2019年8月17日 星期六

出埃及記23:1-9


23:1 「不可隨夥佈散謠言;不可與惡人連手妄作見證。
23:2
不可隨眾行惡;不可在爭訟的事上隨眾偏行,作見證屈枉正直;
23:3
也不可在爭訟的事上偏護窮人。
23:4
「若遇見你仇敵的牛或驢失迷了路,總要牽回來交給他。
23:5
若看見恨你人的驢壓臥在重馱之下,不可走開,務要和驢主一同抬開重馱。
23:6
「不可在窮人爭訟的事上屈枉正直。
23:7
當遠離虛假的事。不可殺無辜和有義的人,因我必不以惡人為義。
23:8
不可受賄賂;因為賄賂能叫明眼人變瞎了,又能顛倒義人的話。
23:9
「不可欺壓寄居的;因為你們在埃及地作過寄居的,知道寄居的心。」

“Do not spread false reports. Do not help a guilty person by being a malicious witness.
“Do not follow the crowd in doing wrong. When you give testimony in a lawsuit, do not pervert justice by siding with the crowd, and do not show favoritism to a poor person in a lawsuit.
“If you come across your enemy’s ox or donkey wandering off, be sure to return it. If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen down under its load, do not leave it there; be sure you help them with it.
“Do not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits. Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty.
“Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the innocent.
“Do not oppress a foreigner; you yourselves know how it feels to be foreigners, because you were foreigners in Egypt.

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    「法律」是要人人平等,除了為了正義的緣故,更是要展現憐憫!正如這裡的律例在字裡行間充滿著憐憫,不可以讓仇恨和多數暴力來操控,才能夠保護到應該保護的人!

     所已一個處理人民事務的判官不是要以使入罪為目的,而是要保護那些受欺壓的人為目的。讓百姓是在法律的保護下,能夠得著生活和生命的延續,讓上帝的榮耀永遠遍滿全地!

    親愛的弟兄姐妹,在這個講求民主與自由的時代,更是要盼望更多人受到保護與照顧,讓每個人都能夠發揮所長,安居樂業,來榮耀上帝並且使人得益處,這也是上帝的兒女扮演公民的角色要完成的!


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