赦罪與治病

過了些日子,耶穌又進了迦百農。人們聽說他在房子[a]裡, 許多人就聚集,甚至連門前都沒有空處了。於是耶穌就向他們講道。 這時候,一些人帶了一個癱瘓的人來到耶穌那裡,是被四個人抬來的; 但由於人多,無法抬到耶穌面前[b],他們就把耶穌上方的屋頂拆了。拆通之後,就把躺在墊子上那癱瘓的人縋了下去。

耶穌看見他們的信心,就對癱瘓的人說:「孩子,你的罪孽被赦免了。」

可是,有一些經文士坐在那裡,心裡想: 「這個人怎麼這樣說話呢?他說褻瀆的話!除了神一位之外,誰能赦免罪呢?」

耶穌靈裡立刻知道他們心裡這樣想,就對他們說:「你們心裡為什麼想這些事呢? 對這癱瘓的人說『你的罪孽被赦免了』,或說『你起來,拿起墊子走路』,哪一樣更容易呢? 10 不過為要使你們知道人子在地上有赦免罪的權柄——」耶穌就對癱瘓的人說: 11 「我吩咐你:起來,拿起你的墊子,回家去吧!」

12 那個人就立刻起來,拿起墊子在大家面前出去了。結果大家都驚訝,就榮耀神,說:「我們從來沒有見過這樣的事。」

呼召馬太

13 後來,耶穌又出去,到了加利利湖邊[c]。眾人都來到他那裡,他就教導他們。 14 耶穌往前走,看見亞勒腓的兒子利未[d]在稅關坐著。耶穌對他說:「你跟從我!」利未就站起來,跟從了耶穌。

與罪人吃飯

15 耶穌在利未家裡坐席的時候,許多稅吏和罪人與耶穌及他的門徒們一同坐席,因為有許多這樣的人也跟隨了耶穌。 16 有些法利賽派的經文士[e]見耶穌與罪人和稅吏一起吃飯,就對耶穌的門徒們說:「他怎麼與那些稅吏和罪人一起吃飯[f]呢?」

17 耶穌聽見了,就對他們說:「健康的人不需要醫生,有病的人才需要。我來不是要召喚義人,而是要召喚罪人[g]。」

禁食的問題

18 約翰的門徒們和法利賽[h]正禁食的時候,有些人來問耶穌:「為什麼約翰的門徒們和法利賽人的門徒們都禁食,而你的門徒們卻不禁食呢?」

19 耶穌對他們說:「新郎與賓客[i]在一起的時候,難道賓客能禁食嗎?只要他們與新郎在一起,他們就不能禁食。 20 可是日子將要來到:當新郎從他們中間被帶走的時候,他們那時——在那一天就要禁食了。 21 沒有人把沒縮過水的布塊補在舊衣服上。否則所補上的新布會扯壞舊衣服,造成更大的裂口。 22 同樣,也沒有人把新酒裝在舊皮袋裡,否則酒[j]會脹破皮袋,酒和皮袋都糟蹋了[k]。因此,新酒必須裝[l]在新皮袋裡。」

安息日的主

23 有一次在安息日,耶穌從麥田經過,他的門徒們開始邊走邊摘麥穗。 24 有些法利賽人對耶穌說:「你看,他們為什麼做安息日不可以做的事呢?」

25 耶穌對他們說:大衛和那些與他在一起的人飢餓缺乏時所做的事,難道你們從來沒有讀過嗎? 26 亞比亞達任大祭司的時候,他難道不是進了神的殿[m],吃了陳設餅,還分給與他在一起的人嗎?這餅除了祭司,誰都不可以吃。」 27 接著,耶穌對他們說:「安息日是為人而存在的,人不是為安息日而存在的。 28 所以,人子是主,也是安息日的主。」

