中英對照/教義和聖約/第29篇​

第二十九篇

Section 29

一八三○年九月，在紐約，菲也特，在六位長老面前，透過先知約瑟 • 斯密給予的啟示〔教會史，1:111–115〕。這啟示是一八三○年九月二十六日大會開始前幾天給予的。

Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet, in the presence of six elders, at Fayette, New York, September 1830 (seeHistory of the Church, 1:111–15). This revelation was given some days prior to the conference, beginning 26 September 1830.

1–8，基督聚集祂的選民；9–11，祂的來臨開啟千禧年；12–13，十二位會審判全以色列；14–21，第二次來臨之前將有預兆、瘟疫、荒蕪；22–28，千禧年之後將有最後復活和最終審判；29–35，對主而言，所有的事物都是屬靈的；36–39，魔鬼及其徒眾被逐出天庭，去誘惑世人；40–45，墜落和贖罪帶來救恩；46–50，小孩子藉贖罪而得救贖。

1–8, Christ gathers his elect; 9–11, His coming ushers in the Millennium;12–13, The Twelve will judge all Israel; 14–21, Signs, plagues, and desolations will precede the Second Coming; 22–28, The last resurrection and final judgment follow the Millennium; 29–35, All things are spiritual unto the Lord; 36–39, The devil and his hosts were cast out of heaven to tempt man; 40–45, The Fall and Atonement bring salvation; 46–50, Little children are redeemed through the Atonement.

1 聽耶穌基督，你們的救贖主，偉大而自有^ａ永有者的聲音，祂^ｂ慈悲之臂已^ｃ贖了你們的罪；

1 Listen to the voice of Jesus Christ, your Redeemer, the Great I Am, whose arm of ^bmercy hath ^catoned for your sins;

2 祂要像母雞把小雞聚集在翅膀底下那樣^ａ聚集祂的人民，即所有聽我的聲音，在我面前^ｂ謙卑，並盡力禱告呼求我的人。

2 Who will ^agather his people even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, even as many as will hearken to my voice and ^bhumble themselves before me, and call upon me in mighty prayer.

3 看啊，我實實在在告訴你們，此時你們的罪^ａ赦了，所以你們才能接受這些事；但是記住，不要再犯罪，以免危難臨到你們。

3 Behold, verily, verily, I say unto you, that at this time your^asins are ^bforgiven you, therefore ye receive these things; but remember to sin no more, lest perils shall come upon you.

4 我實在告訴你們，你們是從世上揀選出來的，要用喜悅的語調和號角般的^ａ聲音，宣揚我的福音。

4 Verily, I say unto you that ye are chosen out of the world to declare my gospel with the sound of rejoicing, as with the ^avoiceof a trump.

5 你們要滿懷高興，因為我在你們^ａ中間，在父面前作你們的^ｂ中保；把^ｃ國度給你們是祂的美意。

5 Lift up your hearts and be ^aglad, for I am in your ^bmidst, and am your ^cadvocate with the Father; and it is his good will to give you the ^dkingdom.

6 而且，正如記載所說──你們憑^ａ信心，照我的命令^ｂ同心祈禱，無論^ｃ求什麼，都必得到。

6 And, as it is written—Whatsoever ye shall ^aask in ^bfaith, being^cunited in prayer according to my command, ye shall receive.

7 你們蒙召促成我^ａ選民的^ｂ聚集；因為我的選民^ｃ聽我的聲音，也不硬起他們的^ｄ心；

7 And ye are called to bring to pass the ^agathering of mine ^belect; for mine elect ^chear my voice and ^dharden not their ^ehearts;

8 因此父已發布命令，他們將^ａ聚集在此地的一個地點，為^ｂ苦難和荒蕪降臨惡人的日子，作好內心及各方面的^ｃ準備。

8 Wherefore the decree hath gone forth from the Father that they shall be ^agathered in unto one place upon the face of this land, to ^bprepare their hearts and be prepared in all things against the day when ^ctribulation and desolation are sent forth upon the wicked.

9 因為時辰近了，大地成熟的日子近了；所有^ａ驕傲和作惡的必如^ｂ碎稭；萬軍之主說，我要將他們^ｃ燒盡，使大地沒有邪惡；

9 For the hour is nigh and the ^aday soon at hand when the earth is ripe; and all the ^bproud and they that do wickedly shall be as^cstubble; and I will ^dburn them up, saith the Lord of Hosts, that wickedness shall not be upon the earth;

10 因為時辰近了，我的使徒^ａ所說的都必應驗；因為他們怎麼說，事情就必怎麼樣；

10 For the hour is nigh, and that which was ^aspoken by mine^bapostles must be fulfilled; for as they spoke so shall it come to pass;

11 因為我要以能力和極大榮耀，帶著所有^ａ天軍，自天上顯現，在^ｂ正義中與人同住世上^ｃ一千年，那時惡人必站立不住。

11 For I will reveal ^amyself from heaven with power and great glory, with all the ^bhosts thereof, and ^cdwell in ^drighteousnesswith men on earth a ^ethousand years, and the wicked shall not stand.

