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旧约 利未记 23:1–24:23
新约 马可福音 4:1–20

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旧约利未记 23:1–24:23

前情提要

上回说到

昨天(21–22 章):祭司要比一般人更谨慎地保持圣洁:不可随意为死人沾染自己,婚姻有限制,大祭司的要求更严;有残疾的祭司不能在坛前供职,却仍可吃圣物;献给神的牲畜必须没有残疾。

今天你会读到

第 23 章列出耶和华的节期:安息日、逾越节和无酵节、献初熟的禾捆、七七节、七月初一吹角、赎罪日、住棚节;第 24 章讲会幕中常点的灯和陈设的饼,并记载一个人亵渎圣名被治死,以及“以眼还眼”的原则。

阅读小提示

留意 、:这些节期是“耶和华的节期”,不只是民族节日。新约记载耶稣在逾越节期间受死,圣灵在五旬节(七七节)降下(),都发生在这些节期。

点时代可看说明

这些节期大多和收成的季节连在一起,要等以色列进入迦南、开始耕种以后才能完整遵守。

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利未记 第 23 章

圣会的节期与安息日

1耶和华对摩西说:Then the LORD said to Moses,

2“你晓谕以色列人说:耶和华的节期,你们要宣告为圣会的节期。“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘These are My appointed feasts, the feasts of the LORD that you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies.

3六日要做工,第七日是圣安息日,当有;你们什么工都不可做。这是在你们一切的住处向耶和华守的安息日。For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.

4耶和华的节期,就是你们到了日期要宣告为圣会的,乃是这些。”These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times.

逾越节和无酵节

5“正月十四日,黄昏的时候,是耶和华的。The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.

6这月十五日是向耶和华守的;你们要吃无酵饼七日。On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread.

7第一日当有圣会,什么都不可做;On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work.

8要将火祭献给耶和华七日。第七日是圣会,什么劳碌的工都不可做。”For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.’”

献初熟的禾捆

9耶和华对摩西说:And the LORD said to Moses,

10“你晓谕以色列人说:你们到了我赐给你们的地,收割庄稼的时候,要将带给祭司。“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest.

11他要把这一捆在耶和华面前摇一摇,使你们得蒙悦纳。祭司要在安息日的次日把这捆摇一摇。And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that it may be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.

12摇这捆的日子,你们要把一岁、没有残疾的公绵羊羔献给耶和华为燔祭。On the day you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a year-old lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD,

13同献的素祭,就是调油的细面伊法十分之二,作为馨香的火祭,献给耶和华。同献的奠祭,要酒。along with its grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil—a food offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.

14无论是饼,是烘的子粒,是新穗子,你们都不可吃,直等到把你们献给 神的供物带来的那一天才可以吃。这在你们一切的住处作为世世代代永远的定例。”You must not eat any bread or roasted or new grain until the very day you have brought this offering to your God. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.

七七节(五旬节)

15“你们要从安息日的次日,献禾捆为摇祭的那日算起,要满了七个安息日。From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, you are to count off seven full weeks.

16到第七个安息日的次日,共计五十天,又要将新素祭献给耶和华。You shall count off fifty days until the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the LORD.

17要从你们的住处取出细面伊法十分之二,加酵,烤成两个摇祭的饼,当作初熟之物献给耶和华。Bring two loaves of bread from your dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as the firstfruits to the LORD.

18又要将一岁、没有残疾的羊羔七只、公牛犊一只、公绵羊两只,和饼一同奉上。这些与同献的素祭和要作为燔祭献给耶和华,就是作馨香的火祭献给耶和华。Along with the bread you are to present seven unblemished male lambs a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the LORD, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

19你们要献一只公山羊为赎罪祭,两只一岁的公绵羊羔为平安祭。You shall also prepare one male goat as a sin offering and two male lambs a year old as a peace offering.

20祭司要把这些和初熟麦子做的饼一同作摇祭,在耶和华面前摇一摇;这是献与耶和华为圣物归给祭司的。The priest is to wave the lambs as a wave offering before the LORD, together with the bread of the firstfruits. The bread and the two lambs shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.

21当这日,你们要宣告圣会;什么劳碌的工都不可做。这在你们一切的住处作为世世代代永远的定例。On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live for the generations to come.

留下田角给穷人

22“在你们的地收割庄稼,不可割尽田角,也不可拾取所遗落的;要留给穷人和寄居的。我是耶和华—你们的 神。”When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap all the way to the edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and the foreign resident. I am the LORD your God.’”

