旧约撒母耳记上 2:27–3:21
前情提要
上回说到
昨天():不能生育的哈拿在示罗流泪祷告,神赐她撒母耳,她把孩子交给祭司以利,并唱出赞美的祷告。以利的两个儿子何弗尼、非尼哈却藐视祭物、行淫乱,以利劝阻无效;孩子撒母耳却渐渐长大,蒙神和人喜爱。
今天你会读到
一位神人来见以利,宣告因他尊重儿子过于尊重神,以利家要衰败,两个儿子必在一日同死,神要另立忠心的祭司。接着,在耶和华的言语稀少的时代,神在夜里三次呼唤童子撒母耳,把对以利家的审判告诉他;从此全以色列都知道撒母耳是先知。
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留意 –30:以利“尊重你的儿子过于尊重我”,神说“尊重我的,我必重看他”。原文这组字同时有沉重和尊重的意思; 以利死时,作者也特别写他“身体沉重”。
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“忠心的祭司”一般认为后来应验在所罗门时代取代以利后裔的祭司撒督(、),也有人认为还指向更远的应验。
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撒母耳记上 第 2 章
神人责备以利家
27有来见以利,对他说:“耶和华如此说:‘你祖父在埃及法老家作奴仆的时候,我不是向他们显现吗?Then a man of God came to Eli and told him, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Did I not clearly reveal Myself to your father’s house when they were in Egypt under Pharaoh’s house?
28在以色列众支派中,我不是拣选人作我的祭司,使他,在我坛上献祭,在我面前穿以弗得,又将以色列人所献的都赐给你父家吗?And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the food offerings of the Israelites.
29我所吩咐献在我居所的祭物,你们为何?尊重你的儿子过于尊重我,将我民以色列所献美好的祭物呢?’Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’
尊重我的,我必重看他
30因此,耶和华—以色列的 神说:‘我曾说,你和你父家必永远行在我面前;现在我却说,决不容你们这样行。因为尊重我的,我必他;藐视我的,他必被轻视。Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
31日子必到,我要折断你的膀臂和你父家的膀臂,使你家中没有一个老年人。Behold, the days are coming when I will cut off your strength and the strength of your father’s house, so that no one in it will reach old age.
32在 神使以色列人享福的时候,你必看见我居所的败落。在你家中必永远没有一个老年人。You will see distress in My dwelling place. Despite all that is good in Israel, no one in your house will ever again reach old age.
33我必不从我坛前灭尽你家中的人;那未灭的必使你眼目、心中忧伤。你家中所生的人都必死在中年。And every one of you that I do not cut off from My altar, I will cause your eyes to fail and your heart to grieve. All your descendants will die by the sword of men.
34你的两个儿子何弗尼、非尼哈所遭遇的事可作你的证据:他们二人必一日同死。And this sign shall come to you concerning your two sons Hophni and Phinehas: They will both die on the same day.
神要立忠心的祭司
35我要为自己立一个忠心的祭司;他必照我的心意而行。我要为他建立坚固的家;他必永远行在我的受膏者面前。Then I will raise up for Myself a faithful priest. He will do whatever is in My heart and mind. And I will build for him an enduring house, and he will walk before My anointed one for all time.
36你家所剩下的人都必来叩拜他,,求个饼,说:求你赐我祭司的职分,好叫我得点饼吃。’”And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”
撒母耳记上 第 3 章
耶和华的言语稀少
1童子撒母耳在以利面前事奉耶和华。当那些日子,耶和华的言语,不常有。And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli. Now in those days the word of the LORD was rare, and visions were scarce.
2一日,以利睡卧在自己的地方;他眼目昏花,看不分明。And at that time Eli, whose eyesight had grown so dim that he could not see, was lying in his room.
3在 神耶和华殿内约柜那里,还没有熄灭,撒母耳已经睡了。Before the lamp of God had gone out, Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was located.
神三次呼唤撒母耳
4耶和华呼唤撒母耳。撒母耳说:“我在这里!”Then the LORD called to Samuel, and he answered, “Here I am.”
5就跑到以利那里,说:“你呼唤我?我在这里。”以利回答说:“我没有呼唤你,你去睡吧。”他就去睡了。He ran to Eli and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.” So he went and lay down.
6耶和华又呼唤撒母耳。撒母耳起来,到以利那里,说:“你呼唤我?我在这里。”以利回答说:“我的儿,我没有呼唤你,你去睡吧。”Once again the LORD called, “Samuel!” So Samuel got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” “My son, I did not call,” Eli replied. “Go back and lie down.”
7那时撒母耳还未认识耶和华,也未得耶和华的默示。Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, because the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him.