12 我再實實在在告訴你們，有個不變的命令，已奉父的旨意頒佈了，就是我的^ａ使徒們，我在耶路撒冷傳道時和我一起的十二位，到我在^ｂ火柱中降臨那天，必身穿正義之袍，頭戴冠冕，像我一樣^ｃ榮耀，站在我右邊，^ｄ審判全以色列家族，就是所有曾愛我並遵守我誡命的人，而沒有別人。

12 And again, verily, verily, I say unto you, and it hath gone forth in a firm decree, by the will of the Father, that mine ^aapostles, the Twelve which were with me in my ministry at Jerusalem, shall stand at my right hand at the day of my coming in a pillar of ^bfire, being clothed with robes of righteousness, with crowns upon their heads, in ^cglory even as I am, to ^djudge the whole house of Israel, even as many as have loved me and kept my commandments, and none else.

13 因為^ａ號角聲將如在西奈山上那樣吹得又長又響，全地必震動，他們要^ｂ出來──是的，就是^c死 在我裡面的人，要接受正義的^ｄ冠冕，^ｅ像我一樣穿戴，與我同在，好使我們合而為一。

13 For a ^atrump shall sound both long and loud, even as upon Mount Sinai, and all the ^bearth shall quake, and they shall ^ccomeforth—yea, even the ^ddead which died in me, to receive a ^ecrownof righteousness, and to be clothed upon, ^feven as I am, to be with me, that we may be one.

14 但是，看啊，我告訴你們，這大^ａ日子要來之前，^ｂ太陽必昏暗，月亮要變為血，眾星要從天上墜落，天上地下將有更大的^ｃ徵兆；

14 But, behold, I say unto you that before this great ^aday shall come the ^bsun shall be ^cdarkened, and the moon shall be turned into blood, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and there shall be greater ^dsigns in heaven above and in the earth beneath;

15 人群中將哭泣^ａ哀號；

15 And there shall be weeping and ^awailing among the hosts of men;

16 必有大^ａ冰雹來毀壞地上的莊稼。　

16 And there shall be a great ^ahailstorm sent forth to destroy the^bcrops of the earth.

17 事情將會這樣，由於世人的邪惡，我要向^ａ惡人^ｂ報復，因為他們不肯悔改；因為我憤怒之杯已滿；因為看啊，如果他們不聽我的話，我的^ｃ血必不潔淨他們。

17 And it shall come to pass, because of the wickedness of the world, that I will take ^avengeance upon the ^bwicked, for they will not repent; for the ^ccup of mine ^dindignation is full; for behold, my ^eblood shall not ^fcleanse them if they hear me not.

18 因此，我，主神，必降蒼蠅到地面上附在居民身上，吃他們的肉，使他們的身體長蛆；

18 Wherefore, I the Lord God will send forth ^aflies upon the face of the earth, which shall take hold of the inhabitants thereof, and shall eat their flesh, and shall cause maggots to come in upon them;

19 他們將結舌無法^ａ張口反對我；他們的肌肉將脫骨而落，他們的眼珠要離眶而墜；

19 And their tongues shall be stayed that they shall not ^autteragainst me; and their flesh shall fall from off their bones, and their eyes from their sockets;

20 事情將會這樣，林中的^ａ走獸和空中的飛鳥將吞吃他們。

20 And it shall come to pass that the ^abeasts of the forest and the fowls of the air shall devour them up.

21 那大而^ａ可憎的教會，那^ｂ全地之娼，將如先知以西結所說的，被^ｃ吞滅的火推倒，他說過這些事，像我活著一樣，這些事雖還未到，但^ｄ必然如此，因為憎行必無法得逞。

21 And the great and ^aabominable church, which is the ^bwhore of all the earth, shall be cast down by ^cdevouring fire, according as it is spoken by the mouth of Ezekiel the prophet, who spoke of these things, which have not come to pass but surely ^dmust, as I live, for ^eabominations shall not reign.

22 我再實實在在告訴你們，^ａ一千年結束後，世人又開始否認他們的神，我會放過大地^ｂ一段短時期；

22 And again, verily, verily, I say unto you that when the^athousand years are ended, and men again begin to deny their God, then will I spare the earth but for a ^blittle season;

23 然後^ａ末期來到，天地要被毀滅而^ｂ消逝，接著將有新天^ｃ新地。

23 And the ^aend shall come, and the heaven and the earth shall be consumed and ^bpass away, and there shall be a new heaven and a ^cnew earth.

