马太福音 21
Chinese Standard Bible (Simplified)
光荣进圣城
21 当耶稣和门徒们临近耶路撒冷，来到橄榄山附近的伯法其的时候，耶稣派了两个门徒， 2 对他们说：“你们到对面的村子里去，会立刻发现一头驴拴在那里，还有一头驴驹与它在一起。把它们解开，牵来给我。 3 如果有人对你们说什么，你们就说‘主需要它们，会很快把它们送来的。’”
4 这件事发生，是为要应验那藉着先知所说的话：
5 “要对锡安的女儿说
‘看哪，你的王来到你这里，
是谦和的，骑着驴——
一头小驴，
就是驴的驹子。’”[a]
6 两个门徒就去，照着耶稣所吩咐的做了。 7 他们牵来了驴和驴驹，把外衣搭在它们背上，耶稣就坐在上面。 8 有一大群人把自己的外衣铺在路上，也有人从树上砍下枝子铺在路上。 9 前行后随的人群呼喊说：
“和散那归于大卫的后裔！
奉主名而来的那一位——
是蒙祝福的！
在至高之处——和散那！”[b]
10 耶稣进了耶路撒冷，全城都轰动了，人们问：“这个人是谁？” 11 众人说：“这就是从加利利的拿撒勒来的先知耶稣。”
洁净圣殿
12 耶稣进了[c]圣殿，把所有在圣殿里做买卖的人都赶了出去。他推翻了兑换银币之人的桌子和卖鸽子之人的凳子， 13 对他们说：“经上记着：‘我的殿将被称为祷告的殿’[d]，而你们却使它成为贼窝[e]了！”
小孩子赞美耶稣
14 耶稣在圣殿里，一些瞎眼的和瘸腿的来到他面前，耶稣就使他们痊愈了。 15 祭司长们和经文士们看见耶稣所行的神迹，又见孩子们在圣殿里呼喊说：“和散那归于大卫的后裔”，就很生气。 16 他们问耶稣：“你听见这些小孩在说什么吗？”
耶稣回答他们，说：“是的，听见了[f]。难道你们从来没有读过‘从孩子和吃奶婴儿的口中，你预备了赞美’[g]这话吗？”
17 然后，耶稣离开他们，出城到伯大尼去，在那里过夜。
不结果子的无花果树
18 清晨，回城的时候，耶稣饿了。 19 他看见路边有一棵无花果树，就上前去，可是树上除了叶子，什么也找不到。于是他对那棵树说：“你永远不会再结果子了！”那棵无花果树立刻就枯萎了。
20 门徒们看见了，感到惊奇，说：“这棵无花果树怎么立刻枯萎了呢？”
21 耶稣回答他们，说：“我确实地告诉你们：你们如果存着信而不疑惑，不仅能做我对这无花果树所做的，即使对这座山说‘愿你被挪开，被丢进海里去！’事情也将成就。 22 你们在祷告中无论求什么，只要信，就必得着。”
质疑耶稣的权柄
23 耶稣进了圣殿，正教导人的时候，祭司长们和民间的长老们前来问他：“你凭什么权柄做这些事？是谁给你这权柄的？”
24 耶稣回答他们，说：“我也要问你们一个问题，如果你们回答我，我就告诉你们我凭什么权柄做这些事。 25 约翰的洗礼是从哪里来的？是来自天上，还是来自人间呢？”
他们就彼此讨论，说：“如果我们说‘是来自天上’，他就会问我们‘那么你们为什么不相信他呢？’ 26 但如果说‘是来自人间’——我们又怕民众，因为大家都认为约翰是先知。” 27 于是他们回答耶稣，说：“我们不知道。”
耶稣就对他们说：“我也不告诉你们我凭什么权柄做这些事。”
两个儿子的比喻
28 “这件事你们怎么看？一个人有两个儿子，他前来对大儿子说：‘孩子，你今天到葡萄园去做工吧。’
29 “大儿子回答说：‘我不愿意去。’可是后来他悔改，就去了。 30 父亲前来对小儿子也说同样的话。
“小儿子回答说：‘主啊，我去。’可是他没有去。
31 “这两个儿子中，哪一个遵行父亲的意愿呢？”
他们回答说：“大儿子。”
耶稣说：“我确实地告诉你们：税吏和妓女要在你们的前面进神的国， 32 因为约翰来到你们这里指明义的道路，你们不相信他，而那些税吏和妓女们却相信了他。你们虽然看见了，后来还是没有悔改去相信他。
葡萄园主的比喻
33 “你们当听另一个比喻：有一个人，是一家的主人，他栽种了一个葡萄园，四面围上篱笆，里面挖了一个榨酒池，盖了一座守望楼，然后把葡萄园租给一些农夫，就出外旅行。 34 当收果子的季节近了，主人就派了奴仆们到那些农夫那里去收取他的果子。 35 但那些农夫抓住他的奴仆，打了一个，杀了一个，还用石头砸死一个。 36 主人又派别的奴仆去，比先前的更多，那些农夫也照样对待他们。 37 后来他差派自己的儿子到他们那里，说：‘他们一定会尊重我的儿子。’
