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《圣经》里的用词
And a voice from heaven
said
，
“This is my
Son
，
whom I
love
；
with him I am
well pleased.”
从天
上有声音说：
「这是我的爱子，我所喜悦的。
」
e.g.
（
as
）
pleased as
Punch
：
very
pleased
：
She was
as pleased as Punch about the news.
Man
does not live on bread
alone
，
but on every word that
comes from the
mouth of God.
人活着，不是单靠食物，乃是靠上帝口里所出的一切话。
e.g. live on sth
（
FOOD
）
：
to only eat
a particular type of food I more or less
live on pasta.
3.“Come
，
follow
me
，
”Jesus
said
，
“and I will make you
fishers of men.”
耶稣对他们说：
「来跟从我，我要叫你们作得人的渔夫。
」
er
：
someone
who
supports
，
admires
or
believes
in
a
particular
person
，
group or
idea a follower of Jesus
Blessed are
the poor in spirit
，
for
theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
心灵贫穷
的人有福了，因为天国是他们的。
e.g.
poor
：
not
good
，
being of a very low
quality
，
quantity or
standard
：
a poor
harvest
In those days John the Baptist
came
，
preaching in the Desert
of Judea and
saying
，
< br>“Repent
，
for the kingdom
of heaven is near.”
当那些日子，有施
洗的约翰出来，在犹太的旷野传道，说：
「天国近了，
你们应当
悔改。
」
e.g. Marry
in haste
，
repent at leisure.
This means that if you marry someone
without knowing them
well
，
you will regret it
later.
Neither do people light a lamp
and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it
on its stand
，
and
it gives light to everyone in the house.
人点灯，
不放在斗底
下，是放在灯台上，就照亮一家的人。<
/p>
the light of sb‘s
life
：
to be the person you
love most My daughter is
the light of
my life.
You are the salt of the earth.
But if the salt loses its
saltiness
，
how can it be
made salty again
？
你们是世上的盐，盐若失了味，怎能叫他再咸呢？
the salt of the
earth
：
if someone is the salt
of the earth
，
they are a
very g
ood and honest person
His mother‘s the salt of the earth. She’d give
you her last penny.
Blessed
are the pure in heart
，
for
they will see God.
清心的人有福了，因为
他们必得见上帝。
as pure as the
driven snow
：
to be morally
good How dare he criticize
me for
having an affair
？
He‘s not
exactly as pure as the driven snow
himself.
Blessed are those
who hunger and thirst for
righteousness
，
for they will
be
filled.
饥渴慕义的人有福了，因为他们必得饱足
。
had
your
fill
of
sth
：
if
you
have
had
your
fill
of
an
unpleasant
situation
，
you
will
not
accept
it
any
longer
People
have
had
their
fill
of
empty promises and want action.
Blessed are those who
mourn
，
for they will be comfo
rted.
哀恸的人有福了，
因为他们必得安慰。
too close for
comfort
：
to make people
worried or frightened by being
too
close
in
distance
or
too
similar
in
amount
Those
lions
were
much
too
close for comfort. The
party will have to work hard to improve its image
- the
last election result was too
close for comfort.
Be careful not to do
your“acts of righteousness”before
men
，
to be seen by
them. If you
do
，
you will have no reward
from your Father in heaven.
你们要
小心，不可将善事行在人的面前，故意叫他们看见；若是这样，就不能得
你们天父的
赏赐了。
the benefit/reward
，
etc.
：
to
get the benefit
，
etc. that is
the result of
your own actions She
studied every evening and reaped the benefit at
exam
time.
He causes his sun
to rise on the evil and the
good
，
and sends rain on the
righteous and the unrighteous.
因为他叫日头升起照好人，也照歹人；降雨
给义人，也给不义的人。
-righteous
：
b
elieving that your ideas and behaviour are morally
better
than
those
of
other
people
He‘s
so
self
-righteous
-
you’d
think
he‘d
never
done anything wrong in
his life.
But I tell
you
：
“Love your enemies and
pray for those who persecute you.”
只是我告诉你们，要爱你们的仇敌；为那逼迫你们的祷告。
ute
：
to treat
someone unfairly or cruelly because of their race<
/p>
，
religion
，
< br>or beliefs
（
often
passive
）
He was persecuted
for his religious beliefs.
