全新四年樂活讀經
W4 2011-02-17 (創34)
經文: 創世紀 34:14 對他們說：「我們不能把我們的妹子給沒有受割禮的人為妻，因為那是我們的羞辱。
默想: 雅各的孩子使用冠冕堂皇的宗教藉口，來欺騙示劍城的哈抹與他的兒子示劍，以及示劍全城的男子，讓他們同時接受割禮，再趁機將他們殺光。求主幫助我，不要假藉敬虔的外貌，卻做出傷天害理的行為。
題目: 在「底拿事件」中，雅各的兒子們的作為為何？雅各的反應為何？你有何看法與省思？
34:1 利亞給雅各所生的女兒底拿出去，要見那地的女子們。
Now Dinah the daughter of Leah, whom she had borne to Jacob, went out to visit the women of the land;
34:2 那地的主─希未人、哈抹的兒子示劍看見她，就拉住她，與她行淫，玷辱她。
and when Shechem the son of Hamor the Hivite, the prince of the land, saw her, he seized her and lay with her and humbled her.
34:3 示劍的心繫戀雅各的女兒底拿，喜愛這女子，甜言蜜語地安慰她。
And his soul was drawn to Dinah the daughter of Jacob; he loved the maiden and spoke tenderly to her.
34:4 示劍對他父親哈抹說：「求你為我聘這女子為妻。」
So Shechem spoke to his father Hamor, saying, "Get me this maiden for my wife."
34:5 雅各聽見示劍玷污了他的女兒底拿。那時他的兒子們正和群畜在田野，雅各就閉口不言，等他們回來。
Now Jacob heard that he had defiled his daughter Dinah; but his sons were with his cattle in the field, so Jacob held his peace until they came.
34:6 示劍的父親哈抹出來見雅各，要和他商議。
And Hamor the father of Shechem went out to Jacob to speak with him.
34:7 雅各的兒子們聽見這事，就從田野回來，人人忿恨，十分惱怒；因示劍在以色列家作了醜事，與雅各的女兒行淫，這本是不該做的事。
The sons of Jacob came in from the field when they heard of it; and the men were indignant and very angry, because he had wrought folly in Israel by lying with Jacob's daughter, for such a thing ought not to be done.
34:8 哈抹和他們商議說：「我兒子示劍的心戀慕這女子，求你們將她給我的兒子為妻。
But Hamor spoke with them, saying, "The soul of my son Shechem longs for your daughter; I pray you, give her to him in marriage.
34:9 你們與我們彼此結親；你們可以把女兒給我們，也可以娶我們的女兒。
Make marriages with us; give your daughters to us, and take our daughters for yourselves.
34:10 你們與我們同住吧！這地都在你們面前，只管在此居住，做買賣，置產業。」
You shall dwell with us; and the land shall be open to you; dwell and trade in it, and get property in it."
34:11 示劍對女兒的父親和弟兄們說：「但願我在你們眼前蒙恩，你們向我要甚麼，我必給你們。
Shechem also said to her father and to her brothers, "Let me find favor in your eyes, and whatever you say to me I will give.
34:12 任憑向我要多重的聘金和禮物，我必照你們所說的給你們；只要把女子給我為妻。」
Ask of me ever so much as marriage present and gift, and I will give according as you say to me; only give me the maiden to be my wife."
34:13 雅各的兒子們因為示劍玷污了他們的妹子底拿，就用詭詐的話回答示劍和他父親哈抹，
The sons of Jacob answered Shechem and his father Hamor deceitfully, because he had defiled their sister Dinah.
34:14 對他們說：「我們不能把我們的妹子給沒有受割禮的人為妻，因為那是我們的羞辱。
They said to them, "We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one who is uncircumcised, for that would be a disgrace to us.
34:15 惟有一件才可以應允：若你們所有的男丁都受割禮，和我們一樣，
Only on this condition will we consent to you: that you will become as we are and every male of you be circumcised.
34:16 我們就把女兒給你們，也娶你們的女兒；我們便與你們同住，兩下成為一樣的人民。
Then we will give our daughters to you, and we will take your daughters to ourselves, and we will dwell with you and become one people.
34:17 倘若你們不聽從我們受割禮，我們就帶著妹子走了。」
But if you will not listen to us and be circumcised, then we will take our daughter, and we will be gone."
34:18 哈抹和他的兒子示劍喜歡這話。
Their words pleased Hamor and Hamor's son Shechem.
34:19 那少年人做這事並不遲延，因為他喜愛雅各的女兒；他在他父親家中也是人最尊重的。
And the young man did not delay to do the thing, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter. Now he was the most honored of all his family.
