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创世记生命读经 · 第24篇

人第二次的堕落（二）

The Second Fall of Man (2)
1在本篇信息中，我们继续来研读人第二次的堕落。在前面的信息中，我们看过在第一次的堕落里，人吃错了东西。照著我们人的观念，这并不很严重。当我是个年轻的基督徒时，我试过和神争辩，问说，吃一片水果有甚么错？我碰到别的基督徒，他们也持有同样的观念。然而，我们若从创世记三章进前到四章，会看见从那小小的种子生发出邪恶的事。
1In this message we continue our study of the second fall of man. As we have seen in previous messages, in the first fall man ate something wrong. According to our human concept, this was not very serious. When I was a young Christian, I tried to argue with God, asking what was wrong with eating a piece of fruit. I met other Christians who held the same concept. However, if we proceed from Genesis 3 to Genesis 4, we shall see the evil things that issued out of that small seed
2在创世记三章进到人里面的种子，保罗在罗马七章称之为罪。在罗马七章十九至二十节保罗说，『因为我所愿意的善，我反不作;我所不愿意的恶，我倒去作。若我去作所不愿意的，就不是我行出来的，乃是住在我里面的罪行出来的。』虽然大多数基督徒都知道加拉太二章二十节所说，『不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活著;』但很少人注意罗马七章二十节所说，『不是我行出来的，乃是住在我里面的罪行出来的。』加拉太二章二十节给我们看见，那住在我们里面的基督是一个人位。基督，神的具体化身，乃是一个人位住在我们里面。同样的原则，我们能说，那住在我们里面的罪也必是一个活的人位。我一点不怀疑，罪是撒但的化身。基督是神的化身住在我们的灵里，罪是撒但的化身住在我们的肉体里。撒但那恶者已将他自己注入我们的性情里。这发生在创世记三章，但这注射的结果出现在创世记四章堕落的人身上。
2The seed that entered into man in Genesis 3 is called sin by Paul in Romans 7. In Romans 7:19-20 Paul says, “For the good which I will, I do not; but the evil I do not will, this I practice. But if what I do not will, this I do, it is no longer I that do it but sin that dwells in me.” Although most Christians know that Galatians 2:20 says that it is no longer I but Christ who lives in me, not very many pay attention to Romans 7:20 which says that it is no longer I but sin that dwells in me. By Galatians 2:20 we can see that the Christ dwelling in us is a person. Christ, the very embodiment of God, dwells in us as a person. In the same principle, we can say that the sin which dwells in us must also be a living person. I have no doubt that sin is the embodiment of Satan. Christ is the embodiment of God dwelling in our spirit, and sin is the embodiment of Satan dwelling in our flesh. Satan, the evil one, has injected himself into our nature. This occurred in Genesis 3, but the issue of this injection appears in fallen man in Genesis 4
3这邪恶的种子首先是用宗教的方式，敬拜神的方式表现出来。你能想像，撒但的种子住在堕落的人里，会叫他敬拜神么？然而，正如我们所看过的，这种子在该隐里面，的确叫他敬拜神，但不是照著神的路，或照著神的启示，乃是照著他的观念，就是堕落之人的观念。甚么是堕落之人的观念？那就是撒但在人里面的表现。切勿忘记马太十六章二十一至二十三节所记载的事，在那件事上，彼得表现他对主的关切。彼得并不晓得撒但是在他的观念里，但是主看出这个，就称彼得为『撒但。』因此，堕落之人的观念就是内住撒但的表现。
3This evil seed first expressed itself in a religious way, in the way of worshipping God. Can you imagine that the seed of Satan indwelling fallen man would cause him to worship God? Yet, as we have seen, this seed in Cain did cause him to worship God, not according to God’sway or according to God’sr evelation, but according to his concept which was the concept of a fallen man. What is the concept of a fallen man? It is the expression of Satan in man. Never forget the incident recorded in Matthew 16:20-23 in which Peter expressed his concern for the Lord. Peter did not realize that Satan was present in his concept, but the Lord recognized it and called Peter “Satan.” Thus, the concept of a fallen man is simply the expression of the indwelling Satan
（四） 人的撒谎与傲慢
d. Man’s Lie and Arrogance
4在创世记四章我们看见，那在创世记三章注入到人里面的邪恶种子，首先显在一件看来很好的事上，就是敬拜神的事上。然而，本章显示这种子更进一步的发展：首先发展为嫉妒，然后发展为忿怒、仇恨、凶杀和谎言。该隐不仅杀了他的兄弟，更当面向神说谎。试想这样一个人竟敢向神说谎！该隐杀了亚伯之后，神仍恩慈、怜悯的临到他。可以说，神没有来审判该隐，或者在他身上执行死刑。神向该隐询问，他的兄弟在那里。这问题指明悔改的门仍是开著的。如果我是该隐，我会说，『主，赦免我，因我杀了我的兄弟。我作了这样有罪的事。』在福音的光照下，我会认罪并求赦免。可是你听听该隐的回答：『我不知道，我岂是看守我兄弟的么？』（创四9。）这回答是个大谎言，是人类历史中的第一个谎言。约翰八章四十四节明白的说，该隐不是惟一说谎的，魔鬼也是从起初就说谎。该隐与那说谎者魔鬼乃是一。魔鬼撒但是说谎者，该隐与他合作说了个大谎言。地上第一个谎言不是向人说的，乃是向神说的。现在请注意那种子在创世记四章的发展：开始于敬拜神，发展到向神说谎。不仅如此，该隐还是傲慢的。他说，『我岂是看守我兄弟的么？』这话表示他的傲慢。现在我们能看见人堕落到甚么地步。在创世记四章里所看到的每一件邪恶的事，都是来自在创世记三章注射到人里面的小种子。
