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旧约 以西结书 34:11–35:15
新约 彼得前书 3:1–13

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旧约以西结书 34:11–35:15

前情提要

上回说到

昨天():神重申以西结是“守望的人”,呼唤百姓“转回,转回吧”;从耶路撒冷逃来的人报信“城已攻破”,以西结的口就开了;34 章责备以色列的牧人只知牧养自己,任由羊群分散。

今天你会读到

神应许要“亲自作我羊的牧人”:寻找失丧的、领回被逐的、缠裹受伤的,也要在肥羊和瘦羊中间施行判断;并要立“我的仆人大卫”作他们的牧人,与他们立平安的约。35 章攻击西珥山(以东),因为他们在以色列遭灾时幸灾乐祸,还想占据这地。

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把 和 对照着读:坏牧人没有养壮瘦弱的、医治有病的、缠裹受伤的、寻找失丧的,神却一项一项亲自去做。耶稣说祂来是“为要寻找、拯救失丧的人”(),正是这样的牧人。

■ 当时 □ 预言所指

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这时大卫已经去世将近四百年; 的“我的仆人大卫”是指将来出自大卫家的君王,基督徒传统上认为指向耶稣。

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以西结书 第 34 章

神亲自寻找祂的羊

11“主耶和华如此说:看哪,我必亲自寻找我的羊,将它们寻见。For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.

12牧人在羊群四散的日子怎样寻找他的羊,我必照样寻找我的羊。这些羊在散到各处,我必从那里救回它们来。As a shepherd looks for his scattered sheep when he is among the flock, so I will look for My flock. I will rescue them from all the places to which they were scattered on a day of clouds and darkness.

13我必从万民中领出它们,从各国内聚集它们,引导它们归回故土,也必在以色列山上—一切溪水旁边、境内一切可居之处—牧养它们。I will bring them out from the peoples, gather them from the countries, and bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, in the ravines, and in all the settlements of the land.

14我必在美好的草场牧养它们。它们的必在以色列高处的山上,它们必在佳美之圈中躺卧,也在以色列山肥美的草场吃草。I will feed them in good pasture, and the lofty mountains of Israel will be their grazing land. There they will lie down in a good grazing land; they will feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.

15主耶和华说:我必亲自作我羊的牧人,使它们得以躺卧。I will tend My flock and make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD.

16失丧的,我必寻找;被逐的,我必领回;受伤的,我必缠裹;有病的,我必医治;只是肥的壮的,我必除灭,也要秉公牧养它们。I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’

在羊与羊中间施行判断

17“我的羊群哪,论到你们,主耶和华如此说:我必在羊与羊中间、中间施行判断。This is what the Lord GOD says to you, My flock: ‘I will judge between one sheep and another, between the rams and the goats.

18你们这些肥壮的羊,在美好的草场吃草还以为小事吗?剩下的草,你们竟用蹄践踏了;你们喝清水,剩下的水,你们竟用蹄搅浑了。Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture? Must you also trample the rest of the pasture with your feet? Is it not enough for you to drink the clear waters? Must you also muddy the rest with your feet?

19至于我的羊,只得吃你们所践踏的,喝你们所搅浑的。Why must My flock feed on what your feet have trampled, and drink what your feet have muddied?’

20“所以,主耶和华如此说:我必在肥羊和瘦羊中间施行判断。Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says to them: ‘Behold, I Myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

21因为你们用用肩拥挤一切瘦弱的,又用角,以致使它们四散。Since you shove with flank and shoulder, butting all the weak ones with your horns until you have scattered them abroad,

22所以,我必拯救我的群羊不再作掠物;我也必在羊和羊中间施行判断。I will save My flock, and they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.

我的仆人大卫作牧人

23我必立一牧人照管他们,牧养他们,就是我的仆人。他必牧养他们,作他们的牧人。I will appoint over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will feed them. He will feed them and be their shepherd.

24我—耶和华必作他们的 神,我的仆人大卫必在他们中间作王。这是耶和华说的。I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David will be a prince among them. I, the LORD, have spoken.

平安的约

25“我必与他们立,使恶兽从境内断绝,他们就必安居在旷野,躺卧在林中。I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.

26我必使他们与我山的四围成为福源,我也必叫落下,必有福如而降。I will make them and the places around My hill a blessing. I will send down showers in season—showers of blessing.

