路加福音 4
Chinese New Version (Traditional)
耶穌受試探(A)
4 耶穌被聖靈充滿，從約旦河回來，聖靈引他到曠野， 2 四十天受魔鬼的試探。那些日子他甚麼也沒有吃，日子滿了他就餓了。 3 魔鬼對他說：“你若是 神的兒子，就吩咐這塊石頭變成食物吧！” 4 耶穌回答：“經上記著：
‘人活著不是單靠食物。’”
5 魔鬼引他上到高處，霎時間把天下萬國指給他看， 6 對他說：“這一切權柄、榮華，我都可以給你；因為這些都交給了我，我願意給誰就給誰。 7 所以，只要你在我面前拜一拜，這一切就全是你的了。” 8 耶穌回答：“經上記著：
‘當拜主你的 神，
單要事奉他。’”
9 魔鬼又引他到耶路撒冷，叫他站在殿的最高處，對他說：“你若是 神的兒子，就從這裡跳下去吧！ 10 因為經上記著：
‘他為了你，會吩咐自己的使者保護你。’
11 又記著：
‘用手托住你，
免得你的腳碰到石頭。’”
12 耶穌回答：“經上說：‘不可試探主你的 神。’” 13 魔鬼用盡了各種試探，就暫時離開了耶穌。
在加利利傳道(B)
14 耶穌帶著聖靈的能力，回到加利利。他的名聲傳遍了周圍各地。 15 他在各會堂裡教導人，很受眾人的尊崇。
在本鄉遭人厭棄(C)
16 耶穌來到拿撒勒自己長大的地方，照著習慣在安息日進入會堂，站起來要讀經。 17 有人把以賽亞先知的書遞給他，他展開書卷找到一處，上面寫著：
18 “主的靈在我身上，
因為他膏我去傳福音給貧窮的人，
差遣我去宣告被擄的得釋放，
瞎眼的得看見，
受壓制的得自由，
19 又宣告主悅納人的禧年。”
20 他把書卷捲好，交還侍役，就坐下。會堂裡眾人都注視他。 21 他就對他們說：“這段經文今天應驗在你們中間（“中間”原文作“耳中”）了。” 22 眾人稱讚他，希奇他口中所出的恩言，並且說：“這不是約瑟的兒子嗎？” 23 他說：“你們必向我說這俗語：‘醫生，治好你自己吧！’也必說：‘我們聽見你在迦百農所行的一切事，也該在你本鄉這裡行啊！’” 24 他又說：“我實在告訴你們，沒有先知在他本鄉是受歡迎的。 25 我對你們說實話，當以利亞的時候，三年六個月不下雨（“不下雨”原文作“天閉塞”），遍地大起饑荒，那時以色列中有許多寡婦， 26 以利亞沒有奉差遣往他們中間任何一個那裡去，只到西頓撒勒法的一個寡婦那裡。 27 以利沙先知的時候，以色列中有許多患痲風的人，其中除了敘利亞的乃縵，沒有一個得潔淨的。” 28 會堂裡的眾人聽見這話，都怒氣填胸， 29 起來趕他出城（這城原來建在山上），他們拉他到山崖，要把他推下去。 30 耶穌卻從他們中間走過，就離去了。
在迦百農趕出污靈(D)
31 耶穌下到加利利的迦百農城，在安息日教導人。 32 他們對他的教訓都很驚奇，因為他的話帶著權柄。 33 會堂裡有一個被污鬼附著的人，大聲喊叫： 34 “哎！拿撒勒人耶穌，我們跟你有甚麼關係呢？你來毀滅我們嗎？我知道你是誰，你是 神的聖者。” 35 耶穌斥責他說：“住口！從他身上出來！”鬼把那人摔倒在眾人中間，就從他身上出來了，沒有傷害他。 36 眾人都驚駭，彼此談論說：“這是怎麼回事？他用權柄能力吩咐污靈，污靈竟出來了。” 37 耶穌的名聲，傳遍了周圍各地。
治好患病的人(E)
38 他起身離開會堂，進入西門的家。西門的岳母正在發高熱，他們為她求耶穌。 39 耶穌站在她旁邊，斥責那熱病，熱就退了；她立刻起身服事他們。 40 日落的時候，不論害甚麼病的人，都被帶到耶穌那裡；他一一為他們按手，醫好他們。 41 又有鬼從好些人身上出來，喊著說：“你是 神的兒子。”耶穌斥責他們，不許他們說話，因為他們知道他是基督。
往別的城傳道(F)
42 天一亮，耶穌出來，到曠野地方去。眾人尋找他，一直找到他那裡，要留住他，不要他離開他們。 43 他卻說：“我也必須到別的城去傳 神國的福音，因為我是為了這緣故奉差遣的。” 44 於是他往猶太的各會堂去傳道。
Luke 4
EasyEnglish Bible
The Devil tries to make Jesus do wrong things
4 Then Jesus returned from the Jordan River.[a] He was full of the Holy Spirit and the Holy Spirit led him into the wilderness. 2 He stayed there for 40 days and he did not eat anything. During this time the Devil tried to cause Jesus to do wrong things.[b] At the end of 40 days, Jesus was very hungry.
