今日读经

旧约 列王纪下 23:30下–25:26
新约 约翰福音 17:1–26

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旧约列王纪下 23:30下–25:26

前情提要

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昨天():约西亚修理圣殿时找到律法书,他撕裂衣服、与百姓立约,彻底清除偶像、守逾越节,是空前绝后尽心归向耶和华的王;但神向犹大的怒气仍不止息,约西亚最后在米吉多被埃及王尼哥所杀。

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犹大最后几个王:约哈斯被法老尼哥废掉带到埃及;约雅敬先服埃及、再服巴比伦,后来背叛;约雅斤投降,和首领、工匠一起被掳到巴比伦;西底家背叛巴比伦,耶路撒冷被围、城破殿焚。巴比伦立基大利作省长,他却被刺杀,剩下的人逃往埃及。

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留意 、 一再说明亡国的原因:这不只是强国之间的角力,“诚然是耶和华所命的”,是百姓长久犯罪、不肯回头的结果。

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主前 597 年约雅斤和许多人被掳到巴比伦(以西结也在这一批,);主前 586 年(也有学者算作 587 年)耶路撒冷城破、圣殿被焚,南国犹大灭亡。

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列王纪下 第 23 章

约哈斯作王三个月

30他的臣仆用车将他的尸首从米吉多送到耶路撒冷,葬在他自己的坟墓里。国民膏约西亚的儿子约哈斯接续他父亲作王。From Megiddo his servants carried his body in a chariot, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in place of his father.

31约哈斯登基的时候年二十三岁,在耶路撒冷作王三个月。他母亲名叫哈慕她,是立拿人耶利米的女儿。Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

32约哈斯行耶和华眼中看为恶的事,效法他列祖一切所行的。And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.

33法老尼哥将约哈斯在哈马地的利比拉,不许他在耶路撒冷作王,又罚犹大国银子一百,金子一他连得。And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz at Riblah in the land of Hamath so that he could not reign in Jerusalem, and he imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

法老立约雅敬作王

34法老尼哥立约西亚的儿子以利亚敬接续他父亲约西亚作王,给他改名叫约雅敬,却将约哈斯带到埃及,他就死在那里。Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, where he died.

35约雅敬将金银给法老,遵着法老的命向国民金银,按着各人的力量派定,索要金银,好给法老尼哥。So Jehoiakim paid the silver and gold to Pharaoh Neco, but to meet Pharaoh’s demand he taxed the land and exacted the silver and the gold from the people, each according to his wealth.

36约雅敬登基的时候年二十五岁,在耶路撒冷作王十一年。他母亲名叫西布大,是鲁玛人毗大雅的女儿。Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah.

37约雅敬行耶和华眼中看为恶的事,效法他列祖一切所行的。And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his fathers had done.

列王纪下 第 24 章

尼布甲尼撒来攻,约雅敬背叛

1约雅敬年间,巴比伦王上到犹大;约雅敬服事他三年,然后背叛他。During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.

2耶和华使迦勒底军、亚兰军、摩押军,和亚扪人的军来攻击约雅敬,毁灭犹大,正如耶和华借他仆人众先知所说的。And the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.

3这祸临到犹大人,诚然是耶和华所命的,要将他们从自己面前赶出,是因玛拿西所犯的一切罪;Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done,

4又因他流无辜人的血,充满了耶路撒冷;耶和华决不肯赦免。and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.

5约雅敬其余的事,凡他所行的都写在犹大列王记上。As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

6约雅敬与他列祖同睡。他儿子约雅斤接续他作王。And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.

7埃及王不再从他国中出来;因为巴比伦王将埃及王所管之地,从埃及小河直到幼发拉底河都夺去了。Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

约雅斤投降,被掳到巴比伦

8约雅斤登基的时候年十八岁,在耶路撒冷作王三个月。他母亲名叫尼护施她,是耶路撒冷人以利拿单的女儿。Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem.

