今日读经

耶和华与这地的居民争辩

¹以色列人哪，你们当听耶和华的话。耶和华与这地的居民争辩，因这地上无诚实，无良善，无人认识　神。Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!

²但起假誓，不践前言，杀害，偷盗，奸淫，行强暴，杀人流血，接连不断。Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

³因此，这地悲哀，其上的民、田野的兽、空中的鸟必都衰微，海中的鱼也必消灭。Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.

祭司弃掉知识

⁴然而，人都不必争辩，也不必指责，因为这民与抗拒祭司的人一样。But let no man contend; let no man offer reproof; for your people are like those who contend with a priest.

⁵你这祭司必日间跌倒；先知也必夜间与你一同跌倒；我必灭绝你的母亲。You will stumble by day, and the prophet will stumble with you by night; so I will destroy your mother—

⁶我的民因无知识而灭亡。你弃掉知识，我也必弃掉你，使你不再给我作祭司。你既忘了你　神的律法，我也必忘记你的儿女。My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

⁷祭司越发增多，就越发得罪我；我必使他们的荣耀变为羞辱。The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.

⁸他们吃我民的赎罪祭，满心愿意我民犯罪。They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.

⁹将来民如何，祭司也必如何；我必因他们所行的惩罚他们，照他们所做的报应他们。And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.

¹⁰他们吃，却不得饱；行淫，而不得立后；因为他们离弃耶和华，不遵他的命。They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have abandoned the LORD to give themselves

求问木偶，在山顶献祭

¹¹奸淫和酒，并新酒，夺去人的心。to promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which take away understanding.

¹²我的民求问木偶，以为木杖能指示他们；因为他们的淫心使他们失迷，他们就行淫离弃　神，不守约束，My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.

¹³在各山顶，各高冈的橡树、杨树、栗树之下，献祭烧香，因为树影美好。所以，你们的女儿淫乱，你们的新妇（或译：儿妇；下同）行淫。They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.

¹⁴你们的女儿淫乱，你们的新妇行淫，我却不惩罚她们；因为你们自己离群与娼妓同居，与妓女一同献祭。这无知的民必致倾倒。I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.

不要往吉甲去

¹⁵以色列啊，你虽然行淫，犹大却不可犯罪。不要往吉甲去，不要上到伯·亚文，也不要指着永生的耶和华起誓。Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’

¹⁶以色列倔强，犹如倔强的母牛；现在耶和华要放他们，如同放羊羔在宽阔之地。For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?

¹⁷以法莲亲近偶像，任凭他吧！Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!

¹⁸他们所喝的已经发酸，他们时常行淫，他们的官长最爱羞耻的事。When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.

¹⁹风把他们裹在翅膀里；他们因所献的祭必致蒙羞。The whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings, and their sacrifices will bring them shame.

审判临到祭司和王家

¹众祭司啊，要听我的话！以色列家啊，要留心听！王家啊，要侧耳而听！审判要临到你们，因你们在米斯巴如网罗，在他泊山如铺张的网。“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.

²这些悖逆的人肆行杀戮，罪孽极深；我却斥责他们众人。The rebels are deep in slaughter; but I will chastise them all.

³以法莲为我所知；以色列不能向我隐藏。以法莲哪，现在你行淫了，以色列被玷污了。I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled.

⁴他们所行的使他们不能归向　神；因有淫心在他们里面，他们也不认识耶和华。Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.

⁵以色列的骄傲当面见证自己。故此，以色列和以法莲必因自己的罪孽跌倒；犹大也必与他们一同跌倒。Israel’s arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.

⁶他们必牵着牛羊去寻求耶和华，却寻不见；他已经转去离开他们。They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.

⁷他们向耶和华行事诡诈，生了私子。到了月朔，他们与他们的地业必被吞灭。They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.

吹角警告

⁸你们当在基比亚吹角，在拉玛吹号，在伯·亚文吹出大声，说：便雅悯哪，有仇敌在你后头！Blow the ram’s horn in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah; raise the battle cry in Beth-aven: Lead on, O Benjamin!

⁹在责罚的日子，以法莲必变为荒场；我在以色列支派中，指示将来必成的事。Ephraim will be laid waste on the day of rebuke. Among the tribes of Israel I proclaim what is certain.

¹⁰犹大的首领如同挪移地界的人，我必将忿怒倒在他们身上，如水一般。The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary stones; I will pour out My fury upon them like water.

¹¹以法莲因乐从人的命令，就受欺压，被审判压碎。Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, for he is determined to follow worthless idols.

¹²我使以法莲如虫蛀之物，使犹大家如朽烂之木。So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.

向亚述求救无用

¹³以法莲见自己有病，犹大见自己有伤，他们就打发人往亚述去见耶雷布王，他却不能医治你们，不能治好你们的伤。When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.

¹⁴我必向以法莲如狮子，向犹大家如少壮狮子。我必撕裂而去，我要夺去，无人搭救。For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.

