以賽亞書 66:17 "Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one who is among those who eat the flesh of pigs, rats and other unclean things-they will meet their end together with the one they follow," declares the Lord.
「那些分別為聖、潔淨自己的，進入園內跟在其中一個人的後頭，吃豬肉和倉鼠並可憎之物，他們必一同滅絕；這是耶和華說的。

利未記 11:1 - 47 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "Say to the Israelites: 'Of all the animals that live on land, these are the ones you may eat: You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof and that chews the cud. " 'There are some that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, but you must not eat them. The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is ceremonially unclean for you. The hyrax, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you. And the pig, though it has a divided hoof, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you. " 'Of all the creatures living in the water of the seas and the streams you may eat any that have fins and scales. But all creatures in the seas or streams that do not have fins and scales-whether among all the swarming things or among all the other living creatures in the water-you are to regard as unclean. And since you are to regard them as unclean, you must not eat their meat; you must regard their carcasses as unclean. Anything living in the water that does not have fins and scales is to be regarded as unclean by you. " 'These are the birds you are to regard as unclean and not eat because they are unclean: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture, the red kite, any kind of black kite, any kind of raven, the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk, the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl, the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey, the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat. " 'All flying insects that walk on all fours are to be regarded as unclean by you. There are, however, some flying insects that walk on all fours that you may eat: those that have jointed legs for hopping on the ground. Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket or grasshopper. But all other flying insects that have four legs you are to regard as unclean. " 'You will make yourselves unclean by these; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean till evening. Whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening. " 'Every animal that does not have a divided hoof or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you; whoever touches the carcass of any of them will be unclean. Of all the animals that walk on all fours, those that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean till evening. Anyone who picks up their carcasses must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening. These animals are unclean for you. " 'Of the animals that move along the ground, these are unclean for you: the weasel, the rat, any kind of great lizard, the gecko, the monitor lizard, the wall lizard, the skink and the chameleon. Of all those that move along the ground, these are unclean for you. Whoever touches them when they are dead will be unclean till evening. When one of them dies and falls on something, that article, whatever its use, will be unclean, whether it is made of wood, cloth, hide or sackcloth. Put it in water; it will be unclean till evening, and then it will be clean. If one of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean, and you must break the pot. Any food you are allowed to eat that has come into contact with water from any such pot is unclean, and any liquid that is drunk from such a pot is unclean. Anything that one of their carcasses falls on becomes unclean; an oven or cooking pot must be broken up. They are unclean, and you are to regard them as unclean. A spring, however, or a cistern for collecting water remains clean, but anyone who touches one of these carcasses is unclean. If a carcass falls on any seeds that are to be planted, they remain clean. But if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you. " 'If an animal that you are allowed to eat dies, anyone who touches its carcass will be unclean till evening. Anyone who eats some of its carcass must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening. Anyone who picks up the carcass must wash their clothes, and they will be unclean till evening. " 'Every creature that moves along the ground is to be regarded as unclean; it is not to be eaten. You are not to eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it moves on its belly or walks on all fours or on many feet; it is unclean. Do not defile yourselves by any of these creatures. Do not make yourselves unclean by means of them or be made unclean by them. I am the Lord your God; consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am holy. Do not make yourselves unclean by any creature that moves along the ground. I am the Lord, who brought you up out of Egypt to be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy. " 'These are the regulations concerning animals, birds, every living thing that moves about in the water and every creature that moves along the ground. You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between living creatures that may be eaten and those that may not be eaten.' "
耶和華對摩西、亞倫說：「你們曉諭以色列人說，在地上一切走獸中可吃的乃是這些：凡蹄分兩瓣、倒嚼的走獸，你們都可以吃。但那倒嚼或分蹄之中不可吃的乃是：駱駝因為倒嚼不分蹄，就與你們不潔淨；沙番因為倒嚼不分蹄，就與你們不潔淨；兔子因為倒嚼不分蹄，就與你們不潔淨；豬因為蹄分兩瓣，卻不倒嚼，就與你們不潔淨。這些獸的肉，你們不可吃；死的，你們不可摸，都與你們不潔淨。「水中可吃的乃是這些：凡在水裡、海裡、河裡、有翅有鱗的，都可以吃。凡在海裡、河裡，並一切水裡游動的活物，無翅無鱗的，你們都當以為可憎。這些無翅無鱗、以為可憎的，你們不可吃他的肉；死的也當以為可憎。凡水裡無翅無鱗的，你們都當以為可憎。「雀鳥中你們當以為可憎、不可吃的乃是：鵰、狗頭鵰、紅頭鵰、鷂鷹、小鷹與其類；烏鴉與其類；鴕鳥、夜鷹、魚鷹、鷹與其類；鴞鳥、鸕鶿、貓頭鷹、角鴟、鵜鶘、禿鵰、鸛、鷺鷥與其類；戴鵀與蝙蝠。「凡有翅膀用四足爬行的物，你們都當以為可憎。只是有翅膀用四足爬行的物中，有足有腿，在地上蹦跳的，你們還可以吃。其中有蝗蟲、螞蚱、蟋蟀與其類；蚱蜢與其類；這些你們都可以吃。但是有翅膀有四足的爬物，你們都當以為可憎。「這些都能使你們不潔淨。凡摸了死的，必不潔淨到晚上。凡拿了死的，必不潔淨到晚上，並要洗衣服。凡走獸分蹄不成兩瓣、也不倒嚼的，是與你們不潔淨；凡摸了的就不潔淨。凡四足的走獸，用掌行走的，是與你們不潔淨；摸其屍的，必不潔淨到晚上。拿其屍的，必不潔淨到晚上，並要洗衣服。這些是與你們不潔淨的。「地上爬物與你們不潔淨的乃是這些：鼬鼠、鼫鼠、蜥蜴與其類；壁虎、龍子、守宮、蛇醫、蝘蜓。這些爬物都是與你們不潔淨的。在他死了以後，凡摸了的，必不潔淨到晚上。其中死了的，掉在什麼東西上，這東西就不潔淨，無論是木器、衣服、皮子、口袋，不拘是做什麼工用的器皿，須要放在水中，必不潔淨到晚上，到晚上才潔淨了。若有死了掉在瓦器裡的，其中不拘有什麼，就不潔淨，你們要把這瓦器打破了。其中一切可吃的食物，沾水的就不潔淨，並且那樣器皿中一切可喝的，也必不潔淨。其中已死的，若有一點掉在什麼物件上，那物件就不潔淨，不拘是爐子，是鍋臺，就要打碎，都不潔淨，也必與你們不潔淨。但是泉源或是聚水的池子仍是潔淨；惟挨了那死的，就不潔淨。若是死的，有一點掉在要種的子粒上，子粒仍是潔淨；若水已經澆在子粒上，那死的有一點掉在上頭，這子粒就與你們不潔淨。「你們可吃的走獸若是死了，有人摸他，必不潔淨到晚上；有人吃那死了的走獸，必不潔淨到晚上，並要洗衣服；拿了死走獸的，必不潔淨到晚上，並要洗衣服。「凡地上的爬物是可憎的，都不可吃。凡用肚子行走的和用四足行走的，或是有許多足的，就是一切爬在地上的，你們都不可吃，因為是可憎的。你們不可因什麼爬物使自己成為可憎的，也不可因這些使自己不潔淨，以致染了污穢。我是耶和華你們的神；所以你們要成為聖潔，因為我是聖潔的。你們也不可在地上的爬物污穢自己。我是把你們從埃及地領出來的耶和華，要作你們的神；所以你們要聖潔，因為我是聖潔的。」這是走獸、飛鳥，和水中游動的活物，並地上爬物的條例。要把潔淨的和不潔淨的，可吃的與不可吃的活物，都分別出來。

