今日导读
趁着还有今日 · 约 12 分钟
背景
旧约:求问神,却不肯听
在埃及:谁的话立得住
新约:今日若听他的话
今天的重点
想一想
总回顾
段落
AI 语音解说 · 经文:和合本
旧约耶利米书 42:1–44:30
前情提要
上回说到
昨天(40–41 章):巴比伦立基大利作省长,耶利米留在米斯巴;以实玛利杀了基大利,掳走百姓;约哈难追回众人,却因惧怕巴比伦报复,带着众人往埃及的方向去。
今天你会读到
约哈难和众人求耶利米替他们祷告,发誓神说甚么都必听从;十天后神回答:留在这地必蒙建立,若下埃及必遭刀剑、饥荒。他们却说耶利米说谎,硬把他和巴录带到埃及的答比匿。43 章耶利米预言巴比伦王要攻打埃及;44 章责备在埃及的犹大人向天后烧香,他们却坚持不肯回转。
阅读小提示
对照 “无论是好是歹,我们都必听从”和 “你说谎言”:人求问神时,心里可能早已有了决定,只想听到自己要的答案。
点时代可看说明
约在主前 586–580 年间。耶利米被带到埃及以后的事,圣经没有再记载;传统说法认为他死在埃及。
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耶利米书 第 42 章
求耶利米为他们祷告
1众军长和加利亚的儿子约哈难,并何沙雅的儿子耶撒尼亚(又名亚撒利雅,见四十三章二节)以及众百姓,从最小的到至大的都进前来,Then all the commanders of the forces, along with Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, approached
2对先知耶利米说:“求你准我们在你面前祈求,为我们这剩下的人祷告耶和华—你的 神。我们本来众多,现在剩下的极少,这是你亲眼所见的。Jeremiah the prophet and said, “May our petition come before you; pray to the LORD your God on behalf of this entire remnant. For few of us remain of the many, as you can see with your own eyes.
3愿耶和华—你的 神指示我们所当走的路,所当做的事。”Pray that the LORD your God will tell us the way we should walk and the thing we should do.”
4先知耶利米对他们说:“我已经听见你们了,我必照着你们的话祷告耶和华—你们的 神。耶和华无论回答什么,我必都告诉你们,毫不隐瞒。”“I have heard you,” replied Jeremiah the prophet. “I will surely pray to the LORD your God as you request, and I will tell you everything that the LORD answers. I will not withhold a word from you.”
5于是他们对耶利米说:“我们若不照耶和华—你的 神差遣你来说的一切话行,愿耶和华在我们中间作真实诚信的见证。Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act upon every word that the LORD your God sends you to tell us.
6我们现在请你到耶和华—我们的 神面前,他说的无论是好是歹,我们都必听从;我们听从耶和华—我们 神的话,就可以得福。”Whether it is pleasant or unpleasant, we will obey the voice of the LORD our God to whom we are sending you, so that it may go well with us when we obey the voice of the LORD our God!”
留在这地必蒙建立
7过了十天,耶和华的话临到耶利米。After ten days the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah,
8他就将加利亚的儿子约哈难和同着他的众军长,并众百姓,从最小的到至大的都叫了来,and he summoned Johanan son of Kareah, all the commanders of the forces who were with him, and all the people from the least to the greatest.
9对他们说:“耶和华—以色列的 神,就是你们请我在他面前为你们祈求的主,如此说:Jeremiah told them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to whom you sent me to present your petition:
10‘你们若仍住在这地,我就建立你们,必不拆毁,栽植你们,并不拔出,因我为降与你们的灾祸了。‘If you will indeed stay in this land, then I will build you up and not tear you down; I will plant you and not uproot you, for I will relent of the disaster I have brought upon you.
11不要怕你们所怕的巴比伦王’”。耶和华说:“不要怕他!因为我与你们同在,要拯救你们脱离他的手。Do not be afraid of the king of Babylon, whom you now fear; do not be afraid of him, declares the LORD, for I am with you to save you and deliver you from him.
