全新四年樂活讀經
W1 2011-11-21 (申9)
經文: 申命記 9:5-6 你進去得他們的地，並不是因你的義，也不是因你心裡正直，乃是因這些國民的惡，耶和華你的神將他們從你面前趕出去，又因耶和華要堅定他向你列祖亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各起誓所應許的話。你當知道，耶和華你神將這美地賜你為業，並不是因你的義；你本是硬著頸項的百姓。
默想: 耶和華很清楚的告訴以色列人，他們並沒有比別的民族更正直，或是更公義。他們之所以蒙耶和華的揀選，乃是因為亞伯拉罕的因信稱義，也是因為耶和華是守約施慈愛 (hesed) 的神。更是上帝白白的恩典。以色列人本是硬著頸項的百姓。感謝上帝的恩典，是你的恩典，在眾人當中揀選我，讓我有機會聽聞福音，也蒙聖靈的感動，能夠用信心還回應主耶穌十架上的大愛，接受因信稱義，以及因信成聖的生命成長經歷。求主保守我，不要驕傲自大，不要自滿自足，乃是謙卑感恩，全心奉獻，侍奉耶和華，也願意侍奉我的鄰舍。
題目: 7-29節，摩西回顧以色列百姓在何烈山的經歷是什麼？當時摩西如何面對與處理？你有何看法與學習？
9:1 「以色列啊，你當聽！你今日要過約旦河，進去趕出比你強大的國民，得著廣大堅固、高得頂天的城邑。
"Hear, O Israel; you are to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves, cities great and fortified up to heaven,
9:2 那民是亞衲族的人，又大又高，是你所知道的；也曾聽見有人指著他們說：『誰能在亞衲族人面前站立得住呢？』
a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard it said, `Who can stand before the sons of Anak?'
9:3 你今日當知道，耶和華─你的 神在你前面過去，如同烈火，要滅絕他們，將他們制伏在你面前。這樣，你就要照耶和華所說的趕出他們，使他們速速滅亡。
Know therefore this day that he who goes over before you as a devouring fire is the LORD your God; he will destroy them and subdue them before you; so you shall drive them out, and make them perish quickly, as the LORD has promised you.
9:4 「耶和華─你的 神將這些國民從你面前攆出以後，你心裡不可說：『耶和華將我領進來得這地是因我的義。』其實，耶和華將他們從你面前趕出去是因他們的惡。
"Do not say in your heart, after the LORD your God has thrust them out before you, `It is because of my righteousness that the LORD has brought me in to possess this land'; whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is driving them out before you.
9:5 你進去得他們的地，並不是因你的義，也不是因你心裡正直，乃是因這些國民的惡，耶和華─你的 神將他們從你面前趕出去，又因耶和華要堅定他向你列祖亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各起誓所應許的話。
Not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land; but because of the wickedness of these nations the LORD your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm the word which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
9:6 「你當知道，耶和華─你 神將這美地賜你為業，並不是因你的義；你本是硬著頸項的百姓。
"Know therefore, that the LORD your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness; for you are a stubborn people.
9:7 你當記念不忘，你在曠野怎樣惹耶和華─你 神發怒。自從你出了埃及地的那日，直到你們來到這地方，你們時常悖逆耶和華。
Remember and do not forget how you provoked the LORD your God to wrath in the wilderness; from the day you came out of the land of Egypt, until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the LORD.
9:8 你們在何烈山又惹耶和華發怒；他惱怒你們，要滅絕你們。
Even at Horeb you provoked the LORD to wrath, and the LORD was so angry with you that he was ready to destroy you.
9:9 我上了山，要領受兩塊石版，就是耶和華與你們立約的版。那時我在山上住了四十晝夜，沒有吃飯，也沒有喝水。
When I went up the mountain to receive the tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water.
9:10 耶和華把那兩塊石版交給我，是 神用指頭寫的。版上所寫的是照耶和華在大會的日子、在山上、從火中對你們所說的一切話。
And the LORD gave me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them were all the words which the LORD had spoken with you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly.
9:11 過了四十晝夜，耶和華把那兩塊石版，就是約版，交給我。
And at the end of forty days and forty nights the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant.
9:12 對我說：『你起來，趕快下去！因為你從埃及領出來的百姓已經敗壞了自己；他們快快的偏離了我所吩咐的道，為自己鑄成了偶像。』
Then the LORD said to me, `Arise, go down quickly from here; for your people whom you have brought from Egypt have acted corruptly; they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them; they have made themselves a molten image.'
