Matthew 13

1 That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.

1 当天，耶稣离开房子，坐在湖边。

2 Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.

2 有一大群人聚集到祂周围，祂只好上船坐下，众人都站在岸上。

3 And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

3 祂用比喻给他们讲许多道理，说：“有一个农夫出去撒种。

4 And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

4 撒种的时候，有些种子落在路旁，被飞鸟吃掉了；

5 Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

5 有些落在石头地上，因为泥土不深，种子很快就发芽了，

6 But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

6 然而因为没有根，被太阳一晒，就枯萎了；

7 Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.

7 有些落在荆棘丛中，荆棘长起来便把幼苗挤住了；

8 Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.

8 有些落在沃土里，就结出果实，有的多达一百倍，有的六十倍，有的三十倍。

9 He who has ears, let him hear.”

9 有耳朵的，都应当听。”

10 Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”

10 门徒上前问耶稣：“你为什么要用比喻来教导他们呢？”

11 He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

11 耶稣回答说：“天国的奥秘只让你们知道，不让他们知道。

12 Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

12 因为凡有的，还要给他更多，让他丰富有余；凡没有的，连他仅有的也要夺去。

13 This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’

13 我用比喻教导他们是因为他们视而不见，听而不闻，闻而不悟。

14 In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.

14 以赛亚的预言正应验在他们身上， “‘你们听了又听，却不明白； 看了又看，却不领悟。

15 For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

15 因为这些人心灵麻木， 耳朵发背，眼睛昏花， 以致眼睛看不见，耳朵听不见， 心里不明白，无法回心转意， 得不到我的医治。’

16 But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.

16 “但你们的眼睛是有福的，因为看得见；你们的耳朵也是有福的，因为听得见。

17 For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

17 我实在告诉你们，以前有许多先知和义人曾渴望看见你们所看见的，听见你们所听见的，却未能如愿。

18 Consider, then, the parable of the sower:

18 “所以，你们应当留心这撒种的比喻。

19 When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

19 种子落在路旁，是指人听了天国的道理却不明白，魔鬼乘虚而入，把撒在他心里的夺走了。

20 The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

20 种子落在石头地上，是指人听了道后，立刻欢喜地接受了，

21 But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.

21 但他们心里没有根基，不过是暂时接受，一旦为道遭受患难或迫害，就立刻放弃了。

22 The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

22 种子落在荆棘丛中，是指人虽然听过道，但生活的忧虑和钱财的迷惑把道挤住了，以致不能结出果实。

23 But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”

23 种子落在沃土里，是指人听了道，并明白了道，就结出果实，有的多达一百倍，有的六十倍，有的三十倍。”

24 Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

24 耶稣又给他们讲了一个比喻，说：“天国就像一个人，将好种子撒在田里。

25 But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.

25 人们睡觉的时候，仇敌过来把毒麦撒在他的麦田里，就走了。

26 When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.

26 当麦子长苗吐穗时，毒麦也长起来了。

27 The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’

27 奴仆看见了就来对主人说，‘主人啊！你不是把好种子撒在田里了吗？从哪里来的毒麦呢？’

28 ‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’

28 “主人回答说，‘这是仇敌做的。’奴仆问道，‘要我们去拔掉它们吗？’

29 ‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.

29 “主人说，‘不用了，因为拔毒麦会连麦子一起拔掉。

30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”

30 让它们一起生长吧。到收割的时候，我会吩咐收割的工人先把毒麦拔出来，扎成捆，留着烧，然后将麦子存入谷仓。’”

31 He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.

31 耶稣又给他们讲了一个比喻：“天国就像一粒芥菜种，人把它种在田里。

32 Although it is the smallest of all seeds, yet it grows into the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and nest in its branches.”

32 它虽然是种子中最小的，长起来之后却比其他蔬菜都大，并且长成一棵树，飞鸟也来在它枝头栖息。”

33 He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”

33 祂又给他们讲了个比喻：“天国就像面酵，妇人拿来掺在三斗面里，直到整团面都发起来。”

34 Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

34 耶稣用比喻对众人讲这些事，祂每次对他们讲话时都用比喻。

35 So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

35 这是要应验先知的话：“我要开口讲比喻，道出创世以来隐藏的事。”

36 Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”

36 后来，耶稣离开人群，进到屋里。门徒来到祂面前，说：“请给我们解释田间毒麦的比喻。”

37 He replied, “The One who sows the good seed is the Son of Man.

37 耶稣说：“那撒下好种子的就是人子，

38 The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

38 麦田代表世界，那些好种子就是天国的子民。毒麦就是那些属魔鬼的人，

39 and the enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the harvesters are angels.

39 撒毒麦的仇敌就是魔鬼。收割的日子便是世界的末日，收割的工人就是天使。

40 As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age.

40 “毒麦怎样被拔出来扔进火里烧，在世界末日的时候也是一样，

41 The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness.

41 人子将派天使把一切引人犯罪的和作恶的从祂国里挑出来，

42 And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

42 扔进火炉里。他们将在那里哀哭切齿。

43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

43 那时，义人在他们天父的国度要像太阳一样发出光辉。有耳朵的，都应当听。

44 The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and in his joy he went and sold all he had and bought that field.

44 “天国就像藏在地里的宝贝，有人发现了，就把它埋好，然后欢然变卖他所有的财产去买那块地。

45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls.

45 “天国又像一个四处搜购贵重珍珠的商人。

46 When he found one very precious pearl, he went away and sold all he had and bought it.

46 他找到一颗极贵重的珍珠，就去变卖了一切产业，把它买下来。

47 Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was cast into the sea and caught all kinds of fish.

47 “天国又像一张渔网，撒在海里捕到了各种鱼。

48 When it was full, the men pulled it ashore. Then they sat down and sorted the good fish into containers, but threw the bad away.

48 网满了，人们把网拉上岸，然后坐下来挑选，好的就收进筐里，不好的就丢掉。

49 So will it be at the end of the age: The angels will come and separate the wicked from the righteous

49 世界末日的时候也是这样。天使必把恶人从义人中拣出来，

50 and throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

50 扔进火炉里，他们将在那里哀哭切齿。

51 Have you understood all these things?” “Yes,” they answered.

51 你们明白这些事了吗？” 他们回答说：“明白了。”

52 Then He told them, “For this reason, every scribe who has been discipled in the kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who brings out of his storeroom new treasures as well as old.”

52 耶稣说：“律法教师成为天国的门徒后，就像一个家主从他的库房里拿出新的和旧的东西来。”

53 When Jesus had finished these parables, He withdrew from that place.

53 耶稣讲完了这些比喻，就离开那里，

54 Coming to His hometown, He taught the people in their synagogue, and they were astonished. “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?” they asked.

54 回到自己的家乡，在会堂里教导人。人们很惊奇，说：“这个人从哪里得到如此的智慧和异能呢？

55 “Isn’t this the carpenter’s son? Isn’t His mother’s name Mary, and aren’t His brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas?

55 这不是那木匠的儿子吗？祂母亲不是玛丽亚吗？祂的弟弟不是雅各、约瑟、西门和犹大吗？

56 Aren’t all His sisters with us as well? Where then did this man get all these things?”

56 祂的妹妹们不也都在我们这里吗？祂究竟从哪里得了这些能力呢？”

57 And they took offense at Him. But Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”

57 他们就对祂很反感。 耶稣对他们说：“先知到处受人尊敬，只有在本乡本家例外。”

58 And He did not do many miracles there, because of their unbelief.

58 因为他们不信，耶稣就没有在那里多行神迹。