Acts 21 – NIV & CCB

New International Version

Acts 21:1-40

On to Jerusalem

1After we had torn ourselves away from them, we put out to sea and sailed straight to Kos. The next day we went to Rhodes and from there to Patara. 2We found a ship crossing over to Phoenicia, went on board and set sail. 3After sighting Cyprus and passing to the south of it, we sailed on to Syria. We landed at Tyre, where our ship was to unload its cargo. 4We sought out the disciples there and stayed with them seven days. Through the Spirit they urged Paul not to go on to Jerusalem. 5When it was time to leave, we left and continued on our way. All of them, including wives and children, accompanied us out of the city, and there on the beach we knelt to pray. 6After saying goodbye to each other, we went aboard the ship, and they returned home.

7We continued our voyage from Tyre and landed at Ptolemais, where we greeted the brothers and sisters and stayed with them for a day. 8Leaving the next day, we reached Caesarea and stayed at the house of Philip the evangelist, one of the Seven. 9He had four unmarried daughters who prophesied.

10After we had been there a number of days, a prophet named Agabus came down from Judea. 11Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, tied his own hands and feet with it and said, “The Holy Spirit says, ‘In this way the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and will hand him over to the Gentiles.’ ”

12When we heard this, we and the people there pleaded with Paul not to go up to Jerusalem. 13Then Paul answered, “Why are you weeping and breaking my heart? I am ready not only to be bound, but also to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.” 14When he would not be dissuaded, we gave up and said, “The Lord’s will be done.”

15After this, we started on our way up to Jerusalem. 16Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us and brought us to the home of Mnason, where we were to stay. He was a man from Cyprus and one of the early disciples.

Paul’s Arrival at Jerusalem

17When we arrived at Jerusalem, the brothers and sisters received us warmly. 18The next day Paul and the rest of us went to see James, and all the elders were present. 19Paul greeted them and reported in detail what God had done among the Gentiles through his ministry.

20When they heard this, they praised God. Then they said to Paul: “You see, brother, how many thousands of Jews have believed, and all of them are zealous for the law. 21They have been informed that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to turn away from Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or live according to our customs. 22What shall we do? They will certainly hear that you have come, 23so do what we tell you. There are four men with us who have made a vow. 24Take these men, join in their purification rites and pay their expenses, so that they can have their heads shaved. Then everyone will know there is no truth in these reports about you, but that you yourself are living in obedience to the law. 25As for the Gentile believers, we have written to them our decision that they should abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality.”

26The next day Paul took the men and purified himself along with them. Then he went to the temple to give notice of the date when the days of purification would end and the offering would be made for each of them.

Paul Arrested

27When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him, 28shouting, “Fellow Israelites, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and our law and this place. And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.” 29(They had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian in the city with Paul and assumed that Paul had brought him into the temple.)

30The whole city was aroused, and the people came running from all directions. Seizing Paul, they dragged him from the temple, and immediately the gates were shut. 31While they were trying to kill him, news reached the commander of the Roman troops that the whole city of Jerusalem was in an uproar. 32He at once took some officers and soldiers and ran down to the crowd. When the rioters saw the commander and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

33The commander came up and arrested him and ordered him to be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done. 34Some in the crowd shouted one thing and some another, and since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be taken into the barracks. 35When Paul reached the steps, the violence of the mob was so great he had to be carried by the soldiers. 36The crowd that followed kept shouting, “Get rid of him!”

Paul Speaks to the Crowd

37As the soldiers were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?”

“Do you speak Greek?” he replied. 38“Aren’t you the Egyptian who started a revolt and led four thousand terrorists out into the wilderness some time ago?”

39Paul answered, “I am a Jew, from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Please let me speak to the people.”

