My enemies taunt me day after day. They mock and curse me.

我的仇敌终日辱骂我；向我猖狂的人指着我赌咒。

我的仇敌整日辱骂我，向我叫号的人指着我赌咒。

我的仇敌整日辱骂我，向我叫号的人指着我赌咒。

我的仇敌终日辱骂我，嘲笑我的用我的名字咒诅人。

我的仇敌终日辱骂我；嘲弄我的指着我赌咒。

我的仇敌终日辱骂我，嘲弄我的人指着我的名诅咒。

我的仇敵終日辱罵我；向我猖狂的人指着我賭咒。

我的仇敵整日辱罵我，向我叫號的人指着我賭咒。

我的仇敵整日辱罵我，向我叫號的人指着我賭咒。

我的仇敵終日辱罵我，嘲笑我的用我的名字咒詛人。

我的仇敵終日辱罵我；嘲弄我的指著我賭咒。

我的仇敵終日辱罵我；猖狂攻擊我的、指着我來賭咒。

我的仇敵終日辱罵我，嘲弄我的人指著我的名詛咒。

我敵終日詆我、狂待我者、指我而詛兮、

我之仇敵、終日欺予、猖狂發誓、如不殺余、與余同苦兮、

我仇敵終日毀謗我、向我猖狂者、指我賭誓、

孤燕棲空梁。夜夜不成眠。與此相彷彿。我情亦堪憐。

All day long my enemies taunt me; those who rail against me use my name as a curse.

All day long my enemies laugh at me. Those who make fun of me use my name as a curse.

All the day my enemies taunt me; those who deride me use my name for a curse.

My enemies taunt me all day long; they ridicule and use my name as a curse.

My enemies have taunted me all day long; Those who deride me have used my name as a curse.

My enemies reproach me all day long; Those who deride me swear an oath against me.

Mine enemies reproach me all the day; They that are mad against me do curse by me.

My enemies taunt me all day long; they ridicule and curse me.

Mine enemies reproach me all the day;[ and] they that are mad against me are sworn against me.

All day long my enemies taunt me; those who mock me use my name in their curses.

My enemies reproach me all day. Those who are mad at me use my name as a curse.

Many times I had them punished in the synagogues to get them to curse Jesus. I was so violently opposed to them that I even chased them down in foreign cities.

Your name will be a curse word among my people, for the Sovereign Lord will destroy you and will call his true servants by another name.

Their insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. If only one person would show some pity; if only one would turn and comfort me.

Your enemies have mocked me, O Lord; they mock your anointed king wherever he goes.

The Jewish leaders were infuriated by Stephen’s accusation, and they shook their fists at him in rage.

I am scorned by all my enemies and despised by my neighbors— even my friends are afraid to come near me. When they see me on the street, they run the other way.I am ignored as if I were dead, as if I were a broken pot.I have heard the many rumors about me, and I am surrounded by terror. My enemies conspire against me, plotting to take my life.

Passion for your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult you have fallen on me.When I weep and fast, they scoff at me.

My enemies shout at me, making loud and wicked threats. They bring trouble on me and angrily hunt me down.

Why are the nations so angry? Why do they waste their time with futile plans?

The next morning a group of Jews got together and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.There were more than forty of them in the conspiracy.They went to the leading priests and elders and told them,“ We have bound ourselves with an oath to eat nothing until we have killed Paul.So you and the high council should ask the commander to bring Paul back to the council again. Pretend you want to examine his case more fully. We will kill him on the way.”But Paul’s nephew— his sister’s son— heard of their plan and went to the fortress and told Paul.Paul called for one of the Roman officers and said,“ Take this young man to the commander. He has something important to tell him.”So the officer did, explaining,“ Paul, the prisoner, called me over and asked me to bring this young man to you because he has something to tell you.”The commander took his hand, led him aside, and asked,“ What is it you want to tell me?”Paul’s nephew told him,“ Some Jews are going to ask you to bring Paul before the high council tomorrow, pretending they want to get some more information.But don’t do it! There are more than forty men hiding along the way ready to ambush him. They have vowed not to eat or drink anything until they have killed him. They are ready now, just waiting for your consent.”“ Don’t let anyone know you told me this,” the commander warned the young man.Then the commander called two of his officers and ordered,“ Get 200 soldiers ready to leave for Caesarea at nine o’clock tonight. Also take 200 spearmen and 70 mounted troops.Provide horses for Paul to ride, and get him safely to Governor Felix.”Then he wrote this letter to the governor:“ From Claudius Lysias, to his Excellency, Governor Felix: Greetings!“ This man was seized by some Jews, and they were about to kill him when I arrived with the troops. When I learned that he was a Roman citizen, I removed him to safety.Then I took him to their high council to try to learn the basis of the accusations against him.I soon discovered the charge was something regarding their religious law— certainly nothing worthy of imprisonment or death.But when I was informed of a plot to kill him, I immediately sent him on to you. I have told his accusers to bring their charges before you.”So that night, as ordered, the soldiers took Paul as far as Antipatris.They returned to the fortress the next morning, while the mounted troops took him on to Caesarea.When they arrived in Caesarea, they presented Paul and the letter to Governor Felix.He read it and then asked Paul what province he was from.“ Cilicia,” Paul answered.“ I will hear your case myself when your accusers arrive,” the governor told him. Then the governor ordered him kept in the prison at Herod’s headquarters.

Their terrible fate will become proverbial, so that the Judean exiles will curse someone by saying,‘ May the Lord make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon burned alive!’

For even Christ didn’t live to please himself. As the Scriptures say,“ The insults of those who insult you, O God, have fallen on me.”

At this, the enemies of Jesus were wild with rage and began to discuss what to do with him.