聖經安息

  

創世記 2:3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. 
神賜福給第七日，定為聖日；因為在這日，神歇了他一切創造的工，就安息了。

 

加拉太書 6:6 Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word should share all good things with their instructor. 
在道理上受教的，當把一切需用的供給施教的人。

 

利未記 19:5 " 'When you sacrifice a fellowship offering to the Lord, sacrifice it in such a way that it will be accepted on your behalf. 
「你們獻平安祭給耶和華的時候，要獻得可蒙悅納。

 

利未記 26:6 " 'I will grant peace in the land, and you will lie down and no one will make you afraid. I will remove wild beasts from the land, and the sword will not pass through your country. 
我要賜平安在你們的地上；你們躺臥，無人驚嚇。我要叫惡獸從你們的地上息滅；刀劍也必不經過你們的地。

 

希伯來書 4:9 - 10There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. 
這樣看來，必另有一安息日的安息為神的子民存留。 因為那進入安息的，乃是歇了自己的工，正如神歇了他的工一樣。

 

箴言 19:22 What a person desires is unfailing love ; better to be poor than a liar. 
施行仁慈的，令人愛慕；窮人強如說謊言的。

 

以西結書 20:12 Also I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between us, so they would know that I the Lord made them holy. 
又將我的安息日賜給他們，好在我與他們中間為證據，使他們知道我耶和華是叫他們成為聖的。

 

詩篇 10:17 You, Lord, hear the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry, 
耶和華啊，謙卑人的心願，你早已知道（原文作聽見）。你必預備他們的心，也必側耳聽他們的祈求，

 

以賽亞書 48:18 If only you had paid attention to my commands, your peace would have been like a river, your well-being like the waves of the sea. 
甚願你素來聽從我的命令！你的平安就如河水；你的公義就如海浪。

 

約翰福音 15:12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. 
你們要彼此相愛，像我愛你們一樣；這就是我的命令。

 

哥林多後書 8:2 In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. 
就是他們在患難中受大試煉的時候，仍有滿足的快樂，在極窮之間還格外顯出他們樂捐的厚恩。

 

加拉太書 6:2 Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ. 
你們各人的重擔要互相擔當，如此，就完全了基督的律法。

 

出埃及記 22:29 "Do not hold back offerings from your granaries or your vats. "You must give me the firstborn of your sons. 
「你要從你莊稼中的穀和酒醡中滴出來的酒拿來獻上，不可遲延。「你要將頭生的兒子歸給我。

 

詩篇 25:9 He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them his way. 
他必按公平引領謙卑人，將他的道教訓他們。

 

詩篇 119:165 Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble. 
愛你律法的人有大平安，什麼都不能使他們絆腳。

 

馬太福音 18:5 And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me. 
凡為我的名接待一個像這小孩子的，就是接待我。」

 

約翰福音 16:33 "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." 
我將這些事告訴你們，是要叫你們在我裡面有平安。在世上，你們有苦難；但你們可以放心，我已經勝了世界。」

 

彼得前書 2:17 Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, honor the emperor. 
務要尊敬眾人，親愛教中的弟兄，敬畏神，尊敬君王。

 

彼得前書 3:9 Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult. On the contrary, repay evil with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing. 
不以惡報惡，以辱罵還辱罵，倒要祝福；因你們是為此蒙召，好叫你們承受福氣。

 

詩篇 50:14 "Sacrifice thank offerings to God, fulfill your vows to the Most High, 
你們要以感謝為祭獻與神，又要向至高者還你的願，

 

詩篇 50:23 Those who sacrifice thank offerings honor me, and to the blameless I will show my salvation." 
凡以感謝獻上為祭的便是榮耀我；那按正路而行的，我必使他得著我的救恩。

 

箴言 3:3 - 4Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. 
不可使慈愛、誠實離開你，要繫在你頸項上，刻在你心版上。 這樣，你必在神和世人眼前蒙恩寵，有聰明。

 

箴言 16:19 Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud. 
心裡謙卑與窮乏人來往，強如將擄物與驕傲人同分。

 

箴言 18:10 The name of the Lord is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe. 
耶和華的名是堅固臺；義人奔入便得安穩。

 

箴言 20:22 Do not say, "I'll pay you back for this wrong!" Wait for the Lord, and he will avenge you. 
你不要說，我要以惡報惡；要等候耶和華，他必拯救你。

 

箴言 22:4 Humility is the fear of the Lord; its wages are riches and honor and life. 
敬畏耶和華心存謙卑，就得富有、尊榮、生命為賞賜。

 

耶利米書 31:25 I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint." 
疲乏的人，我使他飽飫；愁煩的人，我使他知足。」

 

約翰福音 13:20 Very truly I tell you, whoever accepts anyone I send accepts me; and whoever accepts me accepts the one who sent me." 
我實實在在的告訴你們，有人接待我所差遣的，就是接待我；接待我，就是接待那差遣我的。」

 

羅馬書 12:13 Share with the Lord's people who are in need. Practice hospitality. 
聖徒缺乏要幫補；客要一味的款待。

 

哥林多前書 8:2 Those who think they know something do not yet know as they ought to know. 
若有人以為自己知道什麼，按他所當知道的，他仍是不知道。

 

哥林多後書 8:2 - 5In the midst of a very severe trial, their overflowing joy and their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity. For I testify that they gave as much as they were able, and even beyond their ability. Entirely on their own, they urgently pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the Lord's people. And they exceeded our expectations: They gave themselves first of all to the Lord, and then by the will of God also to us. 
就是他們在患難中受大試煉的時候，仍有滿足的快樂，在極窮之間還格外顯出他們樂捐的厚恩。 我可以證明，他們是按著力量，而且也過了力量，自己甘心樂意的捐助， 再三的求我們，准他們在這供給聖徒的恩情上有分； 並且他們所做的，不但照我們所想望的，更照神的旨意先把自己獻給主，又歸附了我們。

 

歌羅西書 3:15 Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful. 
又要叫基督的平安在你們心裡作主；你們也為此蒙召，歸為一體；且要存感謝的心。

 

帖撒羅尼迦前書 5:18 give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. 
凡事謝恩；因為這是神在基督耶穌裡向你們所定的旨意。

 

提多書 3:1 Remind the people to be subject to rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good, 
你要提醒眾人，叫他們順服作官的、掌權的，遵他的命，預備行各樣的善事。

 

彼得前書 5:5 In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble." 
你們年幼的，也要順服年長的。就是你們眾人也都要以謙卑束腰，彼此順服；因為神阻擋驕傲的人，賜恩給謙卑的人。

 

出埃及記 25:1 - 2The Lord said to Moses, "Tell the Israelites to bring me an offering. You are to receive the offering for me from everyone whose heart prompts them to give. 
耶和華曉諭摩西說： 「你告訴以色列人當為我送禮物來；凡甘心樂意的，你們就可以收下歸我。

 

出埃及記 31:13 "Say to the Israelites, 'You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the Lord, who makes you holy. 
「你要吩咐以色列人說：『你們務要守我的安息日；因為這是你我之間世世代代的證據，使你們知道我耶和華是叫你們成為聖的。

 

申命記 14:22 - 23Be sure to set aside a tenth of all that your fields produce each year. Eat the tithe of your grain, new wine and olive oil, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks in the presence of the Lord your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name, so that you may learn to revere the Lord your God always. 
「你要把你撒種所產的，就是你田地每年所出的，十分取一分； 又要把你的五穀、新酒、和油的十分之一，並牛群羊群中頭生的，吃在耶和華你神面前，就是他所選擇要立為他名的居所。這樣，你可以學習時常敬畏耶和華你的神。

 

申命記 23:23 Whatever your lips utter you must be sure to do, because you made your vow freely to the Lord your God with your own mouth. 
你嘴裡所出的，就是你口中應許甘心所獻的，要照你向耶和華你神所許的願謹守遵行。

 

約伯記 8:21 He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy. 
他還要以喜笑充滿你的口，以歡呼充滿你的嘴。

 

詩篇 16:11 You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. 
你必將生命的道路指示我。在你面前有滿足的喜樂；在你右手中有永遠的福樂。

 

詩篇 69:29 - 31But as for me, afflicted and in pain- may your salvation, God, protect me. I will praise God's name in song and glorify him with thanksgiving. This will please the Lord more than an ox, more than a bull with its horns and hooves. 
但我是困苦憂傷的；神啊，願你的救恩將我安置在高處。 我要以詩歌讚美神的名，以感謝稱他為大！ 這便叫耶和華喜悅，勝似獻牛，或是獻有角有蹄的公牛。

 

詩篇 72:3 May the mountains bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of righteousness. 
大山小山都要因公義使民得享平安。

 

詩篇 125:3 The scepter of the wicked will not remain over the land allotted to the righteous, for then the righteous might use their hands to do evil. 
惡人的杖不常落在義人的分上，免得義人伸手作惡。

 

箴言 14:21 It is a sin to despise one's neighbor, but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy. 
藐視鄰舍的，這人有罪；憐憫貧窮的，這人有福。

 

箴言 18:12 Before a downfall the heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor. 
敗壞之先，人心驕傲；尊榮以前，必有謙卑。

 

馬太福音 12:11 - 12He said to them, "If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath." 
耶穌說：「你們中間誰有一隻羊，當安息日掉在坑裡，不把他抓住，拉上來呢？ 人比羊何等貴重呢！所以，在安息日做善事是可以的。」

 

馬太福音 19:19 honor your father and mother,' and 'love your neighbor as yourself.'19:19Lev. 19:18 " 
當孝敬父母，又當愛人如己。」

 

馬太福音 25:40 "The King will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.' 
王要回答說：『我實在告訴你們，這些事你們既做在我這弟兄中一個最小的身上，就是做在我身上了。』

 

路加福音 10:20 However, do not rejoice that the spirits submit to you, but rejoice that your names are written in heaven." 
然而，不要因鬼服了你們就歡喜，要因你們的名記錄在天上歡喜。」

 

詩篇 127:2 In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat- for he grants sleep to those he loves. 
你們清晨早起，夜晚安歇，吃勞碌得來的飯，本是枉然；惟有耶和華所親愛的，必叫他安然睡覺。

 

詩篇 46:10 He says, "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." 
你們要休息，要知道我是神！我必在外邦中被尊崇，在遍地上也被尊崇。

 

箴言 3:24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet. 
你躺下，必不懼怕；你躺臥，睡得香甜。

 

馬可福音 6:31 Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, "Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest." 
他就說：「你們來，同我暗暗的到曠野地方去歇一歇。」這是因為來往的人多，他們連吃飯也沒有工夫。

 

創世記 2:2 By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. 
到第七日，神造物的工已經完畢，就在第七日歇了他一切的工，安息了。

 

詩篇 23:2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 
他使我躺臥在青草地上，領我在可安歇的水邊。

 

馬太福音 11:28 - 30"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." 
凡勞苦擔重擔的人可以到我這裡來，我就使你們得安息。 我心裡柔和謙卑，你們當負我的軛，學我的樣式；這樣，你們心裡就必得享安息。 因為我的軛是容易的，我的擔子是輕省的。」

 

希伯來書 4:9 - 11There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience. 
這樣看來，必另有一安息日的安息為神的子民存留。 因為那進入安息的，乃是歇了自己的工，正如神歇了他的工一樣。 所以，我們務必竭力進入那安息，免得有人學那不信從的樣子跌倒了。

 

出埃及記 33:14 The Lord replied, "My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest." 
耶和華說：「我必親自和你同去，使你得安息。」

 

出埃及記 20:8 - 11"Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. 
「當記念安息日，守為聖日。 六日要勞碌做你一切的工， 但第七日是向耶和華你神當守的安息日。這一日你和你的兒女、僕婢、牲畜，並你城裡寄居的客旅，無論何工都不可做； 因為六日之內，耶和華造天、地、海，和其中的萬物，第七日便安息，所以耶和華賜福與安息日，定為聖日。

 

馬可福音 2:27 Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 
又對他們說：「安息日是為人設立的，人不是為安息日設立的。

 

希伯來書 4:3 Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, "So I declared on oath in my anger, 'They shall never enter my rest.' " And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the world. 
但我們已經相信的人得以進入那安息，正如神所說：「我在怒中起誓說：『他們斷不可進入我的安息！』」其實造物之工，從創世以來已經成全了。

 

詩篇 62:1 - 2Truly my soul finds rest in God; my salvation comes from him. Truly he is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. 
（大衛的詩，照耶杜頓的作法，交與伶長。）我的心默默無聲，專等候神；我的救恩是從他而來。 惟獨他是我的磐石，我的拯救；他是我的高臺，我必不很動搖。

 

箴言 6:22 When you walk, they will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you. 
你行走，他必引導你；你躺臥，他必保守你；你睡醒，他必與你談論。

 

以賽亞書 30:12 - 15Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: "Because you have rejected this message, relied on oppression and depended on deceit, this sin will become for you like a high wall, cracked and bulging, that collapses suddenly, in an instant. It will break in pieces like pottery, shattered so mercilessly that among its pieces not a fragment will be found for taking coals from a hearth or scooping water out of a cistern." This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: "In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it. 
所以，以色列的聖者如此說：因為你們藐視這訓誨的話，倚賴欺壓和乖僻，以此為可靠的， 故此，這罪孽在你們身上，好像將要破裂凸出來的高牆，頃刻之間忽然坍塌； 要被打碎，好像把窯匠的瓦器打碎，毫不顧惜，甚至碎塊中找不到一片可用以從爐內取火，從池中舀水。 主耶和華以色列的聖者曾如此說：你們得救在乎歸回安息；你們得力在乎平靜安穩；你們竟自不肯。

 

詩篇 3:5 I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me. 
我躺下睡覺，我醒著，耶和華都保佑我。

 

希伯來書 4:9 - 10There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. 
這樣看來，必另有一安息日的安息為神的子民存留。 因為那進入安息的，乃是歇了自己的工，正如神歇了他的工一樣。

 

詩篇 4:8 In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety. 
我必安然躺下睡覺，因為獨有你耶和華使我安然居住。

