路加福音 15
1 眾稅吏和罪人都挨近耶穌，要聽他講道。
Many [HYP] tax collectors and [others whom people considered to be] habitual sinners kept coming to Jesus to listen to him teach.
2 法利賽人和文士私下議論說：「這個人接待罪人，又同他們吃飯。」
The Pharisees and men who taught the [Jewish] laws [who were there] [SYN] began to grumble, saying, “This man welcomes sinners and he also [defiles himself by eating] with them!”
3 耶穌就用比喻說：
So Jesus told them this parable:
4 「你們中間誰有一百隻羊失去一隻，不把這九十九隻撇在曠野、去找那失去的羊，直到找着呢？
“Suppose that one of you had 100 sheep. If one of them were lost, (you [(sg)] would certainly leave the 99 sheep in the pasture, and go and search for the one lost sheep until you found it./would you not leave the 99 sheep in the pasture, and go and search for the one lost sheep until you found it?) [RHQ]
5 找着了，就歡歡喜喜地扛在肩上，回到家裏，
When you [(sg)] found it, you would put it on your shoulders and be happy.
6 就請朋友鄰舍來，對他們說：『我失去的羊已經找着了，你們和我一同歡喜吧！』
When you brought it home, you would call together your friends and neighbors and say to them, ‘Be happy with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost!’
7 我告訴你們，一個罪人悔改，在天上也要這樣為他歡喜，較比為九十九個不用悔改的義人歡喜更大。」
I tell you [(pl)] that similarly [God] will be very happy about each and every sinner who turns from doing evil. God is not happy about 99 people who [think that they] are [IRO] righteous and think that they do not need to turn from doing evil.
8 「或是一個婦人有十塊錢，若失落一塊，豈不點上燈，打掃屋子，細細地找，直到找着嗎？
Or, suppose that a woman has ten [very valuable] silver coins. If she loses one of them, (she will certainly light a lamp and sweep the floor and search carefully until she finds it!/will she not light a lamp and sweep the floor and search carefully until she finds it?) [RHQ]
9 找着了，就請朋友鄰舍來，對他們說：『我失落的那塊錢已經找着了，你們和我一同歡喜吧！』
When she finds it, she will call together her friends and neighbors and say, ‘Be happy with me, [because] I have found the coin that I lost!’
10 我告訴你們，一個罪人悔改，在上帝的使者面前也是這樣為他歡喜。」
I tell you that similarly the angels will be happy about [even just] one sinner who turns from doing evil.”
11 耶穌又說：「一個人有兩個兒子。
Then [Jesus told them this parable to compare what the Pharisees and teachers of the Jewish law thought about those who turn from their sinful behavior with what God thinks about such people]. He said, “A certain man had two sons.
12 小兒子對父親說：『父親，請你把我應得的家業分給我。』他父親就把產業分給他們。
One day the younger son said to his father, ‘Father, [I do not want to wait until you(sg) die]. Give me now the share of your property that belongs to me!’ So the man divided his property between his two sons.
13 過了不多幾日，小兒子就把他一切所有的都收拾起來，往遠方去了。在那裏任意放蕩，浪費資財。
A few days later, the younger son [sold his share]. He gathered his money and other things together and went to a country far away. There he spent all his money foolishly in reckless/wild living.
14 既耗盡了一切所有的，又遇着那地方大遭饑荒，就窮苦起來。
After he had spent all his money, there was a great famine throughout that country. And soon he did not have enough [food to] eat.
15 於是去投靠那地方的一個人；那人打發他到田裏去放豬。
So he went to one of the landowners in that area and asked for work. The man sent him to work taking care of the pigs in his field.
16 他恨不得拿豬所吃的豆莢充飢，也沒有人給他。
[Because he was very hungry], he would have been glad to eat the bean pods that the pigs ate. But no one gave him anything to eat.
17 他醒悟過來，就說：『我父親有多少的雇工，口糧有餘，我倒在這裏餓死嗎？
Finally he thought clearly about what he had done. He said to himself, ‘All of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food! They have more [SYN] than they can eat, but here I am dying because I do not have anything to eat [HYP]!
18 我要起來，到我父親那裏去，向他說：父親！我得罪了天，又得罪了你；
So I will leave here and go back to my father. I will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against God [MTY, EUP] and against you [(sg)].
19 從今以後，我不配稱為你的兒子，把我當作一個雇工吧！』
I am no longer worthy to be called {of [you] calling me} your son. Just hire me to be like one of the other hired servants.”’
20 於是起來，往他父親那裏去。相離還遠，他父親看見，就動了慈心，跑去抱着他的頸項，連連與他親嘴。
So he left there and went back to his father’s house. But while he was still some distance from the house, his father saw him. He pitied him. He ran to his son and embraced him and kissed him [on the cheek].
21 兒子說：『父親！我得罪了天，又得罪了你；從今以後，我不配稱為你的兒子。』
His son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against God [MTY/EUP] and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called {of [you] calling me} your son.’
22 父親卻吩咐僕人說：『把那上好的袍子快拿出來給他穿；把戒指戴在他指頭上；把鞋穿在他腳上；
But his father said to his servants, ‘Go quickly and bring to me the best robe [in the house]! Then put it on my son. Put a ring on his finger [to show that I am honoring him again as my son]! Put sandals on his feet [to show that I do not consider him to be a slave]!
23 把那肥牛犢牽來宰了，我們可以吃喝快樂；
Then bring the fat calf and kill it [and cook it]. We [(inc)] must eat and celebrate,
24 因為我這個兒子是死而復活，失而又得的。』他們就快樂起來。
because my son has returned! [It is as though] [MET] he was dead and is alive again! [It is as though] he was lost and now has been found!’ So they did that, and they all began to celebrate.
25 那時，大兒子正在田裏。他回來，離家不遠，聽見作樂跳舞的聲音，
While all that was happening, the man’s older son was out [working] in the field. When he came near to the house, he heard [people playing] music and dancing.
26 便叫過一個僕人來，問是甚麼事。
He called one of the servants and asked what was happening.
27 僕人說：『你兄弟來了；你父親因為得他無災無病地回來，把肥牛犢宰了。』
The servant said to him, ‘Your [younger] brother has come [home] Your father has [told us to] kill the fat calf [to celebrate] because your brother has returned safe and healthy.’
28 大兒子卻生氣，不肯進去；他父親就出來勸他。
[But] the older brother was angry. He refused to enter [the house]. So his father came out and pleaded with him [to come in].
29 他對父親說：『我服事你這多年，從來沒有違背過你的命，你並沒有給我一隻山羊羔，叫我和朋友一同快樂。
But he replied to his father, ‘Listen to me! For many years I have worked for you like a slave. I always obeyed everything you told me to do. But you never even gave me a young goat, so that I could [kill it and cook it and] celebrate with my friends.
30 但你這個兒子和娼妓吞盡了你的產業，他一來了，你倒為他宰了肥牛犢。』
But this son of yours spent all the [money he got from] what you gave him. He spent it [to pay for sleeping with] prostitutes! Yes, now he has returned home, [but it is not fair that] you have told your [servants] to kill the fat calf [and cook it] for him!’
31 父親對他說：『兒啊！你常和我同在，我一切所有的都是你的；
But his father said to him, ‘My son, you have always been with me, and all my property [that I did not give to your brother] has been yours.
32 只是你這個兄弟是死而復活、失而又得的，所以我們理當歡喜快樂。』」
But [it is as though] [MET] your brother was dead and is alive again! [It is as though] he was lost and now he has been found! So it is appropriate for us to be happy and celebrate!’”
