旧约以西结书 42:1–43:27
前情提要
上回说到
昨天(40–41 章):以西结在异象中被带到以色列的高山上,一位形状如铜的人拿着量度的竿,带他量新圣殿的外院、内院、各门、宰杀祭牲的桌子,又进入殿内量外殿、至圣所和围殿的旁屋。
今天你会读到
天使量圣殿北面和南面给祭司用的圣屋,祭司在那里吃至圣的物、换下圣衣;又量圣殿四围各五百肘,“为要分别圣地与俗地”(42 章)。接着耶和华的荣光从东门回到殿中,充满了殿;神说这是祂宝座之地,要住在百姓中间直到永远。最后是祭坛的尺寸和七日洁净祭坛的条例(43 章)。
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是全书的转折:以西结曾看见耶和华的荣耀离开圣殿,停在城东的山上(、);现在荣光“从东而来”,重新充满圣殿。
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神的荣耀离开圣殿是在耶路撒冷被毁之前;在被掳的岁月里,神应许祂的荣耀要再回来,住在百姓中间。
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以西结书 第 42 章
北面的圣屋
1他带我出来向北,到外院,又带我进入圣屋;这圣屋一排顺着空地,一排与北边铺石地之屋相对。Then the man led me out northward into the outer court, and he brought me to the group of chambers opposite the temple courtyard and the outer wall on the north side.
2这圣屋长一百肘,宽五十肘,有向北的门。The building with the door facing north was a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide.
3对着内院那二十肘宽之空地,又对着外院的铺石地,在第三层楼上有对着楼廊。Gallery faced gallery in three levels opposite the twenty cubits that belonged to the inner court and opposite the pavement that belonged to the outer court.
4在圣屋前有一条,宽十肘,长一百肘。房门都向北。In front of the chambers was an inner walkway ten cubits wide and a hundred cubits long. Their doors were on the north.
5圣屋因为楼廊占去些地方,所以上层比中下两层窄些。Now the upper chambers were smaller because the galleries took more space from the chambers on the lower and middle floors of the building.
6圣屋有三层,却无柱子,不像外院的屋子有柱子;所以上层比中下两层更窄。For they were arranged in three stories, and unlike the courts, they had no pillars. So the upper chambers were set back further than the lower and middle floors.
7圣屋外,东边有墙,靠着外院,长五十肘。An outer wall in front of the chambers was fifty cubits long and ran parallel to the chambers and the outer court.
8靠着外院的圣屋长五十肘。殿北面的圣屋长一百肘。For the chambers on the outer court were fifty cubits long, while those facing the temple were a hundred cubits long.
9在圣屋以下,东头有进入之处,就是从外院进入之处。And below these chambers was the entrance on the east side as one enters them from the outer court.
南面的圣屋
10向南(原文是东)在内院墙里有圣屋,一排与铺石地之屋相对,一排顺着空地。On the south side along the length of the wall of the outer court were chambers adjoining the courtyard and opposite the building,
11这圣屋前的夹道与北边圣屋的夹道长宽一样;出入之处与北屋门的样式相同。with a passageway in front of them, just like the chambers that were on the north. They had the same length and width, with similar exits and dimensions.
12正在墙前、夹道的东头,有门可以进入,与向南圣屋的门一样。And corresponding to the doors of the chambers that were facing south, there was a door in front of the walkway that was parallel to the wall extending eastward.
祭司吃圣物、换圣衣
13他对我说:“顺着空地的南屋北屋,都是圣屋;亲近耶和华的祭司当在那里吃至圣的物,也当在那里放至圣的物,就是、赎罪祭,和赎愆祭,因此处为圣。Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy.
14祭司进去出了圣所的时候,不可直到外院,但要在圣屋放下他们供职的衣服,因为是;要穿上别的衣服才可以到属民的外院。”Once the priests have entered the holy area, they must not go out into the outer court until they have left behind the garments in which they minister, for these are holy. They are to put on other clothes before they approach the places that are for the people.”
量圣殿的四围
15他量完了内殿,就带我出朝东的门,量院的四围。Now when the man had finished measuring the interior of the temple area, he led me out by the gate that faced east, and he measured the area all around:
16他用量度的竿量四围,量东面五百肘(原文是竿;本章下同),With a measuring rod he measured the east side to be five hundred cubits long.
17用竿量北面五百肘,He measured the north side to be five hundred cubits long.