8耶和华第三次呼唤撒母耳。撒母耳起来,到以利那里,说:“你又呼唤我?我在这里。”以利才明白是耶和华呼唤童子。Once again, for the third time, the LORD called to Samuel. He got up, went to Eli, and said, “Here I am, for you have called me.” Then Eli realized that it was the LORD who was calling the boy.
9因此以利对撒母耳说:“你仍去睡吧;若再呼唤你,你就说:‘耶和华啊,请说,仆人敬听!’”撒母耳就去,仍睡在原处。“Go and lie down,” he said to Samuel, “and if He calls you, say, ‘Speak, LORD, for Your servant is listening.’” So Samuel went and lay down in his place.
请说,仆人敬听
10耶和华又来站着,像前三次呼唤说:“撒母耳啊!撒母耳啊!”撒母耳回答说:“请说,仆人敬听!”Then the LORD came and stood there, calling as before, “Samuel! Samuel!” And Samuel answered, “Speak, for Your servant is listening.”
11耶和华对撒母耳说:“我在以色列中必行一件事,叫听见的人都必。Then the LORD said to Samuel, “I am about to do something in Israel at which the ears of all who hear it will tingle.
12我指着以利家所说的话,到了时候,我必始终应验在以利身上。On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his house, from beginning to end.
13我曾告诉他必永远降罚与他的家,因他知道儿子作孽,,却不禁止他们。I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.
14所以我向以利家起誓说:‘以利家的罪孽,,永不能得赎去。’”Therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli, ‘The iniquity of Eli’s house shall never be atoned for by sacrifice or offering.’”
撒母耳把默示告诉以利
15撒母耳睡到天亮,就开了耶和华的殿门,不敢将默示告诉以利。Samuel lay down until the morning; then he opened the doors of the house of the LORD. He was afraid to tell Eli the vision,
16以利呼唤撒母耳说:“我儿撒母耳啊!”撒母耳回答说:“我在这里!”but Eli called to him and said, “Samuel, my son.” “Here I am,” answered Samuel.
17以利说:“耶和华对你说什么,你不要向我隐瞒;你若将 神对你所说的隐瞒一句,愿他重重地降罚与你。”“What was the message He gave you?” Eli asked. “Do not hide it from me. May God punish you, and ever so severely, if you hide from me anything He said to you.”
18撒母耳就把一切话都告诉了以利,并没有隐瞒。以利说:“这是出于耶和华,愿他凭自己的意旨而行。”So Samuel told him everything and did not hide a thing from him. “He is the LORD,” replied Eli. “Let Him do what is good in His eyes.”
撒母耳被立为先知
19撒母耳长大了,耶和华与他同在,使他所说的话一句都不。And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and He let none of Samuel’s words fall to the ground.
20从但到别是巴所有的以色列人都知道耶和华立撒母耳为先知。So all Israel from Dan to Beersheba knew that Samuel was confirmed as a prophet of the LORD.
21耶和华又在示罗显现;因为耶和华将自己的话默示撒母耳,撒母耳就把这话传遍以色列地。And the LORD continued to appear at Shiloh, because there He revealed Himself to Samuel by His word.
摘要
哈拿以感恩祷告颂赞神翻转人命运的大能,撒母耳在圣殿中渐渐长大;以利的两个儿子却藐视祭物、行为败坏,神人宣告以利家因纵容罪恶将受审判。神在言语稀少的时代呼唤年幼的撒母耳,向他启示对以利家的审判,撒母耳忠实传达信息,从此被全以色列确认为耶和华的先知。
反思问题
- 哈拿的祷告提醒我们神能翻转人的处境——你生命中是否有看似无望、却需要信靠神掌权的领域?
- 以利知道儿子犯罪却未严加制止,最终全家受罚。在你的责任范围内,是否有需要勇敢面对而非姑息的问题?
- 撒母耳在神的话语稀少的时代学会聆听神的声音。你目前用什么方式操练安静聆听神的引导?有哪些障碍需要排除?
新约路加福音 17:11–37
前情提要
上回说到
昨天():耶稣讲财主和拉撒路的故事,说不听摩西和先知的人,“就是有一个从死里复活的”也不会听劝;又教导门徒不可绊倒人、要饶恕弟兄,信心要像芥菜种,做完本分只当说“我们是无用的仆人”。
今天你会读到
耶稣往耶路撒冷去,医好十个长大痲疯的人,只有一个撒马利亚人回来感谢。法利赛人问神的国几时来到,耶稣说神的国不是眼所能见的;接着对门徒讲人子显现的日子:要像闪电一样突然,人们却像挪亚和罗得的时代一样照常吃喝嫁娶,所以要回想罗得的妻子。
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留意 –18:十个人都得了洁净,只有一个回来归荣耀给神,而他是被犹太人看不起的撒马利亚人。耶稣对他说:“你的信救了你了。”
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谈到人子的日子,各传统对其中细节(例如“取去一个,撇下一个”)的解释不同,这里只介绍经文本身。
路加福音 第 17 章
十个长大痲疯的
11耶稣往耶路撒冷去,经过和加利利。While Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee.