4In Genesis 4 we see that the evil seed which had been injected into man in Genesis 3 firstly manifested itself in what was apparently a good thing — worshipping God. Never-theless, this chapter shows a further development of the seed: firstly into jealousy, then into anger, hatred, murder, and lies. Cain not only murdered his brother, but also lied to God Himself. Imagine that such a person dared to lie to God! After Cain slew Abel, God came to him in a kind and merciful way. In a sense, God did not come to judge or to execute the sentence of death upon Cain. God inquired of Cain as to where his brother was. This question indicated that the door of repentance was still open. If I had been Cain, I would have said, “Lord, forgive me for killing my brother. I committed such a sinful deed.” Under the enlightenment of the gospel, I would have confessed and asked for forgiveness. But listen to Cain’s answer: “I know not: Am I my brother’s keeper?” (Gen. 4:9). This answer was a big lie, the first lie in the history of the human race. John 8:44 makes it evident that Cain was not the only one telling the lie, but that the Devil also lied from the beginning. Cain was one with the liar, the Devil. Satan, the Devil, was the liar, and Cain cooperated with him to speak a great lie. The first lie on earth was not spoken to man, but to God. Notice now the development of the seed in Genesis 4: it began with worshipping God and developed into lying to God. Moreover, Cain was arrogant. His words, “Am I my brother’s keeper?” show his arrogance. Now we can see to what extent man had fallen. Every evil thing found in Genesis 4 came from the little seed that was injected into man in Genesis 3.
5这邪恶的种子就留在我们的性情里。表面上，你可能很文雅、大方、恩慈、良善；实际上，撒但那邪恶的种子就住在你的性情里。因此，我们必须接受神所启示救恩的路。女人的后裔要伤蛇的头，（创三15，）蛇就是那恶者，他是一切邪恶的源头。女人的后裔，我们的主耶稣基督，在十字架上已经在客观一面伤了蛇的头；一天过一天，祂要继续在我们里面，主观的伤蛇的头。在主得胜的血遮盖之下，我可以见证，就在今天，那内住的女人后裔已经多次在我里面伤了蛇的头。只要我们不顾到我们里面那位女人的后裔，撒但仍然会操纵我们。除了信耶稣是女人的后裔，每天每时在我们里面伤那恶者的头，此外我们无法逃脱。
5This evil seed remains in our nature. Apparently, you may be gentle, nice, kind, and good; actually, the evil seed of Satan abides in your nature. Thus, we must take the way of salvation revealed by God. The seed of the woman will bruise the head of the serpent, the evil one, who is the source of all evil (Gen. 3:15). The seed of the woman, our Lord Jesus Christ, has bruised the head of the serpent objectively on the cross, and day by day He continues to bruise the serpent’she ad subjectively within us. Under the covering of the Lord’s prevailing blood, I can testify that the indwelling seed of the woman has bruised the serpent’she ad within me several times today. As long as we do not care for the seed of the woman within us, Satan will still manipulate us. We have no way of escape other than believing that Jesus is the seed of woman who is daily and hourly bruising the head of the evil one within us.
6我们不需要有犯罪的行动才成为罪人。只要我们是人，我们就是有罪的。我们生来就是有罪的。事实上，我们还没有生出来就是有罪的，因此我们就是罪。如果你问我天生是甚么，我要回答说，我甚么都不是，不过是罪而已。我是被玷污的，受污染的，污秽的。我需要神羔羊的血洁净我。我需要基督作女人的后裔，在我里面粉碎那蛇。然而，我若照著自己的观念敬拜神，而不接受神救恩的路，我立刻就在那恶者的控制之下。他可能鼓动我敬拜神，但他会藉著那样作，完全的掌握我。当他使我敬拜神之后，他可能在我里面发展到一个地步，叫我成为说谎者，并在神面前傲慢。我们都必须看见，那万恶的种子就在我们里面。
6There is no need for us to commit sinful acts in order to be sinful persons. As long as we are human beings, we are sinful. We are sinful by birth. In fact, we were sinful before we were born. Hence, we are a piece of sin. If you ask what I am naturally, I would reply that I am nothing but a piece of sin. I am defiled, polluted, and contaminated. I need the blood of God’s Lamb to cleanse me. I need Christ as the seed of the woman to crush the serpent within me. However, if I worship God according to my own concept instead of taking God’s way of salvation, I will immediately be under the control of the evil one. Although he may motivate me to worship God, he would, in so doing, take absolute hold of me. After causing me to worship God, he may develop in me to such an extent that I would become a liar and be arrogant in the presence of God. We all must see that the seed of every evil lies within us.
