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旧约 申命记 31:30–32:47
新约 路加福音 5:17–39

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旧约申命记 31:30–32:47

前情提要

上回说到

昨天():摩西警告百姓,不可让“恶根”在他们中间生长,又说“隐秘的事是属耶和华─我们 神的”;他把生死祸福陈明在百姓面前,劝他们“拣选生命”。摩西说自己不能过约旦河,当众勉励约书亚“刚强壮胆”;神预言百姓日后必离弃祂,吩咐摩西写一首歌作见证。

今天你会读到

摩西向全会众念出一首长歌:神是“磐石”,在旷野像鹰看顾雏鹰一样保护以色列;百姓却吃饱发胖,离弃神去拜别神,神必管教他们,最后却要为自己的百姓伸冤。歌念完了,摩西劝百姓把这些话放在心上,因为这“乃是你们的生命”。

阅读小提示

数数看这首歌用“磐石”称呼神有几次(、、、、):以色列的神稳固可靠,连仇敌也承认“他们的磐石不如我们的磐石”。

点时代可看说明

传统年代约主前 1400 年;以色列人在约旦河东的摩押平原,即将进入迦南,这首歌预先说出百姓日后的背道,也说出神的信实与怜悯。

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申命记 第 31 章

摩西向会众念这首歌

30摩西将这一篇歌的话都说与以色列全会众听。Then Moses recited aloud to the whole assembly of Israel the words of this song from beginning to end:

申命记 第 32 章

呼唤天地来听

1诸天哪,侧耳,我要说话;愿地也听我口中的言语。Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

2我的教训要如雨;我的言语要滴落如露,如细雨降在嫩草上,如甘霖降在菜蔬中。Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.

3我要宣告耶和华的名;你们要将大德归与我们的 神。For I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Ascribe greatness to our God!

神是磐石,作为完全

4他是磐石,他的作为完全;他所行的无不公平,是诚实无伪的 神,又公义,又正直。He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.

5这的世代向他行事邪僻;有这弊病就不是他的儿女。His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the blemish on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.

6愚昧无知的民哪,你们这样报答耶和华吗?他岂不是你的父、将你买来的吗?他是制造你、建立你的。Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?

追想神怎样拣选雅各

7你当追想上古之日,思念历代之年;问你的父亲,他必指示你;问你的长者,他必告诉你。Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.

8将地业赐给列邦,将世人分开,就照以色列人的数目立定万民的疆界。When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when He divided the sons of man, He set the boundaries of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God.

9耶和华的分本是他的百姓;他的产业本是雅各。But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.

在旷野看顾,如鹰护雏

10耶和华遇见他在旷野—荒凉野兽吼叫之地,就环绕他,看顾他,保护他,如同保护眼中的。He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.

11又如鹰搅动巢窝,在以上两翅搧展,接取雏鹰,背在两翼之上。As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.

12这样,耶和华独自引导他,并无外邦神与他同在。The LORD alone led him, and no foreign god was with him.

13耶和华使他乘驾地的高处,得吃田间的土产;又使他从磐石中,从坚石中吸油;He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,

14也吃牛的奶油,羊的奶,羊羔的脂油,所出的公绵羊和山羊,与上好的麦子,也喝葡萄汁酿的酒。with curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.

耶书仑肥胖,离弃磐石

15但渐渐肥胖,粗壮,光润,,奔跑,便离弃造他的 神,轻看救他的磐石;But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

16敬拜别神,触动 神的愤恨,行可憎恶的事,惹了他的怒气。They provoked His jealousy with foreign gods; they enraged Him with abominations.

17所祭祀的并非真神,乃是素不认识的神,是近来新兴的,是你列祖所不畏惧的。They sacrificed to demons, not to God, to gods they had not known, to newly arrived gods, which your fathers did not fear.

18你轻忽生你的磐石,忘记产你的 神。You ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.

神要向他们掩面

19耶和华看见他的儿女惹动他,就厌恶他们,说:When the LORD saw this, He rejected them, provoked to anger by His sons and daughters.

20我要向他们掩面,看他们的结局如何。他们本是极乖僻的族类,心中无诚实的儿女。He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation—children of unfaithfulness.

21他们以那“不算为神”的触动我的愤恨,以虚无的神惹了我的怒气。我也要以那“不成子民”的触动他们的愤恨,以愚昧的国民惹了他们的怒气。They have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.

22因为在我怒中有火烧起,直烧到极深的,把地和地的出产尽都焚烧,山的根基也烧着了。For a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.

23我要将祸患堆在他们身上,把我的箭向他们射尽。I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.

24他们必因饥饿消瘦,被炎热苦毒吞灭。我要打发野兽用牙齿咬他们,并土中腹行的,用毒气害他们。They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.

25外头有刀剑,内室有惊恐,使人丧亡,使少男、童女、吃奶的、白发的,尽都灭绝。Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.

