士师记 16-18
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
参孙和大利拉
16 一天,参孙去迦萨,看见一个妓女,就与她亲近。 2 迦萨人得知参孙来了,便包围那地方,整夜埋伏在城门口,没有动手,心想:“等天一亮,我们就杀掉他。” 3 可是,参孙睡到半夜就起来,把城门的门扇连门框和门闩一同拆下,扛到希伯仑对面的山顶上。
4 后来,参孙在梭烈谷爱上一位名叫大利拉的女子。 5 非利士人的首领就上去见这女子,对她说:“请你哄参孙说出他为何有这么大力气,我们怎样才能制服他,把他绑起来。事后,我们每人会给你一千一百块银子。” 6 于是,大利拉问参孙:“求你告诉我,你为什么有这么大力气?用什么办法才能把你绑起来制服你?”
7 参孙说:“如果我被七根还没干的青绳子绑着,我的力气便会和普通人一样。” 8 非利士人的首领便把七根还没干的青绳子交给大利拉,她用那些绳子把参孙绑起来。 9 有人已预先埋伏在她的内室,于是她喊道:“参孙,非利士人来捉你了!”但参孙挣断了绳子,就像挣断火烧过的麻线一样。因此,仍然没有人知道他为何力气过人。
10 大利拉对参孙说:“你说谎捉弄我。现在请你告诉我,用什么方法才能绑住你?” 11 参孙回答说:“如果用从未用过的新绳子绑住我,我的力气就会和普通人一样。” 12 于是,大利拉让人埋伏在内室,她用七根新绳子绑住参孙,然后喊道:“参孙,非利士人来捉你了!”结果,参孙挣断了手臂上的绳子,就像挣断一根线一样。
13 大利拉对参孙说:“到现在你还是说谎捉弄我。请你告诉我,用什么方法才能绑住你?”参孙说:“你把我的七根发辨和织布机的线编在一起,用橛子钉牢就可以了。” 14 于是,大利拉把他的发辫和织布机的线编在一起,用橛子钉牢,然后喊道:“参孙,非利士人来捉你了!”参孙醒来,挣脱了织布机的橛子和线。
15 大利拉对参孙说:“你既然不跟我说真心话,还说什么爱我!你捉弄了我三次,没告诉我你为何力气过人。” 16 大利拉天天在他跟前唠叨不停,以致他烦得要死, 17 就把秘密告诉了她。他说:“我从不剃发,因为我一出生就献给上帝做拿细耳人了。如果剃掉我的头发,我的力气就会和普通人一样。”
18 大利拉见他说出了心中的秘密,就派人去通知非利士人的首领,说:“你们再来一次吧,他已经把秘密告诉我了。”于是,他们带着银子去了。 19 大利拉哄参孙枕着她的腿睡觉,然后叫人来剃掉他的七根发辫,使他力气尽失,无力反抗。 20 她喊道:“参孙,非利士人来捉你了!”参孙醒来,心想:“我要像前几次一样挣脱捆绑。”他却不知道耶和华已经离开他了。 21 非利士人拿住他,剜了他的眼睛,把他带到迦萨,用铜链锁住他,让他在监牢里推磨。 22 后来,他的头发又渐渐长出来了。
参孙之死
23 非利士人的首领聚在一起向他们的神明大衮献大祭,欢呼说:“我们的神把仇敌参孙交在我们手中了。” 24 众人看见参孙,就赞美他们的神明,说:“我们的神把仇敌交在我们手中了,他曾毁坏我们的田地,杀死我们许多人。” 25 他们都兴高采烈,并喊道:“把参孙带来让我们消遣消遣。”于是,有人把参孙从监牢里提出来供他们消遣,他们让他站在两根柱子中间。 26 参孙对拉着他手的童仆说:“带我到支撑这庙宇的柱子那里,我想靠一靠。” 27 那时,庙里挤满了男男女女,非利士人的首领们都在场,房顶上还有三千男女看参孙的热闹。
28 参孙向耶和华祷告说:“主耶和华啊,求你眷顾我!上帝啊,求你再次赐给我力量,使我向非利士人报剜眼之仇。” 29 参孙就抱住庙宇中央的两根柱子,一手抱一根, 30 然后喊道:“我要跟非利士人同归于尽!”于是,他一用力,庙宇倒塌,压住里面的首领和民众。参孙死时杀的人比他活着时杀的还多。 31 参孙的兄弟和家人取走他的尸体,葬在琐拉和以实陶之间他父亲玛挪亚的墓地里。参孙做以色列的士师二十年。
米迦的神像
17 以法莲山区住了一个名叫米迦的人。 2 他对母亲说:“你那一千一百块银子丢了,我还听见你咒诅小偷。看啊,银子在我这里,是我拿去的。”他母亲说:“我儿啊,愿耶和华赐福给你!” 3 米迦把一千一百块银子还给母亲。他母亲说:“我要为你把这些银子献给耶和华,用来雕刻、铸造神像。现在这银子还是你的。” 4 米迦把银子还给母亲后,他母亲拿出二百块银子交给银匠雕刻、铸造神像,放在米迦的房子里。 5 米迦有一个神庙,他制造了一件以弗得和一些家庭神像,并指派他的一个儿子做祭司。 6 那时,以色列没有王,人人各行其是。
7 犹大的伯利恒住着一个年轻的利未人。 8 他离开伯利恒想到别的地方居住,一路走到以法莲山区米迦的家。 9 米迦问他:“你从哪里来?”他回答说:“我是从犹大 伯利恒来的利未人,我要找一个住的地方。” 10 米迦说:“你就住在我这里吧,做我的师父和祭司。我每年给你十块银子,还为你提供衣服和膳食。”利未人就进了米迦的家, 11 住了下来。米迦待他就像待自己的儿子一样。 12 这样,米迦派他做祭司,让他住在自己家里。 13 米迦说:“现在我有一个利未人做我的祭司,耶和华一定会赐福给我。”
米迦和但支派
18 那时以色列没有王。但支派的人正在寻找可以居住的地方,因为他们在以色列各支派中还没有得到属于自己的土地。 2 但支派的人从琐拉和以实陶派本族的五名勇士去打探、察看那个地方。他们吩咐说:“你们去察看那个地方。”他们到了以法莲山区,在米迦家里借宿。 3 他们听出那利未青年的口音,就问他:“谁带你来这里的?你在这里做什么?你为什么在这里?” 4 那青年便把米迦聘他做祭司的事告诉了他们。 5 他们说:“请你求问上帝,看看我们是否一路顺利。” 6 祭司说:“你们安心去吧,耶和华会一路眷顾你们。”
7 五人启程来到拉亿,发现当地人像西顿人一样无忧无虑,生活安宁,毫无防范,繁荣富足。他们离西顿很远,与外界没有来往。
8 五人回到琐拉和以实陶后,族人问他们:“你们有什么发现吗?” 9 他们回答说:“我们前去攻取那地方吧!我们已经打探清楚了,那地方非常好。你们还等什么?要赶快去占领那地方。 10 你们到了那里,会看见当地的居民毫无防范,那里地大物博,一无所缺。上帝已经把那地方赐给我们了。”
11 但支派便从琐拉和以实陶派出六百个全副武装的人。 12 他们来到犹大 基列·耶琳的西边安营。因此,那地方至今仍叫玛哈尼·但[a]。 13 然后,他们去以法莲山区,来到米迦的家。
14 侦察过拉亿的五个人对其余的人说:“你们知道吗?这家有以弗得、一些家庭神像、一个雕刻的偶像和一个金属铸像。想一想我们该怎么办。” 15 那五个人就进入米迦的家里,到年轻的利未人房间向他问安, 16 随行的六百人带着兵器留在门口。 17 当时祭司也和那六百个全副武装的人站在门口。那五个人进去拿走了雕刻的偶像、以弗得、家庭神像及金属铸像。 18 祭司见那五人进入米迦家拿走雕刻的偶像、以弗得、家庭神像及金属铸像,就问他们:“你们在做什么?”
