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旧约 撒母耳记上 18:1–20:42
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旧约撒母耳记上 18:1–20:42

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昨天(16–17 章):神差撒母耳到伯利恒膏立耶西最小的儿子大卫,并说“人是看外貌;耶和华是看内心”。耶和华的灵离开扫罗,大卫进宫为他弹琴。后来非利士巨人歌利亚向以色列骂阵,大卫靠着万军之耶和华的名,用机弦甩出一块石子打倒了他。

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约拿单与大卫结盟,爱他如同爱自己的性命;妇女们唱“扫罗杀死千千,大卫杀死万万”,扫罗从此嫉妒、惧怕大卫,用枪刺他,又想藉非利士人的手害他。米甲和约拿单先后救了大卫;大卫逃到拉玛见撒母耳,最后约拿单用射箭的暗号送大卫离开。

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留意约拿单是扫罗的长子、王位的继承人,却把外袍、战衣、刀、弓都给了大卫();他似乎已看出神与大卫同在,却没有嫉妒。

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扫罗在位后期,大卫在扫罗手下作战士长、千夫长,声望越来越高。

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撒母耳记上 第 18 章

约拿单与大卫结盟

1大卫对扫罗说完了话,约拿单的心与大卫的心。约拿单爱大卫,如同爱自己的性命。After David had finished speaking with Saul, the souls of Jonathan and David were knit together, and Jonathan loved him as himself.

2那日扫罗留住大卫,不容他再回父家。And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house.

3约拿单爱大卫如同爱自己的性命,就与他。Then Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself.

4约拿单从身上脱下外袍,给了大卫,又将战衣、刀、弓、腰带都给了他。And Jonathan removed the robe he was wearing and gave it to David, along with his tunic, his sword, his bow, and his belt.

5扫罗无论差遣大卫往何处去,他都做事。扫罗就立他作战士长,众百姓和扫罗的臣仆无不喜悦。So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.

扫罗杀死千千,大卫杀死万万

6大卫打死了那非利士人,同众人回来的时候,妇女们从以色列各城里出来,欢欢喜喜,打鼓击,歌唱跳舞,迎接扫罗王。As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.

7众妇女舞蹈唱和,说:“扫罗杀死千千,大卫杀死万万。”And as the women danced, they sang out: “Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands.”

8扫罗甚发怒,不喜悦这话,就说:“将万万归大卫,千千归我,只剩下王位没有给他了。”And Saul was furious and resented this song. “They have ascribed tens of thousands to David,” he said, “but only thousands to me. What more can he have but the kingdom?”

9从这日起,扫罗就大卫。And from that day forward Saul kept a jealous eye on David.

扫罗用枪刺大卫

10次日,从 神那里来的恶魔大大降在扫罗身上,他就在家中。大卫照常弹琴,扫罗手里拿着枪。The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear,

11扫罗把枪一抡,心里说,我要将大卫刺透,钉在墙上。大卫躲避他两次。and he hurled it, thinking, “I will pin David to the wall.” But David eluded him twice.

12扫罗惧怕大卫;因为耶和华离开自己,与大卫同在。So Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with David but had departed from Saul.

13所以扫罗使大卫离开自己,立他为千夫长,他就领兵出入。Therefore Saul sent David away and gave him command of a thousand men. David led the troops out to battle and back,

14大卫做事无不精明,耶和华也与他同在。and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.

15扫罗见大卫做事精明,就甚怕他。When Saul saw that David was very successful, he was afraid of him.

16但以色列和犹大众人都爱大卫,因为他领他们出入。But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he was leading them out to battle and back.

想藉非利士人的手害大卫

17扫罗对大卫说:“我将大女儿米拉给你为妻,只要你为我奋勇,为耶和华争战。”扫罗心里说:“我不好亲手害他,要借非利士人的手害他。”Then Saul said to David, “Here is my older daughter Merab. I will give her to you in marriage. Only be valiant for me and fight the LORD’s battles.” But Saul was thinking, “I need not raise my hand against him; let the hand of the Philistines be against him.”