利未記 11:7 - 8 And the pig, though it has a divided hoof, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
豬因為蹄分兩瓣，卻不倒嚼，就與你們不潔淨。這些獸的肉，你們不可吃；死的，你們不可摸，都與你們不潔淨。

馬可福音 7:15 - 20 Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them. " After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable. "Are you so dull?" he asked. "Don't you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them? For it doesn't go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body." (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.) He went on: "What comes out of a person is what defiles them.
從外面進去的不能污穢人，惟有從裡面出來的乃能污穢人。」（有古卷加：有耳可聽的，就應當聽！）耶穌離開眾人，進了屋子，門徒就問他這比喻的意思。耶穌對他們說：「你們也是這樣不明白嗎？豈不曉得凡從外面進入的，不能污穢人，因為不是入他的心，乃是入他的肚腹，又落到茅廁裡（這是說，各樣的食物都是潔淨的）」；又說：「從人裡面出來的，那才能污穢人；

羅馬書 14:1 - 23 Accept the one whose faith is weak, without quarreling over disputable matters. One person's faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them. Who are you to judge someone else's servant? To their own master, servants stand or fall. And they will stand, for the Lord is able to make them stand. One person considers one day more sacred than another; another considers every day alike. Each of them should be fully convinced in their own mind. Whoever regards one day as special does so to the Lord. Whoever eats meat does so to the Lord, for they give thanks to God; and whoever abstains does so to the Lord and gives thanks to God. For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone. If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. So, whether we live or die, we belong to the Lord. For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living. You, then, why do you judge your brother or sister ? Or why do you treat them with contempt? For we will all stand before God's judgment seat. It is written: " 'As surely as I live,' says the Lord, 'every knee will bow before me; every tongue will acknowledge God.' " So then, each of us will give an account of ourselves to God. Therefore let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to put any stumbling block or obstacle in the way of a brother or sister. I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean. If your brother or sister is distressed because of what you eat, you are no longer acting in love. Do not by your eating destroy someone for whom Christ died. Therefore do not let what you know is good be spoken of as evil. For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who serves Christ in this way is pleasing to God and receives human approval. Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a person to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother or sister to fall. So whatever you believe about these things keep between yourself and God. Blessed is the one who does not condemn himself by what he approves. 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.
信心軟弱的，你們要接納，但不要辯論所疑惑的事。有人信百物都可吃；但那軟弱的，只吃蔬菜。吃的人不可輕看不吃的人；不吃的人不可論斷吃的人；因為神已經收納他了。你是誰，竟論斷別人的僕人呢？他或站住，或跌倒，自有他的主人在；而且他也必要站住，因為主能使他站住。有人看這日比那日強；有人看日日都是一樣。只是各人心裡要意見堅定。守日的人是為主守的；吃的人是為主吃的，因他感謝神；不吃的人是為主不吃的，也感謝神。我們沒有一個人為自己活，也沒有一個人為自己死。我們若活著，是為主而活；若死了，是為主而死。所以，我們或活或死總是主的人。因此基督死了又活了，為要作死人並活人的主。你這個人，為什麼論斷弟兄呢？又為什麼輕看弟兄呢？因我們都要站在神的臺前。經上寫著：主說：我憑著我的永生起誓：萬膝必向我跪拜；萬口必向我承認。這樣看來，我們各人必要將自己的事在神面前說明。所以，我們不可再彼此論斷，寧可定意誰也不給弟兄放下絆腳跌人之物。我憑著主耶穌確知深信，凡物本來沒有不潔淨的；惟獨人以為不潔淨的，在他就不潔淨了。你若因食物叫弟兄憂愁，就不是按著愛人的道理行。基督已經替他死，你不可因你的食物叫他敗壞。不可叫你的善被人毀謗；因為神的國不在乎吃喝，只在乎公義、和平，並聖靈中的喜樂。在這幾樣上服事基督的，就為神所喜悅，又為人所稱許。所以，我們務要追求和睦的事與彼此建立德行的事。不可因食物毀壞神的工程。凡物固然潔淨，但有人因食物叫人跌倒，就是他的罪了。無論是吃肉，是喝酒，是什麼別的事，叫弟兄跌倒，一概不做才好。你有信心，就當在神面前守著。人在自己以為可行的事上能不自責，就有福了。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。

