旧约以西结书 12:1–14:23
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昨天():以西结在异象中看见耶路撒冷圣殿里拜偶像、拜日头的可憎事;神吩咐在叹息哀哭的人额上画记号;耶和华的荣耀离开圣殿,停在城东的山上;神应许要除掉被掳之人的“石心”,赐给他们“肉心”。
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12 章,以西结白天搬出物件、晚上挖墙出去,预演王和百姓被掳;神驳斥“日子迟延,一切异象都落了空”的俗语;13 章责备假先知说“平安”的谎话,像用未泡透的灰抹墙,也责备猎取人命的女先知;14 章说心里供着假神的人来求问,神必亲自回答他;即使挪亚、但以理、约伯在城中,也只能救自己。
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说王要被带到巴比伦,“却看不见那地”。后来犹大最后一个王西底家出逃被抓,眼睛被剜,用铜链锁着带到巴比伦(),这话就照字面应验了。
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12 章预演的是主前 586 年西底家王出逃被擒()。 的但以理,传统认为就是当时在巴比伦宫中的但以理,也有学者认为是指古代传说中一位有名的义人。
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以西结书 第 12 章
预备掳去使用的物件
1耶和华的话又临到我说:Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2“人子啊,你住在悖逆的家中。他们有眼睛看不见,有耳朵听不见,因为他们是悖逆之家。“Son of man, you are living in a rebellious house. They have eyes to see but do not see, and ears to hear but do not hear, for they are a rebellious house.
3所以人子啊,你要预备掳去使用的物件,在白日当他们眼前从你所住的地方移到别处去;他们虽是悖逆之家,或者可以思想。Therefore, son of man, pack your bags for exile. In broad daylight, set out from your place and go to another as they watch. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.
4你要在白日当他们眼前带出你的物件去,好像预备掳去使用的物件。到了晚上,你要在他们眼前亲自出去,像被掳的人出去一样。Bring out your baggage for exile by day, as they watch. Then in the evening, as they watch, go out like those who go into exile.
5你要在他们眼前挖通了墙,从其中将物件带出去。As they watch, dig through the wall and carry your belongings out through it.
6到天黑时,你要当他们眼前搭在肩头上带出去,并要蒙住脸看不见地,因为我立你作以色列家的预兆。”And as they watch, lift your bags to your shoulder and take them out at dusk; cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.”
7我就照着所吩咐的去行,白日带出我的物件,好像预备掳去使用的物件。到了晚上,我用手挖通了墙。天黑的时候,就当他们眼前搭在肩头上带出去。So I did as I was commanded. I brought out my bags for exile by day, and in the evening I dug through the wall by hand. I took my belongings out at dusk, carrying them on my shoulder as they watched.
君王必被掳去
8次日早晨,耶和华的话临到我说:And in the morning the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
9“人子啊,以色列家,就是那悖逆之家,岂不是问你说:‘你做什么呢?’“Son of man, hasn’t the rebellious house of Israel asked you, ‘What are you doing?’
10你要对他们说:‘主耶和华如此说:这是关乎耶路撒冷的和他周围以色列全家的(原文是担子)。’Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are there.’
11你要说:‘我作你们的预兆:我怎样行,他们所遭遇的也必怎样,他们必被掳去。’You are to say, ‘I am a sign to you.’ Just as it happened here, so will it be done to them; they will go into exile as captives.
12他们中间的君王也必在天黑的时候将物件搭在肩头上带出去。他们要挖通了墙,从其中带出去。他必蒙住脸,眼看不见地。And at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land.
13我必将我的网撒在他身上,他必在我的网罗中缠住。我必带他到迦勒底人之地的巴比伦;他虽死在那里,却看不见那地。But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die.
14周围一切帮助他的和他所有的军队,我必分散四方(方:原文是风),也要拔刀追赶他们。And I will scatter to every wind all the attendants around him and all his troops, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.
15我将他们四散在列国、分散在列邦的时候,他们就知道我是耶和华。And they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.
