今日读经

旧约 创世记 11:10–13:18
新约 马太福音 5:1–16

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旧约创世记 11:10–13:18

前情提要

上回说到

昨天():神与挪亚立约,以虹为记号;挪亚三个儿子闪、含、雅弗的后代分散到各地;人在示拿地建造巴别塔,想要“传扬我们的名”,神就变乱他们的口音,使他们分散在全地上。

今天你会读到

从闪到亚伯兰的家谱,把故事从全人类聚焦到一个家族;神呼召亚伯兰离开本地、本族、父家,应许使他成为大国;亚伯兰到了迦南,因饥荒下埃及,谎称撒莱是妹子;回来后与罗得分开,神再次应许把这地赐给他的后裔。

阅读小提示

是整本圣经的关键应许之一:从此圣经的故事集中在这个家族身上,最终要使“地上的万族都要因你得福”(参 )。

点时代可看说明

按传统的推算,亚伯兰蒙召约在主前 2100–2000 年间。吾珥是两河流域南部的大城,哈兰在北方,两地都以敬拜月神出名; 说他拉曾事奉别神。

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创世记 第 11 章

从闪到他拉的家谱

10闪的后代记在下面。洪水以后二年,闪一百岁生了亚法撒。This is the account of Shem. Two years after the flood, when Shem was 100 years old, he became the father of Arphaxad.

11闪生亚法撒之后又活了五百年,并且生儿养女。And after he had become the father of Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years and had other sons and daughters.

12亚法撒活到三十五岁,生了沙拉。When Arphaxad was 35 years old, he became the father of Shelah.

13亚法撒生沙拉之后又活了四百零三年,并且生儿养女。And after he had become the father of Shelah, Arphaxad lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

14沙拉活到三十岁,生了希伯。When Shelah was 30 years old, he became the father of Eber.

15沙拉生希伯之后又活了四百零三年,并且生儿养女。And after he had become the father of Eber, Shelah lived 403 years and had other sons and daughters.

16希伯活到三十四岁,生了法勒。When Eber was 34 years old, he became the father of Peleg.

17希伯生法勒之后又活了四百三十年,并且生儿养女。And after he had become the father of Peleg, Eber lived 430 years and had other sons and daughters.

18法勒活到三十岁,生了拉吴。When Peleg was 30 years old, he became the father of Reu.

19法勒生拉吴之后又活了二百零九年,并且生儿养女。And after he had become the father of Reu, Peleg lived 209 years and had other sons and daughters.

20拉吴活到三十二岁,生了西鹿。When Reu was 32 years old, he became the father of Serug.

21拉吴生西鹿之后又活了二百零七年,并且生儿养女。And after he had become the father of Serug, Reu lived 207 years and had other sons and daughters.

22西鹿活到三十岁,生了拿鹤。When Serug was 30 years old, he became the father of Nahor.

23西鹿生拿鹤之后又活了二百年,并且生儿养女。And after he had become the father of Nahor, Serug lived 200 years and had other sons and daughters.

24拿鹤活到二十九岁,生了他拉。When Nahor was 29 years old, he became the father of Terah.

25拿鹤生他拉之后又活了一百一十九年,并且生儿养女。And after he had become the father of Terah, Nahor lived 119 years and had other sons and daughters.

26他拉活到七十岁,生了亚伯兰、拿鹤、哈兰。When Terah was 70 years old, he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

他拉一家

27他拉的后代记在下面。他拉生亚伯兰、拿鹤、哈兰;哈兰生罗得。This is the account of Terah. Terah became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. And Haran became the father of Lot.

28哈兰死在他的本地,在他父亲他拉之先。During his father Terah’s lifetime, Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans.

29亚伯兰、拿鹤各娶了妻:亚伯兰的妻子名叫撒莱;拿鹤的妻子名叫密迦,是哈兰的女儿;哈兰是密迦和亦迦的父亲。And Abram and Nahor took wives for themselves. Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah; she was the daughter of Haran, who was the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

30撒莱,没有孩子。But Sarai was barren; she had no children.

