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路得记生命读经 · 第2篇

以利米勒的偏离，拿俄米的归回，以及路得的拣选

Elimelech’s Swerving, Naomi’s Returning, and Ruth’s Choosing
1读经：路得记一章。在本篇信息中，我们要来看路得记一章；本章是说到以利米勒的偏离，拿俄米的归回，以及路得的拣选。
1Scripture Reading: Ruth 1 In this message we will consider Ruth 1, a chapter that covers Elimelech’s swerving, Naomi’s returning, and Ruth’s choosing
壹 以利米勒偏离了
I. ELIMELECH’S SWERVING
神经纶中的安息
FROM THE REST IN GOD’SECON O MY
2在一至二节我们看见，以利米勒偏离了神经纶中的安息。他原在美地，有那地的一分；他也该留在那里。留在神所应许并赐给的美地，乃是真安息。以利米勒愚昧的偏离了这美妙的安息。
2In verses 1 and 2 we see that Elimelech swerved from the rest in God’secon o my. He was in the good land and had a portion of it, and he should have remained there. Remaining in the good land that God has promised and given is the real rest. Elimelech foolishly swerved from this wonderful rest
一 以色列活在神应许之地，为要完成神的经纶
A. Israel Living in the God-promised Land for the Carrying Out of God’sEcon o my
3以色列是神的选民，活在神应许之地，为要完成神的经纶。这就是说，留在美地不只是为我们的生存，更是使我们有分于神经纶的完成。
3Israel, as God’select, was living in the God-promised land for the carrying out of God’secon o my. This means that staying in the good land is not just for us to earn a living but for us to participate in the carrying out of God’secon o my
二 以色列的安息，与他们在神经纶里与神之间的光景有关
B. Israel’s Rest Being Related to Their Situation with God in His Economy
4以色列的安息，就是他们所享受的兴隆，以及他们的满足，都与他们在神经纶里与神之间的光景有关。以色列人若离开美地，就使自己与神永远的经纶断绝。路得记说到基督藉著成为肉体被带到人类中。这是真安息。因此路得记是一卷安息的书。我们会看见，路得嫁给波阿斯以后，生了一个孩子俄备得；路得藉此享受安息，得著完全的满足，并对她的后裔有完满的盼望。后来的世代先是在大卫之下享受安息。一千年后，他们又因主耶稣享受真安息。二千年后，神的子民在千年国里因著基督作王，要更完满的享受这安息。千年国后，对这安息的享受要完成于新天新地里的新耶路撒冷，直到永远。安息乃是路得记之钥。
4Israel’s rest, their prosperity for their enjoyment and their contentment, was related to their situation with God in His economy. For an Israelite to leave the good land meant that he was cutting himself off from God’s eternal economy. The book of Ruth speaks of Christ being brought into mankind through incarnation. This is the real rest. Ruth is thus a book of rest. As we will see, after Ruth married Boaz, they brought forth a child, Obed, and Ruth enjoyed a rest with an absolute satisfaction and full expectation for her descendants. The following generations enjoyed rest under David. Then after one thousand years, they enjoyed the real rest with the Lord Jesus. Two thousand years later, this rest will be enjoyed in a fuller way in the millennial kingdom with Christ as the King. After the millennium, the enjoyment of this rest will consummate in the New Jerusalem in the new heaven and new earth for eternity. This matter of rest is the key to the book of Ruth.
三 从犹大的伯利恒
C. From Bethlehem in Judah
5以利米勒的错误，是偏离了给他机会享受美地之安息的立场、地位。他偏离了犹大的伯利恒。
5Elimelech’s mistake was to swerve from the ground, the standing, which gave him the opportunity to enjoy the rest in the good land. He swerved from Bethlehem in Judah
1 伯利恒，大卫的城
1. Bethlehem, the City of David
6伯利恒，大卫的城，被指定为要来之基督的出生地。（弥五2，路二4～。）在神眼中，伯利恒是个非常特别的地方，因为这是神要藉著成为肉体而生为人的地方。
6Bethlehem, the city of David, was designated as the birthplace of the coming Christ (Micah 5:2; Luke 2:4-7). In the eyes of God, Bethlehem was a very7 special place, for it was the place where He, through incarnation, would be born to be a man.
