馬太福音 25:20
- 21
The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained five more.'
"His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'
那領五千銀子的又帶著那另外的五千來，說：『主啊，你交給我五千銀子。請看，我又賺了五千。』
主人說：『好，你這又良善又忠心的僕人，你在不多的事上有忠心，我要把許多事派你管理；可以進來享受你主人的快樂。』
提多書 1:7
- 9
Since an overseer manages God's household, he must be blameless-not overbearing, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not pursuing dishonest gain.
Rather, he must be hospitable, one who loves what is good, who is self-controlled, upright, holy and disciplined.
He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught, so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine and refute those who oppose it.
監督既是神的管家，必須無可指責，不任性，不暴躁，不因酒滋事，不打人，不貪無義之財。
樂意接待遠人，好善，莊重，公平，聖潔自持。
堅守所教真實的道理，就能將純正的教訓勸化人，又能把爭辯的人駁倒了。
希伯來書 13:5
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, because God has said, "Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you."
你們存心不可貪愛錢財，要以自己所有的為足；因為主曾說：『我總不撇下你，也不丟棄你。』
使徒行傳 20:35
In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: 'It is more blessed to give than to receive.' "
我凡事給你們作榜樣，叫你們知道應當這樣勞苦，扶助軟弱的人，又當記念主耶穌的話，說：『施比受更為有福。』」
提摩太前書 3:2
Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
作監督的，必須無可指責，只作一個婦人的丈夫，有節制，自守，端正，樂意接待遠人，善於教導；
利未記 19:9
- 10
" 'When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.
Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the Lord your God.
「在你們的地收割莊稼，不可割盡田角，也不可拾取所遺落的。
不可摘盡葡萄園的果子，也不可拾取葡萄園所掉的果子；要留給窮人和寄居的。我是耶和華你們的神。
提摩太前書 5:8
Anyone who does not provide for their relatives, and especially for their own household, has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
人若不看顧親屬，就是背了真道，比不信的人還不好，不看顧自己家裡的人，更是如此。
彼得前書 4:10
Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms.
各人要照所得的恩賜彼此服事，作神百般恩賜的好管家。
路加福音 12:42
- 46
The Lord answered, "Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their food allowance at the proper time?
It will be good for that servant whom the master finds doing so when he returns.
Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
But suppose the servant says to himself, 'My master is taking a long time in coming,' and he then begins to beat the other servants, both men and women, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
The master of that servant will come on a day when he does not expect him and at an hour he is not aware of. He will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
主說：「誰是那忠心有見識的管家，主人派他管理家裡的人，按時分糧給他們呢？
主人來到，看見僕人這樣行，那僕人就有福了。
我實在告訴你們，主人要派他管理一切所有的。
那僕人若心裡說：『我的主人必來得遲』，就動手打僕人和使女，並且吃喝醉酒；
在他想不到的日子，不知道的時辰，那僕人的主人要來，重重的處治他（或作：把他腰軋了），定他和不忠心的人同罪。
哥林多前書 4:1
This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed.
人應當以我們為基督的執事，為神奧秘事的管家。
約翰一書 2:15
- 17
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in them.
For everything in the world-the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life-comes not from the Father but from the world.
The world and its desires pass away, but whoever does the will of God lives forever.
不要愛世界和世界上的事。人若愛世界，愛父的心就不在他裡面了。
因為凡世界上的事，就像肉體的情慾，眼目的情慾，並今生的驕傲，都不是從父來的，乃是從世界來的。
這世界和其上的情慾都要過去，惟獨遵行神旨意的，是永遠常存。
提摩太後書 2:15
Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
你當竭力在神面前得蒙喜悅，作無愧的工人，按著正意分解真理的道。
以弗所書 4:28
Anyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.
從前偷竊的，不要再偷；總要勞力，親手做正經事，就可有餘分給那缺少的人。
以弗所書 6:5
- 8
Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.
Obey them not only to win their favor when their eye is on you, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.
