今日读经

论以东

⁷论以东。万军之耶和华如此说：提幔中再没有智慧吗？明哲人不再有谋略吗？他们的智慧尽归无有吗？Concerning Edom, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?

⁸底但的居民哪，要转身逃跑，住在深密处；因为我向以扫追讨的时候，必使灾殃临到他。Turn and run! Lie low, O dwellers of Dedan, for I will bring disaster on Esau at the time I punish him.

⁹摘葡萄的若来到他那里，岂不剩下些葡萄呢？盗贼若夜间而来，岂不毁坏直到够了呢？If grape gatherers came to you, would they not leave some gleanings? Were thieves to come in the night, would they not steal only what they wanted?

¹⁰我却使以扫赤露，显出他的隐密处；他不能自藏。他的后裔、弟兄、邻舍尽都灭绝；他也归于无有。But I will strip Esau bare; I will uncover his hiding places, and he will be unable to conceal himself. His descendants will be destroyed along with his relatives and neighbors, and he will be no more.

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¹¹你撇下孤儿，我必保全他们的命；你的寡妇可以倚靠我。Abandon your orphans; I will preserve their lives. Let your widows trust in Me.”

以东一定要喝那杯

¹²耶和华如此说：“原不该喝那杯的一定要喝。你能尽免刑罚吗？你必不能免，一定要喝！”For this is what the LORD says: “If those who do not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, can you possibly remain unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for you must drink it too.

¹³耶和华说：“我指着自己起誓，波斯拉必令人惊骇、羞辱、咒诅，并且荒凉。她的一切城邑必变为永远的荒场。”For by Myself I have sworn, declares the LORD, that Bozrah will become a desolation, a disgrace, a ruin, and a curse, and all her cities will be in ruins forever.”

从高处被拉下来

¹⁴我从耶和华那里听见信息，并有使者被差往列国去，说：你们聚集来攻击以东，要起来争战。I have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent to the nations: “Assemble yourselves to march against her! Rise up for battle!”

¹⁵我使你在列国中为最小，在世人中被藐视。“For behold, I will make you small among nations, despised among men.

¹⁶住在山穴中据守山顶的啊，论到你的威吓，你因心中的狂傲自欺；你虽如大鹰高高搭窝，我却从那里拉下你来。这是耶和华说的。The terror you cause and the pride of your heart have deceived you, O dwellers in the clefts of the rocks, O occupiers of the mountain summit. Though you elevate your nest like the eagle, even from there I will bring you down,” declares the LORD.

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像所多玛一样荒凉

¹⁷以东必令人惊骇；凡经过的人就受惊骇，又因她一切的灾祸嗤笑。“Edom will become an object of horror. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.

¹⁸耶和华说：必无人住在那里，也无人在其中寄居，要像所多玛、蛾摩拉，和邻近的城邑倾覆的时候一样。As Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.

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仇敌像狮子上来

¹⁹仇敌必像狮子从约旦河边的丛林上来，攻击坚固的居所。转眼之间，我要使以东人逃跑，离开这地。谁蒙拣选，我就派谁治理这地。谁能比我呢？谁能给我定规日期呢？有何牧人能在我面前站立得住呢？Behold, one will come up like a lion from the thickets of the Jordan to the watered pasture. For in an instant I will chase Edom from her land. Who is the chosen one I will appoint for this? For who is like Me, and who can challenge Me? What shepherd can stand against Me?”

²⁰你们要听耶和华攻击以东所说的谋略和他攻击提幔居民所定的旨意。仇敌定要将他们群众微弱的拉去，定要使他们的居所荒凉。Therefore hear the plans that the LORD has drawn up against Edom and the strategies He has devised against the people of Teman: Surely the little ones of the flock will be dragged away; certainly their pasture will be made desolate because of them.

²¹因他们仆倒的声音，地就震动。人在红海那里必听见呼喊的声音。At the sound of their fall the earth will quake; their cry will resound to the Red Sea.

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²²仇敌必如大鹰飞起，展开翅膀攻击波斯拉。到那日，以东的勇士心中疼痛如临产的妇人。Look! An eagle will soar and swoop down, spreading its wings over Bozrah. In that day the hearts of Edom’s mighty men will be like the heart of a woman in labor.