16我却要留下他们几个人得免刀剑、饥荒、瘟疫,使他们在所到的各国中述说他们一切可憎的事,人就知道我是耶和华。”But I will spare a few of them from sword and famine and plague, so that in the nations to which they go, they can recount all their abominations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.”
吃饭胆战,喝水惶惶
17耶和华的话又临到我说:Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
18“人子啊,你吃饭必胆战,喝水必惶惶忧虑。“Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.
19你要对这地的百姓说:主耶和华论耶路撒冷和以色列地的居民如此说,他们吃饭必忧虑,喝水必惊惶。因其中居住的众人所行强暴的事,这地必然荒废,一无所存。Then tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: ‘They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who dwell in it.
20有居民的城邑必变为荒场,地也必变为荒废;你们就知道我是耶和华。”The inhabited cities will be laid waste, and the land will become desolate. Then you will know that I am the LORD.’”
异象必不再耽延
21耶和华的话临到我说:Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
22“人子啊,在你们以色列地怎么有这俗语,说‘日子迟延,一切异象都落了空’呢?“Son of man, what is this proverb that you have in the land of Israel: ‘The days go by, and every vision fails’?
23你要告诉他们说:‘主耶和华如此说:我必使这俗语止息,以色列中不再用这俗语。’你却要对他们说:‘日子临近,一切的异象必都应验。’Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will put an end to this proverb, and in Israel they will no longer recite it.’ But say to them: ‘The days are at hand when every vision will be fulfilled.
24从此,在以色列家中必不再有虚假的异象和奉承的。For there will be no more false visions or flattering divinations within the house of Israel,
25我—耶和华说话,所说的必定成就,不再耽延。你们这悖逆之家,我所说的话必趁你们在世的日子成就。这是主耶和华说的。”because I, the LORD, will speak whatever word I speak, and it will be fulfilled without delay. For in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak a message and bring it to pass, declares the Lord GOD.’”
26耶和华的话又临到我说:Furthermore, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
27“人子啊,以色列家的人说:‘他所见的异象是关乎后来许多的日子,所说的预言是指着极远的时候。’“Son of man, take note that the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision that he sees is for many years from now; he prophesies about the distant future.’
28所以你要对他们说:‘主耶和华如此说:我的话没有一句再耽延的,我所说的必定成就。这是主耶和华说的。’”Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘None of My words will be delayed any longer. The message I speak will be fulfilled, declares the Lord GOD.’”
以西结书 第 13 章
责备假先知
1耶和华的话临到我说:Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2“人子啊,你要说预言攻击以色列中说预言的先知,对那些本己心发预言的说:‘你们当听耶和华的话。’”“Son of man, prophesy against the prophets of Israel who are now prophesying. Tell those who prophesy out of their own imagination: Hear the word of the LORD!
3主耶和华如此说:“愚顽的先知有祸了,他们随从自己的心意,却一无所见。This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit yet have seen nothing.
4以色列啊,你的先知好像荒场中的,Your prophets, O Israel, are like foxes among the ruins.
5没有上去堵挡,也没有为以色列家重修墙垣,使他们当耶和华的日子在阵上站立得住。You did not go up to the gaps or restore the wall around the house of Israel so that it would stand in the battle on the Day of the LORD.
6这些人所见的是虚假,是谎诈的占卜。他们说是耶和华说的,其实耶和华并没有差遣他们,他们倒使人指望那话必然立定。They see false visions and speak lying divinations. They claim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ when the LORD did not send them; yet they wait for the fulfillment of their message.
7你们岂不是见了虚假的异象吗?岂不是说了谎诈的占卜吗?你们说,这是耶和华说的,其实我没有说。”Haven’t you seen a false vision and spoken a lying divination when you proclaim, ‘Thus declares the LORD,’ even though I have not spoken?
8所以主耶和华如此说:“因你们说的是虚假,见的是谎诈,我就与你们反对。这是主耶和华说的。Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Because you have uttered vain words and seen false visions, I am against you, declares the Lord GOD.
