2. God Speaks to Noah
One day, God said to Noah, “I
am going to send a great flood to
cover the earth and destroy all that
I have made. Build an ark for you
and your family and you will all be
saved.”
Noah obeyed and did what God
commanded.
上帝與挪亞談話
有一天,神對挪亞說:"我要使
洪水臨到地上,消滅天下的生物。
你要用歌斐木做一艘方舟。你同
你的妻,與兒子、兒婦,都要進
入方舟躲避洪水。"
挪亞就照著上帝吩咐他的一切作
了。
3. After the flood, God blessed
Noah and his sons. He told
them, "I am putting a
rainbow in the sky as a sign
of My promise to never send
a flood of water to cover the
whole earth again.“
洪水後,神賜福給挪亞和
他的兒子,對他們說:
“我把彩虹放在雲彩中,
作我與大地立約的記號:
有生命的必不再被洪水除
滅,再沒有洪水來毀滅大
地了。”
4. God Speaks to Abraham
Many years after the flood, God
spoke to a man named Abraham.
God told him, "Leave your country
and family and go to the land I will
show you. I will bless you and
make you a great nation.”
Abraham left as the Lord has
commanded.
上帝與亞伯拉罕談話
上帝對亞伯拉罕說:「你要離開
家鄉、親族和父親的家,到我要
指示你的地方去。我必使你成為
大國,我必賜福給你。」
亞伯拉罕就照上帝的吩咐離開。
5. After Abraham arrived in Canaan,
God appeared to him and promised
that he would have as many
descendants as the stars in the sky.
到了迦南以後, 上帝向亞伯拉罕
顯現,對他說:「你抬頭看看天空,
數數繁星,你能數得盡嗎?你的後
裔必這麼多。」
6. God kept His promise. Sarah,
Abraham’s wife, bore him
Isaac, the forefather of the
Jews. And Sarah's
handmaiden, Hagar, bore him
Ishmael, forefather of the
Arabs.
上帝謹守了祂的諾言。撒拉,
亞伯拉罕的妻子,爲他生下
了猶太人的始祖以撒。另外,
撒拉的婢女夏甲,爲他生下
了阿拉伯人的始祖以實瑪利。
8. Peter's Vision
Peter went up on the flat roof to pray and saw a vision. In his vision, the sky opened and something
like a large sheet was let down by its four corners. In the sheet were all sorts of animals, reptiles, and
birds. Then a voice said to him, “Get up, Peter; kill and eat them.”
“No, Lord,” Peter declared. “I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure
and unclean.”
But the voice spoke again: “Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.”
彼得見異象
彼得上房頂去禱告。 那家
的人正預備飯的時候,彼得魂
遊象外, 看見天開了,有一塊
好像大布的東西降下,四角吊
著縋在地上, 裏面有地上各樣
四腳的走獸、爬蟲和天上的飛
鳥。 又有聲音對他說:「彼得,
起來!宰了吃。」
彼得卻說:「主啊,絕對不
可!凡污俗和不潔淨的東西,
我從來沒有吃過。」
第二次有聲音再對他說:
「上帝所潔淨的,你不可當作
污俗的。」
9. As Peter was puzzling over the vision, the Holy Spirit said to him, “Three men have come looking for
you. Get up, go downstairs, and go with them without hesitation. Don’t worry, for I have sent them.”
The next day Peter went with them to Caesarea, were Cornelius, a Roman captain, was waiting for
them together with his relatives and close friends. Peter said to them, "You know it is against our laws for
a Jewish man to enter into the home of a non-Jewish family like this or to associate with you. But God
has shown me that I should no longer think of anyone as impure or unclean. God shows no favoritism. In
every nation he accepts those who fear him and do what is right.
彼得還在思考那異象的時候,聖靈
對他說:「有三個人來找你。 起
來,下去,跟他們同去,不要疑惑,
因為是我差他們來的。」
次日,彼得起身和他們同去。 又
次日,他進入凱撒利亞,哥尼流
(一個意大利營的百夫長)已經請
了他的親朋好友在等候他們。 彼
得就對他們說:「你們知道,猶太
人和別國的人結交來往本是不合規
矩的,但上帝已經指示我,無論甚
麼人都不可看作污俗或不潔淨的。
我真的看出上帝是不偏待人的。不
但如此,在各國中那敬畏他而行義
的人都為他所悅納。」
10. Jesus Speaks to Paul
Paul did not believe in Jesus, and so he persecuted the believers. He went from house to house in
Jerusalem to arrest both men and women and to put them in prison.
While Paul was on his way to Damascus, a bright light from heaven shone all around him, and he fell to
the ground. Paul heard someone say, "Paul! Paul! Why do you persecute me?" Paul asked, "Who are you,
Master?" Jesus replied to him, "I am Jesus. You are persecuting me!"
耶稣與保羅談話
保羅卻在摧毀教會,他
挨家挨戶搜尋,把男女
信徒抓進監裡。
當保羅快到大馬士革的
時候,突然有一道光從
天上射下來,四面照著
他。 他倒在地上,聽
見有聲音對他說:「保
羅!保羅!你為什麼迫
害我?」 他說:「主
啊,你是誰?」那聲音
說:「我就是你所迫害
的耶穌。」
11. Paul’s sight was restored after a Christian prayed for him and from that point on Paul became the
most dynamic of the early Christians.
Many years later, Paul was arrested in Jerusalem. That night the Lord appeared to Paul and said, “Be
encouraged, Paul. Just as you have been a witness to me here in Jerusalem, you must preach the Good
News in Rome as well.”
For two years, Paul lived in Rome. He welcomed all who visited him,boldly proclaiming the Kingdom
of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ. And no one tried to stop him.
在一位基督徒為保羅禱告
後,他的視力恢復了,這
次事件後,保羅變成早期
基督徒中最有衝勁的一位。
許多年以後,保羅卻在耶
路撒冷遭囚禁。當天晚上,
主站在保羅身旁對他說:
「要勇敢!正如你在耶路
撒冷為我作了見證,你也
必須在羅馬為我做見證。」
後來,保羅租了一間房子
在羅馬,在那裡住了整整
兩年,接待所有到訪的人。
他勇敢地傳講上帝的國,
教導有關主耶穌基督的事,
沒有受到任何攔阻。