约伯记生命读经 · 第30篇

在约伯故事的叙述中，在神的完成下，

The Final Outcome, under God’s Consummation, of the Progressive Divine Revelation

渐进之神圣启示的最终结果

in the Narration of the Story of Job

1读经：约伯记四十二章。在本篇信息中，我们要来看约伯记四十二章。本章启示在约伯故事的叙述中，在神的完成下，渐进之神圣启示的最终结果。壹约伯在个人的经历中

1Scripture Reading: Job 42 In this message we will consider chapter forty-two of the book of Job. This chapter reveals the final outcome, under God's consummation, of the progressive divine revelation in the narration of the story of Job. I. JOB GAINING GOD IN HIS PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

得著神，厌恶自己

AND ABHORRING HIMSELF

2『我从前风闻有你，现在亲眼看见你；因此我厌恶自己，在尘土和炉灰中懊悔。』（５～６。）这指明约伯在他个人的经历中（在他凭传统的虚空知识所有对神的认识之外）得著神，而厌恶自己。看见神等于得著神。（太五８。）得著神就是在神的元素、生命、性情上接受神。至终，这使我们不仅与神成为一，更成为神的一部分。我不喜欢用『合为一』这辞，来描述我们与神的关系；因为成为神的一部分，在神的生命和性情上由神构成，比与神合为一意义更深。我们看见了神，就能被神构成，只是我们无分于祂的神格。

2I had heard of You by the hearing of the ear,/But now my eye has seen You;/Therefore I abhor myself, and I repent /In dust and ashes" (vv. 5-6). This indicates that Job gained God in his personal experience (in addition to knowing God in his vain knowledge by tradition) and that he abhorred himself. Seeing God equals gaining God (Matt. 5:8). To gain God is to receive God in His element, in His life, and in His nature. Eventually, this not only makes us one with God—it even makes us a part of God. I prefer not to use the phrase "one with" in describing our relationship with God because to be made a part of God, to be constituted with God in His life and nature, is more than being one with God. We see God that we may be constituted with God, yet we do not have any share in the Godhead

3所有蒙神救赎、重生、圣别、变化、模成且荣化的人，都要见神的面。（启二二４。）看见神就使我们变化，（林后三１８，）因为我们看见神时，就把祂的元素接受到我们里面。当我们接受神，就有新的元素进到我们里面，旧的元素也被排除了。这个新陈代谢的过程就是变化。看见神就是被变化成为神荣耀的形像，使我们成为神的一部分，使我们得以在神的生命

3All God's redeemed, regenerated, sanctified, transformed, conformed, and glorified people will see God's face (Rev. 22:4). Seeing God transforms us (2 Cor. 3:18), because in seeing God we receive His element into us. As we receive God, a new element comes into us, and the old element is discharged. This metabolic process is transformation. To see God is to be transformed into the glorious image of God. This makes us a part of God that we may express God in His life and represent Him in His authority

4上彰显神，在神的权柄上代表神。

5约伯说他不仅看见神，也厌恶自己。按照我们的经历，我们越看见神、爱神，就越厌恶自己；我们越认识神，就越否认自己。

5Job said not only that He saw God but also that he abhorred himself. According to our experience, the more we see God and love God, the more we abhor ourselves. The more we know God, the more we deny ourselves

贰神定罪约伯的三位朋友，因他们议论祂，不如祂的仆人约伯说的是

II. GOD CONDEMNING JOB'ST HREE FRIENDS for not speaking concerning Him that which was right, as His servant Job had

6约伯记四十二章七节告诉我们，神定罪约伯的三位朋友，因他们议论祂，不如祂的仆人约伯说的是。约伯说他的受苦不是因著神的审判，这是对的。照著他的良心，约伯觉得他没有作任何事，需要神进来审判他或惩罚他。但他事实上却在受苦，所以他要与神探究他的处境。然而，约伯的三个朋友却坚持约伯的受苦是他作错事，受神审判的证明。因此，神进来定罪约伯的三个朋友，而在某种程度上为约伯表白。

6Job 42:7 tells us that God condemned Job'st hree friends for not speaking concerning Him that which was right, as His servant Job had. Job was right in saying that his sufferings were not a matter of God's judgment. Job felt that, according to his conscience, he had not done anything that required God to come in to judge him or to punish him. Nevertheless, he was suffering and he wanted to investigate his situation with God. Job'st hree friends, however, insisted that Job's sufferings were a proof that he had done something wrong and was being judged by God. Thus, God came in to condemn the three friends and to vindicate Job to a certain extent

一就著神对付祂子民的目的这点，

A. Job'sT hree Friends Not Being Right

7约伯的三个朋友是不对的

7concerning God's Purpose in Dealing with His People

8就著神对付祂子民的目的这点约伯的三个朋友，是不对的，因为他们的观念乃是基于善恶的原则，基于善恶知识树，在生命树这主线之旁的侧线上。二约伯是对的，因为大体而言，

8Job'st hree friends were not right concerning God's purpose in dealing with His people, because their concept was based on the principle of good and evil, on the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, the side line alongside the tree of life as the main line. B. Job Being Right Because His Concept in General

他的观念不是基于善恶

Was Not Based on the Principle of Good and Evil

9约伯是对的，因为大体而言，他的观念不是基于善恶；然而，就著神对付祂子民的目的这点，他是在摸索。在消极一面，他是对的；在积极一面，他缺少神圣的启示，不知道神对付祂子民的目的，乃是要祂的子民越过越多得著祂、有分于祂、拥有祂并享受祂，而不是其他一切的事物，直到他们的享受达到最完满的地步，如新约里神圣启示至终所揭示的，就是祂的子民至终成为新耶路撒冷。新耶路撒冷乃是神的扩大。我们都要成为新耶路撒冷的一部分。

