今日读经

旧约 雅歌 1:1–4:15
新约 加拉太书 5:16–6:18

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旧约雅歌 1:1–4:15

书卷介绍:雅歌诗歌智慧书

赞美神所赐的爱情与婚姻之美。

雅歌是一首爱情诗,描写一位新郎和一位新娘之间的爱慕、思念与结合。诗中用许多大自然的比喻来形容彼此的美好。这卷书肯定了婚姻中的爱是神美好的创造。历代以来,也有许多人把它理解为神与祂百姓、基督与教会之间的爱。

前情提要

上回说到

传道书最后几章(传 10–12 章):传道者对比智慧与愚昧,劝人趁着年幼“当记念造你的主”,用一连串比喻描写人的衰老和死亡,最后总结全书:“敬畏 神,谨守他的诫命,这是人所当尽的本分”()。

今天你会读到

雅歌的前半:新娘与她的良人(王)彼此倾慕、互相称赞;良人在春天来邀她同去;她夜间寻找心所爱的,终于找到;所罗门的华轿在婚筵之日到来;第 4 章良人一一赞美新妇的美丽。

阅读小提示

留意反复出现的叮咛“不要惊动、不要叫醒我所亲爱的,等他自己情愿”(、, 也有):爱情有它的时候,不要勉强催逼。

点时代可看说明

传统认为雅歌是所罗门(约主前 970–930 年在位)写的;有学者认为标题“所罗门的歌”也可以理解为献给所罗门或关于所罗门的歌。

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雅歌 第 1 章

歌中的雅歌

1所罗门的歌,是歌中的雅歌。This is Solomon’s Song of Songs.

新娘渴慕王的爱

2愿他用口与我亲嘴;因你的爱情比酒更美。Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.

3你的膏油馨香;你的名如同倒出来的香膏,所以众童女都爱你。The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.

4愿你吸引我,我们就快跑跟随你。王带我进了内室,我们必因你欢喜快乐。我们要称赞你的爱情,胜似称赞美酒。他们爱你是理所当然的。Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.

我虽然黑,却是秀美

5耶路撒冷的众女子啊,我虽然黑,却是秀美,如同的帐棚,好像所罗门的幔子。I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.

6不要因日头把我晒黑了就轻看我。我同母的弟兄向我发怒,他们使我看守葡萄园;我自己的葡萄园却没有看守。Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.

你在何处牧羊

7我心所爱的啊,求你告诉我,你在何处牧羊?晌午在何处使羊歇卧?我何必在你同伴的羊群旁边好像蒙着脸的人呢?Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?

8你这女子中极美丽的,你若不知道,只管跟随羊群的脚踪去,把你的山羊羔牧放在牧人帐棚的旁边。If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.

良人与佳偶互相称赞

9我的佳偶,我将你比法老车上套的骏马。I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.

10你的两腮因发辫而秀美;你的颈项因珠串而华丽。Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.

11我们要为你编上金辫,镶上银钉。We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with beads of silver.

12王正坐席的时候,我的香膏发出香味。While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.

13我以我的良人为一袋,常在我怀中。My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.

14我以我的良人为一棵,在葡萄园中。My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.

15我的佳偶,你甚美丽!你甚美丽!你的眼好像鸽子眼。How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.

16我的良人哪,你甚美丽可爱!我们以青草为床榻,How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.

17以香柏树为房屋的栋梁,以松树为椽子。The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.

雅歌 第 2 章

谷中的百合花

1我是的玫瑰花(或译:水仙花),是谷中的百合花。I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.

2我的佳偶在女子中,好像百合花在荆棘内。Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.

3我的良人在男子中,如同苹果树在树林中。我欢欢喜喜坐在他的荫下,尝他果子的滋味,觉得甘甜。Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest is my beloved among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

4他带我入,以爱为旗在我以上。He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love.

5求你们给我葡萄干增补我力,给我苹果畅快我心,因我。Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love.

6他的左手在我头下;他的右手将我抱住。His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.

