W1 2012-12-24 (尼2) 經文: 尼希米記 2:17-18 以後，我對他們說：「我們所遭的難，耶路撒冷怎樣荒涼，城門被火焚燒，你們都看見了。來吧，我們重建耶路撒冷的城牆，免得再受凌辱！」我告訴他們我神施恩的手怎樣幫助我，並王對我所說的話。他們就說：「我們起來建造吧！」於是他們奮勇做這善工。

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經文: 尼希米記 2:17-18 以後，我對他們說：「我們所遭的難，耶路撒冷怎樣荒涼，城門被火焚燒，你們都看見了。來吧，我們重建耶路撒冷的城牆，免得再受凌辱！」我告訴他們我神施恩的手怎樣幫助我，並王對我所說的話。他們就說：「我們起來建造吧！」於是他們奮勇做這善工。

默想: 尼希米聽到耶路撒冷城牆被拆毀，城門被火焚燒，內心為此感到哀傷，於是他從外地歸國，想要重建城牆。首先，他必須能夠激起當地猶大人對於重建城牆的負擔。他雖然長期住在遠方的波斯，卻在聽見來自故鄉同胞分享故鄉耶路撒冷城的荒涼景況時，就感同身受，因此，他先訴諸當地鄉親的個人實際體驗。耶利米告訴當地猶太人，耶路撒冷的荒涼是你們都親眼看見的。另人感到嘆息的，是耳聞的內心充滿負擔，眼見的卻是無動於衷。尼希米又與他們分享他在波斯國王面前所蒙受的支持，都是來自耶和華的恩典，這樣的分享也激起了當地猶大人願意投入重建聖殿的意願。尼希米先是邀請當地猶大人說，來吧！我們重建耶路撒冷的城牆。後來，我們看到的是，當地猶大人自動回應尼希米的邀請，向尼希米說，我們起來建造吧！於是他們同心一意的，奮勇做這善工。感謝主的恩典，在三年多以前，上帝也在我們的心中，興起了重建聖殿的心願，我們也是同心一意的，大家一起參與聖殿重建的善工。上個主日，我們以感恩的心，回到重建完成的新堂，舉行第一次的慶祝聖誕聯合主日崇拜。感謝讚美主的恩典。

題目: 尼希米是個禱告的人，也是有行動的人，他回到耶路撒冷的第三天夜晚，即密探城牆的實際情況。(11-16節)試想：你是否用行動來回應向神的禱告？ 

 

