Luke 14

1 One Sabbath, Jesus went to eat in the home of a leading Pharisee, and those in attendance were watching Him closely.

1 安息日，耶稣到一个法利赛人的首领家里去吃饭，他们就窥探他。

2 Right there before Him was a man with dropsy.

2 在他面前有一个患水臌的人。

3 So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”

3 耶稣对律法师和法利赛人说：「安息日治病可以不可以？」

4 But they remained silent. Then Jesus took hold of the man, healed him, and sent him on his way.

4 他们却不言语。耶稣就治好那人，叫他走了；

5 And He asked them, “Which of you whose son or ox falls into a pit on the Sabbath day will not immediately pull him out?”

5 便对他们说：「你们中间谁有驴或有牛，在安息日掉在井里，不立时拉它上来呢？」

6 And they were unable to answer these questions.

6 他们不能对答这话。

7 When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:

7 耶稣见所请的客拣择首位，就用比喻对他们说：

8 “When you are invited to a wedding banquet, do not sit in the place of honor, in case someone more distinguished than you has been invited.

8 「你被人请去赴婚姻的筵席，不要坐在首位上，恐怕有比你尊贵的客被他请来；

9 Then the host who invited both of you will come and tell you, ‘Give this man your seat.’ And in humiliation, you will have to take the last place.

9 那请你们的人前来对你说：『让座给这一位吧！』你就羞羞惭惭地退到末位上去了。

10 But when you are invited, go and sit in the last place, so that your host will come and tell you, ‘Friend, move up to a better place.’ Then you will be honored in front of everyone at the table with you.

10 你被请的时候，就去坐在末位上，好叫那请你的人来对你说：『朋友，请上座。』那时，你在同席的人面前就有光彩了。

11 For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

11 因为，凡自高的，必降为卑；自卑的，必升为高。」

12 Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.

12 耶稣又对请他的人说：「你摆设午饭或晚饭，不要请你的朋友、弟兄、亲属，和富足的邻舍，恐怕他们也请你，你就得了报答。

13 But when you host a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,

13 你摆设筵席，倒要请那贫穷的、残废的、瘸腿的、瞎眼的，你就有福了！

14 and you will be blessed. Since they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous.”

14 因为他们没有什么可报答你。到义人复活的时候，你要得着报答。」

15 When one of those reclining with Him heard this, he said to Jesus, “Blessed is everyone who will eat at the feast in the kingdom of God.”

15 同席的有一人听见这话，就对耶稣说：「在 神国里吃饭的有福了！」

16 But Jesus replied, “A certain man prepared a great banquet and invited many guests.

16 耶稣对他说：「有一人摆设大筵席，请了许多客。

17 When it was time for the banquet, he sent his servant to tell those who had been invited, ‘Come, for everything is now ready.’

17 到了坐席的时候，打发仆人去对所请的人说：『请来吧！样样都齐备了。』

18 But one after another they all began to make excuses. The first one said, ‘I have bought a field, and I need to go see it. Please excuse me.’

18 众人一口同音地推辞。头一个说：『我买了一块地，必须去看看。请你准我辞了。』

19 Another said, ‘I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to try them out. Please excuse me.’

19 又有一个说：『我买了五对牛，要去试一试。请你准我辞了。』

20 Still another said, ‘I have married a wife, so I cannot come.’

20 又有一个说：『我才娶了妻，所以不能去。』

21 The servant returned and reported all this to his master. Then the owner of the house became angry and said to his servant, ‘Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the city, and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind, and the lame.’

21 那仆人回来，把这事都告诉了主人。家主就动怒，对仆人说：『快出去，到城里大街小巷，领那贫穷的、残废的、瞎眼的、瘸腿的来。』

22 ‘Sir,’ the servant replied, ‘what you ordered has been done, and there is still room.’

22 仆人说：『主啊，你所吩咐的已经办了，还有空座。』

23 So the master told his servant, ‘Go out to the highways and hedges and compel them to come in, so that my house will be full.

23 主人对仆人说：『你出去到路上和篱笆那里，勉强人进来，坐满我的屋子。

24 For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will taste my banquet.’”

24 我告诉你们，先前所请的人没有一个得尝我的筵席。』」

25 Now large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and He turned and said to them,

25 有极多的人和耶稣同行。他转过来对他们说：

26 “If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be My disciple.

26 「人到我这里来，若不爱我胜过爱 自己的父 母、妻子、儿女、弟兄、姊妹，和自己的性命，就不能作我的门徒。

27 And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.

27 凡不背着自己十字架跟从我的，也不能作我的门徒。

28 Which of you, wishing to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost to see if he has the resources to complete it?

28 你们哪一个要盖一座楼，不先坐下算计花费，能盖成不能呢？

29 Otherwise, if he lays the foundation and is unable to finish the work, everyone who sees it will ridicule him,

29 恐怕安了地基，不能成功，看见的人都笑话他，说：

30 saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’

30 『这个人开了工，却不能完工。』

31 Or what king on his way to war with another king will not first sit down and consider whether he can engage with ten thousand men the one coming against him with twenty thousand?

31 或是一个王出去和别的王打仗，岂不先坐下酌量，能用一万兵去敌那领二万兵来攻打他的吗？

32 And if he is unable, he will send a delegation while the other king is still far off, to ask for terms of peace.

32 若是不能，就趁敌人还远的时候，派使者去求和息的条款。

33 In the same way, any one of you who does not give up everything he has cannot be My disciple.

33 这样，你们无论什么人，若不撇下一切所有的，就不能作我的门徒。」

34 Salt is good, but if the salt loses its savor, with what will it be seasoned?

34 「盐本是好的；盐若失了味，可用什么叫它再咸呢？

35 It is fit neither for the soil nor for the manure pile, and it is thrown out. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

35 或用在田里，或堆在粪里，都不合式，只好丢在外面。有耳可听的，就应当听！」