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约伯记生命读经 · 第1篇

介言

An Introductory Word
1读经：约伯记一章一至五节。从本篇信息开始，我们要来看约伯可用以下四句话来表达：一神对付祂的圣民，目的是要使
1Scripture Reading: Job 1:1-5 With this message we begin the life-study of Job. My following four sentences: 1) God deals with His saints for the purpose that
2他们得著祂自己作生命。
2they may gain Him as life
3二神剥夺寻求祂之人的产业，使
32) God strips His seekers of their possessions so
4他们能完满的承受祂。
4that they may inherit Him in full
5三神藉著患难，为祂的得胜者成
53) God works out for His overcomers through
6就永远重大的荣耀。
6affliction an eternal weight of glory
7四神藉著万有，将爱祂的人带到
74) God is bringing His lovers into Himself as
祂自己这荣耀里，并要以祂自
glory through all things and will glorify them
8己 来荣化他们。
8with Himself.
壹 书名
I. THE NAME
9约伯记是照著著者约伯命名的；约伯这名的意思是『遭恨恶』或『受逼害』，表征约伯从神仇敌撒但所遭受的事。约伯确实受到撒但的恨恶和逼害。本书中神的仇敌撒但对我们是个奥秘。我们不能完全明白，为甚么撒但不仅仍有自由，甚至有『公民权』，可以到神所在之处，参1加神与祂的天使所开的会议。当然，约伯记一至二章所描述的，发生在基督钉十字架，废除那掌死权的魔鬼（来二１４）之前两千年。因著基督在十字架上废除了撒但，我们可能认为撒但不再有权利到神的面前。然而，按照启示录十二章十节，撒但仍然在神面前昼夜控告我们。大灾难开始的时候，这权利要从撒但身上夺去。当得胜者到了天上，撒但就要从天上被摔到地上。从那时起，撒但就不再有权利进到神的面前。
9The book of Job is named after its writer, Job, whose name means "hated" or "persecuted," signifying what Job suffered of Satan, the enemy of God. Job surely suffered Satan's hatred and persecution. In this book Satan as the enemy of God is a mystery to us. We cannot understand in full why Satan still has not only the freedom but also the "civil right" to go to God'sp lace and attend one of the councils held by God with His angels. Of course, what is described in Job and 2 took place two thousand years before Christ died on the cross to destroy the devil, who has the might of death (Heb. 2:14). Since Christ destroyed Satan on the cross, we may think that Satan no longer has the "civil right" to go into the presence of God. However, according to Revelation 12:10, Satan still accuses us in the presence of God day and night. This right will be taken away from Satan at the beginning of the great tribulation. When the overcomers arrive in the heavens, Satan will be cast down from the heavens to the earth. From that time onward, Satan will no longer have the right to come into the presence of God.
贰 著者
II. THE WRITER
10约伯记的著者是约伯，由以西结十四章十二、十四、二十节，和雅各书五章十一节所证实。这几处经文都证明本书的真实性。
10The writer of the book of Job was Job. This is confirmed by Ezekiel 1 4:1 2, 1 4, 2 0 and James 5:1 1. These verses are a proof of the authenticity of this book.
参 时间
III. THE TIME
11按照约伯游牧的生活方式，（伯一３，）以及他为儿女献燔祭的方式，本书该是写于亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的时期，（伯一５，创二二１３，三一５４，）约在主前二千年。这指明约伯记是写于摩西写摩西五经以前五百年。
11According to the way of Job's nomadic living (Job 1:3) and the way he offered the burnt offering for his children, this book should have been written at the time of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (v. 5; Gen. 22:13; 31:54), about 2000 B. C. This means that Job was written five hundred years before Moses wrote the Pentateuch.
