今日读经

旧约 诗篇 120–131 篇
新约 哥林多前书 10:1–11:1

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旧约诗篇 120–131 篇

前情提要

上回说到

昨天():诗篇第 119 篇的后半。“你的话是我脚前的灯,是我路上的光”;诗人在患难中仍喜爱神的律法,最后承认“我如亡羊走迷了路”,求神来寻找他。

今天你会读到

120–134 篇的标题都是“上行之诗”。今天读前 12 篇:住在好争战的人中间的苦(120 篇)、向山举目求帮助(121 篇)、为耶路撒冷求平安(122 篇)、被掳的人归回时“好像做梦的人”(126 篇)、从深处求告(130 篇),最后像断过奶的孩子安静在神面前(131 篇)。

阅读小提示

上行之诗传统认为是以色列人每年上耶路撒冷守节时,一路走、一路唱的诗歌;耶路撒冷建在山上,去那里总是往上走。读的时候可以想像一群朝圣的人边走边唱。

■ 当时 □ 预言所指

点时代可看说明

这组诗的年代不一:标题提到大卫(122、124、131 篇)和所罗门(127 篇);126 篇讲到被掳的人回到锡安,可能写于归回以后。

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诗篇 第 120 章

住在恨恶和睦的人中间

1((或作登阶,下同)之诗。)我在急难中求告耶和华,他就应允我。A song of ascents. In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He answered me.

2耶和华啊,求你救我脱离说谎的嘴唇和诡诈的舌头!Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.

3诡诈的舌头啊,要给你什么呢?要拿什么加给你呢?What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue?

4就是勇士的利箭和(小树名,松类)的炭火。Sharp arrows will come from the warrior, with burning coals of the broom tree!

5我寄居在,住在基达帐棚之中,有祸了!Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!

6我与那恨恶和睦的人许久同住。Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace.

7我愿和睦,但我发言,他们就要争战。I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war.

诗篇 第 121 章

我要向山举目

1(上行之诗。)我要向山举目;我的帮助从何而来?A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?

2我的帮助从造天地的耶和华而来。My help comes from the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

3他必不叫你的脚摇动;保护你的必不!He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber.

4保护以色列的,也不打盹也不睡觉。Behold, the Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.

5保护你的是耶和华;耶和华在你右边你。The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand.

6白日,太阳必不伤你;夜间,月亮必不害你。The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night.

7耶和华要保护你,免受一切的灾害;他要保护你的性命。The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.

8你出你入,耶和华要保护你,从今时直到永远。The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.

诗篇 第 122 章

为耶路撒冷求平安

1(大卫上行之诗。)人对我说:我们往耶和华的殿去,我就欢喜。A song of ascents. Of David. I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the LORD.”

2耶路撒冷啊,我们的脚站在你的门内。Our feet are standing in your gates, O Jerusalem.

3耶路撒冷被建造,如同连络整齐的一座城。Jerusalem is built up as a city united together,

4众支派,就是耶和华的支派,上那里去,按以色列的常例(或译:作以色列的证据)称赞耶和华的名。where the tribes go up, the tribes of the LORD, as a testimony for Israel, to give thanks to the name of the LORD.

5因为在那里设立审判的宝座,就是大卫家的宝座。For there the thrones of judgment stand, the thrones of the house of David.

6你们要为耶路撒冷求平安!耶路撒冷啊,爱你的人必然兴旺!Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper.

7愿你城中平安!愿你宫内兴旺!May there be peace within your walls, and prosperity inside your fortresses.”

8因我弟兄和同伴的缘故,我要说:愿平安在你中间!For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within you.”

9因耶和华—我们 神殿的缘故,我要为你求福!For the sake of the house of the LORD our God, I will seek your prosperity.

诗篇 第 123 章

向坐在天上的主举目

1(上行之诗。)坐在天上的主啊,我向你举目。A song of ascents. I lift up my eyes to You, the One enthroned in heaven.

2看哪,仆人的眼睛怎样望主人的手,使女的眼睛怎样望主母的手,我们的眼睛也照样望耶和华—我们的 神,直到他怜悯我们。As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.

3耶和华啊,求你怜悯我们,怜悯我们!因为我们被藐视,已到极处。Have mercy on us, O LORD, have mercy, for we have endured much contempt.

4我们被那些安逸人的和骄傲人的藐视,已到极处。We have endured much scorn from the arrogant, much contempt from the proud.

