旧约申命记 22:13–24:22
前情提要
上回说到
昨天():打仗时不要惧怕,刚建房、栽葡萄园或订婚的人可以回家;攻城前先提和睦,围城不可砍果树。接着处理查不出凶手的命案、长子名分、悖逆的儿子等案例,并吩咐看见弟兄的牛羊走失,“不可佯为不见”。
今天你会读到
继续各样的律例:保护婚姻和女子的规定;哪些人不可入耶和华的会;营中要保持洁净;不可把逃来的奴仆交回主人;借钱给弟兄不可取利,许了愿要偿还;休妻的规定。第 24 章特别照顾弱势的人:不可拿磨石作当头,当天要付穷人工价,收割时要留下遗漏的给寄居的和孤儿寡妇。
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留意 –22:收割时忘下的一捆、树上剩下的橄榄和葡萄,都要留给寄居的与孤儿寡妇;路得后来就是这样在波阿斯的田里拾取麦穗()。
点时代可看说明
传统年代约主前 1400 年。耶稣谈到休妻时提到 ,说摩西许可休妻是因为人的心硬()。
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申命记 第 22 章
诬告新妇的案件
13“人若娶妻,与她同房之后恨恶她,Suppose a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and comes to hate her,
14说她,将丑名加在她身上,说:‘我娶了这女子,与她同房,见她没有’;and he then accuses her of shameful conduct and gives her a bad name, saying, “I married this woman and had relations with her, but I discovered she was not a virgin.”
15女子的父母就要把女子贞洁的凭据拿出来,带到本城门长老那里。Then the young woman’s father and mother shall bring the proof of her virginity to the city elders at the gate
16女子的父亲要对长老说:‘我将我的女儿给这人为妻,他恨恶她,and say to the elders, “I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he has come to hate her.
17信口说她,说:我见你的女儿没有贞洁的凭据;其实这就是我女儿贞洁的凭据。’父母就把那布铺在本城的长老面前。And now he has accused her of shameful conduct, saying, ‘I discovered that your daughter was not a virgin.’ But here is the proof of her virginity.” And they shall spread out the cloth before the city elders.
18本城的长老要拿住那人,惩治他,Then the elders of that city shall take the man and punish him.
19并要罚他一百银子,给女子的父亲,因为他将丑名加在以色列的一个处女身上。女子仍作他的妻,终身不可休她。They are also to fine him a hundred shekels of silver and give them to the young woman’s father, because this man has given a virgin of Israel a bad name. And she shall remain his wife; he must not divorce her as long as he lives.
20但这事若是真的,女子没有贞洁的凭据,If, however, this accusation is true, and no proof of the young woman’s virginity can be found,
21就要将女子带到她父家的门口,本城的人要用石头将她打死;因为她在父家行了淫乱,在以色列中做了丑事。这样,就把那恶从你们中间除掉。she shall be brought to the door of her father’s house, and there the men of her city will stone her to death. For she has committed an outrage in Israel by being promiscuous in her father’s house. So you must purge the evil from among you.
奸淫与乱伦的禁令
22“若遇见人与有丈夫的妇人行淫,就要将奸夫淫妇一并治死。这样,就把那恶从以色列中除掉。If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
23“若有处女已经许配丈夫,有人在城里遇见她,与她行淫,If there is a virgin pledged in marriage to a man, and another man encounters her in the city and sleeps with her,
24你们就要把这二人带到本城门,用石头打死—女子是因为虽在城里却没有喊叫;男子是因为玷污别人的妻。这样,就把那恶从你们中间除掉。you must take both of them out to the gate of that city and stone them to death—the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he has violated his neighbor’s wife. So you must purge the evil from among you.
25“若有男子在田野遇见已经许配人的女子,强与她行淫,只要将那男子治死。But if the man encounters a betrothed woman in the open country, and he overpowers her and lies with her, only the man who has done this must die.
26但不可办女子;她本没有该死的罪,这事就类乎人起来攻击邻舍,将他杀了一样。Do nothing to the young woman, because she has committed no sin worthy of death. This case is just like one in which a man attacks his neighbor and murders him.
27因为男子是在田野遇见那已经许配人的女子,女子喊叫,并无人救她。When he found her in the field, the betrothed woman cried out, but there was no one to save her.
28“若有男子遇见没有许配人的处女,抓住她,与她行淫,被人看见,If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,
29这男子就要拿五十舍客勒银子给女子的父亲;因他玷污了这女子,就要娶她为妻,终身不可休她。then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.
