歷代志上4:1-23

 

4:1 猶大的兒子是法勒斯、希斯崙、迦米、戶珥、朔巴。
4:2 朔巴的兒子利亞雅生雅哈；雅哈生亞戶買和拉哈。這是瑣拉人的諸族。
4:3 以坦之祖的兒子是耶斯列、伊施瑪、伊得巴；他們的妹子名叫哈悉勒玻尼。
4:4 基多之祖是毘努伊勒。戶沙之祖是以謝珥。這都是伯利恆之祖以法他的長子戶珥所生的。
4:5 提哥亞之祖亞施戶有兩個妻子：一名希拉，一名拿拉。
4:6 拿拉給亞施戶生亞戶撒、希弗、提米尼、哈轄斯他利。這都是拿拉的兒子。
4:7 希拉的兒子是洗列、瑣轄、伊提南。
4:8 哥斯生亞諾、瑣比巴，並哈崙兒子亞哈黑的諸族。
4:9 雅比斯比他眾弟兄更尊貴，他母親給他起名叫雅比斯，意思說：我生他甚是痛苦。
4:10 雅比斯求告以色列的上帝說：「甚願你賜福與我，擴張我的境界，常與我同在，保佑我不遭患難，不受艱苦。」上帝就應允他所求的。
4:11 書哈的弟兄基綠生米黑，米黑是伊施屯之祖。
4:12 伊施屯生伯拉巴、巴西亞，並珥拿轄之祖提欣拿，這都是利迦人。
4:13 基納斯的兒子是俄陀聶、西萊雅。俄陀聶的兒子是哈塔。
4:14 憫挪太生俄弗拉；西萊雅生革‧夏納欣人之祖約押。他們都是匠人。
4:15 耶孚尼的兒子是迦勒；迦勒的兒子是以路、以拉、拿安。以拉的兒子是基納斯。
4:16 耶哈利勒的兒子是西弗、西法、提利、亞撒列。
4:17 以斯拉的兒子是益帖、米列、以弗、雅倫。米列娶法老女兒比提雅為妻，生米利暗、沙買，和以實提摩之祖益巴。米列又娶猶大女子為妻，生基多之祖雅列，梭哥之祖希伯，和撒挪亞之祖耶古鐵。
4:18 【併於上節】
4:19 荷第雅的妻是拿含的妹子，她所生的兒子是迦米人基伊拉和瑪迦人以實提摩之祖。
4:20 示門的兒子是暗嫩、林拿、便‧哈南、提倫。以示的兒子是梭黑與便‧梭黑。
4:21 猶大的兒子是示拉；示拉的兒子是利迦之祖珥，瑪利沙之祖拉大，和屬亞實比族織細麻布的各家。
4:22 還有約敬、哥西巴人、約阿施、薩拉，就是在摩押地掌權的，又有雅叔比利恆。這都是古時所記載的。
4:23 這些人都是窯匠，是尼他應和基低拉的居民；與王同處，為王做工。

 

The descendants of Judah:

Perez, Hezron, Karmi, Hur and Shobal.

² Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.

³ These were the sons^[a] of Etam:

Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash. Their sister was named Hazzelelponi. ⁴ Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah.

These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and father^[b] of Bethlehem.

⁵ Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

⁶ Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni and Haahashtari. These were the descendants of Naarah.

⁷ The sons of Helah:

Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan, ⁸ and Koz, who was the father of Anub and Hazzobebah and of the clans of Aharhel son of Harum.

⁹ Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez,^[c] saying, “I gave birth to him in pain.” ¹⁰ Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request.

¹¹ Kelub, Shuhah’s brother, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. ¹² Eshton was the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah and Tehinnah the father of Ir Nahash.^[d] These were the men of Rekah.

¹³ The sons of Kenaz:

Othniel and Seraiah.

The sons of Othniel:

Hathath and Meonothai.^{[e] 14} Meonothai was the father of Ophrah.

Seraiah was the father of Joab,

the father of Ge Harashim.^[f] It was called this because its people were skilled workers.

¹⁵ The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh:

Iru, Elah and Naam.

The son of Elah:

Kenaz.

¹⁶ The sons of Jehallelel:

Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel.

¹⁷ The sons of Ezrah:

Jether, Mered, Epher and Jalon. One of Mered’s wives gave birth to Miriam, Shammai and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. ¹⁸ (His wife from the tribe of Judah gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soko, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah, whom Mered had married.

¹⁹ The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham:

the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maakathite.

²⁰ The sons of Shimon:

Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan and Tilon.

The descendants of Ishi:

Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.

²¹ The sons of Shelah son of Judah:

Er the father of Lekah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth Ashbea, ²² Jokim, the men of Kozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and Jashubi Lehem. (These records are from ancient times.) ²³ They were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah; they stayed there and worked for the king.