 

箴言 23:4 - 5Do not wear yourself out to get rich; do not trust your own cleverness. Cast but a glance at riches, and they are gone, for they will surely sprout wings and fly off to the sky like an eagle. Saying 9 
不要勞碌求富，休仗自己的聰明。 你豈要定睛在虛無的錢財上嗎？因錢財必長翅膀，如鷹向天飛去。

 

馬太福音 11:26 - 30Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do. "All things have been committed to me by my Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal him. "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." 
父啊，是的，因為你的美意本是如此。 一切所有的，都是我父交付我的；除了父，沒有人知道子；除了子和子所願意指示的，沒有人知道父。 凡勞苦擔重擔的人可以到我這裡來，我就使你們得安息。 我心裡柔和謙卑，你們當負我的軛，學我的樣式；這樣，你們心裡就必得享安息。 因為我的軛是容易的，我的擔子是輕省的。」

 

馬可福音 2:23 - 27One Sabbath Jesus was going through the grainfields, and as his disciples walked along, they began to pick some heads of grain. The Pharisees said to him, "Look, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?" He answered, "Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which is lawful only for priests to eat. And he also gave some to his companions." Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 
耶穌當安息日從麥地經過。他門徒行路的時候，掐了麥穗。 法利賽人對耶穌說：「看哪，他們在安息日為什麼做不可做的事呢？」 耶穌對他們說：「經上記著大衛和跟從他的人缺乏飢餓之時所做的事，你們沒有念過嗎？ 他當亞比亞他作大祭司的時候，怎麼進了神的殿，吃了陳設餅，又給跟從他的人吃。這餅除了祭司以外，人都不可吃。」 又對他們說：「安息日是為人設立的，人不是為安息日設立的。

 

創世記 2:1 - 3Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array. By the seventh day God had finished the work he had been doing; so on the seventh day he rested from all his work. Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. 
天地萬物都造齊了。 到第七日，神造物的工已經完畢，就在第七日歇了他一切的工，安息了。 神賜福給第七日，定為聖日；因為在這日，神歇了他一切創造的工，就安息了。

 

以西結書 34:15 I myself will tend my sheep and have them lie down, declares the Sovereign Lord. 
主耶和華說：我必親自作我羊的牧人，使他們得以躺臥。

 

希伯來書 12:3 Consider him who endured such opposition from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. 
那忍受罪人這樣頂撞的，你們要思想，免得疲倦灰心。

 

詩篇 139:3 You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. 
我行路，我躺臥，你都細察；你也深知我一切所行的。

 

出埃及記 33:14 The Lord replied, "My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest." 
耶和華說：「我必親自和你同去，使你得安息。」

 

馬太福音 11:28 - 30"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." 
凡勞苦擔重擔的人可以到我這裡來，我就使你們得安息。 我心裡柔和謙卑，你們當負我的軛，學我的樣式；這樣，你們心裡就必得享安息。 因為我的軛是容易的，我的擔子是輕省的。」

 

馬太福音 11:28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 
凡勞苦擔重擔的人可以到我這裡來，我就使你們得安息。

 

詩篇 4:8 In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety. 
我必安然躺下睡覺，因為獨有你耶和華使我安然居住。

 

馬太福音 11:29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 
我心裡柔和謙卑，你們當負我的軛，學我的樣式；這樣，你們心裡就必得享安息。

 

詩篇 46:10 He says, "Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth." 
你們要休息，要知道我是神！我必在外邦中被尊崇，在遍地上也被尊崇。

 

詩篇 127:2 In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for food to eat- for he grants sleep to those he loves. 
你們清晨早起，夜晚安歇，吃勞碌得來的飯，本是枉然；惟有耶和華所親愛的，必叫他安然睡覺。

 

出埃及記 34:21 "Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during the plowing season and harvest you must rest. 
「你六日要做工，第七日要安息，雖在耕種收割的時候也要安息。

 

羅馬書 15:13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. 
但願使人有盼望的神，因信將諸般的喜樂、平安充滿你們的心，使你們藉著聖靈的能力大有盼望。

 

以賽亞書 30:15 This is what the Sovereign Lord, the Holy One of Israel, says: "In repentance and rest is your salvation, in quietness and trust is your strength, but you would have none of it. 
主耶和華以色列的聖者曾如此說：你們得救在乎歸回安息；你們得力在乎平靜安穩；你們竟自不肯。

 

希伯來書 4:1 - 11Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. For we also have had the good news proclaimed to us, just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, because they did not share the faith of those who obeyed. Now we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, "So I declared on oath in my anger, 'They shall never enter my rest.' " And yet his works have been finished since the creation of the world. For somewhere he has spoken about the seventh day in these words: "On the seventh day God rested from all his works." And again in the passage above he says, "They shall never enter my rest." Therefore since it still remains for some to enter that rest, and since those who formerly had the good news proclaimed to them did not go in because of their disobedience, God again set a certain day, calling it "Today." This he did when a long time later he spoke through David, as in the passage already quoted: "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts." For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God's rest also rests from their works, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience. 
我們既蒙留下，有進入他安息的應許，就當畏懼，免得我們（原文作你們）中間或有人似乎是趕不上了。 因為有福音傳給我們，像傳給他們一樣；只是所聽見的道與他們無益，因為他們沒有信心與所聽見的道調和。 但我們已經相信的人得以進入那安息，正如神所說：「我在怒中起誓說：『他們斷不可進入我的安息！』」其實造物之工，從創世以來已經成全了。 論到第七日，有一處說，「到第七日神就歇了他一切的工。」 又有一處說：「他們斷不可進入我的安息！」 既有必進安息的人，那先前聽見福音的，因為不信從，不得進去。 所以過了多年，就在大衛的書上，又限定一日，如以上所引的說：「你們今日若聽他的話，就不可硬著心。」 若是約書亞已叫他們享了安息，後來神就不再提別的日子了。 這樣看來，必另有一安息日的安息為神的子民存留。 因為那進入安息的，乃是歇了自己的工，正如神歇了他的工一樣。 所以，我們務必竭力進入那安息，免得有人學那不信從的樣子跌倒了。

 

創世記 2:3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. 
神賜福給第七日，定為聖日；因為在這日，神歇了他一切創造的工，就安息了。

 

詩篇 37:7 Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when people succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. 
你當默然倚靠耶和華，耐性等候他；不要因那道路通達的和那惡謀成就的心懷不平。

 

希伯來書 4:1 Therefore, since the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be found to have fallen short of it. 
我們既蒙留下，有進入他安息的應許，就當畏懼，免得我們（原文作你們）中間或有人似乎是趕不上了。

 

詩篇 91:1 Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 
住在至高者隱密處的，必住在全能者的蔭下。

 

耶利米書 31:25 I will refresh the weary and satisfy the faint." 
疲乏的人，我使他飽飫；愁煩的人，我使他知足。」

 

馬可福音 6:31 Then, because so many people were coming and going that they did not even have a chance to eat, he said to them, "Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest." 
他就說：「你們來，同我暗暗的到曠野地方去歇一歇。」這是因為來往的人多，他們連吃飯也沒有工夫。