38 “可是那些农夫看见他的儿子，就彼此说：‘这是继承人。来，我们把他杀了，占有他的继业！’ 39 于是他们抓住他，把他扔出葡萄园外，杀了。 40 那么，葡萄园的主人回来的时候，会怎么对待那些农夫呢？”
41 他们回答说：“他会狠狠地除灭那些恶人，把葡萄园另租给按时交果子的农夫们。”
42 耶稣对他们说：“难道你们从来没有读过这段经文吗？
‘工匠所弃绝的石头，
它已经成了房角的头块石头；
这是主所成就的，
在我们眼中实在奇妙！’[h]
43 为此，我告诉你们：神的国要从你们中间被夺走，赐给那结神国果子的人。 44 那跌落在这石头上的人，就将被破碎；这石头落在谁的身上，就会把谁砸得稀烂。”[i]
45 祭司长们和法利赛人听了耶稣的这些比喻，知道他是针对他们而说的， 46 就想拘捕他，可是怕民众，因为他们都认为耶稣是先知。
Footnotes
- 马太福音 21:5 《以赛亚书》62:11；《撒迦利亚书》9:9。
- 马太福音 21:9 《诗篇》118:25-26。
- 马太福音 21:12 有古抄本附“神的”。
- 马太福音 21:13 《以赛亚书》56:7。
- 马太福音 21:13 《耶利米书》7:11。
- 马太福音 21:16 听见了——辅助词语。
- 马太福音 21:16 《诗篇》8:2。
- 马太福音 21:42 《诗篇》118:22-23。
- 马太福音 21:44 有古抄本没有此节。
馬太福音 21
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Traditional)
光榮進聖城
21 耶穌和門徒離耶路撒冷越來越近了，他們來到橄欖山旁的伯法其。 2 耶穌派兩個門徒進村，並對他們說：「你們到前面的村莊去，就會看見一頭母驢拴在那裡，旁邊還有一頭驢駒。你們把牠們解開，牽到我這裡。 3 要是有人問起，你們就說，『主要用牠們』，那人會立刻讓你們牽來。」 4 這件事是要應驗先知的話：
5 「要對錫安城[a]說，『看啊，你的君王來了！祂謙卑地騎著驢，騎著一頭驢駒。』」
6 兩個門徒照著耶穌的吩咐去了， 7 把母驢和驢駒帶了回來。他們把自己的衣服蓋在驢背上，讓耶穌騎上去。 8 許多人把衣服鋪在路上，也有些人砍下樹枝鋪在路上。 9 眾人前呼後擁，歡呼著說：
「和散那[b]歸於大衛的後裔！
奉主名來的當受稱頌！
和散那歸於至高之處的上帝！」
10 耶穌進耶路撒冷時，全城轟動，說：「這是誰？」
11 眾人說：「祂是先知耶穌，來自加利利的拿撒勒。」
潔淨聖殿
12 耶穌進入聖殿，趕走裡面做買賣的人，又推翻兌換錢幣之人的桌子和賣鴿子之人的凳子。
13 耶穌斥責他們說：「聖經上說，『我的殿必稱為禱告的殿。』你們竟把它變成了賊窩。」
14 殿中的瞎子和瘸子都來到耶穌面前，祂便醫好了他們。 15 祭司長和律法教師看見祂所行的奇事，又聽見小孩子在聖殿裡高聲喊著：「和散那歸於大衛的後裔！」便十分惱怒。 16 他們責問耶穌說：「你聽見這些人說的了嗎？」
耶穌說：「我聽見了。聖經上說，『你使孩童和嬰兒口中發出頌讚』，你們沒有讀過嗎？」 17 然後，祂便離開他們，出城前往伯大尼，在那裡住宿。
咒詛無花果樹
18 清早，耶穌在回城的途中餓了。 19 祂看見路旁有一棵無花果樹，便走過去，卻發現除了葉子外什麼也沒有。
祂對那棵樹說：「你將再不會結果子！」那棵樹立刻枯萎了。
20 門徒見了就驚奇地問：「這棵樹怎麼一下子枯萎了？」
21 耶穌回答說：「我實在告訴你們，如果你們有信心、不懷疑，不但能使無花果樹枯乾，就算對這座山說，『從這裡挪開，投進大海裡！』也照樣可以實現。 22 所以，你們禱告時無論求什麼，只要有信心，就必定得到。」
質問耶穌的權柄
23 耶穌進了聖殿，正在教導人的時候，祭司長和民間的長老來質問祂：「你憑什麼權柄做這些事？誰授權給你了？」
24 耶穌說：「我也要問你們一個問題，你們回答了，我就告訴你們我憑什麼權柄做這些事。 25 約翰的洗禮是從哪裡來的？從天上來的，還是從人來的？」
他們便彼此議論說：「如果我們說『是從天上來的』，祂一定會問我們，『那你們為什麼不信他？』 26 但如果我們說『是從人來的』，又怕觸怒百姓，因為他們相信約翰是個先知。」 27 於是，他們回答耶穌說：「我們不知道。」
耶穌說：「我也不告訴你們我憑什麼權柄做這些事。」
兩個兒子的比喻
