中英對照/教義和聖約/第22篇​

第二十二篇

Section 22

一八三○年四月，在紐約，曼徹斯特，透過先知約瑟 • 斯密給予的啟示〔教會史，1:79–80〕。給予教會這啟示，是由於幾位以前曾受洗的人，想不再受洗而加入教會。

Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Manchester, New York, April 1830 (see History of the Church,1:79–80). This revelation was given to the Church in consequence of some who had previously been baptized desiring to unite with the Church without rebaptism.

1，洗禮是一條新永約；2–4，授權的洗禮是必要的。

1, Baptism is a new and everlasting covenant; 2–4, Authoritative baptism is required.

1 看啊，我告訴你們，藉著這件事，一切^ａ舊的聖約我都廢除了；這是一條新而^ｂ永久的聖約，從太初就有的。

1 Behold, I say unto you that all ^aold covenants have I caused to be done away in this thing; and this is a new and an ^beverlasting^ccovenant, even that which was from the beginning.

2 因此，即使一個人受洗一百次，對他也毫無用處，因為你們既不能靠^ａ摩西律法也不能靠^ｂ死的行為進入窄門。

2 Wherefore, although a man should be baptized an hundred times it availeth him nothing, for you cannot enter in at the strait gate by the ^alaw of Moses, neither by your ^bdead works.

3 就是由於你們死的行為，我才使這最後的聖約和這教會像古代那樣為我建立起來。

3 For it is because of your dead works that I have caused this last covenant and this church to be built up unto me, even as in days of old.

4 因此，照我的命令進入那扇^ａ門，^ｂ不要試圖勸告你們的神。阿們。

4 Wherefore, enter ye in at the ^agate, as I have commanded, and^bseek not to counsel your God. Amen.