馬可福音 4
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
撒種的比喻
4 耶穌又到湖邊講道，周圍聚集了許多人，耶穌只好上到湖邊的船上坐下，眾人都站在岸上。 2 耶穌用比喻教導他們許多事，在教導中祂說： 3 「聽著！有一個農夫出去撒種。 4 撒種的時候，有些種子落在路旁，被飛鳥吃掉了； 5 有些落在石頭地上，因為泥土不深，種子很快就發芽了， 6 然而因為沒有根，被太陽一曬就枯萎了； 7 有些落在荊棘叢中，荊棘長起來便把嫩苗擠住了，以致不能結實； 8 有些落在沃土裡，就發芽生長，結出果實，收成多達三十倍、六十倍、一百倍！」 9 然後祂說：「有耳可聽的，都應當聽。」
10 當耶穌獨自一人的時候，十二使徒和追隨祂的人來請教比喻的意思。 11 耶穌說：「上帝國的奧祕只讓你們知道，對於外人，我只用比喻， 12 使他們『看了又看，卻不領悟；聽了又聽，卻不明白，免得他們回心轉意，得到赦免。』」
13 耶穌又對他們說：「你們不明白這個比喻，又怎能明白其他比喻呢？ 14 農夫撒的是上帝的道。 15 種子落在路旁，是指人聽了道，撒旦立刻過來奪去了撒在他們心裡的道。 16 種子落在石頭地上，是指人聽了道後，立刻歡喜地接受了， 17 但他們心裡沒有根基，不過是暫時接受，一旦為道遭受患難和迫害，就立刻放棄了。 18 種子落在荊棘叢中，是指人雖然聽過道， 19 但生活的憂慮、錢財的迷惑和其他慾望把道擠住了，以致不能結出果實。 20 種子落在沃土裡，是指人聽了道，領受了，又結出果實，收成多達三十倍、六十倍、甚至一百倍。」
燈的比喻
21 耶穌繼續說：「人會把燈拿來放在籃子底下或床底下嗎？當然不會，他一定會把它放在燈臺上。 22 隱藏的事是不能掩蓋的，終會顯露出來。 23 有耳可聽的，就應當聽。」 24 耶穌又說：「要好好思想你們所聽到的，你們用什麼量器量給人，就用什麼量器量給你們，甚至要多給你們。 25 因為凡有的，還要給他更多；凡沒有的，連他僅有的也要奪去！」
種子生長的比喻
26 祂又說：「上帝的國就像一個人在地上撒種。 27 他天天日出而作，日落而息。種子就在他不知不覺中漸漸發芽長大。 28 大地會使種子生長，先發苗後吐穗，最終結出飽滿的籽粒。 29 莊稼成熟後，他就拿起鐮刀來收割，因為收成的時候到了。」
芥菜種的比喻
30 耶穌說：「我們拿什麼比作上帝的國呢？用什麼比喻來解釋呢？ 31 上帝的國就像一粒芥菜種。它是種子中最小的， 32 但種在地裡，卻能長得比各樣蔬菜都大，有粗大的枝條，可以讓飛鳥在它的樹蔭中築巢。」
33 耶穌用了許多類似的比喻，按照眾人所能領悟的，把上帝的道講給他們聽。 34 祂總是用比喻對他們講論，只有單獨和門徒在一起的時候，才把一切解釋清楚。
平息風浪
35 那天晚上，耶穌對門徒說：「我們渡到對面去吧。」 36 他們就離開眾人，上了耶穌乘坐的船，一起渡到湖的對岸，還有其他船隻跟著去。 37 忽然，湖面上狂風大作，波浪撞擊船身，船內幾乎灌滿了水。 38 耶穌卻還在船尾枕著枕頭睡覺。門徒叫醒了祂，說：「老師，我們快淹死了，你怎麼不管呢？」
39 耶穌起來斥責狂風，對著湖面說：「靜下來！停下來！」於是就風平浪靜了。 40 祂對門徒說：「你們為什麼這樣害怕呢？你們還是沒有信心嗎？」
41 他們極其害怕，彼此議論說：「祂到底是誰？連風浪都聽祂的！」
Mark 4
Lexham English Bible
The Parable of the Sower
4 And again he began to teach beside the sea,[a] and a very large crowd was gathered to him, so that he got into a boat and[b] sat on the sea, and the whole crowd was at the sea on the land. 2 And he began to teach[c] them many things in parables, and was saying to them in his teaching, 3 “Listen! Behold, the sower went out to sow. 4 And it happened that while he was sowing, some seed[d] fell on the side of the path, and the birds came and devoured it. 5 And other seed fell on the rocky ground where it did not have much soil, and it sprang up at once, because it did not have any depth of soil. 6 And when the sun rose it was scorched, and because it did not have enough root, it withered. 7 And other seed fell among the thorn plants, and the thorn plants came up and choked it, and it did not produce grain.[e] 8 And other seed fell on the good soil, and produced grain,[f] coming up and increasing, and it bore a crop[g]—one thirty and one sixty and one a hundred times as much.[h] 9 And he said, “Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear!”
