路加福音 21
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
穷寡妇的奉献(A)
21 耶稣抬眼看见有钱的人把奉献投入奉献箱。 2 他又看见一个穷寡妇，投入两个小钱， 3 就说：“我实在告诉你们，这个穷寡妇所投的，比众人投的更多。 4 因为这些人都是把自己剩余的投进去作奉献，这寡妇是自己不足，却把所有养生的都投进去了。”
预言圣殿被毁(B)
5 有人在谈论圣殿，是用美丽的石头和供物装饰的。耶稣说： 6 “你们看见的这些，到了日子，必没有一块石头留在另一块石头上面，每一块都要拆下来。”
这世代终结的预兆(C)
7 那些人问他：“老师，甚么时候会有这些事呢？这些事要发生的时候，有甚么预兆呢？” 8 他说：“你们要小心，不要被人迷惑。因为有许多人要来，假冒我的名说：‘我就是基督’，又说：‘时候近了。’你们不要跟从这些人。 9 你们要听见战乱和暴动，但不要惊慌，因为这些事是必先发生的，不过结局却不会立刻就到。” 10 过了一会儿，耶稣又对他们说：“一个民族要起来攻打另一个民族，一个国家要起来攻打另一个国家。 11 必有大地震，到处有饥荒和瘟疫，天上必有又恐怖又巨大的预兆。 12 但在这一切以先，人必为我的名，下手拘捕、迫害你们，把你们交给会堂，下在监里，甚至押到君王和总督面前， 13 结果却成了你们见证的机会。 14 所以，你们应当心里镇定，用不着预先思虑怎样申辩。 15 因为我必赐给你们口才、智慧，是你们所有的敌人不能抵抗，也不能驳倒的。 16 你们也会被父母、弟兄、亲戚、朋友出卖，他们又要害死你们一些人。 17 你们要因我的名，被众人恨恶， 18 然而连你们的一根头发，也必不失落。 19 你们要以坚忍的心志，赢取自己的灵魂。
预言耶路撒冷被毁(D)
20 “当你们看见耶路撒冷被军队围困的时候，就知道它荒凉的日子近了。 21 那时，住在犹太的，应该逃到山上；住在城里的，要离开；住在乡下的，不要进城。 22 因为这是报仇的日子，使经上的一切话都得应验。 23 当那些日子，怀孕的和乳养孩子的有祸了！因为大灾难要临到这地，烈怒要临到这民。 24 他们将倒在刀下，被掳到各国，耶路撒冷必被外族人践踏，直到外族人的日期满足。
人子必驾云降临(E)
25 “日月星辰将有异兆；在地上，各国也要因着海洋波涛的咆哮而困苦不安。 26 天上的万象震动，人因为等待即将临到世界的事，都吓昏了。 27 那时，他们要看见人子，带着能力，满有荣耀，驾着云降临。 28 一有这些事，你们就当挺身昂首，因为你们的救赎近了。”
29 耶稣又给他们讲了一个比喻：“你们看看无花果树和各样的树。 30 它们甚么时候发芽，你们看见了，就知道夏天近了。 31 同样，你们甚么时候看见这些事发生，也应该知道 神的国近了。 32 我实在告诉你们，这一切都必定发生，然后这世代才会过去。 33 天地都过去，但我的话决不会废去。
警醒祈求
34 “你们应当自己小心，免得在贪食醉酒和生活的挂虑压住你们的心的时候，那日子突然临到你们， 35 正如网罗临到全地的所有居民。 36 你们要时刻警醒，常常祈求，好让你们能逃避这一切要发生的事，可以站在人子面前。”
37 耶稣白天在殿里教导人，晚上就到橄榄山上去过夜。 38 群众清早起来上圣殿，到他那里要听他讲道。
Luke 21
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Chapter 21
The Poor Widow’s Contribution.[a] 1 (A)When he looked up he saw some wealthy people putting their offerings into the treasury 2 and he noticed a poor widow putting in two small coins. 3 He said, “I tell you truly, this poor widow put in more than all the rest; 4 for those others have all made offerings from their surplus wealth, but she, from her poverty, has offered her whole livelihood.”
The Destruction of the Temple Foretold.(B) 5 [b]While some people were speaking about how the temple was adorned with costly stones and votive offerings, he said, 6 “All that you see here—the days will come when there will not be left a stone upon another stone that will not be thrown down.”(C)
The Signs of the End. 7 (D)Then they asked him, “Teacher, when will this happen? And what sign will there be when all these things are about to happen?” 8 He answered, “See that you not be deceived, for many will come in my name, saying, ‘I am he,’ and ‘The time has come.’[c] Do not follow them!(E) 9 When you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be terrified; for such things must happen first, but it will not immediately be the end.” 10 Then he said to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.(F) 11 There will be powerful earthquakes, famines, and plagues from place to place; and awesome sights and mighty signs will come from the sky.
