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西底家背叛巴比倫

¹西底家登基的時候年二十一歲，在耶路撒冷作王十一年。他母親名叫哈慕他，是立拿人耶利米的女兒。Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

²西底家行耶和華眼中看為惡的事，是照約雅敬一切所行的。And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.

³因此耶和華的怒氣在耶路撒冷和猶大發作，以致將人民從自己的面前趕出。For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.

耶路撒冷被圍

⁴西底家背叛巴比倫王。他作王第九年十月初十日，巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒率領全軍來攻擊耶路撒冷，對城安營，四圍築壘攻城。So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.

⁵於是城被圍困直到西底家王十一年。And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.

⁶四月初九日，城裡有大饑荒，甚至百姓都沒有糧食。By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.

城破王被擒

⁷城被攻破，一切兵丁就在夜間從靠近王園兩城中間的門，出城逃跑；迦勒底人正在四圍攻城。他們就往亞拉巴逃去。Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,

⁸迦勒底的軍隊追趕西底家王，在耶利哥的平原追上他。他的全軍都離開他四散了。but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.

⁹迦勒底人就拿住王，帶他到在哈馬地利比拉的巴比倫王那裡；巴比倫王便審判他。The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on Zedekiah.

¹⁰巴比倫王在西底家眼前殺了他的眾子，又在利比拉殺了猶大的一切首領，There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the officials of Judah.

¹¹並且剜了西底家的眼睛，用銅鍊鎖著他，帶到巴比倫去，將他囚在監裡，直到他死的日子。Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.

聖殿和王宮被焚

¹²巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒十九年五月初十日，在巴比倫王面前侍立的護衛長尼布撒拉旦進入耶路撒冷，On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

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¹³用火焚燒耶和華的殿和王宮，又焚燒耶路撒冷的房屋，就是各大戶家的房屋。He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

¹⁴跟從護衛長迦勒底的全軍就拆毀耶路撒冷四圍的城牆。And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.

¹⁵那時護衛長尼布撒拉旦將民中最窮的和城裡所剩下的百姓，並已經投降巴比倫王的人，以及大眾所剩下的人，都擄去了。Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the craftsmen.

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¹⁶但護衛長尼布撒拉旦留下些民中最窮的，使他們修理葡萄園，耕種田地。But Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

聖殿的銅器被運走

¹⁷耶和華殿的銅柱並殿內的盆座和銅海，迦勒底人都打碎了，將那銅運到巴比倫去了，Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.

¹⁸又帶去鍋、鏟子、蠟剪、盤子、調羹，並所用的一切銅器、They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.

¹⁹杯、火鼎、碗、盆、燈臺、調羹、爵，無論金的銀的，護衛長也都帶去了。The captain of the guard also took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.

²⁰所羅門為耶和華殿所造的兩根銅柱、一個銅海，並座下的十二隻銅牛，這一切的銅多得無法可稱。As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.

²¹這一根柱子高十八肘，厚四指，是空的，圍十二肘。Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.

²²柱上有銅頂，高五肘；銅頂的周圍有網子和石榴，都是銅的。那一根柱子照此一樣，也有石榴。The bronze capital atop one pillar was five cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar.

²³柱子四面有九十六個石榴，在網子周圍，共有一百石榴。Each capital had ninety-six pomegranates on the sides, and a total of a hundred pomegranates were above the surrounding network.

首領在利比拉被殺

²⁴護衛長拿住大祭司西萊雅、副祭司西番亞，和三個把門的，The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

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²⁵又從城中拿住一個管理兵丁的官（或譯：太監），並在城裡所遇常見王面的七個人和檢點國民軍長的書記，以及城裡所遇見的國民六十個人。Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.

²⁶護衛長尼布撒拉旦將這些人帶到利比拉的巴比倫王那裡。Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

²⁷巴比倫王就把他們擊殺在哈馬地的利比拉。這樣，猶大人被擄去離開本地。There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.

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三次被擄的人數

²⁸尼布甲尼撒所擄的民數記在下面：在他第七年擄去猶大人三千零二十三名；These are the people Nebuchadnezzar carried away: in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews;

²⁹尼布甲尼撒十八年從耶路撒冷擄去八百三十二人；in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year, 832 people from Jerusalem;

³⁰尼布甲尼撒二十三年，護衛長尼布撒拉旦擄去猶大人七百四十五名；共有四千六百人。in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away 745 Jews. So in all, 4,600 people were taken away.

約雅斤被提出監

³¹猶大王約雅斤被擄後三十七年，巴比倫王以未米羅達元年十二月二十五日，使猶大王約雅斤抬頭，提他出監，On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison.

³²又對他說恩言，使他的位高過與他一同在巴比倫眾王的位，And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

³³給他脫了囚服。他終身在巴比倫王面前吃飯。So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.

³⁴巴比倫王賜他所需用的食物，日日賜他一分，終身是這樣，直到他死的日子。And the king of Babylon provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life, until the day of his death.

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地上的帳幕

¹原來前約有禮拜的條例和屬世界的聖幕。Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.

²因為有預備的帳幕，頭一層叫作聖所，裡面有燈臺、桌子，和陳設餅。A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.

³第二幔子後又有一層帳幕，叫作至聖所，Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,

⁴有金香爐（爐：或譯壇），有包金的約櫃，櫃裡有盛嗎哪的金罐和亞倫發過芽的杖，並兩塊約版；containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.

