Acts 4
1 [Meanwhile, in the temple courtyard, there were some] priests, the officer who was in charge of the temple police, and [also some] [SYN] Sadducee [sect members]. These men came to Peter and John while the two of them were speaking to the people.
正當他們向百姓講話的時候，司祭、聖殿警官和撒杜塞人來到他們那裏，
2 These men were very angry, because the [two] apostles were teaching the people [about Jesus]. What they were telling the people was that because ([God caused Jesus to become alive again/God raised] Jesus [from the dead]), [God] would cause other people who had died to become alive again.
大為惱怒，因為他們教訓百姓，並宣講耶穌從死者中復活，
3 So those officials seized Peter and John. Then they put them in jail. [They had to wait] until the next day [to question Peter and John], because it was already evening [and it was contrary to their Jewish law to question people at night].
遂下手拿住他們，押在拘留所裏，直到第二天，因為天已晚了。
4 However, many people who had heard the message [from Peter] believed [in Jesus]. (OR, But many people had [already] believed [in Jesus, because] they had heard the message [from Peter].) So the number of men [who believed in Jesus] increased to about five 5,000.
但聽道的人中，有許多人信從了，男人的數目，大約有五千。
5 The next day [the supreme priest summoned] the [other] chief priests, the teachers of the [Jewish] laws, and the other members [of the Jewish Council, and they] gathered together [in one place] in Jerusalem.
到了第二天，猶太人的首領、長老和經師都聚集在耶路撒冷，
6 Annas, [the former] supreme priest, Caiaphas [who was the new supreme priest], [two other former supreme priests whose names were] John and Alexander, and other men who were related to the supreme priest [were there].
還有大司祭亞納斯和蓋法、若望、亞歷山大以及大司祭家族的人。
7 They [commanded guards to] bring Peter and John into the courtroom [MTY] and have them stand in front of them. [Then one of] the leaders questioned [the two of] them, saying, “Who [do you two claim] gave you the power [to heal this man]? And who authorized [MTY] you to do this [DOU]?”
他們就令宗徒們站在中間，仔細考問說：「你們憑什麼能力，或以誰的名義行這事﹖」
8 So as the Holy Spirit completely controlled Peter, he said to them, “You [fellow Israelites] who rule us and [all of you other] elders, [listen]!
那時，伯多祿充滿聖神，向他們說：「各位百姓首領和長老!
9 Today you are questioning us concerning our doing something good for a man who was crippled, and you asked us how he was healed.
如果你們今天詢問我們有關向一個病人行善的事，並且他怎樣痊癒了，
10 So [we(exc) want] you and all [of our other] fellow Israelites to know this: It is because Jesus the Messiah [MTY] from Nazareth healed this man that he is able to stand here. [God considers that] it was you who nailed Jesus to a cross, but God caused him to become alive again.
我很高興告訴你們和全以色列百姓：是憑納匝肋人耶穌基督的名字即是你們所釘死，天主從死者中所復活的；就是憑著這人，這個站在你們面前的人好了。
11 [In the Psalms this was written about the Messiah: ] He is [like] [MET] the stone that was rejected by the builders {that the builders rejected}. But that stone became the most important stone in the building [that they were building]. [Jesus is that stone, and] you [are those builders who threw away the stone that was the most important one].
這耶穌就是為你們『匠人所棄而不用的石頭，反而成了屋角基石。』
12 So he alone can save us [MTY]. [God] has sent only one person [MTY] into the world who can save us [from the guilt of our sins, and that person is Jesus]!”
除他以外，無論憑誰，決無救援，因為在天下人間，沒有賜下別的名字，使我們賴以得救的。」
13 The [Jewish leaders] realized that Peter and John (were not afraid [of them]/spoke boldly). They also learned that the two men were ordinary people who had not studied in schools. So the leaders were amazed, and they realized that these men had associated with Jesus.
他們看到伯多祿和若望的膽量，並曉得他們是沒有讀過書的平常人，就十分驚訝；他們既認出他們是同耶穌在一起的，
14 They also saw the man who had been healed standing there with [the two of] them, so they were not able to say anything [to oppose Peter and John].
又看見那治好了的人，同他們一起站著，都無言可對。
15 So the [Jewish leaders] commanded [guards] to take Peter, John, and the man outside of the room [where those leaders were meeting. After they did so], the leaders talked with each other [about Peter and John].
遂命他們暫且離開公議會，彼此商議，
16 [Being frustrated, one after another], they said, “(There is really nothing that we can do to [punish] these [two] men!/How can we [(inc)] do anything to [punish] these [two] men?) [RHQ] Almost everyone [HYP] who is living in Jerusalem knows that they have done an amazing miracle, so we cannot tell people that it did not happen!
說：「對這些人我們可以作什麼呢﹖因為他們確實顯了一個明顯的奇蹟，凡耶路撒冷的居民都知道了，我們也不能否認。
17 However, [we] must not allow other people to hear about [this miracle]. So we must tell these men that [we will punish them if they] continue to tell other people about this [MTY] man [who they say gave them the power to do it].”
但是，為叫這事不再在民間傳播，我們當恐嚇他們，叫他們不可再因這名字向任何人發言。」
18 So the Jewish leaders [commanded guards] to bring the two apostles [into that room again. After they did so], they [commanded] them both that they should never speak about Jesus, and they should not teach [anyone about him] [MTY] [again].
