今日读经

旧约 创世记 21:1–23:20
新约 马太福音 8:1–17

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旧约创世记 21:1–23:20

前情提要

上回说到

昨天(19–20 章):所多玛人围住罗得的家,天使把罗得一家拉出城,耶和华降硫磺与火毁灭那城,罗得的妻子回头变成盐柱;亚伯拉罕在基拉耳又说撒拉是他的妹子,神在梦中警告亚比米勒,保护了撒拉。

今天你会读到

应许成就了:撒拉生了以撒;夏甲和以实玛利被赶出去,神在旷野看顾他们;亚伯拉罕在别是巴与亚比米勒立约(21 章);神试验亚伯拉罕,叫他献上以撒,最后预备了一只公羊代替(22 章);撒拉去世,亚伯拉罕买下麦比拉洞安葬她(23 章)。

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亚伯拉罕说:“我儿,神必自己预备作燔祭的羊羔。”新约说,亚伯拉罕相信神甚至能叫人从死里复活()。

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23 章买的坟地,是亚伯拉罕在应许之地第一块正式拥有的土地;后来以撒、雅各等人也葬在这里()。今天希伯仑仍有传统认定的麦比拉洞遗址。

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创世记 第 21 章

以撒出生

1耶和华按着先前的话眷顾撒拉,便照他所说的给撒拉成就。Now the LORD attended to Sarah as He had said, and the LORD did for Sarah what He had promised.

2当亚伯拉罕年老的时候,撒拉怀了孕;到 神所说的日期,就给亚伯拉罕生了一个儿子。So Sarah conceived and bore a son to Abraham in his old age, at the very time God had promised.

3亚伯拉罕给撒拉所生的儿子起名叫以撒。And Abraham gave the name Isaac to the son Sarah bore to him.

4以撒生下来第八日,亚伯拉罕照着 神所吩咐的,给以撒行了割礼。When his son Isaac was eight days old, Abraham circumcised him, as God had commanded him.

5他儿子以撒生的时候,亚伯拉罕年一百岁。Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born to him.

6撒拉说:“ 神使我喜笑,凡听见的必与我一同喜笑”;Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”

7又说:“谁能预先对亚伯拉罕说‘撒拉要乳养婴孩’呢?因为在他年老的时候,我给他生了一个儿子。”She added, “Who would have told Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”

夏甲和以实玛利被赶出去

8孩子渐长,就。以撒断奶的日子,亚伯拉罕设摆丰盛的筵席。So the child grew and was weaned, and Abraham held a great feast on the day Isaac was weaned.

9当时,撒拉看见埃及人夏甲给亚伯拉罕所生的儿子,But Sarah saw that the son whom Hagar the Egyptian had borne to Abraham was mocking her son,

10就对亚伯拉罕说:“你把这使女和她儿子赶出去!因为这使女的儿子不可与我的儿子以撒一同承受产业。”and she said to Abraham, “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with my son Isaac!”

11亚伯拉罕因他儿子的缘故很忧愁。Now this matter distressed Abraham greatly because it concerned his son Ishmael.

12神对亚伯拉罕说:“你不必为这童子和你的使女忧愁。凡撒拉对你说的话,你都该听从;因为从以撒生的,才要称为你的后裔。But God said to Abraham, “Do not be distressed about the boy and your maidservant. Listen to everything that Sarah tells you, for through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.

13至于使女的儿子,我也必使他的后裔成立一国,因为他是你所生的。”But I will also make a nation of the slave woman’s son, because he is your offspring.”

神在旷野看顾夏甲

14亚伯拉罕清早起来,拿饼和一皮袋水,给了夏甲,搭在她的肩上,又把孩子交给她,打发她走。夏甲就走了,在别是巴的旷野走迷了路。Early in the morning, Abraham got up, took bread and a skin of water, put them on Hagar’s shoulders, and sent her away with the boy. She left and wandered in the Wilderness of Beersheba.

15皮袋的水用尽了,夏甲就把孩子撇在小树底下,When the water in the skin was gone, she left the boy under one of the bushes.

16自己走开约有,相对而坐,说:“我不忍见孩子死”,就相对而坐,放声大哭。Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.