2:1 亞達薛西王二十年尼散月，在王面前擺酒，我拿起酒來奉給王。我素來在王面前沒有愁容。
In the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Ar-ta-xerx'es, when wine was before him, I took up the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had not been sad in his presence.
2:2 王對我說：「你既沒有病，為甚麼面帶愁容呢？這不是別的，必是你心中愁煩。」於是我甚懼怕。
And the king said to me, "Why is your face sad, seeing you are not sick? This is nothing else but sadness of the heart." Then I was very much afraid.
2:3 我對王說：「願王萬歲！我列祖墳墓所在的那城荒涼，城門被火焚燒，我豈能面無愁容嗎？」
I said to the king, "Let the king live for ever! Why should not my face be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lies waste, and its gates have been destroyed by fire?"
2:4 王問我說：「你要求甚麼？」於是我默禱天上的　神。
Then the king said to me, "For what do you make request?" So I prayed to the God of heaven.
2:5 我對王說：「僕人若在王眼前蒙恩，王若喜歡，求王差遣我往猶大，到我列祖墳墓所在的那城去，我好重新建造。」
And I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers' sepulchres, that I may rebuild it."
2:6 那時王后坐在王的旁邊。王問我說：「你去要多少日子？幾時回來？」我就定了日期。於是王喜歡差遣我去。
And the king said to me (the queen sitting beside him), "How long will you be gone, and when will you return?" So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
2:7 我又對王說：「王若喜歡，求王賜我詔書，通知大河西的省長准我經過，直到猶大；
And I said to the king, "If it pleases the king, let letters be given me to the governors of the province Beyond the River, that they may let me pass through until I come to Judah;
2:8 又賜詔書，通知管理王園林的亞薩，使他給我木料，做屬殿營樓之門的橫梁和城牆，與我自己房屋使用的。」王就允准我，因我　神施恩的手幫助我。
and a letter to Asaph, the keeper of the king's forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the fortress of the temple, and for the wall of the city, and for the house which I shall occupy." And the king granted me what I asked, for the good hand of my God was upon me.
2:9 王派了軍長和馬兵護送我。我到了河西的省長那裡，將王的詔書交給他們。
Then I came to the governors of the province Beyond the River, and gave them the king's letters. Now the king had sent with me officers of the army and horsemen.
2:10 和倫人參巴拉，並為奴的亞捫人多比雅，聽見有人來為以色列人求好處，就甚惱怒。
But when Sanbal'lat the Hor'onite and Tobi'ah the servant, the Ammonite, heard this, it displeased them greatly that some one had come to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
2:11 我到了耶路撒冷，在那裡住了三日。
So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days.
2:12 我夜間起來，有幾個人也一同起來；但　神使我心裡要為耶路撒冷做甚麼事，我並沒有告訴人。除了我騎的牲口以外，也沒有別的牲口在我那裡。
Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me; and I told no one what my God had put into my heart to do for Jerusalem. There was no beast with me but the beast on which I rode.
2:13 當夜我出了谷門，往野狗井去（野狗：或譯龍），到了糞廠門，察看耶路撒冷的城牆，見城牆拆毀，城門被火焚燒。
I went out by night by the Valley Gate to the Jackal's Well and to the Dung Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down and its gates which had been destroyed by fire.
2:14 我又往前，到了泉門和王池，但所騎的牲口沒有地方過去。
Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King's Pool; but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
2:15 於是夜間沿溪而上，察看城牆，又轉身進入谷門，就回來了。
Then I went up in the night by the valley and inspected the wall; and I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned.
2:16 我往哪裡去，我做甚麼事，官長都不知道。我還沒有告訴猶大平民、祭司、貴冑、官長，和其餘做工的人。
And the officials did not know where I had gone or what I was doing; and I had not yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, and the rest that were to do the work.
2:17 以後，我對他們說：「我們所遭的難，耶路撒冷怎樣荒涼，城門被火焚燒，你們都看見了。來吧，我們重建耶路撒冷的城牆，免得再受凌辱！」
Then I said to them, "You see the trouble we are in, how Jerusalem lies in ruins with its gates burned. Come, let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer suffer disgrace."
2:18 我告訴他們我　神施恩的手怎樣幫助我，並王對我所說的話。他們就說：「我們起來建造吧！」於是他們奮勇做這善工。
And I told them of the hand of my God which had been upon me for good, and also of the words which the king had spoken to me. And they said, "Let us rise up and build." So they strengthened their hands for the good work.
2:19 但和倫人參巴拉，並為奴的亞捫人多比雅和阿拉伯人基善聽見就嗤笑我們，藐視我們，說：「你們做甚麼呢？要背叛王麼？」
But when Sanbal'lat the Hor'onite and Tobi'ah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they derided us and despised us and said, "What is this thing that you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?"
2:20 我回答他們說：「天上的　神必使我們亨通。我們作他僕人的，要起來建造；你們卻在耶路撒冷無分、無權、無紀念。」
Then I replied to them, "The God of heaven will make us prosper, and we his servants will arise and build; but you have no portion or right or memorial in Jerusalem."

 

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W5 2012-12-21 (尼1)經文: 尼希米記 1:2-4 那時，有我一個弟兄哈拿尼，同著幾個人從猶大來。我問他們那些被擄歸回、剩下逃脫的猶大人和耶路撒冷的光景。他們對我說：「那些被擄歸回剩下的人在猶大省遭大難，受凌辱；並且耶路撒冷的城牆拆毀，城門被火焚燒。」我聽見這話，就坐下哭泣，悲哀幾日，在天上的神面前禁食祈禱

Nehemiah The Cupbearer

                

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W5  2012-12-21 (尼1)

經文: 尼希米記 1:2-4 那時，有我一個弟兄哈拿尼，同著幾個人從猶大來。我問他們那些被擄歸回、剩下逃脫的猶大人和耶路撒冷的光景。他們對我說：「那些被擄歸回剩下的人在猶大省遭大難，受凌辱；並且耶路撒冷的城牆拆毀，城門被火焚燒。」我聽見這話，就坐下哭泣，悲哀幾日，在天上的神面前禁食祈禱

