路加福音 18
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
寡婦與法官的比喻
18 耶穌對他們講一個比喻，論到人必須常常祈禱，不可灰心。 2 他說：“某城裡有一個法官，不懼怕 神，也不尊敬人。 3 那城裡有一個寡婦，常常來到他那裡，說：‘求你給我伸冤，使我脫離我的對頭！’ 4 他多次不肯，後來心裡說：‘我雖然不懼怕 神，也不尊敬人， 5 只是因為這寡婦常常來麻煩我，就給她伸冤吧，免得她不斷地來纏擾我。’” 6 主說：“你們聽聽這不義的法官所說的話吧。 7 難道 神不會為晝夜呼籲他的選民伸冤嗎？難道 神會耽誤他們嗎？ 8 我告訴你們，他要快快地給他們伸冤。然而人子來的時候，在世上找得到這種信心嗎？”
稅吏和法利賽人的禱告
9 耶穌向那些自恃為義、輕視別人的人，講了這個比喻： 10 “有兩個人上聖殿去祈禱，一個是法利賽人，一個是稅吏。 11 法利賽人站著，禱告給自己聽，這樣說：‘ 神啊，我感謝你，我不像別人，勒索、不義、姦淫，也不像這個稅吏。 12 我一個禮拜禁食兩次，我的一切收入都奉獻十分之一。’ 13 稅吏卻遠遠站著，連舉目望天也不敢，只捶著胸說：‘ 神啊，可憐我這個罪人！’ 14 我告訴你們，這個人回家去，比那個倒算為義了。因為高抬自己的，必要降卑；自己謙卑的，必要升高。”
讓小孩子到我這裡來(A)
15 有人抱著嬰孩到耶穌面前，要他觸摸他們。門徒看見了，就責備那些人。 16 耶穌卻叫他們過來，說：“讓小孩子到我這裡來，不要禁止他們，因為 神的國正屬於這樣的人。 17 我實在告訴你們，凡不像小孩子一樣接受 神的國的，決不能進去。”
有錢的人難進 神的國(B)
18 有一個官長問耶穌：“良善的老師，我當作甚麼，才可以承受永生？” 19 耶穌對他說：“你為甚麼稱我是良善的呢？除了 神一位以外，沒有良善的。 20 誡命你是知道的：不可姦淫，不可殺人，不可偷盜，不可作假見證，當孝敬父母。” 21 他說：“這一切我從小都遵守了。” 22 耶穌聽了，就告訴他：“你還缺少一件，應當變賣你一切所有的，分給窮人，你就必定有財寶在天上，而且你還要來跟從我。” 23 他聽見這話，非常憂愁，因為他十分富有。
24 耶穌見他這樣，就說：“富有的人要進 神的國，是多麼難哪！ 25 駱駝穿過針眼，比有錢的人進 神的國還容易呢。” 26 聽見的人說：“這樣，誰可以得救呢？” 27 耶穌說：“人所不能的，在 神卻是可能的。” 28 彼得說：“你看，我們已捨棄自己所有的，跟從你了！” 29 耶穌說：“我實在告訴你們，人為 神的國撇下房屋、妻子、弟兄、父母或兒女， 30 沒有不在今世得許多倍，來世得永生的。”
第三次預言受難及復活(C)
31 耶穌把十二門徒帶到一邊，對他們說：“我們現在上耶路撒冷去，先知所寫的一切，都要成就在人子身上。 32 他要被交給外族人，受戲弄，被凌辱，他們要向他吐唾沫， 33 鞭打他，殺害他；第三日他要復活。” 34 這些話的含義對門徒是隱藏的。他們聽了，一點也不明白，不知道他說的是甚麼。
治好瞎眼的人(D)
35 耶穌走近耶利哥的時候，有一個瞎眼的人坐在路旁討飯， 36 他聽見人群經過，就問是甚麼事。 37 別人告訴他，是拿撒勒人耶穌經過。 38 他就喊叫說：“大衛的子孫耶穌啊，可憐我吧！” 39 在前頭走的人責備他，叫他不要出聲；但他越發喊叫：“大衛的子孫，可憐我吧！” 40 耶穌站住，吩咐領他過來。等他走近，就問他： 41 “你要我為你作甚麼？”他說：“主啊，叫我能看見！” 42 耶穌說：“你就看見吧！你的信使你痊愈了。” 43 他立刻看見了，就跟隨耶穌，頌讚 神。眾人看見這事，也讚美 神。
路加福音 18
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
恒心祷告
18 耶稣讲了一个比喻来教导门徒要常常祷告，不要灰心。
2 祂说：“某城有一位既不敬畏上帝也不尊重人的审判官。 3 那城里有一位寡妇常常来哀求这位审判官，说，‘求你为我申冤，惩办我的对头。’ 4 审判官总是充耳不闻，但后来心里想，‘虽然我不怕上帝，也不在乎人， 5 可是这寡妇一直来烦我，还是替她申冤好了，免得她再来烦我！’”
6 主接着说：“你们听，这不义的审判官尚且这么说， 7 难道上帝听到祂拣选的人昼夜呼求，不替他们申冤吗？难道祂会一直耽延不理吗？ 8 我告诉你们，祂必很快为他们申冤。不过当人子来的时候，在世上找得到有信心的人吗？”
两种祷告
9 耶稣对那些自以为义、藐视别人的人讲了一个比喻： 10 “有两个人到圣殿里祷告，一个是法利赛人，一个是税吏。 11 法利赛人站在那里自言自语地祷告说，‘上帝啊！我感谢你，因为我不像别人那样勒索、不义、通奸，也不像这税吏。 12 我每周禁食两次，奉献全部收入的十分之一。’
13 “但那税吏却远远地站着，连头也不敢抬起来，捶着胸说，‘上帝啊，求你怜悯我这个罪人！’
14 “我告诉你们，二人回家后，被上帝算为义的是税吏而不是法利赛人，因为自高的人必遭贬抑，谦卑的人必得尊荣。”
祝福孩子
15 有许多人把婴孩带来要让耶稣摸一摸他们，为他们祝福，门徒看见，就责备这些人。 16 耶稣却招呼他们过来，并对门徒说：“让小孩子到我这里来，不要阻止他们，因为上帝的国属于这样的人。 17 我实在告诉你们，人若不像小孩子一样接受上帝的国，绝不能进去。”
富豪求问永生
18 一位官长问耶稣：“良善的老师，我该做什么才能承受永生？”
19 耶稣说：“你为什么称呼我‘良善的老师’呢？只有上帝是良善的。 20 你知道‘不可通奸，不可杀人，不可偷盗，不可作伪证，要孝敬父母’这些诫命”。
21 那人说：“我从小就遵行这些诫命。”
22 耶稣听了就对他说：“你还有一件事没有做，就是变卖你所有的产业，分给穷人，你必有财宝存在天上，然后你还要来跟从我。” 23 那人听了，极其忧愁，因为他非常富有。
24 耶稣见状，就说；“有钱人进上帝的国真难啊！ 25 骆驼穿过针眼比有钱人进上帝的国还容易呢！”
26 听见的人就问：“这样，谁能得救呢？”
27 耶稣回答说：“对人而言，这不可能，但对上帝而言，凡事都可能。”
28 彼得说：“你看！我们已经撇下一切来跟从你了。”
29 耶稣说：“我实在告诉你们，任何人为了上帝的国而撇下房屋、妻子、弟兄、父母或儿女， 30 今世必得百倍的奖赏，来世必得永生。”
再次预言受害和复活
31 耶稣把十二使徒带到一边，对他们说：“你们要留意，我们现在前往耶路撒冷，先知书上有关人子的记载都要应验， 32 人子将被交在外族人的手里，被他们嘲弄、虐待、吐唾沫、 33 鞭打和杀害，但第三天祂必复活。” 34 使徒却一点也不明白，因为这番话的含意是隐藏的，他们听不明白。
治愈耶利哥的瞎子
