻止　神吗？”

¹⁷if then the equal gift God did give to them as also to us, having believed upon the Lord Jesus Christ, I — how was I able to withstand God?`

¹⁸众人听见这些话，就默然无声，把荣耀归给　神，说：“这样看来，　神也把悔改的心赐给外族人，使他们得生命。”

¹⁸And they, having heard these things, were silent, and were glorifying God, saying, `Then, indeed, also to the nations did God give the reformation to life.`

¹⁹安提阿的教会那些因司提反事件遭受苦难而四散的门徒，一直走到腓尼基、塞浦路斯、安提阿；他们不对别人传讲，只对犹太人传讲。

¹⁹Those, indeed, therefore, having been scattered abroad, from the tribulation that came after Stephen, went through unto Phenice, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none except to Jews only;

²⁰但其中有些塞浦路斯人和古利奈人，来到安提阿，也对希腊人传讲主耶稣。

²⁰and there were certain of them men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who having entered into Antioch, were speaking unto the Hellenists, proclaiming good news — the Lord Jesus,

²¹主的手与他们同在，信而归主的人就多起来。

²¹and the hand of the Lord was with them, a great number also, having believed, did turn unto the Lord.

²²这事传到耶路撒冷教会的耳中，他们就派巴拿巴到安提阿去。

²²And the account was heard in the ears of the assembly that [is] in Jerusalem concerning them, and they sent forth Barnabas to go through unto Antioch,

²³他到了那里，看见　神所施的恩，就很欢喜，劝勉众人坚心靠主。

²³who, having come, and having seen the grace of God, was glad, and was exhorting all with purpose of heart to cleave to the Lord,

²⁴巴拿巴是个好人，满有圣灵和信心，于是许多人归了主。

²⁴because he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit, and of faith, and a great multitude was added to the Lord.

²⁵后来他到大数去找扫罗，

²⁵And Barnabas went forth to Tarsus, to seek for Saul,

²⁶找到了，就带他来安提阿。足足有一年，他们一同在教会聚集，教导了许多人。门徒称为基督徒，是从安提阿开始的。

²⁶and having found him, he brought him to Antioch, and it came to pass that they a whole year did assemble together in the assembly, and taught a great multitude, the disciples also were divinely called first in Antioch Christians.

²⁷那时，有几位先知从耶路撒冷下到安提阿。

²⁷And in those days there came from Jerusalem prophets to Antioch,

²⁸其中有一个名叫亚迦布的站起来，借着圣灵指出天下将要有大饥荒；这事在革老丢时期果然发生了。

²⁸and one of them, by name Agabus, having stood up, did signify through the Spirit a great dearth is about to be throughout all the world — which also came to pass in the time of Claudius Caesar —

²⁹于是门徒决定按着各人的力量捐款，好送给住在犹太的弟兄。

²⁹and the disciples, according as any one was prospering, determined each of them to send for ministration to the brethren dwelling in Judea,

³⁰他们就这样行了，由巴拿巴和扫罗经手送到长老们那里。

³⁰which also they did, having sent unto the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saul.