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舊約 詩篇 135–139 篇
新約 哥林多前書 12:1–31

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舊約詩篇 135–139 篇

前情提要

上回說到

昨天(132–134 篇):上行之詩的最後三篇。詩人回顧大衛為約櫃尋找居所、神向大衛起誓並揀選錫安;讚美「弟兄和睦同居是何等地善,何等地美」;最後呼召夜間在殿中事奉的人稱頌耶和華。

今天你會讀到

135 篇讚美神揀選以色列、在埃及和曠野施行大能,偶像卻有口不能言;136 篇每一節下半都重複「因他的慈愛永遠長存」;137 篇是被擄的人在巴比倫河邊哭泣,唱不出錫安的歌;138 篇一心稱謝;139 篇驚嘆神無所不知、無所不在,連人在母腹中都是祂所造的。

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136 篇可能是輪流對唱的:一人唱上半句,會眾齊聲回應「因他的慈愛永遠長存」,一共 26 次。從創造、出埃及一直唱到賜糧食,每件事後面都是同一個理由。

■ 當時 □ 預言所指

點時代可看說明

137 篇明顯寫於被擄到巴比倫的時期或之後(主前 586 年以後);138、139 篇的標題提到大衛。

點經節可選取,長按即複製點經節可選取,按 Ctrl+C⌘C 複製

詩篇 第 135 章

你們要讚美耶和華

1–2你們要讚美耶和華!你們要讚美耶和華的名!耶和華的僕人站在耶和華殿中;站在我們 神殿院中的,你們要讚美他!Hallelujah! Praise the name of the LORD. Give praise, O servants of the LORD, who stand in the house of the LORD, in the courts of the house of our God.

3你們要讚美耶和華!耶和華本為善;要歌頌他的名,因為這是美好的。Hallelujah, for the LORD is good; sing praises to His name, for it is lovely.

4耶和華揀選雅各歸自己,揀選以色列特作自己的。For the LORD has chosen Jacob as His own, Israel as His treasured possession.

耶和華超乎萬神之上

5原來我知道耶和華為大,也知道我們的主超乎萬神之上。For I know that the LORD is great; our Lord is above all gods.

6耶和華在天上,在地下,在海中,在一切的深處,都隨自己的意旨而行。The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.

7他使雲霧從地極上騰,造電隨雨而閃,從中帶出風來。He causes the clouds to rise from the ends of the earth. He generates the lightning with the rain and brings forth the wind from His storehouses.

8他將埃及頭生的,連人帶牲畜都擊殺了。He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, of both man and beast.

9埃及啊,他施行神蹟奇事,在你當中,在法老和他一切臣僕身上。He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt, against Pharaoh and all his servants.

10他擊殺許多的民,又殺戮大能的王,He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:

11就是亞摩利王和巴珊王噩,並迦南一切的國王,Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan.

12將他們的地賞賜他的百姓以色列為業。He gave their land as an inheritance, as a heritage to His people Israel.

13耶和華啊,你的名存到永遠!耶和華啊,你可記念的名存到萬代!Your name, O LORD, endures forever, Your renown, O LORD, through all generations.

14耶和華要為他的百姓伸冤,為他的僕人。For the LORD will vindicate His people and will have compassion on His servants.

外邦的偶像有口不能言

15外邦的偶像是金的,銀的,是人手所造的;The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.

16有口卻不能言,有眼卻不能看,They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;

17有耳卻不能聽,口中也沒有氣息。they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.

18造他的要和他一樣,凡靠他的也要如此。Those who make them become like them, as do all who trust in them.

19以色列家啊,你們要稱頌耶和華!亞倫家啊,你們要稱頌耶和華!O house of Israel, bless the LORD; O house of Aaron, bless the LORD;

20利未家啊,你們要稱頌耶和華!你們敬畏耶和華的,要稱頌耶和華!O house of Levi, bless the LORD; you who fear the LORD, bless the LORD!

21住在耶路撒冷的耶和華該從錫安受稱頌。你們要讚美耶和華!Blessed be the LORD from Zion—He who dwells in Jerusalem. Hallelujah!

詩篇 第 136 章

他的慈愛永遠長存

1你們要稱謝耶和華,因他本為善;他的慈愛永遠長存。Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good. His loving devotion endures forever.