7耶路撒冷的众女子啊,我指着羚羊或田野的母鹿嘱咐你们:不要惊动、不要叫醒我所亲爱的,等他自己情愿(不要叫醒……情愿:或译不要激动爱情,等它自发)。O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

良人邀她:起来,与我同去

8听啊!是我良人的声音;看哪!他而来。Listen! My beloved approaches. Look! Here he comes, leaping across the mountains, bounding over the hills.

9我的良人好像羚羊,或像小鹿。他站在我们墙壁后,从窗户往里观看,从往里窥探。My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, he stands behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.

10我良人对我说:我的佳偶,我的美人,起来,与我同去!My beloved calls to me, “Arise, my darling. Come away with me, my beautiful one.

11因为冬天已往,雨水止住过去了。For now the winter is past; the rain is over and gone.

12地上百花开放,百鸟鸣叫的时候(或译:修理葡萄树的时候)已经来到;斑鸠的声音在我们境内也听见了。The flowers have appeared in the countryside; the season of singing has come, and the cooing of turtledoves is heard in our land.

13无花果树的果子渐渐成熟;葡萄树开花放香。我的佳偶,我的美人,起来,与我同去!The fig tree ripens its figs; the blossoming vines spread their fragrance. Arise, come away, my darling; come away with me, my beautiful one.”

14我的鸽子啊,你在磐石穴中,在陡岩的隐密处。求你容我得见你的面貌,得听你的声音;因为你的声音柔和,你的面貌秀美。O my dove in the clefts of the rock, in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your countenance is lovely.

15要给我们擒拿狐狸,就是毁坏葡萄园的小狐狸,因为我们的葡萄正在开花。Catch for us the foxes—the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—for our vineyards are in bloom.

良人属我,我也属他

16良人属我,我也属他;他在百合花中牧放群羊。My beloved is mine and I am his; he pastures his flock among the lilies.

17我的良人哪,求你等到天起凉风、日影飞去的时候,你要转回,好像羚羊,或像小鹿在比特山上。Before the day breaks and shadows flee, turn, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.

雅歌 第 3 章

夜间寻找心所爱的

1我夜间躺卧在床上,寻找我心所爱的;我寻找他,却寻不见。On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.

2我说:我要起来,游行城中,在街市上,在宽阔处,寻找我心所爱的。我寻找他,却寻不见。I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.

3城中巡逻看守的人遇见我;我问他们:你们看见我心所爱的没有?I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”

4我刚离开他们就遇见我心所爱的。我拉住他,不容他走,领他入我母家,到怀我者的内室。I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.

5耶路撒冷的众女子啊,我指着羚羊或田野的母鹿嘱咐你们:不要惊动、不要叫醒我所亲爱的,等他自己情愿(不要叫醒……情愿:或译不要激动爱情,等它自发)。O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

所罗门的华轿

6那从旷野上来、形状如烟柱、以没药和乳香并商人各样香粉薰的是谁呢?Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?

7看哪,是所罗门的轿;四围有六十个勇士,都是以色列中的勇士;Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.

8手都持刀,善于争战,腰间佩刀,防备夜间有惊慌。All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.

9所罗门王用黎巴嫩木为自己制造一乘华轿。King Solomon has made his carriage out of the timber of Lebanon.

10轿柱是用银做的,轿底是用金做的;坐垫是紫色的,其中所铺的乃耶路撒冷众女子的爱情。He has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.

11锡安的众女子啊,你们出去观看所罗门王!头戴,就是在他婚筵的日子、心中喜乐的时候,他母亲给他戴上的。Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding—the day of his heart’s rejoicing.

雅歌 第 4 章

良人赞美新妇的美丽

1我的佳偶,你甚美丽!你甚美丽!你的眼在帕子内好像鸽子眼。你的头发如同山羊群卧在山旁。How beautiful you are, my darling—how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down Mount Gilead.

2你的牙齿如新剪毛的一群母羊,洗净上来,个个都有双生,没有一只丧掉子的。Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.

3你的唇好像一条朱红线;你的嘴也秀美。你的在帕子内,如同一块石榴。Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon, and your mouth is lovely. Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.

4你的颈项好像大卫建造收藏军器的高台,其上悬挂一千盾牌,都是勇士的藤牌。Your neck is like the tower of David, built with rows of stones; on it hang a thousand shields, all of them shields of warriors.

