旧约撒迦利亚书 6:9–9:17
前情提要
上回说到
昨天():撒迦利亚呼召百姓转向神,接着在夜间看见八个异象:骑马的巡察全地、四角被打掉、耶路撒冷要扩展、大祭司约书亚脱去污秽的衣服、金灯台与两棵橄榄树、飞行的书卷、量器中的罪恶被送到示拿、四辆车巡行天下。
今天你会读到
先知用金银做冠冕戴在大祭司约书亚头上,预告名为苗裔的要建造圣殿(6 章);伯特利人来问还要不要禁食,神要他们行公义、怜悯(7 章),并应许耶路撒冷要重新兴旺,禁食的日子要变为节期(8 章);9 章宣告列国受审,锡安的王要骑着驴驹来到。
阅读小提示
“谦谦和和地骑着驴,就是骑着驴的驹子”,在耶稣骑驴进耶路撒冷时应验(、)。也留意 描写的平安景象:老人坐在街上,孩子在街上玩耍。
点时代可看说明
的“大利乌王第四年九月”约是主前 518 年底,圣殿还在建造中;9–14 章没有标明日期,传统认为也出自撒迦利亚,有学者认为是较晚时期的作品。
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撒迦利亚书 第 6 章
为大祭司约书亚戴上冠冕
9耶和华的话临到我说:The word of the LORD also came to me, saying,
10“你要从被掳之人中取、多比雅、耶大雅的金银。这三人是从巴比伦来到西番雅的儿子约西亚的家里。当日你要进他的家,“Take an offering from the exiles—from Heldai, Tobijah, and Jedaiah, who have arrived from Babylon—and go that same day to the house of Josiah son of Zephaniah.
11取这金银做冠冕,戴在约撒答的儿子大祭司约书亚的头上,Take silver and gold, make an ornate crown, and set it on the head of the high priest, Joshua son of Jehozadak.
名为苗裔的要建造殿
12对他说,万军之耶和华如此说:看哪,那名称为大卫苗裔的,他要在本处长起来,并要建造耶和华的殿。And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build the temple of the LORD.
13他要建造耶和华的殿,并担负尊荣,坐在位上掌王权;又必在位上作祭司,使两职之间。Yes, He will build the temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two.’
14这冠冕要归希连(就是黑玳)、多比雅、耶大雅,和西番雅的儿子贤(就是约西亚),放在耶和华的殿里为记念。”The crown will reside in the temple of the LORD as a memorial to Helem, Tobijah, Jedaiah, and the gracious son of Zephaniah.
15远方的人也要来建造耶和华的殿,你们就知道万军之耶和华差遣我到你们这里来。你们若留意听从耶和华—你们 神的话,这事必然成就。Even those far away will come and build the temple of the LORD, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me to you. This will happen if you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God.”
撒迦利亚书 第 7 章
伯特利人问禁食的事
1大利乌王第四年九月,就是基斯流月初四日,耶和华的话临到撒迦利亚。In the fourth year of King Darius, the word of the LORD came to Zechariah on the fourth day of the ninth month, the month of Chislev.
2那时人已经打发沙利色和利坚米勒,并跟从他们的人,去恳求耶和华的恩,Now the people of Bethel had sent Sharezer and Regem-melech, along with their men, to plead before the LORD
3并问万军之耶和华殿中的祭司和先知说:“我历年以来,在五月间哭泣,现在还当这样行吗?”by asking the priests of the house of the LORD of Hosts, as well as the prophets, “Should I weep and fast in the fifth month, as I have done these many years?”
4万军之耶和华的话就临到我说:Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,
5“你要宣告国内的众民和祭司,说:‘你们这七十年,在五月、七月禁食悲哀,岂是丝毫向我禁食吗?“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?
6你们吃喝,不是为自己吃,为自己喝吗?And when you were eating and drinking, were you not doing so simply for yourselves?