申命記 14:8 The pig is also unclean; although it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. You are not to eat their meat or touch their carcasses.
豬因為是分蹄卻不倒嚼，就與你們不潔淨。這些獸的肉，你們不可吃，死的也不可摸。

申命記 14:1 - 29 You are the children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave the front of your heads for the dead, for you are a people holy to the Lord your God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the Lord has chosen you to be his treasured possession. Do not eat any detestable thing. These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat, the deer, the gazelle, the roe deer, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope and the mountain sheep. You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof and that chews the cud. However, of those that chew the cud or that have a divided hoof you may not eat the camel, the rabbit or the hyrax. Although they chew the cud, they do not have a divided hoof; they are ceremonially unclean for you. The pig is also unclean; although it has a divided hoof, it does not chew the cud. You are not to eat their meat or touch their carcasses. Of all the creatures living in the water, you may eat any that has fins and scales. But anything that does not have fins and scales you may not eat; for you it is unclean. You may eat any clean bird. But these you may not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture, the red kite, the black kite, any kind of falcon, any kind of raven, the horned owl, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk, the little owl, the great owl, the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey, the cormorant, the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe and the bat. All flying insects are unclean to you; do not eat them. But any winged creature that is clean you may eat. Do not eat anything you find already dead. You may give it to the foreigner residing in any of your towns, and they may eat it, or you may sell it to any other foreigner. But you are a people holy to the Lord your God. Do not cook a young goat in its mother's milk. 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.
「你們是耶和華你們神的兒女。不可為死人用刀劃身，也不可將額上剃光；因為你歸耶和華你神為聖潔的民，耶和華從地上的萬民中揀選你特作自己的子民。」「凡可憎的物都不可吃。可吃的牲畜就是牛、綿羊、山羊、鹿、羚羊、麍子、野山羊、麋鹿、黃羊、青羊。凡分蹄成為兩瓣又倒嚼的走獸，你們都可以吃。但那些倒嚼或是分蹄之中不可吃的乃是駱駝、兔子、沙番因為是倒嚼不分蹄，就與你們不潔淨；豬因為是分蹄卻不倒嚼，就與你們不潔淨。這些獸的肉，你們不可吃，死的也不可摸。「水中可吃的乃是這些：凡有翅有鱗的都可以吃；凡無翅無鱗的都不可吃，是與你們不潔淨。「凡潔淨的鳥，你們都可以吃。不可吃的乃是鵰、狗頭鵰、紅頭鵰、鸇、小鷹、鷂鷹與其類，烏鴉與其類，鴕鳥、夜鷹、魚鷹、鷹與其類，鴞鳥、貓頭鷹、角鴟、鵜鶘、禿鵰、鸕鶿、鸛、鷺鷥與其類，戴鵀與蝙蝠。凡有翅膀爬行的物是與你們不潔淨，都不可吃。凡潔淨的鳥，你們都可以吃。「凡自死的，你們都不可吃，可以給你城裡寄居的吃，或賣與外人吃，因為你是歸耶和華你神為聖潔的民。「不可用山羊羔母的奶煮山羊羔。」「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。」

馬太福音 5:17 - 19 "Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
「莫想我來要廢掉律法和先知。我來不是要廢掉，乃是要成全。我實在告訴你們，就是到天地都廢去了，律法的一點一畫也不能廢去，都要成全。所以，無論何人廢掉這誡命中最小的一條，又教訓人這樣做，他在天國要稱為最小的。但無論何人遵行這誡命，又教訓人遵行，他在天國要稱為大的。

提摩太前書 4:3 - 5 They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth. For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.
他們禁止嫁娶，又禁戒食物（或作：又叫人戒葷），就是神所造、叫那信而明白真道的人感謝著領受的。凡神所造的物都是好的，若感謝著領受，就沒有一樣可棄的，都因神的道和人的祈求成為聖潔了。

以賽亞書 66:15 - 17 See, the Lord is coming with fire, and his chariots are like a whirlwind; he will bring down his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. For with fire and with his sword the Lord will execute judgment on all people, and many will be those slain by the Lord. "Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the gardens, following one who is among those who eat the flesh of pigs, rats and other unclean things-they will meet their end together with the one they follow," declares the Lord.
看哪，耶和華必在火中降臨；他的車輦像旋風，以烈怒施行報應，以火焰施行責罰；因為耶和華在一切有血氣的人身上，必以火與刀施行審判；被耶和華所殺的必多。「那些分別為聖、潔淨自己的，進入園內跟在其中一個人的後頭，吃豬肉和倉鼠並可憎之物，他們必一同滅絕；這是耶和華說的。

馬太福音 15:11 What goes into someone's mouth does not defile them, but what comes out of their mouth, that is what defiles them."
入口的不能污穢人，出口的乃能污穢人。」

羅馬書 14:2 - 3 One person's faith allows them to eat anything, but another, whose faith is weak, eats only vegetables. The one who eats everything must not treat with contempt the one who does not, and the one who does not eat everything must not judge the one who does, for God has accepted them.
有人信百物都可吃；但那軟弱的，只吃蔬菜。吃的人不可輕看不吃的人；不吃的人不可論斷吃的人；因為神已經收納他了。

