馬太福音

第23章

1 那時,耶穌對眾人和他的[his]門徒講論,

2 說:「文士和法利賽人坐在摩西的位上。

3 因此[therefore],凡他們所吩咐你們謹守[observe]的,你們都要謹守遵行;但不要效法他們的行為。因為他們能說,不能行。

4 [For]他們把難擔的重擔捆起來,擱在人的肩上;但自己一個指頭也不肯動。

5 他們一切所作的事都不過[But]是要叫人看見;他們[they]將佩戴的經文做寬了,衣邊[borders of their garment]做長了,

6 喜愛筵席上的首座,會堂裏的高位,

7 又喜愛人在街市上問他安,稱呼他拉比[Rabbi]

8 但你們不要受拉比的稱呼。因為只有一位是你們的夫子,就是基督[even Christ];你們都是弟兄。

9 也不要稱呼地上的人為父;因為只有一位是你們的父,就是在天上的[which is in heaven]

10 也不要受夫子[masters]的稱呼;因為只有一位是你們的夫子[Master],就是基督。

11 然而[But]你們中間誰為最大[greatest],誰就要作你們的僕人[servant]

12 凡自高的,必降為卑;謙卑自己[humble himself]的,必升為高。」

13 但是[But]你們這些文士和法利賽人─偽善的人[you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites],有禍了。因為你們正當人前,把天國的門關了;你們[ye]自己不進去,正要進去的人,你們也不容他們進去。

14 你們這些文士和法利賽人─偽善的人[you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites],有禍了。因為你們侵吞寡婦的家產,假意作很長的禱告;所以你們[ye]要受更重的咒詛[damnation]

15你們這些文士和法利賽人─偽善的人[you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites],有禍了。因為你們走遍洋海陸地,勾引一個人入教,既入了教,卻使他作地獄之子,比你們還加倍。

16 「你們這瞎眼領路的有禍了。你們說:『凡指著殿起誓的,這算不得甚麼;只是凡指著殿中金子起誓的,他是欠債的[is a debtor]。』

17 你們這無知瞎眼的人哪;甚麼是大的,是金子呢,還是叫金子成聖的殿呢?

18 你們又說:『凡指著壇起誓的,這算不得甚麼;只是凡指著壇上禮物起誓的,他是有罪的[is guilty]。』

19 你們這無知[fools]瞎眼的人哪;甚麼是大的,是禮物,還是叫禮物成聖的壇呢?

20 所以,[Whoso]指著壇起誓[Whoso],就是指著壇和壇上一切所有的起誓。

21 人指著殿起誓,就是指著殿和那住在殿裏的起誓。

22[shall]指著天起誓,就是指著神的寶座和那坐在上面的起誓。」

23 你們這些文士和法利賽人─偽善的人[you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites],有禍了。因為你們將薄荷、茴香、芹菜,獻上十分之一,那律法上更重的事,就是公義、憐憫、信心[faith],反倒不行了;這更重的是你們所當行[ought ye to have done]的,那也是不可不行的。

24 你們這瞎眼領路的,蠓蟲你們就找著濾[strain at],駱駝你們倒吞下去。

25 你們這些文士和法利賽人─偽善的人[you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites],有禍了。因為你們洗淨杯盤的外面,裏面卻盛滿了勒索和放縱[excess]

26 你這瞎眼的法利賽人,先洗淨杯盤的裏面,好叫外面也乾淨了。

27 你們這些文士和法利賽人─偽善的人[you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites],有禍了。因為你們好像粉飾的墳墓,外面誠然[indeed]好看,裏面卻裝滿了死人的骨頭和一切的污穢。

28 你們也是如此,在人前,外面顯出公義來,裏面卻裝滿了偽善[hypocrisy]和不法的事。

29 你們這些文士和法利賽人─偽善的人[you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites],有禍了。因為你們建造先知的墳,修飾義人的墓,

30 [say]:『若是我們在我們祖宗的時候,必不和他們同流先知的血。』

31 這就是你們自己證明是殺害先知者的兒女[children]了。

32 你們去充滿你們祖宗的惡貫吧。

33 你們這些蛇類,毒蛇之族啊[O generation],怎能逃脫地獄的咒詛[damnation]呢?