Serve wholeheartedly, as if you were serving the Lord, not people,
because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good they do, whether they are slave or free.
你們作僕人的，要懼怕戰兢，用誠實的心聽從你們肉身的主人，好像聽從基督一般。
不要只在眼前事奉，像是討人喜歡的，要像基督的僕人，從心裡遵行神的旨意。
甘心事奉，好像服事主，不像服事人。
因為曉得各人所行的善事，不論是為奴的，是自主的，都必按所行的得主的賞賜。
利未記 19:9
" 'When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.
「在你們的地收割莊稼，不可割盡田角，也不可拾取所遺落的。
馬太福音 25:14
- 30
"Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his wealth to them.
To one he gave five bags of gold, to another two bags, and to another one bag, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.
The man who had received five bags of gold went at once and put his money to work and gained five bags more.
So also, the one with two bags of gold gained two more.
But the man who had received one bag went off, dug a hole in the ground and hid his master's money.
"After a long time the master of those servants returned and settled accounts with them.
The man who had received five bags of gold brought the other five. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with five bags of gold. See, I have gained five more.'
"His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'
"The man with two bags of gold also came. 'Master,' he said, 'you entrusted me with two bags of gold; see, I have gained two more.'
"His master replied, 'Well done, good and faithful servant! You have been faithful with a few things; I will put you in charge of many things. Come and share your master's happiness!'
"Then the man who had received one bag of gold came. 'Master,' he said, 'I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed.
So I was afraid and went out and hid your gold in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.'
"His master replied, 'You wicked, lazy servant! So you knew that I harvest where I have not sown and gather where I have not scattered seed?
Well then, you should have put my money on deposit with the bankers, so that when I returned I would have received it back with interest.
" 'So take the bag of gold from him and give it to the one who has ten bags.
For whoever has will be given more, and they will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what they have will be taken from them.
And throw that worthless servant outside, into the darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.'
「天國又好比一個人要往外國去，就叫了僕人來，把他的家業交給他們，
按著各人的才幹給他們銀子：一個給了五千，一個給了二千，一個給了一千，就往外國去了。
那領五千的隨即拿去做買賣，另外賺了五千。
那領二千的也照樣另賺了二千。
但那領一千的去掘開地，把主人的銀子埋藏了。
過了許久，那些僕人的主人來了，和他們算賬。
那領五千銀子的又帶著那另外的五千來，說：『主啊，你交給我五千銀子。請看，我又賺了五千。』
主人說：『好，你這又良善又忠心的僕人，你在不多的事上有忠心，我要把許多事派你管理；可以進來享受你主人的快樂。』
那領二千的也來，說：『主啊，你交給我二千銀子。請看，我又賺了二千。』
主人說：『好，你這又良善又忠心的僕人，你在不多的事上有忠心，我要把許多事派你管理；可以進來享受你主人的快樂。』
那領一千的也來，說：『主啊，我知道你是忍心的人，沒有種的地方要收割，沒有散的地方要聚斂，
我就害怕，去把你的一千銀子埋藏在地裡。請看，你的原銀子在這裡。』
主人回答說：『你這又惡又懶的僕人，你既知道我沒有種的地方要收割，沒有散的地方要聚斂，
就當把我的銀子放給兌換銀錢的人，到我來的時候，可以連本帶利收回。
奪過他這一千來，給那有一萬的。
因為凡有的，還要加給他，叫他有餘；沒有的，連他所有的也要奪過來。
把這無用的僕人丟在外面黑暗裡；在那裡必要哀哭切齒了。』」
馬可福音 12:41
- 44
Jesus sat down opposite the place where the offerings were put and watched the crowd putting their money into the temple treasury. Many rich people threw in large amounts.
But a poor widow came and put in two very small copper coins, worth only a few cents.
Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others.
They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything-all she had to live on."