40After receiving the commander’s permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. When they were all silent, he said to them in Aramaic21:40 Or possibly Hebrew; also in 22:2:

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

使徒行传 21:1-40

保罗前往耶路撒冷

1我们和众人道别之后,乘船直接驶往哥士,第二天到达罗底,从那里前往帕大喇2帕大喇遇到一艘开往腓尼基的船,就上了船。 3塞浦路斯遥遥在望,船从该岛的南面绕过,一直驶向叙利亚。因为船要在泰尔卸货,我们就在那里上了岸, 4找到当地的门徒后,便和他们同住了七天。他们受圣灵的感动力劝保罗不要去耶路撒冷5时间到了,我们继续前行,众门徒和他们的妻子儿女送我们出城。大家跪在岸边祷告之后,彼此道别。 6我们上了船,众人也回家去了。

7我们从泰尔乘船抵达多利买,上岸探访那里的弟兄姊妹,和他们住了一天。 8第二天我们离开那里,来到凯撒利亚,住在传道人腓利家里。他是当初选出的七位执事之一。 9腓利有四个未出嫁的女儿,都能说预言。 10过了几天,一个名叫亚迦布的先知从犹太下来。 11他到了我们这里,拿保罗的腰带绑住自己的手脚,说:“圣灵说,‘耶路撒冷犹太人也要这样捆绑这腰带的主人,把他交给外族人。’”

12听到这话,我们和当地的信徒都苦劝保罗不要去耶路撒冷13保罗说:“你们为什么这样哭泣,令我心碎呢?我为主耶稣的名甘愿受捆绑,甚至死在耶路撒冷。”

14我们知道再劝也无济于事,只好对他说:“愿主的旨意成就。”

15过了几天,我们收拾行装启程上耶路撒冷16有几个凯撒利亚的门徒和我们一起去,并带我们到一个信主已久的塞浦路斯拿孙家里住宿。

保罗会见雅各和众长老

17我们抵达耶路撒冷后,受到弟兄姊妹的热烈欢迎。 18第二天,保罗和我们去见雅各,众长老都在那里。 19保罗向大家问安之后,便一一述说上帝如何借着他传福音给外族人。 20大家听了,都同声赞美上帝,又对保罗说:“弟兄,你知道数以万计的犹太人信了主,他们都严守律法。 21他们听见有人说你教导住在外族人中的犹太人背弃摩西的律法,不替孩子行割礼,也不遵守犹太人的规矩。 22他们一定会听到你来这里的消息,这该怎么办? 23请你听我们的建议,这里有四位向上帝许过愿的弟兄, 24你和他们一起去行洁净礼,并由你替他们付费,让他们可以剃头,好叫众人知道你严守律法,循规蹈矩,关于你的传闻都是假的。 25至于那些外族信徒,我们已经写信吩咐他们,不可吃祭过偶像的食物,不可吃血和勒死的牲畜,不可淫乱。”

保罗被捕

26于是,保罗和四位弟兄第二天行了洁净礼,然后上圣殿报告他们洁净期满的日子,好在期满后让祭司为他们每个人献祭物。 27当七日的洁净期将满的时候,有些从亚细亚来的犹太人发现保罗在圣殿里,就煽动众人去抓他。 28他们高喊:“以色列人快来帮忙!就是这人到处教唆人反对我们的民族、律法和圣殿。他还带希腊人进圣殿,玷污这圣地。” 29这是因为他们在城里见过一个名叫特罗非摩以弗所人和保罗在一起,以为保罗一定把他带进圣殿了。

30消息一传开,全城轰动。众人冲进圣殿把保罗拉出来,随即关上殿门。 31正当他们要杀保罗的时候,有人把耶路撒冷发生骚乱的消息报告给罗马军营的千夫长, 32千夫长马上带着军兵和几个百夫长赶来了。众人一见千夫长和军队,便停止殴打保罗33千夫长上前拿住保罗,命人用两条铁链把他锁起来,问他是什么人、做了什么事。 34人群中有人这样喊,有人那样喊,情形混乱不堪,千夫长无法辨明真相,便命人将保罗带回军营。 35保罗刚走上台阶,众人便凶猛地拥挤过来,士兵们只好把他举起来抬着走。 36众人挤在后面喊着说:“杀掉他!”

保罗的申辩

37士兵们抬着保罗来到军营门口,保罗问千夫长:“我可以和你讲几句话吗?”千夫长说:“你也懂希腊话吗? 38不久前煽动叛乱、带着四千暴徒逃到旷野去的那个埃及人是你吗?” 39保罗说:“我是犹太人,来自基利迦大数,并非无名小城的人。请准许我向百姓讲几句话。” 40千夫长答应了,保罗就站在台阶上向众人挥手示意,他们都安静下来,保罗希伯来话对他们说: