2017年11月21日 星期二

以賽亞書51:17-23



51:17 耶路撒冷啊,興起!興起!站起來!你從耶和華手中喝了他忿怒之杯,喝了那使人東倒西歪的爵,以致喝盡。
51:18
她所生育的諸子中,沒有一個引導她的;她所養大的諸子中,沒有一個攙扶她的。
51:19
荒涼、毀滅、饑荒、刀兵,這幾樣臨到你,誰為你舉哀?我如何能安慰你呢?
51:20
你的眾子發昏,在各市口上躺臥,好像黃羊在網羅之中,都滿了耶和華的忿怒你上帝的斥責。
51:21
因此,你這困苦卻非因酒而醉的,要聽我言。
51:22
你的主耶和華就是為他百姓辨屈的上帝如此說:看哪,我已將那使人東倒西歪的杯,就是我忿怒的爵,從你手中接過來;你必不致再喝。
51:23
我必將這杯遞在苦待你的人手中;他們曾對你說:你屈身,由我們踐踏過去吧!你便以背為地,好像街市,任人經過。

17
Rouse yourself, rouse yourself!
Stand up, O Jerusalem,
you who have drunk at the hand of the Lord
the cup of his wrath,
who have drunk to the dregs
the bowl of staggering.
18
There is no one to guide her
among all the children she has borne;
there is no one to take her by the hand
among all the children she has brought up.
19
These two things have befallen you
—who will grieve with you?—
devastation and destruction, famine and sword—
who will comfort you?
20
Your children have fainted,
they lie at the head of every street
like an antelope in a net;
they are full of the wrath of the Lord,
the rebuke of your God.

21
Therefore hear this, you who are wounded,
who are drunk, but not with wine:
22
Thus says your Sovereign, the Lord,
your God who pleads the cause of his people:
See, I have taken from your hand the cup of staggering;
you shall drink no more
from the bowl of my wrath.
23
And I will put it into the hand of your tormentors,
who have said to you,
“Bow down, that we may walk on you”;
and you have made your back like the ground
and like the street for them to walk on.

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    大家對上帝感覺是和善與慈愛的,其實上帝是會憤怒的!這也就是說,不要將上帝看成聖誕老公公,不要以為上帝會包庇罪惡的事,會對我們做的事睜一隻眼、閉一隻眼。

    也因為這樣,我們在做任何事情時,不要以自己的想法來任意而為。我們必須常常讀聖經明白上帝的心意,才知道如何行才會討上帝的喜悅,不至於招惹上帝的怒氣,而受到懲罰。

    所以,我們要隨時隨地,存著敬畏的心,來與上帝同行!

 

以賽亞書51:12-16



51:12 惟有我,是安慰你們的。你是誰,竟怕那必死的人?怕那要變如草的世人?
51:13
卻忘記鋪張諸天、立定地基、創造你的耶和華?又因欺壓者圖謀毀滅要發的暴怒,整天害怕,其實那欺壓者的暴怒在哪裡呢?
51:14
被擄去的快得釋放,必不死而下坑;他的食物也不致缺乏。
51:15
我是耶和華你的上帝攪動大海,使海中的波浪匉訇萬軍之耶和華是我的名。
51:16
我將我的話傳給你,用我的手影遮蔽你,為要栽定諸天,立定地基,又對錫安說:你是我的百姓。

12
I, I am he who comforts you;
why then are you afraid of a mere mortal who must die,
a human being who fades like grass?
13
You have forgotten the Lord, your Maker,
who stretched out the heavens
and laid the foundations of the earth.
You fear continually all day long
because of the fury of the oppressor,
who is bent on destruction.
But where is the fury of the oppressor?
14
The oppressed shall speedily be released;
they shall not die and go down to the Pit,
nor shall they lack bread.
15
For I am the Lord your God,
who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—
the Lord of hosts is his name.
16
I have put my words in your mouth,
and hidden you in the shadow of my hand,
stretching out the heavens
and laying the foundations of the earth,
and saying to Zion, “You are my people.”

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    上帝藉由自己的大能來宣告祂拯救的決心,要猶大百姓敬畏和倚靠上帝,尋求上帝的安慰,不具要懼怕人的威脅,不要懼怕君王,因為上帝勝過這一切,祂是掌管萬有的上帝。

    也因此,上帝透過耶穌基督來撿選我們成為他的兒女,是多麼有福啊!雖然,會受到許多的逼迫,主耶穌也勉勵過門徒:「那殺身體、不能殺靈魂的,不要怕他們;惟有能把身體和靈魂都滅在地獄裡的,正要怕他。」(馬太福音10:28

    同樣,今日我們要是真的敬畏上帝,我們必定有勇氣來面對從人而來的壓力、脅迫、傷害、…。因此,我們要常存敬畏上帝的心,就可以成為的得勝的兒女,不怕惡人的攻擊!

