赦罪与治病

过了些日子,耶稣又进了迦百农。人们听说他在房子[a]里, 许多人就聚集,甚至连门前都没有空处了。于是耶稣就向他们讲道。 这时候,一些人带了一个瘫痪的人来到耶稣那里,是被四个人抬来的; 但由于人多,无法抬到耶稣面前[b],他们就把耶稣上方的屋顶拆了。拆通之后,就把躺在垫子上那瘫痪的人缒了下去。

耶稣看见他们的信心,就对瘫痪的人说:“孩子,你的罪孽被赦免了。”

可是,有一些经文士坐在那里,心里想: “这个人怎么这样说话呢?他说亵渎的话!除了神一位之外,谁能赦免罪呢?”

耶稣灵里立刻知道他们心里这样想,就对他们说:“你们心里为什么想这些事呢? 对这瘫痪的人说‘你的罪孽被赦免了’,或说‘你起来,拿起垫子走路’,哪一样更容易呢? 10 不过为要使你们知道人子在地上有赦免罪的权柄——”耶稣就对瘫痪的人说: 11 “我吩咐你:起来,拿起你的垫子,回家去吧!”

12 那个人就立刻起来,拿起垫子在大家面前出去了。结果大家都惊讶,就荣耀神,说:“我们从来没有见过这样的事。”

呼召马太

13 后来,耶稣又出去,到了加利利湖边[c]。众人都来到他那里,他就教导他们。 14 耶稣往前走,看见亚勒腓的儿子利未[d]在税关坐着。耶稣对他说:“你跟从我!”利未就站起来,跟从了耶稣。

与罪人吃饭

15 耶稣在利未家里坐席的时候,许多税吏和罪人与耶稣及他的门徒们一同坐席,因为有许多这样的人也跟随了耶稣。 16 有些法利赛派的经文士[e]见耶稣与罪人和税吏一起吃饭,就对耶稣的门徒们说:“他怎么与那些税吏和罪人一起吃饭[f]呢?”

17 耶稣听见了,就对他们说:“健康的人不需要医生,有病的人才需要。我来不是要召唤义人,而是要召唤罪人[g]。”

禁食的问题

18 约翰的门徒们和法利赛[h]正禁食的时候,有些人来问耶稣:“为什么约翰的门徒们和法利赛人的门徒们都禁食,而你的门徒们却不禁食呢?”

19 耶稣对他们说:“新郎与宾客[i]在一起的时候,难道宾客能禁食吗?只要他们与新郎在一起,他们就不能禁食。 20 可是日子将要来到:当新郎从他们中间被带走的时候,他们那时——在那一天就要禁食了。 21 没有人把没缩过水的布块补在旧衣服上。否则所补上的新布会扯坏旧衣服,造成更大的裂口。 22 同样,也没有人把新酒装在旧皮袋里,否则酒[j]会胀破皮袋,酒和皮袋都糟蹋了[k]。因此,新酒必须装[l]在新皮袋里。”

安息日的主

23 有一次在安息日,耶稣从麦田经过,他的门徒们开始边走边摘麦穗。 24 有些法利赛人对耶稣说:“你看,他们为什么做安息日不可以做的事呢?”

25 耶稣对他们说:大卫和那些与他在一起的人饥饿缺乏时所做的事,难道你们从来没有读过吗? 26 亚比亚达任大祭司的时候,他难道不是进了神的殿[m],吃了陈设饼,还分给与他在一起的人吗?这饼除了祭司,谁都不可以吃。” 27 接着,耶稣对他们说:“安息日是为人而存在的,人不是为安息日而存在的。 28 所以,人子是主,也是安息日的主。”

Footnotes

  1. 马可福音 2:1 房子——或译作“家”。
  2. 马可福音 2:4 抬到耶稣面前——有古抄本作“靠近他(耶稣)”。
  3. 马可福音 2:13 湖——原文直译“海”。
  4. 马可福音 2:14 利未——就是“马太”。
  5. 马可福音 2:16 有些法利赛派的经文士——有古抄本作“有些经文士和法利赛人”。
  6. 马可福音 2:16 吃饭——有古抄本作“吃喝”。
  7. 马可福音 2:17 有古抄本附“来悔改”。
  8. 马可福音 2:18 法利赛人——有古抄本作“法利赛人的门徒们”。
  9. 马可福音 2:19 宾客——或译作“伴郎”;原文直译“新房之子”。
  10. 马可福音 2:22 酒——有古抄本作“新酒”。
  11. 马可福音 2:22 酒和皮袋都糟蹋了——有古抄本作“酒会流出来,皮袋也会糟蹋了”。
  12. 马可福音 2:22 有古抄本没有“必须装”。
  13. 马可福音 2:26 殿——原文直译“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 Paralyzed Man(A)

A few days later, when Jesus again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. They gathered in such large numbers(B) that there was no room left, not even outside the door, and he preached the word to them. Some men came, bringing to him a paralyzed man,(C) carried by four of them. Since they could not get him to Jesus because of the crowd, they made an opening in the roof above Jesus by digging through it and then lowered the mat the man was lying on. When Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralyzed man, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”(D)

Now some teachers of the law were sitting there, thinking to themselves, “Why does this fellow talk like that? He’s blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”(E)

Immediately Jesus knew in his spirit that this was what they were thinking in their hearts, and he said to them, “Why are you thinking these things? Which is easier: to say to this paralyzed man, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up, take your mat and walk’? 10 But I want you to know that the Son of Man(F) has authority on earth to forgive sins.” So he said to the man, 11 “I tell you, get up, take your mat and go home.” 12 He got up, took his mat and walked out in full view of them all. This amazed everyone and they praised God,(G) saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”(H)

Jesus Calls Levi and Eats With Sinners(I)

13 Once again Jesus went out beside the lake. A large crowd came to him,(J) and he began to teach them. 14 As he walked along, he saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax collector’s booth. “Follow me,”(K) Jesus told him, and Levi got up and followed him.

15 While Jesus was having dinner at Levi’s house, many tax collectors and sinners were eating with him and his disciples, for there were many who followed him. 16 When the teachers of the law who were Pharisees(L) saw him eating with the sinners and tax collectors, they asked his disciples: “Why does he eat with tax collectors and sinners?”(M)

17 On hearing this, Jesus said to them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”(N)

Jesus Questioned About Fasting(O)

18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting.(P) Some people came and asked Jesus, “How is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?”

19 Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so long as they have him with them. 20 But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them,(Q) and on that day they will fast.

21 “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. Otherwise, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse. 22 And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins.”

Jesus Is Lord of the Sabbath(R)(S)

23 One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain.(T) 24 The Pharisees said to him, “Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?”(U)

25 He answered, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? 26 In the days of Abiathar the high priest,(V) he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat.(W) And he also gave some to his companions.”(X)

27 Then he said to them, “The Sabbath was made for man,(Y) not man for the Sabbath.(Z) 28 So the Son of Man(AA) is Lord even of the Sabbath.”