旧约以赛亚书 52:13–55:13
前情提要
上回说到
昨天():神说百姓被卖是因自己的罪,不是祂休了锡安;“仆人”甘心任人羞辱,硬着脸面像坚石;神呼唤耶路撒冷醒起,报佳音的人来到锡安说“你的神作王了”,并呼召百姓从巴比伦出来。
今天你会读到
著名的“受苦仆人之歌”():这位仆人被藐视、被厌弃,为别人的过犯受害,像羊羔被牵到宰杀之地,最后却被高举;接着神应许荒凉的锡安像不能生育的妇人却儿女众多(54 章);55 章邀请所有干渴的人白白来喝、来吃。
阅读小提示
一直用“我们”和“他”对照:“他为我们的过犯受害”。新约多次引用这段说明耶稣的受苦(例如、)。
■ 当时 □ 预言所指
点时代可看说明
传统认为以赛亚约在主前 740–700 年间说预言。54–55 章对被掳的百姓说话,应许他们归回; 的仆人,新约认为应验在耶稣身上。
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以赛亚书 第 52 章
仆人必被高举
13我的仆人行事必有智慧(或译:行事通达),必被高举上升,且成为至高。Behold, My Servant will prosper; He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.
14许多人因他(原文是你)惊奇;他的面貌比别人;他的形容比世人枯槁。Just as many were appalled at Him—His appearance was disfigured beyond that of any man, and His form was marred beyond human likeness—
15这样,他必洗净(或译:鼓动)许多国民;君王要向他闭口。因所未曾传与他们的,他们必看见;未曾听见的,他们要明白。so He will sprinkle many nations. Kings will shut their mouths because of Him. For they will see what they have not been told, and they will understand what they have not heard.
以赛亚书 第 53 章
谁信我们所传的
1我们所传的(或译:所传与我们的)有谁信呢?耶和华的膀臂向谁显露呢?Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed?
2他在耶和华面前生长如嫩芽,像根出于干地。他无佳形美容;我们看见他的时候,也无美貌使我们羡慕他。He grew up before Him like a tender shoot, and like a root out of dry ground. He had no stately form or majesty to attract us, no beauty that we should desire Him.
3他被,被人厌弃;多受痛苦,常经忧患。他被藐视,好像被人掩面不看的一样;我们也不尊重他。He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
他为我们的过犯受害
4他诚然担当我们的忧患,背负我们的痛苦;我们却以为他受责罚,被 神击打苦待了。Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.
5哪知他为我们的过犯受害,为我们的罪孽压伤。因他受的刑罚,我们得平安;因他受的,我们得医治。But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.
6我们都如羊走迷;各人偏行己路;耶和华使我们众人的罪孽都归在他身上。We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
像羊羔被牵到宰杀之地
7他被欺压,在受苦的时候却不开口(或译:他受欺压,却自卑不开口);他像羊羔被牵到宰杀之地,又像羊在剪毛的人手下无声,他也是这样不开口。He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
8因受欺压和审判,他被夺去,至于他同世的人,谁想他受鞭打、从活人之地被剪除,是因我百姓的罪过呢?By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.
9他虽然未行强暴,口中也没有诡诈,人还使他与恶人同埋;谁知死的时候与同葬。He was assigned a grave with the wicked, and with a rich man in His death, although He had done no violence, nor was any deceit in His mouth.
耶和华以他为赎罪祭
10耶和华却定意(或译:喜悦)将他压伤,使他受痛苦。耶和华以他为(或译:他献本身为赎罪祭)。他必看见后裔,并且延长年日。耶和华所喜悦的事必在他手中亨通。Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
11他必看见自己劳苦的功效,便心满意足。有许多人因认识我的义仆得称为义;并且他要担当他们的罪孽。After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.
12所以,我要使他与位大的同分,与强盛的均分。因为他将命倾倒,以致于死;他也被列在罪犯之中。他却担当多人的罪,又为罪犯代求。Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many and made intercession for the transgressors.
以赛亚书 第 54 章
不生育的要歌唱
1你这不怀孕、不生养的要歌唱;你这未曾经过的要发声歌唱,扬声欢呼;因为没有丈夫的比有丈夫的儿女更多。这是耶和华说的。“Shout for joy, O barren woman, who bears no children; break forth in song and cry aloud, you who have never travailed; because more are the children of the desolate woman than of her who has a husband,” says the LORD.
2要扩张你帐幕之地,张大你居所的幔子,不要限止;要放长你的绳子,坚固你的。“Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.
3因为你要向左向右开展;你的后裔必得多国为业,又使荒凉的城邑有人居住。For you will spread out to the right and left; your descendants will dispossess the nations and inhabit the desolate cities.
