今日读经

先知劝勉，重新动工

¹那时，先知哈该和易多的孙子撒迦利亚奉以色列　神的名向犹大和耶路撒冷的犹大人说劝勉的话。Later, the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo prophesied to the Jews in Judah and Jerusalem in the name of the God of Israel, who was over them.

²于是撒拉铁的儿子所罗巴伯和约萨达的儿子耶书亚都起来动手建造耶路撒冷　神的殿，有　神的先知在那里帮助他们。Then Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak rose up and began to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. And the prophets of God were with them, helping them.

总督达乃来查问

³当时河西的总督达乃和示他·波斯乃，并他们的同党来问说：“谁降旨让你们建造这殿，修成这墙呢？”At that time Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates went to the Jews and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”

⁴我们便告诉他们建造这殿的人叫什么名字。They also asked, “What are the names of the men who are constructing this building?”

⁵神的眼目看顾犹大的长老，以致总督等没有叫他们停工，直到这事奏告大流士，得着他的回谕。But the eye of their God was on the elders of the Jews, so that they were not stopped until a report was sent to Darius and written instructions about this matter were returned.

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达乃给大流士的奏本

⁶河西的总督达乃和示他·波斯乃，并他们的同党，就是住河西的亚法萨迦人，上本奏告大流士王。This is the text of the letter that Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates, the officials in the region, sent to King Darius.

⁷本上写着说：“愿大流士王诸事平安。The report they sent him read as follows: To King Darius: All peace.

⁸王该知道，我们往犹大省去，到了至大　神的殿，这殿是用大石建造的。梁木插入墙内，工作甚速，他们手下亨通。Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. The people are rebuilding it with large stones and placing timbers in the walls. This work is being carried out diligently and is prospering in their hands.

⁹我们就问那些长老说：‘谁降旨让你们建造这殿，修成这墙呢？’So we questioned the elders and asked, “Who authorized you to rebuild this temple and restore this structure?”

¹⁰又问他们的名字，要记录他们首领的名字，奏告于王。We also asked for their names, so that we could write down the names of their leaders for your information.

长老说明建殿的来历

¹¹他们回答说：‘我们是天地之　神的仆人，重建前多年所建造的殿，就是以色列的一位大君王建造修成的。And this is the answer they returned: “We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.

¹²只因我们列祖惹天上的　神发怒，　神把他们交在迦勒底人巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的手中，他就拆毁这殿，又将百姓掳到巴比伦。But since our fathers angered the God of heaven, He delivered them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the Chaldean who destroyed this temple and carried away the people to Babylon.

¹³然而巴比伦王塞鲁士元年，他降旨允准建造　神的这殿。In the first year of his reign, however, Cyrus king of Babylon issued a decree to rebuild this house of God.

¹⁴神殿中的金、银器皿，就是尼布甲尼撒从耶路撒冷的殿中掠去带到巴比伦庙里的，塞鲁士王从巴比伦庙里取出来，交给派为省长的，名叫设巴萨，He also removed from the temple of Babylon the gold and silver articles belonging to the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken and carried there from the temple in Jerusalem. King Cyrus gave these articles to a man named Sheshbazzar, whom he appointed governor

¹⁵对他说可以将这些器皿带去，放在耶路撒冷的殿中，在原处建造　神的殿。and instructed, ‘Take these articles, put them in the temple in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on its original site.’

¹⁶于是这设巴萨来建立耶路撒冷　神殿的根基。这殿从那时直到如今尚未造成。’So this Sheshbazzar came and laid the foundation of the house of God in Jerusalem, and from that time until now it has been under construction, but it has not yet been completed.”

¹⁷现在王若以为美，请察巴比伦王的府库，看塞鲁士王降旨允准在耶路撒冷建造　神的殿没有，王的心意如何？请降旨晓谕我们。”Now, therefore, if it pleases the king, let a search be made of the royal archives in Babylon to see if King Cyrus did indeed issue a decree to rebuild the house of God in Jerusalem. Then let the king send us his decision in this matter.