30“人不可娶继母为妻;不可掀开他父亲的。”A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed.
申命记 第 23 章
不可入耶和华会的人
1“凡外肾受伤的,或被阉割的,不可入。No man with crushed or severed genitals may enter the assembly of the LORD.
2“私生子不可入耶和华的会;他的子孙,直到十代,也不可入耶和华的会。No one of illegitimate birth may enter the assembly of the LORD, nor may any of his descendants, even to the tenth generation.
3“亚扪人或是摩押人不可入耶和华的会;他们的子孙,虽过十代,也永不可入耶和华的会。No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants may enter the assembly of the LORD, even to the tenth generation.
4因为你们出埃及的时候,他们没有拿食物和水在路上迎接你们,又因他们雇了美索不达米亚的毗夺人比珥的儿子来咒诅你们。For they did not meet you with food and water on your way out of Egypt, and they hired Balaam son of Beor from Pethor in Aram-naharaim to curse you.
5然而耶和华—你的 神不肯听从巴兰,却使那咒诅的言语变为祝福的话,因为耶和华—你的 神爱你。Yet the LORD your God would not listen to Balaam, and the LORD your God turned the curse into a blessing for you, because the LORD your God loves you.
6你一生一世永不可求他们的平安和他们的利益。You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.
7“不可憎恶以东人,因为他是你的弟兄。不可憎恶埃及人,因为你在他的地上作过寄居的。Do not despise an Edomite, for he is your brother. Do not despise an Egyptian, because you lived as a foreigner in his land.
8他们第三代子孙可以入耶和华的会。”The third generation of children born to them may enter the assembly of the LORD.
营中要保持圣洁
9“你出兵攻打仇敌,就要。When you are encamped against your enemies, then you shall keep yourself from every wicked thing.
10“你们中间,若有人夜间偶然梦遗,不洁净,就要出到营外,不可入营;If any man among you becomes unclean because of a nocturnal emission, he must leave the camp and stay outside.
11到傍晚的时候,他要用水洗澡,及至日落了才可以入营。When evening approaches, he must wash with water, and when the sun sets he may return to the camp.
12“你在营外也该定出一个地方作为便所。You must have a place outside the camp to go and relieve yourself.
13在你器械之中当预备一把锹,你出营外以后,用以铲土,转身掩盖。And you must have a digging tool in your equipment so that when you relieve yourself you can dig a hole and cover up your excrement.
14因为耶和华—你的 神常在你营中行走,要救护你,将仇敌交给你,所以你的营理当圣洁,免得他见你那里有污秽,就离开你。”For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.
不可交出逃来的奴仆
15“若有奴仆脱了主人的手,逃到你那里,你不可将他交付他的主人。Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you.
16他必在你那里与你同住,在你的城邑中,要由他选择一个所喜悦的地方居住;你不可欺负他。Let him live among you wherever he chooses, in the town of his pleasing. Do not oppress him.
不可有妓女和娈童
17“以色列的女子中不可有妓女;以色列的男子中不可有。No daughter or son of Israel is to be a shrine prostitute.
18娼妓所得的钱,或娈童(原文是狗)所得的价,你不可带入耶和华—你 神的殿还愿,因为这两样都是耶和华—你 神所憎恶的。You must not bring the wages of a prostitute, whether female or male, into the house of the LORD your God to fulfill any vow, because both are detestable to the LORD your God.
不可向弟兄取利;许愿要还
19“你借给你弟兄的,或是钱财或是粮食,无论什么可生利的物,都不可。Do not charge your brother interest on money, food, or any other type of loan.
20借给外邦人可以取利,只是借给你弟兄不可取利。这样,耶和华—你 神必在你所去得为业的地上和你手里所办的一切事上赐福与你。You may charge a foreigner interest, but not your brother, so that the LORD your God may bless you in everything to which you put your hand in the land that you are entering to possess.
21“你向耶和华—你的 神许愿,偿还不可迟延;因为耶和华—你的 神必定向你追讨,你不偿还就有罪。If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin.
22你若不许愿,倒无罪。But if you refrain from making a vow, you will not be guilty of sin.
23你嘴里所出的,就是你口中应许甘心所献的,要照你向耶和华—你 神所许的愿谨守遵行。Be careful to follow through on what comes from your lips, because you have freely vowed to the LORD your God with your own mouth.
可以摘邻舍的葡萄和穗子
24“你进了邻舍的葡萄园,可以随意吃饱了葡萄,只是不可装在器皿中。When you enter your neighbor’s vineyard, you may eat your fill of grapes, but you must not put any in your basket.