2你們要稱謝萬神之神,因他的慈愛永遠長存。Give thanks to the God of gods. His loving devotion endures forever.

3你們要稱謝萬主之主,因他的慈愛永遠長存。Give thanks to the Lord of lords. His loving devotion endures forever.

4稱謝那獨行大奇事的,因他的慈愛永遠長存。He alone does great wonders. His loving devotion endures forever.

5稱謝那用智慧造天的,因他的慈愛永遠長存。By His insight He made the heavens. His loving devotion endures forever.

6稱謝那鋪地在水以上的,因他的慈愛永遠長存。He spread out the earth upon the waters. His loving devotion endures forever.

7稱謝那造成大光的,因他的慈愛永遠長存。He made the great lights—His loving devotion endures forever.

8他造日頭管白晝,因他的慈愛永遠長存。the sun to rule the day, His loving devotion endures forever.

9他造月亮星宿管黑夜,因他的慈愛永遠長存。the moon and stars to govern the night. His loving devotion endures forever.

擊殺埃及長子、分開紅海

10稱謝那擊殺埃及人之長子的,因他的慈愛永遠長存。He struck down the firstborn of Egypt His loving devotion endures forever.

11他領以色列人從他們中間出來,因他的慈愛永遠長存。and brought Israel out from among them His loving devotion endures forever.

12他施展大能的手和伸出來的膀臂,因他的慈愛永遠長存。with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. His loving devotion endures forever.

13稱謝那分裂紅海的,因他的慈愛永遠長存。He divided the Red Sea in two His loving devotion endures forever.

14他領以色列從其中經過,因他的慈愛永遠長存;and led Israel through the midst, His loving devotion endures forever.

15卻把法老和他的軍兵推翻在紅海裡,因他的慈愛永遠長存。but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever.

16稱謝那引導自己的民行走曠野的,因他的慈愛永遠長存。He led His people through the wilderness. His loving devotion endures forever.

17稱謝那擊殺大君王的,因他的慈愛永遠長存。He struck down great kings His loving devotion endures forever.

18他殺戮有名的君王,因他的慈愛永遠長存;and slaughtered mighty kings—His loving devotion endures forever.

19就是殺戮亞摩利王西宏,因他的慈愛永遠長存;Sihon king of the Amorites His loving devotion endures forever.

20又殺巴珊王噩,因他的慈愛永遠長存。and Og king of Bashan—His loving devotion endures forever.

21他將他們的地賜他的百姓為業,因他的慈愛永遠長存;and He gave their land as an inheritance, His loving devotion endures forever.

22就是賜他的僕人以色列為業,因他的慈愛永遠長存。a heritage to His servant Israel. His loving devotion endures forever.

顧念卑微的我們

23他顧念我們在卑微的地步,因他的慈愛永遠長存。He remembered us in our low estate His loving devotion endures forever.

24他救拔我們脫離敵人,因他的慈愛永遠長存。and freed us from our enemies. His loving devotion endures forever.

25他賜糧食給凡有血氣的,因他的慈愛永遠長存。He gives food to every creature. His loving devotion endures forever.

26你們要稱謝天上的 神,因他的慈愛永遠長存。Give thanks to the God of heaven! His loving devotion endures forever.

詩篇 第 137 章

在巴比倫的河邊

1我們曾在坐下,一追想錫安就哭了。By the rivers of Babylon we sat and wept when we remembered Zion.

2我們把琴掛在那裡的上;There on the willows we hung our harps,

3因為在那裡,擄掠我們的要我們唱歌,搶奪我們的要我們作樂,說:給我們唱一首錫安歌吧!for there our captors requested a song; our tormentors demanded songs of joy: “Sing us a song of Zion.”

4我們怎能在外邦唱耶和華的歌呢?How can we sing a song of the LORD in a foreign land?

5耶路撒冷啊,我若忘記你,情願我的右手忘記!If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand cease to function.

6我若不記念你,若不看耶路撒冷過於我所最喜樂的,情願我的舌頭貼於上膛!May my tongue cling to the roof of my mouth if I do not remember you, if I do not exalt Jerusalem as my greatest joy!

