旧约撒迦利亚书 10:1–14:21
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昨天():先知为大祭司约书亚戴上冠冕,预告名为苗裔的要建造圣殿;神回答禁食的问题,要百姓“按至理判断”、以慈爱怜悯待人,应许禁食的日子要变为节期;9 章预告锡安的王“谦谦和和地骑着驴”来到。
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神应许要坚固犹大、招聚分散的百姓(10 章);先知扮演牧人,得了三十块钱工价,丢给窑户(11 章);神要浇灌恳求的灵,百姓要仰望“他们所扎的”而悲哀,并有泉源洗除罪恶(12–13 章);耶和华的日子来到,祂必作全地的王(14 章)。
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新约多次引用这几章来讲耶稣受难:11:12–13 的三十块钱()、“他们所扎的”()、“击打牧人,羊就分散”()。
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9–14 章没有标明日期,传统认为是撒迦利亚晚年的信息,有学者认为出自较晚的时期;14 章描写的“耶和华的日子”要如何应验,基督徒的解释不一。
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撒迦利亚书 第 10 章
要向耶和华求雨
1当的时候,你们要向发闪电的耶和华求雨。他必为众人降下甘霖,使田园生长菜蔬。Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.
2因为,所言的是虚空;卜士所见的是虚假;做梦者所说的是假梦。他们白白地安慰人,所以众人如羊流离,因无牧人就受苦。For idols speak deceit and diviners see illusions; they tell false dreams and offer empty comfort. Therefore the people wander like sheep, oppressed for lack of a shepherd.
3我的怒气向牧人发作;我必惩罚公山羊;因我—万军之耶和华眷顾自己的羊群,就是犹大家,必使他们如骏马在阵上。“My anger burns against the shepherds, and I will punish the leaders. For the LORD of Hosts attends to His flock, the house of Judah; He will make them like His royal steed in battle.
4房角石、、争战的弓,和一切掌权的都从他而出。The cornerstone will come from Judah, the tent peg from him, as well as the battle bow and every ruler together.
5他们必如勇士在阵上将仇敌践踏在街上的泥土中。他们必争战,因为耶和华与他们同在;骑马的也必羞愧。They will be like mighty men in battle, trampling the enemy in the mire of the streets. They will fight because the LORD is with them, and they will put the horsemen to shame.
我要领他们归回
6我要坚固犹大家,拯救约瑟家,要领他们归回。我要怜恤他们;他们必像未曾弃绝的一样,都因我是耶和华—他们的 神,我必应允他们的祷告。I will strengthen the house of Judah and save the house of Joseph. I will restore them because I have compassion on them, and they will be as though I had not rejected them. For I am the LORD their God, and I will answer them.
7以法莲人必如勇士;他们心中畅快如同喝酒;他们的儿女必看见而快活;他们的心必因耶和华喜乐。Ephraim will be like a mighty man, and their hearts will be glad as with wine. Their children will see it and be joyful; their hearts will rejoice in the LORD.
8我要发,聚集他们,因我已经救赎他们。他们的人数必加增,如从前加增一样。I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.
9我虽然(或译:必)播散他们在列国中,他们必在远方记念我。他们与儿女都必存活,且得归回。Though I sow them among the nations, they will remember Me in distant lands; they and their children will live and return.
10我必再领他们出埃及地,招聚他们出亚述,领他们到基列和黎巴嫩;这地尚且不够他们居住。I will bring them back from Egypt and gather them from Assyria. I will bring them to Gilead and Lebanon until no more room is found for them.
11耶和华必经过,击打海浪,使尼罗河的深处都枯干。亚述的骄傲必致卑微;埃及的权柄必然灭没。They will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.
12我必使他们倚靠我,得以坚固;一举一动必奉我的名。这是耶和华说的。I will strengthen them in the LORD, and in His name they will walk,” declares the LORD.
撒迦利亚书 第 11 章
黎巴嫩的香柏树倾倒
1黎巴嫩哪,开开你的门,任火烧灭你的香柏树。Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars!
2松树啊,应当哀号;因为香柏树倾倒,佳美的树毁坏。巴珊的橡树啊,应当哀号,因为茂盛的树林已经倒了。Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen; the majestic trees are ruined! Wail, O oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has been cut down!