12进入一个村子,有十个的,迎面而来,远远地站着,As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance
13高声说:“耶稣,,可怜我们吧!”and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
14耶稣看见,就对他们说:“你们去把身体。”他们去的时候就洁净了。When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed.
回来感谢的撒马利亚人
15内中有一个见自己已经好了,就回来大声归荣耀与 神,When one of them saw that he was healed, he came back, praising God in a loud voice.
16又俯伏在耶稣脚前感谢他;这人是撒马利亚人。He fell facedown at Jesus’ feet in thanksgiving to Him—and he was a Samaritan.
17耶稣说:“洁净了的不是十个人吗?那九个在哪里呢?“Were not all ten cleansed?” Jesus asked. “Where then are the other nine?
18除了这,再没有别人回来归荣耀与 神吗?”Was no one found except this foreigner to return and give glory to God?”
19就对那人说:“起来,走吧!你的信救了你了。”Then Jesus said to him, “Rise and go; your faith has made you well!”
神的国几时来到
20法利赛人问:“ 神的国几时来到?”耶稣回答说:“ 神的国来到不是。When asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God will not come with observable signs.
21人也不得说:‘看哪,在这里!看哪,在那里!’因为 神的国就在你们(心里:或译中间)。”Nor will people say, ‘Look, here it is,’ or ‘There it is.’ For you see, the kingdom of God is in your midst.”
人子的日子
22他又对门徒说:“日子将到,你们看见人子的一个日子,却不得看见。Then He said to the disciples, “The time is coming when you will long to see one of the days of the Son of Man, but you will not see it.
23人将要对你们说:‘看哪,在那里!看哪,在这里!’你们不要出去,也不要跟随他们!People will tell you, ‘Look, there He is!’ or ‘Look, here He is!’ Do not go out or chase after them.
24因为人子在他降临的日子,好像闪电从天这边一闪直照到天那边。For just as the lightning flashes and lights up the sky from one end to the other, so will be the Son of Man in His day.
25只是他必须先受许多苦,又被这世代。But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.
像挪亚和罗得的日子
26挪亚的日子怎样,人子的日子也要怎样。Just as it was in the days of Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man:
27那时候的人又吃又喝,又娶又嫁,到挪亚进方舟的那日,洪水就来,把他们全都灭了。People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
28又好像的日子;人又吃又喝,又买又卖,又耕种又盖造。It was the same in the days of Lot: People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building.
29到罗得出所多玛的那日,就有火与硫磺从天上降下来,把他们全都灭了。But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
30人子显现的日子也要这样。It will be just like that on the day the Son of Man is revealed.
当那日不要回头
31当那日,人在房上,在屋里,不要下来拿;人在田里,也不要回家。On that day, let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve his possessions. Likewise, let no one in the field return for anything he has left behind.
32你们要回想。Remember Lot’s wife!
33凡想要保全生命的,必丧掉生命;凡丧掉生命的,必救活生命。Whoever tries to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life will preserve it.
取去一个,撇下一个
34我对你们说,当那一夜,两个人在一个床上,要取去一个,撇下一个。I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: one will be taken and the other left.
35两个女人一同,要取去一个,撇下一个。(有古卷加:Two women will be grinding grain together: one will be taken and the other left.”
36两个人在田里,要取去一个,撇下一个。)”(BSB 英译本没有这一节)
37门徒说:“主啊,在哪里有这事呢?”耶稣说:“尸首在哪里,也必聚在那里。”“Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”
摘要
耶稣医治十个痲疯病人,却只有一个撒玛利亚人回来感恩归荣耀与神,耶稣借此教导感恩与信心的重要。随后耶稣教导神国不是外在可见的征兆,而是已在人心中运作;并以挪亚和罗得的日子为例,警告人子再来时将如闪电般突然,人应当时刻儆醒,不要贪恋世上事物。
反思问题
- 十个人得医治,只有一人回来感谢。回顾近期生活,你是否有领受了恩典却忘记向神感恩的时刻?
- 耶稣说神的国就在你们心里——你如何在日常生活中活出神国的实际,而非只等待未来的应许?
- 挪亚和罗得时代的人沉浸于日常生活而忽略神的警告。你目前的生活优先次序中,有什么可能使你对属灵的事变得麻木?