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12:1
ወውእተአሚረአኀዞሙሄሮድስለሥዩማነቤተእግዚአብሔርወአሕመሞሙ።
Now about that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to oppress some of the assembly.
那時,希律王下手苦害教會中幾個人,
12:2
ወቀተሎለያዕቆብእኁሁለዮሐንስበሰይፍ።
He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.
用刀殺了約翰的哥哥雅各。
12:3
ወርእዮከመተፈሥሑአይሁድአኀዞካዕበለጴጥሮስወበዓለፋሲካውእተአሚረ።
When he saw that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This was during the days of unleavened bread.
When he had arrested him, he put him in prison and delivered him to four squads of four soldiers each to guard him, intending to bring him out to the people after the Passover.
The same night when Herod was about to bring him out, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains. Guards in front of the door kept the prison.
And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Stand up quickly!” His chains fell off his hands.
When they were past the first and the second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them by itself. They went out and went down one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.
When Peter had come to himself, he said, “Now I truly know that the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from everything the Jewish people were expecting.”
But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, “Tell these things to James and to the brothers.” Then he departed and went to another place.
Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter.
到了天亮,兵丁擾亂得很,不知道彼得往哪裏去了。
12:19
ወኀሠሦሄሮድስወኀጢኦኰነኖሙለሠገራትወአዘዘይቅትልዎሙ።
When Herod had sought for him and didn’t find him, he examined the guards, then commanded that they should be put to death. He went down from Judea to Caesarea, and stayed there.
Now Herod was very angry with the people of Tyre and Sidon. They came with one accord to him and, having made Blastus, the king’s personal aide, their friend, they asked for peace, because their country depended on the king’s country for food.