马太福音 18
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
天国里谁最大(A)
18 那时，门徒前来问耶稣：“天国里谁是最大的呢？” 2 耶稣叫了一个小孩子站在他们当中，说： 3 “我实在告诉你们，如果你们不回转，变成像小孩子一样，一定不能进天国。 4 所以，凡谦卑像这小孩子的，他在天国里是最大的。 5 凡因我的名接待一个这样的小孩子的，就是接待我； 6 但无论谁使一个信我的小弟兄犯罪，倒不如拿一块大磨石拴在他的颈项上，把他沉在深海里。
坚拒使人犯罪(B)
7 “这世界有祸了，因为充满使人犯罪的事。这些事是免不了的，但那使人犯罪的有祸了！ 8 如果你的一只手或一只脚使你犯罪，就把它砍下来丢掉；你一只手或一只脚进永生，总比有两只手或两只脚被投进永火里好。 9 如果你的一只眼睛使你犯罪，就把它挖出来丢掉；你一只眼睛进永生，总比有两只眼睛被投进地狱的火里好。
迷羊的比喻(C)
10 “你们要小心，不要轻视这些小弟兄中的一个。我告诉你们，他们的使者在天上，常常见到我天父的面。（有些抄本有第11节：“人子来，是要拯救失丧的人。”） 12 你们认为怎样？有一个人，他有一百只羊，如果失了一只，他会不把九十九只留在山上，去寻找那迷失的吗？ 13 我实在告诉你们，他若找到了，就为这一只羊欢喜，胜过为那九十九只没有迷失的。 14 照样，你们在天上的父是不愿意这些小弟兄中有一个失丧的。
怎样对待犯了罪的弟兄
15 “如果你的弟兄犯了罪（“犯了罪”有些抄本作“得罪你”），你趁着和他单独在一起的时候，要去指出他的过失来。如果他肯听，你就得着你的弟兄。 16 如果他不肯听，就另外带一两个人同去，好使一切话，凭两三个证人的口，可以确定。 17 如果他再不听，就告诉教会；如果连教会他也不听，就把他看作教外人和税吏吧。
18 “我实在告诉你们，你们在地上捆绑的，在天上也被捆绑；你们在地上释放的，在天上也被释放。 19 我又告诉你们，你们当中若有两个人，在地上同心为甚么事祈求，我在天上的父必为他们成全。 20 因为无论在哪里，有两三个人奉我的名聚会，我就在他们中间。”
不饶恕人的也得不着饶恕
21 那时，彼得前来问耶稣：“主啊，如果我的弟兄得罪我，我要饶恕他多少次？七次吗？” 22 耶稣对他说：“我告诉你，不是七次，而是七十个七次（“七十个七次”或译：“七十七次”）。 23 因此，天国好象一个王，要和他的仆人算帐， 24 刚算的时候，有人带了一个欠下六千万银币的人来。 25 他没有钱偿还，主人就下令叫人把他和他的妻子儿女，以及一切所有的都卖掉，用来偿还。 26 那仆人就跪下拜他，说：‘请宽容我，我会把一切还给你的。’ 27 主人动了慈心，把那仆人放了，并且免了他的债。 28 那仆人出来，遇见一个欠了他一百个银币的仆人，就抓住他，扼着他的喉咙，说：‘把你欠我的钱还给我。’ 29 那和他一同作仆人的就跪下求他，说：‘请宽容我，我会还给你的。’ 30 他却不肯，反而把他带走，关在监里，等他把所欠的还清。 31 其他的仆人看见这事，非常难过，就去向主人报告这一切事情。 32 于是主人叫他来，对他说：‘你这个恶仆，你求我，我就免了你欠我的一切。 33 难道你不应该怜悯你的同伴，好象我怜悯你一样吗？’ 34 于是主人大怒，把他送去服刑，等他把所欠的一切还清。 35 如果你们各人不从心里饶恕你的弟兄，我的天父也必这样待你们。”
Matthew 18
EasyEnglish Bible
Who is important in God's kingdom?
18 Soon after this, the disciples came to Jesus and they asked him, ‘Who is the most important person in the kingdom of heaven?’
2 Jesus called a child to come to him. He made the child stand in the middle of them all. 3 He said, ‘I tell you this: You must change and become like little children. If not, you will never come into the kingdom of heaven. 4 This little child does not think that he is very important. You must also think as he does. Whoever does this will be the most important person in the kingdom of heaven. 5 If anyone accepts a child like this because of me, that person also accepts me.’
6 Jesus said, ‘A person who believes in me may not seem important. But you should never make that person do wrong things.[a] Do not do that! It would be better for you if someone tied a big stone round your neck. Then you would sink deep down into the sea and die. 7 Some things in this world will cause people to do wrong things. You can be sure that bad things will happen. But it will be very bad for the person who makes these things happen.