诗篇 第 124 章

若不是耶和华帮助我们

1(大卫上行之诗。)以色列人要说:若不是耶和华帮助我们,A song of ascents. Of David. If the LORD had not been on our side—let Israel now declare—

2若不是耶和华帮助我们,当人起来攻击我们、if the LORD had not been on our side when men attacked us,

3向我们发怒的时候,就把我们活活地吞了。when their anger flared against us, then they would have swallowed us alive,

4那时,波涛必漫过我们,河水必淹没我们,then the floods would have engulfed us, then the torrent would have overwhelmed us,

5狂傲的水必淹没我们。then the raging waters would have swept us away.

6耶和华是应当称颂的!他没有把我们当交给他们吞吃(原文是牙齿)。Blessed be the LORD, who has not given us as prey to their teeth.

7我们好像雀鸟,从捕鸟人的里逃脱;网罗破裂,我们逃脱了。We have escaped like a bird from the snare of the fowler; the net is torn, and we have slipped away.

8我们得帮助,是在乎倚靠造天地之耶和华的名。Our help is in the name of the LORD, the Maker of heaven and earth.

诗篇 第 125 章

倚靠耶和华的人像锡安山

1(上行之诗。)倚靠耶和华的人好像,永不动摇。A song of ascents. Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion. It cannot be moved; it abides forever.

2众山怎样围绕耶路撒冷,耶和华也照样围绕他的百姓,从今时直到永远。As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds His people, both now and forevermore.

3恶人的杖不常落在义人的分上,免得义人伸手作恶。For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice.

4耶和华啊,求你善待那些为善和心里正直的人。Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, and to the upright in heart.

5至于那偏行弯曲道路的人,耶和华必使他和作恶的人一同出去受刑。愿平安归于以色列!But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.

诗篇 第 126 章

好像做梦的人

1(上行之诗。)当耶和华将那些被掳的带回锡安的时候,我们好像做梦的人。A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.

2我们满口喜笑、满舌欢呼的时候,外邦中就有人说:耶和华为他们行了大事!Then our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with shouts of joy. Then it was said among the nations, “The LORD has done great things for them.”

3耶和华果然为我们行了大事,我们就欢喜。The LORD has done great things for us; we are filled with joy.

4耶和华啊,求你使我们被掳的人归回,好像复流。Restore our captives, O LORD, like streams in the Negev.

5流泪撒种的,必欢呼收割!Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.

6那带种流泪出去的,必要欢欢乐乐地带禾捆回来!He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.

诗篇 第 127 章

若不是耶和华建造房屋

1(所罗门上行之诗。)若不是耶和华建造房屋,建造的人就劳力;若不是耶和华看守城池,看守的人就枉然警醒。A song of ascents. Of Solomon. Unless the LORD builds the house, its builders labor in vain; unless the LORD protects the city, its watchmen stand guard in vain.

2你们清晨早起,夜晚安歇,吃劳碌得来的饭,本是枉然;惟有耶和华所亲爱的,必叫他安然睡觉。In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat—for He gives sleep to His beloved.

3儿女是耶和华所赐的产业;所怀的胎是他所给的赏赐。Children are indeed a heritage from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is His reward.

4少年时所生的儿女好像勇士手中的箭。Like arrows in the hand of a warrior, so are children born in one’s youth.

5箭袋充满的人便为有福;他们和仇敌说话的时候,必不至于羞愧。Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. He will not be put to shame when he confronts the enemies at the gate.

诗篇 第 128 章

敬畏耶和华的人有福

1(上行之诗。)凡敬畏耶和华、遵行他道的人便为有福!A song of ascents. Blessed are all who fear the LORD, who walk in His ways!

2你要吃劳碌得来的;你要享福,事情顺利。For when you eat the fruit of your labor, blessings and prosperity will be yours.

3你妻子在你的内室,好像多结果子的葡萄树;你儿女围绕你的桌子,好像。Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.

4看哪,敬畏耶和华的人必要这样蒙福!In this way indeed shall blessing come to the man who fears the LORD.

5愿耶和华从锡安赐福给你!愿你一生一世看见耶路撒冷的好处!May the LORD bless you from Zion, that you may see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life,

6愿你看见你儿女的儿女!愿平安归于以色列!that you may see your children’s children. Peace be upon Israel!

诗篇 第 129 章

从幼年屡受苦害

1(上行之诗。)以色列当说:从我幼年以来,敌人屡次苦害我,A song of ascents. Many a time they have persecuted me from my youth—let Israel now declare—

2从我幼年以来,敌人屡次苦害我,却没有胜了我。many a time they have persecuted me from my youth, but they have not prevailed against me.

3如同扶犁的在我背上,耕的犁沟甚长。The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.

4耶和华是公义的;他砍断了恶人的绳索。The LORD is righteous; He has cut me from the cords of the wicked.

5愿恨恶锡安的都蒙羞退后!May all who hate Zion be turned back in shame.

