舊約以賽亞書 32:1–35:10
前情提要
上回說到
昨天():猶大想下埃及求援,神說埃及是「坐而不動的拉哈伯」,又說「你們得救在乎歸回安息;你們得力在乎平靜安穩」,百姓卻不肯;神仍然等候要施恩,並應許要像雀鳥搧翅覆雛一樣保護耶路撒冷。
今天你會讀到
應許一位憑公義行政的王,等到聖靈從上澆灌,曠野要變為肥田;警告安逸無慮的婦女;33 章求神施恩,毀滅人的必被毀滅,錫安要成為安靜的居所;34 章審判列國和以東;35 章曠野開花,贖民在聖路上歡唱歸回錫安。
閱讀小提示
留意 –6:「瞎子的眼必睜開;聾子的耳必開通」,瘸子要跳躍像鹿。耶穌回答施洗約翰的門徒時,所描述的正呼應這段()。
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34–35 章一暗一明:以東受審判後一片荒涼,對照贖民歸回錫安的喜樂;這個歸回的盼望,在 40 章以後有更多描寫。
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以賽亞書 第 32 章
必有一王憑公義行政
1看哪,必有一王憑公義行政;必有首領藉公平掌權。Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
2必有一人像避風所和避暴雨的隱密處,又像河流在乾旱之地,像大磐石的影子在疲乏之地。Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.
3那能看的人,眼不再昏迷;能聽的人,耳必得聽聞。Then the eyes of those who see will no longer be closed, and the ears of those who hear will listen.
4的心必明白知識;結吧人的舌必說話通快。The mind of the rash will know and understand, and the stammering tongue will speak clearly and fluently.
5愚頑人不再稱為高明;吝嗇人不再稱為大方。No longer will a fool be called noble, nor a scoundrel be respected.
6因為愚頑人必說愚頑話,心裡想作罪孽,慣行褻瀆的事,說錯謬的話攻擊耶和華,使飢餓的人無食可吃,使口渴的人無水可喝。For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink.
7吝嗇人所用的法子是惡的;他圖謀惡計,用謊言毀滅謙卑人;窮乏人講公理的時候,他也是這樣行。The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
8卻謀高明事,在高明事上也必永存。But a noble man makes honorable plans; he stands up for worthy causes.
安逸的婦女要戰兢
9安逸的婦女啊,起來聽我的聲音!無慮的女子啊,側耳聽我的言語!Stand up, you complacent women; listen to me. Give ear to my word, you overconfident daughters.
10無慮的女子啊,再過一年多,必受騷擾;因為無葡萄可摘,無果子(或譯:禾稼)可收。In a little more than a year you will tremble, O secure ones. For the grape harvest will fail and the fruit harvest will not arrive.
11安逸的婦女啊,要戰兢;無慮的女子啊,要受騷擾。脫去衣服,赤著身體,腰束麻布。Shudder, you ladies of leisure; tremble, you daughters of complacency. Strip yourselves bare and put sackcloth around your waists.
12她們必為美好的田地和多結果的葡萄樹,哀哭。Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines,
13荊棘蒺藜必長在我百姓的地上,又長在歡樂的城中和一切快樂的房屋上。and for the land of my people, overgrown with thorns and briers—even for every house of merriment in this city of revelry.
14因為宮殿必被撇下,多民的城必被離棄;山岡望樓永為洞穴,作野驢所喜樂的,為羊群的草場。For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—
聖靈從上澆灌
15等到聖靈從上澆灌我們,曠野就變為肥田,肥田看如樹林。until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
16那時,公平要居在曠野;公義要居在肥田。Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.
17公義的果效必是平安;公義的效驗必是平穩,直到永遠。The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
18我的百姓必住在平安的居所,安穩的住處,平靜的安歇所。Then my people will dwell in a peaceful place, in safe and secure places of rest.
19(但要降冰雹打倒樹林;城必全然拆平。)But hail will level the forest, and the city will sink to the depths.
20你們在各水邊撒種、牧放牛驢的有福了!Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.
