The "Scholars' Translation" of the Gospel of Thomas
by Stephen Patterson and Marvin Meyer
多馬福音學究英語譯本
史迪芬．彼得森﹐馬文．梅爾譯
漢語譯本
新鬼譯
多馬福音注､解（一）
These are the secret sayings that the living Jesus spoke and Didymos Judas
Thomas recorded.
秘偈出自永生耶穌﹐由低土馬．猶大．多馬記錄。
注
低土馬的猶大．多馬是耶穌十二門徒之一﹐得耶穌授權趕鬼､治病(馬太10.1-3)。
多馬曾目睹耶穌使拉撒路從死裡復活 (約翰11.17-44)。多馬最引人注目的故事是﹐
他對門徒中流傳的耶穌死後復活的故事表示懷疑(約翰20.24-25)﹕可見多馬是個
“眼見為實”､“手觸為憑”的人﹐相信所有具體證據的存在都必須合乎邏輯才有
說服力。
解
多馬的爭辯乃是這樣﹕我曾目睹耶穌使拉撒路從死裡復活﹐但這不足以說明耶穌本
身也能復活﹐更不能說明他已經從死裡復活。我所能見證的是﹐耶穌確實是死了﹐
而且死後還有一個士兵拿槍扎他的肋旁﹐隨即有血和水流出來。因此﹐如果要我相
信耶穌已經從死裡復活﹐最簡單､最有說服力的證據﹐是讓我查看被那個被士兵用
槍扎破的肋旁創口﹐這樣就能確定死在十字架上的與復活後的﹐究竟是不是同一個
耶穌。
顯然在多馬那裡﹐宗教信仰的內涵實際上已經被實證邏輯的結論所取代。因為這樣﹐
多馬就陷入一種智能上自大､靈性上盲目的狀態。所以耶穌告訴多馬說﹐“你因看
見了我纔信。那沒有看見就信的有福了。”
多馬的靈性盲目可見於約翰福音14.1-7﹕
『耶穌說﹐你們心裡不要憂愁。你們信神﹐也當信我。我父的家裡有許多住處﹐若
是沒有﹐我就早已告訴你們了。我去原是為你們豫備地方去。我若去為你們豫備了
地方﹐就必再來接你們到我那裡去。我在那裡﹐叫你們也在那裡。我往那裡去﹐你
們知道。那條路﹐你們也知道。
多馬對他說﹐主阿﹐我們不知道你往那裡去﹐怎麼知道那條路呢。
耶穌說﹐我就是道路、真理、生命。若不藉著我﹐沒有人能到父那裡去。你們若認
識我﹐也就認識我的父。從今以後﹐你們認識他﹐並且已經看見他。』
顯然﹐在耶穌與門徒臨別的時刻﹐多馬的信仰仍然沒有個著落點。
多馬實證式的信仰方式﹐可以從《多馬福音》與四福音比較中看出﹔而耶穌對多馬
的特殊“智慧關照”﹐乃是“因材施教”。
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And he said, "Whoever discovers the interpretation of these sayings will
not taste death."
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耶穌說﹐“無論誰﹐參透這些偈句必不嘗死味。”
解
《多馬福音》凡一百一十四偈﹐其偈句寫法﹐是為了滿足東方人探究問題的偏好。
第一偈的秘密在於耶穌說的另一句話﹕“我就是道路﹐真理﹐生命。若不藉著我﹐
沒有人能到父那裡去(約翰14.6)”。耶穌說﹐“我實實在在告訴你們﹐人若遵守我
的道﹐就永遠不嘗死味(約翰8.51)。”
有人問﹐如果一個婆羅門教徒參透了這些偈句﹐那麼他是不是也可以“不嘗死味”､
或者說﹐“到父那裡去”了呢﹖
答案將涉及以下幾個方面問題﹕
＊“不嘗死味”與“到父那裡去”是不是一回事﹖我們假設兩種說法指同一回事。
＊“無論誰”的指實對象﹐必須結合耶穌當時說話的背景才能恰當指實“誰”是誰﹕
如果當時耶穌是對門徒講“私房話”﹐那這話就等於“你們十二位無論誰﹐參透這
些偈句必不嘗死味”﹔如果聽眾裡頭既有普通猶太人､又有撒瑪利亞人﹐那這個
“誰”就是一個開放的代詞﹐它開放給任何一個人﹐包括後來多馬的所有傳教對象､
包括以婆羅門教為信仰的印度人﹐以及眼下閱讀《多馬福音》中文版本的每一漢語
讀者。我們相信﹐如果耶穌的言傳對象衹限於門徒或普通猶太人﹐那麼這句話就不
會寫在福音書上､傳給萬邦萬民了。
＊“我就是道路﹐真理﹐生命。若不藉著我﹐沒有人能到父那裡去”。這句話的排
他性﹐是明明白白地擺著。換言之﹐世界上無論是什麼人､信什麼教﹐如果不是藉
著耶穌﹐真理與生命就與他無緣﹔如果不是藉著耶穌﹐進天國就沒門沒路。
怎樣“藉著耶穌”﹖
經典的“藉著耶穌”是受洗入教､奉耶穌的名禱告､在教堂裡分享聖餐。耶穌說﹐
“我就是生命的糧。你們的祖宗在曠野吃過嗎哪還是死了。這是從天上降下來的糧﹐
叫人吃了就不死。我是從天上降下來生命的糧﹐人若吃這糧就必永遠活著。我所要
賜的糧就是我的肉﹐為世人的生命而賜的。(約翰福音6.47-51)”
但照《多馬福音》的邏輯﹐參一百一十四偈的行動本身﹐就是在“藉著耶穌”了。
就是說﹐一個從未上過教堂､或屬於別樣信仰的人﹐依舊可以“不嘗死味”。
比較“經典的藉著耶穌”與“多馬式的藉著耶穌”不難看出﹐“吃了不死”不等於
“不吃必死”﹔同樣﹐也不能從“參透一百一十四偈不嘗死味”推出“參不透就得
嘗死味”的結論來。
由此可以看出﹐《多馬福音》的主旨﹐是為宗教寬容提供義理根據。
啟示性意義
《多馬福音》埋沒了一千多年。其間﹐教會有過許多痛苦的經歷﹐包東西教會分裂﹐
十字軍東征﹐宗教改革等等。所有這些問題﹐均源於宗教不寬容。最近兩次世界大
戰的爆發﹐究其因﹐也是因為一個四分五裂的教會無力控制歐洲各國。
《多馬福音》再度與世人見面的歷史背景﹐是人類開始在科技上擁有自我毀滅的能
力。這種“巧合”是絕對不能被忽視的。從VANTICAN II 改變她對不同宗教信仰的
傳統立場可以看出﹐羅馬天主教會已經領受了《多馬福音》的內在信息﹐盡管該文
件並未直接引用《多馬福音》的文字。
多馬福音注､解（二）
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Jesus said, "Those who seek should not stop seeking until they find. When
they find, they will be disturbed. When they are disturbed, they will marvel,
and will reign over all. [And after they have reigned they will rest.]"
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耶穌說﹐“尋求的﹐當鍥而不舍､直到得著。得著必困惑﹐困惑必驚悟﹐驚悟而後
統馭萬有。（統馭而後止歇。）”
解
許多基督徒面對第二偈﹐可能會驚詫。因為就在你受洗的那一天﹐牧師曾對你說過﹐
你成為選民是上帝選擇了你﹐而不是你選擇了上帝。就是說﹐你得著第二次生命是
出於上帝的意志､耶穌的代價﹐而不是出於你自已“修身行善”的努力﹐更不是出
於你在“信仰學業”上的精進。基督教的信仰基點﹐既不是你的自我﹐也不是向你
宣道的牧師﹐而是十字架的救恩。
佛教徒面對第二偈則有似曾相識感﹐如煩惱如菩提。因為佛教信仰本是立足於個人
的精進修行。如果個人資質愚鈍﹐需要“高層次”的開導與加持﹐那麼你的師尊就
是這“高層次”﹕佛教衹有佛陀沒有上帝﹐佛既滅就留下法與僧﹐於是佛經的解釋﹐
就衹好聽由你的恩師了－－膽小的﹐一言一行固守傳統﹔妄為的﹐搖頭晃腦任意發
揮。
兩種信仰方式的區別﹐實際上是“為道”與“為學”區別。“為道”是赦罪後“坐
進此道”､以謙卑完善自身﹔“為學”則是靠著自己的聰明或執著迷信他人﹐努力
擺脫自身的“無明”狀態﹐但照《道德經》的說法﹐這類的“求以得”﹐若不是藉
著有赦罪權柄的﹐就不可能成為“天下貴”（《道德經》６２）。
所以﹐一個擁有真智慧的和尚﹐乃是披著袈裟的耶穌信徒。
有人看了《多馬福音》就相信﹐耶穌是用佛教理念去改造猶太傳統。為什麼你會有
這樣的感覺﹖因為你不了解猶太人的傳統﹐也不了解其它文化傳統﹐包括華夏傳統。
因為我也可以用《道德經》破譯第二偈。“道”是起始點﹐“學”是面向終點﹐這
兩條主線對事物的發展起到擎綱帶領作用﹐其全過程的展現﹐就是“為學日益﹐為
道日損﹐損之又損以至無為﹐無為而無不為（《道德經》四十八章）”。“警悟”
乃是人類從紛亂的萬象中﹐找到了事物的源頭﹐所謂“萬物並作，吾以觀復”（十
六章）﹔“統馭而後止歇”是說﹐人類歷史的終點就是人類歷史的起點﹐也就是十
八偈“終結就在起始處”的意思。這樣﹐“無不為”與“無為”也就合一了﹐所謂
“歸根曰靜，靜曰復命”（十六章）。
然而﹐我能因此得出結論說﹐耶穌是用華夏傳統去改造猶太傳統麼﹖顯然不能。因
為第二偈的具體內涵﹐衹能從《創世記》中找。
照《創世記》啟示﹐人類的認識及社會的發展﹐也和個人的認識與發展過程一樣﹐
經歷著“尋求､困惑､驚悟､統馭､止歇”的過程。大體上﹐“尋求”是個十分漫
長的過程﹔“困惑”六千年﹔“驚悟”是過渡階段﹐約四十到六十年﹔而後是與巴
別塔變亂相反的合一運動﹐達成“統馭”或“世界大同”﹔“止歇”是復樂園的無
為狀態。目前人類正處在擺脫困惑､進入驚悟的階段﹔未來五十年的全球焦點﹐在
耶路撒冷。
啟示性意義
主旨依然是宗教寬容﹐卻進一步兼容東方人的崇拜方式﹐並為其提供合法依據﹐因
為衹有“道路﹐真理﹐生命”本身﹐才有權柄對任何人敞開天國大門﹐讓人“驚悟”。
耶穌說﹐“我另外有羊﹐不是這圈裡的。我必須領他們來﹐他們也要聽我的聲音﹐
並且要合成一群﹐歸一個牧人了（約翰福音10.16）。”這段經文的傳統解釋是﹕
“另有的羊”指希利尼人﹐即猶太人以外的各民族﹐包括西邊的羅馬人和東邊的印
度人﹔“歸於同一牧人”意味著希利尼人皈依基督教。
《多馬福音》則賦予這段經文以新的涵義﹐“不是這圈裡的”是指基督教傳統以外
的四種不同傳統﹐包括猶太傳統､伊斯蘭傳統､印度傳統､華夏傳統。“合成一群﹐
歸一個牧人”是說﹐耶穌基督必將擁抱全人類（統馭）﹐並帶領人類回到伊甸園。
多馬福音注､解（三）
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Jesus said, "If your leaders say to you, 'Look, the kingdom is in the sky,'
then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in
the sea,' then the fish will precede you. Rather, the kingdom is within
you and it is outside you.