31他拉带着他儿子亚伯兰和他孙子哈兰的儿子罗得,并他儿妇亚伯兰的妻子撒莱,出了迦勒底的吾珥,要往迦南地去;他们走到哈兰,就住在那里。And Terah took his son Abram, his grandson Lot son of Haran, and his daughter-in-law Sarai the wife of Abram, and they set out from Ur of the Chaldeans for the land of Canaan. But when they arrived in Haran, they settled there.

32他拉共活了二百零五岁,就死在。Terah lived 205 years, and he died in Haran.

创世记 第 12 章

神呼召亚伯兰

1耶和华对亚伯兰说:“你要离开本地、本族、,往我所要指示你的地去。Then the LORD said to Abram, “Leave your country, your kindred, and your father’s household, and go to the land I will show you.

2我必叫你成为大国。我必赐福给你,;你也要叫别人得福。I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.

3为你祝福的,我必赐福与他;那咒诅你的,我必咒诅他。地上的万族都要因你得福。”I will bless those who bless you and curse those who curse you; and all the families of the earth will be blessed through you.”

亚伯兰到了迦南

4亚伯兰就照着耶和华的吩咐去了;罗得也和他同去。亚伯兰出哈兰的时候年七十五岁。So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.

5亚伯兰将他妻子撒莱和侄儿罗得,连他们在哈兰所积蓄的财物、所得的人口,都带往迦南地去。他们就到了迦南地。And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,

6亚伯兰经过那地,到了地方、摩利那里。那时迦南人住在那地。Abram traveled through the land as far as the site of the Oak of Moreh at Shechem. And at that time the Canaanites were in the land.

7耶和华向亚伯兰显现,说:“我要把这地赐给你的后裔。”亚伯兰就在那里为向他显现的耶和华筑了一座坛。Then the LORD appeared to Abram and said, “I will give this land to your offspring.” So Abram built an altar there to the LORD, who had appeared to him.

8从那里他又迁到东边的山,支搭帐棚;西边是伯特利,东边是艾。他在那里又为耶和华筑了一座坛,。From there Abram moved on to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. There he built an altar to the LORD, and he called on the name of the LORD.

9后来亚伯兰又渐渐迁往去。And Abram journeyed on toward the Negev.

下埃及,谎称撒莱是妹子

10那地遭遇饥荒。因饥荒甚大,亚伯兰就下埃及去,要在那里暂居。Now there was a famine in the land. So Abram went down to Egypt to live there for a while because the famine was severe.

11将近埃及,就对他妻子撒莱说:“我知道你是容貌俊美的妇人。As he was about to enter Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, “Look, I know that you are a beautiful woman,

12埃及人看见你必说:‘这是他的妻子’,他们就要杀我,却叫你存活。and when the Egyptians see you, they will say, ‘This is his wife.’ Then they will kill me but will let you live.

13求你说,你是我的,使我因你得平安,我的命也因你存活。”Please say you are my sister, so that I will be treated well for your sake, and on account of you my life will be spared.”

14及至亚伯兰到了埃及,埃及人看见那妇人极其美貌。So when Abram entered Egypt, the Egyptians saw that the woman was very beautiful.

15的看见了她,就在法老面前夸奖她。那妇人就被带进法老的宫去。When Pharaoh’s officials saw Sarai, they commended her to him, and she was taken into the palace of Pharaoh.

16法老因这妇人就厚待亚伯兰,亚伯兰得了许多牛、羊、骆驼、公驴、母驴、仆婢。He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.

17耶和华因亚伯兰妻子撒莱的缘故,降大灾与法老和他的全家。The LORD, however, afflicted Pharaoh and his household with severe plagues because of Abram’s wife Sarai.

18法老就召了亚伯兰来,说:“你这向我做的是什么事呢?为什么没有告诉我她是你的妻子?So Pharaoh summoned Abram and asked, “What have you done to me? Why didn’t you tell me she was your wife?

