1 And when, having got away from them, we at last sailed away, we came by a direct course to Cos, and on the morrow to Rhodes, and thence to Patara.
2 And having found a ship passing over into Phoenicia, we went on board and sailed;
3 and having sighted Cyprus, and left it on the left hand, we sailed to Syria, and made the land at Tyre, for there the ship was to discharge her cargo.
4 And having found out the disciples, we remained there seven days; who said to Paul by the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.
5 But when we had completed the days, we set out and took our journey, all of them accompanying us, with wives and children, till {we were} out of the city. And kneeling down upon the shore we prayed.
6 And having embraced one another, we went on board ship, and they returned home.
7 And we, having completed the voyage, arrived from Tyre at Ptolemais, and having saluted the brethren, we remained one day with them.
8 And leaving on the morrow, we came to Caesarea; and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was of the seven, we abode with him.
9 Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied.
10 And as we stayed there many days, a certain man, by name Agabus, a prophet, came down from Judaea,
11 and coming to us and taking the girdle of Paul, and having bound his own hands and feet, said, Thus saith the Holy Spirit, The man whose this girdle is shall the Jews thus bind in Jerusalem, and deliver him up into the hands of {the} Gentiles.
12 And when we heard these things, both we and those of the place besought {him} not to go up to Jerusalem.
13 But Paul answered, What do ye, weeping and breaking my heart? for *I* am ready not only to be bound, but also to die at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.
14 And when he would not be persuaded, we were silent, saying, The will of the Lord be done.
15 And after these days, having got our effects ready, we went up to Jerusalem.
16 And {some} of the disciples from Caesarea went with us, bringing {with them} a certain Mnason, a Cyprian, an old disciple, with whom we were to lodge.
17 And when we arrived at Jerusalem the brethren gladly received us.
18 And on the morrow Paul went in with us to James, and all the elders came there.
19 And having saluted them, he related one by one the things which God had wrought among the nations by his ministry.
20 And they having heard {it} glorified God, and said to him, Thou seest, brother, how many myriads there are of the Jews who have believed, and all are zealous of the law.
21 And they have been informed concerning thee, that thou teachest all the Jews among the nations apostasy from Moses, saying that they should not circumcise their children, nor walk in the customs.
22 What is it then? a multitude must necessarily come together, for they will hear that thou art come.
23 This do therefore that we say to thee: We have four men who have a vow on them;
24 take these and be purified with them, and pay their expenses, that they may have their heads shaved; and all will know that {of those things} of which they have been informed about thee nothing is {true}; but that thou thyself also walkest orderly, keeping the law.
25 But concerning {those of} the nations who have believed, we have written, deciding that they should {observe no such thing, only to} keep themselves both from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication.
26 Then Paul, taking the men, on the next day, having been purified, entered with them into the temple, signifying the time the days of the purification would be fulfilled, until the offering was offered for every one of them.
27 And when the seven days were nearly completed, the Jews from Asia, having seen him in the temple, set all the crowd in a tumult, and laid hands upon him,
28 crying, Israelites, help! this is the man who teaches all everywhere against the people, and the law, and this place, and has brought Greeks too into the temple, and profaned this holy place.
29 For they had before seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.
30 And the whole city was moved, and there was a concourse of the people; and having laid hold on Paul they drew him out of the temple, and immediately the doors were shut.
31 And as they were seeking to kill him, a representation came to the chiliarch of the band that the whole of Jerusalem was in a tumult;
32 who, taking with him immediately soldiers and centurions, ran down upon them. But they, seeing the chiliarch and the soldiers, ceased beating Paul.
33 Then the chiliarch came up and laid hold upon him, and commanded {him} to be bound with two chains, and inquired who he might be, and what he had done.
34 And different persons cried some different thing in the crowd. But he, not being able to know the certainty on account of the uproar, commanded him to be brought into the fortress.
35 But when he got upon the stairs it was so that he was borne by the soldiers on account of the violence of the crowd.
36 For the multitude of the people followed, crying, Away with him.
37 But as he was about to be led into the fortress, Paul says to the chiliarch, Is it allowed me to say something to thee? And he said, Dost thou know Greek?
38 Thou art not then that Egyptian who before these days raised a sedition and led out into the wilderness the four thousand men of the assassins?
39 But Paul said, *I* am a Jew of Tarsus, citizen of no insignificant city of Cilicia, and I beseech of thee, allow me to speak to the people.