12我也要使他发怜悯,好怜悯你们,叫你们归回本地。And I will show you compassion, and he will have compassion on you and restore you to your own land.’
若下埃及必遭灾祸
13倘若你们说:‘我们不住在这地’,以致不听从耶和华—你们 神的话,But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ and you thus disobey the voice of the LORD your God,
14说:‘我们不住这地,却要进入埃及地,在那里看不见争战,听不见,也不致无食饥饿。我们必住在那里。’and if you say, ‘No, but we will go to the land of Egypt and live there, where we will not see war or hear the sound of the ram’s horn or hunger for bread,’
15你们所剩下的犹大人哪,现在要听耶和华的话。万军之耶和华—以色列的 神如此说:‘你们若定意要进入埃及,在那里寄居,then hear the word of the LORD, O remnant of Judah! This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you are determined to go to Egypt and reside there,
16你们所惧怕的刀剑在埃及地必追上你们!你们所惧怕的饥荒在埃及要紧紧地跟随你们!你们必死在那里!then the sword you fear will overtake you there, and the famine you dread will follow on your heels into Egypt, and you will die there.
17凡定意要进入埃及在那里寄居的必遭刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫而死,无一人存留,逃脱我所降与他们的灾祸。’So all who resolve to go to Egypt to reside there will die by sword and famine and plague. Not one of them will survive or escape the disaster I will bring upon them.’
18“万军之耶和华—以色列的 神如此说:‘我怎样将我的怒气和忿怒倾在耶路撒冷的居民身上,你们进入埃及的时候,我也必照样将我的忿怒倾在你们身上,以致你们令人辱骂、惊骇、咒诅、羞辱,你们不得再见这地方。’For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Just as My anger and wrath were poured out on the residents of Jerusalem, so will My wrath be poured out on you if you go to Egypt. You will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and disgrace, and you will never see this place again.’
你们行诡诈自害
19所剩下的犹大人哪,耶和华论到你们说:‘不要进入埃及去。’你们要确实地知道我今日你们了。The LORD has told you, O remnant of Judah, ‘Do not go to Egypt.’ Know for sure that I have warned you today!
20你们行诡诈自害;因为你们请我到耶和华—你们的 神那里,说:‘求你为我们祷告耶和华—我们 神,照耶和华—我们的 神一切所说的告诉我们,我们就必遵行。’For you have deceived yourselves by sending me to the LORD your God, saying, ‘Pray to the LORD our God on our behalf, and as for all that the LORD our God says, tell it to us and we will do it.’
21我今日将这话告诉你们,耶和华—你们的 神为你们的事差遣我到你们那里说的,你们却一样没有听从。For I have told you today, but you have not obeyed the voice of the LORD your God in all He has sent me to tell you.
22现在你们要确实地知道,你们在所要去寄居之地必遭刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫而死。”Now therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”
耶利米书 第 43 章
不听神的话,下到埃及
1耶利米向众百姓说完了耶和华—他们 神的一切话,就是耶和华—他们 神差遣他去所说的一切话。When Jeremiah had finished telling all the people all the words of the LORD their God—everything that the LORD had sent him to say—
2何沙雅的儿子亚撒利雅和加利亚的儿子约哈难,并一切狂傲的人,就对耶利米说:“你说谎言!耶和华—我们的 神并没有差遣你来说:‘你们不可进入埃及,在那里寄居。’Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’
3这是尼利亚的儿子巴录你害我们,要将我们交在迦勒底人的手中,使我们有被杀的,有被掳到巴比伦去的。”Rather, Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans, so that they may put us to death or exile us to Babylon!”
4于是加利亚的儿子约哈难和一切军长,并众百姓,不听从耶和华的话住在犹大地。So Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces disobeyed the command of the LORD to stay in the land of Judah.
5–6加利亚的儿子约哈难和一切军长却将所剩下的犹大人,就是从被赶到各国回来在犹大地寄居的男人、妇女、孩童,和众公主,并护卫长尼布撒拉旦所留在沙番的孙子亚希甘的儿子基大利那里的众人,与先知耶利米,以及尼利亚的儿子巴录,Instead, Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took the whole remnant of Judah, those who had returned to the land of Judah from all the nations to which they had been scattered, the men, the women, the children, the king’s daughters, and everyone whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had allowed to remain with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as well as Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah.
