約翰福音2:13-25

 

2:13 猶太人的逾越節近了，耶穌就上耶路撒冷去。
2:14 看見殿裡有賣牛、羊、鴿子的，並有兌換銀錢的人坐在那裡，
2:15 耶穌就拿繩子做成鞭子，把牛羊都趕出殿去，倒出兌換銀錢之人的銀錢，推翻他們的桌子，
2:16 又對賣鴿子的說：「把這些東西拿去！不要將我父的殿當作買賣的地方。」
2:17 他的門徒就想起經上記著說：「我為你的殿心裡焦急，如同火燒。」
2:18 因此猶太人問他說：「你既做這些事，還顯甚麼神蹟給我們看呢？」
2:19 耶穌回答說：「你們拆毀這殿，我三日內要再建立起來。」
2:20 猶太人便說：「這殿是四十六年才造成的，你三日內就再建立起來嗎？」
2:21 但耶穌這話是以他的身體為殿。
2:22 所以到他從死裡復活以後，門徒就想起他說過這話，便信了聖經和耶穌所說的。
2:23 當耶穌在耶路撒冷過逾越節的時候，有許多人看見他所行的神蹟，就信了他的名。
2:24 耶穌卻不將自己交託他們；因為他知道萬人，
2:25 也用不著誰見證人怎樣，因他知道人心裡所存的。

 

¹³ When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. ¹⁴ In the temple courts he found people selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables exchanging money. ¹⁵ So he made a whip out of cords, and drove all from the temple courts, both sheep and cattle; he scattered the coins of the money changers and overturned their tables. ¹⁶ To those who sold doves he said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” ¹⁷ His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me.”^[c]

¹⁸ The Jews then responded to him, “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”

¹⁹ Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.”

²⁰ They replied, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and you are going to raise it in three days?” ²¹ But the temple he had spoken of was his body. ²² After he was raised from the dead, his disciples recalled what he had said. Then they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken.

²³ Now while he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Festival, many people saw the signs he was performing and believed in his name.^{[d] 24} But Jesus would not entrust himself to them, for he knew all people. ²⁵ He did not need any testimony about mankind, for he knew what was in each person.

 

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    做這在這裡說了一句關於人心的評語：「當耶穌在耶路撒冷過逾越節的時候，有許多人看見他所行的神蹟，就信了他的名。」

 

    這樣的話好像說到一般人信主的原因，是因為看神蹟而來的，尤其是猶太人。因為他們求的是神蹟，正如保羅所說。舊約當中也有許多是關於神蹟的記載，正如摩西領受使命，以及摩西像百姓說到上帝的拯救時，要伴隨著神蹟！

 

    然而，今天我們信主位什麼不用「神蹟」？是因為聖靈已經降臨了，是聖靈讓我們感受到上帝的恩典而願意跟隨與信靠，所以不需要神蹟！主耶穌已在上帝的右邊了，聖靈與基督徒們同在了，正如我們紀念聖靈降臨節，就是宣告聖靈已經來了！

 

 

約翰福音2章

           約翰福音2:1-12   ,

           約翰福音2:13-25  ,  約翰福音2:23-25  ,

約翰福音2:1-12

 

2:1 第三日，在加利利的迦拿有娶親的筵席，耶穌的母親在那裡。
2:2 耶穌和他的門徒也被請去赴席。
2:3 酒用盡了，耶穌的母親對他說：「他們沒有酒了。」
2:4 耶穌說：「母親（原文是婦人），我與你有甚麼相干？我的時候還沒有到。」
2:5 他母親對用人說：「他告訴你們甚麼，你們就做甚麼。」
2:6 照猶太人潔淨的規矩，有六口石缸擺在那裡，每口可以盛兩三桶水。
2:7 耶穌對用人說：「把缸倒滿了水。」他們就倒滿了，直到缸口。
2:8 耶穌又說：「現在可以舀出來，送給管筵席的。」他們就送了去。
2:9 管筵席的嘗了那水變的酒，並不知道是哪裡來的，只有舀水的用人知道。管筵席的便叫新郎來，
2:10 對他說：「人都是先擺上好酒，等客喝足了，才擺上次的，你倒把好酒留到如今！」
2:11 這是耶穌所行的頭一件神蹟，是在加利利的迦拿行的，顯出他的榮耀來；他的門徒就信他了。
2:12 這事以後，耶穌與他的母親、弟兄，和門徒都下迦百農去，在那裡住了不多幾日。

 

On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there, ² and Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding. ³ When the wine was gone, Jesus’ mother said to him, “They have no more wine.”

