旧约但以理书 11:2–12:13
前情提要
上回说到
昨天():但以理读耶利米的预言,禁食认罪,为圣城求神怜悯,加百列告诉他七十个七的预言;后来他在底格里斯河边看见穿细麻衣的人,得知天使曾被波斯的魔君拦阻,有米迦勒来帮助。
今天你会读到
天使详细预告波斯之后的历史:一位勇敢的王兴起,他的国分裂为四;接着南方王和北方王长期争战、联姻、背约;后来一个卑鄙的人用谄媚得国,亵渎圣地,设立“那行毁坏可憎的”。12 章说那时米迦勒必站起来,睡在尘埃中的多人要复醒,智慧人必发光如星;但以理要安歇,到了末期必起来享受他的福分。但以理书读完。
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是旧约中清楚提到复活的经文:“睡在尘埃中的,必有多人复醒”。可以对照耶稣在 说的话。
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11 章许多细节和主前四到二世纪的波斯、希腊历史相合, 起的卑鄙人一般认为指安提阿哥四世; 以后如何应验,看法不一。
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但以理书 第 11 章
波斯诸王与勇敢的王
2现在我将真事指示你:波斯还有三王兴起,第四王必富足远胜诸王。他因富足成为强盛,就必激动大众攻击希腊国。Now then, I will tell you the truth: Three more kings will arise in Persia, and then a fourth, who will be far richer than all the others. By the power of his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.
3必有一个兴起,执掌大权,随意而行。Then a mighty king will arise, who will rule with great authority and do as he pleases.
4他兴起的时候,他的国必破裂,向天的四方(方:原文是风)分开,却不归他的后裔,治国的权势也都不及他;因为他的国必被拔出,归与他后裔之外的人。But as soon as he is established, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out toward the four winds of heaven. It will not go to his descendants, nor will it have the authority with which he ruled, because his kingdom will be uprooted and given to others.
南方王与北方王
5必强盛,他将帅中必有一个比他更强盛,执掌权柄,他的权柄甚大。The king of the South will grow strong, but one of his commanders will grow even stronger and will rule his own kingdom with great authority.
6过些年后,他们必互相连合,南方王的女儿必来立约;但这女子帮助之力存立不住,王和他所倚靠之力也不能存立。这女子和引导她来的,并生她的,以及当时扶助她的,都必交与死地。After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. But his daughter will not retain her position of power, nor will his strength endure. At that time she will be given up, along with her royal escort and her father and the one who supported her.
7但这女子的本家(原文是根)必另生一子(子:原文是枝)继续王位,他必率领军队进入北方王的,攻击他们,而且得胜;But one from her family line will rise up in his place, come against the army of the king of the North, and enter his fortress, fighting and prevailing.
8并将他们的神像和铸成的偶像,与金银的宝器掠到埃及去。数年之内,他不去攻击北方的王。He will take even their gods captive to Egypt, with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold. For some years he will stay away from the king of the North,
9北方的王(原文是他)必入南方王的国,却要仍回本地。who will invade the realm of the king of the South and then return to his own land.
10北方王(原文是他)的二子必动干戈,招聚许多军兵。这军兵前去,如洪水泛滥,又必再去争战,直到南方王的保障。But his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress.
11南方王必发烈怒,出来与北方王争战,摆列大军;北方王的军兵必交付他手。In a rage, the king of the South will march out to fight the king of the North, who will raise a large army, but it will be delivered into the hand of his enemy.
12他的众军高傲,他的心也必自高;他虽使数万人仆倒,却不得常胜。When the army is carried off, the king of the South will be proud in heart and will cast down tens of thousands, but he will not triumph.
13北方王必回来摆列大军,比先前的更多。满了所定的年数,他必率领大军,带极多的军装来。For the king of the North will raise another army, larger than the first, and after some years he will advance with a great army and many supplies.
14那时,必有许多人起来攻击南方王,并且你本国的强暴人必兴起,要应验那异象,他们却要败亡。In those times many will rise up against the king of the South. Violent ones among your own people will exalt themselves in fulfillment of the vision, but they will fail.