7当耶路撒冷和四围的城邑有居民,正兴盛,南地高原有人居住的时候,耶和华借从前的先知所宣告的话,你们不当听吗?’”Are these not the words that the LORD proclaimed through the earlier prophets, when Jerusalem and its surrounding towns were populous and prosperous, and the Negev and the foothills were inhabited?’”
要按至理判断,以慈爱待人
8耶和华的话又临到撒迦利亚说:Then the word of the LORD came to Zechariah, saying,
9“万军之耶和华曾对你们的列祖如此说:‘要按至理判断,各人以慈爱怜悯弟兄。“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
10不可欺压寡妇、孤儿、,和贫穷人。谁都不可心里谋害弟兄。’”Do not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
列祖却塞耳不听
11他们却不肯听从,,塞耳不听,But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
12使心硬如,不听律法和万军之耶和华用灵借从前的先知所说的话。故此,万军之耶和华大发烈怒。They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts.
13万军之耶和华说:“我曾呼唤他们,他们不听;将来他们呼求我,我也不听!And just as I had called and they would not listen, so when they called I would not listen, says the LORD of Hosts.
14我必以旋风吹散他们到素不认识的万国中。这样,他们的地就荒凉,甚至无人来往经过,因为他们使美好之地荒凉了。”But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation.”
撒迦利亚书 第 8 章
神要回到锡安
1万军之耶和华的话临到我说:Again the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying:
2“万军之耶和华如此说:我为锡安心里极其火热,我为她火热,向她的仇敌发烈怒。This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I am jealous for Zion with great zeal; I am jealous for her with great fervor.”
3耶和华如此说:我现在回到锡安,要住在耶路撒冷中。耶路撒冷必称为诚实的城,万军之耶和华的山必称为圣山。This is what the LORD says: “I will return to Zion and dwell in Jerusalem. Then Jerusalem will be called the City of Truth, and the mountain of the LORD of Hosts will be called the Holy Mountain.”
4万军之耶和华如此说:将来必有年老的男女坐在耶路撒冷街上,因为年纪老迈就手拿拐杖。This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age.
5城中街上必满有男孩女孩玩耍。And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing there.”
6万军之耶和华如此说:到那日,这事在余剩的民眼中看为希奇,在我眼中也看为希奇吗?这是万军之耶和华说的。This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “If this is impossible in the eyes of the remnant of this people in these days, should it also be impossible in My eyes?” declares the LORD of Hosts.
7万军之耶和华如此说:我要从东方从西方救回我的民。This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “I will save My people from the land of the east and from the land of the west.
8我要领他们来,使他们住在耶路撒冷中。他们要作我的子民,我要作他们的 神,都凭诚实和公义。”I will bring them back to dwell in Jerusalem, where they will be My people, and I will be their faithful and righteous God.”
你们的手要强壮
9万军之耶和华如此说:“当建造万军之耶和华的殿,立根基之日的先知所说的话,现在你们听见,应当手里强壮。This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Let your hands be strong, you who now hear these words spoken by the prophets who were present when the foundations were laid to rebuild the temple, the house of the LORD of Hosts.
10那日以先,人得不着,牲畜也是如此;且因敌人的缘故,出入之人不得平安,乃因我使众人互相攻击。For before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor.
11但如今,我待这余剩的民必不像从前。这是万军之耶和华说的。But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as I did in the past,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
12因为他们必平安撒种,葡萄树必结果子,地土必有出产,天也必降甘露。我要使这余剩的民享受这一切的福。“For the seed will be prosperous, the vine will yield its fruit, the ground will yield its produce, and the skies will give their dew. To the remnant of this people I will give all these things as an inheritance.
13犹大家和以色列家啊,你们从前在列国中怎样成为可咒诅的;照样,我要拯救你们,使人称你们为有福的(或译:使你们叫人得福)。你们不要惧怕,手要强壮。As you have been a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so I will save you, and you will be a blessing. Do not be afraid; let your hands be strong.”