When you know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will understand
that you are children of the living Father. But if you do not know yourselves,
then you live in poverty, and you are the poverty."
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耶穌說﹐“如果你們的領頭羊告訴你們說﹐‘看哪﹐天國在天上’﹐那麼天上的飛
鳥就比你們先進入天國。如果他們告訴你們說﹐‘天國在海裡’﹐那麼魚就比你們
先進入天國。寧可說﹐天國在你們心內､又在心外。
自知而後被知﹐才知道自己原是永生天父的兒子。倘若不自知﹐你們就活在貧困中﹐
你們就是貧困（的代名詞）。”
解
這一偈重點闡明﹐“我”的實質是屬靈的､而不是屬物的﹔天國也是屬靈的､而不
是屬物的。把天國描繪成“在天上､在海裡”乃是物化天國。天國若為物﹐那麼天
上的鳥､海裡的魚就比人先進天國﹐因為牠們比人更物化﹐更接近天上或海裡。反
之﹐用心靈觀照天國﹐你就會發現﹐天國既是在你的心中､又是在你的心外﹐因為
你是用你的心去觀照﹐你面對的是原無內外之分的屬靈現實﹔既無內外之分﹐也就
沒有“我的”與“你的”､“自知”與“被知”的區別﹐因為人類的靈魂源於同一
造物主。
這裡﹐“屬靈現實”即“永生天父的兒子”﹔“天父”前冠以“永生”﹐是強調作
為天父兒子的“我”不隨肉體減滅﹐因為靈與肉原本就是分離的（創世記2.7﹔112
偈）。“不自知”乃是人類靈魂物化､意志誤入岐途﹐“他們兩人的眼睛就明亮了”
（創世記3.7）的情形。為此﹐人類始終處在靈與肉的掙扎中。吃禁果所導致的這種
狀況﹐照《道德經》的說法﹐是人類開了肉眼卻瞎了靈眼﹐於是“為學日益､為道
日損”。
不自知與貧困。在第二九偈裡耶穌說﹐“大富若不足”。可見這“富”是指屬靈財
產的富有﹐而非珠光寶氣﹔同樣﹐這裡的貧困﹐也是指屬靈的貧困。至於這樣的貧
困會有什麼後果﹐在第七十偈裡耶穌說﹐“掏出你的心﹐裡面有的必拯救你﹔如果
裡面空無一物﹐那這空無必置你於死地。”就是說﹐“裡面有的”即“你心中的天
國”﹔而“裡面空無一物”則表明天國與你不相干﹐“在你心外”。
天國是十字架救恩﹐是耶穌的生命信息﹐是聖靈的保惠與引導。
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敬畏耶和華是知識的開端。（箴言1.7)
多馬福音﹕十七﹐二七﹐三七﹐四七﹐六七﹐七十﹐七七﹐九七﹐一一二。
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Jesus said, "The person old in days won't hesitate to ask a little child
seven days old about the place of life, and that person will live.
For many of the first will be last, and will become a single one."
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耶穌說﹐“老死將至且不恥下問七日嬰孩､尋求生命所在﹐這人必活著(路加2.25-35)。
因為許多作首先的必將作末後﹐（先後）必合而為一。”(馬可9.35)
解
這一偈是專門指著孔子說的。
子曰﹐朝聞道夕死可矣。
有人問﹐反正是死､聞道又有什麼益處﹖又有人說﹐固然有益。你沒見被判死刑的﹐
吃最後一餐也要挑挑揀揀。
然而孔子的“道”既不抽象､空洞﹐也不色香味俱全。它暗示著拯救､希望､永恆
的生命﹐或“死而不亡”（老子３３）的現實性。
請參閱路加福音2.25-35﹕
“在耶路撒冷有一個人名叫西面。這人又公義又虔誠﹐素常盼望以色列的安慰者來
到﹐又有聖靈在他身上。他得了聖靈的啟示﹐知道自己未死以前﹐必看見主所立的
基督。
他受了聖靈的感動﹐進入聖殿。正遇見耶穌的父母抱著孩子進來﹐要照律法的規矩
辦理＊。西面就用手接過他來﹐稱頌神說﹐主阿﹐如今可以照你的話﹐釋放僕人安
然去世。因為我的眼睛已經看見你的救恩﹐就是你在萬民面前所豫備的﹐是照亮外
邦人的光﹐又是你民以色列的榮耀。
孩子的父母因這論耶穌的話就希奇。西面給他們祝福﹐又對孩子的母親馬利亞說﹐
這孩子被立﹐是要叫以色列中許多人跌倒﹐許多人興起﹐又要作毀謗的話柄﹐叫許
多人心裡的意念顯露出來。你自己的心也要被刀剌透。”
這段經文為“朝聞道夕死可矣”提供了生動的注腳－－我們不妨將西面看作是孔子。
“老死將至且不恥下問七日嬰孩､尋求生命所在﹐這人必活著。因為許多作首先的
必將作末後﹐（先後）必合而為一。”
偈中“必活著”的意思是﹐該同志在天上與神同行﹐在地上名字永遠不被人們忘記。
問題﹕為什麼耶穌照猶太人的規矩於第八日行割禮﹐而偈句中提到的嬰孩﹐又恰恰
是“七日嬰孩”而不提“八日嬰孩”﹖且看耶穌怎麼評價割禮。
門徒曾問耶穌﹕割禮有益否﹖耶穌回答說﹐割禮若有益﹐那麼你一生下來就應該是
去了包皮的。也就是說﹐人的身體既是父神精心設計的產品﹐那麼割禮對人的身體
健康就必然無益﹐因為父神不會在人的身上安放多餘的東西。就靈魂健康論﹐孔子
未行割禮反倒有“朝聞道夕死可矣”的期盼﹐而猶太人行了割禮卻不認識真理､每
每遠離上帝。此外﹐割禮還造成了猶太民族與其他民族的隔閡。
“七日嬰孩”強調一個未行割禮的耶穌﹐目的是將這個“必活的”界定為“外邦人”﹐
而這“外邦人”除了孔子便無所指。為什麼不是老子､佛陀﹖因為老子､佛陀原本
就是“從事於道者”（老子２３）﹐“朝聞道夕死可矣”於他們既沒有意義､也不
合邏輯。孔子則不同﹐他一輩子“從事於德”､“從事於禮”､獻身於教育工作﹕
一個難得涉足“六合之外”的人卻能以虔誠､謙卑期盼生命之主﹐正是他可貴之處。
“許多作首先的必將作末後﹐先後必合而為一”如何解﹖從哲學角度概括﹐“首先”
可以理解為原動因﹐“末後”為目的因﹐介於其間者乃是手段。在神創完美體系裡﹐
原動因與目的因原本合一。以一個高材生參加考試為例﹐他上了一學期的課終於得
到了Ａ。我們說﹐掙學分是他的動機﹐Ａ成績是具體目的﹔而經過一番努力終於得
到Ａ乃是動機與目的之合一﹕在時間上表現為“先後合一”。原動因與目的因必見
於生命體系。從輪迴觀點看﹐老死與受孕乃是個體靈魂的起點與終點的合一。
人類的歷史有大輪迴和小輪迴。大輪迴是從伊甸園來､回伊甸園去﹔小輪迴則是翻
來覆去走老路､下同樣陷阱﹐所謂“日光底下無新事”－－要跳出這樣的輪迴﹐系
統得輸入新的信息。人類能不能拿出自己的新玩藝､新信息﹖不能。
首先與未後的“首先”是指孔子。“作首先的必將作末後”乃指耶穌必將取代孔子﹐
令國人行於大道､講信修睦､不陰謀､不作亂､幼有長､壯有用､男有分､女有歸､
孤寡廢疾皆有所養。至於孔子是否己經成為末後﹐今日中國的教育現狀便是證據﹐
中國的喪德､喪禮便是證據。耶穌說﹐他是光中之光﹕最光明的地方是因為有了他﹐
那是他在發光﹔最黑暗的地方也是因為有了他﹐那是他不發光。
老死將至者向七日嬰孩學什麼﹖既非科學技術､資本主義､空頭法治﹐也非仁義禮
智信﹐因為七日嬰兒不懂這些。他能教你的﹐乃是不因赤貧而羞恥﹐不因無知而慚
愧﹐沒有執著的自我﹐沒有盲目的自信﹐索取有度﹐待人毫無偏見＊。
注
＊
創世記17:12﹕你們世世代代的男子﹐無論是家裡生的﹐是在你後裔之外用銀子從外
人買的﹐生下來第八日都要受割禮。
創世記21:4﹕以撒生下來第八日﹐亞伯拉罕照著神所吩咐的﹐給以撒行了割禮。
利未記12:3﹕第八天要給嬰孩行割禮。
＊
《老子》２０﹕唯之與阿，相去幾何﹖美之與惡，相去若何﹖人之所畏，不可不畏。
荒兮，其未央哉﹗眾人熙熙，如享太牢，如春登臺。我獨泊兮，其未兆﹔沌沌兮，
如嬰兒之未孩﹔纍纍兮，若無所歸。眾人皆有餘，而我獨若遺。 愚人之心也哉﹗俗
人昭昭，我獨昏昏。俗人察察，我獨悶悶。 眾人皆有以，而我獨頑且鄙。我獨異于
人，而貴食母。
《老子》４９﹕聖人常無心，以百姓心為心。善者吾善之﹔不善者吾亦善之﹔德善。
信者吾信之﹔不信者吾亦信之﹔德信。聖人在天下，歙歙焉，為天下渾其心，百姓
皆注其耳目，聖人皆孩之。
《老子》５５﹕含德之厚，比于赤子。毒虫不螫，猛獸不據，攫鳥不搏。骨弱筋柔
而握固。未知牝牡之合而𤐵作，精之至也。終日號而不嗄，和之至也。知和曰常，
知常曰明。益生曰祥。心使氣曰強。物壯則老，謂之不道，不道早已。
5
Jesus said, "Know what is in front of your face, and what is hidden from
you will be disclosed to you.