7都带入埃及地,到了。这是因他们不听从耶和华的话。So they entered the land of Egypt because they did not obey the voice of the LORD, and they went as far as Tahpanhes.
大石头藏在法老宫门
8在答比匿,耶和华的话临到耶利米说:Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes:
9“你在犹大人眼前要用手拿几块大石头,藏在中,就是在答比匿法老的宫门那里,“In the sight of the Jews, pick up some large stones and bury them in the clay of the brick pavement at the entrance to Pharaoh’s palace at Tahpanhes.
10对他们说:‘万军之耶和华—以色列的 神如此说:我必召我的仆人巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒来。在所藏的石头上我要安置他的宝座;他必将光华的支搭在其上。Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones that I have embedded, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.
11他要来攻击埃及地,定为死亡的,必致死亡;定为掳掠的,必被掳掠;定为刀杀的,必交刀杀。He will come and strike down the land of Egypt, bringing death to those destined for death, captivity to those destined for captivity, and the sword to those destined for the sword.
12我要在埃及神的庙中使火着起,巴比伦王要将庙宇焚烧,神像掳去;他要得(原文是披上)埃及地,好像牧人,从那里安然而去。I will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar will burn those temples and take their gods as captives. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his garment, and he will depart from there unscathed.
13他必打碎埃及地的柱像,用火焚烧埃及神的庙宇。’”He will demolish the sacred pillars of the temple of the sun in the land of Egypt, and he will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”
耶利米书 第 44 章
不要行这可憎之事
1有临到耶利米的话,论及一切住在埃及地的犹大人,就是住在密夺、答比匿、、巴忒罗境内的犹大人,说:This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt—in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis—and in the land of Pathros:
2“万军之耶和华—以色列的 神如此说:我所降与耶路撒冷和犹大各城的一切灾祸你们都看见了。那些城邑今日荒凉,无人居住;“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: You have seen all the disaster that I brought against Jerusalem and all the cities of Judah; and behold, they lie today in ruins and desolation
3这是因居民所行的恶,去烧香事奉别神,就是他们和你们,并你们列祖所不认识的神,惹我发怒。because of the evil they have done. They provoked Me to anger by continuing to burn incense and to serve other gods that neither they nor you nor your fathers ever knew.
4我从早起来差遣我的仆人众先知去说,你们切不要行我所厌恶这可憎之事。Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
5他们却不听从,不侧耳而听,不转离恶事,仍向别神烧香。But they did not listen or incline their ears; they did not turn from their wickedness or stop burning incense to other gods.
6因此,我的怒气和忿怒都倒出来,在犹大城邑中和耶路撒冷的街市上,如火着起,以致都荒废凄凉,正如今日一样。Therefore My wrath and anger poured out and burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem, so that they have become the desolate ruin they are today.
7现在耶和华—万军之 神、以色列的 神如此说:你们为何作这大恶自害己命,使你们的男人、妇女、婴孩,和吃奶的都从犹大中剪除、不留一人呢?So now, this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves by cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, leaving yourselves without a remnant?
8就是因你们手所做的,在所去寄居的埃及地向别神烧香惹我发怒,使你们被剪除,在天下万国中令人咒诅羞辱。Why are you provoking Me to anger by the work of your hands by burning incense to other gods in the land of Egypt, where you have gone to reside? As a result, you will be cut off and will become an object of cursing and reproach among all the nations of the earth.
9你们列祖的恶行,犹大列王和他们后妃的恶行,你们自己和你们妻子的恶行,就是在犹大地、耶路撒冷街上所行的,你们都忘了吗?Have you forgotten the wickedness of your fathers and of the kings of Judah and their wives, as well as the wickedness that you and your wives committed in the land of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem?
10到如今还没有,没有惧怕,没有遵行我在你们和你们列祖面前所设立的法度律例。To this day they have not humbled themselves or shown reverence, nor have they followed My instruction or the statutes that I set before you and your fathers.
