Matthew 23

1 Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples:

1 随后，耶稣对众人和门徒说：

2 “The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.

2 “律法教师和法利赛人坐在摩西的位子上讲授律法。

3 So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.

3 你们要谨遵他们的教导，但不要效法他们的行为，因为他们言行不一。

4 They tie up heavy, burdensome loads and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to lift a finger to move them.

4 他们把难负的重担捆好，放在别人肩上，而自己连一根指头也不肯动！

5 All their deeds are done for men to see. They broaden their phylacteries and lengthen their tassels.

5 “他们的所作所为是为了给人看的，他们把额上佩戴的经文盒子加宽了，又将衣服的穗子加长了。

6 They love the places of honor at banquets, the chief seats in the synagogues,

6 他们喜欢宴席中的上座和会堂里的首位。

7 the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.

7 他们喜欢别人在街市上问候他们，称呼他们为老师 。

8 But you are not to be called ‘Rabbi,’ for you have one Teacher, and you are all brothers.

8 但你们不要让别人称呼你们为老师，因为你们只有一位老师，你们彼此都是弟兄。

9 And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

9 不要称呼地上的人为父亲，因为你们只有一位父亲，祂在天上。

10 Nor are you to be called instructors, for you have one Instructor, the Christ.

10 不要让人称你们为导师，因为你们只有一位导师基督。

11 The greatest among you shall be your servant.

11 你们当中谁位分最大，谁就要做你们的仆人。

12 For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

12 自高的人必遭贬抑，谦卑的人必得尊荣。

13 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You shut the kingdom of heaven in men’s faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor will you let in those who wish to enter.

13 “虚伪的律法教师和法利赛人啊，你们有祸了！因为你们当着人们的面关闭天国之门，自己不进去，也不让别人进去。

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14 “虚伪的律法教师和法利赛人啊，你们有祸了！因为你们侵吞寡妇的家产，还假意做冗长的祷告。因此，你们会受到更严厉的刑罚。

15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You traverse land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are.

15 “虚伪的律法教师和法利赛人啊，你们有祸了！因为你们走遍海洋和陆地去引人入教，等人入了教，却使他沦为地狱之子，比你们还坏一倍。

16 Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’

16 “瞎眼的向导啊，你们有祸了！你们说，‘指着圣殿发誓，不算数；但是指着圣殿里的金子发誓，就要遵守誓言。’

17 You blind fools! Which is greater: the gold, or the temple that makes it sacred?

17 瞎眼的愚昧人啊！金子重要呢？还是使金子神圣的圣殿重要呢？

18 And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’

18 你们又说，‘指着祭坛发誓不算数，但是指着坛上的供物发誓，就要遵守誓言。’

19 You blind men! Which is greater: the gift, or the altar that makes it sacred?

19 瞎眼的人啊！供物重要呢？还是使供物神圣的祭坛重要呢？

20 So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.

20 其实指着祭坛发誓，就是指着祭坛和坛上的一切东西发誓。

21 And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.

21 指着圣殿发誓，就是指着圣殿和住在里面的上帝发誓。

22 And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the One who sits on it.

22 指着天发誓，就是指着上帝的宝座和坐在宝座上的那位发誓。

23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You pay tithes of mint, dill, and cumin. But you have disregarded the weightier matters of the law: justice, mercy, and faithfulness. You should have practiced the latter, without neglecting the former.

23 “虚伪的律法教师和法利赛人啊，你们有祸了！你们把薄荷、茴香、芹菜献上十分之一，却忽略了律法中更重要的事——公正、怜悯、信实。后者是你们本该做的，前者也不可忽略。

24 You blind guides! You strain out a gnat but swallow a camel.

24 瞎眼的向导啊！你们滤出蚊虫，却吞下骆驼。

25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence.

25 “虚伪的律法教师和法利赛人啊，你们有祸了！你们洗净杯盘的外面，里面却盛满了贪婪和放纵。

26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside may become clean as well.

26 瞎眼的法利赛人啊！要先洗净杯盘的里面，好让外面也干净。

27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men’s bones and every kind of impurity.

27 “虚伪的律法教师和法利赛人啊，你们有祸了！你们好像粉饰的坟墓，外表好看，里面却装满了死人的骨头和各种污秽之物。

28 In the same way, on the outside you appear to be righteous, but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

28 所以你们虚有公义的外表，内心却充满了虚伪和罪恶。

29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.

29 “虚伪的律法教师和法利赛人啊，你们有祸了！你们为先知建墓，为义人修碑，并且说，

30 And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

30 ‘我们如果活在我们祖先的时代，绝不会和他们一起去杀害先知。’

31 So you testify against yourselves that you are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.

31 这样，你们自己证明自己是杀害先知之人的后代。

32 Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.

32 去填满你们祖先的罪恶吧！

33 You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell?

33 你们这些蛇，这些毒蛇的后代啊，你们怎能逃脱地狱的刑罚呢？

34 Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.

34 “看啊，我派先知、智者和律法教师到你们当中，有的会遭到你们的杀害，被你们钉在十字架上；有的会在会堂里被你们鞭打，被你们从这城追到那城。

35 And so upon you will come all the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

35 因此，所有义人在地上所流的血，就是从义人亚伯的血，直到你们在圣所和祭坛之间所杀的巴拉加的儿子撒迦利亚的血，都要归到你们身上。

36 Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.

36 我实在告诉你们，这一切罪责都要归到这个世代。

37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!

37 “耶路撒冷啊！耶路撒冷啊！你常杀害先知，又用石头打死派到你那里的使者。我多次想要招聚你的儿女，像母鸡把小鸡聚集在翅膀底下，可是你们却不肯。

38 Look, your house is left to you desolate.

38 看啊！你们的家园将一片荒凉。

39 For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”

39 我告诉你们，从现在起，直到你们说‘奉主名来的当受称颂’ 那天之前，你们再也见不到我了。”