路加福音 3
Chinese Standard Bible (Traditional)
基督的先驅
3 凱撒提比略在位第十五年，本丟彼拉多任猶太總督，希律做加利利的分封王，他的弟弟[a]菲利普做以土利亞和特拉克尼地區的分封王，盧薩尼亞做阿比利尼的分封王， 2 亞納和該亞法任大祭司——那時，神的話語在曠野臨到撒迦利亞的兒子約翰。 3 他就來到約旦河周圍所有的地區宣講為罪得赦免而悔改的洗禮。 4 正如先知以賽亞書上所記載的話[b]：
7 約翰對那些出來受他洗禮的人群說：「你們這些毒蛇的子孫！誰指示你們逃避那將要來臨的震怒呢？ 8 你們應當結出果子，與悔改的心相稱！你們不要自己裡面一開始就說『我們有亞伯拉罕為先祖。』我告訴你們：神能從這些石頭中給亞伯拉罕興起兒女來。 9 現在斧子已經放在樹根上，所有不結好果子的樹都要被砍下來，被丟進火裡。」
10 眾人問他，說：「那麼，我們該做什麼呢？」
11 約翰回答說：「有兩件衣服[f]的，當分給那沒有的；有食物的，也當如此做。」
12 一些稅吏也來受洗[g]。他們問約翰：「老師，我們該做什麼呢？」
13 約翰對他們說：「除了給你們規定的以外，不要多收。」
14 有些當兵的[h]也問他，說：「那麼我們呢？我們該做什麼呢？」
約翰說：「不要敲詐任何人，也不要勒索人[i]，當以自己的糧餉為滿足。」
15 當時，民眾都在心裡對約翰有期待並猜想，或許他就是基督。 16 約翰就回答大家，說：「我用水[j]給你們施洗[k]，但有一位比我更強有力的要來，我就是為他解鞋帶也不配。他要用聖靈和火[l]給你們施洗。 17 他手裡拿著揚穀的杴，要揚淨他的打穀場，把麥子收進他的倉庫，卻把糠秕用不滅的火燒掉。」 18 這樣，約翰又用很多別的話勸民眾，向他們傳福音。 19 分封王希律為了他弟弟[m]的妻子希羅迪婭的事，以及自己所做的一切惡事，受到約翰的責備。 20 希律在這一切事上又加了一件，就是把約翰關在監獄裡。
耶穌受洗
21 有一次，當民眾都來受洗的時候，耶穌也受了洗。他正在禱告，天開了， 22 聖靈好像鴿子，有形有體地[n]降臨在他身上，並且有聲音從天上傳來，說：
「你是我的愛子，
我喜悅你。」
耶穌基督的家譜
23 耶穌開始傳道[o]的時候，大約三十歲。照人看來，
他是約瑟的兒子，約瑟是希里的兒子，
24 希里是瑪塔特的兒子，瑪塔特是利未的兒子，
利未是麥基的兒子，麥基是雅拿的兒子，
雅拿是約瑟的兒子， 25 約瑟是瑪塔提亞的兒子，
瑪塔提亞是亞摩斯的兒子，亞摩斯是拿鴻的兒子，
拿鴻是以斯利的兒子，以斯利是拿該的兒子，
26 拿該是瑪押的兒子，瑪押是瑪塔提亞的兒子，
瑪塔提亞是西美的兒子，西美是約瑟的兒子，
約瑟是猶大的兒子， 27 猶大是約亞拿的兒子，
約亞拿是利撒的兒子，利撒是所羅巴伯的兒子，
所羅巴伯是撒拉鐵的兒子，撒拉鐵是尼利的兒子，
28 尼利是麥基的兒子，麥基是亞底的兒子，
亞底是哥桑的兒子，哥桑是以摩當的兒子，
以摩當是珥的兒子， 29 珥是約細的兒子，
約細是以利以謝的兒子，以利以謝是約令的兒子，
約令是瑪塔特的兒子，瑪塔特是利未的兒子，
30 利未是西緬的兒子，西緬是猶大的兒子，
猶大是約瑟的兒子，約瑟是約南的兒子，
約南是以利亞敬的兒子， 31 以利亞敬是米利亞的兒子，
米利亞是邁南的兒子，邁南是瑪塔達的兒子，
瑪塔達是拿單的兒子，拿單是大衛的兒子，
32 大衛是耶西的兒子，耶西是俄備得的兒子，
俄備得是波阿斯的兒子，波阿斯是撒門的兒子，
撒門是拿順的兒子， 33 拿順是亞米拿達的兒子，
亞米拿達是亞特民的兒子，亞特民是[p]亞蘭[q]的兒子，
亞蘭是希斯崙的兒子，希斯崙是法勒斯的兒子，
法勒斯是猶大的兒子， 34 猶大是雅各的兒子，
雅各是以撒的兒子，以撒是亞伯拉罕的兒子，
亞伯拉罕是塔拉的兒子，塔拉是拿鶴的兒子，
35 拿鶴是西鹿的兒子，西鹿是拉吳的兒子，
拉吳是法勒的兒子，法勒是希伯的兒子，
希伯是沙拉的兒子， 36 沙拉是該南的兒子，
該南是亞法撒的兒子，亞法撒是閃的兒子，
閃是挪亞的兒子，挪亞是拉邁的兒子，
37 拉邁是瑪土撒拉的兒子，瑪土撒拉是以諾的兒子，
以諾是雅列的兒子，雅列是瑪勒列的兒子，
瑪勒列是該南的兒子， 38 該南是以挪士的兒子，
以挪士是塞特的兒子，塞特是亞當的兒子，
亞當是神的兒子。
Footnotes
- 路加福音 3:1 弟弟——原文直譯「兄弟」。
- 路加福音 3:4 正如先知以賽亞書上所記載的話——原文直譯「正如先知以賽亞之話語的書中所記載的那樣」。
- 路加福音 3:4 修直——或譯作「修平」。
- 路加福音 3:6 人——原文直譯「肉體」。
- 路加福音 3:6 《以賽亞書》40:3-5。
- 路加福音 3:11 衣服——或譯作「襯袍」。
- 路加福音 3:12 受洗——或譯作「受浸」。
- 路加福音 3:14 當兵的——或譯作「服兵役的」。
- 路加福音 3:14 勒索人——或譯作「誣告」。
- 路加福音 3:16 用水——或譯作「在水裡」。
- 路加福音 3:16 施洗——或譯作「施浸」。
- 路加福音 3:16 用聖靈和火——或譯作「在聖靈和火裡」。
- 路加福音 3:19 有古抄本附「菲利普」。
- 路加福音 3:22 好像鴿子，有形有體地——原文直譯「形狀彷彿鴿子」。
- 路加福音 3:23 傳道——輔助詞語。
- 路加福音 3:33 有古抄本沒有「亞特民的兒子，亞特民是」。
- 路加福音 3:33 亞蘭——有古抄本作「亞珥尼」。
Luke 3
The Voice
3 Our story continues 15 years after Tiberius Caesar had begun his reign over the empire. Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod ruled Galilee, his brother Philip ruled Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias ruled Abilene.
More than any other Gospel writer, Luke wants to situate the story of Jesus in secular history. In particular, he gives details of the emperor, governor, and other client rulers. With a toxic mixture of cruelty and might, these authorities lord their power over the common people. Yet these high and mighty are—as Mary’s poem describes—destined to be brought down in the presence of a new kind of king and a new kind of kingdom. Jesus will exercise His authority in a radically different way—not through domination and violence, but through love, healing, compassion, and service.
