今日读经

百姓要求立王

¹撒母耳年纪老迈，就立他儿子作以色列的士师。When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.

²长子名叫约珥，次子名叫亚比亚；他们在别是巴作士师。The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.

³他儿子不行他的道，贪图财利，收受贿赂，屈枉正直。But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.

⁴以色列的长老都聚集，来到拉玛见撒母耳，So all the elders of Israel gathered together and came to Samuel at Ramah.

⁵对他说：“你年纪老迈了，你儿子不行你的道。现在求你为我们立一个王治理我们，像列国一样。”“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”

⁶撒母耳不喜悦他们说“立一个王治理我们”，他就祷告耶和华。But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.

⁷耶和华对撒母耳说：“百姓向你说的一切话，你只管依从；因为他们不是厌弃你，乃是厌弃我，不要我作他们的王。And the LORD said to Samuel, “Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For it is not you they have rejected, but they have rejected Me as their king.

⁸自从我领他们出埃及到如今，他们常常离弃我，事奉别神。现在他们向你所行的，是照他们素来所行的。Just as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.

⁹故此你要依从他们的话，只是当警戒他们，告诉他们将来那王怎样管辖他们。”Now listen to their voice; but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.”

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撒母耳警告王会怎样管辖

¹⁰撒母耳将耶和华的话都传给求他立王的百姓，说：So Samuel spoke all the words of the LORD to the people who were asking him for a king.

¹¹“管辖你们的王必这样行：他必派你们的儿子为他赶车、跟马，奔走在车前；He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to serve his own chariots and horses, and to run in front of his chariots.

¹²又派他们作千夫长、五十夫长，为他耕种田地，收割庄稼，打造军器和车上的器械；He will appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of fifties, and others to plow his ground, to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.

¹³必取你们的女儿为他制造香膏，做饭烤饼；And he will take your daughters to be perfumers, cooks, and bakers.

¹⁴也必取你们最好的田地、葡萄园、橄榄园赐给他的臣仆。He will take the best of your fields and vineyards and olive groves and give them to his servants.

¹⁵你们的粮食和葡萄园所出的，他必取十分之一给他的太监和臣仆；He will take a tenth of your grain and grape harvest and give it to his officials and servants.

¹⁶又必取你们的仆人婢女，健壮的少年人和你们的驴，供他的差役。And he will take your menservants and maidservants and your best cattle and donkeys and put them to his own use.

¹⁷你们的羊群他必取十分之一，你们也必作他的仆人。He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.

¹⁸那时你们必因所选的王哀求耶和华，耶和华却不应允你们。”When that day comes, you will beg for relief from the king you have chosen, but the LORD will not answer you on that day.”

百姓坚持要一个王

¹⁹百姓竟不肯听撒母耳的话，说：“不然！我们定要一个王治理我们，Nevertheless, the people refused to listen to Samuel. “No!” they said. “We must have a king over us.

²⁰使我们像列国一样，有王治理我们，统领我们，为我们争战。”Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.”

²¹撒母耳听见百姓这一切话，就将这话陈明在耶和华面前。Samuel listened to all the words of the people and repeated them in the hearing of the LORD.

²²耶和华对撒母耳说：“你只管依从他们的话，为他们立王。”撒母耳对以色列人说：“你们各归各城去吧！”“Listen to their voice,” the LORD said to Samuel. “Appoint a king for them.” Then Samuel told the men of Israel, “Everyone must go back to his city.”

扫罗出去找驴

¹有一个便雅悯人，名叫基士，是便雅悯人亚斐亚的玄孙，比歌拉的曾孙，洗罗的孙子，亚别的儿子，是个大能的勇士（或译：大财主）。Now there was a Benjamite, a powerful man, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin.

²他有一个儿子，名叫扫罗，又健壮、又俊美，在以色列人中没有一个能比他的；身体比众民高过一头。And he had a son named Saul, choice and handsome, without equal among the Israelites—a head taller than any of the people.

³扫罗的父亲基士丢了几头驴，他就吩咐儿子扫罗说：“你带一个仆人去寻找驴。”One day the donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys.”

⁴扫罗就走过以法莲山地，又过沙利沙地，都没有找着；又过沙琳地，驴也不在那里；又过便雅悯地，还没有找着。So Saul passed through the hill country of Ephraim and then through the land of Shalishah, but they did not find the donkeys. He and the servant went through the region of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then they went through the land of Benjamin, and still they did not find them.

⁵到了苏弗地，扫罗对跟随他的仆人说：“我们不如回去，恐怕我父亲不为驴挂心，反为我们担忧。”When they reached the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant, “Come, let us go back, or my father will stop worrying about the donkeys and start worrying about us.”

