Luke 8
1 Shortly after this He visited town after town, and village after village, proclaiming His Message and telling the Good News of the Kingdom of God. The Twelve were with Him,
不久之后，耶稣周游各城各村讲道，宣扬上帝之国的福音，十二门徒与他同行。
2 and certain women whom He had delivered from evil spirits and various diseases--Mary of Magdala, out of whom seven demons had come,
同行的还有几名女人，都曾受耶稣驱赶恶鬼和治愈疾病。抹大拉的玛利亚就是其中之一，耶稣从她身上驱赶了七个恶鬼。
3 and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many other women, all of whom contributed to the support of Jesus and His Apostles.
还有约亚拿，她是希律的管家古撒的妻子。此外还有苏珊娜和其他女性，她们都在用自己的财物供养耶稣和门徒。
4 And when a great crowd was assembling, and was receiving additions from one town after another, He spoke a parable to them.
当时有许多人聚在一起，还有人从其他城市来到耶稣这里，于是耶稣就讲了一个比喻故事：
5 "The sower," He said, "goes out to sow his seed; and as he sows, some of the seed falls by the way-side, and is trodden upon, or the birds of the air come and peck it up.
“有一个农夫出去撒种，这个过程中，有的种子落在路旁，被人踩踏或被空中的飞鸟吃掉。
6 Another part drops upon the rock, and after growing up it withers away for want of moisture.
有的种子落在石头地上，刚长出来就枯萎了，因为得不着滋润。
7 Another part falls among the thorns, and the thorns grow up with it and stifle it.
有的落在荆棘丛中，荆棘生长的过程中，让种子无法长大。
8 But some of the seed falls into good ground, and grows up and yields a return of a hundred for one." While thus speaking, He cried aloud and said, "Listen, every one who has ears to listen with!"
有的落在肥沃土壤里，于是就蓬勃生长，结出百倍的果实。”耶稣说完这番话，便大声说：“如果你有耳朵，就好好听着！”
9 The disciples proceeded to ask Him what this parable meant.
但门徒还是问他：“这比喻是什么意思？。”
10 "To you," He replied, "it is granted to know the secrets of the Kingdom of God; but all others are taught by parables, in order that they may see and yet not see, and may hear and yet not understand.
他说：“上帝之国的奥秘，只给你们知道。对其他人只能用比喻，‘让他们看，他们却看不见，让他们听，他们却听不懂。’
11 The meaning of the parable is as follows. The seed is God's Message.
这比喻的含义是：种子是上帝之道。
12 Those by the way-side are those who have heard, and then the Devil comes and carries away the Message from their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
落在路旁的种子，意思是人们听到正道后，魔鬼随即来到，将真理从他们思想中夺走，因为魔鬼害怕他们因信任上帝而获得救赎。
13 Those on the rock are the people who on hearing the Message receive it joyfully; but they have no root: for a time they believe, but when trial comes they fall away.
落在石头地中的种子，意思是人们听到正道后高兴地接受，但是这道并未在思想中扎根，他们只是暂时相信，遭遇困难的时候就会放弃。
14 That which fell among the thorns means those who have heard, but as they go on their way, the Message is stifled by the anxieties, wealth and gaieties of time, and they yield nothing in perfection.
落在荆棘中的种子，意思是人们听到了正道，但他们却被今世的忧虑、财富和欢喜所占据，无法产生任何结果。
15 But as for that in the good ground, it means those who, having listened to the Message with open minds and in a right spirit, hold it fast, and patiently yield a return.
落在肥沃土壤里的种子，意思是那些为人诚实、行为正确的人，他们听到了真理的正道，然后始终坚守，熬过困难，直到结出果实。
16 "When any one lights a lamp, he does not cover it with a vessel or hide it under a couch; he puts it on a lampstand, that people who enter the room may see the light.
你点灯的时候不会用器皿将其盖上，也不会将灯放在床下，而是要放在灯台上，让进来的人都看得见光。
17 There is nothing hidden, which shall not be openly seen; nor anything secret, which shall not be known and come into the light of day.
因为隐藏之事最终会显现，遮蔽之事最终会暴露，为众人所知。
18 Be careful, therefore, how you hear; for whoever has anything, to him more shall be given, and whoever has nothing, even that which he thinks he has shall be taken away from him."