9Job was right because his concept in general was not based on the principle of good and evil. However, he was groping in relation to the purpose for which God deals with His people. On the negative side, he was right; on the positive side, he was devoid of the divine revelation, not knowing that God's purpose in dealing with His people is that He wants His people to gain Him, to partake of Him, to possess Him, and to enjoy Him more and more, rather than all things, until their enjoyment reaches the fullest extent, as the divine revelation ultimately unveils in the New Testament, that His people may ultimately become the New Jerusalem. The New Jerusalem is the enlargement of God. We all will become parts of the New Jerusalem

三神未将祂对付人的目的清楚启示约伯

C. God Not Making His Purpose in Dealing with His People Clear to Job

10在约伯的时候，神在祂渐进的启示上，还没有将祂对付人的目的清楚启示约伯；但神却在新约里清楚启示信徒。

10God, in His progressive revelation, did not make His purpose in dealing with His people clear to Job at his time. However, God did make this clear in the New Testament to the believers

参神未在意以利户

III. GOD PAYING NO ATTENTION TO ELIHU

11在神回答约伯的话里，没有在意以利户，因为他的观念虽然没有错，但也没有达到神终极标准的水平。以利户这个青年人以为他是重要人物，但事实上他甚么也不是。

11In His reply to Job, God paid no attention to Elihu because his concept had not come up to the level of God's ultimate standard, though it was not wrong. Elihu, a young man, thought that he was somebody, but he actually was nobody.

肆神嘱咐约伯的三个朋友，

IV. GOD CHARGING JOB'ST HREE FRIENDS

12到约伯那里

为自己献上燔祭

TO GO TO JOB AND OFFER A BURNT OFFERING FOR THEMSELVES

13神嘱咐约伯的三个朋友，到约伯那里为自己献上燔祭，好叫神的仆人约伯为他们祈祷。（８～９。）这嘱咐是照著当时的水平和标准。三个朋友照著耶和华所吩咐的去行，耶和华就悦纳约伯。

13God charged Job'st hree friends to go to Job and offer a burnt offering for themselves that God's servant Job might pray for them (vv. 8-9). This charge was according to the level and standard of that time. The three friends did as Jehovah had told them, and Jehovah accepted Job

伍约伯为他的朋友祈祷，

V. JOB PRAYING FOR HIS FRIENDS

神使约伯从掳掠转回

AND GOD TURNING THE CAPTIVITY OF JOB

14约伯为他的朋友祈祷，神就使约伯从掳掠转回，并且赐给他的，比他从前所有的加倍。（１０～１７。）他所有的亲人和认识的人都来见他，在他家里一同吃饭。他们为所降与他的一切灾祸悲伤，并安慰他。每人也送他礼物。约伯先前是在掳掠中，因为他从平常的光景中被撒但掳去。神使约伯从掳掠中转回，赐给他物质的福分。陆神用这一切物质的福分祝福约伯，乃是在约伯晚年向他显明神的慈爱和信实神用这一切物质的福分祝福约伯，乃是在约伯晚年向他显明神的慈爱和信实。这指明神在对付爱祂之人的事上是完全的、恩慈的。甚至今天，神藉著剥夺和销毁来对付我们之后，在祂的目的完成之后，神也给我们物质的福分。然而，神对付祂子民的目的，不是要给他们物质的福分，乃是要把祂自己给他们，作他们的永分，至终完成于新耶路撒冷。（启二一～二二。）

14Job prayed for his friends, and God turned the captivity of Job and gave Job twice as much as he had before (vv. 10-17). All his relatives and acquaintances came to him, ate bread with him in his house, and consoled and comforted him for all the misfortune that had been brought upon him, and gave to him some gifts. Job had been in captivity, having been captured by Satan away from his common situation. God turned Job's captivity and blessed Job with physical blessings. V I . ALL THE PHYSICAL BLESSINGS WITH WHICH GOD BLESSED JOB BEING TO SHOW JOB GOD'S LOVINGKINDNESS AND FAITHFULNESS IN HIS LATTER DAYS All the physical blessings with which God blessed Job were to show Job God's lovingkindness and faithfulness in his latter days. This indicates that God is perfect and kind in dealing with those who love Him. Even today, after God deals with us by stripping us and consuming us, and after His purpose is accomplished, God gives us His physical blessings. However, God's purpose in dealing with His people is not to give physical blessings to them but to give Himself to them as their eternal portion, which ultimately consummates in the New Jerusalem (Rev. 21—22

15柒雅各认为约伯

是受苦并忍耐的榜样

VII. JAMES CONSIDERING JOB AS AN EXAMPLE OF SUFFERING AND OF ENDURANCE

16『弟兄们，你们要把那曾在主名里说话的众申言，当作受苦和恒忍的榜样。看哪，我们称那忍耐的人是有福的。你们听见过约伯的忍耐，也看见过主给他的结局，明显主是满有慈心，且有怜恤。』（雅五10～11。）这里我们看见，雅各认为约伯是受苦并忍耐的榜样。

16"As an example, brothers, of suffering evil and of long- suffering, take the prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord. Behold, we call those who endured blessed. You have heard of the endurance of Job, and you have seen his end from the Lord, that the Lord is very tenderhearted and compassionate" (James 5:10-11). Here we see that James considered Job as an example of suffering and of endurance.