9约雅斤行耶和华眼中看为恶的事,效法他父亲一切所行的。And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his father had done.

10那时,巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的军兵上到耶路撒冷,围困城。At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.

11当他军兵围困城的时候,巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒就亲自来了。And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.

12犹大王约雅斤和他母亲、臣仆、首领、太监一同出城,投降巴比伦王;巴比伦王便拿住他。那时是巴比伦王第八年。Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.

13巴比伦王将耶和华殿和王宫里的宝物都拿去了,将以色列王所罗门所造耶和华殿里的金器都毁坏了,正如耶和华所说的;As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.

14又将耶路撒冷的众民和众首领,并所有大能的勇士,共一万人,连一切木匠、都掳了去;除了国中极贫穷的人以外,没有剩下的;He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.

15并将约雅斤和王母、后妃、太监,与国中的大官,都从耶路撒冷掳到巴比伦去了;Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

16又将一切勇士七千人和木匠、铁匠一千人,都是能上阵的勇士,全掳到巴比伦去了。The king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle.

西底家作王

17巴比伦王立约雅斤的叔叔玛探雅代替他作王,给玛探雅改名叫西底家。Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.

18西底家登基的时候年二十一岁,在耶路撒冷作王十一年。他母亲名叫哈慕她,是立拿人耶利米的女儿。Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

19西底家行耶和华眼中看为恶的事,是照约雅敬一切所行的。And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.

20因此耶和华的怒气在耶路撒冷和犹大发作,以致将人民从自己面前赶出。For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.

列王纪下 第 25 章

耶路撒冷被围

1西底家背叛巴比伦王。他作王第九年十月初十日,巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒率领全军来攻击耶路撒冷,对城安营,四围攻城。So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.

2于是城被围困,直到西底家王十一年。And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.

3四月初九日,城里有大饥荒,甚至百姓都没有粮食。By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.

城破,西底家被擒

4城被攻破,一切兵丁就在夜间从靠近王园两城中间的门逃跑。迦勒底人正在四围攻城,王就向亚拉巴逃走。Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,

5迦勒底的军队追赶王,在耶利哥的平原追上他;他的全军都离开他四散了。but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.

6迦勒底人就拿住王,带他到在的巴比伦王那里审判他。The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.

7在西底家眼前杀了他的众子,并且了西底家的眼睛,用铜链锁着他,带到巴比伦去。And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

圣殿和城被焚烧

8巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒十九年五月初七日,巴比伦王的臣仆、尼布撒拉旦来到耶路撒冷,On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

9用火焚烧耶和华的殿和王宫,又焚烧耶路撒冷的房屋,就是各家的房屋。He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

10跟从护卫长迦勒底的全军就拆毁耶路撒冷四围的城墙。And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

11那时护卫长尼布撒拉旦将城里所剩下的百姓,并已经投降巴比伦王的人,以及大众所剩下的人,都掳去了。Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.

12但护卫长留下些民中最穷的,使他们修理葡萄园,耕种田地。But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

圣殿的铜器被运走

13耶和华殿的铜柱,并耶和华殿的盆座和,迦勒底人都打碎了,将那铜运到巴比伦去了,Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.

14又带去锅、铲子、、调羹,并所用的一切铜器,They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.

15火鼎、碗,无论金的银的,护卫长也都带去了。The captain of the guard also took away the censers and sprinkling bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.

16所罗门为耶和华殿所造的两根铜柱、一个铜海,和几个盆座,这一切的铜,多得无法可称。As for the two pillars, the Sea, and the movable stands that Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.

17这一根柱子高十八肘,柱上有铜顶,高三肘;铜顶的周围有网子和石榴,都是铜的。那一根柱子,照此一样,也有网子。Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall. The bronze capital atop one pillar was three cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its network, was similar.

祭司和首领被杀

18护卫长拿住大祭司西莱雅、副祭司西番亚,和三个把门的,The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

19又从城中拿住一个管理兵丁的官(或译:太监),并在城里所遇常见王面的五个人和检点国民军长的书记,以及城里遇见的国民六十个人。Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as five royal advisors. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.