15北方王必来筑垒攻取坚固城;南方的军兵必站立不住,就是选择的精兵(原文是民)也无力站住。Then the king of the North will come, build up a siege ramp, and capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand; even their best troops will not be able to resist.
16来攻击他的,必任意而行,无人在北方王(原文是他)面前站立得住。他必站在那荣美之地,用手施行毁灭。The invader will do as he pleases, and no one will stand against him. He will establish himself in the Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand.
17他必定意用全国之力而来,立公正的约,照约而行,将自己的女儿给南方王为妻,想要败坏他(或译:埃及),这计却不得成就,与自己毫无益处。He will resolve to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and will reach an agreement with the king of the South. He will give him a daughter in marriage in order to overthrow the kingdom, but his plan will not succeed or help him.
18其后他必转回夺取了许多海岛。但有一大帅,除掉他令人受的羞辱,并且使这羞辱归他本身。Then he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many of them. But a commander will put an end to his reproach and will turn it back upon him.
19他就必转向本地的保障,却要绊跌仆倒,归于无有。After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be no more.
20那时,必有一人兴起接续他为王,使的人通行国中的荣美地。这王不多日就必灭亡,却不因忿怒,也不因争战。In his place one will arise who will send out a tax collector for the glory of the kingdom; but within a few days he will be destroyed, though not in anger or in battle.
卑鄙的人兴起
21必有一个兴起接续为王,人未曾将国的尊荣给他,他却趁人坦然无备的时候,用的话得国。In his place a despicable person will arise; royal honors will not be given to him, but he will come in a time of peace and seize the kingdom by intrigue.
22必有无数的军兵势如洪水,在他面前冲没败坏;同盟的君也必如此。Then a flood of forces will be swept away before him and destroyed, along with a prince of the covenant.
23与那君结盟之后,他必行诡诈,因为他必上来以微小的军(原文是民)成为强盛。After an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully; for he will rise to power with only a few people.
24趁人坦然无备的时候,他必来到国中极肥美之地,行他列祖和他列祖之祖所未曾行的,将掳物、掠物,和财宝散给众人,又要设计攻打保障,然而这都是暂时的。In a time of peace, he will invade the richest provinces and do what his fathers and forefathers never did. He will lavish plunder, loot, and wealth on his followers, and he will plot against the strongholds—but only for a time.
25他必奋勇向前,率领大军攻击南方王;南方王也必以极大极强的军兵与他争战,却站立不住,因为有人设计谋害南方王。And with a large army he will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South, who will mobilize a very large and powerful army but will not withstand the plots devised against him.
26吃王膳的,必败坏他;他的军队必被冲没,而且被杀的甚多。Those who eat from his provisions will seek to destroy him; his army will be swept away, and many will fall slain.
27至于这二王,他们心怀恶计,同席说谎,计谋却不成就;因为到了定期,事就了结。And the two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed time.
28北方王(原文是他)必带许多财宝回往本国,他的心反对圣约,任意而行,回到本地。The king of the North will return to his land with great wealth, but his heart will be set against the holy covenant; so he will do damage and return to his own land.
亵渎圣地
29到了定期,他必返回,来到南方。后一次却不如前一次,At the appointed time he will invade the South again, but this time will not be like the first.
30因为战船必来攻击他,他就丧胆而回,又要恼恨圣约,任意而行;他必回来联络背弃圣约的人。Ships of Kittim will come against him, and he will lose heart. Then he will turn back and rage against the holy covenant and do damage. So he will return and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant.
31他必兴兵,这兵必亵渎圣地,就是保障,除掉常献的燔祭,设立那行毁坏可憎的。His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.
认识神的子民必刚强行事
32作恶违背圣约的人,他必用巧言勾引;惟独认识 神的子民必刚强行事。With flattery he will corrupt those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.
33民间的智慧人必训诲多人;然而他们多日必倒在刀下,或被火烧,或被掳掠抢夺。Those with insight will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by sword or flame, or be captured or plundered.
34他们仆倒的时候,稍得扶助,却有许多人用谄媚的话亲近他们。Now when they fall, they will be granted a little help, but many will join them insincerely.
35智慧人中有些仆倒的,为要其余的人,使他们清净洁白,直到末了;因为到了定期,事就了结。Some of the wise will fall so that they may be refined, purified, and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time.
