舊約利未記 23:1–24:23
前情提要
上回說到
昨天(21–22 章):祭司要比一般人更謹慎地保持聖潔:不可隨意為死人沾染自己,婚姻有限制,大祭司的要求更嚴;有殘疾的祭司不能在壇前供職,卻仍可吃聖物;獻給神的牲畜必須沒有殘疾。
今天你會讀到
第 23 章列出耶和華的節期:安息日、逾越節和無酵節、獻初熟的禾捆、七七節、七月初一吹角、贖罪日、住棚節;第 24 章講會幕中常點的燈和陳設的餅,並記載一個人褻瀆聖名被治死,以及「以眼還眼」的原則。
閱讀小提示
留意 、:這些節期是「耶和華的節期」,不只是民族節日。新約記載耶穌在逾越節期間受死,聖靈在五旬節(七七節)降下(),都發生在這些節期。
點時代可看說明
這些節期大多和收成的季節連在一起,要等以色列進入迦南、開始耕種以後才能完整遵守。
點經節可選取,長按即複製點經節可選取,按 Ctrl+C⌘C 複製
利未記 第 23 章
聖會的節期與安息日
1耶和華對摩西說:Then the LORD said to Moses,
2「你曉諭以色列人說:耶和華的節期,你們要宣告為聖會的節期。“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.
3六日要做工,第七日是聖安息日,當有;你們甚麼工都不可做。這是在你們一切的住處向耶和華守的安息日。For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.
4耶和華的節期,就是你們到了日期要宣告為聖會的,乃是這些。」These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.
逾越節和無酵節
5「正月十四日,黃昏的時候,是耶和華的。The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
6這月十五日是向耶和華守的;你們要吃無酵餅七日。On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread.
7第一日當有聖會,甚麼都不可做;On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work.
8要將火祭獻給耶和華七日。第七日是聖會,甚麼勞碌的工都不可做。」For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.’”
獻初熟的禾捆
9耶和華對摩西說:And the LORD said to Moses,
10「你曉諭以色列人說:你們到了我賜給你們的地,收割莊稼的時候,要將帶給祭司。“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest.
11他要把這一捆在耶和華面前搖一搖,使你們得蒙悅納。祭司要在安息日的次日把這捆搖一搖。And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that it may be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.
12搖這捆的日子,你們要把一歲、沒有殘疾的公綿羊羔獻給耶和華為燔祭。On the day you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a year-old lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD,
13同獻的素祭,就是調油的細麵伊法十分之二,作為馨香的火祭,獻給耶和華。同獻的奠祭,要酒。along with its grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil—a food offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.
14無論是餅,是烘的子粒,是新穗子,你們都不可吃,直等到把你們獻給 神的供物帶來的那一天才可以吃。這在你們一切的住處作為世世代代永遠的定例。」You must not eat any bread or roasted or new grain until the very day you have brought this offering to your God. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.
七七節(五旬節)
15「你們要從安息日的次日,獻禾捆為搖祭的那日算起,要滿了七個安息日。From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, you are to count off seven full weeks.
16到第七個安息日的次日,共計五十天,又要將新素祭獻給耶和華。You shall count off fifty days until the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the LORD.
17要從你們的住處取出細麵伊法十分之二,加酵,烤成兩個搖祭的餅,當作初熟之物獻給耶和華。Bring two loaves of bread from your dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as the firstfruits to the LORD.
18又要將一歲、沒有殘疾的羊羔七隻、公牛犢一隻、公綿羊兩隻,和餅一同奉上。這些與同獻的素祭和要作為燔祭獻給耶和華,就是作馨香的火祭獻給耶和華。Along with the bread you are to present seven unblemished male lambs a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the LORD, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
19你們要獻一隻公山羊為贖罪祭,兩隻一歲的公綿羊羔為平安祭。You shall also prepare one male goat as a sin offering and two male lambs a year old as a peace offering.
