A certain man who was lame from his mother’s womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.
有一個人,生來是瘸腿的,天天被人抬來,放在殿的一個門口(那門名叫美門),要求進殿的人賙濟。
3:3
ወርእዮሙለጴጥሮስወለዮሐንስይበውኡምኵራበወሰአሎሙየሀብዎምጽዋተ።
Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive gifts for the needy.
他看見彼得、約翰將要進殿,就求他們賙濟。
3:4
ወተመይጥዎጴጥሮስወዮሐንስኀቤሁወይቤልዎተመየጥመንገሌነ።
Peter, fastening his eyes on him, with John, said, “Look at us.”
彼得、約翰定睛看他;彼得說:「你看我們!」
3:5
ወነጸረኀቤሆሙወተሰፈወየሀብዎምጽዋተ።
He listened to them, expecting to receive something from them.
They recognized him, that it was he who used to sit begging for gifts for the needy at the Beautiful Gate of the temple. They were filled with wonder and amazement at what had happened to him.
As the lame man who was healed held on to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon’s, greatly wondering.
When Peter saw it, he responded to the people, “You men of Israel, why do you marvel at this man? Why do you fasten your eyes on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made him walk?
The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.
By faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
For Moses indeed said to the fathers, ‘The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you.
摩西曾說:『主-上帝要從你們弟兄中間給你們興起一位先知像我,凡他向你們所說的,你們都要聽從。
3:23
ወኵላነፍስእንተኢትሰምዖለውእቱነቢይለትሠረውእምሕዝባ።»
It will be that every soul that will not listen to that prophet will be utterly destroyed from among the people.’
You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘All the families of the earth will be blessed through your offspring.’