19 他们说:“安静,别作声,跟我们来做我们的师父和祭司吧。做以色列一个支派、一个宗族的祭司难道不比做一家人的祭司更好吗?” 20 祭司听了非常高兴,就带着以弗得、家庭神像及雕刻的偶像跟随了他们。 21 他们转身离去,儿女、牲畜和财物在队伍的前面。
22 他们离开米迦的家一段路后,米迦召集邻居赶了上来, 23 向他们大喊。但支派的人转身问米迦:“你们召集这么多人来做什么?” 24 米迦说:“你们带走了我的神像和祭司,把我洗劫一空,还问我想做什么!” 25 但支派的人说:“别再多说了,不然我们当中性情暴躁的人会攻击你们,使你全家丧命。” 26 但支派的人继续赶路。米迦见对方人多势众,就回家去了。
27 但支派的人带着米迦的神像和他的祭司来到拉亿,那里的人生活安宁,毫无防范。他们杀掉当地的居民,放火烧了城。 28 拉亿离西顿很远,当地的居民与外界没有来往,以致孤立无援。这城位于伯·利合附近的山谷中,但支派的人重建该城,住在那里。 29 这座城原来叫拉亿,他们用祖先以色列的儿子但的名字为该城重新命名。 30 但支派的人把神像竖立起来,又指派摩西的孙子、革舜的儿子约拿单及其子孙做但支派的祭司,直到该城的人被敌人掳走为止。 31 上帝的会幕设立在示罗期间,米迦的神像一直竖立在但。
Footnotes
- 18:12 “玛哈尼·但”意思是“但的军营”。
Judges 16-18
New International Version
Samson and Delilah
16 One day Samson(A) went to Gaza,(B) where he saw a prostitute.(C) He went in to spend the night with her. 2 The people of Gaza were told, “Samson is here!” So they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate.(D) They made no move during the night, saying, “At dawn(E) we’ll kill him.”
3 But Samson lay there only until the middle of the night. Then he got up and took hold of the doors of the city gate, together with the two posts, and tore them loose, bar and all. He lifted them to his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron.(F)
4 Some time later, he fell in love(G) with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah.(H) 5 The rulers of the Philistines(I) went to her and said, “See if you can lure(J) him into showing you the secret of his great strength(K) and how we can overpower him so we may tie him up and subdue him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels[a] of silver.”(L)
6 So Delilah(M) said to Samson, “Tell me the secret of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”
7 Samson answered her, “If anyone ties me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I’ll become as weak as any other man.”
8 Then the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him with them. 9 With men hidden in the room,(N) she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(O) But he snapped the bowstrings as easily as a piece of string snaps when it comes close to a flame. So the secret of his strength was not discovered.
10 Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have made a fool of me;(P) you lied to me. Come now, tell me how you can be tied.”
11 He said, “If anyone ties me securely with new ropes(Q) that have never been used, I’ll become as weak as any other man.”
12 So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them. Then, with men hidden in the room, she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(R) But he snapped the ropes off his arms as if they were threads.
13 Delilah then said to Samson, “All this time you have been making a fool of me and lying to me. Tell me how you can be tied.”
He replied, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom and tighten it with the pin, I’ll become as weak as any other man.” So while he was sleeping, Delilah took the seven braids of his head, wove them into the fabric 14 and[b] tightened it with the pin.
Again she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(S) He awoke from his sleep and pulled up the pin and the loom, with the fabric.
15 Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’(T) when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time(U) you have made a fool of me and haven’t told me the secret of your great strength.(V)” 16 With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it.
17 So he told her everything.(W) “No razor has ever been used on my head,” he said, “because I have been a Nazirite(X) dedicated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.”
18 When Delilah saw that he had told her everything, she sent word to the rulers of the Philistines(Y), “Come back once more; he has told me everything.” So the rulers of the Philistines returned with the silver in their hands.(Z) 19 After putting him to sleep on her lap, she called for someone to shave off the seven braids of his hair, and so began to subdue him.[c] And his strength left him.(AA)
20 Then she called, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(AB)
He awoke from his sleep and thought, “I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had left him.(AC)
21 Then the Philistines(AD) seized him, gouged out his eyes(AE) and took him down to Gaza.(AF) Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain(AG) in the prison. 22 But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.
The Death of Samson
23 Now the rulers of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon(AH) their god and to celebrate, saying, “Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hands.”
