旧约利未记 21:1–22:33
前情提要
上回说到
昨天(18–20 章):神要以色列不可效法埃及和迦南的恶俗,列出禁止的性关系;第 19 章把圣洁落实到生活中:孝敬父母、留田角给穷人、诚实公道、“要爱人如己”()、善待寄居的外人;第 20 章说明违反的刑罚。
今天你会读到
这两章讲祭司和圣物要更加圣洁:祭司在丧事和婚姻上的限制,大祭司的要求更严;身体有残疾的祭司不可在坛前供职,却仍可吃圣物;谁可以吃圣物;献给神的牲畜必须没有残疾。
阅读小提示
留意 –23:有残疾的祭司不能在坛前献祭,却仍然可以吃“至圣的”食物——他没有被赶出祭司家族。这些条例限制的是职分,不是把他排除在神的家以外。
点时代可看说明
这些条例在西乃山下颁布;祭司代表百姓亲近神,所以对他们的要求比一般人更严格。
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利未记 第 21 章
祭司不可为死人沾染自己
1耶和华对摩西说:“你告诉亚伦子孙作祭司的说:祭司不可为民中的死人自己,Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,
2除非为他骨肉之亲的父母、儿女、弟兄,except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother,
3和未曾出嫁、作处女的姊妹,才可以沾染自己。or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.
4祭司既在民中为首,就不可从俗沾染自己。He is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself.
5不可使头光秃;不可剃除胡须的周围,也不可。Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.
6要归 神为圣,不可亵渎 神的名;因为耶和华的火祭,就是 ,是他们献的,所以他们要成为圣。They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the food offerings, the food of their God, they must be holy.
祭司的婚姻
7不可娶妓女或被污的女人为妻,也不可娶的妇人为妻,因为祭司是归 神为圣。A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
8所以你要使他成圣,因为他奉献你 神的食物;你要以他为圣,因为我—使你们成圣的耶和华—是圣的。You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.
9祭司的女儿若行淫辱没自己,就辱没了父亲,必用火将她焚烧。If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
大祭司更严格的要求
10“在弟兄中作、头上倒了膏油、又承接圣职,穿了圣衣的,不可蓬头散发,也不可撕裂衣服。The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose or tear his garments.
11不可挨近死尸,也不可为父母沾染自己。He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.
12不可出圣所,也不可亵渎 神的圣所,因为 神在他头上。我是耶和华。He must not leave or desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.
13他要娶处女为妻。The woman he marries must be a virgin.
14寡妇或是被休的妇人,或是被污为妓的女人,都不可娶;只可娶本民中的处女为妻。He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,
15不可在民中辱没他的儿女,因为我是叫他成圣的耶和华。”so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”
有残疾的祭司不可近前献祭
16耶和华对摩西说:Then the LORD said to Moses,
17“你告诉亚伦说:你世世代代的后裔,凡有残疾的,都不可近前来献他 神的食物。“Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.
18因为凡有残疾的,无论是瞎眼的、瘸腿的、的、肢体有余的、No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;
19折脚折手的、no man who has a broken foot or hand,
20驼背的、的、眼睛有毛病的、长癣的、长疥的,或是损坏肾子的,都不可近前来。or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.
21祭司亚伦的后裔,凡有残疾的,都不可近前来,将火祭献给耶和华。他有残疾,不可近前来献 神的食物。No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the food offerings to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.
22神的食物,无论是圣的,至圣的,他都可以吃。He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,
23但不可进到幔子前,也不可就近坛前;因为他有残疾,免得亵渎我的圣所。我是叫他成圣的耶和华。”but because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”
24于是,摩西晓谕亚伦和亚伦的子孙,并以色列众人。Moses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.
利未记 第 22 章
祭司吃圣物要洁净
1耶和华对摩西说:Then the LORD said to Moses,
2“你吩咐亚伦和他子孙说:要远离以色列人所分别为圣、归给我的,免得亵渎我的圣名。我是耶和华。“Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings that the Israelites have consecrated to Me, so that they do not profane My holy name. I am the LORD.
