2017年10月28日 星期六

以賽亞書24章

     以賽亞書24:1-23 ,

以賽亞書24:1-23



24:1 看哪,耶和華使地空虛,變為荒涼;又翻轉大地,將居民分散。
24:2
那時百姓怎樣,祭司也怎樣;僕人怎樣,主人也怎樣;婢女怎樣,主母也怎樣;買物的怎樣,賣物的也怎樣;放債的怎樣,借債的也怎樣;取利的怎樣,出利的也怎樣。
24:3
地必全然空虛,盡都荒涼;因為這話是耶和華說的。
24:4
地上悲哀衰殘,世界敗落衰殘;地上居高位的人也敗落了。
24:5
地被其上的居民污穢;因為他們犯了律法,廢了律例,背了永約。
24:6
所以,地被咒詛吞滅;住在其上的顯為有罪。地上的居民被火焚燒,剩下的人稀少。
24:7
新酒悲哀,葡萄樹衰殘;心中歡樂的俱都歎息。
24:8
擊鼓之樂止息;宴樂人的聲音完畢,彈琴之樂也止息了。
24:9
人必不得飲酒唱歌;喝濃酒的,必以為苦。
24:10
荒涼的城拆毀了;各家關門閉戶,使人都不得進去。
24:11
在街上因酒有悲歎的聲音;一切喜樂變為昏暗;地上的歡樂歸於無有。
24:12
城中只有荒涼;城門拆毀淨盡。
24:13
在地上的萬民中,必像打過的橄欖樹,又像已摘的葡萄所剩無幾。
24:14
這些人要高聲歡呼;他們為耶和華的威嚴,從海那裡揚起聲來。
24:15
因此,你們要在東方榮耀耶和華,在眾海島榮耀耶和華以色列上帝的名。
24:16
我們聽見從地極有人歌唱,說:榮耀歸於義人。我卻說:我消滅了!我消滅了,我有禍了!詭詐的行詭詐;詭詐的大行詭詐。
24:17
地上的居民哪,恐懼、陷坑、網羅都臨近你。
24:18
躲避恐懼聲音的必墜入陷坑;從陷坑上來的必被網羅纏住;因為天上的窗戶都開了,地的根基也震動了。
24:19
地全然破壞,盡都崩裂,大大地震動了。
24:20
地要東倒西歪,好像醉酒的人;又搖來搖去,好像吊床。罪過在其上沉重,必然塌陷,不能復起。
24:21
到那日,耶和華在高處必懲罰高處的眾軍,在地上必懲罰地上的列王。
24:22
他們必被聚集,像囚犯被聚在牢獄中,並要囚在監牢裡,多日之後便被討罪(或譯:眷顧)。
24:23
那時,月亮要蒙羞,日頭要慚愧;因為萬軍之耶和華必在錫安山,在耶路撒冷作王;在敬畏他的長老面前,必有榮耀。

Now the Lord is about to lay waste the earth and make it desolate,
and he will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants.
2
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest;
as with the slave, so with his master;
as with the maid, so with her mistress;
as with the buyer, so with the seller;
as with the lender, so with the borrower;
as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
3
The earth shall be utterly laid waste and utterly despoiled;
for the Lord has spoken this word.

4
The earth dries up and withers,
the world languishes and withers;
the heavens languish together with the earth.
5
The earth lies polluted
under its inhabitants;
for they have transgressed laws,
violated the statutes,
broken the everlasting covenant.
6
Therefore a curse devours the earth,
and its inhabitants suffer for their guilt;
therefore the inhabitants of the earth dwindled,
and few people are left.
7
The wine dries up,
the vine languishes,
all the merry-hearted sigh.
8
The mirth of the timbrels is stilled,
the noise of the jubilant has ceased,
the mirth of the lyre is stilled.
9
No longer do they drink wine with singing;
strong drink is bitter to those who drink it.
10
The city of chaos is broken down,
every house is shut up so that no one can enter.
11
There is an outcry in the streets for lack of wine;
all joy has reached its eventide;
the gladness of the earth is banished.
12
Desolation is left in the city,
the gates are battered into ruins.
13
For thus it shall be on the earth
and among the nations,
as when an olive tree is beaten,
as at the gleaning when the grape harvest is ended.

14
They lift up their voices, they sing for joy;
they shout from the west over the majesty of the Lord.
15
Therefore in the east give glory to the Lord;
in the coastlands of the sea glorify the name of the Lord, the God of Israel.
16
From the ends of the earth we hear songs of praise,
of glory to the Righteous One.
But I say, I pine away,
I pine away. Woe is me!
For the treacherous deal treacherously,
the treacherous deal very treacherously.

17
Terror, and the pit, and the snare
are upon you, O inhabitant of the earth!
18
Whoever flees at the sound of the terror
shall fall into the pit;
and whoever climbs out of the pit
shall be caught in the snare.
For the windows of heaven are opened,
and the foundations of the earth tremble.
19
The earth is utterly broken,
the earth is torn asunder,
the earth is violently shaken.
20
The earth staggers like a drunkard,
it sways like a hut;
its transgression lies heavy upon it,
and it falls, and will not rise again.

