今日读经

旧约 以赛亚书 21:1–23:18
新约 腓立比书 1:1–18

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旧约以赛亚书 21:1–23:18

前情提要

上回说到

昨天():论大马士革、古实和埃及:埃及的智慧人束手无策,将来却要与亚述、以色列一同敬拜耶和华;以赛亚露身赤脚三年,警告百姓不可倚靠埃及和古实。

今天你会读到

论列国的默示继续:巴比伦倾倒,再论度玛和阿拉伯;接着论异象谷耶路撒冷:城将被围,百姓却只顾吃喝,家宰舍伯那被撤换,由以利亚敬接任;最后论腓尼基的海港大城泰尔。

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留意 –11:耶路撒冷人忙着查看军器、修城墙、挖水池,“却不仰望做这事的主”。准备本身没有错,错在只倚靠自己的准备。

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22 章修城墙、挖水池,可能和希西家王防备亚述围城有关(参 、);21 章论巴比伦倾倒的确切背景,学者有不同看法。

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以赛亚书 第 21 章

论海旁旷野的默示

1论海旁旷野的默示:有仇敌从旷野,从可怕之地而来,好像南方的旋风,猛然扫过。This is the burden against the Desert by the Sea: Like whirlwinds sweeping through the Negev, an invader comes from the desert, from a land of terror.

2令人凄惨的异象已默示于我。诡诈的行诡诈,毁灭的行毁灭。哪,你要上去!米底亚啊,你要围困!主说:我使一切叹息止住。A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.”

3所以,我满腰疼痛;痛苦将我抓住,好像产难的妇人一样。我疼痛甚至不能听;我惊惶甚至不能看。Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.

4我心慌张,惊恐威吓我。我所羡慕的黄昏,变为我的战兢。My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight I desired has turned to horror.

5他们摆设筵席,派人守望,又吃,又喝。首领啊,你们起来,。They prepare a table, they lay out a carpet, they eat, they drink! Rise up, O princes, oil the shields!

巴比伦倾倒了

6主对我如此说:你去设立守望的,使他将所看见的述说。For this is what the Lord says to me: “Go, post a lookout and have him report what he sees.

7他看见军队,就是骑马的一对一对地来,又看见驴队,骆驼队,就要侧耳细听。When he sees chariots with teams of horsemen, riders on donkeys, riders on camels, he must be alert, fully alert.”

8他像狮子吼叫,说:主啊,我白日常站在望楼上,整夜立在我守望所。Then the lookout shouted: “Day after day, my lord, I stand on the watchtower; night after night I stay at my post.

9看哪,有一队军兵骑着马,一对一对地来。他就说:巴比伦倾倒了!倾倒了!他一切雕刻的神像都打碎于地。Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”

10我,我场上的谷啊,我从万军之耶和华—以色列的 神那里所听见的,都告诉你们了。O my people, crushed on the threshing floor, I tell you what I have heard from the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel.

论度玛:夜里如何

11论的默示:有人声从西珥呼问我说:守望的啊,夜里如何?守望的啊,夜里如何?This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”

12守望的说:早晨将到,黑夜也来。你们若要问就可以问,可以回头再来。The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”

论阿拉伯

13论阿拉伯的默示:结伴的客旅啊,你们必在阿拉伯的树林中住宿。This is the burden against Arabia: In the thickets of Arabia you must lodge, O caravans of Dedanites.

14提玛地的居民拿水来,送给口渴的,拿饼来迎接逃避的。Bring water for the thirsty, O dwellers of Tema; meet the refugees with food.

15因为他们逃避刀剑和出了鞘的刀,并上了弦的弓与刀兵的重灾。For they flee from the sword—the sword that is drawn—from the bow that is bent, and from the stress of battle.

16主对我这样说:“一年之内,照雇工的年数,基达的一切荣耀必归于无有。For this is what the Lord says to me: “Within one year, as a hired worker would count it, all the glory of Kedar will be gone.

17弓箭手所余剩的,就是基达人的勇士,必然稀少,因为这是耶和华—以色列的 神说的。”The remaining archers, the warriors of Kedar, will be few.” For the LORD, the God of Israel, has spoken.

以赛亚书 第 22 章

论异象谷

1论的默示:有什么事使你这满城的人都上房顶呢?This is the burden against the Valley of Vision: What ails you now, that you have all gone up to the rooftops,

2你这满处呐喊、大有喧哗的城,欢乐的邑啊,你中间被杀的并不是被刀杀,也不是因打仗死亡。O city of commotion, O town of revelry? Your slain did not die by the sword, nor were they killed in battle.

