歷代志上5:11-22

5:11 迦得的子孫在流便對面，住在巴珊地，延到撒迦。
5:12 他們中間有作族長的約珥，有作副族長的沙番，還有雅乃和住在巴珊的沙法。
5:13 他們族弟兄是米迦勒、米書蘭、示巴、約賴、雅干、細亞、希伯，共七人。
5:14 這都是亞比孩的兒子。亞比孩是戶利的兒子；戶利是耶羅亞的兒子；耶羅亞是基列的兒子；基列是米迦勒的兒子；米迦勒是耶示篩的兒子；耶示篩是耶哈多的兒子；耶哈多是布斯的兒子。
5:15 還有古尼的孫子、押比疊的兒子亞希。這都是作族長的。
5:16 他們住在基列與巴珊和巴珊的鄉村，並沙崙的郊野，直到四圍的交界。
5:17 這些人在猶大王約坦並在以色列王耶羅波安年間，都載入家譜。
5:18 流便人、迦得人，和瑪拿西半支派的人，能拿盾牌和刀劍、拉弓射箭、出征善戰的勇士共有四萬四千七百六十名。
5:19 他們與夏甲人、伊突人、拿非施人、挪答人爭戰。
5:20 他們得了上帝的幫助，夏甲人和跟隨夏甲的人都交在他們手中；因為他們在陣上呼求上帝，倚賴上帝，上帝就應允他們。
5:21 他們擄掠了夏甲人的牲畜，有駱駝五萬，羊二十五萬，驢二千；又有人十萬。
5:22 敵人被殺仆倒的甚多，因為這爭戰是出乎上帝。他們就住在敵人的地上，直到被擄的時候。

 

¹¹ The Gadites lived next to them in Bashan, as far as Salekah:

¹² Joel was the chief, Shapham the second, then Janai and Shaphat, in Bashan.

¹³ Their relatives, by families, were:

Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jakan, Zia and Eber—seven in all.

¹⁴ These were the sons of Abihail son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz.

¹⁵ Ahi son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was head of their family.

¹⁶ The Gadites lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its outlying villages, and on all the pasturelands of Sharon as far as they extended.

¹⁷ All these were entered in the genealogical records during the reigns of Jotham king of Judah and Jeroboam king of Israel.

¹⁸ The Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men ready for military service—able-bodied men who could handle shield and sword, who could use a bow, and who were trained for battle. ¹⁹ They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish and Nodab. ²⁰ They were helped in fighting them, and God delivered the Hagrites and all their allies into their hands, because they cried out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted in him. ²¹ They seized the livestock of the Hagrites—fifty thousand camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep and two thousand donkeys. They also took one hundred thousand people captive, ²² and many others fell slain, because the battle was God’s. And they occupied the land until the exile.

 

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    迦得的子孫的子孫之所以可以成為得勝的軍隊，是有原因的，「因為他們在陣上呼求上帝，倚賴上帝，上帝就應允他們」。不僅如此，「敵人被殺仆倒的甚多，因為這爭戰是出乎上帝。他們就住在敵人的地上，直到被擄的時候」。

 

    也因為這樣，我們也要像迦得的子孫，要「呼求上帝、倚賴上帝」，就會獲得上帝的應許！

 

 

歷代志上5章

     歷代志上5:1-10 ,

    歷代志上5:11-22  ,

    歷代志上5:23-26  ,

歷代志上5:1-10

 

5:1 以色列的長子原是流便；因他污穢了父親的床，他長子的名分就歸了約瑟。只是按家譜他不算長子。
5:2 猶大勝過一切弟兄，君王也是從他而出；長子的名分卻歸約瑟。
5:3 以色列長子流便的兒子是哈諾、法路、希斯倫、迦米。
5:4 約珥的兒子是示瑪雅；示瑪雅的兒子是歌革；歌革的兒子是示每；
5:5 示每的兒子是米迦；米迦的兒子是利‧亞雅；利‧亞雅的兒子是巴力；
5:6 巴力的兒子是備‧拉。這備‧拉作流便支派的首領，被亞述王提革拉‧毘列色擄去。
5:7 他的弟兄照著宗族，按著家譜作族長的是耶利、撒迦利雅、比拉。
5:8 比拉是亞撒的兒子；亞撒是示瑪的兒子；示瑪是約珥的兒子；約珥所住的地方是從亞羅珥直到尼波和巴力‧免，
5:9 又向東延到幼發拉底河這邊的曠野，因為他們在基列地牲畜增多。
5:10 掃羅年間，他們與夏甲人爭戰，夏甲人倒在他們手下，他們就在基列東邊的全地，住在夏甲人的帳棚裡。

 

he sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s marriage bed, his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel; so he could not be listed in the genealogical record in accordance with his birthright, ² and though Judah was the strongest of his brothers and a ruler came from him, the rights of the firstborn belonged to Joseph)— ³ the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel:

Hanok, Pallu, Hezron and Karmi.