35 耶稣快到耶利哥的时候，有一个瞎子坐在路旁讨饭。 36 他听见许多人经过，就询问是怎么回事。 37 有人告诉他是拿撒勒人耶稣经过此地， 38 他就高声呼喊：“大卫的后裔耶稣啊，可怜我吧！”
39 走在前面的人责备他，让他安静，但他反而叫得更大声：“大卫的后裔啊，可怜我吧！”
40 耶稣停下脚步，命人把他带过来，然后问他： 41 “你要我为你做什么？”
他说：“主啊！我想能够看见。”
42 耶稣对他说：“你看见吧！你的信心救了你。” 43 他立刻得见光明，并跟随耶稣，一路赞美上帝。目睹这事的人也都赞美上帝。
Luke 18
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 18
The Parable of the Persistent Widow. 1 [a]Then he told them a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary.(A) He said, 2 “There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any human being. 3 And a widow in that town used to come to him and say, ‘Render a just decision for me against my adversary.’ 4 For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought, ‘While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being, 5 [b](B)because this widow keeps bothering me I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.’” 6 The Lord said, “Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says. 7 Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night? Will he be slow to answer them? 8 I tell you, he will see to it that justice is done for them speedily. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”
The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector. 9 He then addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else.(C) 10 “Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself, ‘O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity—greedy, dishonest, adulterous—or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.’(D) 13 But the tax collector stood off at a distance and would not even raise his eyes to heaven but beat his breast and prayed, ‘O God, be merciful to me a sinner.’(E) 14 I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”(F)
Saying on Children and the Kingdom. 15 [c]People were bringing even infants to him that he might touch them,[d] and when the disciples saw this, they rebuked them.(G) 16 Jesus, however, called the children to himself and said, “Let the children come to me and do not prevent them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 17 Amen, I say to you, whoever does not accept the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it.”(H)
The Rich Official. 18 (I)An official asked him this question, “Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”(J) 19 Jesus answered him, “Why do you call me good? No one is good but God alone. 20 You know the commandments, ‘You shall not commit adultery; you shall not kill; you shall not steal; you shall not bear false witness; honor your father and your mother.’”(K) 21 And he replied, “All of these I have observed from my youth.” 22 [e](L)When Jesus heard this he said to him, “There is still one thing left for you: sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have a treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” 23 But when he heard this he became quite sad, for he was very rich.