6愿他们像,未长成而枯干,May they be like grass on the rooftops, which withers before it can grow,

7收割的不够一把,捆禾的也不满怀。unable to fill the hands of the reaper, or the arms of the binder of sheaves.

8过路的也不说:愿耶和华所赐的福归与你们!我们奉耶和华的名给你们祝福!May none who pass by say to them, “The blessing of the LORD be on you; we bless you in the name of the LORD.”

诗篇 第 130 章

从深处求告

1(上行之诗。)耶和华啊,我从深处向你求告!A song of ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!

2主啊,求你听我的声音!愿你侧耳听我恳求的声音!O Lord, hear my voice; let Your ears be attentive to my plea for mercy.

3主—耶和华啊,你若罪孽,谁能站得住呢?If You, O LORD, kept track of iniquities, then who, O Lord, could stand?

4但在你有赦免之恩,要叫人敬畏你。But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.

5我等候耶和华,我的心等候;我也仰望他的话。I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

6我的心等候主,胜于守夜的,等候天亮,胜于守夜的,等候天亮。My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning—more than watchmen wait for the morning.

7以色列啊,你当仰望耶和华!因他有慈爱,有丰盛的救恩。O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is loving devotion, and with Him is redemption in abundance.

8他必救赎以色列脱离一切的罪孽。And He will redeem Israel from all iniquity.

诗篇 第 131 章

我的心不狂傲

1(大卫上行之诗。)耶和华啊,我的心不狂傲,我的眼不高大;重大和测不透的事,我也不敢行。A song of ascents. Of David. My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.

2我的心平稳安静,好像在他母亲的怀中;我的心在我里面真像断过奶的孩子。Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

3以色列啊,你当仰望耶和华,从今时直到永远!O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, both now and forevermore.

摘要

诗篇一二○至一三一篇为上行之诗,记录朝圣者从寄居异地到登上锡安的心路历程。诗人在敌对环境中呼求神的拯救与保护,宣告耶和华是建造、看守、赦罪与赐福的源头,并教导倚靠神的人如锡安山永不动摇。这组诗篇从急难中的呼求,经过信靠与等候,最终归向谦卑安息——心如断奶孩子般平稳安静,仰望耶和华直到永远。

反思问题

  1. 在生活中遭遇谎言、讥诮或敌对时,你如何像诗人一样转向神寻求帮助,而非靠自己的力量回击?
  2. 诗篇一二七篇提醒我们若非耶和华建造便枉然劳力,你目前的工作、家庭或事奉中,有哪些地方需要从自力更生转为倚靠神?
  3. 诗篇一三一篇描述心如断奶孩子般的谦卑安息,你在哪些“重大和测不透的事”上需要放手,学习在神面前安静等候?

新约哥林多前书 10:1–11:1

前情提要

上回说到

昨天(9 章):保罗说自己身为使徒,本来有权利靠福音生活,却一概不用;他“向甚么样的人,我就作甚么样的人”,并且像赛跑的人一样节制、攻克己身,免得自己反被弃绝。

今天你会读到

保罗用以色列人出埃及后在旷野的经历作鉴戒:他们都经历过神的作为,却因拜偶像、行淫、试探主、发怨言倒毙在旷野。所以要逃避拜偶像,不能喝主的杯又喝鬼的杯;无论吃喝,都要为荣耀神,也顾到别人的益处。

阅读小提示

是许多信徒背过的经文:神“必不叫你们受试探过于所能受的”,而且“总要给你们开一条出路”。也留意前一节的提醒:自以为站得稳的,更要谨慎。

点时代可看说明

传统认为约主后 53–55 年写于以弗所。保罗提到的旷野事件记在出埃及记和民数记(、、)。

哥林多前书 第 10 章

祖宗在旷野的经历

1弟兄们,我不愿意你们不晓得,我们的祖宗从前都在云下,都从海中经过,I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.

2都在云里、海里;They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.

3并且都吃了一样的灵食,They all ate the same spiritual food

4也都喝了一样的灵水。所喝的,是出于随着他们的;那磐石就是基督。and drank the same spiritual drink; for they drank from the spiritual rock that accompanied them, and that rock was Christ.

5但他们中间多半是 神不喜欢的人,所以在旷野倒毙。Nevertheless, God was not pleased with most of them, for they were struck down in the wilderness.

这些事都是我们的鉴戒

6这些事都是我们的,叫我们不要贪恋恶事,像他们那样贪恋的;These things took place as examples to keep us from craving evil things as they did.

7也不要拜偶像,像他们有人拜的。如经上所记:“百姓坐下吃喝,起来。”Do not be idolaters, as some of them were. As it is written: “The people sat down to eat and drink and got up to indulge in revelry.”