肆 著地
IV. THE PLACE
12约伯记告诉我们，约伯住在乌斯，以东地的一城，（哀四２１，）亚
12The book of Job tells us that Job lived in Uz, a city in Edom (Lam. 4:21), west of the Arabian desert
13拉伯旷野西边。
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伍 写作形式
V. THE FORM OF WRITING
14约伯记的写作形式乃是诗歌体。（除了一、二章以及四十二章最后十一节以外。）约伯记是圣经里五卷诗歌书的第一卷；另外四卷是诗篇、箴言、传道书和雅歌。
14The book of Job is poetic in form, with the exception of chapters one and two and the last eleven verses of chapter forty-two. Job is the first of the five poetic books in the Scriptures; the other four are the Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and the Song of Songs
陆 内容
VI. THE CONTENTS
一 敬虔之人情绪的发表
A. The Expressions of the Sentiments of Godly Men
15约伯记的内容，乃是敬虔之人情绪的发表，包括约伯、约伯的三个朋友、以及青年人以利户。本书是这五个人加上神说话的记录。
15The contents of the book of Job are the expressions of the sentiments of godly men, including Job, his three friends, and the young man Elihu. This book is the record of the speaking of these five parties plus the speaking of God
１ 照著他们敬虔生活的经历
1. According to the Experiences of Their Godly Life
16约伯记像诗篇一样，由说话者照著他们敬虔生活的经历而有的情绪发表所组成。２满了善恶的原则他们的发表虽是在律法赐下之前说出的，但他们的情绪满了善恶的原则；这是善恶知识树的原则。
16The book of Job, like the Psalms, consists of the expressions of the sentiments of the speakers according to the experiences of their godly life. 2. Filled with the Principle of Good and Evil Their expressions were uttered before the law was given, yet their sentiments were filled with the principle of good and evil. This is the principle of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
３ 他们的逻辑是循善恶知识树的路线
3. Their Logic Being according to the Line of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil
17他们的逻辑是循善恶知识树的路线；基于这点，他们对于神的公平以及公义的审判，非常重视。
17Their logic was according to the line of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, and, based on this, they considered very much God's justice and righteous judgment
18二与神行政之审判的关系
18B. In Relation to the Judgments of God's Government
19这些敬虔之人情绪的发表，与神行政的审判有关。约伯和他三个朋友的辩论，主要是论到审判。他们推论约伯一定在某方面作错了事；因此发生在他身上的事，乃是从神来的审判。他们可能也认为约伯的儿女是作了错事，因著神的审判而死。因此，本书的内容包括神的审判这件事。
19The expression of the sentiments of these godly men are in relation to the judgments of God's government. The debates between Job and his three friends were mainly concerning judgment. They reasoned that Job must have been wrong in some regard or aspect and that the things which happened to him were a judgment from God. They may also have thought that Job's children were wrong and died because of God's judgment. Thus, the contents of this book involve the matter of God's judgment.
１ 神按照祂的经纶，为著祂的心意创造宇宙
1. God Creating the Universe according to His Economy and for His Intention
20神创造宇宙，乃是按照祂的经纶，为著祂的心意。
20It was according to His economy and for His intention that God created the universe
２ 神照著祂的愿望创造人
2. God Creating Man according to His Desire
21不仅如此，神也是照著祂的愿望造人，使祂能藉著人彰显祂自己。为了要作神的彰显，人必须在神的管理之下，这就牵涉到神的审判。
21Furthermore, it was according to His desire that God created man that He might express Himself through man. In order to be God'sex press i on, man must be under God's rule, and this involves God's judgment
３ 神在人身上施行祂行政的管治
3. God Exercising His Governmental Control over Man
22神必须在人身上施行祂行政的管治，并照著祂的公义审判人。没有人能逃脱神的审判。罗马二章五至六节说，『你竟任著你刚硬不悔改的心，为自己在神动怒并显示祂公义审判的日子，积蓄忿怒。祂必照各人的行为报应各人。』行传十七章三十一节告诉我们，神『已经定了日子，要藉著祂所设立的人，按公义审判天下』。这人就是耶稣基督，是那一位受神吩咐要审判活人和死人的。（十４２。）万物迟早要受主耶稣基督的审判。
22It is necessary that God exercise His governmental control over man and judge man according to His righteousness. No one will escape God's judgment. Romans 2:5 and 6 say, "According to your hardness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up for yourself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God, who will render to each according to his works." In Acts 17:31 we are told that God "has set a day in which He is to judge the world in righteousness by the man whom He has designated." This man is Jesus Christ, who has been charged by God to judge the living and the dead (Acts 10:42). Sooner or later, all will be judged by the Lord Jesus Christ