找到塞鲁士的诏书

¹于是大流士王降旨，要寻察典籍库内，就是在巴比伦藏宝物之处；Thus King Darius ordered a search of the archives stored in the treasury of Babylon.

²在米底亚省亚马他城的宫内寻得一卷，其中记着说：And a scroll was found in the fortress of Ecbatana, in the province of Media, with the following written on it: Memorandum:

³“塞鲁士王元年，他降旨论到耶路撒冷　神的殿，要建造这殿为献祭之处，坚立殿的根基。殿高六十肘，宽六十肘，In the first year of King Cyrus, he issued a decree concerning the house of God in Jerusalem: Let the house be rebuilt as a place for offering sacrifices, and let its foundations be firmly laid. It is to be sixty cubits high and sixty cubits wide,

⁴用三层大石头，一层新木头，经费要出于王库；with three layers of cut stones and one of timbers. The costs are to be paid from the royal treasury.

⁵并且　神殿的金银器皿，就是尼布甲尼撒从耶路撒冷的殿中掠到巴比伦的，要归还带到耶路撒冷的殿中，各按原处放在　神的殿里。”Furthermore, the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar took from the temple in Jerusalem and carried to Babylon, must also be returned to the temple in Jerusalem and deposited in the house of God.

大流士下令支持建殿

⁶“现在河西的总督达乃和示他·波斯乃，并你们的同党，就是住河西的亚法萨迦人，你们当远离他们。Therefore Darius decreed: To Tattenai governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and your associates and officials in the region: You must stay away from that place!

⁷不要拦阻　神殿的工作，任凭犹大人的省长和犹大人的长老在原处建造　神的这殿。Leave this work on the house of God alone. Let the governor and elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site.

⁸我又降旨，吩咐你们向犹大人的长老为建造　神的殿当怎样行，就是从河西的款项中，急速拨取贡银作他们的经费，免得耽误工作。I hereby decree what you must do for these elders of the Jews who are rebuilding this house of God: The cost is to be paid in full to these men from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces west of the Euphrates, so that the work will not be hindered.

⁹他们与天上的　神献燔祭所需用的公牛犊、公绵羊、绵羊羔，并所用的麦子、盐、酒、油，都要照耶路撒冷祭司的话，每日供给他们，不得有误；Whatever is needed—young bulls, rams, and lambs for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, as well as wheat, salt, wine, and oil, as requested by the priests in Jerusalem—must be given to them daily without fail.

¹⁰好叫他们献馨香的祭给天上的　神，又为王和王众子的寿命祈祷。Then they will be able to offer sacrifices of a sweet aroma to the God of heaven and to pray for the lives of the king and his sons.

¹¹我再降旨，无论谁更改这命令，必从他房屋中拆出一根梁来，把他举起，悬在其上，又使他的房屋成为粪堆。I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own house shall be made a pile of rubble for this offense.

¹²若有王和民伸手更改这命令，拆毁这殿，愿那使耶路撒冷的殿作为他名居所的　神将他们灭绝。我—大流士降这旨意，当速速遵行。”May God, who has caused His Name to dwell there, overthrow any king or people who lifts a hand to alter this decree or to destroy this house of God in Jerusalem. I, Darius, have issued the decree. Let it be carried out with diligence.

圣殿完工

¹³于是，河西总督达乃和示他·波斯乃，并他们的同党，因大流士王所发的命令，就急速遵行。In response, Tattenai the governor of the region west of the Euphrates, Shethar-bozenai, and their associates diligently carried out what King Darius had decreed.

¹⁴犹大长老因先知哈该和易多的孙子撒迦利亚所说劝勉的话就建造这殿，凡事亨通。他们遵着以色列　神的命令和波斯王塞鲁士、大流士、亚达薛西的旨意，建造完毕。So the Jewish elders built and prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah son of Iddo. They finished building according to the command of the God of Israel and the decrees of Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, kings of Persia.