自高自大的王
36王必任意而行,自高自大,超过所有的神,又用奇异的话攻击万神之神。他必行事亨通,直到主的忿怒完毕,因为所定的事必然成就。Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished.
37他必不顾他列祖的神,也不顾妇女所羡慕的神,无论何神他都不顾;因为他必自大,高过一切。He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers, nor for the one desired by women, nor for any other god, because he will magnify himself above them all.
38他倒要敬拜保障的神,用金、银、宝石和可爱之物敬奉他列祖所不认识的神。And in their place, he will honor a god of fortresses—a god his fathers did not know—with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches.
39他必靠外邦神的帮助,攻破最坚固的保障。凡承认他的,他必将荣耀加给他们,使他们管辖许多人,又为贿赂分地与他们。He will attack the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god and will greatly honor those who acknowledge him, making them rulers over many and distributing the land for a price.
到末了
40到末了,南方王要与他交战。北方王必用战车、马兵,和许多战船,势如暴风来攻击他,也必进入列国,如洪水泛滥。At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them like a flood.
41又必进入那荣美之地,有许多国就被倾覆,但以东人、摩押人,和一大半亚扪人必脱离他的手。He will also invade the Beautiful Land, and many countries will fall. But these will be delivered from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the leaders of the Ammonites.
42他必伸手攻击列国;埃及地也不得脱离。He will extend his power over many countries, and not even the land of Egypt will escape.
43他必把持埃及的金银财宝和各样的宝物。利比亚人和古实人都必跟从他。He will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and over all the riches of Egypt, and the Libyans and Cushites will also submit to him.
44但从东方和北方必有消息扰乱他,他就大发烈怒出去,要将多人杀灭净尽。But news from the east and the north will alarm him, and he will go out with great fury to destroy many and devote them to destruction.
45他必在海和中间设立他如宫殿的帐幕;然而到了他的结局,必无人能帮助他。He will pitch his royal tents between the sea and the beautiful holy mountain, but he will meet his end with no one to help him.
但以理书 第 12 章
米迦勒必站起来
1那时,保佑你本国之民的天使长(原文是大君)米迦勒必站起来,并且有大艰难,从有国以来直到此时,没有这样的。你本国的民中,凡名录在的,必得拯救。“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.
多人必复醒
2睡在尘埃中的,必有多人复醒。其中有得永生的,有受羞辱的。And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
3智慧人必发光,如同天上的光;那使多人的,必发光如星,直到永永远远。Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.
封闭这书直到末时
4但以理啊,你要隐藏这话,封闭这书,直到末时。必有多人(或译:切心研究),知识就必增长。”But you, Daniel, shut up these words and seal the book until the time of the end. Many will roam to and fro, and knowledge will increase.”
要到几时才应验
5我—但以理观看,见另有两个人站立:一个在河这边,一个在河那边。Then I, Daniel, looked and saw two others standing there, one on this bank of the river and one on the opposite bank.
6有一个问那站在河水以上、穿细麻衣的说:“这奇异的事到几时才应验呢?”One of them said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long until the fulfillment of these wonders?”
7我听见那站在河水以上、穿细麻衣的,向天举起左右手,指着活到永远的主起誓说:“要到一载、二载、半载,打破圣民权力的时候,这一切事就都应验了。”And the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, and times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has finally been shattered, all these things will be completed.”
8我听见这话,却不明白,就说:“我主啊,这些事的结局是怎样呢?”I heard, but I did not understand. So I asked, “My lord, what will be the outcome of these things?”
9他说:“但以理啊,你只管去;因为这话已经隐藏封闭,直到末时。“Go on your way, Daniel,” he replied, “for the words are closed up and sealed until the time of the end.
10必有许多人使自己清净洁白,且被熬炼;但恶人仍必行恶,一切恶人都不明白,惟独智慧人能明白。Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.
11从除掉常献的燔祭,并设立那行毁坏可憎之物的时候,必有一千二百九十日。And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.
12等到一千三百三十五日的,那人便为有福。Blessed is he who waits and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.