遂叫了他們來，嚴令他們絕對不可再因耶穌的名發言施教。
19 But Peter and John replied, “Would God think that it is right [for us two] to obey you and not [to obey] him? [We(exc) will let] you decide [which of those you think is proper].
伯多祿和若望卻回答說：「聽從你們而不聽從天主，在天主前是否合理，你們評斷罷!
20 [But as for us, we cannot obey you]. We will not stop telling people about the things that we [(exc)] have seen [Jesus do] and what we have heard [him teach].”
因為我們不得不說我們所見所聞的事。」
21 Then the [Jewish leaders] again told [Peter and John] not to disobey them. But all the people [there] were praising God about what had happened [to the lame man. The leaders knew that only God could have enabled Peter and John] to miraculously heal the man, because the man was more than 40 years old [and he was lame when his mother bore him. They also knew that the people would become angry if they punished the two apostles]. So, because they could not decide how to punish Peter and John, [they finally] let them go.
議員們為了百姓的原故，找不到藉口來處罰他們，就把他們恐嚇一番，予以釋放了，因為眾人都為所發生的事光榮天主。
原來那因奇蹟治好了的人，已有四十多歲了。
23 After Peter and John had been released, they went to the other believers and reported all that the chief priests and [other Jewish] elders had said to them.
他們被釋放之後，來到自己的人那裏，報告了大司祭和長老向他們所說的一切；
24 When they heard that, they [all] agreed as they prayed to God, and [one of] them prayed, “O Lord! You [(sg)] made the sky, the earth and the oceans, and everything in them.
大家一聽，都同心合意地高聲向天主說：「上主！『是你創造了天地海洋，和其中的一切。』
25 The Holy Spirit caused our ancestor, [King] David [MTY], who served you, to write these words: [It is ridiculous] [RHQ] that the non-Jews became angry and the Israelite people planned uselessly [to oppose God].
你曾以聖神藉我們的祖先，你的僕人達味的口說過：『異民為何叛亂﹖萬民為何策劃妄事﹖
26 The kings of the world prepared to fight [God’s Ruler], and the [other] rulers assembled together [with them] to oppose the Lord [God] and the one whom he had appointed [to be the Messiah].
世上的君王起來，首領聚集在一起，反對上主和他的受傅者。』
27 [Lord, we know that what you(sg) said long ago was true], because [King] Herod and the [governor], Pontius Pilate, and many other people, both non-Jews and Israelites, assembled together [here] in this city. [They] planned [to kill] Jesus, who devotedly served you [and] whom you appointed [MTY] [to be the Messiah].
實在，黑落德和般雀比拉多與異民和以色列人聚集在這座城內，反對你的聖僕人耶穌，反對你的受傅者，
28 [Because] you [(sg)] are all-powerful, those people did [only] what you [SYN] allowed [them to do]. It was what you decided long ago would happen.”
實行了你的手和計劃所預定要成就的事。
29 “So now, Lord, listen to what they are saying about punishing us! Help us who serve you [(sg)] to very boldly speak messages from you [(sg) about Jesus]
現今，上主 ！請注意他們的恐嚇，賜你的僕人以絕大的膽量，宣講你的真道，
30 [Also], by your power [MTY] miraculously heal [sick people] and do other amazing miracles [SYN] that show people your power! Ask Jesus, who always serves you, [to give us the authority] [MTY] [to do such miracles]!”
同時伸出你的手，藉你的聖僕人耶穌的名字治病，顯徵兆，行奇蹟。」
31 When the believers had finished praying, the place where they were meeting shook. All of them were (completely controlled/empowered) by the Holy Spirit {the Holy Spirit (completely controlled/empowered) all of them}, with the result that they began to speak boldly the words that God [told them to speak].
他們祈禱後，他們聚集的地方震動起來，眾人都充滿了聖神，大膽地宣講天主的真道。
32 The group of people who had believed [in Jesus] were completely agreed about what they thought and what they wanted/desired. Not one of them claimed that he [alone] owned anything. Instead, they shared with one another everything that they had.
眾信徒都是一心一意，凡各人所有的，沒有人說是自己的，都歸公用。
33 The apostles continued to tell others, very powerfully, [that God] had (caused the Lord Jesus to become alive again/raised the Lord Jesus from the dead). [People knew that God] was graciously helping all the believers.
宗徒們以大德能，作證主耶穌的復活，在眾人前大受愛戴。
34 [Some of] the believers who owned land or houses would occasionally sell [some of] their property. Then they would bring [the money for what they sold]
在他們中，沒有一個貧乏的人，因為凡有田地和房屋的，賣了以後，都把賣得的價錢帶來，
35 and they would present it to the apostles [MTY]. Then [the apostles] would give money to any [believer] who needed [it]. So no one among the believers was lacking anything.
放在宗徒們腳前，照每人所需要的分配。
36 [For example, there was] Joseph. [He was] a descendant of Levi [and he was born] on Cyprus [Island]. The apostles called him Barnabas; [in the Jewish language] that name means a person who [IDM] always encourages [others].
有位若瑟，宗徒稱之為巴爾納伯，解說「安慰之子，」是肋未人，生於塞浦路斯島，
37 He sold one of his fields, and brought the money to the apostles [for them to distribute to other believers].
他有田地，賣了以後，也把銀錢帶來，放在宗徒腳前。