2 犹大
2. Judah
7犹大是以色列中君尊支派的地。（创四九8～10。）在所有支派中，没有一个支派分得的地比犹大更高。这地是神应许之地最好的部分，（出三8下，）美地最好的部分，（申八7～10，）以马内利之地最好的部分。（赛八8。）以利米勒偏离这地，是何等的错误！
7Judah was the land of the royal tribe among Israel (Gen. 49:8-10). Of all the tribes, no tribe had a higher allotment of the land than Judah. It was the top part of the God-promised land (Exo. 3:8b), the top part of the good land (Deut. 8:7-10), and the top part of the land of Immanuel (Isa. 8:8). How mistaken Elimelech was in swerving from this land
四 到摩押
D. To Moab
8以利米勒从犹大的伯利恒偏离到摩押，就是神所弃绝并定罪的乱伦之地。摩押是罗得因乱伦所生后裔之地。（创十九30～38。）这地的民因其先祖乱伦，（申二三2～3，）且因其恶待以色列人，（4，）而不得入耶和华的会。不但如此，这地的民，神永不许可以色列人在一生的日子为他们求平安，求兴旺。（6。）最后，摩押也是拜偶像之地。（士十6。）
8Elimelech swerved from Bethlehem in Judah to Moab, a place of incest rejected and condemned by God. Moab was a country of the descendants of Lot through his incest (Gen. 19:30-38). It was also a country of the people who were not allowed to enter into the assembly of Jehovah because of the incest of their forefathers (Deut. 23:2-3) and because of their mistreatment of Israel (v. 4). Furthermore, Moab was a country of people whose peace and prosperity God would not allow Israel to seek all their days forever (v. 6). Finally, Moab was a country of idolatry (Judg. 10:6
五 在士师秉政的日子
E. In the Days of the Rule of the Judges
9以利米勒是在士师秉政的日子，在以色列离弃神、堕落、混乱、败坏的时候，离开美地。
9Elimelech left in the days of the rule of the judges, under Israel’s forsaking of God and under their degradation, confusion, and corruption
六 由于美地遭遇饥荒
F. Due to a Famine in the Good Land
10以利米勒离开美地，是由于美地遭遇饥荒，缺少为著生活和满足的生命供应，这是神的惩罚。（利二六26，结十四13。）我们也许希奇，神既已应许美地是流奶与蜜之地，那地怎会有饥荒。神降饥荒给祂的子民，是作为严厉的惩罚。祂断绝他们粮食的供应，藉此惩罚他们。因为他们离弃了祂作他们的源头和丈夫，转去随从偶像，祂就任凭他们到偶像那里得食物。结果他们从神得不著食物，从他们淫乱的非法丈夫也得不著食物。
10Elimelech left due to a famine in the good land, a lacking of life supply for living and satisfaction as a punishment of God (Lev. 26:26; Ezek. 14:13). We may wonder how there could be a famine in the good land since God had promised that it would be a land flowing with milk and honey. God sent a famine to His people as a serious punishment. He punished them by stopping their food supply. Because they had forsaken Him as their source and Husband and had gone to idols, He let them go to their idols for food as well. There was no food from God and no food from the illegal husband of their harlotry.
七 同著他的妻子和两个儿子
G. With His Wife and Two Sons
11以利米勒同著他的妻子和两个儿子离开美地；他们原是适于神国的扩增。
11Elimelech left the good land with his wife and two sons, who were good for the increase of the kingdom of God
八 神在摩押惩治以利米勒家
H. God’s Chastisement in Moab over the House of Elimelech
12路得记一章三节和五节说到神惩治以利米勒家。以利米勒受神惩罚，死亡临到他自己和他两个儿子。剩下拿俄米为寡妇，带著两个儿妇住在异邦。这是以利米勒偏离神永远经纶中之安息的可怜结果。
12Ruth 1:3 and 5 speak of God’s chastisement over the house of Elimelech. Elimelech was punished by God with death upon himself and his two sons. This left his wife, Naomi, as a widow with two daughters-in-law in a foreign country. That was the pitiful result of Elimelech’s swerving from the rest in God’s eternal economy
贰 拿俄米归回
II. NAOMI’S RETURNING TO THE REST
神经纶中的安息
IN GOD’SECON O MY
13在四至七节、十九至二十二节我们看见，拿俄米归回神经纶中的安息。
13In verses 4 through 7 and 19 through 22 we see Naomi’s returning to the rest in God’secon o my
一 从摩押
A. From Moab
14拿俄米从摩押，拜偶像之地回来。
14Naomi returned from Moab, the country of idolatry
二 到犹大
B. To Judah
15拿俄米回到犹大，以马内利之地。
15Naomi returned to Judah, the land of Immanuel
三 受了神的剥夺，失去她的丈夫和两个儿子
C. Having Been Stripped by God of Her Husband and of Her Two Sons
16拿俄米回来，因为她受了神的剥夺，先失去她的丈夫，然后失去她的两个儿子，剩下她和两个儿妇为寡妇，没有儿女。（5，20～21。）拿俄米回来，也因为她听见耶和华眷顾自己的百姓，赐粮食与他们。（6。）在主的恢复里，我们也经历了主怜悯的眷顾。近年来，祂祝福了我们，并以丰富的粮食供应我们。
16Naomi returned because she had been stripped by God first of her husband and then of her two sons, leaving her and her two daughters-in-law as widows without children (vv. 5, 20-21). Naomi returned also because she had heard that Jehovah had visited His people by giving them food (v. 6). In the Lord’s recovery, we also have experienced the Lord’s merciful visitation. During the last several years He has blessed us and supplied us with rich food
四 同著她的儿妇路得
D. With Ruth, Her Daughter-in-law
17拿俄米同著她的儿妇路得回来；路得是神赐给她，为著完成神关于基督之经纶的。（22上。）
17Naomi returned with Ruth, her daughter-in-law given to her by God for the accomplishment of His economy concerning Christ (v. 22a).