以賽亞書 第 33 章
禍哉,毀滅人的
1禍哉!你這毀滅人的,自己倒不被毀滅;行事詭詐的,人倒不以詭詐待你。你毀滅罷休了,自己必被毀滅;你行完了詭詐,人必以詭詐待你。Woe to you, O destroyer never destroyed, O traitor never betrayed! When you have finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you have finished betraying, you will be betrayed.
求耶和華施恩
2耶和華啊,求你施恩於我們;我們等候你。求你每早晨作我們的膀臂,遭難的時候為我們的拯救。O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.
3喧嚷的響聲一發,眾民奔逃;你一興起,列國四散。The peoples flee the thunder of Your voice; the nations scatter when You rise.
4你們所擄的必被斂盡,好像螞蚱吃(原文是斂)盡禾稼。人要蹦在其上,好像蝗蟲一樣。Your spoil, O nations, is gathered as by locusts; like a swarm of locusts men sweep over it.
5耶和華被尊崇,因他居在高處;他以公平公義充滿錫安。The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
6你一生一世必得安穩─有豐盛的救恩,並智慧和知識;你以敬畏耶和華為至寶。He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.
7看哪,他們的豪傑在外頭哀號;求和的使臣痛痛哭泣。Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
8大路荒涼,行人止息;敵人背約,藐視城邑,不顧人民。The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.
9地上悲哀衰殘;黎巴嫩羞愧枯乾;沙崙像曠野;巴珊和迦密的樹林凋殘。The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
耶和華要興起
10耶和華說:現在我要起來;我要興起;我要勃然而興。“Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.
11你們要懷的是糠秕,要生的是碎秸;你們的氣就是吞滅自己的火。You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.
12列邦必像已燒的石灰,像已割的荊棘在火中焚燒。The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.
13你們遠方的人當聽我所行的;你們近處的人當承認我的大能。You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
誰能與吞滅的火同住
14錫安中的罪人都懼怕;不敬虔的人被戰兢抓住。我們中間誰能與吞滅的火同住?我們中間誰能與永火同住呢?The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”
15行事公義、說話正直、憎惡欺壓的財利、、塞耳不聽流血的話,閉眼不看邪惡事的,He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
16他必居高處;他的保障是磐石的堅壘;他的糧必不缺乏(原文是賜給);他的水必不斷絕。he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
你的眼必見王的榮美
17你的眼必見王的榮美,必見遼闊之地。Your eyes will see the King in His beauty and behold a land that stretches afar.
18你的心必思想那驚嚇的事,自問說:記數目的在哪裡呢?的在哪裡呢?數戍樓的在哪裡呢?Your mind will ponder the former terror: “Where is he who tallies? Where is he who weighs? Where is he who counts the towers?”
19你必不見那強暴的民,就是說話深奧,你不能明白,言語,你不能懂得的。You will no longer see the insolent, a people whose speech is unintelligible, who stammer in a language you cannot understand.
錫安是安靜的居所
20你要看錫安─我們守聖節的城!你的眼必見耶路撒冷為安靜的居所,為不挪移的帳幕,橛子永不拔出,繩索一根也不折斷。Look upon Zion, the city of our appointed feasts. Your eyes will see Jerusalem, a peaceful pasture, a tent that does not wander; its tent pegs will not be pulled up, nor will any of its cords be broken.
21在那裡,耶和華必顯威嚴與我們同在,當作江河寬闊之地;其中必沒有的船來往,也沒有威武的船經過。But there the Majestic One, our LORD, will be for us a place of rivers and wide canals, where no galley with oars will row, and no majestic vessel will pass.
22因為,耶和華是審判我們的;耶和華是給我們設律法的;耶和華是我們的王;他必拯救我們。For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.
23你的繩索鬆開:不能栽穩桅杆,也不能揚起篷來。那時許多擄來的物被分了;瘸腿的把掠物奪去了。Your ropes are slack; they cannot secure the mast or spread the sail. Then an abundance of spoils will be divided, and even the lame will carry off plunder.
