1 Now there were in Antioch, in the assembly which was {there}, prophets and teachers: Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen, foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.
2 And as they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me now Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.
3 Then, having fasted and prayed, and having laid {their} hands on them, they let {them} go.
4 They therefore, having been sent forth by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia, and thence sailed away to Cyprus.
5 And being in Salamis, they announced the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews. And they had John also as {their} attendant.
6 And having passed through the whole island as far as Paphos, they found a certain man a magician, a false prophet, a Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus,
7 who was with the proconsul Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. *He*, having called Barnabas and Saul to {him}, desired to hear the word of God.
8 But Elymas the magician (for so his name is by interpretation) opposed them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.
9 But Saul, who also {is} Paul, filled with {the} Holy Spirit, fixing his eyes upon him,
10 said, O full of all deceit and all craft: son of {the} devil, enemy of all righteousness; wilt thou not cease perverting the right paths of {the} Lord?
11 And now behold, {the} Lord's hand {is} upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell upon him a mist and darkness; and going about he sought persons who should lead him by the hand.
12 Then the proconsul, seeing what had happened, believed, being amazed at the teaching of the Lord.
13 And having sailed from Paphos, Paul and his company came to Perga of Pamphylia; and John separated from them and returned to Jerusalem.
14 But they, passing through from Perga, came to Antioch of Pisidia; and entering into the synagogue on the sabbath day they sat down.
15 And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, Brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation to the people, speak.
16 And Paul, rising up and making a sign with the hand, said, Israelites, and ye that fear God, hearken.
17 The God of this people Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people in their sojourn in {the} land of Egypt, and with a high arm brought them out of it,
18 and for a time of about forty years he nursed them in the desert.
19 And having destroyed seven nations in the land of Canaan, he gave them their land as an inheritance.
20 And after these things he gave {them} judges till Samuel the prophet, {to the end of} about four hundred and fifty years.
21 And then they asked for a king, and God gave to them Saul, son of Kis, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, during forty years.
22 And having removed him he raised up to them David for king, of whom also bearing witness he said, I have found David, the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who shall do all my will.
23 Of this man's seed according to promise has God brought to Israel a Saviour, Jesus;
24 John having proclaimed before the face of his entry {among the people} {the} baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
25 And as John was fulfilling his course he said, Whom do ye suppose that I am? *I* am not {he}. But behold, there comes one after me, the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.
26 Brethren, sons of Abraham's race, and those who among you fear God, to you has the word of this salvation been sent:
27 for those who dwell in Jerusalem, and their rulers, not having known him, have fulfilled also the voices of the prophets which are read on every sabbath, {by} judging {him}.
28 And having found no cause of death {in him}, they begged of Pilate that he might be slain.
29 And when they had fulfilled all things written concerning him, they took him down from the cross and put him in a sepulchre;
30 but God raised him from among {the} dead,
31 who appeared for many days to those who had come up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses to the people.
32 And *we* declare unto you the glad tidings of the promise made to the fathers,
33 that God has fulfilled this to us their children, having raised up Jesus; as it is also written in the second psalm, *Thou* art my Son: this day have *I* begotten thee.
34 But that he raised him from among {the} dead, no more to return to corruption, he spoke thus: I will give to you the faithful mercies of David.
35 Wherefore also he says in another, Thou wilt not suffer thy gracious one to see corruption.
36 For David indeed, having in his own generation ministered to the will of God, fell asleep, and was added to his fathers and saw corruption.
37 But he whom God raised up did not see corruption.
38 Be it known unto you, therefore, brethren, that through this man remission of sins is preached to you,
39 and from all things from which ye could not be justified in the law of Moses, in him every one that believes is justified.
40 See therefore that that which is spoken in the prophets do not come upon {you},
41 Behold, ye despisers, and wonder and perish; for *I* work a work in your days, a work which ye will in no wise believe if one declare it to you.
42 And as they went out they begged that these words might be spoken to them the ensuing sabbath.
43 And the congregation of the synagogue having broken up, many of the Jews and of the worshipping proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.
44 And on the coming sabbath almost all the city was gathered together to hear the word of God.
45 But the Jews, seeing the crowds, were filled with envy, and contradicted the things said by Paul, {contradicting and} speaking injuriously.
46 And Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly and said, It was necessary that the word of God should be first spoken to you; but, since ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, lo, we turn to the nations;
47 for thus has the Lord enjoined us: I have set thee for a light of the nations, that thou shouldest be for salvation to the end of the earth.
48 And {those of} the nations, hearing it, rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord, and believed, as many as were ordained to eternal life.
49 And the word of the Lord was carried through the whole country.
50 But the Jews excited the women of the upper classes who were worshippers, and the first people of the city, and raised a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and cast them out of their coasts.
