全新四年樂活讀經
W3 2011-02-02 (創 23)
經文: 創世紀 23:20 從此，那塊田和田間的洞就藉著赫人定準歸與亞伯拉罕作墳地。
默想: 耶和華在亞伯拉罕七十五歲時，應許要將迦南地賞賜給他的後裔。(創12:4, 7) 這個應許包含兩個內容，一個是後裔，另一個是土地。在亞伯拉罕一百歲時，從撒拉得到以撒這個獨生愛子，後裔的應許才得以實現。但是，關於土地的應許，就亞伯拉罕本身而言，終其一生，亞伯拉罕只是花了四百塊舍克勒銀子從以弗崙手中買到幔利前麥比拉洞周圍的田地，做為埋葬撒拉的墳地。因此，亞伯拉罕是存著信心的盼望離開這個世界。求主也賞賜給我這樣的信心與盼望。
題目: 從亞伯拉罕為撒拉壽終預備墓地，他與赫人的互動與關係如何？你有何學習？
23:1 撒拉享壽一百二十七歲，這是撒拉一生的歲數。
Sarah lived a hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.
23:2 撒拉死在迦南地的基列‧亞巴，就是希伯崙。亞伯拉罕為她哀慟哭號。
And Sarah died at Kir'iath-ar'ba (that is, Hebron ) in the land of Canaan ; and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
23:3 後來亞伯拉罕從死人面前起來，對赫人說：
And Abraham rose up from before his dead, and said to the Hittites,
23:4 「我在你們中間是外人，是寄居的。求你們在這裡給我一塊地，我好埋葬我的死人，使她不在我眼前。」
"I am a stranger and a sojourner among you; give me property among you for a burying place, that I may bury my dead out of my sight."
23:5 赫人回答亞伯拉罕說：
The Hittites answered Abraham,
23:6 「我主請聽。你在我們中間是一位尊大的王子，只管在我們最好的墳地裡埋葬你的死人；我們沒有一人不容你在他的墳地裡埋葬你的死人。」
"Hear us, my lord; you are a mighty prince among us. Bury your dead in the choicest of our sepulchres; none of us will withhold from you his sepulchre, or hinder you from burying your dead."
23:7 亞伯拉罕就起來，向那地的赫人下拜，
Abraham rose and bowed to the Hittites, the people of the land.
23:8 對他們說：「你們若有意叫我埋葬我的死人，使他不在我眼前，就請聽我的話，為我求瑣轄的兒子以弗崙，
And he said to them, "If you are willing that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hear me, and entreat for me Ephron the son of Zohar,
23:9 把田頭上那麥比拉洞給我；他可以按著足價賣給我，作我在你們中間的墳地。」
that he may give me the cave of Mach-pe'lah, which he owns; it is at the end of his field. For the full price let him give it to me in your presence as a possession for a burying place."
23:10 當時以弗崙正坐在赫人中間。於是，赫人以弗崙在城門出入的赫人面前對亞伯拉罕說：
Now Ephron was sitting among the Hittites; and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham in the hearing of the Hittites, of all who went in at the gate of his city,
23:11 「不然，我主請聽。我送給你這塊田，連田間的洞也送給你，在我同族的人面前都給你，可以埋葬你的死人。」
"No, my lord, hear me; I give you the field, and I give you the cave that is in it; in the presence of the sons of my people I give it to you; bury your dead."
23:12 亞伯拉罕就在那地的人民面前下拜，
Then Abraham bowed down before the people of the land.
23:13 在他們面前對以弗崙說：「你若應允，請聽我的話。我要把田價給你，求你收下，我就在那裡埋葬我的死人。」
And he said to Ephron in the hearing of the people of the land, "But if you will, hear me; I will give the price of the field; accept it from me, that I may bury my dead there."
23:14 以弗崙回答亞伯拉罕說：
Ephron answered Abraham,
23:15 「我主請聽。值四百舍客勒銀子的一塊田，在你我中間還算甚麼呢？只管埋葬你的死人吧！」
"My lord, listen to me; a piece of land worth four hundred shekels of silver, what is that between you and me? Bury your dead."
23:16 亞伯拉罕聽從了以弗崙，照著他在赫人面前所說的話，把買賣通用的銀子平了四百舍客勒給以弗崙。
Abraham agreed with Ephron; and Abraham weighed out for Ephron the silver which he had named in the hearing of the Hittites, four hundred shekels of silver, according to the weights current among the merchants.
