財主能否進天國 — 路加福音讀經隨筆 第19章

路加福音第十九章第1—10節有一個人名叫撒該的稅吏長是個財主。他要看看耶穌是怎樣的人，隻因人多他的身量又矮，就爬上桑樹看耶穌。耶穌看到了他就說那天就住在他家裏了。撒該就急忙從樹上爬下來歡歡喜喜的接待耶穌。眾人看見，都私下議論說耶穌竟到罪人家裏去住宿。耶穌說今天救恩到了這家，因為他也是亞伯拉罕的子孫。撒該作為那個時代的稅吏長是個罪人（猶奸頭），他自己很清楚。他雖為財主，但是他喜歡耶穌，因此不顧身價不惜爬到樹上看耶穌，然後歡歡喜喜地把耶穌接待到家裏。可見，這個稅吏長渴望耶穌赦免他的罪（他估計早聽說耶穌了，不然不會這麽好奇），而耶穌來到世上就是要尋找像撒該這樣的人。因此，撒該得了拯救進了天國。路加福音第十八章第18—27節，那個官也是個財主，卻沒能進天國，因為他不認為自己是罪人，他要靠作善事進天國，耶穌說，用這種方法進天國比駱駝穿過針的眼還難。

路19:1 耶穌進了耶利哥、正經過的時候、
He entered and was passing， through Jericho.
路19:2 有一個人名叫撒該、作稅吏長、是個財主。
There was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector, and he was rich.
路19:3 他要看看耶穌是怎樣的人．隻因人多、他的身量又矮、所以不得看見。
He was trying to see who Jesus was, and couldn't because of the crowd, because he was short.
路19:4 就跑到前頭、爬上桑樹、要看耶穌、因為耶穌必從那裏經過。
He ran on ahead, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was to pass that way.
路19:5 耶穌到了那裏、抬頭一看、對他說、撒該、快下來、今天我必住在你家裏。
When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house."
路19:6 他就急忙下來、歡歡喜喜的接待耶穌。
He hurried, came down, and received him joyfully.
路19:7 眾人看見、都私下議論說、他竟到罪人家裏去住宿。
When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, "He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner."
路19:8 撒該站著、對主說、主阿、我把所有的一半給窮人．我若訛詐了誰、就還他四倍。
Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much."
路19:9 耶穌說、今天救恩到了這家、因為他也是亞伯拉罕的子孫。
Jesus said to him, "Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.
路19:10 人子來、為要尋找拯救失喪的人。
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save that which was lost."
路18:18 有一個官問耶穌說、良善的夫子、我該作甚麽事、才可以承受永生。
A certain ruler asked him, saying, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
路18:19 耶穌對他說、你為甚麽稱我是良善的．除了 神一位之外、再沒有良善的。
Jesus asked him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one--God.
路18:20 誡命你是曉得的、不可奸淫、不可殺人、不可偷盜、不可作假見證、當孝敬父母。
You know the commandments: 'Don't commit adultery,' 'Don't murder,' 'Don't steal,' 'Don't give false testimony,' 'Honor your father and your mother.'"
路18:21 那人說、這一切我從小都遵守了。
He said, "I have observed all these things from my youth up."
路18:22 耶穌聽見了、就說、你還缺少一件．要變賣你一切所有的、分給窮人、就必有財寶在天上．你還要來跟從我。
When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me."
路18:23 他聽見這話、就甚憂愁、因為他很富足。
But when he heard these things, he became very sad, for he was very rich.
路18:24 耶穌看見他就說、有錢財的人進 神的國、是何等的難哪。
Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!
路18:25 駱駝穿過針的眼、比財主進 神的國、還容易呢。
For it is easier for a camel to enter in through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God."
路18:26 聽見的人說、這樣、誰能得救呢。
Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?"
路18:27 耶穌說、在人所不能的事、在 神卻能。
But he said, "The things which are impossible with men are possible with God."