He said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.
and he from within will answer and say, ‘Don’t bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can’t get up and give it to you’?
那人在裏面回答說:『不要攪擾我,門已經關閉,孩子們也同我在床上了,我不能起來給你。』
11:8
እብለክሙለእመሂኢተንሥአየሀቦእስመዐርኩውእቱከመኢያንጥዮይትነሣእወይሁቦመጠነፈቀደ።
I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.
我告訴你們,雖不因他是朋友起來給他,但因他情詞迫切地直求,就必起來照他所需用的給他。
11:9
ወአነሂእብለክሙሰአሉወይትወሀበክሙጐድጕዱወይትረኀወክሙኅሡወትረክቡ።
“I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
我又告訴你們,你們祈求,就給你們;尋找,就尋見;叩門,就給你們開門。
11:10
እስመኵሉዘሰአለይነሥእወዘሂኀሠሠይረክብወለዘሂጐድጐደይትረኀዎ።
For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won’t give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
你們中間作父親的,誰有兒子求餅,反給他石頭呢?求魚,反拿蛇當魚給他呢?
11:12
ወእመኒአንቆቅሖሰአሎዐቅራበኑይሁቦህየንቴሁ።
Or if he asks for an egg, he won’t give him a scorpion, will he?
If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”
The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he says, ‘I will turn back to my house from which I came out.’
「污鬼離了人身,就在無水之地過來過去,尋求安歇之處;既尋不着,便說:『我要回到我所出來的屋裏去。』
11:25
ወመጺኦይረክቦእንዘያስተራክብእዳወወሥርግወወኵስቱረ።
When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.
Then he goes and takes seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first.”
It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice and said to him, “Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!”
耶穌正說這話的時候,眾人中間有一個女人大聲說:「懷你胎的和乳養你的有福了!」
11:28
ወይቤላውእቱኒብፁዓንሰእለይሰምዑቃለእግዚአብሔርወየዐቅቡ።
But he said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it.”
When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, “This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
The Queen of the South will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation and will condemn them, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, one greater than Solomon is here.
The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, one greater than Jonah is here.
The lamp of the body is the eye. Therefore when your eye is good, your whole body is also full of light; but when it is evil, your body also is full of darkness.
你眼睛就是身上的燈。你的眼睛若瞭亮,全身就光明;眼睛若昏花,全身就黑暗。
11:35
ዑቅእንከብርሃንከጽልመተኢይኩን።
Therefore see whether the light that is in you isn’t darkness.
If therefore your whole body is full of light, having no part dark, it will be wholly full of light, as when the lamp with its bright shining gives you light.”
若是你全身光明,毫無黑暗,就必全然光明,如同燈的明光照亮你。」
11:37
ወእንዘይነግሮሙዘንተይቤሎአሐዱፈሪሳዊከመይምሳሕኀቤሁወቦአወረፈቀ።
Now as he spoke, a certain Pharisee asked him to dine with him. He went in and sat at the table.
說話的時候,有一個法利賽人請耶穌同他吃飯,耶穌就進去坐席。
11:38
ወርእዮፈሪሳዊአንከረእስመኢተኀፅበእዴሁለመሲሕ።
When the Pharisee saw it, he marveled that he had not first washed himself before dinner.
But woe to you Pharisees! For you tithe mint and rue and every herb, but you bypass justice and God’s love. You ought to have done these, and not to have left the other undone.
He said, “Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won’t even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.
耶穌說:「你們律法師也有禍了!因為你們把難擔的擔子放在人身上,自己一個指頭卻不肯動。
11:47
አሌለክሙጸሐፍትወፈሪሳውያንእስመተሐንጹመቃብሪሆሙለነቢያትእለአበዊክሙቀተልዎሙ።
Woe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.
from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.’ Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.