20护卫长尼布撒拉旦将这些人带到在利比拉的巴比伦王那里。Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

21巴比伦王就把他们击杀在哈马地的利比拉。这样,犹大人被掳去离开本地。There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.

基大利作省长

22至于犹大国剩下的民,就是巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒所剩下的,巴比伦王立了沙番的孙子、亚希甘的儿子作他们的省长。Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, over the people he had left behind in the land of Judah.

23众军长和属他们的人听见巴比伦王立了基大利作省长,于是军长尼探雅的儿子以实玛利、加利亚的儿子约哈难、尼陀法人单户蔑的儿子西莱雅、玛迦人的儿子雅撒尼亚,和属他们的人都到米斯巴见基大利。When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.

24基大利向他们和属他们的人起誓说:“你们不必惧怕迦勒底臣仆,只管住在这地服事巴比伦王,就可以得福。”And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”

基大利被刺,众人逃往埃及

25七月间,宗室以利沙玛的孙子、尼探雅的儿子以实玛利带着十个人来,杀了基大利和同他在米斯巴的犹大人与迦勒底人。In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

26于是众民,无论大小,连众军长;因为惧怕迦勒底人,都起身往埃及去了。Then all the people small and great, together with the commanders of the army, arose and fled to Egypt for fear of the Chaldeans.

摘要

约西亚王发动犹大国史上最彻底的宗教改革,拆毁偶像邱坛、洁净圣殿、恢复逾越节,被誉为前无古人后无来者的敬虔君王。然而因玛拿西积累的罪孽,神对犹大的审判仍不止息——约西亚战死后,继任诸王皆行恶,巴比伦分批掳掠耶路撒冷,最终焚毁圣殿、拆毁城墙,犹大国彻底覆亡。卷末以约雅斤在被掳三十七年后获巴比伦王恩待作结,在绝望中留下一丝盼望的微光。

反思问题

  1. 约西亚的改革虽彻底却未能扭转国家命运,这提醒你个人的悔改与顺服在哪些方面仍然有其不可替代的价值?
  2. 犹大诸王一再“行耶和华眼中看为恶的事”,你在生活中是否也有明知不对却反复陷入的模式?如何寻求突破?
  3. 约雅斤在漫长囚禁后意外蒙恩,当你处于看似无望的等待中,这段记载如何帮助你持守对神的信心?

新约约翰福音 17:1–26

前情提要

上回说到

昨天():耶稣说祂去是与门徒有益的,因为保惠师要来,引导他们明白一切真理;他们的忧愁要变为喜乐。祂最后说:“在世上,你们有苦难;但你们可以放心,我已经胜了世界。”

今天你会读到

耶稣被捕以前举目望天祷告:先求父荣耀儿子;再为门徒求父保守他们、用真理使他们成圣;最后为将来因门徒的话信祂的人祈求,使他们合而为一。这段祷告传统上称为大祭司的祷告。

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留意 :耶稣也为“那些因他们的话信我的人祈求”——今天读这段经文的你,也在祂的祷告里。

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约主后 30/33 年逾越节前夕,耶稣被卖那一夜,在出去到园子之前的祷告()。

约翰福音 第 17 章

父啊,荣耀你的儿子

1耶稣说了这话,就举目望天,说:“父啊,时候到了,愿你荣耀你的儿子,使儿子也荣耀你;When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.

2正如你曾赐给他权柄管理,叫他将永生赐给你所赐给他的人。For You granted Him authority over all people, so that He may give eternal life to all those You have given Him.

3认识你—独一的真 神,并且认识你所差来的耶稣基督,这就是。Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

4我在地上已经荣耀你,你所托付我的事,我已了。I have glorified You on earth by accomplishing the work You gave Me to do.

