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约伯记生命读经 · 第14篇

约伯与他三友之间

The Second of the Three Rounds in the Debates
三回辩论的第二回
Between Job and his Three Friends
十二至二十章（四）约伯抱怨他朋友错误的责备和神严厉的剥夺，以及琐法对约伯的忿怒和教训
Chapters 12—20 (4) Job's Complaint Against his Friends in their Wrong Reproach and toward God in His Severe Stripping and Zophar'sAng er and Teaching toward Job
1读经：约伯记十九至二十章。在本篇信息中，我们要看十九至二十章。
1Scripture Reading: Job 19—20 In this message we will cover chapters nineteen and twenty
壹 约伯抱怨他朋友错误的责备
I. JOB'S COMPLAINT AGAINST HIS FRIENDS in their Wrong Reproach
2和神严厉的剥夺
2and toward God in His Severe Stripping
一 抱怨他朋友错误的责备
A. His Complaint against His Friends in Their Wrong Reproach
3约伯抱怨他的朋友，（十九１～５，）问他们使他的心悲伤，用言语压碎他，要到几时。他说他们十次羞辱他；他们苦待他也不以为耻。他接著说，果真他有错，这错乃是在他。二抱怨神严厉的剥夺
3In his complaint against his friends (19:1-5), Job asked them how long they would grieve his soul and crush him with their words. He said that they had reproached him ten times and that they were not ashamed to deal wrongly with him. He continued by saying that if he had erred, his error remained with him. B. His Complaint toward God in His Severe Stripping
１ 说神倾覆他
1. Saying That God Had Subverted His Cause
4约伯抱怨神以暴虐、不公平倾覆他，用网罗围绕他。（６～７。）约伯极端的敏感，觉得神是这样对待他，但神当然没有对约伯作这些事。２说神筑墙拦住他的道路约伯接著说，神筑墙拦住他的道路，使他不得经过，又使他的路径黑暗。（８。）我不相信神作了约伯所说的任何一件事。事实上，筑墙拦住约伯道路的，可能是约伯自己。３说神剥去他的荣耀，
4Job complained that God had subverted his cause and had compassed him about with His net in violence and without justice (vv. 6-7). In his extreme sensitivity Job felt that God had treated him in this way, but surely God did not do such things to Job. 2. Saying That God Had Walled Up His Way Job went on to say that God had walled up his way so that he could not pass and that He had put darkness upon his paths (v. 8). I do not believe that God did either of these things to Job. Actually, it might have been Job himself who had walled up his way. 3. Saying That God Had Stripped His Glory from Him
摘去他头上的冠冕
and Had Taken Away the Crown on His Head
5在九节约伯说，『祂剥去我的荣耀，摘去我头上的冠冕。』这是真的。约伯的荣耀就是他的完全、正直，他的冠冕就是他的纯正。约伯说神剥去他的荣耀（他的完全、正直），摘去他头上的冠冕（他的纯正），这是对的。４说神在四围拆毁他约伯进一步抱怨神在四围拆毁他，他便消逝（死亡）；他的指望如树被拔出来。（１０。）约伯的指望就是建立他纯正的『树』，但神不容许这样一棵树在约伯里面生长；祂要将这棵树，就是这指望拔出来。
5In verse 9 Job said, "He has stripped my glory from me/And taken away the crown on my head." This was true. Job's glory was his perfection and uprightness, and his crown was his integrity. Job was right in saying that God had stripped his glory, his perfection and uprightness, from him and had taken away his crown, his integrity, from his head. 4. Saying That God Had Broken Him All Around Job further complained that God had broken him all around. Job was gone (dying), and his hope had been plucked up like a tree (v. 10). Job'sho pe had been to build up the "tree" of his integrity, but God would not allow such a tree to grow within Job. Rather, God had plucked up this tree, this hope.