19为什么说她是你的妹子,以致我把她取来要作我的妻子?现在你的妻子在这里,可以带她走吧。”Why did you say, ‘She is my sister,’ so that I took her as my wife? Now then, here is your wife. Take her and go!”

20于是法老吩咐人将亚伯兰和他妻子,并他所有的都送走了。Then Pharaoh gave his men orders concerning Abram, and they sent him away with his wife and all his possessions.

创世记 第 13 章

从埃及回到伯特利

1亚伯兰带着他的妻子与罗得,并一切所有的,都从埃及上南地去。So Abram went up out of Egypt into the Negev—he and his wife and all his possessions—and Lot was with him.

2亚伯兰的金、银、牲畜极多。And Abram had become extremely wealthy in livestock and silver and gold.

3他从南地渐渐往伯特利去,到了伯特利和艾的中间,就是从前支搭帐棚的地方,From the Negev he journeyed from place to place toward Bethel, until he came to the place between Bethel and Ai where his tent had formerly been pitched,

4也是他起先筑坛的地方;他又在那里求告耶和华的名。to the site where he had built the altar. And there Abram called on the name of the LORD.

与罗得分开

5与亚伯兰同行的罗得也有牛群、羊群、帐棚。Now Lot, who was traveling with Abram, also had flocks and herds and tents.

6那地容不下他们;因为他们的财物甚多,使他们不能同居。But the land was unable to support both of them while they stayed together, for they had so many possessions that they were unable to coexist.

7当时,迦南人与比利洗人在那地居住。亚伯兰的牧人和罗得的牧人相争。And there was discord between the herdsmen of Abram and the herdsmen of Lot. At that time the Canaanites and the Perizzites were also living in the land.

8亚伯兰就对罗得说:“你我不可相争,你的牧人和我的牧人也不可相争,因为我们是骨肉(原文是弟兄)。So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no contention between you and me, or between your herdsmen and my herdsmen. After all, we are kinsmen.

9遍地不都在你眼前吗?请你离开我:你向左,我就向右;你向右,我就向左。”Is not the whole land before you? Now separate yourself from me. If you go to the left, I will go to the right; if you go to the right, I will go to the left.”

10罗得举目看见约旦河的全平原,直到琐珥,都是的,那地在耶和华未灭、蛾摩拉以先如同耶和华的园子,也像埃及地。And Lot looked out and saw that the whole plain of the Jordan, all the way to Zoar, was well watered like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt. (This was before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)

11于是罗得选择约旦河的全平原,往东迁移;他们就彼此分离了。So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.

12亚伯兰住在迦南地,罗得住在平原的城邑,渐渐挪移帐棚,直到所多玛。Abram lived in the land of Canaan, but Lot settled in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent toward Sodom.

13所多玛人在耶和华面前罪大恶极。But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.

神应许把全地赐给他

14罗得离别亚伯兰以后,耶和华对亚伯兰说:“从你所在的地方,你举目向东西南北观看;After Lot had departed, the LORD said to Abram, “Now lift up your eyes from the place where you are, and look to the north and south and east and west,

15凡你所看见的一切地,我都要赐给你和你的后裔,直到永远。for all the land that you see, I will give to you and your offspring forever.

16我也要使你的后裔如同地上的尘沙那样多,人若能数算地上的尘沙才能数算你的后裔。I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.

17你起来,这地,因为我必把这地赐给你。”Get up and walk around the land, through its length and breadth, for I will give it to you.”

18亚伯兰就搬了帐棚,来到幔利的橡树那里居住,在那里为耶和华筑了一座坛。So Abram moved his tent and went to live near the Oaks of Mamre at Hebron, where he built an altar to the LORD.