On Riches and Renunciation. 24 Jesus looked at him [now sad] and said, “How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! 25 For it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God.” 26 Those who heard this said, “Then who can be saved?” 27 And he said, “What is impossible for human beings is possible for God.”(M) 28 Then Peter said, “We have given up our possessions and followed you.” 29 (N)He said to them, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God 30 who will not receive [back] an overabundant return in this present age and eternal life in the age to come.”
The Third Prediction of the Passion.(O) 31 [f]Then he took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem and everything written by the prophets about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.[g] 32 (P)He will be handed over to the Gentiles and he will be mocked and insulted and spat upon; 33 and after they have scourged him they will kill him, but on the third day he will rise.” 34 But they understood nothing of this; the word remained hidden from them and they failed to comprehend what he said.(Q)
The Healing of the Blind Beggar.(R) 35 Now as he approached Jericho a blind man was sitting by the roadside begging, 36 and hearing a crowd going by, he inquired what was happening. 37 They told him, “Jesus of Nazareth is passing by.” 38 (S)He shouted, “Jesus, Son of David,[h] have pity on me!” 39 The people walking in front rebuked him, telling him to be silent, but he kept calling out all the more, “Son of David, have pity on me!” 40 Then Jesus stopped and ordered that he be brought to him; and when he came near, Jesus asked him, 41 “What do you want me to do for you?” He replied, “Lord, please let me see.”(T) 42 Jesus told him, “Have sight; your faith has saved you.”(U) 43 He immediately received his sight and followed him, giving glory to God. When they saw this, all the people gave praise to God.
Footnotes
- 18:1–14 The particularly Lucan material in the travel narrative concludes with two parables on prayer. The first (Lk 18:1–8) teaches the disciples the need of persistent prayer so that they not fall victims to apostasy (Lk 18:8). The second (Lk 18:9–14) condemns the self-righteous, critical attitude of the Pharisee and teaches that the fundamental attitude of the Christian disciple must be the recognition of sinfulness and complete dependence on God’s graciousness. The second parable recalls the story of the pardoning of the sinful woman (Lk 7:36–50) where a similar contrast is presented between the critical attitude of the Pharisee Simon and the love shown by the pardoned sinner.
- 18:5 Strike me: the Greek verb translated as strike means “to strike under the eye” and suggests the extreme situation to which the persistence of the widow might lead. It may, however, be used here in the much weaker sense of “to wear one out.”
- 18:15–19:27 Luke here includes much of the material about the journey to Jerusalem found in his Marcan source (Lk 10:1–52) and adds to it the story of Zacchaeus (Lk 19:1–10) from his own particular tradition and the parable of the gold coins (minas) (Lk 19:11–27) from Q, the source common to Luke and Matthew.
- 18:15–17 The sayings on children furnish a contrast to the attitude of the Pharisee in the preceding episode (Lk 18:9–14) and that of the wealthy official in the following one (Lk 18:18–23) who think that they can lay claim to God’s favor by their own merit. The attitude of the disciple should be marked by the receptivity and trustful dependence characteristic of the child.
- 18:22 Detachment from material possessions results in the total dependence on God demanded of one who would inherit eternal life. Sell all that you have: the original saying (cf. Mk 10:21) has characteristically been made more demanding by Luke’s addition of “all.”
- 18:31–33 The details included in this third announcement of Jesus’ suffering and death suggest that the literary formulation of the announcement has been directed by the knowledge of the historical passion and death of Jesus.
- 18:31 Everything written by the prophets…will be fulfilled: this is a Lucan addition to the words of Jesus found in the Marcan source (Mk 10:32–34). Luke understands the events of Jesus’ last days in Jerusalem to be the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy, but, as is usually the case in Luke-Acts, the author does not specify which Old Testament prophets he has in mind; cf. Lk 24:25, 27, 44; Acts 3:8; 13:27; 26:22–23.
- 18:38 Son of David: the blind beggar identifies Jesus with a title that is related to Jesus’ role as Messiah (see note on Lk 2:11). Through this Son of David, salvation comes to the blind man. Note the connection between salvation and house of David mentioned earlier in Zechariah’s canticle (Lk 1:69). See also note on Mt 9:27.
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