40 And when he had allowed him, Paul, standing on the stairs, beckoned with his hand to the people; and a great silence having been made, he addressed them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
1 我们离别了他们以后， 船就直航到了哥士， 第二天到罗底， 从那里开往帕大拉；
2 遇见了一艘开往腓尼基的船， 就上船起行。
3 我们远远看见塞浦路斯， 就从南边驶过， 直航叙利亚， 在推罗靠了岸， 因为船要在那里卸货。
4 我们找到了一些门徒， 就在那里住了七天。他们凭着圣灵的指示告诉保罗不要上耶路撒冷去。
5 过了这几天， 我们就启程前行， 他们众人带着妻子儿女送我们到城外。我们跪在海滩上祷告， 互相道别。
6 我们上了船， 他们就回家去了。
7 我们从推罗继续航行， 到了多利买， 问候那里的弟兄， 与他们同住了一天。
8 第二天我们离开那里， 来到该撒利亚， 到了传福音的腓利家里， 与他住在一起。他是那七位执事中的一位。
9 他有四个女儿， 都是童女， 是会说预言的。
10 我们住了几天之后， 有一位先知， 名叫亚迦布， 从犹太下来。
11 他来见我们， 把保罗的腰带拿过来， 绑住自己的手脚， 说： "圣灵说， 犹太人在耶路撒冷要这样捆绑这腰带的主人， 把他交在外族人的手里。"
12 我们听了这些话， 就和当地的人劝保罗不要去耶路撒冷。
13 保罗却回答： "你们为什么哭， 使我心碎呢？我为主耶稣的名， 不但被捆绑， 就算死在耶路撒冷我也都准备好了。"
14 他既然不听劝， 我们只说了"愿主的旨意成就"， 就不出声了。
15 过了几天， 我们收拾行装， 上耶路撒冷去。
16 有该撒利亚的几个门徒同我们在一起， 领我们到一个塞浦路斯人拿孙家里住宿； 他作了门徒已经很久了。
17 我们到了耶路撒冷， 弟兄们欢欢喜喜接待我们。
18 第二天， 保罗和我们一同去见雅各， 长老们也都在座。
19 保罗问候了他们， 就把 神借着他的工作在外族人中所行的事， 一一述说出来。
20 他们听了， 就赞美 神， 对保罗说： "弟兄， 你看， 犹太人中信主的有好几万， 都是对律法很热心的人。
21 他们听说， 你教导所有在外族人中的犹太人背弃摩西， 叫他们不要给孩子行割礼， 也不要遵守规例。
22 他们总会听见你来了， 那怎么办呢？
23 你就照我们的话作吧， 我们这里有四个人， 都有愿在身。
24 你把他们带去， 和他们一同行洁净礼， 并且替他们付钱， 让他们剃去头发， 这样大家就知道以前所听见关于你的事， 都不是真实的， 也知道你是遵守律法循规蹈矩而行的人。
25 至于信主的外族人， 我们已经写了信， 吩咐他们要禁戒祭偶像的食物、血、勒死的牲畜和淫乱。"
26 保罗就把那几个人带走了， 第二天和他们一同行了洁净礼。他们进了殿， 报明了他们洁净期满的日子， 以及各人献祭的时间。
27 七日将完的时候， 从亚西亚来的犹太人看见保罗在殿里， 就煽动群众， 并且捉住他，
28 喊叫着说： "以色列人哪， 快来帮忙！ 这个人到处教人反对人民， 反对律法和这个地方， 他甚至把希腊人也带进殿里， 污秽了这圣地。"
29 原来他们看见过以弗所人特罗非摩同保罗在城里， 就以为保罗带他进了殿。
30 于是全城震动， 民众一齐跑来， 捉住保罗， 拉出殿外， 殿门就立刻关起来了。
31 他们正想杀他的时候， 有人报告营部的千夫长， 说： "整个耶路撒冷都乱了！ "
32 千夫长立刻带着士兵和百夫长跑到他们那里。众人一看见千夫长和士兵， 就停止殴打保罗。
33 于是千夫长上前捉住保罗， 吩咐人用两条铁链捆住他， 问他是什么人， 作过什么事。
34 那时众人叫这个喊那个， 吵吵闹闹， 以致千夫长没有办法知道真相， 只好下令把保罗带到营楼去。
35 保罗到了台阶下面的时候， 士兵把他抬起来， 因为群众猛挤，
36 而且有一群人跟在后面叫喊： "干掉他！ "
37 他们带着保罗快到营楼的时候， 保罗对千夫长说： "我可以跟你讲一句话吗？"千夫长说： "你懂希腊话吗？
38 难道你不就是不久以前作乱的、带领四千个杀手到旷野去的那个埃及人吗？"
39 保罗说： "我是犹太人， 是基利家的大数人， 并不是无名小城的公民， 求你准我向民众讲几句话。"
40 千夫长准许了他， 保罗就站在台阶上， 向民众作了一个手势。大家安静下来了， 保罗就用希伯来语讲话， 说：