27田野的树必结果,地也必有出产;他们必在故土安然居住。我折断他们所负的,救他们脱离那以他们为奴之人的手;那时,他们就知道我是耶和华。The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them.

28他们必不再作外邦人的掠物,地上的野兽也不再吞吃他们;却要安然居住,无人惊吓。They will no longer be prey for the nations, and the beasts of the earth will not consume them. They will dwell securely, and no one will frighten them.

29我必给他们兴起;他们在境内不再为饥荒所灭,也不再受外邦人的羞辱,And I will raise up for them a garden of renown, and they will no longer be victims of famine in the land or bear the scorn of the nations.

30必知道我、耶和华—他们的 神是与他们同在的,并知道他们—以色列家是我的民。这是主耶和华说的。Then they will know that I, the LORD their God, am with them, and that they, the house of Israel, are My people,’ declares the Lord GOD.

31你们作我的羊,我草场上的羊,乃是以色列人,我也是你们的 神。这是主耶和华说的。”‘You are My flock, the sheep of My pasture, My people, and I am your God,’ declares the Lord GOD.”

以西结书 第 35 章

攻击西珥山

1耶和华的话又临到我说:Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2“人子啊,你要面向发预言,攻击它,“Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir and prophesy against it,

3对它说,主耶和华如此说:西珥山哪,我与你为敌,必向你伸手攻击你,使你荒凉,令人惊骇。and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Mount Seir. I will stretch out My hand against you and make you a desolate waste.

4我必使你的城邑变为荒场,成为凄凉。你就知道我是耶和华。I will turn your cities into ruins, and you will become a desolation. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

5因为你,在以色列人遭灾、罪孽到了尽头的时候,将他们交与刀剑,Because you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their punishment,

6所以主耶和华说:我指着我的永生起誓,我必使你遭遇流血的报应,罪(原文是血;本节同)必追赶你;你既不恨恶杀人流血,所以这罪必追赶你。therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will give you over to bloodshed and it will pursue you. Since you did not hate bloodshed, it will pursue you.

7我必使西珥山荒凉,令人惊骇,来往经过的人我必剪除。I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and will cut off from it those who come and go.

8我必使西珥山满有被杀的人。被刀杀的,必倒在你小山和山谷,并一切的溪水中。I will fill its mountains with the slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.

9我必使你永远荒凉,使你的城邑无人居住,你的民就知道我是耶和华。I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.

以东想占据这地

10因为你曾说:‘这二邦必归于我,我必得为业’(其实耶和华仍在那里),Because you have said, ‘These two nations and countries will be ours, and we will possess them,’ even though the LORD was there,

11所以主耶和华说:我指着我的永生起誓,我必照你的怒气和你从仇恨中向他们所发的嫉妒待你。我审判你的时候,必将自己显明在他们中间。therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I will treat you according to the anger and jealousy you showed in your hatred against them, and I will make Myself known among them when I judge you.

12你也必知道我—耶和华听见了你的一切毁谤,就是你攻击以色列山的话,说:‘这些山荒凉,是归我们吞灭的。’Then you will know that I, the LORD, have heard every contemptuous word you uttered against the mountains of Israel when you said, ‘They are desolate; they are given to us to devour!’

13你们也用口向我,增添与我反对的话,我都听见了。You boasted against Me with your mouth and multiplied your words against Me. I heard it Myself!

14主耶和华如此说:全地欢乐的时候,我必使你荒凉。This is what the Lord GOD says: While the whole earth rejoices, I will make you desolate.

15你怎样因以色列家的地业荒凉而喜乐,我必照你所行的待你。西珥山哪,你和以东全地必都荒凉。你们就知道我是耶和华。”As you rejoiced when the inheritance of the house of Israel became desolate, so will I do to you. You will become a desolation, O Mount Seir, and so will all of Edom. Then they will know that I am the LORD.