¹⁵大流士王第六年，亚达月初三日，这殿修成了。And this temple was completed on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of King Darius.

行奉献圣殿之礼

¹⁶以色列的祭司和利未人，并其余被掳归回的人都欢欢喜喜地行奉献　神殿的礼。Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.

¹⁷行奉献　神殿的礼就献公牛一百只，公绵羊二百只，绵羊羔四百只，又照以色列支派的数目献公山羊十二只，为以色列众人作赎罪祭；For the dedication of the house of God they offered a hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and a sin offering for all Israel of twelve male goats, one for each tribe of Israel.

¹⁸且派祭司和利未人按着班次在耶路撒冷事奉　神，是照摩西律法书上所写的。They also appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their groups to the service of God in Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.

守逾越节和除酵节

¹⁹正月十四日，被掳归回的人守逾越节。On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover.

²⁰原来，祭司和利未人一同自洁，无一人不洁净。利未人为被掳归回的众人和他们的弟兄众祭司，并为自己宰逾越节的羊羔。All the priests and Levites had purified themselves and were ceremonially clean. And the Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their priestly brothers, and for themselves.

²¹从掳到之地归回的以色列人和一切除掉所染外邦人污秽、归附他们、要寻求耶和华—以色列　神的人都吃这羊羔，The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel.

²²欢欢喜喜地守除酵节七日；因为耶和华使他们欢喜，又使亚述王的心转向他们，坚固他们的手，作以色列　神殿的工程。For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.

割礼之争

¹有几个人从犹太下来，教训弟兄们说：“你们若不按摩西的规条受割礼，不能得救。”Then some men came down from Judea and were teaching the brothers, “Unless you are circumcised according to the custom of Moses, you cannot be saved.”

²保罗、巴拿巴与他们大大地纷争辩论；众门徒就定规，叫保罗、巴拿巴和本会中几个人，为所辩论的，上耶路撒冷去见使徒和长老。And after engaging these men in sharp debate, Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question.

上耶路撒冷见使徒和长老

³于是教会送他们起行。他们经过腓尼基、撒马利亚，随处传说外邦人归主的事，叫众弟兄都甚欢喜。Sent on their way by the church, they passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, recounting the conversion of the Gentiles and bringing great joy to all the brothers.

⁴到了耶路撒冷，教会和使徒并长老都接待他们，他们就述说　神同他们所行的一切事。On their arrival in Jerusalem, they were welcomed by the church and apostles and elders, to whom they reported all that God had done through them.

⁵惟有几个信徒，是法利赛教门的人，起来说：“必须给外邦人行割礼，吩咐他们遵守摩西的律法。”But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.”

彼得：同样靠主耶稣的恩得救

⁶使徒和长老聚会商议这事；So the apostles and elders met to look into this matter.

⁷辩论已经多了，彼得就起来，说：“诸位弟兄，你们知道　神早已在你们中间拣选了我，叫外邦人从我口中得听福音之道，而且相信。After much discussion, Peter got up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that in the early days God made a choice among you that the Gentiles would hear from my lips the message of the gospel and believe.

⁸知道人心的　神也为他们作了见证，赐圣灵给他们，正如给我们一样；And God, who knows the heart, showed His approval by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as He did to us.

⁹又借着信洁净了他们的心，并不分他们我们。He made no distinction between us and them, for He cleansed their hearts by faith.

¹⁰现在为什么试探　神，要把我们祖宗和我们所不能负的轭放在门徒的颈项上呢？Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?

¹¹我们得救乃是因主耶稣的恩，和他们一样，这是我们所信的。”On the contrary, we believe it is through the grace of the Lord Jesus that we are saved, just as they are.”

巴拿巴和保罗述说神迹

¹²众人都默默无声，听巴拿巴和保罗述说　神借他们在外邦人中所行的神迹奇事。The whole assembly fell silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul describing the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them.