耶穌對銀庫坐著，看眾人怎樣投錢入庫。有好些財主往裡投了若干的錢。
有一個窮寡婦來，往裡投了兩個小錢，就是一個大錢。
耶穌叫門徒來，說：「我實在告訴你們，這窮寡婦投入庫裡的，比眾人所投的更多。
因為，他們都是自己有餘，拿出來投在裡頭；但這寡婦是自己不足，把他一切養生的都投上了。」
路加福音 16:10
"Whoever can be trusted with very little can also be trusted with much, and whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.
人在最小的事上忠心，在大事上也忠心；在最小的事上不義，在大事上也不義。
加拉太書 5:7
- 9
You were running a good race. Who cut in on you to keep you from obeying the truth?
That kind of persuasion does not come from the one who calls you.
"A little yeast works through the whole batch of dough."
你們向來跑得好，有誰攔阻你們，叫你們不順從真理呢？
這樣的勸導不是出於那召你們的。
一點麵酵能使全團都發起來。
路加福音 16:1
- 8
Jesus told his disciples: "There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.
So he called him in and asked him, 'What is this I hear about you? Give an account of your management, because you cannot be manager any longer.'
"The manager said to himself, 'What shall I do now? My master is taking away my job. I'm not strong enough to dig, and I'm ashamed to beg-
I know what I'll do so that, when I lose my job here, people will welcome me into their houses.'
"So he called in each one of his master's debtors. He asked the first, 'How much do you owe my master?'
" 'Nine hundred gallons ote style="f" caller="+"> 16:6 Or about 3,000 liters of olive oil,' he replied. "The manager told him, 'Take your bill, sit down quickly, and make it four hundred and fifty.'
"Then he asked the second, 'And how much do you owe?' " 'A thousand bushels ote style="f" caller="+"> 16:7 Or about 30 tons of wheat,' he replied. "He told him, 'Take your bill and make it eight hundred.'
"The master commended the dishonest manager because he had acted shrewdly. For the people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of the light.
耶穌又對門徒說：「有一個財主的管家，別人向他主人告他浪費主人的財物。
主人叫他來，對他說：『我聽見你這事怎麼樣呢？把你所經管的交代明白，因你不能再作我的管家。』
那管家心裡說：『主人辭我，不用我再作管家，我將來做什麼？鋤地呢？無力；討飯呢？怕羞。
我知道怎麼行，好叫人在我不作管家之後，接我到他們家裡去。』
於是把欠他主人債的，一個一個的叫了來，問頭一個說：『你欠我主人多少？』
他說：『一百簍（每簍約五十斤）油。』管家說：『拿你的賬，快坐下，寫五十。』
又問一個說：『你欠多少？』他說：『一百石麥子。』管家說：『拿你的賬，寫八十。』
主人就誇獎這不義的管家做事聰明；因為今世之子，在世事之上，較比光明之子更加聰明。
羅馬書 12:1
Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God's mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God-this is your true and proper worship.
所以弟兄們，我以神的慈悲勸你們，將身體獻上，當作活祭，是聖潔的，是神所喜悅的；你們如此事奉乃是理所當然的。
歌羅西書 3:17
And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him.
無論做什麼，或說話或行事，都要奉主耶穌的名，藉著他感謝父神。
提摩太前書 6:6
- 10
But godliness with contentment is great gain.
For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it.
But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that.
Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.
For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.
然而，敬虔加上知足的心便是大利了；
因為我們沒有帶什麼到世上來，也不能帶什麼去。
只要有衣有食，就當知足。
但那些想要發財的人，就陷在迷惑、落在網羅和許多無知有害的私慾裡，叫人沉在敗壞和滅亡中。
貪財是萬惡之根。有人貪戀錢財，就被引誘離了真道，用許多愁苦把自己刺透了。
約翰一書 3:16
- 18
This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.
If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be that person?
Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
主為我們捨命，我們從此就知道何為愛；我們也當為弟兄捨命。
凡有世上財物的，看見弟兄窮乏，卻塞住憐恤的心，愛神的心怎能存在他裡面呢？
小子們哪，我們相愛，不要只在言語和舌頭上，總要在行為和誠實上。
申命記 14:26
Use the silver to buy whatever you like: cattle, sheep, wine or other fermented drink, or anything you wish. Then you and your household shall eat there in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice.
