耶利米書36:21-32

36:21 王就打發猶底去拿這書卷來，他便從文士以利沙瑪的屋內取來，念給王和王左右侍立的眾首領聽。
36:22 那時正是九月，王坐在過冬的房屋裡，王的前面火盆中有燒著的火。
36:23 猶底念了三四篇（或譯：行），王就用文士的刀將書卷割破，扔在火盆中，直到全卷在火中燒盡了。
36:24 王和聽見這一切話的臣僕都不懼怕，也不撕裂衣服。
36:25 以利拿單和第萊雅，並基瑪利雅懇求王不要燒這書卷，他卻不聽。
36:26 王就吩咐哈米勒的兒子（或譯：王的兒子）耶拉篾和亞斯列的兒子西萊雅，並亞伯疊的兒子示利米雅，去捉拿文士巴錄和先知耶利米。耶和華卻將他們隱藏。
36:27 王燒了書卷（其上有巴錄從耶利米口中所寫的話）以後，耶和華的話臨到耶利米說：
36:28 「你再取一卷，將猶大王約雅敬所燒第一卷上的一切話寫在其上。
36:29 論到猶大王約雅敬你要說，耶和華如此說：你燒了書卷，說：『你為甚麼在其上寫著，說巴比倫王必要來毀滅這地，使這地上絕了人民牲畜呢？』
36:30 所以耶和華論到猶大王約雅敬說：他後裔中必沒有人坐在大衛的寶座上；他的屍首必被拋棄，白日受炎熱，黑夜受寒霜。
36:31 我必因他和他後裔，並他臣僕的罪孽刑罰他們。我要使我所說的一切災禍臨到他們和耶路撒冷的居民，並猶大人；只是他們不聽。」
36:32 於是，耶利米又取一書卷交給尼利亞的兒子文士巴錄，他就從耶利米的口中寫了猶大王約雅敬所燒前卷上的一切話，另外又添了許多相彷的話。

²¹Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the secretary; and Jehudi read it to the king and all the officials who stood beside the king. ²²Now the king was sitting in his winter apartment (it was the ninth month), and there was a fire burning in the brazier before him. ²³As Jehudi read three or four columns, the king would cut them off with a penknife and throw them into the fire in the brazier, until the entire scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier. ²⁴Yet neither the king, nor any of his servants who heard all these words, was alarmed, nor did they tear their garments. ²⁵Even when Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them. ²⁶And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son and Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest the secretary Baruch and the prophet Jeremiah. But the Lord hid them.

²⁷ Now, after the king had burned the scroll with the words that Baruch wrote at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: ²⁸Take another scroll and write on it all the former words that were in the first scroll, which King Jehoiakim of Judah has burned. ²⁹And concerning King Jehoiakim of Judah you shall say: Thus says the Lord, You have dared to burn this scroll, saying, Why have you written in it that the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land, and will cut off from it human beings and animals? ³⁰Therefore thus says the Lord concerning King Jehoiakim of Judah: He shall have no one to sit upon the throne of David, and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat by day and the frost by night. ³¹And I will punish him and his offspring and his servants for their iniquity; I will bring on them, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and on the people of Judah, all the disasters with which I have threatened them—but they would not listen.

³² Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the secretary Baruch son of Neriah, who wrote on it at Jeremiah’s dictation all the words of the scroll that King Jehoiakim of Judah had burned in the fire; and many similar words were added to them.

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    上帝的話語是毀滅不了的，即使是書卷被燒掉，上帝依然可以讓它復原！但是，那些毀壞上帝話語的人，反倒是受到上帝更大的責罰，正如猶大王約雅敬，上帝對他說：「你燒了書卷，說：『你為甚麼在其上寫著，說巴比倫王必要來毀滅這地，使這地上絕了人民牲畜呢？』所以耶和華論到猶大王約雅敬說：他後裔中必沒有人坐在大衛的寶座上；他的屍首必被拋棄，白日受炎熱，黑夜受寒霜。我必因他和他後裔，並他臣僕的罪孽刑罰他們。我要使我所說的一切災禍臨到他們和耶路撒冷的居民，並猶大人；只是他們不聽。」

