今日读经

神的使者遇见雅各

¹雅各仍旧行路，　神的使者遇见他。Jacob also went on his way, and the angels of God met him.

²雅各看见他们就说：“这是　神的军兵”，于是给那地方起名叫玛哈念（就是二军兵的意思）。When Jacob saw them, he said, “This is the camp of God.” So he named that place Mahanaim.

打发人去见以扫

³雅各打发人先往西珥地去，就是以东地，见他哥哥以扫，Jacob sent messengers ahead of him to his brother Esau in the land of Seir, the country of Edom.

⁴吩咐他们说：“你们对我主以扫说：‘你的仆人雅各这样说：我在拉班那里寄居，直到如今。He instructed them, “You are to say to my master Esau, ‘Your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban and have remained there until now.

⁵我有牛、驴、羊群、仆婢，现在打发人来报告我主，为要在你眼前蒙恩。’”I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”

⁶所打发的人回到雅各那里，说：“我们到了你哥哥以扫那里，他带着四百人，正迎着你来。”When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”

⁷雅各就甚惧怕，而且愁烦，便把那与他同在的人口和羊群、牛群、骆驼分做两队，In great fear and distress, Jacob divided his people into two camps, as well as the flocks and herds and camels.

⁸说：“以扫若来击杀这一队，剩下的那一队还可以逃避。”He thought, “If Esau comes and attacks one camp, then the other camp can escape.”

雅各的祷告

⁹雅各说：“耶和华—我祖亚伯拉罕的　神，我父亲以撒的　神啊，你曾对我说：‘回你本地本族去，我要厚待你。’Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’

¹⁰你向仆人所施的一切慈爱和诚实，我一点也不配得；我先前只拿着我的杖过这约旦河，如今我却成了两队了。I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.

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¹¹求你救我脱离我哥哥以扫的手；因为我怕他来杀我，连妻子带儿女一同杀了。Please deliver me from the hand of my brother Esau, for I am afraid that he may come and attack me and the mothers and children with me.

¹²你曾说：‘我必定厚待你，使你的后裔如同海边的沙，多得不可胜数。’”But You have said, ‘I will surely make you prosper, and I will make your offspring like the sand of the sea, too numerous to count.’”

预备礼物送给以扫

¹³当夜，雅各在那里住宿，就从他所有的物中拿礼物要送给他哥哥以扫：Jacob spent the night there, and from what he had brought with him, he selected a gift for his brother Esau:

¹⁴母山羊二百只，公山羊二十只，母绵羊二百只，公绵羊二十只，200 female goats, 20 male goats, 200 ewes, 20 rams,

¹⁵奶崽子的骆驼三十只—各带着崽子，母牛四十只，公牛十只，母驴二十匹，驴驹十匹；30 milk camels with their young, 40 cows, 10 bulls, 20 female donkeys, and 10 male donkeys.

¹⁶每样各分一群，交在仆人手下，就对仆人说：“你们要在我前头过去，使群群相离，有空闲的地方”；He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, “Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.”

¹⁷又吩咐尽先走的说：“我哥哥以扫遇见你的时候，问你说：‘你是哪家的人？要往哪里去？你前头这些是谁的？’He instructed the one in the lead, “When my brother Esau meets you and asks, ‘To whom do you belong, where are you going, and whose animals are these before you?’

¹⁸你就说：‘是你仆人雅各的，是送给我主以扫的礼物；他自己也在我们后边。’”then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift, sent to my lord Esau. And behold, Jacob is behind us.’”

¹⁹又吩咐第二、第三，和一切赶群畜的人说：“你们遇见以扫的时候也要这样对他说；He also instructed the second, the third, and all those following behind the herds: “When you meet Esau, you are to say the same thing to him.

²⁰并且你们要说：‘你仆人雅各在我们后边。’”因雅各心里说：“我借着在我前头去的礼物解他的恨，然后再见他的面，或者他容纳我。”You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.”

²¹于是礼物先过去了；那夜，雅各在队中住宿。So Jacob’s gifts went on before him, while he spent the night in the camp.

