Matthew 18

当时，门徒进前来，问耶稣说：「天国里谁是最大的？」

dāng shí ， mén tú jìn qián lái ， wèn yē sū shuō ：「 tiān guó lǐ shuí shì zuì dà de ？」

In that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?”

耶稣便叫一个小孩子来，使他站在他们当中，

yē sū biàn jiào yí gè xiǎo hái zi lái ， shǐ tā zhàn zài tā men dāng zhōng ，

Jesus called a little child to himself, and set him in the middle of them

说：「我实在告诉你们，你们若不回转，变成小孩子的样式，断不得进天国。

shuō ：「 wǒ shí zài gào sù nǐ men ， nǐ men ruò bù huí zhuǎn ， biàn chéng xiǎo hái zi de yàng shì ， duàn bù dé jìn tiān guó 。

and said, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you turn and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.

所以，凡自己谦卑像这小孩子的，他在天国里就是最大的。

suǒ yǐ ， fán zì jǐ qiān bēi xiàng zhè xiǎo hái zi de ， tā zài tiān guó lǐ jiù shì zuì dà de 。

Whoever therefore humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven.

凡为我的名接待一个像这小孩子的，就是接待我。」

fán wèi wǒ de míng jiē dài yí gè xiàng zhè xiǎo hái zi de ， jiù shì jiē dài wǒ 。」

Whoever receives one such little child in my name receives me,

「凡使这信我的一个小子跌倒的，倒不如把大磨石拴在这人的颈项上，沉在深海里。

「 fán shǐ zhè xìn wǒ de yí gè xiǎo zi diē dǎo de ， dǎo bù rú bǎ dà mó shí shuān zài zhè rén de jǐng xiàng shàng ， chén zài shēn hǎi lǐ 。

but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for him if a huge millstone were hung around his neck and that he were sunk in the depths of the sea.

这世界有祸了，因为将人绊倒；绊倒人的事是免不了的，但那绊倒人的有祸了！

zhè shì jiè yǒu huò le ， yīn wèi jiāng rén bàn dǎo ； bàn dǎo rén de shì shì miǎn bù liǎo de ， dàn nà bàn dǎo rén de yǒu huò le ！

“Woe to the world because of occasions of stumbling! For it must be that the occasions come, but woe to that person through whom the occasion comes!

倘若你一只手，或是一只脚，叫你跌倒，就砍下来丢掉。你缺一只手，或是一只脚，进入永生，强如有两手两脚被丢在永火里。

tǎng ruò nǐ yì zhī shǒu ， huò shì yì zhī jiǎo ， jiào nǐ diē dǎo ， jiù kǎn xià lái diū diào 。 nǐ quē yì zhī shǒu ， huò shì yì zhī jiǎo ， jìn rù yǒng shēng ， qiáng rú yǒu liǎng shǒu liǎng jiǎo bèi diū zài yǒng huǒ lǐ 。

If your hand or your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life maimed or crippled, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the eternal fire.

倘若你一只眼叫你跌倒，就把它剜出来丢掉。你只有一只眼进入永生，强如有两只眼被丢在地狱的火里。」

tǎng ruò nǐ yì zhī yǎn jiào nǐ diē dǎo ， jiù bǎ tā wān chū lái diū diào 。 nǐ zhī yǒu yì zhī yǎn jìn rù yǒng shēng ， qiáng rú yǒu liǎng zhī yǎn bèi diū zài dì yù de huǒ lǐ 。」

If your eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into the Gehenna of fire.

「你们要小心，不可轻看这小子里的一个；我告诉你们，他们的使者在天上，常见我天父的面。

「 nǐ men yào xiǎo xīn ， bù kě qīng kàn zhè xiǎo zi lǐ de yí gè ； wǒ gào sù nǐ men ， tā men de shǐ zhě zài tiān shàng ， cháng jiàn wǒ tiān fù de miàn 。

See that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

For the Son of Man came to save that which was lost.

一个人若有一百只羊，一只走迷了路，你们的意思如何？他岂不撇下这九十九只，往山里去找那只迷路的羊吗？

yí gè rén ruò yǒu yì bǎi zhī yáng ， yì zhī zǒu mí le lù ， nǐ men de yì sī rú hé ？ tā qǐ bù piě xià zhè jiǔ shí jiǔ zhī ， wǎng shān lǐ qù zhǎo nà zhī mí lù de yáng ma ？

“What do you think? If a man has one hundred sheep, and one of them goes astray, doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine, go to the mountains, and seek that which has gone astray?

