旧约雅歌 4:16–8:14
前情提要
上回说到
昨天():新娘与良人彼此倾慕赞美;良人在春天邀她“起来,与我同去”;她夜间寻找心所爱的,终于找到;所罗门的华轿在婚筵之日到来;良人一一赞美新妇,称她是“关锁的园,禁闭的井”()。
今天你会读到
新妇邀良人进园;她迟迟开门,良人却已转身走了,她到城中寻找;她向众女子描述良人的俊美;良人再次赞美她;最后第 8 章宣告“爱情如死之坚强”,众水也不能息灭。
阅读小提示
留意新妇的告白怎样变化:“良人属我,我也属他”()、“我属我的良人,我的良人也属我”(),到“我属我的良人,他也恋慕我”()。
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传统认为雅歌是所罗门写的;它赞美夫妻之间的爱,历代犹太人和基督徒也常把它读成神与祂子民之间的爱的比喻。
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雅歌 第 4 章
请良人进入园中
16北风啊,兴起!南风啊,吹来!吹在我的园内,使其中的香气发出来。愿我的良人进入自己园里,吃他佳美的果子。Awake, O north wind, and come, O south wind. Breathe on my garden and spread the fragrance of its spices. Let my beloved come into his garden and taste its choicest fruits.
雅歌 第 5 章
1我妹子,我新妇,我进了我的园中,采了我的没药和香料,吃了我的和蜂蜜,喝了我的酒和奶。我的朋友们,请吃!我所亲爱的,请喝,且多多地喝!I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.
迟迟开门,良人已走
2我身睡卧,我心却醒。这是我良人的声音;他敲门说:我的妹子,我的佳偶,我的鸽子,我的完全人,求你给我开门;因我的头满了露水,我的头发被夜露滴湿。I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”
3我回答说:我脱了衣裳,怎能再穿上呢?我洗了脚,怎能再玷污呢?I have taken off my robe—must I put it back on? I have washed my feet—must I soil them again?
4我的良人从门孔里伸进手来,我便因他动了心。My beloved put his hand to the latch; my heart pounded for him.
5我起来,要给我良人开门。我的两手滴下没药;我的指头有没药汁滴在上。I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.
6我给我的良人开了门;我的良人却已转身走了。他说话的时候,我;我寻找他,竟寻不见;我呼叫他,他却不回答。I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.
7城中巡逻看守的人遇见我,打了我,伤了我;看守城墙的人夺去我的。I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.
8耶路撒冷的众女子啊,我嘱咐你们:若遇见我的良人,要告诉他,我因思爱成病。O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
我的良人超乎万人
9你这女子中极美丽的,你的良人比别人的良人有何强处?你的良人比别人的良人有何强处,你就这样嘱咐我们?How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?
10我的良人白而且红,超乎万人之上。My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.
11他的头像至精的金子;他的头发厚密,黑如乌鸦。His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.
12他的眼如溪水旁的鸽子眼,用奶洗净,安得合式。His eyes are like doves beside the streams of water, bathed in milk and mounted like jewels.
13他的两腮如香花畦,如香草台;他的嘴唇像百合花,且滴下没药汁。His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.
14他的两手好像金管,镶嵌;他的身体如同雕刻的象牙,周围镶嵌蓝宝石。His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is polished ivory bedecked with sapphires.
15他的腿好像白玉石柱,安在精金座上;他的形状如黎巴嫩,且佳美如香柏树。His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, as majestic as the cedars.
16他的口极其甘甜;他全然可爱。耶路撒冷的众女子啊,这是我的良人;这是我的朋友。His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
雅歌 第 6 章
良人往何处去了
1你这女子中极美丽的,你的良人往何处去了?你的良人转向何处去了,我们好与你同去寻找他。Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Which way has he turned? We will seek him with you.
2我的良人下入自己园中,到香花畦,在园内牧放群羊,采百合花。My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens and to gather lilies.
3我属我的良人,我的良人也属我;他在百合花中牧放群羊。I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
你美丽如得撒
4我的佳偶啊,你美丽如,秀美如耶路撒冷,威武如展开旌旗的军队。You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.
5求你掉转眼目不看我,因你的眼目使我。你的头发如同山羊群卧在基列山旁。Turn your eyes away from me, for they have overcome me. Your hair is like a flock of goats streaming down from Gilead.