在雅博渡口摔跤

²²他夜间起来，带着两个妻子，两个使女，并十一个儿子，都过了雅博渡口，During the night Jacob got up and took his two wives, his two maidservants, and his eleven sons, and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

²³先打发他们过河，又打发所有的都过去，He took them and sent them across the stream, along with all his possessions.

²⁴只剩下雅各一人。有一个人来和他摔跤，直到黎明。So Jacob was left all alone, and there a man wrestled with him until daybreak.

²⁵那人见自己胜不过他，就将他的大腿窝摸了一把，雅各的大腿窝正在摔跤的时候就扭了。When the man saw that he could not overpower Jacob, he struck the socket of Jacob’s hip and dislocated it as they wrestled.

²⁶那人说：“天黎明了，容我去吧！”雅各说：“你不给我祝福，我就不容你去。”Then the man said, “Let me go, for it is daybreak.” But Jacob replied, “I will not let you go unless you bless me.”

改名以色列

²⁷那人说：“你名叫什么？”他说：“我名叫雅各。”“What is your name?” the man asked. “Jacob,” he replied.

²⁸那人说：“你的名不要再叫雅各，要叫以色列；因为你与　神与人较力，都得了胜。”Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”

²⁹雅各问他说：“请将你的名告诉我。”那人说：“何必问我的名？”于是在那里给雅各祝福。And Jacob requested, “Please tell me your name.” But he replied, “Why do you ask my name?” Then he blessed Jacob there.

面对面见了神

³⁰雅各便给那地方起名叫毗努伊勒（就是　神之面的意思），意思说：“我面对面见了　神，我的性命仍得保全。”So Jacob named the place Peniel, saying, “Indeed, I have seen God face to face, and yet my life was spared.”

³¹日头刚出来的时候，雅各经过毗努伊勒，他的大腿就瘸了。The sun rose above him as he passed by Penuel, and he was limping because of his hip.

³²故此，以色列人不吃大腿窝的筋，直到今日，因为那人摸了雅各大腿窝的筋。Therefore to this day the Israelites do not eat the tendon attached to the socket of the hip, because the socket of Jacob’s hip was struck near that tendon.

兄弟相见和好

¹雅各举目观看，见以扫来了，后头跟着四百人，他就把孩子们分开交给利亚、拉结，和两个使女，Now Jacob looked up and saw Esau coming toward him with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah, Rachel, and the two maidservants.

²并且叫两个使女和她们的孩子在前头，利亚和她的孩子在后头，拉结和约瑟在尽后头。He put the maidservants and their children in front, Leah and her children next, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.

³他自己在他们前头过去，一连七次俯伏在地才就近他哥哥。But Jacob himself went on ahead and bowed to the ground seven times as he approached his brother.

⁴以扫跑来迎接他，将他抱住，又搂着他的颈项，与他亲嘴，两个人就哭了。Esau, however, ran to him and embraced him, threw his arms around his neck, and kissed him. And they both wept.

⁵以扫举目看见妇人孩子，就说：“这些和你同行的是谁呢？”雅各说：“这些孩子是　神施恩给你的仆人的。”When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.”

⁶于是两个使女和她们的孩子前来下拜；Then the maidservants and their children approached and bowed down.

⁷利亚和她的孩子也前来下拜；随后约瑟和拉结也前来下拜。Leah and her children also approached and bowed down, and then Joseph and Rachel approached and bowed down.

⁸以扫说：“我所遇见的这些群畜是什么意思呢？”雅各说：“是要在我主面前蒙恩的。”“What do you mean by sending this whole company to meet me?” asked Esau. “To find favor in your sight, my lord,” Jacob answered.

⁹以扫说：“兄弟啊，我的已经够了，你的仍归你吧！”“I already have plenty, my brother,” Esau replied. “Keep what belongs to you.”

¹⁰雅各说：“不然，我若在你眼前蒙恩，就求你从我手里收下这礼物；因为我见了你的面，如同见了　神的面，并且你容纳了我。But Jacob insisted, “No, please! If I have found favor in your sight, then receive this gift from my hand. For indeed, I have seen your face, and it is like seeing the face of God, since you have received me favorably.