 

詩篇 95:1 - 11Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. For the Lord is the great God, the great King above all gods. In his hand are the depths of the earth, and the mountain peaks belong to him. The sea is his, for he made it, and his hands formed the dry land. Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if only you would hear his voice, "Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah:8Massahmeans testing. in the wilderness, where your ancestors tested me; they tried me, though they had seen what I did. For forty years I was angry with that generation; I said, 'They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known my ways.' So I declared on oath in my anger, 'They shall never enter my rest.' " 
來啊，我們要向耶和華歌唱，向拯救我們的磐石歡呼！ 我們要來感謝他，用詩歌向他歡呼！ 因耶和華為大神，為大王，超乎萬神之上。 地的深處在他手中；山的高峰也屬他。 海洋屬他，是他造的；旱地也是他手造成的。 來啊，我們要屈身敬拜，在造我們的耶和華面前跪下。 因為他是我們的神；我們是他草場的羊，是他手下的民。惟願你們今天聽他的話： 你們不可硬著心，像當日在米利巴，就是在曠野的瑪撒。 那時，你們的祖宗試我探我，並且觀看我的作為。 四十年之久，我厭煩那世代，說：這是心裡迷糊的百姓，竟不曉得我的作為！ 所以，我在怒中起誓，說：他們斷不可進入我的安息！

 

希伯來書 3:19 So we see that they were not able to enter, because of their unbelief. 
這樣看來，他們不能進入安息是因為不信的緣故了。

 

詩篇 94:12 - 14Blessed is the one you discipline, Lord, the one you teach from your law; you grant them relief from days of trouble, till a pit is dug for the wicked. For the Lord will not reject his people; he will never forsake his inheritance. 
耶和華啊，你所管教、用律法所教訓的人是有福的！ 你使他在遭難的日子得享平安；惟有惡人陷在所挖的坑中。 因為耶和華必不丟棄他的百姓，也不離棄他的產業。

 

詩篇 95:7 - 11for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. Today, if only you would hear his voice, "Do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah:8Massahmeans testing. in the wilderness, where your ancestors tested me; they tried me, though they had seen what I did. For forty years I was angry with that generation; I said, 'They are a people whose hearts go astray, and they have not known my ways.' So I declared on oath in my anger, 'They shall never enter my rest.' " 
因為他是我們的神；我們是他草場的羊，是他手下的民。惟願你們今天聽他的話： 你們不可硬著心，像當日在米利巴，就是在曠野的瑪撒。 那時，你們的祖宗試我探我，並且觀看我的作為。 四十年之久，我厭煩那世代，說：這是心裡迷糊的百姓，竟不曉得我的作為！ 所以，我在怒中起誓，說：他們斷不可進入我的安息！

 

以賽亞書 40:28 - 31Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom. He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. 
你豈不曾知道嗎？你豈不曾聽見嗎？永在的神耶和華，創造地極的主，並不疲乏，也不困倦；他的智慧無法測度。 疲乏的，他賜能力；軟弱的，他加力量。 就是少年人也要疲乏困倦；強壯的也必全然跌倒。 但那等候耶和華的必從新得力。他們必如鷹展翅上騰；他們奔跑卻不困倦，行走卻不疲乏。

 

希伯來書 4:8 For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day. 
若是約書亞已叫他們享了安息，後來神就不再提別的日子了。

 

希伯來書 4:6 Therefore since it still remains for some to enter that rest, and since those who formerly had the good news proclaimed to them did not go in because of their disobedience, 
既有必進安息的人，那先前聽見福音的，因為不信從，不得進去。

 

出埃及記 20:8 - 11"Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. 
「當記念安息日，守為聖日。 六日要勞碌做你一切的工， 但第七日是向耶和華你神當守的安息日。這一日你和你的兒女、僕婢、牲畜，並你城裡寄居的客旅，無論何工都不可做； 因為六日之內，耶和華造天、地、海，和其中的萬物，第七日便安息，所以耶和華賜福與安息日，定為聖日。

 

以賽亞書 58:13 "If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the Lord's holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words, 
你若在安息日掉轉（或作：謹慎）你的腳步，在我聖日不以操作為喜樂，稱安息日為可喜樂的，稱耶和華的聖日為可尊重的；而且尊敬這日，不辦自己的私事，不隨自己的私意，不說自己的私話，

 

馬可福音 2:27 Then he said to them, "The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath. 
又對他們說：「安息日是為人設立的，人不是為安息日設立的。

 

利未記 23:3 " 'There are six days when you may work, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, a day of sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; wherever you live, it is a sabbath to the Lord. The Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread 
六日要做工，第七日是聖安息日，當有聖會；你們什麼工都不可做。這是在你們一切的住處向耶和華守的安息日。

 

創世記 2:3 Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done. 
神賜福給第七日，定為聖日；因為在這日，神歇了他一切創造的工，就安息了。

 

出埃及記 16:23 He said to them, "This is what the Lord commanded: 'Tomorrow is to be a day of sabbath rest, a holy sabbath to the Lord. So bake what you want to bake and boil what you want to boil. Save whatever is left and keep it until morning.' " 
摩西對他們說：「耶和華這樣說：『明天是聖安息日，是向耶和華守的聖安息日。你們要烤的就烤了，要煮的就煮了，所剩下的都留到早晨。』」

 

以賽亞書 57:15 For this is what the high and exalted One says- he who lives forever, whose name is holy: "I live in a high and holy place, but also with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly and to revive the heart of the contrite. 
因為那至高至上、永遠長存（原文作住在永遠）名為聖者的如此說：我住在至高至聖的所在，也與心靈痛悔謙卑的人同居；要使謙卑人的靈甦醒，也使痛悔人的心甦醒。

 

出埃及記 20:10 but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. 
但第七日是向耶和華你神當守的安息日。這一日你和你的兒女、僕婢、牲畜，並你城裡寄居的客旅，無論何工都不可做；

 

出埃及記 31:13 "Say to the Israelites, 'You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the Lord, who makes you holy. 
「你要吩咐以色列人說：『你們務要守我的安息日；因為這是你我之間世世代代的證據，使你們知道我耶和華是叫你們成為聖的。

 