3听啊,有牧人哀号的声音,因他们荣华的草场毁坏了。有少壮狮子咆哮的声音,因约旦河旁的丛林荒废了。Listen to the wailing of the shepherds, for their glory is in ruins. Listen to the roaring of the young lions, for the thickets of the Jordan are destroyed.
牧养将宰的群羊
4耶和华—我的 神如此说:“你—撒迦利亚要牧养这将宰的群羊。This is what the LORD my God says: “Pasture the flock marked for slaughter,
5买他们的宰了他们,以自己为无罪;卖他们的说:‘耶和华是应当称颂的,因我成为富足。’牧养他们的并不怜恤他们。whose buyers slaughter them without remorse. Those who sell them say, ‘Blessed be the LORD, for I am rich!’ Even their own shepherds have no compassion on them.
6耶和华说:‘我不再怜恤这地的居民,必将这民交给各人的邻舍和他们王的手中。他们必毁灭这地,我也不救这民脱离他们的手。’”For I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares the LORD, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king, who will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from their hands.”
7于是,我牧养这将宰的群羊,就是群中最困苦的羊。我拿着两根杖,一根我称为“荣美”,一根我称为“”。这样,我牧养了群羊。So I pastured the flock marked for slaughter, especially the afflicted of the flock. Then I took for myself two staffs, calling one Favor and the other Union, and I pastured the flock.
8一月之内,我除灭三个牧人,因为我的心厌烦他们;他们的心也憎嫌我。And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
9我就说:“我不牧养你们。要死的,由他死;要丧亡的,由他丧亡;余剩的,由他们彼此相食。”Then I said, “I will no longer shepherd you. Let the dying die, and the perishing perish; and let those who remain devour one another’s flesh.”
10我折断那称为“荣美”的杖,表明我废弃与万民所立的约。Next I took my staff called Favor and cut it in two, revoking the covenant I had made with all the nations.
11当日就废弃了。这样,那些仰望我的困苦羊就知道所说的是耶和华的话。It was revoked on that day, and so the afflicted of the flock who were watching me knew that it was the word of the LORD.
三十块钱的工价
12我对他们说:“你们若以为美,就给我工价。不然,就罢了!”于是他们给了作为我的工价。Then I told them, “If it seems right to you, give me my wages; but if not, keep them.” So they weighed out my wages, thirty pieces of silver.
13耶和华吩咐我说:“要把众人所估定美好的价值丢给。”我便将这三十块钱,在耶和华的殿中丢给窑户了。And the LORD said to me, “Throw it to the potter”—this magnificent price at which they valued me. So I took the thirty pieces of silver and threw them to the potter in the house of the LORD.
14我又折断称为联索的那根杖,表明我废弃犹大与以色列弟兄的情谊。Then I cut in two my second staff called Union, breaking the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.
无用的牧人
15耶和华又吩咐我说:“你再取愚昧牧人所用的器具,And the LORD said to me: “Take up once more the equipment of a foolish shepherd.
16因我要在这地兴起一个牧人。他不看顾丧亡的,不寻找分散的,不医治受伤的,也不牧养强壮的;却要吃肥羊的肉,撕裂他的蹄子。For behold, I will raise up a shepherd in the land who will neither care for the lost, nor seek the young, nor heal the broken, nor sustain the healthy, but he will devour the flesh of the choice sheep and tear off their hooves.
17丢弃羊群有祸了!刀必临到他的膀臂和右眼上。他的膀臂必全然枯干;他的右眼也必昏暗失明。”Woe to the worthless shepherd, who deserts the flock! May a sword strike his arm and his right eye! May his arm be completely withered and his right eye utterly blinded!”
撒迦利亚书 第 12 章
耶路撒冷成为令人昏醉的杯
1耶和华论以色列的默示。铺张诸天、建立地基、造人里面之灵的耶和华说:This is the burden of the word of the LORD concerning Israel. Thus declares the LORD, who stretches out the heavens and lays the foundation of the earth, who forms the spirit of man within him:
2“我必使耶路撒冷被围困的时候,向四围列国的民成为;这默示也论到犹大(或译:犹大也是如此)。“Behold, I will make Jerusalem a cup of drunkenness to all the surrounding peoples. Judah will be besieged, as well as Jerusalem.