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⁵櫃上面有榮耀基路伯的影罩著施恩（施恩：原文是蔽罪）座。這幾件我現在不能一一細說。Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

大祭司一年一次進至聖所

⁶這些物件既如此預備齊了，眾祭司就常進頭一層帳幕，行拜　神的禮。When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties.

⁷至於第二層帳幕，惟有大祭司一年一次獨自進去，沒有不帶著血為自己和百姓的過錯獻上。But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.

⁸聖靈用此指明，頭一層帳幕仍存的時候，進入至聖所的路還未顯明。By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.

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⁹那頭一層帳幕作現今的一個表樣，所獻的禮物和祭物，就著良心說，都不能叫禮拜的人得以完全。It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.

¹⁰這些事，連那飲食和諸般洗濯的規矩，都不過是屬肉體的條例，命定到振興的時候為止。They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.

基督用自己的血進入聖所

¹¹但現在基督已經來到，作了將來美事的大祭司，經過那更大更全備的帳幕，不是人手所造，也不是屬乎這世界的；But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation.

¹²並且不用山羊和牛犢的血，乃用自己的血，只一次進入聖所，成了永遠贖罪的事。He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.

¹³若山羊和公牛的血，並母牛犢的灰，灑在不潔的人身上，尚且叫人成聖，身體潔淨，For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,

¹⁴何況基督藉著永遠的靈，將自己無瑕無疵獻給　神，他的血豈不更能洗淨你們的心（原文是良心），除去你們的死行，使你們事奉那永生　神嗎？how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

新約的中保

¹⁵為此，他作了新約的中保，既然受死贖了人在前約之時所犯的罪過，便叫蒙召之人得著所應許永遠的產業。Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

¹⁶凡有遺命必須等到留遺命（遺命：原文與約字同）的人死了；In the case of a will, it is necessary to establish the death of the one who made it,

¹⁷因為人死了，遺命才有效力，若留遺命的尚在，那遺命還有用處嗎？because a will does not take effect until the one who made it has died; it cannot be executed while he is still alive.

前約也是用血立的

¹⁸所以，前約也不是不用血立的；That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.

¹⁹因為摩西當日照著律法將各樣誡命傳給眾百姓，就拿朱紅色絨和牛膝草，把牛犢山羊的血和水灑在書上，又灑在眾百姓身上，說：For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,

²⁰「這血就是　神與你們立約的憑據。」saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”

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²¹他又照樣把血灑在帳幕和各樣器皿上。In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.

²²按著律法，凡物差不多都是用血潔淨的；若不流血，罪就不得赦免了。According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

基督進了天上的聖所

²³照著天上樣式做的物件必須用這些祭物去潔淨；但那天上的本物自然當用更美的祭物去潔淨。So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

²⁴因為基督並不是進了人手所造的聖所（這不過是真聖所的影像），乃是進了天堂，如今為我們顯在　神面前；For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.

²⁵也不是多次將自己獻上，像那大祭司每年帶著牛羊的血（牛羊的血：原文作不是自己的血）進入聖所，Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.

²⁶如果這樣，他從創世以來，就必多次受苦了。但如今在這末世顯現一次，把自己獻為祭，好除掉罪。Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

人人都有一死

²⁷按著定命，人人都有一死，死後且有審判。Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,

²⁸像這樣，基督既然一次被獻，擔當了多人的罪，將來要向那等候他的人第二次顯現，並與罪無關，乃是為拯救他們。so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.

律法是將來美事的影兒

¹律法既是將來美事的影兒，不是本物的真像，總不能藉著每年常獻一樣的祭物叫那近前來的人得以完全。For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.

²若不然，獻祭的事豈不早已止住了嗎？因為禮拜的人，良心既被潔淨，就不再覺得有罪了。If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.

³但這些祭物是叫人每年想起罪來；Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins,

⁴因為公牛和山羊的血，斷不能除罪。because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

我來了為要照你的旨意行

⁵所以基督到世上來的時候，就說：　神啊，祭物和禮物是你不願意的；你曾給我預備了身體。Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.

⁶燔祭和贖罪祭是你不喜歡的。In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight.

⁷那時我說：　神啊，我來了，為要照你的旨意行；我的事在經卷上已經記載了。Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”

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⁸以上說：「祭物和禮物，燔祭和贖罪祭，是你不願意的，也是你不喜歡的（這都是按著律法獻的）」；In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are offered according to the law).

⁹後又說：「我來了為要照你的旨意行」；可見他是除去在先的，為要立定在後的。Then He adds, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second.

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¹⁰我們憑這旨意，靠耶穌基督，只一次獻上他的身體，就得以成聖。And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

一次獻祭，永遠完全

¹¹凡祭司天天站著事奉　神，屢次獻上一樣的祭物，這祭物永不能除罪。Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

¹²但基督獻了一次永遠的贖罪祭，就在　神的右邊坐下了。But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.

¹³從此，等候他仇敵成了他的腳凳。Since that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet,

¹⁴因為他一次獻祭，便叫那得以成聖的人永遠完全。because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.

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不再記念他們的罪

¹⁵聖靈也對我們作見證；因為他既已說過：The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says:

¹⁶主說：那些日子以後，我與他們所立的約乃是這樣：我要將我的律法寫在他們心上，又要放在他們的裡面。“This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”

¹⁷以後就說：我不再記念他們的罪愆和他們的過犯。Then He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”

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¹⁸這些罪過既已赦免，就不用再為罪獻祭了。And where these have been forgiven, an offering for sin is no longer needed.

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