John’s father Zacharias is a priest who serves in Jerusalem at the temple. Among their other duties, priests perform ritual cleansings necessary for Jewish worshipers who become ceremonially unclean—perhaps through contact with outsiders (non-Jewish people), perhaps through contact with blood or a dead body, perhaps through a physical illness. But when John appears on the scene, he hasn’t followed in his father’s footsteps. He’s not fulfilling the role of the priest, but rather of the prophet. He works far outside of Jerusalem, and he baptizes people in the Jordan River, not near the temple. It’s as if John is performing a symbolic drama: If you want to be in tune with God, the temple and its normal routines can’t help you anymore. Instead of being cleansed there, you should come out to this radical preacher and let him cleanse you in the river. And his message isn’t a polite, tame message. It’s fiery and intense! God isn’t interested in just routine religion. He wants changed lives!
2 In Jerusalem Annas and Caiaphas were high priests in the temple. And in those days, out in the wilderness, John (son of Zacharias) received a message from God.
3 John brought this divine message to all those who came to the Jordan River. He preached that people should be ritually cleansed through baptism as an expression of changed lives for the forgiveness of sins. 4 As Isaiah the prophet had said,
A solitary voice is calling:
“Go into the wilderness;
prepare the road for the Eternal One’s journey.
In the desert, repair and straighten
every mile of our True God’s highway.
5 Every low place will be lifted
and every high mountain,
every hill will be humbled;
The crooked road will be straightened out
and rough places ironed out smooth;
6 Then the radiant glory of the Eternal One will be revealed.
All flesh together will take it in.”[a]
7 In fulfillment of those words, crowds streamed out from the villages and towns to be baptized[b] by John at the Jordan.
John the Baptist: You bunch of venomous snakes! Who told you that you could escape God’s coming wrath? 8 Don’t just talk of turning to God; you’d better bear the authentic fruit of a changed life. Don’t take pride in your religious heritage, saying, “We have Abraham for our father!” Listen—God could turn these rocks into children of Abraham!
9 God wants you to bear fruit! If you don’t produce good fruit, then you’ll be chopped down like a fruitless tree and made into firewood. God’s ax is taking aim and ready to swing!
People: 10 What shall we do to perform works from changed lives?
John the Baptist: 11 The person who has two shirts must share with the person who has none. And the person with food must share with the one in need.
12 Some tax collectors were among those in the crowd seeking baptism.[c]
Tax Collectors: Teacher, what kind of fruit is God looking for from us?
John the Baptist: 13 Stop overcharging people. Only collect what you must turn over to the Romans.
