Therefore when Paul and Barnabas had no small discord and discussion with them, they appointed Paul, Barnabas, and some others of them to go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders about this question.
They, being sent on their way by the assembly, passed through both Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles. They caused great joy to all the brothers.
When they had come to Jerusalem, they were received by the assembly and the apostles and the elders, and they reported everything that God had done with them.
But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, “It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.”
惟有幾個信徒, 是法利賽教門的人,起來說:「必須給外邦人行割禮,吩咐他們遵守摩西的律法。」
15:6
ወአንገለጉሐዋርያትወቀሲሳንከመይርአዩዘይገብሩበእንተዝነገር።
The apostles and the elders were gathered together to see about this matter.
When there had been much discussion, Peter rose up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that a good while ago God made a choice among you that by my mouth the nations should hear the word of the Good News and believe.
Then it seemed good to the apostles and the elders, with the whole assembly, to choose men out of their company, and send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas: Judas called Barsabbas, and Silas, chief men among the brothers.
They wrote these things by their hand: “The apostles, the elders, and the brothers, to the brothers who are of the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: greetings.
Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, ‘You must be circumcised and keep the law,’ to whom we gave no commandment;
that you abstain from things sacrificed to idols, from blood, from things strangled, and from sexual immorality, from which if you keep yourselves, it will be well with you. Farewell.”
就是禁戒祭偶像的物和血,並勒死的牲畜和姦淫。這幾件你們若能自己禁戒不犯就好了。願你們平安!」
15:30
ወተፈኒዎሙእሙንቱወረዱአንጾኪያወአስተጋብኡሕዝበወመጠውዎሙመጽሐፈመልእክት።
So, when they were sent off, they came to Antioch. Having gathered the multitude together, they delivered the letter.
他們既奉了差遣,就下安提阿去,聚集眾人,交付書信。
15:31
ወአንቢቦሙተፈሥሑዐቢየፍሥሓወተናዘዙ።
When they had read it, they rejoiced over the encouragement.
After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s return now and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”
過了些日子,保羅對巴拿巴說:「我們可以回到從前宣傳主道的各城,看望弟兄們景況如何。」
15:37
ወፈቀደበርናባስይንሥኦለዮሐንስዘተሰምየማርቆስ።
Barnabas planned to take John, who was called Mark, with them also.
But Paul didn’t think that it was a good idea to take with them someone who had withdrawn from them in Pamphylia, and didn’t go with them to do the work.
但保羅因為馬可從前在旁非利亞離開他們,不和他們同去做工,就以為不可帶他去。
15:39
ወበእንተዝተማዕዑወተፋለጡዘዘዚኣሆሙበርናባስነሥኦለማርቆስወነገደቆጵሮስ።
Then the contention grew so sharp that they separated from each other. Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus,
於是二人起了爭論,甚至彼此分開。巴拿巴帶着馬可,坐船往塞浦路斯去;
15:40
ወጳውሎስኀረዮለሲላስወሖረወአማሕፀንዎቢጹበጸጋእግዚአብሔር።
but Paul chose Silas and went out, being commended by the brothers to the grace of God.
保羅揀選了西拉,也出去,蒙弟兄們把他交於主的恩中。
15:41
ወዖደሶርያወቂልቅያወአጽንዐአብያተክርስቲያናት።
He went through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the assemblies.