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亞倫的杖吞了術士的杖

⁸耶和華曉諭摩西、亞倫說：The LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

⁹「法老若對你們說：『你們行件奇事吧！』你就吩咐亞倫說：『把杖丟在法老面前，使杖變作蛇。』」“When Pharaoh tells you, ‘Perform a miracle,’ you are to say to Aaron, ‘Take your staff and throw it down before Pharaoh,’ and it will become a serpent.”

¹⁰摩西、亞倫進去見法老，就照耶和華所吩咐的行。亞倫把杖丟在法老和臣僕面前，杖就變作蛇。So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.

¹¹於是法老召了博士和術士來；他們是埃及行法術的，也用邪術照樣而行。But Pharaoh called the wise men and sorcerers and magicians of Egypt, and they also did the same things by their magic arts.

¹²他們各人丟下自己的杖，杖就變作蛇；但亞倫的杖吞了他們的杖。Each one threw down his staff, and it became a serpent. But Aaron’s staff swallowed up the other staffs.

¹³法老心裡剛硬，不肯聽從摩西、亞倫，正如耶和華所說的。Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

第一災：水變血

¹⁴耶和華對摩西說：「法老心裡固執，不肯容百姓去。Then the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh’s heart is unyielding; he refuses to let the people go.

¹⁵明日早晨，他出來往水邊去，你要往河邊迎接他，手裡要拿著那變過蛇的杖，Go to Pharaoh in the morning as you see him walking out to the water. Wait on the bank of the Nile to meet him, and take in your hand the staff that was changed into a snake.

¹⁶對他說：『耶和華─希伯來人的　神打發我來見你，說：容我的百姓去，好在曠野事奉我。到如今你還是不聽。Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened.

¹⁷耶和華這樣說：我要用我手裡的杖擊打河中的水，水就變作血；因此，你必知道我是耶和華。This is what the LORD says: By this you will know that I am the LORD. Behold, with the staff in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will turn to blood.

¹⁸河裡的魚必死，河也要腥臭，埃及人就要厭惡吃這河裡的水。』」The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”

¹⁹耶和華曉諭摩西說：「你對亞倫說：『把你的杖伸在埃及所有的水以上，就是在他們的江、河、池、塘以上，叫水都變作血。在埃及遍地，無論在木器中，石器中，都必有血。』」And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”

²⁰摩西、亞倫就照耶和華所吩咐的行。亞倫在法老和臣僕眼前舉杖擊打河裡的水，河裡的水都變作血了。Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood.

²¹河裡的魚死了，河也腥臭了，埃及人就不能吃這河裡的水；埃及遍地都有了血。The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad that the Egyptians could not drink its water. And there was blood throughout the land of Egypt.

術士照樣而行，法老心硬

²²埃及行法術的，也用邪術照樣而行。法老心裡剛硬，不肯聽摩西、亞倫，正如耶和華所說的。But the magicians of Egypt did the same things by their magic arts. So Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.

²³法老轉身進宮，也不把這事放在心上。Instead, Pharaoh turned around, went into his palace, and did not take any of this to heart.

²⁴埃及人都在河的兩邊挖地，要得水喝，因為他們不能喝這河裡的水。So all the Egyptians dug around the Nile for water to drink, because they could not drink the water from the river.

²⁵耶和華擊打河以後滿了七天。And seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile.

第二災：青蛙

¹耶和華吩咐摩西說：「你進去見法老，對他說：『耶和華這樣說：容我的百姓去，好事奉我。Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.

²你若不肯容他們去，我必使青蛙糟蹋你的四境。But if you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs.

³河裡要滋生青蛙；這青蛙要上來進你的宮殿和你的臥房，上你的床榻，進你臣僕的房屋，上你百姓的身上，進你的爐灶和你的摶麵盆，The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.

⁴又要上你和你百姓並你眾臣僕的身上。』」The frogs will come up on you and your people and all your officials.’”

⁵耶和華曉諭摩西說：「你對亞倫說：『把你的杖伸在江、河、池以上，使青蛙到埃及地上來。』」And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers and canals and ponds, and cause the frogs to come up onto the land of Egypt.’”

⁶亞倫便伸杖在埃及的諸水以上，青蛙就上來，遮滿了埃及地。So Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt, and the frogs came up and covered the land of Egypt.