9我的手必攻击那见虚假异象、用谎诈占卜的先知,他们必不列在我百姓的会中,不录在以色列家的册上,也不进入以色列地;你们就知道我是主耶和华。My hand will be against the prophets who see false visions and speak lying divinations. They will not belong to the council of My people or be recorded in the register of the house of Israel, nor will they enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord GOD.
用未泡透的灰抹墙
10因为他们诱惑我的百姓,说:‘平安!’其实没有平安,就像有人立起墙壁,他们倒用抹上。Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built,
11所以你要对那些抹上未泡透灰的人说:‘墙要倒塌,必有暴雨漫过。啊,你们要降下,狂风也要吹裂这墙。’tell those whitewashing the wall that it will fall. Rain will come in torrents, I will send hailstones plunging down, and a windstorm will burst forth.
12这墙倒塌之后,人岂不问你们说:‘你们抹上未泡透的灰在哪里呢?’”Surely when the wall has fallen, you will not be asked, ‘Where is the whitewash with which you covered it?’
13所以主耶和华如此说:“我要发怒,使狂风吹裂这墙,在怒中使暴雨漫过,又发怒降下大冰雹,毁灭这墙。Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.
14我要这样拆毁你们那未泡透灰所抹的墙,拆平到地,以致根基露出,墙必倒塌,你们也必在其中灭亡;你们就知道我是耶和华。I will tear down the wall you whitewashed and level it to the ground, so that its foundation is exposed. The city will fall, and you will be destroyed within it. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
15我要这样向墙和用未泡透灰抹墙的人成就我怒中所定的,并要对你们说:‘墙和抹墙的人都没有了。’And after I have vented My wrath against the wall and against those who whitewashed it, I will say to you: ‘The wall is gone, and so are those who whitewashed it—
16这抹墙的就是以色列的先知,他们指着耶路撒冷说预言,为这城见了平安的异象,其实没有平安。这是主耶和华说的。”those prophets of Israel who prophesied to Jerusalem and saw a vision of peace for her when there was no peace, declares the Lord GOD.’
猎取人命的女先知
17“人子啊,你要面向本民中、从己心发预言的女子说预言,攻击她们,Now, O son of man, set your face against the daughters of your people who prophesy out of their own imagination. Prophesy against them
18说主耶和华如此说:‘这些妇女有祸了!她们为众人的膀臂缝,给高矮之人做,为要猎取人的性命。难道你们要猎取我百姓的性命,为利己将人救活吗?and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to ensnare their souls. Will you ensnare the souls of My people but preserve your own?
19你们为,为几块饼,在我民中亵渎我,对肯听谎言的民说谎,杀死不该死的人,救活不该活的人。’”You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.
20所以主耶和华如此说:“看哪,我与你们的靠枕反对,就是你们用以猎取人、使人的性命如鸟飞的。我要将靠枕从你们的膀臂上扯去,释放你们猎取如鸟飞的人。Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: See, I am against the magic charms with which you ensnare souls like birds, and I will tear them from your arms. So I will free the souls you have ensnared like birds.
21我也必撕裂你们下垂的头巾,救我百姓脱离你们的手,不再被猎取,落在你们手中。你们就知道我是耶和华。I will also tear off your veils and deliver My people from your hands, so that they will no longer be prey in your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
22我不使义人伤心,你们却以谎话使他伤心,又坚固恶人的手,使他不回头离开恶道得以救活。Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,
23你们就不再见虚假的异象,也不再行占卜的事;我必救我的百姓脱离你们的手;你们就知道我是耶和华。”therefore you will no longer see false visions or practice divination. I will deliver My people from your hands. Then you will know that I am the LORD.”
以西结书 第 14 章
把假神接到心里的长老
1有几个以色列长老到我这里来,坐在我面前。Then some of the elders of Israel came and sat down before me.
2耶和华的话就临到我说:And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
3“人子啊,这些人已将他们的假神接到心里,把陷于罪的绊脚石放在面前,我岂能丝毫被他们求问吗?“Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I consult with them in any way?