你且去等候结局
13“你且去等候结局,因为你必安歇。到了末期,你必起来,享受你的。”But as for you, go on your way until the end. You will rest, and then you will arise to your inheritance at the end of the days.”
摘要
但以理书第11至12章记载天使向但以理揭示未来列国兴衰的预言:从波斯帝国到南方王与北方王之间反复争战、结盟与背叛,直到末后自高自大、亵渎圣约的王兴起。在这一切患难中,认识神的子民必刚强行事,智慧人虽遭逼迫仍训诲多人。最终,天使长米迦勒要站起来保护神的百姓,死人要复活受审判,智慧人必发光如星直到永远,而但以理被吩咐安歇等候末期的福分。
反思问题
- 面对世上权势的更迭与不义的兴盛,你如何持守对神掌管历史的信心?
- 经文说“认识神的子民必刚强行事”,在你目前的处境中,怎样的行动能体现这种刚强?
- 但以理被告知“你且去等候结局”,在等候神应许成就的过程中,你学到了什么关于信靠与忍耐的功课?
新约犹大书 1:1–25
书卷介绍:犹大书一般书信
要为从前一次交付圣徒的真道竭力争辩,并保守自己在神的爱中。
犹大原本想写信谈论共同得救的恩典,却因为有不敬虔的人偷偷混进教会,把神的恩典变作放纵情欲的借口,于是改写这封警告的信。他引用旧约和犹太传统中的例子,说明神必审判这些人。他劝勉信徒在真道上造就自己,在圣灵里祷告,并怜悯那些疑惑的人。全书以一段美好的颂赞作结束。
前情提要
上回说到
昨天(约翰参书):作长老的称赞该犹按真理而行、忠心接待为主出外的弟兄,责备好为首的丢特腓不接待人,并推荐有好见证的低米丢。
今天你会读到
犹大本想写信谈共同得救的事,却不得不劝信徒为“从前一次交付圣徒的真道”竭力争辩,因为有不敬虔的人偷着进来,把神的恩变作放纵情欲的机会。他用出埃及后不信的百姓、离开住处的天使、所多玛和蛾摩拉,以及该隐、巴兰、可拉为例,说明神必审判;最后劝信徒在至圣的真道上造就自己,以颂赞结束。
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犹大书和 内容很相似。结尾 的颂赞常在聚会结束时使用:神“能保守你们不失脚”。
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传统认为作者是耶稣的弟弟犹大(),也就是雅各的弟兄;写作年代不详。
犹大书 第 1 章
问安
1耶稣基督的仆人,雅各的弟兄,写信给那被召、在父 神里蒙爱、为耶稣基督保守的人。Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, To those who are called, loved by God the Father, and kept in Jesus Christ:
2愿怜恤、平安、慈爱多多地加给你们。Mercy, peace, and love be multiplied to you.
为真道竭力争辩
3亲爱的弟兄啊,我想尽心写信给你们,论我们同得救恩的时候,就不得不写信劝你们,要为从前一次交付圣徒的真道。Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.
4因为有些人,就是自古被定受刑罚的,是不虔诚的,将我们 神的恩变作的机会,并且不认独一的主宰—我们(或译:和我们)主耶稣基督。For certain men have crept in among you unnoticed—ungodly ones who were designated long ago for condemnation. They turn the grace of our God into a license for immorality, and they deny our only Master and Lord, Jesus Christ.
神审判的前例
5从前主救了他的百姓出埃及地,后来就把那些不信的灭绝了。这一切的事,你们虽然都知道,我却仍要提醒你们。Although you are fully aware of this, I want to remind you that after Jesus had delivered His people out of the land of Egypt, He destroyed those who did not believe.
6又有不守、离开自己住处的天使,主用锁链把他们永远拘留在黑暗里,等候大日的审判。And the angels who did not stay within their own domain but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in eternal chains under darkness, bound for judgment on that great day.
7又如所多玛、蛾摩拉和周围城邑的人,也照他们一味地行淫,随从逆性的情欲,就受永火的刑罚,作为鉴戒。In like manner, Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, who indulged in sexual immorality and pursued strange flesh, are on display as an example of those who sustain the punishment of eternal fire.