23:17 於是，麥比拉、幔利前、以弗崙的那塊田和其中的洞，並田間四圍的樹木，
So the field of Ephron in Mach-pe'lah, which was to the east of Mamre, the field with the cave which was in it and all the trees that were in the field, throughout its whole area, was made over
23:18 都定準歸與亞伯拉罕，乃是他在赫人面前並城門出入的人面前買妥的。
to Abraham as a possession in the presence of the Hittites, before all who went in at the gate of his city.
23:19 此後，亞伯拉罕把他妻子撒拉埋葬在迦南地幔利前的麥比拉田間的洞裡。〈幔利就是希伯崙〉。
After this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Mach-pe'lah east of Mamre (that is, Hebron ) in the land of Canaan .
23:20 從此，那塊田和田間的洞就藉著赫人定準歸與亞伯拉罕作墳地。
The field and the cave that is in it were made over to Abraham as a possession for a burying place by the Hittites.
三年樂活讀經
W3 2011-02-02 (斯1:1-2:23)
經文: 以斯帖記 2:1 這事以後，亞哈隨魯王的忿怒止息，就想念瓦實提和他所行的，並怎樣降旨辦他。
默想: 亞哈隨魯王隨著一時的高興，就要召王后瓦實提到他的宴席前展示給文武百官欣賞。當王后不順從前來時，也因為一時面子掛不住，惱羞成怒，又受到周圍佞臣的讒言，任意下達廢后的聖旨。等到冷靜下來，想念瓦實提王后，卻是一言既出，四馬難追矣！求主幫助我，要謹言慎行，不要信口開河，以免後悔莫及。
題目: 你對於亞哈隨魯王與瓦實提王后的事件有何感想呢？
1:1 亞哈隨魯作王，從印度直到古實，統管一百二十七省。
In the days of Ahasu-e'rus, the Ahasu-e'rus who reigned from India to Ethiopia over one hundred and twenty-seven provinces,
1:2 亞哈隨魯王在書珊城的宮登基；
in those days when King Ahasu-e'rus sat on his royal throne in Susa the capital,
1:3 在位第三年，為他一切首領臣僕設擺筵席，有波斯和瑪代的權貴，就是各省的貴冑與首領，在他面前。
in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his princes and servants, the army chiefs of Persia and Media and the nobles and governors of the provinces being before him,
1:4 他把他榮耀之國的豐富和他美好威嚴的尊貴給他們看了許多日，就是一百八十日。
while he showed the riches of his royal glory and the splendor and pomp of his majesty for many days, a hundred and eighty days.
1:5 這日子滿了，又為所有住書珊城的大小人民在御園的院子裡設擺筵席七日。
And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa the capital, both great and small, a banquet lasting for seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace.
1:6 有白色、綠色、藍色的帳子，用細麻繩、紫色繩從銀環內繫在白玉石柱上；有金銀的床榻擺在紅、白、黃、黑玉石鋪的石地上。
There were white cotton curtains and blue hangings caught up with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and marble pillars, and also couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and precious stones.
1:7 用金器皿賜酒，器皿各有不同。御酒甚多，足顯王的厚意。
Drinks were served in golden goblets, goblets of different kinds, and the royal wine was lavished according to the bounty of the king.
1:8 喝酒有例，不准勉強人，因王吩咐宮裡的一切臣宰，讓人各隨己意。
And drinking was according to the law, no one was compelled; for the king had given orders to all the officials of his palace to do as every man desired.
1:9 王后瓦實提在亞哈隨魯王的宮內也為婦女設擺筵席。
Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the palace which belonged to King Ahasu-e'rus.
1:10 第七日，亞哈隨魯王飲酒，心中快樂，就吩咐在他面前侍立的七個太監米戶幔、比斯他、哈波拿、比革他、亞拔他、西達、甲迦，
On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehu'man, Biztha, Harbo'na, Bigtha and Abag'tha, Zethar and Carkas, the seven eunuchs who served King Ahasu-e'rus as chamberlains,
1:11 請王后瓦實提頭戴王后的冠冕到王面前，使各等臣民看她的美貌，因為她容貌甚美。
to bring Queen Vashti before the king with her royal crown, in order to show the peoples and the princes her beauty; for she was fair to behold.
1:12 王后瓦實提卻不肯遵太監所傳的王命而來，所以王甚發怒，心如火燒。
But Queen Vashti refused to come at the king's command conveyed by the eunuchs. At this the king was enraged, and his anger burned within him.