5你的两乳好像百合花中吃草的一对小鹿,就是母鹿双生的。Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.

6我要往没药山和乳香冈去,直等到天起凉风、日影飞去的时候回来。Before the day breaks and the shadows flee, I will make my way to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.

7我的佳偶,你全然美丽,毫无瑕疵!You are altogether beautiful, my darling; in you there is no flaw.

与我一同离开黎巴嫩

8我的新妇,求你与我一同离开黎巴嫩,与我一同离开黎巴嫩。从亚玛拿顶,从示尼珥与顶,从有狮子的洞,从有豹子的山往下观看。Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon! Descend from the peak of Amana, from the summits of Senir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards.

9我妹子,我新妇,你。你用眼一看,用你项上的一条金链,夺了我的心!You have captured my heart, my sister, my bride; you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your neck.

10我妹子,我新妇,你的爱情何其美!你的爱情比酒更美!你膏油的香气胜过一切香品!How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride! Your love is much better than wine, and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices.

11我新妇,你的嘴唇滴蜜,好像蜂房滴蜜;你的舌下有蜜,有奶。你衣服的香气如黎巴嫩的香气。Your lips, my bride, drip sweetness like the honeycomb; honey and milk are under your tongue, and the fragrance of your garments is like the aroma of Lebanon.

关锁的园,封闭的泉

12我妹子,我新妇,乃是,禁闭的井,封闭的泉源。My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up, a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.

13你园内所种的结了石榴,有佳美的果子,并凤仙花与哪哒树。Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,

14有哪哒和番红花,菖蒲和桂树,并各样乳香木、没药、沉香,与一切上等的果品。with nard and saffron, with calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of frankincense tree, with myrrh and aloes, with all the finest spices.

15你是园中的泉,活水的井,从黎巴嫩流下来的溪水。You are a garden spring, a well of fresh water flowing down from Lebanon.

摘要

雅歌第一至四章描述新娘与新郎之间热烈的爱慕与追寻。新娘渴慕良人的同在,以香膏、没药等比喻爱情的珍贵;新郎则以鸽子眼、百合花等意象赞美新娘的美丽,称她“全然美丽,毫无瑕疵”。二人在春天的场景中互诉衷情,经历寻找与重逢,最终新郎以关锁的园、封闭的泉源形容新娘的贞洁与丰盛,新娘也甘愿将自己的园敞开迎接良人。

反思问题

  1. 在你与神的关系中,是否曾经历过如新娘般急切寻找却找不着的时刻?那段经历如何影响你后来与神的亲密?
  2. 新郎称新娘“全然美丽,毫无瑕疵”——当你意识到神也是这样看待你时,这对你的自我认知和信心有什么改变?
  3. 提到“毁坏葡萄园的小狐狸”,在你的生活中,有哪些看似微小却可能破坏你与神或与人关系的事物需要处理?

新约加拉太书 5:16–6:18

前情提要

上回说到

昨天():保罗宣告“基督释放了我们,叫我们得以自由”,不要再被奴仆的轭挟制;想靠受割礼称义,就是从恩典中坠落。但自由不是放纵,“总要用爱心互相服事”()。

今天你会读到

加拉太书的结尾:情欲和圣灵相争;“情欲的事”与“圣灵所结的果子”对照;彼此担当重担、行善不可丧志;最后保罗亲笔作结,只夸基督的十字架,看重的是“作新造的人”。

阅读小提示

留意 说的是“果子”,原文是单数:仁爱、喜乐、和平……这九样不是九颗分开的果子,而是同一个生命一起结出来的。

点时代可看说明

加拉太书可能是保罗最早的书信之一,有学者认为写于主后 48–49 年左右,也有学者认为约在主后 55 年前后。

加拉太书 第 5 章

顺着圣灵而行

16我说,你们当顺着圣灵而行,就不放纵肉体的情欲了。So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

17因为情欲和圣灵相争,圣灵和情欲相争,这两个是彼此相敌,使你们不能做所愿意做的。For the flesh craves what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the flesh. They are opposed to each other, so that you do not do what you want.