歌羅西書 2:16 - 17 Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come; the reality, however, is found in Christ.
所以，不拘在飲食上，或節期、月朔、安息日都不可讓人論斷你們。這些原是後事的影兒；那形體卻是基督。

創世記 9:3 Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything.
凡活著的動物都可以作你們的食物。這一切我都賜給你們，如同菜蔬一樣。

利未記 11:7 And the pig, though it has a divided hoof, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.
豬因為蹄分兩瓣，卻不倒嚼，就與你們不潔淨。

申命記 28:47 - 68 Because you did not serve the Lord your God joyfully and gladly in the time of prosperity, therefore in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the Lord sends against you. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you. The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand, a fierce-looking nation without respect for the old or pity for the young. They will devour the young of your livestock and the crops of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine or olive oil, nor any calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks until you are ruined. They will lay siege to all the cities throughout your land until the high fortified walls in which you trust fall down. They will besiege all the cities throughout the land the Lord your God is giving you. Because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters the Lord your God has given you. Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children, and he will not give to one of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be all he has left because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of all your cities. The most gentle and sensitive woman among you-so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the sole of her foot-will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughter the afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For in her dire need she intends to eat them secretly because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of your cities. If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law, which are written in this book, and do not revere this glorious and awesome name-the Lord your God- the Lord will send fearful plagues on you and your descendants, harsh and prolonged disasters, and severe and lingering illnesses. He will bring on you all the diseases of Egypt that you dreaded, and they will cling to you. The Lord will also bring on you every kind of sickness and disaster not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed. You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left but few in number, because you did not obey the Lord your God. Just as it pleased the Lord to make you prosper and increase in number, so it will please him to ruin and destroy you. You will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess. Then the Lord will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods-gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known. Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you an anxious mind, eyes weary with longing, and a despairing heart. You will live in constant suspense, filled with dread both night and day, never sure of your life. In the morning you will say, "If only it were evening!" and in the evening, "If only it were morning!"-because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights that your eyes will see. The Lord will send you back in ships to Egypt on a journey I said you should never make again. There you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.
「因為你富有的時候，不歡心樂意地事奉耶和華你的神，所以你必在飢餓、乾渴、赤露、缺乏之中事奉耶和華所打發來攻擊你的仇敵。他必把鐵軛加在你的頸項上，直到將你滅絕。「耶和華要從遠方、地極帶一國的民，如鷹飛來攻擊你。這民的言語，你不懂得。這民的面貌兇惡，不顧恤年老的，也不恩待年少的。他們必吃你牲畜所下的和你地土所產的，直到你滅亡。你的五穀、新酒，和油，以及牛犢、羊羔，都不給你留下，直到將你滅絕。他們必將你困在你各城裡，直到你所倚靠、高大堅固的城牆都被攻塌。他們必將你困在耶和華你神所賜你遍地的各城裡。你在仇敵圍困窘迫之中，必吃你本身所生的，就是耶和華你神所賜給你的兒女之肉。你們中間，柔弱嬌嫩的人必惡眼看他弟兄和他懷中的妻，並他餘剩的兒女；甚至在你受仇敵圍困窘迫的城中，他要吃兒女的肉，不肯分一點給他的親人，因為他一無所剩。你們中間，柔弱嬌嫩的婦人，是因嬌嫩柔弱不肯把腳踏地的，必惡眼看他懷中的丈夫和他的兒女。他兩腿中間出來的嬰孩與他所要生的兒女，他因缺乏一切就要在你受仇敵圍困窘迫的城中將他們暗暗的吃了。「這書上所寫律法的一切話是叫你敬畏耶和華你神可榮可畏的名。你若不謹守遵行，耶和華就必將奇災，就是至大至長的災，至重至久的病，加在你和你後裔的身上，也必使你所懼怕、埃及人的病都臨到你，貼在你身上，又必將沒有寫在這律法書上的各樣疾病、災殃降在你身上，直到你滅亡。你們先前雖然像天上的星那樣多，卻因不聽從耶和華你神的話，所剩的人數就稀少了。先前耶和華怎樣喜悅善待你們，使你們眾多，也要照樣喜悅毀滅你們，使你們滅亡；並且你們從所要進去得的地上必被拔除。耶和華必使你們分散在萬民中，從地這邊到地那邊，你必在那裡事奉你和你列祖素不認識、木頭石頭的神。在那些國中，你必不得安逸，也不得落腳之地；耶和華卻使你在那裡心中跳動，眼目失明，精神消耗。你的性命必懸懸無定；你晝夜恐懼，自料性命難保。你因心裡所恐懼的，眼中所看見的，早晨必說，巴不得到晚上才好；晚上必說，巴不得到早晨才好。耶和華必使你坐船回埃及去，走我曾告訴你不得再見的路；在那裡你必賣己身與仇敵作奴婢，卻無人買。」

使徒行傳 10:9 - 19 About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles and birds. Then a voice told him, "Get up, Peter. Kill and eat." "Surely not, Lord!" Peter replied. "I have never eaten anything impure or unclean." The voice spoke to him a second time, "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean." This happened three times, and immediately the sheet was taken back to heaven. While Peter was wondering about the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found out where Simon's house was and stopped at the gate. They called out, asking if Simon who was known as Peter was staying there. While Peter was still thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, "Simon, three men are looking for you.
第二天，他們行路將近那城。彼得約在午正，上房頂去禱告，覺得餓了，想要吃。那家的人正預備飯的時候，彼得魂遊象外，看見天開了，有一物降下，好像一塊大布，繫著四角，縋在地上，裡面有地上各樣四足的走獸和昆蟲，並天上的飛鳥；又有聲音向他說：「彼得，起來，宰了吃！」彼得卻說：「主啊，這是不可的！凡俗物和不潔淨的物，我從來沒有吃過。」第二次有聲音向他說：「神所潔淨的，你不可當作俗物。」這樣一連三次，那物隨即收回天上去了。彼得心裡正在猜疑之間，不知所看見的異象是什麼意思。哥尼流所差來的人已經訪問到西門的家，站在門外，喊著問：「有稱呼彼得的西門住在這裡沒有？」彼得還思想那異象的時候，聖靈向他說：「有三個人來找你。」