3 The Devil said to Jesus, ‘If you are the Son of God, speak to this stone. Tell it to become bread.’
4 ‘No!’ Jesus replied, ‘The Bible says that food alone cannot cause people to live.’[c]
5 After that, the Devil led Jesus up to a high place. In one moment, he showed Jesus all the countries in the whole world. 6 He said to Jesus, ‘I will let you rule the whole world. I will give you power over all these things. That power all belongs to me. So I can give it to anyone that I choose. 7 You must bend down low and worship me. Then I will give you power over the whole world.’[d]
8 ‘No!’ Jesus replied, ‘The Bible says,
“Only worship your Lord God.
He is the only one that you should obey.” ’[e]
9 The Devil now took Jesus to Jerusalem. He took him to stand on the highest part of the temple. Then he said to Jesus, ‘If you are the Son of God, jump down from here to the ground. 10 You know that the Bible says:
“God will tell his angels to keep you safe.”
11 “They will hold you safely in their hands.
They will not let you hurt your foot on a stone.” ’[f]
12 ‘No!’ Jesus replied. ‘The Bible says,
“Do not test the Lord God, to see if he will save you.” ’[g]
13 In those ways, the Devil tried to make Jesus do many wrong things. When he had finished this, he left Jesus alone. He waited for another chance.
Jesus goes to Nazareth
14 Then Jesus returned to Galilee. The Holy Spirit continued to give him power. Everyone who lived near there heard the news about him. 15 He taught people in the Jewish meeting places.[h] Everyone said good things about him.
16 Jesus went to Nazareth, the town where he had grown up. On the Jewish day of rest, he went to their meeting place.[i] This was what he usually did. He stood up to read aloud from the Bible.[j]
17 They gave him the scroll that had the messages of God's prophet Isaiah. Jesus opened the scroll. He found the place where Isaiah wrote:
18 ‘The Spirit of the Lord God is on me.
He has chosen me to tell good news to poor people.
He has sent me to tell people who are in prison, “You can go free!”
I must say to people that cannot see, “See again!”
I must cause people that are like slaves to become free.
19 I must tell everyone, “This is the year when God will be kind to his people.” ’[k]
20 When Jesus had read this to the people, he closed the scroll. He gave it back to an officer of the meeting place. Then he sat down to teach the people. Everyone in the meeting place was looking carefully at him.
21 Jesus said to them, ‘Today this message has become true. It has happened while you were listening.’
22 Everyone was talking about Jesus. They were surprised at the good way in which he spoke. They said to each other, ‘We know that he is only Joseph's son.’
23 Jesus then said to them, ‘Now you will tell me the proverb, “Doctor, make yourself well!” You will also say, “We have heard that you did many surprising things in Capernaum. This is your home town, so do the same things here!” 24 I tell you this: People do not accept a prophet of God who comes from their own town.