You have
heard that it was said
，
“Eye
for eye
，
and tooth for
tooth.”
你们听见有话说：
“
以眼还眼，以牙还牙。
”
eye for an
eye
（
and a tooth for a tooth<
/p>
）
。
：
some
thing that you say
which means if
someone does something
wrong
，
they should be
punished by
having the same thing done
to them If you murder someone you deserve to
die. An eye for an eye.
Do
not think that I have come to abolish the Law or
the Prophets
；
I have not
come to abolish them but to fulfill the
m.
莫想我来要废掉律法和先知，我来
不是要废掉，乃是要成全
。
h
：
to
end an activity or custom
officially
：
I
think bullfighting should be abolished.
And lead us not into
temptation
，
but deliver us
from the evil one.
不领我们
进入试探，救
我们脱离凶恶（或作脱离恶者）
。
e.g.
necessary
evil
：
something
you
do
not
like
doing
but
which
you
know
must be done
，
or
something you do not like but which you must
accept
：
I think
he regards work as a necessary evil.
Forgive us our
debts
，
as we also have
forgiven our debtors.
免我们的债，我
们照样也免人的债。
debt
：
a debt that is not
likely to be paid
：
The bank expects to
lose
￡
703 million of last
year‘s profits as a result of bad
debts.
This
，
then
，
is how you should
pray
：
“Our Father in
heaven
，
hallowed be your
name.”
所以你们祷告，要这样
说：
「我们在天上的父，愿人都尊你的名为圣。
」
e.g. a hallowed ground
Do not be like
them
，
for your Father knows
what you need before you ask
him.
你们不可效法他们，因为你们没有祈求以先，你们所需用的，你们的
父早已知
道了。
like a bull in a china
shop
：
to often drop or break
things because you
move awkwardly or
roughly Rob‘s like a bull in a china shop
-
don’t let him
near those plants.
But when
you give to the needy
，
do not
let your left hand know what your
right
hand is
doing.
你施舍的时候，不要叫左手知道右手所作的。
e.g. almsgiving 21. But seek first his
kingdom and his
righteousness
，
and all
these things will be given to you as we
ll.
你们要先求他的国和他的义；这些
东西都要加给你们了。
e.g. seek out sb/sth or
seek sb/sth out
：
to look for
someone or something for
a long time
until you find them She tried to seek out her real
mother when
she discovered she was
adopted.
22. For the pagans run after
all these things
，
and your
heavenly Father knows
that
you
need
them.
这都是外邦人所求的﹔你们需用的这一切东西，你们
的天父是知道的。
e.g.
a
man/woman
after
your
own
heart
：
if
someone
is
a
man
or
woman
after your own
heart
，
you admire them
because they do or believe the same
things as you He likes a good curry - a
man after my own heart.
23. Who of you
by worrying can add a single hour to his
life
？
你们哪一个能用思虑使寿数多加一刻呢？
e.g. Don‘t worry your pretty little
head.
：
used to tell someone
not to worry
：
“What
about
all
the
work
that
needs
doing
in
the
kitchen
？
”“I‘ll
sort
that
out -
don’t wor
ry your pretty
little head about
it
！
”
24. You cannot serve both God and Money
.
你们不能又事奉上帝，又事奉钱
财。
e.g. serve sb
right
：
if something bad that
happens serves someone
right
，
they
deserve it It would serve you right if
your children never spoke to you again.
And sh
e didn‘t get the
promotion she’d hoped
for
，
which served her right
for
being so smug.
25. For
where your treasure is
，
there
your heart will be also.
因为你的财宝在
< br>哪里，你的心也在那里。
e.g. a
treasure trove of sth a place that is full of
something good
：
a
treasure
trove
of
information
Though
small
，
this
museum
is
a
veritable
treasure trove of
history.
26. So in
everything
，
do to others what
you would have them do to
you
，
for
this sums
up the Law and the Prophets.
所以无论何事，
你们愿意人怎样待你
们，你们也要怎样待人，因为这就是律法和先知的道
理。
27. Which of
you
，
if his son asks for
bread
，
will give him a
stone
？
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