34 所以看哪[behold],我差遣先知和智慧人並文士到你們這裏來,有的你們要殺害,要釘十字架;有的你們要在會堂裏鞭打,從這城追逼他們[them]到那城,

35 叫世上所流義人的血都歸到你們身上,從義人亞伯的血起,直到你們在殿和壇中間所殺的巴拉加的兒子撒迦利亞的血為止。

36 我實在告訴你們:『這一切的[things]都要歸到這世代了。』」

37 「耶路撒冷啊,耶路撒冷啊,你常殺害先知,又用石頭打死那奉差遣到你這裏來的人,我多次願意聚集你的兒女,好像母雞把小雞聚集在翅膀底下,只是你們不願意。

38 看哪,你們的家成為荒場留給你們。

39 我告訴你們:『從今以後,你們不得再見我,直等到你們說:『奉主名來的是應當稱頌的。』」

Matthew

Chapter 23

1 THEN Jesus spoke with the people and with his disciples.

2 And he said to them, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on the chair of Moses.

3 Therefore whatever they tell you to obey, obey and do it, but do not do according to their works; for they say and do not.

4 And they bind heavy burdens, and put them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to touch them, even with their finger.

5 And all their works they do, just to be seen by men; for they widen the fringes of their garments, and they lengthen the ends of their robes,

6 And they like the chief places at feasts, and the front seats in the synagogues,

7 And the greetings in the streets, and to be called by men, Rabbi.

8 But you do not be called, Rabbi; for one is your Master, and all you are brethren.

9 And call no one on earth, father, for one is your Father in heaven.

10 Nor be called leaders, for one is your leader, the Christ.

11 But he who is greatest among you, let him be your minister.

12 For whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.

13 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you embezzle the property of widows, with the pretense that you make long prayers; because of this you shall receive a greater judgment.*

14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you have shut off the kingdom of heaven against men; for you do not enter into it yourselves, and do not permit those who would enter.

15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you traverse sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him the son of hell twice more than yourselves.

16 Woe to you, blind guides, for you say, Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold which is in the temple, he is guilty!

17 O you fools and blind! for which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

18 And whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the offering that is on it, he is guilty.

19 O you fools and blind! for which is greater, the offering, or the altar that sanctifies the offering?

20 Therefore he who swears by the altar, he swears by it and by everything that is on it.

21 And whoever swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it.

22 And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.

23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you take tithes on mint, dill, and cummin, and you have overlooked the more important matters of the law, such as justice, mercy, and trustworthiness. These were necessary for you to have done, and the same by no means to have left undone.

24 O blind guides, who strain at gnats and swallow camels!

25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of extortion and iniquity.

26 Blind Pharisees! clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that their outside may also be clean.

27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like tombs painted white, which look beautiful from the outside, but inside are full of dead bones and all kinds of corruption.

28 Even so, from the outside you appear to men to be righteous, but from within you are full of iniquity and hypocrisy.

29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you build the tombs of the prophets, and you decorate the graves of the righteous;

30 And you say, If we had been living in the days of our forefathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

31 Now you testify concerning yourselves, that you are the children of those who killed the prophets.

32 You also fill up the measure of your fathers.

33 O you serpents, and seed of scorpions! how can you flee from the judgment of hell?

34 Because of this, I am sending to you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify; and some you will scourge in your synagogues, and pursue them from city to city;

35 So that all the blood of the righteous shed on the ground may come on you, from the blood of Abel the righteous down to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar.

36 Truly I say to you, All of these things shall come upon this generation.

37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, murderess of the prophets, and stoner of those who are sent to her! how often I wanted to gather together your children, just as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and yet you would not!

