旧约撒母耳记上 16:1–17:58
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昨天(15 章):神吩咐扫罗灭尽亚玛力人,扫罗却留下亚甲王和上好的牛羊,还推说是要献祭。撒母耳说:“听命胜于献祭;顺从胜于公羊的脂油。”神厌弃扫罗作王,撒母耳从此不再见扫罗,却一直为他悲伤。
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神差撒母耳到伯利恒,从耶西的儿子中膏立最小、正在放羊的大卫;耶和华的灵离开扫罗,大卫被召进宫为扫罗弹琴。接着是大卫和歌利亚的故事:巨人歌利亚一连四十天向以色列骂阵,少年大卫靠着耶和华的名,用机弦和一块石子打倒了他。
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留意 “人是看外貌;耶和华是看内心”,再看 17 章:众人都看歌利亚的身高和装备,大卫却看见他是在向“永生 神的军队骂阵”。
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大卫受膏时还是放羊的少年,要等到扫罗死后(传统年代约主前 1010 年)才真正作王。
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撒母耳记上 第 16 章
撒母耳奉差往伯利恒
1耶和华对撒母耳说:“我既厌弃扫罗作以色列的王,你为他悲伤要到几时呢?你将膏油盛满了角,我差遣你往人那里去;因为我在他众子之内,预定一个作王的。”Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.”
2撒母耳说:“我怎能去呢?扫罗若听见,必要杀我。”耶和华说:“你可以带一只牛犊去,就说:‘我来是要向耶和华献祭。’“How can I go?” Samuel asked. “Saul will hear of it and kill me!” The LORD answered, “Take a heifer with you and say, ‘I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.’
3你要请耶西来吃祭肉,我就指示你所当行的事。我所指给你的人,你要膏他。”Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you are to do. You are to anoint for Me the one I indicate.”
4撒母耳就照耶和华的话去行。到了伯利恒,那城里的长老都战战兢兢地出来迎接他,问他说:“你是为平安来的吗?”So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”
5他说:“为平安来的,我是给耶和华献祭。你们当自洁,来与我同吃祭肉。”撒母耳就使耶西和他众子自洁,请他们来吃祭肉。“In peace,” he replied. “I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
耶和华是看内心
6他们来的时候,撒母耳看见以利押,就心里说,耶和华的受膏者必定在他面前。When they arrived, Samuel saw Eliab and said, “Surely here before the LORD is His anointed.”
7耶和华却对撒母耳说:“不要看他的外貌和他身材高大,我不拣选他。因为,耶和华不像人看人:人是看外貌;耶和华是看内心。”But the LORD said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or height, for I have rejected him; the LORD does not see as man does. For man sees the outward appearance, but the LORD sees the heart.”
8耶西叫亚比拿达从撒母耳面前经过,撒母耳说:“耶和华也不拣选他。”Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel, who said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
9耶西又叫沙玛从撒母耳面前经过,撒母耳说:“耶和华也不拣选他。”Next Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
10耶西叫他七个儿子都从撒母耳面前经过,撒母耳说:“这都不是耶和华所拣选的。”Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel told him, “The LORD has not chosen any of these.”
膏立最小的大卫
11撒母耳对耶西说:“你的儿子都在这里吗?”他回答说:“还有个小的,现在放羊。”撒母耳对耶西说:“你打发人去叫他来;他若不来,我们必不坐席。”And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”
12耶西就打发人去叫了他来。他,,容貌俊美。耶和华说:“这就是他,你起来膏他。”So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him, for he is the one.”
13撒母耳就用角里的膏油,在他诸兄中膏了他。从这日起,耶和华的灵就大大感动大卫。撒母耳起身回拉玛去了。So Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the presence of his brothers, and the Spirit of the LORD rushed upon David from that day forward. Then Samuel set out and went to Ramah.
恶魔扰乱扫罗
14耶和华的灵离开扫罗,有从耶和华那里来扰乱他。Now the Spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and a spirit of distress from the LORD began to torment him.
15扫罗的臣仆对他说:“现在有恶魔从 神那里来扰乱你。Saul’s servants said to him, “Surely a spirit of distress from God is tormenting you.