⁴ The descendants of Joel:

Shemaiah his son, Gog his son,

Shimei his son, ⁵ Micah his son,

Reaiah his son, Baal his son,

⁶ and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-Pileser^[a] king of Assyria took into exile. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites.

⁷ Their relatives by clans, listed according to their genealogical records:

Jeiel the chief, Zechariah, ⁸ and Bela son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel. They settled in the area from Aroer to Nebo and Baal Meon. ⁹ To the east they occupied the land up to the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had increased in Gilead.

¹⁰ During Saul’s reign they waged war against the Hagrites, who were defeated at their hands; they occupied the dwellings of the Hagrites throughout the entire region east of Gilead.

 

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     不管是流便或是猶大，都無法被稱為長子，但是「長子的名分卻歸約瑟」！也因為這樣約瑟的後代有兩個支派：以法蓮和瑪拿西！

 

    雖然強調約瑟是長子，這裡記載的是流便的子孫！

 

 

 

路加福音2:41-52

 

2:41 每年到逾越節，他父母就上耶路撒冷去。
2:42 當他十二歲的時候，他們按著節期的規矩上去。
2:43 守滿了節期，他們回去，孩童耶穌仍舊在耶路撒冷。他的父母並不知道，
2:44 以為他在同行的人中間，走了一天的路程，就在親族和熟識的人中找他，
2:45 既找不著，就回耶路撒冷去找他。
2:46 過了三天，就遇見他在殿裡，坐在教師中間，一面聽，一面問。
2:47 凡聽見他的，都希奇他的聰明和他的應對。
2:48 他父母看見就很希奇。他母親對他說：「我兒！為甚麼向我們這樣行呢？看哪，你父親和我傷心來找你！」
2:49 耶穌說：「為甚麼找我呢？豈不知我應當以我父的事為念嗎（或譯：豈不知我應當在我父的家裡嗎）？」
2:50 他所說的這話，他們不明白。
2:51 他就同他們下去，回到拿撒勒，並且順從他們。他母親把這一切的事都存在心裡。
2:52 耶穌的智慧和身量（或譯：年紀），並上帝和人喜愛他的心，都一齊增長。

 

⁴¹ Every year Jesus’ parents went to Jerusalem for the Festival of the Passover. ⁴² When he was twelve years old, they went up to the festival, according to the custom. ⁴³ After the festival was over, while his parents were returning home, the boy Jesus stayed behind in Jerusalem, but they were unaware of it. ⁴⁴ Thinking he was in their company, they traveled on for a day. Then they began looking for him among their relatives and friends. ⁴⁵ When they did not find him, they went back to Jerusalem to look for him. ⁴⁶ After three days they found him in the temple courts, sitting among the teachers, listening to them and asking them questions. ⁴⁷ Everyone who heard him was amazed at his understanding and his answers. ⁴⁸ When his parents saw him, they were astonished. His mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us like this? Your father and I have been anxiously searching for you.”

⁴⁹ “Why were you searching for me?” he asked. “Didn’t you know I had to be in my Father’s house?”^{[f] 50} But they did not understand what he was saying to them.

⁵¹ Then he went down to Nazareth with them and was obedient to them. But his mother treasured all these things in her heart. ⁵² And Jesus grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.

 

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    主耶穌也有成長的過程，也展現祂的睿智在小孩子的時候，正如經文所說：「過了三天，就遇見他在殿裡，坐在教師中間，一面聽，一面問。凡聽見他的，都希奇他的聰明和他的應對。」

 

    馬利亞質問祂：「我兒！為甚麼向我們這樣行呢？看哪，你父親和我傷心來找你！」

 

    但是主耶穌卻回答：「為甚麼找我呢？豈不知我應當以我父的事為念嗎（或譯：豈不知我應當在我父的家裡嗎）？」

 

    這段經文述說：主耶穌在童年就知道自己是上帝的兒子！這打破異端「嗣子說」，持「嗣子說」之伊便尼派認為：耶穌跟我們一樣，是完完全全的人，是父母性行為後所生的，而並不是任何定義上的上帝降生成人；伊便尼派認為，耶穌特別的地方，不在於他有神性，而是他是世上最大的義人，他比任何人都更能遵守猶太律法，因此上帝在耶穌受洗時，接納了耶穌為祂的義子，並派他作為救贖人類的犠牲品，這時候耶穌才知道自己是上帝的兒子。

 

    之所以提這事，因為最近有看到電影用「嗣子說」的角度在述說主耶穌，不相信主耶穌真正是上帝的兒子，不相信基督的神性！這樣的異端思想，把主耶穌當作只是人，是無法真正完成救贖的大功，如此信也是徒然的！

 

    我們要相信主耶穌是真正為上帝也真正為人，才能實現上帝的救恩，我們才可以得著救贖，成為上帝的兒女，享受永生無限！

 

