全新四年樂活讀經
W1 2013-03-04 (約伯記5)
5:17 神所懲治的人是有福的!所以你不可輕看全能者的管教。
5:18 因為他打破,又纏裹;他擊傷,用手醫治。
5:19 你六次遭難,他必救你;就是七次,災禍也無法害你。
默想: 有時候我們會以為約伯的三個朋友講的都是錯的,但是,約伯的朋友在討論為什麼受苦時,固然是有很多錯誤,但是當他們在述說上帝的一些屬性時,卻是正確的。提幔人以利法說:「神所懲治的人是有福的,所以你不可輕看全能者的管教。」「他打破,又纏裹。他擊傷,用手醫治」(五17-18)。事實上我們在遇到災難時,不一定全部都是撒但的作為,即使是撒但的作為,也不一定是上帝所不許可的。我們若有不一樣的眼光,這些災難可能是上帝訓練的一部分。幫助我們在困境中成長,擁有順境所學習不到的特殊品格或能力。或許我們在生命中也曾經驗到,當我們在鞭傷、痛苦中,往往可以經歷上帝的醫治;而在上帝的醫治纏裹的過程中,我們更加明白上帝的慈愛與溫柔,祂的能力與憐憫。雖然我們被擊打,這樣的苦不是白白受,也不是沒有意義。在苦難中,我們往往能夠經歷上帝沒有忘記我們。所以,在這樣的過程中,我們學會了信靠上帝,明白他是我們盼望,以致於在各樣的苦難中,我們沒有失去信心。
題目: 被神懲治的人有什麼福氣呢?
5:1 你且呼求,有誰答應你?諸聖者之中,你轉向哪一位呢?
"Call now; is there any one who will answer you? To which of the holy ones will you turn?
5:2 忿怒害死愚妄人;嫉妒殺死癡迷人。
Surely vexation kills the fool, and jealousy slays the simple.
5:3 我曾見愚妄人扎下根,但我忽然咒詛他的住處。
I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
5:4 他的兒女遠離穩妥的地步,在城門口被壓,並無人搭救。
His sons are far from safety, they are crushed in the gate, and there is no one to deliver them.
5:5 他的莊稼有飢餓的人吃盡了,就是在荊棘裡的也搶去了;他的財寶有網羅張口吞滅了。
His harvest the hungry eat, and he takes it even out of thorns; and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
5:6 禍患原不是從土中出來;患難也不是從地裡發生。
For affliction does not come from the dust, nor does trouble sprout from the ground;
5:7 人生在世必遇患難,如同火星飛騰。
but man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward.
5:8 至於我,我必仰望 神,把我的事情託付他。
"As for me, I would seek God, and to God would I commit my cause;
5:9 他行大事不可測度,行奇事不可勝數:
who does great things and unsearchable, marvelous things without number:
5:10 降雨在地上,賜水於田裡;
he gives rain upon the earth and sends waters upon the fields;
5:11 將卑微的安置在高處,將哀痛的舉到穩妥之地;
he sets on high those who are lowly, and those who mourn are lifted to safety.
5:12 破壞狡猾人的計謀,使他們所謀的不得成就。
He frustrates the devices of the crafty, so that their hands achieve no success.
5:13 他叫有智慧的中了自己的詭計,使狡詐人的計謀速速滅亡。
He takes the wise in their own craftiness; and the schemes of the wily are brought to a quick end.
5:14 他們白晝遇見黑暗,午間摸索如在夜間。
They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope at noonday as in the night.
5:15 神拯救窮乏人脫離他們口中的刀和強暴人的手。
But he saves the fatherless from their mouth, the needy from the hand of the mighty.
5:16 這樣,貧寒的人有指望,罪孽之輩必塞口無言。
So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts her mouth.
5:17 神所懲治的人是有福的!所以你不可輕看全能者的管教。
"Behold, happy is the man whom God reproves; therefore despise not the chastening of the Almighty.
5:18 因為他打破,又纏裹;他擊傷,用手醫治。
For he wounds, but he binds up; he smites, but his hands heal.
5:19 你六次遭難,他必救你;就是七次,災禍也無法害你。
He will deliver you from six troubles; in seven there shall no evil touch you.
5:20 在饑荒中,他必救你脫離死亡;在爭戰中,他必救你脫離刀劍的權力。
In famine he will redeem you from death, and in war from the power of the sword.
5:21 你必被隱藏,不受口舌之害;災殃臨到,你也不懼怕。
You shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue, and shall not fear destruction when it comes.
5:22 你遇見災害饑饉,就必嬉笑;地上的野獸,你也不懼怕。
At destruction and famine you shall laugh, and shall not fear the beasts of the earth.
5:23 因為你必與田間的石頭立約;田裡的野獸也必與你和好。
For you shall be in league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with you.
5:24 你必知道你帳棚平安,要查看你的羊圈,一無所失;
You shall know that your tent is safe, and you shall inspect your fold and miss nothing.
5:25 也必知道你的後裔將來發達,你的子孫像地上的青草。
You shall know also that your descendants shall be many, and your offspring as the grass of the earth.
5:26 你必壽高年邁才歸墳墓,好像禾捆到時收藏。
You shall come to your grave in ripe old age, as a shock of grain comes up to the threshing floor in its season.
5:27 這理,我們已經考察,本是如此。你須要聽,要知道是與自己有益。
Lo, this we have searched out; it is true. Hear, and know it for your good."
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