旧约出埃及记 24:1–26:30
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昨天():神颁布许多典章:杀人伤人、偷窃赔偿、照顾寄居的和孤儿寡妇、借钱不可取利、公正审判,以及安息年和一年三次的节期,并应许差使者在前面引路,渐渐把迦南人赶出去。
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摩西用血立约,百姓答应遵行;摩西、亚伦和七十位长老上山看见神,在神面前吃喝。摩西上山四十昼夜,神吩咐百姓甘心献上材料,照山上指示的样式建造圣所:法柜和施恩座、陈设饼的桌子、金灯台,以及帐幕的幔子、罩棚和竖板。
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留意 建造圣所的目的:“使我可以住在他们中间”。接下来看似繁琐的尺寸和材料,都是为了让圣洁的神能住在百姓当中。
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帐幕是可以拆卸搬运的圣所,陪伴以色列人走过旷野,直到所罗门建造圣殿。
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出埃及记 第 24 章
以血立约
1耶和华对摩西说:“你和亚伦、拿答、亚比户,并以色列长老中的七十人,都要上到我这里来,远远地下拜。Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD—you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of Israel’s elders—and you are to worship at a distance.
2惟独你可以亲近耶和华;他们却不可亲近;百姓也不可和你一同上来。”Moses alone shall approach the LORD, but the others must not come near. And the people may not go up with him.”
3摩西下山,将耶和华的命令典章都述说与百姓听。众百姓齐声说:“耶和华所吩咐的,我们都必遵行。”When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”
4摩西将耶和华的命令都写上。清早起来,在山下筑一座坛,按以色列十二支派立十二根柱子,And Moses wrote down all the words of the LORD. Early the next morning he got up and built an altar at the base of the mountain, along with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.
5又打发以色列人中的少年人去献燔祭,又向耶和华献牛为平安祭。Then he sent out some young men of Israel, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as peace offerings to the LORD.
6摩西将血一半盛在盆中,一半洒在坛上;Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he splattered on the altar.
7又将念给百姓听。他们说:“耶和华所吩咐的,我们都必遵行。”Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people, who replied, “All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will be obedient.”
8摩西将血洒在百姓身上,说:“你看!这是,是耶和华按这一切话与你们立约的凭据。”So Moses took the blood, splattered it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
长老在山上看见神
9摩西、亚伦、拿答、亚比户,并以色列长老中的七十人,都上了山。Then Moses went up with Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel,
10他们看见以色列的 神,他脚下仿佛有,如同天色明净。and they saw the God of Israel. Under His feet was a work like a pavement made of sapphire, as clear as the sky itself.
11他的手不加害在以色列的身上。他们观看 神;他们又吃又喝。But God did not lay His hand on the nobles of Israel; they saw Him, and they ate and drank.
摩西上山四十昼夜
12耶和华对摩西说:“你上山到我这里来,住在这里,我要将石版并我所写的律法和诫命赐给你,使你可以教训百姓。”Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”
13摩西和他的帮手约书亚起来,上了 神的山。So Moses set out with Joshua his attendant and went up on the mountain of God.
14摩西对长老说:“你们在这里等着,等到我们再回来,有亚伦、户珥与你们同在。凡有争讼的,都可以就近他们去。”And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them.”
15摩西上山,有云彩把山遮盖。When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it,
16耶和华的荣耀停于西奈山;云彩遮盖山六天,第七天他从云中召摩西。and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered it, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.
17耶和华的荣耀在山顶上,在以色列人眼前,形状如烈火。And the sight of the glory of the LORD was like a consuming fire on the mountaintop in the eyes of the Israelites.
18摩西进入云中上山,在山上四十昼夜。Moses entered the cloud as he went up on the mountain, and he remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights.
