33:1 約伯啊,請聽我的話,留心聽我一切的言語。
33:2 我現在開口,用舌發言。
33:3 我的言語要發明心中所存的正直;我所知道的,我嘴唇要誠實地說出。
33:4 上帝的靈造我;全能者的氣使我得生。
33:5 你若回答我,就站起來,在我面前陳明。
33:6 我在上帝面前與你一樣,也是用土造成。
33:7 我不用威嚴驚嚇你,也不用勢力重壓你。
33:8 你所說的,我聽見了,也聽見你的言語,說:
33:9 我是清潔無過的,我是無辜的;在我裡面也沒有罪孽。
33:10 上帝找機會攻擊我,以我為仇敵,
33:11 把我的腳上了木狗,窺察我一切的道路。
33:12 我要回答你說:你這話無理,因上帝比世人更大。
33:13 你為何與他爭論呢?因他的事都不對人解說?
33:14 上帝說一次、兩次,世人卻不理會。
33:15 人躺在床上沉睡的時候,上帝就用夢和夜間的異象,
33:16 開通他們的耳朵,將當受的教訓印在他們心上,
33:17 好叫人不從自己的謀算,不行驕傲的事(原文是將驕傲向人隱藏),
33:18 攔阻人不陷於坑裡,不死在刀下。
33:19 人在床上被懲治,骨頭中不住地疼痛,
33:20 以致他的口厭棄食物,心厭惡美味。
33:21 他的肉消瘦,不得再見;先前不見的骨頭都凸出來。
33:22 他的靈魂臨近深坑;他的生命近於滅命的。
33:23 一千天使中,若有一個作傳話的與上帝同在,指示人所當行的事,
33:24 上帝就給他開恩,說:救贖他免得下坑;我已經得了贖價。
33:25 他的肉要比孩童的肉更嫩;他就返老還童。
33:26 他禱告上帝,上帝就喜悅他,使他歡呼朝見上帝的面;上帝又看他為義。
33:27 他在人前歌唱說:我犯了罪,顛倒是非,這竟與我無益。
33:28 上帝救贖我的靈魂免入深坑;我的生命也必見光。
33:29 上帝兩次、三次向人行這一切的事,
33:30 為要從深坑救回人的靈魂,使他被光照耀,與活人一樣。
33:31 約伯啊,你當側耳聽我的話,不要作聲,等我講說。
33:32 你若有話說,就可以回答我;你只管說,因我願以你為是。
33:33 若不然,你就聽我說;你不要作聲,我便將智慧教訓你。
“But
now, Job, listen to my words;
pay attention to everything I say.
2 I am about to open my mouth;
my words are on the tip of my tongue.
3 My words come from an upright heart;
my lips sincerely speak what I know.
4 The Spirit of God has made me;
the breath of the Almighty gives me life.
5 Answer me then, if you can;
stand up and argue your case before me.
6 I am the same as you in God’s sight;
I too am a piece of clay.
7 No fear of me should alarm you,
nor should my hand be heavy on you.
8 “But
you have said in my hearing—
I heard the very words—
9 ‘I am pure, I have done no wrong;
I am clean and free from sin.
10 Yet God has found fault with me;
he considers me his enemy.
11 He fastens my feet in shackles;
he keeps close watch on all my paths.’
12 “But
I tell you, in this you are not right,
for God is greater than any mortal.
13 Why do you complain to him
that he responds to no one’s words[a]?
14 For God does speak—now one way, now another—
though no one perceives it.
15 In a dream, in a vision of the night,
when deep sleep falls on people
as they slumber in their beds,
16 he may speak in their ears
and terrify them with warnings,
17 to turn them from wrongdoing
and keep them from pride,
18 to preserve them from the pit,
their lives from perishing by the sword.[b]
19 “Or
someone may be chastened on a bed of pain
with constant distress in their bones,
20 so that their body finds food repulsive
and their soul loathes the choicest meal.
21 Their flesh wastes away to nothing,
and their bones, once hidden, now stick out.
22 They draw near to the pit,
and their life to the messengers of death.[c]
23 Yet if there is an angel at their side,
a messenger, one out of a thousand,
sent to tell them how to be upright,
24 and he is gracious to that person and says to God,
‘Spare them from going down to the pit;
I have found a ransom for them—
25 let their flesh be renewed like a child’s;
let them be restored as in the days of their youth’—
26 then that person can pray to God and find favor with him,
they will see God’s face and shout for joy;
he will restore them to full well-being.
