全新四年樂活讀經
W3 2013-02-27 (約伯記2)
經文：
2:9 他的妻子對他說：「你仍然持守你的純正嗎？你棄掉 神，死了吧！」
2:10 約伯卻對她說：「你說話像愚頑的婦一樣。噯！難道我們從 神手裡得福，不也受禍嗎？」在這一切的事上約伯並不以口犯罪。
默想: 約伯所遭受到的苦難，其實也是他妻子所遭遇的苦難，約伯一夕間失去所有的財產，失去所有的兒女。他的太太也是一夕間失去所有的財產與兒女。所以我們不要簡單地認為約伯的太太在這裡只是一個抱怨上帝，責怪上帝的不幫忙，或只是講一些沒有信心的話。我們相信，身為一個母親，失去兒女的痛苦，絕對不會比父親來得少一點。在第一次的災難中，約伯的妻子，並沒有發出任何的怨言。當約伯第二次受到打擊時，雖然災難不是臨到約伯妻子的身上，不過，我們可以想像，原本自己的丈夫在「東方人中為至大」如今卻落入這般光景。身為妻子的人，不可能在那裡涼快過日子，她內心中的痛苦、壓力，絕不比約伯來得小。
身為一個妻子，她的言論是站在替自己的丈夫著想，她為了自己的丈夫好，所以建議他放棄他的純正、上帝。最主要的原因就是約伯的純正並沒有為他帶來好處；那些敗壞的人，都沒有他這麼慘的遭遇，在一般人的反應中，「好人沒好報」那幹嘛要當好人呢？另外，約伯一心仰望上帝，但是依靠上帝的人卻有如此悲慘的苦難，約伯所仰望的神在那裡呢？若這位上帝不看顧或沒有能力保守約伯，約伯為何要持續地依靠上帝？約伯的太太或許認為當他在這樣的苦難中，需要做什麼來讓心境得著撫平。其中可以做的就是離開他所持守的純正與上帝，至少內心會比較好過一點。而不是在苦難中，苦苦地哀求上帝，卻得不著任何的回應。
題目: 約伯的妻子與三位朋友，對於約伯所遭遇的苦難，有何不同的反應呢？
2:1 又有一天， 神的眾子來侍立在耶和華面前，撒但也來在其中。
Again there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them to present himself before the LORD.
2:2 耶和華問撒但說：「你從哪裡來？」撒但回答說：「我從地上走來走去，往返而來。」
And the LORD said to Satan, "Whence have you come?" Satan answered the LORD, "From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down on it."
2:3 耶和華問撒但說：「你曾用心察看我的僕人約伯沒有？地上再沒有人像他完全正直，敬畏 神，遠離惡事。你雖激動我攻擊他，無故地毀滅他，他仍然持守他的純正。」
And the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job, that there is none like him on the earth, a blameless and upright man, who fears God and turns away from evil? He still holds fast his integrity, although you moved me against him, to destroy him without cause."
2:4 撒但回答耶和華說：「人以皮代皮，情願捨去一切所有的，保全性命。
Then Satan answered the LORD, "Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life.
2:5 你且伸手傷他的骨頭和他的肉，他必當面棄掉你。」
But put forth thy hand now, and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse thee to thy face."
2:6 耶和華對撒但說：「他在你手中，只要存留他的性命。」
And the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your power; only spare his life."
2:7 於是撒但從耶和華面前退去，擊打約伯，使他從腳掌到頭頂長毒瘡。
So Satan went forth from the presence of the LORD, and afflicted Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
2:8 約伯就坐在爐灰中，拿瓦片刮身體。
And he took a potsherd with which to scrape himself, and sat among the ashes.
2:9 他的妻子對他說：「你仍然持守你的純正嗎？你棄掉 神，死了吧！」
Then his wife said to him, "Do you still hold fast your integrity? Curse God, and die."
2:10 約伯卻對她說：「你說話像愚頑的婦一樣。噯！難道我們從 神手裡得福，不也受禍嗎？」在這一切的事上約伯並不以口犯罪。
But he said to her, "You speak as one of the foolish women would speak. Shall we receive good at the hand of God, and shall we not receive evil?" In all this Job did not sin with his lips.
2:11 約伯的三個朋友─提幔人以利法、書亞人比勒達、拿瑪人瑣法─聽說有這一切的災禍臨到他身上，各人就從本處約會同來，為他悲傷，安慰他。
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that had come upon him, they came each from his own place, Eli'phaz the Te'manite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Na'amathite. They made an appointment together to come to condole with him and comfort him.
2:12 他們遠遠地舉目觀看，認不出他來，就放聲大哭。各人撕裂外袍，把塵土向天揚起來，落在自己的頭上。
And when they saw him from afar, they did not recognize him; and they raised their voices and wept; and they rent their robes and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven.
2:13 他們就同他七天七夜坐在地上，一個人也不向他說句話，因為他極其痛苦。
And they sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and no one spoke a word to him, for they saw that his suffering was very great.
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