5父啊,现在求你使我同你享荣耀,就是未有世界以先,我同你所有的荣耀。And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.

为门徒祈求

6“你从世上赐给我的人,我已将你的名显明与他们。他们本是你的,你将他们赐给我,他们也遵守了你的道。I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.

7如今他们知道,凡你所赐给我的,都是从你那里来的;Now they know that everything You have given Me comes from You.

8因为你所赐给我的道,我已经赐给他们,他们也领受了,又确实知道,我是从你出来的,并且信你差了我来。For I have given them the words You gave Me, and they have received them. They knew with certainty that I came from You, and they believed that You sent Me.

9我为他们祈求,不为世人祈求,却为你所赐给我的人祈求,因他们本是你的。I ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours.

10凡是我的,都是你的;你的也是我的,并且我因他们得了荣耀。All I have is Yours, and all You have is Mine; and in them I have been glorified.

求你保守他们

11从今以后,我不在世上,他们却在世上;我往你那里去。圣父啊,求你因你所赐给我的名保守他们,叫他们合而为一像我们一样。I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.

12我与他们同在的时候,因你所赐给我的名保守了他们,我也了他们;其中除了那,没有一个灭亡的,好叫经上的话得应验。While I was with them, I protected and preserved them by Your name, the name You gave Me. Not one of them has been lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.

13现在我往你那里去,我还在世上说这话,是叫他们心里充满我的喜乐。But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.

他们不属世界

14我已将你的道赐给他们。世界又恨他们;因为他们不属世界,正如我不属世界一样。I have given them Your word and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

15我不求你叫他们离开世界,只求你保守他们脱离(或译:脱离罪恶)。I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one.

16他们不属世界,正如我不属世界一样。They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.

用真理使他们成圣

17求你用真理使他们;你的道就是真理。Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.

18你怎样差我到世上,我也照样差他们到世上。As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world.

19我为他们的缘故,自己分别为圣,叫他们也因真理成圣。For them I sanctify Myself, so that they too may be sanctified by the truth.

为将来信的人祈求

20“我不但为这些人祈求,也为那些因他们的话信我的人祈求,I am not asking on behalf of them alone, but also on behalf of those who will believe in Me through their message,

21使他们都。正如你父在我里面,我在你里面,使他们也在我们里面,叫世人可以信你差了我来。that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

22你所赐给我的荣耀,我已赐给他们,使他们合而为一,像我们合而为一。I have given them the glory You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one—

23我在他们里面,你在我里面,使他们完完全全地合而为一,叫世人知道你差了我来,也知道你爱他们如同爱我一样。I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.

愿他们看见我的荣耀

24父啊,我在哪里,愿你所赐给我的人也同我在那里,叫他们看见你所赐给我的荣耀;因为,你已经爱我了。Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

25公义的父啊,世人未曾认识你,我却认识你;这些人也知道你差了我来。Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.

26我已将你的名指示他们,还要指示他们,使你所爱我的爱在他们里面,我也在他们里面。”And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”

摘要

约翰福音第十七章记载耶稣在受难前向父神献上的大祭司祷告。祂先为自己祈求得荣耀以完成救赎使命,接着为门徒祈求保守与成圣,最后将祷告扩展到历世历代因福音而信的人,求他们都合而为一,好让世人认识父的爱与差遣。整篇祷告彰显了父与子之间从创世以前就存在的爱,以及耶稣渴望将这份爱分赐给属祂之人的心意。

反思问题

  1. 耶稣定义永生为‘认识独一真神并认识祂所差来的耶稣基督’,这如何重新塑造你对信仰生活的核心追求?
  2. 耶稣不求门徒离开世界,只求保守他们脱离恶者——你如何在日常的职场、家庭或社交环境中活出‘在世界却不属世界’的张力?
  3. 耶稣反复为信徒的‘合而为一’祷告,在你目前的教会或团契生活中,有哪些具体的关系需要你主动迈出和好或合一的步伐?