17神听见童子的声音; 神的使者从天上呼叫夏甲说:“夏甲,你为何这样呢?不要害怕, 神已经听见童子的声音了。Then God heard the voice of the boy, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, “What is wrong, Hagar? Do not be afraid, for God has heard the voice of the boy where he lies.

18起来!把童子抱在怀中(怀:原文是手),我必使他的后裔成为大国。”Get up, lift up the boy, and take him by the hand, for I will make him into a great nation.”

19神使夏甲的眼睛明亮,她就看见一口水井,便去将皮袋盛满了水,给童子喝。Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink.

20神保佑童子,他就渐长,住在旷野,成了弓箭手。And God was with the boy, and he grew up and settled in the wilderness and became a great archer.

21他住在;他母亲从埃及地给他娶了一个妻子。And while he was dwelling in the Wilderness of Paran, his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.

在别是巴与亚比米勒立约

22当那时候,亚比米勒同他军长非各对亚伯拉罕说:“凡你所行的事都有 神的保佑。At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army said to Abraham, “God is with you in all that you do.

23我愿你如今在这里指着 神对我起誓,不要欺负我与我的儿子,并我的子孙。我怎样厚待了你,你也要照样厚待我与你所寄居这地的民。”Now, therefore, swear to me here before God that you will not deal falsely with me or my children or descendants. Show to me and to the country in which you reside the same kindness that I have shown to you.”

24亚伯拉罕说:“我情愿起誓。”And Abraham replied, “I swear it.”

25从前,亚比米勒的仆人霸占了一口水井,亚伯拉罕为这事指责亚比米勒。But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,

26亚比米勒说:“谁做这事,我不知道,你也没有告诉我,今日我才听见了。”Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”

27亚伯拉罕把羊和牛给了亚比米勒,二人就彼此立约。So Abraham brought sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech, and the two men made a covenant.

28亚伯拉罕把七只母羊羔另放在一处。Abraham separated seven ewe lambs from the flock,

29亚比米勒问亚伯拉罕说:“你把这七只母羊羔另放在一处,是什么意思呢?”and Abimelech asked him, “Why have you set apart these seven ewe lambs?”

30他说:“你要从我手里受这七只母羊羔,作我挖这口井的证据。”He replied, “You are to accept the seven ewe lambs from my hand as my witness that I dug this well.”

31所以他给那地方起名叫(就是盟誓的井的意思),因为他们二人在那里起了誓。So that place was called Beersheba, because it was there that the two of them swore an oath.

32他们在别是巴立了约,亚比米勒就同他军长非各起身回非利士地去了。After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.

33亚伯拉罕在别是巴栽上一棵,又在那里求告耶和华—永生 神的名。And Abraham planted a tamarisk tree in Beersheba, and there he called upon the name of the LORD, the Eternal God.

34亚伯拉罕在非利士人的地寄居了多日。And Abraham resided in the land of the Philistines for a long time.

创世记 第 22 章

神试验亚伯拉罕

1这些事以后, 神要亚伯拉罕,就呼叫他说:“亚伯拉罕!”他说:“我在这里。”Some time later God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” “Here I am,” he answered.

2神说:“你带着你的儿子,就是你儿子,你所爱的以撒,往地去,在我所要指示你的山上,把他献为燔祭。”“Take your son,” God said, “your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains, which I will show you.”

3亚伯拉罕清早起来,备上驴,带着两个仆人和他儿子以撒,也劈好了燔祭的柴,就起身往 神所指示他的地方去了。So Abraham got up early the next morning, saddled his donkey, and took along two of his servants and his son Isaac. He split the wood for a burnt offering and set out for the place God had designated.

4到了第三日,亚伯拉罕举目远远地看见那地方。On the third day Abraham looked up and saw the place in the distance.

5亚伯拉罕对他的仆人说:“你们和驴在此等候,我与童子往那里去,就回到你们这里来。”“Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told his servants. “The boy and I will go over there to worship, and then we will return to you.”

6亚伯拉罕把燔祭的柴放在他儿子以撒身上,自己手里拿着火与刀;于是二人同行。Abraham took the wood for the burnt offering and placed it on his son Isaac. He himself carried the fire and the sacrificial knife, and the two of them walked on together.