４ 神的审判有些是暂时的，有些是终极的
4. Some of His Judgments Being Temporary, and Some Being Ultimate
23神的审判有些是暂时的，如对所多玛城的审判；有些是终极的，如在白色1大宝座前的审判。（启二十１１～１５。）关于这点，提前五章二十四节说，『有些人的罪是显明的，先去受审判；也有些人的罪是随后跟了去的。』有些人的罪早受神的审判，有些人的罪晚受神的审判。不论早或晚，神审判的时间乃在于祂的定规。５有些人即使是有罪且邪恶的，
23Some of God's judgments are temporary, like that on Sodom, and some are ultimate, like that at the great white throne (Rev. 20:11-15). Concerning this, Timothy 5:24 says, "The sins of some men are openly manifest, going before to judgment; and for others, they also follow after. " The sins of certain persons come to God's judgment earlier, and the sins of others come later. God's judgment, whether earlier or later, depends on His timing. 5. Some People Prospering and Flourishing for Awhile,
却亨通顺遂一时
even though they are sinful and evil
24因为神的审判有些是暂时的，有些是终极的，所以有些人即使有罪且邪恶，却亨通顺遂一时。有些人因著人的罪所带来的咒诅，（创三１７～１８，）而受天然灾害之苦。他们所遭受的，或许不是由于他们犯罪的行为。因著亚当犯罪堕落，咒诅就进来了，成为一种审判。按照罗马八章二十至二十二节，『受造之物服在虚空之下，』并服在败坏的奴役里，『一同叹息，一同受生产之苦。』这也是一种审判。因著这审判，人即使没有犯罪，有时也会遭受天然的灾害。遭受台风灾害的人，并非都是因为犯罪的缘故。
24Because some of God's judgments are temporary and others are ultimate, some people prosper and flourish, even though they are sinful and evil. Some suffer natural calamities because of the curse brought in through man'ss in (Gen. 3:17-18). What they suffer may not be due to their sinful deeds. Because Adam fell, committing sin, the curse came in as a kind of judgment. According to Romans 8:20 through 22, "the creation was made subject to vanity" and, subject to the slavery of corruption, "groans together and travails in pain together." This also is a kind of judgment. Because of this judgment, people sometimes suffer natural calamities, even though they may not commit sin. Not all those who suffer a calamity such as a devastating hurricane suffer because they are sinful
６ 关于神的审判不同的观点
6. Different Views concerning God's Judgment
25约伯和他的朋友，在他们所坚持并辩论关于神审判的事上，有不同的观点。他们的许多辩论，来自他们对神的审判有不同的观点。
25Job and his friends might have had different views in what they insisted on and debated about regarding God's judgment. Much of their debate resulted from different views concerning God's judgment
７ 约伯和他的朋友没有看见在神对付祂圣民的事上，神经纶积极的一面
7. Job and His Friends Not Seeing the Positive Aspect of God'sEcon o my in Dealing with His Holy People
26很明显的，约伯和他的朋友没有看见在神对付祂圣民的事上，神经纶积极的一面。那就是：神要剥夺不是审判祂的圣民，使祂得著他们，好叫他们更多得著祂。
26It is evident that Job and his friends did not see the positive aspect of God'secon o my in dealing with His holy people. That is, God wants to strip, not to judge, His holy ones that He might gain them so that they might gain Him more
27约伯的朋友认为约伯受苦乃是遭受神的审判。然而，约伯的受苦不是神的审判，而是神的剥夺。示巴人把约伯的牛和驴掳去，『神的火』烧灭了羊群，迦勒底人把骆驼掳去，一阵狂风使他的儿子和女儿都死了。（伯一１３～１９。）所有这些事都是神的剥夺，但约伯和他的朋友认为这些是神的审判。历世纪以来，许多读约伯记的人也有同样的观念，认为约伯受苦是因著神的审判。你曾否想过，神常常作一些事来剥夺你？即使你没有错，突然某些事发生在你身上，神就用这些事来剥夺你。在我进到主的恢复以前，我的属灵字典里没有『剥夺』一辞。我听过审判、惩罚、惩治，但没有听过剥夺。我是从倪弟兄那里听到神的剥夺。
27Job's friends thought that what he was suffering was a matter of God's judgment. However, Job's sufferings were not God's judgment but God's stripping. The Sabeans took away Job's oxen and donkeys, the "fire of God" devoured his sheep, the Chaldeans took his camels, and a great wind caused the death of his sons and daughters (Job 1:13-19). All these things were God's stripping, but Job and his friends regarded them as God's judgment. Throughout the centuries, many readers of the book of Job have had the same concept, thinking that Job suffered because of God's judgment. Have you ever had the thought that quite often God does something to strip you? Even though you may not be wrong, suddenly certain things happen to you, and God uses these things to strip you. Before I came into the Lord's recovery, the word stripping was not in my spiritual dictionary. I had heard about judgment, punishment, and chastisement but not about stripping. It was from Brother Nee that I learned about God's stripping.
