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路得记生命读经 · 第4篇

路得寻找她的安息

Ruth’s Seeking for her Rest
1读经：路得记三章。一章显示路得的拣选，二章显示路得使用她的权利，三章显示路得寻找她的安息。我们需要享受基督到得著安息的地步。要得著安息，我们必然需要家。没有一个地方能像家那样，给我们这么多安息。在三章拿俄米题议，甚至推动，为路得得著一个家。
1Scripture Reading: Ruth 3 Chapter one shows Ruth’s choosing, chapter two shows Ruth’s exercising of her right, and chapter three shows Ruth’ss eeking for her rest. We need to enjoy Christ to such an extent that we have rest. In order to have rest, we surely need a home. No place can give us as much rest as our home. In chapter three Naomi proposed and even pushed to gain a home for Ruth
2路得采取的步骤，符合我们属灵的经历。在得救以前，我们都有自己的口味和拣选。在主主宰的安排之下，我们听见福音，并定意要成为基督的信徒。我们的拣选是要相信基督。藉著相信主耶稣，我们就生机的联于祂。如今祂在我们里面，我们也在祂里面。有了这亲密、生机的联结，我们就必须开始追求基督，以得著、据有、经历、并享受祂。这由路得使用她的权利，以得著并据有美地的出产所豫表。正如路得来到美地以后，有权利享受那地的出产，照样，卵们相信基督以后，也有权利享受祂作我们的美地。可悲的是，基督教（天主教或更正教）没有看见享受基督这件事。主耶稣说，『那吃我的人，也要因我活著。』（约六57。）我们的救主是可吃的；祂是我们属天的粮食和吗哪。照著启示录二章，得胜的，可以吃基督作生命树，并作隐藏的吗哪。（7，17。）圣经启示基督不但是我们的粮食，也是我们的饮料、衣服和气息。祂是我们每日的所需。每天我们都需要享受祂。我们必须像路得一样，使用我们的权利享受基督。每天早晨我们都该从圣经的『田』里『拾取麦穗』。然而，我们拾取麦穗以后，还需要一个家，使我们能有定居的安息。这样的安息只能藉著婚姻而来。在路得记三章一节，拿俄米对路得说，『女儿阿，我不当为你找个安身之处…么？』拿俄米要找一条路，为路得建立一个家。路得若要得著家作她的安息，就需要丈夫。拿俄米晓得，作路得丈夫的正确之人，乃是豫表基督的波阿斯。
2The steps taken by Ruth correspond to our spiritual experience. Before we were saved, we all had our own taste and choice. Under the Lord’s sovereign arrangement, we heard the gospel and made a resolution to become a believer of Christ. Our choice was to believe in Christ. By believing in the Lord Jesus, we were organically joined to Him. Now He is in us and we are in Him. With this intimate, organic union, we must begin to pursue Christ in order to gain, possess, experience, and enjoy Him. This is typified by Ruth’s exercising of her right to gain and possess the produce of the good land. Just as Ruth had the right to enjoy the produce of the good land after coming into the land, so we have the right to enjoy Christ as our good land after believing in Him. It is a tragedy that Christianity, both Catholicism and Protestantism, has not seen this matter of enjoying Christ. The Lord Jesus said, “He who eats Me, he also shall live because of Me” (John 6:57). Our Savior can be eaten; He is our heavenly food and manna. According to Revelation 2, whoever overcomes may eat of Christ as the tree of life and as the hidden manna (vv. 7, 17). The Bible reveals that Christ is not only our food but also our drink, clothing, and breath. He is our daily necessities. Every day we need to enjoy Him. We must be like Ruth and exercise our right to enjoy Christ. Every morning we should “glean” from the “field” of the Bible. However, after our gleaning we still need a home so that we can have a settled rest. This kind of rest can come only through marriage. In Ruth 3:1 Naomi said to Ruth, “My daughter, I must seek some resting place for you.” Naomi wanted to find a way to establish a home for Ruth. If Ruth was to have a home for her rest, she needed a husband. Naomi realized that the proper person to be Ruth’s husband was Boaz, who typifies Christ.