提摩太前書 4:1 - 5 The Spirit clearly says that in later times some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars, whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods, which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and who know the truth. For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.
聖靈明說，在後來的時候，必有人離棄真道，聽從那引誘人的邪靈和鬼魔的道理。這是因為說謊之人的假冒；這等人的良心如同被熱鐵烙慣了一般。他們禁止嫁娶，又禁戒食物（或作：又叫人戒葷），就是神所造、叫那信而明白真道的人感謝著領受的。凡神所造的物都是好的，若感謝著領受，就沒有一樣可棄的，都因神的道和人的祈求成為聖潔了。

馬可福音 7:1 - 37 The Pharisees and some of the teachers of the law who had come from Jerusalem gathered around Jesus and saw some of his disciples eating food with hands that were defiled, that is, unwashed. (The Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they give their hands a ceremonial washing, holding to the tradition of the elders. When they come from the marketplace they do not eat unless they wash. And they observe many other traditions, such as the washing of cups, pitchers and kettles. ) So the Pharisees and teachers of the law asked Jesus, "Why don't your disciples live according to the tradition of the elders instead of eating their food with defiled hands?" He replied, "Isaiah was right when he prophesied about you hypocrites; as it is written: " 'These people honor me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me. They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.' ote style="f" caller="+"> 7:7 Isaiah 29:13 You have let go of the commands of God and are holding on to human traditions." And he continued, "You have a fine way of setting aside the commands of God in order to observe your own traditions! For Moses said, 'Honor your father and mother,' and, 'Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.'7:10Exodus 21:17; Lev. 20:9 But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is Corban (that is, devoted to God)- then you no longer let them do anything for their father or mother. Thus you nullify the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And you do many things like that." Again Jesus called the crowd to him and said, "Listen to me, everyone, and understand this. Nothing outside a person can defile them by going into them. Rather, it is what comes out of a person that defiles them. " After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about this parable. "Are you so dull?" he asked. "Don't you see that nothing that enters a person from the outside can defile them? For it doesn't go into their heart but into their stomach, and then out of the body." (In saying this, Jesus declared all foods clean.) He went on: "What comes out of a person is what defiles them. For it is from within, out of a person's heart, that evil thoughts come-sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance and folly. All these evils come from inside and defile a person." Jesus left that place and went to the vicinity of Tyre. He entered a house and did not want anyone to know it; yet he could not keep his presence secret. In fact, as soon as she heard about him, a woman whose little daughter was possessed by an impure spirit came and fell at his feet. The woman was a Greek, born in Syrian Phoenicia. She begged Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter. "First let the children eat all they want," he told her, "for it is not right to take the children's bread and toss it to the dogs." "Lord," she replied, "even the dogs under the table eat the children's crumbs." Then he told her, "For such a reply, you may go; the demon has left your daughter." She went home and found her child lying on the bed, and the demon gone. Then Jesus left the vicinity of Tyre and went through Sidon, down to the Sea of Galilee and into the region of the Decapolis. There some people brought to him a man who was deaf and could hardly talk, and they begged Jesus to place his hand on him. After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man's ears. Then he spit and touched the man's tongue. He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, "Ephphatha!" (which means "Be opened!"). At this, the man's ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly. Jesus commanded them not to tell anyone. But the more he did so, the more they kept talking about it. People were overwhelmed with amazement. "He has done everything well," they said. "He even makes the deaf hear and the mute speak."
有法利賽人和幾個文士從耶路撒冷來，到耶穌那裡聚集。他們曾看見他的門徒中有人用俗手，就是沒有洗的手，吃飯。（原來法利賽人和猶太人都拘守古人的遺傳，若不仔細洗手就不吃飯；從市上來，若不洗浴也不吃飯；還有好些別的規矩，他們歷代拘守，就是洗杯、罐、銅器等物。）法利賽人和文士問他說：「你的門徒為什麼不照古人的遺傳，用俗手吃飯呢？」耶穌說：「以賽亞指著你們假冒為善之人所說的預言是不錯的。如經上說：這百姓用嘴唇尊敬我，心卻遠離我。他們將人的吩咐當做道理教導人，所以拜我也是枉然。你們是離棄神的誡命，拘守人的遺傳」；又說：「你們誠然是廢棄神的誡命，要守自己的遺傳。摩西說：『當孝敬父母』；又說：『咒罵父母的，必治死他。』你們倒說：『人若對父母說：『我所當奉給你的，已經做了各耳板』（各耳板就是供獻的意思），以後你們就不容他再奉養父母。這就是你們承接遺傳，廢了神的道。你們還做許多這樣的事。」耶穌又叫眾人來，對他們說：「你們都要聽我的話，也要明白。從外面進去的不能污穢人，惟有從裡面出來的乃能污穢人。」（有古卷加：有耳可聽的，就應當聽！）耶穌離開眾人，進了屋子，門徒就問他這比喻的意思。耶穌對他們說：「你們也是這樣不明白嗎？豈不曉得凡從外面進入的，不能污穢人，因為不是入他的心，乃是入他的肚腹，又落到茅廁裡（這是說，各樣的食物都是潔淨的）」；又說：「從人裡面出來的，那才能污穢人；因為從裡面，就是從人心裡，發出惡念、苟合、偷盜、兇殺、姦淫、貪婪、邪惡、詭詐、淫蕩、嫉妒、謗讟、驕傲、狂妄。這一切的惡都是從裡面出來，且能污穢人。」耶穌從那裡起身，往推羅、西頓的境內去，進了一家，不願意人知道，卻隱藏不住。當下，有一個婦人，他的小女兒被污鬼附著，聽見耶穌的事，就來俯伏在他腳前。這婦人是希臘人，"屬敘利腓尼基族"。她求耶穌趕出那鬼離開她的女兒。耶穌對他說：「讓兒女們先吃飽，不好拿兒女的餅丟給狗吃。」婦人回答說：「主啊，不錯；但是狗在桌子底下也吃孩子們的碎渣兒。」耶穌對他說：「因這句話，你回去吧；鬼已經離開你的女兒了。」他就回家去，見小孩子躺在床上，鬼已經出去了。耶穌又離了推羅的境界，經過西頓，就從低加波利境內來到加利利海。有人帶著一個耳聾舌結的人來見耶穌，求他按手在他身上。耶穌領他離開眾人，到一邊去，就用指頭探他的耳朵，吐唾沫抹他的舌頭，望天歎息，對他說：「以法大！」就是說：「開了吧！」他的耳朵就開了，舌結也解了，說話也清楚了。耶穌囑咐他們不要告訴人；但他越發囑咐，他們越發傳揚開了。眾人分外希奇，說：「他所做的事都好，他連聾子也叫他們聽見，啞巴也叫他們說話。」