５ 说神的忿怒向他发作
5. Saying That God Had Kindled His Anger against Him
6约伯宣称神的忿怒向他发作，亲自以他为敌人。约伯接著说，神的军旅一齐上来，修筑战路攻击他，在他帐棚的四围安营。（１１～１２。）神虽然剥夺约伯，但并没有向他发怒；神也不以他为敌人，乃把他看作亲密的朋友。此外，约伯说神派遣军旅攻击他，这是不对的。神若作这样的事，就违反了原则。
6Job claimed that God had also kindled His anger against him and that in Himself He considered Job as His adversary. Job then said that God's troops had come together and had cast up their highway against him and had encamped all around his tent (vv. 11-12). Although God was stripping Job, He surely was not angry with him; neither did God consider Job as His adversary but as His intimate friend. Moreover, Job was not correct in saying that God had sent a troop against Job. For God to do such a thing would be against the principle
６ 说神把他的弟兄挪到远处
6. Saying That God Had Removed His Brothers Far from Him
7约伯继续抱怨，说神把他的弟兄挪到远处，使认识他的全然与他生疏；他的亲戚与他断绝，与他相识的都忘记他；在他家寄居的和他的使女，以他为外人；他在他们眼中看为外邦人。约伯说，他呼唤仆人，虽用口求他，他还是不回答。（１３～１６。）
7Job continued his complaint by saying that God had removed his brothers far from him, and that those who knew him were wholly estranged from him. His relatives had failed him and his acquaintances had forgotten him, and those who sojourned in his house and his maids considered him a stranger. He was a foreigner in their eyes. Job said that he called out to his servant, but his servant did not answer (vv. 13-16
７ 说他的气味使他的妻子不自在
7. Saying That His Breath Was Strange to His Wife
8约伯说他的气味使他的妻子不自在；他的恳求，他的同胞也憎嫌。约伯抱怨连小孩也藐视他；他若起来，他们都嘲笑他；与他密议的人憎恶他，他所爱的人向他翻脸。（１７～１９。）
8Job said that his breath was strange to his wife, and his supplications, to the children of his mother's womb. Job complained that even little children despised him; he arose, and they spoke against him. All the men with whom he took counsel abhorred him, and those whom he loved had turned against him (vv. 17-19
８ 说他的皮肉紧贴骨头
8. Saying That His Bones Cleaved to His Skin and to His Flesh
9约伯接著说，他的皮肉紧贴骨头，他只剩牙皮逃脱了。他求他的朋友可怜他，因为他感觉神的手攻击他，神在逼迫他。然后他用一个比喻的说法，问他们为甚么不以吃他的肉为满足。（２０～２２。）
9Job went on to say that his bones cleaved to his skin and to his flesh and that he had escaped by the skin of his teeth. He asked his friends to pity him, for, according to his feeling, the hand of God had touched him and God was persecuting him. Then, using a figure of speech, he asked them why they were not satisfied with eating his flesh (vv. 20-22).
９ 惟愿他的言语记录在书上
9. Wishing That His Words Were Inscribed in a Book
10『惟愿我的言语现在写上，都记录在书上！用铁笔镌刻，用铅灌在磐石上，存到永远！』（２３～２４。）约伯因著发生在他身上的事受到伤害，也因著感觉神对待他太严厉，所以盼望他的言语镌刻在磐石上，作为他受苦的永远记载。
10Oh that my words were now written!/Oh that they were inscribed in a book!/That with an iron pen and with lead/They were engraved in rock forever!" (vv. 23- 24). Because Job was so hurt by what had happened to him and because he felt that God was treating him too severely, Job wished that his words would be engraved in rock as a permanent record of his suffering
１０ 知道他的救赎主活著，
10. Knowing That His Redeemer Lives
11末了必站立在地上『我知道我的救赎主活著，末了必站立在地上。我这皮肉灭绝之后，我必在肉体之外得见神。我亲自要见祂，亲眼要看祂；是我而不是别人。我的心肠在我里面25-渴想神，以至销毁了。』（２５～２７。）这里的『地』，在希伯来文是『尘土』。这节说，救赎主末了必站立在尘土上。
11and That at the Last He Will Stand upon the Earth "But I know that my Redeemer lives,/And at the last He will stand upon the earth;/And after this body of mine is destroyed, / Outside my flesh I will look on God, / Whom I, even I, will look on for myself, / And my eyes will see; I, and no other. / My inward parts that long for God are consumed within me" (vv. 27). The Hebrew word for "earth" here literally means "dust." This verse says that the Redeemer will stand upon the dust.
