15:1 以色列王耶羅波安二十七年,猶大王亞瑪謝的兒子亞撒利雅登基,
15:2 他登基的時候年十六歲,在耶路撒冷作王五十二年。他母親名叫耶可利雅,是耶路撒冷人。
15:3 亞撒利雅行耶和華眼中看為正的事,效法他父親亞瑪謝一切所行的;
15:4 只是邱壇還沒有廢去,百姓仍在那裡獻祭燒香。
15:5 耶和華降災與王,使他長大痲瘋,直到死日,他就住在別的宮裡。他的兒子約坦管理家事,治理國民。
15:6 亞撒利雅其餘的事,凡他所行的都寫在猶大列王記上。
15:7 亞撒利雅與他列祖同睡,葬在大衛城他列祖的墳地裡。他兒子約坦接續他作王。
In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah[a] son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign. 2 He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jekoliah; she was from Jerusalem. 3 He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Amaziah had done. 4 The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.
5 The Lord afflicted the king with leprosy[b] until the day he died, and he lived in a separate house.[c] Jotham the king’s son had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
6 As for the other events of Azariah’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? 7 Azariah rested with his ancestors and was buried near them in the City of David. And Jotham his son succeeded him as king.
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亞撒利雅又名烏西雅,在《歷代志下》26章16-20節說到他長大痲瘋的原因:就是「心高氣傲,以致行事邪僻,干犯耶和華─他的上帝,進耶和華的殿,要在香壇上燒香」
上帝讓先知、君王和祭司在就任前都會受膏抹,但是每個人職務都不同,各有所司,不可以互相侵犯或取代。然而烏西雅心中驕傲,忘記獻祭和燒香的事情是要由祭司主持,雖然祭司阻止說:「烏西雅啊,給耶和華燒香不是你的事,乃是亞倫子孫承接聖職祭司的事。你出聖殿吧!因為你犯了罪。你行這事,耶和華上帝必不使你得榮耀。」
然而烏西雅就發怒,手拿香爐要燒香。他向祭司發怒的時候,在耶和華殿中香壇旁眾祭司面前,額上忽然發出大痲瘋。大祭司亞撒利雅和眾祭司觀看,見他額上發出大痲瘋,就催他出殿;他自己也急速出去,因為耶和華降災與他。
也因為這樣,他就羞羞恥恥的過於下的人生,住在別的宮裡,與耶和華的殿隔絕。他兒子約坦管理家事,治理國民。這是多麼可惜的事啊!
而這樣的事件讓我們想到彼得前書5章5-6節說:「你們年幼的,也要順服年長的。就是你們眾人也都要以謙卑束腰,彼此順服;因為上帝阻擋驕傲的人,賜恩給謙卑的人。所以,你們要自卑,服在上帝大能的手下,到了時候,他必叫你們升高。」
因此,我們不要因為自己受了教育,擁有了學位,甚至有人間的睿智,就自以為高人一等,看不起別人、不敬畏上帝!若是這樣,就會和烏利雅了下場一樣,最後不是得榮耀,而是遭羞辱,讓我們以此為戒!
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