Footnotes

  1. 馬可福音 2:1 房子——或譯作「家」。
  2. 馬可福音 2:4 抬到耶穌面前——有古抄本作「靠近他(耶穌)」。
  3. 馬可福音 2:13 湖——原文直譯「海」。
  4. 馬可福音 2:14 利未——就是「馬太」。
  5. 馬可福音 2:16 有些法利賽派的經文士——有古抄本作「有些經文士和法利賽人」。
  6. 馬可福音 2:16 吃飯——有古抄本作「吃喝」。
  7. 馬可福音 2:17 有古抄本附「來悔改」。
  8. 馬可福音 2:18 法利賽人——有古抄本作「法利賽人的門徒們」。
  9. 馬可福音 2:19 賓客——或譯作「伴郎」;原文直譯「新房之子」。
  10. 馬可福音 2:22 酒——有古抄本作「新酒」。
  11. 馬可福音 2:22 酒和皮袋都糟蹋了——有古抄本作「酒會流出來,皮袋也會糟蹋了」。
  12. 馬可福音 2:22 有古抄本沒有「必須裝」。
  13. 馬可福音 2:26 殿——原文直譯「家」。

And having entered again into Kfar-Nachum after [many] yamim, it was heard that Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach is at home.

And many were gathered together so that there was no longer any room at the delet, and Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was speaking the dvar Hashem to them.

And they come bringing to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach a paralytic being carried along by arba’a anashim (four men).

And not being able to bring [the paralytic] to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach on account of the multitude, they removed the roof where Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was, and having made an opening, they lowered the mat upon which the paralytic was lying.

And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, having seen the emunah of them, says to the paralytic, Beni, your averos are granted selicha.

And there were some of the Sofrim (Scribes) sitting there and thinking about these things in their levavot (hearts),

Why is this one speaking thus? He is guilty of Chillul Hashem gidduf (Desecration of the Name, blasphemy). Who is able to grant selicha (forgiveness) to averos (sins) except Hashem? [YESHAYAH 43:25]

And, ofen ort (immediately), having had daas in his ruach that in this way they were thinking, Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach says to them, Why are you considering such things in your levavot?

Which is easier? To say to the paralytic, Your averos are granted selicha, or to say, Stand and pick up your mat and walk?

10 But in order that you may have daas that the Ben HaAdam [Moshiach, DANIEL 7:13-14] has samchut (authority) on haaretz to grant that averos receive selicha, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to the paralytic

11 To you I say, Stand, pick up your mat, and go to your bais.

12 And the man arose, and, ofen ort (immediately), in front of everyone, taking the mat, he went outside. So everyone was astonished and gave kavod to Hashem saying, Never have we seen anything like this!

13 And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach went out again beside the lake; and all the multitude was coming to him, and he was teaching them Torah.

14 And as he was passing by, he saw Levi Ben Chalfai sitting in the tax office, and Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to him, Follow me. And, getting up, Levi (Mattityahu) followed Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach.

15 And it came to pass that Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach reclined at tish in Levi’s house, and many mochesim (tax collectors) and choteim (sinners) were reclining at tish with Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach and with his talmidim. For there were many, and they were following him.

16 And the Sofrim (scribes) of the Perushim, seeing that Rebbe Melech HaMoshiach eats with choteim (sinners) and mochesim (tax collectors), were saying to his talmidim, With mochesim (tax collectors) and choteim (sinners) does he eat?

17 And having heard this, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to them, It’s not the strong ones that have need of a rofeh (physician) but rather the cholim (sick persons). I did not come to call [the] tzaddikim (righteous ones) but the choteim (sinners) [to teshuva].

18 And the talmidim of Yochanan and the Perushim came with tzomot (fasts). And they come and say to Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, Why [do] the talmidim of the Perushim and the talmidim of Yochanan come with tzomot, but your talmidim do not?

19 And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach, said to them, Surely the Bnei HaChuppah of the Choson (Bridegroom) are not able to undergo tzomot as long as they have the Choson with them, nu? As long as they have the Choson with them, they are not able to undergo tzomot.

20 But yamim (days) will come when the Choson is taken away from them, and then they will undergo tzomot HaYom HaHu.

21 No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; otherwise, the patch will pull away from it, the new from the old, and a worse tear results.

22 And no one puts yayin chadash (new wine) into old wineskins; otherwise, the yayin will burst the wineskins and the yayin is lost and so are the wineskins. Instead yayin chadash (new wine) [is put] into new wineskins.