⁴ “Woman,^[a] why do you involve me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”

⁵ His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”

⁶ Nearby stood six stone water jars, the kind used by the Jews for ceremonial washing, each holding from twenty to thirty gallons.^[b]

⁷ Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water”; so they filled them to the brim.

⁸ Then he told them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the banquet.”

They did so, ⁹ and the master of the banquet tasted the water that had been turned into wine. He did not realize where it had come from, though the servants who had drawn the water knew. Then he called the bridegroom aside ¹⁰ and said, “Everyone brings out the choice wine first and then the cheaper wine after the guests have had too much to drink; but you have saved the best till now.”

¹¹ What Jesus did here in Cana of Galilee was the first of the signs through which he revealed his glory; and his disciples believed in him.

¹² After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days.

 

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    迦拿婚宴雖是一件看來平常的事件，卻是主耶穌所行的第一個神蹟，然而這個神蹟堆門徒卻是有意義的：「這是耶穌所行的頭一件神蹟，是在加利利的迦拿行的，顯出他的榮耀來；他的門徒就信他了。」

 

    「神蹟」在英文是「sign」，在希臘文的意思是：指標, 記號, 表徵。也就是說神蹟的重點不再是件與現象本身，而是在上帝，也就是行神蹟者。透過神蹟要我們看見上帝，尋找到上帝。

 

    然而人們卻常常只是看表面現象，只注意神蹟奇事，而不注意上帝！可是主的門徒卻透過這個神蹟事件看見主耶穌的榮耀，於是救信主耶穌是基督、是上帝的兒子！也因此，當求主耶穌也讓我們看見祂的榮耀，使我們信心堅定！

 

 

 

歷代志下10章

         歷代志下10:1-19  ,

        歷代志下10:7-11  ,

歷代志下10:1-19

 

10:1 羅波安往示劍去，因為以色列人都到了示劍，要立他作王。
10:2 尼八的兒子耶羅波安先前躲避所羅門王，逃往埃及，住在那裡；他聽見這事，就從埃及回來。
10:3 以色列人打發人去請他，他就和以色列眾人來見羅波安，對他說：
10:4 「你父親使我們負重軛做苦工，現在求你使我們做的苦工負的重軛輕鬆些，我們就事奉你。」
10:5 羅波安對他們說：「第三日再來見我吧！」民就去了。
10:6 羅波安之父所羅門在世的日子，有侍立在他面前的老年人，羅波安王和他們商議，說：「你們給我出個甚麼主意，我好回覆這民。」
10:7 老年人對他說：「王若恩待這民，使他們喜悅，用好話回覆他們，他們就永遠作王的僕人。」
10:8 王卻不用老年人給他出的主意，就和那些與他一同長大、在他面前侍立的少年人商議，
10:9 說：「這民對我說：『你父親使我們負重軛，求你使我們輕鬆些』；你們給我出個甚麼主意，我好回覆他們。」
10:10 那同他長大的少年人說：「這民對王說：『你父親使我們負重軛，求你使我們輕鬆些』；王要對他們如此說：「我的小拇指比我父親的腰還粗；
10:11 我父親使你們負重軛，我必使你們負更重的軛；我父親用鞭子責打你們，我要用蠍子鞭責打你們。』」
10:12 耶羅波安和眾百姓遵著羅波安王所說「你們第三日再來見我」的那話，第三日他們果然來了。
10:13 羅波安王用嚴厲的話回覆他們，不用老年人所出的主意，
10:14 照著少年人所出的主意對他們說：「我父親使你們負重軛，我必使你們負更重的軛；我父親用鞭子責打你們，我要用蠍子鞭責打你們。」
10:15 王不肯依從百姓；這事乃出於上帝，為要應驗耶和華藉示羅人亞希雅對尼八兒子耶羅波安所說的話。
10:16 以色列眾民見王不依從他們，就對王說：我們與大衛有甚麼分兒呢？與耶西的兒子並沒有關涉！以色列人哪，各回各家去吧！大衛家啊，自己顧自己吧！於是，以色列眾人都回自己家裡去了。
10:17 惟獨住在猶大城邑的以色列人，羅波安仍作他們的王。
10:18 羅波安王差遣掌管服苦之人的哈多蘭往以色列人那裡去，以色列人就用石頭打死他。羅波安王急忙上車，逃回耶路撒冷去了。
10:19 這樣，以色列人背叛大衛家，直到今日。

 

Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone there to make him king. ² When Jeroboam son of Nebat heard this (he was in Egypt, where he had fled from King Solomon), he returned from Egypt. ³ So they sent for Jeroboam, and he and all Israel went to Rehoboam and said to him: ⁴ “Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but now lighten the harsh labor and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”

⁵ Rehoboam answered, “Come back to me in three days.” So the people went away.