   

 

 

路加福音2:22-40

 

2:22 按摩西律法滿了潔淨的日子，他們帶著孩子上耶路撒冷去，要把他獻與主，
2:23 （正如主的律法上所記：「凡頭生的男子必稱聖歸主。」）
2:24 又要照主的律法上所說，或用一對斑鳩，或用兩隻雛鴿獻祭。
2:25 在耶路撒冷有一個人，名叫西面；這人又公義又虔誠，素常盼望以色列的安慰者來到，又有聖靈在他身上。
2:26 他得了聖靈的啟示，知道自己未死以前，必看見主所立的基督。
2:27 他受了聖靈的感動，進入聖殿，正遇見耶穌的父母抱著孩子進來，要照律法的規矩辦理。
2:28 西面就用手接過他來，稱頌上帝說：
2:29 主啊！如今可以照你的話，釋放僕人安然去世；
2:30 因為我的眼睛已經看見你的救恩─
2:31 就是你在萬民面前所預備的：
2:32 是照亮外邦人的光，又是你民以色列的榮耀。
2:33 孩子的父母因這論耶穌的話就希奇。
2:34 西面給他們祝福，又對孩子的母親馬利亞說：「這孩子被立，是要叫以色列中許多人跌倒，許多人興起；又要作毀謗的話柄，叫許多人心裡的意念顯露出來；你自己的心也要被刀刺透。」
2:35 【併於上節】
2:36 又有女先知，名叫亞拿，是亞設支派法內力的女兒，年紀已經老邁，從作童女出嫁的時候，同丈夫住了七年就寡居了，
2:37 現在已經八十四歲（或譯：就寡居了八十四年），並不離開聖殿，禁食祈求，晝夜事奉上帝。
2:38 正當那時，她進前來稱謝上帝，將孩子的事對一切盼望耶路撒冷得救贖的人講說。
2:39 約瑟和馬利亞照主的律法辦完了一切的事，就回加利利，到自己的城拿撒勒去了。
2:40 孩子漸漸長大，強健起來，充滿智慧，又有上帝的恩在他身上。

 

²² When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord ²³ (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord”^[b]), ²⁴ and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: “a pair of doves or two young pigeons.”^[c]

²⁵ Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him. ²⁶ It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord’s Messiah. ²⁷ Moved by the Spirit, he went into the temple courts. When the parents brought in the child Jesus to do for him what the custom of the Law required, ²⁸ Simeon took him in his arms and praised God, saying:

²⁹ “Sovereign Lord, as you have promised,
    you may now dismiss^[d] your servant in peace.
³⁰ For my eyes have seen your salvation,
³¹     which you have prepared in the sight of all nations:
³² a light for revelation to the Gentiles,
    and the glory of your people Israel.”

³³ The child’s father and mother marveled at what was said about him. ³⁴ Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: “This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, ³⁵ so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too.”

³⁶ There was also a prophet, Anna, the daughter of Penuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was very old; she had lived with her husband seven years after her marriage, ³⁷ and then was a widow until she was eighty-four.^[e] She never left the temple but worshiped night and day, fasting and praying. ³⁸ Coming up to them at that very moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the child to all who were looking forward to the redemption of Jerusalem.

³⁹ When Joseph and Mary had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee to their own town of Nazareth. ⁴⁰ And the child grew and became strong; he was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was on him.

 

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    主耶穌雖是一位小小的嬰孩，卻是上帝的兒子，讓人感受到上帝的救恩已經實現！就像西面得了聖靈的啟示，知道自己未死以前，必看見主所立的基督。而上帝真的讓他的盼望實現，他受了聖靈的感動，進入聖殿，正遇見耶穌的父母抱著孩子進來，要照律法的規矩辦理。

 

    當他看見基督就頌讚：「主啊！如今可以照你的話，釋放僕人安然去世；因為我的眼睛已經看見你的救恩─就是你在萬民面前所預備的：是照亮外邦人的光，又是你民以色列的榮耀。」

 

    這是因為聖靈的引導，西面才會有這樣的信心！所以，信心是上帝工作的結果，是上帝賜給人的，不是人給上帝的禮物！

 

    又有女先知，名叫亞拿，是亞設支派法內力的女兒，年紀已經老邁，從作童女出嫁的時候，同丈夫住了七年就寡居了，現在已經八十四歲（或譯：就寡居了八十四年），並不離開聖殿，禁食祈求，晝夜事奉上帝。正當那時，她進前來稱謝上帝，將孩子的事對一切盼望耶路撒冷得救贖的人講說。

 

    可見救贖是上帝的預備，不是人用自己的努力換取的！我們為為自己能領受到上帝的救恩來感謝上帝，因為這一切都是出於上帝主動之作為，我們本是不配得的，竟然可以臨到我們！