你用這銀子，隨心所欲，或買牛羊，或買清酒濃酒，凡你心所想的都可以買；你和你的家屬在耶和華你神的面前吃喝快樂。
雅各書 1:12
Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.
忍受試探的人是有福的，因為他經過試驗以後，必得生命的冠冕，這是主應許給那些愛他之人的。
歷代志上 28:8
"So now I charge you in the sight of all Israel and of the assembly of the Lord, and in the hearing of our God: Be careful to follow all the commands of the Lord your God, that you may possess this good land and pass it on as an inheritance to your descendants forever.
現今在耶和華的會中，以色列眾人眼前所說的，我們的神也聽見了。你們應當尋求耶和華你們神的一切誡命，謹守遵行，如此你們可以承受這美地，遺留給你們的子孫，永遠為業。
馬太福音 24:36
"But about that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, ote style="f" caller="+"> 24:36 Some manuscripts do not have nor the Son. but only the Father.
「那日子，那時辰，沒有人知道，連天上的使者也不知道，子也不知道，惟獨父知道。
路加福音 14:12
- 14
Then Jesus said to his host, "When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or sisters, your relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid.
But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind,
and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."
耶穌又對請他的人說：「你擺設午飯或晚飯，不要請你的朋友、弟兄、親屬，和富足的鄰舍，恐怕他們也請你，你就得了報答。
你擺設筵席，倒要請那貧窮的、殘廢的、瘸腿的、瞎眼的，你就有福了！
因為他們沒有什麼可報答你。到義人復活的時候，你要得著報答。」
路加福音 19:15
- 26
"He was made king, however, and returned home. Then he sent for the servants to whom he had given the money, in order to find out what they had gained with it.
"The first one came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned ten more.'
" 'Well done, my good servant!' his master replied. 'Because you have been trustworthy in a very small matter, take charge of ten cities.'
"The second came and said, 'Sir, your mina has earned five more.'
"His master answered, 'You take charge of five cities.'
"Then another servant came and said, 'Sir, here is your mina; I have kept it laid away in a piece of cloth.
I was afraid of you, because you are a hard man. You take out what you did not put in and reap what you did not sow.'
"His master replied, 'I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a hard man, taking out what I did not put in, and reaping what I did not sow?
Why then didn't you put my money on deposit, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?'
"Then he said to those standing by, 'Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.'
" 'Sir,' they said, 'he already has ten!'
"He replied, 'I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given, but as for the one who has nothing, even what they have will be taken away.
他既得國回來，就吩咐叫那領銀子的僕人來，要知道他們作生意賺了多少。
頭一個上來，說：『主啊，你的一錠銀子已經賺了十錠。』
主人說：『好！良善的僕人，你既在最小的事上有忠心，可以有權柄管十座城。』
第二個來，說：『主啊！你的一錠銀子，已經賺了五錠。』
主人說：『你也可以管五座城。』
又有一個來說：『主啊，看哪，你的一錠銀子在這裡，我把他包在手巾裡存著。
我原是怕你，因為你是嚴厲的人；沒有放下的，還要去拿；沒有種下的，還要去收。』
主人對他說：『你這惡僕，我要憑你的口定你的罪。你既知道我是嚴厲的人，沒有放下的，還要去拿，沒有種下的，還要去收，
為什麼不把我的銀子交給銀行，等我來的時候，連本帶利都可以要回來呢？』
就對旁邊站著的人說：『奪過他這一錠來，給那有十錠的。』
他們說：『主啊，他已經有十錠了。』
主人說：『我告訴你們，凡有的，還要加給他；沒有的，連他所有的也要奪過來。
羅馬書 13:1
- 7
Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.
Consequently, whoever rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves.
For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and you will be commended.
For the one in authority is God's servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are God's servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer.
Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also as a matter of conscience.
This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants, who give their full time to governing.
Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.
在上有權柄的，人人當順服他，因為沒有權柄不是出於神的。凡掌權的都是神所命的。
所以，抗拒掌權的就是抗拒神的命；抗拒的必自取刑罰。
作官的原不是叫行善的懼怕，乃是叫作惡的懼怕。你願意不懼怕掌權的嗎？你只要行善，就可得他的稱讚；
因為他是神的用人，是與你有益的。你若作惡，卻當懼怕；因為他不是空空的佩劍，他是神的用人，是伸冤的，刑罰那作惡的。
所以你們必須順服，不但是因為刑罰，也是因為良心。
你們納糧，也為這個緣故；因他們是神的差役，常常特管這事。
凡人所當得的，就給他。當得糧的，給他納糧；當得稅的，給他上稅；當懼怕的，懼怕他；當恭敬的，恭敬他。
哥林多前書 8:9
- 13
Be careful, however, that the exercise of your rights does not become a stumbling block to the weak.
For if someone with a weak conscience sees you, with all your knowledge, eating in an idol's temple, won't that person be emboldened to eat what is sacrificed to idols?
So this weak brother or sister, for whom Christ died, is destroyed by your knowledge.
When you sin against them in this way and wound their weak conscience, you sin against Christ.
Therefore, if what I eat causes my brother or sister to fall into sin, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause them to fall.
只是你們要謹慎，恐怕你們這自由竟成了那軟弱人的絆腳石。
若有人見你這有知識的，在偶像的廟裡坐席，這人的良心，若是軟弱，豈不放膽去吃那祭偶像之物嗎？
因此，基督為他死的那軟弱弟兄，也就因你的知識沉淪了。
你們這樣得罪弟兄們，傷了他們軟弱的良心，就是得罪基督。
所以，食物若叫我弟兄跌倒，我就永遠不吃肉，免得叫我弟兄跌倒了。
加拉太書 6:10
Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.
所以，有了機會就當向眾人行善，向信徒一家的人更當這樣。
提多書 3:1
Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good,
你要提醒眾人，叫他們順服作官的、掌權的，遵他的命，預備行各樣的善事。
申命記 14:22
- 29
Be sure to set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each year.
Eat the tithe of your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name, so that you may learn to revere the Lord your God always.
But if that place is too distant and you have been blessed by the Lord your God and cannot carry your tithe (because the place where the Lord will choose to put his Name is so far away),
then exchange your tithe for silver, and take the silver with you and go to the place the Lord your God will choose.
Use the silver to buy whatever you like: cattle, sheep, wine or other fermented drink, or anything you wish. Then you and your household shall eat there in the presence of the Lord your God and rejoice.
And do not neglect the Levites living in your towns, for they have no allotment or inheritance of their own.
At the end of every three years, bring all the tithes of that year's produce and store it in your towns,
so that the Levites (who have no allotment or inheritance of their own) and the foreigners, the fatherless and the widows who live in your towns may come and eat and be satisfied, and so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
「你要把你撒種所產的，就是你田地每年所出的，十分取一分；
又要把你的五穀、新酒、和油的十分之一，並牛群羊群中頭生的，吃在耶和華你神面前，就是他所選擇要立為他名的居所。這樣，你可以學習時常敬畏耶和華你的神。
當耶和華你神賜福與你的時候，耶和華你神所選擇要立為他名的地方若離你太遠，那路也太長，使你不能把這物帶到那裡去，
你就可以換成銀子，將銀子包起來，拿在手中，往耶和華你神所要選擇的地方去。
你用這銀子，隨心所欲，或買牛羊，或買清酒濃酒，凡你心所想的都可以買；你和你的家屬在耶和華你神的面前吃喝快樂。
「住在你城裡的利未人，你不可丟棄他，因為他在你們中間無分無業。
每逢三年的末一年，你要將本年的土產十分之一都取出來，積存在你的城中。
在你城裡無分無業的利未人，和你城裡寄居的，並孤兒寡婦，都可以來，吃得飽足。這樣，耶和華你的神必在你手裡所辦的一切事上賜福與你。」
以賽亞書 1:1
- 31
The vision concerning Judah and Jerusalem that Isaiah son of Amoz saw during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.