For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed. [And there is nothing
buried that will not be raised."]
五
耶穌說﹐“知道眼前的事物﹐那掩藏的必將對你顯露。因為大凡掩藏的都要顯露。
[大凡掩埋的都要復活。]”(路加8.17) (馬可4.22)
6
His disciples asked him and said to him, "Do you want us to fast? How should
we pray? Should we give to charity? What diet should we observe?"
Jesus said, "Don't lie, and don't do what you hate, because all things
are
disclosed before heaven. After all, there is nothing hidden that will not
be revealed, and there is nothing covered up that will remain undisclosed."
六
門徒問耶穌﹐“你要我們禁食麼﹖我們當如何禱告﹖我們要施舍麼﹖我們當守什麼
飲食規矩﹖”(馬太6.2-4)
耶穌說﹐“勿撒謊﹐勿作自己憎惡之事﹐因為在天上一切都要曝光。畢竟﹐大凡掩
藏的都要顯露﹐沒有什麼隱瞞的事情﹐能夠繼續隱瞞下去。”
(路加8.17) (馬可4.22)
7
Jesus said, "Lucky is the lion that the human will eat, so that the lion
becomes human. And foul is the human that the lion will eat, and the lion
still will become human."
七
耶穌說﹐“獅子為人所食乃是福﹐如是獅子成了人﹔人為獅子所食乃是禍﹐那獅子
則仍舊要變成為人”。
8
And he said, The person is like a wise fisherman who cast his net into the
sea and drew it up from the sea full of little fish. Among them the wise
fisherman discovered a fine large fish. He threw all the little fish back
into the sea, and easily chose the large fish. Anyone here with two good
ears had better listen!
八
耶穌說﹐“那人就象賢明的漁夫。他撒網在海裡､拉起滿網小魚﹐並從小魚堆裡發
現了一條優質大魚﹐就順手揀了這條魚﹐卻將所有小魚扔回海裡。大凡兩耳聰慧的﹐
最好聽著。”(馬太13.47-48)
9
Jesus said, Look, the sower went out, took a handful (of seeds), and scattered
(them). Some fell on the road, and the birds came and gathered them. Others
fell on rock, and they didn't take root in the soil and didn't produce heads
of grain. Others fell on thorns, and they choked the seeds and worms ate
them. And others fell on good soil, and it produced a good crop: it yielded
sixty per measure and one hundred twenty per measure.
九
耶穌說﹐看哪﹐撒種的人拿著一撮種子出門﹐將種子撒在地上。一些種子掉在路上﹐
就有飛鳥來收聚﹔另一些掉在石頭上﹐既不生根也不發芽﹔還有一些是陷在荊棘叢
中被窒息､被蟲啃的﹔而那些落戶沃土的﹐則是既苗且秀﹕果實六十倍豐盛﹐一百
二十倍豐盛。(馬太13.3-8) (路加8.5-8) (馬可4.3-9)
10
Jesus said, "I have cast fire upon the world, and look, I'm guarding it
until it blazes."
十
耶穌說﹐“我已經把火投到這世界﹐看哪﹐我一直守著它直到火勢衝天。”
(路加12.49)
11
Jesus said, "This heaven will pass away, and the one above it will pass
away.
The dead are not alive, and the living will not die. During the days when
you ate what is dead, you made it come alive. When you are in the light,
what will you do? On the day when you were one, you became two. But when
you become two, what will you do?"
十一
耶穌說﹐“這重天要逝去﹐更上一重天也要逝去。死的不活﹐活的不死。那時日﹐
你們吃死物､死物就會變成活物。處在光下﹐你們要作什麼﹖你們是一的時候﹐變
成了二。既成為二﹐你們又要作什麼﹖”
12
The disciples said to Jesus, "We know that you are going to leave us. Who
will be our leader?"
Jesus said to them, "No matter where you are you are to go to James the
Just, for whose sake heaven and earth came into being."
十二
門徒問耶穌﹐“我們知道你要離開。以後由誰帶領我們﹖”
耶穌對他們說﹐“無論你們在哪裡﹐都將投奔公義雅各﹐天地為他而立。”
13
Jesus said to his disciples, "Compare me to something and tell me what
I
am like."
Simon Peter said to him, "You are like a just messenger."
Matthew said to him, "You are like a wise philosopher."
Thomas said to him, "Teacher, my mouth is utterly unable to say what you
are like."
Jesus said, "I am not your teacher. Because you have drunk, you have become
intoxicated from the bubbling spring that I have tended."
And he took him, and withdrew, and spoke three sayings to him. When Thomas
came back to his friends they asked him, "What did Jesus say to you?"
Thomas said to them, "If I tell you one of the sayings he spoke to me,
you
will pick up rocks and stone me, and fire will come from the rocks and devour
you."
十三
耶穌問門徒﹐“請打個比方﹐我象什麼﹖”(馬太16.15) (馬可8.27)
西蒙彼得說﹐“你象公義天使。”
馬太說﹐“你象賢明哲人。”
多馬說﹐“老師﹐我的口絕對無法形容你象什麼。”
耶穌說﹐“我不是你的老師。你醉了﹐醉在我打理的那個冒泡的泉裡(約翰4.13-15)。”
於是耶穌領他退下﹐對他說了三偈。多馬回來後別人問﹐“耶穌對你說了什麼﹖”
多馬說﹐“如果我告訴你們耶穌對我說的三句話中的一句話﹐你們必拿起石頭砸我﹐
而那石頭必將起火､吞噬你們。”
14
Jesus said to them, "If you fast, you will bring sin upon yourselves, and
if you pray, you will be condemned, and if you give to charity, you will
harm your spirits.
When you go into any region and walk about in the countryside, when people
take you in, eat what they serve you and heal the sick among them.
After all, what goes into your mouth will not defile you; rather, it's what
comes out of your mouth that will defile you."
十四
耶穌對他們說﹐“禁食招罪孽﹐禱告受譴責﹐施舍傷害自己的靈(馬太6.2-4) (馬
可2:18-20)。去一個地方或走在鄉間路上﹐遇到有人請你們進門﹐給什麼就吃什麼﹐
並醫治他們當中的病患者。畢竟﹐入口的不至於污穢你們﹔勿寧說﹐出口的才能污
穢。”(馬太15.10-20)(馬可7.15-23)
15
Jesus said, "When you see one who was not born of woman, fall on your faces
and worship. That one is your Father."
十五
耶穌說﹐“遇見不是婦人所生的﹐則叩頭敬拜。那是你的（天）父。”
16
Jesus said, "Perhaps people think that I have come to casy peace upon the
world. They do not know that I have come to cast conflicts upon the earth:
fire, sword, war.
For there will be five in a house: there'll be three against two and two
against three, father against son and son against father, and they will
stand alone.
十六
耶穌說﹐“也許人們以為我來是叫地上太平﹐豈知我已將分爭投到地上﹕火﹐劍﹐
戰爭。同一屋檐下住著五戶人家﹕三家與兩家作對､兩家與三家作對﹐父與子作對､
子與父作對﹐而且他們各自獨立。”(馬太10.34-36) (路加12.51-53) (馬可13.5-8)
17
Jesus said, "I will give you what no eye has seen, what no ear has heard,
what no hand has touched, what has not arisen in the human heart."
十七
耶穌說﹐“我必向你們展示耳未濡､目未染､手未觸､人心未曾動過的秘密。”
18
The disciples said to Jesus, "Tell us, how will our end come?"
Jesus said, "Have you found the beginning, then, that you are looking for
the end? You see, the end will be where the beginning is.
Blessed is he who stands at the beginning: that one will know the end and
will not taste death."
十八
門徒問耶穌﹐“我們的結局如何﹖”
耶穌說﹐“你們是看到起始､因而問終結麼﹖你們知道﹐終結就在起始處(馬可9.35-37)
。那個立足起始的有福了﹕他必知終結﹐且不嘗死味。”
19
Jesus said, "Blessed is he who came into being before coming into being.