本要除灭,却不容仇敌夸口

26我说,我必将他们分散远方,使他们的名号从人间除灭。I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,

27惟恐仇敌惹动我,只怕敌人错看,说:是我们手的能力,并非耶和华所行的。if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”

惟愿他们明白自己的结局

28因为以色列民毫无计谋,心中没有聪明。Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them.

29惟愿他们有智慧,能明白这事,肯思念他们的结局。If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.

30若不是他们的磐石卖了他们,若不是耶和华交出他们,一人焉能追赶他们千人?二人焉能使万人逃跑呢?How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?

31据我们的仇敌自己断定,他们的磐石不如我们的磐石。For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.

32他们的葡萄树是的葡萄树,蛾摩拉田园所生的;他们的葡萄是毒葡萄,全挂都是苦的。But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.

33他们的酒是大蛇的毒气,是残害的恶毒。Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.

34这不都是积蓄在我这里,封锁在我府库中吗?“Have I not stored up these things, sealed up within My vaults?

35他们失脚的时候,;因他们遭灾的日子近了;那要临在他们身上的必速速来到。Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”

神必为百姓伸冤

36耶和华见他百姓毫无能力,无论困住的、自由的都没有剩下,就必为他们伸冤,为他的仆人后悔。For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.

37他必说:他们的神,他们所投靠的磐石,He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,

38就是向来吃他们祭牲的脂油,喝他们奠祭之酒的,在哪里呢?他可以兴起帮助你们,护卫你们。which ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let them give you shelter!

惟有我是神

39你们如今要知道:我,惟有我是 神;在我以外并无别神。我使人死,我使人活;我损伤,我也医治,并无人能从我手中救出来。See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.

40我向天举手说:我凭我的永生起誓:For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,

41我若磨我闪亮的刀,手掌审判之权,就必报复我的敌人,报应恨我的人。when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.

42我要使我的箭饮血饮醉,就是被杀被掳之人的血。我的刀要吃肉,乃是仇敌中首领之头的肉。I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”

43你们当与主的百姓一同欢呼;因他要伸他仆人流血的冤,报应他的敌人,洁净他的地,救赎他的百姓。Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Him; He will cleanse His land and His people.

这律法是你们的生命

44摩西和嫩的儿子约书亚去将这歌的一切话说给百姓听。Then Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.

45摩西向以色列众人说完了这一切的话,When Moses had finished reciting all these words to all Israel,

46又说:“我今日所你们的,你们都要放在心上;要吩咐你们的子孙谨守遵行这律法上的话。he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.

47因为这不是虚空、与你们无关的事,乃是你们的生命;在你们过约旦河要得为业的地上必因这事日子得以长久。”For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

摘要

摩西在临终前将一篇见证之歌教导以色列全会众,歌中宣告耶和华是磐石、公义正直的神,回顾祂如何在旷野拣选、保护、供应以色列民。然而百姓在丰足之后却离弃神、敬拜偶像,招致神的审判与灾祸;但神最终仍要为祂的百姓伸冤、报应仇敌,并洁净救赎祂的子民。摩西嘱咐百姓要将律法的话放在心上、传给子孙,因为这是他们的生命,随后神吩咐摩西登尼波山观看应许之地,却不得进入。

反思问题

  1. 当你在生活中经历丰足与安逸时,你如何提醒自己不忘记神的恩典,避免像以色列民一样在饱足后偏离神?
  2. 摩西之歌强调神既是审判的神,也是救赎的神。面对人生中的管教或困难,你是否能同时看见神的公义与慈爱?
  3. 摩西因一次的过犯而不能进入应许之地,却仍忠心完成托付。这对你在面对事奉中的遗憾或限制时,有什么启发?

新约路加福音 5:17–39

前情提要

上回说到

昨天():耶稣叫西门“把船开到水深之处”下网,竟圈住许多鱼;彼得俯伏说:“主啊,离开我,我是个罪人!”耶稣却呼召他从今以后得人。接着耶稣伸手摸一个长大痲疯的人,使他洁净,自己却退到旷野去祷告。

今天你会读到

耶稣医好从房顶缒下来的瘫子,先宣告“你的罪赦了”,引起文士和法利赛人议论;接着呼召税吏利未,在他家与税吏、罪人一同吃饭;最后用新郎、新布补旧衣、新酒装新皮袋的比喻,回答禁食的问题。

阅读小提示

留意 耶稣的反问:说“你的罪赦了”和说“你起来行走”,哪一样容易?祂用看得见的医治,证明自己有看不见的赦罪权柄()。

点时代可看说明

传统认为作者是医生路加(保罗的同工),写作年代约在主后 60 年代或稍后,学者看法不一。

路加福音 第 5 章

主的能力与耶稣同在

17有一天,耶稣教训人,有和在旁边坐着;他们是从加利利各乡村和犹太并耶路撒冷来的。主的能力与耶稣同在,使他能医治病人。One day Jesus was teaching, and the Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. People had come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the power of the Lord was present for Him to heal the sick.