16我们的主可以吩咐面前的臣仆,找一个善于弹琴的来,等 神那里来的恶魔临到你身上的时候,使他用手弹琴,你就好了。”Let our lord command your servants here to seek out someone who can skillfully play the harp. Whenever the spirit of distress from God is upon you, he is to play it, and you will be well.”
17扫罗对臣仆说:“你们可以为我找一个善于弹琴的,带到我这里来。”And Saul commanded his servants, “Find me someone who plays well, and bring him to me.”
18其中有一个少年人说:“我曾见伯利恒人耶西的一个儿子善于弹琴,是大有勇敢的战士,说话合宜,容貌俊美,耶和华也与他同在。”One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”
大卫进宫服事扫罗
19于是扫罗差遣使者去见耶西,说:“请你打发你放羊的儿子大卫到我这里来。”So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
20耶西就把几个饼和一皮袋酒,并一只山羊羔,都驮在驴上,交给他儿子大卫,送与扫罗。And Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and one young goat and sent them to Saul with his son David.
21大卫到了扫罗那里,就侍立在扫罗面前。扫罗甚喜爱他,他就作了扫罗拿兵器的人。When David came to Saul and entered his service, Saul loved him very much, and David became his armor-bearer.
22扫罗差遣人去见耶西,说:“求你容大卫侍立在我面前,因为他在我眼前蒙了恩。”Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, “Let David remain in my service, for I am pleased with him.”
23从 神那里来的恶魔临到扫罗身上的时候,大卫就拿琴,用手而弹,扫罗便舒畅爽快,恶魔离了他。And whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would pick up his harp and play. Then Saul would find relief and feel better, and the spirit of distress would depart from him.
撒母耳记上 第 17 章
两军在以拉谷对阵
1非利士人招聚他们的军旅,要来争战;聚集在属犹大的梭哥,安营在梭哥和亚西加中间的以弗·大悯。Now the Philistines gathered their forces for war at Socoh in Judah, and they camped between Socoh and Azekah in Ephes-dammim.
2扫罗和以色列人也聚集,在安营,摆列队伍,要与非利士人打仗。Saul and the men of Israel assembled and camped in the Valley of Elah, arraying themselves for battle against the Philistines.
3非利士人站在这边山上,以色列人站在那边山上,当中有谷。The Philistines stood on one hill and the Israelites stood on another, with the valley between them.
歌利亚骂阵
4从非利士营中出来一个讨战的人,名叫,是迦特人,身高六肘零一;Then a champion named Goliath, who was from Gath, came out from the Philistine camp. He was six cubits and a span in height,
5头戴铜盔,身穿,甲重五千舍客勒;and he had a bronze helmet on his head. He wore a bronze coat of mail weighing five thousand shekels,
6腿上有铜护膝,两肩之中背负;and he had armor of bronze on his legs and a javelin of bronze slung between his shoulders.
7枪杆粗如织布的,铁枪头重六百舍客勒。有一个拿盾牌的人在他前面走。The shaft of his spear was like a weaver’s beam, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels. In addition, his shield bearer went before him.
8歌利亚对着以色列的军队站立,呼叫说:“你们出来摆列队伍做什么呢?我不是非利士人吗?你们不是扫罗的仆人吗?可以从你们中间拣选一人,使他下到我这里来。And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.
9他若能与我战斗,将我杀死,我们就作你们的仆人;我若胜了他,将他杀死,你们就作我们的仆人,服事我们。”If he is able to fight me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and work for us.”
10那非利士人又说:“我今日向以色列人的军队骂阵。你们叫一个人出来,与我战斗。”Then the Philistine said, “I defy the ranks of Israel this day! Give me a man to fight!”
11扫罗和以色列众人听见非利士人的这些话,就惊惶,极其害怕。On hearing the words of the Philistine, Saul and all the Israelites were dismayed and greatly afraid.
大卫奉父命送粮
12大卫是犹大、伯利恒的以法他人耶西的儿子。耶西有八个儿子。当扫罗的时候,耶西已经老迈。Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons. And in the days of Saul, Jesse was old and well along in years.
