今日讀經

十二根杖

¹耶和華對摩西說：And the LORD said to Moses,

²「你曉諭以色列人，從他們手下取杖，每支派一根；從他們所有的首領，按著支派，共取十二根。你要將各人的名字寫在各人的杖上，“Speak to the Israelites and take from them twelve staffs, one from the leader of each tribe. Write each man’s name on his staff,

³並要將亞倫的名字寫在利未的杖上，因為各族長必有一根杖。and write Aaron’s name on the staff of Levi, because there must be one staff for the head of each tribe.

⁴你要把這些杖存在會幕內法櫃前，就是我與你們相會之處。Place the staffs in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony, where I meet with you.

⁵後來我所揀選的那人，他的杖必發芽。這樣，我必使以色列人向你們所發的怨言止息，不再達到我耳中。」The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.”

⁶於是摩西曉諭以色列人，他們的首領就把杖交給他，按著支派，每首領一根，共有十二根；亞倫的杖也在其中。So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and each of their leaders gave him a staff—one for each of the leaders of their tribes, twelve staffs in all. And Aaron’s staff was among them.

⁷摩西就把杖存在法櫃的帳幕內，在耶和華面前。Then Moses placed the staffs before the LORD in the Tent of the Testimony.

亞倫的杖發芽

⁸第二天，摩西進法櫃的帳幕去。誰知利未族亞倫的杖已經發了芽，生了花苞，開了花，結了熟杏。The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, put forth buds, blossomed, and produced almonds.

⁹摩西就把所有的杖從耶和華面前拿出來，給以色列眾人看；他們看見了，各首領就把自己的杖拿去。Then Moses brought out all the staffs from the LORD’s presence to all the Israelites. They saw them, and each man took his own staff.

¹⁰耶和華吩咐摩西說：「把亞倫的杖還放在法櫃前，給這些背叛之子留作記號。這樣，你就使他們向我發的怨言止息，免得他們死亡。」The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.”

¹¹摩西就這樣行。耶和華怎樣吩咐他，他就怎樣行了。So Moses did as the LORD had commanded him.

百姓的驚恐

¹²以色列人對摩西說：「我們死啦！我們滅亡啦！都滅亡啦！Then the Israelites declared to Moses, “Look, we are perishing! We are lost; we are all lost!

¹³凡挨近耶和華帳幕的是必死的。我們都要死亡嗎？」Anyone who comes near the tabernacle of the LORD will die. Are we all going to perish?”

祭司和利未人的職責

¹耶和華對亞倫說：「你和你的兒子，並你本族的人，要一同擔當干犯聖所的罪孽。你和你的兒子也要一同擔當干犯祭司職任的罪孽。So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity involving your priesthood.

²你要帶你弟兄利未人，就是你祖宗支派的人前來，使他們與你聯合，服事你，只是你和你的兒子，要一同在法櫃的帳幕前供職。But bring with you also your brothers from the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may join you and assist you and your sons before the Tent of the Testimony.

³他們要守所吩咐你的，並守全帳幕，只是不可挨近聖所的器具和壇，免得他們和你們都死亡。And they shall attend to your duties and to all the duties of the Tent; but they must not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary or the altar, or both they and you will die.

⁴他們要與你聯合，也要看守會幕，辦理帳幕一切的事，只是外人不可挨近你們。They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.

⁵你們要看守聖所和壇，免得忿怒再臨到以色列人。And you shall attend to the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, so that wrath may not fall on the Israelites again.

⁶我已將你們的弟兄利未人從以色列人中揀選出來歸耶和華，是給你們為賞賜的，為要辦理會幕的事。Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting.

⁷你和你的兒子要為一切屬壇和幔子內的事一同守祭司的職任。你們要這樣供職；我將祭司的職任給你們當作賞賜事奉我。凡挨近的外人必被治死。」But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”

祭司所得的分

⁸耶和華曉諭亞倫說：「我已將歸我的舉祭，就是以色列人一切分別為聖的物，交給你經管；因你受過膏，把這些都賜給你和你的子孫，當作永得的分。Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute.

⁹以色列人歸給我至聖的供物，就是一切的素祭、贖罪祭、贖愆祭，其中所有存留不經火的，都為至聖之物，要歸給你和你的子孫。A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.

¹⁰你要拿這些當至聖物吃；凡男丁都可以吃。你當以此物為聖。You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy.

¹¹以色列人所獻的舉祭並搖祭都是你的；我已賜給你和你的兒女，當作永得的分；凡在你家中的潔淨人都可以吃。And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it.

¹²凡油中、新酒中、五穀中至好的，就是以色列人所獻給耶和華初熟之物，我都賜給你。I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.

¹³凡從他們地上所帶來給耶和華初熟之物也都要歸與你。你家中的潔淨人都可以吃。The firstfruits of everything in their land that they bring to the LORD will belong to you. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat them.