⁶ Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How would you advise me to answer these people?” he asked.

⁷ They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them and give them a favorable answer, they will always be your servants.”

⁸ But Rehoboam rejected the advice the elders gave him and consulted the young men who had grown up with him and were serving him. ⁹ He asked them, “What is your advice? How should we answer these people who say to me, ‘Lighten the yoke your father put on us’?”

¹⁰ The young men who had grown up with him replied, “The people have said to you, ‘Your father put a heavy yoke on us, but make our yoke lighter.’ Now tell them, ‘My little finger is thicker than my father’s waist. ¹¹ My father laid on you a heavy yoke; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.’”

¹² Three days later Jeroboam and all the people returned to Rehoboam, as the king had said, “Come back to me in three days.” ¹³ The king answered them harshly. Rejecting the advice of the elders, ¹⁴ he followed the advice of the young men and said, “My father made your yoke heavy; I will make it even heavier. My father scourged you with whips; I will scourge you with scorpions.” ¹⁵ So the king did not listen to the people, for this turn of events was from God, to fulfill the word the Lord had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.

¹⁶ When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, they answered the king:

“What share do we have in David,
    what part in Jesse’s son?
To your tents, Israel!
    Look after your own house, David!”

So all the Israelites went home. ¹⁷ But as for the Israelites who were living in the towns of Judah, Rehoboam still ruled over them.

¹⁸ King Rehoboam sent out Adoniram,^[a] who was in charge of forced labor, but the Israelites stoned him to death. King Rehoboam, however, managed to get into his chariot and escape to Jerusalem. ¹⁹ So Israel has been in rebellion against the house of David to this day.

 

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    從羅波安的事件，感受到上帝在這背後也有一些作為，讓我們看見表面上是人隨心所欲的作一些事情，卻是照上帝安排來成就，這也是上帝做為奇妙的地方，正如箴言所說：「王的心在耶和華手中，好像隴溝的水隨意流轉。」(21:1)

 

約翰福音1:35-42

 

1:35 再次日，約翰同兩個門徒站在那裡。
1:36 他見耶穌行走，就說：「看哪，這是上帝的羔羊！」
1:37 兩個門徒聽見他的話，就跟從了耶穌。
1:38 耶穌轉過身來，看見他們跟著，就問他們說：「你們要甚麼？」他們說：「拉比，在哪裡住？」（拉比翻出來就是夫子。）
1:39 耶穌說：「你們來看。」他們就去看他在哪裡住，這一天便與他同住；那時約有申正了。
1:40 聽見約翰的話跟從耶穌的那兩個人，一個是西門•彼得的兄弟安得烈。
1:41 他先找著自己的哥哥西門，對他說：「我們遇見彌賽亞了。」（彌賽亞翻出來就是基督。）
1:42 於是領他去見耶穌。耶穌看見他，說：「你是約翰的兒子西門（約翰在馬太十六章十七節稱約拿），你要稱為磯法。」（磯法翻出來就是彼得。）

 

³⁵ The next day John was there again with two of his disciples. ³⁶ When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”

³⁷ When the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus. ³⁸ Turning around, Jesus saw them following and asked, “What do you want?”

They said, “Rabbi” (which means “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”

³⁹ “Come,” he replied, “and you will see.”

So they went and saw where he was staying, and they spent that day with him. It was about four in the afternoon.

⁴⁰ Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, was one of the two who heard what John had said and who had followed Jesus. ⁴¹ The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, “We have found the Messiah” (that is, the Christ). ⁴² And he brought him to Jesus.

Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which, when translated, is Peter^[g]).

 

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    在施洗約翰的見證下，開始有人跟隨耶穌基督，這個人就是安德烈，他是彼得的兄弟。他與主耶穌同住一天後，他先找著自己的哥哥西門，對他說：「我們遇見彌賽亞了。」（彌賽亞翻出來就是基督。）

 

    而安德烈不僅跟哥哥說主耶穌是彌賽亞，也就是基督。還領彼得去見主耶穌，也因為這樣的接觸，彼得和主耶穌也建立關係了！所以主耶穌會說：「你是約翰的兒子西門（約翰在馬太十六章十七節稱約拿），你要稱為磯法。」（磯法翻出來就是彼得。）

 

    因此，我們不只自己要信主，還要帶領家人來信靠主耶穌，正如安德烈一樣！