2021年2月26日 星期五

列王紀下15:1-7

 


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。
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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;
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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. 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. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Amaziah had done. The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

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.

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? 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》2616-20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55-6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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