23 And it came about [that] on Shabbos, Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach was passing through the grainfields, and his talmidim began to make [their] way picking the heads of grain. [DEVARIM 23:25]

24 And the Perushim said to him, Look, why are they engaging in what is not mutar (permissible) in the Torah on Shabbos?

25 And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach says to them, Have you never read in the Tanakh what Dovid HaMelech did when he was in need and he was hungry, he and the ones with him?

26 How he entered into the Beis Hashem during the yamim of Evyatar the Kohen Gadol and the Lechem HaPanim he ate, which to be eaten it is not mutar (permissible) except by the Kohanim, and he gave [some] also to the ones with him. [DIVREY HAYAMIM ALEF 24:6, SHMUEL BAIS 8:17, VAYIKRA 24:5 9, SHMUEL ALEF 21:1-6]

27 And Rebbe, Melech HaMoshiach said to them, Shabbos was created for the sake of man and not man for the sake of Shabbos. [SHEMOT 23:12; DEVARIM 5:14]

28 Therefore, HaBen HaAdam [Moshiach, DANIEL 7:13, 14] is even Adon HaShabbos. [T.N. This book, which depends heavily on the preaching of Kefa from earliest times has been dated in the late forties or fifties, C.E.]

Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralytic(A)

And again (B)He entered Capernaum after some days, and it was heard that He was in the house. [a]Immediately many gathered together, so that there was no longer room to receive them, not even near the door. And He preached the word to them. Then they came to Him, bringing a (C)paralytic who was carried by four men. And when they could not come near Him because of the crowd, they uncovered the roof where He was. So when they had broken through, they let down the bed on which the paralytic was lying.

When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven you.”

And some of the scribes were sitting there and reasoning in their hearts, “Why does this Man speak blasphemies like this? (D)Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

But immediately, when Jesus perceived in His spirit that they reasoned thus within themselves, He said to them, “Why do you reason about these things in your hearts? (E)Which is easier, to say to the paralytic, ‘Your sins are forgiven you,’ or to say, ‘Arise, take up your bed and walk’? 10 But that you may know that the Son of Man has [b]power on earth to forgive sins”—He said to the paralytic, 11 “I say to you, arise, take up your bed, and go to your house.” 12 Immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went out in the presence of them all, so that all were amazed and (F)glorified God, saying, “We never saw anything like this!”

Matthew the Tax Collector(G)

13 (H)Then He went out again by the sea; and all the multitude came to Him, and He taught them. 14 (I)As He passed by, He saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, (J)“Follow Me.” So he arose and (K)followed Him.

15 (L)Now it happened, as He was dining in Levi’s house, that many tax collectors and sinners also sat together with Jesus and His disciples; for there were many, and they followed Him. 16 And when the scribes [c]and Pharisees saw Him eating with the tax collectors and sinners, they said to His disciples, “How is it that He eats and drinks with tax collectors and sinners?”

17 When Jesus heard it, He said to them, (M)“Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I did not come to call the righteous, but sinners, [d]to repentance.”

Jesus Is Questioned About Fasting(N)

18 (O)The disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasting. Then they came and said to Him, “Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but Your disciples do not fast?”

19 And Jesus said to them, “Can the [e]friends of the bridegroom fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them they cannot fast. 20 But the days will come when the bridegroom will be (P)taken away from them, and then they will fast in those days. 21 No one sews a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; or else the new piece pulls away from the old, and the tear is made worse. 22 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.”

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath(Q)

23 (R)Now it happened that He went through the grainfields on the Sabbath; and as they went His disciples began (S)to pluck the heads of grain. 24 And the Pharisees said to Him, “Look, why do they do what is (T)not lawful on the Sabbath?”

25 But He said to them, “Have you never read (U)what David did when he was in need and hungry, he and those with him: 26 how he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the showbread, (V)which is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and also gave some to those who were with him?”

27 And He said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man, and not man for the (W)Sabbath. 28 Therefore (X)the Son of Man is also Lord of the Sabbath.”

Footnotes

  1. Mark 2:2 NU omits Immediately
  2. Mark 2:10 authority
  3. Mark 2:16 NU of the
  4. Mark 2:17 NU omits to repentance
  5. Mark 2:19 Lit. sons of the bridechamber