今日讀經

守公平，行公義

¹耶和華如此說：你們當守公平，行公義；因我的救恩臨近，我的公義將要顯現。This is what the LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for My salvation is coming soon, and My righteousness will be revealed.

²謹守安息日而不干犯，禁止己手而不作惡；如此行、如此持守的人便為有福。Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”

給外邦人和太監的應許

³與耶和華聯合的外邦人不要說：耶和華必定將我從他民中分別出來。太監也不要說：我是枯樹。Let no foreigner who has joined himself to the LORD say, “The LORD will utterly exclude me from His people.” And let the eunuch not say, “I am but a dry tree.”

⁴因為耶和華如此說：那些謹守我的安息日，揀選我所喜悅的事，持守我約的太監，For this is what the LORD says: “To the eunuchs who keep My Sabbaths, who choose what pleases Me and hold fast to My covenant—

⁵我必使他們在我殿中，在我牆內，有記念，有名號，比有兒女的更美。我必賜他們永遠的名，不能剪除。I will give them, in My house and within My walls, a memorial and a name better than that of sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that will not be cut off.

⁶還有那些與耶和華聯合的外邦人，要事奉他，要愛耶和華的名，要作他的僕人─就是凡守安息日不干犯，又持守他（原文是我）約的人。And the foreigners who join themselves to the LORD to minister to Him, to love the name of the LORD, and to be His servants—all who keep the Sabbath without profaning it and who hold fast to My covenant—

⁷我必領他們到我的聖山，使他們在禱告我的殿中喜樂。他們的燔祭和平安祭，在我壇上必蒙悅納，因我的殿必稱為萬民禱告的殿。I will bring them to My holy mountain and make them joyful in My house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on My altar, for My house will be called a house of prayer for all the nations.”

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⁸主耶和華，就是招聚以色列被趕散的，說：在這被招聚的人以外，我還要招聚別人歸併他們。Thus declares the Lord GOD, who gathers the dispersed of Israel: “I will gather to them still others besides those already gathered.”

瞎眼的守望者、貪食的牧人

⁹田野的諸獸都來吞吃吧！林中的諸獸也要如此。Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.

¹⁰他看守的人是瞎眼的，都沒有知識，都是啞巴狗，不能叫喚；但知做夢，躺臥，貪睡，Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.

¹¹這些狗貪食，不知飽足。這些牧人不能明白─各人偏行己路，各從各方求自己的利益。Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:

¹²他們說：來吧！我去拿酒，我們飽飲濃酒；明日必和今日一樣，就是宴樂無量極大之日。“Come, let me get the wine, let us imbibe the strong drink, and tomorrow will be like today, only far better!”

義人被收去

¹義人死亡，無人放在心上；虔誠人被收去，無人思念。這義人被收去是免了將來的禍患；The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one considers that the righteous are taken away from the presence of evil.

²他們得享（原文是進入）平安。素行正直的，各人在墳裡（原文是床上）安歇。Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest, lying down in death.

拜偶像如同行淫

³你們這些巫婆的兒子，姦夫和妓女的種子，都要前來！“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!

⁴你們向誰戲笑？向誰張口吐舌呢？你們豈不是悖逆的兒女，虛謊的種類呢？Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit,

⁵你們在橡樹中間，在各青翠樹下慾火攻心；在山谷間，在石穴下殺了兒女；who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

⁶在谷中光滑石頭裡有你的分。這些就是你所得的分；你也向他澆了奠祭，獻了供物，因這事我豈能容忍嗎？Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these?

⁷你在高而又高的山上安設床榻，也上那裡去獻祭。On a high and lofty hill you have made your bed, and there you went up to offer sacrifices.

⁸你在門後，在門框後，立起你的紀念；向外人赤露，又上去擴張床榻，與他們立約；你在那裡看見他們的床就甚喜愛。Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon their nakedness.

⁹你把油帶到王那裡，又多加香料，打發使者往遠方去，自卑自賤直到陰間，You went to Molech with oil and multiplied your perfumes. You have sent your envoys a great distance; you have descended even to Sheol itself.

¹⁰你因路遠疲倦，卻不說這是枉然；你以為有復興之力，所以不覺疲憊。You are wearied by your many journeys, but you did not say, “There is no hope!” You found renewal of your strength; therefore you did not grow weak.

¹¹你怕誰？因誰恐懼？竟說謊，不記念我，又不將這事放在心上。我不是許久閉口不言，你仍不怕我嗎？Whom have you dreaded and feared, so that you lied and failed to remember Me or take this to heart? Is it not because I have long been silent that you do not fear Me?

¹²我要指明你的公義；至於你所行的都必與你無益。I will expose your righteousness and your works, and they will not profit you.

