Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
保羅要帶他同去，只因那些地方的猶太人都知道他父親是希臘人，就給他行了割禮。
16:4
ወሖሩአህጉረወመሀርዎሙሥርዐተሐዋርያትዘአዘዙኀቢሮሙበኢየሩሳሌምምስለቀሲሳን።
As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered the decrees to them to keep which had been ordained by the apostles and elders who were at Jerusalem.
他們經過各城，把耶路撒冷使徒和長老所定的條規交給門徒遵守。
16:5
ወጸንዑአብያተክርስቲያናትበሃይማኖትወእንተጸብሐትይበዝኁሕዝብ።
So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily.
於是眾教會信心越發堅固，人數天天加增。
16:6
ወሖሩብሔረፍርግያወብሔረገላትያወከልኦሙመንፈስቅዱስኢይንግሩቃለእግዚአብሔርበእስያ።
When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia.
聖靈既然禁止他們在亞細亞講道，他們就經過弗呂家、加拉太一帶地方。
16:7
ወበጺሖሙሚስያፈቀዱይሑሩቢታንያወኢያብሖሙመንፈሱለእግዚእኢየሱስ።
When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn’t allow them.
On the Sabbath day we went outside of the city by a riverside, where we supposed there was a place of prayer, and we sat down and spoke to the women who had come together.
A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us. The Lord opened her heart to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul.
When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, “If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house and stay.” So she persuaded us.
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.
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.
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.
禁卒一醒，看見監門全開，以為囚犯已經逃走，就拔刀要自殺。
16:28
ወከልሐሎቱጳውሎስወይቤሎኢትግበርእኩየዲበነፍስከእስመሀሎነኵልነዝየ።
But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, “Don’t harm yourself, for we are all here!”
保羅大聲呼叫說：「不要傷害自己！我們都在這裏。」
16:29
ወአምጽአማኅቶተወሖረእንዘይርዕድእንተውስጥወሰገደኀበጳውሎስወሲላስ።
He called for lights, sprang in, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas,
禁卒叫人拿燈來，就跳進去，戰戰兢兢地俯伏在保羅、西拉面前；
16:30
ወአውፅኦሙአፍኣወይቤሎሙአጋእዝትየምንተእግበርከመእድኀን።
brought them out, and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
又領他們出來，說：「二位先生，我當怎樣行才可以得救？」
16:31
ወይቤልዎእመንበእግዚእነኢየሱስክርስቶስወተሐዩአንተወኵሉቤትከ።
They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.”
他們說：「當信主耶穌，你和你一家都必得救。」
16:32
ወነገርዎቃለእግዚአብሔርሎቱወለኵሉሰብኡ።
They spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all who were in his house.
他們就把主的道講給他和他全家的人聽。
16:33
ወነሥኦሙሶቤሃበሌሊትወኀፀቦሙእምቅሥፈቶሙወተጠምቀውእቱኒወኵሉሰብኡበጊዜሃ።
He took them the same hour of the night and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household.
當夜，就在那時候，禁卒把他們帶去，洗他們的傷；他和屬乎他的人立時都受了洗。
16:34
ወአዕረጎሙውስተቤቱወሠርዐማእደወተፈሥሐውእቱወኵሉቤቱበአሚነእግዚእነ።
He brought them up into his house and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly with all his household, having believed in God.
於是禁卒領他們上自己家裏去，給他們擺上飯。他和全家，因為信了上帝，都很喜樂。
16:35
ወጸቢሖለአኩመኳንንትወዓልያኒሆሙእንዘይብሉፍትሕዎሙለእሉዕደውወኅድግዎሙይሑሩ።
But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, “Let those men go.”
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!”