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舊約 詩篇 103–106 篇
新約 哥林多前書 6:1–20

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舊約詩篇 103–106 篇

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昨天(98–102 篇):全地要向耶和華唱新歌;神「本為聖」;普天下當向耶和華歡呼;君王立志存完全的心;困苦人在苦情中仰望那永不改變的神。

今天你會讀到

103 篇大衛呼喚自己的心稱頌耶和華,不可忘記祂的恩惠;104 篇讚美神創造、供養萬物;105 篇回顧神記念與亞伯拉罕的約,從約瑟一路帶領百姓出埃及;106 篇從百姓這一邊回顧同一段歷史:他們一再悖逆,神仍屢次搭救。詩篇第四卷到此結束。

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105 和 106 篇像一體兩面:同一段歷史,105 篇看見神的信實,106 篇看見人的不忠。讀 時可以停下來想:神「沒有按我們的罪過待我們」。

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105–106 篇回顧從亞伯拉罕到進入迦南的歷史; 求神「從外邦中招聚我們」,顯示這篇可能寫於被擄期間或之後。

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詩篇 第 103 章

我的心哪,要稱頌耶和華

1(大衛的詩。)我的心哪,你要稱頌耶和華!凡在我裡面的,也要稱頌他的聖名!Of David. Bless the LORD, O my soul; all that is within me, bless His holy name.

2我的心哪,你要稱頌耶和華!不可忘記他的一切恩惠!Bless the LORD, O my soul, and do not forget all His kind deeds—

3他赦免你的一切罪孽,醫治你的一切疾病。He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,

4他救贖你的命脫離死亡,以仁愛和慈悲為你的冠冕。who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,

5他用美物使你所願的得以知足,以致你。who satisfies you with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

6耶和華施行公義,為一切受屈的人伸冤。The LORD executes righteousness and justice for all the oppressed.

7他使摩西知道他的法則,叫以色列人曉得他的作為。He made known His ways to Moses, His deeds to the people of Israel.

耶和華有憐憫,有恩典

8耶和華有憐憫,有恩典,不輕易發怒,且有豐盛的慈愛。The LORD is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion.

9他不長久責備,也不永遠懷怒。He will not always accuse us, nor harbor His anger forever.

10他沒有按我們的罪過待我們,也沒有照我們的罪孽報應我們。He has not dealt with us according to our sins or repaid us according to our iniquities.

11天離地何等的高,他的慈愛向敬畏他的人也是何等的大!For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His loving devotion for those who fear Him.

12東離西有多遠,他叫我們的過犯離我們也有多遠!As far as the east is from the west, so far has He removed our transgressions from us.

13父親怎樣憐恤他的兒女,耶和華也怎樣憐恤敬畏他的人!As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.

14因為他知道我們的,思念我們不過是塵土。For He knows our frame; He is mindful that we are dust.

人生如草,神的慈愛永存

15至於世人,他的年日如草一樣。他發旺如野地的花,As for man, his days are like grass—he blooms like a flower of the field;

16經風一吹,便歸無有;它的原處也不再認識它。when the wind passes over, it vanishes, and its place remembers it no more.

17但耶和華的慈愛歸於敬畏他的人,從亙古到永遠;他的公義也歸於子子孫孫─But from everlasting to everlasting the loving devotion of the LORD extends to those who fear Him, and His righteousness to their children’s children—

18就是那些遵守他的約、記念他的訓詞而遵行的人。to those who keep His covenant and remember to obey His precepts.

天上眾軍都要稱頌

19耶和華在天上立定寶座;他的權柄(原文是國)統管萬有。The LORD has established His throne in heaven, and His kingdom rules over all.

20聽從他命令、成全他旨意、有大能的天使,都要稱頌耶和華!Bless the LORD, all His angels mighty in strength who carry out His word, who hearken to the voice of His command.

21你們作他的諸軍,作他的僕役,行他所喜悅的,都要稱頌耶和華!Bless the LORD, all His hosts, you servants who do His will.

22你們一切被他造的,在他所治理的各處,都要稱頌耶和華!我的心哪,你要稱頌耶和華!Bless the LORD, all His works in all places of His dominion. Bless the LORD, O my soul!

詩篇 第 104 章

神以亮光為衣

1我的心哪,你要稱頌耶和華!耶和華─我的 神啊,你為至大!你以尊榮威嚴為衣服,Bless the LORD, O my soul! O LORD my God, You are very great; You are clothed with splendor and majesty.