24 When the people saw him, they praised their god,(AI) saying,
“Our god has delivered our enemy
into our hands,(AJ)
the one who laid waste our land
and multiplied our slain.”
25 While they were in high spirits,(AK) they shouted, “Bring out Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he performed for them.
When they stood him among the pillars, 26 Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Put me where I can feel the pillars that support the temple, so that I may lean against them.” 27 Now the temple was crowded with men and women; all the rulers of the Philistines were there, and on the roof(AL) were about three thousand men and women watching Samson perform. 28 Then Samson prayed to the Lord,(AM) “Sovereign Lord, remember me. Please, God, strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge(AN) on the Philistines for my two eyes.” 29 Then Samson reached toward the two central pillars on which the temple stood. Bracing himself against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other, 30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” Then he pushed with all his might, and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. Thus he killed many more when he died than while he lived.
31 Then his brothers and his father’s whole family went down to get him. They brought him back and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah(AO) his father. He had led[d](AP) Israel twenty years.(AQ)
Micah’s Idols
17 Now a man named Micah(AR) from the hill country of Ephraim 2 said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels[e] of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have that silver with me; I took it.”
Then his mother said, “The Lord bless you,(AS) my son!”
3 When he returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I solemnly consecrate my silver to the Lord for my son to make an image overlaid with silver.(AT) I will give it back to you.”
4 So after he returned the silver to his mother, she took two hundred shekels[f] of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who used them to make the idol.(AU) And it was put in Micah’s house.
5 Now this man Micah had a shrine,(AV) and he made an ephod(AW) and some household gods(AX) and installed(AY) one of his sons as his priest.(AZ) 6 In those days Israel had no king;(BA) everyone did as they saw fit.(BB)
7 A young Levite(BC) from Bethlehem in Judah,(BD) who had been living within the clan of Judah, 8 left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way[g] he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.
9 Micah asked him, “Where are you from?”
“I’m a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,(BE)” he said, “and I’m looking for a place to stay.”
10 Then Micah said to him, “Live with me and be my father(BF) and priest,(BG) and I’ll give you ten shekels[h] of silver a year, your clothes and your food.” 11 So the Levite agreed to live with him, and the young man became like one of his sons to him. 12 Then Micah installed(BH) the Levite, and the young man became his priest(BI) and lived in his house. 13 And Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, since this Levite has become my priest.”(BJ)
The Danites Settle in Laish
18 In those days Israel had no king.(BK)
And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking a place of their own where they might settle, because they had not yet come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.(BL) 2 So the Danites(BM) sent five of their leading men(BN) from Zorah and Eshtaol to spy out(BO) the land and explore it. These men represented all the Danites. They told them, “Go, explore the land.”(BP)
So they entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah,(BQ) where they spent the night. 3 When they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite;(BR) so they turned in there and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”
4 He told them what Micah had done for him, and said, “He has hired me and I am his priest.(BS)”
5 Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God(BT) to learn whether our journey will be successful.”
6 The priest answered them, “Go in peace(BU). Your journey has the Lord’s approval.”
7 So the five men(BV) left and came to Laish,(BW) where they saw that the people were living in safety, like the Sidonians, at peace and secure.(BX) And since their land lacked nothing, they were prosperous.[i] Also, they lived a long way from the Sidonians(BY) and had no relationship with anyone else.[j]
8 When they returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their fellow Danites asked them, “How did you find things?”
9 They answered, “Come on, let’s attack them! We have seen the land, and it is very good. Aren’t you going to do something? Don’t hesitate to go there and take it over.(BZ) 10 When you get there, you will find an unsuspecting people and a spacious land that God has put into your hands, a land that lacks nothing(CA) whatever.(CB)”
11 Then six hundred men(CC) of the Danites,(CD) armed for battle, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol. 12 On their way they set up camp near Kiriath Jearim(CE) in Judah. This is why the place west of Kiriath Jearim is called Mahaneh Dan[k](CF) to this day. 13 From there they went on to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house.(CG)
14 Then the five men who had spied out the land of Laish(CH) said to their fellow Danites, “Do you know that one of these houses has an ephod,(CI) some household gods and an image overlaid with silver?(CJ) Now you know what to do.” 15 So they turned in there and went to the house of the young Levite at Micah’s place and greeted him. 16 The six hundred Danites,(CK) armed for battle, stood at the entrance of the gate. 17 The five men who had spied out the land went inside and took the idol, the ephod and the household gods(CL) while the priest and the six hundred armed men(CM) stood at the entrance of the gate.
18 When the five men went into Micah’s house and took(CN) the idol, the ephod and the household gods,(CO) the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”
19 They answered him, “Be quiet!(CP) Don’t say a word. Come with us, and be our father and priest.(CQ) Isn’t it better that you serve a tribe and clan(CR) in Israel as priest rather than just one man’s household?” 20 The priest was very pleased. He took the ephod, the household gods and the idol and went along with the people. 21 Putting their little children, their livestock and their possessions in front of them, they turned away and left.
22 When they had gone some distance from Micah’s house, the men who lived near Micah were called together and overtook the Danites. 23 As they shouted after them, the Danites turned and said to Micah, “What’s the matter with you that you called out your men to fight?”
24 He replied, “You took(CS) the gods I made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you ask, ‘What’s the matter with you?’”
25 The Danites answered, “Don’t argue with us, or some of the men may get angry and attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.” 26 So the Danites went their way, and Micah, seeing that they were too strong for him,(CT) turned around and went back home.
27 Then they took what Micah had made, and his priest, and went on to Laish, against a people at peace and secure.(CU) They attacked them with the sword and burned(CV) down their city.(CW) 28 There was no one to rescue them because they lived a long way from Sidon(CX) and had no relationship with anyone else. The city was in a valley near Beth Rehob.(CY)
The Danites rebuilt the city and settled there. 29 They named it Dan(CZ) after their ancestor Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city used to be called Laish.(DA) 30 There the Danites set up for themselves the idol, and Jonathan son of Gershom,(DB) the son of Moses,[l] and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the captivity of the land. 31 They continued to use the idol Micah had made,(DC) all the time the house of God(DD) was in Shiloh.(DE)
Footnotes
- Judges 16:5 That is, about 28 pounds or about 13 kilograms
- Judges 16:14 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew replied, “I can if you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom.” 14 So she
- Judges 16:19 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts and he began to weaken
- Judges 16:31 Traditionally judged
- Judges 17:2 That is, about 28 pounds or about 13 kilograms
- Judges 17:4 That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms
- Judges 17:8 Or To carry on his profession
- Judges 17:10 That is, about 4 ounces or about 115 grams
- Judges 18:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
- Judges 18:7 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts with the Arameans
- Judges 18:12 Mahaneh Dan means Dan’s camp.