出埃及记 第 25 章
为圣所甘心献礼物
1耶和华晓谕摩西说:Then the LORD said to Moses,
2“你告诉以色列人当为我送礼物来;凡的,你们就可以收下归我。“Tell the Israelites to bring Me an offering. You are to receive My offering from every man whose heart compels him.
3所要收的礼物:就是金、银、铜,This is the offering you are to accept from them: gold, silver, and bronze;
4蓝色、紫色、朱红色线,细麻,山羊毛,blue, purple, and scarlet yarn; fine linen and goat hair;
5染红的公羊皮,,,ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;
6点灯的油并做膏油和香的香料,olive oil for the light; spices for the anointing oil and for the fragrant incense;
7红玛瑙与别样的宝石,可以镶嵌在和胸牌上。and onyx stones and gemstones to be mounted on the ephod and breastpiece.
8又当为我造圣所,使我可以住在他们中间。And they are to make a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.
9制造帐幕和其中的一切器具都要照我所指示你的样式。”You must make the tabernacle and design all its furnishings according to the pattern I show you.
法柜与施恩座
10“要用皂荚木做一柜,长二肘半,宽一肘半,高一肘半。And they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
11要里外包上精金,四围镶上。Overlay it with pure gold both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it.
12也要铸四个金环,安在柜的四脚上;这边两环,那边两环。Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other.
13要用皂荚木做两根杠,用金包裹。And make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
14要把杠穿在柜旁的环内,以便抬柜。Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, in order to carry it.
15这杠要常在柜的环内,不可抽出来。The poles are to remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed.
16必将我所要赐给你的法版放在柜里。And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.
17要用精金做(施恩:或译蔽罪;下同),长二肘半,宽一肘半。And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
18要用金子锤出两个来,安在施恩座的两头。Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
19这头做一个基路伯,那头做一个基路伯,二基路伯要接连一块,在施恩座的两头。one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.
20二基路伯要高张翅膀,遮掩施恩座。基路伯要脸对脸,朝着施恩座。And the cherubim are to have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the mercy seat.
21要将施恩座安在柜的上边,又将我所要赐给你的法版放在柜里。Set the mercy seat atop the ark and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.
22我要在那里与你相会,又要从法柜施恩座上二基路伯中间,和你说我所要吩咐你传给以色列人的一切事。”And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.
陈设饼的桌子
23“要用皂荚木做一张桌子,长二肘,宽一肘,高一肘半。You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
24要包上精金,四围镶上金牙边。Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it.
25桌子的四围各做一掌宽的横梁,横梁上镶着金牙边。And make a rim around it a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.
26要做四个金环,安在桌子的四角上,就是桌子四脚上的四角。Make four gold rings for the table and fasten them to the four corners at its four legs.
27安环子的地方要挨近横梁,可以穿杠抬桌子。The rings are to be close to the rim, to serve as holders for the poles used to carry the table.
28要用皂荚木做两根杠,用金包裹,以便抬桌子。Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.
29要做桌子上的盘子、调羹,并奠酒的爵和瓶;这都要用精金制作。You are also to make the plates and dishes, as well as the pitchers and bowls for pouring drink offerings. Make them out of pure gold.
30又要在桌子上,在我面前,常摆。”And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.
金灯台
31“要用精金做一个灯台。灯台的座和干与杯、球、花,都要接连一块锤出来。Then you are to make a lampstand of pure, hammered gold. It shall be made of one piece, including its base and shaft, its cups, and its buds and petals.
32灯台两旁要杈出六个枝子:这旁三个,那旁三个。Six branches are to extend from the sides of the lampstand—three on one side and three on the other.
33这旁每枝上有三个杯,形状像,有球,有花;那旁每枝上也有三个杯,形状像杏花,有球,有花。从灯台杈出来的六个枝子都是如此。There are to be three cups shaped like almond blossoms on the first branch, each with buds and petals, three on the next branch, and the same for all six branches that extend from the lampstand.
34灯台上有四个杯,形状像杏花,有球,有花。And on the lampstand there shall be four cups shaped like almond blossoms with buds and petals.