以西結書 20:12 - 24Also I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between us, so they would know that I the Lord made them holy. " 'Yet the people of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not follow my decrees but rejected my laws-by which the person who obeys them will live-and they utterly desecrated my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and destroy them in the wilderness. But for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out. Also with uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would not bring them into the land I had given them-a land flowing with milk and honey, the most beautiful of all lands- because they rejected my laws and did not follow my decrees and desecrated my Sabbaths. For their hearts were devoted to their idols. Yet I looked on them with pity and did not destroy them or put an end to them in the wilderness. I said to their children in the wilderness, "Do not follow the statutes of your parents or keep their laws or defile yourselves with their idols. I am the Lord your God; follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. Keep my Sabbaths holy, that they may be a sign between us. Then you will know that I am the Lord your God." " 'But the children rebelled against me: They did not follow my decrees, they were not careful to keep my laws, of which I said, "The person who obeys them will live by them," and they desecrated my Sabbaths. So I said I would pour out my wrath on them and spend my anger against them in the wilderness. But I withheld my hand, and for the sake of my name I did what would keep it from being profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out. Also with uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would disperse them among the nations and scatter them through the countries, because they had not obeyed my laws but had rejected my decrees and desecrated my Sabbaths, and their eyes lusted after their parents' idols. 
又將我的安息日賜給他們，好在我與他們中間為證據，使他們知道我耶和華是叫他們成為聖的。 以色列家卻在曠野悖逆我，不順從我的律例，厭棄我的典章（人若遵行就必因此活著），大大干犯我的安息日。「我就說，要在曠野將我的忿怒傾在他們身上，滅絕他們。 我卻為我名的緣故，沒有這樣行，免得我的名在我領他們出埃及的列國人眼前被褻瀆。 並且我在曠野向他們起誓，必不領他們進入我所賜給他們流奶與蜜之地（那地在萬國中是有榮耀的）； 因為他們厭棄我的典章，不順從我的律例，干犯我的安息日，他們的心隨從自己的偶像。 雖然如此，我眼仍顧惜他們，不毀滅他們，不在曠野將他們滅絕淨盡。 「我在曠野對他們的兒女說：不要遵行你們父親的律例，不要謹守他們的惡規，也不要因他們的偶像玷污自己。 我是耶和華你們的神，你們要順從我的律例，謹守遵行我的典章， 且以我的安息日為聖。這日在我與你們中間為證據，使你們知道我是耶和華你們的神。 只是他們的兒女悖逆我，不順從我的律例，也不謹守遵行我的典章（人若遵行就必因此活著），干犯我的安息日。「我就說，要將我的忿怒傾在他們身上，在曠野向他們成就我怒中所定的。 雖然如此，我卻為我名的緣故縮手沒有這樣行，免得我的名在我領他們出埃及的列國人眼前被褻瀆。 並且我在曠野向他們起誓，必將他們分散在列國，四散在列邦； 因為他們不遵行我的典章，竟厭棄我的律例，干犯我的安息日，眼目仰望他們父親的偶像。

 

出埃及記 20:8 "Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. 
「當記念安息日，守為聖日。

 

箴言 16:19 Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud. 
心裡謙卑與窮乏人來往，強如將擄物與驕傲人同分。

 

以弗所書 2:10 For we are God's handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do. 
我們原是他的工作，在基督耶穌裡造成的，為要叫我們行善，就是神所預備叫我們行的。

 

歌羅西書 2:5 For though I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit and delight to see how disciplined you are and how firm your faith in Christ is. 
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。

 

帖撒羅尼迦前書 4:9 Now about your love for one another we do not need to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love each other. 
論到弟兄們相愛，不用人寫信給你們；因為你們自己蒙了神的教訓，叫你們彼此相愛。

 

申命記 7:6 For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession. 
因為你歸耶和華你神為聖潔的民；耶和華你神從地上的萬民中揀選你，特作自己的子民。

 

申命記 14:2 for you are a people holy to the Lord your God. Out of all the peoples on the face of the earth, the Lord has chosen you to be his treasured possession. 
因為你歸耶和華你神為聖潔的民，耶和華從地上的萬民中揀選你特作自己的子民。」

 

列王記上 3:6 Solomon answered, "You have shown great kindness to your servant, my father David, because he was faithful to you and righteous and upright in heart. You have continued this great kindness to him and have given him a son to sit on his throne this very day. 
所羅門說：「你僕人我父親大衛用誠實、公義、正直的心行在你面前，你就向他大施恩典，又為他存留大恩，賜他一個兒子坐在他的位上，正如今日一樣。

 

以賽亞書 60:21 Then all your people will be righteous and they will possess the land forever. They are the shoot I have planted, the work of my hands, for the display of my splendor. 
你的居民都成為義人，永遠得地為業；是我種的栽子，我手的工作，使我得榮耀。

 

馬太福音 12:10 - 12and a man with a shriveled hand was there. Looking for a reason to bring charges against Jesus, they asked him, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?" He said to them, "If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath." 
那裡有一個人枯乾了一隻手。有人問耶穌說：「安息日治病可以不可以？」意思是要控告他。 耶穌說：「你們中間誰有一隻羊，當安息日掉在坑裡，不把他抓住，拉上來呢？ 人比羊何等貴重呢！所以，在安息日做善事是可以的。」

 

路加福音 13:10 On a Sabbath Jesus was teaching in one of the synagogues, 
安息日，耶穌在會堂裡教訓人。

 

約翰福音 10:27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me. 
我的羊聽我的聲音，我也認識他們，他們也跟著我。

 

以賽亞書 54:13 All your children will be taught by the Lord, and great will be their peace. 
你的兒女都要受耶和華的教訓；你的兒女必大享平安。

 

耶利米書 17:24 - 27But if you are careful to obey me, declares the Lord, and bring no load through the gates of this city on the Sabbath, but keep the Sabbath day holy by not doing any work on it, then kings who sit on David's throne will come through the gates of this city with their officials. They and their officials will come riding in chariots and on horses, accompanied by the men of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, and this city will be inhabited forever. People will come from the towns of Judah and the villages around Jerusalem, from the territory of Benjamin and the western foothills, from the hill country and the Negev, bringing burnt offerings and sacrifices, grain offerings and incense, and bringing thank offerings to the house of the Lord. But if you do not obey me to keep the Sabbath day holy by not carrying any load as you come through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day, then I will kindle an unquenchable fire in the gates of Jerusalem that will consume her fortresses.' " 
耶和華說：「你們若留意聽從我，在安息日不擔什麼擔子進入這城的各門，只以安息日為聖日，在那日無論何工都不做； 那時就有坐大衛寶座的君王和首領，他們與猶大人，並耶路撒冷的居民，或坐車，或騎馬，進入這城的各門，而且這城必存到永遠。 也必有人從猶大城邑和耶路撒冷四圍的各處，從便雅憫地、高原、山地，並南地而來，都帶燔祭、平安祭、素祭，和乳香，並感謝祭，到耶和華的殿去。 你們若不聽從我，不以安息日為聖日，仍在安息日擔擔子，進入耶路撒冷的各門，我必在各門中點火；這火也必燒毀耶路撒冷的宮殿，不能熄滅。」

 

馬太福音 15:9 They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.' ote style="f" caller="+"> 15:9 Isaiah 29:13 " 
他們將人的吩咐當作道理教導人，所以拜我也是枉然。」

 

馬可福音 2:28 So the Son of Man is Lord even of the Sabbath." 
所以，人子也是安息日的主。」

 

使徒行傳 10:2 He and all his family were devout and God-fearing; he gave generously to those in need and prayed to God regularly. 
他是個虔誠人，他和全家都敬畏神，多多賙濟百姓，常常禱告神。

 

腓立比書 2:15 so that you may become blameless and pure, "children of God without fault in a warped and crooked generation." Then you will shine among them like stars in the sky 
使你們無可指摘，誠實無偽，在這彎曲悖謬的世代作神無瑕疵的兒女。你們顯在這世代中，好像明光照耀，

 