若是找着了，我实在告诉你们，他为这一只羊欢喜，比为那没有迷路的九十九只欢喜还大呢！

ruò shì zhǎo zhe le ， wǒ shí zài gào sù nǐ men ， tā wèi zhè yì zhī yáng huān xǐ ， bǐ wèi nà méi yǒu mí lù de jiǔ shí jiǔ zhī huān xǐ hái dà ne ！

If he finds it, most certainly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine which have not gone astray.

你们在天上的父也是这样，不愿意这小子里失丧一个。」

nǐ men zài tiān shàng de fù yě shì zhè yàng ， bú yuàn yì zhè xiǎo zi lǐ shī sàng yí gè 。」

Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.

「倘若你的弟兄得罪你，你就去，趁着只有他和你在一处的时候，指出他的错来。他若听你，你便得了你的弟兄；

「 tǎng ruò nǐ de dì xiong dé zuì nǐ ， nǐ jiù qù ， chèn zhe zhǐ yǒu tā hé nǐ zài yí chù de shí hòu ， zhǐ chū tā de cuò lái 。 tā ruò tīng nǐ ， nǐ biàn dé le nǐ de dì xiong ；

“If your brother sins against you, go, show him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have gained back your brother.

他若不听，你就另外带一两个人同去，要凭两三个人的口作见证，句句都可定准。

tā ruò bù tīng ， nǐ jiù lìng wài dài yì liǎng gè rén tóng qù ， yào píng liǎng sān gè rén de kǒu zuò jiàn zhèng ， jù jù dōu kě dìng zhǔn 。

But if he doesn’t listen, take one or two more with you, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.

若是不听他们，就告诉教会；若是不听教会，就看他像外邦人和税吏一样。

ruò shì bù tīng tā men ， jiù gào sù jiào huì ； ruò shì bù tīng jiào huì ， jiù kàn tā xiàng wài bāng rén hé shuì lì yí yàng 。

If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.

「我实在告诉你们，凡你们在地上所捆绑的，在天上也要捆绑；凡你们在地上所释放的，在天上也要释放。

「 wǒ shí zài gào sù nǐ men ， fán nǐ men zài dì shàng suǒ kǔn bǎng de ， zài tiān shàng yě yào kǔn bǎng ； fán nǐ men zài dì shàng suǒ shì fàng de ， zài tiān shàng yě yào shì fàng 。

Most certainly I tell you, whatever things you bind on earth will have been bound in heaven, and whatever things you release on earth will have been released in heaven.

我又告诉你们，若是你们中间有两个人在地上同心合意地求什么事，我在天上的父必为他们成全。

wǒ yòu gào sù nǐ men ， ruò shì nǐ men zhōng jiān yǒu liǎng gè rén zài dì shàng tóng xīn hé yì dì qiú shén me shì ， wǒ zài tiān shàng de fù bì wèi tā men chéng quán 。

Again, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.

因为无论在哪里，有两三个人奉我的名聚会，那里就有我在他们中间。」

yīn wèi wú lùn zài nǎ lǐ ， yǒu liǎng sān gè rén fèng wǒ de míng jù huì ， nà lǐ jiù yǒu wǒ zài tā men zhōng jiān 。」

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there I am in the middle of them.”

那时，彼得进前来，对耶稣说：「主啊，我弟兄得罪我，我当饶恕他几次呢？到七次可以吗？」

nà shí ， bǐ dé jìn qián lái ， duì yē sū shuō ：「 zhǔ a ， wǒ dì xiong dé zuì wǒ ， wǒ dāng ráo shù tā jǐ cì ne ？ dào qī cì kě yǐ ma ？」

Then Peter came and said to him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?”

耶稣说：「我对你说，不是到七次，乃是到七十个七次。

yē sū shuō ：「 wǒ duì nǐ shuō ， bú shì dào qī cì ， nǎi shì dào qī shí gè qī cì 。

Jesus said to him, “I don’t tell you until seven times, but, until seventy times seven.

