今日讀經

來到西奈山下

¹以色列人出埃及地以後，滿了三個月的那一天，就來到西奈的曠野。In the third month, on the same day of the month that the Israelites had left the land of Egypt, they came to the Wilderness of Sinai.

²他們離了利非訂，來到西奈的曠野，就在那裡的山下安營。After they had set out from Rephidim, they entered the Wilderness of Sinai, and Israel camped there in front of the mountain.

神提出立約：作祭司的國度

³摩西到　神那裡，耶和華從山上呼喚他說：「你要這樣告訴雅各家，曉諭以色列人說：Then Moses went up to God, and the LORD called to him from the mountain, “This is what you are to tell the house of Jacob and explain to the sons of Israel:

⁴『我向埃及人所行的事，你們都看見了，且看見我如鷹將你們背在翅膀上，帶來歸我。‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself.

⁵如今你們若實在聽從我的話，遵守我的約，就要在萬民中作屬我的子民，因為全地都是我的。Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.

⁶你們要歸我作祭司的國度，為聖潔的國民。』這些話你要告訴以色列人。」And unto Me you shall be a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you are to speak to the Israelites.”

百姓答應遵行

⁷摩西去召了民間的長老來，將耶和華所吩咐他的話都在他們面前陳明。So Moses went back and summoned the elders of the people and set before them all these words that the LORD had commanded him.

⁸百姓都同聲回答說：「凡耶和華所說的，我們都要遵行。」摩西就將百姓的話回覆耶和華。And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.

⁹耶和華對摩西說：「我要在密雲中臨到你那裡，叫百姓在我與你說話的時候可以聽見，也可以永遠信你了。」於是，摩西將百姓的話奏告耶和華。The LORD said to Moses, “Behold, I will come to you in a dense cloud, so that the people will hear when I speak with you, and they will always put their trust in you.” And Moses relayed to the LORD what the people had said.

自潔預備，在山的四圍定界限

¹⁰耶和華又對摩西說：「你往百姓那裡去，叫他們今天明天自潔，又叫他們洗衣服。Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow. They must wash their clothes

¹¹到第三天要預備好了，因為第三天耶和華要在眾百姓眼前降臨在西奈山上。and be prepared by the third day, for on the third day the LORD will come down on Mount Sinai in the sight of all the people.

¹²你要在山的四圍給百姓定界限，說：『你們當謹慎，不可上山去，也不可摸山的邊界；凡摸這山的，必要治死他。And you are to set up a boundary for the people around the mountain and tell them, ‘Be careful not to go up on the mountain or touch its base. Whoever touches the mountain shall surely be put to death.

¹³不可用手摸他，必用石頭打死，或用箭射透；無論是人是牲畜，都不得活。到角聲拖長的時候，他們才可到山根來。』」No hand shall touch him, but he shall surely be stoned or shot with arrows—whether man or beast, he must not live.’ Only when the ram’s horn sounds a long blast may they approach the mountain.”

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¹⁴摩西下山往百姓那裡去，叫他們自潔，他們就洗衣服。When Moses came down from the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.

¹⁵他對百姓說：「到第三天要預備好了。不可親近女人。」“Be prepared for the third day,” he said to the people. “Do not draw near to a woman.”

神在火中降臨西奈山

¹⁶到了第三天早晨，在山上有雷轟、閃電，和密雲，並且角聲甚大，營中的百姓盡都發顫。On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.

¹⁷摩西率領百姓出營迎接　神，都站在山下。Then Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God, and they stood at the foot of the mountain.

¹⁸西奈全山冒煙，因為耶和華在火中降於山上。山的煙氣上騰，如燒窯一般，遍山大大地震動。Mount Sinai was completely enveloped in smoke, because the LORD had descended on it in fire. And the smoke rose like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked violently.

¹⁹角聲漸漸地高而又高，摩西就說話，　神有聲音答應他。And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.

²⁰耶和華降臨在西奈山頂上，耶和華召摩西上山頂，摩西就上去。The LORD descended to the top of Mount Sinai and called Moses to the summit. So Moses went up,

²¹耶和華對摩西說：「你下去囑咐百姓，不可闖過來到我面前觀看，恐怕他們有多人死亡；and the LORD said to him, “Go down and warn the people not to break through to see the LORD, lest many of them perish.

²²又叫親近我的祭司自潔，恐怕我忽然出來擊殺他們。」Even the priests who approach the LORD must consecrate themselves, or the LORD will break out against them.”

