Luke 8
1 Soon after this Jesus went around the towns and villages announcing the good news of God's kingdom. The twelve disciples went with him,
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，
2 along with a number of women who had been healed from evil spirits and sickness: Mary called Magdalene from whom he had cast out seven demons;
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；
3 Joanna, the wife of Herod's manager Chuza; Susanna; and many more who provided support from their personal resources.
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。
4 Once when a large crowd of people gathered, coming from many towns to see him, Jesus spoke to them, using a story as an illustration.
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：
5 “A farmer went out to sow his seed. As he scattered the seed, some fell on the road where people trampled on it and birds ate it up.
「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。
6 Some fell on stony ground, and once the seeds had sprouted they withered for lack of moisture.
有的落在路在石頭上，一長起來，就乾枯了，因為沒有濕氣。
7 Some seeds fell among thorns and as they both grew the thorns choked the plants.
有的落在荊棘中，荊棘同它一起畏起來，把它窒息了。
8 Some seeds fell on good earth and after they grew they produced a harvest one hundred times more than what had been sown.” After he told them this, he called out, “If you have ears, then listen!”
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! 」
9 But his disciples asked him, “What does this illustration mean?”
祂的們徒問祂這比喻有什麼意思。
10 Jesus replied, “You've been given insights into the mysteries of God's kingdom, but the rest are given illustrations, so that, ‘Even though they see, they don't really see; and even though they hear, they don't really understand.’
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。
11 This is the meaning of the illustration: The seed is God's word.
這比喻的意思是：種子是天主的話。
12 The seeds that fall on the road are those who hear the message, but then the devil comes and steals away the truth from their minds so they won't trust in God and be saved.
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。
13 The seeds that fall on the stony ground are those who hear and welcome the message with joy but don't have any roots. They trust for a while but when difficult times come they give up.
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。
14 The seeds that fall among thorns are those who hear the message but it's choked out by life's distractions—worries, wealth, pleasure—so they don't produce anything.
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。
15 The seeds sown on good earth are those who are honest and do what is right. They hear the message of truth, hold on to it, and through their perseverance produce a good harvest.
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。
16 You don't light a lamp and then cover it with a bucket, or hide it under a bed. No, you put it on a stand, so that anyone who comes in can see the light.
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。
17 For there's nothing hidden that won't be revealed; there's nothing secret that won't become known and obvious.
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。
18 So pay attention how you ‘hear.’ To those who have received, more will be given; from those who don't receive, even what they think they have will be taken away!”
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。」
19 Then Jesus' mother and brothers arrived, but they couldn't get through the crowd to see him.
耶穌的母親和兄弟到祂這裏來了，因為人多，不能與祂相會。
20 Jesus was told, “Your mother and your brothers are outside. They want to see you.”
有人告訴祂說：「你的母親和你的兄弟站在在外邊，願意見你。」
21 “My mother and my brothers are those who hear God's word, and do what it says,” Jesus replied.
祂卻回答說：「聽了天主的話而實行的，才是我的母親和兄弟。」
22 One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let's cross over to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and set off.
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。
23 As they were sailing, Jesus fell asleep, and a storm came down on the lake. The boat began filling with water and they were in danger of sinking.
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。
24 They went over to Jesus and woke him up. “Master, master, we're going to drown!” they said. Jesus woke up and commanded the wind and the rough waves to stop. They stopped, and all was calm.
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。
25 “Where is your trust?” he asked them. Terrified and amazed, they said to each other, “So who is this? He gives commands to the winds and the water, and they obey him!”
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。」
26 They sailed across to the Gerasene region that lies opposite Galilee.
他們航行到革辣撒人的地方，就是加利肋亞的對面。
27 When Jesus stepped out of the boat onto the shore, a demon-possessed man from the town came to meet him. For a long time he hadn't worn any clothes or lived in a house. He lived in the tombs.
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。
28 When he saw Jesus he screamed, fell down at Jesus' feet, and asked in a loud voice, “What do you want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? Please don't torture me, I beg you!”