7以撒对他父亲亚伯拉罕说:“父亲哪!”亚伯拉罕说:“我儿,我在这里。”以撒说:“请看,火与柴都有了,但燔祭的羊羔在哪里呢?”Then Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” “Here I am, my son,” he replied. “The fire and the wood are here,” said Isaac, “but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?”

8亚伯拉罕说:“我儿, 神必自己预备作燔祭的羊羔。”于是二人同行。Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two walked on together.

捆绑以撒

9他们到了 神所指示的地方,亚伯拉罕在那里筑坛,把柴摆好,捆绑他的儿子以撒,放在坛的柴上。When they arrived at the place God had designated, Abraham built the altar there and arranged the wood. He bound his son Isaac and placed him on the altar, atop the wood.

10亚伯拉罕就伸手拿刀,要杀他的儿子。Then Abraham reached out his hand and took the knife to slaughter his son.

耶和华的使者拦阻

11耶和华的使者从天上呼叫他说:“亚伯拉罕!亚伯拉罕!”他说:“我在这里。”Just then the angel of the LORD called out to him from heaven, “Abraham, Abraham!” “Here I am,” he replied.

12天使说:“你不可在这童子身上下手。一点不可害他!现在我知道你是敬畏 神的了;因为你没有将你的儿子,就是你独生的儿子,留下不给我。”“Do not lay a hand on the boy or do anything to him,” said the angel, “for now I know that you fear God, since you have not withheld your only son from me.”

13亚伯拉罕举目观看,不料,有一只公羊,两角扣在中。亚伯拉罕就取了那只公羊来,献为燔祭,代替他的儿子。Then Abraham looked up and saw behind him a ram in a thicket, caught by its horns. So he went and took the ram and offered it as a burnt offering in place of his son.

14亚伯拉罕给那地方起名叫“”(就是耶和华必预备的意思),直到今日人还说:“在耶和华的山上必有预备。”And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”

神指着自己起誓赐福

15耶和华的使者第二次从天上呼叫亚伯拉罕说:And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham from heaven a second time,

16“耶和华说:‘你既行了这事,不留下你的儿子,就是你独生的儿子,我便指着自己起誓说:saying, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that because you have done this and have not withheld your only son,

17论福,我必赐大福给你;论子孙,我必叫你的子孙多起来,如同天上的星,海边的沙。你子孙必,I will surely bless you, and I will multiply your descendants like the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will possess the gates of their enemies.

18并且地上万国都必因你的后裔得福,因为你听从了我的话。’”And through your offspring all nations of the earth will be blessed, because you have obeyed My voice.”

19于是亚伯拉罕回到他仆人那里,他们一同起身往别是巴去,亚伯拉罕就住在别是巴。Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.

拿鹤的后代

20这事以后,有人告诉亚伯拉罕说:“密迦给你兄弟拿鹤生了几个儿子,Some time later, Abraham was told, “Milcah has also borne sons to your brother Nahor:

21长子是乌斯,他的兄弟是布斯和亚兰的父亲基母利,Uz the firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel (the father of Aram),

22并基薛、哈琐、必达、益拉、彼土利(彼土利生利百加)。”Chesed, Hazo, Pildash, Jidlaph, and Bethuel.”

23这八个人都是密迦给亚伯拉罕的兄弟拿鹤生的。And Bethuel became the father of Rebekah. Milcah bore these eight sons to Abraham’s brother Nahor.

24拿鹤的妾名叫流玛,生了提八、迦含、他辖,和玛迦。Moreover, Nahor’s concubine, whose name was Reumah, bore Tebah, Gaham, Tahash, and Maacah.

创世记 第 23 章

撒拉去世

1撒拉享寿一百二十七岁,这是撒拉一生的岁数。Now Sarah lived to be 127 years old.

2撒拉死在迦南地的基列·亚巴,就是希伯仑。亚伯拉罕为她哀恸哭号。She died in Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went out to mourn and to weep for her.

向赫人求一块坟地

3后来亚伯拉罕从死人面前起来,对说:Then Abraham got up from beside his dead wife and said to the Hittites,

4“我在你们中间是外人,是寄居的。求你们在这里给我一块地,我好埋葬我的死人,使她不在我眼前。”“I am a foreigner and an outsider among you. Give me a burial site among you so that I can bury my dead.”