默想: 尼希米雖然已經在波斯帝國亞達薛西王擔任王的酒政的要職，但是他對於被擄歸回猶大人的光景與故鄉耶路撒冷的現況，卻還是非常的關心。因此，當他遇到從猶大省回到波斯國的鄉親以及哈拿尼時，便向他們打聽故鄉的情況。當他聽到被擄歸回的鄉親處境艱難，耶路撒冷城牆被火焚燒時，內心感到十分憂傷，並且為此在神面前禁食禱告。求主也賞賜給我一顆關心故鄉與鄉親的心，讓我學`習常常為他們在神面前代求。

題目: 「求你垂聽我的禱告，也垂聽所有敬畏你的僕人的禱告…」(11節)試想:你在服侍前，是否如尼希米用禱告開始？ 

 

1:1 哈迦利亞的兒子尼希米的言語如下：亞達薛西王二十年基斯流月，我在書珊城的宮中。
The words of Nehemi'ah the son of Hacali'ah. Now it happened in the month of Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Susa the capital,
1:2 那時，有我一個弟兄哈拿尼，同著幾個人從猶大來。我問他們那些被擄歸回、剩下逃脫的猶大人和耶路撒冷的光景。
that Hana'ni, one of my brethren, came with certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews that survived, who had escaped exile, and concerning Jerusalem.
1:3 他們對我說：「那些被擄歸回剩下的人在猶大省遭大難，受凌辱；並且耶路撒冷的城牆拆毀，城門被火焚燒。」
And they said to me, "The survivors there in the province who escaped exile are in great trouble and shame; the wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are destroyed by fire."
1:4 我聽見這話，就坐下哭泣，悲哀幾日，在天上的　神面前禁食祈禱，說：
When I heard these words I sat down and wept, and mourned for days; and I continued fasting and praying before the God of heaven.
1:5 「耶和華─天上的　神，大而可畏的　神啊，你向愛你、守你誡命的人守約施慈愛。
And I said, "O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments;
1:6 願你睜眼看，側耳聽，你僕人晝夜在你面前為你眾僕人以色列民的祈禱，承認我們以色列人向你所犯的罪；我與我父家都有罪了。
let thy ear be attentive, and thy eyes open, to hear the prayer of thy servant which I now pray before thee day and night for the people of Israel thy servants, confessing the sins of the people of Israel, which we have sinned against thee. Yea, I and my father's house have sinned.
1:7 我們向你所行的甚是邪惡，沒有遵守你藉著僕人摩西所吩咐的誡命、律例、典章。
We have acted very corruptly against thee, and have not kept the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances which thou didst command thy servant Moses.
1:8 求你記念所吩咐你僕人摩西的話，說：『你們若犯罪，我就把你們分散在萬民中；
Remember the word which thou didst command thy servant Moses, saying, `If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the peoples;
1:9 但你們若歸向我，謹守遵行我的誡命，你們被趕散的人雖在天涯，我也必從那裡將他們招聚回來，帶到我所選擇立為我名的居所。』
but if you return to me and keep my commandments and do them, though your dispersed be under the farthest skies, I will gather them thence and bring them to the place which I have chosen, to make my name dwell there.'
1:10 這都是你的僕人、你的百姓，就是你用大力和大能的手所救贖的。
They are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power and by thy strong hand.
1:11 主啊，求你側耳聽你僕人的祈禱，和喜愛敬畏你名眾僕人的祈禱，使你僕人現今亨通，在王面前蒙恩。」我是作王酒政的。
O Lord, let thy ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants who delight to fear thy name; and give success to thy servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man." Now I was cupbearer to the king.

