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舊約 利未記 11:1–12:8
新約 馬太福音 28:1–20

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舊約利未記 11:1–12:8

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昨天(8–10 章):摩西用七天為亞倫父子行承接聖職的禮;第八天亞倫正式獻祭,耶和華的榮光顯現,有火燒盡壇上的祭物。但亞倫的兒子拿答、亞比戶獻上凡火,被火燒死;神吩咐祭司要把聖的、俗的,潔淨的、不潔淨的分別出來()。

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第 11 章列出哪些動物可以吃、哪些不可吃:走獸、水族、飛鳥、有翅膀的爬物、地上的爬物,也規定摸了死物要怎樣處理;第 12 章講婦人生產後的潔淨條例。

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留意 一再強調「你們要聖潔,因為我是聖潔的」:飲食條例是要以色列在每天的生活中記得自己屬於聖潔的神。彼得前書也引用這句話()。

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以色列人在西乃山下紮營時,神透過摩西頒布這些潔淨條例。

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利未記 第 11 章

走獸中可吃與不可吃的

1耶和華對摩西、亞倫說:The LORD spoke again to Moses and Aaron, telling them,

2「你們曉諭以色列人說,在地上一切走獸中可吃的乃是這些:“Say to the Israelites, ‘Of all the beasts of the earth, these ones you may eat:

3凡的走獸,你們都可以吃。You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud.

4但那倒嚼或分蹄之中不可吃的乃是:駱駝─因為倒嚼不分蹄,就與你們不潔淨;But of those that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, you are not to eat the following: The camel, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

5─因為倒嚼不分蹄,就與你們不潔淨;The rock badger, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

6兔子─因為倒嚼不分蹄,就與你們不潔淨;The rabbit, though it chews the cud, does not have a divided hoof; it is unclean for you.

7─因為蹄分兩瓣,卻不倒嚼,就與你們不潔淨。And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you.

8這些獸的肉,你們不可吃;死的,你們不可摸,都與你們不潔淨。You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.

水中的活物

9「水中可吃的乃是這些:凡在水裡、海裡、河裡、有翅有鱗的,都可以吃。Of all the creatures that live in the water, whether in the seas or in the streams, you may eat anything with fins and scales.

10凡在海裡、河裡,並一切水裡游動的活物,無翅無鱗的,你們都當以為。But the following among all the teeming life and creatures in the water are detestable to you: everything in the seas or streams that does not have fins and scales.

11這些無翅無鱗、以為可憎的,你們不可吃牠的肉;死的也當以為可憎。They shall be an abomination to you; you must not eat their meat, and you must detest their carcasses.

12凡水裡無翅無鱗的,你們都當以為可憎。Everything in the water that does not have fins and scales shall be detestable to you.

不可吃的飛鳥

13「雀鳥中你們當以為可憎、不可吃的乃是:鵰、狗頭鵰、紅頭鵰、Additionally, you are to detest the following birds, and they must not be eaten because they are detestable: the eagle, the bearded vulture, the black vulture,

14鷂鷹、小鷹與其類;the kite, any kind of falcon,

15烏鴉與其類;any kind of raven,

16鴕鳥、夜鷹、魚鷹、鷹與其類;the ostrich, the screech owl, the gull, any kind of hawk,

17鴞鳥、、貓頭鷹、the little owl, the cormorant, the great owl,

18角鴟、鵜鶘、禿鵰、the white owl, the desert owl, the osprey,

19鸛、鷺鷥與其類;與蝙蝠。the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.

有翅膀的爬物

20「凡有翅膀用四足爬行的物,你們都當以為可憎。All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.

21只是有翅膀用四足爬行的物中,有足有腿,在地上蹦跳的,你們還可以吃。However, you may eat the following kinds of flying insects that walk on all fours: those having jointed legs above their feet for hopping on the ground.

22其中有、螞蚱、蟋蟀與其類;蚱蜢與其類;這些你們都可以吃。Of these you may eat any kind of locust, katydid, cricket, or grasshopper.

23但是有翅膀有四足的爬物,你們都當以為可憎。All other flying insects that have four legs are detestable to you.