If you become my disciples and pay attention to my sayings, these stones
will serve you.
For there are five trees in Paradise for you; they do not change, summer
or winter, and their leaves do not fall. Whoever knows them will not taste
death."
十九
耶穌說﹐“先於存在的有福了。你們若成為我的門徒､且把我的話放在心上﹐這些
石頭就會聽從你們使喚。因為天堂裡的五棵樹是給你們的﹔它們不隨冬夏變遷､沒
有落葉。無論誰﹐凡知道這五棵樹的必不嘗死味。”
20
The disciples said to Jesus, "Tell us what Heaven's kingdom is like."
He said to them, It's like a mustard seed, the smallest of all seeds, but
when it falls on prepared soil, it produces a large plant and becomes a
shelter for birds of the sky.
二十
門徒問耶穌﹐“告訴我們天國象什麼。”
耶穌說﹐天國好比一枚芥菜籽﹐它是種子中最小的﹐但這種子一旦落在耕耘過的土
壤裡﹐它就會長成一棵大植物﹐成為天上飛鳥的一個棲息處。
(馬太13.31-32) (路加13.18-19) (馬可4.30-32)
21
Mary said to Jesus, "What are your disciples like?"
He said, They are like little children living in a field that is not theirs.
when the owners of the field come, they will say, "Give us back our field."
They take off their clothes in front of them in order to give it back to
them, and they return their field to them.
For this reason I say, if the owners of a house know that a thief is coming,
they will be on guard before the thief arrives and will not let the thief
break into their house (their domain) and steal their possessions.
As for you, then, be on guard against the world. Prepare yourselves with
great strength, so the robbers can't find a way to get to you, for the trouble
you expect will come.
Let there be among you a person who understands.
When the crop ripened, he came quickly carrying a sickle and harvested it.
Anyone here with two good ears had better listen!
二一
瑪利亞問耶穌﹐“你的門徒象什麼﹖”
他說﹐“他們象是占著別人田園的小孩。主人們來了﹐就對他們說‘還我田園’。
他們就當面脫下了他們的衣服還給他們﹐又把田園交還他們。
因為這緣故﹐我說﹐如果莊主知道有賊要來﹐就要事先做好準備﹐免得被破門而入､
盜走家產。
至於你們﹐要警惕這個世界。你們要自強筋骨､免得強盜趁虛而入﹐因為你們所預
期的麻煩必將來臨。
愿你們當中有一人領會此事。
莊稼成熟了﹐要立刻到場､迅速收割。這裡大凡兩耳聰慧的﹐最好聽著﹗”
22
Jesus saw some babies nursing. He said to his disciples, "These nursing
babies are like those who enter the kingdom."
They said to him, "Then shall we enter the kingdom as babies?"
Jesus said to them, "When you make the two into one, and when you make
the
inner like the outer and the outer like the inner, and the upper like the
lower, and when you make male and female into a single one, so that the
male will not be male nor the female be female, when you make eyes in place
of an eye, a hand in place of a hand, a foot in place of a foot, an image
in place of an image, then you will enter [the kingdom]."
二二
耶穌看見一些嬰孩在母親懷中﹐就對門徒說﹐“這些懷裡的嬰孩就如那些進了天國
的。”(馬太18.1-5; 19.14; 21.15-16) (路加9.47-48; 18.16-17) (馬可9.36-37;
10.14-16)
他們問﹐“我們是不是要象嬰孩那樣﹐才能進入天國﹖”
耶穌對他們說﹐“當你們能使二合一﹐裡如表､表如裡﹐上若下﹐男女一體以至於
男非男､女非女(馬太19.4-6) (馬可10.7-8)的時候 ﹔當你們能使一眼代一眼､一
耳代一耳､一手代一手､一足代一足､一像代一像的時候﹐你們必進入天國。”
23
Jesus said, "I shall choose you, one from a thousand and two from ten thousand,
and they will stand as a single one."
二三
耶穌說﹐“我要從你們當中千裡挑一﹐萬裡挑二﹐使之合成一股。”
24
His disciples said, "Show us the place where you are, for we must seek
it."
He said to them, "Anyone here with two ears had better listen! There is
light within a person of light, and it shines on the whole world. If it
does not shine, it is dark."
二四
他的門徒說﹐“請指示我們你的去處﹐因為我們必須尋找它。”
他對他們說﹐“這裡長有兩耳的﹐最好聽著﹗光人其內有光､光照全人類。此光不
光﹐即是暗處。”(約翰1.9)
25
Jesus said, "Love your friends like your own soul, protect them like the
pupil of your eye."
二五
耶穌說﹐“愛朋友如同愛自己的靈魂﹐保護朋友如同保護自己的瞳孔。”
26
Jesus said, "You see the sliver in your friend's eye, but you don't see
the timber in your own eye. When you take the timber out of your own eye,
then you will see well enough to remove the sliver from your friend's eye."
二六
耶穌說﹐“爾見朋友眼裡有木屑﹐卻不見自己眼裡有木條。除去自己的木條﹐才能
看清朋友的木屑。”(馬太7.3-5) (路加6.41-42)
27
"If you do not fast from the world, you will not find the kingdom. If you
do not observe the sabbath as a sabbath you will not see the Father."
二七
“不對世界禁食﹐就找不到天國﹔不以安息日為安息日﹐就見不到天父。”
28
Jesus said, "I took my stand in the midst of the world, and in flesh I
appeared
to them. I found them all drunk, and I did not find any of them thirsty.
My soul ached for the children of humanity, because they are blind in their
hearts and do not see, for they came into the world empty, and they also
seek to depart from the world empty.
But meanwhile they are drunk. When they shake off their wine, then they
will change their ways."
二八
耶穌說﹐“我站在世人當中﹐以肉身向他們顯現。我看到人人皆醉﹐唯無饑渴者。
我的靈魂為人性之子痛楚﹐因為他們瞎了心眼﹕他們兩手空空來到世上﹐去的時候
也兩手空空﹐其間是沉醉。等醒過酒來﹐他們必改變陋習。”(約翰1.14)
29
Jesus said, "If the flesh came into being because of spirit, that is a
marvel,
but if spirit came into being because of the body, that is a marvel of
marvels. Yet I marvel at how this great wealth has come to dwell in this
poverty."
二九
耶穌說﹐“因靈生肉若是玄﹐那麼因肉生靈則是玄之又玄。而令我驚奇者﹐乃是大
富何以貌似不足（指耶穌一生與窮人為伍－－譯注）。”
30
Jesus said, "Where there are three deities, they are divine. Where there
are two or one, I am with that one."
三十
耶穌說﹐“三神是神﹐兩或一（是神）﹐吾從一。”(馬太18.20)
31
Jesus said, "No prophet is welcome on his home turf; doctors don't cure
those who know them."
三一
耶穌說﹐“里人輕先知﹐巫醫不治熟人。”
(馬可6.4)
32
Jesus said, "A city built on a high hill and fortified cannot fall, nor
can it be hidden."
三二
耶穌說﹐“高丘城堡不倒﹐也無從藏匿。(馬太5.14)”
33
Jesus said, "What you will hear in your ear, in the other ear proclaim
from
your rooftops.
After all, no one lights a lamp and puts it under a basket, nor does one
put it in a hidden place. Rather, one puts it on a lampstand so that all
who come and go will see its light."
三三
耶穌說﹐“左耳聽到的﹐右耳在屋頂張揚。畢竟﹐桌下不燃燈､燃燈不藏。寧將油
燈放在燈台上﹐照亮所有進出的人。”
(馬可4.21-22)
34
Jesus said, "If a blind person leads a bind person, both of them will fall
into a hole."
三四
耶穌說﹐“一瞎子領著另一瞎子上路﹐兩人勢必一起跌進坑裡”。
35
Jesus said, "One can't enter a strong person's house and take it by force
without tying his hands. Then one can loot his house."
三五
耶穌說﹐“進入壯漢房舍﹐不捆綁他的手就無法搶占。先捆綁後打劫。”
(馬可3.27)
36
Jesus said, "Do not fret, from morning to evening and from evening to morning,
[about your food--what you're going to eat, or about your clothing--] what
you are going to wear. [You're much better than the lilies, which neither
card nor spin.
As for you, when you have no garment, what will you put on? Who might add
to your stature? That very one will give you your garment.]"
三六
耶穌說﹐“莫要終日為衣食懮愁。百合花不織不縫﹐人比百合花尊貴得多。
至於你們﹐沒有禮服該穿什麼﹖誰為你們添加禮服﹖誰都要為你們添加。”
37
His disciples said, "When will you appear to us, and when will we see you?"
Jesus said, "When you strip without being ashamed, and you take your clothes
and put them under your feet like little children and trample them, then
[you] will see the son of the living one and you will not be afraid."
三七
門徒問﹐“你何時向我們顯現﹐我們何時才能見到你﹖”
耶穌說﹐“當你們赤身裸體不覺羞恥﹐將衣服扔在地上､如孩童般用腳踐踏的時候﹐
你們必定見到永生之子﹐且不被嚇著。”(創世記3.9-11) (馬可10.14-16) (馬可14.51-
52)
38
Jesus said, "Often you have desired to hear these sayings that I am speaking
to you, and you have no one else from whom to hear them. There will be days
when you will seek me and you will not find me."
三八
耶穌說﹐“你們時常渴望聆聽我剛才所講的﹐而你們也無從打聽這些話。但時候將
到﹐你們要找我卻又找不著。”(約翰7.32-36)
39
Jesus said, "The Pharisees and the scholars have taken the keys of knowledge
and have hidden them. They have not entered nor have they allowed those
who want to enter to do so.
As for you, be as sly as snakes and as simple as doves."
三九
耶穌說﹐“法利賽人與文士把持知識鑰匙﹐並將鑰匙藏起來。他們自己沒進去﹐也
不讓要進去的人進去(馬太23.13)。至於你們﹐要靈巧如蛇､純良如鴿。”(馬太10.16)
40
Jesus said, "A grapevine has been planted apart from the Father. Since
it
is not strong, it will be pulled up by its root and will perish."
