今日读经

西底家背叛巴比伦

¹西底家登基的时候年二十一岁，在耶路撒冷作王十一年。他母亲名叫哈慕他，是立拿人耶利米的女儿。Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

²西底家行耶和华眼中看为恶的事，是照约雅敬一切所行的。And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.

³因此耶和华的怒气在耶路撒冷和犹大发作，以致将人民从自己的面前赶出。For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.

耶路撒冷被围

⁴西底家背叛巴比伦王。他作王第九年十月初十日，巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒率领全军来攻击耶路撒冷，对城安营，四围筑垒攻城。So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.

⁵于是城被围困直到西底家王十一年。And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.

⁶四月初九日，城里有大饥荒，甚至百姓都没有粮食。By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.

城破王被擒

⁷城被攻破，一切兵丁就在夜间从靠近王园两城中间的门，出城逃跑；迦勒底人正在四围攻城。他们就往亚拉巴逃去。Then the city was breached; and though the Chaldeans had surrounded the city, all the men of war fled the city by night by way of the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden. They headed toward the Arabah,

⁸迦勒底的军队追赶西底家王，在耶利哥的平原追上他。他的全军都离开他四散了。but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.

⁹迦勒底人就拿住王，带他到在哈马地利比拉的巴比伦王那里；巴比伦王便审判他。The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on Zedekiah.

¹⁰巴比伦王在西底家眼前杀了他的众子，又在利比拉杀了犹大的一切首领，There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the officials of Judah.

¹¹并且剜了西底家的眼睛，用铜链锁着他，带到巴比伦去，将他囚在监里，直到他死的日子。Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.

圣殿和王宫被焚

¹²巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒十九年五月初十日，在巴比伦王面前侍立的护卫长尼布撒拉旦进入耶路撒冷，On the tenth day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

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¹³用火焚烧耶和华的殿和王宫，又焚烧耶路撒冷的房屋，就是各大户家的房屋。He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

¹⁴跟从护卫长迦勒底的全军就拆毁耶路撒冷四围的城墙。And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down all the walls around Jerusalem.

¹⁵那时护卫长尼布撒拉旦将民中最穷的和城里所剩下的百姓，并已经投降巴比伦王的人，以及大众所剩下的人，都掳去了。Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile some of the poorest people and those who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the craftsmen.

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¹⁶但护卫长尼布撒拉旦留下些民中最穷的，使他们修理葡萄园，耕种田地。But Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

圣殿的铜器被运走

¹⁷耶和华殿的铜柱并殿内的盆座和铜海，迦勒底人都打碎了，将那铜运到巴比伦去了，Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried all the bronze to Babylon.

¹⁸又带去锅、铲子、蜡剪、盘子、调羹，并所用的一切铜器、They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.

¹⁹杯、火鼎、碗、盆、灯台、调羹、爵，无论金的银的，护卫长也都带去了。The captain of the guard also took away the basins, censers, sprinkling bowls, pots, lampstands, pans, and drink offering bowls—anything made of pure gold or fine silver.

²⁰所罗门为耶和华殿所造的两根铜柱、一个铜海，并座下的十二只铜牛，这一切的铜多得无法可称。As for the two pillars, the Sea, the twelve bronze bulls under it, and the movable stands that King Solomon had made for the house of the LORD, the weight of the bronze from all these articles was beyond measure.

²¹这一根柱子高十八肘，厚四指，是空的，围十二肘。Each pillar was eighteen cubits tall and twelve cubits in circumference; each was hollow, four fingers thick.

²²柱上有铜顶，高五肘；铜顶的周围有网子和石榴，都是铜的。那一根柱子照此一样，也有石榴。The bronze capital atop one pillar was five cubits high, with a network of bronze pomegranates all around. The second pillar, with its pomegranates, was similar.

²³柱子四面有九十六个石榴，在网子周围，共有一百石榴。Each capital had ninety-six pomegranates on the sides, and a total of a hundred pomegranates were above the surrounding network.