6你的牙齿如一群母羊洗净上来,个个都有双生,没有一只丧掉子的。Your teeth are like a flock of sheep coming up from the washing; each has its twin, and not one of them is lost.
7你的两太阳在帕子内,如同一块石榴。Your brow behind your veil is like a slice of pomegranate.
8有六十王后八十妃嫔,并有无数的童女。There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number,
9我的鸽子,我的完全人,只有这一个是她母亲独生的,是生养她者所宝爱的。众女子见了就称她有福;王后妃嫔见了也赞美她。but my dove, my perfect one, is unique, the favorite of the mother who bore her. The maidens see her and call her blessed; the queens and concubines sing her praises.
如晨光发现的是谁
10那向外观看、如晨光发现、美丽如月亮、皎洁如日头、威武如展开旌旗军队的是谁呢?Who is this who shines like the dawn, as fair as the moon, as bright as the sun, as majestic as the stars in procession?
11我下入核桃园,要看谷中青绿的植物,要看葡萄发芽没有,石榴开花没有。I went down to the walnut grove to see the blossoms of the valley, to see if the vines were budding or the pomegranates were in bloom.
12不知不觉,我的心将我安置在我尊长的车中。Before I realized it, my desire had set me among the royal chariots of my people.
回来,书拉密女
13回来,回来,;你回来,你回来,使我们得观看你。你们为何要观看书拉密女,像观看跳舞的呢?Come back, come back, O Shulammite! Come back, come back, that we may gaze upon you. Why do you look at the Shulammite, as on the dance of Mahanaim?
雅歌 第 7 章
王女啊,你何其美好
1王女啊,你的脚在鞋中何其美好!你的大腿圆润,好像美玉,是巧匠的手做成的。How beautiful are your sandaled feet, O daughter of the prince! The curves of your thighs are like jewels, the handiwork of a master.
2你的肚脐如圆杯,不缺调和的酒;你的腰如一堆麦子,周围有百合花。Your navel is a rounded goblet; it never lacks blended wine. Your waist is a mound of wheat encircled by the lilies.
3你的两乳好像一对小鹿,就是母鹿双生的。Your breasts are like two fawns, twins of a gazelle.
4你的颈项如象牙台;你的眼目像、巴特·拉并门旁的水池;你的鼻子仿佛朝大马士革的黎巴嫩塔。Your neck is like a tower made of ivory; your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon by the gate of Bath-rabbim; your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, facing toward Damascus.
5你的头在你身上好像;你头上的发是紫黑色;王的心因这下垂的发绺系住了。Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel, the hair of your head like purple threads; the king is captured in your tresses.
6我所爱的,你何其美好!何其可悦,使人欢畅喜乐!How fair and pleasant you are, O love, with your delights!
7你的身量好像棕树;你的两乳如同其上的果子,累累下垂。Your stature is like a palm tree; your breasts are clusters of fruit.
8我说:我要上这棕树,抓住枝子。愿你的两乳好像葡萄累累下垂,你鼻子的气味香如苹果;I said, “I will climb the palm tree; I will take hold of its fruit.” May your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the fragrance of your breath like apples,
9你的口如上好的酒。女子说:为我的良人下咽舒畅,流入睡觉人的嘴中。and your mouth like the finest wine. May it flow smoothly to my beloved, gliding gently over lips and teeth.
我属我的良人
10我属我的良人,他也恋慕我。I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.
11我的良人,来吧!你我可以往田间去;你我可以在村庄住宿。Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside; let us spend the night among the wildflowers.
12我们早晨起来往葡萄园去,看看葡萄发芽开花没有,石榴放蕊没有;我在那里要将我的爱情给你。Let us go early to the vineyards to see if the vine has budded, if the blossom has opened, if the pomegranates are in bloom—there I will give you my love.
13放香,在我们的门内有各样新陈佳美的果子;我的良人,这都是我为你存留的。The mandrakes send forth a fragrance, and at our door is every delicacy, new as well as old, that I have treasured up for you, my beloved.
雅歌 第 8 章
巴不得你像我的兄弟
1巴不得你像我的兄弟,像吃我母亲奶的兄弟;我在外头遇见你就与你亲嘴,谁也不轻看我。O that you were to me like a brother who nursed at my mother’s breasts! If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you, and no one would despise me.