四十
耶穌說﹐“一棵葡萄樹種在遠離父的地方。因為不茁壯﹐這樹就被拔除。”(馬太15.13)
41
Jesus said, "Whoever has something in hand will be given more, and whoever
has nothing will be deprived of even the little they have."
四一
耶穌說﹐“已有的必受賜更多﹔沒有的﹐連僅有的也要剝奪。”
(馬可4.25)
42
Jesus said, "Be passersby."
四二
耶穌說﹐“如行者。”
43
His disciples said to him, "Who are you to say these things to us?"
"You don't understand who I am from what I say to you.
Rather, you have become like the Judeans, for they love the tree but hate
its fruit, or they love the fruit but hate the tree."
四三
門徒對他說﹐“你是誰﹐居然跟我們講這些話﹖”
“你們不知我從誰而來﹐不理解我對你們說的話。勿寧說﹐你們和那些猶太人沒啥
兩樣﹕他們愛其樹卻恨其果﹐或愛其果卻恨其樹。”
44
Jesus said, "Whoever blasphemes against the Father will be forgiven, and
whoever blasphemes against the son will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes
against the holy spirit will not be forgiven, either on earth or in heaven."
四四
耶穌說﹐“褻瀆父必得赦免﹔褻瀆子必得赦免﹔凡褻瀆聖靈的﹐無論是在地上還是
在天上﹐均不得赦免。”
(馬可3.28-30)
45
Jesus said, "Grapes are not harvested from thorn trees, nor are figs gathered
from thistles, for they yield no fruit.
Good persons produce good from what they've stored up; bad persons produce
evil from the wickedness they've stored up in their hearts, and say evil
things. For from the overflow of the heart they produce evil."
四五
耶穌說﹐“荊棘不產葡萄､薊樹不產無花果﹐因為它們不結果。善人積德結善﹔惡
人積惡於心﹐滿了就從嘴裡流出。心生惡﹐盈而出。”(路加6.44-45)
46
Jesus said, "From Adam to John the Baptist, among those born of women,
no
one is so much greater than John the Baptist that his eyes should not be
averted.
But I have said that whoever among you becomes a child will recognize the
kingdom and will become greater than John."
四六
耶穌說﹐“從亞當到施洗約翰﹐凡婦人所生的﹐沒有誰比約翰大。但我說﹐你們當
中無論誰﹐變成孩童的樣式就必認得天國﹐必大過約翰。”
(馬太11.11) (馬可10.14-16)
47
Jesus said, "A person cannot mount two horses or bend two bows.
And a slave cannot serve two masters, otherwise that slave will honor the
one and offend the other.
"Nobody drinks aged wine and immediately wants to drink young wine. Young
wine is not poured into old wineskins, or they might break, and aged wine
is not poured into a new wineskin, or it might spoil. An old patch is not
sewn onto a new garment, since it would create a tear."
四七
耶穌說﹐“一人不能腳踩兩條船。一奴不能事二主﹐不然那為奴的必尊一個､忤了
另一個。喝了舊酒不可馬上喝新酒。舊囊不裝新酒﹐免得破裂﹔新囊不裝舊酒﹐免
得壞了酒味。舊綴不加新袍﹐免得撕成裂縫。”
(馬太9.16-17) (路加5.36-39) (馬可2.21-22)
48
Jesus said, "If two make peace with each other in a single house, they
will
say to the mountain, 'Move from here!' and it will move."
四八
耶穌說﹐“同一屋檐下兩家和睦相處﹐他們必能移山倒海。”
49
Jesus said, "Blessed are those who are alone and chosen, for you will find
the kingdom. For you have come from it, and you will return there again."
四九
耶穌說﹐“獨處的選民有福了﹐你們必找到天國。因為你們既從天國來﹐就必回天
國去。”
50
Jesus said, "If they say to you, 'Where have you come from?' say to them,
'We have come from the light, from the place where the light came into being
by itself, established [itself], and appeared in their image.'
If they say to you, 'Is it you?' say, 'We are its children, and we are the
chosen of the living Father.'
If they ask you, 'What is the evidence of your Father in you?' say to them,
'It is motion and rest.'"
五十
耶穌說﹐“如果他們問‘你們從哪裡來﹖’﹐答曰‘自光而來﹐來自光源所在､光
體成像處’。若問﹐‘你是衪麼’﹖答曰﹐‘其子﹐永生天父的選民’。問﹐‘如
何得證父在內中﹖’答﹐‘（神）歇與（神）動’。”
51
His disciples said to him, "When will the rest for the dead take place,
and when will the new world come?"
He said to them, "What you are looking forward to has come, but you don't
know it."
五一
門徒問﹐“死亡何時止﹐新世界何時降臨﹖”
他說﹐“你們所仰望的已經到來﹐衹是你們不識盧山面目。”
52
His disciples said to him, "Twenty-four prophets have spoken in Israel,
and they all spoke of you."
He said to them, "You have disregarded the living one who is in your presence,
and have spoken of the dead."
五二
門徒對他說﹐“二十四位先知在以色列開口說預言﹐全都指著你。”
他說﹐“你們談論死去的﹐反倒不顧眼前活著的。”
53
His disciples said to him, "is circumcision useful or not?"
He said to them, "If it were useful, their father would produce children
already circumcised from their mother. Rather, the true circumcision in
spirit has become profitable in every respect."
五三
門徒問﹐“割禮有益否﹖”
他說﹐“若有益﹐父母生的兒子須是已去包皮。勿寧說﹐靈性上行真割禮﹐方有諸
般益處。”
54
Jesus said, "Blessed are the poor, for to you belongs Heaven's kingdom."
五四
耶穌說﹐“貧窮的人有福了﹐因為天國屬於你們。”(路加6.20) (馬太5.3)
55
Jesus said, "Whoever does not hate father and mother cannot be my disciple,
and whoever does not hate brothers and sisters, and carry the cross as I
do, will not be worthy of me."
五五
耶穌說﹐“不恨其父母的﹐不會是我的門徒﹔不恨其兄妹､不背起十字架跟從我的﹐
就不配做我的門徒。”(馬太10.37-38) (路加14.26-27) (馬可8.34)
56
Jesus said, "Whoever has come to know the world has discovered a carcass,
and whoever has discovered a carcass, of that person the world is not worthy.
"
五六
耶穌說﹐“知人世者﹐得一尸矣﹔得一尸者﹐人世之於斯人﹐是為不值。”
57
Jesus said, The Father's kingdom is like a person who has [good] seed. His
enemy came during the night and sowed tares among the good seed. The person
did not let the workers pull up the tares, but said to them, "No, otherwise
you might go to pull up the tares and pull up the wheat along with them."
For on the day of the harvest the tares will be conspicuous, and will be
pulled up and burned.
五七
耶穌說﹐天國就如一個擁有良種的農人。他的仇敵於夜間在他播有良種的田裡撒下
稗子。農人不讓雇工拔除稗苗﹐卻告訴他們說﹐“免得薅稗子、連麥子也拔出來。”
等到收成的時候﹐稗子就容易辨認﹐再拔除､焚燒。
(馬太13.24-30)
58
Blessed is the man who has suffered, for he has truly discovered life.
五八
耶穌說﹐“受苦的人有福了﹐他得了生命真諦。”
59
Jesus said, "Look to the living one as long as you live, otherwise you
might
die and then try to see the living one, and you will be unable to see."
五九
耶穌說﹐“一息尚存必仰望永生者不止﹐免得死後想見永生者卻又不能。”
（朝聞道夕死可矣﹐免得死後聞道不能。）(馬太2.10) ((路加2.25-35)
60
He saw a Samaritan carrying a lamb and going to Judea. Jesus asked his disciples
why he wanted the animal. They said to him, "So that he may kill it and
eat it." He said to them, "He will not eat it while it is alive, but
only
after he has killed it and it has become a carcass."
They said, "Otherwise he can't do it."
He said to them, "So also with you, seek for yourselves a place for rest,
or you might become a carcass and be eaten."
六十
耶穌見一個撒馬利亞人背著羊前往猶大﹐就問門徒﹕那人要畜牲作什麼﹖他們回答
說﹐“要宰牠﹐吃牠。”耶穌對他們說﹐“不是生吞活剝﹐而是宰殺後變成尸體了﹐
才吃。”門徒說﹐“不然沒法吃。”耶穌對他們說﹐“你們也一樣。為自己找個歇
息處罷﹐免得死後變成尸體､被吃了。”
61
Jesus said, "Two will recline on a couch; one will die, one will live."
Salome said, "Who are you mister? You have climbed onto my couch and eaten
from my table as if you are from someone."
Jesus said to her, "I am the one who comes from what is whole. I was granted
from the things of my Father."
"I am your disciple."
"For this reason I say, if one is whole, one will be filled with light,
but if one is divided, one will be filled with darkness."
六一
耶穌說﹐“兩人同享一床﹐一個必死﹐另一個必活。”
撒羅米(馬可15.40)﹐“先生你是誰﹖你睡我的床､在我桌前吃飯﹐卻好象你是從誰
那兒來似的。”
耶穌對她說﹐“我來自一體﹐我父授許我這些事。”
“我是你的門徒。”
“因為這緣故﹐我說﹐如果一體完整﹐它就充滿光明﹔如果一體分裂﹐它就充滿黑
暗。”
62
Jesus said, "I disclose my mysteries to those [who are worthy] of [my]
mysteries.
Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing."
六二
耶穌說﹐“我向那些值得領受我的神秘的人﹐展示我的神秘。勿讓你的左手知道右
手做什麼。”(馬太6.3)
63
Jesus said, There was a rich person who had a great deal of money. He said,
"I shall invest my money so that I may sow, reap, plant, and fill my storehouses
with produce, that I may lack nothing." These were the things he was thinking
in his heart, but that very night he died. Anyone here with two ears had
better listen!