21
On that day the Lord will punish
the host of heaven in heaven,
and on earth the kings of the earth.
22
They will be gathered together
like prisoners in a pit;
they will be shut up in a prison,
and after many days they will be punished.
23
Then the moon will be abashed,
and the sun ashamed;
for the Lord of hosts will reign
on Mount Zion and in Jerusalem,
and before his elders he will manifest his glory.

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    上帝要審判世界的目的,就是要改變世界,怎樣改變呢?就是從人犯罪後咒詛改變成為基督做王的上帝國!

    正如在新約啟示錄所說的,世上的國,都成了我主和主基督的國,祂要做王直到永永遠遠!是的,這世界要過去,如被火焚燒一般!但是,最重要的是上帝的國必定實現的!

    讓我們以喜樂的心,來盼望並等候上帝的國完全的實現!因為,這是上帝永遠的計畫真正實現的情形,祂的熱心必定使這是成就,為著祂名的榮耀之緣故,也是為了我們這些祂所愛的人。

2017年10月27日 星期五

以賽亞書23章

      以賽亞書23:1-18  ,

以賽亞書23:1-18



23:1 論泰爾的默示:他施的船隻都要哀號;因為泰爾變為荒場,甚至沒有房屋,沒有可進之路。這消息是從基提地得來的。
23:2
沿海的居民,就是素來靠航海西頓的商家得豐盛的,你們當靜默無言。
23:3
在大水之上,西曷的糧食、尼羅河的莊稼是泰爾的進項;她作列國的大碼頭。
23:4
西頓哪,你當慚愧;因為大海說,就是海中的保障說:我沒有劬勞,也沒有生產,沒有養育男子,也沒有撫養童女。
23:5
這風聲傳到埃及;埃及人為泰爾的風聲極其疼痛。
23:6
泰爾人哪,你們當過到他施去;沿海的居民哪,你們都當哀號。
23:7
這是你們歡樂的城,從上古而有的嗎?其中的居民往遠方寄居。
23:8
泰爾本是賜冠冕的。她的商家是王子;她的買賣人是世上的尊貴人。遭遇如此是誰定的呢?
23:9
是萬軍之耶和華所定的!為要污辱一切高傲的榮耀,使地上一切的尊貴人被藐視。
23:10
他施的民(原文是女)哪,可以流行你的地,好像尼羅河;不再有腰帶拘緊你。
23:11
耶和華已經向海伸手,震動列國。至於迦南,他已經吩咐拆毀其中的保障。
23:12
他又說:受欺壓西頓的居民(原文是處女)哪,你必不得再歡樂。起來!過到基提去;就是在那裡也不得安歇。
23:13
(看哪,迦勒底人之地向來沒有這民,這國是亞述人為住曠野的人所立的。現在他們建築戍樓,拆毀泰爾的宮殿,使她成為荒涼。)
23:14
他施的船隻都要哀號,因為你們的保障變為荒場。
23:15
到那時,泰爾必被忘記七十年,照著一王的年日。七十年後,泰爾的景況必像妓女所唱的歌:
23:16
你這被忘記的妓女啊,拿琴周流城內,巧彈多唱,使人再想念你。
23:17
七十年後,耶和華必眷顧泰爾,她就仍得利息(原文是雇價;下同),與地上的萬國交易(原文是行淫)。
23:18
她的貨財和利息要歸耶和華為聖,必不積攢存留;因為她的貨財必為住在耶和華面前的人所得,使他們吃飽,穿耐久的衣服。

The oracle concerning Tyre.
 
Wail, O ships of Tarshish,
for your fortress is destroyed.
When they came in from Cyprus
they learned of it.
2
Be still, O inhabitants of the coast,
O merchants of Sidon,
your messengers crossed over the sea
3
and were on the mighty waters;
your revenue was the grain of Shihor,
the harvest of the Nile;
you were the merchant of the nations.
4
Be ashamed, O Sidon, for the sea has spoken,
the fortress of the sea, saying:
“I have neither labored nor given birth,
I have neither reared young men
nor brought up young women.”
5
When the report comes to Egypt,
they will be in anguish over the report about Tyre.
6
Cross over to Tarshish—
wail, O inhabitants of the coast!
7
Is this your exultant city
whose origin is from days of old,
whose feet carried her
to settle far away?
8
Who has planned this
against Tyre, the bestower of crowns,
whose merchants were princes,
whose traders were the honored of the earth?
9
The Lord of hosts has planned it—
to defile the pride of all glory,
to shame all the honored of the earth.
10
Cross over to your own land,
O ships of Tarshish;
this is a harbor no more.
11
He has stretched out his hand over the sea,
he has shaken the kingdoms;
the Lord has given command concerning Canaan
to destroy its fortresses.
12
He said:
You will exult no longer,
O oppressed virgin daughter Sidon;
rise, cross over to Cyprus—
even there you will have no rest.