加拉太書 3:23 - 25 Before the coming of this faith, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until the faith that was to come would be revealed. So the law was our guardian until Christ came that we might be justified by faith. Now that this faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.
但這因信得救的理還未來以先，我們被看守在律法之下，直圈到那將來的真道顯明出來。這樣，律法是我們訓蒙的師傅，引我們到基督那裡，使我們因信稱義。但這因信得救的理既然來到，我們從此就不在師傅的手下了。

創世記 9:1 - 5 Then God blessed Noah and his sons, saying to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the earth. The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands. Everything that lives and moves about will be food for you. Just as I gave you the green plants, I now give you everything. "But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. And for your lifeblood I will surely demand an accounting. I will demand an accounting from every animal. And from each human being, too, I will demand an accounting for the life of another human being.
神賜福給挪亞和他的兒子，對他們說：「你們要生養眾多，遍滿了地。凡地上的走獸和空中的飛鳥都必驚恐，懼怕你們，連地上一切的昆蟲並海裡一切的魚都交付你們的手。凡活著的動物都可以作你們的食物。這一切我都賜給你們，如同菜蔬一樣。惟獨肉帶著血，那就是他的生命，你們不可吃。流你們血、害你們命的，無論是獸是人，我必討他的罪，就是向各人的弟兄也是如此。

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。

以賽亞書 65:2 - 4 All day long I have held out my hands to an obstinate people, who walk in ways not good, pursuing their own imaginations- a people who continually provoke me to my very face, offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on altars of brick; who sit among the graves and spend their nights keeping secret vigil; who eat the flesh of pigs, and whose pots hold broth of impure meat;
我整天伸手招呼那悖逆的百姓；他們隨自己的意念行不善之道。這百姓時常當面惹我發怒；在園中獻祭，在壇（原文作磚）上燒香；在墳墓間坐著，在隱密處住宿，吃豬肉；他們器皿中有可憎之物做的湯；

