사도행전 16

1바울이 더베와 루스드라에도 이르매 거기 디모데라 하는 제자가 있으니 그 모친은 믿는 유대 여자요 부친은 헬라인이라 2디모데는 루스드라와 이고니온에 있는 형제들에게 칭찬 받는 자니 3바울이 그를 데리고 떠나고자 할 새 그 지경에 있는 유대인을 인하여 그를 데려다가 할례를 행하니 이는 그 사람들이 그의 부친은 헬라인인 줄 다 앎이러라 4여러 성으로 다녀갈 때에 예루살렘에 있는 사도와 장로들의 작정한 규례를 저희에게 주어 지키게 하니 5이에 여러 교회가 믿음이 더 굳어지고 수가 날마다 더하니라 6성령이 아시아에서 말씀을 전하지 못하게 하시거늘 브루기아와 갈라디아 땅으로 다녀가 7무시아 앞에 이르러 비두니아로 가고자 애쓰되 예수의 영이 허락지 아니하시는지라 8무시아를 지나 드로아로 내려 갔는데 9밤에 환상이 바울에게 보이니 마게도냐 사람 하나가 서서 그에게 청하여 가로되 마게도냐로 건너와서 우리를 도우라 하거늘 10바울이 이 환상을 본 후에 우리가 곧 마게도냐로 떠나기를 힘쓰니 이는 하나님이 저 사람들에게 복음을 전하라고 우리를 부르신 줄로 인정함이러라 11드로아에서 배로 떠나 사모드라게로 직행하여 이튿날 네압볼리로 가고 12거기서 빌립보에 이르니 이는 마게도냐 지경 첫 성이요 또 로마의 식민지라 이 성에서 수일을 유하다가 13안식일에 우리가 기도처가 있는가 하여 문 밖 강가에 나가 거기 앉아서 모인 여자들에게 말하더니 14두아디라 성의 자주 장사로서 하나님을 공경하는 루디아라 하는 한 여자가 들었는데 주께서 그 마음을 열어 바울의 말을 청종하게 하신지라 15저와 그 집이 다 침례를 받고 우리에게 청하여 가로되 만일 나를 주 믿는 자로 알거든 내 집에 들어와 유하라 하고 강권하여 있게 하니라 16우리가 기도하는 곳에 가다가 점하는 귀신 들린 여종 하나를 만나니 점으로 그 주인들을 크게 이하게 하는 자라 17바울과 우리를 좇아와서 소리질러 가로되 이 사람들은 지극히 높은 하나님의 종으로 구원의 길을 너희에게 전하는 자라 하며 18이같이 여러 날을 하는지라 바울이 심히 괴로워하여 돌이켜 그 귀신에게 이르되 예수 그리스도의 이름으로 내가 네게 명하노니 그에게서 나오라 하니 귀신이 즉시 나오니라 19종의 주인들은 자기 이익의 소망이 끊어진 것을 보고 바울과 실라를 잡아가지고 저자로 관원들에게 끌어 갔다가 20상관들 앞에 데리고 가서 말하되 이 사람들이 유대인인데 우리 성을 심히 요란케 하여 21로마 사람인 우리가 받지도 못하고 행치도 못할 풍속을 전한다 하거늘 22무리가 일제히 일어나 송사하니 상관들이 옷을 찢어 벗기고 매로 치라 하여 23많이 친 후에 옥에 가두고 간수에게 분부하여 든든히 지키라 하니 24그가 이러한 영을 받아 저희를 깊은 옥에 가두고 그 발을 착고에 든든히 채웠더니 25밤중쯤 되어 바울과 실라가 기도하고 하나님을 찬미하매 죄수들이 듣더라 26이에 홀연히 큰 지진이 나서 옥터가 움직이고 문이 곧 다 열리며 모든 사람의 매인 것이 다 벗어진지라 27간수가 자다가 깨어 옥문들이 열린 것을 보고 죄수들이 도망한 줄 생각하고 검을 빼어 자결하려 하거늘 28바울이 크게 소리질러 가로되 네 몸을 상하지 말라 우리가 다 여기 있노라 하니 29간수가 등불을 달라고 하며 뛰어 들어가 무서워 떨며 바울과 실라 앞에 부복하고 30저희를 데리고 나가 가로되 선생들아 내가 어떻게 하여야 구원을 얻으리이까 하거늘 31가로되 주 예수를 믿으라 그리하면 너와 네 집이 구원을 얻으리라 하고 32주의 말씀을 그 사람과 그 집에 있는 모든 사람에게 전하더라 33밤 그 시에 간수가 저희를 데려다가 그 맞은 자리를 씻기고 자기와 그 권속이 다 침례를 받은 후 34저희를 데리고 자기 집에 올라가서 음식을 차려 주고 저와 온 집이 하나님을 믿었으므로 크게 기뻐하니라 35날이 새매 상관들이 아전을 보내어 이 사람들을 놓으라 하니 36간수가 이 말대로 바울에게 고하되 상관들이 사람을 보내어 너희를 놓으라 하였으니 이제는 나가서 평안히 가라 하거늘 37바울이 이르되 로마 사람인 우리를 죄도 정치 아니하고 공중 앞에서 때리고 옥에 가두었다가 이제는 가만히 우리를 내어 보내고자 하느냐 아니라 저희가 친히 와서 우리를 데리고 나가야 하리라 한대 38아전들이 이 말로 상관들에게 고하니 저희가 로마 사람이라 하는 말을 듣고 두려워하여 39와서 권하여 데리고 나가 성에서 떠나기를 청하니 40두 사람이 옥에서 나가 루디아의 집에 들어가서 형제들을 만나 보고 위로하고 가니라

1He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was a Greek. 2The brothers who were at Lystra and Iconium gave a good testimony about him. 3Paul 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. 4As 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. 5So the assemblies were strengthened in the faith, and increased in number daily. 6When they had gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, they were forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. 7When they had come opposite Mysia, they tried to go into Bithynia, but the Spirit didn’t allow them. 8Passing by Mysia, they came down to Troas. 9A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him, and saying, “Come over into Macedonia and help us.” 10When he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to preach the Good News to them. 11Setting sail therefore from Troas, we made a straight course to Samothrace, and the day following to Neapolis; 12and from there to Philippi, which is a city of Macedonia, the foremost of the district, a Roman colony. We were staying some days in this city. 13On 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. 14A certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, one who worshiped God, heard us; whose heart the Lord opened to listen to the things which were spoken by Paul. 15When 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. 16As we were going to prayer, a certain girl having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by fortune telling. 17Following Paul and us, she cried out, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us a way of salvation!” 18She 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. 