今日读经

耶和华使约瑟百事顺利

¹约瑟被带下埃及去。有一个埃及人，是法老的内臣—护卫长波提乏，从那些带下他来的以实玛利人手下买了他去。Meanwhile, Joseph had been taken down to Egypt, where an Egyptian named Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh and captain of the guard, bought him from the Ishmaelites who had taken him there.

²约瑟住在他主人埃及人的家中，耶和华与他同在，他就百事顺利。And the LORD was with Joseph, and he became a successful man, serving in the household of his Egyptian master.

³他主人见耶和华与他同在，又见耶和华使他手里所办的尽都顺利，When his master saw that the LORD was with him and made him prosper in all he did,

⁴约瑟就在主人眼前蒙恩，伺候他主人，并且主人派他管理家务，把一切所有的都交在他手里。Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted him with everything he owned.

⁵自从主人派约瑟管理家务和他一切所有的，耶和华就因约瑟的缘故赐福与那埃及人的家；凡家里和田间一切所有的都蒙耶和华赐福。From the time that he put Joseph in charge of his household and all he owned, the LORD blessed the Egyptian’s household on account of him. The LORD’s blessing was on everything he owned, both in his house and in his field.

⁶波提乏将一切所有的都交在约瑟的手中，除了自己所吃的饭，别的事一概不知。约瑟原来秀雅俊美。So Potiphar left all that he owned in Joseph’s care; he did not concern himself with anything except the food he ate. Now Joseph was well-built and handsome,

约瑟拒绝主人的妻子

⁷这事以后，约瑟主人的妻以目送情给约瑟，说：“你与我同寝吧！”and after some time his master’s wife cast her eyes upon Joseph and said, “Sleep with me.”

⁸约瑟不从，对他主人的妻说：“看哪，一切家务，我主人都不知道；他把所有的都交在我手里。But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.

⁹在这家里没有比我大的；并且他没有留下一样不交给我，只留下了你，因为你是他的妻子。我怎能作这大恶，得罪　神呢？”No one in this house is greater than I am. He has withheld nothing from me except you, because you are his wife. So how could I do such a great evil and sin against God?”

¹⁰后来她天天和约瑟说，约瑟却不听从她，不与她同寝，也不和她在一处。Although Potiphar’s wife spoke to Joseph day after day, he refused to go to bed with her or even be near her.

约瑟被诬告

¹¹有一天，约瑟进屋里去办事，家中人没有一个在那屋里，One day, however, Joseph went into the house to attend to his work, and not a single household servant was inside.

¹²妇人就拉住他的衣裳，说：“你与我同寝吧！”约瑟把衣裳丢在妇人手里，跑到外边去了。She grabbed Joseph by his cloak and said, “Sleep with me!” But leaving his cloak in her hand, he escaped and ran outside.

¹³妇人看见约瑟把衣裳丢在她手里跑出去了，When she saw that he had left his cloak in her hand and had run out of the house,

¹⁴就叫了家里的人来，对他们说：“你们看！他带了一个希伯来人进入我们家里，要戏弄我们。他到我这里来，要与我同寝，我就大声喊叫。she called her household servants. “Look,” she said, “this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could.

¹⁵他听见我放声喊起来，就把衣裳丢在我这里，跑到外边去了。”When he heard me scream for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

¹⁶妇人把约瑟的衣裳放在自己那里，等着他主人回家，So Potiphar’s wife kept Joseph’s cloak beside her until his master came home.

¹⁷就对他如此如此说：“你所带到我们这里的那希伯来仆人进来要戏弄我，Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,

¹⁸我放声喊起来，他就把衣裳丢在我这里，跑出去了。”but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house.”

约瑟被下在监里

¹⁹约瑟的主人听见他妻子对他所说的话，说“你的仆人如此如此待我”，他就生气，When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.

²⁰把约瑟下在监里，就是王的囚犯被囚的地方。于是约瑟在那里坐监。So Joseph’s master took him and had him thrown into the prison where the king’s prisoners were confined. While Joseph was there in the prison,

耶和华在监里仍与约瑟同在

²¹但耶和华与约瑟同在，向他施恩，使他在司狱的眼前蒙恩。the LORD was with him and extended kindness to him, granting him favor in the eyes of the prison warden.

²²司狱就把监里所有的囚犯都交在约瑟的手下；他们在那里所办的事都是经他的手。And the warden put all the prisoners under Joseph’s care, so that he was responsible for all that was done in the prison.

²³凡在约瑟手下的事，司狱一概不察，因为耶和华与约瑟同在；耶和华使他所做的尽都顺利。The warden did not concern himself with anything under Joseph’s care, because the LORD was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did.

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酒政和膳长被囚

¹这事以后，埃及王的酒政和膳长得罪了他们的主—埃及王，Some time later, the king’s cupbearer and baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.

