16 As we were going to prayer, a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling. 17 Following Paul and us, she cried out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!" 18 She was doing this for many days.
But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I command you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" It came out that very hour. 19 But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers. 20 When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, "These men, being Jews, are agitating our city 21 and advocate customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans."
22 The multitude rose up together against them and the magistrates tore their clothes from them, then commanded them to be beaten with rods. 23 When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely. 24 Having received such a command, he threw them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.
25 But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. 26 Suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s bonds were loosened. 27 The jailer, being roused out of sleep and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had escaped. 28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, "Don’t harm yourself, for we are all here!"
29 He called for lights, sprang in, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas, 30 brought them out, and said, "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?"
31 They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household." 32 They spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all who were in his house.
33 He took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household. 34 He brought them up into his house and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly with all his household, having believed in God.
35 But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, "Let those men go."
36 The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, "The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore come out and go in peace."
37 But Paul said to them, "They have beaten us publicly without a trial, men who are Romans, and have cast us into prison! Do they now release us secretly? No, most certainly, but let them come themselves and bring us out!"
38 The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans, 39 and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city. 40 They went out of the prison and entered into Lydia’s house. When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, then departed.
16 有一次， 我们到祈祷的地方去的时候， 一个被巫鬼附着的婢女迎面而来； 她行占卜使主人们发了大财。
17 她跟着保罗和我们， 喊叫说： "这些人是至高 神的仆人， 向你们传讲得救的道路。"
18 她一连多日这样喊叫， 保罗觉得厌烦， 就转身对那鬼说： "我奉耶稣基督的名， 命令你从她身上出来！ "那鬼就立刻出来了。
19 她的主人们看见发财的希望完了， 就揪住保罗和西拉， 拉到市中心去见官长，
20 又带到裁判官面前， 说： "这些人是犹太人， 扰乱我们的城市，
21 传我们罗马人不准接受、不准实行的规例。"
22 群众一齐起来攻击他们， 裁判官就剥去他们的衣服， 下令用棍子打他们。
23 打了很多棍， 就把他们放在监牢里， 吩咐狱吏严密看守。
24 狱吏领了命令， 就把他们押入内监， 两脚拴了木狗。
25 约在半夜， 保罗和西拉祈祷歌颂 神， 囚犯们都侧耳听着。
26 忽然发生了大地震， 以致监牢的地基都摇动起来， 所有的监门立刻开了， 囚犯的锁链都松了。
27 狱吏醒过来， 看见监门全开， 以为囚犯都已经逃脱了， 就拔出刀来想要自刎。
28 保罗大声呼叫说： "不要伤害自己， 我们都在这里！ "
29 狱吏叫人拿了灯来， 就冲进去， 战战兢兢地俯伏在保罗和西拉面前，
30 随后领他们出来， 说： "先生， 我应该作什么才可以得救？"
31 他们说： "当信主耶稣， 你和你一家人都必定得救。"
32 他们就把主的道， 讲给他和他全家的人听。
33 就在当夜的那个时候， 狱吏领他们去洗伤， 狱吏和他家人都受了洗，
34 就带他们到家里， 摆上饭食， 他和全家因信了 神就大大喜乐。
35 到了天亮， 裁判官派法警来， 说： "放了这些人！ "
36 狱吏就把这话告诉保罗， 说： "裁判官派人来释放你们， 现在可以出来， 平平安安地去吧！ "
37 保罗对他们说： "我们是罗马人， 还没有定罪， 他们就公开打我们， 又放在监里； 现在要私下赶我们出去吗？不行！ 他们应当亲自来， 领我们出去！ "
38 法警把这番话回报裁判官， 裁判官听说他们是罗马人， 就害怕起来，
39 于是来请求他们， 领他们出监之后， 就请他们离开那城。
40 两人出了监， 就到吕底亚的家里去， 见了弟兄们， 劝勉他们一番， 就离开了。