马太福音 8 – CCB & NIRV

Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)

马太福音 8:1-34

麻风病痊愈

1耶稣下山的时候,有许多人跟着。 2有一个患麻风病的人跑来跪在祂跟前,说:“主啊,如果你肯,一定能使我洁净。”

3耶稣伸手摸他,说:“我肯,你洁净了吧!”那人的麻风病就立刻洁净了。

4耶稣对他说:“不要把这事告诉别人,要去让祭司察看你的身体,并且照摩西的规定献祭,向众人证明你已经洁净了。”

百夫长的信心

5耶稣到了迦百农,一个百夫长前来向祂求助,说: 6“主啊,我的仆人瘫痪,躺在家里,非常痛苦。”

7耶稣说:“我这就去医治他。”

8百夫长说:“主啊,我不配让你亲自来我家。你只要说一句话,我仆人就会痊愈。 9因为我有上司,也有部下。我命令我的部下去,他就去;要他来,他就来。我吩咐仆人做什么事,他一定照办。”

10耶稣听了,感到惊奇,便对跟随祂的人说:“我实在告诉你们,我在以色列从未见过信心这么大的人。 11我告诉你们,将来有许多从东从西来的人会在天国与亚伯拉罕以撒雅各一同欢宴。 12但那些本应承受天国的人反会被赶出去,在黑暗里哀哭切齿。”

13耶稣对百夫长说:“你回去吧!就照你所信的给你成就。”就在那时候,他的仆人便痊愈了。

治病赶鬼

14耶稣来到彼得家,看见彼得的岳母正在发烧,躺在床上。 15耶稣一摸她的手,烧就退了。她便起来服侍耶稣。

16当天晚上,有人带着许多被鬼附身的人来见耶稣。耶稣一句话就把鬼赶出去了,并医好了所有的病人。 17这是要应验以赛亚先知的话:“祂担当了我们的软弱,背负了我们的疾病。”

跟从耶稣的代价

18耶稣看到人群围着祂,就吩咐门徒渡到湖对岸。 19这时,有一位律法教师上前对耶稣说:“老师,无论你往哪里去,我都要跟从你。”

20耶稣说:“狐狸有洞,飞鸟有窝,人子却没有安枕之处。”

21另一个门徒对耶稣说:“主啊,请让我先回去安葬我的父亲。” 22耶稣对他说:“跟从我,让死人去埋葬他们的死人吧!”

平静风浪

23耶稣上了船,门徒也跟着祂上了船。 24忽然,湖面上狂风大作,波涛汹涌,船快要被巨浪吞没,耶稣却在睡觉。

25门徒连忙叫醒耶稣,说:“主啊,救命!我们快淹死了!”

26耶稣答道:“你们的信心太小了,为什么害怕呢?”于是祂起来斥责风和浪,风浪就完全平静了。

27门徒很惊奇,说:“祂究竟是什么人?连风浪都听祂的!”

治好两个被鬼附身的人

28耶稣到了对岸加大拉8:28 加大拉”即格拉森地区。人的地方,有两个被鬼附身的人从坟地里出来见祂。他们非常凶恶,没有人敢从那里经过。 29他们喊着说:“上帝的儿子啊!我们和你有什么关系?时候还没有到,你就来叫我们受苦吗?”

30当时,有一大群猪在附近吃食。 31鬼就哀求耶稣:“如果你要赶我们出去,就让我们进入猪群吧!”

32耶稣说:“去吧!”

于是,鬼从那二人身上出来,进入猪群,整群猪就一路奔下陡坡,冲进湖里淹死了。 33放猪的人逃进城,把事情的经过以及被鬼附身者的遭遇告诉了城里的人。 34于是,全城的人都出来见耶稣,见到后,便请求祂离开那地方。

New International Reader’s Version

Matthew 8:1-34

Jesus Heals a Man Who Had a Skin Disease

1Jesus came down from the mountainside. Large crowds followed him. 2A man who had a skin disease came and got down on his knees in front of Jesus. He said, “Lord, if you are willing to make me ‘clean,’ you can do it.”

3Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing to do it,” he said. “Be ‘clean’!” Right away the man was healed of his skin disease. 4Then Jesus said to him, “Don’t tell anyone. Go and show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift Moses commanded. It will be a witness to everyone.”

A Roman Commander Has Faith

5When Jesus entered Capernaum, a Roman commander came to him. He asked Jesus for help. 6“Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home and can’t move. He is suffering terribly.”

7Jesus said, “Shall I come and heal him?”

8The commander replied, “Lord, I am not good enough to have you come into my house. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9I myself am a man under authority. And I have soldiers who obey my orders. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes. I tell that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

10When Jesus heard this, he was amazed. He said to those following him, “What I’m about to tell you is true. In Israel I have not found anyone whose faith is so strong. 11I say to you that many will come from the east and the west. They will take their places at the feast in the kingdom of heaven. They will sit with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. 12But those who think they belong in the kingdom will be thrown outside, into the darkness. There they will weep and grind their teeth.”

13Then Jesus said to the Roman commander, “Go! It will be done just as you believed it would.” And his servant was healed at that moment.

Jesus Heals Many People

14When Jesus came into Peter’s house, he saw Peter’s mother-in-law. She was lying in bed. She had a fever. 15Jesus touched her hand, and the fever left her. She got up and began to serve him.

16When evening came, many people controlled by demons were brought to Jesus. He drove out the spirits with a word. He healed all who were sick. 17This happened so that what Isaiah the prophet had said would come true. He had said,

“He suffered the things we should have suffered.

He took on himself the sicknesses that should have been ours.” (Isaiah 53:4)

The Cost of Following Jesus

18Jesus saw the crowd around him. So he gave his disciples orders to go to the other side of the Sea of Galilee. 19Then a teacher of the law came to him. He said, “Teacher, I will follow you no matter where you go.”

20Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens. Birds have nests. But the Son of Man has no place to lay his head.”

21Another follower said to him, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

22But Jesus told him, “Follow me. Let the dead bury their own dead.”

Jesus Calms the Storm

23Jesus got into a boat. His disciples followed him. 24Suddenly a terrible storm came up on the lake. The waves crashed over the boat. But Jesus was sleeping. 25The disciples went and woke him up. They said, “Lord! Save us! We’re going to drown!”

26He replied, “Your faith is so small! Why are you so afraid?” Then Jesus got up and ordered the winds and the waves to stop. It became completely calm.

27The disciples were amazed. They asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!”

Jesus Heals Two Men Controlled by Demons

28Jesus arrived at the other side of the lake in the area of the Gadarenes. Two men controlled by demons met him. They came from the tombs. The men were so wild that no one could pass that way. 29“Son of God, what do you want with us?” they shouted. “Have you come here to punish us before the time for us to be judged?”

30Not very far away, a large herd of pigs was feeding. 31The demons begged Jesus, “If you drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”

32Jesus said to them, “Go!” So the demons came out of the men and went into the pigs. The whole herd rushed down the steep bank. They ran into the lake and drowned in the water. 33Those who were tending the pigs ran off. They went into the town and reported all this. They told the people what had happened to the men who had been controlled by demons. 34Then the whole town went out to meet Jesus. When they saw him, they begged him to leave their area.