3我晓得我们许多人爱主耶稣，但我们以祂为我们的丈夫么？你与主同在的时候曾说，『主，你是我的丈夫』么？即使你得救并爱主，你也不会得著家作你的安息，直到你嫁给主耶稣，以祂为你的丈夫。在这些关于约书亚记、士师记、路得记的信息中，主已给我们清楚看见，我们该如何以基督为我们独一的丈夫。以色列人在约书亚带领之下进入美地后，因著不忠信，就有一段惨痛混乱的历史。以色列离开作她丈夫的神，去随从许多丈夫，许多偶像。在现今的世代，有许多偶像，如娱乐、运动和购物，使得基督徒变得不忠贞。似乎他们从未嫁给基督，他们从未真正以基督为他们的丈夫。结果，他们从一地到一地徘徊、流荡，没有安息。
3I realize that many of us love the Lord Jesus, but have we taken Him as our Husband? Have you ever had a time with the Lord when you said, “Lord, You are my Husband”? Even though you are saved and you love the Lord, you will not have a home for your rest until you marry the Lord Jesus, taking Him as your Husband. In these messages on Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, the Lord has given us a clear view of how we should take Christ as our unique Husband. After the people of Israel entered the good land under Joshua, there was a history of miserable chaos because Israel was not faithful. She left God as her Husband to go to many husbands, to many idols. In this modern age there are many idols, such as entertainment, sports, and shopping, which cause Christians to be unfaithful. It seems as if they have never been married to Christ, that they have never actually taken Him as their Husband. As a consequence, they are roaming, wandering from place to place with no rest
4找著我们丈夫的地方，是在我们的家，就是在召会里。在召会里，基督是丈夫。仅仅得著丈夫并不彀，我们还必须得著家。我们若没有家，就没有安息。我们若得著基督，享受基督，并经历基督，却没有得著召会，我们就仍然无家可归。所以，我们不但必须强调基督作我们的丈夫，也必须强调召会作我们的家。基督作我们的丈夫，召会作我们的家，合起来乃是完整的
4The place to find our Husband is in our home, the church. Christ is the Husband in the church. To have a husband is not sufficient. We must also have a home. Without a home we have no rest. If we have Christ, enjoy Christ, and experience Christ, yet we do not have the church, we are still homeless. Therefore, we must stress not only Christ as our Husband but also the church as our home. Christ as our Husband and the church as our home are a complete unit for us to have a proper and adequate rest
5单位，使我们得著正确、充分的安息。
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6路得同拿俄米享受她的生活，但拿俄米清楚知道，路得需要嫁给波阿斯。虽然照著神的律法，犹太人和摩押人要分开，但神在祂的主宰里，祂有路将摩押女子路得和波阿斯带在一起。到三章的时候，路得和波阿斯已经在路得拾取麦穗的地方相遇，他们也豫备好、有资格、并准备好结婚。我信波阿斯爱路得，她也爱他。但这爱全然在里面，没有在外面显出来。情形既是如此，就需要拿俄米作中间人，来推动路得和波阿斯结婚。今天我的负担和拿俄米一样。我在为你们寻找安息之所；而你们得著安息惟一的路，乃是接受基督作你们的丈夫。因此，我在这里作中间人，推动你们嫁给基督。我相当担心，你从未认识基督是你的丈夫，也未找著家作你的安息。你也许认识基督是你的救赎主、救主、主人和主，你甚至认识祂是你的食物、饮料、气息和衣服。但你认识祂是你的丈夫么？你可能每天在祂的田里拾取麦穗，认识祂是地主。你不仅需要在祂的田里拾取麦穗─你需要以祂为你的丈夫。所以，我的负担是要推动我们众人嫁给基督。我在推动大家嫁给基督，使我们能建立一个家，并在这家里，就是在召会里享受祂。
6Ruth was enjoying her life with Naomi, but Naomi was clear that Ruth needed to be married to Boaz. Although according to God’s law the Jews and the Moabites were to be separated, in His sovereignty God had a way to bring Ruth, a Moabitess, and Boaz together. By the time of chapter three, Ruth and Boaz had already met in the field where Ruth was gleaning, and they were prepared, qualified, and ready to be married. I believe that Boaz loved Ruth and that she loved him. But this love was entirely inward, with no outward expression. Since this was the situation, there was the need for Naomi, as the person in the middle, to push Ruth and Boaz to get married. My burden today is like Naomi’s. I am seeking a resting place for you, and the only way for you to have rest is to take Christ as your Husband. Thus, I am here as a person in the middle to push you to marry Christ. I am quite concerned that you have never known Christ as your Husband and that you have not yet found a home for your rest. You may know Christ as your Redeemer, Savior, Master, and Lord. You may even know that He is your food, drink, breath, and clothing. But do you know Him as your Husband? Perhaps you glean daily in His field and recognize Him as the Landlord. You need to do more than to glean in His field — you need to take Him as your Husband. My burden, therefore, is to push all of us to marry Christ. I am pushing us to marry Christ so that we can build up a home and enjoy Him in this home, which is the church.