38 Behold, your house will be left to you desolate.

39 For I say to you, from now you will not see me until you say, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.

馬太福音

第23章

Matthew

Chapter 23

1 那時,耶穌對眾人和他的[his]門徒講論,

1 THEN Jesus spoke with the people and with his disciples.

2 說:「文士和法利賽人坐在摩西的位上。

2 And he said to them, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on the chair of Moses.

3 因此[therefore],凡他們所吩咐你們謹守[observe]的,你們都要謹守遵行;但不要效法他們的行為。因為他們能說,不能行。

3 Therefore whatever they tell you to obey, obey and do it, but do not do according to their works; for they say and do not.

4 [For]他們把難擔的重擔捆起來,擱在人的肩上;但自己一個指頭也不肯動。

4 And they bind heavy burdens, and put them on men's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to touch them, even with their finger.

5 他們一切所作的事都不過[But]是要叫人看見;他們[they]將佩戴的經文做寬了,衣邊[borders of their garment]做長了,

5 And all their works they do, just to be seen by men; for they widen the fringes of their garments, and they lengthen the ends of their robes,

6 喜愛筵席上的首座,會堂裏的高位,

6 And they like the chief places at feasts, and the front seats in the synagogues,

7 又喜愛人在街市上問他安,稱呼他拉比[Rabbi]

7 And the greetings in the streets, and to be called by men, Rabbi.

8 但你們不要受拉比的稱呼。因為只有一位是你們的夫子,就是基督[even Christ];你們都是弟兄。

8 But you do not be called, Rabbi; for one is your Master, and all you are brethren.

9 也不要稱呼地上的人為父;因為只有一位是你們的父,就是在天上的[which is in heaven]

9 And call no one on earth, father, for one is your Father in heaven.

10 也不要受夫子[masters]的稱呼;因為只有一位是你們的夫子[Master],就是基督。

10 Nor be called leaders, for one is your leader, the Christ.

11 然而[But]你們中間誰為最大[greatest],誰就要作你們的僕人[servant]

11 But he who is greatest among you, let him be your minister.

12 凡自高的,必降為卑;謙卑自己[humble himself]的,必升為高。」

12 For whoever exalts himself shall be humbled; and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.

13 但是[But]你們這些文士和法利賽人─偽善的人[you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites],有禍了。因為你們正當人前,把天國的門關了;你們[ye]自己不進去,正要進去的人,你們也不容他們進去。

13 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you embezzle the property of widows, with the pretense that you make long prayers; because of this you shall receive a greater judgment.*

14 你們這些文士和法利賽人─偽善的人[you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites],有禍了。因為你們侵吞寡婦的家產,假意作很長的禱告;所以你們[ye]要受更重的咒詛[damnation]

14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you have shut off the kingdom of heaven against men; for you do not enter into it yourselves, and do not permit those who would enter.

15你們這些文士和法利賽人─偽善的人[you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites],有禍了。因為你們走遍洋海陸地,勾引一個人入教,既入了教,卻使他作地獄之子,比你們還加倍。

15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you traverse sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becomes one, you make him the son of hell twice more than yourselves.

16 「你們這瞎眼領路的有禍了。你們說:『凡指著殿起誓的,這算不得甚麼;只是凡指著殿中金子起誓的,他是欠債的[is a debtor]。』

16 Woe to you, blind guides, for you say, Whoever swears by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold which is in the temple, he is guilty!

17 你們這無知瞎眼的人哪;甚麼是大的,是金子呢,還是叫金子成聖的殿呢?

17 O you fools and blind! for which is greater, the gold or the temple that sanctifies the gold?

18 你們又說:『凡指著壇起誓的,這算不得甚麼;只是凡指著壇上禮物起誓的,他是有罪的[is guilty]。』

18 And whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the offering that is on it, he is guilty.

19 你們這無知[fools]瞎眼的人哪;甚麼是大的,是禮物,還是叫禮物成聖的壇呢?