8 If your hand or your foot causes you to do wrong things, you should cut it off. You should throw it away. It is better to have only one hand or one foot and to have God's true life. It will be much worse to keep both your hands and both your feet and still do wrong things. Then God will throw you into hell, where the fire always burns. 9 If your eye causes you to do wrong things, then you should take it out. You should throw it away. It is better to have only one of your eyes and to have God's true life. It will be much worse if you keep both your eyes but then God throws you into hell. There the fire always burns.
10 Be careful! Do not think that any of these little people are not important. I tell you this. They have angels who watch over them. Those angels are always standing in front of my Father in heaven.[b]
11 [I, the Son of Man, came to look for those who are far away from God.][c]
12 Think about a man who has 100 sheep. He discovers that one of his sheep is not there with the others. What does he do? He leaves all his other sheep on the hills. He goes to look for the one lost sheep. 13 And I tell you this: If he finds that lost sheep, he will be very happy. All the other sheep are safe together. But they do not make him as happy as this one sheep does. 14 God, your Father in heaven, is like that shepherd. He does not want any of these little people to be lost, not even one of them.’[d]
A friend does wrong things against you
15 Jesus said, ‘If your Christian friend has done something wrong against you, you must go and speak to him. When you are alone with him, tell him what he has done that is wrong. He may agree with what you say. If he does, then you can call him your friend again.
16 But maybe he does not want to listen to you. Then take one or two other people with you to speak to him. They will then know what wrong things your friend has done. Remember what the Bible says: “There must be two or three people to say certainly that another person has done something wrong. Two or three people must agree what has happened.” 17 If your friend still will not agree that he has done something wrong, then go and tell the church leaders.[e] If he does not agree with the leaders, stop being his friend. He is like somebody who refuses to obey God.[f]
18 I tell you this: You will tell people here on earth what is right for them to do. And you will tell them what is not right for them to do. God in heaven will give you this authority. He will agree with what you say.
19 Two people may agree together to ask God for something. If they agree like that, then my Father in heaven will give them what they ask for.[g] 20 Two or more people may meet together because they believe in me. If they do that, I will be there with them.’
Jesus tells the people about the servant who did not forgive
21 Then Peter came to talk to Jesus. He asked, ‘Lord, if my friend does wrong things against me many times, how many times should I forgive him? Must I forgive him as many as seven times for the wrong things that he has done against me?’
22 Jesus replied, ‘I do not say only seven times. I say you should forgive him 77 times!’[h]
23 Jesus then said, ‘I will tell you a story to show what the kingdom of heaven is like. A king wanted to check how much money his servants should give to him because of their debts. 24 So the king began to check. His men led a servant to him who had a big debt. He must pay back 10,000 gold coins to the king.[i]
25 The servant could not pay his big debt to the king. So the king said to his men, “Sell the servant and his wife and his children and all his things. Then I will keep the money to pay his debt.”
26 Then the servant went down on his knees in front of the king. He said to the king, “Please, please give me some more time, then I will pay you everything.” 27 The king felt sorry for his servant. He forgave him for all the debt and let him go free.
28 But then that same servant went away and he met another servant of the king. This other servant had to pay back a debt of 100 silver coins to the first servant. The first servant took hold of the neck of the other servant to hurt him. He said, “Give me the money that is mine.”
29 The other servant went down on his knees in front of the first servant. He said, “Please, please give me some more time, then I will give you the money.”
30 But the first servant would not agree. He put the other servant in prison until he could pay his debt to him. 31 The other servants of the king saw what had happened. They were very upset about it. So they went to see the king. They told him about everything that had happened.
32 When the king heard this, he told the first servant to come to him. “You are a very bad person,” the king said to the servant. “I forgave you the whole of your big debt to me. I did this because you asked me very strongly. 33 I was kind to you. You should have been kind to that other servant in the same way.” 34 The king was very angry with the first servant. He told his men to put him in prison. They punished the servant there very much, until he could pay all his debt to the king.’
35 Then Jesus finished the story and he said, ‘You must forgive your friends completely. If you do not agree to forgive them, then my Father in heaven will do like that king did. He will not forgive you.’
Footnotes
- 18:6 The person might be someone who does not believe well in God. Or he may be a child. It would be better to die than to cause someone to stop obeying God.
- 18:10 God's word teaches us that there are angels. And these angels are servants of God, who watch over his people.
- 18:11 Verse 11 is in old Bibles. Many Bible students think that someone put it into Matthew's book later.
- 18:14 In this story, God is like the man who takes care of the sheep. The lost sheep is like a person who is not obeying God. God cares that he is lost. He wants to bring him back to himself.
- 18:17 The word ‘church’ means a group of Christians. They meet together because they are obeying Jesus. It does not mean the building where they meet.
- 18:17 This does not mean that we should only be friends with other Christians. We can be friends with other people too. But perhaps a person says that he follows Jesus. But he does not obey Jesus. Then we should not be a special friend of that person.