18用竿量南面五百肘,He measured the south side to be five hundred cubits long.
19又转到西面,用竿量五百肘。And he came around and measured the west side to be five hundred cubits long.
20他量四面,四围有墙,长五百肘,宽五百肘,为要分别圣地与。So he measured the area on all four sides. It had a wall all around, five hundred cubits long and five hundred cubits wide, to separate the holy from the common.
以西结书 第 43 章
耶和华的荣光回到殿中
1以后,他带我到一座门,就是朝东的门。Then the man brought me back to the gate that faces east,
2以色列 神的荣光从东而来。他的声音如同;地就因他的荣耀发光。and I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east. His voice was like the roar of many waters, and the earth shone with His glory.
3其状如从前他来灭城的时候我所见的异象,那异象如我在边所见的异象,我就俯伏在地。The vision I saw was like the vision I had seen when He came to destroy the city and like the visions I had seen by the River Kebar. I fell facedown,
4耶和华的荣光从朝东的门照入殿中。and the glory of the LORD entered the temple through the gate facing east.
5灵将我举起,带入内院,,耶和华的荣光充满了殿。Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple.
这是我宝座之地
6我听见有一位从殿中对我说话。有一人站在我旁边。While the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple,
7他对我说:“人子啊,这是我之地,是我脚掌所踏之地。我要在这里住,在以色列人中直到永远。以色列家和他们的君王必不再玷污我的圣名,就是行邪淫、在锡安的高处葬埋他们君王的尸首,and He said to me, “Son of man, this is the place of My throne and the place for the soles of My feet, where I will dwell among the Israelites forever. The house of Israel will never again defile My holy name—neither they nor their kings—by their prostitution and by the funeral offerings for their kings at their deaths.
8使他们的门槛挨近我的门槛,他们的门框挨近我的门框;他们与我中间仅隔一墙,并且行可憎的事,玷污了我的圣名,所以我发怒灭绝他们。When they placed their threshold next to My threshold and their doorposts beside My doorposts, with only a wall between Me and them, they defiled My holy name by the abominations they committed. Therefore I have consumed them in My anger.
9现在他们当从我面前远除邪淫和他们君王的尸首,我就住在他们中间直到永远。Now let them remove far from Me their prostitution and the funeral offerings for their kings, and I will dwell among them forever.
将殿的规模指示以色列家
10人子啊,你要将这殿指示以色列家,使他们因自己的罪孽惭愧,也要他们量殿的尺寸。As for you, son of man, describe the temple to the people of Israel, so that they may be ashamed of their iniquities. Let them measure the plan,
11他们若因自己所行的一切事惭愧,你就将殿的规模、样式、出入之处,和一切形状、典章、礼仪、法则指示他们,在他们眼前写上,使他们遵照殿的一切规模典章去做。and if they are ashamed of all they have done, then make known to them the design of the temple—its arrangement and its exits and entrances—its whole design along with all its statutes, forms, and laws. Write it down in their sight, so that they may keep its complete design and all its statutes and may carry them out.
12殿的法则乃是如此:殿在山顶上,四围的全界要称为至圣。这就是殿的法则。”This is the law of the temple: All its surrounding territory on top of the mountain will be most holy. Yes, this is the law of the temple.
祭坛的尺寸
13以下量祭坛,是以肘为度(这肘是一肘零一掌)。底座高一肘,边宽一肘,四围起边高一掌,这是坛的座。These are the measurements of the altar in long cubits (a cubit and a handbreadth): Its gutter shall be a cubit deep and a cubit wide, with a rim of one span around its edge. And this is the height of the altar:
14从底座到下层,高二肘,边宽一肘。从小磴台到大磴台,高四肘,边宽一肘。The space from the gutter on the ground to the lower ledge shall be two cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide. The space from the smaller ledge to the larger ledge shall be four cubits, and the ledge one cubit wide.
15坛上的,高四肘。供台的四拐角上都有角。The altar hearth shall be four cubits high, and four horns shall project upward from the hearth.
16供台长十二肘,宽十二肘,四面见方。The altar hearth shall be square at its four corners, twelve cubits long and twelve cubits wide.
17磴台长十四肘,宽十四肘,四面见方。四围起边高半肘,底座四围的边宽一肘。台阶朝东。The ledge shall also be square, fourteen cubits long and fourteen cubits wide, with a rim of half a cubit and a gutter of a cubit all around it. The steps of the altar shall face east.”
