【2012 ∕ 10 ∕ 29】
 ＱＴ：教條式的原則，空虛的安慰（約伯記15：17—15：35）


[生命泉源]

15：17 — 我指示你，你要聽；我要述說所看見的，
"Listen to me and I will explain to you; let me tell you what I have seen,
15：18 — 就是智慧人從列祖所受，傳說而不隱瞞的。
what wise men have declared, hiding nothing received from their fathers
15：19 — （這地惟獨賜給他們，並沒有外人從他們中間經過。）
(to whom alone the land was given when no alien passed among them):
15：20 — 惡人一生之日劬勞痛苦；強暴人一生的年數也是如此。
All his days the wicked man suffers torment, the ruthless through all the years stored up for him.
15：21 — 驚嚇的聲音常在他耳中；在平安時，搶奪的必臨到他那裏。
Terrifying sounds fill his ears; when all seems well, marauders attack him.
15：22 — 他不信自己能從黑暗中轉回；他被刀劍等候。
He despairs of escaping the darkness; he is marked for the sword.
15：23 — 他漂流在外求食，說：那裏有食物呢？他知道黑暗的日子在他手邊預備好了。
He wanders about--food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.
15：24 — 急難困苦叫他害怕，而且勝了他，好像君王預備上陣一樣。
Distress and anguish fill him with terror; they overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack,
15：25 — 他伸手攻擊神，以驕傲攻擊全能者，
because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty,
15：26 — 挺著頸項，用盾牌的厚凸面向全能者直闖；
defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield.
15：27 — 是因他的臉蒙上脂油，腰積成肥肉。
"Though his face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh,
15：28 — 他曾住在荒涼城邑，無人居住、將成亂堆的房屋。
he will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives, houses crumbling to rubble.
15：29 — 他不得富足，財物不得常存，產業在地上也不加增。
He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.
15：30 — 他不得出離黑暗。火焰要將他的枝子燒乾；因神口中的氣，他要滅亡（原文是走去）。
He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away.
15：31 — 他不用倚靠虛假欺哄自己，因虛假必成為他的報應。
Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return.
15：32 — 他的日期未到之先，這事必成就；他的枝子不得青綠。
Before his time he will be paid in full, and his branches will not flourish.
15：33 — 他必像葡萄樹的葡萄，未熟而落；又像橄欖樹的花，一開而謝。
He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.
15：34 — 原來不敬虔之輩必無生育；受賄賂之人的帳棚必被火燒。
For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.
15：35 — 他們所懷的是毒害，所生的是罪孽；心裏所預備的是詭詐。
They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb fashions deceit."
省 思 語— 惡人一生都會有不安與恐懼伴隨，這是因為以驕傲的心抵擋神，以及愚昧的英雄主義所造成的。
省 思 語— 「他是惡人，所以會遭受痛苦」的原則在任何情況下都是對的嗎？我如何克服內心的不安與恐懼呢？
省 思 語— 如何才能有智慧，說出對方需要的話語呢？為了不讓現在所做的事情在未來成為空虛，我要放下什麼？

 

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【2012 ∕ 10 ∕ 28】
 ＱＴ：自信滿滿的忠告有危險（約伯記15：01—15：16）


[生命泉源]

15：01 — 提幔人以利法回答說：
Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:
15：02 — 智慧人豈可用虛空的知識回答，用東風充滿肚腹呢？
"Would a wise man answer with empty notions or fill his belly with the hot east wind?
15：03 — 他豈可用無益的話和無濟於事的言語理論呢？
Would he argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value?
15：04 — 你是廢棄敬畏的意，在神面前阻止敬虔的心。
But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God.
15：05 — 你的罪孽指教你的口；你選用詭詐人的舌頭。
Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty.
15：06 — 你自己的口定你有罪，並非是我；你自己的嘴見證你的不是。
Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you.
15：07 — 你豈是頭一個被生的人麼？你受造在諸山之先麼？
"Are you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?
15：08 — 你曾聽見神的密旨麼？你還將智慧獨自得盡麼？
Do you listen in on God's council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?
15：09 — 你知道甚麼是我們不知道的呢？你明白甚麼是我們不明白的呢？
What do you know that we do not know? What insights do you have that we do not have?
15：10 — 我們這裏有白髮的和年紀老邁的，比你父親還老。
The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men even older than your father.
15：11 — 神用溫和的話安慰你，你以為太小麼？
Are God's consolations not enough for you, words spoken gently to you?
15：12 — 你的心為何將你逼去？你的眼為何冒出火星，
Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,
15：13 — 使你的靈反對神，也任你的口發這言語？
so that you vent your rage against God and pour out such words from your mouth?
15：14 — 人是甚麼，竟算為潔淨呢？婦人所生的是甚麼，竟算為義呢？
"What is man, that he could be pure, or one born of woman, that he could be righteous?
15：15 — 神不信靠他的眾聖者；在他眼前，天也不潔淨，
If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,
15：16 — 何況那污穢可憎、喝罪孽如水的世人呢！
how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks up evil like water!
省 思 語— 我是否曾經以律法的尺規輕易去判斷及定罪他人？有什麼方法可以使我們不將自己的信念誤認為神的心意？
省 思 語— 安慰在極大痛苦中的肢體時，要考慮什麼因素？在信仰生活中，比經驗或年齡更加重要的是什麼？

 

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【2012 ∕ 10 ∕ 27】
 ＱＴ：超越死亡的復活盼望（約伯記14：13—14：22）


[生命泉源]

14：13 — 惟願你把我藏在陰間，存於隱密處，等你的忿怒過去；願你為我定了日期，記念我。
"If only you would hide me in the grave and conceal me till your anger has passed! If only you would set me a time and then remember me!
14：14 — 人若死了豈能再活呢？我只要在我一切爭戰的日子，等我被釋放（或作：改變）的時候來到。
If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait for my renewal to come.
14：15 — 你呼叫，我便回答；你手所做的，你必羨慕。
You will call and I will answer you; you will long for the creature your hands have made.
14：16 — 但如今你數點我的腳步，豈不窺察我的罪過麼？
Surely then you will count my steps but not keep track of my sin.
14：17 — 我的過犯被你封在囊中，也縫嚴了我的罪孽。
My offenses will be sealed up in a bag; you will cover over my sin.
14：18 — 山崩變為無有；磐石挪開原處。
"But as a mountain erodes and crumbles and as a rock is moved from its place,
14：19 — 水流消磨石頭，所流溢的洗去地上的塵土；你也照樣滅絕人的指望。
as water wears away stones and torrents wash away the soil, so you destroy man's hope.
14：20 — 你攻擊人常常得勝，使他去世；你改變他的容貌，叫他往而不回。
You overpower him once for all, and he is gone; you change his countenance and send him away.
14：21 — 他兒子得尊榮，他也不知道，降為卑，他也不覺得。
If his sons are honored, he does not know it; if they are brought low, he does not see it.
14：22 — 但知身上疼痛，心中悲哀。
He feels but the pain of his own body and mourns only for himself."
省 思 語— 我在為了恢復與神的親密關係，付出什麼實際行動呢？極其痛苦時，我也不應放棄的盼望是什麼？
省 思 語— 因為死亡的現實而感到絕望時，我應該怎樣去勝過呢？對死亡感到恐懼時，默想怎樣的聖經經文比較好呢？
省 思 語— 禱告是從覺得自己無能開始，否則就不需要禱告。

 

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