摸了死物就不潔淨

24「這些都能使你們不潔淨。凡摸了死的,必不潔淨到晚上。These creatures will make you unclean. Whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

25凡拿了死的,必不潔淨到晚上,並要洗衣服。and whoever picks up one of their carcasses must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening.

26凡走獸分蹄不成兩瓣、也不倒嚼的,是與你們不潔淨;凡摸了的就不潔淨。Every animal with hooves not completely divided or that does not chew the cud is unclean for you. Whoever touches any of them will be unclean.

27凡四足的走獸,用掌行走的,是與你們不潔淨;摸其屍的,必不潔淨到晚上。All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

28拿其屍的,必不潔淨到晚上,並要洗衣服。這些是與你們不潔淨的。and anyone who picks up a carcass must wash his clothes, and he will be unclean until evening. They are unclean for you.

地上的爬物

29「地上爬物與你們不潔淨的乃是這些:鼬鼠、、蜥蜴與其類;The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard,

30壁虎、龍子、守宮、蛇醫、。the gecko, the monitor lizard, the common lizard, the skink, and the chameleon.

31這些爬物都是與你們不潔淨的。在牠死了以後,凡摸了的,必不潔淨到晚上。These animals are unclean for you among all the crawling creatures. Whoever touches them when they are dead shall be unclean until evening.

32其中死了的,掉在甚麼東西上,這東西就不潔淨,無論是木器、衣服、皮子、口袋,不拘是做甚麼工用的器皿,須要放在水中,必不潔淨到晚上,到晚上才潔淨了。When one of them dies and falls on something, that article becomes unclean; any article of wood, clothing, leather, sackcloth, or any implement used for work must be rinsed with water and will remain unclean until evening; then it will be clean.

33若有死了掉在瓦器裡的,其中不拘有甚麼,就不潔淨,你們要把這瓦器打破了。If any of them falls into a clay pot, everything in it will be unclean; you must break the pot.

34其中一切可吃的食物,沾水的就不潔淨,並且那樣器皿中一切可喝的,也必不潔淨。Any food coming into contact with water from that pot will be unclean, and any drink in such a container will be unclean.

35其中已死的,若有一點掉在甚麼物件上,那物件就不潔淨,不拘是爐子,是鍋臺,就要打碎,都不潔淨,也必與你們不潔淨。Anything upon which one of their carcasses falls will be unclean. If it is an oven or cooking pot, it must be smashed; it is unclean and will remain unclean for you.

36但是泉源或是聚水的池子仍是潔淨;惟挨了那死的,就不潔淨。Nevertheless, a spring or cistern containing water will remain clean, but one who touches a carcass in it will be unclean.

37若是死的,有一點掉在要種的子粒上,子粒仍是潔淨;If a carcass falls on any seed for sowing, the seed is clean;

38若水已經澆在子粒上,那死的有一點掉在上頭,這子粒就與你們不潔淨。but if water has been put on the seed and a carcass falls on it, it is unclean for you.

39「你們可吃的走獸若是死了,有人摸牠,必不潔淨到晚上;If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.

40有人吃那死了的走獸,必不潔淨到晚上,並要洗衣服;拿了死走獸的,必不潔淨到晚上,並要洗衣服。Whoever eats from the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening, and anyone who picks up the carcass must wash his clothes and will be unclean until evening.

不可吃爬物,因為神是聖潔的

41「凡地上的爬物是可憎的,都不可吃。Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.

42凡用肚子行走的和用四足行走的,或是有許多足的,就是一切爬在地上的,你們都不可吃,因為是可憎的。Do not eat any creature that moves along the ground, whether it crawls on its belly or walks on four or more feet; for such creatures are detestable.

43你們不可因甚麼爬物使自己成為可憎的,也不可因這些使自己不潔淨,以致染了污穢。Do not defile yourselves by any crawling creature; do not become unclean or defiled by them.

44我是耶和華─你們的 神;所以你們要成為聖潔,因為我是聖潔的。你們也不可在地上的爬物污穢自己。For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.

45我是把你們從埃及地領出來的耶和華,要作你們的 神;所以你們要聖潔,因為我是聖潔的。」For I am the LORD, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt so that I would be your God; therefore be holy, because I am holy.

