全新四年樂活讀經
W2 2011-08-02 (利18)
經文: 利未記 18:21-23不可使你的兒女經火歸與摩洛，也不可褻瀆你神的名。我是耶和華。不可與男人苟合，像與女人一樣；這本是可憎惡的。不可與獸淫合，玷污自己。女人也不可站在獸前，與他淫合；這本是逆性的事。
默想: 本章經文主要是警告以色列人，不可以效法埃及人或是迦南人的惡俗行為 (利18:3)，以免因為行了這些可憎惡的事，玷污了自己與這地，以致於被被耶和華追討罪孽而被這地吐出 (利18:24-30)。在本段經文中，主要是談到禁止與近親女性發生性行為 (利18:6-18)，然後在利18:19-23之間，談到一些其他相關的禁忌。19節禁止與經期間之女性發生性行為，20節禁止與鄰舍之妻發生性行為，21節禁止將兒女過火祭拜偶像摩洛，22節禁止與男人進行類似與女人間所進行的性行為，23節禁止男女與獸發生性行為。其中利18:22節在傳統上，被教會解釋成譴責同性戀 (homosexuality)。如果我們仔細察看這節經文的內容，應該會發現，這節經文並沒有譴責女性之間的性行為，也沒有譴責同性之間的性傾向 (sex orientation)，而是譴責男性與男性進行類似男性與女性之間的性行為 (male-male sex behavior similar to male-female sex behavior)。如果從前後文來看，則這些被譴責的性行為，可能與異教敬拜有關。求主教導我，在有關同性戀經文之詮釋上，能夠得到你的光照與引領。
題目: 關於人倫關係有何律例要遵守？你有何看法？
18:1 耶和華對摩西說：
And the LORD said to Moses,
18:2 「你曉諭以色列人說：我是耶和華─你們的 神。
"Say to the people of Israel, I am the LORD your God.
18:3 你們從前住的埃及地，那裡人的行為，你們不可效法，我要領你們到的迦南地，那裡人的行為也不可效法，也不可照他們的惡俗行。
You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you dwelt, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes.
18:4 你們要遵我的典章，守我的律例，按此而行。我是耶和華─你們的 神。
You shall do my ordinances and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the LORD your God.
18:5 所以，你們要守我的律例典章；人若遵行，就必因此活著。我是耶和華。
You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, by doing which a man shall live: I am the LORD.
18:6 「你們都不可露骨肉之親的下體，親近他們。我是耶和華。
"None of you shall approach any one near of kin to him to uncover nakedness. I am the LORD.
18:7 不可露你母親的下體，羞辱了你父親。她是你的母親，不可露她的下體。
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, which is the nakedness of your mother; she is your mother, you shall not uncover her nakedness.
18:8 不可露你繼母的下體；這本是你父親的下體。
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife; it is your father's nakedness.
18:9 你的姊妹，不拘是異母同父的，是異父同母的，無論是生在家生在外的，都不可露她們的下體。
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home or born abroad.
18:10 不可露你孫女或是外孫女的下體，露了她們的下體就是露了自己的下體。
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son's daughter or of your daughter's daughter, for their nakedness is your own nakedness.
18:11 你繼母從你父親生的女兒本是你的妹妹，不可露她的下體。
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, begotten by your father, since she is your sister.
18:12 不可露你姑母的下體；她是你父親的骨肉之親。
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister; she is your father's near kinswoman.
18:13 不可露你姨母的下體；她是你母親的骨肉之親。
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, for she is your mother's near kinswoman.
18:14 不可親近你伯叔之妻，羞辱了你伯叔；她是你的伯叔母。
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, that is, you shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt.
18:15 不可露你兒婦的下體；她是你兒子的妻，不可露她的下體。
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your son's wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness.
18:16 不可露你弟兄妻子的下體；這本是你弟兄的下體。
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife; she is your brother's nakedness.
18:17 不可露了婦人的下體，又露她女兒的下體，也不可娶她孫女或是外孫女，露她們的下體；她們是骨肉之親，這本是大惡。
You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, and you shall not take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter to uncover her nakedness; they are your near kinswomen; it is wickedness.
