2021年8月14日 星期六
尼希米記3:1-32
3:1 那時，大祭司以利亞實和他的弟兄眾祭司起來建立羊門，分別為聖，安立門扇，又築城牆到哈米亞樓，直到哈楠業樓，分別為聖。
3:2 其次是耶利哥人建造。其次是音利的兒子撒刻建造。
3:3 哈西拿的子孫建立魚門，架橫樑、安門扇，和閂鎖。
3:4 其次是哈哥斯的孫子、烏利亞的兒子米利末修造。其次是米示薩別的孫子、比利迦的兒子米書蘭修造。其次是巴拿的兒子撒督修造。
3:5 其次是提哥亞人修造；但是他們的貴冑不用肩（原文是頸項）擔他們主的工作。
3:6 巴西亞的兒子耶何耶大與比所玳的兒子米書蘭修造古門，架橫樑，安門扇和閂鎖。
3:7 其次是基遍人米拉提，米倫人雅頓與基遍人，並屬河西總督所管的米斯巴人修造。
3:8 其次是銀匠哈海雅的兒子烏薛修造。其次是做香的哈拿尼雅修造。這些人修堅耶路撒冷，直到寬牆。
3:9 其次是管理耶路撒冷一半、戶珥的兒子利法雅修造。
3:10 其次是哈路抹的兒子耶大雅對著自己的房屋修造。其次是哈沙尼的兒子哈突修造。
3:11 哈琳的兒子瑪基雅和巴哈‧摩押的兒子哈述修造一段，並修造爐樓。
3:12 其次是管理耶路撒冷那一半、哈羅黑的兒子沙龍和他的女兒們修造。
3:13 哈嫩和撒挪亞的居民修造谷門，立門，安門扇和閂鎖，又建築城牆一千肘，直到糞廠門。
3:14 管理伯‧哈基琳、利甲的兒子瑪基雅修造糞廠門，立門，安門扇和閂鎖。
3:15 管理米斯巴、各荷西的兒子沙崙修造泉門，立門，蓋門頂，安門扇和閂鎖，又修造靠近王園西羅亞池的牆垣，直到那從大衛城下來的臺階。
3:16 其次是管理伯‧夙一半、押卜的兒子尼希米修造，直到大衛墳地的對面，又到挖成的池子，並勇士的房屋。
3:17 其次是利未人巴尼的兒子利宏修造。其次是管理基伊拉一半、哈沙比雅為他所管的本境修造。
3:18 其次是利未人弟兄中管理基伊拉那一半、希拿達的兒子巴瓦伊修造。
3:19 其次是管理米斯巴、耶書亞的兒子以謝修造一段，對著武庫的上坡、城牆轉彎之處。
3:20 其次是薩拜的兒子巴錄竭力修造一段，從城牆轉彎，直到大祭司以利亞實的府門。
3:21 其次是哈哥斯的孫子、烏利亞的兒子米利末修造一段，從以利亞實的府門，直到以利亞實府的盡頭。
3:22 其次是住平原的祭司修造。
3:23 其次是便雅憫與哈述對著自己的房屋修造。其次是亞難尼的孫子、瑪西雅的兒子亞撒利雅在靠近自己的房屋修造。
3:24 其次是希拿達的兒子賓內修造一段，從亞撒利雅的房屋直到城牆轉彎，又到城角。
3:25 烏賽的兒子巴拉修造對著城牆的轉彎和王上宮凸出來的城樓，靠近護衛院的那一段。其次是巴錄的兒子毘大雅修造。
3:26 （尼提寧住在俄斐勒，直到朝東水門的對面和凸出來的城樓。）
3:27 其次是提哥亞人又修一段，對著那凸出來的大樓，直到俄斐勒的牆。
3:28 從馬門往上，眾祭司各對自己的房屋修造。
3:29 其次是音麥的兒子撒督對著自己的房屋修造。其次是守東門、示迦尼的兒子示瑪雅修造。
3:30 其次是示利米雅的兒子哈拿尼雅和薩拉的第六子哈嫩又修一段。其次是比利迦的兒子米書蘭對著自己的房屋修造。
3:31 其次是銀匠瑪基雅修造到尼提寧和商人的房屋，對著哈米弗甲門，直到城的角樓。
3:32 銀匠與商人在城的角樓和羊門中間修造。
Eliashib the high priest and his fellow priests went to work and rebuilt the Sheep Gate. They dedicated it and set its doors in place, building as far as the Tower of the Hundred, which they dedicated, and as far as the Tower of Hananel. 2 The men of Jericho built the adjoining section, and Zakkur son of Imri built next to them.