3你要对他们说:你们世世代代的后裔,凡身上有污秽、亲近以色列人所分别为圣、归耶和华圣物的,那人必在我面前剪除。我是耶和华。Tell them that for the generations to come, if any of their descendants in a state of uncleanness approaches the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the LORD, that person must be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.
4亚伦的后裔,凡长大麻风的,或是有漏症的,不可吃圣物,直等他洁净了。无论谁摸那因死尸不洁净的物(或译:人),或是遗精的人,If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean. Whoever touches anything defiled by a corpse or by a man who has an emission of semen,
5或是摸什么使他不洁净的爬物,或是摸那使他不洁净的人(不拘那人有什么不洁净),or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be—
6摸了这些人、物的,必不洁净到晚上;若不用水洗身,就不可吃圣物。the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.
7日落的时候,他就洁净了,然后可以吃圣物,因为这是他的食物。When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food.
8自死的或是被野兽撕裂的,他不可吃,因此污秽自己。我是耶和华。He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.
9所以他们要守我所吩咐的,免得轻忽了,因此担罪而死。我是叫他们成圣的耶和华。The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
谁可以吃圣物
10“凡外人不可吃圣物;寄居在祭司家的,或是雇工人,都不可吃圣物;No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it.
11倘若祭司买人,是他的钱买的,那人就可以吃圣物;生在他家的人也可以吃。But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food.
12祭司的女儿若嫁外人,就不可吃举祭的圣物。If the priest’s daughter is married to a man other than a priest, she is not to eat of the sacred contributions.
13但祭司的女儿若是寡妇,或是被休的,没有孩子,又归回父家,与她一样,就可以吃她父亲的食物;只是外人不可吃。But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it.
14若有人了圣物,要照圣物的原数加上五分之一交给祭司。If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest.
15祭司不可亵渎以色列人所献给耶和华的圣物,The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD
16免得他们在吃圣物上自取罪孽,因为我是叫他们成圣的耶和华。”by allowing the people to eat the sacred offerings and thus to bear the punishment for guilt. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.”
祭物要没有残疾
17耶和华对摩西说:Then the LORD said to Moses,
18“你晓谕亚伦和他子孙,并以色列众人说:以色列家中的人,或在以色列中寄居的,凡献供物,无论是所许的愿,是,就是献给耶和华作燔祭的,“Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the Israelites and tell them, ‘Any man of the house of Israel or any foreign resident who presents a gift for a burnt offering to the LORD, whether to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering,
19要将没有残疾的公牛,或是绵羊,或是山羊献上,如此方蒙悦纳。must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.
20凡有残疾的,你们不可献上,因为这不蒙悦纳。You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.
21凡从牛群或是羊群中,将平安祭献给耶和华,为要还特许的愿,或是作甘心献的,所献的必纯全无残疾的才蒙悦纳。When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or defect to be acceptable.
22瞎眼的、折伤的、残废的、、长癣的、长疥的都不可献给耶和华,也不可在坛上作为火祭献给耶和华。You are not to present to the LORD any animal that is blind, injured, or maimed, or anything with a running sore, a festering rash, or a scab; you must not put any of these on the altar as a food offering to the LORD.
23无论是公牛是绵羊羔,若肢体有余的,或是缺少的,只可作甘心祭献上;用以还愿,却不蒙悦纳。You may present as a freewill offering an ox or sheep that has a deformed or stunted limb, but it is not acceptable in fulfillment of a vow.
24肾子损伤的,或是压碎的,或是破裂的,或是了的,不可献给耶和华,在你们的地上也不可这样行。You are not to present to the LORD an animal whose testicles are bruised, crushed, torn, or cut; you are not to sacrifice them in your land.
25这类的物,你们从外人的手,一样也不可接受作你们 神的食物献上;因为这些都有损坏,有残疾,不蒙悦纳。”Neither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’”
幼畜与感谢祭的规定
26耶和华晓谕摩西说:Then the LORD said to Moses,
27“才生的公牛,或是绵羊或是山羊,七天当跟着母;从第八天以后,可以当供物蒙悦纳,作为耶和华的火祭。“When an ox, a sheep, or a goat is born, it must remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a food offering presented to the LORD.