2披上亮光,如披外袍,鋪張穹蒼,如鋪,He wraps Himself in light as with a garment; He stretches out the heavens like a tent,

3在水中立樓閣的棟梁,用雲彩為車輦,藉著風的翅膀而行,laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.

4,以火焰為僕役,He makes the winds His messengers, flames of fire His servants.

神為諸水定界限

5將地立在根基上,使地永不動搖。He set the earth on its foundations, never to be moved.

6你用深水遮蓋地面,猶如衣裳;諸水高過山嶺。You covered it with the deep like a garment; the waters stood above the mountains.

7你的斥責一發,水便奔逃;你的雷聲一發,水便奔流。At Your rebuke the waters fled; at the sound of Your thunder they hurried away—

8諸山升上,諸谷沉下(或譯:隨山上翻,隨谷下流),歸你為它所安定之地。the mountains rose and the valleys sank to the place You assigned for them—

9你定了界限,使水不能過去,不再轉回遮蓋地面。You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.

神供養一切活物

10耶和華使泉源湧在山谷,流在山間,He sends forth springs in the valleys; they flow between the mountains.

11使野地的走獸有水喝,野驢得解其渴。They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

12天上的飛鳥在水旁住宿,在樹枝上啼叫。The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches.

13他從樓閣中澆灌山嶺;因他作為的功效,地就豐足。He waters the mountains from His chambers; the earth is satisfied by the fruit of His works.

14他使草生長,給六畜吃,使菜蔬發長,供給人用,使人從地裡能得食物,He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:

15又得酒能悅人心,得油能,得糧能養人心。wine that gladdens the heart of man, oil that makes his face to shine, and bread that sustains his heart.

16佳美的樹木,就是黎巴嫩的香柏樹,是耶和華所栽種的,都滿了汁漿。The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,

17雀鳥在其上搭窩;至於,松樹是牠的房屋。where the birds build their nests; the stork makes her home in the cypresses.

18高山為野山羊的住所;巖石為的藏處。The high mountains are for the wild goats, the cliffs a refuge for the rock badgers.

19你安置月亮為定節令;日頭自知沉落。He made the moon to mark the seasons; the sun knows when to set.

20你造黑暗為夜,林中的百獸就都爬出來。You bring darkness, and it becomes night, when all the beasts of the forest prowl.

21少壯獅子吼叫,要抓食,向 神尋求食物。The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.

22日頭一出,獸便躲避,臥在洞裡。The sun rises, and they withdraw; they lie down in their dens.

23人出去做工,勞碌直到晚上。Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.

你所造的何其多

24耶和華啊,你所造的何其多!都是你用智慧造成的;遍地滿了你的豐富。How many are Your works, O LORD! In wisdom You have made them all; the earth is full of Your creatures.

25那裡有海,又大又廣;其中有無數的動物,大小活物都有。Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.

26那裡有船行走,有你所造的鱷魚游泳在其中。There the ships pass, and Leviathan, which You formed to frolic there.

27這都仰望你按時給牠食物。All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.

28你給牠們,牠們便拾起來;你張手,牠們飽得美食。When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.

29你掩面,牠們便驚惶;你收回牠們的氣,牠們就死亡,歸於塵土。When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.

30你發出你的靈,牠們便受造;你使地面更換為新。When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.

31願耶和華的榮耀存到永遠!願耶和華喜悅自己所造的!May the glory of the LORD endure forever; may the LORD rejoice in His works.

32他看地,地便震動;他摸山,山就冒煙。He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder.

33我要一生向耶和華唱詩!我還活的時候,要向我 神歌頌!I will sing to the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.

34願他以我的默念為甘甜!我要因耶和華歡喜!May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.

35願罪人從世上消滅!願惡人歸於無有!我的心哪,要稱頌耶和華!你們要讚美耶和華(原文是哈利路亞;下同)!May sinners vanish from the earth and the wicked be no more. Bless the LORD, O my soul. Hallelujah!

詩篇 第 105 章

要記念神奇妙的作為

1你們要稱謝耶和華,求告他的名,在萬民中傳揚他的作為!Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.

2要向他唱詩歌頌,談論他一切奇妙的作為!Sing to Him, sing praises to Him; tell of all His wonders.

3要以他的聖名誇耀!尋求耶和華的人,心中應當歡喜!Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice.

4要尋求耶和華與他的能力,時常尋求他的面。Seek out the LORD and His strength; seek His face always.