所以应留心怎样‘听’。如果你已经被给予，就会被给予更多。如果你从未被给予，就连你自以为拥有的，也会被夺走！”
19 Then came to Him His mother and His brothers, but could not get near Him for the crowd.
耶稣的母亲和弟弟来到他那里，因为人多，所以无法上前。
20 But He was told, "Your mother and brothers are standing on the edge of the crowd, and want to see you."
有人转告耶稣：“你母亲和弟弟站在外面要见你。”
21 "My mother and my brothers," He replied, "are these who hear God's Message and obey it."
他回答：“听从上帝之道并遵守之人，才是我的母亲，我的兄弟。”
22 One day He went on board a boat--both He and his disciples; and He said to them, "Let us cross over to the other side of the Lake." So they set sail.
有一天，耶稣对他的门徒们说：“我们坐船到湖那边去吧。”于是他们就上船出发了。
23 During the passage He fell asleep, and there came down a squall of wind on the Lake, so that the boat began to fill and they were in deadly peril.
在船航行的过程中，耶稣睡着了。湖上忽然刮起风暴，船体灌进大量的水，很可能会沉没。
24 So they came and woke Him, crying, "Rabbi, Rabbi, we are drowning." Then He roused Himself and rebuked the wind and the surging of the water, and they ceased and there was a calm.
门徒叫醒耶稣，说：“主人！主人啊！我们要沉没了！”耶稣醒过来，命令风浪退去，于是风浪就停止了，一切归于平静。
25 "Where is your faith?" He asked them. But they were filled with terror and amazement, and said to one another, "Who then is this? for He gives orders both to wind and waves, and they obey Him."
耶稣对他们说：“你们的信心到哪里去了？”他们又惧怕、又惊奇，对彼此说：“这到底是谁？他可以命令风浪，连风浪都听他的！”
26 Then they put in to shore in the country of the Gerasenes, which lies opposite to Galilee.
一行人航行来到了加利利对面，这里是格拉森人的地区。
27 Here, on landing, He was met by one of the townsmen who was possessed by demons--for a long time he had not put on any garment, nor did he live in a house, but in the tombs.
耶稣一上岸，迎面就看到城里一个被恶鬼附体之人。很久以来，这个人都没有穿衣服，也没有住在自己的家中，只能栖身坟墓。
28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before Him, and said in a loud voice, "What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of God Most High? Do not torture me, I beseech you."
他一见耶稣，就俯伏在耶稣脚边，大声说：“至高上帝之子耶稣，你想要我怎样呢？不要折磨我，求你！”
29 For already He had been commanding the foul spirit to come out of the man. For many a time it had seized and held him, and they had repeatedly put him in chains and fetters and kept guard over him, but he used to break the chains to pieces, and, impelled by the demon, to escape into the Desert.
因为耶稣曾对这人驱赶过恶灵，但这恶灵总是附在他身上，人们不得不把他用铁链和脚炼捆住，再派人看管。但他总是能挣断锁链，在魔鬼的驱使下进入荒野。
30 "What is your name?" Jesus asked him. "Legion," he replied--because a great number of demons had entered into him;
耶稣问他：“你叫什么名字？”他说：“众鬼。”因为有很多恶鬼附体在他的身上。
众鬼求耶稣，不要赶它们进入无底深渊。 (Abyssos g12)
32 Now there was a great herd of swine there feeding on the hill-side; and the demons begged Him to give them leave to go into them, and He gave them leave.
附近山坡上有一大群猪正在吃东西。恶鬼们求耶稣准它们进入猪群。耶稣准许了。
33 The demons came out of the man and left him, and entered into the swine; and the herd rushed violently over the cliff into the Lake and were drowned.
恶鬼们就从那人身上出来，进入猪群，猪群闯下山崖，掉在海里淹死了。
34 The swineherds, seeing what had happened, fled and reported it both in town and country;
猪倌看见所发生的事就跑开了，到城市和乡村中讲述这件事。
35 whereupon the people came out to see what had happened. They came to Jesus, and they found the man from whom the demons had gone out sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were terrified.