25你进了邻舍站着的禾稼,可以用手摘穗子,只是不可用镰刀割取禾稼。”When you enter your neighbor’s grainfield, you may pluck the heads of grain with your hand, but you must not put a sickle to your neighbor’s grain.
申命记 第 24 章
休妻的规定
1“人若娶妻以后,见她有什么不合理的事,不喜悦她,就可以写交在她手中,打发她离开夫家。If a man marries a woman, but she becomes displeasing to him because he finds some indecency in her, he may write her a certificate of divorce, hand it to her, and send her away from his house.
2妇人离开夫家以后,可以去嫁别人。If, after leaving his house, she goes and becomes another man’s wife,
3后夫若恨恶她,写休书交在她手中,打发她离开夫家,或是娶她为妻的后夫死了,and the second man hates her, writes her a certificate of divorce, hands it to her, and sends her away from his house, or if he dies,
4打发她去的前夫不可在妇人玷污之后再娶她为妻,因为这是耶和华所憎恶的;不可使耶和华—你 神所赐为业之地被玷污了。”then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
新婚的人可在家一年
5“新娶妻之人不可从军出征,也不可托他办理什么公事,可以在家一年,使他所娶的妻快活。If a man is newly married, he must not be sent to war or be pressed into any duty. For one year he is free to stay at home and bring joy to the wife he has married.
6“不可拿人的或是上磨石作,因为这是拿人的命作当头。Do not take a pair of millstones or even an upper millstone as security for a debt, because that would be taking one’s livelihood as security.
7“若遇见人以色列中的一个弟兄,当奴才待他,或是卖了他,那拐带人的就必治死。这样,便将那恶从你们中间除掉。If a man is caught kidnapping one of his Israelite brothers, whether he treats him as a slave or sells him, the kidnapper must die. So you must purge the evil from among you.
8“在大麻风的灾病上,你们要谨慎,照祭司利未人一切所指教你们的留意遵行。我怎样吩咐他们,你们要怎样遵行。In cases of infectious skin diseases, be careful to diligently follow everything the Levitical priests instruct you. Be careful to do as I have commanded them.
9当记念出埃及后,在路上,耶和华—你 神向所行的事。Remember what the LORD your God did to Miriam on the journey after you came out of Egypt.
善待借贷的穷人
10“你借给邻舍,不拘是什么,不可进他家拿他的当头。When you lend anything to your neighbor, do not enter his house to collect security.
11要站在外面,等那向你借贷的人把当头拿出来交给你。You are to stand outside while the man to whom you are lending brings the security out to you.
12他若是穷人,你不可留他的当头过夜。If he is a poor man, you must not go to sleep with the security in your possession;
13日落的时候,总要把当头还他,使他用那件衣服盖着睡觉,他就为你祝福;这在耶和华—你 神面前就是你的义了。be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.
当日要付雇工的工价
14“困苦穷乏的雇工,无论是你的弟兄或是在你城里寄居的,你不可欺负他。Do not oppress a hired hand who is poor and needy, whether he is a brother or a foreigner residing in one of your towns.
15要当日给他工价,不可等到日落—因为他穷苦,—恐怕他因你求告耶和华,罪便归你了。You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of sin.
各人为自己的罪;不可屈枉弱者
16“不可因子杀父,也不可因父杀子;凡被杀的都为本身的罪。Fathers shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their fathers; each is to die for his own sin.
17“你不可向寄居的和孤儿屈枉正直,也不可拿寡妇的衣裳作当头。Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
18要记念你在埃及作过奴仆。耶和华—你的 神从那里将你救赎,所以我吩咐你这样行。Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
留下遗漏的给穷人
19“你在田间收割庄稼,若忘下一捆,不可回去再取,要留给寄居的与孤儿寡妇。这样,耶和华—你 神必在你手里所办的一切事上赐福与你。If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
20你打橄榄树,枝上剩下的,不可再打;要留给寄居的与孤儿寡妇。When you beat the olives from your trees, you must not go over the branches again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.
21你摘葡萄园的葡萄,所剩下的,不可再摘;要留给寄居的与孤儿寡妇。When you gather the grapes of your vineyard, you must not go over the vines again. What remains will be for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow.
22你也要记念你在埃及地作过奴仆,所以我吩咐你这样行。Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.