24城內居民必不說:我病了;其中居住的百姓,罪孽都赦免了。And no resident of Zion will say, “I am sick.” The people who dwell there will be forgiven of iniquity.
以賽亞書 第 34 章
耶和華向萬國發忿恨
1列國啊,要近前來聽!眾民哪,要側耳而聽!地和其上所充滿的,世界和其中一切所出的都應當聽!Come near, O nations, to listen; pay attention, O peoples. Let the earth hear, and all that fills it, the world and all that springs from it.
2因為耶和華向萬國發忿恨,向他們的全軍發烈怒,將他們滅盡,交出他們受殺戮。The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter.
3被殺的必然拋棄,屍首臭氣上騰;諸山被他們的血融化。Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.
4天上的萬象都要消沒;天被捲起,好像書卷。其上的萬象要殘敗,像葡萄樹的葉子殘敗,又像無花果樹的葉子殘敗一樣。All the stars of heaven will be dissolved. The skies will be rolled up like a scroll, and all their stars will fall like withered leaves from the vine, like foliage from the fig tree.
以東受審判
5因為我的刀在天上已經喝足;這刀必臨到和我所咒詛的民,要施行審判。When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction.
6耶和華的刀滿了血,用脂油和羊羔、公山羊的血,並公綿羊腰子的脂油滋潤的;因為耶和華在有獻祭的事,在以東地大行殺戮。The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.
7野牛、牛犢,和公牛要一同下來。他們的地喝醉了血;他們的塵土因脂油肥潤。And the wild oxen will fall with them, the young bulls with the strong ones. Their land will be drenched with blood, and their soil will be soaked with fat.
8因耶和華有報仇之日,為錫安的爭辯有報應之年。For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
9以東的河水要變為石油,塵埃要變為硫磺;地土成為燒著的石油,Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch.
10晝夜總不熄滅,煙氣永遠上騰,必世世代代成為荒廢,永永遠遠無人經過。It will not be quenched—day or night. Its smoke will ascend forever. From generation to generation it will lie desolate; no one will ever again pass through it.
11、箭豬卻要得為業;貓頭鷹、烏鴉要住在其間。耶和華必將空虛的準繩,混沌的線鉈,拉在其上。The desert owl and screech owl will possess it, and the great owl and raven will dwell in it. The LORD will stretch out over Edom a measuring line of chaos and a plumb line of destruction.
12以東人要召貴冑來治國;那裡卻無一個,首領也都歸於無有。No nobles will be left to proclaim a king, and all her princes will come to nothing.
13以東的宮殿要長荊棘;保障要長蒺藜和刺草;要作野狗的住處,鴕鳥的居所。Her towers will be overgrown with thorns, her fortresses with thistles and briers. She will become a haunt for jackals, an abode for ostriches.
14曠野的走獸要和豺狼相遇;野山羊要與伴偶對叫。必在那裡棲身,自找安歇之處。The desert creatures will meet with hyenas, and one wild goat will call to another. There the night creature will settle and find her place of repose.
15箭蛇要在那裡做窩,下蛋,,生子,聚子在其影下;鷂鷹各與伴偶聚集在那裡。There the owl will make her nest; she will lay and hatch her eggs and gather her brood under her shadow. Even there the birds of prey will gather, each with its mate.
查考宣讀耶和華的書
16你們要查考宣讀。這都無一缺少,無一沒有伴偶;因為我的口已經吩咐,他的靈將他們聚集。Search and read the scroll of the LORD: Not one of these will go missing, not one will lack her mate, because He has ordered it by His mouth, and He will gather them by His Spirit.
17他也為他們,又親手用準繩給他們分地;他們必永得為業,世世代代住在其間。He has allotted their portion; His hand has distributed it by measure. They will possess it forever; they will dwell in it from generation to generation.
以賽亞書 第 35 章
曠野必開花
1曠野和乾旱之地必然歡喜;沙漠也必快樂;又像玫瑰開花,The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.
2必開花繁盛,樂上加樂,而且歡呼。黎巴嫩的榮耀,並迦密與沙崙的華美,必賜給它。人必看見耶和華的榮耀,我們 神的華美。It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.