19But when her masters saw that the hope of their gain was gone, they seized Paul and Silas, and dragged them into the marketplace before the rulers. 20When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, “These men, being Jews, are agitating our city, 21and advocate customs which it is not lawful for us to accept or to observe, being Romans.” 22The multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates tore their clothes off of them, and commanded them to be beaten with rods. 23When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely, 24who, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks. 25But about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them. 26Suddenly 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. 27The 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. 28But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, “Don’t harm yourself, for we are all here!” 29He called for lights, sprang in, fell down trembling before Paul and Silas, 30brought them out, and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” 31They said, “Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” 32They spoke the word of the Lord to him, and to all who were in his house. 33He took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes, and was immediately baptized, he and all his household. 34He brought them up into his house, and set food before them, and rejoiced greatly, with all his household, having believed in God. 35But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, “Let those men go.” 36The jailer reported these words to Paul, saying, “The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore come out, and go in peace.” 37But 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!” 38The sergeants reported these words to the magistrates, and they were afraid when they heard that they were Romans, 39and they came and begged them. When they had brought them out, they asked them to depart from the city. 40They went out of the prison, and entered into Lydia’s house. When they had seen the brothers, they encouraged them, and departed.

1En hij kwam te Derbe en Lystre. En ziet, aldaar was een zeker discipel, met name Timotheus, zoon van een gelovige Joodse vrouw, maar van een Grieksen vader; 2Welken goeden getuigenis gegeven werd van de broederen te Lystre en Ikonium. 3Deze wilde Paulus, dat met hem zou reizen; en hij nam en besneed hem, om der Joden wil, die in die plaatsen waren; want zij kenden allen zijn vader, dat hij een Griek was. 4En alzo zij de steden doorreisden, gaven zij hun de verordeningen over, die van de apostelen en de ouderlingen te Jeruzalem goed gevonden waren, om die te onderhouden. 5De Gemeenten dan werden bevestigd in het geloof, en werden dagelijks overvloediger in getal. 6En als zij Frygie, en het land van Galatie doorgereisd hadden, werden zij van den Heiligen Geest verhinderd het Woord in Azie te spreken. 7En aan Mysie gekomen zijnde, poogden zij naar Bithynie te reizen; en de Geest liet het hun niet toe. 8En zij, Mysie voorbij gereisd zijnde, kwamen af tot Troas. 9En van Paulus werd in den nacht een gezicht gezien: er was een Macedonisch man staande, die hem bad en zeide: Kom over in Macedonie, en help ons. 10Als hij nu dit gezicht gezien had, zo zochten wij terstond naar Macedonie te reizen, besluitende daaruit, dat ons de Heere geroepen had, om denzelven het Evangelie te verkondigen. 11Van Troas dan afgevaren zijnde, liepen wij recht naar Samothrace, en den volgende dag naar Neapolis. 12En van daar naar Filippi, welke is de eerste stad van dit deel van Macedonie, een kolonie. En wij onthielden ons in die stad ettelijke dagen. 13En op den dag des sabbats gingen wij buiten de stad aan de rivier, waar het gebed placht te geschieden; en nedergezeten zijnde, spraken wij tot de vrouwen, die samengekomen waren. 