七月初一吹角

23耶和华对摩西说:The LORD also said to Moses,

24“你晓谕以色列人说:七月初一,你们要守为圣安息日,要作纪念,当有圣会。“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts.

25什么劳碌的工都不可做;要将火祭献给耶和华。”You must not do any regular work, but you are to present a food offering to the LORD.’”

赎罪日

26耶和华晓谕摩西说:Again the LORD said to Moses,

27“七月初十是赎罪日;你们要守为圣会,并要刻苦己心,也要将火祭献给耶和华。“The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present a food offering to the LORD.

28当这日,什么工都不可做;因为是赎罪日,要在耶和华—你们的 神面前赎罪。On this day you are not to do any work, for it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God.

29当这日,凡不刻苦己心的,必从民中剪除。If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people.

30凡这日做什么工的,我必将他从民中除灭。I will destroy from among his people anyone who does any work on this day.

31你们什么工都不可做。这在你们一切的住处作为世世代代永远的定例。You are not to do any work at all. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come, wherever you live.

32你们要守这日为圣安息日,并要刻苦己心。从这月到次日晚上,要守为安息日。”It will be a Sabbath of complete rest for you, and you shall humble yourselves. From the evening of the ninth day of the month until the following evening you are to keep your Sabbath.”

住棚节

33耶和华对摩西说:And the LORD said to Moses,

34“你晓谕以色列人说:这七月十五日是,要在耶和华面前守这节七日。“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the fifteenth day of the seventh month the Feast of Tabernacles to the LORD begins, and it continues for seven days.

35第一日当有圣会,什么劳碌的工都不可做。On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work.

36七日内要将火祭献给耶和华。第八日当守圣会,要将火祭献给耶和华。这是,什么劳碌的工都不可做。For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present a food offering to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.

37“这是耶和华的节期,就是你们要宣告为圣会的节期;要将火祭、燔祭、素祭、祭物,并奠祭,各归各日,献给耶和华。These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting food offerings to the LORD—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day.

38这是在耶和华的安息日以外,又在你们的供物和所许的愿,并甘心献给耶和华的以外。These offerings are in addition to the offerings for the LORD’s Sabbaths, and in addition to your gifts, to all your vow offerings, and to all the freewill offerings you give to the LORD.

39“你们收藏了地的出产,就从七月十五日起,要守耶和华的节七日。第一日为圣安息;第八日也为圣安息。On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, after you have gathered the produce of the land, you are to celebrate a feast to the LORD for seven days. There shall be complete rest on the first day and also on the eighth day.

40第一日要拿美好树上的果子和棕树上的枝子,与茂密树的枝条并河旁的柳枝,在耶和华—你们的 神面前欢乐七日。On the first day you are to gather the fruit of majestic trees, the branches of palm trees, and the boughs of leafy trees and of willows of the brook. And you are to rejoice before the LORD your God for seven days.

41每年七月间,要向耶和华守这节七日。这为你们世世代代永远的定例。You are to celebrate this as a feast to the LORD for seven days each year. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come; you are to celebrate it in the seventh month.

42你们要住在棚里七日;凡以色列家的人都要住在棚里,You are to dwell in booths for seven days. All the native-born of Israel must dwell in booths,

43好叫你们世世代代知道,我领以色列人出埃及地的时候曾使他们住在棚里。我是耶和华—你们的 神。”so that your descendants may know that I made the Israelites dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’”

44于是,摩西将耶和华的节期传给以色列人。So Moses announced to the Israelites the appointed feasts of the LORD.

利未记 第 24 章

常点的灯

1耶和华晓谕摩西说:Then the LORD said to Moses,

2“要吩咐以色列人,把那为点灯捣成的拿来给你,使灯常常点着。“Command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.

3在会幕中法柜的幔子外,亚伦从晚上到早晨必在耶和华面前这灯。这要作你们世世代代永远的定例。Outside the veil of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, Aaron is to tend the lamps continually before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the generations to come.

4他要在耶和华面前常收拾精金灯台上的灯。”He shall tend the lamps on the pure gold lampstand before the LORD continually.

十二个陈设的饼

5“你要取细面,烤成,每饼用面伊法十分之二。You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,

6要把饼摆列两行(或译:摞;下同),每行六个,在耶和华面前精金的桌子上;and set them in two rows—six per row—on the table of pure gold before the LORD.