35灯台每两个枝子以下有球与枝子接连一块。灯台出的六个枝子都是如此。For the six branches that extend from the lampstand, a bud must be under the first pair of branches, a bud under the second pair, and a bud under the third pair.
36球和枝子要接连一块,都是一块精金锤出来的。The buds and branches are to be all of one piece with the lampstand, hammered out of pure gold.
37要做灯台的七个灯盏。祭司要点这灯,使灯光对照。Make seven lamps and set them up on the lampstand so that they illuminate the area in front of it.
38灯台的和蜡花盘也是要精金的。The wick trimmers and their trays must be of pure gold.
39做灯台和这一切的器具要用精金一他连得。The lampstand and all these utensils shall be made from a talent of pure gold.
40要谨慎做这些物件,都要照着在山上指示你的样式。”See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
出埃及记 第 26 章
帐幕的幔子
1“你要用十幅幔子做帐幕。这些幔子要用的细麻和蓝色、紫色、朱红色线制造,并用巧匠的手工绣上基路伯。“You are to construct the tabernacle itself with ten curtains of finely spun linen, each with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and cherubim skillfully worked into them.
2每幅幔子要长二十八肘,宽四肘,幔子都要一样的尺寸。Each curtain shall be twenty-eight cubits long and four cubits wide—all curtains the same size.
3这五幅幔子要幅幅相连;那五幅幔子也要幅幅相连。Five of the curtains are to be joined together, and the other five joined as well.
4在这相连的幔子末幅边上要做蓝色的钮扣;在那相连的幔子末幅边上也要照样做。Make loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and do the same for the end curtain in the second set.
5要在这相连的幔子上做五十个钮扣;在那相连的幔子上也做五十个钮扣,都要两两相对。Make fifty loops on one curtain and fifty loops on the end curtain of the second set, so that the loops line up opposite one another.
6又要做五十个金钩,用钩使幔子相连,这才成了一个帐幕。Make fifty gold clasps as well, and join the curtains together with the clasps, so that the tabernacle will be a unit.
山羊毛的罩棚
7“你要用山羊毛织十一幅幔子,作为帐幕以上的。You are to make curtains of goat hair for the tent over the tabernacle—eleven curtains in all.
8每幅幔子要长三十肘,宽四肘;十一幅幔子都要一样的尺寸。Each of the eleven curtains is to be the same size—thirty cubits long and four cubits wide.
9要把五幅幔子连成一幅,又把六幅幔子连成一幅,这第六幅幔子要在罩棚的前面折上去。Join five of the curtains into one set and the other six into another. Then fold the sixth curtain over double at the front of the tent.
10在这相连的幔子末幅边上要做五十个钮扣;在那相连的幔子末幅边上也做五十个钮扣。Make fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.
11又要做五十个铜钩,钩在钮扣中,使罩棚连成一个。Make fifty bronze clasps and put them through the loops to join the tent together as a unit.
12罩棚的幔子所余那垂下来的半幅幔子,要垂在帐幕的后头。As for the overlap that remains of the tent curtains, the half curtain that is left over shall hang down over the back of the tabernacle.
13罩棚的幔子所余长的,这边一肘,那边一肘,要垂在帐幕的两旁,遮盖帐幕。And the tent curtains will be a cubit longer on either side, and the excess will hang over the sides of the tabernacle to cover it.
14又要用染红的公羊皮做罩棚的盖;再用海狗皮做一层罩棚上的顶盖。Also make a covering for the tent out of ram skins dyed red, and over that a covering of fine leather.
帐幕的竖板和闩
15“你要用皂荚木做帐幕的竖板。You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
16每块要长十肘,宽一肘半;Each frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
17每块必有两相对。帐幕一切的板都要这样做。Two tenons must be connected to each other for each frame. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way.