12我们若对神的经纶没有完全的看见，就会以为约伯说『我的救赎主活著』这句话非常好。但新约告诉我们，我们的救赎主不仅活著，更在我们里面活著。我们需要把约伯的话加上『在我里面』这几个字。这是根据保罗在加拉太二章二十节的话：『现在活著的，不再是我，乃是基督在我里面活著。』基督若只活在天上，与我们就没有关系。今天我们的救赎
12If we do not have a complete vision of God'secon o my, we might think that Job'sword, "My Redeemer lives," is very good. However, the New Testament tells us not merely that our Redeemer lives but that He lives in us. To Job'sword we need to add the little phrase "in me." This is according to Paul'sword in Galatians 2:20: "It is no longer I who live, but it is Christ who lives in me." If Christ lived only in the heavens, that would not have anything to do with us. Today our Redeemer is not only living—He is living in us
13主不仅活著，祂更在我们里面活著。
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14神造我们有三部分－灵、魂、体。（帖前五２３。）我们外面的部分，就是我们的身体，乃是尘土；这一部分是基督还没有摸到的。今天基督活在我们的灵里，要把祂自己从我们的灵分赐到我们的魂里，使祂的元素传输到我们的魂里，而将其变化。有一天祂要来站在我们的『尘土』上，就是站在我们的身体上，来摸我们的身体。那时我们卑贱的身体就要改变形状，同形于祂荣耀的身体。（腓三２１。）那时，祂不仅要站立在地上的尘土上，
14We were made by God in three parts—spirit, soul, and body (1 Thes. 5:23). Our outer part, our body, is dust. Christ has not yet touched this part. Today Christ is living in our spirit to impart Himself from our spirit into our soul so that His element may be transfused into our soul for its transformation. One day He will come to " stand upon our dust, " that is, our body, to touch our body. Then our body of humiliation will be transfigured to be conformed to the body of His glory (Phil. 3:21). At that time He will not only stand upon the dust of the earth, but He will touch our dust.
15祂还要摸我们尘土的身体。
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16今天我们经历基督活在我们的灵里，将祂自己灌注到我们的魂里；我们正等候祂从我们里面出来，摸我们这尘土所造的身体。这是保罗
16Today we experience Christ's living in our spirit to transfuse Himself into our soul, and we are waiting for Him to come out of us to touch our body made of dust. This is Paul's view, and it is also our view
17的看见，也是我们的看见。
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18约伯的看见完全是客观的，并不完全，不像保罗的看见，那完全是主观的。保罗的看见就是下面这两节诗歌（诗歌七六三首）所表达的：
18Job's view, being altogether objective, was not complete. It was not like Paul's view, which was altogether subjective. Paul's view is expressed in the following stanzas from Hymns, #949
荣耀盼望是基督，祂是神的奥秘；
Christ is the hope of glory, He is God's mystery
19使我有分神丰满，将神带到我里。
19He shares with me God's fullness and brings God into me
20祂来使我能与神在各方面相调，使我有分祂荣耀，将祂返照。
20He comes to make me blended with God in every way, That I may share His glory with Him for aye
荣耀盼望是基督，祂是我的履历：祂的生命我经历，祂乃与我合一；
Christ is the hope of glory, He is my history: His life is my experience, for He is one with me
21祂来要将我带进祂的荣耀、自由，完全与祂成为一，直到永久。
21He comes to bring me into His glorious liberty, That one with Him completely I'll ever be
22新约告诉我们，今天基督活在我们里面。不仅如此，祂还要安家在我们心里。（弗三１７。）祂正逐渐的在我们全人里面定居下来。这是基督在我们里面主观的活著。约伯照著他客观的看见，宣告说，『我的救赎主活著。』我们照著新约里主观的看见，应该呼喊：『我们的救赎主在我们里面活著。祂正在我们里面安家，变化我们的魂。有一天祂要来摸我们尘土的身体。』
22The New Testament tells us that today Christ lives in us. Not only so, He is also making His home in our hearts (Eph. 3:17). He is gradually getting Himself settled in our entire inner being. This is the subjective living of Christ in us. Job, according to his objective view, declared, "My Redeemer lives." We, according to the subjective view in the New Testament, should shout, "Our Redeemer lives in us. He is making His home in us, and He is transforming our soul. One day He will touch our body of dust
１１ 警告他的朋友
11. Warning His Friends
23在十九章二十八至二十九节，约伯警告他的朋友：他们若说，『我们要怎样逼迫他？因为惹事的根乃在乎他，』他们就当惧怕刀剑；因为神的忿怒带来刀剑的刑罚，他们当知道要有审判。这里约伯警告他们，神的忿怒要带进审判。照著约伯的说法，他的朋友若继续说他们所说的话，神就要进来审判他们。
23In Job 19:28 and 29 Job gave a warning to his friends. He warned them about saying, "How will we persecute him? /For the root of the matter is found in him." He told them to be fearful of the sword, for wrath brings the punishment of the sword, that they might know that there is a judgment. Here Job was warning them regarding a judgment that would be brought in by God's wrath. According to Job, if his friends continued to speak as they were speaking, God would come in to judge them.
