約翰福音 10
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
好牧人
10 耶穌說：「我實實在在地告訴你們，不從門進羊圈而從別處爬進去的人就是賊，是強盜。 2 從門進去的才是羊的牧人， 3 看門的會給他開門，羊也聽他的聲音。他按名字叫自己的羊，把牠們領出來。 4 領出來之後，自己便走在前面，羊群也跟著他，因為羊認得他的聲音。 5 羊從不跟隨陌生人，見了陌生人就逃跑，因為牠們不認得陌生人的聲音。」
6 耶穌講了這個比喻，但聽的人都不明白祂的意思。 7 於是祂又說：「我實實在在地告訴你們，我就是羊的門。 8 在我以前來的，都是賊，是強盜，羊不聽從他們。 9 我就是門，從我進來的必定得救，並且會安然出入，找到草吃。 10 盜賊來，無非是要偷竊、殺害、毀壞。但我來是要羊得生命，並且得到豐盛的生命。
11 「我是好牧人，好牧人為羊捨命。 12 如果是僱工，不是牧人，羊也不是他的，狼一來，他必撇下羊逃命。狼就會抓住羊，把羊群驅散。 13 他逃走，因為他是僱工，並不在乎羊。 14 我是好牧人，我認識我的羊，我的羊也認識我， 15 正如父認識我，我也認識父，並且我為羊捨命。 16 我還有別的羊不在這羊圈裡，我必須領他們回來，他們也必聽我的聲音。這樣，我所有的羊將要合成一群，由一個牧人來帶領。 17 父愛我，因為我捨棄自己的生命，為了再得回生命。 18 沒有人能奪走我的生命，我是甘心捨棄的。我有權捨棄，也有權得回，這是我從父那裡得到的命令。」
19 猶太人因這番話又起了紛爭。 20 他們當中好些人說：「祂被鬼附身了！祂瘋了！何必聽祂的？」
21 又有些人說：「被鬼附身的人不會說這種話的，鬼能醫好瞎眼的人嗎？」
被猶太人棄絕
22 耶路撒冷慶祝修殿節的時候到了，是在冬天。 23 當耶穌走過聖殿的所羅門廊時， 24 一群猶太人圍著祂說：「你讓我們困惑、猜疑要到什麼時候呢？如果你是基督，就清楚地告訴我們吧！」
25 耶穌回答說：「我已經告訴你們了，你們卻不信。我奉我父的名所行的神蹟也為我做見證， 26 只是你們不肯相信，因為你們不是我的羊。 27 我的羊聽我的聲音，我也認識他們，他們也跟隨我。 28 我要賜他們永生，他們永不滅亡。沒有人能從我的手裡把他們搶走。 29 我父把羊賜給我，祂比萬物都大，沒有人能從祂手中把羊搶走。 30 我和父本為一。」
31 於是猶太人又拿起石頭要打祂。 32 耶穌就問他們：「我將許多從父而來的美善之事顯給你們看，你們為了哪一件事拿石頭打我呢？」
33 猶太人回答說：「我們不是因為你做的善事打你，而是因為你說了褻瀆的話，你是人，卻把自己當作上帝。」
34 耶穌說：「你們的律法書上不是寫著『我曾說你們都是神』嗎？ 35 聖經上的話是不能廢的，既然上帝稱那些承受祂道的人為神， 36 那麼我是父分別出來又差到世上來的，我說自己是上帝的兒子，難道是褻瀆嗎？ 37 如果我不做我父的事，你們不必信我。 38 但如果我做了，你們縱然不信我，也應該相信我所做的事，這樣你們就會知道、領悟父在我裡面，我也在父裡面。」
39 他們又要抓耶穌，但祂從他們手中逃脫了。
40 後來，耶穌到了約旦河東岸約翰從前施洗的地方，在那裡住下來。 41 許多人來到祂那裡。他們說：「雖然約翰沒有行過神蹟，可是約翰所說關於這人的事全是真的。」 42 在那裡許多人信了耶穌。
John 10
Living Bible
10 “Anyone refusing to walk through the gate into a sheepfold, who sneaks over the wall, must surely be a thief! 2 For a shepherd comes through the gate. 3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice and come to him; and he calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. 4 He walks ahead of them; and they follow him, for they recognize his voice. 5 They won’t follow a stranger but will run from him, for they don’t recognize his voice.”
6 Those who heard Jesus use this illustration didn’t understand what he meant, 7 so he explained it to them.
“I am the Gate for the sheep,” he said. 8 “All others who came before me were thieves and robbers. But the true sheep did not listen to them. 9 Yes, I am the Gate. Those who come in by way of the Gate will be saved and will go in and out and find green pastures. 10 The thief’s purpose is to steal, kill and destroy. My purpose is to give life in all its fullness.
11 “I am the Good Shepherd. The Good Shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. 12 A hired man will run when he sees a wolf coming and will leave the sheep, for they aren’t his and he isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf leaps on them and scatters the flock. 13 The hired man runs because he is hired and has no real concern for the sheep.
14 “I am the Good Shepherd and know my own sheep, and they know me, 15 just as my Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep. 16 I have other sheep, too, in another fold. I must bring them also, and they will heed my voice; and there will be one flock with one Shepherd.
17 “The Father loves me because I lay down my life that I may have it back again. 18 No one can kill me without my consent—I lay down my life voluntarily. For I have the right and power to lay it down when I want to and also the right and power to take it again. For the Father has given me this right.”
19 When he said these things, the Jewish leaders were again divided in their opinions about him. 20 Some of them said, “He has a demon or else is crazy. Why listen to a man like that?”
21 Others said, “This doesn’t sound to us like a man possessed by a demon! Can a demon open the eyes of blind men?”
22-23 It was winter,[a] and Jesus was in Jerusalem at the time of the Dedication Celebration. He was at the Temple, walking through the section known as Solomon’s Hall. 24 The Jewish leaders surrounded him and asked, “How long are you going to keep us in suspense? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”
25 “I have already told you,[b] and you don’t believe me,” Jesus replied. “The proof is in the miracles I do in the name of my Father. 26 But you don’t believe me because you are not part of my flock. 27 My sheep recognize my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life and they shall never perish. No one shall snatch them away from me, 29 for my Father has given them to me, and he is more powerful than anyone else, so no one can kidnap them from me. 30 I and the Father are one.”
31 Then again the Jewish leaders picked up stones to kill him.
32 Jesus said, “At God’s direction I have done many a miracle to help the people. For which one are you killing me?”
33 They replied, “Not for any good work, but for blasphemy; you, a mere man, have declared yourself to be God.”
34-36 “In your own Law it says that men are gods!” he replied. “So if the Scripture, which cannot be untrue, speaks of those as gods to whom the message of God came, do you call it blasphemy when the one sanctified and sent into the world by the Father says, ‘I am the Son of God’? 37 Don’t believe me unless I do miracles of God. 38 But if I do, believe them even if you don’t believe me. Then you will become convinced that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.”
39 Once again they started to arrest him. But he walked away and left them, 40 and went beyond the Jordan River to stay near the place where John was first baptizing. 41 And many followed him.
“John didn’t do miracles,” they remarked to one another, “but all his predictions concerning this man have come true.” 42 And many came to the decision that he was the Messiah.[c]
Footnotes
- John 10:22 December 25 was the usual date for this celebration of the cleansing of the Temple.
- John 10:25 I have already told you, see 5:19; 8:36, 56, 58, etc.
- John 10:42 many came to the decision that he was the Messiah, literally, “many believed on him there.”
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