18帐幕的南面要做板二十块。Construct twenty frames for the south side of the tabernacle,
19在这二十块板底下要做四十个带卯的银座,两卯接这块板上的两榫,两卯接那块板上的两榫。with forty silver bases under the twenty frames—two bases for each frame, one under each tenon.
20帐幕第二面,就是北面,也要做板二十块For the second side of the tabernacle, the north side, make twenty frames
21和带卯的银座四十个;这板底下有两卯,那板底下也有两卯。and forty silver bases—two bases under each frame.
22帐幕的后面,就是西面,要做板六块。Make six frames for the rear of the tabernacle, the west side,
23帐幕后面的拐角要做板两块。and two frames for the two back corners of the tabernacle,
24板的下半截要双的,上半截要整的,直顶到第一个环子;两块都要这样做两个拐角。coupled together from bottom to top and fitted into a single ring. These will serve as the two corners.
25必有八块板和十六个带卯的银座;这板底下有两卯,那板底下也有两卯。So there are to be eight frames and sixteen silver bases—two under each frame.
26“你要用皂荚木做闩:为帐幕这面的板做五闩,You are also to make five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,
27为帐幕那面的板做五闩,又为帐幕后面的板做五闩。five for those on the other side, and five for those on the rear side of the tabernacle, to the west.
28板腰间的中闩要从这一头通到那一头。The central crossbar in the middle of the frames shall extend from one end to the other.
29板要用金子包裹,又要做板上的金环套闩;闩也要用金子包裹。Overlay the frames with gold and make gold rings to hold the crossbars. Also overlay the crossbars with gold.
30要照着在山上指示你的样式立起帐幕。So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
摘要
以色列民与神立约,摩西将血洒在百姓身上作为约的凭据,众长老上山得见神的荣耀并在神面前吃喝。摩西独自上西乃山四十昼夜,神吩咐百姓甘心奉献材料建造圣所,并详细指示约柜、施恩座、陈设饼桌子、金灯台及帐幕的制作样式,使神能住在百姓中间。
反思问题
- 神要求一切器具都‘照着在山上指示的样式’制造,这提醒你在服事或生活中,是否愿意按神的心意而非自己的想法行事?
- 立约时百姓两次宣告‘耶和华所吩咐的,我们都必遵行’,你曾对神作过怎样的承诺?你如何持守这些承诺?
- 神说‘当为我造圣所,使我可以住在他们中间’,在新约时代,你如何在日常生活中为神预备居住的空间?
新约马太福音 22:15–46
前情提要
上回说到
昨天():耶稣讲娶亲筵席的比喻:被请的人不肯来,王就派仆人到岔路口,不论善恶都召来坐席;但一个没有穿礼服的人被丢在外边。耶稣总结说“被召的人多,选上的人少”。
今天你会读到
各派人轮流来试探耶稣:法利赛人和希律党问该不该纳税给凯撒,撒都该人用七兄弟娶一妻的例子质疑复活,律法师问哪条诫命最大。最后耶稣反问:基督既是大卫的子孙,大卫为甚么称祂为主?从此没有人敢再问祂。
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留意 –40:耶稣把整个律法归纳成爱神和爱人两条诫命,分别引自 和 。遵守规条的根源是爱。
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法利赛人和撒都该人平时立场对立,在这里却轮流试探耶稣。
马太福音 第 22 章
纳税给凯撒
15当时,法利赛人出去商议,怎样就着耶稣的话他,Then the Pharisees went out and conspired to trap Jesus in His words.
16就打发他们的门徒同去见耶稣,说:“夫子,我们知道你是诚实人,并且诚诚实实传 神的道,什么人你都,因为你。They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.
17请告诉我们,你的意见如何?纳税给可以不可以?”So tell us what You think: Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
18耶稣看出他们的恶意,就说:“假冒为善的人哪,为什么试探我?But Jesus knew their evil intent and said, “You hypocrites, why are you testing Me?