3你所有的官长一同逃跑,都为弓箭手所捆绑。你中间一切被找到的都一同被捆绑;他们本是逃往远方的。All your rulers have fled together, captured without a bow. All your fugitives were captured together, having fled to a distant place.

4所以我说:你们转眼不看我,我要痛哭。不要因我众民(原文是民女)的毁灭,就竭力安慰我。Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

5因为主—万军之耶和华使“异象谷”有溃乱、践踏、烦扰的日子。城被攻破,哀声达到山间。For the Lord GOD of Hosts has set a day of tumult and trampling and confusion in the Valley of Vision—of breaking down the walls and crying to the mountains.

6以拦带着箭袋,还有坐战车的和马兵;吉珥揭开盾牌。Elam takes up a quiver, with chariots and horsemen, and Kir uncovers the shield.

7你嘉美的谷遍满战车,也有马兵在城门前排列。Your choicest valleys are full of chariots, and horsemen are posted at the gates.

只顾备战,不仰望主

8他去掉犹大的遮盖。那日,你就仰望内的军器。He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.

9你们看见大卫城的破口很多,便聚积下池的水,You saw that there were many breaches in the walls of the City of David. You collected water from the lower pool.

10又数点耶路撒冷的房屋,将房屋拆毁,修补城墙,You counted the houses of Jerusalem and tore them down to strengthen the wall.

11又在两道城墙中间挖一个聚水池可盛旧池的水,却不仰望做这事的主,也不顾念从古定这事的。You built a reservoir between the walls for the waters of the ancient pool, but you did not look to the One who made it, or consider Him who planned it long ago.

我们吃喝吧

12当那日,主—万军之耶和华叫人哭泣哀号,头上光秃,身披麻布。On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

13谁知,人倒欢喜快乐,宰牛杀羊,吃肉喝酒,说:!因为明天要死了。But look, there is joy and gladness, butchering of cattle and slaughtering of sheep, eating of meat and drinking of wine: “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!”

14万军之耶和华亲自默示我说:这罪孽直到你们死,断不得赦免!这是主—万军之耶和华说的。The LORD of Hosts has revealed in my hearing: “Until your dying day, this sin of yours will never be atoned for,” says the Lord GOD of Hosts.

责备家宰舍伯那

15主—万军之耶和华这样说:“你去见掌银库的,就是,对他说:This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace:

16‘你在这里做什么呢?有什么人竟在这里凿坟墓,就是在高处为自己凿坟墓,在磐石中为自己凿出安身之所?What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock?

17看哪,耶和华必像大有力的人,将你紧紧缠裹,竭力抛去。Look, O mighty man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you,

18他必将你滚成一团,抛在宽阔之地,好像抛球一样。你这主人家的羞辱,必在那里坐你荣耀的车,也必在那里死亡。roll you into a ball, and sling you into a wide land. There you will die, and there your glorious chariots will remain—a disgrace to the house of your master.

19我必赶逐你离开官职;你必从你的原位撤下。’I will remove you from office, and you will be ousted from your position.

以利亚敬得大卫家的钥匙

20“到那日,我必召我仆人希勒家的儿子以利亚敬来,On that day I will summon My servant, Eliakim son of Hilkiah.

21将你的外袍给他穿上,将你的腰带给他系紧,将你的政权交在他手中。他必作耶路撒冷居民和犹大家的父。I will clothe him with your robe and tie your sash around him. I will put your authority in his hand, and he will be a father to the dwellers of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah.

22我必将放在他肩头上。他开,无人能关;他关,无人能开。I will place on his shoulder the key to the house of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.

23我必将他安稳,像钉在坚固处;他必作为他父家荣耀的宝座。I will drive him like a peg into a firm place, and he will be a throne of glory for the house of his father.

24他父家所有的荣耀,连儿女带子孙,都挂在他身上,好像一切小器皿,从杯子到酒瓶挂上一样。So they will hang on him all the glory of his father’s house: the descendants and the offshoots—all the lesser vessels, from bowls to every kind of jar.

25万军之耶和华说:当那日,钉在坚固处的钉子必压斜,被砍断落地;挂在其上的重担必被剪断。因为这是耶和华说的。”In that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, the peg driven into a firm place will give way; it will be sheared off and fall, and the load upon it will be cut down.” Indeed, the LORD has spoken.

以赛亚书 第 23 章

论泰尔的默示

1论的默示:他施的船只都要哀号;因为泰尔变为荒场,甚至没有房屋,没有可进之路。这消息是从基提地得来的。This is the burden against Tyre: Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for Tyre is laid waste, without house or harbor. Word has reached them from the land of Cyprus.

2沿海的居民,就是素来靠航海西顿的商家得丰盛的,你们当静默无言。Be silent, O dwellers of the coastland, you merchants of Sidon, whose traders have crossed the sea.