- Judges 18:30 Many Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate; many other Hebrew manuscripts and some other Septuagint manuscripts Manasseh
士师记 16-18
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
参孙和大利拉
16 一天,参孙去迦萨,看见一个妓女,就与她亲近。 2 迦萨人得知参孙来了,便包围那地方,整夜埋伏在城门口,没有动手,心想:“等天一亮,我们就杀掉他。” 3 可是,参孙睡到半夜就起来,把城门的门扇连门框和门闩一同拆下,扛到希伯仑对面的山顶上。
4 后来,参孙在梭烈谷爱上一位名叫大利拉的女子。 5 非利士人的首领就上去见这女子,对她说:“请你哄参孙说出他为何有这么大力气,我们怎样才能制服他,把他绑起来。事后,我们每人会给你一千一百块银子。” 6 于是,大利拉问参孙:“求你告诉我,你为什么有这么大力气?用什么办法才能把你绑起来制服你?”
7 参孙说:“如果我被七根还没干的青绳子绑着,我的力气便会和普通人一样。” 8 非利士人的首领便把七根还没干的青绳子交给大利拉,她用那些绳子把参孙绑起来。 9 有人已预先埋伏在她的内室,于是她喊道:“参孙,非利士人来捉你了!”但参孙挣断了绳子,就像挣断火烧过的麻线一样。因此,仍然没有人知道他为何力气过人。
10 大利拉对参孙说:“你说谎捉弄我。现在请你告诉我,用什么方法才能绑住你?” 11 参孙回答说:“如果用从未用过的新绳子绑住我,我的力气就会和普通人一样。” 12 于是,大利拉让人埋伏在内室,她用七根新绳子绑住参孙,然后喊道:“参孙,非利士人来捉你了!”结果,参孙挣断了手臂上的绳子,就像挣断一根线一样。
13 大利拉对参孙说:“到现在你还是说谎捉弄我。请你告诉我,用什么方法才能绑住你?”参孙说:“你把我的七根发辨和织布机的线编在一起,用橛子钉牢就可以了。” 14 于是,大利拉把他的发辫和织布机的线编在一起,用橛子钉牢,然后喊道:“参孙,非利士人来捉你了!”参孙醒来,挣脱了织布机的橛子和线。
15 大利拉对参孙说:“你既然不跟我说真心话,还说什么爱我!你捉弄了我三次,没告诉我你为何力气过人。” 16 大利拉天天在他跟前唠叨不停,以致他烦得要死, 17 就把秘密告诉了她。他说:“我从不剃发,因为我一出生就献给上帝做拿细耳人了。如果剃掉我的头发,我的力气就会和普通人一样。”
18 大利拉见他说出了心中的秘密,就派人去通知非利士人的首领,说:“你们再来一次吧,他已经把秘密告诉我了。”于是,他们带着银子去了。 19 大利拉哄参孙枕着她的腿睡觉,然后叫人来剃掉他的七根发辫,使他力气尽失,无力反抗。 20 她喊道:“参孙,非利士人来捉你了!”参孙醒来,心想:“我要像前几次一样挣脱捆绑。”他却不知道耶和华已经离开他了。 21 非利士人拿住他,剜了他的眼睛,把他带到迦萨,用铜链锁住他,让他在监牢里推磨。 22 后来,他的头发又渐渐长出来了。
参孙之死
23 非利士人的首领聚在一起向他们的神明大衮献大祭,欢呼说:“我们的神把仇敌参孙交在我们手中了。” 24 众人看见参孙,就赞美他们的神明,说:“我们的神把仇敌交在我们手中了,他曾毁坏我们的田地,杀死我们许多人。” 25 他们都兴高采烈,并喊道:“把参孙带来让我们消遣消遣。”于是,有人把参孙从监牢里提出来供他们消遣,他们让他站在两根柱子中间。 26 参孙对拉着他手的童仆说:“带我到支撑这庙宇的柱子那里,我想靠一靠。” 27 那时,庙里挤满了男男女女,非利士人的首领们都在场,房顶上还有三千男女看参孙的热闹。
28 参孙向耶和华祷告说:“主耶和华啊,求你眷顾我!上帝啊,求你再次赐给我力量,使我向非利士人报剜眼之仇。” 29 参孙就抱住庙宇中央的两根柱子,一手抱一根, 30 然后喊道:“我要跟非利士人同归于尽!”于是,他一用力,庙宇倒塌,压住里面的首领和民众。参孙死时杀的人比他活着时杀的还多。 31 参孙的兄弟和家人取走他的尸体,葬在琐拉和以实陶之间他父亲玛挪亚的墓地里。参孙做以色列的士师二十年。
米迦的神像
17 以法莲山区住了一个名叫米迦的人。 2 他对母亲说:“你那一千一百块银子丢了,我还听见你咒诅小偷。看啊,银子在我这里,是我拿去的。”他母亲说:“我儿啊,愿耶和华赐福给你!” 3 米迦把一千一百块银子还给母亲。他母亲说:“我要为你把这些银子献给耶和华,用来雕刻、铸造神像。现在这银子还是你的。” 4 米迦把银子还给母亲后,他母亲拿出二百块银子交给银匠雕刻、铸造神像,放在米迦的房子里。 5 米迦有一个神庙,他制造了一件以弗得和一些家庭神像,并指派他的一个儿子做祭司。 6 那时,以色列没有王,人人各行其是。
7 犹大的伯利恒住着一个年轻的利未人。 8 他离开伯利恒想到别的地方居住,一路走到以法莲山区米迦的家。 9 米迦问他:“你从哪里来?”他回答说:“我是从犹大 伯利恒来的利未人,我要找一个住的地方。” 10 米迦说:“你就住在我这里吧,做我的师父和祭司。我每年给你十块银子,还为你提供衣服和膳食。”利未人就进了米迦的家, 11 住了下来。米迦待他就像待自己的儿子一样。 12 这样,米迦派他做祭司,让他住在自己家里。 13 米迦说:“现在我有一个利未人做我的祭司,耶和华一定会赐福给我。”
米迦和但支派
18 那时以色列没有王。但支派的人正在寻找可以居住的地方,因为他们在以色列各支派中还没有得到属于自己的土地。 2 但支派的人从琐拉和以实陶派本族的五名勇士去打探、察看那个地方。他们吩咐说:“你们去察看那个地方。”他们到了以法莲山区,在米迦家里借宿。 3 他们听出那利未青年的口音,就问他:“谁带你来这里的?你在这里做什么?你为什么在这里?” 4 那青年便把米迦聘他做祭司的事告诉了他们。 5 他们说:“请你求问上帝,看看我们是否一路顺利。” 6 祭司说:“你们安心去吧,耶和华会一路眷顾你们。”
7 五人启程来到拉亿,发现当地人像西顿人一样无忧无虑,生活安宁,毫无防范,繁荣富足。他们离西顿很远,与外界没有来往。
8 五人回到琐拉和以实陶后,族人问他们:“你们有什么发现吗?” 9 他们回答说:“我们前去攻取那地方吧!我们已经打探清楚了,那地方非常好。你们还等什么?要赶快去占领那地方。 10 你们到了那里,会看见当地的居民毫无防范,那里地大物博,一无所缺。上帝已经把那地方赐给我们了。”
11 但支派便从琐拉和以实陶派出六百个全副武装的人。 12 他们来到犹大 基列·耶琳的西边安营。因此,那地方至今仍叫玛哈尼·但[a]。 13 然后,他们去以法莲山区,来到米迦的家。
14 侦察过拉亿的五个人对其余的人说:“你们知道吗?这家有以弗得、一些家庭神像、一个雕刻的偶像和一个金属铸像。想一想我们该怎么办。” 15 那五个人就进入米迦的家里,到年轻的利未人房间向他问安, 16 随行的六百人带着兵器留在门口。 17 当时祭司也和那六百个全副武装的人站在门口。那五个人进去拿走了雕刻的偶像、以弗得、家庭神像及金属铸像。 18 祭司见那五人进入米迦家拿走雕刻的偶像、以弗得、家庭神像及金属铸像,就问他们:“你们在做什么?”
19 他们说:“安静,别作声,跟我们来做我们的师父和祭司吧。做以色列一个支派、一个宗族的祭司难道不比做一家人的祭司更好吗?” 20 祭司听了非常高兴,就带着以弗得、家庭神像及雕刻的偶像跟随了他们。 21 他们转身离去,儿女、牲畜和财物在队伍的前面。
22 他们离开米迦的家一段路后,米迦召集邻居赶了上来, 23 向他们大喊。但支派的人转身问米迦:“你们召集这么多人来做什么?” 24 米迦说:“你们带走了我的神像和祭司,把我洗劫一空,还问我想做什么!” 25 但支派的人说:“别再多说了,不然我们当中性情暴躁的人会攻击你们,使你全家丧命。” 26 但支派的人继续赶路。米迦见对方人多势众,就回家去了。