⁷行法術的也用他們的邪術照樣而行，叫青蛙上了埃及地。But the magicians did the same thing by their magic arts, and they also brought frogs up onto the land of Egypt.

法老求摩西祈求

⁸法老召了摩西、亞倫來，說：「請你們求耶和華使這青蛙離開我和我的民，我就容百姓去祭祀耶和華。」Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, “Pray to the LORD to take the frogs away from me and my people. Then I will let your people go, that they may sacrifice to the LORD.”

⁹摩西對法老說：「任憑你吧，我要何時為你和你的臣僕並你的百姓祈求，除滅青蛙離開你和你的宮殿只留在河裡呢？」Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?”

¹⁰他說：「明天。」摩西說：「可以照你的話吧，好叫你知道沒有像耶和華─我們　神的。“Tomorrow,” Pharaoh answered. “May it be as you say,” Moses replied, “so that you may know that there is no one like the LORD our God.

¹¹青蛙要離開你和你的宮殿，並你的臣僕與你的百姓，只留在河裡。」The frogs will depart from you and your houses and your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.”

¹²於是摩西、亞倫離開法老出去。摩西為擾害法老的青蛙呼求耶和華。After Moses and Aaron had left Pharaoh, Moses cried out to the LORD for help with the frogs that He had brought against Pharaoh.

¹³耶和華就照摩西的話行。凡在房裡、院中、田間的青蛙都死了。And the LORD did as Moses requested, and the frogs in the houses, the courtyards, and the fields died.

¹⁴眾人把青蛙聚攏成堆，遍地就都腥臭。They were piled into countless heaps, and there was a terrible stench in the land.

法老又硬著心

¹⁵但法老見災禍鬆緩，就硬著心，不肯聽他們，正如耶和華所說的。When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.

第三災：虱子

¹⁶耶和華吩咐摩西說：「你對亞倫說：『伸出你的杖擊打地上的塵土，使塵土在埃及遍地變作虱子（或譯：虼蚤；下同）。』」Then the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, that it may turn into swarms of gnats throughout the land of Egypt.’”

¹⁷他們就這樣行。亞倫伸杖擊打地上的塵土，就在人身上和牲畜身上有了虱子；埃及遍地的塵土都變成虱子了。This they did, and when Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth, gnats came upon man and beast. All the dust of the earth turned into gnats throughout the land of Egypt.

術士承認是神的手段

¹⁸行法術的也用邪術要生出虱子來，卻是不能。於是在人身上和牲畜身上都有了虱子。The magicians tried to produce gnats using their magic arts, but they could not. And the gnats remained on man and beast.

¹⁹行法術的就對法老說：「這是　神的手段。」法老心裡剛硬，不肯聽摩西、亞倫，正如耶和華所說的。“This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

天國裡誰是最大的

¹當時，門徒進前來，問耶穌說：「天國裡誰是最大的？」At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who then is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?”

²耶穌便叫一個小孩子來，使他站在他們當中，Jesus invited a little child to stand among them.

³說：「我實在告訴你們，你們若不回轉，變成小孩子的樣式，斷不得進天國。“Truly I tell you,” He said, “unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.

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⁴所以，凡自己謙卑像這小孩子的，他在天國裡就是最大的。Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

⁵凡為我的名接待一個像這小孩子的，就是接待我。」And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me.

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不可使小子跌倒

⁶「凡使這信我的一個小子跌倒的，倒不如把大磨石拴在這人的頸項上，沉在深海裡。But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.

⁷這世界有禍了，因為將人絆倒；絆倒人的事是免不了的，但那絆倒人的有禍了！Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!

叫你跌倒的就砍下來

⁸倘若你一隻手，或是一隻腳，叫你跌倒，就砍下來丟掉。你缺一隻手，或是一隻腳，進入永生，強如有兩手兩腳被丟在永火裡。If your hand or your foot causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life crippled or lame than to have two hands and two feet and be thrown into the eternal fire.

⁹倘若你一隻眼叫你跌倒，就把它剜出來丟掉。你只有一隻眼進入永生，強如有兩隻眼被丟在地獄的火裡。」And if your eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to enter life with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into the fire of hell.

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不可輕看這小子

¹⁰「你們要小心，不可輕看這小子裡的一個；我告訴你們，他們的使者在天上，常見我天父的面。（有古卷加：See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.