⁶仆人说：“这城里有一位神人，是众人所尊重的，凡他所说的全都应验。我们不如往他那里去，或者他能将我们当走的路指示我们。”“Look,” said the servant, “in this city there is a man of God who is highly respected; everything he says surely comes to pass. Let us go there now. Perhaps he will tell us which way to go.”

⁷扫罗对仆人说：“我们若去，有什么可以送那人呢？我们囊中的食物都吃尽了，也没有礼物可以送那神人，我们还有什么没有？”“If we do go,” Saul replied, “what can we give the man? For the bread in our packs is gone, and there is no gift to take to the man of God. What do we have?”

⁸仆人回答扫罗说：“我手里有银子一舍客勒的四分之一，可以送那神人，请他指示我们当走的路。”The servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have here in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.”

⁹（从前以色列中，若有人去问　神，就说：“我们问先见去吧！”现在称为“先知”的，从前称为“先见”。）(Formerly in Israel, a man on his way to inquire of God would say, “Come, let us go to the seer.” For the prophet of today was formerly called the seer.)

¹⁰扫罗对仆人说：“你说的是，我们可以去。”于是他们往神人所住的城里去了。“Good,” said Saul to his servant. “Come, let us go.” So they set out for the city where the man of God was.

¹¹他们上坡要进城，就遇见几个少年女子出来打水，问她们说：“先见在这里没有？”And as they were climbing the hill to the city, they met some young women coming out to draw water and asked, “Is the seer here?”

¹²女子回答说：“在这里，他在你们前面。快去吧！他今日正到城里，因为今日百姓要在邱坛献祭。“Yes, he is ahead of you,” they answered. “Hurry now, for today he has come to the city because the people have a sacrifice on the high place.

¹³在他还没有上邱坛吃祭物之先，你们一进城必遇见他；因他未到，百姓不能吃，必等他先祝祭，然后请的客才吃。现在你们上去，这时候必遇见他。”As soon as you enter the city, you will find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. The people will not eat until he comes, because he must bless the sacrifice; after that, the guests will eat. Go up at once; you will find him.”

¹⁴二人就上去；将进城的时候，撒母耳正迎着他们来，要上邱坛去。So Saul and his servant went up toward the city, and as they were entering it, there was Samuel coming toward them on his way up to the high place.

神预先指示撒母耳

¹⁵扫罗未到的前一日，耶和华已经指示撒母耳说：Now on the day before Saul’s arrival, the LORD had revealed to Samuel,

¹⁶“明日这时候，我必使一个人从便雅悯地到你这里来，你要膏他作我民以色列的君。他必救我民脱离非利士人的手；因我民的哀声上达于我，我就眷顾他们。”“At this time tomorrow I will send you a man from the land of Benjamin, and you are to anoint him ruler over My people Israel; he will save them from the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked upon My people, because their cry has come to Me.”

¹⁷撒母耳看见扫罗的时候，耶和华对他说：“看哪，这人就是我对你所说的，他必治理我的民。”When Samuel saw Saul, the LORD told him, “Here is the man of whom I spoke; he shall rule over My people.”

¹⁸扫罗在城门里走到撒母耳跟前，说：“请告诉我，先见的寓所在哪里？”Saul approached Samuel in the gateway and asked, “Would you please tell me where the seer’s house is?”

¹⁹撒母耳回答说：“我就是先见。你在我前面上邱坛去，因为你们今日必与我同席；明日早晨我送你去，将你心里的事都告诉你。“I am the seer,” Samuel replied. “Go up before me to the high place, for you shall eat with me today. And when I send you off in the morning, I will tell you all that is in your heart.

²⁰至于你前三日所丢的那几头驴，你心里不必挂念，已经找着了。以色列众人所仰慕的是谁呢？不是仰慕你和你父的全家吗？”As for the donkeys you lost three days ago, do not worry about them, for they have been found. And upon whom is all the desire of Israel, if not upon you and all your father’s house?”

²¹扫罗说：“我不是以色列支派中至小的便雅悯人吗？我家不是便雅悯支派中至小的家吗？你为何对我说这样的话呢？”Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?”

撒母耳款待扫罗

²²撒母耳领扫罗和他仆人进了客堂，使他们在请来的客中坐首位；客约有三十个人。Then Samuel took Saul and his servant, brought them into the hall, and seated them in the place of honor among those who were invited—about thirty in all.

²³撒母耳对厨役说：“我交给你收存的那一分祭肉现在可以拿来。”And Samuel said to the cook, “Bring the portion I gave you and told you to set aside.”

²⁴厨役就把收存的腿拿来，摆在扫罗面前，撒母耳说：“这是所留下的，放在你面前。吃吧！因我请百姓的时候，特意为你存留这肉到此时。”当日，扫罗就与撒母耳同席。So the cook picked up the leg and what was attached to it and set it before Saul. Then Samuel said, “Here is what was kept back. It was set apart for you. Eat, for it has been kept for you for this occasion, from the time I said, ‘I have invited the people.’” So Saul dined with Samuel that day.