定意施恩与耶路撒冷
14万军之耶和华如此说:“你们列祖惹我发怒的时候,我怎样定意降祸,并不后悔。For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Just as I resolved to bring disaster upon you when your fathers provoked Me to anger, and I did not relent,” says the LORD of Hosts,
15现在我照样定意施恩与耶路撒冷和犹大家,你们不要惧怕。“so now I have resolved to do good again to Jerusalem and Judah. Do not be afraid.
16你们所当行的是这样:各人与邻舍说话诚实,在按判断,使人和睦。These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
17谁都不可心里谋害邻舍,也不可喜爱起假誓,因为这些事都为我所恨恶。这是耶和华说的。”do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD.
禁食的日子变为节期
18万军之耶和华的话临到我说:Then the word of the LORD of Hosts came to me, saying,
19“万军之耶和华如此说:四月、五月禁食的日子,七月、十月禁食的日子,必变为犹大家欢喜快乐的日子和欢乐的节期;所以你们要喜爱诚实与和平。”“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: The fasts of the fourth, the fifth, the seventh, and the tenth months will become times of joy and gladness, cheerful feasts for the house of Judah. Therefore you are to love both truth and peace.”
列国要来寻求耶和华
20万军之耶和华如此说:“将来必有列国的人和多城的居民来到。This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Peoples will yet come—the residents of many cities—
21这城的居民必到那城,说:‘我们要快去恳求耶和华的恩,寻求万军之耶和华;我也要去。’and the residents of one city will go to another, saying: ‘Let us go at once to plead before the LORD and to seek the LORD of Hosts. I myself am going.’
22必有列邦的人和强国的民来到耶路撒冷寻求万军之耶和华,恳求耶和华的恩。And many peoples and strong nations will come to seek the LORD of Hosts in Jerusalem and to plead before the LORD.”
23万军之耶和华如此说:在那些日子,必有十个人从列国诸族(原文是方言)中出来,拉住一个犹大人的,说:‘我们要与你们同去,因为我们听见 神与你们同在了。’”This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”
撒迦利亚书 第 9 章
审判四围的列国
1耶和华的默示应验在地大马士革—世人和以色列各支派的眼目都仰望耶和华—This is the burden of the word of the LORD against the land of Hadrach and Damascus its resting place—for the eyes of men and of all the tribes of Israel are upon the LORD—
2和靠近的哈马,并泰尔、西顿;因为这二城的人大有智慧。and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.
3泰尔为自己修筑,积蓄银子如尘沙,堆起精金如街上的泥土。Tyre has built herself a fortress; she has heaped up silver like dust, and gold like the dirt of the streets.
4主必赶出她,打败她海上的权利;她必被火烧灭。Behold, the Lord will impoverish her and cast her wealth into the sea, and she will be consumed by fire.
5亚实基伦看见必惧怕;迦萨看见甚痛苦;以革伦因失了盼望蒙羞。迦萨必不再有君王;亚实基伦也不再有居民。Ashkelon will see and fear; Gaza will writhe in agony, as will Ekron, for her hope will wither. There will cease to be a king in Gaza, and Ashkelon will be uninhabited.
6私生子(或译:外族人)必住在亚实突;我必除灭非利士人的骄傲。A mixed race will occupy Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
7我必除去他口中带血之肉和牙齿内可憎之物。他必作为余剩的人归与我们的 神,必在犹大像族长;以革伦人必如。I will remove the blood from their mouths and the abominations from between their teeth. Then they too will become a remnant for our God; they will become like a clan in Judah, and Ekron will be like the Jebusites.
8我必在我家的四围安营,使敌军不得任意往来,暴虐的人也不再经过,因为我亲眼看顾我的家。But I will camp around My house because of an army, because of those who march to and fro, and never again will an oppressor overrun My people, for now I keep watch with My own eyes.
