2019年8月8日 星期四

出埃及記21:7-11


21:7 「人若賣女兒作婢女,婢女不可像男僕那樣出去。
21:8
主人選定她歸自己,若不喜歡她,就要許她贖身;主人既然用詭詐待她,就沒有權柄賣給外邦人。
21:9
主人若選定她給自己的兒子,就當待她如同女兒。
21:10
若另娶一個,那女子的吃食、衣服,並好合的事,仍不可減少。
21:11
若不向她行這三樣,她就可以不用錢贖,白白地出去。」

 “If a man sells his daughter as a servant, she is not to go free as male servants do. If she does not please the master who has selected her for himself,[b] he must let her be redeemed. He has no right to sell her to foreigners, because he has broken faith with her. If he selects her for his son, he must grant her the rights of a daughter. 10 If he marries another woman, he must not deprive the first one of her food, clothing and marital rights. 11 If he does not provide her with these three things, she is to go free, without any payment of money.

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    許多自以為懂得聖經的人,常常批評聖經是男人至上主義!他們認為聖經尤其是舊約,是藐視女性,把女人看成是男人的附屬品或是財產的一部分。其實這樣的想法是大錯特錯!

    這一段婢女」條律,我們看道是多麼尊重與看重女性,並且是讓女性僕人多於男性僕人的自由!絕對不是將「婢女」看成物品、財產或是牲畜班對待。這是其他文化與民族所沒有的,更是其他宗教經典沒有提到的!

    既然是如此,在今日我們也是要看重與維護女性的地位,這是基督信仰非常重要的標記,是其他信仰比不上的!因為在上帝的眼中,男人和女人都是照著上帝的形象和樣式造的!

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