天国好像一个王要和他仆人算帐。

tiān guó hǎo xiàng yí gè wáng yào hé tā pú rén suàn zhàng 。

Therefore the Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king who wanted to settle accounts with his servants.

才算的时候，有人带了一个欠一千万银子的来。

cái suàn de shí hòu ， yǒu rén dài le yí gè qiàn yì qiān wàn yín zi de lái 。

When he had begun to settle, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents.

因为他没有什么偿还之物，主人吩咐把他和他妻子儿女，并一切所有的都卖了偿还。

yīn wèi tā méi yǒu shén me cháng huán zhī wù ， zhǔ rén fēn fù bǎ tā hé tā qī zǐ ér nǚ ， bìng yí qiè suǒ yǒu de dōu mài le cháng huán 。

But because he couldn’t pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.

那仆人就俯伏拜他，说：『主啊，宽容我，将来我都要还清。』

nà pú rén jiù fǔ fú bài tā ， shuō ：『 zhǔ a ， kuān róng wǒ ， jiāng lái wǒ dōu yào huán qīng 。』

The servant therefore fell down and knelt before him, saying, ‘Lord, have patience with me, and I will repay you all!’

那仆人的主人就动了慈心，把他释放了，并且免了他的债。

nà pú rén de zhǔ rén jiù dòng le cí xīn ， bǎ tā shì fàng le ， bìng qiě miǎn le tā de zhài 。

The lord of that servant, being moved with compassion, released him and forgave him the debt.

「那仆人出来，遇见他的一个同伴欠他十两银子，便揪着他，掐住他的喉咙，说：『你把所欠的还我！』

「 nà pú rén chū lái ， yù jiàn tā de yí gè tóng bàn qiàn tā shí liǎng yín zi ， biàn jiū zhe tā ， qiā zhù tā de hóu lóng ， shuō ：『 nǐ bǎ suǒ qiàn de hái wǒ ！』

“But that servant went out and found one of his fellow servants who owed him one hundred denarii, and he grabbed him and took him by the throat, saying, ‘Pay me what you owe!’

他的同伴就俯伏央求他，说：『宽容我吧，将来我必还清。』

tā de tóng bàn jiù fǔ fú yāng qiú tā ， shuō ：『 kuān róng wǒ ba ， jiāng lái wǒ bì huán qīng 。』

“So his fellow servant fell down at his feet and begged him, saying, ‘Have patience with me, and I will repay you!’

他不肯，竟去把他下在监里，等他还了所欠的债。

tā bù kěn ， jìng qù bǎ tā xià zài jiān lǐ ， děng tā hái le suǒ qiàn de zhài 。

He would not, but went and cast him into prison until he should pay back that which was due.

众同伴看见他所做的事就甚忧愁，去把这事都告诉了主人。

zhòng tóng bàn kàn jiàn tā suǒ zuò de shì jiù shèn yōu chóu ， qù bǎ zhè shì dōu gào sù le zhǔ rén 。

So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were exceedingly sorry, and came and told their lord all that was done.

于是主人叫了他来，对他说：『你这恶奴才！你央求我，我就把你所欠的都免了，

yú shì zhǔ rén jiào le tā lái ， duì tā shuō ：『 nǐ zhè è nú cái ！ nǐ yāng qiú wǒ ， wǒ jiù bǎ nǐ suǒ qiàn de dōu miǎn le ，

Then his lord called him in and said to him, ‘You wicked servant! I forgave you all that debt because you begged me.

你不应当怜恤你的同伴，像我怜恤你吗？』

nǐ bú yīng dāng lián xù nǐ de tóng bàn ， xiàng wǒ lián xù nǐ ma ？』

Shouldn’t you also have had mercy on your fellow servant, even as I had mercy on you?’

主人就大怒，把他交给掌刑的，等他还清了所欠的债。

zhǔ rén jiù dà nù ， bǎ tā jiāo gěi zhǎng xíng de ， děng tā huán qīng le suǒ qiàn de zhài 。

His lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors until he should pay all that was due to him.

你们各人若不从心里饶恕你的弟兄，我天父也要这样待你们了。」

nǐ men gè rén ruò bù cóng xīn lǐ ráo shù nǐ de dì xiong ， wǒ tiān fù yě yào zhè yàng dài nǐ men le 。」

So my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.”