The Reason for the Parables
10 And when he was alone, those around him together with the twelve began asking[i] him about the parables. 11 And he said to them, “To you has been granted the secret of the kingdom of God, but to those who are outside everything is in parables, 12 so that
‘they may look closely[j] and not perceive,
and they may listen carefully[k] and not understand,
lest they turn and it be forgiven them.’”[l]
The Parable of the Sower Interpreted
13 And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? And how will you understand all the parables? 14 The sower sows the word. 15 And these are the ones beside the path where the word is sown, and whenever they hear it,[m] immediately Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them. 16 And these are like[n] the ones sown on the rocky ground, who whenever they hear the word immediately receive it with joy. 17 And they have no root in themselves, but are temporary. Then when[o] affliction or persecution comes because of the word, immediately they fall away. 18 And others are the ones sown among the thorn plants—these are the ones who hear the word, 19 and the cares of the world and the deceitfulness of wealth and the desires for other things come in and[p] choke the word and it becomes unproductive. 20 And those are the ones sown on the good soil, who hear the word and receive it[q] and bear fruit—one thirty and one sixty and one a hundred times as much.”[r]
The Parable of the Lamp
21 And he said to them, “Surely a lamp is not brought so that it may be put under a bushel basket or under a bed, is it?[s] Is it not[t] so that it may be put on a lampstand? 22 For nothing is secret except so that it may be revealed, nor has become hidden except so that it will come to light. 23 If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear!” 24 And he said to them, “Take care what you hear! With the measure by which you measure out, it will be measured out to you, and will be added to you. 25 For whoever has, more will be given to him, and whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.”
The Parable of the Seed that Grows by Itself
26 And he said, “The kingdom of God is like this: like a man scatters seed on the ground. 27 And he sleeps and gets up, night and day, and the seed sprouts and grows—he does not know how.[u] 28 By itself the soil produces a crop: first the grass, then the head of grain, then the full grain in the head. 29 But when the crop permits, he sends in the sickle right away, because the harvest has come.”
The Parable of the Mustard Seed
30 And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or by what parable can we present it? 31 It is like a mustard seed that when sown on the ground, although it[v] is the smallest of all the seeds that are on the ground, 32 but when it is sown it grows up and becomes the largest of all the garden herbs, and sends out large branches so that the birds of the sky are able to nest in its shade.” 33 And with many parables such as these he was speaking the word to them, as they were able to hear it.[w] 34 And he did not speak to them without a parable, but in private he explained everything to his own disciples.