求你記念這仇

7耶路撒冷遭難的日子,說:拆毀!拆毀!直拆到根基!耶和華啊,求你記念這仇!Remember, O LORD, the sons of Edom on the day Jerusalem fell: “Destroy it,” they said, “tear it down to its foundations!”

8將要被滅的巴比倫城啊(城:原文是女子),報復你像你待我們的,那人便為有福!O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.

9拿你的嬰孩的,那人便為有福!Blessed is he who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks.

詩篇 第 138 章

我要一心稱謝你

1(大衛的詩。)我要一心稱謝你,在面前歌頌你。Of David. I give You thanks with all my heart; before the gods I sing Your praises.

2我要向你的聖殿下拜,為你的慈愛和誠實稱讚你的名;因你使你的話顯為大,過於你所應許的(或譯:超乎你的名聲)。I bow down toward Your holy temple and give thanks to Your name for Your loving devotion and Your faithfulness; You have exalted Your name and Your word above all else.

3我呼求的日子,你就應允我,鼓勵我,使我心裡有能力。On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.

4耶和華啊,地上的君王都要稱謝你,因他們聽見了你口中的言語。All the kings of the earth will give You thanks, O LORD, when they hear the words of Your mouth.

5他們要歌頌耶和華的作為,因耶和華大有榮耀。They will sing of the ways of the LORD, for the glory of the LORD is great.

6耶和華雖高,仍看顧低微的人;他卻從遠處看出驕傲的人。Though the LORD is on high, He attends to the lowly; but the proud He knows from afar.

7我雖行在患難中,你必將我救活;我的仇敵發怒,你必伸手抵擋他們;你的右手也必救我。If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.

8耶和華必成全關乎我的事;耶和華啊,你的慈愛永遠長存!求你不要離棄你手所造的。The LORD will fulfill His purpose for me. O LORD, Your loving devotion endures forever—do not abandon the works of Your hands.

詩篇 第 139 章

你已經鑒察我

1(大衛的詩,交與伶長。)耶和華啊,你已經鑒察我,認識我。For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. O LORD, You have searched me and known me.

2我坐下,我起來,你都曉得;你從遠處知道我的意念。You know when I sit and when I rise; You understand my thoughts from afar.

3我行路,我躺臥,你都;你也深知我一切所行的。You search out my path and my lying down; You are aware of all my ways.

4耶和華啊,我舌頭上的話,你沒有一句不知道的。Even before a word is on my tongue, You know all about it, O LORD.

5你在我前後環繞我,按手在我身上。You hem me in behind and before; You have laid Your hand upon me.

6這樣的知識奇妙,是我不能測的,至高,是我不能及的。Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain.

我往哪裡躲避你的靈

7我往哪裡去躲避你的靈?我往哪裡逃、躲避你的面?Where can I go to escape Your Spirit? Where can I flee from Your presence?

8我若升到天上,你在那裡;我若在,你也在那裡。If I ascend to the heavens, You are there; if I make my bed in Sheol, You are there.

9我若展開清晨的翅膀,飛到海極居住,If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle by the farthest sea,

10就是在那裡,你的手必引導我;你的右手也必扶持我。even there Your hand will guide me; Your right hand will hold me fast.

11我若說:黑暗必定遮蔽我,我周圍的亮光必成為黑夜;If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”—

12黑暗也不能遮蔽我,使你不見,黑夜卻如白晝發亮。黑暗和光明,在你看都是一樣。even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.

我在母腹中,你已覆庇我

13我的是你所造的;我在母腹中,你已我。For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

14我要稱謝你,因我受造,奇妙可畏;你的作為奇妙,這是我心深知道的。I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.

15我在暗中受造,在地的深處;那時,我的形體並不向你隱藏。My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.

16我未成形的,你的眼早已看見了;你所定的日子,我尚未度一日(或譯:我被造的肢體尚未有其一),你都寫在你的冊上了。Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.

17神啊,你的意念向我何等寶貴!其數何等眾多!How precious to me are Your thoughts, O God, how vast is their sum!

18我若數點,比海沙更多;我睡醒的時候,仍和你同在。If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You.

