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路得记生命读经 · 第3篇

路得使用她的权利

Ruth’s Exercising of her Right
1读经：路得记二章。路得的丈夫死后，她有两个选择：留在摩押，或与拿俄米一同回到以色列作外人。路得拣选往以色列地去，因为她可能听过许多关于神、神的应许、和美地的事。她所听见的好消息，足以叫她作美妙的拣选。路得与拿俄米到了以色列地后，路得使用她的权利。二章说到这事。
1Scripture Reading: Ruth 2 After Ruth’s husband died, she had two choices: remain in Moab or go with Naomi to be a foreigner in Israel. Ruth chose to go to the land of Israel because she probably had heard a great deal concerning God, God’s promise, and the good land. She had heard the good news sufficiently for her to make a wonderful choice. After arriving in the land of Israel with Naomi, Ruth exercised her right. This matter is covered in chapter two
壹 神吩咐以色列人，收割庄稼时要顾到
I. GOD’S COMMANDMENT TO ISRAEL
祂选民中间的穷乏人
THAT TAKES CARE OF THE NEEDY ONES
AMONG HIS ELECT CONCERNING
THE REAPING OF THEIR HARVEST
2关于收割庄稼的事，神的吩咐是：以色列人若将田角和遗落的庄稼，留给穷人、寄居的、孤儿和寡妇，耶和华就要祝福他们。关于这点，利未记二十三章二十二节说，『你们收割地的庄稼，不可割尽田角，也不可拾取遗落的庄稼；这些要留给穷人和外人。』（另译。）类似的话见于利未记十九章九至十节。申命记二十四章十九节说，『你在田间收割庄稼，若忘了一捆在田里，不可再回去拿，要留给寄居的和孤儿寡妇，使耶和华你的神在你所行的一切事上祝福你。』（另译。）这不但显示神的慈爱，以及祂是何等伟大、美好和细致，也显示美地丰富的出产。神要祝福以色列人在美地上的庄稼，但这祝福有个条件─要留些东西给穷人；百姓不可割尽田角。然而，在神藉摩西所颁赐关于收割之律法的条例里，并没有指定田角的大小。大小在于地主对耶和华的信心。人对耶和华的信心越大，所留的田角就越大。我信服从这条例，乃是波阿斯的实行。他对耶和华必有很大的信心。在神的主宰之下，这条例似乎是为路得一人写的。
2God’s commandment concerning the reaping of the harvest was that Jehovah would bless the children of Israel if they left the corners of their fields and the gleanings for the poor, the sojourners, the orphans, and the widows. Concerning this, Leviticus 23:22 says, “When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not completely reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest; you shall leave them for the poor and for the alien.” A similar word is found in Leviticus 19:9-10. Deuteronomy 24:19 says, “When you reap your harvest in your field and you forget a sheaf in the field, you shall not turn back to gather it; it shall be for the sojourner, the orphan, and the widow, in order that Jehovah your God may bless you in all your undertakings.” This shows not only the lovingkindness of God and how great, fine, and detailed He is, but shows also the rich produce of the good land. God wanted to bless the harvest of the Israelites in the good land, but this blessing had a condition—that something would be left for the poor. The people would not be allowed to reap completely the corners of their field. However, in the ordinance of the law given by God through Moses regarding reaping, the size of the corners of the field was not specified. The size depended on the landlord’s faith in Jehovah. The larger one’s faith in Jehovah was, the larger the corners of the field would be. I believe that it was the practice of Boaz to obey this ordinance. He must have had great faith in Jehovah. Under God’s sovereignty this ordinance seems to have been written for one person—Ruth
贰 拿俄米同她儿妇路得回到伯利恒，
II. NAOMI RETURNING TO BETHLEHEM with her daughter-in- law Ruth
3正是动手割大麦的时候
3at the beginning of the barley harvest
4拿俄米同她儿妇路得回到伯利恒，正是动手割大麦的时候。（得一22下。）大麦比其他谷类先成熟，豫表复活的基督。（约六9～10，56～58。）
4Naomi returned to Bethlehem with her daughter-in- law Ruth at the beginning of the barley harvest (Ruth 1:22b). Barley, which ripens earlier than other grains, typifies the resurrected Christ (John 6:9-10, 56-58
参 拿俄米的丈夫有一个亲戚，
III. NAOMI HAVING A RELATIVE
名叫波阿斯，
OF HER HUSBAND’S, A MAN OF GREAT WEALTH
是个大财主
BY THE NAME OF BOAZ
5『拿俄米的丈夫以利米勒的亲族中，有一个亲戚名叫波阿斯，是个大财主。』（得二1。）神是主宰一切的；在祂的主宰里，祂将路得从摩押带到伯利恒城。在她到达那里以前，祂豫备了一个富有、慷慨的人，名叫波阿斯。
5Now Naomi had a relative of her husband’s, a man of great wealth, from Elimelech’s family; and his name was Boaz” (Ruth 2:1). God is sovereign, and in His sovereignty He brought Ruth from Moab to the city of Bethlehem. Before she arrived there, He had prepared a rich, generous man by the name of Boaz
肆 路得获拿俄米许可，
IV. RUTH GAINING NAOMI’S PERMISSION
去拾取麦穗
TO GO GLEANING
6路得获拿俄米许可，去拾取麦穗。（2～3。）路得求拿俄米容她往田间去，她蒙谁的恩，就在谁的身后拾取麦穗。拿俄米告诉路得只管去，她就去了，来到田间，在收割的人身后拾取麦穗；她恰巧到了波阿斯那块田里。伍波阿斯得以认识路得后来，波阿斯得以认识路得。（4～7。）他从伯利恒来，对收割的人说，『愿耶和华与你们同在。』他们回答说，『愿耶和华赐福与你。』（4。）波阿斯问监管收割的仆人关于路得的事，仆人告诉他，她是那摩押女子，跟随拿俄米从摩押地回来的，请求跟著收割的人，在禾捆中间拾取麦穗。他对波阿斯所说关于路得的话，指明他很满意路得，认为她是贞洁、贤德的女子。
6Ruth gained Naomi’s permission to go gleaning (vv. 2-3). Ruth asked Naomi to let her go to the field and glean among the ears of grain after him in whose sight Ruth had found favor. Naomi told Ruth to go, and she went and gleaned in the field after the reapers, happening to glean in a portion of the field belonging to Boaz. V. BOAZ BECOMING ACQUAINTED WITH RUTH Boaz eventually became acquainted with Ruth (vv. 4-7). He came from Bethlehem and said to the reapers, “Jehovah be with you,” and they said to him, “Jehovah bless you” (v. 4). When Boaz asked the young man who was set over the reapers concerning Ruth, the young man told him that she was the young Moabite woman who had returned with Naomi from the country of Moab and who had asked to glean and gather after the reapers among the sheaves. His word to Boaz regarding Ruth indicates that he was happy with her, considering her a woman of fidelity and virtue
陆 波阿斯对路得的恩言
VI. BOAZ’SWORD OF GRACE TO RUTH
7八至十三节有波阿斯对路得的恩言。他对她说，『不要往别人田里拾取麦穗，也不要离开这里，要常与我使女们在一处。你要看她们在那块田收割，你就跟著她们去。我已经吩咐仆人不可欺负你。你若渴了，就可以到器皿那里喝仆人打来的水。』（8～9。）路得听见这些话，就俯伏在地叩拜，问波阿斯说，『我既是外邦人，怎么蒙你的恩，这样看顾我呢？』（10。）波阿斯回答说，自从她丈夫死后，凡她向婆婆所行的，并她离开父母和出生地，来到素不认识的民中，这些事人全都告诉他了。然后他对她说，『愿耶和华照你所行的报赏你；你来避难于耶和华以色列神的翅膀下，愿你满得祂的赏赐。』（12。）路得请求在他眼前蒙恩，因为他安慰她，慈爱的对她说话。（13。）
7In verses 8 through 13 we have Boaz’sword of grace to Ruth. He said to her, “Do not go to glean in another field, and also do not pass from here but stay close to my young women. Keep your eyes on the field that they reap; follow after them. I have charged my young men not to touch you. And when you are thirsty, you shall go to the vessels and drink of what the young men have drawn” (vv. 8-9). When Ruth heard these words, she fell upon her face, bowed herself to the ground, and asked Boaz, “Why have I found favor in your sight that you regard me, though I am a foreigner?” (v.10). Boaz replied that all that she had done for her mother-in-law since the death of her husband Elimelech had been made known to him. He also had learned how she had left her father and mother and the land of her birth and had come to a people whom she had not known before. Then he said to her, “May Jehovah recompense your work, and may you have a full reward from Jehovah, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge” (v. 12). In response, Ruth asked that she would find favor in his sight, for he had comforted her and had spoken kindly to her (v. 13).
