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Epistle of Barnabas 2

Greek original · 10 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

2:1

Ἡμερῶν οὖν οὐσῶν πονηρῶν καὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἐνεργοῦντος ἔχοντος τὴν ἐξουσίαν, ὀφείλομεν ἑαυτοῖς προσέχοντες ἐκζητεῖν τὰ δικαιώματα κυρίου

Since, then, the days are evil and the one who is at work has the power, we ought to give heed to ourselves and seek out the righteous ordinances of the Lord.

如今日子既然邪惡，那運行作工的也掌有權勢，我們就當謹慎自守，尋求主的公義命定。

2:2

τῆς οὖν πίστεως ἡμῶν εἰσιν βοηθοὶ φόβος καὶ ὑπομονή, τὰ δὲ συμμαχοῦντα ἡμῖν μακροθυμία καὶ ἐγκράτεια:

The helpers of our faith, then, are fear and endurance, and our allies are longsuffering and self-control.

我們信心的幫助乃是敬畏與忍耐，與我們並肩作戰的是恆忍與節制。

2:3

τούτων οὖν μενόντων τὰ πρὸς κύριον ἁγνῶς, συνευφραίνονται αὐτοῖς σοφία, σύνεσις, ἐπιστήμη, γνῶσις

While these things remain pure toward the Lord, there rejoice together with them wisdom, understanding, knowledge, and discernment.

當這些向著主保持純潔，智慧、聰明、學識、知識便與它們一同歡喜。

2:4

πεφανέρωκεν γὰρ ἡμῖν διὰ πάντων τῶν προφητῶν, ὅτι οὕτε θυσιῶν οὔτε ὁλοκαυτωμάτων οὔτε προσφορῶν χρῄζει, λέγων ὅτε μέν:

For He has made plain to us through all the prophets that He needs neither sacrifices nor whole burnt offerings nor offerings, saying at one time:

因為祂藉著眾先知向我們表明，祂既不需要祭物，也不需要燔祭與供物，有時說：

2:5

Τί μοι πλῆθος τῶν θυσιῶν ὑμῶν; λέγει κύριος. πλήρης εἰμὶ ὁλοκαυτωμάτων, καὶ στέαρ ἀρνῶν καὶ αἷμα ταύρων καὶ τράγων οὐ βούλομαι, οὐδ̓ ἂν ἔρχησθε ὀφθῆναί μοι, τίς γὰρ ἐξεζήτησεν ταῦτα ἐκ τῶν χειρῶν ὑμῶν; πατεῖν μου τὴν αὐλὴν οὐ προσθήσεσθε. ἐὰν φέρητε σεμίδαλιν, μάταιον: θυμίαμα βδέλυγμά μοί ἐστιν: τὰς νεομηνίας ὑμῶν καὶ τὰ σάββατα οὐκ ἀνέχομαι

"What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the Lord. I am full of whole burnt offerings, and the fat of lambs and the blood of bulls and goats I do not desire; nor though you come to appear before me. For who has required these things from your hands? You shall trample my court no more. If you bring fine flour, it is vain; incense is an abomination to me; your new moons and sabbaths I cannot endure."

「耶和華說：你們所獻許多的祭與我何益？燔祭和公羊的脂油，公牛、公山羊的血，我都不喜悅；你們來朝見我，誰向你們要這些，使你們踐踏我的院宇呢？你們不要再獻虛浮的供物，香品是我所憎惡的；月朔和安息日我也不能容忍。」

2:6

ταῦτα οὖν κατήργησεν, ἵνα ὁ καινὸς νόμος τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἄνευ ζυγοῦ ἀνάγκης ὤν, μὴ ἀνθρωποποίητον ἔχῃ τὴν προσφοράν

These things, then, He abolished, that the new law of our Lord Jesus Christ, being without the yoke of compulsion, might have an offering not made by human hands.

祂便廢去這些，好叫我們主耶穌基督的新律法──既無強迫的軛──所獻的供物不是人手所造的。

2:7

λέγει δὲ πάλιν πρὸς αὐτούς: Μὴ ἐγὼ ἐνετειλάμην τοῖς πατράσιν ὑμῶν ἐκπορευομένοις ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου, προσενέγκαι μοι ὁλοκαυτώματα καὶ θυσίας

And again He says to them: "Did I command your fathers, when they came out of the land of Egypt, to bring me whole burnt offerings and sacrifices?

祂又對他們說：「你們的祖宗出埃及地的時候，我豈是吩咐他們向我獻燔祭與別的祭呢？

2:8

ἀλλ̓ ἡ τοῦτο ἐνετειλάμην αὐτοῖς: ἕκαστος ὑμῶν κατὰ τοῦ πλησίον ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ ἑαυτοῦ κακίαν μὴ μνησικακείτω, καὶ ὅρκον ψευδῆ μὴ ἀγαπᾶτε

But this I commanded them: Let none of you bear malice in his heart against his neighbor, and love not a false oath."

我所吩咐他們的乃是：你們各人心裡不可向鄰舍懷怨，也不可喜愛起假誓。」

2:9

αἰσθάνεσθαι οὖν ὀφείλομεν, μὴ ὄντες ἀσύνετοι, τὴν γνώμην τῆς ἀγαθωσύνης τοῦ πατρὸς ἡμῶν, ὅτ̓ ἡμῖν λέγει, θέλων ἡμᾶς μὴ ὁμοίως πλανωμένους ἐκείνοις ζητεῖν, πῶς προσάγωμεν αὐτῷ

We ought, then, since we are not without understanding, to perceive the mind of the goodness of our Father; for He speaks to us, desiring that we, not led astray like them, should seek how we are to approach Him.

我們既非愚昧無知，就當領會我們父良善的心意；因為祂向我們說話，乃願我們不像他們那樣迷誤，而要尋求怎樣才能親近祂。

2:10

ἡμῖν οὖν οὕτως λέγει: Θυσία τῷ κυρίῳ καρδία συντετριμμένη, ὀσμὴ εὐωδίας τῷ κυρίῳ καρδία δοξάζουσα τὸν πεπλακότα αὐτήν. ἀκριβεύεσθαι οὖν ὀφείλομεν, ἀδελφοί, περὶ τῆς σωτηρίας ἡμῶν, ἵνα μὴ ὁ πονηρὸς παρείσδυσιν πλάνης ποιήσας ἐν ἡμῖν ἐκσφενδονήσῃ ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῆς ζωῆς ἡμῶν

To us, then, He says thus: "The sacrifice to the Lord is a contrite heart; an odor of sweet fragrance to the Lord is a heart that glorifies its Maker." We ought, then, brothers, to be exact concerning our salvation, lest the evil one, having wrought an entrance of deceit in us, should fling us away from our life.

祂向我們這樣說：「獻給主的祭乃是憂傷痛悔的心；榮耀那造它之主的心，在主面前如同馨香之氣。」弟兄們，我們就當謹慎我們的救恩，免得那惡者在我們裡面製造迷惑的入口，把我們從我們的生命中拋擲出去。

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