9:13 「耶和華又對我說：『我看這百姓是硬著頸項的百姓。
"Furthermore the LORD said to me, `I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stubborn people;
9:14 你且由著我，我要滅絕他們，將他們的名從天下塗抹，使你的後裔比他們成為更大更強的國。』
let me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.'
9:15 於是我轉身下山，山被火燒著，兩塊約版在我兩手之中。
So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire; and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
9:16 我一看見你們得罪了耶和華─你們的 神，鑄成了牛犢，快快的偏離了耶和華所吩咐你們的道，
And I looked, and behold, you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made yourselves a molten calf; you had turned aside quickly from the way which the LORD had commanded you.
9:17 我就把那兩塊版從我手中扔下去，在你們眼前摔碎了。
So I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.
9:18 因你們所犯的一切罪，行了耶和華眼中看為惡的事，惹他發怒，我就像從前俯伏在耶和華面前四十晝夜，沒有吃飯，也沒有喝水。
Then I lay prostrate before the LORD as before, forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all the sin which you had committed, in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
9:19 我因耶和華向你們大發烈怒，要滅絕你們，就甚害怕；但那次耶和華又應允了我。
For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure which the LORD bore against you, so that he was ready to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened to me that time also.
9:20 耶和華也向亞倫甚是發怒，要滅絕他；那時我又為亞倫祈禱。
And the LORD was so angry with Aaron that he was ready to destroy him; and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
9:21 我把那叫你們犯罪所鑄的牛犢用火焚燒，又搗碎磨得很細，以至細如灰塵，我就把這灰塵撒在從山上流下來的溪水中。
Then I took the sinful thing, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust; and I threw the dust of it into the brook that descended out of the mountain.
9:22 「你們在他備拉、瑪撒、基博羅•哈他瓦又惹耶和華發怒。
"At Tab'erah also, and at Massah, and at Kib'roth-hatta'avah, you provoked the LORD to wrath.
9:23 耶和華打發你們離開加低斯•巴尼亞，說：『你們上去得我所賜給你們的地。』那時你們違背了耶和華─你們 神的命令，不信服他，不聽從他的話。
And when the LORD sent you from Ka'desh-bar'nea, saying, `Go up and take possession of the land which I have given you,' then you rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and did not believe him or obey his voice.
9:24 自從我認識你們以來，你們常常悖逆耶和華。
You have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
9:25 「我因耶和華說要滅絕你們，就在耶和華面前照舊俯伏四十晝夜。
"So I lay prostrate before the LORD for these forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
9:26 我祈禱耶和華說：『主耶和華啊，求你不要滅絕你的百姓。他們是你的產業，是你用大力救贖的，用大能從埃及領出來的。
And I prayed to the LORD, `O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thy heritage, whom thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, whom thou hast brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
9:27 求你記念你的僕人亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各，不要想念這百姓的頑梗、邪惡、罪過，
Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not regard the stubbornness of this people, or their wickedness, or their sin,
9:28 免得你領我們出來的那地之人說，耶和華因為不能將這百姓領進他所應許之地，又因恨他們，所以領他們出去，要在曠野殺他們。
lest the land from which thou didst bring us say, "Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to slay them in the wilderness."
9:29 其實他們是你的百姓，你的產業，是你用大能和伸出來的膀臂領出來的。』」
For they are thy people and thy heritage, whom thou didst bring out by thy great power and by thy outstretched arm.'
"Hear, O Israel; you are to pass over the Jordan this day, to go in to dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves, cities great and fortified up to heaven,
9:2 那民是亞衲族的人，又大又高，是你所知道的；也曾聽見有人指著他們說：『誰能在亞衲族人面前站立得住呢？』
a people great and tall, the sons of the Anakim, whom you know, and of whom you have heard it said, `Who can stand before the sons of Anak?'
9:3 你今日當知道，耶和華─你的 神在你前面過去，如同烈火，要滅絕他們，將他們制伏在你面前。這樣，你就要照耶和華所說的趕出他們，使他們速速滅亡。
Know therefore this day that he who goes over before you as a devouring fire is the LORD your God; he will destroy them and subdue them before you; so you shall drive them out, and make them perish quickly, as the LORD has promised you.
9:4 「耶和華─你的 神將這些國民從你面前攆出以後，你心裡不可說：『耶和華將我領進來得這地是因我的義。』其實，耶和華將他們從你面前趕出去是因他們的惡。
"Do not say in your heart, after the LORD your God has thrust them out before you, `It is because of my righteousness that the LORD has brought me in to possess this land'; whereas it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD is driving them out before you.