 

 

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蔡茂堂牧師創世記查經班歷年錄音檔案:

 http://taipeihoping-genesis.blogspot.com/search?updated-min=2005-01-01T00%3A00%3A00%2B08%3A00&updated-max=2006-01-01T00%3A00%3A00%2B08%3A00&max-results=27

 

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W2 2012-12-18 (西2)經文: 歌羅西書 2:6-7 你們既然接受了主基督耶穌，就當遵他而行，在他裡面生根建造，信心堅固，正如你們所領的教訓，感謝的心也更增長了。

Rooted In Christ

                

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經文: 歌羅西書 2:6-7 你們既然接受了主基督耶穌，就當遵他而行，在他裡面生根建造，信心堅固，正如你們所領的教訓，感謝的心也更增長了。

默想: 保羅在這兩節經文中討論到基督徒信仰的成長過程。相信主耶穌是從接受主耶穌為個人的救主與生命的主宰開始，逐漸的從概念的認知，進到感性的認同，一直到意志的委身，然後就延伸到在生活中實踐主耶穌基督的教導。當我們願意在日常生活當中，遵行主耶穌的教導時，主耶穌的愛就漸漸的滲透入我們的生命之中，我們的生命，也漸漸的越來越有主耶穌基督的香氣與形像，在主耶穌裡面生根建造。經由這樣的過程，我們對於主耶穌的信心，就得以堅固。求主幫助我的信心，得以靠主堅固。

題目: 「即然你們接受基督耶穌為主，你們的行為必須以他為中心。」(6節)試想:你的生活是否以基督為首位？ 

 

2:1 我願意你們曉得，我為你們和老底嘉人，並一切沒有與我親自見面的人，是何等地盡心竭力；
For I want you to know how greatly I strive for you, and for those at La-odice'a, and for all who have not seen my face,
2:2 要叫他們的心得安慰，因愛心互相聯絡，以致豐豐足足在悟性中有充足的信心，使他們真知　神的奧祕，就是基督；
that their hearts may be encouraged as they are knit together in love, to have all the riches of assured understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, of Christ,
2:3 所積蓄的一切智慧知識，都在他裡面藏著。
in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
2:4 我說這話，免得有人用花言巧語迷惑你們。
I say this in order that no one may delude you with beguiling speech.
2:5 我身子雖與你們相離，心卻與你們同在，見你們循規蹈矩，信基督的心也堅固，我就歡喜了。
For though I am absent in body, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the firmness of your faith in Christ.
2:6 你們既然接受了主基督耶穌，就當遵他而行，
As therefore you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so live in him,
2:7 在他裡面生根建造，信心堅固，正如你們所領的教訓，感謝的心也更增長了。
rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.
2:8 你們要謹慎，恐怕有人用他的理學和虛空的妄言，不照著基督，乃照人間的遺傳和世上的小學就把你們擄去。
See to it that no one makes a prey of you by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the universe, and not according to Christ.
2:9 因為　神本性一切的豐盛都有形有體地居住在基督裡面，
For in him the whole fulness of deity dwells bodily,
2:10 你們在他裡面也得了豐盛。他是各樣執政掌權者的元首。
and you have come to fulness of life in him, who is the head of all rule and authority.
2:11 你們在他裡面也受了不是人手所行的割禮，乃是基督使你們脫去肉體情慾的割禮。
In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of flesh in the circumcision of Christ;
2:12 你們既受洗與他一同埋葬，也就在此與他一同復活，都因信那叫他從死裡復活　神的功用。
and you were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.
2:13 你們從前在過犯和未受割禮的肉體中死了，　神赦免了你們（或譯：我們）一切過犯，便叫你們與基督一同活過來；
And you, who were dead in trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
2:14 又塗抹了在律例上所寫、攻擊我們、有礙於我們的字據，把它撤去，釘在十字架上。
having canceled the bond which stood against us with its legal demands; this he set aside, nailing it to the cross.
2:15 既將一切執政的、掌權的擄來，明顯給眾人看，就仗著十字架誇勝。
He disarmed the principalities and powers and made a public example of them, triumphing over them in him.
2:16 所以，不拘在飲食上，或節期、月朔、安息日都不可讓人論斷你們。
Therefore let no one pass judgment on you in questions of food and drink or with regard to a festival or a new moon or a sabbath.
2:17 這些原是後事的影兒；那形體卻是基督。
These are only a shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.
2:18 不可讓人因著故意謙虛和敬拜天使，就奪去你們的獎賞。這等人拘泥在所見過的（有古卷：這等人窺察所沒有見過的），隨著自己的慾心，無故地自高自大，
Let no one disqualify you, insisting on self-abasement and worship of angels, taking his stand on visions, puffed up without reason by his sensuous mind,
2:19 不持定元首。全身既然靠著他，筋節得以相助聯絡，就因　神大得長進。
and not holding fast to the Head, from whom the whole body, nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments, grows with a growth that is from God.
2:20 你們若是與基督同死，脫離了世上的小學，為甚麼仍像在世俗中活著、服從那「不可拿、不可嘗、不可摸」等類的規條呢？
If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the universe, why do you live as if you still belonged to the world? Why do you submit to regulations,
2:21 併於上節
"Do not handle, Do not taste, Do not touch"
2:22 這都是照人所吩咐、所教導的。說到這一切，正用的時候就都敗壞了。
(referring to things which all perish as they are used), according to human precepts and doctrines?
2:23 這些規條使人徒有智慧之名，用私意崇拜，自表謙卑，苦待己身，其實在克制肉體的情慾上是毫無功效。
These have indeed an appearance of wisdom in promoting rigor of devotion and self-abasement and severity to the body, but they are of no value in checking the indulgence of the flesh.