7又要把净乳香放在每行饼上,作为纪念,就是作为火祭献给耶和华。And you are to place pure frankincense near each row, so that it may serve as a memorial portion for the bread, a food offering to the LORD.

8每安息日要常摆在耶和华面前;这为以色列人作永远的约。Every Sabbath day the bread is to be set out before the LORD on behalf of the Israelites as a permanent covenant.

9这饼是要给亚伦和他子孙的;他们要在圣处吃,为永远的定例,因为在献给耶和华的火祭中是至圣的。”It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place; for it is to him a most holy part of the food offerings to the LORD—his portion forever.”

亵渎圣名的人

10有一个以色列妇人的儿子,他父亲是埃及人,一日闲游在以色列人中。这以色列妇人的儿子和一个以色列人在营里争斗。Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite.

11这以色列妇人的儿子亵渎了圣名,并且,就有人把他送到摩西那里。(他母亲名叫示罗密,是但支派底伯利的女儿。)The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse. So they brought him to Moses. (His mother’s name was Shelomith daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)

12他们把那人收在监里,要得耶和华所指示的话。They placed him in custody until the will of the LORD should be made clear to them.

13耶和华晓谕摩西说:Then the LORD said to Moses,

14“把那咒诅圣名的人带到营外。叫听见的人都放手在他头上;全会众就要用石头打死他。“Take the blasphemer outside the camp, and have all who heard him lay their hands on his head; then have the whole assembly stone him.

15你要晓谕以色列人说:凡咒诅 神的,必担当他的罪。And you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If anyone curses his God, he shall bear the consequences of his sin.

16那亵渎耶和华名的,必被治死;全会众总要用石头打死他。不管是寄居的是本地人,他亵渎耶和华名的时候,必被治死。Whoever blasphemes the name of the LORD must surely be put to death; the whole assembly must surely stone him, whether he is a foreign resident or native; if he blasphemes the Name, he must be put to death.

以命偿命、以眼还眼

17打死人的,必被治死;And if a man takes the life of anyone else, he must surely be put to death.

18打死牲畜的,必赔上牲畜,以命偿命。Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life.

19人若使他邻舍的身体有残疾,他怎样行,也要照样向他行:If anyone injures his neighbor, whatever he has done must be done to him:

20以伤还伤,,以牙还牙。他怎样叫人的身体有残疾,也要照样向他行。fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. Just as he injured the other person, the same must be inflicted on him.

21打死牲畜的,必赔上牲畜;打死人的,必被治死。Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.

22不管是寄居的是本地人,同归一例。我是耶和华—你们的 神。”You are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”

23于是,摩西晓谕以色列人,他们就把那咒诅圣名的人带到营外,用石头打死。以色列人就照耶和华所吩咐摩西的行了。Then Moses spoke to the Israelites, and they took the blasphemer outside the camp and stoned him. So the Israelites did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

摘要

利未记23至24章记载耶和华所定的七大节期——安息日、逾越节、无酵节、初熟节、五旬节、吹角节、赎罪日与住棚节,每个节期都有特定的献祭与圣会规定,提醒以色列人记念神的救赎与供应。第24章则吩咐会幕中灯台与陈设饼的管理,并藉亵渎圣名者被治死的事件,颁布“以眼还眼、以牙还牙”的公义法则,强调不论本地人或寄居者同归一例。

反思问题

  1. 神设立节期要求百姓停下工作、聚集敬拜,你在忙碌的生活中是否有固定的时间停下来亲近神、反思祂的恩典?
  2. 收割时不可割尽田角、要留给穷人(),这提醒你在日常生活中可以如何实践对弱势者的关怀与慷慨?
  3. 住棚节要百姓住在棚里,记念神带领他们出埃及的经历()。回顾你的信仰历程,有哪些神的带领是你不应忘记、需要常常感恩的?