¹¹求你收下我带来给你的礼物；因为　神恩待我，使我充足。”雅各再三地求他，他才收下了。Please accept my gift that was brought to you, because God has been gracious to me and I have all I need.” So Jacob pressed him until he accepted.

以扫回西珥

¹²以扫说：“我们可以起身前往，我在你前头走。”Then Esau said, “Let us be on our way, and I will go ahead of you.”

¹³雅各对他说：“我主知道孩子们年幼娇嫩，牛羊也正在乳养的时候，若是催赶一天，群畜都必死了。But Jacob replied, “My lord knows that the children are frail, and I must care for sheep and cattle that are nursing their young. If they are driven hard for even a day, all the animals will die.

¹⁴求我主在仆人前头走，我要量着在我面前群畜和孩子的力量慢慢地前行，直走到西珥我主那里。”Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”

¹⁵以扫说：“容我把跟随我的人留几个在你这里。”雅各说：“何必呢？只要在我主眼前蒙恩就是了。”“Let me leave some of my people with you,” Esau said. But Jacob replied, “Why do that? Let me find favor in the sight of my lord.”

¹⁶于是，以扫当日起行，回往西珥去了。So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir,

雅各在疏割和示剑

¹⁷雅各就往疏割去，在那里为自己盖造房屋，又为牲畜搭棚；因此那地方名叫疏割（就是棚的意思）。but Jacob went on to Succoth, where he built a house for himself and shelters for his livestock; that is why the place was called Succoth.

¹⁸雅各从巴旦·亚兰回来的时候，平平安安地到了迦南地的示剑城，在城东支搭帐棚，After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.

¹⁹就用一百块银子向示剑的父亲、哈抹的子孙买了支帐棚的那块地，And the plot of ground where he pitched his tent, he purchased from the sons of Hamor, Shechem’s father, for a hundred pieces of silver.

²⁰在那里筑了一座坛，起名叫伊利·伊罗伊·以色列（就是　神、以色列　神的意思）。There he set up an altar and called it El-Elohe-Israel.

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底拿受辱

¹利亚给雅各所生的女儿底拿出去，要见那地的女子们。Now Dinah, the daughter Leah had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the daughters of the land.

²那地的主—希未人、哈抹的儿子示剑看见她，就拉住她，与她行淫，玷辱她。When Shechem son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the region, saw her, he took her and lay with her by force.

³示剑的心系恋雅各的女儿底拿，喜爱这女子，甜言蜜语地安慰她。And his soul was drawn to Dinah, the daughter of Jacob. He loved the young girl and spoke to her tenderly.

⁴示剑对他父亲哈抹说：“求你为我聘这女子为妻。”So Shechem told his father Hamor, “Get me this girl as a wife.”

⁵雅各听见示剑玷污了他的女儿底拿。那时他的儿子们正和群畜在田野，雅各就闭口不言，等他们回来。Jacob heard that Shechem had defiled his daughter Dinah, but since his sons were with his livestock in the field, he remained silent about it until they returned.

⁶示剑的父亲哈抹出来见雅各，要和他商议。Meanwhile, Shechem’s father Hamor came to speak with Jacob.

⁷雅各的儿子们听见这事，就从田野回来，人人忿恨，十分恼怒；因示剑在以色列家做了丑事，与雅各的女儿行淫，这本是不该做的事。When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that should not be done.

哈抹求亲

⁸哈抹和他们商议说：“我儿子示剑的心恋慕这女子，求你们将她给我的儿子为妻。But Hamor said to them, “My son Shechem longs for your daughter. Please give her to him as his wife.

⁹你们与我们彼此结亲；你们可以把女儿给我们，也可以娶我们的女儿。Intermarry with us; give us your daughters and take our daughters for yourselves.

¹⁰你们与我们同住吧！这地都在你们面前，只管在此居住，做买卖，置产业。”You may settle among us, and the land will be open to you. Live here, move about freely, and acquire your own property.”

¹¹示剑对女儿的父亲和弟兄们说：“但愿我在你们眼前蒙恩，你们向我要什么，我必给你们。Then Shechem said to Dinah’s father and brothers, “Grant me this favor, and I will give you whatever you ask.