歌羅西書 2:12 having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. 
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。

 

彼得前書 5:5 In the same way, you who are younger, submit yourselves to your elders. All of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, "God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble." 
你們年幼的，也要順服年長的。就是你們眾人也都要以謙卑束腰，彼此順服；因為神阻擋驕傲的人，賜恩給謙卑的人。

 

創世記 6:9 This is the account of Noah and his family. Noah was a righteous man, blameless among the people of his time, and he walked faithfully with God. 
挪亞的後代記在下面。挪亞是個義人，在當時的世代是個完全人。挪亞與神同行。

 

出埃及記 31:13 - 17"Say to the Israelites, 'You must observe my Sabbaths. This will be a sign between me and you for the generations to come, so you may know that I am the Lord, who makes you holy. " 'Observe the Sabbath, because it is holy to you. Anyone who desecrates it is to be put to death; those who do any work on that day must be cut off from their people. For six days work is to be done, but the seventh day is a day of sabbath rest, holy to the Lord. Whoever does any work on the Sabbath day is to be put to death. The Israelites are to observe the Sabbath, celebrating it for the generations to come as a lasting covenant. It will be a sign between me and the Israelites forever, for in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, and on the seventh day he rested and was refreshed.' " 
「你要吩咐以色列人說：『你們務要守我的安息日；因為這是你我之間世世代代的證據，使你們知道我耶和華是叫你們成為聖的。 所以你們要守安息日，以為聖日。凡干犯這日的，必要把他治死；凡在這日做工的，必從民中剪除。 六日要做工，但第七日是安息聖日，是向耶和華守為聖的。凡在安息日做工的，必要把他治死。』 故此，以色列人要世世代代守安息日為永遠的約。 這是我和以色列人永遠的證據；因為六日之內耶和華造天地，第七日便安息舒暢。」

 

尼希米記 13:15 - 22In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, together with wine, grapes, figs and all other kinds of loads. And they were bringing all this into Jerusalem on the Sabbath. Therefore I warned them against selling food on that day. People from Tyre who lived in Jerusalem were bringing in fish and all kinds of merchandise and selling them in Jerusalem on the Sabbath to the people of Judah. I rebuked the nobles of Judah and said to them, "What is this wicked thing you are doing-desecrating the Sabbath day? Didn't your ancestors do the same things, so that our God brought all this calamity on us and on this city? Now you are stirring up more wrath against Israel by desecrating the Sabbath." When evening shadows fell on the gates of Jerusalem before the Sabbath, I ordered the doors to be shut and not opened until the Sabbath was over. I stationed some of my own men at the gates so that no load could be brought in on the Sabbath day. Once or twice the merchants and sellers of all kinds of goods spent the night outside Jerusalem. But I warned them and said, "Why do you spend the night by the wall? If you do this again, I will arrest you." From that time on they no longer came on the Sabbath. Then I commanded the Levites to purify themselves and go and guard the gates in order to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember me for this also, my God, and show mercy to me according to your great love. 
那些日子，我在猶大見有人在安息日醡酒（原文作踹酒醡），搬運禾捆馱在驢上，又把酒、葡萄、無花果，和各樣的擔子在安息日擔入耶路撒冷，我就在他們賣食物的那日警戒他們。 又有推羅人住在耶路撒冷；他們把魚和各樣貨物運進來，在安息日賣給猶大人。 我就斥責猶大的貴冑說：「你們怎麼行這惡事犯了安息日呢？ 從前你們列祖豈不是這樣行，以致我們神使一切災禍臨到我們和這城嗎？現在你們還犯安息日，使忿怒越發臨到以色列！」 在安息日的前一日，耶路撒冷城門有黑影的時候，我就吩咐人將門關鎖，不過安息日不准開放。我又派我幾個僕人管理城門，免得有人在安息日擔什麼擔子進城。 於是商人和販賣各樣貨物的，一兩次住宿在耶路撒冷城外。 我就警戒他們說：「你們為何在城外住宿呢？若再這樣，我必下手拿辦你們。」從此以後，他們在安息日不再來了。 我吩咐利未人潔淨自己，來守城門，使安息日為聖。我的神啊，求你因這事記念我，照你的大慈愛憐恤我。

 

箴言 16:21 The wise in heart are called discerning, and gracious words promote instruction. 
心中有智慧，必稱為通達人；嘴中的甜言，加增人的學問。

 

瑪拉基書 3:16 Then those who feared the Lord talked with each other, and the Lord listened and heard. A scroll of remembrance was written in his presence concerning those who feared the Lord and honored his name. 
那時，敬畏耶和華的彼此談論，耶和華側耳而聽，且有紀念冊在他面前，記錄那敬畏耶和華、思念他名的人。

 

馬太福音 5:5 - 8Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. 
溫柔的人有福了！因為他們必承受地土。 飢渴慕義的人有福了！因為他們必得飽足。 憐恤人的人有福了！因為他們必蒙憐恤。 清心的人有福了！因為他們必得見神。

 

路加福音 1:6 Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, observing all the Lord's commands and decrees blamelessly. 
他們二人在神面前都是義人，遵行主的一切誡命禮儀，沒有可指摘的，

 

路加福音 2:25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him. 
在耶路撒冷有一個人，名叫西面；這人又公義又虔誠，素常盼望以色列的安慰者來到，又有聖靈在他身上。

 

路加福音 23:56 Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested on the Sabbath in obedience to the commandment. 
他們就回去，預備了香料香膏。他們在安息日，便遵著誡命安息了。

 

約翰福音 10:3 - 4The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep listen to his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. When he has brought out all his own, he goes on ahead of them, and his sheep follow him because they know his voice. 
看門的就給他開門；羊也聽他的聲音。他按著名叫自己的羊，把羊領出來。 既放出自己的羊來，就在前頭走，羊也跟著他，因為認得他的聲音。

 

使徒行傳 17:10 - 11As soon as it was night, the believers sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. On arriving there, they went to the Jewish synagogue. Now the Berean Jews were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true. 
弟兄們隨即在夜間打發保羅和西拉往庇哩亞去。二人到了，就進入猶太人的會堂。 這地方的人賢於帖撒羅尼迦的人，甘心領受這道，天天考查聖經，要曉得這道是與不是。

 

歌羅西書 2:16 Therefore do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a religious festival, a New Moon celebration or a Sabbath day. 
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。

 

提多書 2:14 who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. 
他為我們捨了自己，要贖我們脫離一切罪惡，又潔淨我們，特作自己的子民，熱心為善。

 

彼得後書 2:9 if this is so, then the Lord knows how to rescue the godly from trials and to hold the unrighteous for punishment on the day of judgment. 
主知道搭救敬虔的人脫離試探，把不義的人留在刑罰之下，等候審判的日子。

 

利未記 26:35 All the time that it lies desolate, the land will have the rest it did not have during the sabbaths you lived in it. 
地多時為荒場，就要多時歇息；地這樣歇息，是你們住在其上的安息年所不能得的。

 

詩篇 34:2 I will glory in the Lord; let the afflicted hear and rejoice. 
我的心必因耶和華誇耀；謙卑人聽見就要喜樂。

