路加福音 8
1 過了不多日，耶穌周遊各城各鄉傳道，宣講上帝國的福音。和他同去的有十二個門徒，
Shortly afterwards, Jesus went on a journey through the towns and villages, proclaiming the Good News of the Kingdom of God. With him went the Twelve,
2 還有被惡鬼所附、被疾病所累、已經治好的幾個婦女，內中有稱為抹大拉的馬利亞（曾有七個鬼從她身上趕出來），
as well as some women who had been cured of wicked spirits and of infirmities. They were Mary, known as Mary of Magdala (from whom seven demons had been expelled),
3 又有希律的家宰苦撒的妻子約亞拿，並蘇撒拿，和好些別的婦女，都是用自己的財物供給耶穌和門徒。
and Joanna (the wife of Herod’s steward, Chuza), and Susannah, and many others — all of whom ministered to Jesus and his Apostles out of their means.
4 當許多人聚集、又有人從各城裏出來見耶穌的時候，耶穌就用比喻說：
Once, when a great crowd was collecting, and, when the people of town after town were flocking to Jesus, he spoke to them in the form of a parable:
5 「有一個撒種的出去撒種。撒的時候，有落在路旁的，被人踐踏，天上的飛鳥又來吃盡了。
“The sower went out to sow his seed; and, as he was sowing, some of the seed fell along the path and was trodden upon; and the wild birds ate it up.
6 有落在磐石上的，一出來就枯乾了，因為得不着滋潤。
Other seed fell upon rock, and, as soon as it began to grow, having no moisture, withered away.
7 有落在荊棘裏的，荊棘一同生長，把它擠住了。
Other seed fell in the middle of brambles, but the brambles grew up with it and choked it entirely.
8 又有落在好土裏的，生長起來，結實百倍。」耶穌說了這些話，就大聲說：「有耳可聽的，就應當聽！」
Other seed fell into rich soil, and grew, and gave a hundred-fold return.” After saying this, Jesus cried aloud: “Let him who has ears to hear with hear.”
9 門徒問耶穌說：「這比喻是甚麼意思呢？」
His disciples asked Jesus the meaning of this parable.
10 他說：「上帝國的奧祕只叫你們知道；至於別人，就用比喻，叫他們看也看不見，聽也聽不明。」
“To you,” he said, “the knowledge of the hidden truths of the Kingdom of God has been imparted, but to others in parables only, that ‘though they have eyes they may not see, and though they have ears, they may not understand.’
11 「這比喻乃是這樣：種子就是上帝的道。
This is the parable — The seed is God’s Message.
12 那些在路旁的，就是人聽了道，隨後魔鬼來，從他們心裏把道奪去，恐怕他們信了得救。
By the seed which fell along the path are meant those who hear the Message; but then comes the Devil and carries away the Message from their minds, to prevent their believing it and being saved.
13 那些在磐石上的，就是人聽道，歡喜領受，但心中沒有根，不過暫時相信，及至遇見試煉就退後了。
By the seed which fell upon the rock are meant those who, as soon as they hear the Message, welcome it joyfully; but they have no root, and believe it only for a time, and, when the time of temptation comes, they draw back.
14 那落在荊棘裏的，就是人聽了道，走開以後，被今生的思慮、錢財、宴樂擠住了，便結不出成熟的子粒來。
By that which fell among the brambles are meant those who hear the Message, but who, as they go on their way, are completely choked by this world’s cares and wealth and pleasures, and bring nothing to perfection.
15 那落在好土裏的，就是人聽了道，持守在誠實善良的心裏，並且忍耐着結實。」
But by that in the good ground are meant those who, having heard the Message, keep it in the good, rich soil of their hearts, and patiently yield a return.
16 「沒有人點燈用器皿蓋上，或放在床底下，乃是放在燈臺上，叫進來的人看見亮光。
No man sets light to a lamp and then covers it with a bowl or puts it underneath a couch, but he puts it on a lamp-stand, so that anyone who comes in may see the light.
17 因為掩藏的事沒有不顯出來的；隱瞞的事沒有不露出來被人知道的。
Nothing is hidden which will not be brought into the light of day, not ever kept hidden which will not some day become known and come into the light of day.