2017年11月20日 星期一

以賽亞書51:9-11



51:9 耶和華的膀臂啊,興起!興起!以能力為衣穿上,像古時的年日、上古的世代興起一樣。從前砍碎拉哈伯、刺透大魚的,不是你嗎?
51:10
使海與深淵的水乾涸、使海的深處變為贖民經過之路的,不是你嗎?
51:11
耶和華救贖的民必歸回,歌唱來到錫安;永樂必歸到他們的頭上。他們必得著歡喜快樂;憂愁歎息盡都逃避。

9
Awake, awake, put on strength,
O arm of the Lord!
Awake, as in days of old,
the generations of long ago!
Was it not you who cut Rahab in pieces,
who pierced the dragon?
10
Was it not you who dried up the sea,
the waters of the great deep;
who made the depths of the sea a way
for the redeemed to cross over?
11
So the ransomed of the Lord shall return,
and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain joy and gladness,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.

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    這是先知以賽亞的禱告,他盼望上帝拯救猶大,使猶大的百姓歸回故地,雖然將來會被巴比倫人擄到外地去!所以,祂向上帝乎求:「耶和華的膀臂啊,興起!興起!以能力為衣穿上,像古時的年日、上古的世代興起一樣。

    他相信上帝必定成就拯救得大事,所以勇敢宣告:「耶和華救贖的民必歸回,歌唱來到錫安;永樂必歸到他們的頭上。他們必得著歡喜快樂;憂愁歎息盡都逃避。

    這也讓我們看見蒙救贖的記號,就是喜樂!一個被上帝拯救的人必定快樂讚美上帝,正如詩歌所說:「快樂!快樂!我們崇拜,榮耀上主,愛之神!」


以賽亞書51章

        以賽亞書51:1-8   , 

        以賽亞書51:1  , 以賽亞書51:1  ,

        以賽亞書51:2以賽亞書51:3 ,

        以賽亞書51:4-6   ,

        以賽亞書51:7-8 ,



       以賽亞書51:9-11   , 以賽亞書51:11 ,



       以賽亞書51:12-16 , 以賽亞書51:12  ,



        以賽亞書51:17-23  ,

以賽亞書51:1-8



51:1 你們這追求公義、尋求耶和華的,當聽我言!你們要追想被鑿而出的磐石,被挖而出的巖穴。
51:2
要追想你們的祖宗亞伯拉罕和生養你們的撒拉;因為亞伯拉罕獨自一人的時候,我選召他,賜福與他,使他人數增多。
51:3
耶和華已經安慰錫安和錫安一切的荒場,使曠野像伊甸,使沙漠像耶和華的園囿;在其中必有歡喜、快樂、感謝,和歌唱的聲音。
51:4
我的百姓啊,要向我留心;我的國民哪,要向我側耳;因為訓誨必從我而出;我必堅定我的公理為萬民之光。
51:5
我的公義臨近;我的救恩發出。我的膀臂要審判萬民;海島都要等候我,倚賴我的膀臂。
51:6
你們要向天舉目,觀看下地;因為天必像煙雲消散,地必如衣服漸漸舊了;其上的居民也要如此死亡(如此死亡:或譯像蠓蟲死亡)。惟有我的救恩永遠長存;我的公義也不廢掉。
51:7
知道公義、將我訓誨存在心中的民,要聽我言!不要怕人的辱罵,也不要因人的毀謗驚惶。
51:8
因為蛀蟲必咬他們,好像咬衣服;蟲子必咬他們,如同咬羊絨。惟有我的公義永遠長存,我的救恩直到萬代。

Listen to me, you that pursue righteousness,
you that seek the Lord.
Look to the rock from which you were hewn,
and to the quarry from which you were dug.
2
Look to Abraham your father
and to Sarah who bore you;
for he was but one when I called him,
but I blessed him and made him many.
3
For the Lord will comfort Zion;
he will comfort all her waste places,
and will make her wilderness like Eden,
her desert like the garden of the Lord;
joy and gladness will be found in her,
thanksgiving and the voice of song.

4
Listen to me, my people,
and give heed to me, my nation;
for a teaching will go out from me,
and my justice for a light to the peoples.
5
I will bring near my deliverance swiftly,
my salvation has gone out
and my arms will rule the peoples;
the coastlands wait for me,
and for my arm they hope.
6
Lift up your eyes to the heavens,
and look at the earth beneath;
for the heavens will vanish like smoke,
the earth will wear out like a garment,
and those who live on it will die like gnats;
but my salvation will be forever,
and my deliverance will never be ended.

7
Listen to me, you who know righteousness,
you people who have my teaching in your hearts;
do not fear the reproach of others,
and do not be dismayed when they revile you.
8
For the moth will eat them up like a garment,
and the worm will eat them like wool;
but my deliverance will be forever,
and my salvation to all generations.

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    正如上帝透過先知以賽亞說:「惟有我的救恩永遠長存;我的公義也不廢掉。」「惟有我的公義永遠長存,我的救恩直到萬代。

    遵行上帝旨意的人,不是自己來的,是要靠上帝的公義和救恩。所以,人能夠信主,是因為上帝的恩典和憐憫!


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