造你的是你的丈夫
4不要惧怕,因你必不致蒙羞;也不要抱愧,因你必不致受辱。你必忘记幼年的羞愧,不再记念你寡居的羞辱。Do not be afraid, for you will not be put to shame; do not be intimidated, for you will not be humiliated. For you will forget the shame of your youth and will remember no more the reproach of your widowhood.
5因为造你的是你的丈夫;万军之耶和华是他的名。救赎你的是以色列的圣者;他必称为全地之 神。For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
6耶和华召你,如召被离弃心中忧伤的妻,就是幼年所娶被弃的妻。这是你 神所说的。For the LORD has called you back, like a wife deserted and wounded in spirit, like the rejected wife of one’s youth,” says your God.
7我离弃你不过片时,却要施大恩将你收回。“For a brief moment I forsook you, but with great compassion I will bring you back.
8我的怒气涨溢,顷刻之间向你掩面,却要以永远的慈爱怜恤你。这是耶和华—你的救赎主说的。In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.
平安的约永不迁移
9这事在我好像的洪水。我怎样起誓不再使挪亚的洪水漫过遍地,我也照样起誓不再向你发怒,也不斥责你。“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
10大山可以挪开,小山可以迁移;但我的慈爱必不离开你;我平安的约也不迁移。这是怜恤你的耶和华说的。Though the mountains may be removed and the hills may be shaken, My loving devotion will not depart from you, and My covenant of peace will not be broken,” says the LORD, who has compassion on you.
用宝石重建的城
11你这受困苦、被风飘荡不得安慰的人哪,我必以彩色安置你的石头,以立定你的根基;“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.
12又以红宝石造你的,以红玉造你的城门,以宝石造你四围的边界(或译:外郭)。I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.
13你的儿女都要受耶和华的教训;你的儿女必大享平安。Then all your sons will be taught by the LORD, and great will be their prosperity.
14你必因公义得坚立,必远离欺压,不致害怕;你必远离惊吓,惊吓必不临近你。In righteousness you will be established, far from oppression, for you will have no fear. Terror will be far removed, for it will not come near you.
15即或有人聚集,却不由于我;凡聚集攻击你的,必因你仆倒(或译:投降你)。If anyone attacks you, it is not from Me; whoever assails you will fall before you.
16炭火、打造合用器械的铁匠是我所造;残害人、行毁灭的也是我所造。Behold, I have created the craftsman who fans the coals into flame and forges a weapon fit for its task; and I have created the destroyer to wreak havoc.
17凡为攻击你造成的器械必不利用;凡在审判时兴起用舌攻击你的,你必定他为有罪。这是耶和华仆人的产业,是他们从我所得的义。这是耶和华说的。No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
以赛亚书 第 55 章
干渴的都来
1你们一切干渴的都当就近水来;没有银钱的也可以来。你们都来,买了吃;不用银钱,不用价值,也来买酒和奶。“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
2你们为何花钱(原文是平银)买那不足为食物的?用劳碌得来的买那不使人饱足的呢?你们要留意听我的话就能吃那美物,得享,心中喜乐。Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
3你们当就近我来;侧耳而听,就必得活。我必与你们立永约,就是应许那可靠的恩典。Incline your ear and come to Me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make with you an everlasting covenant—My loving devotion promised to David.
4我已立他作万民的见证,为万民的君王和司令。Behold, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples.
5你素不认识的国民,你也必召来;素不认识你的国民也必向你奔跑,都因耶和华—你的 神以色列的圣者,因为他已经荣耀你。Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”
趁可寻找的时候寻找神
6当趁耶和华可寻找的时候寻找他,相近的时候求告他。Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.
7恶人当离弃自己的道路;不义的人当除掉自己的意念。归向耶和华,耶和华就必怜恤他;当归向我们的 神,因为 神必广行赦免。Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon.
8耶和华说:我的意念非同你们的意念;我的道路非同你们的道路。“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways My ways,” declares the LORD.
9天怎样高过地,照样,我的道路高过你们的道路;我的意念高过你们的意念。“For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so My ways are higher than your ways and My thoughts than your thoughts.
神的话决不徒然返回
10雨雪从天而降,并不返回,却滋润地土,使地上发芽结实,使撒种的有种,使要吃的有粮。For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,
11我口所出的话也必如此,决不徒然返回,却要成就我所喜悦的,在我发他去成就(发他去成就:或译所命定)的事上必然亨通。so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
欢欢喜喜而出
12你们必欢欢喜喜而出来,平平安安蒙引导。大山小山必在你们面前发声歌唱;田野的树木也都拍掌。You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
13松树长出,代替荆棘;长出,代替。这要为耶和华留名,作为永远的证据,不能剪除。Instead of the thornbush, the cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, the myrtle will spring up; this will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”
摘要
以赛亚书五十二至五十五章描绘了耶和华仆人的受苦与代赎:他被藐视、压伤,担当众人的罪孽,却因此使多人称义(五十三章)。随后,神应许复兴锡安,以永远的慈爱和平安之约坚固祂的百姓,如同不再降洪水的誓言一般不可动摇(五十四章)。最后,神广发邀请,呼召一切干渴的人白白领受恩典,并宣告祂的话语必然成就,带来欢喜与更新(五十五章)。
反思问题
- 以赛亚书五十三章描述仆人为我们的过犯受害、为我们的罪孽压伤——你在日常生活中如何回应基督这份代赎的爱?