洁净祭坛的条例
18他对我说:“人子啊,主耶和华如此说:建造祭坛,为要在其上献燔祭洒血,造成的时候典章如下:Then He said to me: “Son of man, this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘These are the statutes for the altar on the day it is constructed, so that burnt offerings may be sacrificed on it and blood may be splattered on it:
19主耶和华说,你要将一只公牛犊作为赎罪祭,给祭司利未人撒督的后裔,就是那亲近我、事奉我的。You are to give a young bull from the herd as a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are of the family of Zadok, who approach Me to minister before Me, declares the Lord GOD.
20你要取些公牛的血,抹在坛的四角和磴台的四拐角,并四围所起的边上。你这样洁净坛,坛就洁净了。You are to take some of its blood and put it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and all around the rim; thus you will cleanse the altar and make atonement for it.
21你又要将那作赎罪祭的公牛犊烧在殿外、圣地之外预定之处。Then you are to take away the bull for the sin offering and burn it in the appointed part of the temple area outside the sanctuary.
22次日,要将无残疾的公山羊献为赎罪祭;要洁净坛,像用公牛犊洁净的一样。On the second day you are to present an unblemished male goat as a sin offering, and the altar is to be cleansed as it was with the bull.
23洁净了坛,就要将一只无残疾的公牛犊和羊群中一只无残疾的公绵羊When you have finished the purification, you are to present a young, unblemished bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.
24奉到耶和华前。祭司要在其上,献与耶和华为燔祭。You must present them before the LORD; the priests are to sprinkle salt on them and sacrifice them as a burnt offering to the LORD.
25七日内,每日要预备一只公山羊为赎罪祭,也要预备一只公牛犊和羊群中的一只公绵羊,都要没有残疾的。For seven days you are to provide a male goat daily for a sin offering; you are also to provide a young bull and a ram from the flock, both unblemished.
26七日祭司洁净坛,坛就洁净了;要这样把坛。For seven days the priests are to make atonement for the altar and cleanse it; so they shall consecrate it.
我必悦纳你们
27满了七日,自八日以后,祭司要在坛上献你们的燔祭和平安祭;我必你们。这是主耶和华说的。”At the end of these days, from the eighth day on, the priests are to present your burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar. Then I will accept you, declares the Lord GOD.’”
摘要
以西结被引导参观圣殿外院的圣屋,这些房间专供祭司存放圣衣、进食至圣之物,并以墙界分别圣地与俗地(结42章)。随后,耶和华的荣光从东门重返圣殿,神宣告这是祂永远的居所,要求以色列人远离偶像与污秽,并详述祭坛的尺寸与七日洁净献祭的礼仪,应许在坛洁净后悦纳百姓的祭物(结43章)。
反思问题
- 神对圣与俗的严格区分,提醒你在日常生活中如何看待与神亲近时的态度和预备?
- 神的荣光重新充满圣殿,象征祂愿意与悔改的百姓同住——你是否有需要清除的事物,好让神的同在更充满你的生命?
- 祭坛需经七日洁净才能被使用,这个过程对你理解灵命更新与成圣的耐心有什么启发?
新约彼得后书 2:1–22
前情提要
上回说到
昨天():彼得知道自己离世的时候快到了,要趁还活着提醒信徒;他在圣山上亲眼见过主的威荣,亲耳听见天上的声音,又有先知更确的预言,那是人被圣灵感动说出神的话来。
今天你会读到
彼得警告将来会有假师傅,私自引进陷害人的异端,贪心取利、放纵情欲。他举三个例子说明神必审判:犯罪的天使、挪亚时的洪水、所多玛和蛾摩拉;但神也搭救了挪亚一家和罗得。假师傅像巴兰一样贪爱不义的工价,是无水的井,应许人自由,自己却作败坏的奴仆。
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是这章的安慰:“主知道搭救敬虔的人脱离试探”。神审判恶人,却没有忘记在恶世中忧伤的义人,就像罗得一样。
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这章和犹大书的内容很相似,两卷书都在对付教会里的假教师。
彼得后书 第 2 章
假师傅必要兴起
1从前在百姓中有假先知起来,将来在你们中间也必有假师傅,私自引进陷害人的,连他们的主他们也不承认,自取速速地灭亡。Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves.
2将有许多人随从他们邪淫的行为,便叫真道因他们的缘故被毁谤。Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed.