18大卫对扫罗说:“我是谁,我是什么出身,我父家在以色列中是何等的家,岂敢作王的女婿呢?”And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?”

19扫罗的女儿米拉到了当给大卫的时候,扫罗却给了米何拉人亚得列为妻。So when it was time to give Saul’s daughter Merab to David, she was given in marriage to Adriel of Meholah.

米甲爱大卫

20扫罗的次女爱大卫。有人告诉扫罗,扫罗就喜悦。Now Saul’s daughter Michal loved David, and when this was reported to Saul, it pleased him.

21扫罗心里说:“我将这女儿给大卫,作他的,好借非利士人的手害他。”所以扫罗对大卫说:“你今日可以第二次作我的女婿。”“I will give her to David,” Saul thought, “so that she may be a snare to him, and the hand of the Philistines may be against him.” So Saul said to David, “For a second time now you can be my son-in-law.”

22扫罗吩咐臣仆说:“你们暗中对大卫说:‘王喜悦你,王的臣仆也都喜爱你,所以你当作王的女婿。’”Then Saul ordered his servants, “Speak to David privately and tell him, ‘Behold, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become his son-in-law.’”

23扫罗的臣仆就照这话说给大卫听。大卫说:“你们以为作王的女婿是一件小事吗?我是贫穷卑微的人。”But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”

24扫罗的臣仆回奏说,大卫所说的如此如此。And the servants told Saul what David had said.

25扫罗说:“你们要对大卫这样说:‘王不要什么,只要一百非利士人的,好在王的仇敌身上报仇。’”扫罗的意思要使大卫丧在非利士人的手里。Saul replied, “Say to David, ‘The king desires no other dowry but a hundred Philistine foreskins as revenge on his enemies.’” But Saul intended to cause David’s death at the hands of the Philistines.

26扫罗的臣仆将这话告诉大卫,大卫就欢喜作王的女婿。日期还没有到,When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,

27大卫和跟随他的人起身前往,杀了二百非利士人,将阳皮满数交给王,为要作王的女婿。于是扫罗将女儿米甲给大卫为妻。David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.

扫罗更怕大卫

28扫罗见耶和华与大卫同在,又知道女儿米甲爱大卫,When Saul realized that the LORD was with David and that his daughter Michal loved David,

29就更怕大卫,常作大卫的仇敌。he grew even more afraid of David. So from then on Saul was David’s enemy.

30每逢非利士军长出来打仗,大卫比扫罗的臣仆做事精明,因此他的名被人尊重。Every time the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers, so that his name was highly esteemed.

撒母耳记上 第 19 章

约拿单替大卫说情

1扫罗对他儿子约拿单和众臣仆说,要杀大卫;扫罗的儿子约拿单却甚喜爱大卫。Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,

2约拿单告诉大卫说:“我父扫罗想要杀你,所以明日早晨你要小心,到一个僻静地方藏身。so he warned David, saying, “My father Saul intends to kill you. Be on your guard in the morning; find a secret place and hide there.

3我就出到你所藏的田里,站在我父亲旁边与他谈论。我看他情形怎样,我必告诉你。”I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you are, so I can ask about you. And if I find out anything, I will tell you.”

4约拿单向他父亲扫罗替大卫说好话,说:“王不可得罪王的仆人大卫;因为他未曾得罪你,他所行的都与你大有益处。Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.

5他拚命杀那非利士人,耶和华为以色列众人大行拯救;那时你看见,甚是欢喜,现在为何无故要杀大卫,流无辜人的血,自己取罪呢?”He took his life in his hands when he struck down the Philistine, and the LORD worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it and rejoiced, so why would you sin against innocent blood by killing David for no reason?”

6扫罗听了约拿单的话,就指着永生的耶和华起誓说:“我必不杀他。”Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan and swore an oath: “As surely as the LORD lives, David will not be put to death.”

7约拿单叫大卫来,把这一切事告诉他,带他去见扫罗。他就仍然侍立在扫罗面前。So Jonathan summoned David and told him all these things. Then Jonathan brought David to Saul, and David was with Saul as before.