3 The Fish Gate was rebuilt by the sons of Hassenaah. They laid its beams and put its doors and bolts and bars in place. 4 Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired the next section. Next to him Meshullam son of Berekiah, the son of Meshezabel, made repairs, and next to him Zadok son of Baana also made repairs. 5 The next section was repaired by the men of Tekoa, but their nobles would not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.[a]
6 The Jeshanah[b] Gate was repaired by Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah. They laid its beams and put its doors with their bolts and bars in place. 7 Next to them, repairs were made by men from Gibeon and Mizpah—Melatiah of Gibeon and Jadon of Meronoth—places under the authority of the governor of Trans-Euphrates. 8 Uzziel son of Harhaiah, one of the goldsmiths, repaired the next section; and Hananiah, one of the perfume-makers, made repairs next to that. They restored Jerusalem as far as the Broad Wall. 9 Rephaiah son of Hur, ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, repaired the next section. 10 Adjoining this, Jedaiah son of Harumaph made repairs opposite his house, and Hattush son of Hashabneiah made repairs next to him. 11 Malkijah son of Harim and Hasshub son of Pahath-Moab repaired another section and the Tower of the Ovens. 12 Shallum son of Hallohesh, ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, repaired the next section with the help of his daughters.
13 The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah. They rebuilt it and put its doors with their bolts and bars in place. They also repaired a thousand cubits[c] of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.
14 The Dung Gate was repaired by Malkijah son of Rekab, ruler of the district of Beth Hakkerem. He rebuilt it and put its doors with their bolts and bars in place.
15 The Fountain Gate was repaired by Shallun son of Kol-Hozeh, ruler of the district of Mizpah. He rebuilt it, roofing it over and putting its doors and bolts and bars in place. He also repaired the wall of the Pool of Siloam,[d] by the King’s Garden, as far as the steps going down from the City of David. 16 Beyond him, Nehemiah son of Azbuk, ruler of a half-district of Beth Zur, made repairs up to a point opposite the tombs[e] of David, as far as the artificial pool and the House of the Heroes.
17 Next to him, the repairs were made by the Levites under Rehum son of Bani. Beside him, Hashabiah, ruler of half the district of Keilah, carried out repairs for his district. 18 Next to him, the repairs were made by their fellow Levites under Binnui[f] son of Henadad, ruler of the other half-district of Keilah. 19 Next to him, Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section, from a point facing the ascent to the armory as far as the angle of the wall. 20 Next to him, Baruch son of Zabbai zealously repaired another section, from the angle to the entrance of the house of Eliashib the high priest. 21 Next to him, Meremoth son of Uriah, the son of Hakkoz, repaired another section, from the entrance of Eliashib’s house to the end of it.
22 The repairs next to him were made by the priests from the surrounding region. 23 Beyond them, Benjamin and Hasshub made repairs in front of their house; and next to them, Azariah son of Maaseiah, the son of Ananiah, made repairs beside his house. 24 Next to him, Binnui son of Henadad repaired another section, from Azariah’s house to the angle and the corner, 25 and Palal son of Uzai worked opposite the angle and the tower projecting from the upper palace near the court of the guard. Next to him, Pedaiah son of Parosh 26 and the temple servants living on the hill of Ophel made repairs up to a point opposite the Water Gate toward the east and the projecting tower. 27 Next to them, the men of Tekoa repaired another section, from the great projecting tower to the wall of Ophel.
28 Above the Horse Gate, the priests made repairs, each in front of his own house. 29 Next to them, Zadok son of Immer made repairs opposite his house. Next to him, Shemaiah son of Shekaniah, the guard at the East Gate, made repairs. 30 Next to him, Hananiah son of Shelemiah, and Hanun, the sixth son of Zalaph, repaired another section. Next to them, Meshullam son of Berekiah made repairs opposite his living quarters. 31 Next to him, Malkijah, one of the goldsmiths, made repairs as far as the house of the temple servants and the merchants, opposite the Inspection Gate, and as far as the room above the corner; 32 and between the room above the corner and the Sheep Gate the goldsmiths and merchants made repairs.
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這是工程的分配，使大家都可以參與城牆的建造。