3那日,我必使耶路撒冷向聚集攻击他的万民当作一块重石头;凡举起的必受重伤。On that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who would heave it away will be severely injured.
4耶和华说:到那日,我必使一切马匹惊惶,使骑马的颠狂。我必看顾犹大家,使列国的一切马匹瞎眼。On that day, declares the LORD, I will strike every horse with panic, and every rider with madness. I will keep a watchful eye on the house of Judah, but I will strike with blindness all the horses of the nations.
5犹大的族长必心里说:‘耶路撒冷的居民倚靠万军之耶和华—他们的 神,就作我们的能力。’Then the leaders of Judah will say in their hearts: ‘The people of Jerusalem are my strength, for the LORD of Hosts is their God.’
6“那日,我必使犹大的族长如火盆在木柴中,又如火把在禾捆里;他们必左右烧灭四围列国的民。耶路撒冷人必仍住本处,就是耶路撒冷。On that day I will make the clans of Judah like a firepot in a woodpile, like a flaming torch among the sheaves; they will consume all the peoples around them on the right and on the left, while the people of Jerusalem remain secure there.
7耶和华必先拯救犹大的帐棚,免得大卫家的荣耀和耶路撒冷居民的荣耀胜过犹大。The LORD will save the tents of Judah first, so that the glory of the house of David and of the people of Jerusalem may not be greater than that of Judah.
8那日,耶和华必保护耶路撒冷的居民。他们中间软弱的必如大卫;大卫的家必如 神,如行在他们前面之耶和华的使者。On that day the LORD will defend the people of Jerusalem, so that the weakest among them will be like David, and the house of David will be like God, like the angel of the LORD going before them.
9那日,我必定意灭绝来攻击耶路撒冷各国的民。So on that day I will set out to destroy all the nations that come against Jerusalem.
仰望他们所扎的
10我必将那施恩叫人恳求的灵,浇灌大卫家和耶路撒冷的居民。他们必仰望我(或译:他;本节同),就是他们所的;必为我悲哀,如丧独生子,又为我愁苦,如丧长子。Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.
11那日,耶路撒冷必有大大的悲哀,如米吉多平原之的悲哀。On that day the wailing in Jerusalem will be as great as the wailing of Hadad-rimmon in the plain of Megiddo.
12境内一家一家地都必悲哀。大卫家,男的独在一处,女的独在一处。拿单家,男的独在一处,女的独在一处。The land will mourn, each clan on its own: the clan of the house of David and their wives, the clan of the house of Nathan and their wives,
13利未家,男的独在一处,女的独在一处。示每家,男的独在一处,女的独在一处。the clan of the house of Levi and their wives, the clan of Shimei and their wives,
14其余的各家,男的独在一处,女的独在一处。and all the remaining clans and their wives.
撒迦利亚书 第 13 章
洗除罪恶的泉源
1那日,必给大卫家和耶路撒冷的居民开一个泉源,洗除罪恶与污秽。“On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
2万军之耶和华说:“那日,我必从地上除灭偶像的名,不再被人记念;也必使这地不再有假先知与污秽的灵。And on that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will erase the names of the idols from the land, and they will no longer be remembered. I will also remove the prophets and the spirit of impurity from the land.
3若再有人说预言,生他的父母必对他说:‘你不得存活,因为你托耶和华的名说假预言。’生他的父母在他说预言的时候,要将他刺透。And if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.
4那日,凡作先知说预言的必因他所论的异象羞愧,不再穿哄骗人。And on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.
5他必说:‘我不是先知,我是耕地的;我从幼年作人的奴仆。’He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.’
6必有人问他说:‘你两臂中间是什么伤呢?’他必回答说:‘这是我在亲友家中所受的伤。’”If someone asks him, ‘What are these wounds on your chest?’ he will answer, ‘These are the wounds I received in the house of my friends.’