25 What I tell you is true. There were many widows in the country of Israel when Elijah was alive. At that time, it did not rain for three and a half years. So people were very hungry in all the country. 26 But God did not send Elijah to help a widow in Israel. Instead, God sent Elijah to the country called Sidon. There he helped a widow in a place called Zarephath.[l]
27 Here is another example: When God's prophet Elisha was alive, there were many people in Israel with a bad disease of the skin. But God did not make any of them well. Instead, he made a man well who was from the country called Syria. That man was called Naaman.’[m]
28 The people in the meeting place heard what Jesus said.[n] They became very angry. 29 They stood up and they made him leave the town. They took him to the top of the hill outside the town. They wanted to throw him over the edge to the bottom. 30 But Jesus walked through the middle of the crowd and he went away.
Jesus causes a bad spirit to leave a man
31 Jesus went to a town in Galilee called Capernaum. On the Jewish day of rest, he taught the people there. 32 The people were very surprised at the things that Jesus taught them. He spoke with authority. 33 There was a sick man in the meeting place. He had a spirit of a bad demon that was living inside him. The spirit caused the man to shout loudly. 34 He said, ‘Jesus from Nazareth, leave us alone! Do not destroy us! I know who you are. You are God's Holy One!’
35 Jesus said to the spirit, ‘Be quiet! Come out of the man!’ Then the bad spirit caused the man to fall to the ground in front of the people. It came out of the man but it did not hurt him.
36 All the people were very surprised and they said to each other, ‘Listen to what this man says! He has power and authority. He tells bad spirits to come out of people, and they come out.’ 37 So they began to tell everyone about Jesus. Because of this, people in all the places near Capernaum heard the news about Jesus.
Jesus makes many people well
38 Jesus then left the meeting place and he went to Simon's home. The mother of Simon's wife was ill and her body was very hot. So they asked Jesus to make her well. 39 Jesus came and he stood near her. He told the illness to go away and immediately she was well again. She got up and she prepared food for her visitors.
40 When the sun was going down, people in the town brought to Jesus all those people who were ill. They had many different kinds of illness. Jesus put his hands on each ill person and they became well again.
41 Also, bad spirits came out of many people. They were shouting, ‘You are the Son of God.’ The spirits knew that Jesus was the Messiah. Because of this, Jesus stopped them. He would not let them speak.
42 Early the next morning, Jesus went to a place where he could be alone. The people went to look for him. When they found him they said, ‘Do not leave us! Please stay here with us.’ 43 Jesus replied, ‘I must go to other towns to tell everyone the good news. I will tell them how God rules in the lives of his people. That is what God sent me to do.’
44 Then he travelled to many towns in the country called Judea. He went into the Jewish meeting places and taught people there.
Footnotes
- 4:1 Jesus was soon to start the work that God sent him to do.
- 4:2 The Devil is an angel that refused to obey God. He also tries to cause people to do bad things.
- 4:4 The Devil knew that Jesus was very hungry, so he gave him the idea to make stones into food. Jesus knew that he had power to do anything. But he wanted only to obey God. He could make stones into food. But that was not what God wanted. Our bodies are not the most important part of us. Jesus came to give us food for our spirits. That part of us is more important. Jesus knew what God said in his book. And he answered the Devil with words from Deuteronomy 8:3.
- 4:7 The Devil was telling Jesus that his work could be easier. He would let Jesus rule the world now, if he would obey him. Jesus knew that this was wrong. He knew that he must obey only God.
- 4:8 Jesus was speaking the words in Deuteronomy 6:13.
- 4:11 The Devil was using the words from Psalms 91:11-12. But he was not using them in a right way.
- 4:12 Jesus was speaking words from Deuteronomy 6:16. He was standing on the highest part of the temple. This was 600 metres above the ground. He knew that God did not want him to jump. We must not get into danger just to see God save us.
- 4:15 Jews used their meeting places to pray together and to learn more about God.
- 4:16 The Jewish day of rest is our Saturday. This was a special day for them, when nobody worked.
- 4:16 The Bible that the Jews read was the Old Testament. See Isaiah 58:6; 61:1-2.
- 4:19 Jesus read the words from Isaiah 61:1-2, but he changed them a bit.
- 4:26 We can read about this widow in 1 Kings 17:7-24.
- 4:27 We can read about Naaman in 2 Kings 5.
- 4:28 Jesus told the people in the meeting place about himself. But they did not like the things that he was saying. They refused to believe that God had sent him.
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