你的王骑着驴驹来到
9锡安的民哪,应当大大喜乐;耶路撒冷的民哪,应当欢呼。看哪,你的王来到你这里!他是公义的,并且施行拯救,地骑着驴,就是骑着驴的。Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
10我必除灭以法莲的战车和耶路撒冷的战马;争战的弓也必除灭。他必向列国讲和平;他的权柄必从这海管到那海,从大河管到地极。And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
被囚而有指望的人
11锡安哪,我因与你立约的血,将你中间被掳而囚的人从中释放出来。As for you, because of the blood of My covenant, I will release your prisoners from the waterless pit.
12你们被囚而有指望的人都要转回保障。我今日说明,我必加倍赐福给你们。Return to your stronghold, O prisoners of hope; even today I declare that I will restore to you double.
13我拿犹大作上弦的弓;我拿以法莲为张弓的箭。锡安哪,我要激发你的众子,攻击希腊(原文是雅完)的众子,使你如勇士的刀。For I will bend Judah as My bow and fit it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, O Zion, against the sons of Greece. I will make you like the sword of a mighty man.
耶和华必保护祂的民
14耶和华必显现在他们以上;他的箭必射出像闪电。主耶和华必吹角,乘南方的旋风而行。Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.
15万军之耶和华必保护他们;他们必吞灭仇敌,践踏弹石。他们必喝血呐喊,犹如饮酒;他们必像盛满血的碗,又像坛的四角满了血。The LORD of Hosts will shield them. They will destroy and conquer with slingstones; they will drink and roar as with wine. And they will be filled like sprinkling bowls, drenched like the corners of the altar.
16当那日,耶和华—他们的 神必看他的民如群羊,拯救他们;因为他们必像冠冕上的宝石,高举在他的地以上(或译:在他的地上发光辉)。On that day the LORD their God will save them as the flock of His people; for like jewels in a crown they will sparkle over His land.
17他的恩慈何等大!他的荣美何其盛!五谷健壮少男;新酒培养处女。How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.
摘要
撒迦利亚书六至九章记载神吩咐先知为大祭司约书亚加冕,预表将来“大卫苗裔”兼任君王与祭司、建造圣殿的弥赛亚应许。神藉禁食的提问责备百姓徒有仪式却缺乏真实的公义与怜悯,并宣告祂要回到锡安,使耶路撒冷成为诚实圣洁之城,禁食之日将转为欢乐节期,列国都要来寻求耶和华。最后神宣告对周围列国的审判,同时应许锡安的王谦和骑驴而来,带来和平与释放,神必保护祂的百姓如冠冕上的宝石。
反思问题
- 神看重内心真实的顺服胜于外在的宗教仪式(禁食),你目前的属灵操练(祷告、读经、聚会)是出于习惯还是出于对神真实的渴慕?
- 神呼召百姓行公义、好怜悯、诚实待人。在你的职场、家庭或教会中,有哪些具体的关系需要你更多实践这些价值?
- 亚九9预言的谦和君王骑驴而来,与世人期待的强权领袖截然不同。这样的弥赛亚形象如何挑战你对“成功”与“能力”的定义?
新约启示录 20:1–15
前情提要
上回说到
昨天(19 章):天上的群众高唱哈利路亚,因为神审判了大淫妇,羔羊婚娶的时候到了;接着天开了,骑白马、名称为“神之道”的那位带着天上的众军出来,兽和假先知被擒拿,扔在烧着硫磺的火湖里。
今天你会读到
天使把撒但捆绑一千年,扔在无底坑里;为耶稣作见证的人复活,与基督一同作王;一千年完了,撒但被释放,招聚歌革和玛各来攻击圣徒,火从天降下烧灭他们,魔鬼被扔在火湖里;最后是白色大宝座前的审判。
阅读小提示
“一千年”在 出现六次,基督徒对它有几种不同的理解。这章清楚的重点是:撒但最终被丢弃,死亡也被扔进火湖,名字是不是“记在生命册上”才是最要紧的。
点时代可看说明
传统认为使徒约翰约在主后 95 年写成;20 章的“一千年”,有人理解为将来在地上的国度,有人理解为象征整个教会时代,各宗派的解释不同。
启示录 第 20 章
撒但被捆绑一千年
1我又看见一位天使从天降下,手里拿着的钥匙和一条大链子。Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven with the key to the Abyss, holding in his hand a great chain.