19 O you fools and blind! for which is greater, the offering, or the altar that sanctifies the offering?

20 所以,[Whoso]指著壇起誓[Whoso],就是指著壇和壇上一切所有的起誓。

20 Therefore he who swears by the altar, he swears by it and by everything that is on it.

21 人指著殿起誓,就是指著殿和那住在殿裏的起誓。

21 And whoever swears by the temple, swears by it and by him who dwells in it.

22[shall]指著天起誓,就是指著神的寶座和那坐在上面的起誓。」

22 And he who swears by heaven, swears by the throne of God, and by him who sits on it.

23 你們這些文士和法利賽人─偽善的人[you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites],有禍了。因為你們將薄荷、茴香、芹菜,獻上十分之一,那律法上更重的事,就是公義、憐憫、信心[faith],反倒不行了;這更重的是你們所當行[ought ye to have done]的,那也是不可不行的。

23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you take tithes on mint, dill, and cummin, and you have overlooked the more important matters of the law, such as justice, mercy, and trustworthiness. These were necessary for you to have done, and the same by no means to have left undone.

24 你們這瞎眼領路的,蠓蟲你們就找著濾[strain at],駱駝你們倒吞下去。

24 O blind guides, who strain at gnats and swallow camels!

25 你們這些文士和法利賽人─偽善的人[you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites],有禍了。因為你們洗淨杯盤的外面,裏面卻盛滿了勒索和放縱[excess]

25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! you clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of extortion and iniquity.

26 你這瞎眼的法利賽人,先洗淨杯盤的裏面,好叫外面也乾淨了。

26 Blind Pharisees! clean first the inside of the cup and of the dish, so that their outside may also be clean.

27 你們這些文士和法利賽人─偽善的人[you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites],有禍了。因為你們好像粉飾的墳墓,外面誠然[indeed]好看,裏面卻裝滿了死人的骨頭和一切的污穢。

27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you are like tombs painted white, which look beautiful from the outside, but inside are full of dead bones and all kinds of corruption.

28 你們也是如此,在人前,外面顯出公義來,裏面卻裝滿了偽善[hypocrisy]和不法的事。

28 Even so, from the outside you appear to men to be righteous, but from within you are full of iniquity and hypocrisy.

29 你們這些文士和法利賽人─偽善的人[you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites],有禍了。因為你們建造先知的墳,修飾義人的墓,

29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for you build the tombs of the prophets, and you decorate the graves of the righteous;

30 [say]:『若是我們在我們祖宗的時候,必不和他們同流先知的血。』

30 And you say, If we had been living in the days of our forefathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

31 這就是你們自己證明是殺害先知者的兒女[children]了。

31 Now you testify concerning yourselves, that you are the children of those who killed the prophets.

32 你們去充滿你們祖宗的惡貫吧。

32 You also fill up the measure of your fathers.

33 你們這些蛇類,毒蛇之族啊[O generation],怎能逃脫地獄的咒詛[damnation]呢?

33 O you serpents, and seed of scorpions! how can you flee from the judgment of hell?

34 所以看哪[behold],我差遣先知和智慧人並文士到你們這裏來,有的你們要殺害,要釘十字架;有的你們要在會堂裏鞭打,從這城追逼他們[them]到那城,

34 Because of this, I am sending to you prophets and wise men and scribes; some of them you will kill and crucify; and some you will scourge in your synagogues, and pursue them from city to city;

35 叫世上所流義人的血都歸到你們身上,從義人亞伯的血起,直到你們在殿和壇中間所殺的巴拉加的兒子撒迦利亞的血為止。

35 So that all the blood of the righteous shed on the ground may come on you, from the blood of Abel the righteous down to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom you killed between the temple and the altar.

36 我實在告訴你們:『這一切的[things]都要歸到這世代了。』」

36 Truly I say to you, All of these things shall come upon this generation.

37 「耶路撒冷啊,耶路撒冷啊,你常殺害先知,又用石頭打死那奉差遣到你這裏來的人,我多次願意聚集你的兒女,好像母雞把小雞聚集在翅膀底下,只是你們不願意。

37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, murderess of the prophets, and stoner of those who are sent to her! how often I wanted to gather together your children, just as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and yet you would not!

38 看哪,你們的家成為荒場留給你們。

38 Behold, your house will be left to you desolate.

39 我告訴你們:『從今以後,你們不得再見我,直等到你們說:『奉主名來的是應當稱頌的。』」

39 For I say to you, from now you will not see me until you say, Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.