27 但支派的人带着米迦的神像和他的祭司来到拉亿,那里的人生活安宁,毫无防范。他们杀掉当地的居民,放火烧了城。 28 拉亿离西顿很远,当地的居民与外界没有来往,以致孤立无援。这城位于伯·利合附近的山谷中,但支派的人重建该城,住在那里。 29 这座城原来叫拉亿,他们用祖先以色列的儿子但的名字为该城重新命名。 30 但支派的人把神像竖立起来,又指派摩西的孙子、革舜的儿子约拿单及其子孙做但支派的祭司,直到该城的人被敌人掳走为止。 31 上帝的会幕设立在示罗期间,米迦的神像一直竖立在但。
Footnotes
- 18:12 “玛哈尼·但”意思是“但的军营”。
Judges 16-18
New International Version
Samson and Delilah
16 One day Samson(A) went to Gaza,(B) where he saw a prostitute.(C) He went in to spend the night with her. 2 The people of Gaza were told, “Samson is here!” So they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate.(D) They made no move during the night, saying, “At dawn(E) we’ll kill him.”
3 But Samson lay there only until the middle of the night. Then he got up and took hold of the doors of the city gate, together with the two posts, and tore them loose, bar and all. He lifted them to his shoulders and carried them to the top of the hill that faces Hebron.(F)
4 Some time later, he fell in love(G) with a woman in the Valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah.(H) 5 The rulers of the Philistines(I) went to her and said, “See if you can lure(J) him into showing you the secret of his great strength(K) and how we can overpower him so we may tie him up and subdue him. Each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels[a] of silver.”(L)
6 So Delilah(M) said to Samson, “Tell me the secret of your great strength and how you can be tied up and subdued.”
7 Samson answered her, “If anyone ties me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, I’ll become as weak as any other man.”
8 Then the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she tied him with them. 9 With men hidden in the room,(N) she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(O) But he snapped the bowstrings as easily as a piece of string snaps when it comes close to a flame. So the secret of his strength was not discovered.
10 Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have made a fool of me;(P) you lied to me. Come now, tell me how you can be tied.”
11 He said, “If anyone ties me securely with new ropes(Q) that have never been used, I’ll become as weak as any other man.”
12 So Delilah took new ropes and tied him with them. Then, with men hidden in the room, she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(R) But he snapped the ropes off his arms as if they were threads.
13 Delilah then said to Samson, “All this time you have been making a fool of me and lying to me. Tell me how you can be tied.”
He replied, “If you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom and tighten it with the pin, I’ll become as weak as any other man.” So while he was sleeping, Delilah took the seven braids of his head, wove them into the fabric 14 and[b] tightened it with the pin.
Again she called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(S) He awoke from his sleep and pulled up the pin and the loom, with the fabric.
15 Then she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’(T) when you won’t confide in me? This is the third time(U) you have made a fool of me and haven’t told me the secret of your great strength.(V)” 16 With such nagging she prodded him day after day until he was sick to death of it.