20祭司要把這些和初熟麥子做的餅一同作搖祭,在耶和華面前搖一搖;這是獻與耶和華為聖物歸給祭司的。The priest is to wave the lambs as a wave offering before the LORD, together with the bread of the firstfruits. The bread and the two lambs shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.
21當這日,你們要宣告聖會;甚麼勞碌的工都不可做。這在你們一切的住處作為世世代代永遠的定例。On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live for the generations to come.
留下田角給窮人
22「在你們的地收割莊稼,不可割盡田角,也不可拾取所遺落的;要留給窮人和寄居的。我是耶和華─你們的 神。」When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your God.’”
七月初一吹角
23耶和華對摩西說:The LORD also said to Moses,
24「你曉諭以色列人說:七月初一,你們要守為聖安息日,要作紀念,當有聖會。“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts.
25甚麼勞碌的工都不可做;要將火祭獻給耶和華。」You must not do any regular work, but you are to present a food offering to the LORD.’”
贖罪日
26耶和華曉諭摩西說:Again the LORD said to Moses,
27「七月初十是贖罪日;你們要守為聖會,並要刻苦己心,也要將火祭獻給耶和華。“The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present a food offering to the LORD.
28當這日,甚麼工都不可做;因為是贖罪日,要在耶和華─你們的 神面前贖罪。On this day you are not to do any work, for it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.
29當這日,凡不刻苦己心的,必從民中剪除。If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people.
30凡這日做甚麼工的,我必將他從民中除滅。I will destroy from among his people anyone who does any work on this day.
31你們甚麼工都不可做。這在你們一切的住處作為世世代代永遠的定例。You are not to do any work at all. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.
32你們要守這日為聖安息日,並要刻苦己心。從這月到次日晚上,要守為安息日。」It will be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you shall humble yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to keep your Sabbath.”
住棚節
33耶和華對摩西說:And the LORD said to Moses,
34「你曉諭以色列人說:這七月十五日是,要在耶和華面前守這節七日。“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Feast of Tabernacles to the LORD begins, and it continues for seven days.
35第一日當有聖會,甚麼勞碌的工都不可做。On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work.
36七日內要將火祭獻給耶和華。第八日當守聖會,要將火祭獻給耶和華。這是,甚麼勞碌的工都不可做。For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.
37「這是耶和華的節期,就是你們要宣告為聖會的節期;要將火祭、燔祭、素祭、祭物,並奠祭,各歸各日,獻給耶和華。These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting food offerings to the LORD—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day.
38這是在耶和華的安息日以外,又在你們的供物和所許的願,並甘心獻給耶和華的以外。These offerings are in addition to the offerings for the LORD’s Sabbaths, and in addition to your gifts, to all your vow offerings, and to all the freewill offerings you give to the LORD.
39「你們收藏了地的出產,就從七月十五日起,要守耶和華的節七日。第一日為聖安息;第八日也為聖安息。On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the produce of the land, you are to celebrate a feast to the LORD for seven days. There shall be complete rest on the first day and also on the eighth day.
40第一日要拿美好樹上的果子和棕樹上的枝子,與茂密樹的枝條並河旁的柳枝,在耶和華─你們的 神面前歡樂七日。On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.
41每年七月間,要向耶和華守這節七日。這為你們世世代代永遠的定例。You are to celebrate this as a feast to the LORD for seven days each year. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come; you are to celebrate it in the seventh month.
42你們要住在棚裡七日;凡以色列家的人都要住在棚裡,You are to dwell in booths for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must dwell in booths,
43好叫你們世世代代知道,我領以色列人出埃及地的時候曾使他們住在棚裡。我是耶和華─你們的 神。」so that your descendants may know that I made the Israelites dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’”
44於是,摩西將耶和華的節期傳給以色列人。So Moses announced to the Israelites the appointed feasts of the LORD.
利未記 第 24 章
常點的燈
1耶和華曉諭摩西說:Then the LORD said to Moses,
2「要吩咐以色列人,把那為點燈搗成的拿來給你,使燈常常點著。“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
3在會幕中法櫃的幔子外,亞倫從晚上到早晨必在耶和華面前這燈。這要作你們世世代代永遠的定例。Outside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps continually before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come.