7当我是个年轻的基督徒时，我说，『既然撒但在该隐里面，该隐又是这样邪恶，为甚么神不除掉他？如果我是神，我会判他死刑。』但神有恩慈又有怜悯，让悔改的门一直向该隐和所有堕落的人打开。
7When I was a young Christian, I said, “Since Satan was in Cain and Cain was so evil, why didn’t God just get rid of him? If I had been God, I would have sentenced him to death.” But God was kind and merciful, leaving open the door of repentance to Cain and to all fallen people
ｄ结果
4. The Result
（一） 更重的咒诅
a. The Greater Curse
8因著人第二次的堕落，神宣布了更重的咒诅：『地开了囗，从你手里接受你兄弟的血；现在你必从这地受咒诅。你种地，地不再给你效力。』（创四11～12。）这些话是对该隐的警告。神似乎在说，『你既作了这样的恶事，地就在比前更重的咒诅之下。地曾因你父母的堕落受了咒诅，生出荆棘和蒺藜。（创三17～18。）现在，因著你进一步的堕落，地要受到进一步的咒诅。地要受咒诅到一个地步，不论你在其上花多少劳力，牠总不为你效力。』
8As a result of man’s second fall, God pronounced a greater curse. “ And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother’s blood from thy hand; when thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength” (4:11- 12). These words were a warning to Cain. God seemed to be saying, “Since you have done such evil things, the ground will be under a greater curse than it was before. It was cursed because of the fall of your parents and so it brought forth thorns and thistles (3:17-18). Now, because of your further fall, the ground will receive a further curse. It will be cursed to the extent that regardless how much you labor upon it, it will not yield to you its strength
（二） 飘荡
b. The Vagabondism
9神又告诉该隐：『你必流离飘荡在地上。』（创四12。）甚么是飘荡？飘荡，或流荡，就是没有目标，没有家，没有满足，没有安息。飘荡的人没有住处，没有安慰;他不断在地上流荡，从一地飘流到另一地。神告诉该隐，他要成为这样一个飘荡的人。
9Moreover, God told Cain that “a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth” (4:12). What is a vagabond? A vagabond, or a wanderer, is a person who has no goal, no home, no satisfaction, and no rest. A vagabond has no dwelling place and no comfort; he continually wanders on the earth, floating from place to place. God told Cain that he would become such a vagabond.
10然而，这还是个有怜悯的判决。无论何时，该隐若悔改并寻求神的赦免，主还是乐于赦免他的。假设该隐说，『主，我错了。我没有接受你指示我父母的路，就是我父母告诉我的路。现在我悔改并接受这路。主，赦免我。』如果该隐曾这样祷告过，神必已赦免了他。但请听该隐对神怜悯之判决的反应。『你如今赶逐我离开这地，（直译，地的面，）以致不见你面;我必流离飘荡在地上，凡遇见我的必杀我。』（创四14。）这里丝毫没有悔改的意思。该隐不过是和神讨价还价，说他要被赶逐离开地的面。
10This sentence, however, was a merciful sentence. If, at anytime, Cain would have repented and sought God’s forgiveness, the Lord would have been happy to forgive him. Suppose Cain had said, “Lord, I was wrong. I didn’tt ake the way that You showed to my parents, the way that my parents told me. Now I repent and take that way. Lord, forgive me.” If Cain had prayed in this way, God surely would have forgiven him. But listen to Cain’s response to God’s merciful sentence. “Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that everyone that findeth me shall slay me” (4:14). There is not the slightest hint of repentance. Cain was only bargaining with God, saying that he would be driven out from the face of the earth.
11被赶逐离开地的面是甚么意思？读圣经的人难以明白这话。表面看来，该隐并未被赶逐离开地面。他怎能离开地面而继续活著？请记得这话不是神说的，因为神只说该隐要成为流离飘荡的人，并没有说他要被赶逐离开地的面。不过，该隐是这样领会神的话，知道他要被赶逐离开地的面。这是甚么意思？等一下我会答覆这问题。
11What does it mean to be driven out from the face of the earth? It is difficult for any reader of the Bible to understand this word. What do you think it means? Apparently, Cain was not driven out from the face of the earth. How could he be away from the face of the earth and continue to live? Remember that this word was not spoken by God, for He had only said that Cain would be a fugitive and a vagabond, not that he would be driven away from the face of the earth. Nevertheless, Cain understood God’swords in this way, realizing that he was about to be driven out from the face of the earth. What does this mean? I shall answer this question later on in the message
12该隐并没有悔改。他恐惧的辩论著。他不是惧怕神，只是怕被别人杀害。他为甚么有这畏惧？因为他杀了他的兄弟。倪弟兄曾多次对我说，『如果有人以为你会偷他的东西，那人必是个贼;只有贼才害怕别人偷他的东西。你若从来没有偷过别人的东西，就不会想到别人会偷你的东西。』你若对盗窃一无所知，就不会存著别人会抢你东西的思想。然而你若抢过别人的东西，就会意识到被人抢的危险。该隐怕被人杀害，因为他杀了他的兄弟。因此，该隐并没有悔改，只是和神辩论，说，『凡遇见我的必杀我。』该隐知道他没有保障。然而，神是有恩慈的。祂总是照著我们所能接受的，对我们有恩慈。『耶和华对他说，凡杀该隐的必遭报七倍。耶和华就给该隐立一个记号，免得人遇见他就杀他。』（创四15。）我们看见神给该隐立了一个记号。不要问我这是甚么记号，因为我不知道。我只知道神给该隐立了一个记号，作他的保障。
12Cain did not repent. He argued in a fearful way. He was not afraid of God, but of being killed by others. Why did he have this fear? Because he had killed his brother. A number of times Brother Watchman Nee said to me, “If someone thinks that you might steal from him, that person must be a robber. Only a robber is afraid that others will steal from him. If you never steal from others, you will not think that others would steal from you.” If you know nothing about robbery, you will never entertain the thought that someone might rob you. However, if you rob others, you will be aware of the danger of being robbed. Cain was afraid of being murdered because he had murdered his brother. Thus, he did not repent, but argued with God, saying, “It shall come to pass, that everyone that findeth me shall slay me.” Cain knew that he had no safeguard. However, God was kind. God is always kind according to what we are able to receive. “And the Lord said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him” (4:15). We see that God put a mark upon Cain. Do not ask me what this mark was, for I do not know. I only know that God marked Cain as a safeguard to him.