28无论是母牛是母羊,不可同日宰母和子。But you must not slaughter an ox or a sheep on the same day as its young.
29你们献感谢祭给耶和华,要献得可蒙悦纳。When you sacrifice a thank offering to the LORD, offer it so that it may be acceptable on your behalf.
30要当天吃,一点不可留到早晨。我是耶和华。It must be eaten that same day. Do not leave any of it until morning. I am the LORD.
要尊神的名为圣
31“你们要谨守遵行我的诫命。我是耶和华。You are to keep My commandments and practice them. I am the LORD.
32你们不可亵渎我的圣名;我在以色列人中,却要。我是叫你们成圣的耶和华,You must not profane My holy name. I must be acknowledged as holy among the Israelites. I am the LORD who sanctifies you,
33把你们从埃及地领出来,作你们的 神。我是耶和华。”who brought you out of the land of Egypt to be your God. I am the LORD.”
摘要
利未记21至22章记载神对祭司圣洁生活的严格要求:祭司须在丧葬、婚姻、外在仪表上保持分别为圣,大祭司的标准更高;有残疾者虽可享用圣物,却不可近前献祭。第22章进一步规范祭司在不洁时不可接触圣物,并要求献祭的牲畜必须毫无残疾,强调神配得最好的奉献,因祂是使人成圣的耶和华。
反思问题
- 神对祭司的圣洁要求远高于一般百姓,这提醒你在自己所承担的服事角色中,是否有需要更加谨慎自守的地方?
- 经文反复强调献祭的牲畜必须‘纯全无残疾’,这对你日常奉献(时间、才能、金钱)的态度有什么启发?
- ‘我是叫你们成圣的耶和华’在这两章中反复出现,这句话如何影响你对圣洁生活的动力来源的理解——是靠自己努力,还是倚靠神的工作?
新约马可福音 3:7–35
前情提要
上回说到
昨天():耶稣赦免瘫子的罪,呼召税吏利未,和罪人一同吃饭,又说“安息日是为人设立的”()。在安息日医好枯干了手的人以后,法利赛人和希律一党的人开始商议怎样除灭祂。
今天你会读到
耶稣退到海边,各地的人涌来;祂上山设立十二个使徒;祂的亲属以为祂癫狂了,耶路撒冷来的文士说祂靠鬼王赶鬼,耶稣用比喻回应,并警告亵渎圣灵的罪;最后说遵行神旨意的人就是祂的家人。
阅读小提示
留意 设立十二个人的第一个目的:“要他们常和自己同在”,然后才是差他们去传道、赶鬼。跟随耶稣,先是与祂同在。
点时代可看说明
耶稣在加利利传道的时期,约在主后 28 年;祂的名声已传到犹太、以土买和泰尔、西顿一带。
马可福音 第 3 章
群众从各地涌来
7耶稣和门徒退到海边去,有许多人从加利利跟随他。So Jesus withdrew with His disciples to the sea, accompanied by a large crowd from Galilee, Judea,
8还有许多人听见他所做的大事,就从犹太、耶路撒冷、、约旦河外,并的四方来到他那里。Jerusalem, Idumea, the region beyond the Jordan, and the vicinity of Tyre and Sidon. The large crowd came to Him when they heard what great things He was doing.
9他因为人多,就吩咐门徒叫一只小船伺候着,免得众人拥挤他。Jesus asked His disciples to have a boat ready for Him so that the crowd would not crush Him.
10他治好了许多人,所以凡有灾病的,都挤进来要摸他。For He had healed so many that all who had diseases were pressing forward to touch Him.
11污鬼无论何时看见他,就俯伏在他面前,喊着说:“你是 神的儿子。”And when the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!”
12耶稣再三地嘱咐他们,不要把他出来。But He warned them sternly not to make Him known.
设立十二使徒
13耶稣上了山,随自己的意思叫人来;他们便来到他那里。Then Jesus went up on the mountain and called for those He wanted, and they came to Him.