4他要在耶和華面前常收拾精金燈臺上的燈。」He shall tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually.
十二個陳設的餅
5「你要取細麵,烤成,每餅用麵伊法十分之二。You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,
6要把餅擺列兩行(或譯:摞;下同),每行六個,在耶和華面前精金的桌子上;and set them in two rows—six per row—on the table of pure gold before the LORD.
7又要把淨乳香放在每行餅上,作為紀念,就是作為火祭獻給耶和華。And you are to place pure frankincense near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion for the bread, a food offering to the LORD.
8每安息日要常擺在耶和華面前;這為以色列人作永遠的約。Every Sabbath day the bread is to be set out before the LORD on behalf of the Israelites as a permanent covenant.
9這餅是要給亞倫和他子孫的;他們要在聖處吃,為永遠的定例,因為在獻給耶和華的火祭中是至聖的。」It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place; for it is to him a most holy part of the food offerings to the LORD—his portion forever.”
褻瀆聖名的人
10有一個以色列婦人的兒子,他父親是埃及人,一日閒遊在以色列人中。這以色列婦人的兒子和一個以色列人在營裡爭鬥。Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite.
11這以色列婦人的兒子褻瀆了聖名,並且,就有人把他送到摩西那裡。(他母親名叫示羅密,是但支派底伯利的女兒。)The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)
12他們把那人收在監裡,要得耶和華所指示的話。They placed him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.
13耶和華曉諭摩西說:Then the LORD said to Moses,
14「把那咒詛聖名的人帶到營外。叫聽見的人都放手在他頭上;全會眾就要用石頭打死他。“Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.
15你要曉諭以色列人說:凡咒詛 神的,必擔當他的罪。And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin.
16那褻瀆耶和華名的,必被治死;全會眾總要用石頭打死他。不管是寄居的是本地人,他褻瀆耶和華名的時候,必被治死。Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the whole assembly must surely stone him, whether he is a foreign resident or native; if he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.
以命償命、以眼還眼
17打死人的,必被治死;And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.
18打死牲畜的,必賠上牲畜,以命償命。Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life.
19人若使他鄰舍的身體有殘疾,他怎樣行,也要照樣向他行:If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:
20以傷還傷,,以牙還牙。他怎樣叫人的身體有殘疾,也要照樣向他行。fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.
21打死牲畜的,必賠上牲畜;打死人的,必被治死。Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.
22不管是寄居的是本地人,同歸一例。我是耶和華─你們的 神。」You are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”
23於是,摩西曉諭以色列人,他們就把那咒詛聖名的人帶到營外,用石頭打死。以色列人就照耶和華所吩咐摩西的行了。Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses.
摘要
利未記23至24章記載耶和華所定的七大節期——安息日、逾越節、無酵節、初熟節、五旬節、吹角節、贖罪日與住棚節,每個節期都有特定的獻祭與聖會規定,提醒以色列人記念神的救贖與供應。第24章則吩咐會幕中燈臺與陳設餅的管理,並藉褻瀆聖名者被治死的事件,頒布「以眼還眼、以牙還牙」的公義法則,強調不論本地人或寄居者同歸一例。
反思問題
- 神設立節期要求百姓停下工作、聚集敬拜,你在忙碌的生活中是否有固定的時間停下來親近神、反思祂的恩典?
- 收割時不可割盡田角、要留給窮人(),這提醒你在日常生活中可以如何實踐對弱勢者的關懷與慷慨?
- 住棚節要百姓住在棚裡,記念神帶領他們出埃及的經歷()。回顧你的信仰歷程,有哪些神的帶領是你不應忘記、需要常常感恩的?