總結:分別潔淨與不潔淨

46這是走獸、飛鳥,和水中游動的活物,並地上爬物的條例。This is the law regarding animals, birds, all living creatures that move in the water, and all creatures that crawl along the ground.

47要把潔淨的和不潔淨的,可吃的與不可吃的活物,都分別出來。You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”

利未記 第 12 章

婦人生產後的潔淨

1耶和華對摩西說:Then the LORD said to Moses,

2「你曉諭以色列人說:若有婦人懷孕生男孩,她就不潔淨七天,像在月經污穢的日子不潔淨一樣。“Say to the Israelites, ‘A woman who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son will be unclean for seven days, as she is during the days of her menstruation.

3第八天,要給嬰孩行。And on the eighth day the flesh of the boy’s foreskin is to be circumcised.

4婦人在產血不潔之中,要三十三天。她潔淨的日子未滿,不可摸聖物,也不可進入聖所。The woman shall continue in purification from her bleeding for thirty-three days. She must not touch anything sacred or go into the sanctuary until the days of her purification are complete.

5她若生女孩,就不潔淨兩個七天,像污穢的時候一樣,要在產血不潔之中,家居六十六天。If, however, she gives birth to a daughter, the woman will be unclean for two weeks as she is during her menstruation. Then she must continue in purification from her bleeding for sixty-six days.

滿了日子要獻祭

6「滿了潔淨的日子,無論是為男孩是為女孩,她要把一歲的羊羔為燔祭,一隻雛鴿或是一隻斑鳩為贖罪祭,帶到會幕門口交給祭司。When the days of her purification are complete, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.

7祭司要獻在耶和華面前,為她贖罪,她的就潔淨了。這條例是為生育的婦人,無論是生男生女。And the priest will present them before the LORD and make atonement for her; and she shall be ceremonially cleansed from her flow of blood. This is the law for a woman giving birth, whether to a male or to a female.

8她的若不夠獻一隻羊羔,她就要取,一隻為燔祭,一隻為贖罪祭。祭司要為她贖罪,她就潔淨了。」But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”

摘要

利未記第11章詳細列出潔淨與不潔淨的動物分類,包括走獸、水族、飛鳥、昆蟲及爬蟲,並規定接觸不潔之物後的潔淨程序。神頒布這些條例的核心理由是「你們要聖潔,因為我是聖潔的」,要求以色列人在日常飲食中分別為聖。第12章則規定婦人生產後的潔淨禮儀,包括不潔淨的期限、男嬰割禮,以及滿期後獻燔祭與贖罪祭的要求,並為經濟能力不足者提供替代方案。

反思問題

  1. 神透過飲食和日常生活的規範來教導「分別為聖」,在你的生活中,有哪些習慣或選擇可以更有意識地反映出對神聖潔的回應?
  2. 潔淨條例中為經濟能力不足的婦人提供了替代的獻祭方式(),這顯示神怎樣的性情?你如何在信仰群體中實踐類似的體恤?
  3. 「我是耶和華你們的神」這句話在經文中反覆出現,作為一切律例的根基。神的身分與屬性如何影響你對祂命令的態度和順服?

新約馬太福音 28:1–20

前情提要

上回說到

昨天():亞利馬太的財主約瑟求了耶穌的身體,用細麻布裹好,安放在自己鑿在磐石裡的新墳墓,把大石頭滾到墓門口。祭司長和法利賽人怕門徒偷走身體,經彼拉多准許,封了石頭、派兵把守。

今天你會讀到

七日的頭一日清早,天使把石頭滾開,告訴婦女們耶穌已經復活;復活的耶穌親自向她們顯現。祭司長拿錢收買看守的兵,叫他們說是門徒偷走了身體。最後,十一個門徒在加利利的山上見到耶穌,耶穌差遣他們去使萬民作門徒。

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留意 的開頭和結尾:「天上地下所有的權柄都賜給我了」、「我就常與你們同在,直到世界的末了」。差遣門徒的那一位有一切權柄,也一直同在。

點時代可看說明

耶穌在七日的頭一日(星期日)復活,傳統認為約在主後 30 年(也有學者認為是主後 33 年)。

馬太福音 第 28 章

婦女清早來看墳墓

1安息日將盡,,天快亮的時候,和那個馬利亞來看墳墓。After the Sabbath, at dawn on the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb.