击打牧人,羊就分散
7万军之耶和华说:刀剑哪,应当兴起,攻击我的牧人和我的同伴。击打牧人,羊就分散;我必反手加在微小者的身上。Awake, O sword, against My Shepherd, against the man who is My Companion, declares the LORD of Hosts. Strike the Shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered, and I will turn My hand against the little ones.
8耶和华说:这全地的人,三分之二必剪除而死,三分之一仍必存留。And in all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it.
9我要使这三分之一经火,熬炼他们,如熬炼银子;试炼他们,如试炼金子。他们必求告我的名,我必应允他们。我要说:这是我的子民。他们也要说:耶和华是我们的 神。This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
撒迦利亚书 第 14 章
耶和华的日子临近
1耶和华的日子临近,你的财物必被抢掠,在你中间分散。Behold, a day of the LORD is coming when your plunder will be divided in your presence.
2因为我必聚集万国与耶路撒冷争战,城必被攻取,房屋被抢夺,妇女被玷污,城中的民一半被掳去;剩下的民仍在城中,不致剪除。For I will gather all the nations for battle against Jerusalem, and the city will be captured, the houses looted, and the women ravished. Half of the city will go into exile, but the rest of the people will not be removed from the city.
3那时,耶和华必出去与那些国争战,好像从前争战一样。Then the LORD will go out to fight against those nations, as He fights in the day of battle.
耶和华的脚站在橄榄山上
4那日,他的脚必站在耶路撒冷前面朝东的上。这山必从中间分裂,自东至西成为极大的谷。山的一半向北挪移,一半向南挪移。On that day His feet will stand on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, and the Mount of Olives will be split in two from east to west, forming a great valley, with half the mountain moving to the north and half to the south.
5你们要从我山的谷中逃跑,因为山谷必延到亚萨。你们逃跑,必如犹大王乌西雅年间的人逃避大地震一样。耶和华—我的 神必降临,有一切圣者同来。You will flee by My mountain valley, for it will extend to Azal. You will flee as you fled from the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with Him.
6那日,必没有光,三光必退缩。On that day there will be no light, no cold or frost.
7那日,必是耶和华所知道的,不是白昼,也不是黑夜,到了晚上才有光明。It will be a unique day known only to the LORD, without day or night; but when evening comes, there will be light.
8那日,必有活水从耶路撒冷出来,一半往东海流,一半往西海流;冬夏都是如此。And on that day living water will flow out from Jerusalem, half of it toward the Eastern Sea and the other half toward the Western Sea, in summer and winter alike.
9耶和华必作全地的王。那日耶和华必为独一无二的,他的名也是独一无二的。On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone.
10全地,从迦巴直到耶路撒冷南方的临门,要变为。耶路撒冷必仍居高位,就是从便雅悯门到第一门之处,又到角门,并从哈楠业楼,直到王的酒榨。All the land from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem will be turned into a plain, but Jerusalem will be raised up and will remain in her place, from the Benjamin Gate to the site of the First Gate to the Corner Gate, and from the Tower of Hananel to the royal winepresses.
11人必住在其中,不再有咒诅。耶路撒冷人必安然居住。People will live there, and never again will there be an utter destruction. So Jerusalem will dwell securely.
12耶和华用灾殃攻击那与耶路撒冷争战的列国人,必是这样:他们两脚站立的时候,肉必消没,眼在眶中干瘪,舌在口中溃烂。And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.
13那日,耶和华必使他们大大扰乱。他们各人彼此揪住,举手攻击。On that day a great panic from the LORD will come upon them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of one will rise against the other.
14犹大也必在耶路撒冷争战。那时四围各国的财物,就是许多金银衣服,必被收聚。Judah will also fight at Jerusalem, and the wealth of all the surrounding nations will be collected—gold, silver, and apparel in great abundance.
15那临到马匹、骡子、骆驼、驴,和营中一切牲畜的灾殃是与那灾殃一般。And a similar plague will strike the horses and mules, camels and donkeys, and all the animals in those camps.
列国年年上来守住棚节
16所有来攻击耶路撒冷列国中剩下的人,必年年上来敬拜大君王—万军之耶和华,并守。Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
17地上万族中,凡不上耶路撒冷敬拜大君王—万军之耶和华的,必无雨降在他们的地上。And should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, then the rain will not fall on them.