Hear me, you heavens! Listen, earth! For the Lord has spoken: "I reared children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me.
The ox knows its master, the donkey its owner's manger, but Israel does not know, my people do not understand."
Woe to the sinful nation, a people whose guilt is great, a brood of evildoers, children given to corruption! They have forsaken the Lord; they have spurned the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on him.
Why should you be beaten anymore? Why do you persist in rebellion? Your whole head is injured, your whole heart afflicted.
From the sole of your foot to the top of your head there is no soundness- only wounds and welts and open sores, not cleansed or bandaged or soothed with olive oil.
Your country is desolate, your cities burned with fire; your fields are being stripped by foreigners right before you, laid waste as when overthrown by strangers.
Daughter Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a cucumber field, like a city under siege.
Unless the Lord Almighty had left us some survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have been like Gomorrah.
Hear the word of the Lord, you rulers of Sodom; listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!
"The multitude of your sacrifices- what are they to me?" says the Lord. "I have more than enough of burnt offerings, of rams and the fat of fattened animals; I have no pleasure in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats.
When you come to appear before me, who has asked this of you, this trampling of my courts?
Stop bringing meaningless offerings! Your incense is detestable to me. New Moons, Sabbaths and convocations- I cannot bear your worthless assemblies.
Your New Moon feasts and your appointed festivals I hate with all my being. They have become a burden to me; I am weary of bearing them.
When you spread out your hands in prayer, I hide my eyes from you; even when you offer many prayers, I am not listening. Your hands are full of blood!
Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong.
Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow.
"Come now, let us settle the matter," says the Lord. "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.
If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good things of the land;
but if you resist and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword." For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.
See how the faithful city has become a prostitute! She once was full of justice; righteousness used to dwell in her- but now murderers!
Your silver has become dross, your choice wine is diluted with water.
Your rulers are rebels, partners with thieves; they all love bribes and chase after gifts. They do not defend the cause of the fatherless; the widow's case does not come before them.
Therefore the Lord, the Lord Almighty, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: "Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes and avenge myself on my enemies.
I will turn my hand against you; I will thoroughly purge away your dross and remove all your impurities.
I will restore your leaders as in days of old, your rulers as at the beginning. Afterward you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City."
Zion will be delivered with justice, her penitent ones with righteousness.
But rebels and sinners will both be broken, and those who forsake the Lord will perish.
"You will be ashamed because of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be disgraced because of the gardens that you have chosen.
You will be like an oak with fading leaves, like a garden without water.
The mighty man will become tinder and his work a spark; both will burn together, with no one to quench the fire."