扫罗再次用枪刺大卫

8此后又有争战的事。大卫出去与非利士人打仗,大大杀败他们,他们就在他面前逃跑。When war broke out again, David went out and fought the Philistines and struck them with such a mighty blow that they fled before him.

9从耶和华那里来的恶魔又降在扫罗身上(扫罗手里拿枪坐在屋里),大卫就用手弹琴。But as Saul was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was playing the harp,

10扫罗用枪想要刺透大卫,钉在墙上;他却躲开,扫罗的枪刺入墙内。当夜大卫逃走,躲避了。Saul tried to pin him to the wall with his spear. But David eluded him and the spear struck the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.

米甲缒大卫下窗逃走

11扫罗打发人到大卫的房屋那里窥探他,要等到天亮杀他。大卫的妻米甲对他说:“你今夜若不逃命,明日你要被杀。”Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”

12于是米甲将大卫从窗户里下去,大卫就逃走,躲避了。So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.

13米甲把家中的放在床上,头枕在山羊毛装的枕头上,用被遮盖。Then Michal took a household idol and laid it in the bed, placed some goat hair on its head, and covered it with a garment.

14扫罗打发人去捉拿大卫,米甲说:“他病了。”When Saul sent the messengers to seize David, Michal said, “He is ill.”

15扫罗又打发人去看大卫,说:“当连床将他抬来,我好杀他。”But Saul sent the messengers back to see David and told them, “Bring him up to me in his bed so I can kill him.”

16使者进去,看见床上有神像,头枕在山羊毛装的枕头上。And when the messengers entered, there was the idol in the bed with the goat hair on its head.

17扫罗对米甲说:“你为什么这样欺哄我,放我仇敌逃走呢?”米甲回答说:“他对我说:‘你放我走,不然我要杀你。’”And Saul said to Michal, “Why did you deceive me like this? You sent my enemy away, and he has escaped!” Michal replied, “He said to me, ‘Help me get away, or I will kill you!’”

扫罗也列在先知中

18大卫逃避,来到拉玛见撒母耳,将扫罗向他所行的事述说了一遍。他和撒母耳就往拿约去居住。So David ran away and escaped. And he went to Samuel at Ramah and told him all that Saul had done to him. Then he and Samuel went to Naioth and stayed there.

19有人告诉扫罗,说大卫在拉玛的拿约。When Saul was told that David was at Naioth in Ramah,

20扫罗打发人去捉拿大卫。去的人见有一班先知都受感说话,撒母耳站在其中监管他们;打发去的人也受 神的灵感动说话。he sent messengers to seize him. But when they saw the group of prophets prophesying, with Samuel leading them, the Spirit of God came upon them, and Saul’s messengers also began to prophesy.

21有人将这事告诉扫罗,他又打发人去,他们也受感说话。扫罗第三次打发人去,他们也受感说话。When this was reported to Saul, he sent more messengers, but they began to prophesy as well. So Saul tried again and sent messengers a third time, and even they began to prophesy.

22然后扫罗自己往拉玛去,到了西沽的大井,问人说:“撒母耳和大卫在哪里呢?”有人说:“在拉玛的拿约。”Finally, Saul himself left for Ramah and came to the large cistern at Secu, where he asked, “Where are Samuel and David?” “At Naioth in Ramah,” he was told.

23他就往拉玛的拿约去。 神的灵也感动他,一面走一面说话,直到拉玛的拿约。So Saul went to Naioth in Ramah. But the Spirit of God came upon even Saul, and he walked along prophesying until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

24他就脱了衣服,在撒母耳面前受感说话,一昼一夜露体躺卧。因此有句俗语说:“扫罗也列在先知中吗?”Then Saul stripped off his robes and also prophesied before Samuel. And he collapsed and lay naked all that day and night. That is why it is said, “Is Saul also among the prophets?”