¹⁴以色列中一切永獻的都必歸與你。Every devoted thing in Israel belongs to you.

¹⁵他們所有奉給耶和華的，連人帶牲畜，凡頭生的，都要歸給你；只是人頭生的，總要贖出來；不潔淨牲畜頭生的，也要贖出來。The firstborn of every womb, whether man or beast, that is offered to the LORD belongs to you. But you must surely redeem every firstborn son and every firstborn male of unclean animals.

¹⁶其中在一月之外所當贖的，要照你所估定的價，按聖所的平，用銀子五舍客勒贖出來（一舍客勒是二十季拉）。You are to pay the redemption price for a month-old male according to your valuation: five shekels of silver, according to the sanctuary shekel, which is twenty gerahs.

¹⁷只是頭生的牛，或是頭生的綿羊和山羊，必不可贖，都是聖的，要把牠的血灑在壇上，把牠的脂油焚燒，當作馨香的火祭獻給耶和華。But you must not redeem the firstborn of an ox, a sheep, or a goat; they are holy. You are to splatter their blood on the altar and burn their fat as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

¹⁸牠的肉必歸你，像被搖的胸、被舉的右腿歸你一樣。And their meat belongs to you, just as the breast and right thigh of the wave offering belong to you.

¹⁹凡以色列人所獻給耶和華聖物中的舉祭，我都賜給你和你的兒女，當作永得的分。這是給你和你的後裔、在耶和華面前作為永遠的鹽約（鹽就是不廢壞的意思）。」All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”

我就是你的分

²⁰耶和華對亞倫說：「你在以色列人的境內不可有產業，在他們中間也不可有分。我就是你的分，是你的產業。」Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites.

利未人得十分之一

²¹「凡以色列中出產的十分之一，我已賜給利未的子孫為業；因他們所辦的是會幕的事，所以賜給他們為酬他們的勞。Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.

²²從今以後，以色列人不可挨近會幕，免得他們擔罪而死。No longer may the Israelites come near to the Tent of Meeting, or they will incur guilt and die.

²³惟獨利未人要辦會幕的事，擔當罪孽；這要作你們世世代代永遠的定例。他們在以色列人中不可有產業；The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.

²⁴因為以色列人中出產的十分之一，就是獻給耶和華為舉祭的，我已賜給利未人為業。所以我對他們說：『在以色列人中不可有產業。』」For I have given to the Levites as their inheritance the tithe that the Israelites present to the LORD as a contribution. That is why I told them that they would not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.”

利未人也要獻十分之一

²⁵耶和華吩咐摩西說：And the LORD instructed Moses,

²⁶「你曉諭利未人說：你們從以色列人中所取的十分之一，就是我給你們為業的，要再從那十分之一中取十分之一作為舉祭獻給耶和華，“Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your inheritance, you must present part of it as an offering to the LORD—a tithe of the tithe.

²⁷這舉祭要算為你們場上的穀，又如滿酒醡的酒。Your offering will be reckoned to you as grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress.

²⁸這樣，你們從以色列人中所得的十分之一也要作舉祭獻給耶和華，從這十分之一中，將所獻給耶和華的舉祭歸給祭司亞倫。So you are to present an offering to the LORD from all the tithes you receive from the Israelites, and from these you are to give the LORD’s offering to Aaron the priest.

²⁹奉給你們的一切禮物，要從其中將至好的，就是分別為聖的，獻給耶和華為舉祭。You must present the offering due the LORD from all the best of every gift, the holiest part of it.’

³⁰所以你要對利未人說：你們從其中將至好的舉起，這就算為你們場上的糧，又如酒醡的酒。Therefore say to the Levites, ‘When you have presented the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the produce of the threshing floor or winepress.

³¹你們和你們家屬隨處可以吃；這原是你們的賞賜，是酬你們在會幕裡辦事的勞。And you and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere; it is the compensation for your work at the Tent of Meeting.

³²你們從其中將至好的舉起，就不致因這物擔罪。你們不可褻瀆以色列人的聖物，免得死亡。」Once you have presented the best part of it, you will not incur guilt because of it. But you must not defile the sacred offerings of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”

紅母牛的灰

¹耶和華曉諭摩西、亞倫說：Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron,

²「耶和華命定律法中的一條律例乃是這樣說：你要吩咐以色列人，把一隻沒有殘疾、未曾負軛、純紅的母牛牽到你這裡來，“This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.

³交給祭司以利亞撒；他必牽到營外，人就把牛宰在他面前。Give it to Eleazar the priest, and he will have it brought outside the camp and slaughtered in his presence.

⁴祭司以利亞撒要用指頭蘸這牛的血，向會幕前面彈七次。Eleazar the priest is to take some of its blood on his finger and sprinkle it seven times toward the front of the Tent of Meeting.