六三
耶穌說﹐一富人萬貫錢財。他說﹐“我要把錢投入播種､收割､種植﹐用產品充實
倉庫﹐免得匱乏。”他心理還惦念著這些事﹐當晚就死了。大凡有耳的﹐最好聽著﹗
(路加12.16-21)
64
Jesus said, A person was receiving guests. When he had prepared the dinner,
he sent his slave to invite the guests. The slave went to the first and
said to that one, "My master invites you." That one said, "Some
merchants
owe me money; they are coming to me tonight. I have to go and give them
instructions. Please excuse me from dinner." The slave went to another
and
said to that one, "My master has invited you." That one said to the
slave,
"I have bought a house, and I have been called away for a day. I shall
have
no time." The slave went to another and said to that one, "My master
invites
you." That one said to the slave, "My friend is to be married, and
I am
to arrange the banquet. I shall not be able to come. Please excuse me from
dinner." The slave went to another and said to that one, "My master
invites
you." That one said to the slave, "I have bought an estate, and I
am going
to collect the rent. I shall not be able to come. Please excuse me." The
slave returned and said to his master, "Those whom you invited to dinner
have asked to be excused." The master said to his slave, "Go out on
the
streets and bring back whomever you find to have dinner."
Buyers and merchants [will] not enter the places of my Father.
六四
耶穌說﹐有個人準備請客。晚餐準備就緒後﹐他就打發傭人去邀請客人。傭人去了﹐
對第一個人說﹐“我主邀你入席”。那人回道﹐“一些商家欠錢﹐今晚約見﹐我得
去跟他們交涉﹐告請免席。”傭人見了另一個人﹐對他說﹐“我主邀你入席”。那
人回道﹐“我買了幢房子﹐今日全天在外﹐沒時間﹐告請免席。”傭人對第三個人
說﹐“我主邀你入席”。那人回道﹐“朋友結婚﹐我得去安排宴席﹐實無法脫身。
告請免席。”傭人對第四個人說﹐“我主邀你入席”。那人回道﹐“我買了房產﹐
正要收租呢。我去不成了﹐告請免席。”傭人回來對主人說﹐“你邀請的那些人﹐
均告請免席。”於是主人就對傭人說﹐“到街上去﹐凡遇見的都招來赴席”。那買
家和那商家﹐必不得進入我父的地方。(馬可10.23) (馬太22.1-10)
65
He said, A [...] person owned a vineyard and rented it to some farmers,
so they could work it and he could collect its crop from them. He sent his
slave so the farmers would give him the vineyard's crop. They grabbed him,
beat him, and almost killed him, and the slave returned and told his master.
His master said, "Perhaps he didn't know them." He sent another slave,
and
the farmers beat that one as well. Then the master sent his son and said,
"Perhaps they'll show my son some respect." Because the farmers knew
that
he was the heir to the vineyard, they grabbed him and killed him. Anyone
here with two ears had better listen!
六五
他說﹐有個人將葡萄園租給農人﹐使他們有工可打､自己有租可收。他打發傭人去
收租﹐農人拿住傭人就打﹐差點打死。傭人回去告訴主人﹐主人說﹐“也許他們不
認識你。”就打發另一個傭人去﹐卻也照樣挨打﹔於是主人送出自己的兒子﹐說﹐
“他們也許會尊重我的兒子。”農人知道他是莊園繼承人﹐就把他打殺了。大凡長
有兩耳的﹐最好聽著。(馬可12.1-9) (馬太21.33-39)
66
Jesus said, "Show me the stone that the builders rejected: that is the
keystone.
"
六六
耶穌說﹐“讓我看看那塊被石匠舍棄的石頭﹕那是楔石。”
67
Jesus said, "Those who know all, but are lacking in themselves, are utterly
lacking."
六七
耶穌說﹐“那些無所不知､卻對自己一無所知的人﹐乃是絕對的無知。”
解
既然一無所知﹐能是“無所不知”麼﹖當然不。所謂“無所不知”﹐不過是自以為
無所不知﹐或自以為可以無所不知。說這種人絕對無知﹐至少有以下三點理由﹕
一）錯把自己當成是上帝。
有人張口閉口復興中華﹐本鬼就說他自比上帝。他問﹕“我既不信上帝又如何自比
上帝﹖”我說﹐你不是不信上帝﹐而是以上帝自比。
有人總以為命運可操縱﹐不僅自己的命運可操﹐連別人的命運､國家的命運都能操﹐結
果操出了大躍進､三年饑荒､十年文革､二十年強制墮胎､天安門大屠殺､連連洪水､
持續乾旱､輔天蝗蟲､蓋地風沙､四鄰雞犬不寧爭先恐後攀比武力。
二）不知道自己要什麼。
古人說的“葉公好龍”﹐就是說你不知自己是什麼､要什麼。
網上有些朋友﹐身在西方卻攻擊民主､為中共專制辯護。有人問﹕既如此﹐爾等為
啥不回國﹖於是他們就編了許多不回國的理由﹐卻忘了一個基本事實﹕你是用自由
攻擊民主。國內卻又是另一番情景﹐以“端起飯碗吃肉､放下筷子罵娘”最為典型。
有人問﹕你們爭爭吵吵還不是為了吃肉麼﹖怎麼邊吃邊罵﹖答曰﹐我有權如此這般。
衹是一扯起權利他們又不知所雲了﹐因為他們並不知道什麼是權利﹐罵娘衹圖虛驕
而已。
耶穌說“愛其樹卻恨其果﹐或愛其果卻恨其樹”﹐就是形容人格不統一。
事物原本簡直﹐復雜與扭曲皆出於人心。用坦直的心看問題﹐你就會發現﹐甚至連
太子黨都熱愛民主自由。因為既投奔美國﹐就說明他們信任自由民主的美國勝於信
任獨裁專制的中國﹔而那些罵娘的﹐如果能確定碗裡的肉不是朱鎔基的嗟來食﹐或
商人通過與官府勾結敲詐農民再與你分贓﹐而是通過公平竟爭用自己的勞動換來､
所得到的都是自己的份額﹐那麼他們就不會在吃肉時罵娘､就不會以罵娘為得體﹐
更不會將罵娘引為驕傲､引為權利。可見無論投奔美國還是吃肉罵娘﹐他們的內心
都渴望光明。
三）不知如何選擇自己要的東西。
人生有限﹐而天下事物卻不可窮盡﹔因此你衹能要些自己需要的東西。如果實在沒
什麼可取﹐你寧可什麼也不要﹐卻不必以無知為可恥﹐因為有些事情更可悲。
比如﹐與你福祉相關的你不能過問､無權知情﹔而你的腦袋又毫無選擇地被灌輸了
一些莫名其妙的東西﹐讓你充滿幻覺､逢人兜售“四海皆準的真理”﹔四處碰壁後
你又衹會怪別人､不知反省自己。
所以﹐如果有人往你的腦袋倒垃圾﹐你最好要問問自己﹕這些東西與我有什麼關係﹖
是否有益﹖占去我的腦袋內存值不值得﹖等等。如果你看不到好處就跟著別人起哄﹐
那是瞎起哄﹕而這又說明﹐你已經習慣於上當﹐且受騙成癮。
四）不知知識有限與自己的罪孽。
一個“無所不知”的人﹐至少有兩樣東西他並不知道﹕不知自己的盲點與造物目的。
人的觸覺不如蟑螂﹐因此不用身體接觸去覓食﹔人的嗅覺不如狗﹐因此不用鼻子論
是非﹔人的聽覺不如多數哺乳動敏銳﹐故不用耳朵定位空間﹔人的視力不如老鷹。
有了電腦以後﹐人的思維能力又比不上自己手裡造出來的東西﹐於是有人擔心﹐有
一天人類是不是會被電腦奴役。顯見人的經驗認識能力﹐十分有限。
電腦可以彌補人腦不足﹐生物工程也可以改善人腦､延長壽命﹐但經驗知識永遠服
務於吃､喝､住､行､性﹔而照感官實用目的性去演譯﹐人生實與蟑螂覓食､貓狗
打架無異。今中國面臨的許多問題﹐大多出於實用主義､肉欲主義。這類豬的哲學
能在中國發揚光大﹐是因為長期以來中國社會飽受共產唯物思潮之禍害､政治黑暗
與經濟畸形發展､華夏人文傳統三代不繼。中國社會因此失去免疫力﹐無能對抗人
性物化。
因此中國人必須下大決心反省自己﹐知識越多越需要反省﹐以便徹底清除馬列主義､
毛澤東思想､實用主義､肉欲主義等種種精神污染。
人類的宿命
人類衹能以其有限性考察造物目的﹔也衹能以造物主的全善為前提﹐去理解造物意
義。此外的任何嘗試﹐均注定失真､失義﹐必其丑無比。
據稱人腦記憶容量之動用﹐不及百分之一。證明﹐人類並未照著造物的設計﹐去經
歷自己的生命。有人問﹕上帝給人若大記憶空間﹐要人記些什麼東西﹖有人說﹐大
容量記憶與短壽命既不成比例﹐長生不老也就天經地義。
然而﹐物老成精､人老為孽。這可不是古代中國人的奇想﹐聖經也有天使與人亂倫
的說法－－耶和華因此把人的壽命限在一百二十年（創世記6.1-4）﹐但人類管理地
球的使命並未改變。可見大容量記憶與短壽命的矛盾出路﹐是提高人的生命素質､
而不是盲目延長壽命﹐否則長生不老就會是無盡的懲罰､永恆的奴役。
至於上帝要人記些什麼東西﹐耶穌說﹐“天使和先知必來到你們當中､給你們屬於
你們的東西。反過來﹐你們給了他們你們所有的﹐且自言自語道‘他們什麼時候回
來﹐取回屬於他們的’。（八八）”耶穌又打比喻說﹐“父的天國﹐就象一個扛著
罐子的女人﹐罐裡裝滿食物﹐罐把破了﹐女人一邊走路﹐食物一邊漏在後頭﹐且一
路漏到她家。當她放下罐子時﹐才發現裡頭空無一物。（九七）”
可見在上帝眼裡﹐人生的價值是在地上而不是在天上。就是說﹐你既然在地上生活﹐
就要盡可能去擁有地上的價值（罐裡的食物）﹔而到了天國以後﹐你就再也得不到
地上的東西了（罐裡空無一物）。
罐裡的食物
一）大凡是神創的﹐都是美妙的。以崇拜造物主的心償識造物﹐你的體驗才會真切﹐
造物的奇妙才會在你的心靈打下烙印､成為永久記憶。反之﹐為了寫論文､掙學分､
圖虛名或為金錢去博覽強記﹐那麼知識就會變成頭腦裡的垃圾。畢竟人愛神動力永
久､強大﹐而虛名與金錢衹是過眼雲煙。猶太民族科學人才輩出沒有別的秘密﹐是
他們用崇拜上帝的心﹐用誠實與謙卑去探索自然原理。
二）各種語言､文化。真有價值的﹐能擺得上台面的﹐大多是語言過濾出來的東西。
此處“語言”系廣義﹐如詩詞､文學､音樂､繪畫､舞蹈､造型。
上帝用語言創造世界﹐電腦專家也學著用語言編寫程序､創造虛擬世界。可見語言
不單是交流媒介﹐它更是造物內在構成之憲章。因此人們有理由相信﹐語言可以等