13 Look at the land of the Chaldeans! This is the people; it was not Assyria. They destined Tyre for wild animals. They erected their siege towers, they tore down her palaces, they made her a ruin.
14
Wail, O ships of Tarshish,
for your fortress is destroyed.
15 From that day Tyre will be forgotten for seventy years, the lifetime of one king. At the end of seventy years, it will happen to Tyre as in the song about the prostitute:
16
Take a harp,
go about the city,
you forgotten prostitute!
Make sweet melody,
sing many songs,
that you may be remembered.
17 At the end of seventy years, the Lord will visit Tyre, and she will return to her trade, and will prostitute herself with all the kingdoms of the world on the face of the earth. 18Her merchandise and her wages will be dedicated to the Lord; her profits will not be stored or hoarded, but her merchandise will supply abundant food and fine clothing for those who live in the presence of the Lord.

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    上帝的審判也臨到在海邊的泰爾和希頓,這兩個國家因為海事而成為富足的。也因為如此,她們就不敬畏上帝,和猶大及以色列的關係也不好。所以,上帝仍然使用亞述來懲罰。

    這也讓我們再次思考到,上帝雖然是揀選以色列當選民,被稱為以色列的上帝。但是祂仍然是掌管萬民,一切的局勢都是祂在掌理。各國的興衰,都是在他大能的手掌握中。

    故此,我們要承認上帝有絕對的主權,我們要在基督裡尊上帝為大!

2017年10月26日 星期四

以賽亞書22:15-25



22:15 萬軍之耶和華這樣說:「你去見掌銀庫的,就是家宰舍伯那,對他說:
22:16
『你在這裡做甚麼呢?有甚麼人竟在這裡鑿墳墓,就是在高處為自己鑿墳墓,在磐石中為自己鑿出安身之所?
22:17
看哪,耶和華必像大有力的人,將你緊緊纏裹,竭力拋去。
22:18
他必將你滾成一團,拋在寬闊之地,好像拋球一樣。你這主人家的羞辱,必在那裡坐你榮耀的車,也必在那裡死亡。
22:19
我必趕逐你離開官職;你必從你的原位撤下。』
22:20
「到那日,我必召我僕人希勒家的兒子以利亞敬來,
22:21
將你的外袍給他穿上,將你的腰帶給他繫緊,將你的政權交在他手中。他必作耶路撒冷居民和猶大家的父。
22:22
我必將大衛家的鑰匙放在他肩頭上。他開,無人能關;他關,無人能開。
22:23
我必將他安穩,像釘子釘在堅固處;他必作為他父家榮耀的寶座。
22:24
他父家所有的榮耀,連兒女帶子孫,都掛在他身上,好像一切小器皿,從杯子到酒瓶掛上一樣。
22:25
萬軍之耶和華說:當那日,釘在堅固處的釘子必壓斜,被砍斷落地;掛在其上的重擔必被剪斷。因為這是耶和華說的。」

15 Thus says the Lord God of hosts: Come, go to this steward, to Shebna, who is master of the household, and say to him: 16What right do you have here? Who are your relatives here, that you have cut out a tomb here for yourself, cutting a tomb on the height, and carving a habitation for yourself in the rock? 17The Lord is about to hurl you away violently, my fellow. He will seize firm hold on you, 18whirl you round and round, and throw you like a ball into a wide land; there you shall die, and there your splendid chariots shall lie, O you disgrace to your master’s house! 19I will thrust you from your office, and you will be pulled down from your post.
20 On that day I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah, 21and will clothe him with your robe and bind your sash on him. I will commit your authority to his hand, and he shall be a father to the inhabitants of Jerusalem and to the house of Judah. 22I will place on his shoulder the key of the house of David; he shall open, and no one shall shut; he shall shut, and no one shall open. 23I will fasten him like a peg in a secure place, and he will become a throne of honor to his ancestral house. 24And they will hang on him the whole weight of his ancestral house, the offspring and issue, every small vessel, from the cups to all the flagons. 25On that day, says the Lord of hosts, the peg that was fastened in a secure place will give way; it will be cut down and fall, and the load that was on it will perish, for the Lord has spoken.

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    先知以賽亞在此說到的兩個人物是一種對比,因為一個是圖謀自己的利益而生活,一個是為完成上帝的旨意而居高位。雖然是上帝定意要如此高舉以利亞敬,貶抑舍伯那,但是我們要從其中去尋找智慧,就是要成為敬畏上帝的人!

    敬畏上帝的人,就是要成為上帝榮耀張顯的器皿。這是每個基督徒一生當中最重要的事,不是為了自己的好處,不是為了自己的利益,更重要是為了上帝的榮耀!

    讓我們一生靠聖靈和在上帝話語的引導下成為榮耀主的人,這是上帝拯救我們的目的!