²⁵众人从邱坛下来进城，撒母耳和扫罗在房顶上说话。And after they had come down from the high place into the city, Samuel spoke with Saul on the roof of his house.

²⁶次日清早起来，黎明的时候，扫罗在房顶上。撒母耳呼叫他说：“起来吧，我好送你回去。”扫罗就起来，和撒母耳一同出去。They got up early in the morning, and just before dawn Samuel called to Saul on the roof, “Get ready, and I will send you on your way!” So Saul got ready, and both he and Samuel went outside together.

²⁷二人下到城角，撒母耳对扫罗说：“要吩咐仆人先走（仆人就先走了）；你且站在这里，等我将　神的话传与你听。”As they were going down to the edge of the city, Samuel said to Saul, “Tell the servant to go on ahead of us, but you stay for a while, and I will reveal to you the word of God.” So the servant went on.

撒母耳膏扫罗

¹撒母耳拿瓶膏油倒在扫罗的头上，与他亲嘴，说：“这不是耶和华膏你作他产业的君吗？Then Samuel took a flask of oil, poured it on Saul’s head, kissed him, and said, “Has not the LORD anointed you ruler over His inheritance?

²你今日与我离别之后，在便雅悯境内的泄撒，靠近拉结的坟墓，要遇见两个人。他们必对你说：‘你去找的那几头驴已经找着了。现在你父亲不为驴挂心，反为你担忧，说：我为儿子怎么才好呢？’When you leave me today, you will find two men at Rachel’s tomb in Zelzah on the border of Benjamin. They will say to you, ‘The donkeys you seek have been found, and now your father has stopped worrying about the donkeys and started worrying about you, asking, “What should I do about my son?”’

³你从那里往前行，到了他泊的橡树那里，必遇见三个往伯特利去拜　神的人：一个带着三只山羊羔，一个带着三个饼，一个带着一皮袋酒。Then you will go on from there until you come to the Oak of Tabor. Three men going up to God at Bethel will meet you there, one carrying three young goats, another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.

⁴他们必问你安，给你两个饼，你就从他们手中接过来。They will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from their hands.

⁵此后你到　神的山，在那里有非利士人的防兵。你到了城的时候，必遇见一班先知从邱坛下来，前面有鼓瑟的、击鼓的、吹笛的、弹琴的，他们都受感说话。After that you will come to Gibeah of God, where the Philistines have an outpost. As you approach the city, you will meet a group of prophets coming down from the high place, preceded by harps, tambourines, flutes, and lyres, and they will be prophesying.

⁶耶和华的灵必大大感动你，你就与他们一同受感说话；你要变为新人。Then the Spirit of the LORD will rush upon you, and you will prophesy with them; and you will be transformed into a different person.

⁷这兆头临到你，你就可以趁时而做，因为　神与你同在。When these signs have come, do as the occasion demands, for God is with you.

⁸你当在我以先下到吉甲，我也必下到那里献燔祭和平安祭。你要等候七日，等我到了那里，指示你当行的事。”And you shall go before me to Gilgal, and surely I will come to you to offer burnt offerings and to sacrifice peace offerings. Wait seven days until I come to you and show you what you are to do.”

兆头应验，扫罗受感说话

⁹扫罗转身离别撒母耳，　神就赐他一个新心。当日这一切兆头都应验了。As Saul turned to leave Samuel, God changed Saul’s heart, and all the signs came to pass that day.

¹⁰扫罗到了那山，有一班先知遇见他，　神的灵大大感动他，他就在先知中受感说话。When Saul and his servant arrived at Gibeah, a group of prophets met him. Then the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he prophesied along with them.

¹¹素来认识扫罗的，看见他和先知一同受感说话，就彼此说：“基士的儿子遇见什么了？扫罗也列在先知中吗？”When all those who had formerly known Saul saw him prophesying with the prophets, they asked one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”

¹²那地方有一个人说：“这些人的父亲是谁呢？”此后有句俗语说：“扫罗也列在先知中吗？”Then a man who lived there replied, “And who is their father?” So the saying became a proverb: “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

¹³扫罗受感说话已毕，就上邱坛去了。And when Saul had finished prophesying, he went up to the high place.

¹⁴扫罗的叔叔问扫罗和他仆人说：“你们往哪里去了？”回答说：“找驴去了。我们见没有驴，就到了撒母耳那里。”Now Saul’s uncle asked him and his servant, “Where did you go?” “To look for the donkeys,” Saul replied. “When we saw they were not to be found, we went to Samuel.”

¹⁵扫罗的叔叔说：“请将撒母耳向你们所说的话告诉我。”“Tell me,” Saul’s uncle asked, “what did Samuel say to you?”

