2018年1月8日 星期一

傳道書3:16-22



3:16 我又見日光之下,在審判之處有奸惡,在公義之處也有奸惡。
3:17
我心裡說,上帝必審判義人和惡人;因為在那裡,各樣事務,一切工作,都有定時。
3:18
我心裡說,這乃為世人的緣故,是上帝要試驗他們,使他們覺得自己不過像獸一樣。
3:19
因為世人遭遇的,獸也遭遇,所遭遇的都是一樣:這個怎樣死,那個也怎樣死,氣息都是一樣。人不能強於獸,都是虛空。
3:20
都歸一處,都是出於塵土,也都歸於塵土。
3:21
誰知道人的靈是往上升,獸的魂是下入地呢?
3:22
故此,我見人莫強如在他經營的事上喜樂,因為這是他的分。他身後的事誰能使他回來得見呢?

 16 And I saw something else under the sun:
In the place of judgment—wickedness was there,
    in the place of justice—wickedness was there.
17 I said to myself,
“God will bring into judgment
    both the righteous and the wicked,
for there will be a time for every activity,
    a time to judge every deed.”
18 I also said to myself, “As for humans, God tests them so that they may see that they are like the animals. 19 Surely the fate of human beings is like that of the animals; the same fate awaits them both: As one dies, so dies the other. All have the same breath[c]; humans have no advantage over animals. Everything is meaningless. 20 All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. 21 Who knows if the human spirit rises upward and if the spirit of the animal goes down into the earth?”
22 So I saw that there is nothing better for a person than to enjoy their work, because that is their lot. For who can bring them to see what will happen after them?

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    傳道者在這裡說得很感慨:「世人遭遇的,獸也遭遇,所遭遇的都是一樣:這個怎樣死,那個也怎樣死,氣息都是一樣。人不能強於獸,都是虛空。都歸一處都是出於塵土,也都歸於塵土。誰知道人的靈是往上升,獸的魂是下入地呢?

    年輕的時候,在龍潭上班的路上,看見一隻狗死在路旁,沒有人處理,一天一天腐爛、長蟲,最後變得只剩下狗毛,幾天後狗毛都飛走了!不禁想到人撲倒在地若沒有人處理是不是也如此呢?

    上帝給人的身體和其他動物一樣,都是肉做的!但是,上帝卻讓人的心裡有永遠的觀念,希望自己不會死亡!其實這是不可能的,人要認清一個事實,有一天會死掉!然而死亡之後是甚麼呢?沒有一個人也不知!

    所以,傳道者在此說:「我見人莫強如在他經營的事上喜樂,因為這是他的分。這也就是說,活著的時候,要好好享受自己努力已得的成果,不要有非分之想,想要多而又多,造成自己的徒勞無功,連有的都會失去!因為,死了之後怎樣都不知道呢?

    當然,在今日我們在基督裡得著聖靈的啟示,明白耶穌基督已經勝過死亡,死亡之後有復活!所以,我們更有勇氣承認我們是會死的人,因為死後我們要復活來與主相見,享受永恆的榮耀!

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