撒母耳记上 第 20 章

大卫与约拿单商议

1大卫从拉玛的拿约逃跑,来到约拿单那里,对他说:“我做了什么?有什么罪孽呢?在你父亲面前犯了什么罪,他竟寻索我的性命呢?”Then David fled from Naioth in Ramah. He came to Jonathan and asked, “What have I done? What is my iniquity? How have I sinned against your father, that he wants to take my life?”

2约拿单回答说:“断然不是!你必不致死。我父做事,无论大小,没有不叫我知道的。怎么独有这事隐瞒我呢?决不如此。”“Far from it!” Jonathan replied. “You will not die. Indeed, my father does nothing, great or small, without telling me. So why would he hide this matter from me? This cannot be true!”

3大卫又起誓说:“你父亲准知我在你眼前蒙恩。他心里说,不如不叫约拿单知道,恐怕他愁烦。我指着永生的耶和华,又敢在你面前起誓,我。”But David again vowed, “Your father knows very well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he has said, ‘Jonathan must not know of this, or he will be grieved.’ As surely as the LORD lives and as you yourself live, there is but a step between me and death.”

4约拿单对大卫说:“你心里所求的,我必为你成就。”Then Jonathan said to David, “Whatever you desire, I will do for you.”

5大卫对约拿单说:“明日是,我当与王同席,求你容我去藏在田野,直到第三日晚上。So David told him, “Look, tomorrow is the New Moon, and I am supposed to dine with the king. Instead, let me go and hide in the field until the third evening from now.

6你父亲若见我不在席上,你就说:‘大卫切求我许他回本城伯利恒去,因为他全家在那里献。’If your father misses me at all, tell him, ‘David urgently requested my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because there is an annual sacrifice for his whole clan.’

7你父亲若说好,仆人就平安了;他若发怒,你就知道他决意要害我。If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.

8求你施恩与仆人,因你在耶和华面前曾与仆人结盟。我若有罪,不如你自己杀我,何必将我交给你父亲呢?”Therefore show kindness to your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?”

9约拿单说:“断无此事!我若知道我父亲决意害你,我岂不告诉你呢?”“Never!” Jonathan replied. “If I ever found out that my father had evil intentions against you, would I not tell you?”

10大卫对约拿单说:“你父亲若用厉言回答你,谁来告诉我呢?”Then David asked Jonathan, “Who will tell me if your father answers you harshly?”

11约拿单对大卫说:“你我且往田野去。”二人就往田野去了。“Come,” he replied, “let us go out to the field.” So the two of them went out into the field,

约拿单与大卫家立约

12约拿单对大卫说:“愿耶和华—以色列的 神为证。明日约在这时候,或第三日,我探我父亲的意思,若向你有好意,我岂不打发人告诉你吗?and Jonathan said, “By the LORD, the God of Israel, I will sound out my father by this time tomorrow or the next day. If he is favorable toward you, will I not send for you and tell you?

13我父亲若有意害你,我不告诉你使你平平安安地走,愿耶和华重重地降罚与我。愿耶和华与你同在,如同从前与我父亲同在一样。But if my father intends to bring evil on you, then may the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if I do not tell you and send you on your way in safety. May the LORD be with you, just as He has been with my father.

14你要照耶和华的慈爱恩待我,不但我活着的时候免我死亡,And as long as I live, treat me with the LORD’s loving devotion, that I may not die,

15就是我死后,耶和华从地上剪除你仇敌的时候,你也永不可向我家绝了恩惠。”and do not ever cut off your loving devotion from my household—not even when the LORD cuts off every one of David’s enemies from the face of the earth.”

16于是约拿单与大卫家结盟,说:“愿耶和华借大卫的仇敌追讨背约的罪。”So Jonathan made a covenant with the house of David, saying, “May the LORD hold David’s enemies accountable.”

17约拿单因爱大卫如同爱自己的性命,就使他再起誓。And Jonathan had David reaffirm his vow out of love for him, for Jonathan loved David as he loved himself.

18约拿单对他说:“明日是初一,你的座位空设,人必理会你不在那里。Then Jonathan said to David, “Tomorrow is the New Moon, and you will be missed, because your seat will be empty.