¹⁵我要回到原处，等他们自觉有罪（或译：承认己罪），寻求我面；他们在急难的时候必切切寻求我。Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”

来吧，我们归向耶和华

¹来吧，我们归向耶和华！他撕裂我们，也必医治；他打伤我们，也必缠裹。Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

²过两天他必使我们苏醒，第三天他必使我们兴起，我们就在他面前得以存活。After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.

³我们务要认识耶和华，竭力追求认识他。他出现确如晨光；他必临到我们像甘雨，像滋润田地的春雨。So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.

良善如早晨的云雾

⁴主说：以法莲哪，我可向你怎样行呢？犹大啊，我可向你怎样做呢？因为你们的良善如同早晨的云雾，又如速散的甘露。What shall I do with you, O Ephraim? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

⁵因此，我借先知砍伐他们，以我口中的话杀戮他们；我施行的审判如光发出。Therefore I have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth, and My judgments go forth like lightning.

⁶我喜爱良善（或译：怜恤），不喜爱祭祀；喜爱认识　神，胜于燔祭。For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

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如亚当背约

⁷他们却如亚当背约，在境内向我行事诡诈。But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.

⁸基列是作孽之人的城，被血沾染。Gilead is a city of evildoers, tracked with footprints of blood.

⁹强盗成群，怎样埋伏杀人，祭司结党，也照样在示剑的路上杀戮，行了邪恶。Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.

¹⁰在以色列家，我见了可憎的事；在以法莲那里有淫行，以色列被玷污。In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled.

¹¹犹大啊，我使被掳之民归回的时候，必有为你所命定的收场。Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.

以法莲的罪显露

¹我想医治以色列的时候，以法莲的罪孽和撒马利亚的罪恶就显露出来。他们行事虚谎，内有贼人入室偷窃，外有强盗成群骚扰。When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.

²他们心里并不思想我记念他们的一切恶；他们所行的现在缠绕他们，都在我面前。But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.

热如火炉的阴谋

³他们行恶使君王欢喜，说谎使首领喜乐。They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.

⁴他们都是行淫的，像火炉被烤饼的烧热，从抟面到发面的时候，暂不使火着旺。They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by a baker who needs not stoke the fire from the kneading to the rising of the dough.

⁵在我们王宴乐的日子，首领因酒的烈性成病；王与亵慢人拉手。The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.

⁶首领埋伏的时候，心中热如火炉，就如烤饼的整夜睡卧，到了早晨火气炎炎。For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

⁷众民也热如火炉，烧灭他们的官长。他们的君王都仆倒而死；他们中间无一人求告我。All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls upon Me.

没有翻过的饼

⁸以法莲与列邦人搀杂；以法莲是没有翻过的饼。Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.

⁹外邦人吞吃他劳力得来的，他却不知道；头发斑白，他也不觉得。Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.

¹⁰以色列的骄傲当面见证自己，虽遭遇这一切，他们仍不归向耶和华—他们的　神，也不寻求他。Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.

愚蠢的鸽子

¹¹以法莲好像鸽子愚蠢无知；他们求告埃及，投奔亚述。So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove—calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.

¹²他们去的时候，我必将我的网撒在他们身上；我要打下他们，如同空中的鸟。我必按他们会众所听见的惩罚他们。As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.

¹³他们因离弃我，必定有祸；因违背我，必被毁灭。我虽要救赎他们，他们却向我说谎。Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.

¹⁴他们并不诚心哀求我，乃在床上呼号；他们为求五谷新酒聚集，仍然悖逆我。They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.

¹⁵我虽教导他们，坚固他们的膀臂，他们竟图谋抗拒我。Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.

¹⁶他们归向，却不归向至上者；他们如同翻背的弓。他们的首领必因舌头的狂傲倒在刀下；这在埃及地必作人的讥笑。They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.

给以弗所教会

¹“你要写信给以弗所教会的使者，说：‘那右手拿着七星、在七个金灯台中间行走的，说：“To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: These are the words of Him who holds the seven stars in His right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.

²我知道你的行为、劳碌、忍耐，也知道你不能容忍恶人。你也曾试验那自称为使徒却不是使徒的，看出他们是假的来。I know your deeds, your labor, and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate those who are evil, and you have tested and exposed as liars those who falsely claim to be apostles.

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³你也能忍耐，曾为我的名劳苦，并不乏倦。Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name.

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离弃了起初的爱心

⁴然而有一件事我要责备你，就是你把起初的爱心离弃了。But I have this against you: You have abandoned your first love.

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⁵所以，应当回想你是从哪里坠落的，并要悔改，行起初所行的事。你若不悔改，我就临到你那里，把你的灯台从原处挪去。Therefore, keep in mind how far you have fallen. Repent and perform the deeds you did at first. But if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place.

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⁶然而你还有一件可取的事，就是你恨恶尼哥拉一党人的行为，这也是我所恨恶的。But you have this to your credit: You hate the works of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.