（三） 被赶离开神的面
c. Being Cast Out of the Presence of God
13该隐不悔改，走他自己的路。他自己的路就是离开神的面。『于是该隐离开耶和华的面，去住在伊甸东边挪得之地。』（创四16。）亚当是被赶出乐园，被赶出伊甸园，该隐却是离开神的面。他虽然敬拜过神，最终却离开了神的面。那是甚么样的敬拜？我恨一切使人离开神的面的敬拜。不要说，『我们敬拜神的方式有甚么错？』如果那种方式使你离开神的面，那就是错的。一个人在地上没有神的同在是何等可怕。
13Cain, unrepentant, went his own way. His own way was to depart from the presence of God. “ And Cain went out from the presence of the Lord, and dwelt in the land of Nod, on the east of Eden” (4:16). Adam was driven out of paradise, out of the garden of Eden, but Cain went away from the presence of God. Although he worshipped God, he eventually left the presence of God. What kind of worship was that? I hate any kind of worship that keeps people from God’s presence. Do not say, “What is wrong with the way we are worshipping God?” It is wrong if it keeps you from God’s presence. How terrible it is to be a person on this earth without the presence of God
14现在我们回到刚才所问的问题，就是关于被赶逐离开地面的意思。如果你是个不活在神面前的人，你在这地上就没有生存的地方。地是为著那些活在神面前的人造的。在创世记四章十四节，地面相当于神的面。该隐说，『你如今赶逐我离开地的面，以致不见你面。』（直译。）因此，你若不活在神面前，你活在这地上就不是正确的。你若不活在神面前，你就是在强夺地。地不是为著反对神的人造的，乃是为著为神而活的人造的。所以你若是在神面前没有地位，你在地上就没有地位。因此，被赶逐离开神的面，相当于被赶逐离开地面。在逻辑方面说，这点也许听起来不正确，但在属灵方面说却是准确的。你若不在神的面前，你会深感无处可去。你在深处会感觉，你是个流荡者。你甚至会说，『地上没有我容身之处。』但如果你是在神的面前，到处都是天，到处都令你喜悦。活在神面前的人，没有一个会自杀的。只有那些失去神的面到极点，在地上飘荡，没有住处的人才想去自杀。我们真实的住处乃是在神面前。
14Now we return to the question we asked about the meaning of being driven out from the face of the earth. If you are a person who does not live in the presence of God, you have no place to live on this earth. The earth was made for the people who live in God’s presence. In Genesis 4:14 the face of the earth is equivalent to the face of God. Although the words “face” and “presence” in verses 14 and 16 are translations of the same Hebrew word, the King James Version purposely used the English word “face” in verse 14 in order to match “the face of the earth” with “thy face,” meaning the face of God. Cain said, “Thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid.” Thus, if you do not live in the face of God, you are not rightly living on this earth. If you do not live in the presence of God, you are robbing the earth. The earth was not made for those who are against God; it was created for the people who live for God. Therefore, if you have no standing in the face of God, you have no place on the earth. Hence, to be driven out from the face of God is equivalent to being driven out from the face of the earth. Logically speaking, this may not sound correct, but, spiritually speaking, it is accurate. If you are not in the presence of God, you will have the conviction that you have nowhere to go. You will have the sense deep within that you are a wanderer. You would even say, “There is no place on earth for me.” However, when you are in the presence of God, every place is heaven. Every place is so pleasant. No one who lives in the presence of God would ever commit suicide. Only those who have lost God’s presence to the uttermost and who have become vagabond son the earth, people without a dwelling place, contemplate suicide. Our real dwelling place is the presence of God
15在第二次世界大战期间，因著我为召会工作，我被侵华的日军关在狱中。那监狱的每样东西都很脏。那次监禁真叫我受苦。但是主在那里，我是在祂面前。我在那段监禁的期间，所享受到主的同在是前所未有的。有一天晚上，我与神有一次彻底的对付。照我的感觉，似乎主就在我的面前。我的眼泪直流，我说，『主，这是太好了。』那是我在狱中的经历。那监狱对我就是天，我是与主一同住在诸天之上。
15During World War II, because of my work for the church, I was put into prison by the Japanese army which had invaded China. Everything in that prison was dirty. That imprisonment was a real suffering to me. But the Lord was there, and I was in His presence. Never have I enjoyed the Lord’s presence as much as during that period of imprisonment. One night I had a thorough dealing with the Lord. According to my sensation, it seemed as if the Lord were in front of me. My tears came down, and I said, “Lord, it is too good.” That was my experience in prison. That prison became the heavens to me, and I dwelt with the Lord in the heavens
（四） 产生无神的文化
d. To Produce a Culture without God
16该隐离开神的面，走他自己的路。他作的第一件事是建造一座城。他产生了无神的文化。（创四16～24。）在圣经里，城的观念意义非常重大;我们可以在整本圣经中追溯一条城的路线来：开始于以诺城，由该隐所建造，结束于新耶路撒冷，由神所建造。该隐所建筑的城，要完成于大巴比伦。以诺城是神建造的膺品。那不是属于神的，乃是由撒但在该隐里面所发起的。
16Cain left the presence of God and went his own way. The first thing he did was to build a city. He produced a culture without God (4:16-24). In the Bible the concept of a city is very significant, and it is possible to trace a line of cities throughout the Scriptures, beginning with Enoch, a city built by Cain, and ending with the New Jerusalem, a city built by God. The city constructed by Cain will consummate in the Great Babylon. The city of Enoch was a counterfeit of God’s building. It was not of God, but was initiated by Satan within Cain
