今日读经

论大马士革的默示

¹论大马士革的默示：看哪，大马士革已被废弃，不再为城，必变作乱堆。This is the burden against Damascus: “Behold, Damascus is no longer a city; it has become a heap of ruins.

²亚罗珥的城邑已被撇弃，必成为牧羊之处；羊在那里躺卧，无人惊吓。The cities of Aroer are forsaken; they will be left to the flocks, which will lie down with no one to fear.

³以法莲不再有保障；大马士革不再有国权；亚兰所剩下的必像以色列人的荣耀消灭一样。这是万军之耶和华说的。The fortress will disappear from Ephraim, and the sovereignty from Damascus. The remnant of Aram will be like the splendor of the Israelites,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

雅各的荣耀枵薄

⁴到那日，雅各的荣耀必至枵薄；他肥胖的身体必渐瘦弱。“In that day the splendor of Jacob will fade, and the fat of his body will waste away,

⁵就必像收割的人收敛禾稼，用手割取穗子，又像人在利乏音谷拾取遗落的穗子。as the reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.

⁶其间所剩下的不多，好像人打橄榄树—在尽上的枝梢上只剩两三个果子；在多果树的旁枝上只剩四五个果子。这是耶和华—以色列的　神说的。Yet gleanings will remain, like an olive tree that has been beaten—two or three berries atop the tree, four or five on its fruitful branches,” declares the LORD, the God of Israel.

人必仰望造他们的主

⁷当那日，人必仰望造他们的主，眼目重看以色列的圣者。In that day men will look to their Maker and turn their eyes to the Holy One of Israel.

⁸他们必不仰望祭坛，就是自己手所筑的，也不重看自己指头所做的，无论是木偶是日像。They will not look to the altars they have fashioned with their hands or to the Asherahs and incense altars they have made with their fingers.

⁹在那日，他们的坚固城必像树林中和山顶上所撇弃的地方，就是从前在以色列人面前被人撇弃的。这样，地就荒凉了。In that day their strong cities will be like forsaken thickets and summits, abandoned to the Israelites and to utter desolation.

因你忘记救你的神

¹⁰因你忘记救你的　神，不记念你能力的磐石；所以，你栽上佳美的树秧子，插上异样的栽子。For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—

¹¹栽种的日子，你周围圈上篱笆，又到早晨使你所种的开花；但在愁苦极其伤痛的日子，所收割的都飞去了。though on the day you plant you make them grow, and on that morning you help your seed sprout—yet the harvest will vanish on the day of disease and incurable pain.

列邦奔腾，终被斥责

¹²唉！多民哄嚷，好像海浪匉訇；列邦奔腾，好像猛水滔滔；Alas, the tumult of many peoples; they rage like the roaring seas and clamoring nations; they rumble like the crashing of mighty waters.

¹³列邦奔腾，好像多水滔滔；但　神斥责他们，他们就远远逃避，又被追赶，如同山上的风前糠，又如暴风前的旋风土。The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.

¹⁴到晚上有惊吓，未到早晨他们就没有了。这是掳掠我们之人所得的分，是抢夺我们之人的报应。In the evening, there is sudden terror! Before morning, they are no more! This is the portion of those who loot us and the lot of those who plunder us.

论古实

¹唉！古实河外翅膀刷刷响声之地，Woe to the land of whirring wings, along the rivers of Cush,

²差遣使者在水面上，坐蒲草船过海。先知说：你们快行的使者，要到高大光滑的民那里去。自从开国以来，那民极其可畏，是分地界践踏人的；他们的地有江河分开。which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.

³世上一切的居民和地上所住的人哪，山上竖立大旗的时候你们要看；吹角的时候你们要听。All you people of the world and dwellers of the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; when a ram’s horn sounds, you will hear it.

神安静观看

⁴耶和华对我这样说：我要安静，在我的居所观看，如同日光中的清热，又如露水的云雾在收割的热天。For this is what the LORD has told me: “I will quietly look on from My dwelling place, like shimmering heat in the sunshine, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest.”

⁵收割之先，花开已谢，花也成了将熟的葡萄；他必用镰刀削去嫩枝，又砍掉蔓延的枝条，For before the harvest, when the blossom is gone and the flower becomes a ripening grape, He will cut off the shoots with a pruning knife and remove and discard the branches.

⁶都要撇给山间的鸷鸟和地上的野兽。夏天，鸷鸟要宿在其上；冬天，野兽都卧在其中。They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey, and to the beasts of the land. The birds will feed on them in summer, and all the wild animals in winter.

⁷到那时，这高大光滑的民，就是从开国以来极其可畏、分地界践踏人的，他们的地有江河分开；他们必将礼物奉给万军之耶和华，就是奉到锡安山—耶和华安置他名的地方。At that time gifts will be brought to the LORD of Hosts—from a people tall and smooth-skinned, from a people widely feared, from a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers—to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the LORD of Hosts.