摘要

巴别塔事件中,人类企图集体建城造塔传扬自己的名,神变乱口音使他们分散全地。之后经文记载闪的后代家谱,一路延续到他拉生亚伯兰。神呼召亚伯兰离开本地本族,应许使他成为大国、万族因他得福;亚伯兰顺服前行,途中因饥荒下埃及却因惧怕而谎称妻子为妹子,神仍保守撒莱。回到迦南后,亚伯兰与罗得因财物众多而分开,罗得选择约但河平原靠近所多玛,神再次向亚伯兰应许将所见之地永远赐给他和后裔。

反思问题

  1. 巴别塔事件显示人想靠自己的力量传扬自己的名,你在生活中是否也有类似的倾向——追求自我荣耀而非尊荣神?
  2. 亚伯兰在饥荒中用谎言自保,却仍蒙神保守。当你面对困境时,是否倾向用自己的方法解决,还是信靠神的引导?
  3. 亚伯兰主动让罗得先选地,展现谦让与信心。在你与人发生利益冲突时,你愿意效法这种态度吗?这对你意味着什么?

新约马太福音 5:1–16

前情提要

上回说到

昨天(4 章):耶稣在旷野四十昼夜受魔鬼试探,三次都用“经上记着说”回应;接着在加利利开始传道,呼召彼得、安得烈、雅各、约翰跟从祂,走遍加利利传天国的福音、医治病人。

今天你会读到

“登山宝训”(5–7 章)的开头:耶稣上山教导门徒,先宣告八种人“有福了”,接着说门徒是世上的盐、世上的光。

阅读小提示

八福的第一句和最后一句都以“天国是他们的”结尾(、),把中间的祝福包起来:这些福气都属于天国的子民。

点时代可看说明

传统认为登山宝训是在加利利海西北岸的山坡上讲的; 也记载了内容相近的一篇讲论。

马太福音 第 5 章

耶稣上山教训人

1耶稣看见这许多的人,就上了山,既已坐下,到他跟前来,When Jesus saw the crowds, He went up on the mountain and sat down. His disciples came to Him,

2他就开口教训他们,说:and He began to teach them, saying:

虚心、哀恸、温柔的人有福了

3的人!因为天国是他们的。“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

4的人有福了!因为他们必得安慰。Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.

5的人有福了!因为他们必承受地土。Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.

饥渴慕义、怜恤、清心的人有福了

6的人有福了!因为他们必得饱足。Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.

7怜恤人的人有福了!因为他们必蒙怜恤。Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.

8的人有福了!因为他们必得见 神。Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.

使人和睦的人有福了

9的人有福了!因为他们必称为 神的儿子。Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.

为义受逼迫的人有福了

10为义受逼迫的人有福了!因为天国是他们的。Blessed are those who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

11“人若因我辱骂你们,逼迫你们,捏造各样坏话毁谤你们,你们就有福了!Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.

12应当欢喜快乐,因为你们在天上的赏赐是大的。在你们以前的,人也是这样逼迫他们。”Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.

你们是世上的盐

13“你们是世上的。盐若,怎能叫它再咸呢?以后无用,不过丢在外面,被人践踏了。You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its savor, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.

你们是世上的光

14你们是世上的光。是不能隐藏的。You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

15人点灯,不放在底下,是放在上,就照亮一家的人。Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a basket. Instead, they set it on a stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house.

16你们的光也当这样照在人前,叫他们看见你们的好行为,便将荣耀归给你们在天上的父。”In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

摘要

耶稣在山上教训门徒,宣告八福——虚心、哀恸、温柔、饥渴慕义、怜恤、清心、使人和睦、为义受逼迫的人都是有福的,因天国与神的赏赐属于他们。接着耶稣以盐和光的比喻教导门徒,强调信徒在世上当发挥调和与照亮的功能,以好行为将荣耀归给天父。

反思问题

  1. 八福中哪一项最触动你目前的生命状态?你可以如何在日常生活中更多活出这个品格?
  2. 耶稣说盐若失了味就无用了。你是否曾感到自己的信仰生活失去了影响力?是什么原因造成的?
  3. 作为世上的光,你在职场、家庭或社群中,如何具体地让人透过你的好行为看见神的荣耀?