 

詩篇 37:26 They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be a blessing. 
他終日恩待人，借給人；他的後裔也蒙福！

 

箴言 28:1 The wicked flee though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion. 
惡人雖無人追趕也逃跑；義人卻膽壯像獅子。

 

以西結書 20:12 Also I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between us, so they would know that I the Lord made them holy. 
又將我的安息日賜給他們，好在我與他們中間為證據，使他們知道我耶和華是叫他們成為聖的。

 

馬太福音 12:12 How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath." 
人比羊何等貴重呢！所以，在安息日做善事是可以的。」

柔和謙卑

　

「凡勞苦擔重擔的人，可以到我這裡來，我就使你們得安息。我心裡柔和謙卑，你們當負我的軛，學我的樣式，這樣，你們心裡就必得享安息。因為我的軛是容易的，我的擔子是輕省的。」(太11：28 –30 )

　

「溫柔的人有福了！因為他們必承受地土。」(太5:5)

　

人活在這個世界上，實在有很多的勞苦及重擔，基督徒也不例外。學生有讀書的重擔，成年人有經濟的重擔、工作的重擔、家庭責任的重擔、人與人關係出現問題時(遭人誤會或攻擊)心靈上的重擔及犯罪後良心上的重擔等等。有些人選擇逃避問題，或用神不喜悅的方法來擺脫這些重擔。但按經驗所知，靠我們自己的方法來逃避或解決問題，不但沒有長久的果效，許多時甚至弄巧反拙，結果比以前的景況更差！ 

　

經歷告訴我們，很多時候無論我們禱告有多久及多懇切，惡劣的環境及情況還是沒有改善。然而，聖經的確應許我們可以得安息。怎樣得著安息呢？聖經說：「你們當負我的軛，學我的樣式，這樣，你們心裡就必得享安息。」不是改變環境後便得安息，而是若我們肯負主的軛及學主的樣式就有安息了。甚麼是負主的軛和樣式呢？就是學習主的柔和謙卑。一個真正在主及人面前柔和謙卑的人，他心裡必定是有安息的。鍾馬田醫生說：

 

甚麼是溫柔呢？我想，總結起來，溫柔應是對自己有真正的認識…一個溫柔的人照樣不為自己求甚麼，他不會要求得到自己一切的權利，也不會為自己的地位、利益、財物或生活中的身份，提出要求。他就像保羅在腓立比書二章所描寫的「當以基督耶穌的心為心」。基督沒有故意表示要得到與神同等的權利—這一點就是你和我所要做到的。

　

一個溫柔的人對自己是不會敏感的。他不會經常關注自己和自己的利益，也不是經常防衛自己。人類自墮落後，最大的咒詛就是對自我太敏感；我們往往用一生時間去關注己。但當一個人成為溫柔的人後，他便不再這樣，他不再為自己，和別人怎樣談論自己而憂慮…一個真正溫柔的人永不憐憫自己，也永不為自己悲傷；他永不對自己說；「你現在受苦，那些人多忍心，他們都不了解你。」他永不會這樣想：「我是一個多能幹的人，只是別人沒有給我表現的機會。」自憐！我們為自憐浪費了多少歲月？當一個人成為溫柔的人時，他便不會這樣，一切都要成為過去。換言之，當你成為溫柔的人時，你也結束了自己…因此讓我再一次為溫柔下的定義：一個溫柔的人只會驚訝神及人怎會想得他這樣好，或待他如此這般的周全。

　

最後，我要這樣說，我們必須將每一件東西，包括自己、權利、奮鬥目標和一生的前途，完全交託在神的手裡，尤其我們感到自己因受不公平對待，而需要忍受苦難時，更應如此。正如保羅一樣，我們的政策是：「主說伸冤在我，我必報應。」我們不必為自己報復，只需將自己交在神的手裡，主便會為我們伸冤。我們不需做任何事，只需帶著平靜的心靈，將自己、事業、權利和一切，完全交託神。」(P. 62-64，《活像基督—登山寶訓釋義》，鍾馬田著。)

 

我們的主是世上最謙柔的人。祂是至高無上的神，但祂為了成就父神的旨意，甘願降卑下來，直到死地：「他本有神的形像，不以自己與神同等為強奪的；反倒虛己，取了奴僕的形像，成為人的樣式；既有人的樣子，就自己卑微，存心順服，以至於死，且死在十字架上。」(腓2:6-8)。主耶穌在世的時候，我們不見祂有為自己爭取過甚麼應得的權利。祂只把自己交託在父神手裡，讓父神為祂伸冤。結果是「神將他升為至高，又賜給他那超乎萬名之上的名，叫一切在天上的、地上的，和地底下的，因耶穌的名無不屈膝，無不口稱耶穌基督為主，使榮耀歸與父神。」(腓2:9-11)。我們作為基督的僕人，也知道「僕人不能大於主人」，就應當效法主的榜樣，為了神的旨意及見證，放下與人爭競的心，不勉強為自己出頭，學習作一個溫柔的人。你說這樣做豈不是吃大虧？不錯，是吃虧，但基督徒在這世上，有時為了見證主的緣故，吃虧比別人多一點，這是不值得驚奇的事。我們要有個心志，準備為主吃虧及受欺：「為什麼不情願受欺呢？為什麼不情願吃虧呢？」(林前6:7) ；「有人打你的右臉，連左臉也轉過來由他打；有人想要告你，要拿你的裡衣，連外衣也由他拿去；有人強逼你走一里路，你就同他走二里。」(太5:39-41)。或許你說這樣世界還有公平及公理嗎？然而，在這個墮落犯罪的世界中，你期望有甚麼公平、甚麼公理？若這個世界果真有公平和公理，為甚麼神的兒子會被釘在十字架上？這是世上最不公平最不公義的事。但神仍讓這些事發生，為甚麼？其中一個目的就是要我們不要注目這個墮落快將滅亡的世界，不要斤斤計較那些個人利益及虧損，學習忍耐及順服神的安排，仰望那將來降臨的榮耀天國，那裡才會有真正的公平及公義：「所以，耶穌要用自己的血叫百姓成聖，也就在城門外受苦。這樣，我們也當出到營外，就了他去，忍受他所受的凌辱。我們在這裡本沒有常存的城，乃是尋求那將來的城。」(來13:12-14)。甘心樂意為主受虧損的人，主是會記念的：「人若因我辱罵你們，逼迫你們，捏造各樣壞話毀謗你們，你們就有福了！ 應當歡喜快樂，因為你們在天上的賞賜是大的。在你們以前的先知，人也是這樣逼迫他們。」(太5:11-12)；「溫柔的人有福了！因為他們必承受地土。」(太5:5)。

 

保羅在書信中，多次提及他「為主被囚」。請問保羅犯過甚麼罪，使他身受囹圄，飽受皮肉之苦？沒有，他被囚完全是為主的緣故。請問保羅有沒有為這些不公平的對待而大吵大罵，高呼伸冤？沒有，他對於一切不公平的對待，他默默地及溫柔地承受，他唯一要求是想到該撒那裡受審，因為神的旨意是要他到羅馬為祂作見證。我們今天的信徒，還沒有為主到被囚及流血的地步，但對於些微剝削自己利益的事，已經含忍不住，甚至是弟兄與弟兄不和及相爭，這豈是主耶穌及使徒們的教導及榜樣？

