2021年2月26日 星期五

列王紀下15:13-16

 

15:13 猶大王烏西雅(就是亞撒利雅)三十九年,雅比的兒子沙龍登基在撒馬利亞作王一個月。
15:14
迦底的兒子米拿現從得撒上撒馬利亞,殺了雅比的兒子沙龍,篡了他的位。
15:15
沙龍其餘的事和他背叛的情形都寫在以色列諸王記上。
15:16
那時米拿現從得撒起攻打提斐薩和其四境,擊殺城中一切的人,剖開其中所有的孕婦,都因他們沒有給他開城。

 

13 Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned in Samaria one month. 14 Then Menahem son of Gadi went from Tirzah up to Samaria. He attacked Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria, assassinated him and succeeded him as king.

15 The other events of Shallum’s reign, and the conspiracy he led, are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel.

16 At that time Menahem, starting out from Tirzah, attacked Tiphsah and everyone in the city and its vicinity, because they refused to open their gates. He sacked Tiphsah and ripped open all the pregnant women.

 

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    以色列因為不敬畏上帝,所以政權十分不穩定,常常發生政變,王一直被殺篡位!

 

 

列王紀下15:8-12

 

15:8 猶大王亞撒利雅三十八年,耶羅波安的兒子撒迦利雅在撒馬利亞作以色列王六個月。
15:9
他行耶和華眼中看為惡的事,效法他列祖所行的,不離開尼八的兒子耶羅波安使以色列人陷在罪裡的那罪。
15:10
雅比的兒子沙龍背叛他,在百姓面前擊殺他,篡了他的位。
15:11
撒迦利雅其餘的事都寫在以色列諸王記上。
15:12
這是從前耶和華應許耶戶說:「你的子孫必坐以色列的國位直到四代。」這話果然應驗了。

 

In the thirty-eighth year of Azariah king of Judah, Zechariah son of Jeroboam became king of Israel in Samaria, and he reigned six months. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his predecessors had done. He did not turn away from the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, which he had caused Israel to commit.

10 Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah. He attacked him in front of the people,[d] assassinated him and succeeded him as king. 11 The other events of Zechariah’s reign are written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel. 12 So the word of the Lord spoken to Jehu was fulfilled: “Your descendants will sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.”

 

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    耶戶王朝雖然只有四代,卻是以色列王國最蒙上帝眷顧的時候,因為耶戶勇敢起來,破壞了一切拜巴力的勢力,使上帝的公義展現出來!但是他們仍然拜金牛犢,不蒙上帝喜悅!

 

 

 

列王紀下15章

      列王紀下15:1-7 ,

     列王紀下15:8-12  ,

     列王紀下15:13-16  ,

    列王紀下15:17-22  ,

    列王紀下15:23-26  ,

     列王紀下15:27-31    ,

    列王紀下15:32-38 ,

列王紀下15:1-7

 


15:1 以色列王耶羅波安二十七年,猶大王亞瑪謝的兒子亞撒利雅登基,
15:2
他登基的時候年十六歲,在耶路撒冷作王五十二年。他母親名叫耶可利雅,是耶路撒冷人。
15:3
亞撒利雅行耶和華眼中看為正的事,效法他父親亞瑪謝一切所行的;
15:4
只是邱壇還沒有廢去,百姓仍在那裡獻祭燒香。
15:5
耶和華降災與王,使他長大痲瘋,直到死日,他就住在別的宮裡。他的兒子約坦管理家事,治理國民。
15:6
亞撒利雅其餘的事,凡他所行的都寫在猶大列王記上。
15:7
亞撒利雅與他列祖同睡,葬在大衛城他列祖的墳地裡。他兒子約坦接續他作王。

 

In the twenty-seventh year of Jeroboam king of Israel, Azariah[a] son of Amaziah king of Judah began to reign. He was sixteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem fifty-two years. His mother’s name was Jekoliah; she was from Jerusalem. He did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father Amaziah had done. The high places, however, were not removed; the people continued to offer sacrifices and burn incense there.

The Lord afflicted the king with leprosy[b] until the day he died, and he lived in a separate house.[c] Jotham the king’s son had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.

As for the other events of Azariah’s reign, and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? Azariah rested with his ancestors and was buried near them in the City of David. And Jotham his son succeeded him as king.

 

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    亞撒利雅又名烏西雅,在《歷代志下》2616-20節說到他長大痲瘋的原因:就是「心高氣傲,以致行事邪僻,干犯耶和華─他的上帝,進耶和華的殿,要在香壇上燒香」

 

    上帝讓先知、君王和祭司在就任前都會受膏抹,但是每個人職務都不同,各有所司,不可以互相侵犯或取代。然而烏西雅心中驕傲,忘記獻祭和燒香的事情是要由祭司主持,雖然祭司阻止說:「烏西雅啊,給耶和華燒香不是你的事,乃是亞倫子孫承接聖職祭司的事。你出聖殿吧!因為你犯了罪。你行這事,耶和華上帝必不使你得榮耀。」

 

    然而烏西雅就發怒,手拿香爐要燒香。他向祭司發怒的時候,在耶和華殿中香壇旁眾祭司面前,額上忽然發出大痲瘋。大祭司亞撒利雅和眾祭司觀看,見他額上發出大痲瘋,就催他出殿;他自己也急速出去,因為耶和華降災與他。

 

    也因為這樣,他就羞羞恥恥的過於下的人生,住在別的宮裡,與耶和華的殿隔絕。他兒子約坦管理家事,治理國民。這是多麼可惜的事啊!