當烏西雅、約坦、亞哈斯、希西家作猶大王的時候，亞摩斯的兒子以賽亞得默示，論到猶大和耶路撒冷。
天哪，要聽！地啊，側耳而聽！因為耶和華說：我養育兒女，將他們養大，他們竟悖逆我。
牛認識主人，驢認識主人的槽，以色列卻不認識；我的民卻不留意。
嗐！犯罪的國民，擔著罪孽的百姓；行惡的種類，敗壞的兒女！他們離棄耶和華，藐視以色列的聖者，與他生疏，往後退步。
你們為什麼屢次悖逆，還要受責打嗎？你們已經滿頭疼痛，全心發昏。
從腳掌到頭頂，沒有一處完全的，盡是傷口、青腫，與新打的傷痕，都沒有收口，沒有纏裹，也沒有用膏滋潤。
你們的地土已經荒涼；你們的城邑被火焚毀。你們的田地在你們眼前為外邦人所侵吞，既被外邦人傾覆就成為荒涼。
僅存錫安城（原文作女子），好像葡萄園的草棚，瓜田的茅屋，被圍困的城邑。
若不是萬軍之耶和華給我們稍留餘種，我們早已像所多瑪、蛾摩拉的樣子了。
你們這所多瑪的官長啊，要聽耶和華的話！你們這蛾摩拉的百姓啊，要側耳聽我們神的訓誨！
耶和華說：你們所獻的許多祭物與我何益呢？公綿羊的燔祭和肥畜的脂油，我已經夠了；公牛的血，羊羔的血，公山羊的血，我都不喜悅。
你們來朝見我，誰向你們討這些，使你們踐踏我的院宇呢？
你們不要再獻虛浮的供物。香品是我所憎惡的；月朔和安息日，並宣召的大會，也是我所憎惡的；作罪孽，又守嚴肅會，我也不能容忍。
你們的月朔和節期，我心裡恨惡，我都以為麻煩；我擔當，便不耐煩。
你們舉手禱告，我必遮眼不看；就是你們多多的祈禱，我也不聽。你們的手都滿了殺人的血。
你們要洗濯、自潔，從我眼前除掉你們的惡行，要止住作惡，
學習行善，尋求公平，解救受欺壓的；給孤兒伸冤，為寡婦辨屈。
耶和華說：你們來，我們彼此辯論。你們的罪雖像硃紅，必變成雪白；雖紅如丹顏，必白如羊毛。
你們若甘心聽從，必吃地上的美物，
若不聽從，反倒悖逆，必被刀劍吞滅。這是耶和華親口說的。
可歎，忠信的城變為妓女！從前充滿了公平，公義居在其中，現今卻有兇手居住。
你的銀子變為渣滓；你的酒用水攙對。
你的官長居心悖逆，與盜賊作伴，各都喜愛賄賂，追求贓私。他們不為孤兒伸冤；寡婦的案件也不得呈到他們面前。
因此，主萬軍之耶和華、以色列的大能者說：哎！我要向我的對頭雪恨，向我的敵人報仇。
我必反手加在你身上，煉盡你的渣滓，除淨你的雜質。
我也必復還你的審判官，像起初一樣，復還你的謀士，像起先一般。然後，你必稱為公義之城，忠信之邑。
錫安必因公平得蒙救贖；其中歸正的人必因公義得蒙救贖。
但悖逆的和犯罪的必一同敗亡；離棄耶和華的必致消滅。
那等人必因你們所喜愛的橡樹抱愧；你們必因所選擇的園子蒙羞。
因為，你們必如葉子枯乾的橡樹，好像無水澆灌的園子。
有權勢的必如麻瓤；他的工作好像火星，都要一同焚毀，無人撲滅。
使徒行傳 15:28
- 29
It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements:
You are to abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.
因為聖靈和我們定意不將別的重擔放在你們身上；惟有幾件事是不可少的，
就是禁戒祭偶像的物和血，並勒死的牲畜和姦淫。這幾件你們若能自己禁戒不犯就好了。願你們平安！」
羅馬書 14:23
But whoever has doubts is condemned if they eat, because their eating is not from faith; and everything that does not come from faith is sin.
若有疑心而吃的，就必有罪，因為他吃不是出於信心。凡不出於信心的都是罪。
歌羅西書 2:20
- 23
Since you died with Christ to the elemental spiritual forces of this world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its rules:
"Do not handle! Do not taste! Do not touch!"?
These rules, which have to do with things that are all destined to perish with use, are based on merely human commands and teachings.
Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, with their self-imposed worship, their false humility and their harsh treatment of the body, but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence.
你們若是與基督同死，脫離了世上的小學，為什麼仍像在世俗中活著、服從那「不可拿、不可嘗、不可摸」等類的規條呢？
這都是照人所吩咐、所教導的。說到這一切，正用的時候就都敗壞了。
這些規條使人徒有智慧之名，用私意崇拜，自表謙卑，苦待己身，其實在克制肉體的情慾上是毫無功效。
THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSIONR, NIVR Copyright c 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.R Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
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