1:13 那時，在王左右常見王面、國中坐高位的，有波斯和米底亞的七個大臣，就是甲示拿、示達、押瑪他、他施斯、米力、瑪西拿、米母干，都是達時務的明哲人。按王的常規，辦事必先詢問知例明法的人。王問他們說：
Then the king said to the wise men who knew the times -- for this was the king's procedure toward all who were versed in law and judgment,
1:14 併入上一節
the men next to him being Carshe'na, Shethar, Adma'tha, Tarshish, Meres, Marse'na, and Memu'can, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king's face, and sat first in the kingdom -- :
1:15 「王后瓦實提不遵太監所傳的王命，照例應當怎樣辦理呢？」
"According to the law, what is to be done to Queen Vashti, because she has not performed the command of King Ahasu-e'rus conveyed by the eunuchs?"1: 16 米母干在王和眾首領面前回答說：「王后瓦實提這事，不但得罪王，並且有害於王各省的臣民；
Then Memu'can said in presence of the king and the princes, "Not only to the king has Queen Vashti done wrong, but also to all the princes and all the peoples who are in all the provinces of King Ahasu-e'rus.1:17 因為王后這事必傳到眾婦人的耳中，說：『亞哈隨魯王吩咐王后瓦實提到王面前，她卻不來』，她們就藐視自己的丈夫。
For this deed of the queen will be made known to all women, causing them to look with contempt upon their husbands, since they will say, `King Ahasu-e'rus commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, and she did not come.'
1:18 今日波斯和瑪代的眾夫人聽見王后這事，必向王的大臣照樣行；從此必大開藐視和忿怒之端。
This very day the ladies of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen's behavior will be telling it to all the king's princes, and there will be contempt and wrath in plenty.
1:19 王若以為美，就降旨寫在波斯和瑪代人的例中，永不更改，不准瓦實提再到王面前，將她王后的位分賜給比她還好的人。
If it please the king, let a royal order go forth from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so that it may not be altered, that Vashti is to come no more before King Ahasu-e'rus; and let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she.
1:20 所降的旨意傳遍通國（國度本來廣大），所有的婦人，無論丈夫貴賤都必尊敬他。」
So when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, vast as it is, all women will give honor to their husbands, high and low."
1:21 王和眾首領都以米母干的話為美，王就照這話去行，
This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did as Memu'can proposed;
1:22 發詔書，用各省的文字、各族的方言通知各省，使為丈夫的在家中作主，各說本地的方言。
he sent letters to all the royal provinces, to every province in its own script and to every people in its own language, that every man be lord in his own house and speak according to the language of his people.
2:1 這事以後，亞哈隨魯王的忿怒止息，就想念瓦實提和她所行的，並怎樣降旨辦她。
After these things, when the anger of King Ahasu-e'rus had abated, he remembered Vashti and what she had done and what had been decreed against her.
2:2 於是王的侍臣對王說：「不如為王尋找美貌的處女。
Then the king's servants who attended him said, "Let beautiful young virgins be sought out for the king.
2:3 王可以派官在國中的各省招聚美貌的處女到書珊城（或譯：宮）的女院，交給掌管女子的太監希該，給她們當用的香品。
And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom to gather all the beautiful young virgins to the harem in Susa the capital, under custody of Hegai the king's eunuch who is in charge of the women; let their ointments be given them.
2:4 王所喜愛的女子可以立為王后，代替瓦實提。」王以這事為美，就如此行。
And let the maiden who pleases the king be queen instead of Vashti." This pleased the king, and he did so.
2:5 書珊城有一個猶大人，名叫末底改，是便雅憫人基士的曾孫，示每的孫子，睚珥的兒子。
Now there was a Jew in Susa the capital whose name was Mor'decai, the son of Ja'ir, son of Shim'e-i, son of Kish, a Benjaminite,
2:6 從前巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒將猶大王耶哥尼雅（又名約雅斤）和百姓從耶路撒冷擄去，末底改也在其內。
who had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives carried away with Jeconi'ah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnez'zar king of Babylon had carried away.
2:7 末底改撫養他叔叔的女兒哈大沙（後名以斯帖），因為她沒有父母。這女子又容貌俊美；她父母死了，末底改就收她為自己的女兒。
He had brought up Hadas'sah, that is Esther, the daughter of his uncle, for she had neither father nor mother; the maiden was beautiful and lovely, and when her father and her mother died, Mor'decai adopted her as his own daughter.