28 耶穌又說：「你們怎樣看這件事？某人有兩個兒子。他對大兒子說，『孩子，你今天到葡萄園工作吧！』
29 「大兒子回答說，『我不去！』但後來他改變了主意，就去了。
30 「那父親又對小兒子說，『你今天到葡萄園工作吧！』小兒子回答說，『好的，父親。』他答應了，卻沒有去。
31 「你們認為這兩個兒子，到底哪一個服從父親呢？」
他們回答道：「大兒子。」
耶穌說：「我實在告訴你們，稅吏和娼妓要比你們先進上帝的國。 32 因為約翰來指示你們當行的正路，你們不信他，但稅吏和娼妓信了。你們親眼看見了這些事，竟然還是執迷不悟，不肯信他。
惡毒的佃戶
33 「你們再聽一個比喻。有個園主栽種了一個葡萄園，在園子的四周建造圍牆，又在園中挖了一個榨酒池，建了一座瞭望臺，然後把葡萄園租給佃戶，就出遠門了。 34 到了收穫的季節，園主派奴僕到佃戶那裡收果子。 35 但那些佃戶卻抓住他的奴僕，打傷一個，殺死一個，又用石頭打死了一個。 36 於是，園主又派更多的奴僕去，結果也遭到同樣的對待。 37 最後，園主派了自己的兒子去，心想，『他們肯定會尊重我的兒子。』 38 然而，那些佃戶看見園主的兒子來了，就商量說，『這是園主的繼承人。來吧！我們殺掉他，佔了他的產業！』 39 於是，他們抓住他，把他推出園外殺了。 40 那麼，當園主回來的時候，他會怎樣處置那些佃戶呢？」
41 他們說：「他會毫不留情地除掉那些惡人，然後把葡萄園租給其他按時交果子的佃戶。」
42 耶穌說：
「『工匠丟棄的石頭已成了房角石。
這是主的作為，在我們看來奇妙莫測。』
你們難道沒有讀過這段經文嗎？ 43 所以，我告訴你們，將把上帝的國從你們那裡奪去，賜給結果子的人。 44 凡跌在這石頭上的人，一定粉身碎骨；這石頭落在誰身上，就會把誰砸爛。」
45 祭司長和法利賽人聽了耶穌的比喻，明白是針對他們講的。 46 他們試圖逮捕耶穌，但又害怕百姓，因為百姓都認為耶穌是先知。
Matthew 21
Living Bible
21 As Jesus and the disciples approached Jerusalem, and were near the town of Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of them into the village ahead.
2 “Just as you enter,” he said, “you will see a donkey tied there, with its colt beside it. Untie them and bring them here. 3 If anyone asks you what you are doing, just say, ‘The Master needs them,’ and there will be no trouble.”
4 This was done to fulfill the ancient prophecy, 5 “Tell Jerusalem her King is coming to her, riding humbly on a donkey’s colt!”
6 The two disciples did as Jesus said, 7 and brought the animals to him and threw their garments over the colt[a] for him to ride on. 8 And some in the crowd threw down their coats along the road ahead of him, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them out before him.
9 Then the crowds surged on ahead and pressed along behind, shouting, “God bless King David’s Son!” . . . “God’s Man is here!”[b] . . . “Bless him, Lord!” . . . “Praise God in highest heaven!”