²法老就恼怒酒政和膳长这二臣，Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,

³把他们下在护卫长府内的监里，就是约瑟被囚的地方。and imprisoned them in the house of the captain of the guard, the same prison where Joseph was confined.

⁴护卫长把他们交给约瑟，约瑟便伺候他们；他们有些日子在监里。The captain of the guard assigned them to Joseph, and he became their personal attendant. After they had been in custody for some time,

二臣各做一梦

⁵被囚在监之埃及王的酒政和膳长二人同夜各做一梦，各梦都有讲解。both of these men—the Egyptian king’s cupbearer and baker, who were being held in the prison—had a dream on the same night, and each dream had its own meaning.

⁶到了早晨，约瑟进到他们那里，见他们有愁闷的样子。When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were distraught.

⁷他便问法老的二臣，就是与他同囚在他主人府里的，说：“你们今日为什么面带愁容呢？”So he asked the officials of Pharaoh who were in custody with him in his master’s house, “Why are your faces so downcast today?”

⁸他们对他说：“我们各人做了一梦，没有人能解。”约瑟说：“解梦不是出于　神吗？请你们将梦告诉我。”“We both had dreams,” they replied, “but there is no one to interpret them.” Then Joseph said to them, “Don’t interpretations belong to God? Tell me your dreams.”

约瑟为酒政解梦

⁹酒政便将他的梦告诉约瑟说：“我梦见在我面前有一棵葡萄树，So the chief cupbearer told Joseph his dream: “In my dream there was a vine before me,

¹⁰树上有三根枝子，好像发了芽，开了花，上头的葡萄都成熟了。and on the vine were three branches. As it budded, its blossoms opened and its clusters ripened into grapes.

¹¹法老的杯在我手中，我就拿葡萄挤在法老的杯里，将杯递在他手中。”Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, and I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and placed the cup in his hand.”

¹²约瑟对他说：“你所做的梦是这样解：三根枝子就是三天；Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three branches are three days.

¹³三天之内，法老必提你出监，叫你官复原职，你仍要递杯在法老的手中，和先前作他的酒政一样。Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.

¹⁴但你得好处的时候，求你记念我，施恩与我，在法老面前提说我，救我出这监牢。But when it goes well for you, please remember me and show me kindness by mentioning me to Pharaoh, that he might bring me out of this prison.

¹⁵我实在是从希伯来人之地被拐来的；我在这里也没有做过什么，叫他们把我下在监里。”For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon.”

约瑟为膳长解梦

¹⁶膳长见梦解得好，就对约瑟说：“我在梦中见我头上顶着三筐白饼；When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was favorable, he said to Joseph, “I too had a dream: There were three baskets of white bread on my head.

¹⁷极上的筐子里有为法老烤的各样食物，有飞鸟来吃我头上筐子里的食物。”In the top basket were all sorts of baked goods for Pharaoh, but the birds were eating them out of the basket on my head.”

¹⁸约瑟说：“你的梦是这样解：三个筐子就是三天；Joseph replied, “This is the interpretation: The three baskets are three days.

¹⁹三天之内，法老必斩断你的头，把你挂在木头上，必有飞鸟来吃你身上的肉。”Within three days Pharaoh will lift off your head and hang you on a tree. Then the birds will eat the flesh of your body.”

梦应验了，酒政却忘了约瑟

²⁰到了第三天，是法老的生日，他为众臣仆设摆筵席，把酒政和膳长提出监来，On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.

²¹使酒政官复原职，他仍旧递杯在法老手中；Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.

²²但把膳长挂起来，正如约瑟向他们所解的话。But Pharaoh hanged the chief baker, just as Joseph had described to them in his interpretation.

²³酒政却不记念约瑟，竟忘了他。The chief cupbearer, however, did not remember Joseph; he forgot all about him.

法老的两个梦

¹过了两年，法老做梦，梦见自己站在河边，After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,

²有七只母牛从河里上来，又美好又肥壮，在芦荻中吃草。when seven cows, sleek and well-fed, came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.

³随后又有七只母牛从河里上来，又丑陋又干瘦，与那七只母牛一同站在河边。After them, seven other cows, sickly and thin, came up from the Nile and stood beside the well-fed cows on the bank of the river.

⁴这又丑陋又干瘦的七只母牛吃尽了那又美好又肥壮的七只母牛。法老就醒了。And the cows that were sickly and thin devoured the seven sleek, well-fed cows. Then Pharaoh woke up,

⁵他又睡着，第二回做梦，梦见一棵麦子长了七个穗子，又肥大又佳美，but he fell back asleep and dreamed a second time: Seven heads of grain, plump and ripe, came up on one stalk.

⁶随后又长了七个穗子，又细弱又被东风吹焦了。After them, seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the east wind.

⁷这细弱的穗子吞了那七个又肥大又饱满的穗子。法老醒了，不料是个梦。And the thin heads of grain swallowed up the seven plump, ripe ones. Then Pharaoh awoke and realized it was a dream.