19拿一个上税的钱给我看!”他们就拿一个来给他。Show Me the coin used for the tax.” And they brought Him a denarius.
20耶稣说:“这像和是谁的?”“Whose image is this,” He asked, “and whose inscription?”
21他们说:“是凯撒的。”耶稣说:“这样,凯撒的物当归给凯撒; 神的物当归给 神。”“Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
22他们听见就希奇,离开他走了。And when they heard this, they were amazed. So they left Him and went away.
撒都该人问复活
23常说没有复活的事。那天,他们来问耶稣说:That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.
24“夫子,摩西说:‘人若死了,没有孩子,他兄弟当娶他的妻,。’“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.
25从前,在我们这里有弟兄七人,第一个娶了妻,死了,没有孩子,撇下妻子给兄弟。Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died without having children. So he left his wife to his brother.
26第二、第三、直到第七个,都是如此。The same thing happened to the second and third brothers, down to the seventh.
27末后,妇人也死了。And last of all, the woman died.
28这样,当复活的时候,她是七个人中哪一个的妻子呢?因为他们都娶过她。”In the resurrection, then, whose wife will she be of the seven? For all of them were married to her.”
29耶稣回答说:“你们错了;因为不明白圣经,也不晓得 神的大能。Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
30当复活的时候,人也不娶也不嫁,乃像天上的使者一样。In the resurrection, people will neither marry nor be given in marriage. Instead, they will be like the angels in heaven.
31论到死人复活, 神在经上向你们所说的,你们没有念过吗?But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:
32他说:‘我是亚伯拉罕的 神,以撒的 神,雅各的 神。’ 神不是死人的 神,乃是活人的 神。”‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
33众人听见这话,就希奇他的教训。When the crowds heard this, they were astonished at His teaching.
最大的诫命
34法利赛人听见耶稣堵住了撒都该人的口,他们就聚集。And when the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, they themselves gathered together.
35内中有一个人是,要试探耶稣,就问他说:One of them, an expert in the law, tested Him with a question:
36“夫子,律法上的诫命,哪一条是最大的呢?”“Teacher, which commandment is the greatest in the Law?”
37耶稣对他说:“你要爱主—你的 神。Jesus declared, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’
38这是诫命中的第一,且是最大的。This is the first and greatest commandment.
39其次也,就是要爱人如己。And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
40这两条诫命是律法和先知一切道理的。”All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
基督是谁的子孙
41法利赛人聚集的时候,耶稣问他们说:While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus questioned them:
42“论到基督,你们的意见如何?他是谁的子孙呢?”他们回答说:“是大卫的子孙。”“What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered.
43耶稣说:“这样,大卫被圣灵感动,怎么还称他为主,说:Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:
44:你坐在我的右边,等我把你仇敌放在你的脚下。‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’
45大卫既称他为主,他怎么又是大卫的子孙呢?”So if David calls Him ‘Lord,’ how can He be David’s son?”
46他们没有一个人能回答一言。从那日以后,也没有人敢再问他什么。No one was able to answer a word, and from that day on no one dared to question Him any further.
摘要
法利赛人、希律党人和撒都该人先后试探耶稣,耶稣以智慧回应纳税、复活等问题,揭露他们的恶意与无知。耶稣指出最大的诫命是尽心爱神、其次是爱人如己,这是律法和先知的总纲;又以基督是大卫的主反问法利赛人,使无人能答,从此不敢再问。
反思问题
- 耶稣说‘该撒的物当归给该撒,神的物当归给神’,你如何在世俗责任与对神的委身之间取得平衡?
- 尽心、尽性、尽意爱神并爱人如己是一切诫命的总纲,在你目前的人际关系中,哪一方面最需要更深地实践这两条诫命?
- 法利赛人和撒都该人带着预设立场来试探耶稣,你是否曾带着既定答案来读经或祷告,而非真正敞开心寻求神的启示?