5赫人回答亚伯拉罕说:The Hittites replied to Abraham,

6“我主请听。你在我们中间是一位尊大的王子,只管在我们最好的坟地里埋葬你的死人;我们没有一人不容你在他的坟地里埋葬你的死人。”“Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”

7亚伯拉罕就起来,向那地的赫人下拜,Then Abraham rose and bowed down before the people of the land, the Hittites.

8对他们说:“你们若有意叫我埋葬我的死人,使她不在我眼前,就请听我的话,为我求琐辖的儿子以弗仑,“If you are willing for me to bury my dead,” he said to them, “listen to me, and approach Ephron son of Zohar on my behalf

9把田头上那给我,他可以按着足价卖给我,作我在你们中间的坟地。”to sell me the cave of Machpelah that belongs to him; it is at the end of his field. Let him sell it to me in your presence for full price, so that I may have a burial site.”

10当时以弗仑正坐在赫人中间。于是,赫人以弗仑在城门出入的赫人面前对亚伯拉罕说:Now Ephron was sitting among the sons of Heth. So in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city, Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham,

11“不然,我主请听。我送给你这块田,连田间的洞也送给你,在我同族的人面前都给你,可以埋葬你的死人。”“No, my lord. Listen to me. I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it. I give it to you in the presence of my people. Bury your dead.”

12亚伯拉罕就在那地的人民面前下拜,Again Abraham bowed down before the people of the land

13在他们面前对以弗仑说:“你若应允,请听我的话。我要把田价给你,求你收下,我就在那里埋葬我的死人。”and said to Ephron in their presence, “If you will please listen to me, I will pay you the price of the field. Accept it from me, so that I may bury my dead there.”

14以弗仑回答亚伯拉罕说:Ephron answered Abraham,

15“我主请听。值四百银子的一块田,在你我中间还算什么呢?只管埋葬你的死人吧!”“Listen to me, my lord. The land is worth four hundred shekels of silver, but what is that between you and me? Bury your dead.”

买下麦比拉洞

16亚伯拉罕听从了以弗仑,照着他在赫人面前所说的话,把买卖通用的银子平了四百舍客勒给以弗仑。Abraham agreed to Ephron’s terms and weighed out for him the price he had named in the hearing of the Hittites: four hundred shekels of silver, according to the standard of the merchants.

17于是,麦比拉、幔利前、以弗仑的那块田和其中的洞,并田间四围的树木,So Ephron’s field at Machpelah near Mamre, the cave that was in it, and all the trees within the boundaries of the field were deeded over

18都定准归与亚伯拉罕,乃是他在赫人面前并城门出入的人面前买妥的。to Abraham’s possession in the presence of all the Hittites who had come to the gate of his city.

19此后,亚伯拉罕把他妻子撒拉埋葬在迦南地幔利前的麦比拉田间的洞里。(幔利就是希伯仑)。After this, Abraham buried his wife Sarah in the cave of the field at Machpelah near Mamre (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan.

20从此,那块田和田间的洞就借着赫人归与亚伯拉罕作坟地。So the field and its cave were deeded by the Hittites to Abraham as a burial site.

摘要

神信实地成就应许,撒拉在年老时生下以撒,带来喜笑。夏甲与以实玛利被送走,却在旷野中蒙神看顾、应许成为大国。亚伯拉罕经历信心最大考验——献以撒为燔祭,因顺服而蒙神预备公羊代替,并再次领受后裔如星沙的祝福。撒拉去世后,亚伯拉罕以正式交易向赫人购得麦比拉洞作坟地,这是他在应许之地首次拥有的产业。

反思问题

  1. 神在以撒出生和献祭两件事上都按祂的时间成就应许,你生命中是否有等候已久的应许?这段经历如何影响你对神信实的认识?
  2. 亚伯拉罕愿意将最珍爱的儿子献上,你生命中有什么是神正在邀请你放手交托的?你愿意如何回应?
  3. 夏甲在绝望中蒙神听见、看见并供应,当你落入困境或感觉被遗弃时,这个故事如何鼓励你信靠神的看顾?