天使把石頭滾開

2忽然,地大震動;因為有從天上下來,把石頭滾開,坐在上面。Suddenly there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, rolled away the stone, and sat on it.

3他的如同閃電,衣服潔白如雪。His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.

4看守的人就因他嚇得,甚至和死人一樣。The guards trembled in fear of him and became like dead men.

天使宣告耶穌已經復活

5天使對婦女說:「不要害怕!我知道你們是尋找那釘十字架的耶穌。But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified.

6他不在這裡,照他所說的,已經復活了。你們來看安放主的地方。He is not here; He has risen, just as He said! Come, see the place where He lay.

7快去告訴他的門徒,說他從死裡復活了,並且在你們以先往加利利去,在那裡你們要見他。看哪,我已經告訴你們了。」Then go quickly and tell His disciples, ‘He has risen from the dead and is going ahead of you into Galilee. There you will see Him.’ See, I have told you.”

婦女又害怕又歡喜地跑去

8婦女們就急忙離開墳墓,又害怕,又大大地歡喜,跑去要報給他的門徒。So they hurried away from the tomb in fear and great joy, and ran to tell His disciples.

耶穌向婦女顯現

9忽然,耶穌遇見她們,說:「!」她們就上前抱住他的腳拜他。Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” They came to Him, grasped His feet, and worshiped Him.

10耶穌對她們說:「不要害怕!你們去告訴我的弟兄,叫他們往加利利去,在那裡必見我。」“Do not be afraid,” said Jesus. “Go and tell My brothers to go to Galilee. There they will see Me.”

祭司長收買看守的兵

11她們去的時候,看守的兵有幾個進城去,將所經歷的事都報給祭司長。While the women were on their way, some of the guards went into the city and reported to the chief priests all that had happened.

12祭司長和長老聚集商議,就拿許多銀錢給兵丁,說:And after the chief priests had met with the elders and formed a plan, they gave the soldiers a large sum of money

13「你們要這樣說:『夜間我們睡覺的時候,他的門徒來,把他偷去了。』and instructed them: “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’

14倘若這話被聽見,有我們勸他,。」If this report reaches the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble.”

15兵丁受了銀錢,就照所囑咐他們的去行。這話就傳說在猶太人中間,直到今日。So the guards took the money and did as they were instructed. And this account has been circulated among the Jews to this very day.

在加利利的山上見耶穌

16往加利利去,到了耶穌約定的山上。Meanwhile, the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain Jesus had designated.

17他們見了耶穌就拜他,然而還有人。When they saw Him, they worshiped Him, but some doubted.

天上地下的權柄與差遣

18耶穌進前來,對他們說:「天上地下所有的權柄都賜給我了。Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

19所以,你們要去,使作我的門徒,給他們施洗(或譯:給他們施洗,歸於父、子、聖靈的名)。Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,

20凡我所吩咐你們的,都教訓他們遵守,我就常與你們同在,直到世界的。」and teaching them to obey all that I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

摘要

馬太福音第28章記載耶穌復活的經過:婦女們在空墳墓前遇見天使,得知耶穌已復活,隨後親自遇見復活的主。與此同時,祭司長賄賂兵丁散布門徒偷走屍體的謊言。最後,耶穌在加利利山上向門徒顯現,宣告天上地下所有權柄都已賜給祂,並頒布大使命:使萬民作門徒、施洗、教導遵守祂的吩咐,應許與門徒同在直到世界末了。

反思問題

  1. 婦女們帶著「又害怕,又大大歡喜」的心情去傳報復活的消息。你在信仰經歷中,是否也曾同時感受到敬畏與喜樂?那時的情境是什麼?
  2. 祭司長用金錢掩蓋真相,企圖壓制復活的見證。在你的處境中,有哪些力量或聲音試圖使你懷疑或隱藏信仰的真實?你如何回應?
  3. 大使命呼召每位門徒去「使萬民作門徒」。在你目前的生活圈中,有什麼具體的方式可以活出這個使命,把信仰傳遞給身邊的人?