众人纷纷过来查看发生了什么事。来到耶稣那里，看见恶鬼已经被驱赶。那人已经身穿衣服，神志清醒，坐在耶稣脚前，众人感到害怕。
36 And those who had seen it told them how the demoniac was cured.
当时目睹这一幕的众人，把鬼附体之人如何得到治愈的经过说给大家听。
37 Then the whole population of the Gerasenes and of the adjacent districts begged Him to depart from them; for their terror was great. So He went on board and returned.
于是格拉森地区的人要求耶稣离开他们，因为他们感到特别恐惧。于是耶稣便上船返回。
38 But the man from whom the demons had gone out earnestly asked permission to go with Him; but He sent him away.
被驱魔的那人想要追随耶稣，于是就求耶稣。但耶稣让他回去，说：
39 "Return home," He said, "and tell there all that God has done for you." So he went and published through the whole town all that Jesus had done for him.
“你回家去吧，告诉众人上帝为你做了什么。”于是那人走遍全城，讲述耶稣为他所做的事情。
40 Now when Jesus was returning, the people gave Him a warm welcome; for they had all been looking out for Him.
耶稣回来的时候，众人欢迎他，因为大家都在热切地等着他。
41 Just then there came a man named Jair, a Warden of the Synagogue, who threw himself at the feet of Jesus, and entreated Him to come to his house;
有一个名叫睚鲁的会堂主管，他俯伏在耶稣脚前，求耶稣去他家，
42 for he had an only daughter, about twelve years old, and she was dying. And as He went, the dense throng crowded on Him.
因为他大约 12 岁的独生女快要死了。在耶稣去往那人家中的路上，身边一直围绕着众多民众。
43 And a woman who for twelve years had been afflicted with haemorrhage--and had spent on doctors all she had, but none of them had been able to cure her--
人群中有一个女人患有十二年的血漏病，治病花光了她所有积蓄，却始终没能医好。
44 came close behind Him and touched the tassel of His robe; and instantly her flow of blood stopped.
她从人群后面挤上前来，摸着耶稣的斗篷，血立刻止住了。
45 "Who is it touched me?" Jesus asked. And when all denied having done so, Peter and the rest said, "Rabbi, the crowds are hemming you in and pressing on you."
耶稣问：“谁在触摸我？”众人都说不是自己。 彼得说：“主啊，众人都簇拥在你身边，他们推推搡搡会碰到你。”
46 "Some one has touched me," Jesus replied, "for I feel that power has gone out from me."
耶稣回答：“一定是有人触摸我，我知道，因为一股力量从我身体流出去了。”
47 Then the woman, perceiving that she had not escaped notice, came trembling, and throwing herself down at His feet she stated before all the people the reason why she had touched Him and how she was instantly cured.
那女人见不能隐瞒，就战战兢兢地走上前，俯伏在他面前，当着众人的面讲述触摸他的原因，以及如何立刻痊愈。
48 "Daughter," said He, "your faith has cured you; go, and be at peace."
耶稣对她说：“女儿，你的信任已经拯救了你，安心地去吧。”
49 While He was still speaking, some one came to the Warden of the Synagogue from his house and said, "Your daughter is dead; trouble the Rabbi no further."
耶稣说话的过程中，有人从会堂主管家里过来，说：“你的女儿死了，不必再劳烦老师了。”
50 Jesus heard the words and said to him, "Have no fear. Only believe, and she shall be restored to life."
耶稣听见这句话，就对主管说：“不要怕，只要你有信心，她必会痊愈。”
51 So He came to the house, but allowed no one to go in with Him but Peter and John and James and the girl's father and mother.
到了主管的房子后，除了彼得、约翰、雅各和女孩的父母以外，他不准任何人与他走进屋子。
52 The people were all weeping aloud and beating their breasts for her; but He said, "Leave off wailing; for she is not dead, but asleep."
众人都在为女孩痛哭哀号。 他说：“不要哭，她没有死，只是睡着了。”
53 And they jeered at Him, knowing that she was dead.
众人知道女孩已经死了，于是就嘲笑他。
54 He, however, took her by the hand and called aloud, "Child, awake!"
他走进去拉着女孩的手，大声对她说：“孩子，起来！”
55 And her spirit returned, and instantly she stood up; and He directed them to give her some food.
于是她就死而复生，立刻站起来。耶稣吩咐众人给她东西吃。
56 Her parents were astounded; but He forbad them to mention the matter to any one.
她父母非常震惊。耶稣嘱咐他们不要把这件事告诉其他人。