2我必引导你,领你进我母亲的家;我可以领受教训,也就使你喝石榴汁酿的香酒。I would lead you and bring you to the house of my mother who taught me. I would give you spiced wine to drink, the nectar of my pomegranates.
3他的左手必在我头下;他的右手必将我抱住。His left hand is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.
4耶路撒冷的众女子啊,我嘱咐你们:不要惊动、不要叫醒我所亲爱的,等他自己情愿(不要叫醒……情愿:或译不要激动爱情,等它自发)。O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
靠着良人上来:爱情如死之坚强
5那靠着良人从旷野上来的是谁呢?我在苹果树下叫醒你。你母亲在那里为你;生养你的在那里为你劬劳。Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.
6求你将我放在你心上如,带在你臂上如戳记。因为爱情如死之坚强,如阴间之残忍;所发的电光是火焰的电光,是耶和华的烈焰。Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.
7爱情,众水不能息灭,大水也不能淹没。若有人拿家中所有的财宝要换爱情,就全被藐视。Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.
我们有一小妹
8我们有一小妹;她的两乳尚未长成,人来提亲的日子,我们当为她怎样办理?We have a little sister, and her breasts are not yet grown. What shall we do for our sister on the day she is spoken for?
9她若是墙,我们要在其上建造银塔;她若是门,我们要用香柏木板围护她。If she is a wall, we will build a tower of silver upon her. If she is a door, we will enclose her with panels of cedar.
10我是墙;我两乳像其上的楼。那时,我在他眼中像得平安的人。I am a wall, and my breasts are like towers. So I have become in his eyes like one who brings peace.
我自己的葡萄园
11所罗门在有一葡萄园;他将这葡萄园交给看守的人,为其中的果子必交一千舍客勒银子。Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.
12我自己的葡萄园在我面前。所罗门哪,一千舍客勒归你,二百舍客勒归看守果子的人。But my own vineyard is mine to give; the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon, and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.
求你快来
13你这住在园中的,同伴都要听你的声音,求你使我也得听见。You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!
14我的良人哪,求你快来!如羚羊或小鹿在香草山上。Come away, my beloved, and be like a gazelle or a young stag on the mountains of spices.
摘要
雅歌第四至八章描绘新郎与新娘之间炽烈的爱情:新郎以丰富的意象赞美新娘的美丽,新娘也以同样深情回应良人的俊美与可爱。其间穿插新娘因迟延开门而与良人短暂分离、在城中寻找受伤的经历,表达爱情中的渴慕与失落。全书以“爱情如死之坚强”的宣告达到高峰,强调真爱不可被众水淹没、不可用财宝换取,是出于耶和华的烈焰。
反思问题
- 在雅歌中,新娘因犹豫迟延而错失与良人相会的时机()。你在与神或与人的关系中,是否也曾因迟疑而错过重要的回应时刻?你如何避免这种遗憾?
- “爱情如死之坚强……是耶和华的烈焰”()。这段经文如何帮助你理解神所设立的爱情本质?这对你看待婚姻或亲密关系有什么启发?
- 新娘在失去良人后不顾危险、忍受伤害也要寻找他()。在你的信仰生活中,当感觉神似乎沉默或远离时,你会如何坚持寻求祂?
新约以弗所书 1:1–23
书卷介绍:以弗所书保罗书信
信徒在基督里蒙福,并要在教会中合一,活出与蒙召相称的生活。
以弗所书前三章讲述神在基督里所赐的丰盛恩典:我们得救是本乎恩、也因着信。神借着十字架拆毁了犹太人和外邦人之间的隔断,使他们成为一个身体,就是教会。后三章教导信徒怎样在教会、家庭和工作中活出新生命。最后保罗劝勉信徒穿戴神所赐的全副军装,面对属灵的争战。
前情提要
上回说到
昨天读完加拉太书():保罗说要顺着圣灵而行,列出情欲的事和“圣灵所结的果子”;劝信徒彼此担当重担、行善不可丧志;最后说他只夸基督的十字架,要紧的是“作新造的人”。
今天你会读到
以弗所书的开头:保罗颂赞父神在基督里赐下各样属灵的福气:拣选、得儿子的名分、救赎、受圣灵为印记;接着为信徒祷告,求神使他们知道复活基督的大能,祂是教会的元首。
阅读小提示
留意 里重复的“得著称赞”(、、):这一大段在希腊原文其实是一个长句,每一段都以赞美神的荣耀作结。
点时代可看说明
传统认为是保罗约主后 60–62 年在罗马坐监时写的(、);有些古抄本没有“在以弗所”,有学者认为它原是给亚细亚一带众教会传阅的信。
以弗所书 第 1 章
问安
1奉 神旨意,作基督耶稣使徒的保罗,写信给在的圣徒,就是在基督耶稣里有忠心的人。Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus:
2愿恩惠、平安从 神我们的父和主耶稣基督归与你们!Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
父神的拣选
3愿颂赞归与我们主耶稣基督的父 神!他在基督里曾赐给我们天上各样属灵的福气:Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
4就如 神从创立世界以前,在基督里拣选了我们,使我们在他面前成为圣洁,无有;For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
5又因爱我们,就按着自己的意旨所喜悦的,预定我们借着耶稣基督得,He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
6使他荣耀的恩典得着称赞;这恩典是他在爱子里所赐给我们的。to the praise of His glorious grace, which He has freely given us in the Beloved One.