¹⁶扫罗对他叔叔说：“他明明地告诉我们驴已经找着了。”至于撒母耳所说的国事，扫罗却没有告诉叔叔。And Saul replied, “He assured us that the donkeys had been found.” But Saul did not tell his uncle what Samuel had said about the kingship.

在米斯巴掣签立王

¹⁷撒母耳将百姓招聚到米斯巴耶和华那里，After this, Samuel summoned the people to the LORD at Mizpah

¹⁸对他们说：“耶和华—以色列的　神如此说：‘我领你们以色列人出埃及，救你们脱离埃及人的手，又救你们脱离欺压你们各国之人的手。’and said to the Israelites, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I brought Israel up out of Egypt, and I rescued you from the hands of the Egyptians and of all the kingdoms that oppressed you.’

¹⁹你们今日却厌弃了救你们脱离一切灾难的　神，说：‘求你立一个王治理我们。’现在你们应当按着支派、宗族都站在耶和华面前。”But today you have rejected your God, who saves you from all your troubles and afflictions, and you have said to Him, ‘No, set a king over us.’ Now therefore present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and clans.”

²⁰于是，撒母耳使以色列众支派近前来掣签，就掣出便雅悯支派来；Thus Samuel had all the tribes of Israel come forward, and the tribe of Benjamin was selected.

²¹又使便雅悯支派按着宗族近前来，就掣出玛特利族，从其中又掣出基士的儿子扫罗。众人寻找他却寻不着，Then he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the clan of Matri was selected. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. But when they looked for him, they could not find him.

²²就问耶和华说：“那人到这里来了没有？”耶和华说：“他藏在器具中了。”So again they inquired of the LORD, “Has the man come here yet?” And the LORD replied, “Behold, he has hidden himself among the baggage.”

²³众人就跑去从那里领出他来。他站在百姓中间，身体比众民高过一头。So they ran and brought Saul, and when he stood among the people, he was a head taller than any of the others.

²⁴撒母耳对众民说：“你们看耶和华所拣选的人，众民中有可比他的吗？”众民就大声欢呼说：“愿王万岁！”Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”

²⁵撒母耳将国法对百姓说明，又记在书上，放在耶和华面前，然后遣散众民，各回各家去了。Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home.

有人跟随，有人藐视

²⁶扫罗往基比亚回家去，有　神感动的一群人跟随他。Saul also went to his home in Gibeah, and the men of valor whose hearts God had touched went with him.

²⁷但有些匪徒说：“这人怎能救我们呢？”就藐视他，没有送他礼物；扫罗却不理会。But some worthless men said, “How can this man save us?” So they despised him and brought him no gifts; but Saul remained silent about it.

耶稣预言受难与复活

³¹耶稣带着十二个门徒，对他们说：“看哪，我们上耶路撒冷去，先知所写的一切事都要成就在人子身上。Then Jesus took the Twelve aside and said to them, “Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and everything the prophets have written about the Son of Man will be fulfilled.

³²他将要被交给外邦人；他们要戏弄他，凌辱他，吐唾沫在他脸上，He will be delivered over to the Gentiles and will be mocked and insulted and spit upon.

³³并要鞭打他，杀害他；第三日他要复活。”They will flog Him and kill Him, and on the third day He will rise again.”

门徒一样也不懂得

³⁴这些事门徒一样也不懂得，意思乃是隐藏的；他们不晓得所说的是什么。But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying.

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瞎子呼求大卫的子孙

³⁵耶稣将近耶利哥的时候，有一个瞎子坐在路旁讨饭。As Jesus drew near to Jericho, a blind man was sitting beside the road, begging.

³⁶听见许多人经过，就问是什么事。When he heard the crowd going by, he asked what was happening.

³⁷他们告诉他，是拿撒勒人耶稣经过。“Jesus of Nazareth is passing by,” they told him.

³⁸他就呼叫说：“大卫的子孙耶稣啊，可怜我吧！”So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

³⁹在前头走的人就责备他，不许他作声；他却越发喊叫说：“大卫的子孙，可怜我吧！”Those who led the way admonished him to be silent, but he cried out all the louder, “Son of David, have mercy on me!”

耶稣使瞎子看见

⁴⁰耶稣站住，吩咐把他领过来，到了跟前，就问他说：Jesus stopped and directed that the man be brought to Him. When he had come near, Jesus asked him,

⁴¹“你要我为你做什么？”他说：“主啊，我要能看见。”“What do you want Me to do for you?” “Lord,” he said, “let me see again.”

⁴²耶稣说：“你可以看见！你的信救了你了。”“Receive your sight!” Jesus replied. “Your faith has healed you.”

⁴³瞎子立刻看见了，就跟随耶稣，一路归荣耀与　神。众人看见这事，也赞美　神。Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus, glorifying God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.

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