2:8 王的諭旨傳出，就招聚許多女子到書珊城，交給掌管女子的希該；以斯帖也送入王宮，交付希該。
So when the king's order and his edict were proclaimed, and when many maidens were gathered in Susa the capital in custody of Hegai, Esther also was taken into the king's palace and put in custody of Hegai who had charge of the women.
2:9 希該喜悅以斯帖，就恩待她，急忙給她需用的香品和她所當得的分，又派所當得的七個宮女服事她，使她和她的宮女搬入女院上好的房屋。
And the maiden pleased him and won his favor; and he quickly provided her with her ointments and her portion of food, and with seven chosen maids from the king's palace, and advanced her and her maids to the best place in the harem.
2:10 以斯帖未曾將籍貫宗族告訴人，因為末底改囑咐她不可叫人知道。
Esther had not made known her people or kindred, for Mor'decai had charged her not to make it known.
2:11 末底改天天在女院前邊行走，要知道以斯帖平安不平安，並後事如何。
And every day Mor'decai walked in front of the court of the harem, to learn how Esther was and how she fared.
2:12 眾女子照例先潔淨身體十二個月：六個月用沒藥油，六個月用香料和潔身之物。滿了日期，然後挨次進去見亞哈隨魯王。
Now when the turn came for each maiden to go in to King Ahasu-e'rus, after being twelve months under the regulations for the women, since this was the regular period of their beautifying, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with spices and ointments for women --
2:13 女子進去見王是這樣：從女院到王宮的時候，凡她所要的都必給她。
when the maiden went in to the king in this way she was given whatever she desired to take with her from the harem to the king's palace.
2:14 晚上進去，次日回到女子第二院，交給掌管妃嬪的太監沙甲；除非王喜愛她，再提名召她，就不再進去見王。
In the evening she went, and in the morning she came back to the second harem in custody of Sha-ash'gaz the king's eunuch who was in charge of the concubines; she did not go in to the king again, unless the king delighted in her and she was summoned by name.
2:15 末底改叔叔亞比孩的女兒，就是末底改收為自己女兒的以斯帖，按次序當進去見王的時候，除了掌管女子的太監希該所派定給她的，她別無所求。凡看見以斯帖的都喜悅她。
When the turn came for Esther the daughter of Ab'ihail the uncle of Mor'decai, who had adopted her as his own daughter, to go in to the king, she asked for nothing except what Hegai the king's eunuch, who had charge of the women, advised. Now Esther found favor in the eyes of all who saw her.
2:16 亞哈隨魯王第七年十月，就是提別月，以斯帖被引入宮見王。
And when Esther was taken to King Ahasu-e'rus into his royal palace in the tenth month, which is the month of Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign,
2:17 王愛以斯帖過於愛眾女，她在王眼前蒙寵愛比眾處女更甚。王就把王后的冠冕戴在她頭上，立她為王后，代替瓦實提。
the king loved Esther more than all the women, and she found grace and favor in his sight more than all the virgins, so that he set the royal crown on her head and made her queen instead of Vashti.
2:18 王因以斯帖的緣故給眾首領和臣僕設擺大筵席，又豁免各省的租稅，並照王的厚意大頒賞賜。
Then the king gave a great banquet to all his princes and servants; it was Esther's banquet. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces, and gave gifts with royal liberality.
2:19 第二次招聚處女的時候，末底改坐在朝門。
When the virgins were gathered together the second time, Mor'decai was sitting at the king's gate.
2:20 以斯帖照著末底改所囑咐的，還沒有將籍貫宗族告訴人；因為以斯帖遵末底改的命，如撫養她的時候一樣。
Now Esther had not made known her kindred or her people, as Mor'decai had charged her; for Esther obeyed Mor'decai just as when she was brought up by him.
2:21 當那時候，末底改坐在朝門，王的太監中有兩個守門的，辟探和提列，惱恨亞哈隨魯王，想要下手害他。
And in those days, as Mor'decai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasu-e'rus.
2:22 末底改知道了，就告訴王后以斯帖。以斯帖奉末底改的名，報告於王；
And this came to the knowledge of Mor'decai, and he told it to Queen Esther, and Esther told the king in the name of Mor'decai.
2:23 究察這事，果然是實，就把二人掛在木頭上，將這事在王面前寫於歷史上。
When the affair was investigated and found to be so, the men were both hanged on the gallows. And it was recorded in the Book of the Chronicles in the presence of the king.
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