新约马太福音 8:1–17

前情提要

上回说到

昨天(7 章):登山宝训的结尾:不要论断人、要进窄门、凭果子认出假先知;听了就去行的人,好比把房子盖在磐石上。众人都希奇耶稣的教训,因为祂“正像有权柄的人”。

今天你会读到

耶稣下山后接连行了医治的神迹:摸了长大痲疯的人,使他洁净;百夫长相信耶稣只要说一句话,仆人就好了;彼得的岳母热病退了;晚上又赶鬼、治好许多病人,应验了以赛亚的话。

阅读小提示

前三章耶稣用“话语”教导,这里用“行动”显出同样的权柄;留意被医治的都是被排斥在边缘的人:痲疯病人、外邦军官的仆人、妇女。

点时代可看说明

引用的是 ,出自以赛亚书“受苦仆人”的那一段;马太把它应用在耶稣医病的事上。

马太福音 第 8 章

洁净长大痲疯的人

1耶稣下了山,有许多人跟着他。When Jesus came down from the mountain, large crowds followed Him.

2有一个长的来拜他,说:“主若肯,必能叫我了。”Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

3耶稣伸手摸他,说:“我肯,你洁净了吧!”他的大麻风立刻就洁净了。Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

4耶稣对他说:“你切不可告诉人,只要去把身体给,献上摩西所吩咐的礼物,对众人作证据。”Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”

百夫长的信心

5耶稣进了迦百农,有一个进前来,求他说:When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,

6“主啊,我的仆人害病,躺在家里,甚是疼苦。”“Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.”

7耶稣说:“我去医治他。”“I will go and heal him,” Jesus replied.

8百夫长回答说:“主啊,你到我舍下,;只要你说一句话,我的仆人就必好了。The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy to have You come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

9因为我在人的,也有兵在我以下;对这个说:‘去!’他就去;对那个说:‘来!’他就来;对我的仆人说:‘你做这事!’他就去做。”For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes. I tell my servant to do something, and he does it.”

10耶稣听见就希奇,对跟从的人说:“我实在告诉你们,这么大的信心,就是在以色列中,我也没有遇见过。When Jesus heard this, He marveled and said to those following Him, “Truly I tell you, I have not found anyone in Israel with such great faith.

许多人从东从西来坐席

11我又告诉你们,从东从西,将有许多人来,在天国里与亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各一同;I say to you that many will come from the east and the west to share the banquet with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.

12惟有竟被赶到外边黑暗里去,在那里必要了。”But the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

13耶稣对百夫长说:“你回去吧!照你的信心,给你成全了。”那时,他的仆人就好了。Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! As you have believed, so will it be done for you.” And his servant was healed at that very hour.

医好彼得的岳母

14耶稣到了家里,见彼得的岳母害热病躺着。When Jesus arrived at Peter’s house, He saw Peter’s mother-in-law sick in bed with a fever.

15耶稣把她的手一摸,热就退了;她就起来耶稣。So He touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she got up and began to serve Him.

赶鬼医病,应验先知的话

16到了晚上,有人带着许多被鬼附的来到耶稣跟前,他只用一句话就把鬼都赶出去,并且治好了一切有病的人。When evening came, many who were demon-possessed were brought to Jesus, and He drove out the spirits with a word and healed all the sick.

17这是要应验先知以赛亚的话,说:他代替我们的软弱,我们的疾病。This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.”

摘要

耶稣下山后施行多项医治:洁净长大痲疯者、远距医治百夫长的仆人、医治彼得岳母的热病,又赶出许多人身上的鬼、治好一切病人。百夫长展现出超越以色列人的信心,相信耶稣只需说一句话便能成就。马太引用以赛亚书指出,这一切应验了“祂代替我们的软弱,担当我们的疾病”的预言,彰显耶稣就是那位受苦的仆人。

反思问题

  1. 百夫长相信耶稣‘说一句话’就够了,你在祷告中是否也有这样的信心?有什么拦阻你全然信靠神话语的能力?
  2. 耶稣触摸当时被社会隔离的痲疯病人,你周围有哪些被忽略或边缘化的人,是神正在感动你去关怀的?
  3. 经文说耶稣‘代替我们的软弱,担当我们的疾病’,面对自身的软弱与痛苦时,你如何经历耶稣的承担与医治?