¹¹人子來，為要拯救失喪的人。）（BSB 英譯本沒有這一節）

迷羊的比喻

¹²一個人若有一百隻羊，一隻走迷了路，你們的意思如何？他豈不撇下這九十九隻，往山裡去找那隻迷路的羊嗎？What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?

¹³若是找著了，我實在告訴你們，他為這一隻羊歡喜，比為那沒有迷路的九十九隻歡喜還大呢！And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices more over that one sheep than over the ninety-nine that did not go astray.

¹⁴你們在天上的父也是這樣，不願意這小子裡失喪一個。」In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.

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弟兄得罪你的時候

¹⁵「倘若你的弟兄得罪你，你就去，趁著只有他和你在一處的時候，指出他的錯來。他若聽你，你便得了你的弟兄；If your brother sins against you, go and confront him privately. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.

¹⁶他若不聽，你就另外帶一兩個人同去，要憑兩三個人的口作見證，句句都可定準。But if he will not listen, take one or two others along, so that ‘every matter may be established by the testimony of two or three witnesses.’

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¹⁷若是不聽他們，就告訴教會；若是不聽教會，就看他像外邦人和稅吏一樣。If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church. And if he refuses to listen even to the church, regard him as you would a pagan or a tax collector.

捆綁和釋放；同心合意的禱告

¹⁸「我實在告訴你們，凡你們在地上所捆綁的，在天上也要捆綁；凡你們在地上所釋放的，在天上也要釋放。Truly I tell you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

¹⁹我又告訴你們，若是你們中間有兩個人在地上同心合意地求甚麼事，我在天上的父必為他們成全。Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven.

²⁰因為無論在哪裡，有兩三個人奉我的名聚會，那裡就有我在他們中間。」For where two or three gather together in My name, there am I with them.”

饒恕到七十個七次

²¹那時，彼得進前來，對耶穌說：「主啊，我弟兄得罪我，我當饒恕他幾次呢？到七次可以嗎？」Then Peter came to Jesus and asked, “Lord, how many times shall I forgive my brother who sins against me? Up to seven times?”

²²耶穌說：「我對你說，不是到七次，乃是到七十個七次。Jesus answered, “I tell you, not just seven times, but seventy-seven times!

不饒恕人的僕人

²³天國好像一個王要和他僕人算帳。Because of this, the kingdom of heaven is like a king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

²⁴才算的時候，有人帶了一個欠一千萬銀子的來。As he began the settlements, a debtor owing ten thousand talents was brought to him.

²⁵因為他沒有甚麼償還之物，主人吩咐把他和他妻子兒女，並一切所有的都賣了償還。Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.

²⁶那僕人就俯伏拜他，說：『主啊，寬容我，將來我都要還清。』Then the servant fell on his knees before him. ‘Have patience with me,’ he begged, ‘and I will pay back everything.’

²⁷那僕人的主人就動了慈心，把他釋放了，並且免了他的債。His master had compassion on him, forgave his debt, and released him.

²⁸「那僕人出來，遇見他的一個同伴欠他十兩銀子，便揪著他，掐住他的喉嚨，說：『你把所欠的還我！』But when that servant went out, he found one of his fellow servants who owed him a hundred denarii. He grabbed him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe me!’

²⁹他的同伴就俯伏央求他，說：『寬容我吧，將來我必還清。』So his fellow servant fell down and begged him, ‘Have patience with me, and I will pay you back.’

³⁰他不肯，竟去把他下在監裡，等他還了所欠的債。But he refused. Instead, he went and had the man thrown into prison until he could pay his debt.

³¹眾同伴看見他所做的事就甚憂愁，去把這事都告訴了主人。When his fellow servants saw what had happened, they were greatly distressed, and they went and recounted all of this to their master.

³²於是主人叫了他來，對他說：『你這惡奴才！你央求我，我就把你所欠的都免了，Then the master summoned him and said, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave all your debt because you begged me.

³³你不應當憐恤你的同伴，像我憐恤你嗎？』Shouldn’t you have had mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had on you?’

³⁴主人就大怒，把他交給掌刑的，等他還清了所欠的債。In anger his master turned him over to the jailers to be tortured, until he should repay all that he owed.

³⁵你們各人若不從心裡饒恕你的弟兄，我天父也要這樣待你們了。」That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”