第一批門徒

有一次,當人群擁擠著耶穌,聽神的話語[a]的時候,他正站在革尼撒勒湖邊[b] 他看見湖邊停著兩條船,漁夫們下了船,正在洗網。 有一條船是西門的,耶穌上去,請他把船划出去,稍微離岸。耶穌就坐下來,從船上教導眾人。

講完了以後,他對西門說:「把船划到水深的地方,下網捕魚吧。」

西門回答說:「老師,我們勞碌了一整夜,什麼也沒有捕到。不過按照你的話,我就下網吧。」

他們這樣做了,網住了一大群魚,漁網幾乎要撐破。 他們就招呼另一條船上的夥伴來幫忙;他們過來,裝滿了兩條船,甚至兩條船都幾乎要沉下去了。

西門彼得看見,就俯伏在耶穌腳[c]前,說:「主啊,離開我吧,因為我是個罪人!」 那時,他和所有與他一起的人,都對這一網捕到的魚驚訝不已。 10 西門的夥伴,就是西庇太的兒子雅各約翰,也同樣驚訝。

耶穌對西門說:「不要怕!從今以後,你將得人了[d]。」 11 他們把兩條船靠了岸,捨棄一切跟從了耶穌。

潔淨痲瘋病人

12 有一次,耶穌在一個城裡,忽然有個渾身長滿痲瘋的人,看見耶穌就把臉伏在地上,央求他說:「主啊,如果你願意,你就能潔淨我。」

13 耶穌伸出手來摸他,說:「我願意,你潔淨了吧!」痲瘋病立刻離開了他。 14 耶穌吩咐他不要告訴任何人,說:「只要去把自己給祭司看,並且為了你的潔淨,照著摩西所吩咐的去獻上祭物,好對他們做見證。」

15 耶穌的消息反而越發傳開了。有一大群人聚集而來,聽他傳道[e],也要他們的病得痊癒。 16 耶穌卻常常退到曠野去禱告。

赦罪與治病

17 就在那些日子裡,有一天耶穌在教導人的時候,也有些法利賽人和律法教師坐在那裡,他們是從加利利猶太地區的各村莊,以及耶路撒冷來的。主的大能與耶穌同在,使他能醫病。 18 這時候,有幾個人用床榻抬來一個癱瘓的人,想把他帶進去放在耶穌面前。 19 但由於人多,他們沒有辦法[f]把他帶進去,就爬上屋頂,從屋瓦中間把他和床榻一起縋到眾人當中,正在耶穌面前。

20 耶穌看見他們的信心,就對癱瘓的人說:「朋友[g],你的罪孽已經被赦免了。」

21 那些經文士和法利賽人就開始想:「這個人是誰?竟說褻瀆的話。除了神一位之外,誰能赦免罪呢?」

22 耶穌知道他們的意念,就對他們說:「你們心裡為什麼這樣想呢? 23 或說『你的罪孽已經被赦免了』,或說『你起來走路』,哪一樣更容易呢? 24 不過為要使你們知道人子在地上有赦免罪的權柄——」耶穌就對癱瘓的人說:「我吩咐你:起來,拿起你的床榻,回家去吧!」

25 那個人立刻在大家面前站了起來,拿起他所躺的床榻回家去,一路上榮耀神。 26 於是大家都驚訝不已,就不住地榮耀神,並且滿懷敬畏之心說:「我們今天看到奇妙的事了!」

呼召利未

27 這些事以後,耶穌出去,看到一個名叫利未[h]的稅吏,在稅關坐著。耶穌對他說:「你跟從我!」 28 利未就撇下一切,站起來跟從了耶穌。

與罪人吃飯

29 利未在自己家裡為耶穌預備盛大的宴席,有一大群稅吏和其他人與他們一同坐席。 30 法利賽人和他們的經文士就向耶穌的門徒們抱怨,說:「你們為什麼與那些稅吏和罪人一起吃喝呢?」

31 耶穌對他們說:「健康的人不需要醫生,有病的人才需要。 32 我來不是要召喚義人,而是要召喚罪人來悔改。」

禁食的問題

33 他們對耶穌說:「約翰的門徒們經常禁食、祈禱,法利賽人的門徒們也是如此,而你的門徒們卻又吃又喝。[i]

34 耶穌對他們說:「新郎與賓客[j]在一起的時候,難道你們能叫賓客禁食嗎? 35 可是日子將要來到:當新郎從他們中間被帶走的時候,他們那時——在那些日子裡就要禁食了。」

36 耶穌又對他們講了一個比喻:「沒有人從新衣服上撕下一塊布來縫在舊衣服上,否則,他不但撕破了新衣服,而且來自新衣服的那塊布與舊衣服不相稱。 37 也沒有人把新酒裝在舊皮袋裡,否則新酒會脹破舊皮袋,酒會流出來,皮袋也會糟蹋了。 38 因此,新酒必須裝在新皮袋裡。[k] 39 沒有人喝了陳酒以後想喝新酒,因為他總說:『還是陳酒好[l]。』」