Calming of a Storm
35 And on that day, when it[x] was evening, he said to them, “Let us cross over to the other side.” 36 And leaving the crowd, they took him along, as he was, in the boat. And other boats were with him. 37 And a great storm of wind developed, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already being filled with water.[y] 38 And he was in the stern sleeping on the cushion, and they woke him up and said to him, “Teacher, is it not a concern to you that we are perishing?” 39 And he woke up and[z] rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Be quiet! Be silent!” And the wind abated and there was a great calm. 40 And he said to them, “Why are you fearful? Do you not yet have faith?” 41 And they were terribly frightened[aa] and began to say[ab] to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”
Footnotes
- Mark 4:1 That is, the Sea of Galilee
- Mark 4:1 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“got”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Mark 4:2 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to teach”)
- Mark 4:4 Literally “some of which”
- Mark 4:7 Literally “fruit,” describing here the grain harvested from the healthy plants; in contemporary English this would more naturally be expressed by terms like “grain” or “crop”
- Mark 4:8 Literally “fruit,” describing here the grain harvested from the healthy plants; in contemporary English this would more naturally be expressed by terms like “grain” or “crop”
- Mark 4:8 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Mark 4:8 The phrase “times as much” is not in the Greek text but is implied
- Mark 4:10 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began asking”)
- Mark 4:12 Literally “seeing they may see”
- Mark 4:12 Literally “hearing they may hear”
- Mark 4:12 A quotation from Isa 6:9–10
- Mark 4:15 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Mark 4:16 Some manuscripts omit “like”
- Mark 4:17 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“comes”)
- Mark 4:19 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“come in”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Mark 4:20 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Mark 4:20 The phrase “times as much” is not in the Greek text but is implied
- Mark 4:21 The negative construction in Greek anticipates a negative answer here, indicated in the translation by the phrase “is it”
- Mark 4:21 The negative construction in Greek anticipates a positive answer here
- Mark 4:27 Literally “in such a way as he does not know”
- Mark 4:31 Here “although” is supplied as a component of the participle (“is”) which is understood as concessive
- Mark 4:33 *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
- Mark 4:35 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the temporal genitive absolute participle (“was”)
- Mark 4:37 *The words “with water” are not in the Greek text but are implied
- Mark 4:39 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“woke up”) has been translated as a finite verb
- Mark 4:41 Literally “they feared a great fear”
- Mark 4:41 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began to say”)
Mak 4
Nouvo Testaman: Vèsyon Kreyòl Fasil
Istwa yon plantè ki t ap simen grenn
(Mat 13:1-9; Lik 8:4-8)
4 Yon lòt fwa ankò, Jezi kòmanse anseye bò lak la. Yon foul moun rasanble devan l, foul la te tèlman gwo se te nan yon bato li te monte pou l chita. Tout foul la te bò lanmè a. 2 Li t ap anseye yo anpil bagay, li te sèvi ak anpil istwa pou l te fè moun yo reflechi, li t ap di yo:
3 “Tande sa, Te gen yon plantè ki t al nan jaden pou simen grenn. 4 Pandan l ap simen grenn yo, kèk grenn tonbe bò chemen an. Zwazo nan syèl vini, yo manje grenn yo. 5 Yon lòt pati nan grenn yo tonbe sou karyann, kote ki gen yon ti gras tè. Grenn yo jèmen byen vit, men plant yo pa t pran anpil tan pou yo mouri paske pa gen tè a pa fon ase pou rasin yo antre. 6 Konsa lè chalè solèy la te frape sou plant yo, yo te mouri paske yo pa t gen bon rasin. 7 Gen lòt grenn ki tonbe nan pikan, pikan yo leve, yo toufe plant lan, li pa pote okenn fwi. 8 Men gen kèk grenn ki tonbe nan bon tè, li leve, li grandi epi li bay plis grenn toujou. Gen kèk ki bay 30 fwa plis, 60 fwa plis epi gen kèk menm ki bay 100 fwa plis.”
9 Epi Jezi di “nenpòt moun ki gen zòrèy pou tande, tande.”
Pou kisa Jezi sèvi ak istwa pou l anseye
(Mat 13:10-17; Lik 8:9-10)
10 Pita, Jezi te pou kont li ak douz disip li yo epi ak lòt moun ki te konn avèk li. Yo te poze Jezi yon kesyon sou parabòl yo.
11 Li di yo: “Se nou menm sèl Bondye bay posibilite pou konprann sekrè wayòm Bondye a, men moun deyò yo m ap di yo tout bagay avèk istwa pou fè yo reflechi. 12 Mwen fè sa poutèt,
Menm lè yo wè,
yo pa vrèman wè.
Menm lè yo tande,
yo pa vrèman ni tande ni konprann.