朋友从房顶缒下瘫子

18有人用抬着一个,要抬进去放在耶稣面前,Just then some men came carrying a paralyzed man on a mat. They tried to bring him inside to set him before Jesus,

19却因人多,寻不出法子抬进去,就上了房顶,从把他连褥子到当中,正在耶稣面前。but they could not find a way through the crowd. So they went up on the roof and lowered him on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.

20耶稣见他们的信心,就对瘫子说:“你的罪赦了。”When Jesus saw their faith, He said, “Friend, your sins are forgiven.”

除了神以外,谁能赦罪

21和法利赛人就议论说:“这说话的是谁?除了 神以外,谁能赦罪呢?”But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

22耶稣知道他们所议论的,就说:“你们心里议论的是什么呢?Knowing what they were thinking, Jesus replied, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?

23或说‘你的罪赦了’,或说‘你起来行走’,哪一样容易呢?Which is easier: to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say, ‘Get up and walk’?

24但要叫你们知道,人子在地上有赦罪的权柄。”就对瘫子说:“我吩咐你,起来,拿你的褥子回家去吧!”But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins…” He said to the paralytic, “I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

25那人当众人面前立刻起来,拿着他所躺卧的褥子回家去,归荣耀与 神。And immediately the man stood up before them, took what he had been lying on, and went home glorifying God.

26众人都惊奇,也归荣耀与 神,并且满心惧怕,说:“我们今日看见非常的事了。”Everyone was taken with amazement and glorified God. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”

呼召税吏利未

27这事以后,耶稣出去,看见一个,名叫,坐在上,就对他说:“你跟从我来。”After this, Jesus went out and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him,

28他就撇下所有的,起来,跟从了耶稣。and Levi got up, left everything, and followed Him.

与税吏和罪人一同吃饭

29利未在自己家里为耶稣大摆筵席,有许多税吏和别人与他们一同坐席。Then Levi hosted a great banquet for Jesus at his house. A large crowd of tax collectors was there, along with others who were eating with them.

30法利赛人和文士就向耶稣的门徒发怨言说:“你们为什么和税吏并罪人一同吃喝呢?”But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

31耶稣对他们说:“无病的人用不着医生;有病的人才用得着。Jesus answered, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.

32我来本不是召义人悔改,乃是召罪人悔改。”I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.”

关于禁食的问题

33他们说:“约翰的门徒屡次禁食祈祷,法利赛人的门徒也是这样;惟独你的门徒又吃又喝。”Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”

34耶稣对他们说:“和同在的时候,岂能叫陪伴之人禁食呢?Jesus replied, “Can you make the guests of the bridegroom fast while He is with them?

35但日子将到,新郎要离开他们,那日他们就要禁食了。”But the time will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; then they will fast.”

新布与新酒的比喻

36耶稣又设一个比喻,对他们说:“没有人把新衣服撕下一块来补在旧衣服上;若是这样,就把新的撕破了,并且所撕下来的那块新的和旧的也不相称。He also told them a parable: “No one tears a piece of cloth from a new garment and sews it on an old one. If he does, he will tear the new garment as well, and the patch from the new will not match the old.

37也没有人把新酒装在旧里;若是这样,新酒必将皮袋裂开,酒便漏出来,皮袋也就坏了。And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the new wine will burst the skins, the wine will spill, and the wineskins will be ruined.

38但新酒必须装在新皮袋里。Instead, new wine is poured into new wineskins.

39没有人喝了又想喝新的;他总说陈的好。”And no one after drinking old wine wants new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”

摘要

耶稣展现赦罪与医治的权柄:瘫子的朋友因信心拆开屋顶将他带到耶稣面前,耶稣先赦免他的罪再医治他的身体,以此证明人子在地上有赦罪的权柄。之后耶稣呼召税吏利未跟从祂,并与罪人同席吃喝,宣告祂来是召罪人悔改。面对法利赛人对禁食的质疑,耶稣以新郎、新布补旧衣、新酒装新皮袋的比喻,说明祂所带来的是崭新的恩典时代,不能用旧有的宗教框架来承载。

反思问题

  1. 瘫子的朋友不顾一切障碍将他带到耶稣面前。你身边是否有需要帮助的人,你愿意付出什么代价将他们带到主面前?
  2. 耶稣说‘我来本不是召义人悔改,乃是召罪人悔改。’你是否有时像法利赛人一样,在心中对某些人设下界线,认为他们不配领受恩典?
  3. 新酒必须装在新皮袋里——你的信仰生活中,是否有需要突破的旧框架或旧习惯,好让神的新工作能在你生命中成就?