17 So he told her everything.(W) “No razor has ever been used on my head,” he said, “because I have been a Nazirite(X) dedicated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.”
18 When Delilah saw that he had told her everything, she sent word to the rulers of the Philistines(Y), “Come back once more; he has told me everything.” So the rulers of the Philistines returned with the silver in their hands.(Z) 19 After putting him to sleep on her lap, she called for someone to shave off the seven braids of his hair, and so began to subdue him.[c] And his strength left him.(AA)
20 Then she called, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!”(AB)
He awoke from his sleep and thought, “I’ll go out as before and shake myself free.” But he did not know that the Lord had left him.(AC)
21 Then the Philistines(AD) seized him, gouged out his eyes(AE) and took him down to Gaza.(AF) Binding him with bronze shackles, they set him to grinding grain(AG) in the prison. 22 But the hair on his head began to grow again after it had been shaved.
The Death of Samson
23 Now the rulers of the Philistines assembled to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon(AH) their god and to celebrate, saying, “Our god has delivered Samson, our enemy, into our hands.”
24 When the people saw him, they praised their god,(AI) saying,
“Our god has delivered our enemy
into our hands,(AJ)
the one who laid waste our land
and multiplied our slain.”
25 While they were in high spirits,(AK) they shouted, “Bring out Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison, and he performed for them.
When they stood him among the pillars, 26 Samson said to the servant who held his hand, “Put me where I can feel the pillars that support the temple, so that I may lean against them.” 27 Now the temple was crowded with men and women; all the rulers of the Philistines were there, and on the roof(AL) were about three thousand men and women watching Samson perform. 28 Then Samson prayed to the Lord,(AM) “Sovereign Lord, remember me. Please, God, strengthen me just once more, and let me with one blow get revenge(AN) on the Philistines for my two eyes.” 29 Then Samson reached toward the two central pillars on which the temple stood. Bracing himself against them, his right hand on the one and his left hand on the other, 30 Samson said, “Let me die with the Philistines!” Then he pushed with all his might, and down came the temple on the rulers and all the people in it. Thus he killed many more when he died than while he lived.
31 Then his brothers and his father’s whole family went down to get him. They brought him back and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah(AO) his father. He had led[d](AP) Israel twenty years.(AQ)
Micah’s Idols
17 Now a man named Micah(AR) from the hill country of Ephraim 2 said to his mother, “The eleven hundred shekels[e] of silver that were taken from you and about which I heard you utter a curse—I have that silver with me; I took it.”
Then his mother said, “The Lord bless you,(AS) my son!”
3 When he returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I solemnly consecrate my silver to the Lord for my son to make an image overlaid with silver.(AT) I will give it back to you.”
4 So after he returned the silver to his mother, she took two hundred shekels[f] of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who used them to make the idol.(AU) And it was put in Micah’s house.
5 Now this man Micah had a shrine,(AV) and he made an ephod(AW) and some household gods(AX) and installed(AY) one of his sons as his priest.(AZ) 6 In those days Israel had no king;(BA) everyone did as they saw fit.(BB)
7 A young Levite(BC) from Bethlehem in Judah,(BD) who had been living within the clan of Judah, 8 left that town in search of some other place to stay. On his way[g] he came to Micah’s house in the hill country of Ephraim.
9 Micah asked him, “Where are you from?”
“I’m a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,(BE)” he said, “and I’m looking for a place to stay.”
10 Then Micah said to him, “Live with me and be my father(BF) and priest,(BG) and I’ll give you ten shekels[h] of silver a year, your clothes and your food.” 11 So the Levite agreed to live with him, and the young man became like one of his sons to him. 12 Then Micah installed(BH) the Levite, and the young man became his priest(BI) and lived in his house. 13 And Micah said, “Now I know that the Lord will be good to me, since this Levite has become my priest.”(BJ)
The Danites Settle in Laish
18 In those days Israel had no king.(BK)
And in those days the tribe of the Danites was seeking a place of their own where they might settle, because they had not yet come into an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.(BL) 2 So the Danites(BM) sent five of their leading men(BN) from Zorah and Eshtaol to spy out(BO) the land and explore it. These men represented all the Danites. They told them, “Go, explore the land.”(BP)
So they entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah,(BQ) where they spent the night. 3 When they were near Micah’s house, they recognized the voice of the young Levite;(BR) so they turned in there and asked him, “Who brought you here? What are you doing in this place? Why are you here?”
4 He told them what Micah had done for him, and said, “He has hired me and I am his priest.(BS)”
5 Then they said to him, “Please inquire of God(BT) to learn whether our journey will be successful.”
6 The priest answered them, “Go in peace(BU). Your journey has the Lord’s approval.”
7 So the five men(BV) left and came to Laish,(BW) where they saw that the people were living in safety, like the Sidonians, at peace and secure.(BX) And since their land lacked nothing, they were prosperous.[i] Also, they lived a long way from the Sidonians(BY) and had no relationship with anyone else.[j]
8 When they returned to Zorah and Eshtaol, their fellow Danites asked them, “How did you find things?”
9 They answered, “Come on, let’s attack them! We have seen the land, and it is very good. Aren’t you going to do something? Don’t hesitate to go there and take it over.(BZ) 10 When you get there, you will find an unsuspecting people and a spacious land that God has put into your hands, a land that lacks nothing(CA) whatever.(CB)”
11 Then six hundred men(CC) of the Danites,(CD) armed for battle, set out from Zorah and Eshtaol. 12 On their way they set up camp near Kiriath Jearim(CE) in Judah. This is why the place west of Kiriath Jearim is called Mahaneh Dan[k](CF) to this day. 13 From there they went on to the hill country of Ephraim and came to Micah’s house.(CG)
14 Then the five men who had spied out the land of Laish(CH) said to their fellow Danites, “Do you know that one of these houses has an ephod,(CI) some household gods and an image overlaid with silver?(CJ) Now you know what to do.” 15 So they turned in there and went to the house of the young Levite at Micah’s place and greeted him. 16 The six hundred Danites,(CK) armed for battle, stood at the entrance of the gate. 17 The five men who had spied out the land went inside and took the idol, the ephod and the household gods(CL) while the priest and the six hundred armed men(CM) stood at the entrance of the gate.