- 18:19 People must ask God for the right things. They must be things that God wants to give to them.
- 18:22 Jesus is saying that we must continue to forgive people many, many times.
- 18:24 This was a very large amount of money. No man could ever pay all this money to the king.
馬 太 福 音 18
Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version
谁是最伟大的？
18 这时，门徒们走过来，问耶稣∶“天国里谁最伟大？” 2 耶稣招呼过来一个孩子，让他站在他们面前， 3 说∶“我实话告诉你们，除非你们内心变得像孩子一样，否则你们永远进不了天国。 4 谁像这个孩子一样谦卑，谁就是天国里最伟大的人。
5 “谁以我的名义接受像这个孩子的人，谁就是在接受我。
耶稣警告犯罪的原因
6 这些孩子相信我，如果有人导致他们其中的一个去犯罪，他就要遭殃了，那么最好是让他挂着磨盘沉到海底去。 7 我为这个世上的人感到惋惜，因为总有使人犯罪的事情发生。这些事情必然会发生，导致这些事情发生的人要有祸了。 8 如果你的手或脚使你犯罪，就把它们砍下来扔掉。对于你来说，与其四肢俱全地被投入永恒的地狱之火，不如舍弃身体的一部分而获永生； 9 如果你的眼睛使你犯罪，就把它挖出来扔掉。对于你来说，与其双目俱全地被投入地狱之火，不如独眼而得到永生。
迷途的羔羊的寓言
10 要当心，不要看不起这些小孩子，我告诉你们，在天堂里，他们的天使总是与天父同在。 11 [a]
12 “有人有一百只羊，其中的一只跑丢了，这个人会把另外九十九只羊留在山上，去寻找那只迷途的羊。 13 我实话告诉你们，一旦他找到了那只迷途的羔羊，他的喜悦会比他为那九十九只没有迷失的羊的喜悦还要大。 14 同样，你们的天父也不愿意这些孩子中的任何一个迷失。
纠正错误行为
15 如果你的兄弟亏待了你，你不要声张，只在你俩之间指出他的错误。如果他听得进你的话，你就挽救了你的兄弟； 16 如果他听不进你的话，你就要找一两个证人一同去见他，这样‘对他的每一项指控都会得到两三个人的证明。’ [b] 17 如果他还听不进他们的话，你就去告诉教会，如果他连教会的话也不听，那么你就要像对待非教徒或者税吏那样来对待他。
18 “我实话告诉你们，你们在地上所做的审判，就是上帝的审判；你们在地上许下的宽恕，就是上帝的宽恕。 [c]
19 “我实话告诉你们，你们在地上的人若有两人同心祈祷一件事，天父就会成全你们的。 20 这是因为只要有两三个信仰我的人聚在一起，我一定会在他们中间。”
原谅的故事
21 彼得走上前来问∶“主，如果我的兄弟不断地亏待我，我要原谅他几次呢？七次够吗？”
22 耶稣说∶“我告诉你，不只七次，而是七十个七次 [d]。
23 “天国就像一个国王，他要和他的奴仆清算帐目。 24 国王开始算帐了。一个欠了国王好几千块银币的人被带到他面前。 25 欠债人无钱还债，主人命令他卖掉他所有的一切，甚至他的妻子和儿女，好偿还债务。 26 这个奴仆跪在国王面前哀求∶‘请您宽容我吧，我一定会还清债款的。’ 27 国王可怜他，就免了他的债，把他放了。
28 “这个奴仆离开国王后，就去找另外一个与他一起当差的奴仆，那个奴仆欠了他一百个银币。他卡住那个奴仆的脖子说∶‘还我的钱！’
29 “那个奴仆跪在地上哀求说∶‘请宽容我吧，我一定还清欠你的钱。’ 30 可是第一个奴仆不答应，而是把他的同伴送进了监狱，不还清欠债，就不放他出来。 31 其他的奴仆们目睹这一切，非常难过，就去告诉主人发生的一切。
32 “于是，主人把第一个奴仆叫回来，对他说∶‘你这个恶奴。你欠了我那么多的钱，你求我可怜你，我就免了你的债务， 33 难道你不该像我可怜你一样，可怜你的同伴吗？’ 34 主人非常生气，就把这个奴仆投进监狱。他不还清所有的债务，就不放他出来。
35 “除非你们从心底里宽恕你们的兄弟，否则，天父就会像那个国王对待他的奴仆一样对待你们。”
Footnotes
- 馬 太 福 音 18:11 一些希腊版本增有第11句∶“因为人子是来拯救迷失的人们的。”
- 馬 太 福 音 18:16 引自旧约《申命记》19:15。
- 馬 太 福 音 18:18 你们在人间禁止的事，在天国里也会被禁止，你们在人间允许的事，在天堂里也会被允许。
- 馬 太 福 音 18:22 也可做“七十七次”。
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