5:1 嗐!你們這些富足人哪,應當哭泣、號咷,因為將有苦難臨到你們身上。
5:2 你們的財物壞了,衣服也被蟲子咬了。
5:3 你們的金銀都長了銹;那銹要證明你們的不是,又要吃你們的肉,如同火燒。你們在這末世只知積攢錢財。
5:4 工人給你們收割莊稼,你們虧欠他們的工錢,這工錢有聲音呼叫,並且那收割之人的冤聲已經入了萬軍之主的耳了。
5:5 你們在世上享美福,好宴樂,當宰殺的日子竟嬌養你們的心。
5:6 你們定了義人的罪,把他殺害,他也不抵擋你們。
5:2 你們的財物壞了,衣服也被蟲子咬了。
5:3 你們的金銀都長了銹;那銹要證明你們的不是,又要吃你們的肉,如同火燒。你們在這末世只知積攢錢財。
5:4 工人給你們收割莊稼,你們虧欠他們的工錢,這工錢有聲音呼叫,並且那收割之人的冤聲已經入了萬軍之主的耳了。
5:5 你們在世上享美福,好宴樂,當宰殺的日子竟嬌養你們的心。
5:6 你們定了義人的罪,把他殺害,他也不抵擋你們。
Now listen, you rich people, weep and wail because of the misery
that is coming on you. 2 Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your
clothes. 3 Your
gold and silver are corroded. Their corrosion will testify against you and eat
your flesh like fire. You have hoarded wealth in the last days. 4 Look! The wages you failed
to pay the workers who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries
of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. 5 You have lived on earth in
luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened yourselves in the day of
slaughter.6 You
have condemned and murdered the innocent one, who was not opposing you.
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基督信仰沒有仇富的心裡,只有行公義的呼籲!要是為富不仁,當然是上帝所恨惡的!上帝是要將豐盛賜給人,使人得享美福,使人的心滿足與喜樂!上帝是多麼看重人的需要,樂意供應給人,好使人感受到他的恩惠!
富人若沒有覺醒,以為有錢萬事足,認為用錢可以達成自己所圖謀的事,不敬畏上帝,金錢反而成了他的網羅!「你們在世上享美福,好宴樂,當宰殺的日子竟嬌養你們的心」是很重的警告,表是金錢並不能救人的命,是不可靠的,生命是在上帝手中!
所以,人不要以為有錢就有辦法,辦法是在上帝,是要對上帝存敬畏的心!不要自以為有錢就有勢,就可以興風作浪!誰都覬覦錢財,圖謀如何將財富搶奪,財富反而帶來殺身之禍!惟有上帝同在,才能被保守得十分安穩!