18 所以，你們應當小心怎樣聽；因為凡有的，還要加給他；凡沒有的，連他自以為有的，也要奪去。」
Take care, then, how you listen. For, to all those who have, more will be given; while, from all those who have nothing, even what they seem to have will be taken away.”
19 耶穌的母親和他弟兄來了，因為人多，不得到他跟前。
Presently Jesus’ mother and brothers came where he was, but they were not able to join him on account of the crowd.
20 有人告訴他說：「你母親和你弟兄站在外邊，要見你。」
So word was brought to him — ‘Your mother and your brothers are standing outside, wanting to see you.’
21 耶穌回答說：「聽了上帝之道而遵行的人就是我的母親，我的弟兄了。」
His reply, spoken to them all, was: “My mother and my brothers are those who listen to God’s teaching and do what it bids.”
22 有一天，耶穌和門徒上了船，對門徒說：「我們可以渡到湖那邊去。」他們就開了船。
One day about that time, Jesus got into a boat with his disciples and said to them: “Let us go across the lake.”
23 正行的時候，耶穌睡着了。湖上忽然起了暴風，船將滿了水，甚是危險。
So they put off. While they were sailing, Jesus fell asleep. A squall swept down upon the lake, and their boat was filling and they were in danger.
24 門徒來叫醒了他，說：「夫子！夫子！我們喪命啦！」耶穌醒了，斥責那狂風大浪；風浪就止住，平靜了。
So the disciples came and roused him. “Sir, Sir,” they cried, “we are lost!” Jesus rose and rebuked the wind and the rushing waves, and they fell, and a calm followed.
25 耶穌對他們說：「你們的信心在哪裏呢？」他們又懼怕又希奇，彼此說：「這到底是誰？他吩咐風和水，連風和水也聽從他了。」
“Where is your faith?” he exclaimed. But in great awe and amazement they said to one another: “Who can this be, that he commands even the winds and the waves, and they obey him?”
26 他們到了格拉森人的地方，就是加利利的對面。
And they reached the country of the Gerasenes, which is on the opposite side to Galilee;
27 耶穌上了岸，就有城裏一個被鬼附着的人迎面而來。這個人許久不穿衣服，不住房子，只住在墳塋裏。
and, on getting ashore, Jesus met a man, who had demons in him, coming out of the town. For a long time this man had worn no clothing, and he had not lived in a house, but in the tombs.
28 他見了耶穌，就俯伏在他面前，大聲喊叫，說：「至高上帝的兒子耶穌，我與你有甚麼相干？求你不要叫我受苦！」
Catching sight of Jesus, he shrieked out and threw himself down before him, and in a loud voice exclaimed: “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beseech you not to torment me.”
29 是因耶穌曾吩咐污鬼從那人身上出來。原來這鬼屢次抓住他；他常被人看守，又被鐵鍊和腳鐐捆鎖，他竟把鎖鍊掙斷，被鬼趕到曠野去。
For Jesus was commanding the foul spirit to come out from the man. On many occasions it had seized him, and, even when secured with chains and fetters, and watched, he would break through anything that bound him, and be driven by the demon into the Wilds.
30 耶穌問他說：「你名叫甚麼？」他說：「我名叫『群』」；這是因為附着他的鬼多。
“What is your name?” Jesus asked. “Legion,” he answered (for many demons had taken possession of him);
and the demons begged Jesus not to order them away into the bottomless pit. (Abyssos g12)
32 那裏有一大群豬在山上吃食。鬼央求耶穌，准他們進入豬裏去。耶穌准了他們，
There was a drove of many pigs close by feeding upon the hill-side; and the demons begged Jesus to give them leave to enter into them. Jesus gave them leave.
33 鬼就從那人出來，進入豬裏去。於是那群豬闖下山崖，投在湖裏淹死了。
They came out from the man and took possession of the pigs; and the drove rushed down the steep slope into the lake and were drowned.
34 放豬的看見這事就逃跑了，去告訴城裏和鄉下的人。
When the men who tended them saw what had happened, they ran away, and carried the news to the town, and to the country round.
35 眾人出來要看是甚麼事；到了耶穌那裏，看見鬼所離開的那人，坐在耶穌腳前，穿着衣服，心裏明白過來，他們就害怕。
The people went out to see what had happened, and, when they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, at Jesus’ feet; and they were awe-struck.