¹³你哀求的時候，讓你所聚集的拯救你吧！風要把他們颳散，一口氣要把他們都吹去。但那投靠我的必得地土，必承受我的聖山為業。When you cry out, let your companies of idols deliver you! Yet the wind will carry off all of them, a breath will take them away. But he who seeks refuge in Me will inherit the land and possess My holy mountain.”

神與痛悔的人同住

¹⁴耶和華要說：你們修築修築，預備道路，將絆腳石從我百姓的路中除掉。And it will be said, “Build it up, build it up, prepare the way, take every obstacle out of the way of My people.”

¹⁵因為那至高至上、永遠長存（原文是住在永遠）名為聖者的如此說：我住在至高至聖的所在，也與心靈痛悔謙卑的人同居；要使謙卑人的靈甦醒，也使痛悔人的心甦醒。For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.

¹⁶我必不永遠相爭，也不長久發怒，恐怕我所造的人與靈性都必發昏。For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me—the breath of life I have made.

¹⁷因他貪婪的罪孽，我就發怒擊打他；我向他掩面發怒，他卻仍然隨心背道。I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.

¹⁸我看見他所行的道，也要醫治他；又要引導他，使他和那一同傷心的人再得安慰。I have seen his ways, but I will heal him; I will guide him and restore comfort to him and his mourners,

¹⁹我造就嘴唇的果子；願平安康泰歸與遠處的人，也歸與近處的人；並且我要醫治他。這是耶和華說的。bringing praise to their lips. Peace, peace to those far and near,” says the LORD, “and I will heal them.”

惡人不得平安

²⁰惟獨惡人，好像翻騰的海，不得平靜；其中的水常湧出污穢和淤泥來。But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.

²¹我的　神說：惡人必不得平安！“There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

揚聲好像吹角

¹你要大聲喊叫，不可止息；揚起聲來，好像吹角。向我百姓說明他們的過犯；向雅各家說明他們的罪惡。“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.

²他們天天尋求我，樂意明白我的道，好像行義的國民，不離棄他們　神的典章，向我求問公義的判語，喜悅親近　神。For day after day they seek Me and delight to know My ways, like a nation that does what is right and does not forsake the justice of their God. They ask Me for righteous judgments; they delight in the nearness of God.”

假冒的禁食

³他們說：我們禁食，你為何不看見呢？我們刻苦己心，你為何不理會呢？看哪，你們禁食的日子仍求利益，勒逼人為你們做苦工。“Why have we fasted, and You have not seen? Why have we humbled ourselves, and You have not noticed?” “Behold, on the day of your fast, you do as you please, and you oppress all your workers.

⁴你們禁食，卻互相爭競，以凶惡的拳頭打人。你們今日禁食，不得使你們的聲音聽聞於上。You fast with contention and strife to strike viciously with your fist. You cannot fast as you do today and have your voice be heard on high.

⁵這樣禁食豈是我所揀選、使人刻苦己心的日子嗎？豈是叫人垂頭像葦子，用麻布和爐灰鋪在他以下嗎？你這可稱為禁食、為耶和華所悅納的日子嗎？Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD?

神所揀選的禁食

⁶我所揀選的禁食不是要鬆開凶惡的繩，解下軛上的索，使被欺壓的得自由，折斷一切的軛嗎？Isn’t this the fast that I have chosen: to break the chains of wickedness, to untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and tear off every yoke?

⁷不是要把你的餅分給飢餓的人，將飄流的窮人接到你家中，見赤身的給他衣服遮體，顧恤自己的骨肉而不掩藏嗎？Isn’t it to share your bread with the hungry, to bring the poor and homeless into your home, to clothe the naked when you see him, and not to turn away from your own flesh and blood?

⁸這樣，你的光就必發現如早晨的光；你所得的醫治要速速發明。你的公義必在你前面行；耶和華的榮光必作你的後盾。Then your light will break forth like the dawn, and your healing will come quickly. Your righteousness will go before you, and the glory of the LORD will be your rear guard.

⁹那時你求告，耶和華必應允；你呼求，他必說：我在這裡。你若從你中間除掉重軛和指摘人的指頭，並發惡言的事，Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry out, and He will say, ‘Here I am.’ If you remove the yoke from your midst, the pointing of the finger and malicious talk,

¹⁰你心若向飢餓的人發憐憫，使困苦的人得滿足，你的光就必在黑暗中發現；你的幽暗必變如正午。and if you give yourself to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul, then your light will go forth in the darkness, and your night will be like noonday.

¹¹耶和華也必時常引導你，在乾旱之地使你心滿意足，骨頭強壯。你必像澆灌的園子，又像水流不絕的泉源。The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

¹²那些出於你的人必修造久已荒廢之處；你要建立拆毀累代的根基。你必稱為補破口的，和重修路徑與人居住的。Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.