求你殺戮惡人

19神啊,你必要殺戮惡人;所以,你們好流人血的,離開我去吧!O God, that You would slay the wicked—away from me, you bloodthirsty men—

20因為他們說惡言頂撞你;你的仇敵也妄稱你的名。who speak of You deceitfully; Your enemies take Your name in vain.

21耶和華啊,恨惡你的,我豈不恨惡他們嗎?攻擊你的,我豈不憎嫌他們嗎?Do I not hate those who hate You, O LORD, and detest those who rise against You?

22我切切地恨惡他們,以他們為仇敵。I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them as my enemies.

求你鑒察我的心

23神啊,求你鑒察我,知道我的心思,試煉我,知道我的意念,Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns.

24看在我裡面有甚麼惡行沒有,引導我走永生的道路。See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the way everlasting.

摘要

詩篇135至139篇涵蓋多重主題:135篇呼召神的僕人讚美耶和華,因祂揀選以色列、掌管萬有、勝過列國,並對比偶像的虛無;136篇以「祂的慈愛永遠長存」為反覆副歌,從創造天地、拯救以色列出埃及、賜迦南地為業,到顧念卑微之人,歷數神慈愛的作為;137篇記述被擄巴比倫的哀歌,表達對錫安刻骨銘心的思念與對壓迫者的悲憤;138篇是大衛的感恩詩,宣告神應允禱告、看顧卑微人、在患難中施行拯救;139篇深刻描繪神對人無所不知、無所不在的認識,從母腹中的塑造到每日的引導,最終祈求神鑒察內心、引導走永生之路。

反思問題

  1. 詩篇136篇反覆宣告「祂的慈愛永遠長存」,回顧你的生命歷程,有哪些經歷讓你深刻體會到神持續不斷的慈愛?
  2. 詩篇139篇描述神在你未成形之前就已認識你、為你定下日子。這樣的認知如何影響你看待自己的價值與人生方向?
  3. 邀請神鑒察內心、試煉意念。你是否願意在今天的禱告中,誠實地請神光照你內心隱藏的態度或動機?

新約哥林多前書 12:1–31

前情提要

上回說到

昨天():保羅處理聚會中的兩個問題:女人禱告、講道時蒙頭的規矩,以及主的晚餐上有人先吃、有人挨餓。他重述主耶穌設立晚餐的話,提醒人要先省察自己,聚會吃的時候要彼此等待。

今天你會讀到

保羅開始談屬靈的恩賜(12–14 章):恩賜各有不同,卻是同一位聖靈所賜,為的是叫人得益處。他用身體作比喻:肢體雖多,仍是一個身子;沒有一個肢體可以對別的肢體說「我用不著你」,一個肢體受苦,所有的肢體就一同受苦。

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最後一句「我現今把最妙的道指示你們」接到下一章:談完各樣恩賜,保羅要指出比一切恩賜更重要的道路,就是愛。

點時代可看說明

傳統認為約主後 53–55 年寫於以弗所。12–14 章是保羅回答哥林多人問到屬靈恩賜的事()。

哥林多前書 第 12 章

論到屬靈的恩賜

1弟兄們,論到屬靈的恩賜,我不願意你們不明白。Now about spiritual gifts, brothers, I do not want you to be uninformed.

2你們作外邦人的時候,隨事被牽引,受迷惑,去服事那,這是你們知道的。You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.

3所以我告訴你們,被 神的靈感動的,沒有說「耶穌是可咒詛」的;若不是被聖靈感動的,也沒有能說「」的。Therefore I inform you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

恩賜不同,聖靈是一位

4原有分別,聖靈卻是一位。There are different gifts, but the same Spirit.

5也有分別,主卻是一位。There are different ministries, but the same Lord.

6也有分別, 神卻是一位,在眾人裡面運行一切的事。There are different ways of working, but the same God works all things in all people.

7聖靈顯在各人身上,是叫人得益處。Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.

8這人蒙聖靈賜他智慧的言語,那人也蒙這位聖靈賜他知識的言語,To one there is given through the Spirit the message of wisdom, to another the message of knowledge by the same Spirit,

9又有一人蒙這位聖靈賜他信心,還有一人蒙這位聖靈賜他醫病的恩賜,to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit,

10又叫一人能行,又叫一人,又叫一人能辨別諸靈,又叫一人能說,又叫一人能翻方言。to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.