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W5 2012-12-14 (拉9)經文: 以斯拉記 9:3-6 我一聽見這事，就撕裂衣服和外袍，拔了頭髮和鬍鬚，驚懼憂悶而坐。凡為以色列神言語戰兢的，都因這被擄歸回之人所犯的罪聚集到我這裡來。我就驚懼憂悶而坐，直到獻晚祭的時候。獻晚祭的時候我起來，心中愁苦，穿著撕裂的衣袍，雙膝跪下向耶和華我的神舉手，說：「我的神啊，我抱愧蒙羞，不敢向我神仰面；因為我們的罪孽滅頂，我們的罪惡滔天。

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W5  2012-12-14 (拉9)

經文: 以斯拉記 9:3-6 我一聽見這事，就撕裂衣服和外袍，拔了頭髮和鬍鬚，驚懼憂悶而坐。凡為以色列神言語戰兢的，都因這被擄歸回之人所犯的罪聚集到我這裡來。我就驚懼憂悶而坐，直到獻晚祭的時候。獻晚祭的時候我起來，心中愁苦，穿著撕裂的衣袍，雙膝跪下向耶和華我的神舉手，說：「我的神啊，我抱愧蒙羞，不敢向我神仰面；因為我們的罪孽滅頂，我們的罪惡滔天。

默想: 以斯拉聽見以色列百姓與異族通婚，得罪耶和華，他用撕裂自己的外袍與拔下自己的頭髮鬍鬚，坐在聖殿前面廣場，一直等到獻晚祭的時刻，當虔誠的以色列民聚集到聖殿前廣場來參加獻晚祭的禱告會時，都會發現以斯拉衣服撕裂、披頭散髮滿面悲愴的樣子。就在這樣的氛圍中，獻晚祭的時刻，以斯拉才當眾發出他的禱告。以斯拉的禱告並不是向耶和華控訴以色列百姓的犯罪，而是自己認同以色列人中的一份子，為整體以色列人在神面前認罪禱告。求主保守我，當我看到有人犯罪時，不要以譴責的眼光到神面前控訴該犯罪的人，求神彰顯公義的審判，而是願意謙卑認同罪人，向神祈求憐恤與赦免的恩典。

題目: 當以斯拉知道民中有人得罪上主時，他悲憤地撕裂衣服，跪下為他們禱告。(v1-15)試想你是曾迫切為軟弱的同工及跌倒的弟兄姐妹代求嗎？ 

 