14他就十二个人,要他们常和自己同在,也要差他们去传道,He appointed twelve of them, whom He designated as apostles, to accompany Him, to be sent out to preach,
15并给他们权柄赶鬼。and to have authority to drive out demons.
16这十二个人有西门(耶稣又给他起名叫彼得),These are the twelve He appointed: Simon (whom He named Peter),
17还有西庇太的儿子雅各和雅各的兄弟约翰(又给这两个人起名叫,就是雷子的意思),James son of Zebedee and his brother John (whom He named Boanerges, meaning “Sons of Thunder”),
18又有安得烈、腓力、巴多罗买、马太、多马、亚勒腓的儿子雅各、和达太,并的西门,Andrew, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Thaddaeus, Simon the Zealot,
19还有卖耶稣的。and Judas Iscariot, who betrayed Jesus.
亲属说耶稣癫狂了
20耶稣进了一个屋子,众人又聚集,甚至他连饭也顾不得吃。Then Jesus went home, and once again a crowd gathered, so that He and His disciples could not even eat.
21耶稣的亲属听见,就出来要他,因为他们说他了。When His family heard about this, they went out to take custody of Him, saying, “He is out of His mind.”
文士说耶稣靠鬼王赶鬼
22从耶路撒冷下来的文士说:“他是被附着”;又说:“他是靠着鬼王赶鬼。”And the scribes who had come down from Jerusalem were saying, “He is possessed by Beelzebul,” and, “By the prince of the demons He drives out demons.”
23耶稣叫他们来,用比喻对他们说:“撒但怎能赶出撒但呢?So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?
24若一国,那国就站立不住;If a kingdom is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
25若一家自相纷争,那家就站立不住。If a house is divided against itself, it cannot stand.
26若撒但自相攻打纷争,他就站立不住,必要灭亡。And if Satan is divided and rises against himself, he cannot stand; his end has come.
27没有人能进家里,抢夺他的家具;必先捆住那壮士,才可以抢夺他的家。Indeed, no one can enter a strong man’s house to steal his possessions unless he first ties up the strong man. Then he can plunder his house.
亵渎圣灵的罪
28我实在告诉你们,世人一切的罪和一切亵渎的话都可得赦免;Truly I tell you, the sons of men will be forgiven all sins and blasphemies, as many as they utter.
29凡的,却永不得赦免,乃要担当永远的罪。”But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; he is guilty of eternal sin.”
30这话是因为他们说:“他是被污鬼附着的。”Jesus made this statement because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
谁是我的母亲和弟兄
31当下,耶稣的母亲和弟兄来,站在外边,去叫他。Then Jesus’ mother and brothers came and stood outside. They sent someone in to summon Him,
32有许多人在耶稣周围坐着,他们就告诉他说:“看哪,你母亲和你弟兄在外边找你。”and a crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers are outside, asking for You.”
33耶稣回答说:“谁是我的母亲?谁是我的弟兄?”But Jesus replied, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”
34就四面观看那周围坐着的人,说:“看哪,我的母亲,我的弟兄。Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!
35凡遵行 神旨意的人就是我的弟兄姊妹和母亲了。”For whoever does the will of God is My brother and sister and mother.”
摘要
马可福音第三章描述耶稣的事工引发广泛回响:大批群众从各地涌来求医治,耶稣却刻意拣选十二使徒,赋予他们传道与赶鬼的权柄。面对文士指控祂靠鬼王赶鬼,耶稣以‘一国自相纷争必站立不住’的比喻驳斥,并严肃警告亵渎圣灵的罪不得赦免。最后,耶稣重新定义家人的意义——凡遵行神旨意的人就是祂的弟兄姊妹和母亲。
反思问题
- 耶稣设立十二门徒,首要目的是‘常和自己同在’,其次才是差遣服事。这对你理解与主的关系和事奉的优先次序有什么提醒?
- 耶稣的亲属说祂癫狂,文士说祂被鬼附,你是否曾因忠心跟随主而被误解?你如何面对这些压力?
- 耶稣说‘凡遵行神旨意的人就是我的弟兄姊妹和母亲’,这句话如何挑战你对属灵群体和血缘家庭之间关系的看法?