⁸到了早晨，法老心里不安，就差人召了埃及所有的术士和博士来；法老就把所做的梦告诉他们，却没有人能给法老圆解。In the morning his spirit was troubled, so he summoned all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but no one could interpret them for him.

酒政想起约瑟

⁹那时酒政对法老说：“我今日想起我的罪来。Then the chief cupbearer said to Pharaoh, “Today I recall my failures.

¹⁰从前法老恼怒臣仆，把我和膳长下在护卫长府内的监里。Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the captain of the guard.

¹¹我们二人同夜各做一梦，各梦都有讲解。One night both the chief baker and I had dreams, and each dream had its own meaning.

¹²在那里同着我们有一个希伯来的少年人，是护卫长的仆人，我们告诉他，他就把我们的梦圆解，是按着各人的梦圆解的。Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us individually.

¹³后来正如他给我们圆解的成就了：我官复原职，膳长被挂起来了。And it happened to us just as he had interpreted: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”

耶稣在海边用比喻讲道

¹当那一天，耶稣从房子里出来，坐在海边。That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.

²有许多人到他那里聚集，他只得上船坐下，众人都站在岸上。Such large crowds gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat down, while all the people stood on the shore.

撒种的比喻

³他用比喻对他们讲许多道理，说：“有一个撒种的出去撒种；And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

⁴撒的时候，有落在路旁的，飞鸟来吃尽了；And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

⁵有落在土浅石头地上的，土既不深，发苗最快，Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

⁶日头出来一晒，因为没有根，就枯干了；But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

⁷有落在荆棘里的，荆棘长起来，把它挤住了；Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings.

⁸又有落在好土里的，就结实，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。Still other seed fell on good soil and produced a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.

⁹有耳可听的，就应当听！”He who has ears, let him hear.”

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为甚么用比喻

¹⁰门徒进前来，问耶稣说：“对众人讲话，为什么用比喻呢？”Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”

¹¹耶稣回答说：“因为天国的奥秘只叫你们知道，不叫他们知道。He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

¹²凡有的，还要加给他，叫他有余；凡没有的，连他所有的，也要夺去。Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

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¹³所以我用比喻对他们讲，是因他们看也看不见，听也听不见，也不明白。This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’

¹⁴在他们身上，正应了以赛亚的预言，说：你们听是要听见，却不明白；看是要看见，却不晓得；In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.

¹⁵因为这百姓油蒙了心，耳朵发沉，眼睛闭着，恐怕眼睛看见，耳朵听见，心里明白，回转过来，我就医治他们。For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’

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看见、听见的人有福了

¹⁶“但你们的眼睛是有福的，因为看见了；你们的耳朵也是有福的，因为听见了。But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.

¹⁷我实在告诉你们，从前有许多先知和义人要看你们所看的，却没有看见，要听你们所听的，却没有听见。”For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.

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解释撒种的比喻

¹⁸“所以，你们当听这撒种的比喻。Consider, then, the parable of the sower:

¹⁹凡听见天国道理不明白的，那恶者就来，把所撒在他心里的夺了去；这就是撒在路旁的了。When anyone hears the message of the kingdom but does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is the seed sown along the path.

²⁰撒在石头地上的，就是人听了道，当下欢喜领受，The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy.

²¹只因心里没有根，不过是暂时的，及至为道遭了患难，或是受了逼迫，立刻就跌倒了。But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly falls away.

²²撒在荆棘里的，就是人听了道，后来有世上的思虑、钱财的迷惑把道挤住了，不能结实。The seed sown among the thorns is the one who hears the word, but the worries of this life and the deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

²³撒在好地上的，就是人听道明白了，后来结实，有一百倍的，有六十倍的，有三十倍的。”But the seed sown on good soil is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and produces a crop—a hundredfold, sixtyfold, or thirtyfold.”

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稗子的比喻

²⁴耶稣又设个比喻对他们说：“天国好像人撒好种在田里，Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.

²⁵及至人睡觉的时候，有仇敌来，将稗子撒在麦子里就走了。But while everyone was asleep, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and slipped away.

²⁶到长苗吐穗的时候，稗子也显出来。When the wheat sprouted and bore grain, then the weeds also appeared.

²⁷田主的仆人来告诉他说：‘主啊，你不是撒好种在田里吗？从哪里来的稗子呢？’The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’

²⁸主人说：‘这是仇敌做的。’仆人说：‘你要我们去薅出来吗？’‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’

²⁹主人说：‘不必，恐怕薅稗子，连麦子也拔出来。‘No,’ he said, ‘if you pull the weeds now, you might uproot the wheat with them.

³⁰容这两样一齐长，等着收割。当收割的时候，我要对收割的人说，先将稗子薅出来，捆成捆，留着烧；惟有麦子要收在仓里。’”Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”