以賽亞書 65:1 - 25 "I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, 'Here am I, here am I.' All day long I have held out my hands to an obstinate people, who walk in ways not good, pursuing their own imaginations- a people who continually provoke me to my very face, offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on altars of brick; who sit among the graves and spend their nights keeping secret vigil; who eat the flesh of pigs, and whose pots hold broth of impure meat; who say, 'Keep away; don't come near me, for I am too sacred for you!' Such people are smoke in my nostrils, a fire that keeps burning all day. "See, it stands written before me: I will not keep silent but will pay back in full; I will pay it back into their laps- both your sins and the sins of your ancestors," says the Lord. "Because they burned sacrifices on the mountains and defied me on the hills, I will measure into their laps the full payment for their former deeds." This is what the Lord says: "As when juice is still found in a cluster of grapes and people say, 'Don't destroy it, there is still a blessing in it,' so will I do in behalf of my servants; I will not destroy them all. I will bring forth descendants from Jacob, and from Judah those who will possess my mountains; my chosen people will inherit them, and there will my servants live. Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for my people who seek me. "But as for you who forsake the Lord and forget my holy mountain, who spread a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny, I will destine you for the sword, and all of you will fall in the slaughter; for I called but you did not answer, I spoke but you did not listen. You did evil in my sight and chose what displeases me." Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: "My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; my servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; my servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame. My servants will sing out of the joy of their hearts, but you will cry out from anguish of heart and wail in brokenness of spirit. You will leave your name for my chosen ones to use in their curses; the Sovereign Lord will put you to death, but to his servants he will give another name. Whoever invokes a blessing in the land will do so by the one true God; whoever takes an oath in the land will swear by the one true God. For the past troubles will be forgotten and hidden from my eyes. "See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. But be glad and rejoice forever in what I will create, for I will create Jerusalem to be a delight and its people a joy. I will rejoice over Jerusalem and take delight in my people; the sound of weeping and of crying will be heard in it no more. "Never again will there be in it an infant who lives but a few days, or an old man who does not live out his years; the one who dies at a hundred will be thought a mere child; the one who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed. They will build houses and dwell in them; they will plant vineyards and eat their fruit. No longer will they build houses and others live in them, or plant and others eat. For as the days of a tree, so will be the days of my people; my chosen ones will long enjoy the work of their hands. They will not labor in vain, nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune; for they will be a people blessed by the Lord, they and their descendants with them. Before they call I will answer; while they are still speaking I will hear. The wolf and the lamb will feed together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox, and dust will be the serpent's food. They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain," says the Lord.
素來沒有訪問我的，現在求問我；沒有尋找我的，我叫他們遇見；沒有稱為我名下的，我對他們說：我在這裡！我在這裡！我整天伸手招呼那悖逆的百姓；他們隨自己的意念行不善之道。這百姓時常當面惹我發怒；在園中獻祭，在壇（原文作磚）上燒香；在墳墓間坐著，在隱密處住宿，吃豬肉；他們器皿中有可憎之物做的湯；且對人說：你站開吧！不要挨近我，因為我比你聖潔。主說：這些人是我鼻中的煙，是整天燒著的火。看哪，這都寫在我面前。我必不靜默，必施行報應，必將你們的罪孽和你們列祖的罪孽，就是在山上燒香，在岡上褻瀆我的罪孽，一同報應在他們後人懷中，我先要把他們所行的量給他們；這是耶和華說的。耶和華如此說：葡萄中尋得新酒，人就說：不要毀壞，因為福在其中。我因我僕人的緣故也必照樣而行，不將他們全然毀滅。我必從雅各中領出後裔，從猶大中領出承受我眾山的。我的選民必承受；我的僕人要在那裡居住。沙崙平原必成為羊群的圈；亞割谷必成為牛群躺臥之處，都為尋求我的民所得。但你們這些離棄耶和華、忘記我的聖山、給時運擺筵席（原文作桌子）、給天命盛滿調和酒的，我要命定你們歸在刀下，都必屈身被殺；因為我呼喚，你們沒有答應；我說話，你們沒有聽從；反倒行我眼中看為惡的，揀選我所不喜悅的。所以，主耶和華如此說：我的僕人必得吃，你們卻飢餓；我的僕人必得喝，你們卻乾渴；我的僕人必歡喜，你們卻蒙羞。我的僕人因心中高興歡呼，你們卻因心中憂愁哀哭，又因心裡憂傷哀號。你們必留下自己的名，為我選民指著賭咒。主耶和華必殺你們，另起別名稱呼他的僕人。這樣，在地上為自己求福的，必憑真實的神求福；在地上起誓的，必指真實的神起誓。因為，從前的患難已經忘記，也從我眼前隱藏了。看哪！我造新天新地；從前的事不再被記念，也不再追想。你們當因我所造的永遠歡喜快樂；因我造耶路撒冷為人所喜，造其中的居民為人所樂。我必因耶路撒冷歡喜，因我的百姓快樂；其中必不再聽見哭泣的聲音和哀號的聲音。其中必沒有數日夭亡的嬰孩，也沒有壽數不滿的老者；因為百歲死的仍算孩童，有百歲死的罪人算被咒詛。他們要建造房屋，自己居住；栽種葡萄園，吃其中的果子。他們建造的，別人不得住；他們栽種的，別人不得吃；因為我民的日子必像樹木的日子；我選民親手勞碌得來的必長久享用。他們必不徒然勞碌，所生產的，也不遭災害，因為都是蒙耶和華賜福的後裔；他們的子孫也是如此。他們尚未求告，我就應允；正說話的時候，我就垂聽。豺狼必與羊羔同食；獅子必吃草與牛一樣；塵土必作蛇的食物。在我聖山的遍處，這一切都不傷人，不害物。這是耶和華說的。

使徒行傳 10:28 He said to them: "You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile. But God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean.
就對他們說：「你們知道，猶太人和別國的人親近來往本是不合例的，但神已經指示我，無論什麼人都不可看作俗而不潔淨的。

