今日读经

巴勒筑七座坛

¹巴兰对巴勒说：“你在这里给我筑七座坛，为我预备七只公牛，七只公羊。”Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”

²巴勒照巴兰的话行了。巴勒和巴兰在每座坛上献一只公牛，一只公羊。So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and Balak and Balaam offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

³巴兰对巴勒说：“你站在你的燔祭旁边，我且往前去，或者耶和华来迎见我。他指示我什么，我必告诉你。”于是巴兰上一净光的高处。“Stay here by your burnt offering while I am gone,” Balaam said to Balak. “Perhaps the LORD will meet with me. And whatever He reveals to me, I will tell you.” So Balaam went off to a barren height,

⁴神迎见巴兰；巴兰说：“我预备了七座坛，在每座坛上献了一只公牛，一只公羊。”and God met with him. “I have set up seven altars,” Balaam said, “and on each altar I have offered a bull and a ram.”

⁵耶和华将话传给巴兰，又说：“你回到巴勒那里，要如此如此说。”Then the LORD put a message in Balaam’s mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and give him this message.”

⁶他就回到巴勒那里，见他同摩押的使臣都站在燔祭旁边。So he returned to Balak, who was standing there beside his burnt offering, with all the princes of Moab.

第一篇诗歌：独居的民

⁷巴兰便题起诗歌说：巴勒引我出亚兰，摩押王引我出东山，说：来啊，为我咒诅雅各；来啊，怒骂以色列。And Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Balak brought me from Aram, the king of Moab from the mountains of the east. ‘Come,’ he said, ‘put a curse on Jacob for me; come and denounce Israel!’

⁸神没有咒诅的，我焉能咒诅？耶和华没有怒骂的，我焉能怒骂？How can I curse those whom God has not cursed? How can I denounce those whom the LORD has not denounced?

⁹我从高峰看他，从小山望他；这是独居的民，不列在万民中。For I see them from atop the rocky cliffs, and I watch them from the hills. Behold, a people dwelling apart, not reckoning themselves among the nations.

¹⁰谁能数点雅各的尘土？谁能计算以色列的四分之一？我愿如义人之死而死；我愿如义人之终而终。Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even a fourth of Israel? Let me die the death of the righteous; let my end be like theirs!”

¹¹巴勒对巴兰说：“你向我做的是什么事呢？我领你来咒诅我的仇敌，不料，你竟为他们祝福。”Then Balak said to Balaam, “What have you done to me? I brought you here to curse my enemies, and behold, you have only blessed them!”

¹²他回答说：“耶和华传给我的话，我能不谨慎传说吗？”But Balaam replied, “Should I not speak exactly what the LORD puts in my mouth?”

到毘斯迦山顶

¹³巴勒说：“求你同我往别处去，在那里可以看见他们；你不能全看见，只能看见他们边界上的人。在那里要为我咒诅他们。”Then Balak said to him, “Please come with me to another place where you can see them. You will only see the outskirts of their camp—not all of them. And from there, curse them for me.”

¹⁴于是领巴兰到了琐腓田，上了毗斯迦山顶，筑了七座坛；每座坛上献一只公牛，一只公羊。So Balak took him to the field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, where he built seven altars and offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

¹⁵巴兰对巴勒说：“你站在这燔祭旁边，等我往那边去迎见耶和华。”Balaam said to Balak, “Stay here beside your burnt offering while I meet the LORD over there.”

¹⁶耶和华临到巴兰那里，将话传给他；又说：“你回到巴勒那里，要如此如此说。”And the LORD met with Balaam and put a message in his mouth, saying, “Return to Balak and speak what I tell you.”

¹⁷他就回到巴勒那里，见他站在燔祭旁边；摩押的使臣也和他在一处。巴勒问他说：“耶和华说了什么话呢？”So he returned to Balak, who was standing there by his burnt offering with the princes of Moab. “What did the LORD say?” Balak asked.

第二篇诗歌：神非人

¹⁸巴兰就题诗歌说：巴勒，你起来听；西拨的儿子，你听我言。Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Arise, O Balak, and listen; give ear to me, O son of Zippor.

¹⁹神非人，必不致说谎，也非人子，必不致后悔。他说话岂不照着行呢？他发言岂不要成就呢？God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

²⁰我奉命祝福；　神也曾赐福，此事我不能翻转。I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.

²¹他未见雅各中有罪孽，也未见以色列中有奸恶。耶和华—他的　神和他同在；有欢呼王的声音在他们中间。He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.

²²神领他们出埃及；他们似乎有野牛之力。God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.