首领在利比拉被杀

²⁴护卫长拿住大祭司西莱雅、副祭司西番亚，和三个把门的，The captain of the guard also took away Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest of second rank, and the three doorkeepers.

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²⁵又从城中拿住一个管理兵丁的官（或译：太监），并在城里所遇常见王面的七个人和检点国民军长的书记，以及城里所遇见的国民六十个人。Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.

²⁶护卫长尼布撒拉旦将这些人带到利比拉的巴比伦王那里。Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

²⁷巴比伦王就把他们击杀在哈马地的利比拉。这样，犹大人被掳去离开本地。There at Riblah in the land of Hamath, the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death. So Judah was taken into exile, away from its own land.

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三次被掳的人数

²⁸尼布甲尼撒所掳的民数记在下面：在他第七年掳去犹大人三千零二十三名；These are the people Nebuchadnezzar carried away: in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews;

²⁹尼布甲尼撒十八年从耶路撒冷掳去八百三十二人；in Nebuchadnezzar’s eighteenth year, 832 people from Jerusalem;

³⁰尼布甲尼撒二十三年，护卫长尼布撒拉旦掳去犹大人七百四十五名；共有四千六百人。in Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away 745 Jews. So in all, 4,600 people were taken away.

约雅斤被提出监

³¹犹大王约雅斤被掳后三十七年，巴比伦王以未米罗达元年十二月二十五日，使犹大王约雅斤抬头，提他出监，On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the first year of the reign of Evil-merodach king of Babylon, he pardoned Jehoiachin king of Judah and released him from prison.

³²又对他说恩言，使他的位高过与他一同在巴比伦众王的位，And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

³³给他脱了囚服。他终身在巴比伦王面前吃饭。So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life.

³⁴巴比伦王赐他所需用的食物，日日赐他一分，终身是这样，直到他死的日子。And the king of Babylon provided Jehoiachin a daily portion for the rest of his life, until the day of his death.

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地上的帐幕

¹原来前约有礼拜的条例和属世界的圣幕。Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.

²因为有预备的帐幕，头一层叫作圣所，里面有灯台、桌子，和陈设饼。A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.

³第二幔子后又有一层帐幕，叫作至圣所，Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,

⁴有金香炉（炉：或译坛），有包金的约柜，柜里有盛吗哪的金罐和亚伦发过芽的杖，并两块约版；containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.

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⁵柜上面有荣耀基路伯的影罩着施恩（施恩：原文是蔽罪）座。这几件我现在不能一一细说。Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

大祭司一年一次进至圣所

⁶这些物件既如此预备齐了，众祭司就常进头一层帐幕，行拜　神的礼。When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties.

⁷至于第二层帐幕，惟有大祭司一年一次独自进去，没有不带着血为自己和百姓的过错献上。But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.

⁸圣灵用此指明，头一层帐幕仍存的时候，进入至圣所的路还未显明。By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.

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⁹那头一层帐幕作现今的一个表样，所献的礼物和祭物，就着良心说，都不能叫礼拜的人得以完全。It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.

¹⁰这些事，连那饮食和诸般洗濯的规矩，都不过是属肉体的条例，命定到振兴的时候为止。They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.

基督用自己的血进入圣所

¹¹但现在基督已经来到，作了将来美事的大祭司，经过那更大更全备的帐幕，不是人手所造，也不是属乎这世界的；But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation.

¹²并且不用山羊和牛犊的血，乃用自己的血，只一次进入圣所，成了永远赎罪的事。He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.

