Mark 7
1 [One day some] Pharisees and some men who teach the [Jewish] laws gathered around Jesus. They had come from Jerusalem [to investigate him].
法利賽和一些從耶路撒冷來的經師，聚集到耶穌跟前。
2 The Pharisees and all of the [other] Jews [strictly] observe the traditions that their ancestors [taught. For example, they refuse to] eat until they first wash their hands [with a special ritual], especially after they [return] from [buying things in] the marketplace. [They think that God will be angry with them if they do not do that, because some person or thing unacceptable to God might have touched] ([them/the things they bought]). There are many other such [traditions] that they accept and try to obey. Specifically, they wash [in a special way] their cups, pots, kettles, containers, and beds [in order that using these things will not make God reject them].
他們曾看見他的幾個門徒用不潔的手，就是用沒有洗過的手吃飯──
原來，法利賽人和所有的猶太人都拘守先人的傳授：若不仔細洗手，就不吃飯；
從街市上回來，若不先沐浴，也不吃飯；還有其他許多按傳統應拘守的事：如洗杯，洗壼，洗銅器等──
5 That day, those Pharisees and men who taught the [Jewish] laws saw that some of his disciples were eating food with hands that they had not washed [using the special ritual]. So they questioned Jesus, saying, “[Your] disciples disobey the traditions of our ancestors! (You should not [let them] eat food if they have not washed their hands [using our special ritual]!/Why do you [let them] eat food if they have not washed their hands [using our special ritual]?) [RHQ]”
法利賽人和經師們就問耶穌說：「你的門徒為什麼不遵守先人的傳授，而用不潔的手吃飯﹖」
6 Jesus said to them, “Isaiah [rebuked your ancestors], and his words describe very well you people who only pretend to be good! He wrote these words [that God said]: These people speak [as if they] honor me, but they [SYN] really do not think about honoring me at all.
耶穌對他們說：「依撒意亞論你們這些假善人預言得真好，正如所記載的：『這民族用嘴唇尊敬我，他們的心卻遠離我。
7 It is useless for them to worship me, because they teach only what people have commanded [as if I myself had commanded them].
他們恭敬我，也是虛假的，因為他們所講授的教義，是人的規律。』
8 You, [like your ancestors], refuse [to do] what God has commanded. Instead, you follow only the traditions that (others/your ancestors) have [taught].”
你們離棄天主的誡命，而祇拘守人的傳授。」
9 Jesus also said to them, “[You think] [IRO] that you are clever in refusing to do what God commanded just so that you can obey your own traditions!
又向他們說：「真好啊! 你們為拘守你們的傳授，竟廢除了天主的誡命。
10 [For example, our ancestor] Moses [wrote God’s] command, ‘Honor your fathers and your mothers’. He also wrote, ‘[The authorities must] execute a person who speaks evil about his father or mother.’
梅瑟原說過：『你該孝敬你的父親及你的母親; 』又說：『咒罵了父親或母親的，應處以死刑。』
11 But you [teach people that it is all right that people no longer must help their parents. You teach people that it is all right if people] give their things to God [instead of giving them to their parents]. You allow them to say to their parents, ‘What I was going to give to you [to provide for you, I have now promised to] give to God. So I [cannot any longer help you]!’ As a result, you are [actually telling people] that they no longer have to help their parents!
你們卻說：人若對父親或母親說：所能供養你的，己成了「科爾班」，即「獻儀」，
那麼就允許那人不必再為父母做什麼了：
13 And, by doing that, you disregard what God commanded! You teach your own traditions to others [and tell them strongly that they should obey them] And you do many other things like that.”
這樣你們便為了你們所傳授的遺教，廢棄了天主的話；並你們且還行了許多其他諸如此類的事。」
14 Then Jesus again summoned the crowd [to come closer. Then] he said to them [figuratively], “All of you people listen to me! [Try to] understand [DOU] [what I am about to tell you].
耶穌又叫過群眾來，對他們說：「你們都要聽我，且要明白!
15 Nothing that people eat causes [God to] consider them to be unacceptable. On the contrary, it is that which comes from people’s (inner beings/hearts) that causes God to reject them.”
不是從人外面進入他內的，能污穢人，而是從人裏面出來的，才污穢人。
凡有耳聽的，聽罷!」
17 After Jesus had left the crowd and then entered a house with the disciples, they asked him about the parable [that he had just spoken].
耶穌離開群眾，回到家裏，他的門徒便問他這比喻的意義。
18 He replied, “([I am disappointed that] you also do not understand [what it means]!/Why can you not understand [what it means]?) [RHQ] (You ought to understand that nothing that [enters us from] outside can cause [God to] consider us unacceptable to him./Can you not understand that nothing that [enters us from] outside of us can cause [God to] consider us unacceptable to him?) [RHQ]
耶穌就給他們說：「怎麼，連你們也不明白嗎﹖你們不曉得：凡從外面進入人內的，不能使人污穢，
19 Instead of entering [and ruining] our minds/souls, it goes into our stomachs, and afterwards the refuse passes out [of our bodies].” By saying this, Jesus was declaring that people [can eat] any food without causing [God] to reject them.