论埃及的默示

¹论埃及的默示：看哪，耶和华乘驾快云，临到埃及。埃及的偶像在他面前战兢；埃及人的心在里面消化。This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.

²我必激动埃及人攻击埃及人—弟兄攻击弟兄，邻舍攻击邻舍；这城攻击那城，这国攻击那国。“So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

³埃及人的心神必在里面耗尽；我必败坏他们的谋略。他们必求问偶像和念咒的、交鬼的、行巫术的。Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.

⁴我必将埃及人交在残忍主的手中；强暴王必辖制他们。这是主—万军之耶和华说的。I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of a harsh master, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

尼罗河干涸

⁵海中的水必绝尽，河也消没干涸。The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty.

⁶江河要变臭；埃及的河水都必减少枯干。苇子和芦荻都必衰残；The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.

⁷靠尼罗河旁的草田，并沿尼罗河所种的田，都必枯干。庄稼被风吹去，归于无有。The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the fields sown along the Nile, will wither, blow away, and be no more.

⁸打鱼的必哀哭。在尼罗河一切钓鱼的必悲伤；在水上撒网的必都衰弱。Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.

⁹用梳好的麻造物的和织白布的都必羞愧；The workers in flax will be dismayed, and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale.

¹⁰国柱必被打碎，所有佣工的，心必愁烦。The workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the hired workers will be sick at heart.

埃及的智慧人变为愚昧

¹¹琐安的首领极其愚昧；法老大有智慧的谋士，所筹划的成为愚谋。你们怎敢对法老说：我是智慧人的子孙，我是古王的后裔？The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?

¹²你的智慧人在哪里呢？万军之耶和华向埃及所定的旨意，他们可以知道，可以告诉你吧！Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt.

¹³琐安的首领都变为愚昧；挪弗的首领都受了迷惑。当埃及支派房角石的，使埃及人走错了路。The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.

¹⁴耶和华使乖谬的灵搀入埃及中间；首领使埃及一切所做的都有差错，好像醉酒之人呕吐的时候东倒西歪一样。The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit.

¹⁵埃及中，无论是头与尾，棕枝与芦苇，所做之工都不成就。There is nothing Egypt can do—head or tail, palm or reed.

埃及惧怕犹大地

¹⁶到那日，埃及人必像妇人一样，他们必因万军之耶和华在埃及以上所抡的手，战兢惧怕。In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.

¹⁷犹大地必使埃及惊恐，向谁提起犹大地，谁就惧怕。这是因万军之耶和华向埃及所定的旨意。The land of Judah will bring terror to Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble over what the LORD of Hosts has planned against it.

埃及要认识耶和华

¹⁸当那日，埃及地必有五城的人说迦南的方言，又指着万军之耶和华起誓。有一城必称为“灭亡城”。In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Hosts. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.

¹⁹当那日，在埃及地中必有为耶和华筑的一座坛；在埃及的边界上必有为耶和华立的一根柱。In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the center of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD near her border.

²⁰这都要在埃及地为万军之耶和华作记号和证据。埃及人因为受人的欺压哀求耶和华，他就差遣一位救主作护卫者，拯救他们。It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and defender to rescue them.

²¹耶和华必被埃及人所认识。在那日，埃及人必认识耶和华，也要献祭物和供物敬拜他，并向耶和华许愿还愿。The LORD will make Himself known to Egypt, and on that day Egypt will acknowledge the LORD. They will worship with sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the LORD and fulfill them.

²²耶和华必击打埃及，又击打又医治，埃及人就归向耶和华。他必应允他们的祷告，医治他们。And the LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; He will strike them but heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and He will hear their prayers and heal them.

埃及、亚述、以色列同蒙福

²³当那日，必有从埃及通亚述去的大道。亚述人要进入埃及，埃及人也进入亚述；埃及人要与亚述人一同敬拜耶和华。In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.

²⁴当那日，以色列必与埃及、亚述三国一律，使地上的人得福；In that day Israel will join a three-party alliance with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing upon the earth.

²⁵因为万军之耶和华赐福给他们，说：“埃及—我的百姓，亚述—我手的工作，以色列—我的产业，都有福了！”The LORD of Hosts will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance.”

以赛亚露身赤脚三年

¹亚述王撒珥根打发他珥探到亚实突的那年，他珥探就攻打亚实突，将城攻取。Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,

²那时，耶和华晓谕亚摩斯的儿子以赛亚说：“你去解掉你腰间的麻布，脱下你脚上的鞋。”以赛亚就这样做，露身赤脚行走。the LORD had already spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your waist and the sandals from your feet.” And Isaiah did so, walking around naked and barefoot.

³耶和华说：“我仆人以赛亚怎样露身赤脚行走三年，作为关乎埃及和古实的预兆奇迹。Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,

⁴照样，亚述王也必掳去埃及人，掠去古实人，无论老少，都露身赤脚，现出下体，使埃及蒙羞。so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.

⁵以色列人必因所仰望的古实，所夸耀的埃及，惊惶羞愧。Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.

