今日讀經

黃金何其失光

¹黃金何其失光！純金何其變色！聖所的石頭倒在各市口上。How the gold has become tarnished, the pure gold has become dull! The gems of the temple lie scattered on every street corner.

²錫安寶貴的眾子好比精金，現在何竟算為窯匠手所做的瓦瓶？How the precious sons of Zion, once worth their weight in pure gold, are now esteemed as jars of clay, the work of a potter’s hands!

圍城中的饑荒

³野狗尚且把奶乳哺其子，我民的婦人倒成為殘忍，好像曠野的鴕鳥一般。Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness.

⁴吃奶孩子的舌頭因乾渴貼住上膛；孩童求餅，無人擘給他們。The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.

⁵素來吃美好食物的，現今在街上變為孤寒；素來臥朱紅褥子的，現今躺臥糞堆。Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.

⁶都因我眾民的罪孽比所多瑪的罪還大；所多瑪雖然無人加手於她，還是轉眼之間被傾覆。The punishment of the daughter of my people is greater than that of Sodom, which was overthrown in an instant without a hand turned to help her.

⁷錫安的貴冑素來比雪純淨，比奶更白；他們的身體比紅寶玉（或譯：珊瑚）更紅，像光潤的藍寶石一樣。Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.

⁸現在他們的面貌比煤炭更黑，以致在街上無人認識；他們的皮膚緊貼骨頭，枯乾如同槁木。But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.

⁹餓死的不如被刀殺的，因為這是缺了田間的土產，就身體衰弱，漸漸消滅。Those slain by the sword are better off than those who die of hunger, who waste away, pierced with pain because the fields lack produce.

¹⁰慈心的婦人，當我眾民被毀滅的時候，親手煮自己的兒女作為食物。The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

錫安的根基被燒毀

¹¹耶和華發怒成就他所定的，倒出他的烈怒；在錫安使火著起，燒毀錫安的根基。The LORD has exhausted His wrath; He has poured out His fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has consumed her foundations.

¹²地上的君王和世上的居民都不信敵人和仇敵能進耶路撒冷的城門。The kings of the earth did not believe, nor any people of the world, that an enemy or a foe could enter the gates of Jerusalem.

先知和祭司的罪

¹³這都因她先知的罪惡和祭司的罪孽；他們在城中流了義人的血。But this was for the sins of her prophets and the guilt of her priests, who shed the blood of the righteous in her midst.

¹⁴他們在街上如瞎子亂走，又被血玷污，以致人不能摸他們的衣服。They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.

¹⁵人向他們喊著說：不潔淨的，躲開，躲開！不要挨近我！他們逃走飄流的時候，列國中有人說：他們不可仍在這裡寄居。“Go away! Unclean!” men shouted at them. “Away, away! Do not touch us!” So they fled and wandered. Among the nations it was said, “They can stay here no longer.”

¹⁶耶和華發怒，將他們分散，不再眷顧他們；人不重看祭司，也不厚待長老。The presence of the LORD has scattered them; He regards them no more. The priests are shown no honor; the elders find no favor.

仰望人來幫助終歸枉然

¹⁷我們仰望人來幫助，以致眼目失明，還是枉然；我們所盼望的，竟盼望一個不能救人的國！All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.

¹⁸仇敵追趕我們的腳步像打獵的，以致我們不敢在自己的街上行走。我們的結局臨近；我們的日子滿足；我們的結局來到了。They stalked our every step, so that we could not walk in our streets. Our end drew near, our time ran out, for our end had come!

¹⁹追趕我們的比空中的鷹更快；他們在山上追逼我們，在曠野埋伏，等候我們。Those who chased us were swifter than the eagles in the sky; they pursued us over the mountains and ambushed us in the wilderness.

²⁰耶和華的受膏者好比我們鼻中的氣，在他們的坑中被捉住；我們曾論到他說：我們必在他蔭下，在列國中存活。The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”

以東也必喝苦杯

²¹住烏斯地的以東民哪，只管歡喜快樂；苦杯也必傳到你那裡；你必喝醉，以致露體。So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself.

²²錫安的民哪，你罪孽的刑罰受足了，耶和華必不使你再被擄去。以東的民哪，他必追討你的罪孽，顯露你的罪惡。O Daughter of Zion, your punishment is complete; He will not prolong your exile. But He will punish your iniquity, O Daughter of Edom; He will expose your sins.

求你記念我們的凌辱

¹耶和華啊，求你記念我們所遭遇的事，觀看我們所受的凌辱。Remember, O LORD, what has happened to us. Look and see our disgrace!

²我們的產業歸與外邦人；我們的房屋歸與外路人。Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.

³我們是無父的孤兒；我們的母親好像寡婦。We have become fatherless orphans; our mothers are widows.

⁴我們出錢才得水喝；我們的柴是人賣給我們的。We must buy the water we drink; our wood comes at a price.

⁵追趕我們的，到了我們的頸項上；我們疲乏不得歇息。We are closely pursued; we are weary and find no rest.

⁶我們投降埃及人和亞述人，為要得糧吃飽。We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.

我們擔當列祖的罪孽

⁷我們列祖犯罪，而今不在了；我們擔當他們的罪孽。Our fathers sinned and are no more, but we bear their punishment.

⁸奴僕轄制我們，無人救我們脫離他們的手。Slaves rule over us; there is no one to deliver us from their hands.

⁹因為曠野的刀劍，我們冒著險才得糧食。We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.

¹⁰因飢餓燥熱，我們的皮膚就黑如爐。Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.