7没有甚么比婚姻更亲密。以基督为我们的丈夫，是最亲密的事。我们若嫁给基督，以祂为我们的丈夫，我们的生活就要改变。我们会领悟，我们必须有妻子的贞洁，并且我们会学习如何享受基督作我们的生命，与祂在一里行事为人。这样,我们就成为得著基督并享受基督的人，爱祂，与祂一同留在家里，并与祂一同住在家里，就是在召会里。我们若这样作，就会真正认识在主恢复里的召会生活。我们既已看见路得记三章的内在意义，现在就可以更详细的来看本章。
7Nothing is more intimate than marriage. Taking Christ as our Husband is a most intimate matter. If we marry Christ, taking Him as our Husband, our life will be changed. We will realize that we must have a wife’s fidelity, and we will learn how to enjoy Christ as our life, walking and behaving in oneness with Him. Then we will become those who gain Christ and enjoy Christ, loving Him, staying at home with Him, and living with Him at home, in the church. If we do this, we will truly know the church life in the Lord’s recovery. Now that we have seen the intrinsic significance of chapter three of Ruth, let us consider this chapter in more detail
壹 由她的婆婆推动
I. PROMOTED BY HER MOTHER-IN-LAW
8在三章一至五节,我们看见路得寻找她的安息，这是由她的婆婆推动的。
8In 3:1-5 we see that Ruth’ss eeking for her rest was promoted by her mother-in-law Naomi
一 为路得找一个安身之处
A. To Seek Some Resting Place for Ruth
9在一节拿俄米对路得说，『女儿阿，我不当为你找个安身之处，使你享福么？』
9In verse 1 Naomi said to Ruth, “My daughter, I must seek some resting place for you, that it may go well with you
二 指示路得当行之事
B. Instructing Ruth What to Do
10拿俄米指示路得当行之事。（2～。）她告诉路得要沐浴抹膏，换上最好的衣服，下到禾场上，就是他们的亲戚波阿斯簸大麦的地方。她进一步指示路得，不要使那人认出她来，要等他吃喝完了。然后要看准他睡的地方，进去掀开他脚上的被，躺卧在那里。拿俄米告诉路得，波阿斯最终会告诉她所当作的事。
10Naomi instructed Ruth what to do (vv. 2-4). She told Ruth to wash herself, anoint herself, put on her best4 clothes, and go down to the threshing floor where Boaz, their relative, was winnowing the barley. She further instructed Ruth not to make herself known to the man until he had finished eating and drinking. Then Naomi told her to notice the place where he lies down and go there, uncover his feet, and lie down. Naomi concluded by telling her that Boaz would tell her what she should do.
三 路得的顺从
C. Ruth’sO be die nce
11路得顺从她的婆婆，对她说，『凡你所说的，我必遵行。』（5。）
11Ruth was obedient to her mother - in - law, saying to her, “All that you say, I will do” (v. 5).
