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路得记生命读经 · 第1篇

介 言

An Introductory Word
1读经：路得记1:1-5;2:1-2;3:1;4:9-10,13,21-22，马太福音1:5-6。在本篇信息中，我们要就著路得记壹路得记是士师记的附录，
1Scripture Reading: Ruth 1:1-5; 2:1-2; 3:1; 4:9-10, 13, 21-22; Matt. 1:5-6 13, 21-22 In this message we will give a brief introductory word I. RUTH BEING AN APPENDIX TO THE BOOK OF JUDGES,
与士师记的前半部同时期
CONTEMPORARY WITH THE FIRST HALF OF JUDGES
2路得记是士师记的附录，与士师记的前半部同时期。士师记述说以色列惨痛的历史，黑暗而腐臭；路得记记载一对夫妇佳美的故事，明亮而芬芳。这故事里的主角犹如荆棘中长出的百合花，又如黑夜里的明星。贰路得记是基督家谱
2Ruth is an appendix to the book of Judges , contemporary with the first half of Judges. Judges is a book of Israel’s miserable history, dark and stinking; Ruth is the record of a couple’s excellent story, bright and aromatic. The main role in this story is like a lily growing out of brambles and a bright star in the dark night. II. THE BOOK OF RUTH BEING AN IMPORTANT PART
的一段重要部分
OF THE GENEALOGY OF CHRIST
3路得记也是基督的家谱，（太一5，）就是关于基督成为肉体之记载的一段重要部分。在全宇宙中，没有甚么事比基督的成为肉体更大。永远的神创造人以后，大约静默了四千年。那段期间，没有人知道神在作甚么。天使不知道，旧约里的人，如亚伯拉罕、摩西和大卫，也不知道。然后，永远的神从永远里出来，进到时间里。祂带著祂的神性从永远里出来，进到人性里，使祂自己这位神圣者与人成为一，而成为神人。这是全宇宙中最大的一件事。短短的路得记，只包含四章，却特别关系到基督的成为肉体。
3The book of Ruth is also an important part of the genealogy of Christ (Matt. 1:5), which is the record that concerns the incarnation of Christ. In the whole universe, there is nothing greater than the incarnation of Christ. After the eternal God created man, He was nearly silent for four thousand years. During that time no one knew what God was doing. The angels did not know, and the men in the Old Testament, such as Abraham, Moses, and David, did not know. Then the eternal God came out of eternity and entered into time. He came out of eternity with His divinity in order to enter into humanity to make Himself, the Divine, one with man, the human, to become a God-man. This is the greatest thing in the entire universe. The short book of Ruth, containing only four chapters, is related in a particular way to the incarnation of Christ
参 作者
III. THE WRITER
4按照路得记的内容看来，其作者应当是撒母耳，与士师记的情形相同。
4According to the contents of Ruth, its writer should be Samuel, as is the case also with the book of Judges
肆 时间
IV. THE TIME
5根据『耶西生大卫』（四22）这句话，本书写作的时间必是在士师秉政之后，而在列王掌权之时。本书历史的时间包括十一年，大约从主前一三二二年
5According to the word “Jesse begot David” (4:22), the time of writing must have been after the rule of the judges and in the time of the kings. The time of the history covered in this book comprises eleven years
6（一4） 至一三一二年。（四13。）
6from about 1322 B.C. (1:4) to about 1312 B.C. (4:13).
伍 地点
V. THE PLACE
7路得记里所记载的历史，发生于摩押和犹大两地。（一1，22。）
7The history recorded in the book of Ruth took place in Moab and Judah (1:1, 22).