19你等三日,就要速速下去,到你从前遇事所藏的地方,在以色磐石那里等候。When you have stayed three days, hurry down to the place you hid on the day this trouble began, and remain beside the stone Ezel.

20我要向磐石旁边射三箭,如同射箭靶一样。I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as if I were aiming at a target.

21我要打发童子,说:‘去把箭找来。’我若对童子说:‘箭在后头,把箭拿来’,你就可以回来;我指着永生的耶和华起誓,你必平安无事。Then I will send a boy and say, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ Now, if I expressly say to him, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them,’ then come, because as surely as the LORD lives, it is safe for you, and there is no danger.

22我若对童子说:‘箭在前头’,你就要去,因为是耶和华打发你去的。But if I say to the young man, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then you must go, for the LORD has sent you away.

23至于你我今日所说的话,有耶和华在你我中间为证,直到永远。”And as for the matter you and I have discussed, the LORD is a witness between you and me forever.”

扫罗向约拿单发怒

24大卫就去藏在田野。到了初一日,王坐席要吃饭。So David hid in the field, and when the New Moon had come, the king sat down to eat.

25王照常坐在靠墙的位上,约拿单侍立,押尼珥坐在扫罗旁边,大卫的座位空设。He sat in his usual place by the wall, opposite Jonathan and beside Abner, but David’s place was empty.

26然而这日扫罗没有说什么,他想大卫遇事,偶染不洁,他必定是不洁。Saul said nothing that day because he thought, “Something has happened to David to make him ceremonially unclean—surely he is unclean.”

27初二日大卫的座位还空设。扫罗问他儿子约拿单说:“耶西的儿子为何昨日、今日没有来吃饭呢?”But on the day after the New Moon, the second day, David’s place was still empty, and Saul asked his son Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jesse come to the meal either yesterday or today?”

28约拿单回答扫罗说:“大卫切求我容他往伯利恒去。Jonathan answered, “David urgently requested my permission to go to Bethlehem,

29他说:‘求你容我去,因为我家在城里有献祭的事;我长兄吩咐我去。如今我若在你眼前蒙恩,求你容我去见我的弟兄’;所以大卫没有赴王的席。”saying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he has not come to the king’s table.”

30扫罗向约拿单发怒,对他说:“你这,我岂不知道你喜悦耶西的儿子,自取羞辱,以致你母亲露体蒙羞吗?Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the mother who bore you?

31耶西的儿子若在世间活着,你和你的国位必站立不住。现在你要打发人去,将他捉拿交给我;他是该死的。”For as long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingdom shall be established. Now send for him and bring him to me, for he must surely die!”

32约拿单对父亲扫罗说:“他为什么该死呢?他做了什么呢?”“Why must he be put to death?” Jonathan replied. “What has he done?”

33扫罗向约拿单抡枪要刺他,约拿单就知道他父亲决意要杀大卫。Then Saul hurled his spear at Jonathan to kill him. So Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.

34于是约拿单气忿忿地从席上起来,在这初二日没有吃饭。他因见父亲羞辱大卫,就为大卫愁烦。Jonathan got up from the table in fierce anger and did not eat any food that second day of the month, for he was grieved by his father’s shameful treatment of David.

射箭的暗号

35次日早晨,约拿单按着与大卫约会的时候出到田野,有一个童子跟随。In the morning Jonathan went out to the field for the appointment with David, and a small boy was with him.

36约拿单对童子说:“你跑去,把我所射的箭找来。”童子跑去,约拿单就把箭射在童子前头。He said to the boy, “Run and find the arrows I shoot.” And as the boy ran, Jonathan shot an arrow beyond him.

37童子到了约拿单落箭之地,约拿单呼叫童子说:“箭不是在你前头吗?”When the boy reached the place where Jonathan’s arrow had fallen, Jonathan called to him, “Isn’t the arrow beyond you?”

38约拿单又呼叫童子说:“速速地去,不要迟延!”童子就拾起箭来,回到主人那里。Then Jonathan cried out, “Hurry! Make haste! Do not delay!” So the boy picked up the arrow and returned to his master.

