Matthew 18

1 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

1 这时，门徒上前来，问耶稣：“在天国谁最伟大？”

2 Jesus invited a little child to stand among them.

2 耶稣叫了一个小孩子来站在他们当中，然后说：

3 “Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

3 “我实在告诉你们，你们若不回转，变得像小孩子那样，绝不能进天国。

4 Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

4 所以，凡像这小孩子一样谦卑的人，在天国才是最伟大的。

5 And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me.

5 “谁为了我的名接待这样一个小孩子，就是接待我。

6 But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

6 不论谁使这样一个小信徒失足犯罪，他的下场比把大磨石拴在他脖子上沉到深海里还要惨。

7 Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!

7 这世界有祸了！因为里面充满了引人犯罪的事。这样的事是免不了的，但引人犯罪的人有祸了！

8 If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.

8 “如果你的手或脚使你犯罪，就把它砍下来扔掉！肢体残缺着进入永生，胜过四肢健全却被扔进永远不灭的火中。

9 And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

9 如果你的一只眼睛使你犯罪，就剜出来丢掉它！独眼进入永生，胜过双目健全却被扔进地狱的火中。

10 See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.

10 你们切不可轻视任何一位卑微的人。我告诉你们，他们的天使在天上常见我天父的面。

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11 “人子到世界来是要拯救迷失的人。

12 What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?

12 如果一个人有一百只羊，其中有一只走迷了路，你们认为他会怎么办呢？难道不会把那九十九只撇在山上，去找那只迷失的羊吗？

13 And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

13 我实在告诉你们，如果找到了，他会非常欢喜，甚至比有那九十九只没有迷失的羊还欢喜。

14 In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.

14 同样，你们的天父也不愿任何一个卑微的人失丧。

15 If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.

15 “如果你的弟兄得罪了你，你要找个机会跟他单独在一起，指出他的错处。如果他肯接受劝告，你就赢得了你的弟兄。

16 But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’

16 如果他不听，你就带一两位弟兄去见他，这样任何事有两三个证人作证才能定案。

17 If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

17 如果他仍然不听，你就应当告诉教会。如果他连教会也不听，你就把他看作异教徒或税吏 。

18 Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

18 我实在告诉你们，你们在地上捆绑的，在天上也要捆绑；你们在地上释放的，在天上也要释放。

19 Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven.

19 “况且，我实在告诉你们，如果你们当中有两个人在地上同心合意地祈求，不论求什么，我天上的父必为你们成就。

20 For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”

20 因为哪里有两三个人奉我的名聚会，我就在哪里与他们同在。”

21 Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”

21 那时，彼得上前问耶稣：“主啊，如果我的弟兄得罪了我，我该饶恕他多少次呢？七次够了吧？”

22 Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!

22 耶稣回答说：“我告诉你，不是七次，是七十个七次。

23 Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

23 “因此，天国就像一个王，他要跟奴仆清算债务。

24 As he began the settlements, a debtor owing ten thousand talents was brought to him.

24 正开始清算的时候，有人带着一个欠了六千万银币 的人进来。

25 Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.

25 因为这个人无法清还债款，主人就下令把他及其妻儿和所有财产全部卖掉还债。

26 Then the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Have patience with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’

26 那奴仆跪在王面前乞求说，‘请宽容我，我会把债务全部还清的。’

27 His master had compassion on him, forgave his debt, and released him.

27 主人可怜他，不但释放了他，而且免了他全部的债。

28 But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’

28 “可是，那奴仆出去后，遇见一位欠他一百个银币 的同伴，就揪住他，掐着他的喉咙说，‘还我钱！’

29 So his fellow servant fell down and begged him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you back.’

29 同伴跪下哀求道，‘请宽容我，我会还你的。’

30 But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.

30 “那奴仆却不肯，竟把同伴送进监狱，直到他还清债务为止。

31 When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and recounted all of this to their master.

31 其他奴仆目睹这一切，都愤愤不平，就去把这件事告诉了主人。

32 Then the master summoned him and said, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.

32 “于是，主人把那奴仆召来，说，‘你这可恶的奴才！你哀求我，我就免了你所有的债。

33 Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’

33 难道你不应该怜悯你的同伴，就像我怜悯你一样吗？’

34 In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.

34 主人大怒，把他交给狱卒受刑，直到他还清全部的债务。

35 That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”

35 如果你们每个人不从心里饶恕自己的弟兄，我的天父也要这样对待你们。”