4所以你要告诉他们:‘主耶和华如此说:以色列家的人中,凡将他的假神接到心里,把陷于罪的绊脚石放在面前,又就了先知来的,我—耶和华在他所求的事上,必按他众多的假神回答他(或译:必按他拜许多假神的罪报应他),Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him according to his great idolatry,
5好在以色列家的心事上捉住他们,因为他们都借着假神与我。’so that I may take hold of the hearts of the people of Israel. For because of their idols, they are all estranged from Me.’
回头吧!离开偶像
6“所以你要告诉以色列家说:‘主耶和华如此说:回头吧!离开你们的偶像,转脸莫从你们一切可憎的事。’Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your abominations.
7因为以色列家的人,或在以色列中寄居的外人,凡与我隔绝,将他的假神接到心里,把陷于罪的绊脚石放在面前,又就了先知来要为自己的事求问我的,我—耶和华必亲自回答他。For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.
8我必向那人变脸,使他作了警戒,,令人惊骇,并且我要将他从我民中剪除;你们就知道我是耶和华。I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
9先知若被迷惑说一句预言,是我—耶和华任那先知受迷惑,我也必向他伸手,将他从我民以色列中除灭。But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel.
10他们必担当自己的罪孽。先知的罪孽和求问之人的罪孽都是一样,They will bear their punishment—the punishment of the inquirer will be the same as that of the prophet—
11好使以色列家不再走迷离开我,不再因各样的罪过玷污自己,只要作我的子民,我作他们的 神。这是主耶和华说的。”in order that the house of Israel may no longer stray from Me and no longer defile themselves with all their transgressions. Then they will be My people and I will be their God, declares the Lord GOD.’”
挪亚、但以理、约伯也只能救自己
12耶和华的话临到我说:And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
13“人子啊,若有一国犯罪干犯我,我也向他伸手折断他们的杖,就是断绝他们的粮,使饥荒临到那地,将人与牲畜从其中剪除;“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,
14其中虽有、、这三人,他们只能因他们的义救自己的性命。这是主耶和华说的。then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD.
15我若使恶兽经过那地,使地荒凉,以致因这些兽,人都不得经过;Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts,
16虽有这三人在其中,主耶和华说:我指着我的永生起誓,他们连儿带女都不能得救,只能自己得救,那地仍然荒凉。then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered, but the land would be desolate.
17或者我使刀剑临到那地,说:刀剑哪,要经过那地,以致我将人与牲畜从其中剪除;Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,
18虽有这三人在其中,主耶和华说:我指着我的永生起誓,他们连儿带女都不能得救,只能自己得救。then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if these three men were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. They alone would be delivered.
19或者我叫瘟疫流行那地,使我灭命(原文是带血)的忿怒倾在其上,好将人与牲畜从其中剪除;Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath upon it through bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast,
20虽有挪亚、但以理、约伯在其中,主耶和华说:我指着我的永生起誓,他们连儿带女都不能救,只能因他们的义救自己的性命。”then as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, even if Noah, Daniel, and Job were in it, they could not deliver their own sons or daughters. Their righteousness could deliver only themselves.
四样大灾与剩下的人
21主耶和华如此说:“我将这四样大灾—就是刀剑、饥荒、恶兽、瘟疫降在耶路撒冷,将人与牲畜从其中剪除,岂不更重吗?For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?
22然而其中必有剩下的人,他们连儿带女必带到你们这里来,你们看见他们所行所为的,要因我降给耶路撒冷的一切灾祸,便得了安慰。Yet, behold, some survivors will be left in it—sons and daughters who will be brought out. They will come out to you, and when you see their conduct and actions, you will be comforted regarding the disaster I have brought upon Jerusalem—all that I have brought upon it.
