今日读经

旧约 诗篇 98–102 篇
新约 哥林多前书 5:1–13

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旧约诗篇 98–102 篇

前情提要

上回说到

昨天(90–97 篇):诗篇第四卷开始,摩西求神教我们数算自己的日子;住在至高者隐密处的必蒙保护;一连几篇宣告“耶和华作王”,呼召全地向祂唱新歌、屈身敬拜。

今天你会读到

98 篇再次呼召全地唱新歌,连大水、诸山都要欢呼;99 篇三次宣告神“本为圣”;100 篇是一首简短的称谢诗;101 篇是君王立志行正直的道;102 篇是困苦人吐露苦情的祷告,最后仰望那永不改变的神。

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100 篇只有五节,很适合背下来。它邀请“普天下”都来敬拜,理由很简单:我们是神造的,是祂草场的羊,而祂的慈爱存到永远。

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101 篇标明是大卫的诗;102 篇提到锡安被毁、盼望神重建(),一般认为写于被掳时期。

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诗篇 第 98 章

向耶和华唱新歌

1(一篇诗。)你们要向耶和华唱新歌!因为他行过奇妙的事;他的右手和施行救恩。A Psalm. Sing to the LORD a new song, for He has done wonders; His right hand and holy arm have gained Him the victory.

2耶和华了他的救恩,在列邦人眼前显出公义;The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations.

3记念他向以色列家所发的慈爱,所凭的信实。地的四极都看见我们 神的救恩。He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

全地都要欢呼

4全地都要向耶和华欢乐;要发起大声,欢呼歌颂!Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises!

5要用琴歌颂耶和华,用琴和诗歌的声音歌颂他!Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp.

6用,在大君王耶和华面前欢呼!With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn shout for joy before the LORD, the King.

7愿海和其中所充满的澎湃;世界和住在其间的也要发声。Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it.

8愿大水拍手;愿诸山在耶和华面前一同欢呼;Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy

9因为他来要审判遍地。他要按公义审判世界,按公正审判万民。before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.

诗篇 第 99 章

耶和华作王,祂本为圣

1耶和华作王;万民当战抖!他坐在二基路伯上,地当动摇。The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake!

2耶和华在锡安为大;他超乎万民之上。Great is the LORD in Zion; He is exalted above all the peoples.

3他们当称赞他大而可畏的名;他!Let them praise Your great and awesome name—He is holy!

4王有能力,喜爱公平,坚立公正,在雅各中施行公平和公义。The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.

5你们当尊崇耶和华—我们的 神,在他前下拜。他本为圣!Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy!

摩西、亚伦和撒母耳求告祂

6在他的祭司中有摩西和亚伦;在求告他名的人中有。他们求告耶和华,他就应允他们。Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.

7他在中对他们说话;他们遵守他的法度和他所赐给他们的律例。He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.

8耶和华—我们的 神啊,你应允他们;你是赦免他们的 神,却按他们所行的报应他们。O LORD our God, You answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, yet an avenger of their misdeeds.

9你们要尊崇耶和华—我们的 神,在他的圣山下拜,因为耶和华—我们的 神本为圣!Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.

诗篇 第 100 章

普天下当向耶和华欢呼

1(。)普天下当向耶和华欢呼!A Psalm of thanksgiving. Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth.

2你们当乐意事奉耶和华,当来向他歌唱!Serve the LORD with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs.

3你们当晓得耶和华是 神!我们是他造的,也是属他的;我们是他的民,也是他草场的羊。Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.

4当称谢进入他的门;当赞美进入他的院。当感谢他,称颂他的名!Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.

5因为耶和华本为善。他的慈爱存到永远;他的信实直到万代。For the LORD is good, and His loving devotion endures forever; His faithfulness continues to all generations.

诗篇 第 101 章

我要存完全的心

1(大卫的诗)。我要歌唱慈爱和公平;耶和华啊,我要向你歌颂!A Psalm of David. I will sing of Your loving devotion and justice; to You, O LORD, I will sing praises.

2我要用智慧行完全的道。你几时到我这里来呢?我要存完全的心行在我家中。I will ponder the way that is blameless—when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.

3的事,我都不摆在我眼前;悖逆人所做的事,我甚恨恶,不容沾在我身上。I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

4弯曲的心思,我必远离;一切的恶人(或译:恶事),我不认识。A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.

恶人不得住在我家

5在暗中他邻居的,我必将他灭绝;眼目高傲、心里骄纵的,我必不容他。Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.