3他们因有贪心,要用捏造的言语在你们身上取利。他们的刑罚,自古以来并不迟延;他们的灭亡也必速速来到(原文是也不打盹)。In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.
神审判的三个前例
4就是天使犯了罪, 神也没有宽容,曾把他们丢在,交在黑暗坑中,等候审判。For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
5神也没有宽容上古的世代,曾叫洪水临到那不敬虔的世代,却保护了传义道的一家八口。if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;
6又判定、蛾摩拉,将二城倾覆,焚烧成灰,作为后世不敬虔人的;if He condemned the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to destruction, reducing them to ashes as an example of what is coming on the ungodly;
7只搭救了那常为恶人淫行忧伤的义人。and if He rescued Lot, a righteous man distressed by the depraved conduct of the lawless
8(因为那义人住在他们中间,看见听见他们不法的事,他的义心就天天伤痛。)(for that righteous man, living among them day after day, was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)—
主知道搭救敬虔的人
9主知道搭救敬虔的人脱离试探,把不义的人留在刑罚之下,等候审判的日子。if all this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment.
胆大任性的假师傅
10那些随肉身、纵污秽的情欲、轻慢主治之人的,更是如此。他们,毁谤在尊位的,也不知惧怕。Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold and self-willed, they are unafraid to slander glorious beings.
11就是天使,虽然力量权能更大,还不用毁谤的话在主面前告他们。Yet not even angels, though greater in strength and power, dare to bring such slanderous charges against them before the Lord.
12但这些人好像没有灵性,生来就是畜类,以备捉拿宰杀的。他们毁谤所不晓得的事,正在败坏人的时候,自己必遭遇败坏。These men are like irrational animals, creatures of instinct, born to be captured and destroyed. They blaspheme in matters they do not understand, and like such creatures, they too will be destroyed.
13行的不义,就得了不义的工价。这些人喜爱白昼宴乐,他们已被玷污,又有,正与你们一同坐席,就以自己的诡诈为快乐。The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you.
14他们满眼是淫色(原文是淫妇),止不住犯罪,引诱那心不坚固的人,心中贪婪,正是被咒诅的种类。Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.
随从巴兰的路
15他们离弃正路,就走差了,随从比珥之子的路。巴兰就是那贪爱不义之工价的先知,They have left the straight way and wandered off to follow the way of Balaam son of Beor, who loved the wages of wickedness.
16他却为自己的过犯受了责备;那不能说话的驴以人言拦阻先知的狂妄。But he was rebuked for his transgression by a donkey, otherwise without speech, that spoke with a man’s voice and restrained the prophet’s madness.
无水的井
17这些人是无水的井,是狂风催逼的,有墨黑的幽暗为他们存留。These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them.
18他们说虚妄矜夸的大话,用肉身的情欲和邪淫的事引诱那些刚才脱离妄行的人。With lofty but empty words, they appeal to the sensual passions of the flesh and entice those who are just escaping from others who live in error.
19他们应许人得以自由,自己却作败坏的奴仆,因为人被谁制伏就是谁的奴仆。They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to depravity. For a man is a slave to whatever has mastered him.
末后的景况比先前更不好
20倘若他们因认识主—救主耶稣基督,得以脱离世上的污秽,后来又在其中被缠住、制伏,他们末后的景况就比先前更不好了。If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.
21他们晓得义路,竟背弃了传给他们的圣命,倒不如不晓得为妙。It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them.
22说得真不错:狗所吐的,它转过来又吃;猪洗净了又回到泥里去滚;这话在他们身上正。Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.”
摘要
彼得警告教会中将出现假师傅,他们贪婪自私、扭曲真道、以捏造的言语谋利,并以历史为鉴——犯罪的天使、洪水时代、所多玛的毁灭——说明神必审判不义之人,也必搭救敬虔的人。这些假师傅如无水的井,应许人自由,自己却作败坏的奴仆;曾认识义路却背弃圣命的人,末后景况比先前更糟。
反思问题
- 彼得描述假师傅用‘捏造的言语’和‘虚妄矜夸的大话’引诱人——你如何辨别身边教导的真伪,避免被似是而非的道理影响?
- 经文指出‘人被谁制伏就是谁的奴仆’,在你的生活中,有哪些习惯或欲望正在悄悄辖制你,需要靠主得释放?
- 神既审判不义又搭救敬虔人(如挪亚、罗得),这对你在充满试探的环境中持守信仰有什么鼓励?