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.
3:3
ወርእዮሙለጴጥሮስወለዮሐንስይበውኡምኵራበወሰአሎሙየሀብዎምጽዋተ።
他看見彼得、約翰將要進殿,就求他們賙濟。
Seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple, he asked to receive gifts for the needy.
3:4
ወተመይጥዎጴጥሮስወዮሐንስኀቤሁወይቤልዎተመየጥመንገሌነ።
彼得、約翰定睛看他;彼得說:「你看我們!」
Peter, fastening his eyes on him, with John, said, “Look at us.”
3:5
ወነጸረኀቤሆሙወተሰፈወየሀብዎምጽዋተ።
那人就留意看他們,指望得着甚麼。
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.
3:14
ወአንትሙሰክሕድክምዎለቅዱስወለጻድቅወሰአልክሙብእሴቀታሌነፍስያሕዩለክሙ።
你們棄絕了那聖潔公義者,反求着釋放一個兇手給你們。
But you denied the Holy and Righteous One and asked for a murderer to be granted to you,
3:15
ወለመልአከሕይወትሰቀተልክምዎወእግዚአብሔርአንሥኦእሙታንወንሕነኵልነሰማዕቱ።
你們殺了那生命的主,上帝卻叫他從死裏復活了;我們都是為這事作見證。
and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses.
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.
3:17
ወይእዜኒአኀውየአአምርከመበኢያእምሮገበርክምዎለዝከመገብሩመላእክቲክሙ።
弟兄們,我曉得你們做這事是出於不知,你們的官長也是如此。
“Now, brothers, I know that you did this in ignorance, as did also your rulers.
3:18
ወእግዚአብሔርሰበከመአቅደመነጊረበአፈኵሎሙነቢያትከመይትቀተልክርስቶስአብጽሐከማሁ።
但上帝曾藉眾先知的口,預言基督將要受害,就這樣應驗了。
But the things which God announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that Christ should suffer, he thus fulfilled.
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.
3:23
ወኵላነፍስእንተኢትሰምዖለውእቱነቢይለትሠረውእምሕዝባ።»
凡不聽從那先知的,必要從民中全然滅絕。』
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.’