²³断没有法术可以害雅各，也没有占卜可以害以色列。现在必有人论及雅各，就是论及以色列说：　神为他行了何等的大事！For there is no spell against Jacob and no divination against Israel. It will now be said of Jacob and Israel, ‘What great things God has done!’

²⁴这民起来，仿佛母狮，挺身，好像公狮，未曾吃野食，未曾喝被伤者之血，决不躺卧。Behold, the people rise like a lioness; they rouse themselves like a lion, not resting until they devour their prey and drink the blood of the slain.”

²⁵巴勒对巴兰说：“你一点不要咒诅他们，也不要为他们祝福。”Now Balak said to Balaam, “Then neither curse them at all nor bless them at all!”

²⁶巴兰回答巴勒说：“我岂不是告诉你说‘凡耶和华所说的，我必须遵行’吗？”But Balaam replied, “Did I not tell you that whatever the LORD says, I must do?”

到毘珥山顶

²⁷巴勒对巴兰说：“来吧，我领你往别处去，或者　神喜欢你在那里为我咒诅他们。”“Please come,” said Balak, “I will take you to another place. Perhaps it will please God that you curse them for me from there.”

²⁸巴勒就领巴兰到那下望旷野的毗珥山顶上。And Balak took Balaam to the top of Peor, which overlooks the wasteland.

²⁹巴兰对巴勒说：“你在这里为我筑七座坛，又在这里为我预备七只公牛，七只公羊。”Then Balaam said, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”

³⁰巴勒就照巴兰的话行，在每座坛上献一只公牛，一只公羊。So Balak did as Balaam had instructed, and he offered a bull and a ram on each altar.

¹巴兰见耶和华喜欢赐福与以色列，就不像前两次去求法术，却面向旷野。And when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he did not seek omens as on previous occasions, but he turned his face toward the wilderness.

²巴兰举目，看见以色列人照着支派居住。　神的灵就临到他身上，When Balaam looked up and saw Israel encamped tribe by tribe, the Spirit of God came upon him,

第三篇诗歌：帐棚何等华美

³他便题起诗歌说：比珥的儿子巴兰说，眼目闭住（或译：睁开）的人说，and he lifted up an oracle, saying: “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,

⁴得听　神的言语，得见全能者的异象，眼目睁开而仆倒的人说：the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:

⁵雅各啊，你的帐棚何等华美！以色列啊，你的帐幕何其华丽！How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!

⁶如接连的山谷，如河旁的园子，如耶和华所栽的沉香树，如水边的香柏木。They spread out like palm groves, like gardens beside a stream, like aloes the LORD has planted, like cedars beside the waters.

⁷水要从他的桶里流出；种子要撒在多水之处。他的王必超过亚甲；他的国必要振兴。Water will flow from his buckets, and his seed will have abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted.

⁸神领他出埃及；他似乎有野牛之力。他要吞吃敌国，折断他们的骨头，用箭射透他们。God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.

⁹他蹲如公狮，卧如母狮，谁敢惹他？凡给你祝福的，愿他蒙福；凡咒诅你的，愿他受咒诅。He crouches, he lies down like a lion, like a lioness—who dares to rouse him? Blessed are those who bless you and cursed are those who curse you.”

巴勒发怒

¹⁰巴勒向巴兰生气，就拍起手来，对巴兰说：“我召你来为我咒诅仇敌，不料，你这三次竟为他们祝福。Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times.

¹¹如今你快回本地去吧！我想使你得大尊荣，耶和华却阻止你不得尊荣。”Therefore, flee at once to your home! I said I would reward you richly, but instead the LORD has denied your reward.”

¹²巴兰对巴勒说：“我岂不是对你所差遣到我那里的使者说：Balaam answered Balak, “Did I not already tell the messengers you sent me

¹³‘巴勒就是将他满屋的金银给我，我也不得越过耶和华的命，凭自己的心意行好行歹。耶和华说什么，我就要说什么’？”that even if Balak were to give me his house full of silver and gold, I could not do anything of my own accord, good or bad, to go beyond the command of the LORD? I must speak whatever the LORD says.

¹⁴“现在我要回本族去。你来，我告诉你这民日后要怎样待你的民。”Now I am going back to my people, but come, let me warn you what this people will do to your people in the days to come.”

有星要出于雅各

¹⁵他就题起诗歌说：比珥的儿子巴兰说：眼目闭住（或译：睁开）的人说，Then Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying, “This is the prophecy of Balaam son of Beor, the prophecy of a man whose eyes are open,

¹⁶得听　神的言语，明白至高者的意旨，看见全能者的异象，眼目睁开而仆倒的人说：the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who has knowledge from the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:

¹⁷我看他却不在现时；我望他却不在近日。有星要出于雅各，有杖要兴于以色列，必打破摩押的四角，毁坏扰乱之子。I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not near. A star will come forth from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the skulls of Moab and strike down all the sons of Sheth.

