Then Paul said to him, “God will strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you sit to judge me according to the law, and command me to be struck contrary to the law?”
23:4
ወይቤልዎለጳውሎስእለይቀውሙበእፎትጼእልሊቀካህናቲሁለእግዚአብሔር።
站在旁邊的人說：「你辱罵上帝的大祭司嗎？」
Those who stood by said, “Do you malign God’s high priest?”
But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!”
23:7
ወሶበከመዝይብልተበአሱፈሪሳውያንወሰዱቃውያንወተናፈቁሕዝብ።
說了這話，法利賽人和撒都該人就爭論起來，會眾分為兩黨。
When he had said this, an argument arose between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the crowd was divided.
A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ part stood up, and contended, saying, “We find no evil in this man. But if a spirit or angel has spoken to him, let’s not fight against God!”
When a great argument arose, the commanding officer, fearing that Paul would be torn in pieces by them, commanded the soldiers to go down and take him by force from among them and bring him into the barracks.
The following night, the Lord stood by him and said, “Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome.”
When it was day, some of the Jews banded together and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
23:13
ወእለሰከመዝተማሐሉይበዝኁእምአርብዓብእሲ።
這樣同心起誓的有四十多人。
There were more than forty people who had made this conspiracy.
Now therefore, you with the council inform the commanding officer that he should bring him down to you tomorrow, as though you were going to judge his case more exactly. We are ready to kill him before he comes near.”
23:16
ወሰሚዖወልደእኅቱለጳውሎስምክሮሙሖረወቦአቤተሞቅሕወነገሮለጳውሎስ።
保羅的外甥聽見他們設下埋伏，就來到營樓裏告訴保羅。
But Paul’s sister’s son heard they were lying in wait, and he came and entered into the barracks and told Paul.
23:17
ወጸውዖጳውሎስለሐቢወይቤሎአብጽሖሊተኀበመልአክለዝወልድእስመቦነገርዘይነግሮ።
保羅請一個百夫長來，說：「你領這少年人去見千夫長，他有事告訴他。」
Paul summoned one of the centurions and said, “Bring this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to tell him.”
So he took him and brought him to the commanding officer and said, “Paul, the prisoner, summoned me and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.”
23:19
ወአኀዞመልአክለወልድበእዴሁወአግኀሦበባሕቲቱወይቤሎምንትኑነገሩዘታየድዐኒ።
千夫長就拉着他的手，走到一旁，私下問他說：「你有甚麼事告訴我呢？」
The commanding officer took him by the hand, and going aside, asked him privately, “What is it that you have to tell me?”
He said, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down to the council tomorrow, as though intending to inquire somewhat more accurately concerning him.
Therefore don’t yield to them, for more than forty men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse to neither eat nor drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, looking for the promise from you.”
23:22
ወእምዝፈነዎመልአክለውእቱወልድወይቤሎከመኢይንግርወኢለመኑሂእምዘነገሮ።
於是千夫長打發少年人走，囑咐他說：「不要告訴人你將這事報給我了。」
So the commanding officer let the young man go, charging him, “Tell no one that you have revealed these things to me.”
He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night.”
“This man was seized by the Jews, and was about to be killed by them when I came with the soldiers and rescued him, having learned that he was a Roman.
23:28
ወፈቂድየአእምርጌጋዮአቅረብክዎውስተዐውድወሐተትኩከመበእንተምንትያስተዋድይዎ።
因要知道他們告他的緣故，我就帶他下到他們的公會去，
Desiring to know the cause why they accused him, I brought him down to their council.
When I was told that the Jews lay in wait for the man, I sent him to you immediately, charging his accusers also to bring their accusations against him before you. Farewell.”
23:31
ወገብሩሐራበከመአዘዞሙወነሥእዎለጳውሎስበሌሊትወአብጽሕዎአንቲጳጥሪስ።
於是，兵丁照所吩咐他們的，將保羅夜裏帶到安提帕底。
So the soldiers, carrying out their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.
23:32
ወበሳኒታተመይጡውስተአህጉረአድያምወአውዐሉአፍራሲሆሙ።
第二天，讓馬兵護送，他們就回營樓去。
But on the next day they left the horsemen to go with him, and returned to the barracks.