¹²任凭向我要多重的聘金和礼物，我必照你们所说的给你们；只要把女子给我为妻。”Demand a high dowry and an expensive gift, and I will give you whatever you ask. Only give me the girl as my wife!”

雅各儿子们的诡计

¹³雅各的儿子们因为示剑玷污了他们的妹子底拿，就用诡诈的话回答示剑和他父亲哈抹，But because Shechem had defiled their sister Dinah, Jacob’s sons answered him and his father Hamor deceitfully.

¹⁴对他们说：“我们不能把我们的妹子给没有受割礼的人为妻，因为那是我们的羞辱。“We cannot do such a thing,” they said. “To give our sister to an uncircumcised man would be a disgrace to us.

¹⁵惟有一件才可以应允：若你们所有的男丁都受割礼，和我们一样，We will consent to this on one condition, that you become circumcised like us—every one of your males.

¹⁶我们就把女儿给你们，也娶你们的女儿；我们便与你们同住，两下成为一样的人民。Then we will give you our daughters and take your daughters for ourselves. We will dwell among you and become one people.

¹⁷倘若你们不听从我们受割礼，我们就带着妹子走了。”But if you will not agree to be circumcised, then we will take our sister and go.”

¹⁸哈抹和他的儿子示剑喜欢这话。Their offer seemed good to Hamor and his son Shechem.

¹⁹那少年人做这事并不迟延，因为他喜爱雅各的女儿；他在他父亲家中也是人最尊重的。The young man, who was the most respected of all his father’s household, did not hesitate to fulfill this request, because he was delighted with Jacob’s daughter.

²⁰哈抹和他儿子示剑到本城的门口，对本城的人说：So Hamor and his son Shechem went to the gate of their city and addressed the men of their city:

²¹“这些人与我们和睦，不如许他们在这地居住，做买卖；这地也宽阔，足可容下他们。我们可以娶他们的女儿为妻，也可以把我们的女儿嫁给他们。“These men are at peace with us. Let them live and trade in our land; indeed, it is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage and give our daughters to them.

²²惟有一件事我们必须做，他们才肯应允和我们同住，成为一样的人民：就是我们中间所有的男丁都要受割礼，和他们一样。But only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us and be one people: if all our men are circumcised as they are.

²³他们的群畜、货财，和一切的牲口岂不都归我们吗？只要依从他们，他们就与我们同住。”Will not their livestock, their possessions, and all their animals become ours? Only let us consent to them, and they will dwell among us.”

²⁴凡从城门出入的人就都听从哈抹和他儿子示剑的话；于是凡从城门出入的男丁都受了割礼。All the men who went out of the city gate listened to Hamor and his son Shechem, and every male of the city was circumcised.

西缅和利未屠城

²⁵到第三天，众人正在疼痛的时候，雅各的两个儿子，就是底拿的哥哥西缅和利未，各拿刀剑，趁着众人想不到的时候来到城中，把一切男丁都杀了，Three days later, while they were still in pain, two of Jacob’s sons (Dinah’s brothers Simeon and Levi) took their swords, went into the unsuspecting city, and slaughtered every male.

²⁶又用刀杀了哈抹和他儿子示剑，把底拿从示剑家里带出来就走了。They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with their swords, took Dinah out of Shechem’s house, and went away.

²⁷雅各的儿子们因为他们的妹子受了玷污，就来到被杀的人那里，掳掠那城，Jacob’s other sons came upon the slaughter and looted the city, because their sister had been defiled.

²⁸夺了他们的羊群、牛群，和驴，并城里田间所有的；They took their flocks and herds and donkeys, and everything else in the city or in the field.

²⁹又把他们一切货财、孩子、妇女，并各房中所有的，都掳掠去了。They carried off all their possessions and women and children, and they plundered everything in their houses.

³⁰雅各对西缅和利未说：“你们连累我，使我在这地的居民中，就是在迦南人和比利洗人中，有了臭名。我的人丁既然稀少，他们必聚集来击杀我，我和全家的人都必灭绝。”Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, “You have brought trouble upon me by making me a stench to the Canaanites and Perizzites, the people of this land. We are few in number; if they unite against me and attack me, I and my household will be destroyed.”