Footnotes

  1. 路加福音 5:1 神的話語——或譯作「神的道」。
  2. 路加福音 5:1 革尼撒勒湖——就是「加利利湖」。
  3. 路加福音 5:8 腳——原文直譯「膝」。
  4. 路加福音 5:10 你將得人了——原文直譯「你將是一個捕人的人」。
  5. 路加福音 5:15 他傳道——輔助詞語。
  6. 路加福音 5:19 沒有辦法——原文直譯「找不到辦法」。
  7. 路加福音 5:20 朋友——原文直譯「人哪」。
  8. 路加福音 5:27 利未——就是「馬太」。
  9. 路加福音 5:33 約翰的門徒們……又吃又喝。——有古抄本作「為什麼約翰的門徒們……又吃又喝呢?」
  10. 路加福音 5:34 賓客——或譯作「伴郎」;原文直譯「新房之子」。
  11. 路加福音 5:38 有古抄本附「這樣兩者都保全了。」
  12. 路加福音 5:39 好——有古抄本作「更好」。

The First Disciples

As the crowd was pressing in on Jesus to hear God’s word,(A) he was standing by Lake Gennesaret.[a](B) He saw two boats at the edge of the lake; the fishermen had left them and were washing their nets. He got into one of the boats,(C) which belonged to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from the land. Then he sat down and was teaching the crowds from the boat.

When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, ‘Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.’(D)

‘Master,’(E) Simon replied, ‘we’ve worked hard all night long and caught nothing. But if you say so, I’ll let down the nets.’[b]

When they did this, they caught a great number of fish, and their nets[c] began to tear. So they signalled to their partners in the other boat to come and help them; they came and filled both boats so full that they began to sink.

When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’s knees and said, ‘Go away from me, because I’m a sinful man, Lord! ’(F) For he and all those with him were amazed(G) at the catch of fish they had taken, 10 and so were James and John, Zebedee’s sons, who were Simon’s partners.

‘Don’t be afraid,’(H) Jesus told Simon. ‘From now on you will be catching people.’(I) 11 Then they brought the boats to land, left everything, and followed him.(J)

A Man Cleansed

12 While he was in one of the towns, a man was there who had leprosy[d] all over him.(K) He saw Jesus, fell face down, and begged him, ‘Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean.’

13 Reaching out his hand, Jesus touched him,(L) saying, ‘I am willing; be made clean,’ and immediately the leprosy left him. 14 Then he ordered him to tell no one:(M) ‘But go and show yourself to the priest, and offer what Moses commanded for your cleansing as a testimony to them.’

15 But the news[e] about him spread even more, and large crowds would come together to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses. 16 Yet he often withdrew to deserted places and prayed.(N)

The Son of Man Forgives and Heals

17 On one of those days while he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law(O) were sitting there who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea, and also from Jerusalem. And the Lord’s power to heal was in him.(P) 18 Just then some men came,(Q) carrying on a stretcher a man who was paralysed. They tried to bring him in and set him down before him. 19 Since they could not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered him on the stretcher through the roof tiles into the middle of the crowd before Jesus.

20 Seeing their faith he said, ‘Friend,[f] your sins are forgiven.’

21 Then the scribes and the Pharisees(R) began to think to themselves, ‘Who is this man who speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins but God alone? ’(S)

22 But perceiving their thoughts, Jesus replied to them, ‘Why are you thinking this in your hearts?[g] 23 Which is easier: to say, “Your sins are forgiven,” or to say, “Get up and walk”? 24 But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins’ – he told the paralysed man, ‘I tell you: Get up, take your stretcher, and go home.’

25 Immediately he got up before them, picked up what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.(T) 26 Then everyone was astounded, and they were giving glory to God. And they were filled with awe(U) and said, ‘We have seen incredible things today.’

The Call of Levi

27 After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office,(V) and he said to him, ‘Follow me.’ 28 So, leaving everything behind, he got up and began to follow him.

29 Then Levi hosted a grand banquet for him at his house. Now there was a large crowd of tax collectors and others who were reclining at the table with them.(W) 30 But the Pharisees and their scribes(X) were complaining to his disciples, ‘Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners? ’

31 Jesus replied to them, ‘It is not those who are healthy who need a doctor, but those who are ill. 32 I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.’

A Question about Fasting

33 Then they said to him, ‘John’s disciples fast often and say prayers, and those of the Pharisees do the same, but yours eat and drink.’

34 Jesus said to them, ‘You can’t make the wedding guests fast while the groom is with them, can you? 35 But the time[h] will come(Y) when the groom will be taken away from them – then they will fast in those days.’

36 He also told them a parable: ‘No one tears a patch from a new garment and puts it on an old garment. Otherwise, not only will he tear the new, but also the piece from the new garment will not match the old. 37 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, it will spill, and the skins will be ruined. 38 No, new wine is put into fresh wineskins.[i] 39 And no one, after drinking old wine, wants new, because he says, “The old is better.” ’[j]

Footnotes

  1. 5:1 Another name for the Sea of Galilee
  2. 5:5 Other mss read net (Gk sg)
  3. 5:6 Other mss read net (Gk sg)
  4. 5:12 Gk lepros; a term for various skin diseases, also in v. 13; see Lv 13–14
  5. 5:15 Lit the word
  6. 5:20 Lit ‘Man
  7. 5:22 Or minds
  8. 5:35 Lit days
  9. 5:38 Other mss add And so both are preserved.
  10. 5:39 Or good