⁵人要在他眼前把這母牛焚燒；牛的皮、肉、血、糞都要焚燒。Then the heifer must be burned in his sight. Its hide, its flesh, and its blood are to be burned, along with its dung.

⁶祭司要把香柏木、牛膝草、朱紅色線都丟在燒牛的火中。The priest is to take cedar wood, hyssop, and scarlet wool and throw them onto the burning heifer.

⁷祭司必不潔淨到晚上，要洗衣服，用水洗身，然後可以進營。Then the priest must wash his clothes and bathe his body in water; after that he may enter the camp, but he will be ceremonially unclean until evening.

⁸燒牛的人必不潔淨到晚上，也要洗衣服，用水洗身。The one who burned the heifer must also wash his clothes and bathe his body in water, and he too will be ceremonially unclean until evening.

⁹必有一個潔淨的人收起母牛的灰，存在營外潔淨的地方，為以色列會眾調做除污穢的水。這本是除罪的。Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to gather up the ashes of the heifer and store them in a ceremonially clean place outside the camp. They must be kept by the congregation of Israel for preparing the water of purification; this is for purification from sin.

¹⁰收起母牛灰的人必不潔淨到晚上，要洗衣服。這要給以色列人和寄居在他們中間的外人作為永遠的定例。」The man who has gathered up the ashes of the heifer must also wash his clothes, and he will be ceremonially unclean until evening. This is a permanent statute for the Israelites and for the foreigner residing among them.

摸死屍的潔淨條例

¹¹「摸了人死屍的，就必七天不潔淨。Whoever touches any dead body will be unclean for seven days.

¹²那人到第三天要用這除污穢的水潔淨自己，第七天就潔淨了。他若在第三天不潔淨自己，第七天就不潔淨了。He must purify himself with the water on the third day and on the seventh day; then he will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third and seventh days, he will not be clean.

¹³凡摸了人死屍、不潔淨自己的，就玷污了耶和華的帳幕，這人必從以色列中剪除；因為那除污穢的水沒有灑在他身上，他就為不潔淨，污穢還在他身上。Anyone who touches a human corpse and fails to purify himself defiles the tabernacle of the LORD. That person must be cut off from Israel. He remains unclean, because the water of purification has not been sprinkled on him, and his uncleanness is still on him.

人死在帳棚裡的條例

¹⁴「人死在帳棚裡的條例乃是這樣：凡進那帳棚的，和一切在帳棚裡的，都必七天不潔淨。This is the law when a person dies in a tent: Everyone who enters the tent and everyone already in the tent will be unclean for seven days,

¹⁵凡敞口的器皿，就是沒有紮上蓋的，也是不潔淨。and any open container without a lid fastened on it is unclean.

¹⁶無論何人在田野裡摸了被刀殺的，或是屍首，或是人的骨頭，或是墳墓，就要七天不潔淨。Anyone in the open field who touches someone who has been killed by the sword or has died of natural causes, or anyone who touches a human bone or a grave, will be unclean for seven days.

¹⁷要為這不潔淨的人拿些燒成的除罪灰放在器皿裡，倒上活水。For the purification of the unclean person, take some of the ashes of the burnt sin offering, put them in a jar, and pour fresh water over them.

¹⁸必當有一個潔淨的人拿牛膝草蘸在這水中，把水灑在帳棚上，和一切器皿並帳棚內的眾人身上，又灑在摸了骨頭，或摸了被殺的，或摸了自死的，或摸了墳墓的那人身上。Then a man who is ceremonially clean is to take some hyssop, dip it in the water, and sprinkle the tent, all the furnishings, and the people who were there. He is also to sprinkle the one who touched a bone, a grave, or a person who has died or been slain.

¹⁹第三天和第七天，潔淨的人要灑水在不潔淨的人身上，第七天就使他成為潔淨。那人要洗衣服，用水洗澡，到晚上就潔淨了。The man who is ceremonially clean is to sprinkle the unclean person on the third day and on the seventh day. After he purifies the unclean person on the seventh day, the one being cleansed must wash his clothes and bathe in water, and that evening he will be clean.

²⁰「但那污穢而不潔淨自己的，要將他從會中剪除，因為他玷污了耶和華的聖所。除污穢的水沒有灑在他身上，他是不潔淨的。But if a person who is unclean does not purify himself, he will be cut off from the assembly, because he has defiled the sanctuary of the LORD. The water of purification has not been sprinkled on him; he is unclean.

²¹這要給你們作為永遠的定例。並且那灑除污穢水的人要洗衣服。凡摸除污穢水的，必不潔淨到晚上。This is a permanent statute for the people: The one who sprinkles the water of purification must wash his clothes, and whoever touches the water of purification will be unclean until evening.

