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1 亚基帕对保罗说：“准许你为自己辩护。”于是保罗用手臂示意开始了自己的辩护：
Then Agrippa said to Paul, “Yoʋ have permission to speak for yoʋrself.” So Paul stretched out his hand and began to make his defense:
2 “亚基帕王，很荣幸今天能就犹太人控告我一事，在你面前进行自我辩护。
“I consider myself fortunate that it is before yoʋ, King Agrippa, that I am about to make my defense today concerning all the things of which I am being accused by the Jews,
3 尤其是你熟悉犹太人的所有规则和习俗，所以恳请你耐心听取我说的话。
especially since yoʋ are acquainted with all the customs and controversies of the Jews. Therefore I beg yoʋ to listen to me patiently.
4 从我在祖国幼年时期的经历再到耶路撒冷的一切，所有犹太人都知道我的人生道路。
“All the Jews know about my manner of life from my youth up, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation in Jerusalem.
5 他们一直以来都很了解我，如果他们肯作证，你就会知道，我一直严格遵循最严格的教派，忠于我的信仰。我按照法利赛人的方式生活。
They have known about me for a long time, if they are willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived as a Pharisee.
6 现在我之所以站在这里受审，就是因为上帝向祖先们承诺的希望。
And now I am standing trial because of my hope in the promise God made to our fathers,
7 我们的十二族群始终虔诚地服侍上帝，都是盼望这希望可以实现。是的，国王陛下，犹太人控告我也是因为这希望。
a promise that our twelve tribes hope to attain as they earnestly serve him night and day. Regarding this hope, King Agrippa, I am being accused by the Jews.
8 为什么你们认为，上帝让死人复活是不可思议的事情呢？
Why is it deemed unbelievable by you that God raises the dead?
9 我以前也真的相信，自己应该想方设法反对拿撒勒人耶稣之名。
“Indeed, I myself was convinced that I ought to do many things against the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
10 我在耶路撒冷就是这么做的。我在祭司长的授权下，把很多信徒扔进监牢，在他们被杀的时候，我也完全同意。
And that is just what I did in Jerusalem. I locked up many of the saints in prison by the authority I received from the chief priests, and when they were being put to death, I cast my vote against them.
11 我让他们在所有的犹太教堂受到惩罚，试图让他们放弃。 我非常反对他们，我到国外的城市去迫害他们。
I also punished them often in all the synagogues and tried to force them to blaspheme. And being furiously enraged against them, I pursued them even to foreign cities.
12 但有一天，我得到祭司长的授权和指令去往大马士革。
“While engaged in such things, I was on my way to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests,
13 国王陛下，就在那天中午，我在路上看见来自天上的一道光，比太阳更明亮，照耀着我和其他同伴。
when at midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who were traveling with me.
14 我们都伏倒在地，然后我听见有声音用希伯来语对我说：‘扫罗啊，扫罗！你为什么迫害我？你是很难对抗我的！’
When we had all fallen down to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are yoʋ persecuting me? It is hard for yoʋ to kick against the goads.’
15 我问到：‘主啊，你是谁？’ 主说：‘我就是你所迫害的耶稣。
I said, ‘Who are yoʋ, Lord?’ He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom yoʋ are persecuting.
16 但现在起来吧。我之所以要向你显现，是为了指认你为我的仆人，为我见证，告诉其他人你如何看到我，以及我向你显化的一切。
But rise and stand on yoʋr feet, for I have appeared to yoʋ for this purpose, to appoint yoʋ as a servant and witness to the things yoʋ have seen and to the things in which I will appear to yoʋ.
17 我要把你从同胞和异教徒那里拯救出来，现在我就派你到他们那里去，
I will rescue yoʋ from yoʋr own people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending yoʋ
18 开启他们的双眼，让他们从黑暗转向光明，从撒旦的控制转向上帝，这样他们的罪恶才会得到赦免，那些因信我而正确行事之人，才会被包含其中。’
to open their eyes so that they may turn away from darkness to light, and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an allotment among those who have been sanctified by faith in me.’
19 亚基帕王啊，很显然，我没有违背这来自天堂的异象。
“Consequently, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
20 我先在大马士革、耶路撒冷、犹太全地向众人宣讲这忏悔之道，然后又向异教徒宣讲：关于如何转信上帝，通过行动彰显他们的悔改。
but first to those in Damascus and then to those in Jerusalem, to all the region of Judea and to the Gentiles, I proclaimed that they should repent and turn to God, doing works consistent with repentance.
21 犹太人就是因此在圣殿中捉拿我，想要杀我。
That is why the Jews seized me in the temple courts and were trying to kill me.
22 但我获得了上帝的眷顾，所以今天还能站在众人面前，包括普通百姓和尊贵之人。我所言只是重复了摩西和先知所讲必然发生之事，
But having obtained help from God, I stand to this day testifying to both small and great, saying nothing except what the Prophets and Moses said would take place:
23 那就是基督必须受难，然后率先死而复生，向犹太人和异教徒宣告上帝的拯救之光。”
that the Christ would suffer and that, as the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light to our people and to the Gentiles.”
24 保罗的自我辩护说到这里，非斯都大声说：“保罗！你疯了！你的学问让你疯了！”
As Paul was saying these things in his own defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Yoʋ are out of yoʋr mind, Paul. Too much learning is driving yoʋ insane!”
25 保罗回答：“非斯都大人，我没有疯，我说的都是真实，都是言之有理。
But Paul said, “I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but I am speaking words of truth and good sense.
26 国王意识到了这一点，我只是很坦白地解释而已。我相信他知道到底发生了什么，因为这种事情无法躲躲藏藏。
For the king knows about these things, to whom I am speaking boldly. I am convinced that none of these things has escaped his notice at all, for this has not been done in a corner.
27 亚基帕王啊，你相信先知所言吗？我知道你信！”
Do yoʋ believe the Prophets, King Agrippa? I know that yoʋ believe.”
28 亚基帕问保罗说：“你认为自己能这么快就说服我变成基督徒吗？”
Agrippa said to Paul, “Do yoʋ think yoʋ can persuade me to become a Christian so quickly?”
29 保罗回答：“无论时间长短，都没有关系。我不止为你向上帝祈祷，更包括今天希望像我一样的所有听众，只是不应该有这锁链。”
Paul said, “Whether quickly or not, I pray to God that not only yoʋ but also all who are listening to me today would become as I am, except for these chains.”
30 亚基帕王、总督、百尼基以及在座的所有人都站起来，然后离开了法庭，
After Paul said these things, the king stood up, along with the governor, Bernice, and those who were sitting with them.
31 召开了一次会议。他们的结论是：“这个人并没有犯下任何应处死或监禁的罪行。”
After leaving the room, they began saying to one another, “This man is doing nothing that deserves death or imprisonment.”
32 亚基帕对非斯都说：“如果他没有请求向凯撒上诉，就可以释放了。”
And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been released if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