36 看見這事的便將被鬼附着的人怎麼得救告訴他們。
Those who had seen it told them how the possessed man had been delivered;
37 格拉森四圍的人，因為害怕得很，都求耶穌離開他們；耶穌就上船回去了。
upon which all the people in the neighbourhood of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them, for they were terrified. Jesus got into a boat and returned.
38 鬼所離開的那人懇求和耶穌同在；耶穌卻打發他回去，說：
The man from whom the demons had gone out begged Jesus to let him be with him; but Jesus sent him away.
39 「你回家去，傳說上帝為你做了何等大的事。」他就去，滿城裏傳揚耶穌為他做了何等大的事。
“Go back to your home,” he said, “and relate the story of all that God has done for you.” So the man went through the whole town and proclaimed, as he went, all that Jesus had done for him.
40 耶穌回來的時候，眾人迎接他，因為他們都等候他。
On his return, Jesus was welcomed by the people; for everyone was looking out for him.
41 有一個管會堂的，名叫睚魯，來俯伏在耶穌腳前，求耶穌到他家裏去；
And a man named Jaeirus, who was a President of the Synagogue, came to Jesus, and threw himself at Jesus’ feet, with entreaties that he would come to his house,
42 因他有一個獨生女兒，約有十二歲，快要死了。 耶穌去的時候，眾人擁擠他。
because his only daughter, who was about twelve years old, was dying. As Jesus was going, the people were pressing closely round him.
43 有一個女人，患了十二年的血漏，在醫生手裏花盡了她一切養生的，並沒有一人能醫好她。
And a woman, who had suffered from haemorrhage for twelve years, and whom no one could cure,
44 她來到耶穌背後，摸他的衣裳繸子，血漏立刻就止住了。
came up behind and touched the tassel of his cloak. Instantly the haemorrhage ceased.
45 耶穌說：「摸我的是誰？」眾人都不承認。彼得和同行的人都說：「夫子，眾人擁擁擠擠緊靠着你。 」
“Who was it that touched me?” Jesus asked; and, while everyone was denying having done so, Peter exclaimed: “Why, Sir, the people are crowding round you and pressing upon you!”
46 耶穌說：「總有人摸我，因我覺得有能力從我身上出去。」
“Somebody touched me,” said Jesus; “for I felt that power had gone out from me.”
47 那女人知道不能隱藏，就戰戰兢兢地來俯伏在耶穌腳前，把摸他的緣故和怎樣立刻得好了，當着眾人都說出來。
Then the woman, when she saw that she was discovered, came forward trembling, and threw herself down before him; and, in the presence of all the people, she told him her reason for touching him, and that she had been cured instantly.
48 耶穌對她說：「女兒，你的信救了你；平平安安地去吧！」
“Daughter,” he said, “your faith has delivered you. Go, and peace be with you.”
49 還說話的時候，有人從管會堂的家裏來，說：「你的女兒死了，不要勞動夫子。」
Before he had finished speaking, some one came from the house of the President of the Synagogue and said: “Your daughter is dead! Do not trouble the Teacher further.”
50 耶穌聽見就對他說：「不要怕，只要信！你的女兒就必得救。」
But Jesus, hearing this, spoke to the President: “Do not be afraid; only have faith, and she shall yet be delivered.”
51 耶穌到了他的家，除了彼得、約翰、雅各，和女兒的父母，不許別人同他進去。
When he reached the house, he did not allow any one to go in with him, except Peter, John, and James, and the child’s father and mother.
52 眾人都為這女兒哀哭捶胸。耶穌說：「不要哭！她不是死了，是睡着了。」
And every one was weeping and mourning for her. “Do not weep,” Jesus said, “she is not dead; she is asleep.”
53 他們曉得女兒已經死了，就嗤笑耶穌。
They began to laugh at him, for they knew that she was dead.
54 耶穌拉着她的手，呼叫說：「女兒，起來吧！」
But, taking her by the hand, Jesus said in a loud voice: “Child, rise!”
55 她的靈魂便回來，她就立刻起來了。耶穌吩咐給她東西吃。
The child’s spirit returned to her, and she instantly stood up; and Jesus ordered them to give her something to eat.
56 她的父母驚奇得很；耶穌囑咐他們，不要把所做的事告訴人。
Her parents were amazed, but Jesus impressed on them that they were not to tell any one what had happened.