23你们看见他们所行所为的,得了安慰,就知道我在耶路撒冷中所行的并非无故。这是主耶和华说的。”They will bring you consolation when you see their conduct and actions, and you will know that it was not without cause that I have done all these things within it,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
摘要
以西结书12至14章记载神命以西结以象征性行动预演耶路撒冷的被掳命运,警告百姓神的审判不会耽延。第13章严厉谴责假先知与行巫术的女子,他们以虚假平安欺骗百姓,如同用未泡透的灰抹墙,终必被神拆毁。第14章指出心中供奉偶像者无权求问神,并以挪亚、但以理、约伯为例说明义人只能救自己,不能代替全国免去刀剑、饥荒、恶兽、瘟疫四重审判,但神仍留下余民作见证。
反思问题
- 你是否曾对神的警告或管教抱持“还很遥远、不会临到我”的心态?这段经文如何挑战这种想法?
- 假先知用虚假的平安安抚人心——在你的生活中,有哪些声音可能正在给你不真实的安全感,使你忽略需要面对的问题?
- 第14章强调个人必须为自己的信仰负责,即使义人也无法替代他人得救。这对你在信仰群体中的责任感和个人与神的关系有什么提醒?
新约雅各书 2:1–13
前情提要
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雅各举了一个例子:有钱人和穷人一起进聚会,大家只请有钱人坐好位子。他说这是“按着外貌待人”,违背了“要爱人如己”这至尊的律法,在一条上跌倒就是犯了众条。最后提醒:不怜悯人的,也要受无怜悯的审判。
阅读小提示
说神拣选了世上的贫穷人,“叫他们在信上富足”。在神面前,人的尊贵不在衣着和财富,而在信心;这呼应耶稣说“你们贫穷的人有福了”()。
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传统认为作者是耶路撒冷教会的领袖雅各。 称信徒的聚会为“会堂”,可能反映早期犹太信徒的背景。
雅各书 第 2 章
不可按着外貌待人
1我的弟兄们,你们信奉我们荣耀的主耶稣基督,便不可。My brothers, as you hold out your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, do not show favoritism.
2若有一个人带着,穿着华美衣服,进你们的去;又有一个穷人穿着衣服也进去;Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in.
3你们就重看那穿华美衣服的人,说:“请坐在这好位上”;又对那穷人说:“你站在那里”,或“坐在我下边。”If you lavish attention on the man in fine clothes and say, “Here is a seat of honor,” but say to the poor man, “You must stand” or “Sit at my feet,”
4这岂不是你们,用恶意断定人吗?have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
神拣选了贫穷人
5我亲爱的弟兄们,请听, 神岂不是拣选了世上的贫穷人,叫他们在信上富足,并承受他所应许给那些爱他之人的国吗?Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
6你们反倒羞辱贫穷人。那富足人岂不是你们、拉你们到去吗?But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
7他们不是你们所敬奉(所敬奉:或译被称)的尊名吗?Are they not the ones who blaspheme the noble name by which you have been called?
至尊的律法
8经上记着说:“要爱人如己。”你们若全守这才是好的。If you really fulfill the royal law stated in Scripture, “Love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well.
9但你们若按外貌待人,便是犯罪,被律法定为犯法的。But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
10因为凡遵守全律法的,只在一条上,他就是犯了众条。Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
11原来那说“”的,也说“不可杀人”;你就是不奸淫,却杀人,仍是成了犯律法的。For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery, but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.
怜悯向审判夸胜
12你们既然要按使人自由的律法受审判,就该照这律法说话行事。Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.
13因为那不怜悯人的,也要受无怜悯的审判;怜悯原是向审判。For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
摘要
雅各书二章1至13节严正指出信徒不可按外貌偏心待人,特别是在聚会中偏爱富人、轻视穷人,因这违反了“爱人如己”的至尊律法。雅各提醒,神拣选世上贫穷的人使他们在信上富足,而偏待人便是犯罪。他更指出律法的整体性——违犯一条等同犯了众条,并以“怜悯向审判夸胜”勉励信徒以怜悯的心待人。
反思问题
- 回想你在教会或日常生活中,是否曾因对方的外表、财富或社会地位而给予不同的对待?这段经文如何促使你省察?
- 雅各说神拣选世上贫穷的人叫他们在信上富足——这如何改变你对“成功”与“富足”的定义?
- “怜悯原是向审判夸胜”这句话对你目前与人相处的方式有什么具体的启发和应用?