『諸君、胡為出此、吾亦猶人、稟性與爾無異；傳爾福音、正欲使爾棄絕此等荒謬之事、而歸心於手創天地瀛海萬有之天主。

“诸君，为什么做这事呢？我们也是人，性情和你们一样。我们传福音给你们，是叫你们离弃这些虚妄，归向那创造天、地、海，和其中万物的永生神。

“诸位，为什么做这些事呢？我们也是人，性情和你们一样。我们传福音给你们，是要你们离弃这些虚妄的事，归向那创造天、地、海和其中万物的永生的上帝。

“诸位，为什么做这些事呢？我们也是人，性情和你们一样。我们传福音给你们，是要你们离弃这些虚妄的事，归向那创造天、地、海和其中万物的永生的神。

“各位，你们为什么这样做？我们和你们一样只是凡人！我们来这里是要向你们传福音，叫你们离弃这些虚妄的事，转向那创造天、地、海和其中万物的永活上帝。

“各位，为什么这样作呢？我们也是人，性情和你们一样，我们传福音给你们，正是要你们远离这些虚妄的事，归向永活的神，就是那创造天、地、海和其中万物的神。

喊着说：“各位，你们为什么做这些事呢？我们和你们同样是人！我们向你们传福音，是要你们离弃这些虚妄的事，归向永生的神，就是造了天、地、海和其中万有的神。

「諸君，為甚麼做這事呢？我們也是人，性情和你們一樣。我們傳福音給你們，是叫你們離棄這些虛妄，歸向那創造天、地、海，和其中萬物的永生神。

「諸位，為甚麼做這些事呢？我們也是人，性情和你們一樣。我們傳福音給你們，是要你們離棄這些虛妄的事，歸向那創造天、地、海和其中萬物的永生的上帝。

「諸位，為甚麼做這些事呢？我們也是人，性情和你們一樣。我們傳福音給你們，是要你們離棄這些虛妄的事，歸向那創造天、地、海和其中萬物的永生的神。

「各位，你們為什麼這樣做？我們和你們一樣只是凡人！我們來這裡是要向你們傳福音，叫你們離棄這些虛妄的事，轉向那創造天、地、海和其中萬物的永活上帝。

“各位，為甚麼這樣作呢？我們也是人，性情和你們一樣，我們傳福音給你們，正是要你們遠離這些虛妄的事，歸向永活的神，就是那創造天、地、海和其中萬物的神。

『同人哪，你們為甚麼這樣作？我們、也是人，和你們有同樣性質，正在傳好消息給你們，好使你們離棄這些虛妄，轉向永活的上帝，就是造天、地、海、和其中萬物的。

喊著說：「各位，你們為什麼做這些事呢？我們和你們同樣是人！我們向你們傳福音，是要你們離棄這些虛妄的事，歸向永生的神，就是造了天、地、海和其中萬有的神。

諸君何行此乎、我儕亦人、與爾同情、特宣福音予爾、使去此虛妄、歸於維生上帝、即造天地海、及其中之萬有者、

呼曰、爾曹何為如此、我儕亦人、與爾同情、特傳福音與爾、使去此虛妄、歸造天地海萬物之永生上帝也、

呼曰、爾曹何為行此、我儕亦人、與爾同情、特傳福音於爾、使爾棄此虛妄、而歸造天地海及其中萬物之永生天主、

“ Friends, why are you doing this? We too are only human, like you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and everything in them.

“ Friends, why are you doing this? We are only human, just like you. We are bringing you good news. Turn away from these worthless things. Turn to the living God. He is the one who made the heavens and the earth and the sea. He made everything in them.

“ Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men, of like nature with you, and we bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them.

“ Friends, why are you doing this? We are merely human beings— just like you! We have come to bring you the Good News that you should turn from these worthless things and turn to the living God, who made heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them.

“ People! Why are you doing these things? We are people also, just like you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.

and saying,“ Men, why are you doing these things? We are also men, of the same nature as you, preaching the gospel to you, to turn from these useless things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and everything that is in them.

and saying,“ Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men with the same nature as you, and preach to you that you should turn from these useless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all things that are in them,

and saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good tidings, that ye should turn from these vain things unto a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea, and all that in them is:

“ Men! Why are you doing these things? We are men also, with the same nature as you, and we are proclaiming good news to you, that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything in them.

And saying, Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and preach unto you that ye should turn from these vanities unto the living God, which made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein:

“ Men, why are you doing these things? We too are men, with human natures just like you! We are proclaiming the good news to you, so that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and everything that is in them.

“ Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the sky, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them;

伯鐸祿挽之曰；『請起、予亦人耳。』

昔伊理藹虔祈勿雨、而其地不見雨者、三年六月；

關於祭肉問題、吾人固知偶像皆屬子虛烏有；亦知天主之外更無真神。

彼大聲而言曰：「咸懷寅畏歸榮天主、審判之時已屆；盍翕然歸順天地淵海之造化主歟。」

外間頗有人嘖嘖稱道吾儕如何獲爾之心、爾等如何拋棄偶像、歸依聖教、兢兢業業、奉事永生真實之天主、

眾皆揚聲讚頌上主曰：『主！爾立天地、作江海、締造萬物、

西門伯鐸祿對曰：『子乃基督、永生天主之子也。』

翌日、遇其同族二人互搏、出而釋紛曰：「彼此手足、何自殘為？」

吾儕報爾佳音：天主嚮所許諾於吾祖者、已踐履於吾人。蓋天主已令耶穌復活矣。

凡憑己而言者、乃求己之榮；惟求授命者之榮而言、故其人乃為誠實無妄也。

俾汝知曉任事於天主宅第中者、應如何修身砥行。天主宅第者、即永生天主之教會、而真道之柱石也。

敬將吾靈魂。托付於爾手。至誠惟吾主。已將我拯救。

吾為主故、剴切勸爾、毋復行異邦人之所行、

以是諸君儘可安心；予信天主；彼所言者、事在必成。

蓋自有世以來、天主形而上之神性靈德、實可憑其所造之萬物而辨認洞見也。然則世人亦烏得而推諉乎？夫既知有天主矣乃又不以天主事之、而頌詠稱謝焉；復因鑿空蹈虛、流連忘返、以致其冥頑之心、淪於重昏。若輩自誇明哲、轉成下愚；忍棄永生者天主之真榮、而易以必朽者人類禽獸蛇蟲之偶像。

『能信奉主耶穌、則爾舉家當蒙救恩。』

『諸君、予觀此次航行、不惟船貨俱損、即吾儕之生命亦恐難保。』

方葆樂獨留雅典而候二人之至也、見邑中偶像充斥、衷心感傷、乃於會堂中與猶太人及其他虔敬天主者、從事討論；市中有所遇、亦如之、日以為常。更有以彼古羅及斯多亞派哲學家數人起而與之詰辯。或曰：『此喋喋者、果欲何言？』或曰：『似宣傳異邦之鬼神者。』以葆樂言必稱耶穌及其復活、故云。

發號成諸天。噓氣生萬物。

兄弟其慎之哉！莫使爾中有一人存執拗不信之心、自絕於永生之主宰也。

蓋父自具生命、賜子亦自具生命。

何如踵雅谷。仰主膺多福。彼乃永生主。眾望之所托。天地與萬物。莫非主所作。誠篤惟天主。始終由一轍。

眾未進食者、亦已多日。葆樂出、挺立眾中曰：『諸君、汝等本應聽予之言、不離革哩底、則亦不致招此艱危損失、

天神止之曰：「慎毋為此！爾我與先知、兄弟、及共守此書者、彼此皆入同寅；惟當朝拜天主耳。」

遍歷路司德、德朋二邑及其四境、傳揚福音。

仰恃天地之主宰。既有神助誰能害。

乃見上述之獸、及世上諸王、率兵而集、欲與騎白馬者及其所率之軍作戰；

信者甚眾；復赴路司德、以哥念、安提阿、

吾乃俯伏而拜之、彼止之曰：「慎莫為此！我與爾及信奉耶穌妙證之眾兄弟、皆屬同寅；爾當敬拜天主耳。蓋耶穌之妙證、實為一切預言之靈樞。」

夫創造宇宙萬物之天主、乃天地主宰、不居人建之殿、亦無需乎人手之供奉、且自以生命氣息及一切所需、普賜群生。天主本於一脈締造萬族、以居大地、定其期限、劃其疆界、俾知追求所天、庶幾冥心索摸、得識真主。實則天主之於人人、近在咫尺；蓋吾人莫不生乎其中、行乎其中、而止乎其中也。爾族之詩人有云：「吁嗟吾族、亦帝之裔；」此之謂也。夫吾人既為天主之裔、則不當妄度天主之神性、有類乎人工技巧所琢之金銀玉石。昔在蒙昧之世、天主尚予優容、今已檄曉人群、咸當幡然悔改、

伯鐸祿見而謂之曰：『義塞人乎！事不足異何注視為？抑以吾恃己之德能、而使之行乎？亞伯漢意灑格雅各伯之天主、吾列祖之天主、厥子耶穌、已蒙榮寵。此即爾曹曩日執交比辣多、比辣多意欲釋之、

予之拔汝於眾民萬邦者、欲汝啟眾民萬邦之目、使自黑暗轉向光明、脫沙殫之掌握而歸依天主、俾以信予之故、而獲罪赦、與一切因信成聖者同嗣洪基。」亞基帕王乎、予於天示靈驗、不敢不敬；乃毅然以傳道為己任、先於大馬士革、繼於耶路撒冷及猶太全境、爰及異邦、勸人幡然悔改、歸向天主、且實踐聖道、以稱悔改之心。

眾呼曰：『斯乃上天綸音、非復人間凡響矣！』頓為主之天神所痛擊、以其不歸榮天主也。竟為蟲所蝕而死。