今日读经

亚扪人围困基列．雅比

¹亚扪人的王拿辖上来，对着基列·雅比安营。雅比众人对拿辖说：“你与我们立约，我们就服事你。”Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”

²亚扪人拿辖说：“你们若由我剜出你们各人的右眼，以此凌辱以色列众人，我就与你们立约。”But Nahash the Ammonite replied, “I will make a treaty with you on one condition, that I may put out everyone’s right eye and bring reproach upon all Israel.”

³雅比的长老对他说：“求你宽容我们七日，等我们打发人往以色列的全境去；若没有人救我们，我们就出来归顺你。”“Hold off for seven days,” replied the elders of Jabesh, “and let us send messengers throughout Israel. If there is no one to save us, we will surrender to you.”

⁴使者到了扫罗住的基比亚，将这话说给百姓听，百姓就都放声而哭。When the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul and relayed these words in the hearing of the people, they all wept aloud.

⁵扫罗正从田间赶牛回来，问说：“百姓为什么哭呢？”众人将雅比人的话告诉他。Just then Saul was returning from the field, behind his oxen. “What troubles the people?” asked Saul. “Why are they weeping?” And they relayed to him the words of the men from Jabesh.

扫罗被神的灵感动

⁶扫罗听见这话，就被　神的灵大大感动，甚是发怒。When Saul heard their words, the Spirit of God rushed upon him, and he burned with great anger.

⁷他将一对牛切成块子，托付使者传送以色列的全境，说：“凡不出来跟随扫罗和撒母耳的，也必这样切开他的牛。”于是耶和华使百姓惧怕，他们就都出来，如同一人。He took a pair of oxen, cut them into pieces, and sent them by messengers throughout the land of Israel, proclaiming, “This is what will be done to the oxen of anyone who does not march behind Saul and Samuel.” Then the terror of the LORD fell upon the people, and they came out together as one man.

⁸扫罗在比色数点他们：以色列人有三十万，犹大人有三万。And when Saul numbered them at Bezek, there were 300,000 Israelites and 30,000 men of Judah.

⁹众人对那使者说：“你们要回复基列·雅比人说，明日太阳近午的时候，你们必得解救。”使者回去告诉雅比人，他们就欢喜了。So they said to the messengers who had come, “Tell the men of Jabesh-gilead: ‘Deliverance will be yours tomorrow by the time the sun is hot.’” And when the messengers relayed this to the men of Jabesh, they rejoiced.

¹⁰于是雅比人对亚扪人说：“明日我们出来归顺你们，你们可以随意待我们。”Then the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Tomorrow we will come out, and you can do with us whatever seems good to you.”

扫罗大败亚扪人

¹¹第二日，扫罗将百姓分为三队，在晨更的时候入了亚扪人的营，击杀他们直到太阳近午，剩下的人都逃散，没有二人同在一处的。The next day Saul organized the troops into three divisions, and during the morning watch they invaded the camp of the Ammonites and slaughtered them, until the hottest part of the day. And the survivors were so scattered that no two of them were left together.

扫罗不许杀人

¹²百姓对撒母耳说：“那说‘扫罗岂能管理我们’的是谁呢？可以将他交出来，我们好杀死他。”Then the people said to Samuel, “Who said that Saul should not reign over us? Bring those men here so we can kill them!”

¹³扫罗说：“今日耶和华在以色列中施行拯救，所以不可杀人。”But Saul ordered, “No one shall be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.”

在吉甲立扫罗为王

¹⁴撒母耳对百姓说：“我们要往吉甲去，在那里立国。”Then Samuel said to the people, “Come, let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingship there.”

¹⁵众百姓就到了吉甲那里，在耶和华面前立扫罗为王，又在耶和华面前献平安祭。扫罗和以色列众人大大欢喜。So all the people went to Gilgal and confirmed Saul as king in the presence of the LORD. There they sacrificed peace offerings before the LORD, and Saul and all the Israelites rejoiced greatly.

撒母耳表明自己清白

¹撒母耳对以色列众人说：“你们向我所求的，我已应允了，为你们立了一个王；Then Samuel said to all Israel, “I have listened to your voice in all that you have said to me, and I have set over you a king.

²现在有这王在你们前面行。我已年老发白，我的儿子都在你们这里。我从幼年直到今日都在你们前面行。Now here is the king walking before you, and I am old and gray, and my sons are here with you. I have walked before you from my youth until this day.

