2019年9月6日 星期五

出埃及記31:12-18


31:12 耶和華曉諭摩西說:
31:13
「你要吩咐以色列人說:『你們務要守我的安息日;因為這是你我之間世世代代的證據,使你們知道我耶和華是叫你們成為聖的。
31:14
所以你們要守安息日,以為聖日。凡干犯這日的,必要把他治死;凡在這日做工的,必從民中剪除。
31:15
六日要做工,但第七日是安息聖日,是向耶和華守為聖的。凡在安息日做工的,必要把他治死。』
31:16
故此,以色列人要世世代代守安息日為永遠的約。
31:17
這是我和以色列人永遠的證據;因為六日之內耶和華造天地,第七日便安息舒暢。」
31:18
耶和華在西奈山和摩西說完了話,就把兩塊法版交給他,是上帝用指頭寫的石版。

12 Then the Lord said to Moses, 13 “Say to the Israelites, ‘You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the Lord, who makes you holy.
14 “‘Observe the Sabbath, because it is holy to you. Anyone who desecrates it is to be put to death; those who do any work on that day must be cut off from their people. 15 For six days work is to be done, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death. 16 The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting covenant. 17 It will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.’”
18 When the Lord finished speaking to Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the covenant law, the tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.

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    上帝在這裡交代摩西最後的事,就是「安息日」!上帝之所以看重安息日是因為:「這是我和以色列人永遠的證據;因為六日之內耶和華造天地,第七日便安息舒暢。」

    這裡的「舒暢」在英文是「was refreshed」是由「安息」所衍生出來的!而在希伯來文的意義是「使自己重新得力」,動詞的文法是用「Nifal敘述式3 單陽」,有反身的意義!也就是說,要安息才能產生這樣的結果!

    所以,「安息日」本是上帝給人的恩惠,不是要限制人的作為,而是要促進人更美好!正如俗話說:「休息是為了走更長的路!」

    人常常是急功好利,想趕快得著好的結果,就拼命的趕一些事情,不輕言休息,認為閒置是一種浪費。就像一個故事說到,有兩位樵夫一起砍樹木,一個是一直砍、一直鋸,從不休息;另一位則砍一段時間,就休息一下,磨磨斧頭和鋸子。請為哪一位會比較快完成工作﹖當然是「肯休息」的人,因為他的斧頭和鋸子永遠保持最佳狀態!

    是的,我們要常常回到上帝面前得安息,我們才可以常常保持最佳狀態,成就更美更好的事!

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