39童子却不知道这是什么意思,只有约拿单和大卫知道。But the boy did not know anything; only Jonathan and David knew the arrangement.

40约拿单将弓箭交给童子,吩咐说:“你拿到城里去。”Then Jonathan gave his equipment to the boy and said, “Go, take it back to the city.”

41童子一去,大卫就从磐石的南边出来,俯伏在地,拜了三拜;二人亲嘴,彼此哭泣,大卫哭得更恸。When the young man had gone, David got up from the south side of the stone, fell facedown, and bowed three times. Then he and Jonathan kissed each other and wept together—though David wept more.

42约拿单对大卫说:“我们二人曾指着耶和华的名起誓说:‘愿耶和华在你我中间,并你我后裔中间为证,直到永远。’如今你平平安安地去吧!”大卫就起身走了;约拿单也回城里去了。And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.

摘要

大卫战胜非利士人后声望日隆,扫罗因嫉妒而多次设计谋害大卫——先以女儿为诱饵企图藉敌人之手除掉他,又屡次亲自举枪刺杀未遂。约拿单与大卫结下深厚盟约,冒着激怒父亲的危险为大卫求情、通风报信,最终以射箭暗号确认扫罗杀意已决,二人含泪道别,大卫被迫踏上逃亡之路。

反思问题

  1. 约拿单为了忠于友谊和正义,甘愿与父亲对立。你是否曾面临忠诚冲突的处境?你如何在人际关系中持守公义?
  2. 扫罗因嫉妒而从惧怕走向仇恨,最终失去理智。你生活中是否有因比较而产生的嫉妒?你如何防止这种情绪控制自己?
  3. 大卫在被追杀的困境中仍未以恶报恶,而是选择逃避与等候。面对不公平的对待时,你愿意将结果交托给神吗?

新约路加福音 21:5–36

前情提要

上回说到

昨天():对手问耶稣该不该纳税给凯撒,祂说“凯撒的物当归给凯撒, 神的物当归给 神”;撒都该人用七兄弟娶一妻的例子否定复活,耶稣说神是“活人的 神”。最后祂提醒门徒防备假冒为善的文士,并称赞把一切养生的都投上的穷寡妇。

今天你会读到

有人赞叹圣殿的美石,耶稣却预言圣殿将被拆毁。祂警告门徒:会有冒名的人、战争、地震和饥荒,门徒也要为祂的名受逼迫;耶路撒冷要被兵围困、被外邦人践踏;人子要驾云降临。所以要像看无花果树发芽一样留意时候,时时警醒祈求。

阅读小提示

留意耶稣一面说将有可怕的事,一面叫门徒不要慌:“不要受迷惑”“不要惊惶”,甚至“当挺身昂首”(、、)。

点时代可看说明

这段教训也记在 太 24 章和 可 13 章;许多解经家认为耶路撒冷被围困的部分在主后 70 年罗马攻城时应验,人子驾云降临则是教会一直等候的盼望。

路加福音 第 21 章

圣殿将被拆毁

5有人谈论是用美石和妆饰的;As some of the disciples were remarking how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and consecrated gifts, Jesus said,

6耶稣就说:“论到你们所看见的这一切,将来日子到了,在这里没有一块石头留在石头上,不被拆毁了。”“As for what you see here, the time will come when not one stone will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”

7他们问他说:“夫子!什么时候有这事呢?这事将到的时候有什么预兆呢?”“Teacher,” they asked, “when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?”

不要受迷惑

8耶稣说:“你们要谨慎,不要受迷惑;因为将来有好些人冒我的名来,说:‘我是基督’,又说:‘时候近了’,你们不要跟从他们!Jesus answered, “See to it that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.

9你们听见打仗和扰乱的事,不要惊惶;因为这些事必须先有,只是不能立时就到。”When you hear of wars and rebellions, do not be alarmed. These things must happen first, but the end is not imminent.”

10当时,耶稣对他们说:“民要攻打民,国要攻打国;Then He told them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.