（1） 原因
1) The Reason
17我们必须认识人类文化的起源并其发展的原因。人类文化的发展乃是由于人类失去了神。原初那位创造人的神乃是人的一切。神是人的保护、维持、供应、喜乐、娱乐和防卫。神就是一切。在园子里，人除了耕地与神合作外，甚么事都不需要作。在园子里神是人的一切。然而，人失去了神，就失去了一切。他失去了保护、保障、维持、供应和娱乐。人失去了神，就不得不发明自己的文化。人因为失去了一切，就需要有所发明。
17We must realize the source of human culture and the reason for its development. Human culture developed because humanity had lost God. Originally, God, the Creator of man, was everything to man. God was man’s protection, maintenance, supply, joy, amusement, and defense. God was everything. In the garden, man had no need to do anything except to till the ground to cooperate with God. God was everything to man in the garden. However, when man lost God, he lost everything. He lost protection, safeguard, maintenance, supply, and amusement. This loss of God forced him to invent human culture. Because man had lost everything, he had to invent something
（2） 过程
2) The Process
（a）建造城池以自存
a) Building a City for Self-existence
18撒但从该隐里面工作，题议他建造一座城。也许撒但说，『该隐，你害怕人杀你。为著你的生存，你需要一座城来保护你。』因为该隐失去了神，他就害怕。他已经失去神作他的供应、喜乐和防卫。在古时候，城的主要目的是为保护。因此，该隐建筑了这样一座城，保护他自己。在无神的文化里，人不得不自谋生活。该隐没有称那城为耶和华，乃按他儿子的名字称之为以诺。他给他的儿子和他的城取了同样的名字，因为从某种意义上，他的城就是他的孩子，他爱那座城像爱他自己的儿子一样。请注意『以诺』这名的意思是『发起，』指该隐所发起的事物，这是很有意思的。该隐是第一个造城的人，第一个设计城的人，也是第一个建筑师。该隐是发明家、发起者。不过，他头一项发明不是城，乃是宗教。首先，他发明了宗教;其次，他发明了建造城。
18Satan, working from within Cain, suggested to him that he build a city. Perhaps Satan said, “Cain, you are afraid that people will kill you. For your existence you need a city to protect you.” Because he lost God, Cain was afraid. He had lost God as his supply, joy, and defense. The main purpose for cities in ancient times was for protection. Hence, Cain constructed such a city for his self-protection. In a godless culture people are forced to fend for themselves. Cain did not name the city Jehovah, but Enoch, after the name of his son. He gave the same name to his son and to his city, for, in a sense, his city was his child and he loved it as he loved his own son. It is very meaningful to note that the name Enoch means “initiated,” referring to something initiated by Cain. Cain was the first city builder, the first city planner, and the first architect. Cain was an inventor, an initiator. However, the first item of his invention was not the city; it was religion. Firstly, he invented religion; secondly, he invented city building.
19该隐的后代中有一个叫拉麦。拉麦这名在希伯来文的意思是『强壮，』『有能力;』拉麦是人类的第七代，是个有能力的人。他娶了两个妻子，实行一夫多妻制。（创四19。）因此，一夫多妻制是开始于挪得地的以诺城，挪得的意思是『流荡。』拉麦为了满足他的情欲，实行了一夫多妻制。一夫多妻制是违反神为著人生存所命定的自然律。婚姻是人类生存所必需的。但婚姻必须照著一夫一妻的原则受限制。这原则是神所命定以维持人类生存的。拉麦是第一个破坏婚姻中神圣原则的人。他的第一个妻子名叫亚大，意思是『妆饰。』她是个妆饰并美化自己的人。亚大是注意妆饰的妻子。拉麦有这两个妻子，就暴露出他的情欲。有一天拉麦向他的两个妻子夸囗：『拉麦对他两个妻子说，亚大，洗拉，听我的声音，拉麦的妻子细听我的话语，壮年人伤我，我把他杀了，少年人损我，我把他害了;若杀该隐，遭报七倍，杀拉麦，必遭报七十七倍。』（创四23～24。）拉麦比他的祖宗该隐还要傲慢，夸口说他杀了伤他的壮年人，害了损他的少年人。因此，拉麦不仅是多妻者，还是杀人者，狂傲的夸口者。读了这短短的一段话，我们就能看见人类的头一个文化，无神的文化，是何等可怕。这一切邪恶的事必定发生在该隐所造的以诺城里。这可以称为城市生活，跟今天大城市中的生活一样邪恶。
19One of Cain’s descendants was Lamech. The name Lamech in Hebrew means “strong,” “powerful.” Lamech, the seventh human generation, was a powerful person. Having two wives, he practiced polygamy (4:19). Thus, polygamy began in the city of Enoch in the land of Nod, which means “wandering.” Lamech practiced polygamy in order to fulfill his lusts. Polygamy is a violation of the natural law ordained by God for man’s existence. Marriage is necessary for human existence. However, marriage must be limited according to the principle of one wife for one husband. This principle was ordained by God to maintain human existence. Lamech was the first to break the divine principle in marriage. The first of his two wives was named Adah, which means “adornment.” She was one who adorned and beautified herself. Adah was a wife of adornment. By having these two wives, Lamech’s lust was exposed. One day Lamech boasted to his wives. “ And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt. If Cain shall be avenged sevenfold, truly Lamech seventy and sevenfold” (4:23-24). Lamech was even more arrogant than his forefather Cain, boasting that he had slain a man for wounding him and had killed a young man for hurting him. Thus, Lamech was not only a polygamist, but was a murderer and an arrogant boaster. By reading this short portion of the Word we can see how dreadful was the first human culture, a culture without God. All these evil things must have occurred in the city of Enoch built by Cain. This may be called the city life, which was as evil as the life in the big cities today