雅各的结论

¹³他们住了声，雅各就说：“诸位弟兄，请听我的话。When they had finished speaking, James declared, “Brothers, listen to me!

¹⁴方才西门述说　神当初怎样眷顾外邦人，从他们中间选取百姓归于自己的名下；Simon has told us how God first visited the Gentiles to take from them a people to be His own.

¹⁵众先知的话也与这意思相合。The words of the prophets agree with this, as it is written:

¹⁶正如经上所写的：此后，我要回来，重新修造大卫倒塌的帐幕，把那破坏的重新修造建立起来，‘After this I will return and rebuild the fallen tent of David. Its ruins I will rebuild, and I will restore it,

¹⁷叫余剩的人，就是凡称为我名下的外邦人，都寻求主。so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things

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¹⁸这话是从创世以来显明这事的主说的。that have been known for ages.’

¹⁹“所以据我的意见，不可难为那归服　神的外邦人；It is my judgment, therefore, that we should not cause trouble for the Gentiles who are turning to God.

²⁰只要写信，吩咐他们禁戒偶像的污秽和奸淫，并勒死的牲畜和血。Instead, we should write and tell them to abstain from food polluted by idols, from sexual immorality, from the meat of strangled animals, and from blood.

²¹因为从古以来，摩西的书在各城有人传讲，每逢安息日，在会堂里诵读。”For Moses has been proclaimed in every city from ancient times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.”

拣选犹大和西拉带信

²²那时，使徒和长老并全教会定意从他们中间拣选人，差他们和保罗、巴拿巴同往安提阿去；所拣选的就是称呼巴撒巴的犹大和西拉。这两个人在弟兄中是作首领的。Then the apostles and elders, with the whole church, decided to select men from among them to send to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas. They chose Judas called Barsabbas and Silas, two leaders among the brothers,

给外邦信徒的信

²³于是写信交付他们，内中说：“使徒和作长老的弟兄们问安提阿、叙利亚、基利家外邦众弟兄的安。and sent them with this letter: The apostles and the elders, your brothers, To the brothers among the Gentiles in Antioch, Syria, and Cilicia: Greetings.

²⁴我们听说，有几个人从我们这里出去，用言语搅扰你们，惑乱你们的心。（有古卷加：你们必须受割礼，守摩西的律法。）其实我们并没有吩咐他们。It has come to our attention that some went out from us without our authorization and unsettled you, troubling your minds by what they said.

²⁵所以，我们同心定意，拣选几个人，差他们同我们所亲爱的巴拿巴和保罗往你们那里去。So we all agreed to choose men to send to you along with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,

²⁶这二人是为我主耶稣基督的名不顾性命的。men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁷我们就差了犹大和西拉，他们也要亲口诉说这些事。Therefore we are sending Judas and Silas to tell you in person the same things we are writing.

²⁸因为圣灵和我们定意不将别的重担放在你们身上，惟有几件事是不可少的，It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond these essential requirements:

²⁹就是禁戒祭偶像的物和血，并勒死的牲畜和奸淫。这几件你们若能自己禁戒不犯就好了。愿你们平安！”You must abstain from food sacrificed to idols, from blood, from the meat of strangled animals, and from sexual immorality. You will do well to avoid these things. Farewell.

安提阿的信徒欢喜

³⁰他们既奉了差遣，就下安提阿去，聚集众人，交付书信。So the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they assembled the congregation and delivered the letter.

³¹众人念了，因为信上安慰的话就欢喜了。When the people read it, they rejoiced at its encouraging message.

³²犹大和西拉也是先知，就用许多话劝勉弟兄，坚固他们。Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the brothers.

³³住了些日子，弟兄们打发他们平平安安地回到差遣他们的人那里去。（有古卷加：After spending some time there, they were sent off by the brothers in peace to return to those who had sent them.

³⁴惟有西拉定意仍住在那里。）（BSB 英译本没有这一节）