3在大水之上,西曷的粮食、尼罗河的庄稼是泰尔的;她作列国的大码头。On the great waters came the grain of Shihor; the harvest of the Nile was the revenue of Tyre; she was the merchant of the nations.

4西顿哪,你当惭愧;因为大海说,就是海中的保障说:我没有劬劳,也没有生产,没有养育男子,也没有抚养童女。Be ashamed, O Sidon, the stronghold of the sea, for the sea has spoken: “I have not been in labor or given birth. I have not raised young men or brought up young women.”

5这风声传到埃及;埃及人为泰尔的风声极其疼痛。When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.

6泰尔人哪,你们当过到他施去;沿海的居民哪,你们都当哀号。Cross over to Tarshish; wail, O inhabitants of the coastland!

7这是你们欢乐的城,从上古而有的吗?其中的居民往远方寄居。Is this your jubilant city, whose origin is from antiquity, whose feet have taken her to settle far away?

是万军之耶和华所定的

8泰尔本是赐冠冕的。她的商家是王子;她的买卖人是世上的尊贵人。遭遇如此是谁定的呢?Who planned this against Tyre, the bestower of crowns, whose traders are princes, whose merchants are renowned on the earth?

9是万军之耶和华所定的!为要污辱一切高傲的荣耀,使地上一切的尊贵人被藐视。The LORD of Hosts planned it, to defile all its glorious beauty, to disgrace all the renowned of the earth.

10他施的民(原文是女)哪,可以流行你的地,好像尼罗河;不再有腰带拘紧你。Cultivate your land like the Nile, O Daughter of Tarshish; there is no longer a harbor.

11耶和华已经向海伸手,震动列国。至于迦南,他已经吩咐拆毁其中的保障。The LORD has stretched out His hand over the sea; He has made kingdoms tremble. He has given a command that the strongholds of Canaan be destroyed.

12他又说:受欺压西顿的居民(原文是处女)哪,你必不得再欢乐。起来!过到基提去;就是在那里也不得安歇。He said, “You shall rejoice no more, O oppressed Virgin Daughter of Sidon. Get up and cross over to Cyprus—even there you will find no rest.”

13(看哪,迦勒底人之地向来没有这民,这国是亚述人为住旷野的人所立的。现在他们建筑,拆毁泰尔的宫殿,使她成为荒凉。)Look at the land of the Chaldeans—a people now of no account. The Assyrians destined it for the desert creatures; they set up their siege towers and stripped its palaces. They brought it to ruin.

14他施的船只都要哀号,因为你们的保障变为荒场。Wail, O ships of Tarshish, for your harbor has been destroyed!

泰尔被忘记七十年

15到那时,泰尔必被忘记七十年,照着一王的年日。七十年后,泰尔的景况必像妓女所唱的歌:At that time Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years—the span of a king’s life. But at the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song of the harlot:

16你这被忘记的妓女啊,拿琴周流城内,巧弹多唱,使人再想念你。“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”

17七十年后,耶和华必眷顾泰尔,她就仍得(原文是雇价;下同),与地上的万国交易(原文是行淫)。And at the end of seventy years, the LORD will restore Tyre. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.

18她的货财和利息要归耶和华为圣,必不积攒存留;因为她的货财必为住在耶和华面前的人所得,使他们吃饱,穿耐久的衣服。Yet her profits and wages will be set apart to the LORD; they will not be stored or saved, for her profit will go to those who live before the LORD, for abundant food and fine clothing.

摘要

以赛亚书21至23章记载神对巴比伦、度玛、亚拉伯、耶路撒冷(异象谷)及推罗的审判预言。巴比伦将倾倒,其偶像尽碎;耶路撒冷面临危难时百姓不悔改反倒吃喝宴乐,家宰舍伯那因骄傲被撤职,以利亚敬被神拣选取代他;推罗这繁华商港也将荒废七十年,但其财富最终要归耶和华为圣。全段贯穿一个核心:万军之耶和华掌管列国兴衰,骄傲与不信必遭审判,唯有仰望神的人才有真正的倚靠。

反思问题

  1. 当耶路撒冷面临危机时,百姓选择吃喝享乐而非悔改寻求神()。在你生活遭遇压力或不确定时,你倾向用什么方式逃避,而非转向神?
  2. 舍伯那因骄傲自营被撤职,以利亚敬因忠心被高举。你如何看待神所托付给你的职分与责任?是为自己积攒还是忠心服事?
  3. 推罗的财富最终要归耶和华为圣()。这提醒你如何看待自己的才能、资源与财富和神国度的关系?