 

    而這樣的事件讓我們想到彼得前書55-6節說:「你們年幼的,也要順服年長的。就是你們眾人也都要以謙卑束腰,彼此順服;因為上帝阻擋驕傲的人,賜恩給謙卑的人。所以,你們要自卑,服在上帝大能的手下,到了時候,他必叫你們升高。」

 

    因此,我們不要因為自己受了教育,擁有了學位,甚至有人間的睿智,就自以為高人一等,看不起別人、不敬畏上帝!若是這樣,就會和烏利雅了下場一樣,最後不是得榮耀,而是遭羞辱,讓我們以此為戒!

 

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2021年2月25日 星期四

馬可福音5章

   馬可福音5:1-20  , 

   馬可福音5:21-43  , 馬可福音5:35-36 ,

馬可福音5:21-43

 

5:21 耶穌坐船又渡到那邊去,就有許多人到他那裡聚集;他正在海邊上。
5:22
有一個管會堂的人,名叫睚魯,來見耶穌,就俯伏在他腳前,
5:23
再三地求他,說:「我的小女兒快要死了,求你去按手在她身上,使她痊癒,得以活了。」
5:24
耶穌就和他同去。有許多人跟隨擁擠他。
5:25
有一個女人,患了十二年的血漏,
5:26
在好些醫生手裡受了許多的苦,又花盡了她所有的,一點也不見好,病勢反倒更重了。
5:27
她聽見耶穌的事,就從後頭來,雜在眾人中間,摸耶穌的衣裳,
5:28
意思說:「我只摸他的衣裳,就必痊癒。」
5:29
於是她血漏的源頭立刻乾了;她便覺得身上的災病好了。
5:30
耶穌頓時心裡覺得有能力從自己身上出去,就在眾人中間轉過來,說:「誰摸我的衣裳?」
5:31
門徒對他說:「你看眾人擁擠你,還說『誰摸我』嗎?」
5:32
耶穌周圍觀看,要見做這事的女人。
5:33
那女人知道在自己身上所成的事,就恐懼戰兢,來俯伏在耶穌跟前,將實情全告訴他。
5:34
耶穌對她說:「女兒,你的信救了你,平平安安地回去吧!你的災病痊癒了。」
5:35
還說話的時候,有人從管會堂的家裡來,說:「你的女兒死了,何必還勞動先生呢?」
5:36
耶穌聽見所說的話,就對管會堂的說:「不要怕,只要信!」
5:37
於是帶著彼得、雅各、和雅各的兄弟約翰同去,不許別人跟隨他。
5:38
他們來到管會堂的家裡;耶穌看見那裡亂嚷,並有人大大地哭泣哀號,
5:39
進到裡面,就對他們說:「為甚麼亂嚷哭泣呢?孩子不是死了,是睡著了。」
5:40
他們就嗤笑耶穌。耶穌把他們都攆出去,就帶著孩子的父母和跟隨的人進了孩子所在的地方,
5:41
就拉著孩子的手,對她說:「大利大,古米!」(翻出來就是說:「閨女,我吩咐你起來!」)
5:42
那閨女立時起來走。他們就大大地驚奇;閨女已經十二歲了。
5:43
耶穌切切地囑咐他們,不要叫人知道這事,又吩咐給她東西吃。

 

21 When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake. 22 Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. 23 He pleaded earnestly with him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.” 24 So Jesus went with him.

A large crowd followed and pressed around him. 25 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. 26 She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. 27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28 because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” 29 Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.

30 At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”

31 “You see the people crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can ask, ‘Who touched me?’ ”

32 But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. 33 Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. 34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”

35 While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the teacher anymore?”

36 Overhearing[c] what they said, Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”

37 He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James. 38 When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly. 39 He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.” 40 But they laughed at him.

After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was. 41 He took her by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which means “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”). 42 Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished. 43 He gave strict orders not to let anyone know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.

 

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    在聖經中常常有漢堡式的編排方式,就是重要的事情放在中間,外面再用一個包裝來鋪成,讓人讀了以後,有另外一種感受。這段經文的核心就是血漏十二年的婦人,這是一個折磨,因為在好些醫生手裡受了許多的苦,又花盡了她所有的,一點也不見好,病勢反倒更重了。這樣的絕望如同「死亡」一般,人離了上帝的永死也使如此,是無止盡的受苦,找不到出路:蟲不死、火不滅!(以賽亞書66:24)

 

    然而這樣的「永死」在主耶穌的醫治下卻有轉機,因為她伸手去摸主耶穌的衣裳,心裡想:「我只摸他的衣裳,就必痊癒。」於是她血漏的源頭立刻乾了;她便覺得身上的災病好了。正如約翰福音316節說:「上帝愛世人,甚至將他的獨生子賜給他們,叫一切信他的,不致滅亡,反得永生。」

 

    藉由婦人的得新生命,如同出死入生一般的復活!進而延伸到睚魯的女兒之從死裡活,也是經歷到上帝拯救的復活大能!而很巧的是,睚魯的女兒的年紀也是十二歲!

 

    這兩件事,雖然與信心都有關係,但是真正拯救與復活的大能是來自耶穌基督,若不是上帝樂意藉由耶穌基督來行醫治的事情,就沒有復活,也因此「信心」只是管道,最重要是出於上帝的恩典。

 

    所以說到「因信稱義」不是光我們有「信心」就可以,而是上帝主動施恩與憐憫!若不是上帝樂意施恩,人是無法得拯救的!因此,「因信稱義」是強調上帝的信實,不是人的相信!