¹¹敵人在錫安玷污婦人，在猶大的城邑玷污處女。Women have been ravished in Zion, virgins in the cities of Judah.

¹²他們吊起首領的手，也不尊敬老人的面。Princes have been hung up by their hands; elders receive no respect.

¹³少年人扛磨石，孩童背木柴，都絆跌了。Young men toil at millstones; boys stagger under loads of wood.

¹⁴老年人在城門口斷絕；少年人不再作樂。The elders have left the city gate; the young men have stopped their music.

跳舞變為悲哀

¹⁵我們心中的快樂止息，跳舞變為悲哀。Joy has left our hearts; our dancing has turned to mourning.

¹⁶冠冕從我們的頭上落下；我們犯罪了，我們有禍了！The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!

¹⁷這些事我們心裡發昏，我們的眼睛昏花。Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—

¹⁸錫安山荒涼，野狗（或譯：狐狸）行在其上。because of Mount Zion, which lies desolate, patrolled by foxes.

求你使我們回轉

¹⁹耶和華啊，你存到永遠；你的寶座存到萬代。You, O LORD, reign forever; Your throne endures from generation to generation.

²⁰你為何永遠忘記我們？為何許久離棄我們？Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?

²¹耶和華啊，求你使我們向你回轉，我們便得回轉。求你復新我們的日子，像古時一樣。Restore us to Yourself, O LORD, so we may return; renew our days as of old,

²²你竟全然棄絕我們，向我們大發烈怒？unless You have utterly rejected us and remain angry with us beyond measure.

存心忍耐，仰望耶穌

¹我們既有這許多的見證人，如同雲彩圍著我們，就當放下各樣的重擔，脫去容易纏累我們的罪，存心忍耐，奔那擺在我們前頭的路程，Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.

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²仰望為我們信心創始成終的耶穌（或譯：仰望那將真道創始成終的耶穌）。他因那擺在前面的喜樂，就輕看羞辱，忍受了十字架的苦難，便坐在　神寶座的右邊。Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

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³那忍受罪人這樣頂撞的，你們要思想，免得疲倦灰心。Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

主所愛的，他必管教

⁴你們與罪惡相爭，還沒有抵擋到流血的地步。In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

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⁵你們又忘了那勸你們如同勸兒子的話，說：我兒，你不可輕看主的管教，被他責備的時候也不可灰心；And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.

⁶因為主所愛的，他必管教，又鞭打凡所收納的兒子。For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”

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⁷你們所忍受的，是　神管教你們，待你們如同待兒子。焉有兒子不被父親管教的呢？Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?

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⁸管教原是眾子所共受的。你們若不受管教，就是私子，不是兒子了。If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.

⁹再者，我們曾有生身的父管教我們，我們尚且敬重他，何況萬靈的父，我們豈不更當順服他得生嗎？Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?

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¹⁰生身的父都是暫隨己意管教我們；惟有萬靈的父管教我們，是要我們得益處，使我們在他的聖潔上有分。Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.

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¹¹凡管教的事，當時不覺得快樂，反覺得愁苦；後來卻為那經練過的人結出平安的果子，就是義。No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.

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挺起下垂的手

¹²所以，你們要把下垂的手、發酸的腿挺起來；Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.

¹³也要為自己的腳，把道路修直了，使瘸子不致歪腳（或譯：差路），反得痊癒。Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.

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追求和睦與聖潔

¹⁴你們要追求與眾人和睦，並要追求聖潔；非聖潔沒有人能見主。Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

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¹⁵又要謹慎，恐怕有人失了　神的恩；恐怕有毒根生出來擾亂你們，因此叫眾人沾染污穢；See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.

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¹⁶恐怕有淫亂的，有貪戀世俗如以掃的，他因一點食物把自己長子的名分賣了。See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.

¹⁷後來想要承受父所祝的福，竟被棄絕，雖然號哭切求，卻得不著門路使他父親的心意回轉。這是你們知道的。For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.

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不是來到西乃山

¹⁸你們原不是來到那能摸的山；此山有火焰、密雲、黑暗、暴風、For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;

¹⁹角聲與說話的聲音。那些聽見這聲音的，都求不要再向他們說話；to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.

²⁰因為他們當不起所命他們的話，說：「靠近這山的，即便是走獸，也要用石頭打死。」For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.”

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²¹所見的極其可怕，甚至摩西說：「我甚是恐懼戰兢。」The sight was so terrifying that even Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”

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乃是來到錫安山

²²你們乃是來到錫安山，永生　神的城邑，就是天上的耶路撒冷。那裡有千萬的天使，Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels

²³有名錄在天上諸長子之會所共聚的總會，有審判眾人的　神和被成全之義人的靈魂，in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

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²⁴並新約的中保耶穌，以及所灑的血；這血所說的比亞伯的血所說的更美。to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

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不可棄絕那說話的

²⁵你們總要謹慎，不可棄絕那向你們說話的。因為，那些棄絕在地上警戒他們的尚且不能逃罪，何況我們違背那從天上警戒我們的呢？See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?

²⁶當時他的聲音震動了地，但如今他應許說：「再一次我不單要震動地，還要震動天。」At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”

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²⁷這再一次的話，是指明被震動的，就是受造之物都要挪去，使那不被震動的常存。The words “Once more” signify the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that the unshakable may remain.

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不能震動的國

²⁸所以我們既得了不能震動的國，就當感恩，照　神所喜悅的，用虔誠、敬畏的心事奉　神。Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.

²⁹因為我們的　神乃是烈火。“For our God is a consuming fire.”

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