27 And they will go to others and say,
‘I have sinned, I have perverted what is right,
but I did not get what I deserved.
28 God has delivered me from going down to the pit,
and I shall live to enjoy the light of life.’
29 “God
does all these things to a person—
twice, even three times—
30 to turn them back from the pit,
that the light of life may shine on them.
31 “Pay
attention, Job, and listen to me;
be silent, and I will speak.
32 If you have anything to say, answer me;
speak up, for I want to vindicate you.
33 But if not, then listen to me;
be silent, and I will teach you wisdom.”
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以利戶和約伯的三個朋友的口氣有大大的差別,差別在哪裡,你有沒有從字裡行間發現呢?
首先,以利戶並不是禁止約伯不要說話,也沒有一下子說約伯是有罪,自己是無罪的!他從來不是站在自己的立場說話,雖然他心中有許多話要說!他向約伯說:「你若回答我,就站起來,在我面前陳明。」「你若有話說,就可以回答我;你只管說,因我願以你為是。」
現代中文譯本用白話一點的翻譯是:「如果你有話,就答覆我;請準備你的答辯。」「你如果有話要說,我願意聽;你只管說,我準備承認你理直。」
在這裡看見了傳道者該有的氣度,我們輔導弟兄姊妹時,不可以先定罪,要讓人解釋和答辯的機會,並且要好好的聆聽,這樣才能使弟兄姊妹的心敞開,才聽得進去我們從上帝來的感動的話,使他們得幫助!
以利戶在這樣的心理建設之後,就重述約伯所說的話,因為他聽到約伯所表達的是:「我是清潔無過的,我是無辜的;在我裡面也沒有罪孽。上帝找機會攻擊我,以我為仇敵,把我的腳上了木狗,窺察我一切的道路。」
同樣我們輔導弟兄姊妹時,將對方的話重述是很重要,讓他們感受到我們有聽見去,也表示上帝也有聽進去!讓他感覺自己有被重視,不是沒有人理會他!當然在這個重述中,若是有出入的情形,要讓他答辯與解釋,好清楚他的心意為何!
然後以利戶向約伯說:「但約伯啊,我告訴你,你錯了;上帝比任何人都偉大。你為甚麼指責上帝,說他總不答覆人的申訴呢?上帝一再開口,但是沒有人留心聽他的話。」
以利戶大膽站在上帝的立場,直接了當說約伯錯了!這是很重要的轉折,因為人在上帝面前永遠是錯的,要讓人清楚自己是悖逆上帝,不是上帝悖逆人!因為世人依上帝,不是上帝依人,主權在上帝的手中,不是在人的手中!這是每一位傳道人輔導別人的時候,要清楚表達的!正如人常常覺得上帝不聽他們的,但是實際上是人不聽上帝的!這話很重要,照樣才能使人依上帝的心意行!
以利戶在這裡也清楚表達,上帝為何要人聽他的話!「上帝發言,要人離棄罪行,使他們不至於自高自大。他不願見他們下陰間;他要拯救他們脫離死亡」。上帝更是願人「公開承認:我有罪了,我顛倒是非;但上帝沒有照我的罪懲罰我。他使我不至於墜入死亡的深坑;我至今仍然得見光明」。不僅如此,「上帝做這一切,接二連三地為人做這些事,為要救人脫離死亡的深坑,使他享受生命的亮光。」
在這裡更說到:「釋放他吧,他不必往死亡的深坑去;我有贖金可買回他的自由。他的身體要返老還童;他青春的歲月又回來了。他禱告,上帝要應答;他要以愉快的心敬拜上帝;上帝要使他恢復他原有的義。」
可見上帝是盼望人與祂和好,好得著該有的義,生命得著更新,再次從新得力!也就向使徒約翰所說:「我們將這些話寫給你們,使你們(有古卷:我們)的喜樂充足。」(約翰一書1:4)
是的上帝要透過祂的話,讓我們在一次經歷生命的大能,正如他要透過以利戶來引導約伯一樣!讓我們也透過閱讀聖經在聖靈的引導下,運用上帝的話在我們和弟兄姊妹的生命中,使大家的喜樂滿溢!
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