18 When the five men went into Micah’s house and took(CN) the idol, the ephod and the household gods,(CO) the priest said to them, “What are you doing?”
19 They answered him, “Be quiet!(CP) Don’t say a word. Come with us, and be our father and priest.(CQ) Isn’t it better that you serve a tribe and clan(CR) in Israel as priest rather than just one man’s household?” 20 The priest was very pleased. He took the ephod, the household gods and the idol and went along with the people. 21 Putting their little children, their livestock and their possessions in front of them, they turned away and left.
22 When they had gone some distance from Micah’s house, the men who lived near Micah were called together and overtook the Danites. 23 As they shouted after them, the Danites turned and said to Micah, “What’s the matter with you that you called out your men to fight?”
24 He replied, “You took(CS) the gods I made, and my priest, and went away. What else do I have? How can you ask, ‘What’s the matter with you?’”
25 The Danites answered, “Don’t argue with us, or some of the men may get angry and attack you, and you and your family will lose your lives.” 26 So the Danites went their way, and Micah, seeing that they were too strong for him,(CT) turned around and went back home.
27 Then they took what Micah had made, and his priest, and went on to Laish, against a people at peace and secure.(CU) They attacked them with the sword and burned(CV) down their city.(CW) 28 There was no one to rescue them because they lived a long way from Sidon(CX) and had no relationship with anyone else. The city was in a valley near Beth Rehob.(CY)
The Danites rebuilt the city and settled there. 29 They named it Dan(CZ) after their ancestor Dan, who was born to Israel—though the city used to be called Laish.(DA) 30 There the Danites set up for themselves the idol, and Jonathan son of Gershom,(DB) the son of Moses,[l] and his sons were priests for the tribe of Dan until the time of the captivity of the land. 31 They continued to use the idol Micah had made,(DC) all the time the house of God(DD) was in Shiloh.(DE)
Footnotes
- Judges 16:5 That is, about 28 pounds or about 13 kilograms
- Judges 16:14 Some Septuagint manuscripts; Hebrew replied, “I can if you weave the seven braids of my head into the fabric on the loom.” 14 So she
- Judges 16:19 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts and he began to weaken
- Judges 16:31 Traditionally judged
- Judges 17:2 That is, about 28 pounds or about 13 kilograms
- Judges 17:4 That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms
- Judges 17:8 Or To carry on his profession
- Judges 17:10 That is, about 4 ounces or about 115 grams
- Judges 18:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.
- Judges 18:7 Hebrew; some Septuagint manuscripts with the Arameans
- Judges 18:12 Mahaneh Dan means Dan’s camp.
- Judges 18:30 Many Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate; many other Hebrew manuscripts and some other Septuagint manuscripts Manasseh
路加福音 7:1-30
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
百夫长的信心
7 耶稣向众人讲完道后,进了迦百农。 2 当时,有一个百夫长很赏识的奴仆病了,生命垂危。 3 百夫长听说耶稣的事,就托几位犹太人的长老去请耶稣来医治他的奴仆。 4 他们便来恳求耶稣,说:“这位百夫长值得你帮助, 5 因为他爱我们的同胞,为我们建造会堂。” 6 耶稣就跟他们去了。
快抵达时,那百夫长又请几位朋友去见耶稣,对祂说:“主啊,不用劳驾,我不配让你亲自来我家。 7 我自认不配见你的面,只要你一句话,我的奴仆必定康复。 8 因为我有上司,也有部下。我命令我的部下去,他就去;要他来,他就来。我吩咐奴仆做什么事,他一定照办。”
9 耶稣听了这番话,感到惊奇,转身对跟从祂的百姓说:“我告诉你们,就是在以色列,我也从未见过有这么大信心的人。”
10 派去的几位朋友回到百夫长家里,发现那奴仆已经痊愈了。
寡妇的独子起死回生
11 过了不久[a],耶稣去拿因城,随行的有门徒和一大群人。 12 耶稣快到城门口时,从城里走出一队送殡的人,死者是一个寡妇的独子,有许多城中的人陪着她。 13 耶稣看见那寡妇,怜悯之心油然而生,就对她说:“不要哭!” 14 随即上前按住抬尸架,抬的人停了下来。耶稣说:“年轻人,我吩咐你起来!” 15 那死者就坐了起来,并开口说话。耶稣把他交给他母亲。
16 在场的人惊惧万分,把荣耀归给上帝,说:“我们中间出了一位大先知!”又说:“上帝眷顾了祂的百姓!” 17 有关祂的这消息传遍了犹太和附近地区。
施洗者约翰的疑问
18 约翰从自己的门徒那里获悉这些事后, 19 就叫了两个门徒来,派他们去问主:“将要来的那位就是你吗?还是我们要等别人呢?”
20 他们找到耶稣,便问:“施洗者约翰派我们来请教你,‘将要来的那位就是你吗?还是我们要等别人呢?’”
21 那时,耶稣刚治好了许多患各种疾病和被鬼附身的人,又使许多瞎子得见光明。 22 耶稣便回答说:“你们回去把所见所闻告诉约翰,就是瞎子看见,瘸子走路,麻风病人得洁净,聋子听见,死人复活,穷人听到福音。 23 凡对我没有失去信心的人有福了!”
