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旧约 何西阿书 1:1–3:5
新约 启示录 1:1–20

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旧约何西阿书 1:1–3:5

书卷介绍:何西阿书小先知书

百姓像不忠的妻子离弃神,神却仍以信实的爱呼唤他们回转。

神吩咐何西阿娶歌篾为妻,后来她对丈夫不忠,何西阿仍照神的吩咐把她赎回来。这段婚姻成了一幅图画,描写以色列拜偶像、离弃神,就像妻子背叛丈夫。何西阿严厉指责北国的罪,警告审判将临。但全书也充满神的深情,祂说:“我怎能舍弃你”。

前情提要

上回说到

昨天读完但以理书:天使预告南方王和北方王的争战,以及亵渎圣地的卑鄙之王;末后米迦勒必站起来,睡在尘埃中的多人要复醒,智慧人必发光如星。今天开始读何西阿书。

今天你会读到

神吩咐何西阿娶淫妇歌篾为妻,用婚姻比喻以色列离弃神去拜巴力。三个孩子的名字都是信息:耶斯列、罗‧路哈玛(不蒙怜悯)、罗‧阿米(非我民)。2 章神控诉不忠的妻子,却应许要领她到旷野、说安慰的话,以仁义、公平、慈爱、怜悯聘她归自己;3 章何西阿把她买回来,表明神仍爱以色列。

阅读小提示

和 把孩子的名字翻转过来:“本非我民的,我必对他说:你是我的民”。保罗在、彼得在 都引用这段。

■ 当时 □ 预言所指

点时代可看说明

何西阿约在主前 750–720 年间向北国以色列说预言;主前 722 年北国被亚述所灭。

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何西阿书 第 1 章

何西阿蒙召

1当乌西雅、约坦、亚哈斯、希西家作犹大王,约阿施的儿子耶罗波安作以色列王的时候,耶和华的话临到备利的儿子何西阿。This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.

娶淫妇为妻

2耶和华初次与何西阿说话,对他说:“你去娶为妻,也收那从淫乱所生的儿女;因为这地大行淫乱,离弃耶和华。”When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”

3于是,何西阿去娶了滴拉音的女儿。这妇人怀孕,给他生了一个儿子。So Hosea went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.

耶斯列

4耶和华对何西阿说:“给他起名叫;因为再过片时,我必讨耶户家在耶斯列杀人流血的罪,也必使以色列家的国灭绝。Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.

5到那日,我必在耶斯列平原折断以色列的弓。”And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”

罗‧路哈玛

6歌篾又怀孕生了一个女儿,耶和华对何西阿说:“给她起名叫(就是不蒙怜悯的意思);因为我必不再怜悯以色列家,决不赦免他们。Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.

7我却要怜悯犹大家,使他们靠耶和华—他们的 神得救,不使他们靠弓、刀、争战、马匹,与马兵得救。”Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”

罗‧阿米

8歌篾给罗·路哈玛断奶以后,又怀孕生了一个儿子。After she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, Gomer conceived and gave birth to a son.

9耶和华说:“给他起名叫(就是非我民的意思);因为你们不作我的子民,我也不作你们的 神。”And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.

必称为永生神的儿子

10然而,以色列的人数必如海沙,不可量,不可数。从前在什么地方对他们说“你们不是我的子民”,将来在那里必对他们说“你们是永生 神的儿子”。Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’

11犹大人和以色列人必一同聚集,为自己立一个首领,从这地上去(或译:从被掳之地上来),因为耶斯列的日子必为大日。Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.

何西阿书 第 2 章

1你们要称你们的弟兄为阿米(就是我民的意思),称你们的姊妹为路哈玛(就是蒙怜悯的意思)。“Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’

控诉不忠的妻子

2你们要与你们的母亲大大;因为她不是我的妻子,我也不是她的丈夫。叫她除掉脸上的淫像和胸间的淫态,Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.

3免得我剥她的衣服,使她赤体,与才生的时候一样,使她如旷野,如干旱之地,因渴而死。Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst.

4我必不怜悯她的儿女,因为他们是从淫乱而生的。I will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery.

5他们的母亲行了淫乱,怀他们的母做了可羞耻的事,因为她说:我要随从所爱的;我的饼、水、羊毛、麻、油、酒都是他们给的。For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’

用荆棘堵塞她的道

6因此,我必用堵塞她的道,筑墙挡住她,使她找不着路。Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way.

7她必追随所爱的,却追不上;她必寻找他们,却寻不见,便说:我要归回前夫,因我那时的光景比如今还好。She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’

8她不知道是我给她五谷、新酒,和油,又加增她的金银;她却以此供奉(或译:制造)。For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal.

9因此到了收割的日子,出酒的时候,我必将我的五谷新酒收回,也必将她应当遮体的羊毛和麻夺回来。Therefore I will take back My grain in its time and My new wine in its season; I will take away My wool and linen, which were given to cover her nakedness.

10如今我必在她所爱的眼前显露她的丑态;必无人能救她脱离我的手。And then I will expose her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of My hands.