⁶“那时，这沿海一带的居民必说：‘看哪，我们素所仰望的，就是我们为脱离亚述王逃往求救的，不过是如此！我们怎能逃脱呢？’”And on that day the dwellers of this coastland will say, ‘See what has happened to our source of hope, those to whom we fled for help and deliverance from the king of Assyria! How then can we escape?’”

妻子与丈夫

²²你们作妻子的，当顺服自己的丈夫，如同顺服主。Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord.

²³因为丈夫是妻子的头，如同基督是教会的头；他又是教会全体的救主。For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

²⁴教会怎样顺服基督，妻子也要怎样凡事顺服丈夫。Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

丈夫要爱妻子，如同基督爱教会

²⁵你们作丈夫的，要爱你们的妻子，正如基督爱教会，为教会舍己。Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her

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²⁶要用水借着道把教会洗净，成为圣洁，to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,

²⁷可以献给自己，作个荣耀的教会，毫无玷污、皱纹等类的病，乃是圣洁没有瑕疵的。and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

²⁸丈夫也当照样爱妻子，如同爱自己的身子；爱妻子便是爱自己了。In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

²⁹从来没有人恨恶自己的身子，总是保养顾惜，正像基督待教会一样，Indeed, no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church.

³⁰因我们是他身上的肢体（有古卷加：就是他的骨他的肉）。For we are members of His body.

二人成为一体

³¹为这个缘故，人要离开父母，与妻子连合，二人成为一体。“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”

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³²这是极大的奥秘，但我是指着基督和教会说的。This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

³³然而，你们各人都当爱妻子，如同爱自己一样。妻子也当敬重她的丈夫。Nevertheless, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

儿女与父母

¹你们作儿女的，要在主里听从父母，这是理所当然的。Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

^2–3“要孝敬父母，使你得福，在世长寿。”这是第一条带应许的诫命。“Honor your father and mother” (which is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may have a long life on the earth.”

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⁴你们作父亲的，不要惹儿女的气，只要照着主的教训和警戒养育他们。Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

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仆人与主人

⁵你们作仆人的，要惧怕战兢，用诚实的心听从你们肉身的主人，好像听从基督一般。Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear and sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.

⁶不要只在眼前事奉，像是讨人喜欢的，要像基督的仆人，从心里遵行　神的旨意。And do this not only to please them while they are watching, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from your heart.

⁷甘心事奉，好像服事主，不像服事人。Serve with good will, as to the Lord and not to men,

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⁸因为晓得各人所行的善事，不论是为奴的，是自主的，都必按所行的得主的赏赐。because you know that the Lord will reward each one for whatever good he does, whether he is slave or free.

⁹你们作主人的，待仆人也是一理，不要威吓他们。因为知道，他们和你们同有一位主在天上；他并不偏待人。And masters, do the same for your slaves. Give up your use of threats, because you know that He who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with Him.

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穿戴神所赐的全副军装

¹⁰我还有末了的话：你们要靠着主，倚赖他的大能大力作刚强的人。Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.

¹¹要穿戴　神所赐的全副军装，就能抵挡魔鬼的诡计。Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes.

¹²因我们并不是与属血气的争战（原文是摔跤；下同），乃是与那些执政的、掌权的、管辖这幽暗世界的，以及天空属灵气的恶魔争战。For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.

¹³所以，要拿起　神所赐的全副军装，好在磨难的日子抵挡仇敌，并且成就了一切，还能站立得住。Therefore take up the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you will be able to stand your ground, and having done everything, to stand.

¹⁴所以要站稳了，用真理当作带子束腰，用公义当作护心镜遮胸，Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness arrayed,

¹⁵又用平安的福音当作预备走路的鞋穿在脚上。and with your feet fitted with the readiness of the gospel of peace.

¹⁶此外，又拿着信德当作盾牌，可以灭尽那恶者一切的火箭；In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one.

¹⁷并戴上救恩的头盔，拿着圣灵的宝剑，就是　神的道；And take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

多方祷告

¹⁸靠着圣灵，随时多方祷告祈求；并要在此警醒不倦，为众圣徒祈求，Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.

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¹⁹也为我祈求，使我得着口才，能以放胆开口讲明福音的奥秘，Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will boldly make known the mystery of the gospel,

²⁰（我为这福音的奥秘作了带锁链的使者，）并使我照着当尽的本分放胆讲论。for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.

问安与祝福

²¹今有所亲爱、忠心事奉主的兄弟推基古，他要把我的事情，并我的景况如何全告诉你们，叫你们知道。Tychicus, the beloved brother and faithful servant in the Lord, will tell you everything, so that you also may know about me and what I am doing.

²²我特意打发他到你们那里去，好叫你们知道我们的光景，又叫他安慰你们的心。I have sent him to you for this very purpose, that you may know about us, and that he may encourage your hearts.

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²³愿平安、仁爱、信心从父　神和主耶稣基督归与弟兄们！Peace to the brothers and love with faith from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁴并愿所有诚心爱我们主耶稣基督的人都蒙恩惠！Grace to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ with an undying love.