耶稣称赞施洗者约翰
24 约翰的门徒离去后,耶稣对众人谈论约翰,说:“你们从前去旷野要看什么呢?看随风摇动的芦苇吗? 25 如果不是,你们到底想看什么?是看穿绫罗绸缎的人吗?那些衣着华丽、生活奢侈的人住在王宫里。 26 你们究竟想看什么?看先知吗?是的,我告诉你们,他不只是先知。 27 圣经上说,‘看啊,我要差遣我的使者在你前面为你预备道路。’这里所指的就是约翰。 28 我告诉你们,凡妇人所生的,没有一个比约翰大,但上帝国中最微不足道的也比他大。”
29 众百姓和税吏听了这番话,都承认上帝是公义的,因为他们接受了约翰的洗礼。 30 但那些法利赛人和律法教师没有接受约翰的洗礼,拒绝了上帝为他们所定的旨意。
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- 7:11 “过了不久”有古卷作“次日”。
路 加 福 音 7:1-30
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
耶稣治愈军官的仆人
7 耶稣讲完了他想说的话,就到迦百农去了。 2 那里有个罗马军官,他的仆人病得奄奄一息了,这个军官很器重这个仆人。 3 所以,当他听到有关耶稣的消息时,便派了几个年长的犹太首领去见他,请求他前来救他仆人的性命。 4 他们见到耶稣时,就迫切地恳求道∶“这个人值得你的帮助, 5 因为他爱护我们人民,还为我们建了会堂。”
6 耶稣便和他们一同前往,当耶稣走到他家附近时,军官又派他的朋友们对耶稣说∶“主啊,请不必劳驾到我家里来,因为我不配请你进我家, 7 这也是为什么我没有冒昧地来见你的原因,但是,您只要吩咐一声,我的仆人就会得到治愈的。 8 因为我自己上有长官,下有士兵,如果我对这个士兵说∶“离开”,他就会离开;如果我对另一个说“过来”,他就会过来,如果我对我的奴仆说∶“你做这个,”他就会照办。”
9 耶稣听到这些话,非常惊讶,转身对跟随他的人群说∶“我告诉你们吧,甚至在以色列 [a],我都没有见过这样的信仰呢。” 10 那些被派去找耶稣的人回去时,发现那个仆人的病已经好了。
寡妇的儿子从死里复活
11 第二天,耶稣来到一个叫拿因的城镇。耶稣的门徒和一大群人跟随着他。 12 耶稣走到城门附近时,看见人们抬着一个死人从城里出来。死者是个寡妇的独生子。当时那个城里的很多人陪着寡妇为她的儿子送殡。 13 当主看到那个寡妇时,心里充满了怜悯,便对她说道∶“别哭了。” 14 然后,耶稣走上前去,用手摸着棺材。抬棺材的人停住了脚步。耶稣说道∶“年轻人,我吩咐你,起来!” 15 那个死人果真坐了起来,并且开始讲话。耶稣把他交还给了他的母亲。
16 众人都充满了敬畏,并且颂扬上帝说∶“伟大的先知在我们中间兴起了!”还说“上帝来帮助他的子民了!”
17 关于耶稣的消息传遍了犹太和附近的地区。
约翰派人去见耶稣
18 约翰的门徒把这些事告诉给了约翰。于是,约翰就叫来两个门徒, 19 派他们去问主∶“你是我们听说将要来临的那位吗,或者我们还是应该等待另一个人呢?”
20 于是,这些人来见耶稣,他们说道∶“施洗礼者约翰派我们来问你∶‘你是将要来临的那位吗,或者我们还是应该等待另一个人呢?’”
21 那时,耶稣治好了很多患有疾病、受尽折磨和被邪灵缠身的人,他还让很多盲人重见了光明。 22 所以,他回答约翰的门徒说∶“去把你们的所见所闻都告诉约翰吧:盲人获得视力,瘸子行走自如,麻风病人得到痊愈,聋子能听见,死去的人复活,穷苦人得到上帝的福音, 23 能够接受 [b]我的人会受到祝福!”
24 约翰派来的使者离开后,耶稣便向人们谈起有关约翰的事情∶“你们以前出去到旷野里去看什么?是看随风摇曳的野草 [c]吗? 25 不是?那么你们究竟出去看什么呢?是去看衣着华贵的人吗?当然不是,衣着华贵、生活奢侈的人都住在皇宫里。 26 那么你们出去看什么呢?是一位先知吗?是的,我告诉你们,你们看见的人不仅仅是一位先知! 27 《经》上关于他是这样记载的:
‘听着!在你之前,
我(上帝)要派出我的使者,
他将为你准备好道路。’ (A)
28 我告诉你们,人间出生的人没有一个比约翰更伟大,但是在上帝的王国里最渺小的人都比他伟大。”
29 (所有听了耶稣的话的人,甚至包括税吏们,都接受了约翰的洗礼,承认上帝的道是正确的。 30 但是,那些法利赛人和律法师却不接受洗礼,拒绝了上帝为他们的安排。)
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- 路 加 福 音 7:9 以色列: 犹太民族。
- 路 加 福 音 7:23 接受: 直译为不被冒犯。
- 路 加 福 音 7:24 野草: 直译为芦苇,耶稣意指约翰并不软弱。
Luke 7:1-30
New International Version
The Faith of the Centurion(A)
7 When Jesus had finished saying all this(B) to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum. 2 There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. 3 The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. 4 When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, “This man deserves to have you do this, 5 because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.” 6 So Jesus went with them.
He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. 7 That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed.(C) 8 For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”
9 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.” 10 Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well.
Jesus Raises a Widow’s Son(D)
11 Soon afterward, Jesus went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him. 12 As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out—the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. 13 When the Lord(E) saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, “Don’t cry.”
14 Then he went up and touched the bier they were carrying him on, and the bearers stood still. He said, “Young man, I say to you, get up!”(F) 15 The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.
16 They were all filled with awe(G) and praised God.(H) “A great prophet(I) has appeared among us,” they said. “God has come to help his people.”(J) 17 This news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding country.(K)
Jesus and John the Baptist(L)
18 John’s(M) disciples(N) told him about all these things. Calling two of them, 19 he sent them to the Lord to ask, “Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?”
20 When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to you to ask, ‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?’”
21 At that very time Jesus cured many who had diseases, sicknesses(O) and evil spirits, and gave sight to many who were blind. 22 So he replied to the messengers, “Go back and report to John what you have seen and heard: The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have leprosy[a] are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is proclaimed to the poor.(P) 23 Blessed is anyone who does not stumble on account of me.”
24 After John’s messengers left, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swayed by the wind? 25 If not, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? No, those who wear expensive clothes and indulge in luxury are in palaces. 26 But what did you go out to see? A prophet?(Q) Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 27 This is the one about whom it is written:
28 I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God(S) is greater than he.”
29 (All the people, even the tax collectors, when they heard Jesus’ words, acknowledged that God’s way was right, because they had been baptized by John.(T) 30 But the Pharisees and the experts in the law(U) rejected God’s purpose for themselves, because they had not been baptized by John.)
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