新約馬可福音 4:1–20
前情提要
上回說到
昨天():群眾從各地湧到耶穌那裡;祂上山設立十二使徒,「要他們常和自己同在」()。祂的親屬以為祂癲狂了,文士說祂靠鬼王趕鬼;耶穌說,遵行神旨意的人就是祂的弟兄姊妹和母親。
今天你會讀到
耶穌坐在船上,對岸上的群眾講撒種的比喻:種子落在路旁、石頭地、荊棘裡和好土裡,結果大不相同。之後祂向門徒說明為甚麼用比喻,並逐一解釋四種土代表四種聽道的人。
閱讀小提示
這段一再出現「聽」:4:3「你們聽啊」,「有耳可聽的,就應當聽」;四種土的差別,也在於人怎樣聽道、領受道。讀經時,想想自己像哪一種土。
點時代可看說明
耶穌在加利利傳道的時期,約在主後 28 年;反對越來越多,耶穌開始多用比喻教導。
馬可福音 第 4 章
在船上用比喻教訓人
1耶穌又在海邊教訓人。有許多人到他那裡聚集,他只得上船坐下。船在海裡,眾人都靠近海,站在岸上。Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.
2耶穌就用比喻教訓他們許多道理。在教訓之間,對他們說:And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,
撒種的比喻
3「你們聽啊!有一個出去撒種。“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.
4撒的時候,有落在路旁的,飛鳥來吃盡了;And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.
5有落在上的,土既不深,發苗最快,Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.
6出來一曬,因為沒有根,就枯乾了;But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.
7有落在裡的,荊棘長起來,把它了,就不結實;Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings, and they yielded no crop.
8又有落在好土裡的,就,結實有的,有六十倍的,有一百倍的」;Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold.”
9又說:「有耳可聽的,就應當聽!」Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
為甚麼用比喻
10,跟隨耶穌的人和十二個門徒問他這比喻的意思。As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.
11耶穌對他們說:「 神國的只叫你們知道,若是對外人講,凡事就用比喻,He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed in parables,
12叫他們;聽是聽見,卻不明白;恐怕他們回轉過來,就得赦免。」so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’”
耶穌解釋撒種的比喻
13又對他們說:「你們不明白這比喻嗎?這樣怎能明白一切的比喻呢?Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
14撒種之人所撒的就是道。The farmer sows the word.
撒在路旁的
15那撒在路旁的,就是人聽了道,撒但立刻來,把撒在他心裡的道奪了去。Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.
撒在石頭地上的
16那撒在石頭地上的,就是人聽了道,立刻歡喜領受,Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.
17但他心裡沒有根,不過是暫時的,及至為道遭了患難,或是受了逼迫,立刻就了。But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.
撒在荊棘裡的
18還有那撒在荊棘裡的,就是人聽了道,Others are like the seeds sown among the thorns. They hear the word,
19後來有世上的、錢財的,和別樣的私慾進來,把道擠住了,就不能結實。but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.
撒在好地上的
20那撒在好地上的,就是人聽道,又,並且結實,有三十倍的,有六十倍的,有一百倍的。」Still others are like the seeds sown on good soil. They hear the word, receive it, and produce a crop—thirtyfold, sixtyfold, or a hundredfold.”
摘要
馬可福音第4章記載耶穌在海邊用撒種的比喻教導眾人,說明神的道如種子落在四種不同的土壤上——路旁、石頭地、荊棘裡和好土——代表人心對神話語截然不同的回應。耶穌私下向門徒解明比喻的含義,指出撒但的攔阻、患難的考驗、世俗的思慮都能使人無法結出生命的果實,唯有在好土上的人聽道、領受並結實三十倍、六十倍、一百倍。
反思問題
- 耶穌提到四種土壤代表四種聽道的心態,你目前的心靈狀態最接近哪一種?有什麼具體行動可以讓你的心成為「好土」?
- 世上的思慮、錢財的迷惑和別樣的私慾()是荊棘地的特徵,在你現階段的生活中,哪些事物最容易擠住神的道、攔阻你靈命成長?
- 撒在好土裡的種子結實有三十倍、六十倍、一百倍的差別,這提醒你神話語在生命中的果效可能因人而異。你可以怎樣更深地領受並活出神的道,使之在你的生命中多結果子?