13耶西的三个大儿子跟随扫罗出征。这出征的三个儿子:长子名叫以利押,次子名叫亚比拿达,三子名叫沙玛。The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
14大卫是最小的;那三个大儿子跟随扫罗。And David was the youngest. The three oldest had followed Saul,
15大卫有时离开扫罗,回伯利恒放他父亲的羊。but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.
16那非利士人早晚都出来站着,如此四十日。For forty days the Philistine came forward every morning and evening to take his stand.
17一日,耶西对他儿子大卫说:“你拿一烘了的穗子和十个饼,速速地送到营里去,交给你哥哥们;One day Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.
18再拿这十块奶饼,送给他们的千夫长,且问你哥哥们好,向他们要一封信来。”Take also these ten portions of cheese to the commander of their unit. Check on the welfare of your brothers and bring back an assurance from them.
19扫罗与大卫的三个哥哥和以色列众人,在以拉谷与非利士人打仗。They are with Saul and all the men of Israel in the Valley of Elah, fighting against the Philistines.”
20大卫早晨起来,将羊交托一个看守的人,照着他父亲所吩咐的话,带着食物去了。到了,军兵刚出到战场,呐喊要战。So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry.
21以色列人和非利士人都摆列队伍,彼此相对。And Israel and the Philistines arrayed in formation against each other.
22大卫把他带来的食物留在看守物件人的手下,跑到战场,问他哥哥们安。Then David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.
23与他们说话的时候,那讨战的,就是属迦特的非利士人歌利亚,从非利士队中出来,说从前所说的话;大卫都听见了。And as he was speaking with them, suddenly the champion named Goliath, the Philistine from Gath, came forward from the ranks of the Philistines and shouted his usual words, which David also heard.
24以色列众人看见那人,就逃跑,极其害怕。When all the men of Israel saw Goliath, they fled from him in great fear.
25以色列人彼此说:“这上来的人你看见了吗?他上来是要向以色列人骂阵。若有能杀他的,王必赏赐他大财,将自己的女儿给他为妻,并在以色列人中免他父家。”Now the men of Israel had been saying, “Do you see how this man keeps coming out to defy Israel? To the man who kills him the king will give great riches. And he will give him his daughter in marriage and exempt his father’s house from taxation in Israel.”
大卫为神的名不平
26大卫问站在旁边的人说:“有人杀这非利士人,除掉以色列人的耻辱,怎样待他呢?这未受割礼的非利士人是谁呢?竟敢向永生 神的军队骂阵吗?”David asked the men who were standing with him, “What will be done for the man who kills this Philistine and removes this disgrace from Israel? Just who is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should defy the armies of the living God?”
27百姓照先前的话回答他说:“有人能杀这非利士人,必如此如此待他。”The people told him about the offer, saying, “That is what will be done for the man who kills him.”
28大卫的长兄以利押听见大卫与他们所说的话,就向他发怒,说:“你下来做什么呢?在旷野的那几只羊,你交托了谁呢?我知道你的骄傲和你心里的恶意,你下来特为要看争战!”Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”
29大卫说:“我做了什么呢?我来岂没有缘故吗?”“What have I done now?” said David. “Was it not just a question?”
30大卫就离开他转向别人,照先前的话而问;百姓仍照先前的话回答他。Then he turned from him toward another and asked about the offer, and those people answered him just as the first ones had answered.
31有人听见大卫所说的话,就告诉了扫罗;扫罗便打发人叫他来。Now David’s words were overheard and reported to Saul, who sent for him.
大卫自愿出战
32大卫对扫罗说:“人都不必因那非利士人胆怯。你的仆人要去与那非利士人战斗。”And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail on account of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him!”
33扫罗对大卫说:“你不能去与那非利士人战斗;因为你年纪太轻,他自幼就作战士。”But Saul replied, “You cannot go out against this Philistine to fight him. You are just a boy, and he has been a warrior from his youth.”
34大卫对扫罗说:“你仆人为父亲放羊,有时来了狮子,有时来了熊,从群中衔一只羊羔去。David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,
35我就追赶它,击打它,将羊羔从它口中救出来。它起来要害我,我就揪着它的胡子,将它打死。I went after it, struck it down, and delivered the lamb from its mouth. If it reared up against me, I would grab it by its fur, strike it down, and kill it.