柒 波阿斯对路得的慷慨
VII. BOAZ’S GENEROSITY TOWARD RUTH
8波阿斯不但慈爱的对路得说话，也对她显示慷慨。（14～16。）到了吃饭的时候，波阿斯叫她来吃饼，把烘了的穗子递给她，她就吃饱了。她起来又拾取麦穗，波阿斯吩咐仆人，她就是在捆中拾取麦穗，也可以容她，不可羞辱她。他对他们说，『并要从捆里抽出些来，留给她拾取，不可叱吓她。』（16。）
8Boaz not only spoke kindly to Ruth but also showed generosity to her (vv. 14-16). At mealtime Boaz told her to eat some food, extending some parched grain to her, and she ate and was satisfied. When she rose up to glean, Boaz charged his young men to let her glean among the standing grain and not to rebuke her. Then he went on to say to them, “Also pull out some from the bundles for her, and leave it for her to glean; and do not rebuke her” (v. 16
捌 路得将经过的事告诉拿俄米
VIII. RUTH TELLING THE STORY TO NAOMI
9路得从田间回来，将她遇见波阿斯的事告诉她婆婆拿俄米。（17～21。）路得告诉拿俄米，她在波阿斯的田间拾取麦穗，拿俄米就对她说，『愿那人蒙耶和华赐福，祂不断的以慈爱待活人死人。』（20上。）然后拿俄米告诉路得，那是他们的近亲，是他们的一个亲人。（20下。）
9Upon returning from the field, Ruth told the story of her experience with Boaz to Naomi, her mother- in-law (vv. 17-21). When Ruth told Naomi that she had gleaned in the field of Boaz, Naomi said to her, “Blessed be he of Jehovah, whose lovingkindness has not failed for the living and for the dead” (v. 20a). Then Naomi told Ruth that the man was close to them, one of their kinsmen (v. 20b
玖 拿俄米嘱咐路得
IX. NAOMI CHARGING RUTH
10在二十二节拿俄米嘱咐路得，说，『女儿阿，你跟著他的使女出去，不叫人遇见你在别人田间才好。』我们来到三章时会看见，拿俄米心里所想的，不但要路得有分于波阿斯的丰富，得著满足，也要路得得著波阿斯作她的丈夫，并为以利米勒的名生子。
10In verse 22 Naomi charged Ruth, saying, “It is good, my daughter, that you go out with his young women, so that others do not meet you in any other field.” As we will see when we come to chapter three, what was on Naomi’she art was not only that Ruth would partake of Boaz’s riches and be satisfied, but also that she would gain Boaz himself as her husband and bring forth a son for the name of Elimelech
拾 路得与波阿斯
X. RUTH STAYING CLOSE
的使女在一处
TO BOAZ’S YOUNG WOMEN
11路得与波阿斯的使女在一处拾取麦穗，直到收完了大麦和小麦；路得仍与婆婆同住。（23。）
11Ruth stayed close to Boaz’s young women and gleaned until the end of the barley harvest and the wheat harvest; and she dwelt with her mother-in-law (v. 23).