3你們要使軟弱的手堅壯,無力的膝穩固。Strengthen the limp hands and steady the feeble knees!
4對膽怯的人說:你們要剛強,不要懼怕。看哪,你們的 神必來報仇,必來施行極大的報應;他必來拯救你們。Say to those with anxious hearts: “Be strong, do not fear! Behold, your God will come with vengeance. With divine retribution He will come to save you.”
5那時,瞎子的眼必睜開;聾子的耳必開通。Then the eyes of the blind will be opened and the ears of the deaf unstopped.
6那時,瘸子必跳躍像鹿;啞巴的舌頭必能歌唱。在曠野必有水發出;在沙漠必有河湧流。Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
7(或譯:蜃樓)要變為水池;乾渴之地要變為泉源。在野狗躺臥之處,必有青草、蘆葦,和蒲草。The parched ground will become a pool, the thirsty land springs of water. In the haunt where jackals once lay, there will be grass and reeds and papyrus.
贖民行走的聖路
8在那裡必有一條大道,稱為。污穢人不得經過,必專為贖民行走;行路的人雖愚昧,也不致失迷。And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it.
9在那裡必沒有獅子,猛獸也不登這路;在那裡都遇不見,只有贖民在那裡行走。No lion will be there, and no vicious beast will go up on it. Such will not be found there, but the redeemed will walk upon it.
10並且耶和華救贖的民必歸回,歌唱來到錫安;永樂必歸到他們的頭上;他們必得著歡喜快樂,憂愁歎息盡都逃避。So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
摘要
以賽亞書32至35章描繪公義之王的統治帶來平安與公正,聖靈的澆灌使荒涼之地變為豐饒(32章)。先知宣告神要審判欺壓者、保護敬畏祂的義人,並嚴厲警告以東等敵對列國將遭受徹底毀滅(33-34章)。最終,35章以榮耀的復興景象作結——曠野開花、瞎眼得見、瘸腿跳躍,贖民走在聖路上歌唱歸回錫安,憂愁盡都消散。
反思問題
- 以賽亞描述公義帶來平安與安穩(),你目前的生活中,哪些地方需要讓神的公義來建立真正的平安?
- 列出能與神同住之人的品格特質(行公義、說正直、拒賄賂等),你在日常決策中如何操練這些品格?
- 35章描繪神使荒涼變為繁盛的應許,你生命中是否有看似『曠野』的處境?這段經文如何堅固你對神更新的盼望?
新約腓立比書 4:1–23
前情提要
上回說到
昨天():保羅把從前引以為傲的出身和資歷都看作有損的,為要得著基督;他「忘記背後,努力面前的,向著標竿直跑」,並提醒信徒「我們卻是天上的國民」()。
今天你會讀到
保羅勸兩位起爭執的姊妹同心;勸信徒靠主常常喜樂、一無掛慮,把所要的藉著禱告告訴神,並思念一切美善的事;最後感謝腓立比人一再供給他,說自己無論在甚麼景況都學會了知足,然後問安作結。
閱讀小提示
留意 「我靠著那加給我力量的,凡事都能做」的上下文:保羅說的是,無論飽足或飢餓、有餘或缺乏,他都能靠主知足()。
點時代可看說明
腓立比教會從一開始就在經濟上支持保羅();這封信也是保羅收到他們託以巴弗提送來的餽送後,寫給他們的感謝信。
腓立比書 第 4 章
靠主站立得穩
1我所親愛、所想念的弟兄們,你們就是我的喜樂,我的。我親愛的弟兄,你們應當靠主站立得穩。Therefore, my brothers, whom I love and long for, my joy and crown, that is how you must stand firm in the Lord, my beloved.
勸友阿蝶和循都基同心
2我勸和循都基,要在主裡同心。I urge Euodia and Syntyche to agree with each other in the Lord.