 

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    再次記述猶大的家譜，值得讓人注意的是雅比斯，有所謂的「雅比斯禱告」！

 

    《歷代志上》2章55節也出現這名字：「和住雅比斯眾文士家的特拉人、示米押人、蘇甲人。這都是基尼人利甲家之祖哈末所生的。」

 

 

 

路加福音1:67-80

 

1:67 他父親撒迦利亞被聖靈充滿了，就預言說：
1:68 主─以色列的上帝是應當稱頌的！因他眷顧他的百姓，為他們施行救贖，
1:69 在他僕人大衛家中，為我們興起了拯救的角，
1:70 正如主藉著從創世以來聖先知的口所說的話，
1:71 拯救我們脫離仇敵和一切恨我們之人的手，
1:72 向我們列祖施憐憫，記念他的聖約─
1:73 就是他對我們祖宗亞伯拉罕所起的誓─
1:74 叫我們既從仇敵手中被救出來，
1:75 就可以終身在他面前，坦然無懼地用聖潔、公義事奉他。
1:76 孩子啊！你要稱為至高者的先知；因為你要行在主的前面，預備他的道路，
1:77 叫他的百姓因罪得赦，就知道救恩。
1:78 因我們上帝憐憫的心腸，叫清晨的日光從高天臨到我們，
1:79 要照亮坐在黑暗中死蔭裡的人，把我們的腳引到平安的路上。
1:80 那孩子漸漸長大，心靈強健，住在曠野，直到他顯明在以色列人面前的日子。

 

⁶⁷ His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:

⁶⁸ “Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel,
    because he has come to his people and redeemed them.
⁶⁹ He has raised up a horn^[c] of salvation for us
    in the house of his servant David
⁷⁰ (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago),
⁷¹ salvation from our enemies
    and from the hand of all who hate us—
⁷² to show mercy to our ancestors
    and to remember his holy covenant,
⁷³     the oath he swore to our father Abraham:
⁷⁴ to rescue us from the hand of our enemies,
    and to enable us to serve him without fear
⁷⁵     in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.

⁷⁶ And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High;
    for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him,
⁷⁷ to give his people the knowledge of salvation
    through the forgiveness of their sins,
⁷⁸ because of the tender mercy of our God,
    by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven
⁷⁹ to shine on those living in darkness
    and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the path of peace.”

⁸⁰ And the child grew and became strong in spirit^[d]; and he lived in the wilderness until he appeared publicly to Israel.

 

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    在《路加福音》和《使徒行傳》，路加很喜歡用「聖靈充滿」一詞，這個詞在中文翻譯應該用完整的說法是「被聖靈充滿了」！這個意思是「被聖靈成全了」，也就是在聖靈的引導之下；而不是說一個容器被某一種液體或粉末填滿的意思。所以，在理解上要弄清楚，就不會誤解！

 

    撒迦利亞在這裡說「預言」，其實就是講道的意思，將上帝的話宣講出來，不是在預測將來的事，而是要人聽見上帝的旨意！所以，他是追朔到啟示的源頭：「正如主藉著從創世以來聖先知的口所說的話，拯救我們脫離仇敵和一切恨我們之人的手，向我們列祖施憐憫，記念他的聖約─就是他對我們祖宗亞伯拉罕所起的誓─叫我們既從仇敵手中被救出來，就可以終身在他面前，坦然無懼地用聖潔、公義事奉他。」

 

    我們講道也是追朔到啟示的源頭，也就是上帝的話語――聖經。我們不可能發明聖經以外的道理，那不是說「預言」，那是隨私意講話，是上帝所不喜悅的！甚至可以說，舊約時代的假先知也可以說得慷慨激昂，非常激勵人敬虔的心，但是那不是上帝的心意！

 

    因此，說「預言」或說講道，是要以聖經為基礎，不是光激勵人就好，也不是說「正面思想」或「積極思想」，而是要人明白如何親近上帝，依靠上帝的恩典！正如撒迦利亞在這裡說：「因我們上帝憐憫的心腸，叫清晨的日光從高天臨到我們，要照亮坐在黑暗中死蔭裡的人，把我們的腳引到平安的路上。」

 

    是的，上帝要將我們的腳引到平安的路上，享受祂同在的福樂！

 

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路加福音1:57-66

 

1:57 伊利莎白的產期到了，就生了一個兒子。
1:58 鄰里親族聽見主向她大施憐憫，就和她一同歡樂。
1:59 到了第八日，他們來要給孩子行割禮，並要照他父親的名字叫他撒迦利亞。
1:60 他母親說：「不可！要叫他約翰。」
1:61 他們說：「你親族中沒有叫這名字的。」
1:62 他們就向他父親打手式，問他要叫這孩子甚麼名字。
1:63 他要了一塊寫字的板，就寫上，說：「他的名字是約翰。」他們便都希奇。
1:64 撒迦利亞的口立時開了，舌頭也舒展了，就說出話來，稱頌上帝。
1:65 周圍居住的人都懼怕；這一切的事就傳遍了猶太的山地。
1:66 凡聽見的人都將這事放在心裡，說：「這個孩子將來怎麼樣呢？因為有主與他同在。」

 

⁵⁷ When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. ⁵⁸ Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy.

⁵⁹ On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah, ⁶⁰ but his mother spoke up and said, “No! He is to be called John.”

⁶¹ They said to her, “There is no one among your relatives who has that name.”

⁶² Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child. ⁶³ He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone’s astonishment he wrote, “His name is John.” ⁶⁴ Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue set free, and he began to speak, praising God. ⁶⁵ All the neighbors were filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judea people were talking about all these things. ⁶⁶ Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, “What then is this child going to be?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.

 

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    施洗約翰出生了，這對當時的人是大消息，真是阿婆生小孩！

 

    「約翰」的意思是：「耶和華是恩慈的給予者」！

 

    而這個名子是天使取的，等同是上帝取的名字，要人紀念「耶和華是恩慈的給予者」！

 

    是的！上帝是永遠的施恩者，我們是永遠的受恩者！這個順序永不改變，我們不可以用敬虔為由改變這次序，因為改變這次序是不可能，也是人自以為是的表現，是上帝所恨惡的！

 

 

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