36你仆人曾打死狮子和熊,这未受割礼的非利士人向永生 神的军队骂阵,也必像狮子和熊一般。”Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”
37大卫又说:“耶和华救我脱离狮子和熊的爪,也必救我脱离这非利士人的手。”扫罗对大卫说:“你可以去吧!耶和华必与你同在。”David added, “The LORD, who delivered me from the claws of the lion and the bear, will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.” “Go,” said Saul, “and may the LORD be with you.”
不穿扫罗的战衣
38扫罗就把自己的战衣给大卫穿上,将铜盔给他戴上,又给他穿上铠甲。Then Saul clothed David in his own tunic, put a bronze helmet on his head, and dressed him in armor.
39大卫把刀跨在战衣外,试试能走不能走;因为素来没有穿惯,就对扫罗说:“我穿戴这些不能走,因为素来没有穿惯。”于是摘脱了。David strapped his sword over the tunic and tried to walk, but he was not accustomed to them. “I cannot walk in these,” David said to Saul. “I am not accustomed to them.” So David took them off.
40他手中拿杖,又在溪中挑选了五块,放在袋里,就是牧人带的囊里;手中拿着甩石的,就去迎那非利士人。And David took his staff in his hand, selected five smooth stones from the brook, and put them in the pouch of his shepherd’s bag. And with his sling in hand, he approached the Philistine.
大卫与歌利亚对话
41非利士人也渐渐地迎着大卫来,拿盾牌的走在前头。Now the Philistine came closer and closer to David, with his shield-bearer before him.
42非利士人观看,见了大卫,就藐视他;因为他年轻,面色光红,容貌俊美。When the Philistine looked and saw David, he despised him because he was just a boy, ruddy and handsome.
43非利士人对大卫说:“你拿杖到我这里来,我岂是狗呢?”非利士人就指着自己的神咒诅大卫。“Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.
44非利士人又对大卫说:“来吧!我将你的肉给空中的飞鸟、田野的走兽吃。”“Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”
45大卫对非利士人说:“你来攻击我,是靠着刀枪和铜戟;我来攻击你,是靠着万军之耶和华的名,就是你所怒骂带领以色列军队的 神。But David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the LORD of Hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.
46今日耶和华必将你交在我手里。我必杀你,斩你的头,又将非利士军兵的尸首给空中的飞鸟、地上的野兽吃,使普天下的人都知道以色列中有 神;This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistine army to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
47又使这众人知道耶和华使人得胜,不是用刀用枪,因为争战的胜败全在乎耶和华。他必将你们交在我们手里。”And all those assembled here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the LORD saves; for the battle is the LORD’s, and He will give all of you into our hands.”
一块石子打倒巨人
48非利士人起身,迎着大卫前来。大卫急忙迎着非利士人,往战场跑去。As the Philistine started forward to attack him, David ran quickly toward the battle line to meet him.
49大卫用手从囊中掏出一块石子来,用机弦甩去,打中非利士人的额,石子进入额内,他就仆倒,面伏于地。Then David reached into his bag, took out a stone, and slung it, striking the Philistine on the forehead. The stone sank into his forehead, and he fell facedown on the ground.
50这样,大卫用机弦甩石,胜了那非利士人,打死他;大卫手中却没有刀。Thus David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and a stone; without a sword in his hand he struck down the Philistine and killed him.
51大卫跑去,站在非利士人身旁,将他的刀从鞘中拔出来,杀死他,割了他的头。非利士众人看见他们讨战的勇士死了,就都逃跑。David ran and stood over him. He grabbed the Philistine’s sword and pulled it from its sheath and killed him, and he cut off his head with the sword. When the Philistines saw that their hero was dead, they turned and ran.
52以色列人和犹大人便起身呐喊,追赶非利士人,直到迦特(或译:该)和以革伦的城门。被杀的非利士人倒在沙拉音的路上,直到迦特和以革伦。Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward with a shout and pursued the Philistines to the entrance of Gath and to the gates of Ekron. And the bodies of the Philistines were strewn along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.