¹⁸他必得以东为基业，又得仇敌之地西珥为产业；以色列必行事勇敢。Edom will become a possession, as will Seir, his enemy; but Israel will perform with valor.

¹⁹有一位出于雅各的，必掌大权；他要除灭城中的余民。A ruler will come from Jacob and destroy the survivors of the city.”

论亚玛力、基尼人和基提

²⁰巴兰观看亚玛力，就题起诗歌说：亚玛力原为诸国之首，但他终必沉沦。Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”

²¹巴兰观看基尼人，就题起诗歌说：你的住处本是坚固；你的窝巢做在岩穴中。Next he saw the Kenites and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Your dwelling place is secure, and your nest is set in a cliff.

²²然而基尼必至衰微，直到亚述把你掳去。Yet Kain will be destroyed when Asshur takes you captive.”

²³巴兰又题起诗歌说：哀哉！　神行这事，谁能得活？Once more Balaam lifted up an oracle, saying: “Ah, who can live unless God has ordained it?

²⁴必有人乘船从基提界而来，苦害亚述，苦害希伯；他也必至沉沦。Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus; they will subdue Asshur and Eber, but they too will perish forever.”

²⁵于是巴兰起来，回他本地去；巴勒也回去了。Then Balaam arose and returned to his homeland, and Balak also went on his way.

百姓与摩押女子行淫拜偶像

¹以色列人住在什亭，百姓与摩押女子行起淫乱。While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,

²因为这女子叫百姓来，一同给她们的神献祭，百姓就吃她们的祭物，跪拜她们的神。who also invited them to the sacrifices for their gods. And the people ate and bowed down to these gods.

³以色列人与巴力·毗珥连合，耶和华的怒气就向以色列人发作。So Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and the anger of the LORD burned against them.

⁴耶和华吩咐摩西说：“将百姓中所有的族长在我面前对着日头悬挂，使我向以色列人所发的怒气可以消了。”Then the LORD said to Moses, “Take all the leaders of the people and execute them in broad daylight before the LORD, so that His fierce anger may turn away from Israel.”

⁵于是摩西吩咐以色列的审判官说：“凡属你们的人，有与巴力·毗珥连合的，你们各人要把他们杀了。”So Moses told the judges of Israel, “Each of you must kill all of his men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.”

非尼哈的热心

⁶摩西和以色列全会众正在会幕门前哭泣的时候，谁知，有以色列中的一个人，当他们眼前，带着一个米甸女人到他弟兄那里去。Just then an Israelite man brought to his family a Midianite woman in the sight of Moses and the whole congregation of Israel while they were weeping at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

⁷祭司亚伦的孙子，以利亚撒的儿子非尼哈看见了，就从会中起来，手里拿着枪，On seeing this, Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, got up from the assembly, took a spear in his hand,

⁸跟随那以色列人进亭子里去，便将以色列人和那女人由腹中刺透。这样，在以色列人中瘟疫就止息了。followed the Israelite into the tent, and drove the spear through both of them—through the Israelite and on through the belly of the woman. So the plague against the Israelites was halted,

⁹那时遭瘟疫死的，有二万四千人。but those who died in the plague numbered 24,000.

平安的约

¹⁰耶和华晓谕摩西说：Then the LORD said to Moses,

¹¹“祭司亚伦的孙子，以利亚撒的儿子非尼哈，使我向以色列人所发的怒消了；因他在他们中间，以我的忌邪为心，使我不在忌邪中把他们除灭。“Phinehas son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the Israelites; for he was zealous for My sake among them, so that I did not consume the Israelites in My zeal.

¹²因此，你要说：‘我将我平安的约赐给他。Declare, therefore, that I am granting him My covenant of peace.

¹³这约要给他和他的后裔，作为永远当祭司职任的约；因他为　神有忌邪的心，为以色列人赎罪。’”It will be a covenant of permanent priesthood for him and his descendants, because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”

¹⁴那与米甸女人一同被杀的以色列人，名叫心利，是撒路的儿子，是西缅一个宗族的首领。The name of the Israelite who was slain with the Midianite woman was Zimri son of Salu, the leader of a Simeonite family.

¹⁵那被杀的米甸女人，名叫哥斯比，是苏珥的女儿；这苏珥是米甸一个宗族的首领。And the name of the slain Midianite woman was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur, a tribal chief of a Midianite family.