11我也必使她的宴乐、节期、月朔、安息日,并她的一切大会都止息了。I will put an end to all her exultation: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—all her appointed feasts.

12我也必毁坏她的葡萄树和无花果树,就是她说“这是我所爱的给我为赏赐”的。我必使这些树变为荒林,为田野的走兽所吃。I will destroy her vines and fig trees, which she thinks are the wages paid by her lovers. So I will make them into a thicket, and the beasts of the field will devour them.

13我必追讨她素日给诸巴力烧香的罪;那时她佩带耳环和别样妆饰,随从她所爱的,却忘记我。这是耶和华说的。I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she adorned herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.

领她到旷野

14后来我必她,领她到旷野,对她说安慰的话。“Therefore, behold, I will allure her and lead her to the wilderness, and speak to her tenderly.

15她从那里出来,我必赐她葡萄园,又赐她作为指望的门。她必在那里(或译:歌唱),与幼年的日子一样,与从埃及地上来的时候相同。There I will give back her vineyards and make the Valley of Achor into a gateway of hope. There she will respond as she did in the days of her youth, as in the day she came up out of Egypt.

你必称呼我伊施

16耶和华说:“那日你必称呼我(就是我夫的意思),不再称呼我巴力(就是我主的意思);In that day,” declares the LORD, “you will call Me ‘my Husband,’ and no longer call Me ‘my Master.’

17因为我必从我民的口中除掉诸巴力的名号,这名号不再提起。For I will remove from her lips the names of the Baals; no longer will their names be invoked.

18当那日,我必为我的民,与田野的走兽和空中的飞鸟,并地上的昆虫立约;又必在国中折断弓刀,止息争战,使他们安然躺卧。On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and battle in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.

聘你永远归我

19我必你永远归我为妻,以仁义、公平、慈爱、怜悯聘你归我;So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.

20也以诚实聘你归我,你就必认识我—耶和华。And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.”

21耶和华说:那日我必应允,我必应允天,天必应允地;“On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD—“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth.

22地必应允五谷、新酒,和油,这些必应允耶斯列民(耶斯列就是 神栽种的意思)。And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.

23我必将她种在这地。素不蒙怜悯的,我必怜悯;本非我民的,我必对他说:你是我的民;他必说:你是我的 神。”And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”

何西阿书 第 3 章

再去爱这妇人

1耶和华对我说:“你再去爱一个淫妇,就是她情人所爱的;好像以色列人,虽然偏向别神,喜爱,耶和华还是爱他们。”Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols.”

2我便用银子十五舍客勒,大麦一,买她归我。So I bought her for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a lethech of barley.

3我对她说:“你当多日为我独居,不可行淫,不可归别人为妻,我向你也必这样。”Then I said to her, “You must live with me for many days; you must not be promiscuous or belong to another, and I will do the same for you.”

以色列必多日独居

4以色列人也必多日独居,无君王,无首领,无祭祀,无柱像,无,无。For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.

5后来以色列人必归回(或译:回心转意),寻求他们的 神—耶和华和他们的王大卫。在末后的日子,必以敬畏的心归向耶和华,领受他的恩惠。Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.

摘要

何西阿书一至三章记述先知何西阿奉神命娶淫妇歌篾为妻,并为三个孩子取具审判意义的名字(耶斯列、罗路哈玛、罗阿米),象征以色列因拜偶像而面临神的惩罚与弃绝。然而神在审判之后应许复和,要以仁义、慈爱、诚实重新“聘”祂的子民归回,并吩咐何西阿再次用代价赎回不忠的妻子,预表神对悖逆百姓永不止息的救赎之爱。

反思问题

  1. 在你的生命中,是否有像以色列人一样把神的恩赐归功于其他事物的时刻?你如何重新认出恩典的真正源头?
  2. 何西阿以代价赎回不忠的妻子,这幅图画如何帮助你更深体会神对你无条件的爱与饶恕?
  3. 神在审判中仍留下复和的应许——当你经历管教或困境时,你是否能信靠神的管教背后有恢复的心意?

新约启示录 1:1–20

书卷介绍:启示录启示文学

坐在宝座上的神和羔羊终必得胜,祂要更新万物。

约翰被放逐在拔摩海岛时,看见了复活的基督,并受命写信给亚细亚的七个教会。接着他看见天上的宝座,以及羔羊揭开书卷,带出一连串的审判和属灵争战的异象。书中用了大量象征,对于这些异象的解释,历来有不同的看法,有人认为主要指当时的事,有人认为指整个教会历史,也有人认为主要指将来的事。但各种看法都同意,这卷书要鼓励信徒忠心到底,因为神终必擦去一切眼泪,带来新天新地。