34:20 哈抹和他兒子示劍到本城的門口，對本城的人說：
So Hamor and his son Shechem came to the gate of their city and spoke to the men of their city, saying,
34:21 「這些人與我們和睦，不如許他們在這地居住，做買賣；這地也寬闊，足可容下他們。我們可以娶他們的女兒為妻，也可以把我們的女兒嫁給他們。
"These men are friendly with us; let them dwell in the land and trade in it, for behold, the land is large enough for them; let us take their daughters in marriage, and let us give them our daughters.
34:22 惟有一件事我們必須做，他們才肯應允和我們同住，成為一樣的人民：就是我們中間所有的男丁都要受割禮，和他們一樣。
Only on this condition will the men agree to dwell with us, to become one people: that every male among us be circumcised as they are circumcised.
34:23 他們的群畜、貨財，和一切的牲口豈不都歸我們嗎？只要依從他們，他們就與我們同住。」
Will not their cattle, their property and all their beasts be ours? Only let us agree with them, and they will dwell with us."
34:24 凡從城門出入的人就都聽從哈抹和他兒子示劍的話；於是凡從城門出入的男丁都受了割禮。
And all who went out of the gate of his city hearkened to Hamor and his son Shechem; and every male was circumcised, all who went out of the gate of his city.
34:25 到第三天，眾人正在疼痛的時候，雅各的兩個兒子，就是底拿的哥哥西緬和利未，各拿刀劍，趁著眾人想不到的時候來到城中，把一切男丁都殺了，
On the third day, when they were sore, two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, took their swords and came upon the city unawares, and killed all the males.
34:26 又用刀殺了哈抹和他兒子示劍，把底拿從示劍家裡帶出來就走了。
They slew Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword, and took Dinah out of Shechem's house, and went away.
34:27 雅各的兒子們因為他們的妹子受了玷污，就來到被殺的人那裡，擄掠那城，
And the sons of Jacob came upon the slain, and plundered the city, because their sister had been defiled;
34:28 奪了他們的羊群、牛群，和驢，並城裡田間所有的；
they took their flocks and their herds, their asses, and whatever was in the city and in the field;
34:29 又把他們一切貨財、孩子、婦女，並各房中所有的，都擄掠去了。
all their wealth, all their little ones and their wives, all that was in the houses, they captured and made their prey.
34:30 雅各對西緬和利未說：「你們連累我，使我在這地的居民中，就是在迦南人和比利洗人中，有了臭名。我的人丁既然稀少，他們必聚集來擊殺我，我和全家的人都必滅絕。」
Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me by making me odious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Per'izzites; my numbers are few, and if they gather themselves against me and attack me, I shall be destroyed, both I and my household."
34:31 他們說：「他豈可待我們的妹子如同妓女嗎？」
But they said, "Should he treat our sister as a harlot?"
三年樂活讀經
W4 2011-02-17 (歌5:1-6:13)
經文: 雅歌 5:6 我給我的良人開了門；我的良人卻已轉身走了。他說話的時候，我神不守舍；我尋找他，竟尋不見；我呼叫他，他卻不回答。
默想: 這段經文讓我看到把握時機 (kairos)的重要性。在愛的互動當中，彼此的主觀感受與內心動機，似乎有一定的時機，在那個時機當中，是我們預備好要向對方表現我們的滿懷愛意。但是，當那個時機溜逝之後，那個熱情與感動就會消失了。求主幫助我，學會對於對方目前的情緒與感動，有敏感的察覺力，並且能夠把握這個金玉良辰，作出恰當的回應，以勉造成彼此溝通上面的障礙與挫折。
題目: 你對於此段經文中，所羅門王與書拉密女對於彼此的身體的欣賞與讚美有何感想呢？
5:1 我妹子，我新婦，我進了我的園中，採了我的沒藥和香料，吃了我的蜜房和蜂蜜，喝了我的酒和奶。我的朋友們，請吃！我所親愛的，請喝，且多多地喝！
I come to my garden, my sister, my bride, I gather my myrrh with my spice, I eat my honeycomb with my honey, I drink my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink: drink deeply, O lovers!
5:2 我身睡臥，我心卻醒。這是我良人的聲音；他敲門說：我的妹子，我的佳偶，我的鴿子，我的完全人，求你給我開門；因我的頭滿了露水，我的頭髮被夜露滴濕。
I slept, but my heart was awake. Hark! my beloved is knocking. "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one; for my head is wet with dew, my locks with the drops of the night."
5:3 我回答說：我脫了衣裳，怎能再穿上呢？我洗了腳，怎能再玷污呢？
I had put off my garment, how could I put it on? I had bathed my feet, how could I soil them?
5:4 我的良人從門孔裡伸進手來，我便因他動了心。
My beloved put his hand to the latch, and my heart was thrilled within me.
5:5 我起來，要給我良人開門。我的兩手滴下沒藥；我的指頭有沒藥汁滴在門閂上。
I arose to open to my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, upon the handles of the bolt.