²³摩西對耶和華說：「百姓不能上西奈山，因為你已經囑咐我們說：『要在山的四圍定界限，叫山成聖。』」But Moses said to the LORD, “The people cannot come up Mount Sinai, for You solemnly warned us, ‘Put a boundary around the mountain and set it apart as holy.’”

²⁴耶和華對他說：「下去吧，你要和亞倫一同上來；只是祭司和百姓不可闖過來上到我面前，恐怕我忽然出來擊殺他們。」And the LORD replied, “Go down and bring Aaron with you. But the priests and the people must not break through to come up to the LORD, or He will break out against them.”

²⁵於是摩西下到百姓那裡告訴他們。So Moses went down to the people and spoke to them.

十誡：敬拜神的誡命

¹神吩咐這一切的話說：And God spoke all these words:

²「我是耶和華─你的　神，曾將你從埃及地為奴之家領出來。“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

³「除了我以外，你不可有別的神。You shall have no other gods before Me.

⁴「不可為自己雕刻偶像，也不可做甚麼形像彷彿上天、下地，和地底下、水中的百物。You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.

⁵不可跪拜那些像，也不可事奉它，因為我耶和華─你的　神是忌邪的　神。恨我的，我必追討他的罪，自父及子，直到三四代；You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

⁶愛我、守我誡命的，我必向他們發慈愛，直到千代。but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

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⁷「不可妄稱耶和華─你　神的名；因為妄稱耶和華名的，耶和華必不以他為無罪。You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.

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⁸「當記念安息日，守為聖日。Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.

⁹六日要勞碌做你一切的工，Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

¹⁰但第七日是向耶和華─你　神當守的安息日。這一日你和你的兒女、僕婢、牲畜，並你城裡寄居的客旅，無論何工都不可做；but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant or livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates.

¹¹因為六日之內，耶和華造天、地、海，和其中的萬物，第七日便安息，所以耶和華賜福與安息日，定為聖日。For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth and the sea and all that is in them, but on the seventh day He rested. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and set it apart as holy.

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十誡：對待人的誡命

¹²「當孝敬父母，使你的日子在耶和華─你　神所賜你的地上得以長久。Honor your father and mother, so that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

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¹³「不可殺人。You shall not murder.

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¹⁴「不可姦淫。You shall not commit adultery.

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¹⁵「不可偷盜。You shall not steal.

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¹⁶「不可作假見證陷害人。You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.

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¹⁷「不可貪戀人的房屋；也不可貪戀人的妻子、僕婢、牛驢，並他一切所有的。」You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

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百姓害怕，遠遠站立

¹⁸眾百姓見雷轟、閃電、角聲、山上冒煙，就都發顫，遠遠地站立，When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.

¹⁹對摩西說：「求你和我們說話，我們必聽；不要　神和我們說話，恐怕我們死亡。」“Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”

²⁰摩西對百姓說：「不要懼怕；因為　神降臨是要試驗你們，叫你們時常敬畏他，不致犯罪。」“Do not be afraid,” Moses replied. “For God has come to test you, so that the fear of Him may be before you, to keep you from sinning.”

²¹於是百姓遠遠地站立；摩西就挨近　神所在的幽暗之中。And the people stood at a distance as Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

築壇的規定

²²耶和華對摩西說：「你要向以色列人這樣說：『你們自己看見我從天上和你們說話了。Then the LORD said to Moses, “This is what you are to tell the Israelites: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have spoken to you from heaven.

²³你們不可做甚麼神像與我相配，不可為自己做金銀的神像。You are not to make any gods alongside Me; you are not to make for yourselves gods of silver or gold.

²⁴你要為我築土壇，在上面以牛羊獻為燔祭和平安祭。凡記下我名的地方，我必到那裡賜福給你。You are to make for Me an altar of earth, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats and cattle. In every place where I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and bless you.

²⁵你若為我築一座石壇，不可用鑿成的石頭，因你在上頭一動家具，就把壇污穢了。Now if you make an altar of stones for Me, you must not build it with stones shaped by tools; for if you use a chisel on it, you will defile it.

²⁶你上我的壇，不可用臺階，免得露出你的下體來。』」And you must not go up to My altar on steps, lest your nakedness be exposed on it.’

希伯來奴僕的條例

¹「你在百姓面前所要立的典章是這樣：“These are the ordinances that you are to set before them:

²你若買希伯來人作奴僕，他必服事你六年；第七年他可以自由，白白地出去。If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.