28今天在我们的属灵字典里，第一个辞该是『基督』，第二个辞该是『剥夺』。你得著了多少基督？我们有多少的基督，在于我们受了多少剥夺。我们越受神的剥夺，就越多得著基督。
28Today in our spiritual dictionary the first word should be Christ, and the second word should be stripping. How much of Christ have you gained? How much of Christ we have gained is according to how much stripping we have suffered. The more we suffer God's stripping, the more we gain Christ
８ 神藉著祂的剥夺，将祂自己分赐到那些爱祂、寻求祂的人里面
8. Through His Stripping God Dispensing Himself to Those Who Love Him and Seek After Him
29神藉著祂的剥夺，将祂自己分赐到那些爱祂、寻求祂的人里面。约伯失去一切所有的，但至终他得著神自己。神剥夺他的一切，好使神作他的一切，为要将他完全变化并模成神在祂儿子里荣耀的形像。（罗八２９。）
29It is through His stripping that God dispenses Himself to those who love Him and seek after Him. Job lost all that he had, but ultimately he gained God Himself. God stripped his all in order that He could be his all for his full transformation and conformation to the glorious image of God in His Son (Rom. 8:29
三 在神圣真理不充分的启示下
C. Under the Inadequate Revelation of the Divine Truths
30约伯和他的朋友对神圣的真理没有充分的启示。他们这些敬虔的人，乃是在他们所接受之启示的范围里发表他们的情绪。
30Job and his friends did not have the adequate revelation of the divine truths. As godly men, they expressed their sentiments within the limits of the revelation they had received
１ 圣经里的神圣启示是渐进的
1. The Divine Revelation in the Bible Being Progressive
31圣经里的神圣启示是渐进的。到了约伯的时候，神圣启示的进展只达到亚伯拉罕时代的水平，就是罪人需要神凭燔祭所流之血的救赎；至于重生、更新、变化、模成和得荣，一点也没有揭示出来。这些事不是约伯和亚伯拉罕时代之属灵文化的一部分。
31The divine revelation in the Bible is progressive. Up to Job'st i me the progression of the divine revelation had reached only the level of Abraham'st i me, that is, that sinners need God's redemption with the shedding of the blood of the burnt offering. Nothing had been unveiled regarding regeneration, renewing, transformation, conformation, and glorification. These things were not a part of the spiritual culture of Job and Abraham
32今天许多基督徒不认识关于变化、模成、和得荣的事。他们可能认识一点关于重生和更新，但大部分不知道任何关于变化、模成、和得荣的事。你进到主的恢复以前，知道这些事么？今天在许多基督徒中间，缺乏关于这类事的教导，因为缺乏关于这些事的启示。相反的，在主的恢复里，我们很强的强调变化。自从我在美国开始尽职，我就一直说到操练灵，为著经历并享受基督，也说到变化。但对于许多圣徒而言，变化只是一个道理，不是在灵中实际的经历。基督徒的生活是基督活在我们里面的生活。就如保罗所说，『不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活著。』（加二２０。）这是基督徒的生活，也是每一天在我们灵中对变化的实际经历。
32Many of today's Christians do not know about such matters as transformation, conformation, and glorification. They may know a little about regeneration and renewing, but most do not know anything about transformation, conformation, and glorification. Did you know about these things before you came into the Lord's recovery? Among today's Christians, the teaching concerning such matters is lacking because the revelation regarding them is lacking. In the recovery, on the contrary, we strongly emphasize transformation. Since the beginning of my ministry in this country, I have been speaking about the exercise of the spirit for the experience and enjoyment of Christ and about transformation. However, for many of the saints transformation is merely a doctrine, not a practical experience in the spirit. The Christian life is a matter of Christ living in us. As Paul says, "It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me" (Gal. 2:20). This is the Christian life, and this is the practical, daily experience of transformation in our spirit
