今日读经

层层欺压

⁸你若在一省之中见穷人受欺压，并夺去公义公平的事，不要因此诧异；因有一位高过居高位的鉴察，在他们以上还有更高的。If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.

⁹况且地的益处归众人，就是君王也受田地的供应。The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.

贪爱银子的不知足

¹⁰贪爱银子的，不因得银子知足；贪爱丰富的，也不因得利益知足。这也是虚空。He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.

¹¹货物增添，吃的人也增添，物主得什么益处呢？不过眼看而已！When good things increase, so do those who consume them; what then is the profit to the owner, except to behold them with his eyes?

¹²劳碌的人不拘吃多吃少，睡得香甜；富足人的丰满却不容他睡觉。The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.

积存资财反害自己

¹³我见日光之下有一宗大祸患，就是财主积存资财，反害自己。There is a grievous evil I have seen under the sun: wealth hoarded to the harm of its owner,

¹⁴因遭遇祸患，这些资财就消灭；那人若生了儿子，手里也一无所有。or wealth lost in a failed venture, so when that man has a son there is nothing to pass on.

¹⁵他怎样从母胎赤身而来，也必照样赤身而去；他所劳碌得来的，手中分毫不能带去。As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.

¹⁶他来的情形怎样，他去的情形也怎样。这也是一宗大祸患。他为风劳碌有什么益处呢？This too is a grievous affliction: Exactly as a man is born, so he will depart. What does he gain as he toils for the wind?

¹⁷并且他终身在黑暗中吃喝，多有烦恼，又有病患呕气。Moreover, all his days he eats in darkness, with much sorrow, sickness, and anger.

享受神所赐的分

¹⁸我所见为善为美的，就是人在　神赐他一生的日子吃喝，享受日光之下劳碌得来的好处，因为这是他的分。Here is what I have seen to be good and fitting: to eat and drink, and to find satisfaction in all the labor one does under the sun during the few days of life that God has given him—for this is his lot.

¹⁹神赐人资财丰富，使他能以吃用，能取自己的分，在他劳碌中喜乐，这乃是　神的恩赐。Furthermore, God has given riches and wealth to every man, and He has enabled him to enjoy them, to accept his lot, and to rejoice in his labor. This is a gift from God.

²⁰他不多思念自己一生的年日，因为　神应他的心使他喜乐。For a man seldom considers the days of his life, because God keeps him occupied with the joy of his heart.

拥有一切却不能享受

¹我见日光之下有一宗祸患重压在人身上，There is another evil I have seen under the sun, and it weighs heavily upon mankind:

²就是人蒙　神赐他资财、丰富、尊荣，以致他心里所愿的一样都不缺，只是　神使他不能吃用，反有外人来吃用。这是虚空，也是祸患。God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.

³人若生一百个儿子，活许多岁数，以致他的年日甚多，心里却不得满享福乐，又不得埋葬；据我说，那不到期而落的胎比他倒好。A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.

⁴因为虚虚而来，暗暗而去，名字被黑暗遮蔽，For a stillborn child enters in futility and departs in darkness, and his name is shrouded in obscurity.

⁵并且没有见过天日，也毫无知觉；这胎，比那人倒享安息。The child, though neither seeing the sun nor knowing anything, has more rest than that man,

⁶那人虽然活千年，再活千年，却不享福，众人岂不都归一个地方去吗？even if he lives a thousand years twice over but fails to enjoy his prosperity. Do not all go to the same place?

人的劳碌都为口腹

⁷人的劳碌都为口腹，心里却不知足。All a man’s labor is for his mouth, yet his appetite is never satisfied.

⁸这样看来，智慧人比愚昧人有什么长处呢？穷人在众人面前知道如何行，有什么长处呢？What advantage, then, has the wise man over the fool? What gain comes to the poor man who knows how to conduct himself before others?

⁹眼睛所看的比心里妄想的倒好。这也是虚空，也是捕风。Better what the eye can see than the wandering of desire. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.

谁知道甚么与人有益

¹⁰先前所有的，早已起了名，并知道何为人，他也不能与那比自己力大的相争。Whatever exists was named long ago, and it is known what man is; but he cannot contend with one stronger than he.

¹¹加增虚浮的事既多，这与人有什么益处呢？For the more words, the more futility—and how does that profit anyone?

¹²人一生虚度的日子，就如影儿经过，谁知道什么与他有益呢？谁能告诉他身后在日光之下有什么事呢？For who knows what is good for a man during the few days in which he passes through his fleeting life like a shadow? Who can tell a man what will come after him under the sun?

无知的加拉太人

¹无知的加拉太人哪，耶稣基督钉十字架，已经活画在你们眼前，谁又迷惑了你们呢？O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? Before your very eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed as crucified.

²我只要问你们这一件：你们受了圣灵，是因行律法呢？是因听信福音呢？I would like to learn just one thing from you: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law, or by hearing with faith?