因為進不到他的心，但到他的肚腹內，再排洩到廁所裏去嗎﹖」──他這是說一切食物是潔淨的。
20 He also said, “It is the [thoughts and actions] that come from within people that cause [God] to consider them unacceptable to him.
耶穌又說：「凡從人裏面出來的，那才使人污穢，
21 Specifically, it is people’s innermost being [that causes them to] think things that are evil; they act immorally, they steal [things], they commit murder.
因為從裏面，從人心裏出來的是些惡念、邪淫、盜竊、兇殺、
22 They [commit] adultery, they are greedy, they [act] maliciously, they deceive [people]. They [act] indecently, they envy [people], they speak evil about others, they are proud, and they [act] foolishly.
姦淫、貪吝、毒辣、詭詐、放蕩、嫉妒、毀謗、驕傲、愚妄：
23 People think [these thoughts] and then they do these evil actions, and that is what causes [God to] consider them unacceptable to him.”
這一切惡事，都是從內裏出來的，並且使人污穢。」
24 After Jesus [and his disciples] left [Galilee district], they went to the region around Tyre. While he stayed at a certain house, he desired that no one know [it], but people soon found out [that he was there].
耶穌從那裏起身，往提洛和漆冬境內去了。他進了一家，不願任何人知道，但是不能隱藏。
25 A certain woman, whose daughter had an evil spirit [within her], heard about Jesus. At once she came to him and prostrated herself at his feet.
當下就有一個婦人，她的女兒附了邪魔，一聽說耶穌，就來跪伏在他腳前。
26 This woman [was not a Jew. Her ancestors came] from Greece [country], but she was born in [the region around] Phoenicia [town] in Syria district. She pleaded with Jesus that he expel the evil spirit from her daughter.
這婦人是個外邦人，生於敘利腓尼基；她懇求耶穌把魔鬼從她女兒身上趕出去。
27 But he [wanted to see how strongly she believed in him. So, suggesting that he should help the Jews first and not the non-Jews whom some Jews called dogs] [MET], [he] spoke to her saying, “First let the children eat all they want, because it is not good for someone to take the food [the mother has prepared] for the children and then throw it to the [little] dogs.”
耶穌向她說：「應先讓兒女們吃飽了，因為拿兒女的餅扔給小狗是不對的。」
28 But [to show that she believed that non-Jews could also receive help from God] [MET], she replied to him, “Sir, [what you say is] correct, but even the [little] dogs, which lie under the table, eat the crumbs that the children [drop].”
那婦人卻回答說：「主! 是啊! 可是小狗在桌下也可吃孩子們的碎屑呢! 」
29 [Jesus] said to her, “Because of what you have said, [you have shown me that you believe in what I can do for you]. So I will help you. Now you may go [home, because I have caused] the evil spirit to leave your daughter.”
耶穌對她說：「為了這句話，你去罷! 魔鬼已從你女兒身上出去了。」
30 The woman returned to her house and saw that her child was lying [quietly] on the bed and that the evil spirit had left.
她一回到自己的家裏，看見孩子躺在床上，魔鬼已出去了。
31 Jesus [and his disciples] left the region around Tyre [city] and went [north] through Sidon [city], then [toward the east] through the district of the Ten Towns, and then [south] to [the towns near] Lake Galilee.
耶穌又從提洛境內出來，經過漆冬，向著加里肋亞海，到了十城區中心地帶。
32 [There], people brought to him a man who was deaf and who could hardly talk. They begged [Jesus] to lay his hands on him [in order to heal him].
有人給他帶來一個又聾又啞的人，求他給他覆手。
33 [So Jesus] took him away from the crowd [in order that the two of them could be] alone. Then he put [one of] his fingers into [each of] the man’s ears. After he spat [on his fingers], he touched the man’s tongue [with his fingers].
耶穌便領他離開群眾，來到一邊，把手指放進他的耳朵裏，並用唾沫，抹他的舌頭，
34 Then he looked up toward heaven, he sighed [because he was concerned for the man], and then [in his own language] he said to the man’s [ears], “Ephphatha”, which means, “Be opened {Open up}!”.
然後望天嘆息，向他說：「厄法達」就是說：「開口罷! 」
35 At once the man could hear plainly [MTY]. He also began to speak clearly because [what was causing him to be unable to speak] was healed {Jesus healed [what was causing him to be unable to speak]}.
他的耳朵就立時開了, 舌結也解了，說話也清楚了。
36 Jesus told ([the people/his friends]) not to tell anyone [what he had done]. But, although he ordered them [and others] repeatedly [not to tell anyone about it], they kept talking about it very much.
耶穌遂囑咐他們不要告訴任何人；但他越囑咐他們，他們便越發宣傳；
37 [People who heard about it] were utterly amazed and were saying [enthusiastically], “Everything he has done is wonderful! [Besides doing other amazing things], he enables deaf people to hear! And he enables those who cannot speak to speak!”
人都不勝驚奇說：「他所做的一切都好：使聾子聽見叫啞吧說話。」