２ 神圣的真理直到使徒保罗的时候，
2. The Divine Truths Not Being Revealed
33才完全启示出来关于重生、更新、变化、模成、得荣的神圣真理，在神旧约的经纶里，没有清楚的启示给人。乃是直到使徒保罗的时候，才完全启示出来。（腓三８。）保罗完全并清楚的领受了关于这些事的启示，但亚伯拉罕、约伯同他的朋友，因著缺乏所需的属灵文化，而不认识这些事。我们不该因为约伯和他的朋友缺乏认识，就责怪或轻视他们。在约伯记四十二章五节约伯说，『我从前风闻有你，现在亲眼看见你。』我们可以把约伯的看见神解释为得著神，但得著神是甚么意思？在约伯记里没有更进一步关于这点的启示，因为本书的启示还不是那样的清楚、完整、完全。清楚、完整和完全的启示，乃是在保罗的著作里，特别是加拉太、以弗所、腓立比、歌罗西这四卷构成新约的心脏书。我们若读这四卷书，就会清楚看见得著神的意义。遗憾的是，今天许多基督徒仍停留在约伯的时代。因此，我希望本篇信息会帮助你们的眼睛得著开启。
33in Completion until the Apostle Paul'sT i me The divine truths regarding such matters as regeneration, renewing, transformation, conformation, and glorification were not explicitly revealed to man in God'sOld Testament economy. They were not revealed in completion until the apostle Paul'st i me (Phil. 3:8). Paul received a full and explicit revelation of things concerning which Abraham, Job, and his friends had no understanding due to the shortage of the necessary spiritual culture. We should not blame or despise Job and his friends for their lack of understanding. In Job 42:5 Job said, "I had heard of You by the hearing of the ear,/But now my eye has seen You." We may interpret Job's seeing God as his gaining God. But what does it mean to gain God? In Job there is no further revelation concerning this, for the revelation in this book is not clear, complete, or perfect. The clear, complete, and perfect revelation is found in Paul's writings, especially in Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians, and Colossians, the four books that make up the heart of the New Testament. If we read these books, we will have a clear view of what it means to gain God. Unfortunately, many of today's Christians remain in Job'sa ge. I hope, therefore, that this message will help to open your eyes
柒 主题
VII. THE SUBJECT
34约伯记的主题乃是：神对付祂圣民的目的。约伯记这卷书记录了一些敬虔人就著圣徒受苦之目的，就是神对付祂子民之目的而有的辩论。因为约伯记是一卷这么早期的书，所以没有清楚启示神对付祂子民的目的。这启示没有给约伯，乃是给了保罗。在保罗的书信里，我们看见神对付我们的目的，乃是要剥夺我们一切的事物，好叫我们更多得著神。这就是约伯记的主题。
34The subject of the book of Job is the purpose of God's dealing with His holy one. Job is a book of the debates of godly men concerning the purpose of the sufferings of the saints, that is, the purpose of God's dealing with His people. Since Job is such an early book, it does not contain a clear revelation of God's purpose in dealing with His people. This revelation was given not to Job but to Paul. In Paul's Epistles we see that God's purpose in dealing with us is to strip us of all things so that we may gain God more and more. This is the subject of the book of Job.
捌 分段
VIII. THE SECTIONS
35约伯记分为六段：介言，（一１～二１０，）约伯与他三友之间的辩论，（二１１～三二１，）以利户回答约伯的话，（三二２～三七２４，）神与约伯之间的对话，（三八１～四二６，）耶和华对约伯三友的对付，（四二７～９，）和
35Job has six sections: the introduction (1:1—2:10); the debates between Job and his three friends (2:11—32:1); Elihu's answer to Job (32:2—37:24); the dialogue between God and Job (38:1—42:6); Jehovah's dealing with the three friends of Job (42:7-9); and Job'send (42:10-17
36约伯的结局。（四二１０～１７。）
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