9:1 這事做完了，眾首領來見我，說：「以色列民和祭司並利未人，沒有離絕迦南人、赫人、比利洗人、耶布斯人、亞捫人、摩押人、埃及人、亞摩利人，仍效法這些國的民，行可憎的事。
After these things had been done, the officials approached me and said, "The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands with their abominations, from the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Per'izzites, the Jeb'usites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites.
9:2 因他們為自己和兒子娶了這些外邦女子為妻，以致聖潔的種類和這些國的民混雜；而且首領和官長在這事上為罪魁。」
For they have taken some of their daughters to be wives for themselves and for their sons; so that the holy race has mixed itself with the peoples of the lands. And in this faithlessness the hand of the officials and chief men has been foremost."
9:3 我一聽見這事，就撕裂衣服和外袍，拔了頭髮和鬍鬚，驚懼憂悶而坐。
When I heard this, I rent my garments and my mantle, and pulled hair from my head and beard, and sat appalled.
9:4 凡為以色列　神言語戰兢的，都因這被擄歸回之人所犯的罪聚集到我這裡來。我就驚懼憂悶而坐，直到獻晚祭的時候。
Then all who trembled at the words of the God of Israel, because of the faithlessness of the returned exiles, gathered round me while I sat appalled until the evening sacrifice.
9:5 獻晚祭的時候我起來，心中愁苦，穿著撕裂的衣袍，雙膝跪下向耶和華─我的　神舉手，
And at the evening sacrifice I rose from my fasting, with my garments and my mantle rent, and fell upon my knees and spread out my hands to the LORD my God,
9:6 說：「我的　神啊，我抱愧蒙羞，不敢向我　神仰面；因為我們的罪孽滅頂，我們的罪惡滔天。
saying: "O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift my face to thee, my God, for our iniquities have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has mounted up to the heavens.
9:7 從我們列祖直到今日，我們的罪惡甚重；因我們的罪孽，我們和君王、祭司都交在外邦列王的手中，殺害、擄掠、搶奪、臉上蒙羞正如今日的光景。
From the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great guilt; and for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plundering, and to utter shame, as at this day.
9:8 現在耶和華─我們的　神暫且施恩與我們，給我們留些逃脫的人，使我們安穩如釘子釘在他的聖所，我們的　神好光照我們的眼目，使我們在受轄制之中稍微復興。
But now for a brief moment favor has been shown by the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant, and to give us a secure hold within his holy place, that our God may brighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our bondage.
9:9 我們是奴僕，然而在受轄制之中，我們的　神仍沒有丟棄我們，在波斯王眼前向我們施恩，叫我們復興，能重建我們　神的殿，修其毀壞之處，使我們在猶大和耶路撒冷有牆垣。
For we are bondmen; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended to us his steadfast love before the kings of Persia, to grant us some reviving to set up the house of our God, to repair its ruins, and to give us protection in Judea and Jerusalem.
9:10 「我們的　神啊，既是如此，我們還有甚麼話可說呢？因為我們已經離棄你的命令，
"And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? For we have forsaken thy commandments,
9:11 就是你藉你僕人眾先知所吩咐的說：『你們要去得為業之地是污穢之地；因列國之民的污穢和可憎的事，叫全地從這邊直到那邊滿了污穢。
which thou didst command by thy servants the prophets, saying, `The land which you are entering, to take possession of it, is a land unclean with the pollutions of the peoples of the lands, with their abominations which have filled it from end to end with their uncleanness.
9:12 所以不可將你們的女兒嫁他們的兒子，也不可為你們的兒子娶他們的女兒，永不可求他們的平安和他們的利益，這樣你們就可以強盛，吃這地的美物，並遺留這地給你們的子孫永遠為業。』
Therefore give not your daughters to their sons, neither take their daughters for your sons, and never seek their peace or prosperity, that you may be strong, and eat the good of the land, and leave it for an inheritance to your children for ever.'
9:13 　神啊，我們因自己的惡行和大罪，遭遇了這一切的事，並且你刑罰我們輕於我們罪所當得的，又給我們留下這些人。
And after all that has come upon us for our evil deeds and for our great guilt, seeing that thou, our God, hast punished us less than our iniquities deserved and hast given us such a remnant as this,
9:14 我們豈可再違背你的命令，與這行可憎之事的民結親呢？若這樣行，你豈不向我們發怒，將我們滅絕，以致沒有一個剩下逃脫的人嗎？
shall we break thy commandments again and intermarry with the peoples who practice these abominations? Wouldst thou not be angry with us till thou wouldst consume us, so that there should be no remnant, nor any to escape?
9:15 耶和華─以色列的　神啊，因你是公義的，我們這剩下的人才得逃脫，正如今日的光景。看哪，我們在你面前有罪惡，因此無人在你面前站立得住。」
O LORD the God of Israel, thou art just, for we are left a remnant that has escaped, as at this day. Behold, we are before thee in our guilt, for none can stand before thee because of this."