前情提要

上回说到

昨天读完犹大书:犹大劝信徒为从前一次交付圣徒的真道竭力争辩,提醒神必审判不敬虔的人,并以颂赞那能保守信徒不失脚的神作结。今天开始读新约最后一卷书启示录。

今天你会读到

启示录开头说这是“耶稣基督的启示”,念、听、遵守的人有福。约翰写信给亚细亚的七个教会,颂赞用自己的血使我们脱离罪恶的耶稣。他在拔摩海岛上,主日被圣灵感动,看见七个金灯台中间有一位好像人子,眼目如火焰、声音如众水;这位说“我是首先的,我是末后的”,吩咐约翰把所看见的写下来。

阅读小提示

启示录充满象征,第一次读不必急着解开每个图像。先抓住 –18:拿着死亡和阴间钥匙的那一位,对约翰说“不要惧怕”。

点时代可看说明

传统认为使徒约翰约在主后 95 年罗马皇帝豆米仙在位时被放逐到拔摩岛,在那里写成;也有学者认为写得更早。

启示录 第 1 章

耶稣基督的启示

1耶稣基督的,就是 神赐给他,叫他将必要快成的事指示他的众仆人。他就差遣使者他的仆人约翰。This is the revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave Him to show His servants what must soon come to pass. He made it known by sending His angel to His servant John,

2约翰便将 神的道和耶稣基督的见证,凡自己所看见的都证明出来。who testifies to everything he saw. This is the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.

3念这书上预言的和那些听见又遵守其中所记载的,都是有福的,因为日期近了。Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.

问候七个教会

4约翰写信给的七个教会。但愿从那昔在、今在、以后永在的 神,和他宝座前的,John, To the seven churches in the province of Asia: Grace and peace to you from Him who is and was and is to come, and from the seven spirits before His throne,

5并那诚实作见证的、从死里首先复活、为世上君王的耶稣基督,有恩惠、平安归与你们!他爱我们,用自己的血使我们脱离(有古卷:洗去)罪恶,and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To Him who loves us and has released us from our sins by His blood,

6又使我们成为国民,作他父 神的祭司。但愿荣耀、权能归给他,直到永永远远。阿们!who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.

他驾云降临

7看哪,他驾云降临!众目要看见他,连也要看见他;地上的万族都要因他哀哭。这话是真实的。阿们!Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.

8主 神说:“我是,我是俄梅戛(阿拉法,俄梅戛:是希腊字母首末二字),是昔在、今在、以后永在的全能者。”“I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, who is and was and is to come—the Almighty.

约翰在拔摩海岛

9我—约翰就是你们的弟兄,和你们在耶稣的患难、国度、忍耐里一同有分,为 神的道,并为给耶稣作的见证,曾在那名叫的海岛上。I, John, your brother and partner in the tribulation and kingdom and perseverance that are in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and my testimony about Jesus.

10当,我被圣灵感动,听见在我后面有大声音如吹号,说:On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,

11“你所看见的当写在书上,达与、士每拿、别迦摩、推雅推喇、撒狄、非拉铁非、老底嘉那七个教会。”saying, “Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

金灯台中间的人子

12我转过身来,要看是谁发声与我说话;既转过来,就看见七个金灯台。Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands,

13灯台中间有一位好像,身穿,直垂到脚,胸间束着金带。and among the lampstands was One like the Son of Man, dressed in a long robe, with a golden sash around His chest.

14他的头与发皆白,如白羊毛,如雪;眼目如同火焰;The hair of His head was white like wool, as white as snow, and His eyes were like a blazing fire.

15脚好像在炉中锻炼;声音如同众水的声音。His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and His voice was like the roar of many waters.

16他右手拿着七星,从他口中出来一把;面貌如同烈日放光。He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.

不要惧怕

17我一看见,就仆倒在他脚前,像死了一样。他用右手按着我,说:“不要惧怕!我是首先的,我是末后的,When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,

18又是那存活的;我曾死过,现在又活了,直活到永永远远;并且拿着死亡和的钥匙。the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.

写下所看见的

19所以你要把所看见的,和现在的事,并将来必成的事,都写出来。Therefore write down the things you have seen, the things that are, and the things that will happen after this.

七星和七灯台的奥秘

20论到你所看见、在我右手中的七星和七个金灯台的奥秘,那七星就是七个教会的,七灯台就是七个教会。”This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.

摘要

启示录第一章开篇宣告这是耶稣基督的启示,由神赐给祂,再透过使者传给约翰,要将必快成的事指示众教会。约翰在拔摩岛上被圣灵感动,看见荣耀的人子异象——祂身穿长衣、白发如雪、眼如火焰、手持七星,宣告自己是首先的、末后的、那存活的,掌管死亡和阴间的钥匙。这异象启示基督的神性、权柄与永恒,并带出祂对七个教会的关注与掌权。

反思问题

  1. 约翰在患难与孤岛中领受了神的启示,你是否曾在困境中反而更深经历神的同在与启示?
  2. 基督宣告祂拿着死亡和阴间的钥匙——这对你面对生命中的恐惧与不确定有什么安慰?
  3. 启示录说‘念这书上预言的和遵守的人都是有福的’,你目前的读经生活是否不仅停留在阅读,也在实际遵行上有所回应?