- 神说‘大山可以挪开,小山可以迁移,但我的慈爱必不离开你’,面对目前生活中的不安或动摇,这个应许如何成为你的安慰?
- 五十五章邀请人不花银钱就来领受活水与美物——你是否有时候用‘劳碌得来的’追求不能真正饱足的事物?如何重新转向神的供应?
新约帖撒罗尼迦前书 1:1–10
书卷介绍:帖撒罗尼迦前书保罗书信
在逼迫中坚守信心,过圣洁的生活,盼望主的再来。
保罗在帖撒罗尼迦传福音没多久就被迫离开,他担心这群新信徒,便派提摩太回去探望。听到他们在逼迫中仍然站立得稳,保罗就写信感谢和鼓励他们。他劝勉信徒过圣洁的生活,安静做自己的事。对于已经去世的信徒,保罗安慰他们,主再来时信徒必与主永远同在。
前情提要
上回说到
昨天读完歌罗西书:保罗介绍送信的推基古和阿尼西谋,转达马可、路加等同工的问安,亲笔签名。今天开始读帖撒罗尼迦前书:保罗第二次宣教时在帖撒罗尼迦传福音,因犹太人煽动暴乱,没多久就被迫离开()。
今天你会读到
保罗感谢神:帖撒罗尼迦的信徒在大难中领受福音,离弃偶像归向真神,等候耶稣从天降临,成了马其顿和亚该亚信徒的榜样。
阅读小提示
留意 的“信心、爱心、盼望”( 也这样并列); 用三个动作总结他们的转变:离弃偶像、服事真神、等候主再来。
点时代可看说明
传统认为这是保罗最早的书信之一,约主后 50–51 年在哥林多写成(参 )。
帖撒罗尼迦前书 第 1 章
问安
1保罗、、提摩太写信给在父 神和主耶稣基督里的教会。愿恩惠、平安归与你们!Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.
为信心、爱心、盼望感谢神
2我们为你们众人常常感谢 神,祷告的时候提到你们,We always thank God for all of you, remembering you in our prayers
3在 神—我们的父面前,不住地记念你们因信心所做的,因爱心所受的劳苦,因盼望我们主耶稣基督所存的。and continually recalling before our God and Father your work of faith, your labor of love, and your enduring hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
福音带着能力临到
4被 神所爱的弟兄啊,我知道你们是蒙拣选的;Brothers who are beloved by God, we know that He has chosen you,
5因为我们的福音传到你们那里,不独在乎言语,也在乎和圣灵,并充足的信心。正如你们知道,我们在你们那里,为你们的缘故是怎样为人。because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power, in the Holy Spirit, and with great conviction—just as you know we lived among you for your sake.
成了众人的榜样
6并且你们在之中,蒙了圣灵所赐的喜乐,领受真道就我们,也效法了主;And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite of your great suffering.
7甚至你们作了和亚该亚所有信主之人的榜样。As a result, you have become an example to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.
8因为主的道从你们那里已经出来。你们向 神的信心不但在马其顿和亚该亚,就是在各处也都传开了,所以不用我们说什么话。For not only did the message of the Lord ring out from you to Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone out to every place, so that we have no need to say anything more.
离弃偶像,等候主再来
9因为他们自己已经我们是怎样进到你们那里,你们是怎样离弃,归向 神,要服事那又真又活的 神,For they themselves report what kind of welcome you gave us, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God
10等候他儿子从天降临,就是他从死里复活的—那位救我们脱离的耶稣。and to await His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead—Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.
摘要
保罗写信给帖撒罗尼迦教会,感谢神拣选了他们,因为福音传到他们那里不仅是言语,也带着圣灵的权能与充足的信心。帖撒罗尼迦信徒在大难中仍蒙圣灵赐下喜乐,离弃偶像归向真神,成为各地信徒的榜样,并活在等候基督再来的盼望中。
反思问题
- 保罗提到信心的工夫、爱心的劳苦、盼望的忍耐——在你目前的信仰生活中,哪一方面最需要被坚固?
- 帖撒罗尼迦信徒在大难中仍有圣灵所赐的喜乐,你在困境中如何经历或寻求这种超越环境的喜乐?
- 他们离弃偶像、服事又真又活的神——在现代生活中,有哪些隐形的‘偶像’占据了你的心,需要被辨认和放下?