2019/10/20 Update

多馬福音有許多四福音書解釋未詳盡或不足的地方,應該要作為四福音書的補充書來看,本文主要是分享看了多馬福音的一些感想與心得

維基百科上的多馬福音說明

https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%9A%E9%A6%AC%E7%A6%8F%E9%9F%B3

英文版全文 每段後面都有相關連結與原文的翻譯

http://freelyreceive.net/metalogos/files/thomas.html

因為非常多段,就不另開新文章,會直接將新內容update到此篇中

這文章的內容是我自己的感想與讀後感,不一定是正確的,但關鍵在於每個人看了要有自己的體悟與心得,其他人的只能當作參考,千萬不要盡信書

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These are the secret sayings which the living Yeshua has spoken, and Didymos Judas Thomas inscribed them.

1.And he {says¹}: Whoever finds the interpretation of these sayings shall not taste death.

這一段是整個多馬福音的重點,詳細的原因會在之後講到前段與中段的部分有所暗示,所以不先說明. (提示:神看人的角度,與人看其他物種的角度是相似的,所以才有這一句)

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2. Yeshua says: Let him who seeks not cease seeking until he finds; and when he finds he shall be troubled; and having been troubled he shall marvel, and he shall reign over the totality° {and find repose°}.

真相總是殘酷的,但唯有面對真相,才能繼續往下走,直到成功的彼岸. 

例如把地球當作宇宙中心的地心說,感覺上地球人很厲害,但如果不揭露真相,一直自以為是,那以後就會發現,有越來越多的觀察結果與地心說是相違背的,不放棄地心說,人類就只能一直在否定中原地踏步,無法進步.

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3. Yeshua says: If those who lead you say to you: Behold, the Sovereignty is in the sky°!, then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you: It is in the sea!, then the fish {of the sea} will precede you. But the Sovereignty {of God} is within you and it is without you. {Whoever recognizes° himself shall find it; and when you recognize yourselves} you shall know that you are the Sons of the Living Father. Yet if you do not recognize yourselves, then you are impoverished and you are the impoverishment.

這一章有兩個重點:

1.不能人云亦云,如果天堂在天上,怎麼會派海裡的魚當使者,所以一定要仔細思考,才能看透真相

2.最後那幾段其實跟第一章所說的有關係,了解了第一章內容後再回過頭來看這幾段,就能理解了

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4. Yeshua says: The person old in days will not hesitate to ask a little child of seven days concerning the place of life—and he shall live. For many who are first shall become last {and the last first}; and they shall become a single unity.

這一章應該分兩段,前面是說達者為師,後面這句應該要反過來看,如何變成single unity,自然就是截長補短,前面等後面,後面趕上前面

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5. Yeshua says: Recognize Him who is in front of thy face, and what is hidden° from thee shall be revealed to thee. For there is nothing concealed° which shall not be manifest, {and nothing buried that shall not be raised¹}.

原文是用"know"這個字(https://www.freelyreceive.net/metalogos/files/gk_thomas/saying05int.gif) 以中文來說就是"知""道",真相始終都在,只是人是否能辨認出來

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6. His Disciples ask him, saying to him: How do thou want us to fast, and how shall we pray? And how shall we give alms, and what diet shall we maintain? || Yeshua says: Do not lie,¹ and do not practice what you hate²—for everything° is revealed before the face of the sky. For there is nothing concealed that shall not be manifest, and there is nothing covered that shall remain without being exposed.³

這章應該是說不要說謊,這裡的說謊應該翻譯成要誠實,不要去做自己都不想做的事,因為沒甚麼是會被蓋住而不被(天堂)知道的

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7. Yeshua says: Blest° is the lion which the human eats—and the lion shall become human. And defiled° is the human which the lion eats—and the [human] shall become [lion].

在彼得前書5-8裡面說:"務要謹守，儆醒。因為你們的仇敵魔鬼，如同吼叫的獅子，遍地遊行，尋找可吞吃的人。"  這章大概的意思可以從這裡面體會一下