新约腓立比书 1:1–18

书卷介绍:腓立比书保罗书信

无论处境如何,都可以在主里常常喜乐。

保罗在监狱中写这封信,感谢腓立比教会一直支持他的事奉。虽然身陷囹圄,信中却常常提到“喜乐”。保罗劝勉信徒效法基督的谦卑,彼此看别人比自己强。他也分享自己把一切都看作有损的,为要得着基督,并且学会了在任何景况都可以知足。

前情提要

上回说到

昨天读完以弗所书():新人的生活落实在夫妻、亲子、主仆的关系中,丈夫要爱妻子“正如基督爱教会”;最后保罗劝信徒穿戴神所赐的全副军装,靠着圣灵随时多方祷告。

今天你会读到

腓立比书的开头:保罗为腓立比信徒感恩,因为他们从头一天起就与他同心兴旺福音;他求神使他们的爱心多而又多;又说自己虽然坐监,却使福音更加兴旺;无论别人存甚么动机,只要基督被传开,他就欢喜。

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留意保罗坐监时的语气:这封短信里喜乐的字眼反复出现,光是 就说“我就欢喜,并且还要欢喜”。

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传统认为是保罗约主后 60–62 年在罗马坐监时写的;也有学者认为可能写于以弗所或该撒利亚的监禁期间。

腓立比书 第 1 章

问安

1基督耶稣的仆人保罗和写信给凡住、在基督耶稣里的众圣徒,和诸位,诸位执事。Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons:

2愿恩惠、平安从 神我们的父并主耶稣基督归与你们!Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

为腓立比信徒感恩

3我每逢想念你们,就感谢我的 神;I thank my God every time I remember you.

4每逢为你们众人祈求的时候,常是欢欢喜喜地祈求。In every prayer for all of you, I always pray with joy,

5因为从头一天直到如今,你们是同心合意地。because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now,

6我深信那在你们心里动了的,必成全这工,直到。being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.

7我为你们众人有这样的意念,原是应当的;因你们常在我心里,无论我是在捆锁之中,是福音的时候,你们都与我一同得恩。It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart. For in my chains and in my defense and confirmation of the gospel, you are all partners in grace with me.

8我体会基督耶稣的,切切地想念你们众人;这是 神可以给我作见证的。God is my witness how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.

保罗的祷告

9我所祷告的,就是要你们的爱心在知识和各样见识上多而又多,And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight,

10使你们能(或译:喜爱那美好的事),作诚实无过的人,直到基督的日子;so that you may be able to test and prove what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ,

11并靠着耶稣基督结满了仁义的果子,叫荣耀称赞归与 神。filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

捆锁反使福音兴旺

12弟兄们,我愿意你们知道,我所遭遇的事更是叫福音兴旺,Now I want you to know, brothers, that my circumstances have actually served to advance the gospel.

13以致我受的捆锁在和其余的人中,已经显明是为基督的缘故。As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.

14并且那在主里的弟兄多半因我受的捆锁就,越发放胆传 神的道,无所惧怕。And most of the brothers, confident in the Lord by my chains, now dare more greatly to speak the word without fear.

基督被传开,我就欢喜

15有的传基督是出于嫉妒纷争,也有的是出于好意。It is true that some preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.

16这一等是出于爱心,知道我是为辩明福音设立的;The latter do so in love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the gospel.

17那一等传基督是出于,并不诚实,意思要加增我捆锁的苦楚。The former, however, preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can add to the distress of my chains.

18这有呢?或是假意,或是真心,无论怎样,基督究竟被传开了。为此,我就欢喜,并且还要欢喜;What then is the issue? Just this: that in every way, whether by false motives or true, Christ is preached. And in this I rejoice. Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,

摘要

腓立比书开篇,保罗与提摩太向腓立比教会众圣徒、监督和执事问安。保罗感谢神,因腓立比信徒从头一天直到如今都同心合意地兴旺福音,他深信那在他们心里动了善工的神必成全这工。保罗虽身在狱中,却见证他的捆锁反而使福音更加广传——御营全军都知道他是为基督被囚,众弟兄也因此更放胆传道。无论有人出于真心或出于嫉妒纷争传基督,保罗都欢喜,因为基督终究被传开了。

反思问题

  1. 保罗深信神在腓立比信徒心中动了善工必会成全()。回顾你的信仰历程,你能辨认出神在你生命中持续动工的痕迹吗?
  2. 保罗的捆锁反而成为福音广传的契机。你生命中有哪些看似困境的经历,后来成为神使用你见证祂的机会?
  3. 保罗对出于不纯动机传福音的人仍然欢喜()。这种态度对你在面对教会中不同声音或服事动机时,有什么启发?