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11 众人正在听见这些话的时候，耶稣因为将近耶路撒冷，又因他们以为神的国快要显现，就另设一个比喻，说：
11 While they were listening to these things, Jesus went on to tell a parable, because He was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the kingdom of God was going to appear immediately.
12 “有一个贵胄往远方去，要得国回来，
12 “A nobleman went to a distant country to receive a kingdom for himself and then return.
13 便叫了他的十个仆人来，交给他们十锭银子，说：‘你们去做生意，直等我回来。’
13 So he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. He said to them, ‘Do business with this until I return.’
14 他本国的人却恨他，打发使者随后去，说：‘我们不愿意这个人做我们的王。’
14 But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, ‘We do not want this man to be our king.’
15 他得国回来，就吩咐叫那领银子的仆人来，要知道他们做生意赚了多少。
15 He returned after receiving the kingdom and ordered the servants to whom he had given the money to be called in, so that he might know how much they had gained through business.
16 头一个上前来，说：‘主啊，你的一锭银子已经赚了十锭。’
16 The first one came and said, ‘Master, your one mina has earned ten more minas.’
17 主人说：‘好！良善的仆人，你既在最小的事上有忠心，可以有权柄管十座城。’
17 The master said, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you will have authority over ten cities.’
18 第二个来，说：‘主啊，你的一锭银子已经赚了五锭。’
18 The second came and said, ‘Master, your one mina has earned five minas.’
19 主人说：‘你也可以管五座城。’
19 The master said, ‘And you will have authority over five cities.’
20 又有一个来说：‘主啊，看哪，你的一锭银子在这里，我把它包在手巾里存着。
20 Then another came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina; I kept it laid away in a cloth.
21 我原是怕你，因为你是严厉的人：没有放下的，还要去拿；没有种下的，还要去收。’
21 I was afraid of you, because you are a strict man. You take up what you did not put down and reap what you did not sow.’
22 主人对他说：‘你这恶仆，我要凭你的口定你的罪！你既知道我是严厉的人，没有放下的，还要去拿，没有种下的，还要去收，
22 His master replied, ‘I will judge you by your own words, you wicked servant! You knew, did you, that I am a strict man, taking up what I did not put down and reaping what I did not sow?
23 为什么不把我的银子存入银行，等我来的时候，连本带利都可以要回来呢？’
23 Why then did you not put my money on deposit in the bank, so that when I came back, I could have collected it with interest?’
24 就对旁边站着的人说：‘夺过他这一锭来，给那有十锭的。’
24 Then he said to those standing nearby, ‘Take his mina away from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’
25 他们说：‘主啊，他已经有十锭了。’
25 “‘Master,’ they said, ‘he already has ten minas!’
26 主人说：‘我告诉你们：凡有的，还要加给他；没有的，连他所有的也要夺过来。
26 “He replied, ‘I tell you that to everyone who has, more will be given; but as for the one who has nothing, even what he has will be taken away.
27 至于我那些仇敌，不要我做他们王的，把他们拉到这里来，在我面前杀了吧！
27 But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them—bring them here and kill them in front of me!