There’s nothing else we can do. We have to speak about the things we’ve seen and heard.”

我们所看见所听见的，不能不说。”

我们所看见所听见的，我们不能不说。”

我们所看见所听见的，我们不能不说。”

我们耳闻目睹的，不能不说！”

我们看见的听见的，不能不说！”

要知道，我们所看见所听见的，我们不能不说。”

我們所看見所聽見的，不能不說。」

我們所看見所聽見的，我們不能不說。」

我們所看見所聽見的，我們不能不說。」

我們耳聞目睹的，不能不說！」

我們看見的聽見的，不能不說！”

我們所看見所聽見的、我們不能不講。』

要知道，我們所看見所聽見的，我們不能不說。」

蓋我儕所見所聞者、不得不言也、

蓋我儕所見聞者、不得不言也、

蓋我儕所見所聞者、不得不言、

凡吾輩所見所聞、不得不言也。』

As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.”

We cannot stop telling about everything we have seen and heard.”

for we are unable to stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

for we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.”

for we cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.

for we are unable to stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.

for it is impossible for us not to speak about what we have seen and heard.”

for we can’t help telling the things which we saw and heard.”

Now you will tell everyone about what you have seen and heard.

Sometimes I think,“ I won’t talk about his message anymore. I’ll never speak in his name again.” But then your message burns in my heart. It’s like a fire deep inside my bones. I’m tired of holding it in. In fact, I can’t.

But when I preach the good news, I can’t brag. I have to preach it. How terrible it will be for me if I do not preach the good news!If I preach because I want to, I get a reward. If I preach because I have to, I’m only doing my duty.

We are telling people about these things. And so is the Holy Spirit. God has given the Spirit to those who obey him.”

Go now to your own people who were brought here as prisoners. Speak to them. Tell them,‘ Here is what the Lord and King says.’ Speak to them whether they listen or not.”

“ So get ready! Stand up! Tell them everything I command you to. Do not let them terrify you. If you do, I will terrify you in front of them.Today I have made you like a city that has a high wall around it. I have made you like an iron pillar and a bronze wall. Now you can stand up against the whole land. You can stand against the kings and officials of Judah. You can stand against its priests and its people.They will fight against you. But they will not win the battle over you. I am with you. I will save you,” announces the Lord.

I’m full of words. My spirit inside me forces me to speak.Inside I’m like wine that is bottled up. I’m like new wineskins ready to burst.I must speak so I can feel better. I must open my mouth and reply.

I’m suffering! I’m really suffering! I’m hurting badly. My heart is suffering so much! It’s pounding inside me. I can’t keep silent. I’ve heard the sound of trumpets. I’ve heard the battle cry.

“ Well, I’ve come to you now,” Balaam replied.“ But I can’t say whatever I please. I can only speak the words God puts in my mouth.”

He has commanded me to bless Israel. He has given them his blessing. And I can’t change it.

The Spirit of the Lord has filled me with power. He helps me do what is fair. He makes me brave. Now I’m prepared to tell Jacob’s people what they’ve done wrong. I’m ready to tell Israel they’ve sinned.

Reports of these things were handed down to us. There were people who saw these things for themselves from the beginning. They saw them and then passed the word on.

All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit. They began to speak in languages they had not known before. The Spirit gave them the ability to do this.

God has raised this same Jesus back to life. We are all witnesses of this.

“ The Spirit of the Lord spoke through me. I spoke his word with my tongue.

But the Lord’ s anger burns inside me. I can no longer hold it in. The Lord says to me,“ Pour out my anger on the children in the street. Pour it out on the young men who are gathered together. Husband and wife alike will be caught in it. So will those who are very old.

But the Lord said to me,“ Do not say,‘ I’m too young.’ You must go to everyone I send you to. You must say everything I command you to say.

“ We are witnesses of everything he did in the land of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by nailing him to a cross.But on the third day God raised him from the dead. God allowed Jesus to be seen.But he wasn’t seen by all the people. He was seen only by us. We are witnesses whom God had already chosen. We ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.

Silas and Timothy came from Macedonia. Then Paul spent all his time preaching. He was a witness to the Jews that Jesus was the Messiah.

Then how will we escape if we don’t pay attention to God’s great salvation? The Lord first announced this salvation. Those who heard him gave us the message about it.God showed that this message is true by signs and wonders. He showed that it’s true by different kinds of miracles. God also showed that this message is true by the gifts of the Holy Spirit. God gave them out as it pleased him.

Then the Spirit lifted me up and took me away. My spirit was bitter. I was very angry. The power of the Lord was on me.I came to my people who had been brought as prisoners to Tel Aviv. It was near the Kebar River. I went to where they were living. There I sat among them for seven days. I was very sad and scared about everything that had happened.After seven days, a message from the Lord came to me.The Lord said,“ Son of man, I have appointed you as a prophet to warn the people of Israel. So listen to my message. Give them a warning from me.Suppose I say to a sinful person,‘ You can be sure you will die.’ And you do not warn them. You do not try to get them to change their evil ways in order to save their life. Then that sinful person will die because they have sinned. And I will hold you responsible for their death.But suppose you do warn that sinful person. And they do not turn away from their sin or their evil ways. Then they will die because they have sinned. But you will have saved yourself.“ Or suppose a godly person turns away from their godliness and does what is evil. And suppose I put something in their way that will trip them up. Then they will die. Since you did not warn them, they will die for their sin. The godly things that person did will not be remembered. And I will hold you responsible for their death.But suppose you do warn a godly person not to sin. And they do not sin. Then you can be sure that they will live because they listened to your warning. And you will have saved yourself.”

Paul was waiting for Silas and Timothy in Athens. He was very upset to see that the city was full of statues of gods.So he went to the synagogue. There he talked both with Jews and with Greeks who worshiped God. Each day he spoke with anyone who happened to be in the market place.

You killed the one who gives life. But God raised him from the dead. We are witnesses of this.

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you. Then you will tell people about me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria. And you will even tell other people about me from one end of the earth to the other.”

That time began when John was baptizing. It ended when Jesus was taken up from us. The one we choose must join us in telling people that Jesus rose from the dead.”