在埃及的犹大人必被剪除
11“所以万军之耶和华—以色列的 神如此说:我必向你们降灾,以致剪除犹大众人。Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I will set My face to bring disaster and to cut off all Judah.
12那定意进入埃及地、在那里寄居的,就是所剩下的犹大人,我必使他们尽都灭绝,必在埃及地仆倒,必因刀剑饥荒灭绝;从最小的到至大的都必遭刀剑饥荒而死,以致令人辱骂、惊骇、咒诅、羞辱。And I will take away the remnant of Judah who have resolved to go to the land of Egypt to reside there; they will meet their end. They will all fall by the sword or be consumed by famine. From the least to the greatest, they will die by sword or famine; and they will become an object of cursing and horror, of vilification and reproach.
13我怎样用刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫刑罚耶路撒冷,也必照样刑罚那些住在埃及地的犹大人;I will punish those who live in the land of Egypt, just as I punished Jerusalem, by sword and famine and plague,
14甚至那进入埃及地寄居的,就是所剩下的犹大人,都不得逃脱,也不得存留归回犹大地。他们心中甚想归回居住之地;除了逃脱的以外,一个都不能归回。”so that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone to reside in Egypt will escape or survive to return to the land of Judah, where they long to return and live; for none will return except a few fugitives.”
我们定要向天后烧香
15那些住在埃及地巴忒罗知道自己妻子向别神烧香的,与旁边站立的众妇女,聚集成群,回答耶利米说:Then all the men who knew that their wives were burning incense to other gods, and all the women standing by—a great assembly—along with all the people living in the land of Egypt and in Pathros, said to Jeremiah,
16“论到你奉耶和华的名向我们所说的话,我们必不听从。“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
17我们定要成就我们口中所出的一切话,向烧香、浇奠祭,按着我们与我们列祖、君王、首领在犹大的城邑中和耶路撒冷的街市上素常所行的一样;因为那时我们吃饱饭、享福乐,并不见灾祸。Instead, we will do everything we vowed to do: We will burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and offer drink offerings to her, just as we, our fathers, our kings, and our officials did in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem. At that time we had plenty of food and good things, and we saw no disaster.
18自从我们停止向天后烧香、浇奠祭,我们倒缺乏一切,又因刀剑饥荒灭绝。”But from the time we stopped burning incense to the Queen of Heaven and pouring out drink offerings to her, we have lacked everything and have been perishing by sword and famine.”
19妇女说:“我们向天后烧香、浇奠祭,做供奉她,向她浇奠祭,是我们的丈夫吗?”“Moreover,” said the women, “when we burned incense to the Queen of Heaven and poured out drink offerings to her, was it without our husbands’ knowledge that we made sacrificial cakes in her image and poured out drink offerings to her?”
耶利米的回答
20耶利米对一切那样回答他的男人妇女说:Then Jeremiah said to all the people, both men and women, who were answering him,
21“你们与你们列祖、君王、首领,并国内的百姓,在犹大城邑中和耶路撒冷街市上所烧的香,耶和华岂不记念,心中岂不思想吗?“As for the incense you burned in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem—you, your fathers, your kings, your officials, and the people of the land—did the LORD not remember and bring this to mind?
22耶和华因你们所作的恶、所行可憎的事,不能再容忍,所以你们的地荒凉,令人惊骇咒诅,无人居住,正如今日一样。So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.
23你们烧香,得罪耶和华,没有听从他的话,没有遵行他的律法、条例、法度,所以你们遭遇这灾祸,正如今日一样。”Because you burned incense and sinned against the LORD and did not obey the voice of the LORD or walk in His instruction, His statutes, and His testimonies, this disaster has befallen you, as you see today.”
看谁的话立得住
24耶利米又对众民和众妇女说:“你们在埃及地的一切犹大人当听耶和华的话。Then Jeremiah said to all the people, including all the women, “Hear the word of the LORD, all those of Judah who are in the land of Egypt.