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论大马士革

²³论大马士革。哈马和亚珥拔蒙羞，因他们听见凶恶的信息就消化了。海上有忧愁，不得平静。Concerning Damascus: “Hamath and Arpad are put to shame, for they have heard a bad report; they are agitated like the sea; their anxiety cannot be calmed.

²⁴大马士革发软，转身逃跑。战兢将她捉住；痛苦忧愁将她抓住，如产难的妇人一样。Damascus has become feeble; she has turned to flee. Panic has gripped her; anguish and pain have seized her like a woman in labor.

²⁵我所喜乐可称赞的城，为何被撇弃了呢？How is the city of praise not forsaken, the town that brings Me joy?

²⁶她的少年人必仆倒在街上；当那日，一切兵丁必默默无声。这是万军之耶和华说的。For her young men will fall in the streets, and all her warriors will be silenced in that day,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

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²⁷我必在大马士革城中使火着起，烧灭便哈达的宫殿。“I will set fire to the walls of Damascus; it will consume the fortresses of Ben-hadad.”

论基达和夏琐

²⁸论巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒所攻打的基达和夏琐的诸国。耶和华如此说：迦勒底人哪，起来上基达去，毁灭东方人。Concerning Kedar and the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated, this is what the LORD says: “Rise up, advance against Kedar, and destroy the people of the east!

²⁹他们的帐棚和羊群都要夺去，将幔子和一切器皿，并骆驼为自己掠去。人向他们喊着说：四围都有惊吓。They will take their tents and flocks, their tent curtains and all their goods. They will take their camels for themselves. They will shout to them: ‘Terror is on every side!’

³⁰耶和华说：夏琐的居民哪，要逃奔远方，住在深密处；因为巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒设计谋害你们，起意攻击你们。Run! Escape quickly! Lie low, O residents of Hazor,” declares the LORD, “for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has drawn up a plan against you; he has devised a strategy against you.

³¹耶和华说：迦勒底人哪，起来！上安逸无虑的居民那里去；他们是无门无闩、独自居住的。Rise up, advance against a nation at ease, one that dwells securely,” declares the LORD. “They have no gates or bars; they live alone.

³²他们的骆驼必成为掠物；他们众多的牲畜必成为掳物。我必将剃周围头发的人分散四方（原文是风），使灾殃从四围临到他们。这是耶和华说的。Their camels will become plunder, and their large herds will be spoil. I will scatter to the wind in every direction those who shave their temples; I will bring calamity on them from all sides,” declares the LORD.

³³夏琐必成为野狗的住处，永远凄凉；必无人住在那里，也无人在其中寄居。“Hazor will become a haunt for jackals, a desolation forever. No one will dwell there; no man will abide there.”

论以拦

³⁴犹大王西底家登基的时候，耶和华论以拦的话临到先知耶利米说：This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.

³⁵“万军之耶和华如此说：我必折断以拦人的弓，就是他们为首的权力。This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will shatter Elam’s bow, the mainstay of their might.

³⁶我要使四风从天的四方刮来，临到以拦人，将他们分散四方（原文是风）。这被赶散的人没有一国不到的。”I will bring the four winds against Elam from the four corners of the heavens, and I will scatter them to all these winds. There will not be a nation to which Elam’s exiles will not go.

³⁷耶和华说：“我必使以拦人在仇敌和寻索其命的人面前惊惶；我也必使灾祸，就是我的烈怒临到他们，又必使刀剑追杀他们，直到将他们灭尽。So I will shatter Elam before their foes, before those who seek their lives. I will bring disaster upon them, even My fierce anger,” declares the LORD. “I will send out the sword after them until I finish them off.

³⁸我要在以拦设立我的宝座，从那里除灭君王和首领。”这是耶和华说的。I will set My throne in Elam, and destroy its king and officials,” declares the LORD.

以拦必归回

³⁹“到末后，我还要使被掳的以拦人归回。这是耶和华说的。”“Yet in the last days, I will restore Elam from captivity,” declares the LORD.