摘要
申命记二十二至二十四章涵盖以色列社群生活的多方面律例:包括归还失物、维护安全、婚姻贞洁的保障与惩处、会众资格的规定、营地洁净的要求,以及对借贷取利、许愿还愿、保护弱势群体(寄居者、孤儿、寡妇、穷苦雇工)的详细规范。这些律法的核心精神是建立一个圣洁、公义、彼此关怀的群体,反复提醒以色列人记念自己曾在埃及为奴的经历,以此作为善待弱者的动机。神透过这些具体的生活规范,教导祂的子民在日常中活出爱邻舍、尊重生命、维护公义的信仰。
反思问题
- 这些律法反复强调“不可佯为不见”和主动帮助邻舍,在你的日常生活中,有哪些需要你不再视而不见、而是主动伸出援手的处境?
- 神多次提醒以色列人“记念你在埃及作过奴仆”作为善待弱者的理由。你过去经历的困难或软弱,如何成为你今天怜悯他人的动力?
- 经文中对寄居者、孤儿、寡妇的保护(如留下遗穗、当日发工价、不可屈枉正直)体现了神怎样的心意?你可以如何在职场或社区中实践对弱势者的关怀?
新约路加福音 4:1–13
前情提要
上回说到
昨天():耶稣开始传道时约三十岁。路加列出祂的家谱,从约瑟往上,经过大卫、亚伯拉罕、挪亚,一直追溯到亚当,显明耶稣不只属于以色列,也与全人类相连。
今天你会读到
耶稣被圣灵充满,在旷野四十天受魔鬼试探:魔鬼要祂把石头变成食物、拜魔鬼以得天下万国的权柄、从殿顶跳下去证明神会保护祂;耶稣三次都引用经文回答。魔鬼用完了各样的试探,就暂时离开祂。
阅读小提示
耶稣回答魔鬼的三句经文,都出自我们这几天正在读的申命记(、、);祂用神的话,而不是用神迹,胜过试探。
点时代可看说明
依传统推算,耶稣受试探约在主后 28–30 年间,就在祂受洗之后、开始公开传道之前。
路加福音 第 4 章
圣灵引耶稣到旷野
1耶稣被圣灵充满,从约旦河回来,圣灵将他引到旷野,Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
2四十天受魔鬼的试探。那些日子没有吃什么;日子满了,他就饿了。where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.
石头变成食物
3对他说:“你若是 神的儿子,可以吩咐这块石头变成食物。”The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”
4耶稣回答说:“:‘人活着不是单靠食物,乃是靠 神口里所出的一切话。’”But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”
天下万国的权柄
5魔鬼又领他上了高山,把天下的万国都指给他看,Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.
6对他说:“这一切权柄、,我都要给你,因为这原是交付我的,我愿意给谁就给谁。“I will give You authority over all these kingdoms and all their glory,” he said. “For it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish.
7你若在我面前下拜,这都要归你。”So if You worship me, it will all be Yours.”
8耶稣说:“经上记着说:主—你的 神,单要事奉他。”But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
从殿顶跳下去
9魔鬼又领他到耶路撒冷去,叫他站在(顶:原文是翅)上,对他说:“你若是 神的儿子,可以从这里跳下去;Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here.
10因为经上记着说:主要为你吩咐他的保护你;For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You to guard You carefully,
11他们要用手托着你,免得你的脚碰在石头上。”and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
12耶稣对他说:“经上说:‘不可主—你的 神。’”But Jesus answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
魔鬼暂时离开
13魔鬼用完了各样的试探,就离开耶稣。When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.
摘要
耶稣受洗后被圣灵引到旷野,经历四十天禁食,随后面对魔鬼三次试探:将石头变食物(肉体需要的试探)、下拜换取万国权柄(权力与捷径的试探)、从殿顶跳下试验神(妄用信心的试探)。耶稣每次都以圣经的话语回应并胜过试探,坚守对父神的忠诚与顺服。魔鬼用完各样试探后暂时离开,显示试探虽会再来,但靠着神的话语和圣灵的能力,信徒能站立得稳。
反思问题
- 耶稣在极度饥饿和软弱中仍以神的话语抵挡试探,当你面对生活压力或欲望的诱惑时,你通常依靠什么来做出正确的选择?
- 魔鬼提供的是“捷径”——不必受苦就能得到满足、权柄和认可。在你的信仰和生活中,有哪些看似合理的“捷径”其实是偏离神心意的?
- 经文说魔鬼“暂时”离开耶稣,提醒我们试探会反复出现。你如何在日常中建立属灵的纪律(如读经、祷告),使自己在试探来临时有足够的预备?