25万军之耶和华—以色列的 神如此说:你们和你们的妻都口中说、手里做,说:‘我们定要偿还所许的愿,向天后烧香、浇奠祭。’现在你们只管坚定所许的愿而偿还吧!This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: As for you and your wives, you have spoken with your mouths and fulfilled with your hands your words: ‘We will surely perform our vows that we have made to burn incense to the Queen of Heaven and to pour out drink offerings to her.’ Go ahead, then, do what you have promised! Keep your vows!
26所以你们住在埃及地的一切犹大人当听耶和华的话。耶和华说:我指着我的大名起誓,在埃及全地,我的名不再被犹大一个人的口称呼说:‘我指着主—永生的耶和华起誓。’Nevertheless, hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah living in Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the LORD, that never again will any man of Judah living in the land of Egypt invoke My name or say, ‘As surely as the Lord GOD lives.’
27我向他们留意降祸不降福;在埃及地的一切犹大人必因刀剑、饥荒所灭,直到灭尽。I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are finished off.
28脱离刀剑、从埃及地归回犹大地的人数很少;那进入埃及地要在那里寄居的,就是所剩下的犹大人,必知道是谁的话立得住,是我的话呢?是他们的话呢?Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!
法老合弗拉的预兆
29耶和华说:我在这地方刑罚你们,必有预兆,使你们知道我降祸与你们的话必要立得住。This will be a sign to you that I will punish you in this place, declares the LORD, so that you may know that My threats of harm against you will surely stand.
30耶和华如此说:我必将埃及王交在他仇敌和寻索其命的人手中,像我将犹大王西底家交在他仇敌和寻索其命的巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒手中一样。”This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”
摘要
犹大余民请求耶利米代祷求问神的旨意,起誓必遵行,神明确指示他们留在犹大地必蒙保护与建立,若下埃及必遭刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫灭绝。然而众人悖逆,诬指耶利米说谎,强行带所有人下埃及;到埃及后仍拜偶像向天后烧香,甚至公然拒绝先知的警告,坚持拜偶像才有平安。神宣告在埃及的犹大人必遭审判,几乎无人能归回犹大地,并以法老合弗拉的覆灭作为预兆。
反思问题
- 你是否曾在祷告寻求神的引导后,因答案不合心意而选择忽略或拒绝?当时的结果如何?
- 百姓将灾祸归因于停止拜偶像,而非归因于离弃神。你在生活中是否也曾错误归因,把问题的根源指向错误的方向?
- 面对不确定的环境,你倾向于信靠神的应许留在原地,还是靠自己的判断寻找看似更安全的出路?这段经文如何挑战你的选择?
新约希伯来书 3:1–4:13
前情提要
上回说到
昨天(2 章):作者警告不可忽略这么大的救恩;耶稣暂时比天使小一点,成了血肉之体,为人人尝了死味,好成为“慈悲忠信的大祭司”。
今天你会读到
耶稣比摩西更配得荣耀:摩西是神家中的仆人,基督是治理神家的儿子。接着引诗 95 篇,提醒读者不要像旷野那一代硬着心,因不信而不能进入神的安息;神的安息仍为祂的子民存留,我们要竭力进入。最后说神的道是活泼的,比两刃的剑更快。
阅读小提示
留意“今日”一词反复出现(、、、):听见神的话,回应的时候就是今天,“总要趁着还有今日,天天彼此相劝”。
■ 当时 □ 预言所指
点时代可看说明
作者借用以色列人在旷野的历史(民 14 章):出埃及的那一代因不信,不能进入迦南地,以此提醒读者不要重蹈覆辙。
希伯来书 第 3 章
耶稣比摩西更配得荣耀
1同蒙的圣洁弟兄啊,你们应当思想我们所认为、为大祭司的耶稣。Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.
2他为那设立他的尽忠,如同摩西在 神的全家尽忠一样。He was faithful to the One who appointed Him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house.
3他比摩西算是更配多得荣耀,好像建造房屋的比房屋更尊荣;For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
4因为房屋都必有人建造,但建造万物的就是 神。And every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.