5–6他僕人亞伯拉罕的後裔,他所揀選雅各的子孫哪,你們要記念他奇妙的作為和他的奇事,並他口中的判語。Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced, O offspring of His servant Abraham, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.

7他是耶和華─我們的 神;全地都有他的判斷。He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.

8他記念他的約,直到永遠;他所吩咐的話,直到千代─He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—

9就是與亞伯拉罕所立的約,向以撒所起的誓。the covenant He made with Abraham, and the oath He swore to Isaac.

10他又將這約向雅各定為律例,向以色列定為永遠的約,He confirmed it to Jacob as a decree, to Israel as an everlasting covenant:

11說:我必將迦南地賜給你,作你產業的分。“I will give you the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.”

12當時,他們人丁有限,數目稀少,並且在那地為寄居的。When they were few in number, few indeed, and strangers in the land,

13他們從這邦遊到那邦,從這國行到那國。they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

14他不容甚麼人欺負他們,為他們的緣故責備君王,He let no man oppress them; He rebuked kings on their behalf:

15說:不可難為我,也不可惡待我的先知。“Do not touch My anointed ones! Do no harm to My prophets!”

約瑟被賣為奴

16他命饑荒降在那地上,將所倚靠的糧食全行斷絕,He called down famine on the land and cut off all their supplies of food.

17在他們以先打發一個人去─被賣為奴僕。He sent a man before them—Joseph, sold as a slave.

18人用傷他的腳;他被鐵鍊捆拘。They bruised his feet with shackles and placed his neck in irons,

19耶和華的話試煉他,直等到他所說的應驗了。until his prediction came true and the word of the LORD proved him right.

20王打發人把他解開,就是治理眾民的,把他釋放,The king sent and released him; the ruler of peoples set him free.

21立他作王家之主,掌管他一切所有的,He made him master of his household, ruler over all his substance,

22使他隨意捆綁他的臣宰,將智慧教導他的長老。to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.

23以色列也到了埃及;雅各在含地寄居。Then Israel entered Egypt; Jacob dwelt in the land of Ham.

24耶和華使他的百姓生養眾多,使他們比敵人強盛,And the LORD made His people very fruitful, more numerous than their foes,

25使敵人的心轉去恨他的百姓,並用詭計待他的僕人。whose hearts He turned to hate His people, to conspire against His servants.

神藉摩西在埃及行奇事

26他打發他的僕人摩西和他所揀選的亞倫,He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen.

27在敵人中間顯他的神蹟,在含地顯他的奇事。They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham.

28他命黑暗,就有黑暗;沒有違背他話的。He sent darkness, and it became dark—yet they defied His words.

29他叫埃及的水變為血,叫他們的魚死了。He turned their waters to blood and caused their fish to die.

30在他們的地上以及王宮的內室,青蛙多多滋生。Their land teemed with frogs, even in their royal chambers.

31他說一聲,蒼蠅就成群而來,並有虱子進入他們四境。He spoke, and insects swarmed—gnats throughout their country.

32他給他們降下冰雹為雨,在他們的地上降下火焰。He gave them hail for rain, with lightning throughout their land.

33他也擊打他們的葡萄樹和無花果樹,毀壞他們境內的樹木。He struck their vines and fig trees and shattered the trees of their country.

34他說一聲,就有蝗蟲螞蚱上來,不計其數,He spoke, and the locusts came—young locusts without number.

35吃盡了他們地上各樣的菜蔬和田地的出產。They devoured every plant in their land and consumed the produce of their soil.

36他又擊殺他們國內一切的長子,就是他們強壯時頭生的。Then He struck all the firstborn in their land, the firstfruits of all their vigor.

37他領自己的百姓帶銀子金子出來;他支派中沒有一個軟弱的。He brought Israel out with silver and gold, and none among His tribes stumbled.

38他們出來的時候,埃及人便歡喜;原來埃及人懼怕他們。Egypt was glad when they departed, for the dread of Israel had fallen on them.

39他鋪張雲彩當遮蓋,夜間使火光照。He spread a cloud as a covering and a fire to light up the night.

40他們一求,他就使飛來,並用天上的糧食叫他們飽足。They asked, and He brought quail and satisfied them with the bread of heaven.

41他打開磐石,水就湧出;在乾旱之處,水流成河。He opened a rock, and water gushed out; it flowed like a river in the desert.

