安息日的辩论

14 有一个安息日,耶稣到一个法利赛人的首领家里去吃饭[a],他们密切注意着耶稣。 当时,有一个患水肿病的人在他面前。 于是耶稣问律法师们和法利赛人,说:“在安息日使人痊愈,可以不可以?” 他们都安静下来。耶稣就扶着那人,使他痊愈,让他走了。 然后耶稣对他们说:“你们当中谁有儿子[b]或牛在安息日这一天掉到井里,而不立刻把他拉上来呢?” 他们对这些话不能答辩。

论谦卑

耶稣留意到被邀请的人怎样在那里挑选上座,就对他们讲了一个比喻说: “你被人邀请赴婚宴的时候,不要坐在上座,恐怕有比你更尊贵的人也被邀请, 那邀请你们[c]的会来对你说:‘请让座给这一位!’那时候,你就要羞惭地去坐末位了。

10 “你被邀请的时候,要去坐在末位上,好让邀请你的人一旦来,就会对你说:‘朋友,请来上座。’那时候,你就在所有一同坐席的人面前有光彩了。 11 因为每一个自我高举的都会被降卑;而自我降卑的都会被高举。”

12 耶稣又对邀请他的人说:“你预备午餐或晚餐的时候,不要叫你的朋友、兄弟、亲戚或富有的邻居,免得他们也回请你,你就得了你的回报了。 13 相反,你预备宴席的时候,要邀请那些贫穷的、残疾的、瘸腿的、瞎眼的, 14 这样你就蒙福了,因为他们没有可回报你的,而在义人复活的时候,你将得到回报。”

大筵席的比喻

15 一同坐席的有一个人听了这些话,就说:“将来能在神的国里吃饭[d]的人是蒙福的!”

16 耶稣对他说:“有一个人预备盛大的宴席,邀请了许多人。 17 到了宴席的时刻,他派奴仆去对那些被邀请的人说:‘请来吧,一切都已经预备好了!’

18 “可是他们都开始一致地推辞。第一个说:‘我买了一块地,必须去看看,请你容我推辞吧。’

19 “另一个说:‘我买了五对牛,正要去试试它们,请你容我推辞吧。’

20 “另有人说:‘我刚娶了妻子,所以不能去。’

21 “奴仆回来把这些事报告给主人。那家的主人就发怒,吩咐奴仆说:‘赶快出去,到城里的大街[e]小巷,把那些贫穷的、残疾的、瞎眼的、瘸腿的,都带到这里来。’

22 “奴仆说:‘主人,你所吩咐的已经做了,可是还有位子。’

23 “主人就对奴仆说:‘出去,到大街和小巷[f]上去,强求人进来,好坐满我的房子。 24 我告诉你们:原本被邀请的那些人,没有一个能尝到我的宴席。’”

跟随主的代价

25 有一大群人与耶稣同行。他转过身来对他们说: 26 “如果有人到我这里来,而不恨自己的父亲、母亲、妻子、儿女、兄弟、姐妹,甚至自己的生命,他就不能做我的门徒。 27 凡是不背着自己的十字架来跟从我的,也不能做我的门徒。

28 “你们当中到底有谁想盖一座楼,不先坐下来计算费用,看自己是否能够完成呢? 29 免得立好了地基,却不能完工,看见的人都开始嘲笑他, 30 说:‘这个人开始盖了,却不能完工!’

31 “或者,有哪一个君王要出去和别的君王交战,不先坐下来考虑是否能够用一万兵去迎战那用两万兵来攻打他的呢? 32 否则,就会趁着他还远的时候,差派特使去求问和平的事宜。 33 同样,你们当中任何人,如果不向自己所拥有的一切告别,就不能做我的门徒。

34 “因此盐是好的,但如果连盐也失去了味道,还能用什么来调味呢? 35 把它用在田地里或在粪肥里都不合适,只好把它丢在外面。凡是有耳可听的,就应当听!”

Footnotes

  1. 路加福音 14:1 饭——原文直译“饼”。
  2. 路加福音 14:5 儿子——有古抄本作“驴”。
  3. 路加福音 14:9 你们——原文直译“你和他”。
  4. 路加福音 14:15 饭——原文直译“饼”。
  5. 路加福音 14:21 大街——或译作“广场”。
  6. 路加福音 14:23 小巷——原文直译“篱笆边”。

14 And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him.

And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.

And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?

And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;

And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?

And they could not answer him again to these things.

And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them.

When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him;

And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.

10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.

11 For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

12 Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.

13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind:

14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.

15 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:

17 And sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.

18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused.

19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused.

20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

21 So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.

22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.

23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

24 For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,

26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

27 And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

30 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand?