6我眼要看国中的诚实人,叫他们与我同住;行为完全的,他要我。My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way of integrity shall minister to me.

7行诡诈的,必不得住在我家里;说谎话的,必不得立在我眼前。No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence.

8我每日早晨要灭绝国中所有的恶人,好把一切作孽的从耶和华的城里剪除。Every morning I will remove all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off every evildoer from the city of the LORD.

诗篇 第 102 章

困苦人的祷告

1(困苦人发昏的时候,在耶和华面前吐露苦情的祷告。)耶和华啊,求你听我的祷告,容我的呼求达到你面前!A prayer of one who is afflicted, when he grows faint and pours out his lament before the LORD. Hear my prayer, O LORD; let my cry for help come before You.

2我在急难的日子,求你向我侧耳;不要向我掩面!我呼求的日子,求你快快应允我!Do not hide Your face from me in my day of distress. Incline Your ear to me; answer me quickly when I call.

3因为,我的年日如烟云消灭;我的骨头如火把烧着。For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.

4我的心被伤,如草枯干,甚至我忘记吃饭。My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.

5因我唉哼的声音,我的肉紧贴骨头。Through my loud groaning my skin hangs on my bones.

6我如同旷野的;我好像荒场的。I am like a desert owl, like an owl among the ruins.

7我警醒不睡;我像房顶上孤单的麻雀。I lie awake; I am like a lone bird on a housetop.

8我的仇敌终日辱骂我;向我猖狂的人指着我赌咒。All day long my enemies taunt me; they ridicule me and curse me.

9我吃过炉灰,如同吃饭;我所喝的与眼泪搀杂。For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears

10这都因你的恼恨和忿怒;你把我拾起来,又把我摔下去。because of Your indignation and wrath, for You have picked me up and cast me aside.

11我的年日如;我也如草枯干。My days are like lengthening shadows, and I wither away like grass.

你必起来怜恤锡安

12惟你—耶和华必存到永远;你可记念的名也存到万代。But You, O LORD, sit enthroned forever; Your renown endures to all generations.

13你必起来怜恤锡安,因现在是可怜她的时候,日期已经到了。You will rise up and have compassion on Zion, for it is time to show her favor—the appointed time has come.

14你的仆人原来喜悦她的石头,可怜她的尘土。For Your servants delight in her stones and take pity on her dust.

15列国要敬畏耶和华的名;世上诸王都敬畏你的荣耀。So the nations will fear the name of the LORD, and all the kings of the earth will fear Your glory.

16因为耶和华建造了锡安,在他荣耀里显现。For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.

17他垂听穷人的祷告,并不藐视他们的祈求。He will turn toward the prayer of the destitute; He will not despise their prayer.

为后代记下神的作为

18这必为后代的人记下,将来受造的民要赞美耶和华。Let this be written for the generation to come, so that a people not yet created may praise the LORD.

19因为,他从至高的圣所垂看;耶和华从天向地观察,For He looked down from the heights of His sanctuary; the LORD gazed out from heaven to earth

20要垂听被囚之人的叹息,要释放将要死的人,to hear a prisoner’s groaning, to release those condemned to death,

21使人在锡安传扬耶和华的名,在耶路撒冷传扬赞美他的话,that they may proclaim the name of the LORD in Zion and praise Him in Jerusalem,

22就是在万民和列国聚会事奉耶和华的时候。when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the LORD.

23他使我的力量中道衰弱,使我的年日短少。He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.

24我说:我的 神啊,不要使我中年去世。你的年数世世无穷!I say: “O my God, do not take me in the midst of my days! Your years go on through all generations.

天地都要改变,惟有你长存

25你起初立了地的根基;天也是你手所造的。In the beginning You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.

26天地都要灭没,你却要长存;天地都要如外衣渐渐旧了。你要将天地如更换,天地就都改变了。They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment. Like clothing You will change them, and they will be passed on.

27惟有你永不改变;你的年数没有穷尽。But You remain the same, and Your years will never end.

28你仆人的子孙要长存;他们的后裔要坚立在你面前。The children of Your servants will dwell securely, and their descendants will be established before You.”