11地要大大震动,多处必有饥荒、瘟疫,又有可怕的异象和大神迹从天上显现。There will be great earthquakes, famines, and pestilences in various places, along with fearful sights and great signs from heaven.

门徒要受逼迫

12但这一切的事以先,人要下手拿住你们,逼迫你们,把你们交给,并且收在监里,又为我的名拉你们到面前。But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.

13但这些事终必为你们的见证。This will be your opportunity to serve as witnesses.

14所以,你们当立定心意,不要预先思想怎样;So make up your mind not to worry beforehand how to defend yourselves.

15因为我必赐你们、智慧,是你们一切敌人所敌不住、驳不倒的。For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.

16连你们的父母、弟兄、亲族、朋友也要把你们交官;你们也有被他们害死的。You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.

17你们要为我的名被众人恨恶,And you will be hated by everyone because of My name.

18然而,你们连一根头发也必不损坏。Yet not even a hair of your head will perish.

19你们,就必保全灵魂(或译:必得生命)。”By your patient endurance you will gain your souls.

耶路撒冷被围困

20“你们看见耶路撒冷被兵围困,就可知道它成的日子近了。But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near.

21那时,在犹太的应当逃到山上;在城里的应当出来;在乡下的不要进城;Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city.

22因为这是报应的日子,使经上所写的都得应验。For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.

23当那些日子,怀孕的和奶孩子的有祸了!因为将有大灾难降在这地方,也有震怒临到这百姓。How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.

24他们要倒在刀下,又被掳到各国去。耶路撒冷要被外邦人践踏,直到满了。”They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

人子驾云降临

25“日、月、星辰要显出异兆,地上的邦国也有困苦;因海中波浪的响声,就慌慌不定。There will be signs in the sun and moon and stars, and on the earth dismay among the nations, bewildered by the roaring of the sea and the surging of the waves.

26天势都要震动,人想起那将要临到世界的事,就都吓得。Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

27那时,他们要看见人子有能力,有大荣耀驾云降临。At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory.

28一有这些事,你们就当,因为你们得赎的日子近了。”When these things begin to happen, stand up and lift up your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”

无花果树的比喻

29–30耶稣又设比喻对他们说:“你们看和各样的树;它发芽的时候,你们一看见,自然晓得夏天近了。Then Jesus told them a parable: “Look at the fig tree and all the trees. When they sprout leaves, you can see for yourselves and know that summer is near.

31这样,你们看见这些事渐渐地成就,也该晓得 神的国近了。So also, when you see these things happening, know that the kingdom of God is near.

32我实在告诉你们,这世代还没有过去,这些事都要成就。Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.

33天地要废去,我的话却不能废去。”Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

要时时警醒

34“你们要谨慎,恐怕因贪食、醉酒,并今生的思虑你们的心,那日子就如同网罗忽然临到你们;But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.

35因为那日子要这样临到全地上一切居住的人。For it will come upon all who dwell on the face of all the earth.

36你们要时时警醒,常常祈求,使你们能逃避这一切要来的事,得以站立在人子面前。”So keep watch at all times, and pray that you may have the strength to escape all that is about to happen and to stand before the Son of Man.”

摘要

耶稣预言圣殿将被彻底拆毁,并描述末世的种种征兆:战争、地震、饥荒、逼迫临到,信徒要为主的名被恨恶,但神应许赐口才智慧,连一根头发也不损坏。耶稣以无花果树发芽的比喻教导门徒辨认时代的记号,并严肃警告要警醒祈求,不可被贪食醉酒和今生思虑缠累,好在人子再来时能坦然站立。

反思问题

  1. 耶稣警告不要被‘贪食、醉酒和今生的思虑’累住心。在你目前的生活中,哪些事物最容易分散你对永恒事物的注意力?
  2. 面对患难和逼迫,耶稣应许赐下口才与智慧。你是否经历过在困难中经历神特别的供应和带领?这如何坚固你的信心?
  3. 耶稣说‘天地要废去,我的话却不能废去’。在充满不确定的世代中,你如何更深地将信心根基建立在神的话语上?