32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace.

33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

34 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

14 And it came to pass when he went into a bais of a certain one of the Rashei HaPerushim on Shabbos for betziat halechem, and they were watching him closely,

And there in front of Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was a certain ish suffering from dropsy,

And in reply, Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach spoke to the Baalei Torah and Perushim, saying, Is it mutar (permissible) on Shabbos to give refuah or not?

But they kept silent. And having taken hold of him, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach granted him refuah and sent him away.

And to them Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said, Who of you having a ben or an ox fall into a well and will not ofen ort (immediately) pull him out on Shabbos?

And they were not able to make a counter argument keneged (against) this.

And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach began speaking a mashal to the seudah (banquet supper) invitees, when he noticed how they had been picking out the rashei hamoshavot (chief seats) at the tish, saying to them,

When you are invited by someone to a Chasunoh (wedding), you should not recline at tish in the rashei hamoshavot (chief seats), lest a more distinguished person than you may have been invited by him,

And he who invited you both shall come and say to you, Give place to this one, and then in bushah (shame) you proceed to occupy the seat of humiliation, the low seat.

10 But when you are invited, go and recline at tish in the moshav hashafel (low seat), so that when the one who has invited you comes, he may say to you, Chaver, move up to a higher place; then you will have kavod in the sight of all with you at the tish.

11 For everyone exalting himself shall be humbled, and the one humbling himself shall be exalted.

12 And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was speaking also to the one who invited him, When you prepare a seudah or a Melave Malkah, do not invite your chaverim or your achim or your krovey mishpochot (relatives) or your shchenim haashirim, lest they also should invite you in return and repayment come to you.

13 But when you prepare a seudah (feast), invite the aniyim (the poor), the baalei hamum (the maimed), the pisechim (the lame), the ivrim (blind),

14 And Birkat Shomayim (the Blessing of Heaven) will befall you, because they do not have the means to repay you; for you will be repaid in the Yom Tekumat HaTzadikkim (Day of the Resurrection of the Righteous, Rev 20:5).

15 And when a certain one of those reclining at tish with Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach heard these things, he said to him, Ashrey is he who will eat lechem in the Malchut Hashem! [YESHAYAH 25:6]

16 But Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to him, A certain man was preparing a big seudah, and he invited many;

17 And at the dinner hour, he sent his eved to say to the seudah invitees, Come, because everything is ready now.

18 But each began to come up with a teretz (excuse). The rishon (first) said to him, I bought a sadeh (field) and I am compelled to go out and look at it. Please be mekabel (receive, accept) my teretz.

19 And another said, I have bought chamesh pair of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please be mekabel my teretz (excuse).

20 And another said, I took a wife and therefore I am not able to come.

21 And the eved returned and reported this to his Adon. Then the Baal Bayit became angry and said to his eved, Go out quickly into the rekhovot (streets) and lanes of the shtetl and bring in here the aniyim (the poor) and the baalei hamum (the maimed) and the ivrim (blind) and the pisechim (the lame).

22 And the eved said, Adoni, what you commanded has been done, and still there is room.

23 And the Adon said to the eved, Go out to the rekhovot and along the boundaries and urge them to come in, in order that My Beis may be filled.

24 For I say to you that no one of those Bnei Adam who were invited will taste my seudah.

25 And large multitudes were accompanying him, and Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach turned and said to them,

26 If someone comes to me, and does not hate [hyperbolically, in comparison to Moshiach] his own Abba and Em (mother) and isha and yeladim and achim and achayot and in addition also his own life [in the Olam Hazeh], he is not able to be my [Moshiach’s] talmid.

27 Whoever does not carry his own etz [of self denial] and come after me [Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach] is not able to be my [Moshiach’s] talmid.

28 For who among you, wanting to build a migdal (tower), will not first sit down and rechen (calculate) the cost, to see if he has enough to complete it?

29 Otherwise, having laid his yesod (foundation) and not being able to finish it, everyone seeing it may begin to make leitzonus (fun, mockery) of him,

30 Saying, This man began to build and was not able to finish.

31 Or what melech, going out to make milchamah (war) against another melech, will not first sit down and consider if he is able with aseret alafim (ten thousand) to meet the one with esrim elef (twenty thousand) coming against him?

32 Or else, while the other is noch (yet) far away, he sends an embassy delegation and seeks terms for shalom.

33 So, then, none of you can become my talmid if you do not renounce all your [idolatrous] holdings.

34 Therefore, melach (salt) is tov; but if even melach should become tasteless, with what will it be seasoned?

35 It is useless either for the land or for the dung hill; they throw it away. The one who has ears to hear, shema!