24 因為一切舊的都要^ａ消逝，萬物都必更新，天和地，天地間的萬物、人與獸、空中的飛鳥、海中的魚都要更新；

24 For all ^aold things shall ^bpass away, and all things shall become new, even the heaven and the earth, and all the fulness thereof, both men and ^cbeasts, the fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea;

25 一根^ａ頭髮，一點微塵都不會失落，因為那是我親手造的。

25 And not one ^ahair, neither mote, shall be lost, for it is the^bworkmanship of mine hand.

26 但是，看啊，我實在告訴你們，大地消逝以前，我的^ａ天使長^ｂ米迦勒會吹起^ｃ號角，死者都要^ｄ醒來，因為他們的墳墓會被打開，他們會^ｅ出來──是的，所有的死者。

26 But, behold, verily I say unto you, before the earth shall pass away, ^aMichael, mine archangel, shall sound his ^btrump, and then shall all the dead ^cawake, for their graves shall be opened, and they shall ^dcome forth—yea, even all.

27 ^ａ義人將聚集在我^ｂ右邊得永生；惡人將在我左邊，我在父面前恥於擁有他們；

27 And the ^arighteous shall be gathered on my ^bright hand unto eternal life; and the wicked on my left hand will I be ashamed to own before the Father;

28 因此我要對他們說──你們這些受詛罰的，^ａ離開我，到那為^ｂ魔鬼和魔鬼使者們準備的永恆之^ｃ火中去。

28 Wherefore I will say unto them—^aDepart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting ^bfire, prepared for the ^cdevil and his angels.

29 現在，看啊，我告訴你們，我的口從未宣布過他們能回來，我^ａ所在的地方他們不能來，因為他們沒有能力。

29 And now, behold, I say unto you, never at any time have I declared from mine own mouth that they should return, for^awhere I am they cannot come, for they have no power.

30 但是記住，我的審判並未完全向世人顯明；我的口怎麼說的，就必怎樣應驗，就是我藉我能力的話語，即我靈的能力，創造的所有的事物，^ａ在前的將要在後，在後的將要在前。

30 But remember that all my judgments are not given unto men; and as the words have gone forth out of my mouth even so shall they be fulfilled, that the ^afirst shall be last, and that the last shall be first in all things whatsoever I have created by the word of my power, which is the power of my ^bSpirit.

31 因為我藉我靈的能力^ａ創造了一切；是的，^ｂ屬靈和屬世的所有事物──

31 For by the power of my Spirit ^acreated I them; yea, all things both ^bspiritual and temporal—

32 首先^ａ屬靈的，其次屬世的，這是我事工的開始；然後，首先屬世的，其次屬靈的，就是我事工的終結──

32 ^aFirst ^bspiritual, secondly temporal, which is the beginning of my work; and again, first temporal, and secondly spiritual, which is the last of my work—

33 這樣說，好使你們易於了解，但是對我來說，我的事工沒有^ａ結束，也沒有開始；然而你們既同心求問我，我就這樣對你們說，好讓你們了解。

33 ^aSpeaking unto you that you may naturally understand; but unto myself my works have no ^bend, neither beginning; but it is given unto you that ye may understand, because ye have asked it of me and are agreed.

34 因此，我實在告訴你們，對我來說，所有的事物都是屬靈的，我從未給你們屬世的律法；沒有給過任何人，沒有給過人類兒女，也沒有給過你們的祖先，即我所創造的亞當。

34 Wherefore, verily I say unto you that all things unto me are spiritual, and not at any time have I given unto you a ^alaw which was ^btemporal; neither any man, nor the children of men; neither Adam, your father, whom I created.

35 看啊，我給他的是要他作自己的^ａ主宰；我給他誡命，但沒給他屬世的^ｂ誡命，因為我的誡命都是屬靈的，不是自然的，也不是屬世的，不是屬肉慾的，也不是屬情慾的。

35 Behold, I gave unto him that he should be an ^aagent unto himself; and I gave unto him commandment, but no temporal commandment gave I unto him, for my ^bcommandments are^cspiritual; they are not natural nor temporal, neither carnal nor sensual.