在爱子里得蒙救赎
7我们借这爱子的血得蒙,过犯得以赦免,乃是照他丰富的恩典。In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
8这恩典是 神用诸般智慧聪明,充充足足赏给我们的;that He lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding.
9都是照他自己所预定的美意,叫我们知道他旨意的,And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
10要照所安排的,在日期满足的时候,使天上、地上、一切所有的都在基督里面。as a plan for the fullness of time, to bring all things in heaven and on earth together in Christ.
在基督里得了基业
11我们也在他里面得(得:或译成)了基业;这原是那位随己意行、做万事的,照着他旨意所预定的,In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will,
12叫他的荣耀从我们这首先在基督里有盼望的人可以得着称赞。in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, would be for the praise of His glory.
受了圣灵为印记
13你们既听见真理的道,就是那叫你们得救的福音,也信了基督,既然信他,就受了所应许的圣灵为。And in Him, having heard and believed the word of truth—the gospel of your salvation—you were sealed with the promised Holy Spirit,
14这圣灵是我们得基业的(原文是质),直等到 神之民(民:原文是产业)被赎,使他的荣耀得着称赞。who is the pledge of our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession, to the praise of His glory.
为信徒祷告
15因此,我既听见你们信从主耶稣,亲爱众圣徒,For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints,
16就为你们不住地感谢 神。祷告的时候,常提到你们,I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,
17求我们主耶稣基督的 神,荣耀的父,将那赐人智慧和启示的灵赏给你们,使你们真知道他,that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
18并且照明你们心中的眼睛,使你们知道他的有何等指望,他在圣徒中得的基业有何等丰盛的荣耀;I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
使基督复活的大能
19并知道他向我们这信的人所显的能力是何等浩大,and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,
20就是照他在基督身上所运行的大能大力,使他从死里复活,叫他在天上坐在自己的右边,which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
21远超过一切、有能的、主治的,和一切有名的;不但是今世的,连来世的也都超过了。far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in the present age but also in the one to come.
基督为教会作万有之首
22又将服在他的脚下,使他为作万有之首。And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,
23教会是他的身体,是那充满万有者所充满的。which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.
摘要
以弗所书第一章,保罗开宗明义颂赞神在基督里赐给信徒的属灵福气:神在创世以前便拣选了我们,预定我们得儿子名分,又藉基督的血使我们得救赎、罪得赦免,这一切都是照祂丰富恩典与旨意的奥秘。信徒受圣灵为印记,作为得基业的凭据。保罗接着为信徒祷告,求神赐下智慧与启示的灵,使他们真知道神的恩召、基业的荣耀,以及神向信者所显的浩大能力——就是使基督从死里复活、超越一切权势、作教会之首的大能。
反思问题
- 保罗指出神在创世以前就在基督里拣选了我们()。这个‘预定拣选’的真理如何影响你对自己身分与价值的认识?在面对自我怀疑时,这能给你什么确据?
- 保罗祷告求神照明信徒‘心中的眼睛’()。你目前对神的恩召和指望是否有清晰的认识?你可以怎样操练让圣灵开启你属灵的眼光?
- 保罗说教会是基督的身体,是‘充满万有者所充满的’()。这对你理解自己在教会中的角色和参与有什么意义?你如何在教会生活中活出这个身体的实际?