²²不潔淨人所摸的一切物就不潔淨；摸了這物的人必不潔淨到晚上。」Anything the unclean person touches will become unclean, and anyone who touches it will be unclean until evening.”

到猶太和約旦河外

¹耶穌從那裡起身，來到猶太的境界並約旦河外。眾人又聚集到他那裡，他又照常教訓他們。Then Jesus left that place and went into the region of Judea, beyond the Jordan. Again the crowds came to Him and He taught them, as was His custom.

論休妻

²有法利賽人來問他說：「人休妻可以不可以？」意思要試探他。Some Pharisees came to test Him. “Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?” they inquired.

³耶穌回答說：「摩西吩咐你們的是甚麼？」“What did Moses command you?” He replied.

⁴他們說：「摩西許人寫了休書便可以休妻。」They answered, “Moses permitted a man to write his wife a certificate of divorce and send her away.”

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⁵耶穌說：「摩西因為你們的心硬，所以寫這條例給你們；But Jesus told them, “Moses wrote this commandment for you because of your hardness of heart.

⁶但從起初創造的時候，　神造人是造男造女。However, from the beginning of creation, ‘God made them male and female.’

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⁷因此，人要離開父母，與妻子連合，二人成為一體。‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife,

⁸既然如此，夫妻不再是兩個人，乃是一體的了。and the two will become one flesh.’ So they are no longer two, but one flesh.

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⁹所以，　神配合的，人不可分開。」Therefore what God has joined together, let man not separate.”

在屋裡再教導門徒

¹⁰到了屋裡，門徒就問他這事。When they were back inside the house, the disciples asked Jesus about this matter.

¹¹耶穌對他們說：「凡休妻另娶的，就是犯姦淫，辜負他的妻子；So He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.

¹²妻子若離棄丈夫另嫁，也是犯姦淫了。」And if a woman divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery.”

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讓小孩子到我這裡來

¹³有人帶著小孩子來見耶穌，要耶穌摸他們，門徒便責備那些人。Now people were bringing the little children to Jesus for Him to place His hands on them, and the disciples rebuked those who brought them.

¹⁴耶穌看見就惱怒，對門徒說：「讓小孩子到我這裡來，不要禁止他們；因為在　神國的，正是這樣的人。But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and told them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.

¹⁵我實在告訴你們，凡要承受　神國的，若不像小孩子，斷不能進去。」Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

¹⁶於是抱著小孩子，給他們按手，為他們祝福。And He took the children in His arms, placed His hands on them, and blessed them.

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富有的人問永生

¹⁷耶穌出來行路的時候，有一個人跑來，跪在他面前，問他說：「良善的夫子，我當做甚麼事才可以承受永生？」As Jesus started on His way, a man ran up and knelt before Him. “Good Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

¹⁸耶穌對他說：「你為甚麼稱我是良善的？除了　神一位之外，再沒有良善的。“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone.

¹⁹誡命你是曉得的：不可殺人；不可姦淫；不可偷盜；不可作假見證；不可虧負人；當孝敬父母。」You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not cheat others, honor your father and mother.’”

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²⁰他對耶穌說：「夫子，這一切我從小都遵守了。」“Teacher,” he replied, “all these I have kept from my youth.”

²¹耶穌看著他，就愛他，對他說：「你還缺少一件：去變賣你所有的，分給窮人，就必有財寶在天上；你還要來跟從我。」Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me.”

²²他聽見這話，臉上就變了色，憂憂愁愁地走了，因為他的產業很多。But the man was saddened by these words and went away in sorrow, because he had great wealth.

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有錢財的人進神的國何等難

²³耶穌周圍一看，對門徒說：「有錢財的人進　神的國是何等地難哪！」Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”

²⁴門徒希奇他的話。耶穌又對他們說：「小子，倚靠錢財的人進　神的國是何等地難哪！And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

²⁵駱駝穿過針的眼，比財主進　神的國還容易呢。」It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God.”

²⁶門徒就分外希奇，對他說：「這樣誰能得救呢？」They were even more astonished and said to one another, “Who then can be saved?”

²⁷耶穌看著他們，說：「在人是不能，在　神卻不然，因為　神凡事都能。」Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”

撇下一切的必得回報

²⁸彼得就對他說：「看哪，我們已經撇下所有的跟從你了。」Peter began to say to Him, “Look, we have left everything and followed You.”

²⁹耶穌說：「我實在告訴你們，人為我和福音撇下房屋，或是弟兄、姊妹、父母、兒女、田地，“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for My sake and for the gospel

³⁰沒有不在今世得百倍的，就是房屋、弟兄、姊妹、母親、兒女、田地，並且要受逼迫，在來世必得永生。will fail to receive a hundredfold in the present age—houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and fields, along with persecutions—and in the age to come, eternal life.

³¹然而，有許多在前的，將要在後，在後的，將要在前。」But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.”

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