稱安息日為可喜樂的

¹³你若在安息日掉轉（或譯：謹慎）你的腳步，在我聖日不以操作為喜樂，稱安息日為可喜樂的，稱耶和華的聖日為可尊重的；而且尊敬這日，不辦自己的私事，不隨自己的私意，不說自己的私話，If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor it by not going your own way or seeking your own pleasure or speaking idle words,

¹⁴你就以耶和華為樂。耶和華要使你乘駕地的高處，又以你祖雅各的產業養育你。這是耶和華親口說的。then you will delight yourself in the LORD, and I will make you ride on the heights of the land and feed you with the heritage of your father Jacob.” For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.

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我們到你們那裡不是徒然的

¹弟兄們，你們自己原曉得我們進到你們那裡並不是徒然的。You yourselves know, brothers, that our visit to you was not in vain.

²我們從前在腓立比被害受辱，這是你們知道的；然而還是靠我們的　神放開膽量，在大爭戰中把　神的福音傳給你們。As you are aware, we had already endured suffering and shameful treatment in Philippi. But in the face of strong opposition, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God.

不討人喜歡，只討神喜歡

³我們的勸勉不是出於錯誤，不是出於污穢，也不是用詭詐。For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.

⁴但　神既然驗中了我們，把福音託付我們，我們就照樣講，不是要討人喜歡，乃是要討那察驗我們心的　神喜歡。Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.

⁵因為我們從來沒有用過諂媚的話，這是你們知道的；也沒有藏著貪心，這是　神可以作見證的。As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!

⁶我們作基督的使徒，雖然可以叫人尊重，卻沒有向你們或向別人求榮耀；Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.

像母親，也像父親

⁷只在你們中間存心溫柔，如同母親乳養自己的孩子。On the contrary, we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother caring for her children.

⁸我們既是這樣愛你們，不但願意將　神的福音給你們，連自己的性命也願意給你們，因你們是我們所疼愛的。We cared so deeply that we were delighted to share with you not only the gospel of God, but our own lives as well. That is how beloved you have become to us.

⁹弟兄們，你們記念我們的辛苦勞碌，晝夜做工，傳　神的福音給你們，免得叫你們一人受累。Surely you recall, brothers, our labor and toil. We worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to anyone while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God.

¹⁰我們向你們信主的人，是何等聖潔、公義、無可指摘，有你們作見證，也有　神作見證。You are witnesses, and so is God, of how holy, righteous, and blameless our conduct was among you who believed.

¹¹你們也曉得，我們怎樣勸勉你們，安慰你們，囑咐你們各人，好像父親待自己的兒女一樣，For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—

¹²要叫你們行事對得起那召你們進他國、得他榮耀的　神。encouraging you, comforting you, and urging you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into His own kingdom and glory.

把神的道當作神的道領受

¹³為此，我們也不住地感謝　神，因你們聽見我們所傳　神的道就領受了；不以為是人的道，乃以為是　神的道。這道實在是　神的，並且運行在你們信主的人心中。And we continually thank God because, when you received the word of God that you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men, but as it truly is, the word of God, which is also now at work in you who believe.

受同胞的苦害

¹⁴弟兄們，你們曾效法猶太中在基督耶穌裡　神的各教會；因為你們也受了本地人的苦害，像他們受了猶太人的苦害一樣。For you, brothers, became imitators of the churches of God in Judea that are in Christ Jesus. You suffered from your own countrymen the very things they suffered from the Jews,

¹⁵這猶太人殺了主耶穌和先知，又把我們趕出去。他們不得　神的喜悅，且與眾人為敵，who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,

¹⁶不許我們傳道給外邦人使外邦人得救，常常充滿自己的罪惡。　神的忿怒臨在他們身上已經到了極處。hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.

渴望再見你們

¹⁷弟兄們，我們暫時與你們離別，是面目離別，心裡卻不離別；我們極力地想法子，很願意見你們的面。Brothers, although we were torn away from you for a short time (in person, not in heart), our desire to see you face to face was even more intense.

¹⁸所以我們有意到你們那裡；我─保羅有一兩次要去，只是撒但阻擋了我們。For we wanted to come to you—indeed I, Paul, tried again and again—but Satan obstructed us.

¹⁹我們的盼望和喜樂，並所誇的冠冕是甚麼呢？豈不是我們主耶穌來的時候、你們在他面前站立得住嗎？After all, who is our hope, our joy, our crown of boasting, if it is not you yourselves in the presence of our Lord Jesus at His coming?

²⁰因為你們就是我們的榮耀，我們的喜樂。You are indeed our glory and our joy.