路加福音6:17-26

 

6:17 耶穌和他們下了山，站在一塊平地上；同站的有許多門徒，又有許多百姓，從猶太全地和耶路撒冷，並泰爾、西頓的海邊來，都要聽他講道，又指望醫治他們的病；
6:18 還有被污鬼纏磨的，也得了醫治。
6:19 眾人都想要摸他；因為有能力從他身上發出來，醫好了他們。
6:20 耶穌舉目看著門徒，說：你們貧窮的人有福了！因為上帝的國是你們的。
6:21 你們飢餓的人有福了！因為你們將要飽足。你們哀哭的人有福了！因為你們將要喜笑。
6:22 「人為人子恨惡你們，拒絕你們，辱罵你們，棄掉你們的名，以為是惡，你們就有福了！
6:23 當那日，你們要歡喜跳躍，因為你們在天上的賞賜是大的。他們的祖宗待先知也是這樣。
6:24 但你們富足的人有禍了！因為你們受過你們的安慰。
6:25 你們飽足的人有禍了！因為你們將要飢餓。你們喜笑的人有禍了！因為你們將要哀慟哭泣。
6:26 「人都說你們好的時候，你們就有禍了！因為他們的祖宗待假先知也是這樣。」

 

¹⁷ He went down with them and stood on a level place. A large crowd of his disciples was there and a great number of people from all over Judea, from Jerusalem, and from the coastal region around Tyre and Sidon, ¹⁸ who had come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. Those troubled by impure spirits were cured, ¹⁹ and the people all tried to touch him, because power was coming from him and healing them all.

²⁰ Looking at his disciples, he said:

“Blessed are you who are poor,
    for yours is the kingdom of God.
²¹ Blessed are you who hunger now,
    for you will be satisfied.
Blessed are you who weep now,
    for you will laugh.
²² Blessed are you when people hate you,
    when they exclude you and insult you
    and reject your name as evil,
        because of the Son of Man.

²³ “Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets.

²⁴ “But woe to you who are rich,
    for you have already received your comfort.
²⁵ Woe to you who are well fed now,
    for you will go hungry.
Woe to you who laugh now,
    for you will mourn and weep.
²⁶ Woe to you when everyone speaks well of you,
    for that is how their ancestors treated the false prophets.

 

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    這段經文是所謂的「平原寶訓」和馬太福音的「登山寶訓」類似，但是內容上是短了許多！

 

    但是這段經文有所謂的「弔詭」(paradox)的味道：人看為不好的卻被主耶穌所看為好的，人所看為好的卻被主耶穌看為不好！可謂反差很大，讓人覺得要跟隨主耶穌不可以再用舊的思維，必須用新思維來看事情！

 

    也因為這樣，我們在信仰上要有許多反思，要打破舊的框架，讓主耶穌來重塑我們的生命，不再是為得人的喜愛而活，而是要得上帝喜悅得方式來行事為人！所以使徒保羅說：「不要效法這個世界，只要心意更新而變化，叫你們察驗何為上帝的善良、純全、可喜悅的旨意。」(羅馬書12:2)