路加福音 8
1 以後，耶穌走遍各城各村講道，宣傳天主國的喜訊，同祂在一起的有那十二們徒，
Soon afterward, Jesus traveled from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The Twelve were with Him,
2 還有幾個曾附過惡魔或患病而得治好的婦女，有號稱瑪達肋納的瑪利亞，從她身上趕出了七個魔鬼；
as well as some women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities: Mary called Magdalene, from whom seven demons had gone out,
3 還有約安納，即黑落德的家宰雇撒的妻子，又有蘇撒納；還有別的許多婦女，她們都用自己的財產資助他們。
Joanna the wife of Herod’s household manager Chuza, Susanna, and many others. These women were ministering to them out of their own means.
4 那時，有大夥群眾聚集了來，並有從各城來到耶穌跟前的，祂就用比喻說：
While a large crowd was gathering and people were coming to Jesus from town after town, He told them this parable:
5 「有一個撒種子的，出去撒種子；他撒的時候，有的落在路在路旁，就被踐踏了，並有天的飛鳥把它吃了。
“A farmer went out to sow his seed. And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, where it was trampled, and the birds of the air devoured it.
6 有的落在路在石頭上，一長起來，就乾枯了，因為沒有濕氣。
Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture.
7 有的落在荊棘中，荊棘同它一起畏起來，把它窒息了。
Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the seedlings.
8 又有的落在好地裏，長起來，結了百倍的果實。」祂說完這些話，就高呼說：「有耳聽的，就聽吧! 」
Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprang up and produced a crop—a hundredfold.” As Jesus said this, He called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
9 祂的們徒問祂這比喻有什麼意思。
Then His disciples asked Him what this parable meant.
10 祂說：「天主國的奧秘，是給你們知道；對於其餘的人，就用比喻，使那看的，卻看不見，聽的，卻聽不懂。
He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to others I speak in parables, so that, ‘though seeing, they may not see; though hearing, they may not understand.’
11 這比喻的意思是：種子是天主的話。
Now this is the meaning of the parable: The seed is the word of God.
12 那些在路旁的，是指那人聽了，隨後就有鬼來到，從他們心中把那話奪去，使他們不致信從而得救。
The seeds along the path are those who hear, but the devil comes and takes away the word from their hearts, so that they may not believe and be saved.
13 那在石頭上的，是指那些人，他們聽的時候，高興的接受那話，但這些人沒有根，暫時相信，一到試探的時候，就退避了。
The seeds on rocky ground are those who hear the word and receive it with joy, but they have no root. They believe for a season, but in the time of testing, they fall away.
14 那落在荊棘中的，是指那些聽了的人，還在中途就被掛慮、錢財及生活的逸樂所蒙蔽，沒有結出成熟的果實。
The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does not mature.
15 那在好地裏的，是指那些以善良和誠實的心傾聽的人，他們把這話保存起來，以堅忍結出果實。
But the seeds on good soil are those with a noble and good heart, who hear the word, cling to it, and by persevering produce a crop.
16 沒有人點上燈，用器皿遮蓋住，或放在床底下的，而是放在燈台上，為叫進來的人看見光明。
No one lights a lamp and covers it with a jar or puts it under a bed. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.
17 因為沒有隱藏的事，不成為顯露的；沒有秘密的事，不被知道而公開出來的。
For there is nothing hidden that will not be disclosed, and nothing concealed that will not be made known and brought to light.
18 所以，你們要留心要怎樣聽；因為凡有的，還要給他，凡沒有的，連他自以為有的，也要從他奪去。」
Pay attention, therefore, to how you listen. Whoever has will be given more, but whoever does not have, even what he thinks he has will be taken away from him.”
19 耶穌的母親和兄弟到祂這裏來了，因為人多，不能與祂相會。
Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came to see Him, but they were unable to reach Him because of the crowd.
20 有人告訴祂說：「你的母親和你的兄弟站在在外邊，願意見你。」
He was told, “Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to see You.”
21 祂卻回答說：「聽了天主的話而實行的，才是我的母親和兄弟。」
But He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and carry it out.”
22 有一天，耶穌和們徒上了船，對他們說：「我們渡到湖那去。」他們便開了船。
One day Jesus said to His disciples, “Let us cross to the other side of the lake.” So He got into a boat with them and set out.
23 正在航行時，他睡著了。忽然有狂風降到湖上，進入船中的水，使他們處於危險中。
As they sailed, He fell asleep, and a windstorm came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger.
24 們徒們前來叫醒耶穌，說：「老師! 老師! 我們要喪亡了! 」祂醒起來，叱責了狂風和波浪，風浪就止息平靜了。
The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters, and they subsided, and all was calm.
25 遂對他們說：「你們的信德在那裏? 」他們又害怕又驚奇，彼此說：「這人到底是誰? 因為祂一出命，風和水也都服從祂。」
“Where is your faith?” He asked. Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!”
26 他們航行到革辣撒人的地方，就是加利肋亞的對面。
Then they sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, across the lake from Galilee.
27 耶穌一上了岸，迎面來了一個那城中附魔的人，他很久不穿衣服，也不住在家裏，而住在墳墓中。
When Jesus stepped ashore, He was met by a demon-possessed man from the town. For a long time this man had not worn clothing or lived in a house, but he stayed in the tombs.
28 他一看見耶穌，就喊叫起來，跪伏在祂在面前大聲說：「至高天主之子耶穌，我與你有什麼相干? 我求你不要磨難我! 」
When the man saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, shouting in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You not to torture me!”