摘要

神严厉谴责以色列的牧人只顾自己、不照顾羊群,导致羊群分散成为掠物,因此神宣告要亲自寻找、医治、牧养祂的羊,并立仆人大卫为牧人,与他们立平安之约,使他们在故土安居。同时,神宣告审判西珥山(以东),因他们趁以色列遭难时落井下石、怀恨侵吞神的产业,必遭荒凉的报应。

反思问题

  1. 在你的生活或服事中,是否曾像不忠的牧人一样只顾自己的利益而忽略了神托付你照顾的人?你可以如何改变?
  2. 神应许亲自寻找失丧的羊、医治受伤的羊——这对你目前正在经历的困境或迷失带来什么安慰和盼望?
  3. 以东因幸灾乐祸而受审判,这提醒你在别人遭遇患难时,应当以怎样的态度对待他们?

新约彼得前书 3:1–13

前情提要

上回说到

昨天():信徒在世上是客旅,要品行端正,顺服在上掌权的;作仆人的即使遇到乖僻的主人也要忍耐,效法基督“被骂不还口”,因为“因他受的鞭伤,你们便得了医治”。

今天你会读到

彼得劝作妻子的以温柔、安静的心为妆饰,用品行感化不信的丈夫;作丈夫的要按情理与妻子同住、敬重她,因为她们也一同承受生命之恩。最后劝所有人同心相爱,不以恶报恶,倒要祝福,并引用 说明:主的眼看顾义人。

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说丈夫要敬重妻子,因为她们是“一同承受生命之恩的”,这样才“叫你们的祷告没有阻碍”。在当时男尊女卑的社会里,这是很不寻常的教导。

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传统认为是使徒彼得写的。 对仆人、妻子、丈夫的劝勉,是当时常见的家庭教导形式,类似的内容也见于 、。

彼得前书 第 3 章

作妻子的

1你们作妻子的要顺服自己的丈夫;这样,若有不信从道理的丈夫,他们虽然不听道,也可以因妻子的品行被过来;Wives, in the same way, submit yourselves to your husbands, so that even if they refuse to believe the word, they will be won over without words by the behavior of their wives

2这正是因看见你们有的品行和敬畏的心。when they see your pure and reverent demeanor.

3你们不要以外面的,戴金饰,穿美衣为,Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,

4只要以里面存着长久的心为妆饰;这在 神面前是极宝贵的。but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.

5因为古时仰赖 神的正是以此为妆饰,顺服自己的丈夫,For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were submissive to their husbands,

6就如听从亚伯拉罕,称他为主。你们若行善,不因恐吓而害怕,便是撒拉的女儿了。just as Sarah obeyed Abraham and called him lord. And you are her children if you do what is right and refuse to give way to fear.

作丈夫的

7你们作丈夫的也要(原文是知识)和妻子同住;因她比你(比你软弱:原文作是软弱的器皿),与你一同承受生命之恩的,所以要敬重她。这样,便叫你们的祷告没有。Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as a delicate vessel, and with honor as fellow heirs of the gracious gift of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

同心相爱

8总而言之,你们都要同心,彼此,相爱如弟兄,存慈怜谦卑的心。Finally, all of you, be like-minded and sympathetic, love as brothers, be tenderhearted and humble.

不以恶报恶

9不以恶报恶,以还辱骂,倒要祝福;因你们是为此蒙召,好叫你们承受福气。Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.

爱生命的人

10因为经上说:人若,愿享美福,须要禁止舌头不出恶言,嘴唇不说诡诈的话;For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.

11也要离恶行善,寻求和睦,。He must turn from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.

12因为,主的眼看顾义人;主的耳听他们的祈祷。惟有行恶的人,主向他们变脸。For the eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who do evil.”

13你们若是行善,有谁害你们呢?Who can harm you if you are zealous for what is good?

摘要

彼得教导夫妻之间的相处之道:妻子以内在温柔安静的品行见证信仰,丈夫要按情理敬重妻子,使祷告不受阻碍。接着劝勉信徒同心相爱、不以恶报恶、积极行善,即使为义受苦也是有福的,因为基督自己也曾以义代替不义受苦,为要引人归向神。

反思问题

  1. 彼得强调内在品格比外在装饰更宝贵,你在日常生活中是更注重外在形象还是内在生命的培养?如何调整?
  2. 面对不公平的对待或毁谤时,你是否能做到‘不以恶报恶,倒要祝福’?有什么实际的方式可以操练这样的回应?
  3. 彼得说要常作准备回答心中盼望的缘由——如果今天有人问你为什么信主,你能清楚且温柔地分享吗?