 

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W3 2012-12-12 (拉6)經文: 以斯拉記 6:19-21 正月十四日，被擄歸回的人守逾越節。原來，祭司和利未人一同自潔，無一人不潔淨。利未人為被擄歸回的眾人和他們的弟兄眾祭司，並為自己宰逾越節的羊羔。從擄到之地歸回的以色列人和一切除掉所染外邦人污穢、歸附他們、要尋求耶和華以色列神的人都吃這羊羔。

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W3  2012-12-12 (拉6)

經文: 以斯拉記 6:19-21 正月十四日，被擄歸回的人守逾越節。原來，祭司和利未人一同自潔，無一人不潔淨。利未人為被擄歸回的眾人和他們的弟兄眾祭司，並為自己宰逾越節的羊羔。從擄到之地歸回的以色列人和一切除掉所染外邦人污穢、歸附他們、要尋求耶和華以色列神的人都吃這羊羔。

默想: 當聖殿重建完工時，被擄歸回的以色列人都潔淨自己，歡歡喜喜的守逾越節。他們也接納外邦人當中，願意除去污穢、歸附耶和華的人，也可以一起來吃逾越節的羊羔。在這裡我們看到猶大人跨越種族優越的排他性，接納願意敬拜耶和華的外邦人加入他們，一起吃逾越節的羊羔。主耶穌降世時，也向門徒說，我另外有羊，不是這圈裡的；我必須領他們來，他們也要聽我的聲音，並且要合成一群，歸一個牧人了。(約10:16) 這是主耶穌的心意，但願我們也有如此寬廣接納的心胸與愛心，能夠幫助更多的人，也一起進入主愛的羊圈，一起領受主愛的恩典。

題目: 大流士皇帝下令繼續建殿，並於他在位第六年完工。以色列民都歡歡喜喜地舉行奉獻聖殿的典禮，試想上帝的殿是否成為你歡喜聚會與快樂服侍的中心？ 

 