³他若孤身來就可以孤身去；他若有妻，他的妻就可以同他出去。If he arrived alone, he is to leave alone; if he arrived with a wife, she is to leave with him.

⁴他主人若給他妻子，妻子給他生了兒子或女兒，妻子和兒女要歸主人，他要獨自出去。If his master gives him a wife and she bears him sons or daughters, the woman and her children shall belong to her master, and only the man shall go free.

⁵倘或奴僕明說：『我愛我的主人和我的妻子兒女，不願意自由出去。』But if the servant declares, ‘I love my master and my wife and children; I do not want to go free,’

⁶他的主人就要帶他到審判官（或譯：　神；下同）那裡，又要帶他到門前，靠近門框，用錐子穿他的耳朵，他就永遠服事主人。then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.

你仗著甚麼權柄

²³耶穌進了殿，正教訓人的時候，祭司長和民間的長老來問他說：「你仗著甚麼權柄做這些事？給你這權柄的是誰呢？」When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”

²⁴耶穌回答說：「我也要問你們一句話，你們若告訴我，我就告訴你們我仗著甚麼權柄做這些事。“I will also ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

²⁵約翰的洗禮是從哪裡來的？是從天上來的？是從人間來的呢？」他們彼此商議說：「我們若說『從天上來』，他必對我們說：『這樣，你們為甚麼不信他呢？』What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

²⁶若說『從人間來』，我們又怕百姓，因為他們都以約翰為先知。」But if we say, ‘From men,’ we are afraid of the people, for they all regard John as a prophet.”

²⁷於是回答耶穌說：「我們不知道。」耶穌說：「我也不告訴你們我仗著甚麼權柄做這些事。」So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

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兩個兒子的比喻

²⁸又說：「一個人有兩個兒子。他來對大兒子說：『我兒，你今天到葡萄園裡去做工。』But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first one and said, ‘Son, go and work today in the vineyard.’

²⁹他回答說：『我不去』，以後自己懊悔，就去了。‘I will not,’ he replied. But later he changed his mind and went.

³⁰又來對小兒子也是這樣說。他回答說：『父啊，我去』，他卻不去。Then the man went to the second son and told him the same thing. ‘I will, sir,’ he said. But he did not go.

³¹你們想，這兩個兒子是哪一個遵行父命呢？」他們說：「大兒子。」耶穌說：「我實在告訴你們，稅吏和娼妓倒比你們先進　神的國。Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

³²因為約翰遵著義路到你們這裡來，你們卻不信他；稅吏和娼妓倒信他。你們看見了，後來還是不懊悔去信他。」For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.

惡園戶的比喻

³³「你們再聽一個比喻：有個家主栽了一個葡萄園，周圍圈上籬笆，裡面挖了一個壓酒池，蓋了一座樓，租給園戶，就往外國去了。Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

³⁴收果子的時候近了，就打發僕人到園戶那裡去收果子。When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit.

³⁵園戶拿住僕人，打了一個，殺了一個，用石頭打死一個。But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third.

³⁶主人又打發別的僕人去，比先前更多；園戶還是照樣待他們。Again, he sent other servants, more than the first group. But the tenants did the same to them.

³⁷後來打發他的兒子到他們那裡去，意思說：『他們必尊敬我的兒子。』Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

³⁸不料，園戶看見他兒子，就彼此說：『這是承受產業的。來吧，我們殺他，佔他的產業！』But when the tenants saw the son, they said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him and take his inheritance.’

³⁹他們就拿住他，推出葡萄園外，殺了。So they seized him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

⁴⁰園主來的時候要怎樣處治這些園戶呢？」Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard returns, what will he do to those tenants?”

⁴¹他們說：「要下毒手除滅那些惡人，將葡萄園另租給那按著時候交果子的園戶。」“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”

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匠人所棄的石頭

⁴²耶穌說：「經上寫著：匠人所棄的石頭已作了房角的頭塊石頭。這是主所做的，在我們眼中看為希奇。這經你們沒有念過嗎？Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?

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⁴³所以我告訴你們，　神的國必從你們奪去，賜給那能結果子的百姓。Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

⁴⁴誰掉在這石頭上，必要跌碎；這石頭掉在誰的身上，就要把誰砸得稀爛。」He who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.”

祭司長想要捉拿耶穌

⁴⁵祭司長和法利賽人聽見他的比喻，就看出他是指著他們說的。When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.

⁴⁶他們想要捉拿他，只是怕眾人，因為眾人以他為先知。Although they wanted to arrest Him, they were afraid of the crowds, because the people regarded Him as a prophet.

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