42這都因他記念他的聖言和他的僕人亞伯拉罕。For He remembered His holy promise to Abraham His servant.

43他帶領百姓歡樂而出,帶領選民歡呼前往。He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy.

44他將列國的地賜給他們,他們便承受眾民勞碌得來的,He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,

45好使他們遵他的律例,守他的律法。你們要讚美耶和華!that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!

詩篇 第 106 章

要稱謝耶和華,祂本為善

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

2誰能傳說耶和華的大能?誰能表明他一切的美德?Who can describe the mighty acts of the LORD or fully proclaim His praise?

3凡遵守公平、常行公義的,這人便為有福!Blessed are those who uphold justice, who practice righteousness at all times.

4耶和華啊,你用恩惠待你的百姓;求你也用這恩惠記念我,開你的救恩眷顧我,Remember me, O LORD, in Your favor to Your people; visit me with Your salvation,

5使我見你選民的福,樂你國民的樂,與你的產業一同誇耀。that I may see the prosperity of Your chosen ones, and rejoice in the gladness of Your nation, and give glory with Your inheritance.

6我們與我們的祖宗一同犯罪;我們作了孽,行了惡。We have sinned like our fathers; we have done wrong and acted wickedly.

7我們的祖宗在埃及不明白你的奇事,不記念你豐盛的慈愛,反倒在紅海行了悖逆。Our fathers in Egypt did not grasp Your wonders or remember Your abundant kindness; but they rebelled by the sea, there at the Red Sea.

8然而,他因自己的名拯救他們,為要彰顯他的大能,Yet He saved them for the sake of His name, to make His power known.

9並且斥責紅海,海便乾了;他帶領他們經過深處,如同經過曠野。He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.

10他拯救他們脫離恨他們人的手,從仇敵手中救贖他們。He saved them from the hand that hated them; He redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

11水淹沒他們的敵人,沒有一個存留。The waters covered their foes; not one of them remained.

12那時,他們才信了他的話,歌唱讚美他。Then they believed His promises and sang His praise.

在曠野忘了神的作為

13等不多時,他們就忘了他的作為,不仰望他的指教,Yet they soon forgot His works and failed to wait for His counsel.

14反倒在曠野大起慾心,在荒地試探 神。They craved intensely in the wilderness and tested God in the desert.

15他將他們所求的賜給他們,卻使他們的。So He granted their request, but sent a wasting disease upon them.

16他們又在營中嫉妒摩西和耶和華的聖者亞倫。In the camp they envied Moses, as well as Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.

17地裂開,吞下,掩蓋亞比蘭一黨的人。The earth opened up and swallowed Dathan; it covered the assembly of Abiram.

18有火在他們的黨中發起;有火焰燒毀了惡人。Then fire blazed through their company; flames consumed the wicked.

19他們在造了牛犢,叩拜鑄成的像。At Horeb they made a calf and worshiped a molten image.

20如此將他們榮耀的主換為吃草之牛的像,They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.

21忘了 神─他們的救主;他曾在埃及行大事,They forgot God their Savior, who did great things in Egypt,

22在含地行奇事,在紅海行可畏的事。wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome deeds by the Red Sea.

23所以,他說要滅絕他們;若非有他所揀選的摩西(原文是破口),使他的忿怒轉消,恐怕他就滅絕他們。So He said He would destroy them—had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.

24他們又藐視那美地,不信他的話,They despised the pleasant land; they did not believe His promise.

25在自己帳棚內發怨言,不聽耶和華的聲音。They grumbled in their tents and did not listen to the voice of the LORD.

26所以,他對他們起誓:必叫他們倒在曠野,So He raised His hand and swore to cast them down in the wilderness,

27叫他們的後裔倒在列國之中,分散在各地。to disperse their offspring among the nations and scatter them throughout the lands.

28他們又與•毘珥連合,且吃了祭死神(或譯:人)的物。They yoked themselves to Baal of Peor and ate sacrifices offered to lifeless gods.

29他們這樣行,惹耶和華發怒,便有瘟疫流行在他們中間。So they provoked the LORD to anger with their deeds, and a plague broke out among them.

30那時,非尼哈站起,刑罰惡人,瘟疫這才止息。But Phinehas stood and intervened, and the plague was restrained.

31那就算為他的義,世世代代,直到永遠。It was credited to him as righteousness for endless generations to come.

32他們在米利巴水又叫耶和華發怒,甚至摩西也受了虧損,At the waters of Meribah they angered the LORD, and trouble came to Moses because of them.