同於事物本體－－但這並不是現有的人類語言。因為經過巴別塔的變亂（創世記11）
後﹐人類分散各地發展出來的語言沒有一種是完美的。
於是有一天﹐世界突然掀起學習不同語言的熱潮。
某人精通十種語言以為了不起﹐到了某地他才開始詫異﹐原來那裡的人普遍精通六
十種語言﹐那裡的學校用一百多種語言教學﹐孩兒們幾乎沒有聽不懂的方言﹔他又
來到巴別塔遺址﹐見五洲游客絡繹不絕､各人手持一磚建造通天塔﹐相互協調有如
蜜蜂。其中有一人大發感慨﹕“先前我總以為自己無所不知﹐今天才知道自己原是
匱乏﹐但這是真正充實的開端。”又有人高聲喊道﹐“我們曾經毀了許多東西﹐今
天就讓那些該復活的復活罷。”於是天際降下帷幕﹐開始播放人類歷史既往篇。接
著是孩童說預言﹐老人講述異夢﹐男人憲章自然﹐女人拒絕天使求婚。
三）造就人格統一。那時日﹐沒有什麼事情記不起﹐因為人腦不再遺忘﹔也沒有什麼
需要隱瞞﹐因為美好愿望無人誇獎﹐可鄙念頭也沒人討伐。白天與親朋好友歡聚一
堂回憶美好時光﹔如果你有什麼新的領悟﹐就到草坪的講壇上向大眾演說你對造物
的看法﹐你既無曲學﹐別人亦無阿世之言﹐大凡開口評論你的全是真看法﹐無人言
不及義浪費時光。所有在地上走動的﹐均以舉手投足顯示對造物的熱愛﹔凡能詩善
歌的﹐都有千歌萬詩從你內心涌出﹐迫不及待高聲讚頌造物主的榮光。太陽一下山
你就進入夢鄉﹐夜間五次醒來﹐用電腦記錄夢中的景象。那時日﹐人的真實性己經
歸入夢境﹕你究竟是怎麼一回事全由你的夢境來確定﹐而不是白天的心､口､行。
耶穌說﹐“當你們能使二合一﹐裡如表､表如裡﹐上若下﹐男女一體以至於男非男､
女非女的時候 ﹔當你們能使一眼代一眼､一耳代一耳､一手代一手､一足代一足､
一像代一像的時候﹐你們必進入天國。”
68
Jesus said, "Blessed are you when you are hated and persecuted; and no
place
will be found, wherever you have been persecuted."
六八
耶穌說﹐“被憎恨､受逼迫的有福了﹔你們罪莫須有﹐逼迫者無地自容。”
69
Jesus said, "Blessed are they who have been persecuted in their hearts:
they are the ones who have truly come to know the Father. Blessed are those
who go hungry, so the stomach of the one in want may be filled."
六九
耶穌說﹐“心裡遭逼迫的有福了﹕他們是真正知道父的人(馬太5.10)。饑餓的人有
福了﹐因為饑腹必得飽足(馬太5.6)。”
70
Jesus said, "If you bring forth what is within you, what you have will
save
you. If you do not have that within you, what you do not have within you
[will] kill you."
七十
耶穌說﹐“掏出你的心﹐裡面有的必拯救你﹔如果裡面空無一物﹐那這空無必置你
於死地。”
71
Jesus said, "I will destroy [this] house, and no one will be able to build
it [...]."
七一
耶穌說﹐“我必拆毀這廟宇（指自己的身體）﹐且無人能修復。”
(約翰2.19)
72
A [person said] to him, "Tell my brothers to divide my father's possessions
with me."
He said to the person, "Mister, who made me a divider?"
He turned to his disciples and said to them, "I'm not a divider, am I?"
七二
有人對他說﹐“請你吩咐我兄長與我分家業。”
耶穌問那人﹐“誰立我作你們的斷事官﹖”
又轉向門徒問道﹐“我不是斷事官﹐對不對﹖”(路加12.13-14)
73
Jesus said, "The crop is huge but the workers are few, so beg the harvest
boss to dispatch workers to the fields."
七三
耶穌說﹐“莊稼多､人手少﹐衹好告求主人增派雇工到地裡。”
74
He said, "Look, there are many around the drinking trough, but there is
nothing in the well."
七四
耶穌說﹐“看那﹐水槽旁邊圍著許多羊﹐井裡卻沒水。”
75
Jesus said, "There are many standing at the door, but those who are alone
will enter the bridal suite."
七五
耶穌說﹐“門前擠著許多人﹐衹有那些不湊熱鬧的﹐才能進入新娘房。”
76
Jesus said, The Father's kingdom is like a merchant who had a supply of
merchandise and found a peal. That merchant was prudent; he sold the merchandise
and bought the single pearl for himself.
So also with you, seek his treasure that is unfailing, that is enduring,
where no moth comes to eat and no worm destroys."
七六
耶穌說﹐“父的天國就象一個供貨商見到一顆珍珠。這位商人十分精明﹐他變賣貨
物﹐為自己買了這顆珠。你們也一樣﹐應當尋找不壞不朽､不被蟲啃的財寶。”(馬
太13.45-46)
77
Jesus said, "I am the light that is over all things. I am all: from me
all
came forth, and to me all attained. Split a piece of wood; I am there. Lift
up the stone, and you will find me there."
七七
耶穌說﹐“我是照亮萬物的光(約翰8.12; 9.5)。我是一切﹕萬有自我而出､又回歸
於我。劈開木頭﹐那裡有我﹔舉起石頭﹐你必發現那裡有我。”
78
Jesus said, "Why have you come out to the countryside? To see a reed shaken
by the wind? And to see a person dressed in soft clothes, [like your] rulers
and your powerful ones? They are dressed in soft clothes, and they cannot
understand truth."
七八
耶穌說﹐“你們來曠野作什麼﹖看風吹蘆葦﹖看軟袍加身的長官和你們的王﹖他們
穿紅戴綠﹐並不認識真理。”(馬太11.7)
79
A woman in the crowd said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you and
the breasts that fed you." He said to [her], "Blessed are those who
have
heard the word of the Father and have truly kept it. For there will be days
when you will say, 'Blessed are the womb that has not conceived and the
breasts that have not given milk.'"
七九
人群中有一個女人對他說﹐“懷你的腹､哺你的乳有福了。”耶穌對她說﹐“聽了
父的話､謹記在心的有福了﹐因為必有一天你們會說﹐‘未孕的腹､未哺的乳有福
了’”。(路加11.27-28)
80
Jesus said, "Whoever has come to know the world has discovered the body,
and whoever has discovered the body, of that one the world is not worthy."
八十
耶穌說﹐“知道這世界的﹐已找到身體（耶穌的身體）﹔找到身體的﹐這個世界於
他﹐就不值。”
81
Jesus said, "Let one who has become wealthy reign, and let one who has
power
renounce ."
八一
耶穌說﹐“愿已富的掌權﹐有權的退位。”
82
Jesus said, "Whoever is near me is near the fire, and whoever is far from
me is far from the kingdom."
八二
耶穌說﹐“靠近我﹐乃是靠近火﹔遠離我﹐乃是遠離天國。”
83
Jesus said, "Images are visible to people, but the light within them is
hidden in the image of the Father's light. He will be disclosed, but his
image is hidden by his light."
八三
耶穌說﹐“形像可見於人﹐但像中之光﹐藏於父光之像。父必顯示﹐形像藏在光中。”
84
Jesus said, "When you see your likeness, you are happy. But when you see
your images that came into being before you and that neither die nor become
visible, how much you will have to bear!"
八四
耶穌說﹐“看到與自己仿佛的模樣﹐你們就喜歡。當你們看到你們的形像先於你們
而存在､那形像又若明若昧的時候﹐你們就難於忍受﹗”
85
Jesus said, "Adam came from great power and great wealth, but he was not
worthy of you. For had he been worthy, [he would] not [have tasted] death."
八五
耶穌說﹐“亞當富甲天下､權傾八方﹐但他於你們卻不值。因為如果值得﹐他應不
嘗死味。”
86
Jesus said, "[Foxes have] their lairs and birds have their nests, but human
beings have no place to lay down and rest."
八六
耶穌說﹐“雀有巢﹐狐有洞﹐人類沒有棲息之所。”
(馬太8.20) (路加9.58)
87
Jesus said, "How miserable is the body that depends on a body, and how
miserable
is the soul that depends on these two."