摘要

诗篇九十八至一○二篇呼召全地向作王的耶和华唱新歌、欢呼称谢,因祂施行救恩、本为圣,并要按公义审判万民;祂是善的,慈爱与信实存到永远。大卫立志存完全的心、远离邪恶、亲近诚实人;困苦人则在年日如烟、孤单受辱中向神倾诉,并仰望永不改变的神怜恤锡安、垂听穷人的祷告。

反思问题

  1. 诗人呼召“向耶和华唱新歌”,回想最近神在你生命中行了什么奇妙的事,你可以如何用感恩与赞美回应祂?
  2. 大卫说“邪僻的事,我都不摆在我眼前”,在你的家庭与日常生活中,有哪些需要远离或除去的事物,好让你能存完全的心行事?
  3. 当你像诗一○二篇的困苦人一样感到孤单、年日虚渺时,“惟有你永不改变”这个真理如何成为你的安慰与盼望?

新约哥林多前书 5:1–13

前情提要

上回说到

昨天():保罗说使徒是基督的执事、神奥秘事的管家,判断他们的乃是主;他对比哥林多人自以为饱足、作王,使徒却被看作“世界上的污秽,万物中的渣滓”,并像父亲一样求他们效法他。

今天你会读到

教会中有人收了自己的继母,大家却还自高自大。保罗要他们把行这事的人从中间赶出去,并用面酵作比喻:一点面酵能使全团发起来,要除净旧酵;他也澄清,不是要他们离开世上所有犯罪的人,而是不可与自称弟兄却行这些事的人相交。

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留意 “我们逾越节的羔羊基督已经被杀献祭了”:犹太人过逾越节前要把家里的酵除净(),保罗借这个习俗说明教会也要除去罪恶。

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提到“我先前写信给你们”,可见保罗在这封信以前还写过一封信给哥林多教会,一般认为那封信没有保存下来。

哥林多前书 第 5 章

教会中的淫乱

1在你们中间有淫乱的事。这样的淫乱连外邦人中也没有,就是有人收了他的。It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.

2你们还是自高自大,并不,把行这事的人从你们中间赶出去。And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?

把这样的人交给撒但

3我身子虽不在你们那里,心却在你们那里,好像我亲自与你们同在,已经了行这事的人。Although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did this, just as if I were present.

4就是你们聚会的时候,我的心也同在。奉我们主耶稣的名,并用我们主耶稣的权能,When you are assembled in the name of our Lord Jesus and I am with you in spirit, along with the power of the Lord Jesus,

5要把这样的人,他的肉体,使他的灵魂在主耶稣的日子可以得救。hand this man over to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved on the Day of the Lord.

除净旧酵

6你们这自夸是不好的。岂不知一点能使发起来吗?Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?

7你们既是无酵的面,应当把旧酵除净,好使你们成为新团;因为我们的羔羊基督已经被杀献祭了。Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

8所以,我们守这节不可用旧酵,也不可用恶毒(或译:阴毒)、邪恶的酵,只用诚实真正的。Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.

不可与这样的人相交

9我先前写信给你们说,不可与淫乱的人相交。I wrote you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people.

10此话不是指这世上一概行淫乱的,或贪婪的,的,或拜偶像的;若是这样,你们除非离开世界方可。I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.

11但如今我写信给你们说,若有称为弟兄是行淫乱的,或贪婪的,或拜偶像的,或的,或醉酒的,或勒索的,这样的人不可与他相交,就是与他吃饭都不可。But now I am writing you not to associate with anyone who claims to be a brother but is sexually immoral or greedy, an idolater or a verbal abuser, a drunkard or a swindler. With such a man do not even eat.

审判教内的人

12因为审判与我何干?教内的人岂不是你们审判的吗?What business of mine is it to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?

13至于外人有 神审判他们。你们应当把那恶人从你们中间赶出去。God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked man from among you.”

摘要

保罗责备哥林多教会容让有人收继母的淫乱之事,却仍自高自大、不肯哀痛处理,吩咐他们奉主耶稣的名把行这事的人赶出去,盼望他的灵魂在主的日子得救。他以“一点面酵使全团发起来”为喻,指出基督作为逾越节羔羊已被献祭,信徒应除净旧酵,以诚实真正的无酵饼守节。保罗并澄清:不可与自称弟兄却行淫乱、贪婪、拜偶像等恶事的人相交,至于教外的人则由神审判。

反思问题

  1. 哥林多教会面对罪“并不哀痛”反而自夸,你对自己或群体中的罪是否也变得麻木?如何重新培养对罪的敏感与哀痛?
  2. “一点面酵能使全团发起来”,你生命中有哪些看似微小的“旧酵”(如恶毒、邪恶、不诚实),需要靠着基督的救赎把它除净?
  3. 保罗区分教内与教外的审判,提醒我们不需离开世界却要在教会中持守圣洁,你如何在爱中与弟兄姊妹彼此劝诫,又不对世人存论断的心?