18埃及族若不上来,雨也不降在他们的地上;凡不上来守住棚节的列国人,耶和华也必用这灾攻击他们。And if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter in, then the rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
19这就是埃及的刑罚和那不上来守住棚节之列国的刑罚。This will be the punishment of Egypt and of all the nations that do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
一切都归耶和华为圣
20当那日,马的上必有归耶和华为圣的这句话。耶和华殿内的锅必如祭坛前的碗一样。On that day, HOLY TO THE LORD will be inscribed on the bells of the horses, and the cooking pots in the house of the LORD will be like the sprinkling bowls before the altar.
21凡耶路撒冷和犹大的锅都必归万军之耶和华为圣。凡献祭的都必来取这锅,煮肉在其中。当那日,在万军之耶和华的殿中必不再有迦南人。Indeed, every pot in Jerusalem and Judah will be holy to the LORD of Hosts, and all who sacrifice will come and take some pots and cook in them. And on that day there will no longer be a Canaanite in the house of the LORD of Hosts.
摘要
撒迦利亚书第10至14章描述耶和华应许复兴犹大与以法莲,聚集被分散的百姓归回,并审判不忠的牧人与偶像崇拜。先知以两根杖(荣美与联索)的比喻揭示神与百姓之约的废弃,以三十块银子预表弥赛亚被出卖的价值。最后数章展望末后之日:耶和华亲自降临橄榄山为耶路撒冷争战,经过炼净的余民成为神的子民,活水从圣城涌流,万国都要上来敬拜,一切都归耶和华为圣。
反思问题
- 在撒迦利亚书中,神严厉责备不负责任的牧人。你在生活中承担哪些牧养或带领的角色?你如何确保自己忠心照顾所托付的人?
- 三十块银子被丢给窑户,预表了基督被低估的价值。你是否曾在忙碌中轻忽了与神的关系?如何重新看重祂在你生命中的地位?
- 经文提到余民要经火熬炼如金银,最终说‘耶和华是我们的神’。你正经历的试炼如何塑造你对神的信靠与认识?
新约启示录 21:1–27
前情提要
上回说到
昨天(20 章):撒但被捆绑一千年,为耶稣作见证的人与基督一同作王;一千年后撒但被释放、迷惑列国,最后被扔在火湖里;白色大宝座前,死了的人都照各人所行的受审判,名字没记在生命册上的被扔在火湖里。
今天你会读到
约翰看见新天新地,圣城新耶路撒冷从天而降,神要与人同住,擦去一切的眼泪;天使带他看这城:有十二个门、十二根基,城是精金的,用各样宝石修饰;城内没有殿,因为神和羔羊就是城的殿,也不用日月光照。
阅读小提示
可以慢慢读:“神的帐幕在人间”,“神要擦去他们一切的眼泪”。“看哪,我将一切都更新了”:圣经从 创 1 章的创造开始,在这里以新的创造作结。
点时代可看说明
传统认为使徒约翰约在主后 95 年写成;这章呼应 的新天新地,以及 结 40–48 章以西结看见的圣殿和圣城异象。
启示录 第 21 章
新天新地
1我又看见一个新天新地;因为先前的天地已经过去了,。Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and earth had passed away, and the sea was no more.
圣城新耶路撒冷从天而降
2我又看见圣城新耶路撒冷由 神那里从天而降,预备好了,就如新妇,等候丈夫。I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
神的帐幕在人间
3我听见有大声音从宝座出来说:“看哪, 神的在人间。他要与人同住,他们要作他的子民。 神要亲自与他们同在,作他们的 神。And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying: “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and He will dwell with them. They will be His people, and God Himself will be with them as their God.
4神要擦去他们一切的眼泪;不再有死亡,也不再有悲哀、哭号、疼痛,因为以前的事都过去了。”‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”
我将一切都更新了
5坐宝座的说:“看哪,我将一切都更新了!”又说:“你要写上;因这些话是可信的,是真实的。”And the One seated on the throne said, “Behold, I make all things new.” Then He said, “Write this down, for these words are faithful and true.”