Si yo ta wè epi yo ta konprann,
yo ta repanti epi Bondye ta padone yo.”(A)
Jezi eksplike istwa plantè a
(Mat 13:18-23; Lik 8:11-15)
13 Alò Jezi di yo: “Nou pa konprann parabòl sa a? Ki jan n ap ka konprann lòt istwa yo mwen gen pou m di nou yo? 14 Moun ka simen grenn nan se pawòl la l ap simen. 15 Kèk nan grenn yo tonbe bò chemen an. Bò chemen an, se sa yo ki tande pawòl Bondye a, menm tande yo tande pawòl la, Satan vini touswit retire pawòl ki te simen nan yo a.
16 Gen lòt moun ki tankou grenn ki tonbe nan karyann. Lè yo tande pawòl la yo resevwa l byen vit ak jwa. 17 Men yo pa kite l pran rasin nan lavi yo. Yo kenbe l sèlman pou yon ti tan. Kon latwoublay tonbe sou yo, oubyen pèsekisyon vini poutèt pawòl yo te resevwa a, yo kite sa tonbe.
18 Gen lòt moun ankò, yo tankou raje pikan kote grenn ki simen an tonbe. Moun sa yo tande pawòl la, 19 men lavi yo vin plen ak lòt bagay: sousi lavi a, lanmou lajan, epi ak tout lòt kalite bagay yo ta renmen genyen. Bagay sa yo pa kite pawòl la grandi, epi li pa bay bon rezilta nan lavi yo.
20 Epi gen lòt moun ki tankou yon bon tè kote grenn nan simen. Yo tande pawòl la epi yo aksepte li. Konsa yo grandi epi yo byen donnen: kèk bay 30 fwa plis, kèk 60, epi kèk 100 fwa plis.”
Chache konprann sa ou tande
(Lik 8:16-18)
21 Apre sa, Jezi di yo: “Èske yo mete yon lanp anba yon bokit, oubyen anba yon kabann? Èske se pa anlè yo mete l. 22 Paske pa gen anyen ki kache yo p ap dekouvri, epi pa gen anyen ki sekrè ki p ap devwale. 23 Tout moun ki gen zòrèy pou tande, tande.” 24 Alò Jezi di yo: “Chache konprann byen sa ou tande a. Jan ou trete lòt moun se kon sa Bondye ap trete w tou. Epi y ap mete pi plis pou ou.” 25 Paske Moun ki jwenn bon konprann kounye a gen pou yo jwenn plis pase sa yo gen bezwen. Moun ki manke bon konprann ap gen pou yo pèdi menm ti sa yo te genyen.
Jezi rakonte yon lòt istwa sou grenn
26 Jezi di yo: “Wayòm Bondye a tankou you kiltivatè k ap plante grenn nan tè.” 27 L al dòmi aswè, li leve lajounen san pwoblèm. Pandan tan sa a, grenn nan leve, li grandi, san kiltivatè a pa konnen ki jan. 28 Tè a pwodui grenn poukont li; plant lan parèt anvan, apre sa li fè zepi, epi grenn vin plen zepi yo. 29 Kou grenn yo pare, kiltivatè a koupe yo. Se lè rekòlt la ki rive.
Yon lòt istwa sou wayòm
(Mat 13:31-32, 34-35; Lik 13:18-19)
30 Apre sa, Jezi di: “Avèk kisa nou ta konpare wayòm Bondye a? Ak ki parabòl nou ta sèvi pou eksplike l? 31 Wayòm Bondye a tankou sa k rive you ti grenn moutad lè ou plante l nan tè. Se li ki pi piti pase tout semans sou latè. 32 Men lè ou plante l, li grandi, li vin pi gwo plant ki genyen. Li fè gwo branch ki fè zwazo nan syèl la ka fè nich yo nan lonbraj li.”
33 Se avèk anpil istwa kon sa Jezi t ap sèvi pou fè moun reflechi. Li anseye yo yon fason pou yo te kapab konprann. 34 Li pa t janm di yo yon bagay san li pa sèvi ak yon istwa pou fè moun reflechi. Men lè l te pou kont li ak disip yo li te eksplike yo tout istwa yo.