51 But they, having shaken off the dust of their feet against them, came to Iconium.
52 And the disciples were filled with joy and {the} Holy Spirit.
1 安提阿教会中， 有几位先知和教师， 就是巴拿巴、名叫尼结的西面、古利奈人路求、与分封王希律一同长大的马念， 和扫罗。
2 他们事奉主， 并且禁食的时候， 圣灵说： "要为我把巴拿巴和扫罗分别出来， 去作我呼召他们作的工。"
3 于是他们禁食祷告， 为两人按手， 就派他们去了。
4 他们既然奉圣灵差遣， 就下到西流基， 从那里坐船往塞浦路斯。
5 他们到了撒拉米， 就在犹太人的各会堂里宣讲 神的道， 还有约翰作他们的助手。
6 他们走遍全岛， 到了帕弗， 遇见一个犹太人， 名叫巴．耶稣， 是个术士， 又是个假先知。
7 他常常和省长士求．保罗在一起； 省长是个聪明人， 他请了巴拿巴和扫罗来， 要听听 神的道。
8 但术士以吕马（以吕马就是"术士"的意思）与使徒作对， 要使省长转离真道。
9 扫罗， 也就是保罗， 却被圣灵充满， 定睛看着他，
10 说： "你这充满各样诡诈和各样奸恶的人， 魔鬼的儿子， 公义的仇敌！ 你歪曲了主的正路， 还不停止吗？
11 你看， 现在主的手临到你， 你要瞎了眼睛， 暂时看不见阳光。"他就立刻被雾和黑暗笼罩着， 周围找人牵他的手， 给他领路。
12 那时， 省长看见了所发生的事， 就信了， 因为他惊奇主的教训。
13 保罗和同伴从帕弗开船， 来到旁非利亚的别加， 约翰却离开他们， 回耶路撒冷去了。
14 他们从别加往前走， 到了彼西底的安提阿， 在安息日进了会堂， 就坐下来。
15 宣读了律法和先知书以后， 会堂的理事们派人到他们那里来， 说： "弟兄们， 如果有什么劝勉众人的话， 请说吧！ "
16 保罗就站起来， 作了一个手势， 说： "以色列人和敬畏 神的人， 请听！
17 以色列民的 神， 拣选了我们的祖先； 当他们在埃及地寄居的时候， 神抬举这民， 用大能（"大能"原文作"高"）的膀臂， 把他们从那地领出来；
18 又在旷野容忍（"容忍"有些抄本作"养育"）他们， 约有四十年之久；
19 灭了迦南地的七族之后， 就把那地分给他们为业；
20 这一切历时约四百五十年。后来 神赐给他们士师， 直到撒母耳先知为止。
21 那时， 他们要求立一个王， 神就把便雅悯支派中一个人， 基士的儿子扫罗， 赐给他们作王， 共四十年之久。
22 废去扫罗之后， 又为他们兴起大卫作王， 并且为他作证说： ‘我找到耶西的儿子大卫， 他是合我心意的人， 必遵行我的一切旨意。’
23 神照着应许， 已经从这人的后裔中， 给以色列带来了一位救主， 就是耶稣。
24 在他来临之前， 约翰早已向以色列全民宣讲悔改的洗礼。
25 约翰快要跑完他的路程的时候， 说： ‘你们以为我是谁？我不是基督。他是在我以后来的， 我就是给他解脚上的鞋带也不配。’
26 "弟兄们， 亚伯拉罕的子孙， 和你们中间敬畏 神的人哪， 这救恩之道是传给我们的。
27 住在耶路撒冷的人和他们的官长， 因为不认识基督， 也不明白每逢安息日所读的先知的话， 就把他定了罪， 正好应验了先知的话。
28 他们虽然找不出该死的罪状， 还是要求彼拉多杀害他。
29 他们把所记载一切关于他的事作成了， 就把他从木头上取下来， 放在坟墓里。
30 但 神却使他从死人中复活了。
31 有许多日子， 他向那些跟他一同从加利利上耶路撒冷的人显现， 现在这些人在民众面前作了他的见证人，
32 我们报好信息给你们： 神给列祖的应许，
33 借着耶稣的复活， 向我们这些作子孙的应验了。就如诗篇第二篇所记的： ‘你是我的儿子， 我今日生了你。’
34 至于 神使他从死人中复活， 不再归于朽坏， 他曾这样说： ‘我必把应许大卫的、神圣可靠的恩福赐给你们。’
35 所以他在另一篇说： ‘你必不容你的圣者见朽坏。’
36 "大卫在他自己的世代里， 遵行了 神的计划， 就睡了， 归回他列祖那里， 见了朽坏。
37 唯独 神所复活的那一位， 没有见过朽坏。
38 所以弟兄们， 你们当知道， 赦罪之道是由这位耶稣传给你们的。在你们靠摩西律法不能称义的一切事上，
39 信靠他的人就得称义了。
40 你们要小心， 免得先知书上所说的临到你们：
41 ‘傲慢的人哪！ 你们要看、要惊奇、要灭亡， 因为在你们的日子， 我要作一件事， 就算有人告诉你们， 你们总是不信。’"
42 保罗和巴拿巴出来的时候， 众人请求他们下一个安息日再对他们讲这些话。
43 散会以后， 许多犹太人和归信犹太教的虔诚人， 跟从了保罗和巴拿巴。两人对他们谈话， 勉励他们要恒久住在 神的恩典中。
44 下一个安息日， 几乎全城的人都聚了来， 要听主的道。
45 犹太人看见这么多人， 就满心嫉妒， 反驳保罗所讲的， 并且毁谤他们。
46 保罗和巴拿巴却放胆说： " 神的道， 先讲给你们听， 是应该的。但因为你们弃绝这道， 断定自己不配得永生， 所以我们现在就转向外族人去了。
47 因为主曾这样吩咐我们说： ‘我已立你作外族人的光， 使你把救恩带到地极去。’"
48 外族人听见了就欢喜， 赞美主的道， 凡指定得永生的都信了。
49 于是主的道传遍那地。
50 但犹太人唆使虔诚尊贵的妇女和城内的显要， 煽动大家迫害保罗和巴拿巴， 把他们驱逐出境。
51 两人当众跺掉脚上的尘土， 往以哥念去了。
52 门徒满有喜乐， 又被圣灵充满。