五 来到伯利恒
E. Arriving at Bethlehem
18拿俄米来到伯利恒，就是要来之基督的出生地。（19上，22下。）
18Naomi arrived at Bethlehem, the birthplace of the coming Christ (vv. 19a, 22b).
六 合城的人都惊动
F. All the City Being Stirred
19合城的人都因拿俄米和路得惊动，妇女们说，『这是拿俄米么？』（19下。）拿俄米对她们说，『不要叫我拿俄米〔意为我的愉悦〕，要叫我玛拉〔意为苦〕，因为全足者使我受了大苦。我满满的出去，耶和华使我空空的回来。耶和华使我受苦，全足者苛待我，你们为何还叫我拿俄米？』（20～21。）
19All the city was stirred because of Naomi and Ruth, and the women said, “Is this Naomi?” (v. 19b). Naomi said to them, “Do not call me Naomi [meaning ‘my pleasantness’]; call me Mara [meaning ‘bitterness’]; for the All-sufficient One has dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, but Jehovah has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi, when Jehovah has afflicted me and the All-sufficient One has dealt harshly with me?” (vv. 20-21
参 路得拣选她的目标
III. RUTH’S CHOOSING FOR HER GOAL
20八至十八节记载路得拣选她的目标。
20In verses 8 through 18 we have an account of Ruth’s choosing for her goal
一 拿俄米为她两个儿妇的前途，向她们建议
A. Naomi’s Proposal to Her Two Daughters-in-law for Their Future
21拿俄米为她两个儿妇的前途，向她们建议。她对她们说，『你们各人回娘家去罢。愿耶和华恩待你们，像你们恩待已死的人与我一样。愿耶和华使你们各在新夫家中得平安。』（8～9上。）于是拿俄米与她们亲嘴，她们就放声而哭，说，『不然，我们必与你一同回你本国去。』（9下～10。）拿俄米叫她们回去，问她们说，『为何要跟我去呢？我还能生子作你们的丈夫么？我女儿们哪，回去罢；我年纪老迈，不能再有丈夫。即或我还有指望，今夜竟有丈夫可以生子；你们岂能等著他们长大么？你们岂能等著他们不嫁别人么？我女儿们哪，不要这样，我比你们更为愁苦，因为耶和华伸手击打我。』（11～13。）两个儿妇听见这话，又放声而哭。然后俄珥巴与婆婆亲嘴而别；只是路得紧跟著拿俄米。拿俄米对路得说，『你嫂子已经回她本民，和她所拜的神那里去了；你也跟著你嫂子回去罢。』（14～15。）
21Naomi made a proposal to her two daughters-in-law for their future. She said to them, “Go and return, each of you, to your mother’sho use. May Jehovah deal kindly with you, just as you have dealt with the dead and with me. May Jehovah grant you to find rest, each of you in the house of your husband” (vv. 8-9a). Then she kissed them, and they lifted up their voice and wept, saying to her, “No, we will return with you to your people” (vv. 9b-10). Naomi told them to return and then asked them, “Why should you go with me? Do I still have sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands? Return, my daughters, go; for I am too old to have a husband. If I said, I have hope; even if I had a husband tonight and even bore sons; would you then wait until they were grown? Would you then refrain from having a husband? No, my daughters; it has been far more bitter for me than it should be for you, for the hand of Jehovah has gone forth against me” (vv. 11-13). When the daughters-in-law heard this, they lifted up their voice and wept again. Then Orpah kissed her mother-in-law, but Ruth clung to her. Naomi said to Ruth, “Your sister-in-law has now returned to her people and to her gods; return with your sister-in-law” (vv. 14-15
二 路得拣选跟随拿俄米
B. Ruth’s Choosing to Go with Naomi
22路得对拿俄米说，『不要催我回去不跟随你；你往那里去，我也往那里去。你在那里住宿，我也在那里住宿。你的民就是我的民，你的神就是我的神。你在那里死，我也在那里死，也葬在那里。除非死能使你我相离，不然，愿耶和华加重的惩罚我。』（16～17。）拿俄米见路得定意要跟随自己去，就不再劝她了。（18。）
22Ruth said to Naomi, “Do not entreat me to leave you and turn away from following after you. For wherever you go, I will go, and wherever you dwell, I will dwell; and your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Where you die, I will die; and there will I be buried. Jehovah do so to me, and more as well, if anything but death parts me from you” (vv. 16-17). When Naomi saw that Ruth was determined to go with her, she ceased speaking to her about it (v. 18).
23路得所拣选的目标，乃是与神的选民一同有分于对基督的享受；她甚至成为将基督生到人类中的一位重要先祖。这不只是一个摩押寡妇的定意；这乃是一个目标，一个拣选。路得拣选神和祂的国，为著完成神关于基督的经纶。为著这样的目标，为著这样一个拣选这目标的人，阿利路亚！
23Ruth chose the goal of participating with God’select in the enjoyment of Christ, and she even became a top ancestor of Christ who helped bring forth Christ into mankind. This was more than just a resolution on the part of the Moabite widow; it was a goal, a choosing. Ruth chose God and His kingdom for the carrying out of God’secon o my concerning Christ. Hallelujah for such a goal and for such a person choosing this goal