（b）发明牧畜以谋生
b) Inventing Cattle-raising for Making a Living
20拉麦的第一个妻子亚大，生了雅八和犹八。雅八是牧养牲畜之人的祖师。（创四20。）他发明了牧养牲畜以谋生。他成了游牧的人，从一地流荡到另一地，因为他没有地可以为他效力。在美国没有人愿意游牧，因为美国的地非常肥沃。因此，这里没有任何人需要游牧。但雅八发现地不为他效力，使他不得不作一个流荡者，牧养牲畜以谋生。为自己谋生，乃是人类文化主要的一面。城的发明是为著人的生存，而牧养牲畜的发明是为著人的生活。
20Adah, Lamech’s first wife, bore Jabal and Jubal. Jabal was the father of cattle - raising (4:20). He invented cattle - raising for the purpose of making a living. He became a nomad, wandering from place to place, because he had no land that would yield to him its strength. No one in the United States is willing to be a nomad, because the land in this country is very fertile. Thus, there is no need for anyone here to be a nomad. However, Jabal found that the land would not yield its strength to him. This forced him to be a wanderer and to keep cattle that he might make a living. The matter of making a living for one’s self is a main aspect of man’s culture. The city was invented for man’s existence, and cattle-raising was invented for man’s living.
（c）发明音乐以自娱
c) Inventing Music for Amusement
21犹八发明了音乐。（创四21。）他发明了琴和箫。事实上，犹八这名的意思是『欢腾，』『快乐之声』或『音乐。』甚么是音乐？音乐是一种娱乐，叫人快乐。人为甚么需要这样的娱乐呢？因为他失去了神作他的喜乐。神是人真正的享受。从前有多次我的朋友邀我去看电影，我对他们说，『我不需要这个，我有比你们电影更好的东西。』我甚至不需要看电视，因为我有属天的电视。新耶路撒冷的每样东西，都播放给我了。我永远不会忘记，我访问休士顿时的一个经历。一个朋友要带我逛逛那城市。但是我告诉他：『我已经看过新耶路撒冷，我不需要看任何地上的城市了。』我并不是胡说，我真是这个意思。
21Jubal invented music (4:21). He invented harps and pipes. In fact, the very name Jubal means “jubilee” or “a joyful sound” or “music.” What is music? Music is a type of amusment which makes people joyful. Why does man need such amusement? Because he has lost God as his joy. God is man’st rue enjoyment. A number of times in the past when my friends invited me to attend the movies with them, I said to them, “I don’t need that. I have something much better than your movie.” I don’t even need to watch television, for I have a heavenly television. Everything in the New Jerusalem has been televised to me. I can never forget an experience I had when visiting the city of Houston. A friend was taking me on a tour of the city. However, I told him, “ As long as I have seen the New Jerusalem, I don’t need to see any earthly city.” I am not speaking nonsense. I really mean it
22一九三七年，一天我正在首都南京传福音。那时传福音的情形很好，那福音是得胜的。一次聚会之后，一位漂亮的青年女子，穿著非常世俗时髦，来见我说，『李先生，我被你所传的折服了，我甚至要决定相信你的耶稣。但这决定要根据一件事。我是个戏迷。请告诉我，成了基督徒以后，还可以去看戏么？』那问题使我很为难。我看出她已被折服，愿意相信主耶稣。然而，我若回答她不可以，她就不会决定信主。但我是传福音的人，又怎能回答她可以去呢？我一面考虑如何回答她，一面仰望主给我智慧的答覆，主就给我一个答覆。我对这年轻女子说，『你的小孩和你在一起。假定有一天他在玩一把锐利的刀，你觉得他这样玩太危险了，你对他怎么办？你是强迫他丢了那刀呢，还是把刀从他手里夺过来？』她说，『不必，我只要掷一些糖果或苹果在地板上，他就会丢了刀子去拾取糖果或苹果。他手里满了更好的东西，就把刀放下了。』于是我说，『这与你去看戏的事刚好相同。如果你接受耶稣，祂会充满你，你就不能容纳别的了。』她说『太好了，我愿意信。』于是我告诉她：『你必须现在就信。』她回答说，『好，我现在就信。我相信主耶稣。』她就得救了。
22One day, in the year 1937, I was preaching the gospel in the capital city of Nanking. It was a good time of preaching, and the gospel was prevailing. After one of the meetings, a smart young lady, dressed in a very worldly and fashionable way, came to me and said, “Mr. Lee, I have been convinced by your preaching. I would even decide to believe in your Jesus. But this decision depends upon one thing. I am a lover of the theater. Tell me, after becoming a Christian, will I still be allowed to attend the theater?” That question bothered me a great deal. I realized that she was convinced and that she was willing to believe in the Lord Jesus. However, if I answered her question in a negative way, she would not decide for the Lord. Nevertheless, as a gospel preacher, how could I answer her in the affirmative? As I was considering the way to answer her, I looked to the Lord for a wise reply, and He gave me one. I said to this young lady, “You have your young son with you. Suppose that one day he plays with a sharp knife, and you feel that it is dangerous for him to do this. How would you deal with him? Would you force him to drop the knife, or would you grab the knife out of his hand?” She said, “N o, I would simply throw some candies or apples on the floor. I’m sure that he would drop the knife and pick up the candies and apples. The knife would be gone because his hands would be filled with better things.” Then I said, “It is exactly the same with you in attending the theater. If you will take Jesus, He will fill you up, and you will have no capacity for anything else.” She said, “Marvelous, I will believe.” Then I told her, “You must do it now.” She replied, “Yes, I will do it now. I believe in the Lord Jesus.” She was saved.