6:1 於是大利烏王降旨，要尋察典籍庫內，就是在巴比倫藏寶物之處；
Then Darius the king made a decree, and search was made in Babylonia, in the house of the archives where the documents were stored.
6:2 在瑪代省亞馬他城的宮內尋得一卷，其中記著說：
And in Ecbat'ana, the capital which is in the province of Media, a scroll was found on which this was written: "A record.
6:3 「古列王元年，他降旨論到耶路撒冷　神的殿，要建造這殿為獻祭之處，堅立殿的根基。殿高六十肘，寬六十肘，
In the first year of Cyrus the king, Cyrus the king issued a decree: Concerning the house of God at Jerusalem, let the house be rebuilt, the place where sacrifices are offered and burnt offerings are brought; its height shall be sixty cubits and its breadth sixty cubits,
6:4 用三層大石頭，一層新木頭，經費要出於王庫；
with three courses of great stones and one course of timber; let the cost be paid from the royal treasury.
6:5 並且　神殿的金銀器皿，就是尼布甲尼撒從耶路撒冷的殿中掠到巴比倫的，要歸還帶到耶路撒冷的殿中，各按原處放在　神的殿裡。」
And also let the gold and silver vessels of the house of God, which Nebuchadnez'zar took out of the temple that is in Jerusalem and brought to Babylon, be restored and brought back to the temple which is in Jerusalem, each to its place; you shall put them in the house of God."
6:6 「現在河西的總督達乃和示他波斯乃，並你們的同黨，就是住河西的亞法薩迦人，你們當遠離他們。
"Now therefore, Tat'tenai, governor of the province Beyond the River, She'thar-boz'enai, and your associates the governors who are in the province Beyond the River, keep away;
6:7 不要攔阻　神殿的工作，任憑猶大人的省長和猶大人的長老在原處建造　神的這殿。
let the work on this house of God alone; let the governor of the Jews and the elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its site.
6:8 我又降旨，吩咐你們向猶大人的長老為建造　神的殿當怎樣行，就是從河西的款項中，急速撥取貢銀作他們的經費，免得耽誤工作。
Moreover I make a decree regarding what you shall do for these elders of the Jews for the rebuilding of this house of God; the cost is to be paid to these men in full and without delay from the royal revenue, the tribute of the province from Beyond the River.
6:9 他們與天上的　神獻燔祭所需用的公牛犢、公綿羊、綿羊羔，並所用的麥子、鹽、酒、油，都要照耶路撒冷祭司的話，每日供給他們，不得有誤；
And whatever is needed -- young bulls, rams, or sheep for burnt offerings to the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, or oil, as the priests at Jerusalem require -- let that be given to them day by day without fail,
6:10 好叫他們獻馨香的祭給天上的　神，又為王和王眾子的壽命祈禱。
that they may offer pleasing sacrifices to the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king and his sons.
6:11 我再降旨，無論誰更改這命令，必從他房屋中拆出一根梁來，把他舉起，懸在其上，又使他的房屋成為糞堆。
Also I make a decree that if any one alters this edict, a beam shall be pulled out of his house, and he shall be impaled upon it, and his house shall be made a dunghill.
6:12 若有王和民伸手更改這命令，拆毀這殿，願那使耶路撒冷的殿作為他名居所的　神將他們滅絕。我─大利烏降這旨意，當速速遵行。」
May the God who has caused his name to dwell there overthrow any king or people that shall put forth a hand to alter this, or to destroy this house of God which is in Jerusalem. I Darius make a decree; let it be done with all diligence."
6:13 於是，河西總督達乃和示他•波斯乃，並他們的同黨，因大利烏王所發的命令，就急速遵行。
Then, according to the word sent by Darius the king, Tat'tenai, the governor of the province Beyond the River, She'thar-boz'enai, and their associates did with all diligence what Darius the king had ordered.
6:14 猶大長老因先知哈該和易多的孫子撒迦利亞所說勸勉的話就建造這殿，凡事亨通。他們遵著以色列　神的命令和波斯王古列、大利烏、亞達薛西的旨意，建造完畢。
And the elders of the Jews built and prospered, through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechari'ah the son of Iddo. They finished their building by command of the God of Israel and by decree of Cyrus and Darius and Ar-ta-xerx'es king of Persia;
6:15 大利烏王第六年，亞達月初三日，這殿修成了。
and this house was finished on the third day of the month of Adar, in the sixth year of the reign of Darius the king.
6:16 以色列的祭司和利未人，並其餘被擄歸回的人都歡歡喜喜地行奉獻　神殿的禮。
And the people of Israel, the priests and the Levites, and the rest of the returned exiles, celebrated the dedication of this house of God with joy.
6:17 行奉獻　神殿的禮就獻公牛一百隻，公綿羊二百隻，綿羊羔四百隻，又照以色列支派的數目獻公山羊十二隻，為以色列眾人作贖罪祭；
They offered at the dedication of this house of God one hundred bulls, two hundred rams, four hundred lambs, and as a sin offering for all Israel twelve he-goats, according to the number of the tribes of Israel.
6:18 且派祭司和利未人按著班次在耶路撒冷事奉　神，是照摩西律法書上所寫的。
And they set the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God at Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.
6:19 正月十四日，被擄歸回的人守逾越節。
On the fourteenth day of the first month the returned exiles kept the passover.
6:20 原來，祭司和利未人一同自潔，無一人不潔淨。利未人為被擄歸回的眾人和他們的弟兄眾祭司，並為自己宰逾越節的羊羔。
For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were clean. So they killed the passover lamb for all the returned exiles, for their fellow priests, and for themselves;
6:21 從擄到之地歸回的以色列人和一切除掉所染外邦人污穢、歸附他們、要尋求耶和華─以色列　神的人都吃這羊羔，
it was eaten by the people of Israel who had returned from exile, and also by every one who had joined them and separated himself from the pollutions of the peoples of the land to worship the LORD, the God of Israel.
6:22 歡歡喜喜地守除酵節七日；因為耶和華使他們歡喜，又使亞述王的心轉向他們，堅固他們的手，作以色列　神殿的工程。
And they kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with joy; for the LORD had made them joyful, and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, so that he aided them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel.

 

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1.  蔡茂堂牧師blog:  http://hopingtsaidevotion.blogspot.com/

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