Matthew 23

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

1 那時，耶穌對眾人和門徒講論，

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

2 說：「文士和法利賽人坐在摩西的位上，

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 凡他們所吩咐你們的，你們都要謹守遵行。但不要效法他們的行為；因為他們能說，不能行。

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 他們把難擔的重擔捆起來，擱在人的肩上，但自己一個指頭也不肯動。

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

5 他們一切所做的事都是要叫人看見，所以將佩戴的經文做寬了，衣裳的繸子做長了，

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

6 喜愛筵席上的首座，會堂裏的高位，

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

7 又喜愛人在街市上問他安，稱呼他拉比 。

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

8 但你們不要受拉比的稱呼，因為只有一位是你們的夫子；你們都是弟兄。

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

9 也不要稱呼地上的人為父，因為只有一位是你們的父，就是在天上的父。

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

10 也不要受師尊的稱呼，因為只有一位是你們的師尊，就是基督。

11 The greatest among you shall be your servant.

11 你們中間誰為大，誰就要作你們的用人。

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

12 凡自高的，必降為卑；自卑的，必升為高。

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 「你們這假冒為善的文士和法利賽人有禍了！因為你們正當人前，把天國的門關了，自己不進去，正要進去的人，你們也不容他們進去。

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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 「你們這假冒為善的文士和法利賽人有禍了！因為你們走遍洋海陸地，勾引一個人入教，既入了教，卻使他作地獄之子，比你們還加倍。

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 「你們這瞎眼領路的有禍了！你們說：『凡指着殿起誓的，這算不得甚麼；只是凡指着殿中金子起誓的，他就該謹守。』

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

17 你們這無知瞎眼的人哪，甚麼是大的？是金子呢？還是叫金子成聖的殿呢？

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 你們又說：『凡指着壇起誓的，這算不得甚麼；只是凡指着壇上禮物起誓的，他就該謹守。』

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

19 你們這瞎眼的人哪，甚麼是大的？是禮物呢？還是叫禮物成聖的壇呢？

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

20 所以，人指着壇起誓，就是指着壇和壇上一切所有的起誓；

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

21 人指着殿起誓，就是指着殿和那住在殿裏的起誓；

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

22 人指着天起誓，就是指着上帝的寶座和那坐在上面的起誓。

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 「你們這假冒為善的文士和法利賽人有禍了！因為你們將薄荷、茴香、芹菜獻上十分之一，那律法上更重的事，就是公義、憐憫、信實，反倒不行了。這更重的是你們當行的；那也是不可不行的。

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

24 你們這瞎眼領路的，蠓蟲你們就濾出來，駱駝你們倒吞下去。

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 「你們這假冒為善的文士和法利賽人有禍了！因為你們洗淨杯盤的外面，裏面卻盛滿了勒索和放蕩。

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

26 你這瞎眼的法利賽人，先洗淨杯盤的裏面，好叫外面也乾淨了。

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 「你們這假冒為善的文士和法利賽人有禍了！因為你們好像粉飾的墳墓，外面好看，裏面卻裝滿了死人的骨頭和一切的污穢。

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 你們也是如此，在人前，外面顯出公義來，裏面卻裝滿了假善和不法的事。

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

29 「你們這假冒為善的文士和法利賽人有禍了！因為你們建造先知的墳，修飾義人的墓，說：

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 『若是我們在我們祖宗的時候，必不和他們同流先知的血。』

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

31 這就是你們自己證明是殺害先知者的子孫了。

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

32 你們去充滿你們祖宗的惡貫吧！

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

33 你們這些蛇類、毒蛇之種啊，怎能逃脫地獄的刑罰呢？

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 所以我差遣先知和智慧人並文士到你們這裏來，有的你們要殺害，要釘十字架；有的你們要在會堂裏鞭打，從這城追逼到那城，

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 叫世上所流義人的血都歸到你們身上，從義人亞伯的血起，直到你們在殿和壇中間所殺的巴拉加的兒子撒迦利亞的血為止。

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

36 我實在告訴你們，這一切的罪都要歸到這世代了。」

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，你常殺害先知，又用石頭打死那奉差遣到你這裏來的人。我多次願意聚集你的兒女，好像母雞把小雞聚集在翅膀底下，只是你們不願意。

38 Look, your house is left to you desolate.

38 看哪，你們的家成為荒場留給你們。

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 我告訴你們，從今以後，你們不得再見我，直等到你們說：『奉主名來的是應當稱頌的。』」