使徒行傳 10:1 - 48 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment. He and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly. One day at about three in the afternoon he had a vision. He distinctly saw an angel of God, who came to him and said, "Cornelius!" Cornelius stared at him in fear. "What is it, Lord?" he asked. The angel answered, "Your prayers and gifts to the poor have come up as a memorial offering before God. Now send men to Joppa to bring back a man named Simon who is called Peter. He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea." When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier who was one of his attendants. He told them everything that had happened and sent them to Joppa. About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles and birds. Then a voice told him, "Get up, Peter. Kill and eat." "Surely not, Lord!" Peter replied. "I have never eaten anything impure or unclean." The voice spoke to him a second time, "Do not call anything impure that God has made clean." This happened three times, and immediately the sheet was taken back to heaven. While Peter was wondering about the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found out where Simon's house was and stopped at the gate. They called out, asking if Simon who was known as Peter was staying there. While Peter was still thinking about the vision, the Spirit said to him, "Simon, three men are looking for you. So get up and go downstairs. Do not hesitate to go with them, for I have sent them." Peter went down and said to the men, "I'm the one you're looking for. Why have you come?" The men replied, "We have come from Cornelius the centurion. He is a righteous and God-fearing man, who is respected by all the Jewish people. A holy angel told him to ask you to come to his house so that he could hear what you have to say." Then Peter invited the men into the house to be his guests. The next day Peter started out with them, and some of the believers from Joppa went along. The following day he arrived in Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends. As Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet in reverence. But Peter made him get up. "Stand up," he said, "I am only a man myself." While talking with him, Peter went inside and found a large gathering of people. He said to them: "You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile. But God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean. So when I was sent for, I came without raising any objection. May I ask why you sent for me?" Cornelius answered: "Three days ago I was in my house praying at this hour, at three in the afternoon. Suddenly a man in shining clothes stood before me and said, 'Cornelius, God has heard your prayer and remembered your gifts to the poor. Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, who lives by the sea.' So I sent for you immediately, and it was good of you to come. Now we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has commanded you to tell us." Then Peter began to speak: "I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right. You know the message God sent to the people of Israel, announcing the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all. You know what has happened throughout the province of Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached- how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power, and how he went around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil, because God was with him. "We are witnesses of everything he did in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They killed him by hanging him on a cross, but God raised him from the dead on the third day and caused him to be seen. He was not seen by all the people, but by witnesses whom God had already chosen-by us who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead. All the prophets testify about him that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name." While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit came on all who heard the message. The circumcised believers who had come with Peter were astonished that the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out even on Gentiles. For they heard them speaking in tongues and praising God. Then Peter said, "Surely no one can stand in the way of their being baptized with water. They have received the Holy Spirit just as we have." So he ordered that they be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they asked Peter to stay with them for a few days.
在該撒利亞有一個人，名叫哥尼流，是「義大利營」的百夫長。他是個虔誠人，他和全家都敬畏神，多多賙濟百姓，常常禱告神。有一天，約在申初，他在異象中明明看見神的一個使者進去，到他那裡，說：「哥尼流。」哥尼流定睛看他，驚怕說：「主啊，什麼事呢？」天使說：「你的禱告和你的賙濟達到神面前，已蒙記念了。現在你當打發人往約帕去，請那稱呼彼得的西門來。他住在海邊一個硝皮匠西門的家裡，房子在海邊上。」向他說話的天使去後，哥尼流叫了兩個家人和常伺候他的一個虔誠兵來，把這事都述說給他們聽，就打發他們往約帕去。第二天，他們行路將近那城。彼得約在午正，上房頂去禱告，覺得餓了，想要吃。那家的人正預備飯的時候，彼得魂遊象外，看見天開了，有一物降下，好像一塊大布，繫著四角，縋在地上，裡面有地上各樣四足的走獸和昆蟲，並天上的飛鳥；又有聲音向他說：「彼得，起來，宰了吃！」彼得卻說：「主啊，這是不可的！凡俗物和不潔淨的物，我從來沒有吃過。」第二次有聲音向他說：「神所潔淨的，你不可當作俗物。」這樣一連三次，那物隨即收回天上去了。彼得心裡正在猜疑之間，不知所看見的異象是什麼意思。哥尼流所差來的人已經訪問到西門的家，站在門外，喊著問：「有稱呼彼得的西門住在這裡沒有？」彼得還思想那異象的時候，聖靈向他說：「有三個人來找你。」起來，下去，和他們同往，不要疑惑，因為是我差他們來的。」於是彼得下去見那些人，說：「我就是你們所找的人。你們來是為什麼緣故？」他們說：「百夫長哥尼流是個義人，敬畏神，為猶太通國所稱讚。他蒙一位聖天使指示，叫他請你到他家裡去，聽你的話。」彼得就請他們進去，住了一宿。次日，起身和他們同去，還有約帕的幾個弟兄同著他去；又次日，他們進入該撒利亞，哥尼流已經請了他的親屬密友等候他們。彼得一進去，哥尼流就迎接他，俯伏在他腳前拜他。彼得卻拉他，說：「你起來，我也是人。」彼得和他說著話進去，見有好些人在那裡聚集，就對他們說：「你們知道，猶太人和別國的人親近來往本是不合例的，但神已經指示我，無論什麼人都不可看作俗而不潔淨的。所以我被請的時候，就不推辭而來。現在請問：你們叫我來有什麼意思呢？」哥尼流說：「前四天，這個時候，我在家中守著申初的禱告，忽然有一個人穿著光明的衣裳，站在我面前，說：『哥尼流，你的禱告已蒙垂聽，你的賙濟達到神面前已蒙記念了。你當打發人往約帕去，請那稱呼彼得的西門來，他住在海邊一個硝皮匠西門的家裡。』所以我立時打發人去請你。你來了很好；現今我們都在神面前，要聽主所吩咐你的一切話。」彼得就開口說：「我真看出神是不偏待人。原來，各國中那敬畏主、行義的人都為主所悅納。神藉著耶穌基督（他是萬有的主）傳和平的福音，將這道賜給以色列人。這話在約翰宣傳洗禮以後，從加利利起，傳遍了猶太。神怎樣以聖靈和能力膏拿撒勒人耶穌，這都是你們知道的。他周流四方，行善事，醫好凡被魔鬼壓制的人，因為神與他同在。他在猶太人之地，並耶路撒冷所行的一切事，有我們作見證。他們竟把他掛在木頭上殺了。第三日，神叫他復活，顯現出來；不是顯現給眾人看，乃是顯現給神預先所揀選為他作見證的人看，就是我們這些在他從死裡復活以後和他同吃同喝的人。他吩咐我們傳道給眾人，證明他是神所立定的，要作審判活人、死人的主。眾先知也為他作見證說：『凡信他的人必因他的名得蒙赦罪。』」彼得還說這話的時候，聖靈降在一切聽道的人身上。那些奉割禮、和彼得同來的信徒，見聖靈的恩賜也澆在外邦人身上，就都希奇；因聽見他們說方言，稱讚神為大。於是彼得說：「這些人既受了聖靈，與我們一樣，誰能禁止用水給他們施洗呢？」就吩咐奉耶穌基督的名給他們施洗。他們又請彼得住了幾天。

羅馬書 6:1 - 2 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?
這樣，怎麼說呢？我們可以仍在罪中、叫恩典顯多嗎？斷乎不可！我們在罪上死了的人豈可仍在罪中活著呢？

羅馬書 14:14 I am convinced, being fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus, that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for that person it is unclean.
我憑著主耶穌確知深信，凡物本來沒有不潔淨的；惟獨人以為不潔淨的，在他就不潔淨了。

歌羅西書 2:14 having canceled the charge of our legal indebtedness, which stood against us and condemned us; he has taken it away, nailing it to the cross.
又塗抹了在律例上所寫攻擊我們，有礙於我們的字據，把他撤去，釘在十字架上。