⁷圣灵向众教会所说的话，凡有耳的，就应当听！得胜的，我必将　神乐园中生命树的果子赐给他吃。’”He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to eat from the tree of life in the Paradise of God.

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给士每拿教会

⁸“你要写信给士每拿教会的使者，说：‘那首先的、末后的、死过又活的，说：To the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These are the words of the First and the Last, who died and returned to life.

⁹我知道你的患难，你的贫穷（你却是富足的），也知道那自称是犹太人所说的毁谤话，其实他们不是犹太人，乃是撒但一会的人。I know your affliction and your poverty—though you are rich! And I am aware of the slander of those who falsely claim to be Jews, but are in fact a synagogue of Satan.

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务要至死忠心

¹⁰你将要受的苦你不用怕。魔鬼要把你们中间几个人下在监里，叫你们被试炼，你们必受患难十日。你务要至死忠心，我就赐给你那生命的冠冕。Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful even unto death, and I will give you the crown of life.

¹¹圣灵向众教会所说的话，凡有耳的，就应当听！得胜的，必不受第二次死的害。’”He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who overcomes will not be harmed by the second death.

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给别迦摩教会

¹²“你要写信给别迦摩教会的使者，说：‘那有两刃利剑的，说：To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword.

¹³我知道你的居所，就是有撒但座位之处；当我忠心的见证人安提帕在你们中间、撒但所住的地方被杀之时，你还坚守我的名，没有弃绝我的道。I know where you live, where the throne of Satan sits, yet you hold fast to My name. You did not deny your faith in Me, even in the days of My faithful witness Antipas, who was killed among you where Satan dwells.

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巴兰的教训

¹⁴然而，有几件事我要责备你：因为在你那里有人服从了巴兰的教训；这巴兰曾教导巴勒将绊脚石放在以色列人面前，叫他们吃祭偶像之物，行奸淫的事。But I have a few things against you, because some of you hold to the teaching of Balaam, who taught Balak to place a stumbling block before the Israelites so they would eat food sacrificed to idols and commit sexual immorality.

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¹⁵你那里也有人照样服从了尼哥拉一党人的教训。In the same way, some of you also hold to the teaching of the Nicolaitans.

¹⁶所以，你当悔改；若不悔改，我就快临到你那里，用我口中的剑攻击他们。Therefore repent! Otherwise I will come to you shortly and wage war against them with the sword of My mouth.

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隐藏的吗哪和白石

¹⁷圣灵向众教会所说的话，凡有耳的，就应当听！得胜的，我必将那隐藏的吗哪赐给他，并赐他一块白石，石上写着新名；除了那领受的以外，没有人能认识。’”He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who receives it.

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给推雅推喇教会

¹⁸“你要写信给推雅推喇教会的使者，说：‘那眼目如火焰、脚像光明铜的　神之子说：To the angel of the church in Thyatira write: These are the words of the Son of God, whose eyes are like a blazing fire and whose feet are like polished bronze.

¹⁹我知道你的行为、爱心、信心、勤劳、忍耐，又知道你末后所行的善事，比起初所行的更多。I know your deeds—your love, your faith, your service, your perseverance—and your latest deeds are greater than your first.

容让耶洗别

²⁰然而，有一件事我要责备你，就是你容让那自称是先知的妇人耶洗别教导我的仆人，引诱他们行奸淫，吃祭偶像之物。But I have this against you: You tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess. By her teaching she misleads My servants to be sexually immoral and to eat food sacrificed to idols.

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²¹我曾给她悔改的机会，她却不肯悔改她的淫行。Even though I have given her time to repent of her immorality, she is unwilling.

²²看哪，我要叫她病卧在床。那些与她行淫的人，若不悔改所行的，我也要叫他们同受大患难。Behold, I will cast her onto a bed of sickness, and those who commit adultery with her will suffer great tribulation unless they repent of her deeds.

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²³我又要杀死她的党类（原文是儿女），叫众教会知道，我是那察看人肺腑心肠的，并要照你们的行为报应你们各人。Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.

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持守直等到我来

²⁴至于你们推雅推喇其余的人，就是一切不从那教训、不晓得他们素常所说撒但深奥之理的人，我告诉你们，我不将别的担子放在你们身上。But I say to the rest of you in Thyatira, who do not hold to her teaching and have not learned the so-called deep things of Satan: I will place no further burden upon you

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²⁵但你们已经有的，总要持守，直等到我来。than to hold fast to what you have until I come.

得胜的要得权柄和晨星

²⁶那得胜又遵守我命令到底的，我要赐给他权柄制伏列国；And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations.

²⁷他必用铁杖辖管（辖管：原文是牧）他们，将他们如同窑户的瓦器打得粉碎，像我从我父领受的权柄一样。He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery—just as I have received authority from My Father.

²⁸我又要把晨星赐给他。And I will give him the morning star.

²⁹圣灵向众教会所说的话，凡有耳的，就应当听！’”He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.

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