23人为甚么去看电影，去跳舞？因为他们空虚。他们没有神作他们的喜乐。我不去看电影，不是因为召会有规定不准去看。召会并没有列出诫命，禁止这样的事。虽然没有这样的禁止，我不会去看电影，就是给我几千块美金也不去。我有比这更好的。我被基督充满，我就不能容纳别的事物了。
23Why do people attend the movies and go dancing? Because they are empty. They do not have God as their joy. The reason I do not attend the movies is not because the church has a regulation against it. The church does not have a list of commandments against such things. However, although there is no such prohibition, I would not attend a movie even if you paid me thousands of dollars to do it. I have something better. I am filled with Christ and I have no capacity for anything else
24犹八发明音乐，因为在那时候人是空的。他是在虚空里，没有甚么能满足他。因为没有甚么东西能娱乐他，他就必须为自己发明一点娱乐。今天各种的娱乐，原则都是一样。人因为没有神，所以需要娱乐。
24Jubal invented music because, at that time, man was empty. He was in vanity, and nothing could satisfy him. Since nothing could amuse him, he had to devise some amusement for himself. The principle is the same with every kind of entertainment today. People need entertainment because they do not have God
25你们也许有人熟悉威尔斯复兴的故事，那次复兴大约发生在七十年前。那时在威尔斯全岛上，所有的戏院和娱乐场所都关了门，因为所有的人都得救了。他们有了比世俗娱乐更好的。他们有了基督。
25Some of you are familiar with the story of the Welsh Revival which occurred approximately seventy years ago. During that time, in the whole island of Wales, all the theaters and amusement places were closed because all the people were saved. They had something better than worldly entertainment. They had Christ
26拉麦满足他的情欲，亚大用妆饰品妆饰、美化自己。从这一对父母生出了犹八，他是发明音乐的人。这里我们看见一个家庭，由情欲、妆饰和娱乐所组成。这是甚么样的家庭！今天许多家庭就是这样：父亲满足情欲，母亲讲究衣著妆饰，儿女追求娱乐。这不是现代的家庭么？
26Lamech fulfilled his lusts, and Adah adorned and beautified herself with ornaments. Of these two parents Jubal, the inventor of music, was born. Here we see a family composed of lust, adornment, and amusement. What a family it was! Many families today are the same: the fathers fulfill their lusts, the mothers care for their dress and adornment, and the children pursue amusement. Is not this the modern family
27在创世记四章我们看见两个相反的家庭。亚当的家庭是信福音的家庭，父亲开路相信福音，母亲铺路，儿子亚伯走在这路上。但拉麦的家庭是追求世界的家庭，父亲满足情欲，母亲讲究妆饰，儿子犹八追求娱乐。这是何等的对比！我不喜欢作拉麦家庭的一员。赞美主，我们是信福音家庭的一员！
27In Genesis 4 we can see two families in opposition to one another. Adam’s family was a gospel - believing family. The father cut the way of believing in the gospel, the mother paved the way, and the son, Abel, walked on this way. But Lamech’s family was a world-pursuing family. The father fulfilled the lusts, the mother cared for adornment, and the son, Jubal, pursued amusement. What a contrast! I do not like to be a member of Lamech’s family. Praise the Lord, we are members of the gospel-believing family!