3我也求你這真實,幫助這兩個女人,因為她們在福音上曾與我一同勞苦;還有,並其餘和我一同做工的,他們的名字都在生命冊上。Yes, and I ask you, my true yokefellow, to help these women who have contended at my side for the gospel, along with Clement and the rest of my fellow workers, whose names are in the Book of Life.
靠主常常喜樂
4你們要靠主常常喜樂。我再說,你們要喜樂。Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!
5當叫眾人知道你們的心。主已經近了。Let your gentleness be apparent to all. The Lord is near.
應當一無掛慮
6應當一無,只要凡事藉著禱告、祈求,和感謝,將你們所要的告訴 神。Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
7神所賜、的平安必在基督耶穌裡你們的心懷意念。And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.
思念美善的事
8弟兄們,我還有未盡的話:凡是真實的、可敬的、公義的、清潔的、可愛的、有美名的,若有甚麼德行,若有甚麼稱讚,這些事你們都要思念。Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.
9你們在我身上所學習的,所領受的,所聽見的,所看見的,這些事你們都要去行,賜平安的 神就必與你們同在。Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.
學會知足的祕訣
10我靠主大大地喜樂,因為你們思念我的心如今又發生;你們向來就思念我,只是沒得機會。Now I rejoice greatly in the Lord that at last you have revived your concern for me. You were indeed concerned, but you had no opportunity to show it.
11我並不是因缺乏說這話;我無論在甚麼景況都可以知足,這是我已經學會了。I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.
12我知道怎樣處卑賤,也知道怎樣處豐富;或飽足,或飢餓;或有餘,或缺乏,隨事隨在,我都得了。I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. In any and every situation I have learned the secret of being filled and being hungry, of having plenty and having need.
13我靠著那加給我力量的,凡事都能做。I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
感謝腓立比人的餽送
14然而,你們和我同受患難原是美事。Nevertheless, you have done well to share in my affliction.
15腓立比人哪,你們也知道我初傳福音離了馬其頓的時候,論到的事,除了你們以外,並沒有別的教會供給我。And as you Philippians know, in the early days of the gospel, when I left Macedonia, no church but you partnered with me in the matter of giving and receiving.
16就是我在,你們也一次兩次地打發人供給我的需用。For even while I was in Thessalonica, you provided for my needs again and again.
17我並不求甚麼餽送,所求的就是你們的果子漸漸增多,。Not that I am seeking a gift, but I am looking for the fruit that may be credited to your account.
18但我樣樣都有,並且有餘。我已經充足,因我從以巴弗提受了你們的餽送,當作,為 神所收納、所喜悅的祭物。I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
19我的 神必照他榮耀的豐富,在基督耶穌裡,使你們一切所需用的都充足。And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
20願榮耀歸給我們的父 神,直到永永遠遠。阿們!To our God and Father be glory forever and ever. Amen.
問安與祝福
21請問在基督耶穌裡的各位聖徒安。在我這裡的眾弟兄都問你們安。Greet all the saints in Christ Jesus. The brothers who are with me send you greetings.
22眾聖徒都問你們安。在特特地問你們安。All the saints send you greetings, especially those from the household of Caesar.
23願主耶穌基督的恩常在你們心裡!The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit.
摘要
腓立比書第四章中,保羅勸勉信徒要在主裡喜樂、靠主站立得穩,並呼籲友阿爹和循都基同心合意。他教導信徒凡事藉禱告祈求帶著感謝告訴神,就必得著超越人所能理解的平安。保羅見證自己已學會在任何景況中知足,靠著加給他力量的基督凡事都能做,同時感謝腓立比教會的慷慨供給,確信神必照祂榮耀的豐富供應他們一切所需。
反思問題
- 保羅說『應當一無掛慮,凡事藉著禱告祈求和感謝告訴神』(),你目前最大的掛慮是什麼?你願意如何在禱告中具體交託?
- 保羅在困乏與豐富中都學會了知足(),你在物質或處境不如預期時,如何操練以基督為滿足的知足?
- 提到要思念真實、可敬、公義、清潔、可愛、有美名的事,在你每日接收的資訊中,你可以做哪些具體調整來實踐這個教導?