陆 内容
VI. THE CONTENT
8本书内容与摩押女子路得有关。路得属摩押族。（4。）摩押是罗得的儿子，就是罗得与他女儿乱伦所生的后裔。（创十九30～38。）申命记二十三章三节明示，摩押人不可入耶和华的会；他们的子孙虽过十代，也不可入耶和华的会。因此，摩押女子路得是被排除在外的人。然而，她藉著嫁与大卫王的曾祖父波阿斯，（得四21～22，太一5～6，）被带进神圣别的选民中，且成为基督的一个重要先祖；这成为引进基督成为肉体的因素。（太一5～16。）由此我们看见，路得成为将基督带到人性里的一个重要先祖。这引进那奇妙的成为肉体，使神与人成为一。这是路得记内容的内在意义。
8The content of this book concerns a Moabitess, Ruth. Ruth belonged to the tribe of Moab (v. 4). Moab was the son of Lot, the fruit of Lot’since stu o us union with his daughter (Gen. 19:30-38). According to Deuteronomy 23:3 the Moabites were forbidden to enter the congregation of the Lord, even to the tenth generation. Thus, as a Moabitess, Ruth was an excluded one. Nevertheless, she was brought into the holy elect of God and became an important ancestor of Christ through her marriage with Boaz, the great- grandfather of King David (Ruth 4:21-22; Matt. 1:5-6), which became a factor that ushered in the incarnation of Christ (Matt. 1:5-16). From this we see that Ruth became an important ancestor to bring Christ into humanity. This ushered in the marvelous incarnation, which made God one with man. This is the intrinsic significance of the content of the book of Ruth
柒 中心思想
VII. THE CENTRAL THOUGHT
9路得记的中心思想是一个外邦人，甚至一个摩押女子，藉著与一位将她赎回的圣别选民联结，竟然联于神圣别的选民，并成为后嗣，有分于神圣的产业。这不仅仅是豫表，乃是一个完整的表号，说到外邦的罪人，藉著基督的救赎，而与基督联结，与神的选民以色列同被带进神的产业。
9The central thought of the book of Ruth is that a Gentile, even a Moabitess, could be joined to God’sho ly elect and become an heir to partake of the holy inheritance through her union with the one of the holy elect who redeemed her. This is not merely a type but a complete prefigure of the Gentile sinners’ being brought, with Israel, God’select, into the divine inheritance through the redemption of Christ in their union with Him
捌 分段
VIII. THE SECTIONS
10路得记有六段。
10The book of Ruth has six sections
一 以利米勒偏离神经纶中的安息
A. Elimelech’s Swerving from the Rest in God’sEcon o my
11第一段（一1～2）给我们看见，神的一个选民以利米勒，偏离了神经纶中的安息。
11The first section (1:1-2) shows us that Elimelech, one of God’select, swerved from the rest in God’secon o my
二 拿俄米归回神经纶中的安息
B. Naomi’s Returning to the Rest in God’sEcon o my
12第二段（一3～7，19～22）与拿俄米归回神经纶中的安息有关。以利米勒偏离了这安息，而拿俄米归回这安息。
12The second section (1:3-7, 1 9-2 2) concerns Naomi’s returning to the rest in God’secon o my. Whereas Elimelech swerved from this rest, Naomi returned to it.
三 路得拣选她的目标
C. Ruth’s Choosing for Her Goal
13有些解经家说到路得的决意或定意。然而，我们在路得记里所看见的，不仅是她的决意或定意，乃是她拣选她的目标。这描述于本书第三段。（一8～18。）
13Some expositors speak of Ruth’s resolution or determination. What we see in Ruth, however, is not just her resolution or her determination but her choosing for her goal. This is described in the third section of the book (1:8-18
四 路得使用她的权利
D. Ruth’s Exercising of Her Right
14本书下一段（二章）说到路得使用她的权利。关于她的目标，她作了拣选以后，就使用她的权利。
14The next section of this book (ch. 2) covers Ruth’s exercising of her right. After she made a choice regarding her goal, she exercised her right
五 路得寻找她的安息
E. Ruth’sS eeking for Her Rest
15本书第五段（三章）说到路得寻找她的安息。一旦她藉著拣选她的目标，使用临到她的权利，路得就凭智慧寻找她的安息。
15The fifth section of this book (ch. 3) covers Ruth’ss eeking for her rest. Once she exercised the right that came to her through her choosing for her goal, Ruth, in wisdom, sought for her rest
六 路得得著神经纶的赏赐
F. Ruth’s Reward for God’sEcon o my
16因为路得绝对为著神的经纶，她就从神得著赏赐。本书最后一段的第四章里说到路得得著神经纶的赏赐。
16Because Ruth was absolute for God’secon o my, she received a reward from God. Ruth’s reward for God’secon o my is covered in chapter four, the last section of this book