6他又对我说:“都成了!我是,我是俄梅戛;我是初,我是终。我要将生命泉的水赐给那口渴的人喝。And He told me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.
7得胜的,必承受这些为业:我要作他的 神,他要作我的儿子。The one who overcomes will inherit all things, and I will be his God, and he will be My son.
8惟有、不信的、可憎的、杀人的、淫乱的、行邪术的、拜偶像的,和一切说谎话的,他们的分就在烧着硫磺的火湖里;这是第二次的死。”But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
羔羊的新妇:圣城
9拿着七个金碗、盛满末后七灾的七位天使中,有一位来对我说:“你到这里来,我要将新妇,就是羔羊的妻,指给你看。”Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”
10我被圣灵感动,天使就带我到一座高大的山,将那由 神那里、从天而降的圣城耶路撒冷指示我。And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
11城中有 神的荣耀;城的光辉如同极贵的宝石,好像,明如水晶。shining with the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, as clear as crystal.
十二个门和十二根基
12有高大的墙,有十二个门,门上有十二位天使,门上又写着以色列十二个支派的名字。The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates.
13东边有三门,北边有三门,南边有三门,西边有三门。There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west.
14城墙有十二根基,根基上有羔羊十二使徒的名字。The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
用金苇子量城
15对我说话的,拿着当尺,要量那城和城门城墙。The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls.
16城是四方的,长宽一样。天使用苇子量那城,共有,长、宽、高都是一样;The city lies foursquare, with its width the same as its length. And he measured the city with the rod, and all its dimensions were equal—12,000 stadia in length and width and height.
17又量了城墙,按着人的尺寸,就是天使的尺寸,共有。And he measured its wall to be 144 cubits, by the human measure the angel was using.
精金和宝石的城
18墙是碧玉造的;城是精金的,如同明净的玻璃。The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass.
19城墙的是用各样宝石修饰的:第一根基是碧玉;第二是蓝宝石;第三是绿玛瑙;第四是绿宝石;The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,
20第五是红玛瑙;第六是红宝石;第七是;第八是水苍玉;第九是红璧玺;第十是翡翠;第十一是紫玛瑙;第十二是紫晶。the fifth sardonyx, the sixth carnelian, the seventh chrysolite, the eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth chrysoprase, the eleventh jacinth, and the twelfth amethyst.
21十二个门是十二颗珍珠,每门是一颗珍珠。城内的街道是精金,好像明透的玻璃。And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.
神和羔羊为城的殿
22我未见城内有,因主 神—全能者和羔羊为城的殿。But I saw no temple in the city, because the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple.
23那城内又不用日月光照;因有 神的荣耀光照,又有羔羊为城的灯。And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
列国要在城的光里行走
24列国要在城的光里行走;地上的君王必将自己的荣耀归与那城。By its light the nations will walk, and into it the kings of the earth will bring their glory.
25城门白昼,在那里原没有黑夜。Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there.
26人必将列国的荣耀、尊贵归与那城。And into the city will be brought the glory and honor of the nations.
27凡不洁净的,并那行可憎与虚谎之事的,总不得进那城;只有名字写在羔羊生命册上的才得进去。But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
摘要
启示录第21章描绘新天新地的异象:圣城新耶路撒冷从天而降,神的帐幕设立在人间,祂要亲自与人同住,擦去一切眼泪,不再有死亡、悲哀与痛苦。圣城以精金、宝石和珍珠建造,彰显神极致的荣耀;城中不需日月光照,因神的荣耀与羔羊的光就是城的光。唯有名字写在羔羊生命册上的人才得进入,一切不洁与虚谎之事被永远隔绝在外。
反思问题
- 经文应许神要擦去一切眼泪、不再有死亡与悲哀。这个盼望如何帮助你面对当前生活中的苦难或失去?
- 新耶路撒冷中没有圣殿,因神自己就是殿。这对你理解‘与神同在’的意义有什么启发?你如何在日常生活中经历神的同在?
- 只有名字写在生命册上的人才能进入圣城。这提醒你如何看待今天的信仰抉择,以及你与周围尚未认识神之人的关系?