9:5 你進去得他們的地，並不是因你的義，也不是因你心裡正直，乃是因這些國民的惡，耶和華─你的 神將他們從你面前趕出去，又因耶和華要堅定他向你列祖亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各起誓所應許的話。
Not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart are you going in to possess their land; but because of the wickedness of these nations the LORD your God is driving them out from before you, and that he may confirm the word which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
9:6 「你當知道，耶和華─你 神將這美地賜你為業，並不是因你的義；你本是硬著頸項的百姓。
"Know therefore, that the LORD your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness; for you are a stubborn people.
9:7 你當記念不忘，你在曠野怎樣惹耶和華─你 神發怒。自從你出了埃及地的那日，直到你們來到這地方，你們時常悖逆耶和華。
Remember and do not forget how you provoked the LORD your God to wrath in the wilderness; from the day you came out of the land of Egypt, until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the LORD.
9:8 你們在何烈山又惹耶和華發怒；他惱怒你們，要滅絕你們。
Even at Horeb you provoked the LORD to wrath, and the LORD was so angry with you that he was ready to destroy you.
9:9 我上了山，要領受兩塊石版，就是耶和華與你們立約的版。那時我在山上住了四十晝夜，沒有吃飯，也沒有喝水。
When I went up the mountain to receive the tables of stone, the tables of the covenant which the LORD made with you, I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water.
9:10 耶和華把那兩塊石版交給我，是 神用指頭寫的。版上所寫的是照耶和華在大會的日子、在山上、從火中對你們所說的一切話。
And the LORD gave me the two tables of stone written with the finger of God; and on them were all the words which the LORD had spoken with you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly.
9:11 過了四十晝夜，耶和華把那兩塊石版，就是約版，交給我。
And at the end of forty days and forty nights the LORD gave me the two tables of stone, the tables of the covenant.
9:12 對我說：『你起來，趕快下去！因為你從埃及領出來的百姓已經敗壞了自己；他們快快的偏離了我所吩咐的道，為自己鑄成了偶像。』
Then the LORD said to me, `Arise, go down quickly from here; for your people whom you have brought from Egypt have acted corruptly; they have turned aside quickly out of the way which I commanded them; they have made themselves a molten image.'
9:13 「耶和華又對我說：『我看這百姓是硬著頸項的百姓。
"Furthermore the LORD said to me, `I have seen this people, and behold, it is a stubborn people;
9:14 你且由著我，我要滅絕他們，將他們的名從天下塗抹，使你的後裔比他們成為更大更強的國。』
let me alone, that I may destroy them and blot out their name from under heaven; and I will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.'
9:15 於是我轉身下山，山被火燒著，兩塊約版在我兩手之中。
So I turned and came down from the mountain, and the mountain was burning with fire; and the two tables of the covenant were in my two hands.
9:16 我一看見你們得罪了耶和華─你們的 神，鑄成了牛犢，快快的偏離了耶和華所吩咐你們的道，
And I looked, and behold, you had sinned against the LORD your God; you had made yourselves a molten calf; you had turned aside quickly from the way which the LORD had commanded you.
9:17 我就把那兩塊版從我手中扔下去，在你們眼前摔碎了。
So I took hold of the two tables, and cast them out of my two hands, and broke them before your eyes.
9:18 因你們所犯的一切罪，行了耶和華眼中看為惡的事，惹他發怒，我就像從前俯伏在耶和華面前四十晝夜，沒有吃飯，也沒有喝水。
Then I lay prostrate before the LORD as before, forty days and forty nights; I neither ate bread nor drank water, because of all the sin which you had committed, in doing what was evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger.
9:19 我因耶和華向你們大發烈怒，要滅絕你們，就甚害怕；但那次耶和華又應允了我。
For I was afraid of the anger and hot displeasure which the LORD bore against you, so that he was ready to destroy you. But the LORD hearkened to me that time also.
9:20 耶和華也向亞倫甚是發怒，要滅絕他；那時我又為亞倫祈禱。
And the LORD was so angry with Aaron that he was ready to destroy him; and I prayed for Aaron also at the same time.