³我在这里，你们要在耶和华和他的受膏者面前给我作见证。我夺过谁的牛，抢过谁的驴，欺负过谁，虐待过谁，从谁手里受过贿赂因而眼瞎呢？若有，我必偿还。”Here I am. Bear witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed: Whose ox or donkey have I taken? Whom have I cheated or oppressed? From whose hand have I accepted a bribe and closed my eyes? Tell me, and I will restore it to you.”

⁴众人说：“你未曾欺负我们，虐待我们，也未曾从谁手里受过什么。”“You have not cheated us or oppressed us,” they replied, “nor have you taken anything from the hand of man.”

⁵撒母耳对他们说：“你们在我手里没有找着什么，有耶和华和他的受膏者今日为证。”他们说：“愿他为证。”Samuel said to them, “The LORD is a witness against you, and His anointed is a witness today, that you have not found anything in my hand.” “He is a witness,” they replied.

回顾神拯救的历史

⁶撒母耳对百姓说：“从前立摩西、亚伦，又领你们列祖出埃及地的是耶和华。Then Samuel said to the people, “The LORD is the One who appointed Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

⁷现在你们要站住，等我在耶和华面前对你们讲论耶和华向你们和你们列祖所行一切公义的事。Now present yourselves, so that I may confront you before the LORD with all the righteous acts He has done for you and your fathers.

⁸从前雅各到了埃及，后来你们列祖呼求耶和华，耶和华就差遣摩西、亚伦领你们列祖出埃及，使他们在这地方居住。When Jacob went to Egypt, your fathers cried out to the LORD, and He sent them Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and settled them in this place.

⁹他们却忘记耶和华—他们的　神，他就把他们付与夏琐将军西西拉的手里，和非利士人并摩押王的手里。于是这些人常来攻击他们。But they forgot the LORD their God, and He sold them into the hand of Sisera the commander of the army of Hazor, and into the hands of the Philistines and the king of Moab, who fought against them.

¹⁰他们就呼求耶和华说：‘我们离弃耶和华，事奉巴力和亚斯她录，是有罪了。现在求你救我们脱离仇敌的手，我们必事奉你。’Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’

¹¹耶和华就差遣耶路·巴力、比但、耶弗他、撒母耳救你们脱离四围仇敌的手，你们才安然居住。So the LORD sent Jerubbaal, Barak, Jephthah, and Samuel, and He delivered you from the hands of your enemies on every side, and you dwelt securely.

¹²你们见亚扪人的王拿辖来攻击你们，就对我说：‘我们定要一个王治理我们。’其实耶和华—你们的　神是你们的王。But when you saw that Nahash king of the Ammonites was moving against you, you said to me, ‘No, we must have a king to rule over us’—even though the LORD your God was your king.

王与百姓都要顺从耶和华

¹³现在，你们所求所选的王在这里。看哪，耶和华已经为你们立王了。Now here is the king you have chosen, the one you requested. Behold, the LORD has placed a king over you.

¹⁴你们若敬畏耶和华，事奉他，听从他的话，不违背他的命令，你们和治理你们的王也都顺从耶和华—你们的　神就好了。If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.

¹⁵倘若不听从耶和华的话，违背他的命令，耶和华的手必攻击你们，像从前攻击你们列祖一样。But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.

割麦时打雷降雨

¹⁶现在你们要站住，看耶和华在你们眼前要行一件大事。Now, therefore, present yourselves and see this great thing that the LORD will do before your eyes.

¹⁷这不是割麦子的时候吗？我求告耶和华，他必打雷降雨，使你们又知道又看出，你们求立王的事是在耶和华面前犯大罪了。”Is it not the wheat harvest today? I will call on the LORD to send thunder and rain, so that you will know and see what a great evil you have committed in the sight of the LORD by asking for a king.”

¹⁸于是撒母耳求告耶和华，耶和华就在这日打雷降雨，众民便甚惧怕耶和华和撒母耳。So Samuel called to the LORD, and on that day the LORD sent thunder and rain. As a result, all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.

¹⁹众民对撒母耳说：“求你为仆人们祷告耶和华—你的　神，免得我们死亡；因为我们求立王的事正是罪上加罪了。”They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”

不要偏离耶和华

²⁰撒母耳对百姓说：“不要惧怕！你们虽然行了这恶，却不要偏离耶和华，只要尽心事奉他。“Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.

²¹若偏离耶和华去顺从那不能救人的虚神是无益的。Do not turn aside after worthless things that cannot profit you or deliver you, for they are empty.

²²耶和华既喜悦选你们作他的子民，就必因他的大名不撇弃你们。Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.

²³至于我，断不停止为你们祷告，以致得罪耶和华。我必以善道正路指教你们。As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.