11這一切都是這位聖靈所運行、隨己意分給各人的。All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, who apportions them to each one as He determines.

一個身子,許多肢體

12就如身子是一個,卻有許多肢體;而且肢體雖多,仍是一個身子;基督也是這樣。The body is a unit, though it is composed of many parts. And although its parts are many, they all form one body. So it is with Christ.

13我們不拘是猶太人,是希臘人,是,是自主的,都從一位聖靈受洗,成了一個身體,一位聖靈。For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one Spirit to drink.

肢體不能說不屬乎身子

14身子原不是一個肢體,乃是許多肢體。For the body does not consist of one part, but of many.

15設若腳說:「我不是手,所以不屬乎身子,」它不能因此就不屬乎身子。If the foot should say, “Because I am not a hand, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.

16設若耳說:「我不是眼,所以不屬乎身子,」它不能因此就不屬乎身子。And if the ear should say, “Because I am not an eye, I do not belong to the body,” that would not make it any less a part of the body.

17若全身是眼,從哪裡聽聲呢?若全身是耳,從哪裡聞味呢?If the whole body were an eye, where would the sense of hearing be? If the whole body were an ear, where would the sense of smell be?

18但如今, 神隨自己的意思把肢體俱各安排在身上了。But in fact, God has arranged the members of the body, every one of them, according to His design.

19若都是一個肢體,身子在哪裡呢?If they were all one part, where would the body be?

20但如今肢體是多的,身子卻是一個。As it is, there are many parts, but one body.

不能說我用不著你

21眼不能對手說:「我用不著你。」頭也不能對腳說:「我用不著你。」The eye cannot say to the hand, “I do not need you.” Nor can the head say to the feet, “I do not need you.”

22不但如此,身上肢體人以為軟弱的,更是不可少的。On the contrary, the parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable,

23身上肢體,我們看為,越發給它加上體面;不俊美的,越發得著俊美。and the parts we consider less honorable, we treat with greater honor. And our unpresentable parts are treated with special modesty,

24我們俊美的肢體,自然用不著裝飾;但 神這身子,把加倍的體面給那有缺欠的肢體,whereas our presentable parts have no such need. But God has composed the body and has given greater honor to the parts that lacked it,

25免得身上分門別類,總要肢體彼此。so that there should be no division in the body, but that its members should have mutual concern for one another.

26若一個肢體受苦,所有的肢體就一同受苦;若一個肢體得榮耀,所有的肢體就一同快樂。If one part suffers, every part suffers with it; if one part is honored, every part rejoices with it.

你們就是基督的身子

27你們就是基督的身子,並且各自作肢體。Now you are the body of Christ, and each of you is a member of it.

28神在教會所設立的:第一是,第二是先知,第三是教師,其次是行異能的,再次是得恩賜醫病的,幫助人的,,說方言的。And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.

29豈都是使徒嗎?豈都是先知嗎?豈都是教師嗎?豈都是行異能的嗎?Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Do all work miracles?

30豈都是得恩賜醫病的嗎?豈都是說方言的嗎?豈都是翻方言的嗎?Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?

31你們要切切地求那更大的恩賜。我現今把最妙的道指示你們。But eagerly desire the greater gifts. And now I will show you the most excellent way.

摘要

哥林多前書12章論述屬靈恩賜的本質與運作。保羅首先指出聖靈感動人認耶穌為主,接著說明恩賜雖有分別,但都出於同一位聖靈,隨祂的意思分給各人,目的是叫人得益處。保羅以身體的比喻闡明教會的合一與多元:每個肢體都不可或缺,看似軟弱的更是必要,神刻意配搭,使肢體彼此相顧、同甘共苦,而非分門別類。

反思問題

  1. 保羅強調恩賜是聖靈「隨己意分給各人的」,你是否曾因羨慕別人的恩賜而忽略了自己所領受的?如何重新看待神給你的獨特託付?
  2. 經文指出看似軟弱、不體面的肢體更是不可少的。在你所處的教會或團契中,有哪些默默服事的弟兄姊妹是你可以更多關顧和感謝的?
  3. 「若一個肢體受苦,所有的肢體就一同受苦」——面對身邊正在經歷困難的肢體,你可以採取什麼具體行動來實踐彼此相顧?