Mak12:1   He then began to speak to them in parables: 'A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a pit for the winepress and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and went away on a journey.

耶稣就用比喻对他们说，有人栽了一个葡萄园，周围圈上篱笆，挖了一个压酒池，盖了一座楼，租给园户，就往外国去了。

Mak12:2   At harvest time he sent a servant to the tenants to collect from them some of the fruit of the vineyard.

到了时候，打发一个仆人到园户那里，要从园户收葡萄园的果子。

Mak12:3   But they seized him, beat him and sent him away empty-handed.

园户拿住他，打了他，叫他空手回去。

Mak12:4   Then he sent another servant to them; they struck this man on the head and treated him shamefully.

再打发一个仆人到他们那里。他们打伤他的头，并且凌辱他。

Mak12:5   He sent still another, and that one they killed. He sent many others; some of them they beat, others they killed.

又打发一个仆人去。他们就杀了他。后又打发好些仆人去。有被他们打的，有被他们杀的。

Mak12:6   'He had one left to send, a son, whom he loved. He sent him last of all, saying, `They will respect my son.'

园主还有一位，是他的爱子，末后又打发他去，意思说，他们必尊敬我的儿子。

Mak12:7   'But the tenants said to one another, `This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.'

不料，那些园户彼此说，这是承受产业的。来吧，我们杀他，产业就归我们了。

Mak12:8   So they took him and killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

于是拿住他，杀了他，把他丢在园外。

Mak12:9   'What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.

这样，葡萄园的主人要怎样办呢？他要来除灭那些园户，将葡萄园转给别人。

Mak12:10 Haven't you read this scripture: '`The stone the builders rejected has become the capstone ;

经上写着说匠人所弃的石头，已作了房角的头块石头。

Mak12:11 the Lord has done this, and it is marvelous in our eyes' ?'

这是主所作的，在我们眼中看为希奇。这经你们没有念过吗？

Mak12:12 Then they looked for a way to arrest him because they knew he had spoken the parable against them. But they were afraid of the crowd; so they left him and went away.

他们看出这比喻是指着他们说的，就想要捉拿他，只是惧怕百姓。于是离开他走了。