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MATTH. XIII, 33-35; MARC. IV, 33; Luc. XIII, 21. Aliam parabolam locutus est eis. Simile est regnum coelorum fermento, quod acceptum mulier abscondit in farinae satis tribus, donec fermentatum est totum. Haec omnia locutus est Jesus in parabolis, dicens ad turbas. Et talibus parabolis multis loquebatur eis verbum, prout poterant audire, et sine parabolis non loquebatur eis, ut impleretur quod dictum erat per prophetam, dicentem (Psal. LXXVII, 2): Aperiam in parabolis os meum, eructaboabscondita a constitutione mundi. — MATTH. XIII, 10-17; MARC. IV, 10-12; Luc. VIII, 9,10; x, 23-24. Et accedentes discipuli dixerunt ei: Quare in parabolis loqueris eis? Qui respondens ait illis:
祂又對他們講個比喻說：「天國好像麵酵，有婦人拿來，藏在三斗麵裡，直等全團都發起來。」這都是耶穌用比喻對眾人說的話。耶穌用許多這樣的比喻，照他們所能聽的，對他們講道；若不用比喻，就不對他們講；這是要應驗先知的話，說：「我要開口用比喻，把創世以來所隱藏的事發明出來。」門徒進前來，問耶穌說：「對眾人講話，為什麼用比喻呢？」耶穌回答說：
He spoke to them another parable: 'The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, until the whole was leavened.' All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the crowds; and with many such parables He spoke to them the word, as they were able to hear, and without a parable He did not speak to them, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying: 'I will open My mouth in parables, I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.' And the disciples coming said to Him: 'Why do you speak to them in parables?' And answering He said to them:
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Quia vobis datum est nosse mysteria regni coelorum, illis autem non est datum. Seorsum autem discipulis suis disserebat omnia. Ideo in parabolis loquor eis quia videntes non vident, et audientes non audiunt, neque intelligunt. Et adimpletur in eis prophetia Isaiæ prophetæ, dicentis: Auditu audietis, et non intelligetis, et videntes videbitis, et non videbitis. Incrassatum est cor populi hujus, et auribus graviter audierunt, et oculos suos clauserunt; nequando oculis videant, et corde intelligant, et convertantur, et sanem eos (Isa. v!, 9, 10). Vestri autem beati oculi, quia vident, et aures vestrae, quia audiunt:
「因為天國的奧祕只叫你們知道，不叫他們知道。」耶穌卻單獨向門徒講解一切。「所以我用比喻對他們講，是因他們看也看不見，聽也聽不見，也不明白。在他們身上，正應驗了先知以賽亞的預言，說：『你們聽是要聽見，卻不明白；看是要看見，卻不曉得。因為這百姓的心蒙了脂油，耳朵發沉，眼睛閉著，恐怕眼睛看見，耳朵聽見，心裡明白，回轉過來，我就醫治他們。』但你們的眼睛是有福的，因為看見了；你們的耳朵也是有福的，因為聽見了。
'Because to you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.' But apart He expounded all things to His disciples. 'Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, neither do they understand. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah the prophet, who says: By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive. For the heart of this people is grown gross, and with their ears they have heard heavily, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them. But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears, because they hear:
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amen quippe dico vobis, quia multi prophetæ et justi cupierunt videre quae videtis, et non viderunt; et audire quae auditis, et non audierunt.
「我實在告訴你們，從前有許多先知和義人要看你們所看的，卻沒有看見；要聽你們所聽的，卻沒有聽見。」
'For amen I say to you, that many prophets and just men have desired to see the things that you see, and have not seen them; and to hear the things that you hear, and have not heard them.'