Jezi kalme yon tanpèt
(Mat 8:23-27; Lik 8:22-25)
35 Menm jou a nan aswè, Jezi di disip li yo: “An al lòt bò lak la.” 36 Disip yo kite foul la dèyè epi yo ale avèk Jezi nan ti bato li te ye a. Te gen lòt ti bato ki te la tou avèk Jezi. 37 Yon gwo tanpèt vin ap soufle, vag yo t ap frape, yo t ap antre nan bato a, epi bato a te prèske plen dlo. 38 Men Jezi te mete tèt li sou yon zòrye, li t ap dòmi dèyè bato a. Disip yo leve l, yo di l: “Mèt, sa pa fè w anyen nou pral neye.”
39 Lè Jezi reveye, li pale fò ak van an epi li di lak la: “Silans! Rete trankil!” La menm, van an fè silans, epi tout bagay rantre nan lòd.
40 Apre sa, Jezi di yo: “Poukisa nou pè konsa? Nou pa gen lafwa?”
41 Vrèmanvre yo te pè anpil, epi youn t ap di lòt “Ki moun sa a, menm van ak dlo lak obeyi l?”
Mark 4
Revised Standard Version
The Parable of the Sower
4 Again he began to teach beside the sea. And a very large crowd gathered about him, so that he got into a boat and sat in it on the sea; and the whole crowd was beside the sea on the land. 2 And he taught them many things in parables, and in his teaching he said to them: 3 “Listen! A sower went out to sow. 4 And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. 5 Other seed fell on rocky ground, where it had not much soil, and immediately it sprang up, since it had no depth of soil; 6 and when the sun rose it was scorched, and since it had no root it withered away. 7 Other seed fell among thorns and the thorns grew up and choked it, and it yielded no grain. 8 And other seeds fell into good soil and brought forth grain, growing up and increasing and yielding thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.” 9 And he said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
The Purpose of the Parables
10 And when he was alone, those who were about him with the twelve asked him concerning the parables. 11 And he said to them, “To you has been given the secret of the kingdom of God, but for those outside everything is in parables; 12 so that they may indeed see but not perceive, and may indeed hear but not understand; lest they should turn again, and be forgiven.” 13 And he said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? How then will you understand all the parables? 14 The sower sows the word. 15 And these are the ones along the path, where the word is sown; when they hear, Satan immediately comes and takes away the word which is sown in them. 16 And these in like manner are the ones sown upon rocky ground, who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with joy; 17 and they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution arises on account of the word, immediately they fall away.[a] 18 And others are the ones sown among thorns; they are those who hear the word, 19 but the cares of the world, and the delight in riches, and the desire for other things, enter in and choke the word, and it proves unfruitful. 20 But those that were sown upon the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.”
A Lamp under a Bushel Basket
21 And he said to them, “Is a lamp brought in to be put under a bushel, or under a bed, and not on a stand? 22 For there is nothing hid, except to be made manifest; nor is anything secret, except to come to light. 23 If any man has ears to hear, let him hear.” 24 And he said to them, “Take heed what you hear; the measure you give will be the measure you get, and still more will be given you. 25 For to him who has will more be given; and from him who has not, even what he has will be taken away.”
The Parable of the Growing Seed
26 And he said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed upon the ground, 27 and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he knows not how. 28 The earth produces of itself, first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear. 29 But when the grain is ripe, at once he puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come.”
The Parable of the Mustard Seed
30 And he said, “With what can we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable shall we use for it? 31 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which, when sown upon the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on earth; 32 yet when it is sown it grows up and becomes the greatest of all shrubs, and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the air can make nests in its shade.”
The Use of Parables
33 With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it; 34 he did not speak to them without a parable, but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.
Jesus Stills a Storm
35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” 36 And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. 37 And a great storm of wind arose, and the waves beat into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. 38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care if we perish?” 39 And he awoke and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 He said to them, “Why are you afraid? Have you no faith?” 41 And they were filled with awe, and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even wind and sea obey him?”
Footnotes
- Mark 4:17 Or stumble
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