²⁴只要你们敬畏耶和华，诚诚实实地尽心事奉他，想念他向你们所行的事何等大。Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.

²⁵你们若仍然作恶，你们和你们的王必一同灭亡。”But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”

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撒该爬上桑树

¹耶稣进了耶利哥，正经过的时候，Then Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.

²有一个人名叫撒该，作税吏长，是个财主。And there was a man named Zacchaeus, a chief tax collector, who was very wealthy.

³他要看看耶稣是怎样的人；只因人多，他的身量又矮，所以不得看见，He was trying to see who Jesus was, but could not see over the crowd because he was small in stature.

⁴就跑到前头，爬上桑树，要看耶稣，因为耶稣必从那里经过。So he ran on ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to see Him, since Jesus was about to pass that way.

耶稣住进撒该家

⁵耶稣到了那里，抬头一看，对他说：“撒该，快下来！今天我必住在你家里。”When Jesus came to that place, He looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, hurry down, for I must stay at your house today.”

⁶他就急忙下来，欢欢喜喜地接待耶稣。So Zacchaeus hurried down and welcomed Him joyfully.

⁷众人看见，都私下议论说：“他竟到罪人家里去住宿。”And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”

救恩到了这家

⁸撒该站着对主说：“主啊，我把所有的一半给穷人；我若讹诈了谁，就还他四倍。”But Zacchaeus stood up and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, half of my possessions I give to the poor, and if I have cheated anyone, I will repay it fourfold.”

⁹耶稣说：“今天救恩到了这家，因为他也是亚伯拉罕的子孙。Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham.

¹⁰人子来，为要寻找、拯救失丧的人。”For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

交托银子的比喻

¹¹众人正在听见这些话的时候，耶稣因为将近耶路撒冷，又因他们以为　神的国快要显出来，就另设一个比喻，说：While the people were listening to this, Jesus proceeded to tell them a parable, because He was near Jerusalem and they thought the kingdom of God would appear imminently.

¹²“有一个贵胄往远方去，要得国回来，So He said, “A man of noble birth went to a distant country to lay claim to his kingship and then return.

¹³便叫了他的十个仆人来，交给他们十锭（锭：原文是弥拿，一弥拿约银十两）银子，说：‘你们去做生意，直等我回来。’Beforehand, he called ten of his servants and gave them ten minas. ‘Conduct business with this until I return,’ he said.

¹⁴他本国的人却恨他，打发使者随后去，说：‘我们不愿意这个人作我们的王。’But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’

主人回来算帐

¹⁵他既得国回来，就吩咐叫那领银子的仆人来，要知道他们做生意赚了多少。When he returned from procuring his kingship, he summoned the servants to whom he had given the money, to find out what each one had earned.

¹⁶头一个上来，说：‘主啊，你的一锭银子已经赚了十锭。’The first servant came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has produced ten more minas.’

¹⁷主人说：‘好！良善的仆人，你既在最小的事上有忠心，可以有权柄管十座城。’His master replied, ‘Well done, good servant! Because you have been faithful in a very small matter, you shall have authority over ten cities.’

¹⁸第二个来，说：‘主啊，你的一锭银子已经赚了五锭。’The second servant came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.’

¹⁹主人说：‘你也可以管五座城。’And to this one he said, ‘You shall have authority over five cities.’

把银子包在手巾里的仆人

²⁰又有一个来说：‘主啊，看哪，你的一锭银子在这里，我把它包在手巾里存着。Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.

²¹我原是怕你，因为你是严厉的人；没有放下的，还要去拿，没有种下的，还要去收。’For I was afraid of you, because you are a harsh man. You withdraw what you did not deposit and reap what you did not sow.’

²²主人对他说：‘你这恶仆，我要凭你的口定你的罪。你既知道我是严厉的人，没有放下的，还要去拿，没有种下的，还要去收，His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?

²³为什么不把我的银子交给银行，等我来的时候，连本带利都可以要回来呢？’Why then did you not deposit my money in the bank, and upon my return I could have collected it with interest?’

²⁴就对旁边站着的人说：‘夺过他这一锭来，给那有十锭的。’Then he told those standing by, ‘Take the mina from him and give it to the one who has ten minas.’

²⁵他们说：‘主啊，他已经有十锭了。’‘Master,’ they said, ‘he already has ten!’

²⁶主人说：‘我告诉你们，凡有的，还要加给他；没有的，连他所有的也要夺过来。He replied, ‘I tell you that everyone who has will be given more; but the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.

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处置不要他作王的仇敌

²⁷至于我那些仇敌，不要我作他们王的，把他们拉来，在我面前杀了吧！’”And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”