这些做梦的人
8这些做梦的人也像他们污秽身体,轻慢主治的,毁谤在尊位的。Yet in the same way these dreamers defile their bodies, reject authority, and slander glorious beings.
9天使长米迦勒为与魔鬼争辩的时候,尚且不敢用毁谤的话罪责他,只说:“主责备你吧!”But even the archangel Michael, when he disputed with the devil over the body of Moses, did not presume to bring a slanderous charge against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”
10但这些人毁谤他们所不知道的。他们本性所知道的事与那没有灵性的畜类一样,在这事上竟败坏了自己。These men, however, slander what they do not understand, and like irrational animals, they will be destroyed by the things they do instinctively.
该隐、巴兰、可拉的道路
11他们有祸了!因为走了该隐的道路,又为利往巴兰的错谬里直奔,并在的背叛中灭亡了。Woe to them! They have traveled the path of Cain; they have rushed for profit into the error of Balaam; they have perished in Korah’s rebellion.
无雨的云、无果的树
12这样的人在你们的上与你们同吃的时候,正是(或译:玷污)。他们作牧人,只知喂养自己,无所惧怕;是没有雨的云彩,被风飘荡;是秋天没有果子的树,死而又死,连根被拔出来;These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.
13是海里的狂浪,涌出自己可耻的沫子来;是,有墨黑的幽暗为他们永远存留。They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
以诺的预言
14亚当的七世孙,曾预言这些人说:“看哪,主带着他的千万圣者降临,Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones
15要在众人身上行审判,证实那一切不敬虔的人所妄行一切不敬虔的事,又证实不敬虔之罪人所说顶撞他的刚愎话。”to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”
16这些人是私下议论,常发的,随从自己的情欲而行,口中说夸大的话,为得便宜谄媚人。These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.
记念使徒的话
17亲爱的弟兄啊,你们要记念我们主耶稣基督之使徒从前所说的话。But you, beloved, remember what was foretold by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ
18他们曾对你们说过,末世必有好讥诮的人随从自己不敬虔的私欲而行。when they said to you, “In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow after their own ungodly desires.”
19这就是那些引人结党、、没有圣灵的人。These are the ones who cause divisions, who are worldly and devoid of the Spirit.
在至圣的真道上造就自己
20亲爱的弟兄啊,你们却要在至圣的真道上造就自己,在圣灵里祷告,But you, beloved, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith and praying in the Holy Spirit,
21保守自己常在 神的爱中,仰望我们主耶稣基督的怜悯,直到永生。keep yourselves in the love of God as you await the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you eternal life.
22有些人存疑心,你们要怜悯他们;And indeed, have mercy on those who doubt;
23有些人你们要从火中抢出来,搭救他们;有些人你们要存惧怕的心怜悯他们,连那被情欲的衣服也当厌恶。save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
颂赞
24那能保守你们不失脚、叫你们无瑕无疵、欢欢喜喜站在他荣耀之前的我们的救主—独一的 神,Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
25愿荣耀、威严、能力、权柄,因我们的主耶稣基督归与他,从万古以前并现今,直到永永远远。阿们!to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority through Jesus Christ our Lord before all time, and now, and for all eternity. Amen.
摘要
犹大书是一封迫切的书信,警告信徒提防那些混入教会、扭曲神恩典为放纵私欲借口的假教师。犹大引用旧约与传统中不信之民、堕落天使、所多玛蛾摩拉等例子,说明悖逆者必受审判。书信最后勉励信徒要在至圣的真道上造就自己、在圣灵里祷告、保守自己在神的爱中,并以荣耀的颂赞结束,宣告神能保守信徒不失脚、无瑕无疵地站在祂荣耀之前。
反思问题
- 犹大书提到假教师“将我们神的恩变作放纵情欲的机会”,你在生活中是否曾把神的恩典当作犯罪的借口?如何分辨恩典与放纵的界线?
- 书信勉励我们“在至圣的真道上造就自己,在圣灵里祷告”,你目前有哪些具体的属灵操练帮助你在信仰上扎根成长?
- 犹大书末尾颂赞神“能保守你们不失脚”,面对信仰上的软弱与试探,这个应许如何改变你对自己属灵光景的看法?