10 The entire city of Jerusalem was stirred as he entered. “Who is this?” they asked.
11 And the crowds replied, “It’s Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth up in Galilee.”
12 Jesus went into the Temple, drove out the merchants, and knocked over the money changers’ tables and the stalls of those selling doves.
13 “The Scriptures say my Temple is a place of prayer,” he declared, “but you have turned it into a den of thieves.”
14 And now the blind and crippled came to him, and he healed them there in the Temple. 15 But when the chief priests and other Jewish leaders saw these wonderful miracles and heard even the little children in the Temple shouting, “God bless the Son of David,” they were disturbed and indignant and asked him, “Do you hear what these children are saying?”
16 “Yes,” Jesus replied. “Didn’t you ever read the Scriptures? For they say, ‘Even little babies shall praise him!’”
17 Then he returned to Bethany, where he stayed overnight.
18 In the morning, as he was returning to Jerusalem, he was hungry 19 and noticed a fig tree beside the road. He went over to see if there were any figs, but there were only leaves. Then he said to it, “Never bear fruit again!” And soon[c] the fig tree withered up.
20 The disciples were utterly amazed and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”
21 Then Jesus told them, “Truly, if you have faith and don’t doubt, you can do things like this and much more. You can even say to this Mount of Olives, ‘Move over into the ocean,’ and it will. 22
23 When he had returned to the Temple and was teaching, the chief priests and other Jewish leaders came up to him and demanded to know by whose authority he had thrown out the merchants the day before.[d]
24 “I’ll tell you if you answer one question first,” Jesus replied. 25 “Was John the Baptist sent from God or not?”
They talked it over among themselves. “If we say, ‘From God,’” they said, “then he will ask why we didn’t believe what John said. 26 And if we deny that God sent him, we’ll be mobbed, for the crowd all think he was a prophet.” 27 So they finally replied, “We don’t know!”
And Jesus said, “Then I won’t answer your question either.
28 “But what do you think about this? A man with two sons told the older boy, ‘Son, go out and work on the farm today.’ 29 ‘I won’t,’ he answered, but later he changed his mind and went. 30 Then the father told the youngest, ‘You go!’ and he said, ‘Yes, sir, I will.’ But he didn’t. 31 Which of the two was obeying his father?”
They replied, “The first, of course.”
Then Jesus explained his meaning: “Surely evil men and prostitutes will get into the Kingdom before you do. 32 For John the Baptist told you to repent and turn to God, and you wouldn’t, while very evil men and prostitutes did. And even when you saw this happening, you refused to repent, and so you couldn’t believe.
33 “Now listen to this story: A certain landowner planted a vineyard with a hedge around it, and built a platform for the watchman, then leased the vineyard to some farmers on a sharecrop basis, and went away to live in another country.
34 “At the time of the grape harvest he sent his agents to the farmers to collect his share. 35 But the farmers attacked his men, beat one, killed one, and stoned another.
36 “Then he sent a larger group of his men to collect for him, but the results were the same. 37 Finally the owner sent his son, thinking they would surely respect him.
38 “But when these farmers saw the son coming, they said among themselves, ‘Here comes the heir to this estate; come on, let’s kill him and get it for ourselves!’ 39 So they dragged him out of the vineyard and killed him.
40 “When the owner returns, what do you think he will do to those farmers?”
41 The Jewish leaders replied, “He will put the wicked men to a horrible death and lease the vineyard to others who will pay him promptly.”
42 Then Jesus asked them, “Didn’t you ever read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone rejected by the builders has been made the honored cornerstone;[e] how remarkable! what an amazing thing the Lord has done’?
43 “What I mean is that the Kingdom of God shall be taken away from you, and given to a nation that will give God his share of the crop.[f] 44 All who stumble on this rock of truth[g] shall be broken, but those it falls on will be scattered as dust.”
45 When the chief priests and other Jewish leaders realized that Jesus was talking about them—that they were the farmers in his story— 46 they wanted to get rid of him but were afraid to try because of the crowds, for they accepted Jesus as a prophet.
Footnotes
- Matthew 21:7 threw their garments over the colt, implied.
- Matthew 21:9 God’s Man is here, literally, “Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.”
- Matthew 21:19 soon, or “immediately.”
- Matthew 21:23 by whose authority he had thrown out the merchants the day before, literally, “By what authority do you do these things?”
- Matthew 21:42 the honored cornerstone, literally, “the head of the corner.”
- Matthew 21:43 that will give God his share of the crop, literally, “bringing forth the fruits.”
- Matthew 21:44 on this rock of truth, literally, “on this stone.”
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