新约马可福音 4:1–20

前情提要

上回说到

昨天():群众从各地涌到耶稣那里;祂上山设立十二使徒,“要他们常和自己同在”()。祂的亲属以为祂癫狂了,文士说祂靠鬼王赶鬼;耶稣说,遵行神旨意的人就是祂的弟兄姊妹和母亲。

今天你会读到

耶稣坐在船上,对岸上的群众讲撒种的比喻:种子落在路旁、石头地、荆棘里和好土里,结果大不相同。之后祂向门徒说明为甚么用比喻,并逐一解释四种土代表四种听道的人。

阅读小提示

这段一再出现“听”:4:3“你们听啊”,“有耳可听的,就应当听”;四种土的差别,也在于人怎样听道、领受道。读经时,想想自己像哪一种土。

点时代可看说明

耶稣在加利利传道的时期,约在主后 28 年;反对越来越多,耶稣开始多用比喻教导。

马可福音 第 4 章

在船上用比喻教训人

1耶稣又在海边教训人。有许多人到他那里聚集,他只得上船坐下。船在海里,众人都靠近海,站在岸上。Once again Jesus began to teach beside the sea, and such a large crowd gathered around Him that He got into a boat and sat in it, while all the people crowded along the shore.

2耶稣就用比喻教训他们许多道理。在教训之间,对他们说:And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,

撒种的比喻

3“你们听啊!有一个出去撒种。“Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed.

4撒的时候,有落在路旁的,飞鸟来吃尽了;And as he was sowing, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it.

5有落在上的,土既不深,发苗最快,Some fell on rocky ground, where it did not have much soil. It sprang up quickly because the soil was shallow.

6出来一晒,因为没有根,就枯干了;But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root.

7有落在里的,荆棘长起来,把它了,就不结实;Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up and choked the seedlings, and they yielded no crop.

8又有落在好土里的,就,结实有的,有六十倍的,有一百倍的”;Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprouted, grew up, and produced a crop—one bearing thirtyfold, another sixtyfold, and another a hundredfold.”

9又说:“有耳可听的,就应当听!”Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

为甚么用比喻

10,跟随耶稣的人和十二个门徒问他这比喻的意思。As soon as Jesus was alone with the Twelve and those around Him, they asked Him about the parable.

11耶稣对他们说:“ 神国的只叫你们知道,若是对外人讲,凡事就用比喻,He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed in parables,

12叫他们;听是听见,却不明白;恐怕他们回转过来,就得赦免。”so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’”

耶稣解释撒种的比喻

13又对他们说:“你们不明白这比喻吗?这样怎能明白一切的比喻呢?Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?

14撒种之人所撒的就是道。The farmer sows the word.

撒在路旁的

15那撒在路旁的,就是人听了道,撒但立刻来,把撒在他心里的道夺了去。Some are like the seeds along the path, where the word is sown. As soon as they hear it, Satan comes and takes away the word that was sown in them.

撒在石头地上的

16那撒在石头地上的,就是人听了道,立刻欢喜领受,Some are like the seeds sown on rocky ground. They hear the word and at once receive it with joy.

17但他心里没有根,不过是暂时的,及至为道遭了患难,或是受了逼迫,立刻就了。But they themselves have no root, and they remain for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, they quickly fall away.

撒在荆棘里的

18还有那撒在荆棘里的,就是人听了道,Others are like the seeds sown among the thorns. They hear the word,

19后来有世上的、钱财的,和别样的私欲进来,把道挤住了,就不能结实。but the worries of this life, the deceitfulness of wealth, and the desire for other things come in and choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.

撒在好地上的

20那撒在好地上的,就是人听道,又,并且结实,有三十倍的,有六十倍的,有一百倍的。”Still others are like the seeds sown on good soil. They hear the word, receive it, and produce a crop—thirtyfold, sixtyfold, or a hundredfold.”

摘要

马可福音第4章记载耶稣在海边用撒种的比喻教导众人,说明神的道如种子落在四种不同的土壤上——路旁、石头地、荆棘里和好土——代表人心对神话语截然不同的回应。耶稣私下向门徒解明比喻的含义,指出撒但的拦阻、患难的考验、世俗的思虑都能使人无法结出生命的果实,唯有在好土上的人听道、领受并结实三十倍、六十倍、一百倍。

反思问题

  1. 耶稣提到四种土壤代表四种听道的心态,你目前的心灵状态最接近哪一种?有什么具体行动可以让你的心成为“好土”?
  2. 世上的思虑、钱财的迷惑和别样的私欲()是荆棘地的特征,在你现阶段的生活中,哪些事物最容易挤住神的道、拦阻你灵命成长?
  3. 撒在好土里的种子结实有三十倍、六十倍、一百倍的差别,这提醒你神话语在生命中的果效可能因人而异。你可以怎样更深地领受并活出神的道,使之在你的生命中多结果子?