八七
耶穌說﹐“兩個身體相依為命何等悽慘﹐靠著兩個身體的那個靈魂又是何等悽慘。”
88
Jesus said, "The messengers and the prophets will come to you and give
you
what belongs to you. You, in turn, give them what you have, and say to yourselves,
'When will they come and take what belongs to them?'"
八八
耶穌說﹐“天使和先知必來到你們當中､給你們屬於你們的東西。反過來﹐你們給
了他們你們所有的﹐且自言自語道‘他們什麼時候回來﹐取回屬於他們的’。”
89
Jesus said, "Why do you wash the outside of the cup? Don't you understand
that the one who made the inside is also the one who made the outside?"
八九
耶穌說﹐“你們為什麼洗杯的外面﹖可知造外面的那位﹐也是造裡面的﹖”
90
Jesus said, "Come to me, for my yoke is comfortable and my lordship is
gentle,
and you will find rest for yourselves."
九十
耶穌說﹐“到我這裡來﹐因為我的軛輕､我寬柔待下﹐而且（在我裡面）你們必得
歇息。”(馬太11.29-30)
91
They said to him, "Tell us who you are so that we may believe in you."
He said to them, "You examine the face of heaven and earth, but you have
not come to know the one who is in your presence, and you do not know how
to examine the present moment.
九一
他們對他說﹐“告訴我們你是誰﹐好讓我們相信你。”
耶穌說﹐“你們試探天地﹐卻不認得眼前這位是誰﹐且不知如何審視眼前這個世代。”
92
Jesus said, "Seek and you will find. In the past, however, I did not tell
you the things about which you asked me then. Now I am willing to tell them,
but you are not seeking them."
九二
耶穌說﹐“尋找﹐就必得著。過去我未曾回答你們曾經問我的事﹐現在我愿意告訴
你們﹐你們卻不追問。”
93
"Don't give what is holy to dogs, for they might throw them upon the manure
pile. Don't throw pearls [to] pigs, or they might ... it [...]."
九三
“不要將聖物給狗﹐免得被拖進糞堆。不要將珍珠丟在豬前﹐免得被踐踏。”
(馬太7.6)
94
Jesus [said], "One who seeks will find, and for [one who knocks] it will
be opened."
九四
耶穌說﹐“尋找的﹐必得著﹔敲門的﹐門必開。”(馬太7.8)(路加11.10)
95
[Jesus said], "If you have money, don't lend it at interest. Rather, give
[it] to someone from whom you won't get it back."
九五
耶穌說﹐“如果你們有錢﹐與其帶利借出﹐不如有去無回。”
96
Jesus [said], The Father's kingdom is like [a] woman. She took a little
leaven, [hid] it in dough, and made it into large loaves of bread. Anyone
here with two ears had better listen!
九六
耶穌說﹐“父的天國就象一個女人。她取了點酵母﹐拌入面團﹐發成為大塊面包。
這裡長有兩耳的﹐最好聽著。”(馬太13.33)(路加13.21)
97
Jesus said, The [Father's] kingdom is like a woman who was carrying a [jar]
full of meal. While she was walking along [a] distant road, the handle of
the jar broke and the meal spilled behind her [along] the road. She didn't
know it; she hadn't noticed a problem. When she reached her house, she put
the jar down and discovered that it was empty.
九七
耶穌說﹐“父的天國﹐就象一個扛著罐子的女人﹐罐裡裝滿食物﹐罐把破了﹐女人
一邊走路﹐食物一邊漏在後頭﹐且一路漏到她家。當她放下罐子時﹐才發現裡頭空
無一物。”
98
Jesus said, The Father's kingdom is like a person who wanted to kill someone
powerful. While still at home he drew his sword and thrust it into the wall
to find out whether his hand would go in. Then he killed the powerful one.
九八
耶穌說﹐父的天國﹐就如壯士除暴﹕他在家以劍穿牆﹐掂量臂力﹐爾後置強敵於死
地。
99
The disciples said to him, "Your brothers and your mother are standing
outside.
"
He said to them, "Those here who do what my Father wants are my brothers
and my mother. They are the ones who will enter my Father's kingdom."
九九
門徒對他說﹐“你的兄弟和你的母親在外頭等你。”
他對他們說﹐“照我父吩咐去做的﹐就是我的兄弟､母親。他們必進入我父的天國。”
(馬可3.31-35)
100
They showed Jesus a gold coin and said to him, "The Roman emperor's people
demand taxes from us."
He said to them, "Give the emperor what belongs to the emperor, give God
what belongs to God, and give me what is mine."
一零零
他們拿著一枚金幣給耶穌看﹐說﹐“羅馬皇帝那邊的人﹐要我們納稅。”
他對他們說﹐“是皇帝的歸皇帝﹔是上帝的歸上帝﹔是我的歸我。”
(馬太22.21) (路加20.25) (馬可12.16-17)
101
"Whoever does not hate [father] and mother as I do cannot be my [disciple],
and whoever does [not] love [father and] mother as I do cannot be my [disciple].
For my mother [...], but my true [mother] gave me life."
一零一
“不象我這樣恨父母的﹐不會是我的門徒﹔不象我這樣愛父母的﹐不會是我的門徒。
我的生母給我必朽的身體﹔而我的真正母親﹐則給我不朽的生命。”
102
Jesus said, "Damn the Pharisees! They are like a dog sleeping in the cattle
manger: the dog neither eats nor [lets] the cattle eat."
一零二
耶穌說﹐“法利賽人有禍了﹗他們就象一條睡在牛槽的狗﹕自己不吃草﹐也不讓牛
吃草。”(馬太23.13)
103
Jesus said, "Blessed are those who know where the rebels are going to attack.
[They] can get going, collect their imperial resources, and be prepared
before the rebels arrive."
一零三
耶穌說﹐“預知叛亂將至者有福了﹐這樣他們可以著手準備﹐集中帝國資源﹐嚴陣
束腰﹐等候叛軍到來。”
104
They said to Jesus, "Come, let us pray today, and let us fast."
一零四
他們對耶穌說﹐“來罷﹐今天讓我們禱告﹐禁食。”
105
Jesus said, "Whoever knows the father and the mother will be called the
child of a whore."
一零五
耶穌說﹐“分別父親與母親者﹐必稱娼妓之子。”
106
Jesus said, "When you make the two into one, you will become children of
Adam, and when you say, 'Mountain, move from here!' it will move."
一零六
耶穌說﹐“（父母）合二為一者﹐必成亞當之子﹐且能移山倒海。”
107
Jesus said, The kingdom is like a shepherd who had a hundred sheep. One
of them, the largest, went astray. He left the ninety- nine and looked for
the one until he found it. After he had toiled, he said to the sheep, 'I
love you more than the ninety- nine.'
一零七
耶穌說﹐“天國就象牧羊人。他有一百隻羊﹐其中最大的一隻走失了﹐於是他就撇
下九十九﹐去尋找迷失的﹐直到找著。經歷過一翻艱難之後﹐他對那羊說﹐“我愛
你勝過那九十九。”
(馬太18.12-14) (路加15.4-7)
108
Jesus said, "Whoever drinks from my mouth will become like me; I myself
shall become that person, and the hidden things will be revealed to him."
一零八
耶穌說﹐“受我哺育的必將變成我﹔我卻變成其人﹐並對他揭示奧秘。”
109
Jesus said, The (Father's) kingdom is like a person who had a treasure hidden
in his field but did not know it. And [when] he died he left it to his [son].
The son [did] not know about it either. He took over the field and sold
it. The buyer went plowing, [discovered] the treasure, and began to lend
money at interest to whomever he wished.
一零九
耶穌說﹐父的天國就象藏有財寶的土地。主人不知地中有寶。這塊土地留給兒子時﹐
兒子也不知地中藏寶﹐將地賣了。買家在耕地時將財寶翻了出來﹐於是就以有息借
貸﹐把錢借給他想借的人。(馬太13.44)
110
Jesus said, "Let one who has found the world, and has become wealthy, renounce
the world."
一零一
耶穌說﹐“愿得著世界､成為富足的﹐淡出世界。”
111
Jesus said, "The heavens and the earth will roll up in your presence, and
whoever is living from the living one will not see death."
Does not Jesus say, "Those who have found themselves, of them the world
is not worthy"?
一一一
耶穌說﹐“天地要在你眼前傾覆﹐與永生者同在的﹐必不嘗死味。”
耶穌不也說過麼﹖“已經找到自己的﹐世界於他們就不值了。”
112
Jesus said, "Damn the flesh that depends on the soul. Damn the soul that
depends on the flesh."
一一二
耶穌說﹐“戀棧靈魂的肉體當受詛咒。戀棧肉體的靈魂當受詛咒。”
113
His disciples said to him, "When will the kingdom come?"
"It will not come by watching for it. It will not be said, 'Look, here!'
or 'Look, there!' Rather, the Father's kingdom is spread out upon the earth,
and people don't see it."
一一三
門徒問他﹐“天國何時降臨﹖”
“你瞧著它﹐它就不來。天國的降臨不可說成‘瞧﹐這兒﹗’或‘瞧﹐那兒﹗’。
勿寧說﹐父的天國在地上展開﹐人卻視而不見。”
(馬太24.26)(馬可13.21)
114
Simon Peter said to them, "Make Mary leave us, for females don't deserve
life." Jesus said, "Look, I will guide her to make her male, so that
she
too may become a living spirit resembling you males. For every female who
makes herself male will enter the kingdom of Heaven."
一一四
西蒙彼得對他們說﹐“讓抹大拉的馬利亞離開我們罷﹐因為女子不配永生。”耶穌
說﹐“看著﹐我必引導她成為男子﹐使她成為與你們男子一樣的活靈魂。大凡女子
變成男子的﹐必得進天國”。
Scholars Version translation of the Gospel of Thomas taken from *The Complete
Gospels: Annotated Scholars Version.* Copyright 1992, 1994 by Polebridge
Press. Used with permission. All rights reserved.