33是因他們惹動他的靈,摩西(原文是他)用嘴說了。For they rebelled against His Spirit, and Moses spoke rashly with his lips.

與外邦混雜,神仍屢次搭救

34他們不照耶和華所吩咐的滅絕外邦人,They did not destroy the peoples as the LORD had commanded them,

35反與他們混雜相合,學習他們的行為,but they mingled with the nations and adopted their customs.

36事奉他們的偶像,這就成了自己的網羅,They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

37把自己的兒女祭祀鬼魔,They sacrificed their sons and their daughters to demons.

38流無辜人的血,就是自己兒女的血,把他們祭祀迦南的偶像,那地就被血污穢了。They shed innocent blood—the blood of their sons and daughters, whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan, and the land was polluted with blood.

39這樣,他們被自己所做的污穢了,在行為上犯了邪淫。They defiled themselves by their actions and prostituted themselves by their deeds.

40所以,耶和華的怒氣向他的百姓發作,憎惡他的產業,So the anger of the LORD burned against His people, and He abhorred His own inheritance.

41將他們交在外邦人的手裡;恨他們的人就轄制他們。He delivered them into the hand of the nations, and those who hated them ruled over them.

42他們的仇敵也欺壓他們,他們就伏在敵人手下。Their enemies oppressed them and subdued them under their hand.

43他屢次搭救他們,他們卻設謀背逆,因自己的罪孽降為卑下。Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.

44然而,他聽見他們哀告的時候,就眷顧他們的急難,Nevertheless He heard their cry; He took note of their distress.

45為他們記念他的約,照他豐盛的慈愛後悔。And He remembered His covenant with them, and relented by the abundance of His loving devotion.

46他也使他們在凡擄掠他們的人面前蒙憐恤。He made them objects of compassion to all who held them captive.

47耶和華─我們的 神啊,求你拯救我們,從外邦中招聚我們,我們好稱讚你的聖名,以讚美你為誇勝。Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.

48耶和華─以色列的 神是應當稱頌的,從亙古直到永遠。願眾民都說:阿們!你們要讚美耶和華!Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Let all the people say, “Amen!” Hallelujah!

摘要

詩篇103篇呼召人稱頌耶和華、不忘記他的恩惠:他赦罪醫病,像父親憐恤兒女,叫我們的過犯遠離我們,他的慈愛永遠歸於敬畏他的人。104篇讚美神是創造與維持萬物的主,他安定地的根基,為走獸、飛鳥與人預備水和食物,萬物都仰望他按時供應。105與106篇回顧以色列的歷史:神記念與亞伯拉罕所立的約,藉約瑟、摩西、出埃及和曠野的供應施行奇事;百姓卻屢次忘記他、發怨言、拜偶像,但神因自己的名和豐盛的慈愛,一再垂聽他們的哀求、施行拯救。

反思問題

  1. 詩篇103篇說「不可忘記他的一切恩惠」,你最近容易忘記神哪些恩典?今天可以具體數算哪三件來感謝他?
  2. 詩篇104篇描寫萬物都仰望神按時供應,你在工作、經濟或健康上有哪些需要,可以學習放下焦慮,交託給這位供應的神?
  3. 以色列人看見神蹟後「等不多時就忘了他的作為」,你生命中是否也有這樣的循環?可以建立什麼習慣(例如記錄、見證、感恩)來常常記念神的作為?

新約哥林多前書 6:1–20

前情提要

上回說到

昨天():教會中有人收了自己的繼母,信徒卻還自高自大;保羅要他們把行這事的人趕出去,用「一點麵酵能使全團發起來」作比喻,並說明不可與自稱弟兄卻行淫亂、貪婪、拜偶像等事的人相交。

今天你會讀到

保羅責備信徒彼此告狀,竟告到不信主的人面前,寧可受欺也不該這樣;他列出不能承受神國的行為,提醒他們已經洗淨、成聖、稱義;接著說凡事雖都可行,卻不都有益處:身子是基督的肢體、聖靈的殿,要逃避淫行,在身子上榮耀神。

閱讀小提示

的「凡事我都可行」「食物是為肚腹,肚腹是為食物」很可能是哥林多人常說的口號(有些譯本加上引號);保羅先引用,再用「但」來糾正。

點時代可看說明

哥林多是繁榮的港口商業大城,各地的人和宗教匯集,信徒天天面對城裡放縱的風氣。

哥林多前書 第 6 章

不可告到不信主的人面前

1你們中間有彼此相爭的事,怎敢在面前,不在聖徒面前求審呢?If any of you has a grievance against another, how dare he go to law before the unrighteous instead of before the saints!