8我们也不要行奸淫,像他们有人行的,一天就倒毙了二万三千人;We should not commit sexual immorality, as some of them did, and in one day twenty-three thousand of them died.

9也不要(有古卷:基督),像他们有人试探的,就被蛇所灭。We should not test Christ, as some of them did, and were killed by snakes.

10你们也不要,像他们有发怨言的,就被所灭。And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.

11他们遭遇这些事都要作为鉴戒,并且写在经上,正是警戒我们这的人。Now these things happened to them as examples and were written down as warnings for us, on whom the fulfillment of the ages has come.

12所以,自己以为站得稳的,须要谨慎,免得跌倒。So the one who thinks he is standing firm should be careful not to fall.

13你们所遇见的试探,无非是人所能受的。 神是信实的,必不叫你们受试探过于所能受的;在受试探的时候,总要给你们开一条,叫你们能忍受得住。No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; He will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, He will also provide an escape, so that you can stand up under it.

要逃避拜偶像的事

14我所亲爱的弟兄啊,你们要逃避拜偶像的事。Therefore, my beloved, flee from idolatry.

15我好像对明白人说的,你们要审察我的话。I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.

16我们所,岂不是基督的血吗?我们所擘开的饼,岂不是同领基督的身体吗?Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?

17我们虽多,仍是一个饼,一个身体,因为我们都是分受这一个饼。Because there is one loaf, we who are many are one body; for we all partake of the one loaf.

18你们看属肉体的以色列人,那吃祭物的岂不是在祭坛上有分吗?Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?

19我是怎么说呢?岂是说祭偶像之物算得什么呢?或说偶像算得什么呢?Am I suggesting, then, that food sacrificed to an idol is anything, or that an idol is anything?

20我乃是说,外邦人所献的祭是,不是祭 神。我不愿意你们与鬼相交。No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.

21你们不能喝主的杯又喝鬼的杯,不能吃主的筵席又吃鬼的筵席。You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.

22我们可惹主的吗?我们比他还有能力吗?Are we trying to provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

凡事都可行,但不都造就人

23凡事都可行,但不都有益处。凡事都可行,但不都造就人。“Everything is permissible,” but not everything is beneficial. “Everything is permissible,” but not everything is edifying.

24无论何人,不要求自己的益处,乃要求别人的益处。No one should seek his own good, but the good of others.

25凡所卖的,你们只管吃,不要为良心的缘故问什么话,Eat anything sold in the meat market without raising questions of conscience,

26因为地和其中所充满的都属乎主。for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”

27倘有一个不信的人请你们赴席,你们若愿意去,凡摆在你们面前的,只管吃,不要为良心的缘故问什么话。If an unbeliever invites you to a meal and you want to go, eat anything set before you without raising questions of conscience.

28若有人对你们说:“这是献过祭的物”,就要为那告诉你们的人,并为良心的缘故不吃。But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience—

29我说的良心不是你的,乃是他的。我这自由为什么被别人的良心论断呢?the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?

30我若谢恩而吃,为什么因我谢恩的物被人毁谤呢?If I partake in the meal with thankfulness, why am I denounced because of that for which I give thanks?

凡事都要为荣耀神而行

31所以,你们或吃或喝,无论做什么,都要为荣耀 神而行。So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all to the glory of God.

32不拘是犹太人,是希腊人,是 神的教会,你们都不要使他跌倒;Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—

33就好像我凡事都叫众人喜欢,不求自己的益处,只求众人的益处,叫他们得救。as I also try to please everyone in all I do. For I am not seeking my own good, but the good of many, that they may be saved.

哥林多前书 第 11 章

1你们该我,像我效法基督一样。You are to imitate me, just as I imitate Christ.

摘要

保罗以以色列人在旷野的失败为鉴戒,警告哥林多信徒不可贪恋恶事、拜偶像、行淫乱、试探主或发怨言,并强调神在试探中必开出路。他进而论述基督徒的自由应以荣耀神和造就人为原则,不可同时与主的筵席和鬼的筵席有分。最后,保罗纠正哥林多教会守圣餐的混乱,教导信徒当以敬畏的心省察自己,按理领受主的饼和杯,在聚会中彼此等待、合一相爱。

反思问题

  1. 保罗说‘自己以为站得稳的须要谨慎,免得跌倒’,你生命中是否有自认不会软弱的领域,其实需要更加警醒?
  2. ‘凡事都可行,但不都造就人’这个原则如何帮助你在日常选择中,从只考虑个人自由转为顾念他人的益处?
  3. 保罗强调领圣餐前要省察自己、分辨主的身体,你在参与教会敬拜和团契生活时,如何预备自己的心,避免流于形式?