扰害米甸人

¹⁶耶和华晓谕摩西说：And the LORD said to Moses,

¹⁷“你要扰害米甸人，击杀他们；“Attack the Midianites and strike them dead.

¹⁸因为他们用诡计扰害你们，在毗珥的事上和他们的姊妹、米甸首领的女儿哥斯比的事上，用这诡计诱惑了你们；这哥斯比，当瘟疫流行的日子，因毗珥的事被杀了。”For they assailed you deceitfully when they seduced you in the matter of Peor and their sister Cozbi, the daughter of the Midianite leader, the woman who was killed on the day the plague came because of Peor.”

质问耶稣的权柄

²⁷他们又来到耶路撒冷。耶稣在殿里行走的时候，祭司长和文士并长老进前来，After their return to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking in the temple courts, and the chief priests, scribes, and elders came up to Him.

²⁸问他说：“你仗着什么权柄做这些事？给你这权柄的是谁呢？”“By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You the authority to do them?”

²⁹耶稣对他们说：“我要问你们一句话，你们回答我，我就告诉你们我仗着什么权柄做这些事。“I will ask you one question,” Jesus replied, “and if you answer Me, I will tell you by what authority I am doing these things.

³⁰约翰的洗礼是从天上来的？是从人间来的呢？你们可以回答我。”John’s baptism—was it from heaven or from men? Answer Me!”

³¹他们彼此商议说：“我们若说‘从天上来’，他必说：‘这样，你们为什么不信他呢？’They deliberated among themselves what they should answer: “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’

³²若说‘从人间来’，却又怕百姓，因为众人真以约翰为先知。”But if we say, ‘From men’...” they were afraid of the people, for they all held that John truly was a prophet.

³³于是回答耶稣说：“我们不知道。”耶稣说：“我也不告诉你们我仗着什么权柄做这些事。”So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”

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恶园户的比喻

¹耶稣就用比喻对他们说：“有人栽了一个葡萄园，周围圈上篱笆，挖了一个压酒池，盖了一座楼，租给园户，就往外国去了。Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

²到了时候，打发一个仆人到园户那里，要从园户收葡萄园的果子。At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard.

³园户拿住他，打了他，叫他空手回去。But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

⁴再打发一个仆人到他们那里。他们打伤他的头，并且凌辱他。Then he sent them another servant, and they struck him over the head and treated him shamefully.

⁵又打发一个仆人去，他们就杀了他。后又打发好些仆人去，有被他们打的，有被他们杀的。He sent still another, and this one they killed. He sent many others; some they beat and others they killed.

⁶园主还有一位是他的爱子，末后又打发他去，意思说：‘他们必尊敬我的儿子。’Finally, having one beloved son, he sent him to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.

⁷不料，那些园户彼此说：‘这是承受产业的。来吧，我们杀他，产业就归我们了！’But the tenants said to one another, ‘This is the heir. Come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’

⁸于是拿住他，杀了他，把他丢在园外。So they seized the son, killed him, and threw him out of the vineyard.

⁹这样，葡萄园的主人要怎么办呢？他要来除灭那些园户，将葡萄园转给别人。What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.

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匠人所弃的石头

¹⁰经上写着说：匠人所弃的石头，已作了房角的头块石头。Have you never read this Scripture: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone.

¹¹这是主所做的，在我们眼中看为希奇。这经你们没有念过吗？”This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?”

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¹²他们看出这比喻是指着他们说的，就想要捉拿他，只是惧怕百姓，于是离开他走了。At this, the leaders sought to arrest Jesus, for they knew that He had spoken this parable against them. But fearing the crowd, they left Him and went away.

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纳税给凯撒的问题

¹³后来，他们打发几个法利赛人和几个希律党的人到耶稣那里，要就着他的话陷害他。Later, they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to catch Jesus in His words.

¹⁴他们来了，就对他说：“夫子，我们知道你是诚实的，什么人你都不徇情面；因为你不看人的外貌，乃是诚诚实实传　神的道。纳税给凯撒可以不可以？“Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and seek favor from no one. Indeed, You are impartial and teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar or not? Should we pay them or not?”

¹⁵我们该纳不该纳？”耶稣知道他们的假意，就对他们说：“你们为什么试探我？拿一个银钱来给我看！”But Jesus saw through their hypocrisy and said, “Why are you testing Me? Bring Me a denarius to inspect.”

¹⁶他们就拿了来。耶稣说：“这像和这号是谁的？”他们说：“是凯撒的。”So they brought it, and He asked them, “Whose image is this? And whose inscription?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.

¹⁷耶稣说：“凯撒的物当归给凯撒，　神的物当归给　神。”他们就很希奇他。Then Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.” And they marveled at Him.

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