28在创世记四章所撒的种子，要继续发展，直到在大巴比伦成为收成。启示录十八章列举的多项商品，不外是为著三件事－满足情欲，给人妆饰，以及供人娱乐。你若把这些东西从人类社会中除去，所有百货公司都要关门了。百货公司所售的是甚么？他们所售的东西都是为著满足男人的情欲，为著女人的妆饰，并为著青年人的娱乐。所以我无论何时走进百货公司，就有很深定罪的感觉，我在走进火坑。我的妻子可以见证，我有三年多没有去百货公司了。因此，现代社会就是创世记四章所记载的扩大。每一项的原则仍是完全一样。
28The seed sown in Genesis 4 will continue to develop until it becomes a harvest in the Great Babylon. Revelation 18 enumerates many items of merchandise, all of which are for three things—to fulfill lusts, to adorn people, and to amuse people. If you remove these things from human society, all of the department stores will be closed. What do department stores sell? They sell things for the gratification of man’s lust, for the adornment of women, and for the amusement of young people. This is the reason that whenever I enter a department store I have the deep conviction that I am going into hell. My wife can testify that for over three years I have not gone into one department store. Thus, modern society is an enlargement of the record in Genesis 4. The principle of each item remains exactly the same
（d）发明利器以自卫
d) Inventing Weapons for Defense
29拉麦的另一妻子洗拉，生了土八该隐，他是『打造各样铜铁利器的，』（创四22，）意思是他是武器的发明人。他所造的武器是为著杀人的。现代的兵工厂就是创世记四章里的武器的完满收成。这一切武器当然是为著人的防卫。
29Zillah, Lamech’so ther wife, brought forth Tubal-cain, who was “an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron” (4:22), meaning that he was the inventor of weaponry. The weapons he produced were for the purpose of killing others. The modern arsenal is the full harvest of the weapons found in Genesis 4. All these weapons are, of course, for man’s defense
30洗拉这名的意思是『遮护，』『遮盖。』这是指何种的遮盖？就是用武器作遮盖。拉麦的一个妻子是为妆饰，另一个是为遮盖，为覆罩。她是用以作遮护，来遮盖他。
30The name Zillah means “a shade,” a “covering.” What kind of covering does this refer to? The covering by weapons. One of Lamech’s wives was for adornment, and the other was for a covering, a shadowing. She was used as a shade to cover him
31这样，我们看见人类第一个文化，无神的文化，所发明的四样东西：城为著生存，牧养牲畜为著谋生，音乐为著娱乐，以及武器为著防卫。这四项也是现代人类文化主要的方面。因著人失去了神，这些都一一出现了。
31Thus, we see four items invented by the first human culture, a culture without God: a city for existence, cattle-raising for making a living, music for amusement, and weapons for defense. These four items are also the main aspects of modern human culture. They all came into being because man lost God
32你若用历史的眼光来分析现今世界的情形，就会发现那只是创世记四章里所发明人类文化的进一步发展而已。现今世界的情形，就像创世记四章里所发明的文化，是由四样元素所组成的：为著人生存的城，各种谋生的方法，娱乐和防卫。
32If you analyze the present world situation in the light of history, you will discover that it is simply a further development of the human culture devised in Genesis 4. The present world situation, like the culture invented in Genesis 4, is composed of four elements: cities for man’s existence, various means of earning a living, amusements, and defense
33无神的文化在创世记四章开始发展，且要继续发展，直到在大巴比伦达到极峰。我们感谢主，我们不在那文化里。
33A godless culture began to develop in Genesis 4 and will continue to develop until it climaxes in the Great Babylon. We thank the Lord that we are not in that culture.
（3） 结果
3) The Issue
34我们已经看过，人产生了无神的文化。这个文化的结果是满足情欲，犯奸淫，互相争斗、凶杀。我们在拉麦身上已经看到这些的实例。因此，我们从神圣的话看见那在创世记三章注入人性情里的小种子，已经发展到这样的地步。在该隐的一切恶事上，加上了满足情欲和人类之间的争斗。从那一粒撒到人性里的小种子，发展出何等多的恶事！
34We have seen that man has produced a culture without God. The issue of this culture is the fulfilling of lust, the committing of adultery, and the fighting against and slaying of one another. We have found both of these exemplified in the person of Lamech. Thus, we see from the holy Word that the small seed injected into human nature in Genesis 3 has developed to such a degree. To all the evils of Cain were added the fulfilling of lust and the fighting amongst the human race. How many evils have developed from the one small seed sown into human nature
35洗拉不仅生了土八该隐，也生了一个女儿，名叫拿玛。（创四22。）拿玛这名的意思是『使她自己可爱可悦。』她为甚么要使自己有吸引呢？乃是为了男人的情欲。这也是现代社会的一面。年轻女士都喜欢把自己打扮得可悦可爱。因此，现代文化的每一项，都以种子的形态存在于创世记第四章。现在我们知道人类文化的源头。牠是因为人失去了神而出现的。
35Zillah not only gave birth to Tubal-cain, but also to a daughter named Naamah (4:22). The name Naamah means “making herself lovely and pleasant.” For what purpose did she make herself attractive? For the sake of man’s lust. This also is an aspect of modern society. The young ladies are fond of making themselves pleasant and lovely. Hence, every item of contemporary culture, in seed form, was pres-ent in Genesis 4. Now we know the source of human culture. It came into being because man lost God
36如果你读创世记五章，会看见一切题到的人都列明了年龄。例如，亚当活了九百三十岁。但在创世记四章的谱系中没有列明任何人的年龄。为甚么？因为这谱系乃是失丧5者的谱系。在创世记五章里的人都是得救的，因此，那个谱系是得救者的谱系。得救的人行在神的路上，结果他们的年日在神眼中都算得数。相反的，失丧的人在神眼中是了了的，他们的年日在神面前不算数。雅八、犹八和土八该隐到底活了多少岁？没有人知道。但是亚当和玛土撒拉活了多少岁，我们却清楚的知道－亚当九百三十岁，玛土撒拉九百六十九岁。创世记也说到以诺－不是创世记四章的以诺－他活了三百六十五岁。他的年日在神眼中是算得数的。
36If you read Genesis 5, you will discover that it lists the ages of all the people that it names. It tells us, for example, that Adam lived nine hundred thirty years. However, the genealogy in Genesis 4 does not list the years of any person. Why? Because this genealogy is the genealogy of the lost. All the persons in Genesis were saved. Hence, that genealogy is the genealogy of the saved. The saved persons walk in the way of God and, as a result, their days and years are reckoned in His eyes. The lost people, on the contrary, are finished in His sight, and their days and years are not counted before Him. How long did Jabal, Jubal, and Tubal-cain live? No one knows. But we are told clearly how long Adam and Methuselah lived — nine hundred thirty years and nine hundred sixty-nine years respectively. Genesis 5 also speaks of Enoch — a different Enoch from that found in Genesis 4—telling us that he lived three hundred sixty - five years. His days and years were reckoned in the eyes of God.