18:18 你妻還在的時候，不可另娶她的姊妹作對頭，露她的下體。
And you shall not take a woman as a rival wife to her sister, uncovering her nakedness while her sister is yet alive.
18:19 「女人行經不潔淨的時候，不可露她的下體，與她親近。
"You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness while she is in her menstrual uncleanness.
18:20 不可與鄰舍的妻行淫，玷污自己。
And you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, and defile yourself with her.
18:21 不可使你的兒女經火歸與摩洛，也不可褻瀆你 神的名。我是耶和華。
You shall not give any of your children to devote them by fire to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.
18:22 不可與男人苟合，像與女人一樣；這本是可憎惡的。
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.
18:23 不可與獸淫合，玷污自己。女人也不可站在獸前，與牠淫合；這本是逆性的事。
And you shall not lie with any beast and defile yourself with it, neither shall any woman give herself to a beast to lie with it: it is perversion.
18:24 「在這一切的事上，你們都不可玷污自己；因為我在你們面前所逐出的列邦，在這一切的事上玷污了自己；
"Do not defile yourselves by any of these things, for by all these the nations I am casting out before you defiled themselves;
18:25 連地也玷污了，所以我追討那地的罪孽，那地也吐出它的居民。
and the land became defiled, so that I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.
18:26 故此，你們要守我的律例典章。這一切可憎惡的事，無論是本地人，是寄居在你們中間的外人，都不可行，
But you shall keep my statutes and my ordinances and do none of these abominations, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you
18:27 在你們以先居住那地的人行了這一切可憎惡的事，地就玷污了，
(for all of these abominations the men of the land did, who were before you, so that the land became defiled);
18:28 免得你們玷污那地的時候，地就把你們吐出，像吐出在你們以先的國民一樣。
lest the land vomit you out, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
18:29 無論甚麼人，行了其中可憎的一件事，必從民中剪除。
For whoever shall do any of these abominations, the persons that do them shall be cut off from among their people.
18:30 所以，你們要守我所吩咐的，免得你們隨從那些可憎的惡俗，就是在你們以先的人所常行的，以致玷污了自己。我是耶和華─你們的 神。」
So keep my charge never to practice any of these abominable customs which were practiced before you, and never to defile yourselves by them: I am the LORD your God."
And the LORD said to Moses,
18:2 「你曉諭以色列人說：我是耶和華─你們的 神。
"Say to the people of Israel, I am the LORD your God.
18:3 你們從前住的埃及地，那裡人的行為，你們不可效法，我要領你們到的迦南地，那裡人的行為也不可效法，也不可照他們的惡俗行。
You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you dwelt, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes.
18:4 你們要遵我的典章，守我的律例，按此而行。我是耶和華─你們的 神。
You shall do my ordinances and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the LORD your God.
18:5 所以，你們要守我的律例典章；人若遵行，就必因此活著。我是耶和華。
You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, by doing which a man shall live: I am the LORD.
18:6 「你們都不可露骨肉之親的下體，親近他們。我是耶和華。
"None of you shall approach any one near of kin to him to uncover nakedness. I am the LORD.
18:7 不可露你母親的下體，羞辱了你父親。她是你的母親，不可露她的下體。
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, which is the nakedness of your mother; she is your mother, you shall not uncover her nakedness.
18:8 不可露你繼母的下體；這本是你父親的下體。
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife; it is your father's nakedness.
18:9 你的姊妹，不拘是異母同父的，是異父同母的，無論是生在家生在外的，都不可露她們的下體。
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home or born abroad.
18:10 不可露你孫女或是外孫女的下體，露了她們的下體就是露了自己的下體。
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son's daughter or of your daughter's daughter, for their nakedness is your own nakedness.
18:11 你繼母從你父親生的女兒本是你的妹妹，不可露她的下體。
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, begotten by your father, since she is your sister.
18:12 不可露你姑母的下體；她是你父親的骨肉之親。
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister; she is your father's near kinswoman.
18:13 不可露你姨母的下體；她是你母親的骨肉之親。
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, for she is your mother's near kinswoman.