14En een zekere vrouw, met name Lydia, een purperverkoopster, van de stad Thyatira, die God diende, hoorde ons; welker hart de Heere heeft geopend, dat zij acht nam op hetgeen van Paulus gesproken werd. 15En als zij gedoopt was, en haar huis, bad zij ons, zeggende: Indien gij hebt geoordeeld, dat ik den Heere getrouw ben, zo komt in mijn huis, en blijft er. En zij dwong ons. 16En het geschiedde, als wij tot het gebed heengingen, dat een zekere dienstmaagd, hebbende een waarzeggenden geest, ons ontmoette, welke haar heren groot gewin toebracht met waarzeggen. 17Dezelve volgde Paulus en ons achterna, en riep, zeggende: Deze mensen zijn dienstknechten Gods des Allerhoogsten, die ons den weg der zaligheid verkondigen. 18En dit deed zij vele dagen lang. Maar Paulus, daarover ontevreden zijnde, keerde zich om, en zeide tot den geest: Ik gebied u in den Naam van Jezus Christus, dat gij van haar uitgaat. En hij ging uit ter zelfder ure. 19Als nu de heren van dezelve zagen, dat de hoop huns gewins weg was, grepen zij Paulus en Silas, en trokken hen naar de markt voor de oversten. 20En als zij hen tot de hoofdmannen gebracht hadden, zeiden zij: Deze mensen beroeren onze stad, daar zij Joden zijn. 21En zij verkondigen zeden, die ons niet geoorloofd zijn aan te nemen noch te doen, alzo wij Romeinen zijn. 22En de schare stond gezamenlijk tegen hen op; en de hoofdmannen, hun de klederen afgescheurd hebbende, bevalen hen te geselen. 23En als zij hun vele slagen gegeven hadden, wierpen zij hen in de gevangenis, en geboden den stokbewaarder, dat hij hen zekerlijk bewaren zou. 24Dewelke, zulk een gebod ontvangen hebbende, wierp hen in den binnensten kerker, en verzekerde hun voeten in de stok. 25En omtrent den middernacht baden Paulus en Silas, en zongen Gode lofzangen en de gevangenen hoorden naar hen. 26En er geschiedde snellijk een grote aardbeving, alzo dat de fundamenten des kerkers bewogen werden; en terstond werden al de deuren geopend, en de banden van allen werden los. 27En de stokbewaarder, wakker geworden zijnde, en ziende de deuren der gevangenis geopend, trok een zwaard, en zou zichzelven omgebracht hebben, menende, dat de gevangenen ontvloden waren. 28Maar Paulus riep met grote stem, zeggende: Doe uzelven geen kwaad; want wij zijn allen hier. 29En als hij licht geeist had, sprong hij in, en werd zeer bevende, en viel voor Paulus en Silas neder aan de voeten; 30En hen buiten gebracht hebbende, zeide hij: Lieve heren, wat moet ik doen, opdat ik zalig worde? 31En zij zeiden: Geloof in den Heere Jezus Christus, en gij zult zalig worden, gij en uw huis. 32En zij spraken tot hem het woord des Heeren, en tot allen, die in zijn huis waren. 33En hij nam hen tot zich in dezelve ure des nachts, en wies hen van de striemen; en hij werd terstond gedoopt, en al de zijnen. 34En hij bracht hen in zijn huis, en zette hun de tafel voor, en verheugde zich, dat hij met al zijn huis aan God gelovig geworden was. 35En als het dag geworden was, zonden de hoofdmannen de stadsdienaars, zeggende: Laat die mensen los. 36En de stokbewaarder boodschapte deze woorden aan Paulus, zeggende: De hoofdmannen hebben gezonden, dat gij zoudt losgelaten worden; gaat dan nu uit, en reist heen in vrede. 37Maar Paulus zeide tot hen: Zij hebben ons, die Romeinen zijn, onveroordeeld in het openbaar gegeseld, en in de gevangenis geworpen, en werpen zij ons nu heimelijk daaruit? Niet alzo; maar dat zij zelven komen, en ons uitleiden. 38En de stadsdienaars boodschapten deze woorden wederom den hoofdmannen; en zij werden bevreesd, horende, dat zij Romeinen waren. 39En zij, komende, baden hen, en als zij hen uitgeleid hadden, begeerden zij, dat zij uit de stad gaan zouden. 40En uitgegaan zijnde uit de gevangenis, gingen zij in tot Lydia; en de broeders gezien hebbende, vertroostten zij dezelve, en gingen uit de stad.