5摩西为,在 神的全家诚然尽忠,为要证明将来必传说的事。Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.
6但基督为儿子,治理 神的家;我们若将可夸的盼望和坚持到底,便是他的家了。But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.
你们今日若听他的话
7圣灵有话说:你们今日若听他的话,Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
8就不可硬着心,像在旷野、试探他的时候一样。do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,
9在那里,你们的祖宗试我探我,并且观看我的作为有四十年之久。where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.
10所以,我厌烦那世代的人,说:他们心里常常,竟不晓得我的作为!Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, ‘Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.’
11我就在怒中起誓说:他们断不可进入我的。So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”
天天彼此相劝
12弟兄们,你们要谨慎,免得你们中间或有人存着不信的恶心,把永生 神离弃了。See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.
13总要趁着还有今日,天天彼此相劝,免得你们中间有人被罪迷惑,心里就刚硬了。But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
14我们若将起初确实的信心坚持到底,就在基督里了。We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.
15经上说:“你们今日若听他的话,就不可硬着心,像惹他发怒的日子一样。”As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”
旷野那一代因不信不能进入
16那时,听见他话惹他发怒的是谁呢?岂不是跟着摩西从埃及出来的众人吗?For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?
17神四十年之久,又厌烦谁呢?岂不是那些犯罪、尸首倒在旷野的人吗?And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?
18又向谁起誓,不容他们进入他的安息呢?岂不是向那些不信从的人吗?And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?
19这样看来,他们不能进入安息是因为不信的缘故了。So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.
希伯来书 第 4 章
进入神的安息
1我们既蒙留下,有进入他安息的应许,就当畏惧,免得我们(原文是你们)中间或有人似乎是了。Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.
2因为有福音传给我们,像传给他们一样;只是所听见的道与他们无益,因为他们没有信心与所听见的道。For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.
3但我们已经相信的人得以进入那安息,正如 神所说:“我在怒中起誓说:‘他们断不可进入我的安息!’”其实造物之工,从创世以来已经成全了。Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.
4论到第七日,有一处说:“到第七日, 神就歇了他一切的工。”For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”
5又有一处说:“他们断不可进入我的安息!”And again, as He says in the passage above: “They shall never enter My rest.”
另有一安息日的安息
6既有必进安息的人,那先前听见福音的,因为不信从,不得进去。Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience,
7所以过了多年,就在大卫的书上,又限定一日,如以上所引的说:“你们今日若听他的话,就不可硬着心。”God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”
8若是已叫他们享了安息,后来 神就不再提别的日子了。For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.
9这样看来,必另有一安息日的安息为 神的子民存留。There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.
10因为那进入安息的,乃是歇了自己的工,正如 神歇了他的工一样。For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.
竭力进入那安息
11所以,我们务必竭力进入那安息,免得有人学那不信从的样子跌倒了。Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.
神的道是活泼的
12神的道是活泼的,是有功效的,比一切更快,甚至魂与灵,,都能刺入、剖开,连心中的思念和主意都能辨明。For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
13并且被造的没有一样在他面前不显然的;原来万物在那与我们有关系的主眼前,都是的。Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.
摘要
希伯来书指出基督超越摩西——摩西是神家中忠心的仆人,基督却是治理神家的儿子。作者引用以色列人在旷野因不信而不得进入安息的历史,严肃警告信徒不可硬心、不信,免得同样失去进入神安息的机会。这安息不仅是迦南地的安息,更是神从创世以来为祂子民存留的终极安息,信徒当竭力进入。神的道活泼有功效,能刺入剖开人内心最深处的思念与动机,万物在神面前赤露敞开。
反思问题
- ‘趁着还有今日,天天彼此相劝’——你目前有没有可以互相劝勉、防止心里刚硬的信仰同伴?你如何主动建立这样的关系?
- 以色列人听见了福音却因不信无法进入安息。在你的信仰生活中,有哪些神的应许是你‘听见了’却尚未真正以信心回应的?
- 神的道能辨明心中的思念和主意——面对这样全然透明的神,你的反应是惧怕还是释放?这如何影响你在祷告中的真实程度?