³你们既靠圣灵入门，如今还靠肉身成全吗？你们是这样的无知吗？Are you so foolish? After starting in the Spirit, are you now finishing in the flesh?

⁴你们受苦如此之多，都是徒然的吗？难道果真是徒然的吗？Have you suffered so much for nothing, if it really was for nothing?

⁵那赐给你们圣灵，又在你们中间行异能的，是因你们行律法呢？是因你们听信福音呢？Does God lavish His Spirit on you and work miracles among you because you practice the law, or because you hear and believe?

亚伯拉罕因信称义

⁶正如“亚伯拉罕信　神，这就算为他的义”。So also, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”

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⁷所以，你们要知道：那以信为本的人，就是亚伯拉罕的子孙。Understand, then, that those who have faith are sons of Abraham.

⁸并且圣经既然预先看明，　神要叫外邦人因信称义，就早已传福音给亚伯拉罕，说：“万国都必因你得福。”The Scripture foresaw that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, and foretold the gospel to Abraham: “All nations will be blessed through you.”

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⁹可见那以信为本的人和有信心的亚伯拉罕一同得福。So those who have faith are blessed along with Abraham, the man of faith.

基督赎我们脱离律法的咒诅

¹⁰凡以行律法为本的，都是被咒诅的；因为经上记着：“凡不常照律法书上所记一切之事去行的，就被咒诅。”All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

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¹¹没有一个人靠着律法在　神面前称义，这是明显的；因为经上说：“义人必因信得生。”Now it is clear that no one is justified before God by the law, because, “The righteous will live by faith.”

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¹²律法原不本乎信，只说：“行这些事的，就必因此活着。”The law, however, is not based on faith; on the contrary, “The man who does these things will live by them.”

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¹³基督既为我们受（原文是成）了咒诅，就赎出我们脱离律法的咒诅；因为经上记着：“凡挂在木头上都是被咒诅的。”Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law by becoming a curse for us. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.”

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¹⁴这便叫亚伯拉罕的福，因基督耶稣可以临到外邦人，使我们因信得着所应许的圣灵。He redeemed us in order that the blessing promised to Abraham would come to the Gentiles in Christ Jesus, so that by faith we might receive the promise of the Spirit.

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律法不能废掉应许

¹⁵弟兄们，我且照着人的常话说：虽然是人的文约，若已经立定了，就没有能废弃或加增的。Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.

¹⁶所应许的原是向亚伯拉罕和他子孙说的。　神并不是说“众子孙”，指着许多人，乃是说“你那一个子孙”，指着一个人，就是基督。The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.

¹⁷我是这么说，　神预先所立的约，不能被那四百三十年以后的律法废掉，叫应许归于虚空。What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.

¹⁸因为承受产业，若本乎律法，就不本乎应许；但　神是凭着应许把产业赐给亚伯拉罕。For if the inheritance depends on the law, then it no longer depends on a promise; but God freely granted it to Abraham through a promise.

律法为甚么有

¹⁹这样说来，律法是为什么有的呢？原是为过犯添上的，等候那蒙应许的子孙来到，并且是借天使经中保之手设立的。Why then was the law given? It was added because of transgressions, until the arrival of the seed to whom the promise referred. It was administered through angels by a mediator.

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²⁰但中保本不是为一面作的；　神却是一位。A mediator is unnecessary, however, for only one party; but God is one.

²¹这样，律法是与　神的应许反对吗？断乎不是！若曾传一个能叫人得生的律法，义就诚然本乎律法了。Is the law, then, opposed to the promises of God? Certainly not! For if a law had been given that could impart life, then righteousness would certainly have come from the law.

²²但圣经把众人都圈在罪里，使所应许的福因信耶稣基督，归给那信的人。But the Scripture pronounces all things confined by sin, so that by faith in Jesus Christ the promise might be given to those who believe.

律法是训蒙的师傅

²³但这因信得救的理还未来以先，我们被看守在律法之下，直圈到那将来的真道显明出来。Before this faith came, we were held in custody under the law, locked up until faith should be revealed.

²⁴这样，律法是我们训蒙的师傅，引我们到基督那里，使我们因信称义。So the law became our guardian to lead us to Christ, that we might be justified by faith.

²⁵但这因信得救的理既然来到，我们从此就不在师傅的手下了。Now that faith has come, we are no longer under a guardian.

在基督里都成为一

²⁶所以，你们因信基督耶稣都是　神的儿子。You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus.

²⁷你们受洗归入基督的都是披戴基督了。For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

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²⁸并不分犹太人、希腊人，自主的、为奴的，或男或女，因为你们在基督耶稣里都成为一了。There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

²⁹你们既属乎基督，就是亚伯拉罕的后裔，是照着应许承受产业的了。And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to the promise.

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