The Coming Persecution. 12 (G)“Before all this happens,[d] however, they will seize and persecute you, they will hand you over to the synagogues and to prisons, and they will have you led before kings and governors because of my name.(H) 13 It will lead to your giving testimony. 14 Remember, you are not to prepare your defense beforehand, 15 (I)for I myself shall give you a wisdom in speaking[e] that all your adversaries will be powerless to resist or refute. 16 (J)You will even be handed over by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will put some of you to death.(K) 17 You will be hated by all because of my name, 18 but not a hair on your head will be destroyed.(L) 19 By your perseverance you will secure your lives.(M)
The Great Tribulation.[f] 20 (N)“When you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, know that its desolation is at hand.(O) 21 Then those in Judea must flee to the mountains. Let those within the city escape from it, and let those in the countryside not enter the city,(P) 22 for these days are the time of punishment when all the scriptures are fulfilled. 23 Woe to pregnant women and nursing mothers in those days, for a terrible calamity will come upon the earth and a wrathful judgment upon this people.(Q) 24 They will fall by the edge of the sword and be taken as captives to all the Gentiles; and Jerusalem will be trampled underfoot by the Gentiles until the times of the Gentiles[g] are fulfilled.(R)
The Coming of the Son of Man.(S) 25 “There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on earth nations will be in dismay, perplexed by the roaring of the sea and the waves.(T) 26 People will die of fright in anticipation of what is coming upon the world, for the powers of the heavens[h] will be shaken.(U) 27 And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.(V) 28 But when these signs begin to happen, stand erect and raise your heads because your redemption is at hand.”(W)
The Lesson of the Fig Tree.(X) 29 He taught them a lesson. “Consider the fig tree and all the other trees. 30 When their buds burst open, you see for yourselves and know that summer is now near; 31 in the same way, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near. 32 Amen, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have taken place.(Y) 33 Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.(Z)
Exhortation to Be Vigilant. 34 “Beware that your hearts do not become drowsy from carousing and drunkenness and the anxieties of daily life, and that day catch you by surprise(AA) 35 like a trap. For that day will assault everyone who lives on the face of the earth. 36 Be vigilant at all times and pray that you have the strength to escape the tribulations that are imminent and to stand before the Son of Man.”(AB)
Ministry in Jerusalem. 37 During the day, Jesus was teaching in the temple area, but at night he would leave and stay at the place called the Mount of Olives.(AC) 38 And all the people would get up early each morning to listen to him in the temple area.
Footnotes
- 21:1–4 The widow is another example of the poor ones in this gospel whose detachment from material possessions and dependence on God leads to their blessedness (Lk 6:20). Her simple offering provides a striking contrast to the pride and pretentiousness of the scribes denounced in the preceding section (Lk 20:45–47). The story is taken from Mk 12:41–44.
- 21:5–36 Jesus’ eschatological discourse in Luke is inspired by Mk 13 but Luke has made some significant alterations to the words of Jesus found there. Luke maintains, though in a modified form, the belief in the early expectation of the end of the age (see Lk 21:27, 28, 31, 32, 36), but, by focusing attention throughout the gospel on the importance of the day-to-day following of Jesus and by reinterpreting the meaning of some of the signs of the end from Mk 13 he has come to terms with what seemed to the early Christian community to be a delay of the parousia. Mark, for example, described the desecration of the Jerusalem temple by the Romans (Mk 13:14) as the apocalyptic symbol (see Dn 9:27; 12:11) accompanying the end of the age and the coming of the Son of Man. Luke (Lk 21:20–24), however, removes the apocalyptic setting and separates the historical destruction of Jerusalem from the signs of the coming of the Son of Man by a period that he refers to as “the times of the Gentiles” (Lk 21:24). See also notes on Mt 24:1–36 and Mk 13:1–37.
- 21:8 The time has come: in Luke, the proclamation of the imminent end of the age has itself become a false teaching.
- 21:12 Before all this happens…: to Luke and his community, some of the signs of the end just described (Lk 21:10–11) still lie in the future. Now in dealing with the persecution of the disciples (Lk 21:12–19) and the destruction of Jerusalem (Lk 21:20–24) Luke is pointing to eschatological signs that have already been fulfilled.
- 21:15 A wisdom in speaking: literally, “a mouth and wisdom.”
- 21:20–24 The actual destruction of Jerusalem by Rome in A.D. 70 upon which Luke and his community look back provides the assurance that, just as Jesus’ prediction of Jerusalem’s destruction was fulfilled, so too will be his announcement of their final redemption (Lk 21:27–28).
- 21:24 The times of the Gentiles: a period of indeterminate length separating the destruction of Jerusalem from the cosmic signs accompanying the coming of the Son of Man.
- 21:26 The powers of the heavens: the heavenly bodies mentioned in Lk 21:25 and thought of as cosmic armies.
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