³¹他们说：“他岂可待我们的妹子如同妓女吗？”But they replied, “Should he have treated our sister like a prostitute?”

约翰差人问耶稣

²约翰在监里听见基督所做的事，就打发两个门徒去，Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples

³问他说：“那将要来的是你吗？还是我们等候别人呢？”to ask Him, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”

⁴耶稣回答说：“你们去，把所听见、所看见的事告诉约翰。Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see:

⁵就是瞎子看见，瘸子行走，长大麻风的洁净，聋子听见，死人复活，穷人有福音传给他们。The blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the good news is preached to the poor.

⁶凡不因我跌倒的就有福了！”Blessed is the one who does not fall away on account of Me.”

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耶稣论施洗约翰

⁷他们走的时候，耶稣就对众人讲论约翰说：“你们从前出到旷野是要看什么呢？要看风吹动的芦苇吗？As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?

⁸你们出去到底是要看什么？要看穿细软衣服的人吗？那穿细软衣服的人是在王宫里。Otherwise, what did you go out to see? A man dressed in fine clothes? Look, those who wear fine clothing are found in kings’ palaces.

⁹你们出去究竟是为什么？是要看先知吗？我告诉你们，是的，他比先知大多了。What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

¹⁰经上记着说：‘我要差遣我的使者在你前面预备道路’，所说的就是这个人。This is the one about whom it is written: ‘Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.’

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¹¹我实在告诉你们，凡妇人所生的，没有一个兴起来大过施洗约翰的；然而天国里最小的比他还大。Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

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¹²从施洗约翰的时候到如今，天国是努力进入的，努力的人就得着了。From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been subject to violence, and the violent lay claim to it.

¹³因为众先知和律法说预言，到约翰为止。For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.

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¹⁴你们若肯领受，这人就是那应当来的以利亚。And if you are willing to accept it, he is the Elijah who was to come.

¹⁵有耳可听的，就应当听！He who has ears, let him hear.

这世代像街上的孩童

¹⁶我可用什么比这世代呢？好像孩童坐在街市上招呼同伴，说：To what can I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces and calling out to others:

¹⁷我们向你们吹笛，你们不跳舞；我们向你们举哀，你们不捶胸。‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’

¹⁸约翰来了，也不吃也不喝，人就说他是被鬼附着的；For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’

¹⁹人子来了，也吃也喝，人又说他是贪食好酒的人，是税吏和罪人的朋友。但智慧之子总以智慧为是（有古卷：但智慧在行为上就显为是）。”The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”

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责备不肯悔改的城

²⁰耶稣在诸城中行了许多异能，那些城的人终不悔改，就在那时候责备他们，说：Then Jesus began to denounce the cities in which most of His miracles had been performed, because they did not repent.

²¹“哥拉汛哪，你有祸了！伯赛大啊，你有祸了！因为在你们中间所行的异能，若行在泰尔、西顿，他们早已披麻蒙灰悔改了。“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

²²但我告诉你们，当审判的日子，泰尔、西顿所受的，比你们还容易受呢！But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.

²³迦百农啊，你已经升到天上（或译：你将要升到天上吗），将来必坠落阴间；因为在你那里所行的异能，若行在所多玛，它还可以存到今日。And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to heaven? No, you will be brought down to Hades! For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Sodom, it would have remained to this day.

²⁴但我告诉你们，当审判的日子，所多玛所受的，比你还容易受呢！”But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”

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向婴孩显出来

²⁵那时，耶稣说：“父啊，天地的主，我感谢你！因为你将这些事向聪明通达人就藏起来，向婴孩就显出来。At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.

²⁶父啊，是的，因为你的美意本是如此。Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.

²⁷一切所有的，都是我父交付我的；除了父，没有人知道子；除了子和子所愿意指示的，没有人知道父。All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

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到我这里来得安息

²⁸凡劳苦担重担的人可以到我这里来，我就使你们得安息。Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

²⁹我心里柔和谦卑，你们当负我的轭，学我的样式；这样，你们心里就必得享安息。Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

³⁰因为我的轭是容易的，我的担子是轻省的。”For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”