9:21 我把那叫你們犯罪所鑄的牛犢用火焚燒，又搗碎磨得很細，以至細如灰塵，我就把這灰塵撒在從山上流下來的溪水中。
Then I took the sinful thing, the calf which you had made, and burned it with fire and crushed it, grinding it very small, until it was as fine as dust; and I threw the dust of it into the brook that descended out of the mountain.
9:22 「你們在他備拉、瑪撒、基博羅•哈他瓦又惹耶和華發怒。
"At Tab'erah also, and at Massah, and at Kib'roth-hatta'avah, you provoked the LORD to wrath.
9:23 耶和華打發你們離開加低斯•巴尼亞，說：『你們上去得我所賜給你們的地。』那時你們違背了耶和華─你們 神的命令，不信服他，不聽從他的話。
And when the LORD sent you from Ka'desh-bar'nea, saying, `Go up and take possession of the land which I have given you,' then you rebelled against the commandment of the LORD your God, and did not believe him or obey his voice.
9:24 自從我認識你們以來，你們常常悖逆耶和華。
You have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
9:25 「我因耶和華說要滅絕你們，就在耶和華面前照舊俯伏四十晝夜。
"So I lay prostrate before the LORD for these forty days and forty nights, because the LORD had said he would destroy you.
9:26 我祈禱耶和華說：『主耶和華啊，求你不要滅絕你的百姓。他們是你的產業，是你用大力救贖的，用大能從埃及領出來的。
And I prayed to the LORD, `O Lord GOD, destroy not thy people and thy heritage, whom thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, whom thou hast brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
9:27 求你記念你的僕人亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各，不要想念這百姓的頑梗、邪惡、罪過，
Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; do not regard the stubbornness of this people, or their wickedness, or their sin,
9:28 免得你領我們出來的那地之人說，耶和華因為不能將這百姓領進他所應許之地，又因恨他們，所以領他們出去，要在曠野殺他們。
lest the land from which thou didst bring us say, "Because the LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to slay them in the wilderness."
9:29 其實他們是你的百姓，你的產業，是你用大能和伸出來的膀臂領出來的。』」
For they are thy people and thy heritage, whom thou didst bring out by thy great power and by thy outstretched arm.'
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回顧百姓在何烈的「叛逆」:
回覆刪除在申命記 9:24節：「自從我認識你們以來，你們常常悖逆 耶和華」和另兩處經節（申命記 9:7節；申命記 31:27節）都提到「悖逆」這個字。「悖逆」（מָרָה (mā∙rā(h)): מָרָה; to be contentious or rebellious；it refers to rebellion against God.）就是指以色列人，上帝的選民，上帝的子女，常常不聽上帝的話，硬著頸項的，背叛或叛逆耶和華/上帝的意思。任何對上帝的怨言，不聽上帝所指派的領導人的引領，敬拜他神/或偶像等，均是悖逆上帝的行為。
申命記 9：7～24節是摩西在講論了於何烈山所立的約之後，就勉勵色列人進迦南後當作的各事。不幸得很，以色列人剛一與上主立約，立即就顯出他們敗壞的本性，一再的叛逆上帝。首先是在摩西上山去領受那兩塊約版的四十日期間，以色列人已在山下逼使亞倫為他們鑄造金牛犢，來作崇拜的對象。申命記 9：20節提到那時耶和華也向亞倫甚是發怒，要滅絕他，摩西又為亞倫祈禱， 出32章並未記述摩西為亞倫祈禱的事，但卻明顯的提到百姓的放肆，是亞倫的縱容（出32：25節），因此摩西的代求（記在出32：11～13。14節），上帝不將祂所說的災降與百姓。
申命記 9：22～24節提到，離何烈山不遠之地，在他備拉，瑪撒、基博羅哈他瓦，以及在加低斯巴尼亞，都再三的顯示他們悖逆的本性。雖然上帝曾經要滅絕以色列人和亞倫，摩西懇求上帝施恩不滅絕這些頑梗邪惡的百姓，免得上帝的恩典，慈愛受了誤會，祂的聖名遭人毀謗。但摩西卻一再的為他們代求，而得恩免。
對我們的提醒：我們作為上帝所愛的子女，是否和在礦野流浪40年的以色列人一樣，常常不聽上帝的話？上帝不遵行聖經的教導？是否常常背叛或叛逆耶和華，硬著頸項，不聽從天上的阿爸阿父的話？可是我們有時，自認為自己的能力強，可成就大事。但上帝常常藉著苦難的環境來磨練我們，試練我們，為的是要我們謙卑，學習順服等候的功課，求主幫助我們，有個謙卑，順服和受教的心。