24约伯抱怨他的朋友，并且抱怨神，这显示他非常敏感。在他敏感的感觉里，他认为别人有意伤害他；他也误会了神，认为神差派军旅攻击他。保罗与敏感、抱怨的约伯形成对比；不论保罗身上发生甚么事，他都能喜乐。（腓三１，四４。）
24Job's complaint against His friends and toward God shows that he was very sensitive. In his sensitivity he thought that others were intending to damage him and he misunderstood God, thinking that God had sent a troop against him. In contrast to Job, who was sensitive and who complained, Paul could rejoice in all that happened to him (Phil. 4:4
贰 琐法对约伯的忿怒
II. ZOPHAR'SANG ER TOWARD JOB
25和关于恶人的教训在二十章我们看见琐法对约伯的忿怒和关于恶人的教训。
25AND HIS TEACHING CONCERNING THE WICKED In chapter twenty we have Zophar'sang er toward Job and his teaching concerning the wicked
一 琐法对约伯的忿怒
A. Zophar'sAng er toward Job
26琐法对约伯发怒，说他忧烦的思念叫他回答；故此他里面急躁。琐法接著说，他听见那羞辱他责备他的话，他悟性的灵回答他。（１～３。）
26In his anger toward Job, Zophar said that his own disquieting thoughts answered him, and hence haste was in him. Zophar continued by saying that he heard the reproof that humiliated him and that the spirit of his understanding answered him (vv. 1-3
二 琐法关于恶人的教训
B. Zophar'sTe aching concerning the Wicked
27琐法关于恶人的教训（４～２９）乃是根据善恶的原则。
27Zophar'ste aching concerning the wicked (vv. 4-29) was based on the principle of good and evil
１ 说恶人的欢呼是暂时的
1. Saying That the Joyous Shouting of the Wicked Is Short
28琐法教训约伯，说恶人的欢呼是暂时的，亵渎人的喜乐不过是转眼之间。（４～１１。）论到恶人，琐法说，『他必飞去如梦，不再寻见；他被赶去，如夜间的异象。』（８。）
28In his teaching of Job, Zophar said that the joyous shouting of the wicked is short and that the rejoicing of the profane is for but a moment (vv. 4-11). Regarding the wicked person, Zophar said, "Like a dream he flies away and is not found;/Indeed he is chased away like a vision of the night" (v. 8
２ 说他的食物在肚里成为虺蛇的恶毒
2. Saying That His Food Is the Venom of Asps within Him
29琐法宣称恶人口内虽以恶为甘甜，他的食物在肚里却成为虺蛇的恶毒。（１２～１９。）
29Zophar claimed that though wickedness is sweet in the mouth of the wicked, his food in his bowels is the venom of asps within him (vv. 12-19
３ 他所吞灭的，必没有剩余
3. There Being Nothing Left of What He Has Devoured
30最后，琐法教训约伯说，因为恶人贪而无厌，所喜悦的连一样也不能保全，所吞灭的，必没有剩余；所以他的福乐不能长久。（２０～２９。）琐法结束他的教训说，『这是恶人从神所得的分，是神为他所定的产业。』（２９。）
30Finally, Zophar taught Job that because the wicked knows no respite in his craving, of that which he desires he will save nothing. There will be nothing left of what he has devoured. Thus, his prosperity will not endure (vv. 20-29). Zophar concluded his teaching by saying, "This is the wicked man'sport i on from God/ And the inheritance decreed to him by God" (v. 29