5:6 我給我的良人開了門；我的良人卻已轉身走了。他說話的時候，我神不守舍；我尋找他，竟尋不見；我呼叫他，他卻不回答。
I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had turned and gone. My soul failed me when he spoke. I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he gave no answer.
5:7 城中巡邏看守的人遇見我，打了我，傷了我；看守城牆的人奪去我的披肩。
The watchmen found me, as they went about in the city; they beat me, they wounded me, they took away my mantle, those watchmen of the walls.
5:8 耶路撒冷的眾女子啊，我囑咐你們：若遇見我的良人，要告訴他，我因思愛成病。
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem , if you find my beloved, that you tell him I am sick with love.
5:9 你這女子中極美麗的，你的良人比別人的良人有何強處？你的良人比別人的良人有何強處，你就這樣囑咐我們？
What is your beloved more than another beloved, O fairest among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved, that you thus adjure us?
5:10 我的良人白而且紅，超乎萬人之上。
My beloved is all radiant and ruddy, distinguished among ten thousand.
5:11 他的頭像至精的金子；他的頭髮厚密纍垂，黑如烏鴉。
His head is the finest gold; his locks are wavy, black as a raven.
5:12 他的眼如溪水旁的鴿子眼，用奶洗淨，安得合式。
His eyes are like doves beside springs of water, bathed in milk, fitly set.
5:13 他的兩腮如香花畦，如香草臺；他的嘴唇像百合花，且滴下沒藥汁。
His cheeks are like beds of spices, yielding fragrance. His lips are lilies, distilling liquid myrrh.
5:14 他的兩手好像金管，鑲嵌水蒼玉；他的身體如同雕刻的象牙，周圍鑲嵌藍寶石。
His arms are rounded gold, set with jewels. His body is ivory work, encrusted with sapphires.
5:15 他的腿好像白玉石柱，安在精金座上；他的形狀如黎巴嫩，且佳美如香柏樹。
His legs are alabaster columns, set upon bases of gold. His appearance is like Lebanon , choice as the cedars.
5:16 他的口極其甘甜；他全然可愛。耶路撒冷的眾女子啊，這是我的良人；這是我的朋友。
His speech is most sweet, and he is altogether desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem .
6:1 你這女子中極美麗的，你的良人往何處去了？你的良人轉向何處去了，我們好與你同去尋找他。
Whither has your beloved gone, O fairest among women? Whither has your beloved turned, that we may seek him with you?
6:2 我的良人下入自己園中，到香花畦，在園內牧放群羊，採百合花。
My beloved has gone down to his garden, to the beds of spices, to pasture his flock in the gardens, and to gather lilies.
6:3 我屬我的良人，我的良人也屬我；他在百合花中牧放群羊。
I am my beloved's and my beloved is mine; he pastures his flock among the lilies.
6:4 我的佳偶啊，你美麗如得撒，秀美如耶路撒冷，威武如展開旌旗的軍隊。
You are beautiful as Tirzah, my love, comely as Jerusalem , terrible as an army with banners.
6:5 求你掉轉眼目不看我，因你的眼目使我驚亂。你的頭髮如同山羊群臥在基列山旁。
Turn away your eyes from me, for they disturb me -- Your hair is like a flock of goats, moving down the slopes of Gilead .
6:6 你的牙齒如一群母羊洗淨上來，個個都有雙生，沒有一隻喪掉子的。
Your teeth are like a flock of ewes, that have come up from the washing, all of them bear twins, not one among them is bereaved.
6:7 你的兩太陽在帕子內，如同一塊石榴。
Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate behind your veil.
6:8 有六十王后八十妃嬪，並有無數的童女。
There are sixty queens and eighty concubines, and maidens without number.
6:9 我的鴿子，我的完全人，只有這一個是她母親獨生的，是生養她者所寶愛的。眾女子見了就稱她有福；王后妃嬪見了也讚美她。
My dove, my perfect one, is only one, the darling of her mother, flawless to her that bore her. The maidens saw her and called her happy; the queens and concubines also, and they praised her.
6:10 那向外觀看、如晨光發現、美麗如月亮、皎潔如日頭、威武如展開旌旗軍隊的是誰呢？
"Who is this that looks forth like the dawn, fair as the moon, bright as the sun, terrible as an army with banners?"
6:11 我下入核桃園，要看谷中青綠的植物，要看葡萄發芽沒有，石榴開花沒有。
I went down to the nut orchard, to look at the blossoms of the valley, to see whether the vines had budded, whether the pomegranates were in bloom.
6:12 不知不覺，我的心將我安置在我尊長的車中。
Before I was aware, my fancy set me in a chariot beside my prince.
6:13 回來，回來，書拉密女；你回來，你回來，使我們得觀看你。你們為何要觀看書拉密女，像觀看瑪哈念跳舞的呢？
Return, return, O Shu'lammite, return, return, that we may look upon you. Why should you look upon the Shu'lammite, as upon a dance before two armies?
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