Hebrews 11

1 Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

1 信心是对盼望的事有把握，对还没看见的事很确定。

2 This is why the ancients were commended.

2 古人凭这样的信心得到了赞许。

3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

3 因为信心，我们知道宇宙是借着上帝的话造成的，所以看得见的是从看不见的造出来的。

4 By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

4 因为信心，亚伯向上帝献的祭比该隐所献的更美，他因此蒙了上帝的悦纳，被称为义人。他虽然死了，却仍然借着信心说话。

5 By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

5 因为信心，以诺被接到天上，没有经历死亡。世人找不到他，因为上帝已经把他接走了。 其实他在被接之前，已经被肯定为上帝喜悦的人。

6 And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

6 没有信心的人得不到上帝的喜悦，因为来到上帝面前的人必须相信上帝存在，并相信祂会赏赐一切寻求祂的人。

7 By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

7 因为信心，挪亚在上帝指示他未来要发生的事之后，就怀着敬畏的心建造方舟挽救全家。他借着信心定了那个世代的罪，并承受了因信而来的义。

8 By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.

8 因为信心，亚伯拉罕听到上帝的呼召后，就遵命前往他将要承受为产业的地方，但他出发的时候还不知道自己要去哪里。

9 By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.

9 因为信心，他像异乡客旅一样寄居在上帝应许给他的地方。他住在帐篷里，与同受一个应许的以撒和雅各一样。

10 For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

10 因为他盼望的是一座有根基的城，是由上帝设计、建造的。

11 By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.

11 因为信心，撒拉过了生育年龄后仍然得到了孕育后代的能力，因为她认定赐她应许的上帝言出必行。

12 And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.

12 所以，从一个垂暮之年的人生出许多子孙，好像天上的星、海边的沙那么多。

13 All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

13 这些人到死都满怀信心。他们虽然没有得到上帝所应许的，却从远处望见了，就欢然接受，承认自己在世上不过是异乡客旅。

14 Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.

14 他们抱这样的态度，表明他们正在寻找一个家乡。

15 If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.

15 如果他们想念的是自己离开的家乡，早就找机会回去了。

16 Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

16 然而，他们渴慕的是天上更美的家乡。所以，上帝不以被他们称为上帝为耻，因为祂已经为他们预备了一座城。

17 By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,

17 因为信心，亚伯拉罕被试验时，把以撒献为祭物，承受应许的亚伯拉罕当时献上了自己的独生子。

18 even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

18 关于这儿子，上帝曾说：“以撒生的才可算为你的后裔。”

19 Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.

19 他认定上帝能使死人复活，从象征意义上说，他也确实从死亡中得回了以撒。

20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

20 因为信心，以撒指着将来的事为雅各和以扫祝福。

21 By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.

21 因为信心，雅各在临终之时分别为约瑟的两个儿子祝福，并拄着拐杖敬拜上帝。

22 By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.

22 因为信心，约瑟临终之时提到以色列人将来要离开埃及，并交代要如何处理自己的骸骨。

23 By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.

23 因为信心，摩西的父母在他出生后，见他长得俊美，就把他藏了三个月，不怕违抗王的命令。

24 By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.

24 因为信心，摩西长大成人后，拒绝做法老之女的儿子，

25 He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.

25 宁愿与上帝的子民一同受苦，也不愿享受一时的罪中之乐。

26 He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.

26 在他眼中，为基督所受的凌辱远比埃及的财富更有价值，因为他盼望的是将来的赏赐。

27 By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king’s anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.

27 因为信心，他离开埃及，不怕王的愤怒。他坚忍不拔，好像看见了肉眼不能看见的主。

28 By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.

28 因为信心，他守逾越节，行洒血的礼，免得那位杀长子的伤害以色列人。

29 By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.

29 因为信心，以色列人渡过红海，如履干地，埃及人试图过去，却被海水淹没。

30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.

30 因为信心，以色列人绕着耶利哥城走了七天，城墙就倒塌了。

31 By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.

31 因为信心，妓女喇合善待以色列的探子，所以没有与那些不顺服的人一同灭亡。

32 And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,

32 我还要再说下去吗？我没有时间一一细说基甸、巴拉、参孙、耶弗他、大卫、撒母耳和众先知的事了。

33 who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,

33 他们凭信心战胜了敌国，行了公义，得到了应许，堵住了狮子的口，

34 quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.

34 熄灭了猛烈的火焰，刀下逃生，由软弱变为刚强，作战勇猛，击退外敌。

35 Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.

35 有些妇女得回了从死里复活的亲人。有些人受尽严刑拷打，仍不肯苟且偷生，为要得到一个复活后更美好的生命。

36 Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

36 有些人遭受戏弄、鞭打、捆锁和囚禁。

37 They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.

37 他们被人用石头打死，受威逼利诱 ，被锯成两截，丧生刀下，披着绵羊和山羊的皮四处奔跑，受尽贫乏、迫害和虐待，

38 The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.

38 在旷野、群山、山洞和地穴中漂泊不定。他们是世界不配有的！

39 These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.

39 这些人都因信心而获得赞许，但他们并未得到上帝所应许的，

40 God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.

40 因为上帝为我们预备了更美的，要叫他们与我们一同得到才算完美。