18但你们若被圣灵引导,就不在律法以下。But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

情欲的事

19情欲的事都是显而易见的,就如奸淫、污秽、邪荡、The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery;

20拜偶像、邪术、仇恨、争竞、忌恨、恼怒、结党、纷争、、idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,

21嫉妒(有古卷加:凶杀二字)、醉酒、等类。我从前告诉你们,现在又告诉你们,行这样事的人必不能承受 神的国。and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

圣灵所结的果子

22圣灵所结的果子,就是仁爱、喜乐、和平、忍耐、恩慈、良善、信实、But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

23温柔、节制。这样的事没有律法禁止。gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

24凡属基督耶稣的人,是已经把肉体连肉体的邪情私欲同钉在十字架上了。Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

靠圣灵行事

25我们若是靠圣灵得生,就当靠圣灵行事。Since we live by the Spirit, let us walk in step with the Spirit.

26不要贪图虚名,彼此惹气,互相嫉妒。Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying one another.

加拉太书 第 6 章

彼此担当重担

1弟兄们,若有人被过犯所胜,你们属灵的人就当用温柔的心把他过来;又当自己小心,恐怕也被引诱。Brothers, if someone is caught in a trespass, you who are spiritual should restore him with a spirit of gentleness. But watch yourself, or you also may be tempted.

2你们各人的要互相担当,如此,就完全了。Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.

3人若无有,自己还以为有,就是自欺了。If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself.

4各人应当察验自己的行为;这样,他所夸的就专在自己,不在别人了,Each one should test his own work. Then he will have reason to boast in himself alone, and not in someone else.

5因为各人必担当自己的。For each one should carry his own load.

种甚么,收甚么

6在道理上受教的,当把一切需用的供给施教的人。Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.

7不要自欺, 神是不得的。人种的是什么,收的也是什么。Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.

8顺着情欲撒种的,必从情欲收败坏;顺着圣灵撒种的,必从圣灵收永生。The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.

9我们行善,不可;若不灰心,到了时候就要收成。Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

10所以,有了机会就当向众人行善,向信徒一家的人更当这样。Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.

亲笔提醒:不要被割礼派勉强

11请看我写给你们的字是何等的大呢!See what large letters I am using to write to you with my own hand!

12凡希图的人都勉强你们,无非是怕自己为基督的十字架受逼迫。Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ.

13他们那些受割礼的,连自己也不守律法;他们愿意你们受割礼,不过要借着你们的肉体夸口。For the circumcised do not even keep the law themselves, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast in your flesh.

只夸基督的十字架

14但我断不以别的夸口,只夸我们主耶稣基督的十字架;因这十字架,就我而论,世界已经钉在十字架上;就世界而论,我已经钉在十字架上。But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

15受割礼不受割礼都无关紧要,要紧的就是作新造的人。For neither circumcision nor uncircumcision means anything. What counts is a new creation.

16凡照此理而行的,愿平安、怜悯加给他们,和 。Peace and mercy to all who walk by this rule, even to the Israel of God.

17从今以后,人都不要搅扰我,因为我身上带着耶稣的。From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.

18弟兄们,愿我主耶稣基督的恩常在你们心里。阿们!The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brothers. Amen.

摘要

保罗在加拉太书末段教导信徒活出圣灵引导的生命,对比情欲的行为与圣灵的果子,呼吁信徒靠圣灵行事、用爱心彼此服事。他进一步劝勉信徒互相担当重担、以温柔挽回跌倒的人,并以“种什么收什么”的原则鼓励持续行善不灰心。最后保罗宣告外在礼仪无关紧要,惟独作新造的人才是关键,他只以基督的十字架为夸口。

反思问题

  1. 列出圣灵的九种果子,其中哪一种是你目前最需要成长的?你可以在日常生活中如何刻意操练?
  2. 保罗说“人种的是什么,收的也是什么”——回顾最近的生活,你在时间、精力和心思上主要“撒种”在哪些方面?对结果满意吗?
  3. 提到用温柔的心挽回被过犯所胜的人,同时要小心自己。当你身边有人跌倒时,你通常的反应是什么?如何在恩典与真理之间取得平衡?