36 事情是這樣的，亞當受了魔鬼的誘惑──因為，看啊，^ａ魔鬼在亞當面前，因為他^ｂ背叛我，說，把你的^ｃ榮譽給我，那是我的^ｄ能力；他還使^ｅ天上群眾的^f三分之一 因他們的^ｇ選擇權而背離我；

36 And it came to pass that Adam, being tempted of the ^adevil—for, behold, the ^bdevil was before Adam, for he ^crebelled against me, saying, Give me thine ^dhonor, which is my ^epower; and also a^fthird part of the ^ghosts of heaven turned he away from me because of their ^hagency;

37 他們被丟下去，因而有了^ａ魔鬼和他的^ｂ使者；

37 And they were thrust down, and thus came the ^adevil and his^bangels;

38 而且，看啊，從太初就為他們準備好一個地方，那地方就是^ａ地獄。

38 And, behold, there is a place ^aprepared for them from the beginning, which place is ^bhell.

39 魔鬼^ａ誘惑人類兒女是必要的，否則他們無法成為自己的主宰；因為他們如果未嘗過^ｂ苦，就不知道甜──

39 And it must needs be that the ^adevil should ^btempt the children of men, or they could not be ^cagents unto themselves; for if they never should have ^dbitter they could not know the sweet—

40 因此，事情就是這樣，魔鬼誘惑了亞當，他吃了禁^ａ果，違反了誡命，變得^ｂ順從魔鬼的意思，因為他向誘惑屈服。

40 Wherefore, it came to pass that the devil tempted Adam, and he partook of the forbidden ^afruit and ^btransgressed the commandment, wherein he became ^csubject to the will of the devil, because he yielded unto temptation.

41 因此，我，主神，因他違誡而使他被^ａ趕出^ｂ伊甸園，離開我面前，於是他^ｃ在屬靈方面死了，那是第一次死亡，和最後的^ｄ死亡一樣；那是屬靈的死亡，當我說：你們這些^ｅ受詛咒的，離開我，就是對惡人宣告這種死亡。

41 Wherefore, I, the Lord God, caused that he should be ^acast out from the Garden of ^bEden, from my presence, because of his transgression, wherein he became ^cspiritually ^ddead, which is the first death, even that same death which is the last ^edeath, which is spiritual, which shall be pronounced upon the wicked when I shall say: Depart, ye ^fcursed.

42 但是，看啊，我告訴你們，我，主神，讓亞當和他的後裔不會有^ａ屬世的死亡，直到我，主神，派^ｂ天使向他們宣講藉著對我^ｃ獨生子之名的信心而來的^ｄ悔改和^ｅ救贖。

42 But, behold, I say unto you that I, the Lord God, gave unto Adam and unto his seed, that they should not ^adie as to the temporal death, until I, the Lord God, should send forth ^bangelsto declare unto them ^crepentance and ^dredemption, through faith on the name of mine ^eOnly Begotten Son.

43 因此我，主神，指定給世人^ａ考驗的日子──好使凡是相信的人，在自然死亡後，能^ｂ復活^ｃ不死而得到^ｄ永生。

43 And thus did I, the Lord God, appoint unto man the days of his ^aprobation—that by his ^bnatural death he might be ^craised in^dimmortality unto eternal life, even as many as would believe;

44 但不信的人就得到永恆的^ａ懲罰；因為他們不悔改，不能從屬靈的墜落中得到救贖；

44 And they that believe not unto eternal ^adamnation; for they cannot be redeemed from their spiritual ^bfall, because they repent not;

45 因為他們愛黑暗而不愛光明，他們的^ａ行為邪惡，他們就由他們所選擇服從的對象領取^ｂ工資。

45 For they love darkness rather than light, and their ^adeeds are evil, and they receive their ^bwages of ^cwhom they list to obey.

46 但是看啊，我告訴你們，^ａ小孩子從世界奠基以來就由我的獨生子^ｂ救贖了；

46 But behold, I say unto you, that little ^achildren are ^bredeemedfrom the foundation of the world through mine Only Begotten;

47 所以，他們不能犯罪，因為沒有給撒但能力去^ａ誘惑小孩子，直到他們開始能在我面前^ｂ負責的時候；

47 Wherefore, they cannot ^asin, for power is not given unto Satan to ^btempt little children, until they ^cbegin to become^daccountable before me;

48 這樣待他們是我的意思，是我所樂意的，這樣才好向他們的^ａ父親手中要求重大的事。

48 For it is given unto them even as I will, according to mine own ^apleasure, that great things may be required at the hand of their ^bfathers.

49 並且我再告訴你們，對哪個有知識的人，我沒有吩咐他悔改呢？

49 And, again, I say unto you, that whoso having knowledge, have I not commanded to ^arepent?

50 至於那沒有^ａ理解力的人，我會根據記載處理。現在我不再對你們多宣講了 。阿們。

50 And he that hath no ^aunderstanding, it remaineth in me to do according as it is written. And now I declare no more unto you at this time. Amen.