2018年5月18日 星期五

路得記1:6-14


1:6 她就與兩個兒婦起身,要從摩押地歸回;因為她在摩押地聽見耶和華眷顧自己的百姓,賜糧食與他們。
1:7
於是她和兩個兒婦起行離開所住的地方,要回猶大地去。
1:8
拿俄米對兩個兒婦說:「你們各人回娘家去吧。願耶和華恩待你們,像你們恩待已死的人與我一樣!
1:9
願耶和華使你們各在新夫家中得平安!」於是拿俄米與她們親嘴。她們就放聲而哭,
1:10
說:「不然,我們必與你一同回你本國去。」
1:11
拿俄米說:「我女兒們哪,回去吧!為何要跟我去呢?我還能生子作你們的丈夫嗎?
1:12
我女兒們哪,回去吧!我年紀老邁,不能再有丈夫;即或說,我還有指望,今夜有丈夫可以生子,
1:13
你們豈能等著他們長大呢?你們豈能等著他們不嫁別人呢?我女兒們哪,不要這樣。我為你們的緣故甚是愁苦,因為耶和華伸手攻擊我。」
1:14
兩個兒婦又放聲而哭,俄珥巴與婆婆親嘴而別,只是路得捨不得拿俄米。

When Naomi heard in Moab that the Lord had come to the aid of his people by providing food for them, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to return home from there. With her two daughters-in-law she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road that would take them back to the land of Judah.
Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you, to your mother’s home. May the Lord show you kindness, as you have shown kindness to your dead husbands and to me. May the Lord grant that each of you will find rest in the home of another husband.”
Then she kissed them goodbye and they wept aloud 10 and said to her, “We will go back with you to your people.”
11 But Naomi said, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you come with me? Am I going to have any more sons, who could become your husbands? 12 Return home, my daughters; I am too old to have another husband. Even if I thought there was still hope for me—even if I had a husband tonight and then gave birth to sons— 13 would you wait until they grew up? Would you remain unmarried for them? No, my daughters. It is more bitter for me than for you, because the Lord’s hand has turned against me!”
14 At this they wept aloud again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye, but Ruth clung to her.

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    拿俄米為了糧食的需要,就要回到伯利恆!然而大媳婦離開他,小媳婦路得卻捨不得她!


路得記1章

    路得記1:1-5    ,  

    路得記1:6-14  , 

    路得記1:15-18路得記1:16-17  ,

    路得記1:19-22 ,

 

 

 

路得記1:1-5


1:1 當士師秉政的時候,國中遭遇饑荒。在猶大的伯利恆,有一個人帶著妻子和兩個兒子往摩押地去寄居。
1:2
這人名叫以利米勒,他的妻名叫拿俄米;他兩個兒子,一個名叫瑪倫,一個名叫基連,都是猶大伯利恆的以法他人。他們到了摩押地,就住在那裡。
1:3
後來拿俄米的丈夫以利米勒死了,剩下婦人和她兩個兒子。
1:4
這兩個兒子娶了摩押女子為妻,一個名叫俄珥巴,一個名叫路得,在那裡住了約有十年。
1:5
瑪倫和基連二人也死了,剩下拿俄米,沒有丈夫,也沒有兒子。

In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah, together with his wife and two sons, went to live for a while in the country of Moab. The man’s name was Elimelek, his wife’s name was Naomi, and the names of his two sons were Mahlon and Kilion. They were Ephrathites from Bethlehem, Judah. And they went to Moab and lived there.
Now Elimelek, Naomi’s husband, died, and she was left with her two sons. They married Moabite women, one named Orpah and the other Ruth. After they had lived there about ten years, both Mahlon and Kilion also died, and Naomi was left without her two sons and her husband.

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    伯利恆」是「糧食之家」的意思,然而饑荒太厲害了,讓以利米勒從那裏般到摩押地去寄居,以利米勒後來卻死在那裏。不僅這樣,他的兩個兒子一個名叫瑪倫,一個名叫基連,在他死後就然取摩押女子為妻。再過十年,這兩個兒子也死了!

    也就這樣一家四口到摩押地,最後只剩下拿俄米一人沒有丈夫,也沒有兒子。雖然有兩個媳婦,一個名叫俄珥巴,一個名叫路得,都是外邦的摩押女子。這種狀況,讓拿俄米真是沒有指望了!

    這種山窮水盡的狀態,讓人感到前途茫茫,不知上帝要如何拯救?願上帝大大的憐憫,每一個前途茫茫的人!因為人在這種無助的狀態,只能倚靠上帝了!



2018年5月17日 星期四

箴言17:3



The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold,
    but the Lord tests the heart.

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    金和銀的煉法不同:金比較不會有雜質,但是熔點高,所以要用溫度較高的爐;銀的熔點低,雜質多就像錫一般,需要將其熔成液態,讓雜質浮上來,然後吹除。

    當然這都需要經過高溫的熬煉,是人所受不了的!可是上帝要使用一個人,卻是要經過這樣的過程,這不是他願意的,對他如此的也不願意,只是大家好像沒辦法,就是要這樣經過,因為這是上帝的作為!

    人在這樣的情況下,只能順服在上帝大能的手下,讓上帝來陶造,甚至方便之路都會行不通,因為上帝就是要這樣熬煉!我們看上帝的兒子耶穌基督,不是要經過受苦、死亡,然後才有復活與榮耀,我們也更是如此,因為上帝要讓我們與基督同得榮耀,也必經歷基督的苦難,更何況我們只受到一點點,大部分都是基督承擔了。

箴言17:2




A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son
    and will share the inheritance as one of the family.

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    打牌的人認為要贏就必須有一手好牌,但是人生並非如此,有人生在好家庭,有人生在不好家庭。有人生來當少爺,也有人生來當僕人。但是,聰明的僕人,雖然手中不是好牌,卻能用他的智慧翻轉人生,仍然如有一手好牌的人!

    年輕的時候,常常覺得來推銷幼教的產品的人說的,「不要輸在起跑點」,好像很有道理。又聽到一些推動早期教育的,說到在0-1歲時,孩子好好教育,將來就很傑出。剛開始很相信,也很努力執行。但是,事實並不一定如此,因為人生有許多變數,成長過程的學習更重要,影響一個人更大。

    所以,我們沒有拿到一手好牌的人,不要抱怨,倚靠上帝成為聰明與智慧的人,才是人生幸福的保障!我們除了有天生的背景,還要加上後天靠主的帶領,存敬畏的心,完成人生的責任,也就是運用上帝所賜的,來榮耀上帝,使人因我們得益處!

箴言17:1



Better a dry crust with peace and quiet
    than a house full of feasting, with strife.

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    物質的豐富與不豐富不是家庭幸福重要得條件,彼此相愛才是最主要的原因。雖然作者是用誇飾法來說明但是事實上也是如此!因此要維持家庭的和睦,需要全家人的同心與相愛。

    家庭如此,教會更是如此,大家要同心合意來興旺福音。在教會中更不可以比較先來後到,或是誰奉獻得多奉獻得少,因為我們能奉獻都是來自上帝的恩典,使我們有獲財的能力,這絕不是自己會有錢的。

    求主保守讓我們注意那看不見的,不要注意看得見的因為教會當中最重要的是上帝的愛充滿在其中,然後大家彼此激發愛心來榮耀上帝,這是教會在世上的目的。正如一句口號:要完成大使命,要先實踐大誡命!大誡命就是:愛上帝與愛人!