53以色列人追赶非利士人回来,就夺了他们的营盘。When the Israelites returned from their pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.
54大卫将那非利士人的头拿到耶路撒冷,却将他军装放在自己的帐棚里。David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem, and he put Goliath’s weapons in his own tent.
扫罗问这少年人是谁
55扫罗看见大卫去攻击非利士人,就问元帅押尼珥说:“押尼珥啊,那少年人是谁的儿子?”押尼珥说:“我敢在王面前起誓,我不知道。”As Saul had watched David going out to confront the Philistine, he said to Abner the commander of the army, “Abner, whose son is this young man?” “As surely as you live, O king,” Abner replied, “I do not know.”
56王说:“你可以问问那幼年人是谁的儿子。”“Find out whose son this young man is!” said the king.
57大卫打死非利士人回来,押尼珥领他到扫罗面前,他手中拿着非利士人的头。So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul.
58扫罗问他说:“少年人哪,你是谁的儿子?”大卫说:“我是你仆人伯利恒人耶西的儿子。”“Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.
摘要
耶和华厌弃扫罗后,差遣撒母耳前往伯利恒膏立大卫为王。神不像人看外貌,乃是看人的内心,在耶西众子中拣选了最年幼的大卫,使圣灵大大感动他。大卫进入扫罗宫中弹琴服事;当非利士巨人歌利亚连续四十日骂阵、全军惊惶之际,大卫倚靠万军之耶和华的名,仅以机弦甩石击杀歌利亚,向世人彰显争战的胜败全在乎神。
反思问题
- 神看重人的内心而非外貌,这提醒你在评价自己和他人时,应当有怎样的眼光?
- 大卫在旷野牧羊时打死狮子和熊的经历,成为他面对歌利亚的信心根基。你过去经历的哪些困难,成为你今日信靠神的依据?
- 大卫拒绝穿戴扫罗不合身的战衣,选择自己熟悉的方式迎战。在服事神的道路上,你是否也曾面对‘套用别人的模式’还是‘忠于神在你身上独特呼召’的抉择?
新约路加福音 20:20–21:4
前情提要
上回说到
昨天():祭司长、文士和长老质问耶稣仗着甚么权柄做事,耶稣反问约翰的洗礼是从天上来、还是从人间来,他们答不出来。耶稣又讲恶园户杀害园主爱子的比喻,并引用“匠人所弃的石头”,文士和祭司长听出是在说他们,就想下手拿祂。
今天你会读到
对手接连设下圈套:先问该不该纳税给凯撒,耶稣说“凯撒的物当归给凯撒, 神的物当归给 神”;撒都该人又拿七兄弟娶一妻的例子嘲笑复活,耶稣指出神是“活人的 神”。接着耶稣反问基督怎么是大卫的子孙,提醒门徒防备文士,最后称赞投下两个小钱的穷寡妇。
阅读小提示
留意 和 放在一起:文士“侵吞寡妇的家产”,穷寡妇却把“一切养生的”都投上了。耶稣看的不是捐了多少,而是剩下多少。
点时代可看说明
受难周期间,耶稣在圣殿里和祭司长、文士、撒都该人等宗教领袖辩论(约主后 30/33 年)。
路加福音 第 20 章
纳税给凯撒可以不可以
20于是窥探耶稣,打发装作好人,要在他的话上得,好将他交在的政权之下。So they watched Him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere. They were hoping to catch Him in His words in order to hand Him over to the rule and authority of the governor.
21奸细就问耶稣说:“夫子,我们晓得你所讲所传都是正道,也,乃是诚诚实实传 神的道。“Teacher,” they inquired, “we know that You speak and teach correctly. You show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.
22我们纳税给,可以不可以?”Is it lawful for us to pay taxes to Caesar or not?”
23耶稣看出他们的,就对他们说:But Jesus saw through their duplicity and said to them,
24“拿一个来给我看。这像和这号是谁的?”他们说:“是凯撒的。”“Show Me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?” “Caesar’s,” they answered.
25耶稣说:“这样,凯撒的物当归给凯撒, 神的物当归给 神。”So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
26他们当着百姓,在这话上得不着把柄,又希奇他的应对,就闭口无言了。And they were unable to trap Him in His words before the people. And amazed at His answer, they fell silent.