2豈不知聖徒要審判世界嗎?若世界為你們所審,難道你們不配審判這最小的事嗎?Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?

3豈不知我們要審判天使嗎?何況今生的事呢?Do you not know that we will judge angels? How much more the things of this life!

4既是這樣,你們若有今生的事當審判,是派教會所輕看的人審判嗎?So if you need to settle everyday matters, do you appoint as judges those of no standing in the church?

5我說這話是要叫你們羞恥。難道你們中間沒有一個智慧人能弟兄們的事嗎?I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers?

6你們竟是弟兄與弟兄告狀,而且告在不信主的人面前。Instead, one brother goes to law against another, and this in front of unbelievers!

寧可受欺

7你們彼此告狀,這已經是你們的了。為甚麼不情願受欺呢?為甚麼不情願吃虧呢?The very fact that you have lawsuits among you means that you are thoroughly defeated already. Why not rather be wronged? Why not rather be cheated?

8你們倒是欺壓人、虧負人,況且所欺壓所虧負的就是弟兄。Instead, you yourselves cheat and do wrong, even against your own brothers!

不義的人不能承受神的國

9你們豈不知不義的人不能承受 神的國嗎?不要自欺!無論是淫亂的、拜偶像的、姦淫的、作的、親男色的、Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,

10偷竊的、貪婪的、醉酒的、辱罵的、勒索的,都不能承受 神的國。nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

已經洗淨、成聖、稱義

11你們中間也有人從前是這樣;但如今你們奉主耶穌基督的名,並藉著我們 神的靈,已經洗淨,成聖,稱義了。And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God.

凡事都可行,但不都有益處

12凡事我都可行,但不都有益處。凡事我都可行,但無論哪一件,我總不受它的。“Everything is permissible for me,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible for me,” but I will not be mastered by anything.

13食物是為肚腹,肚腹是為食物;但 神要叫這兩樣都廢壞。身子不是為淫亂,乃是為主;主也是為身子。“Food for the stomach and the stomach for food,” but God will destroy them both. The body is not intended for sexual immorality, but for the Lord, and the Lord for the body.

14並且 神已經叫主復活,也要用自己的能力叫我們復活。By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also.

身子是基督的肢體

15豈不知你們的身子是基督的肢體嗎?我可以將基督的肢體作為的肢體嗎?!Do you not know that your bodies are members of Christ? Shall I then take the members of Christ and unite them with a prostitute? Never!

16豈不知與娼妓聯合的,便是與她成為一體嗎?因為主說:「。」Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”

17但與主聯合的,便是與主成為一靈。But he who unites himself with the Lord is one with Him in spirit.

要逃避淫行

18你們要淫行。人所犯的,無論甚麼罪,都在身子以外,惟有行淫的,是得罪自己的身子。Flee from sexual immorality. Every other sin a man can commit is outside his body, but he who sins sexually sins against his own body.

身子是聖靈的殿

19豈不知你們的身子就是嗎?這聖靈是從 神而來,住在你們裡頭的;並且你們不是自己的人,Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own;

20因為你們是。所以,要在你們的身子上榮耀 神。you were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body.

摘要

保羅責備哥林多信徒弟兄之間彼此告狀,而且告到不信主的人面前,並勸他們寧可吃虧受欺,也不要欺壓虧負弟兄。他提醒信徒,不義的人不能承受神的國,而他們已經奉主耶穌基督的名、藉著神的靈洗淨、成聖、稱義了。保羅又教導,凡事雖然可行卻不都有益處,身子是為主、是基督的肢體,也是聖靈的殿;信徒要逃避淫行,因為是重價買來的,要在身子上榮耀神。

反思問題

  1. 保羅問「為什麼不情願吃虧呢?」,在你和家人、弟兄姊妹或同事之間的衝突裡,有哪一件事是你可以選擇放下權利、尋求和好的?
  2. 「凡事我都可行,但不都有益處」,你生活中有哪些習慣或喜好(如手機、飲食、娛樂)看似無害,其實正在轄制你?
  3. 既然你的身子是聖靈的殿,是重價買來的,這個禮拜你可以在使用時間、照顧身體或保守純潔上,做出哪一個具體的改變來榮耀神?