29 因為祂曾命令邪魔從那人身上出去，原來邪魔已多次抓住他，他曾被鐵鏈和腳鐐捆縳起來，被看管著；他卻掙斷鐵鏈，被魔鬼趕到荒野中。
For Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. Many times it had seized him, and though he was bound with chains and shackles, he had broken the chains and been driven by the demon into solitary places.
30 耶穌問他說：「你叫什麼名字? 」他說：「軍旅。」因為有許多魔鬼進入了他身內。
“What is your name?” Jesus asked. “Legion,” he replied, because many demons had gone into him.
And the demons kept begging Jesus not to order them to go into the Abyss. (Abyssos g12)
32 在那裡有一大群豬在山上牧放著，魔鬼就請求耶穌許他們進入那些豬內；耶穌准許了他們。
There on the hillside a large herd of pigs was feeding. So the demons begged Jesus to let them enter the pigs, and He gave them permission.
33 於是，從那人身上出去，進入豬內，那群豬就從山崖上直衝到湖裏淹死了。
Then the demons came out of the man and went into the pigs, and the herd rushed down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.
34 放豬的看見發生的事，就逃去，到城裏和鄉間傳報開了。
When those tending the pigs saw what had happened, they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside.
35 人就出來看那發生的事，來到耶穌前，發現脫離魔鬼的那人，穿著衣服，神智清醒，坐在耶穌跟前前；他們就害怕起來，
So the people went out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus and found the man whom the demons had left, sitting at Jesus’ feet, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.
36 那些見過這事的人就對他們述說：那附魔的人怎樣被治好了。
Meanwhile, those who had seen it reported how the demon-possessed man had been healed.
37 革辣撒所有的人民要尸離開他們，因為他們十分恐懼。祂便上船回去。
Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to depart from them, because great fear had taken hold of them. So He got into the boat and started back.
38 脫離魔鬼的那人祈求耶穌：要同耶穌在一起；但耶穌打發他回去，說：
The man whom the demons had left begged to go with Jesus. But He sent him away, saying,
39 「你回家去吧！傳述天主為你做了何等大事。」
“Return home and describe how much God has done for you.” So the man went away and proclaimed all over the town how much Jesus had done for him.
40 耶穌回來時，群眾都迎接祂，因為眾人都在等候祂。
When Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed Him, for they had all been waiting for Him.
41 來弓一個人，名叫雅依洛，這人是一個會堂長，跪伏在尸腳前，求祂到自己家中去，
Just then a synagogue leader named Jairus came and fell at Jesus’ feet. He begged Him to come to his house,
42 因為他有一個獨生女，約十二歲，快要死了。當耶穌去的時候，眾人都擁擠祂。
because his only daughter, who was about twelve, was dying. As Jesus went with him, the crowds pressed around Him,
43 有一個婦人，十二年來患血漏病，把全部家產都花在醫生身上，卻沒有一個能治好她。
including a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all her money on physicians, but no one was able to heal her.
44 她來到耶穌後邊摸了摸祂衣服的繸頭，她的血漏立刻就止住了。
She came up behind Jesus and touched the fringe of His cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped.
45 耶穌說：「誰摸了我? 」人都否認，伯多祿說：「老師，眾人都在擁擠著你! 」
“Who touched Me?” Jesus asked. But they all denied it. “Master,” said Peter, “the people are crowding and pressing against You.”
46 耶穌卻說：「有人摸了我，因為我覺得有能力從我身上出去了。」
But Jesus declared, “Someone touched Me, for I know that power has gone out from Me.”
47 那婦人看不能隱瞞，就戰戰競競地來跪伏在耶穌跟前，把自己摸祂的緣故和如何立刻病好的事，在眾百姓面前說了出來。
Then the woman, seeing that she could not escape notice, came trembling and fell down before Him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched Him and how she had immediately been healed.
48 耶穌遂對她說：「女兒，妳的信德救了妳，平安去吧! 」
“Daughter,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”
49 祂還在話話時，有人從會堂長家裏來說：「你的女兒死了，不必煩勞師傅了。」
While He was still speaking, someone arrived from the house of the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” he told Jairus. “Do not bother the Teacher anymore.”
50 耶穌聽了，就對他說：「不要害怕，只管信，她必得救。」
But Jesus overheard them and said to Jairus, “Do not be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.”
51 耶穌到了那家裏，除了伯多祿、若望、雅各伯和女孩子的父母外，不讓任何人同祂進去。
When He entered the house, He did not allow anyone to go in with Him except Peter, John, James, and the child’s father and mother.
52 眾人都在痛哭哀弔女孩子。祂卻說：「不要哭泣，她並沒有死，只是睡著了。」
Meanwhile, everyone was weeping and mourning for her. But Jesus said, “Stop weeping; she is not dead but asleep.”
53 那些明知她己死的人，都譏笑祂。
And they laughed at Him, knowing that she was dead.
54 耶穌拿起她的手來，喊說：「女孩，起來! 」
But Jesus took her by the hand and called out, “Child, get up!”
55 她的靈魂回來了，她就立起來了。耶穌吩咐給她吃的。
Her spirit returned, and at once she got up. And He directed that she be given something to eat.
56 她的父母驚訝的出神。耶穌卻警告他們不要傳揚這事。
Her parents were astounded, but Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened.