其實在教會的建造也是如此，大家也都要參與，每一份服事都是與教會的建造有關，不可以懈怠喔！
2021年8月13日 星期五
使徒行傳17:16-34
17:16 保羅在雅典等候他們的時候，看見滿城都是偶像，就心裡著急；
17:17 於是在會堂裡與猶太人和虔敬的人，並每日在市上所遇見的人，辯論。
17:18 還有伊壁鳩魯和斯多亞兩門的學士，與他爭論。有的說：「這胡言亂語的要說甚麼？」有的說：「他似乎是傳說外邦鬼神的。」這話是因保羅傳講耶穌與復活的道。
17:19 他們就把他帶到亞略•巴古，說：「你所講的這新道，我們也可以知道嗎？
17:20 因為你有些奇怪的事傳到我們耳中，我們願意知道這些事是甚麼意思。」
17:21 （雅典人和住在那裡的客人都不顧別的事，只將新聞說說聽聽。）
17:22 保羅站在亞略•巴古當中，說：「眾位雅典人哪，我看你們凡事很敬畏鬼神。
17:23 我遊行的時候，觀看你們所敬拜的，遇見一座壇，上面寫著『未識之神』。你們所不認識而敬拜的，我現在告訴你們。
17:24 創造宇宙和其中萬物的上帝，既是天地的主，就不住人手所造的殿，
17:25 也不用人手服事，好像缺少甚麼；自己倒將生命、氣息、萬物，賜給萬人。
17:26 他從一本（本：有古卷是血脈）造出萬族的人，住在全地上，並且預先定準他們的年限和所住的疆界，
17:27 要叫他們尋求上帝，或者可以揣摩而得，其實他離我們各人不遠；
17:28 我們生活、動作、存留，都在乎他。就如你們作詩的，有人說：『我們也是他所生的。』
17:29 我們既是上帝所生的，就不當以為上帝的神性像人用手藝、心思所雕刻的金、銀、石。
17:30 世人蒙昧無知的時候，上帝並不監察，如今卻吩咐各處的人都要悔改。
17:31 因為他已經定了日子，要藉著他所設立的人按公義審判天下，並且叫他從死裡復活，給萬人作可信的憑據。」
17:32 眾人聽見從死裡復活的話，就有譏誚他的；又有人說：「我們再聽你講這個吧！」
17:33 於是保羅從他們當中出去了。
17:34 但有幾個人貼近他，信了主，其中有亞略•巴古的官丟尼修，並一個婦人，名叫大馬哩，還有別人一同信從。
16 While Paul was waiting for them in Athens, he was greatly distressed to see that the city was full of idols. 17 So he reasoned in the synagogue with both Jews and God-fearing Greeks, as well as in the marketplace day by day with those who happened to be there. 18 A group of Epicurean and Stoic philosophers began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others remarked, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was preaching the good news about Jesus and the resurrection. 19 Then they took him and brought him to a meeting of the Areopagus, where they said to him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting? 20 You are bringing some strange ideas to our ears, and we would like to know what they mean.” 21 (All the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing but talking about and listening to the latest ideas.)
22 Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “People of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious. 23 For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: to an unknown god. So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship—and this is what I am going to proclaim to you.
24 “The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands. 25 And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything. Rather, he himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. 26 From one man he made all the nations, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he marked out their appointed times in history and the boundaries of their lands. 27 God did this so that they would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from any one of us. 28 ‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’[b] As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’[c]
29 “Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by human design and skill. 30 In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent. 31 For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
32 When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this subject.” 33 At that, Paul left the Council. 34 Some of the people became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others.
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保羅到了希臘哲學的重鎮雅典，但是那些人卻仍被偶像轄制，拜各樣的神還不夠，竟然還加一位「未識之神」。或許會覺得很奇怪，有理性、有思想的人，竟然還拜那麼多偶像？這也說明越有智慧的人，說感受到自己的軟弱和不足，需要有更多得倚靠！
然而真正有智慧的人是要從敬畏耶和華開始，因為人受造有一個非常重要的原則，就是要倚靠上帝而活，若沒有上帝在心中，找再多的替代品都無法滿足人心。而雅典人就是未找到上帝，才會有須許多多的「安慰劑」。
而人找不到上帝的根源還是因為「罪」的緣故，所以上帝透過主耶穌設立救恩，並差派傳福音的人，讓人透過主耶穌的救恩可以回到上帝面前，正如保羅所傳講的：「世人蒙昧無知的時候，上帝並不監察，如今卻吩咐各處的人都要悔改。因為他已經定了日子，要藉著他所設立的人按公義審判天下，並且叫他從死裡復活，給萬人作可信的憑據。」
這位從死裡復活的人就是耶穌基督，祂已經完成了救贖的大功，這是我們唯一得倚靠，是上帝所立的，是最穩當的道路，勝過了虛謊的「未識之神」！讓我們一起來信靠祂，得上帝所賜的永生！
使徒行傳17:10-15
17:10 弟兄們隨即在夜間打發保羅和西拉往庇哩亞去。二人到了，就進入猶太人的會堂。
17:11 這地方的人賢於帖撒羅尼迦的人，甘心領受這道，天天考查聖經，要曉得這道是與不是。
17:12 所以他們中間多有相信的，又有希臘尊貴的婦女，男子也不少。
17:13 但帖撒羅尼迦的猶太人知道保羅又在庇哩亞傳上帝的道，也就往那裡去，聳動攪擾眾人。
17:14 當時弟兄們便打發保羅往海邊去，西拉和提摩太仍住在庇哩亞。
17:15 送保羅的人帶他到了雅典，既領了保羅的命，叫西拉和提摩太速速到他這裡來，就回去了。
10 As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. 11 Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. 12 As a result, many of them believed, as did also a number of prominent Greek women and many Greek men.
13 But when the Jews in Thessalonica learned that Paul was preaching the word of God at Berea, some of them went there too, agitating the crowds and stirring them up. 14 The believers immediately sent Paul to the coast, but Silas and Timothy stayed at Berea. 15 Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then left with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.
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保羅到庇哩亞去傳福音的時候，作者說道：「這地方的人賢於帖撒羅尼迦的人，甘心領受這道，天天考查聖經，要曉得這道是與不是。」
這也提醒我們，對所聽見的道，要回到聖經去查驗，才不致落入異端之中，正如彼得說：「從前在百姓中有假先知起來，將來在你們中間也必有假師傅，私自引進陷害人的異端，連買他們的主他們也不承認，自取速速地滅亡。」(彼得後書2:1)
查驗「假師傅」就是要透過聖經來鑑別，這是非常重要的原則！