Soldiers: 14 What about us? What should we do to show true change?
John the Baptist: Don’t extort money from people by throwing around your power or making false accusations, and be content with your pay.
15 John’s bold message seized public attention, and many began wondering if John might himself be the Anointed One promised by God.
John the Baptist: 16 I baptize[d] you with water, but One is coming—One far more powerful than I, One whose sandals I am not worthy to untie—who will baptize[e] you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 17 He is coming like a farmer at harvesttime, tools in hand to separate the wheat from the chaff. He will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire, and He will gather the genuine wheat into His barn.
18 He preached with many other provocative figures of speech and so conveyed God’s message to the people—the time had come to rethink everything. 19 But John’s public preaching ended when he confronted Herod, the ruler of Galilee, for his many corrupt deeds, including taking Herodias, the ruler’s sister-in-law, as his own wife. 20 Herod responded by throwing John into prison.
21 But before John’s imprisonment, when he was still preaching and ritually cleansing through baptism[f] the people in the Jordan River, Jesus also came to him to be baptized. As Jesus prayed, the heavens opened, 22 and the Holy Spirit came upon Him in a physical manifestation that resembled a dove. A voice echoed out from heaven.
Voice from Heaven: You are My Son,[g] the Son I love, and in You I take great pleasure.
What does it mean for Jesus to be baptized by John? If John’s baptism symbolizes a rejection of the religious establishment centered in the temple in Jerusalem, then Jesus’ baptism by John symbolizes that He is aligned with this radical preacher. Jesus isn’t simply coming to strengthen or even renew the centers of power. Instead, He is joining John at the margins to be part of something wild and new that God is doing. And the vivid manifestation of God’s pleasure—the dovelike appearance and the voice from heaven—suggests that even though Jesus is in a sense aligning Himself with John, John is simply the opening act and Jesus is the main attraction. The choreography between John’s work and Jesus’ work continues, but from this point on, Jesus is in the center of the story.
23 At this, the launch of Jesus’ ministry, Jesus was about 30 years old.
He was assumed to be the son of Joseph, the son of Eli, 24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, 25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Hesli, the son of Naggai, 26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, 27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, 28 the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, 29 the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, 30 the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, 31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, 32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, 33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, 34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, 35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Heber, the son of Shelah, 36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, 37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan, 38 the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
Luke 3
Good News Translation
The Preaching of John the Baptist(A)
3 It was the fifteenth year of the rule of Emperor Tiberius; Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip was ruler of the territory of Iturea and Trachonitis; Lysanias was ruler of Abilene, 2 and Annas and Caiaphas were High Priests. At that time the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the desert. 3 So John went throughout the whole territory of the Jordan River, preaching, “Turn away from your sins and be baptized, and God will forgive your sins.” 4 (B)As it is written in the book of the prophet Isaiah:
“Someone is shouting in the desert:
‘Get the road ready for the Lord;
make a straight path for him to travel!
5 Every valley must be filled up,
every hill and mountain leveled off.
The winding roads must be made straight,
and the rough paths made smooth.
6 The whole human race will see God's salvation!’”
7 (C)Crowds of people came out to John to be baptized by him. “You snakes!” he said to them. “Who told you that you could escape from the punishment God is about to send? 8 (D)Do those things that will show that you have turned from your sins. And don't start saying among yourselves that Abraham is your ancestor. I tell you that God can take these rocks and make descendants for Abraham! 9 (E)The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots; every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown in the fire.”
10 The people asked him, “What are we to do, then?”
11 He answered, “Whoever has two shirts must give one to the man who has none, and whoever has food must share it.”
12 (F)Some tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what are we to do?”
13 “Don't collect more than is legal,” he told them.
14 Some soldiers also asked him, “What about us? What are we to do?”
He said to them, “Don't take money from anyone by force or accuse anyone falsely. Be content with your pay.”
15 People's hopes began to rise, and they began to wonder whether John perhaps might be the Messiah. 16 So John said to all of them, “I baptize you with water, but someone is coming who is much greater than I am. I am not good enough even to untie his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 17 He has his winnowing shovel with him, to thresh out all the grain and gather the wheat into his barn; but he will burn the chaff in a fire that never goes out.”
18 In many different ways John preached the Good News to the people and urged them to change their ways. 19 (G)But John reprimanded Governor Herod, because he had married Herodias, his brother's wife, and had done many other evil things. 20 Then Herod did an even worse thing by putting John in prison.
The Baptism of Jesus(H)
21 After all the people had been baptized, Jesus also was baptized. While he was praying, heaven was opened, 22 (I)and the Holy Spirit came down upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my own dear Son. I am pleased with you.”
The Ancestors of Jesus(J)
23 When Jesus began his work, he was about thirty years old. He was the son, so people thought, of Joseph, who was the son of Heli, 24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph, 25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, 26 the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda, 27 the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, 28 the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er, 29 the son of Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, 30 the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim, 31 the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David, 32 the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, 33 the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of Arni, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, 34 the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, 35 the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, 36 the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, 37 the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Kenan, 38 the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
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