麦基洗德是谁

¹这麦基洗德就是撒冷王，又是至高　神的祭司，本是长远为祭司的。他当亚伯拉罕杀败诸王回来的时候，就迎接他，给他祝福。This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him,

²亚伯拉罕也将自己所得来的，取十分之一给他。他头一个名翻出来就是仁义王，他又名撒冷王，就是平安王的意思。and Abraham apportioned to him a tenth of everything. First, his name means “king of righteousness.” Then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.”

³他无父，无母，无族谱，无生之始，无命之终，乃是与　神的儿子相似。Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.

比利未的祭司更大

⁴你们想一想，先祖亚伯拉罕将自己所掳来上等之物取十分之一给他，这人是何等尊贵呢！Consider how great Melchizedek was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder.

⁵那得祭司职任的利未子孙，领命照例向百姓取十分之一，这百姓是自己的弟兄，虽是从亚伯拉罕身（原文是腰）中生的，还是照例取十分之一。Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham.

⁶独有麦基洗德，不与他们同谱，倒收纳亚伯拉罕的十分之一，为那蒙应许的亚伯拉罕祝福。But Melchizedek, who did not trace his descent from Levi, collected a tenth from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises.

⁷从来位分大的给位分小的祝福，这是驳不倒的理。And indisputably, the lesser is blessed by the greater.

⁸在这里收十分之一的都是必死的人；但在那里收十分之一的，有为他作见证的说，他是活的；In the case of the Levites, mortal men collect the tenth; but in the case of Melchizedek, it is affirmed that he lives on.

⁹并且可说那受十分之一的利未，也是借着亚伯拉罕纳了十分之一。And so to speak, Levi, who collects the tenth, paid the tenth through Abraham.

¹⁰因为麦基洗德迎接亚伯拉罕的时候，利未已经在他先祖的身（原文是腰）中。For when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the loin of his ancestor.

另外兴起一位祭司

¹¹从前百姓在利未人祭司职任以下受律法，倘若借这职任能得完全，又何用另外兴起一位祭司，照麦基洗德的等次，不照亚伦的等次呢？Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?

¹²祭司的职任既已更改，律法也必须更改。For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed as well.

¹³因为这话所指的人本属别的支派，那支派里从来没有一人伺候祭坛。He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.

¹⁴我们的主分明是从犹大出来的；但这支派，摩西并没有提到祭司。For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, a tribe as to which Moses said nothing about priests.

¹⁵倘若照麦基洗德的样式，另外兴起一位祭司来，我的话更是显而易见的了。And this point is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears,

¹⁶他成为祭司，并不是照属肉体的条例，乃是照无穷（原文是不能毁坏）之生命的大能。one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.

¹⁷因为有给他作见证的说：“你是照着麦基洗德的等次永远为祭司。”For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

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引进更美的指望

¹⁸先前的条例，因软弱无益，所以废掉了，So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and useless

¹⁹（律法原来一无所成）就引进了更美的指望；靠这指望，我们便可以进到　神面前。(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.

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起誓立的祭司

²⁰再者，耶稣为祭司，并不是不起誓立的。And none of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath,

²¹至于那些祭司，原不是起誓立的，只有耶稣是起誓立的；因为那立他的对他说：“主起了誓，决不后悔，你是永远为祭司。”but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”

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²²既是起誓立的，耶稣就作了更美之约的中保。Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

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长远活着替我们祈求

²³那些成为祭司的，数目本来多，是因为有死阻隔，不能长久。Now there have been many other priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office.

²⁴这位既是永远常存的，他祭司的职任就长久不更换。But because Jesus lives forever, He has a permanent priesthood.

²⁵凡靠着他进到　神面前的人，他都能拯救到底；因为他是长远活着，替他们祈求。Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.

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只一次将自己献上

²⁶像这样圣洁、无邪恶、无玷污、远离罪人、高过诸天的大祭司，原是与我们合宜的。Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

²⁷他不像那些大祭司，每日必须先为自己的罪，后为百姓的罪献祭；因为他只一次将自己献上，就把这事成全了。Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.

²⁸律法本是立软弱的人为大祭司；但在律法以后起誓的话，是立儿子为大祭司，乃是成全到永远的。For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.

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