拾 壹路得使用她的权利，有分于神选民
XI. RUTH EXERCISING HER RIGHT
产业的丰富出产
TO PARTAKE OF THE RICH PRODUCE
OF THE INHERITANCE OF GOD’SELECT
12在这一切事上，路得这位从异邦背景归向神的人，使用她的权利，有分于神选民产业的丰富出产。路得是摩押女子，来到美地作寄居者。照著她是寄居者、穷人、和寡妇的三重身分，她使用她的权利拾取庄稼。她虽然贫穷，却从未成为乞丐。她拾取麦穗不是乞讨，乃是她的权利。路得记描绘罪人有分于基督并享受基督的方法、地位、资格和权利。照著神的命定，我们有资格和地位要求我们的权利，来享受基督。这就是说，今天我们不需要乞求神拯救我们。我们能到神那里去，为自己要求祂的救恩。我们有地位、资格和权利，要求从神得著救恩。这是接受福音的最高标准。
12In all this Ruth, as one who had returned to God from her heathen background, exercised her right to partake of the rich produce of the inheritance of God’select. Ruth, a Moabitess, had come to the good land as a sojourner. According to her threefold status as a sojourner, a poor one, and a widow, she exercised her right to glean the harvest. Although she was poor, she never became a beggar. Her gleaning was not her begging; it was her right. The book of Ruth portrays the way, the position, the qualification, and the right of sinners to participate in Christ and to enjoy Christ. According to God’so rd i nation, we have been qualified and positioned to claim our right to enjoy Christ. This means that today we do not need to beg God to save us. We can go to God to claim His salvation for ourselves. We have the position, the qualification, and the right to claim salvation from God. This is the highest standard of receiving the gospel
拾 贰在这芬芳的故事中
XII. TYPES IMPLIED
含示的豫表
IN THIS AROMATIC STORY
13路得记这个故事是可爱、感人、折服人、并征服人的。在二章这芬芳的故事中，含示四个豫表。
13As a narration, the book of Ruth is lovely, touching, convincing, and subduing. In the aromatic story in chapter two, four types are implied
一 波阿斯富于赀财
A. Boaz, Rich in Wealth
14波阿斯富于赀财，（二1，）豫表基督富于神的恩典。（林后十二9。）
14Boaz, rich in wealth (2:1), typifies Christ, who is rich in the divine grace (2 Cor. 12:9
二 神应许之美地的田
B. The Field of the God-promised Good Land
15神应许之美地的田，（得二2～3，）豫表包罗万有的基督，祂是一切属灵神圣之出产的源头，作神选民的生命供应。（腓一19下。）
15The field of the God-promised good land (Ruth 2:2-3) typifies the all-inclusive Christ, who is the source of all the spiritual and divine products for the life supply to God’select (Phil. 1:19b
三 大麦和小麦
C. Barley and Wheat
16大麦和小麦（得二23）豫表基督是制作神和祂子民食物的材料。（利二，约六9，33，35。）
16Barley and wheat (Ruth 2:23) typify Christ as the material for making food for both God and His people (Lev. 2; John 6:9, 33, 35
四 摩押女子路得，异邦的罪人
D. Ruth, a Moabitess, a Heathen Sinner
17摩押女子路得，（申二三3，）异邦的罪人，与神的应许隔绝，（弗二12，）竟然得著权利有分于拾取神选民的庄稼，这豫表『外邦的狗』得著特权，有分于神选民儿女桌下的零碎。（西一12，太十五25～28。）
17Ruth, a Moabitess (Deut. 23:3), a heathen sinner, alienated from God’s promises (Eph. 2:12), given the right to partake of the gleaning of the harvest of God’select typifies the “Gentile dogs” who are privileged to partake of the crumbs under the table of the portion of God’select children (Col. 1:12; Matt. 15:25-28).