    這也警戒我們，上帝的話不僅不能毀滅，而且要好好聽從！因為上帝的話是將我們的本相顯明出來，使我們認清自己的樣式！並救拔我們脫離死亡，若不聽從，就永遠被死亡所綑鎖！

    因此，我們要聽上帝的話，才會有真正的自由！

耶利米書36:9-20

36:9 猶大王約西亞的兒子約雅敬第五年九月，耶路撒冷的眾民和那從猶大城邑來到耶路撒冷的眾民，在耶和華面前宣告禁食的日子，
36:10 巴錄就在耶和華殿的上院，耶和華殿的新門口，沙番的兒子文士基瑪利雅的屋內，念書上耶利米的話給眾民聽。
36:11 沙番的孫子、基瑪利雅的兒子米該亞聽見書上耶和華的一切話，
36:12 他就下到王宮，進入文士的屋子。眾首領，就是文士以利沙瑪、示瑪雅的兒子第萊雅、亞革波的兒子以利拿單、沙番的兒子基瑪利雅、哈拿尼雅的兒子西底家，和其餘的首領都坐在那裡。
36:13 於是米該亞對他們述說他所聽見的一切話，就是巴錄向百姓念那書的時候所聽見的。
36:14 眾首領就打發古示的曾孫、示利米雅的孫子、尼探雅的兒子猶底到巴錄那裡，對他說：「你將所念給百姓聽的書卷拿在手中到我們這裡來。」尼利亞的兒子巴錄就手拿書卷來到他們那裡。
36:15 他們對他說：「請你坐下，念給我們聽。」巴錄就念給他們聽。
36:16 他們聽見這一切話就害怕，面面相觀，對巴錄說：「我們必須將這一切話告訴王。」
36:17 他們問巴錄說：「請你告訴我們，你怎樣從他口中寫這一切話呢？」
36:18 巴錄回答說：「他用口向我說這一切話，我就用筆墨寫在書上。」
36:19 眾首領對巴錄說：「你和耶利米要去藏起來，不可叫人知道你們在哪裡。」
36:20 眾首領進院見王，卻先把書卷存在文士以利沙瑪的屋內，以後將這一切話說給王聽。

⁹ In the fifth year of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah, in the ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came from the towns of Judah to Jerusalem proclaimed a fast before the Lord. ¹⁰Then, in the hearing of all the people, Baruch read the words of Jeremiah from the scroll, in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the secretary, which was in the upper court, at the entry of the New Gate of the Lord’s house.

¹¹ When Micaiah son of Gemariah son of Shaphan heard all the words of the Lord from the scroll, ¹²he went down to the king’s house, into the secretary’s chamber; and all the officials were sitting there: Elishama the secretary, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the officials. ¹³And Micaiah told them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the scroll in the hearing of the people. ¹⁴Then all the officials sent Jehudi son of Nethaniah son of Shelemiah son of Cushi to say to Baruch, “Bring the scroll that you read in the hearing of the people, and come.” So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand and came to them. ¹⁵And they said to him, “Sit down and read it to us.” So Baruch read it to them. ¹⁶When they heard all the words, they turned to one another in alarm, and said to Baruch, “We certainly must report all these words to the king.” ¹⁷Then they questioned Baruch, “Tell us now, how did you write all these words? Was it at his dictation?” ¹⁸Baruch answered them, “He dictated all these words to me, and I wrote them with ink on the scroll.” ¹⁹Then the officials said to Baruch, “Go and hide, you and Jeremiah, and let no one know where you are.”

²⁰ Leaving the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the secretary, they went to the court of the king; and they reported all the words to the king.

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    我們在此看見上帝話語的宣讀，使得猶太的首領們有所感，他們的反應是：『聽見這一切話就害怕，面面相觀，對巴錄說：「我們必須將這一切話告訴王。」』

    可見他們真的把上帝的話當一回事，而他們的作為是：進院見王，卻先把書卷存在文士以利沙瑪的屋內，以後將這一切話說給王聽。

    可見他們是多麼看重這些話語！

    我們今天有每有把上帝的話當一回事嗎？有沒有甚懼怕？還是非常喜歡呢？

耶利米書36章

      耶利米書36:1-8  ,  耶利米書36:9-20  ,  耶利米書36:21-32  ,

耶利米書36:1-8

36:1 猶大王約西亞的兒子約雅敬第四年，耶和華的話臨到耶利米說：
36:2 「你取一書卷，將我對你說攻擊以色列和猶大，並各國的一切話，從我對你說話的那日，就是從約西亞的日子起直到今日，都寫在其上。
36:3 或者猶大家聽見我想要降與他們的一切災禍，各人就回頭，離開惡道，我好赦免他們的罪孽和罪惡。」
36:4 所以，耶利米召了尼利亞的兒子巴錄來；巴錄就從耶利米口中，將耶和華對耶利米所說的一切話寫在書卷上。
36:5 耶利米吩咐巴錄說：「我被拘管，不能進耶和華的殿。
36:6 所以你要去趁禁食的日子，在耶和華殿中將耶和華的話，就是你從我口中所寫在書卷上的話，念給百姓和一切從猶大城邑出來的人聽。
36:7 或者他們在耶和華面前懇求各人回頭，離開惡道，因為耶和華向這百姓所說要發的怒氣和忿怒是大的。」
36:8 尼利亞的兒子巴錄就照先知耶利米一切所吩咐的去行，在耶和華的殿中從書上念耶和華的話。

In the fourth year of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord: ²Take a scroll and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel and Judah and all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah until today. ³It may be that when the house of Judah hears of all the disasters that I intend to do to them, all of them may turn from their evil ways, so that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.