2他捉住那龙,就是,又叫魔鬼,也叫撒但,把它捆绑一千年,He seized the dragon, that ancient serpent who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years.
3扔在无底坑里,将无底坑关闭,,使它不得再迷惑列国。等到那一千年完了,以后必须暂时释放它。And he threw him into the Abyss, shut it, and sealed it over him, so that he could not deceive the nations until the thousand years were complete. After that, he must be released for a brief period of time.
与基督一同作王
4我又看见几个宝座,也有坐在上面的,并有审判的权柄赐给他们。我又看见那些因为给耶稣作见证,并为 神之道者的灵魂,和那没有拜过兽与兽像,也没有在额上和手上受过他印记之人的灵魂,他们都复活了,与基督一同作王一千年。Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.
头一次的复活
5这是头一次的复活。(其余的死人还没有复活,直等那一千年完了。)The rest of the dead did not come back to life until the thousand years were complete. This is the first resurrection.
6在头一次复活有分的有福了,圣洁了!在他们身上没有权柄。他们必作 神和基督的祭司,并要与基督一同作王一千年。Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ and will reign with Him for a thousand years.
撒但被释放,歌革和玛各
7那一千年完了,撒但必从监牢里被释放,When the thousand years are complete, Satan will be released from his prison,
8出来要迷惑地上(原文是角)的列国,就是,叫他们聚集争战。他们的人数多如海沙。and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.
9他们上来遍满了全地,围住圣徒的与,就有火从天降下,烧灭了他们。And they marched across the broad expanse of the earth and surrounded the camp of the saints and the beloved city. But fire came down from heaven and consumed them.
10那迷惑他们的魔鬼被扔在硫磺的火湖里,就是兽和假先知所在的地方。他们必昼夜受痛苦,直到永永远远。And the devil who had deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, into which the beast and the false prophet had already been thrown. There they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
白色大宝座的审判
11我又看见一个白色的大宝座与坐在上面的;从他面前天地都逃避,再无可见之处了。Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
12我又看见死了的人,无论大小,都站在宝座前。展开了,并且另有一卷展开,就是。死了的人都凭着这些案卷所记载的,照他们所行的受审判。And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.
13于是海交出其中的死人;死亡和也交出其中的死人;他们都照各人所行的受审判。The sea gave up its dead, and Death and Hades gave up their dead, and each one was judged according to his deeds.
死亡和阴间被扔在火湖里
14死亡和阴间也被扔在火湖里;这火湖就是第二次的死。Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.
15若有人名字没记在生命册上,他就被扔在火湖里。And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
摘要
启示录第二十章描述末世的关键事件:撒但被捆绑一千年,为耶稣作见证的圣徒复活与基督同作王一千年(头一次复活)。千年之后撒但被释放、再次迷惑列国攻击圣徒,但立即被天火消灭并永远扔进硫磺火湖。最终白色大宝座审判来到,所有死人按各人所行受审判,名字未记在生命册上的被扔进火湖,即第二次的死。
反思问题
- 经文强调“在头一次复活有分的有福了”,这份对永恒盼望的确信如何影响你面对今日苦难、逼迫或不公义时的态度?
- 白色大宝座前案卷展开、按所行受审判——知道一切行为都在神面前毫无隐藏,这对你日常的选择和生活方式带来什么提醒?
- 撒但虽被暂时释放仍能迷惑众多人,显示人心容易被引诱偏离。你目前生活中有哪些试探或迷惑是需要警醒抵挡的?