¹³若山羊和公牛的血，并母牛犊的灰，洒在不洁的人身上，尚且叫人成圣，身体洁净，For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,

¹⁴何况基督借着永远的灵，将自己无瑕无疵献给　神，他的血岂不更能洗净你们的心（原文是良心），除去你们的死行，使你们事奉那永生　神吗？how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

新约的中保

¹⁵为此，他作了新约的中保，既然受死赎了人在前约之时所犯的罪过，便叫蒙召之人得着所应许永远的产业。Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

¹⁶凡有遗命必须等到留遗命（遗命：原文与约字同）的人死了；In the case of a will, it is necessary to establish the death of the one who made it,

¹⁷因为人死了，遗命才有效力，若留遗命的尚在，那遗命还有用处吗？because a will does not take effect until the one who made it has died; it cannot be executed while he is still alive.

前约也是用血立的

¹⁸所以，前约也不是不用血立的；That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.

¹⁹因为摩西当日照着律法将各样诫命传给众百姓，就拿朱红色绒和牛膝草，把牛犊山羊的血和水洒在书上，又洒在众百姓身上，说：For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,

²⁰“这血就是　神与你们立约的凭据。”saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.”

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²¹他又照样把血洒在帐幕和各样器皿上。In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.

²²按着律法，凡物差不多都是用血洁净的；若不流血，罪就不得赦免了。According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

基督进了天上的圣所

²³照着天上样式做的物件必须用这些祭物去洁净；但那天上的本物自然当用更美的祭物去洁净。So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

²⁴因为基督并不是进了人手所造的圣所（这不过是真圣所的影像），乃是进了天堂，如今为我们显在　神面前；For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.

²⁵也不是多次将自己献上，像那大祭司每年带着牛羊的血（牛羊的血：原文作不是自己的血）进入圣所，Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.

²⁶如果这样，他从创世以来，就必多次受苦了。但如今在这末世显现一次，把自己献为祭，好除掉罪。Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

人人都有一死

²⁷按着定命，人人都有一死，死后且有审判。Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,

²⁸像这样，基督既然一次被献，担当了多人的罪，将来要向那等候他的人第二次显现，并与罪无关，乃是为拯救他们。so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.

律法是将来美事的影儿

¹律法既是将来美事的影儿，不是本物的真像，总不能借着每年常献一样的祭物叫那近前来的人得以完全。For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.

²若不然，献祭的事岂不早已止住了吗？因为礼拜的人，良心既被洁净，就不再觉得有罪了。If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.

³但这些祭物是叫人每年想起罪来；Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins,

⁴因为公牛和山羊的血，断不能除罪。because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

我来了为要照你的旨意行

⁵所以基督到世上来的时候，就说：　神啊，祭物和礼物是你不愿意的；你曾给我预备了身体。Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.

⁶燔祭和赎罪祭是你不喜欢的。In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight.

⁷那时我说：　神啊，我来了，为要照你的旨意行；我的事在经卷上已经记载了。Then I said, ‘Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.’”

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⁸以上说：“祭物和礼物，燔祭和赎罪祭，是你不愿意的，也是你不喜欢的（这都是按着律法献的）”；In the passage above He says, “Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them” (although they are offered according to the law).

⁹后又说：“我来了为要照你的旨意行”；可见他是除去在先的，为要立定在后的。Then He adds, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second.

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¹⁰我们凭这旨意，靠耶稣基督，只一次献上他的身体，就得以成圣。And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

一次献祭，永远完全

¹¹凡祭司天天站着事奉　神，屡次献上一样的祭物，这祭物永不能除罪。Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.

¹²但基督献了一次永远的赎罪祭，就在　神的右边坐下了。But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.

¹³从此，等候他仇敌成了他的脚凳。Since that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet,

¹⁴因为他一次献祭，便叫那得以成圣的人永远完全。because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.

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不再记念他们的罪

¹⁵圣灵也对我们作见证；因为他既已说过：The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says:

¹⁶主说：那些日子以后，我与他们所立的约乃是这样：我要将我的律法写在他们心上，又要放在他们的里面。“This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds.”

¹⁷以后就说：我不再记念他们的罪愆和他们的过犯。Then He adds: “Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more.”

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¹⁸这些罪过既已赦免，就不用再为罪献祭了。And where these have been forgiven, an offering for sin is no longer needed.

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