Matthew 21

1 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent out two disciples,

1 耶稣和门徒将近耶路撒冷，来到橄榄山的伯法其。耶稣派了两个门徒，

2 saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to Me.

2 并嘱咐说：“你们到前面的村庄去，就会看见一头母驴拴在那里，旁边还有一头驴驹。你们把它们解开，牵到我这里。

3 If anyone questions you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away.”

3 要是有人问起，你们就说，‘主要用它们’，那人会立刻让你们牵来。”

4 This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

4 这件事发生是要应验先知的话：

5 “Say to the Daughter of Zion, ‘See, your King comes to you, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.’”

5 “要对少女锡安说，‘看啊，你的君王来了！祂谦卑地骑着驴，骑着一头驴驹。’”

6 So the disciples went and did as Jesus had directed them.

6 两个门徒照着耶稣的吩咐去了，

7 They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.

7 把母驴和驴驹带了回来。他们把衣服搭在驴背上，让耶稣骑上去。

8 A massive crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.

8 许多人把衣服铺在路上，还有些人砍下树枝铺在路上。

9 The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”

9 众人前呼后拥，高喊道： “和散那 归于大卫的后裔！” “奉主名来的当受称颂！” “和散那归于至高之处的上帝！”

10 When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”

10 耶稣进耶路撒冷时，全城轰动，说：“这是谁？”

11 The crowds replied, “This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee.”

11 众人说：“祂是先知耶稣，来自加利利的拿撒勒。”

12 Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.

12 耶稣进入圣殿，赶走里面所有做买卖的人，推翻兑换钱币之人的桌子和卖鸽子之人的凳子。

13 And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”

13 耶稣斥责他们说：“圣经上说，‘我的殿必称为祷告的殿。’ 你们竟把它变成了贼窝。”

14 The blind and the lame came to Him at the temple, and He healed them.

14 殿中瞎眼的和瘸腿的都来到耶稣面前，祂便治好了他们。

15 But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”

15 祭司长和律法教师看见祂所行的奇事，又听见小孩子在圣殿里高声喊着：“和散那归于大卫的后裔！”便十分恼怒。

16 “Do You hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”

16 他们责问耶稣说：“你听见这些人说的了吗？” 耶稣说：“我听见了。圣经上说，‘你使孩童和婴儿口中发出颂赞’，你们从未读过吗？”

17 Then He left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where He spent the night.

17 然后，祂便离开他们，出城前往伯大尼，在那里住宿。

18 In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry.

18 清早，耶稣在回城的路上饿了。

19 Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.

19 祂看见路旁有一棵无花果树，便走过去，却发现除了叶子外什么也没有。 祂对那棵树说：“你永远不会再结果子！”那棵树立刻枯萎了。

20 When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”

20 门徒见了就惊奇地问：“这棵树怎么一下子枯萎了？”

21 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

21 耶稣回答说：“我实在告诉你们，你们如果有信心、不怀疑，不但能使无花果树枯萎，就算对这座山说，‘从这里挪开，投进大海里！’也照样可以实现。

22 If you believe, you will receive whatever you ask for in prayer.”

22 所以，只要相信，你们无论祷告求什么，都必得到。”

23 When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”

23 耶稣进了圣殿，正在教导人的时候，祭司长和百姓的长老上前质问祂：“你凭什么权柄做这些事？谁授权给你了？”

24 “I will also ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

24 耶稣说：“我也要问你们一个问题，你们回答了，我就告诉你们我凭什么权柄做这些事。

25 What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

25 约翰的洗礼是从哪里来的？从天上来的，还是从人间来的？” 他们便彼此议论说：“如果我们说‘是从天上来的’，祂一定会问我们，‘那你们为什么不信他？’

26 But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.”

26 但如果我们说‘是从人间来的’，又怕触怒百姓，因为他们都相信约翰是先知。”

27 So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

27 于是，他们回答耶稣说：“我们不知道。” 耶稣说：“我也不告诉你们我凭什么权柄做这些事。”

28 But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’

28 耶稣又说：“你们怎样看这件事？某人有两个儿子。他对大儿子说，‘孩子，你今天到葡萄园工作吧！’

29 ‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.

29 “大儿子回答说，‘我不去！’但后来他改变了主意，就去了。

30 Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.

30 “那父亲又去对小儿子说同样的话。小儿子回答说，‘好的，父亲’，却没有去。

31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

31 “这两个儿子到底哪一个服从父亲呢？” 他们回答道：“大儿子。” 耶稣说：“我实在告诉你们，税吏和娼妓要比你们先进上帝的国。

32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.

32 因为约翰来指示你们当行的正路，你们不信他，但税吏和娼妓信了。你们亲眼看见了这些事，竟然还是执迷不悟，不肯信他。

33 Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

33 “你们再听一个比喻。有个园主开垦了一个葡萄园，在园子的四周围上篱笆，又在园中挖了一个榨酒池，建了一座瞭望台，然后把葡萄园租给佃户，就出远门了。

34 When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.

34 到了收获的季节，园主派奴仆去佃户那里收取他的那份果实。

35 But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

35 佃户却抓住他的奴仆，打伤一个，杀死一个，又用石头打死了一个。

36 Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.

36 于是，园主又派去更多奴仆，结果也遭到同样的对待。

37 Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

37 最后，园主派了自己的儿子去，心想，‘他们肯定会尊重我的儿子。’

38 But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’

38 可是那些佃户看见园主的儿子，就彼此商量说，‘这是产业继承人。来吧！我们杀掉他，占了他的产业！’

39 So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

39 于是，他们抓住他，把他扔到葡萄园外杀了。

40 Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”

40 那么，当园主回来的时候，他会怎样处置那些佃户呢？”

41 “He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”

41 他们说：“他会毫不留情地除掉那些恶人，然后把葡萄园租给其他按时交果子的佃户。”

42 Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

42 耶稣说： “‘工匠丢弃的石头已成了房角石。 这是主的作为，在我们看来奇妙莫测。’ 你们从未读过这段经文吗？

43 Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

43 所以，我告诉你们，上帝将把祂的国从你们那里夺去，赐给结果子的人。

44 He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

44 凡跌在这石头上的人，都会粉身碎骨；这石头落在谁身上，会把谁砸烂。”

45 When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.

45 祭司长和法利赛人听了耶稣的比喻，明白祂是针对他们讲的。

46 Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.

46 他们试图逮捕耶稣，但又害怕百姓，因为百姓都认为耶稣是先知。