⁴ Then Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote on a scroll at Jeremiah’s dictation all the words of the Lord that he had spoken to him. ⁵And Jeremiah ordered Baruch, saying, “I am prevented from entering the house of the Lord; ⁶so you go yourself, and on a fast day in the hearing of the people in the Lord’s house you shall read the words of the Lord from the scroll that you have written at my dictation. You shall read them also in the hearing of all the people of Judah who come up from their towns. ⁷It may be that their plea will come before the Lord, and that all of them will turn from their evil ways, for great is the anger and wrath that the Lord has pronounced against this people.” ⁸And Baruch son of Neriah did all that the prophet Jeremiah ordered him about reading from the scroll the words of the Lord in the Lord’s house.

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    上帝的話語是要被宣讀出來，這是很重要的，人聽了上帝的話是會有反應的，

絕對不會聽完之後，就不當一回事的！正如上帝在這裡說：「或者猶大家聽見我想

要降與他們的一切災禍，各人就回頭，離開惡道，我好赦免他們的罪孽和罪惡。」

       而上帝的話這裡說明了悔改的定義：各人就回頭，離開惡道！

                的確，人要聽上帝的話，才會有真正的悔改，才能回頭歸向上帝，離開罪惡！

也惟有這樣，上帝才能赦免我們的罪孽和罪惡。

                 你有沒有悔改？

耶利米書35:12-19

35:12 耶和華的話臨到耶利米說：
35:13 「萬軍之耶和華─以色列的上帝如此說：你去對猶大人和耶路撒冷的居民說，耶和華說：你們不受教訓，不聽從我的話嗎？
35:14 利甲的兒子約拿達所吩咐他子孫不可喝酒的話，他們已經遵守，直到今日也不喝酒，因為他們聽從先祖的吩咐。我從早起來警戒你們，你們卻不聽從我。
35:15 我從早起來，差遣我的僕人眾先知去，說：『你們各人當回頭，離開惡道，改正行為，不隨從事奉別神，就必住在我所賜給你們和你們列祖的地上。』只是你們沒有聽從我，也沒有側耳而聽。
35:16 利甲的兒子約拿達的子孫能遵守先人所吩咐他們的命，這百姓卻沒有聽從我！
35:17 因此，耶和華─萬軍之上帝、以色列的上帝如此說：我要使我所說的一切災禍臨到猶大人和耶路撒冷的一切居民。因為我對他們說話，他們沒有聽從；我呼喚他們，他們沒有答應。」
35:18 耶利米對利甲族的人說：「萬軍之耶和華─以色列的上帝如此說：因你們聽從你們先祖約拿達的吩咐，謹守他的一切誡命，照他所吩咐你們的去行，
35:19 所以萬軍之耶和華─以色列的上帝如此說：利甲的兒子約拿達必永不缺人侍立在我面前。」

¹² Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: ¹³Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Go and say to the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Can you not learn a lesson and obey my words? says the Lord. ¹⁴The command has been carried out that Jonadab son of Rechab gave to his descendants to drink no wine; and they drink none to this day, for they have obeyed their ancestor’s command. But I myself have spoken to you persistently, and you have not obeyed me. ¹⁵I have sent to you all my servants the prophets, sending them persistently, saying, “Turn now every one of you from your evil way, and amend your doings, and do not go after other gods to serve them, and then you shall live in the land that I gave to you and your ancestors.” But you did not incline your ear or obey me. ¹⁶The descendants of Jonadab son of Rechab have carried out the command that their ancestor gave them, but this people has not obeyed me. ¹⁷Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: I am going to bring on Judah and on all the inhabitants of Jerusalem every disaster that I have pronounced against them; because I have spoken to them and they have not listened, I have called to them and they have not answered.

¹⁸ But to the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have obeyed the command of your ancestor Jonadab, and kept all his precepts, and done all that he commanded you, ¹⁹therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Jonadab son of Rechab shall not lack a descendant to stand before me for all time.

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    上帝拿利甲族人遵守祖先的命令而不違反，對比於猶大人不聽上帝時常差遣眾先知

去傳達的命令。因此上帝要刑罰猶大人，使他們失去土地；讓利甲族的人永遠有人在上

帝面前服事祂，得永遠的土地。

        同樣今日，我們要抓住上帝在基督裡的應許，享受上帝永遠的福樂，成為上帝家中

的人，如同利甲族的人永遠有人在上帝面前服事祂，得永遠的土地。正如猶太人的口傳

經卷「米示拿」，提及利甲族人在被擄歸回的聖殿中承擔一些特殊職務。

        基督徒今日也要像利甲族人一般，是不同化於世界的一群上帝的子民，讓我們為永

遠的地土來持守上帝在基督的應許！

耶利米書35章

     耶利米書35:1-11  ,  耶利米書35:12-19 ,