撒都该人问复活的事
27常说没有复活的事。有几个来问耶稣说:Then some of the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to question Him.
28“夫子!摩西为我们写着说:‘人若有妻无子就死了,他兄弟当娶他的妻,为哥哥生子。’“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
29有弟兄七人,第一个娶了妻,没有孩子死了;Now there were seven brothers. The first one married a wife but died childless.
30第二个、第三个也娶过她;Then the second
31那七个人都娶过她,没有留下孩子就死了。and the third married the widow, and in the same way all seven died, leaving no children.
32后来妇人也死了。And last of all, the woman died.
33这样,当复活的时候,她是哪一个的妻子呢?因为他们七个人都娶过她。”So then, in the resurrection, whose wife will she be? For all seven were married to her.”
复活的人和天使一样
34耶稣说:“这世界的人有娶有嫁;Jesus answered, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage.
35惟有算为,与从死里复活的人也不娶也不嫁;But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.
36因为他们不能再死,和天使一样;既是复活的人,就为 神的儿子。In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God.
37至于死人复活,摩西在上,称主是亚伯拉罕的 神,以撒的 神,雅各的 神,就指示明白了。Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
38神原不是死人的 神,乃是活人的 神;因为在他那里(那里:或译看来),人都是活的。”He is not the God of the dead, but of the living, for to Him all are alive.”
39有几个文士说:“夫子!你说得好。”Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”
40以后他们不敢再问他什么。And they did not dare to question Him any further.
基督是谁的子孙
41耶稣对他们说:“人怎么说基督是大卫的子孙呢?Then Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David?
42诗篇上大卫自己说:主对我主说:你坐在我的右边,For David himself says in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
43等我使你仇敌作你的。until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”’
44大卫既称他为主,他怎么又是大卫的子孙呢?”Thus David calls Him ‘Lord.’ So how can He be David’s son?”
要防备文士
45众百姓听的时候,耶稣对门徒说:In the hearing of all the people, Jesus said to His disciples,
46“你们要防备文士。他们好穿长衣游行,喜爱人在街市上问他们安,又喜爱会堂里的高位,筵席上的;“Beware of the scribes. They like to walk around in long robes, and they love the greetings in the marketplaces, the chief seats in the synagogues, and the places of honor at banquets.
47他们侵吞寡妇的家产,假意作很长的祷告。这些人要受更重的刑罚!”They defraud widows of their houses, and for a show make lengthy prayers. These men will receive greater condemnation.”
路加福音 第 21 章
穷寡妇的两个小钱
1耶稣抬头观看,见财主把捐项投在里,Then Jesus looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury,
2又见一个穷寡妇投了两个,and He saw a poor widow put in two small copper coins.
3就说:“我实在告诉你们,这穷寡妇所投的比众人还多;“Truly I tell you,” He said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others.
4因为众人都是自己有余,拿出来投在捐项里,但这寡妇是自己不足,把她一切养生的都投上了。”For they all contributed out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty has put in all she had to live on.”
摘要
耶稣在圣殿中面对宗教领袖一连串的试探与质问——关于祂的权柄、纳税给该撒、复活的真理,以及基督身份的奥秘——祂以智慧一一回应,使对手哑口无言。耶稣警告门徒要防备假冒为善的文士,又以穷寡妇献上一切养生之物的榜样,教导真正的奉献在乎心志而非数量。最后,耶稣预言耶路撒冷的毁灭和末世的征兆,勉励门徒在逼迫中忍耐、时刻警醒祈求,等候人子荣耀再来。
反思问题
- 耶稣说‘该撒的物当归给该撒,神的物当归给神’。你如何在日常生活中平衡对社会的责任与对神全然的委身?
- 穷寡妇投上一切养生的,却被耶稣称为‘比众人还多’。你的奉献——金钱、时间、才能——是出于有余的施舍,还是出于信心的全然摆上?
- 耶稣勉励门徒在末世动荡中‘时时警醒,常常祈求’。面对当今世界的不确定与压力,你如何操练属灵的警醒与祷告生活?