18:14 不可親近你伯叔之妻，羞辱了你伯叔；她是你的伯叔母。
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, that is, you shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt.
18:15 不可露你兒婦的下體；她是你兒子的妻，不可露她的下體。
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your son's wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness.
18:16 不可露你弟兄妻子的下體；這本是你弟兄的下體。
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife; she is your brother's nakedness.
18:17 不可露了婦人的下體，又露她女兒的下體，也不可娶她孫女或是外孫女，露她們的下體；她們是骨肉之親，這本是大惡。
You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, and you shall not take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter to uncover her nakedness; they are your near kinswomen; it is wickedness.
18:18 你妻還在的時候，不可另娶她的姊妹作對頭，露她的下體。
And you shall not take a woman as a rival wife to her sister, uncovering her nakedness while her sister is yet alive.
18:19 「女人行經不潔淨的時候，不可露她的下體，與她親近。
"You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness while she is in her menstrual uncleanness.
18:20 不可與鄰舍的妻行淫，玷污自己。
And you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, and defile yourself with her.
18:21 不可使你的兒女經火歸與摩洛，也不可褻瀆你 神的名。我是耶和華。
You shall not give any of your children to devote them by fire to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.
18:22 不可與男人苟合，像與女人一樣；這本是可憎惡的。
You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.
18:23 不可與獸淫合，玷污自己。女人也不可站在獸前，與牠淫合；這本是逆性的事。
And you shall not lie with any beast and defile yourself with it, neither shall any woman give herself to a beast to lie with it: it is perversion.
18:24 「在這一切的事上，你們都不可玷污自己；因為我在你們面前所逐出的列邦，在這一切的事上玷污了自己；
"Do not defile yourselves by any of these things, for by all these the nations I am casting out before you defiled themselves;
18:25 連地也玷污了，所以我追討那地的罪孽，那地也吐出它的居民。
and the land became defiled, so that I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.
18:26 故此，你們要守我的律例典章。這一切可憎惡的事，無論是本地人，是寄居在你們中間的外人，都不可行，
But you shall keep my statutes and my ordinances and do none of these abominations, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you
18:27 在你們以先居住那地的人行了這一切可憎惡的事，地就玷污了，
(for all of these abominations the men of the land did, who were before you, so that the land became defiled);
18:28 免得你們玷污那地的時候，地就把你們吐出，像吐出在你們以先的國民一樣。
lest the land vomit you out, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
18:29 無論甚麼人，行了其中可憎的一件事，必從民中剪除。
For whoever shall do any of these abominations, the persons that do them shall be cut off from among their people.
18:30 所以，你們要守我所吩咐的，免得你們隨從那些可憎的惡俗，就是在你們以先的人所常行的，以致玷污了自己。我是耶和華─你們的 神。」
So keep my charge never to practice any of these abominable customs which were practiced before you, and never to defile yourselves by them: I am the LORD your God."
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僅管我們周圍的朋友裡，有的基督徒，有的不是。整個社會逐漸地在改變，家庭及倫理觀念，已比30年前開放許多。在屬靈的道路上追求的時候，我們常感覺到有一股極大的阻力；當我們要聖潔愛主的時候，有肉體污穢的邪情私慾發動，叫追求的基督徒感到非常痛苦。
回覆刪除人倫關係與婚姻生活的關係，對我而言，「不能讓自己給沾汙」是一個非常重要的主題。利未記 18:24 節告訴我們：「在這一切的事上，你們都不可玷污自己；因為我在你們面前所逐出的列邦，在這一切的事上玷污了自己」。
求主幫助我們，因信稱義的結果是聖靈是常住在我們心中(林前6:19)。隨從聖靈的帶領，有復活動生命，新生的樣式，不再做隨從肉體的人，不再做體貼肉體的事，要做隨從聖靈的人，要做體貼聖靈的事（羅馬書 8:5）。也就是我們不再是自己的人，乃是聖靈作主，基督作主。凡事聽從祂的命令，尋求祂的旨意。我們常常犯錯，是因不求問主，有時連向主說一聲也沒有，失敗後才灰心喪志。讓我們從今天起凡事求問主吧！以祂為主，讓祂管理我們。