贰 由路得实行
II. CARRIED OUT BY RUTH
一 照她婆婆的吩咐
A. According to Her Mother-in-law’s Charge
12路得就下到禾场上，照她婆婆所吩咐的而行。（6。）
12Ruth went down to the threshing floor and did all that her mother-in-law had charged her (v. 6
二 根据神命定的路接近波阿斯
B. Approaching Boaz Based upon the God-ordained Way
13七至九节记载路得如何接近波阿斯。她接近他是根据神命定的路。（四5，利二五25，申二五5～10。）
13Verses 7 through 9 give an account of how Ruth approached Boaz. Her approaching him was based upon the God-ordained way (4:5; Lev. 25:25; Deut. 25:5-10
参 为波阿斯所接受
III. ACCEPTED BY BOAZ
14在路得记三章十至十五节我们看见，路得为波阿斯所接受。
14In Ruth 3:10-15 we see that Ruth was accepted by Boaz
一 波阿斯的应许
A. Boaz’s Promise
15路得表明自己，并求波阿斯用他的衣襟遮盖她；他就说，『女儿阿，愿你蒙耶和华赐福。你末后的恩比先前更大，因为少年人无论贫富，你都没有跟从。』（10。）然后他应许要作凡她所说的。他接著解释,他虽是亲人，但有一个人比他更近。波阿斯继续说，这另一个亲人若不愿为路得尽亲人的本分，他就必为她尽本分。
15When Ruth identified herself and asked Boaz to spread his cloak over her, he said, “Blessed be you of Jehovah, my daughter. You have shown your latter kindness to be better than your first by not going after the choice young men, whether poor or rich” (v. 10). Then he promised to do all that she had said. He continued by explaining that although he was a kinsman, there was a kinsman closer than he. Boaz went on to say that if that other kinsman was not willing to do the kinsman’s duty for Ruth, then he would do it for her
二 波阿斯慷慨的照顾
B. Boaz’s Generous Care
16在十四至十五节我们看见，波阿斯对路得慷慨的照顾。肆路得向她婆婆的报告在十六至十八节，路得向她婆婆报告。
16In verses 14 and 15 we see Boaz’s generous care for Ruth. IV. RUTH’S REPORT TO HER MOTHER-IN-LAW According to verses 16 through 18 Ruth gave a report to her mother-in-law
一 好消息
A. The Good News
17路得报告关于波阿斯为她所行一切的好消息。尤其她说到他给了她六簸箕大麦。
17Ruth reported the good news concerning all that Boaz had done for her. In particular, she spoke of the six measures of barley that he had given to her
二 婆婆的信心
B. The Mother-in-law’s Faith
18十八节启示婆婆的信心。拿俄米有信心，波阿斯不为路得寻得安息，必不休息。伍为著家谱的延续，
18Verse 18 reveals the mother-in-law’s faith. Naomi had the faith that Boaz would not rest until he had sought rest for Ruth. V. FOR THE CONTINUATION OF THE GENEALOGY
以带进基督
TO BRING IN CHRIST
19我们若看马太一章五至六节和十六节，就会看见路得寻找她的安息，实际上是为著家谱的延续，以带进基督。
19If we consider Matthew 1:5-6 and 16, we will see that Ruth’ss eeking for her rest was actually for the continuation of the genealogy to bring in Christ
陆 对波阿斯的评价
VI. THE EVALUATION OF BOAZ
20路得记三章所陈明的，对波阿斯有很高的评价。本章指明他道德高尚，（8～11，）行为纯洁，（14，）断事智慧，（12～13，）并忠信持守神的定命。（利二五25，申二五5～10。）
20Chapter three of Ruth presents a high evaluation of Boaz. This chapter indicates that he was high in morality (vv. 8-11), that he was pure in conduct (v. 14), that he was wise in decision (vv. 12-13), and that he was faithful in keeping God’so rd i nation (Lev. 25:25; Deut. 25:5-10