 

弟兄姊妹，我不是說我們基督徒對於任可不公平的事都不可出聲，也不是說我們不可以為自己打算及爭取任何事。對於在我們身邊發生的不公平及不公義的事，我們著實有權指出來，因為會影響其他社會上的人；對於有關自己的利益的事，我們亦有權維護及合宜地爭取。但若我們這樣作了之後，對方還是堅決的抵擋對抗，我們就不應單單為自己的利益而動血氣，去作一些不合聖徒體統的事，失了神的見證。聖經記載了一件很發人深省的事：「耶和華曉諭摩西說：『你拿著杖去，和你的哥哥亞倫招聚會眾，在他們眼前吩咐磐石發出水來，水就從磐石流出，給會眾和他們的牲畜喝。』於是摩西照耶和華所吩咐的，從耶和華面前取了杖去。摩西、亞倫就招聚會眾到磐石前。摩西說：『你們這些背叛的人聽我說：我為你們使水從這磐石中流出來嗎﹖』摩西舉手，用杖擊打磐石兩下，就有許多水流出來，會眾和他們的牲畜都喝了。耶和華對摩西、亞倫說：『因為你們不信我，不在以色列人眼前尊我為聖，所以你們必不得領這會眾進我所賜給他們的地去。』」(民20:10-12)。摩西是神形容為極其謙柔的人 。神叫他吩咐磐石水流出水來，但摩西因為以色列人的叛逆，發脾氣打了磐石兩次。我想我們任何人都可能會這樣做，因為那些以色列人實在太可惡，太惹人怒氣。他們眼看了神行了這麼多神蹟，還是向神發怨言。摩西一時沉不住氣，大罵會眾一頓並用杖擊打磐石發洩一下，實在情有可原。神連這個舉動也要追究。神沒有叫你發脾氣，你動甚麼血氣？你說你是為神而發，但摩西豈不是為神而發 ？但神一樣不接受。但我恐怕今天大多數的基督徒都不是為神發怒，而是為自己利益的損失而心有不甘。你想神會接受嗎？不要企圖隱藏你真正的動機，神是知道萬人的心。

 

那麼我們基督徒遇到不公平及剝削的事，我們應該如何面對呢？我想到有幾點我們是要學習的。第一、學習接受現實。在這個充滿罪惡、魔鬼作王的世代，你期望得到甚麼公平呢？我們應有的態度是：我們現擁有的物質及屬靈恩典都是我們不配有的，都是出於神的憐憫。神賜我甚麼，我就感謝著領受。若神收去甚麼，也不要發怨言，因為根本不是屬於我們。第二，學習忍耐。若一切是如我們想望的發生，所有的事都是順順利利的，我們如何學習忍耐的功課？神為了要我們學習屬靈功課，祂有主權安排或容 許一切事的發生，目的是要你去學習及操練屬靈的品格。這些事看似是不公平及不公義，但經過神的手，一樣能被神使用，來達成造就聖徒的旨意。你去讀一讀約伯記便明白了。神容讓魔鬼來對付約伯，目的是要鍛鍊約伯的忍耐：「那先前忍耐的人，我們稱他們是有福的。你們聽見過約伯的忍耐，也知道主給他的結局，明顯主是滿心憐憫，大有慈悲。」(雅5:11)。第三，學習用溫柔及愛心說誠實話。我再重申，我不是說基督徒不可以為公義及為自己說話，只是我們要注意我們要甚麼態度來表達。聖經教導我們要「用愛心說誠實話」(弗4:15)；「不要毀謗，不要爭競，總要和平，向眾人大顯溫柔。」(多3:2)。用愛心指出別人的過錯，勸人離罪悔改是神悅納的事。但若沒有愛心及溫柔的態度，無論你有多少理， 也不能解決問題，可能會惹起更多的爭端。所以若別人不聽你的解釋，那就不要勉強辯論起爭執，不可失去溫柔及愛心的見證。第四，將這些事交託給神。我們將不能解決的事告訴神，讓神作主，讓神處理。人實在太自高自大，以為可以靠自己的智慧及能力解決任何事，只事實卻不然。 無論你有多少理據，問題常常都是解決不了。神要我們經歷這些不能解決的事，是要你學習凡事不靠自己，只靠「為我成全諸事的神」。將你的困境及苦衷告訴神吧，神能幫助你，安慰你。雖然事情未必立刻改變過來，但神會給你力量面對，使你得 著益處：「我們曉得萬事都互相效力，叫愛神的人得益處。」(羅8:28)。第五，學習捨己。我們所受的痛苦，大都是與我們這個己有關。約伯能忍受財物的損失，能忍受皮肉之苦，但不能忍受別人對他的毀謗。所以他忿忿不平地為自己辯護，以致說了許多急燥話，後來遭神責備。弟兄姊妹，連主耶穌這位完全無罪的人子也被人毀謗及侮辱，何況我們呢？何必忿忿不平呢？若我們真是一個捨己的人，自己的名聲又算甚麼呢？有一次某位信徒問喬治穆勒(George Muller)的事奉秘訣，穆勒問答說：「在那一天當我死了，完全的死了」；說這話時，他將身體彎低下來，低到一個地步差不多觸到地面—「向喬治穆勒死了，他的意見、喜好、品味、志向—向世界死了，它的認同或反對—甚至向我的弟兄及朋友們的稱許或指摘死了—從那時開始我就學會了只要得著神的認同便夠了。」豈不知神容讓你受人無理的指責及毀謗，就是想你學習這個捨己的功課，目的是想你內裡的自我日漸減少，裡面的基督卻日漸顯出？第六，學習體會主的心。主在世時一樣被人懷疑、誤解、毀掉、攻擊、出賣。現在你面對同樣的事情，覺得世上沒有一個人能明白你的感受，心裡很痛苦，然而主能明白你，體恤你，因為「我們的大祭司並非不能體恤我們的軟弱。他也曾凡事受過試探，與我們一樣。」(來4:15)。在我個人來說，當我被人誤解及不體諒，甚至連最親近的人也不明白自己的時候，我就深深感受到主是我最親近的朋友，因為只有主能完全明白我！我心就得著很大的安慰。人只能看到事情的表面，但不能知道人內裡的動機。但人的動機有時也很複雜，我如何能將這些複雜的動機分析清楚，然後解釋給人聽，盼望他們明白及同情自己？實在有口難言，許多時候甚至是弄巧反拙，越說越糟。但在神面前，我們根本不要解釋，因為神完全知道我們心裡的隱情及苦衷：「我坐下，我起來，你都曉得；你從遠處知道我的意念。」(詩139:2)。世上只有主一人最能明白你，最體恤你，最肯原諒你及接納你。當你想到這裡，不是覺得主很好嗎？不是覺得主很近嗎？你的心不是大大的受感動嗎？這些都是基督徒在世很寶貴的經歷。