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! 」
29 For Jesus had already commanded the evil spirit to leave the man. It had often seized him, and despite being tied down with chains and shackles, and placed under guard, he would break the chains apart and would be driven by the demon into the desert areas.
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。
30 “What is your name?” Jesus asked him. “Legion,” he replied, for many demons had entered him.
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。
魔鬼求耶穌，不要命他們到深淵中去。 (Abyssos g12)
32 There was a large herd of pigs feeding on the nearby hillside, and the demons begged him to be allowed to go into the pigs. Jesus gave them permission,
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。
33 so the demons left the man and entered the pigs. The herd rushed down the steep slope into the lake and drowned.
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。
34 When the pig-keepers saw what had happened they ran off and spread the news through the town and the countryside.
放豬的看見發生的事，就逃去，到城裏和鄉間傳報開了。
35 The people went out to see what had happened. When they came to Jesus they found the man freed from the demons. He was sitting there at Jesus' feet, wearing clothes and in his right mind; and they became scared.
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，
36 Those who had seen what happened explained how the demon-possessed man had been healed.
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。
37 Then all the people from the Gerasene region asked Jesus to leave because they were overwhelmed by fear. So he got into the boat and went back.
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。
38 The man who had been freed from the demons begged to go with him, but Jesus sent him away.
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：
39 “Go back home, and tell people all that God has done for you,” Jesus told him. So he went away, telling the whole town all that Jesus had done for him.
「你回家去吧！傳述天主為你做了何等大事。」
40 A crowd of people was there to welcome Jesus when he returned, all eagerly expecting him.
耶穌回來時，群眾都迎接祂，因為眾人都在等候祂。
41 One was a man called Jairus, a synagogue leader, who came and fell at Jesus' feet. He pleaded with Jesus to come to his home
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，
42 because his only daughter was dying. She was about twelve years old. While Jesus was on his way there, people were crowding around him.
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。
43 In the crowd was a woman who had suffered with bleeding for twelve years. She had spent all she had on doctors, but none of them had been able to help her.
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。
44 She approached Jesus from behind and touched the hem of his cloak. Immediately the bleeding stopped.
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。
45 “Who touched me?” Jesus asked. Everybody around denied doing so. “But Master,” said Peter, “there are people crowding around you, and they keep pushing up against you.”
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! 」
46 “Someone touched me,” Jesus replied. “I know because power went out from me.”
耶穌卻說：「有人摸了我，因為我覺得有能力從我身上出去了。」
47 When the woman realized she couldn't go unnoticed, she came forward, trembling, and fell down before him. Right in front of everybody she explained the reason why she had touched Jesus, and that she'd been cured immediately.
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。
48 Jesus said to her, “Daughter, your trust has healed you, go in peace.”
耶穌遂對她說：「女兒，妳的信德救了妳，平安去吧! 」
49 While he was still speaking, someone came from the home of the synagogue leader to tell him, “Your daughter's dead. You don't need to bother the Teacher any longer.”
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。」
50 But when he heard this, Jesus told Jairus, “Don't be afraid. If you trust, she will be healed.”
耶穌聽了，就對他說：「不要害怕，只管信，她必得救。」
51 When Jesus arrived at the house he didn't allow anyone else to go in except Peter, John, and James, and the girl's father and mother.
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。
52 All the people there were crying and mourning for her. “Don't cry,” Jesus told them. “She's not dead, she's just sleeping.”
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。」
53 They laughed at him, because they knew that she was dead.
那些明知她己死的人，都譏笑祂。
54 But Jesus took her by the hand, and said in a loud voice, “My child, get up!”
耶穌拿起她的手來，喊說：「女孩，起來! 」
55 She came back to life, and she got up at once. Jesus told them to give her something to eat.
她的靈魂回來了，她就立起來了。耶穌吩咐給她吃的。
56 Her parents were astonished at what had happened, but Jesus instructed them not to tell anyone about it.
她的父母驚訝的出神。耶穌卻警告他們不要傳揚這事。
