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列王纪生命读经 · 第22篇

约哈斯、约雅敬、

The Reigns of Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim,
约雅斤、和西底家作犹大王，以及基大利的管理
Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah over Judah and the Governing of Gedaliah
1读经：列王纪下23:31—25:30。王下二十三章三十一节至二十五章三十节记载约哈斯、约雅敬、约雅斤、和西底家作犹大王，以及基大利的管理，告诉我们以色列人腐败历史的悲剧。以色列国和犹大国变得全然败坏，迫使神了结他们。首先，神差遣亚述人接管北方的以色列国。一面，许多人被掳到亚述;另一面，亚述人带来外邦人，使他们定居在空地。这产生混杂和混乱。南方的犹大国该因著以色列所遭遇的受警戒，但百姓继续行他们邪恶的路，较前更甚。这迫使神藉著巴比伦人采取行动。圣殿被焚烧，圣城耶路撒冷的城墙被拆毁，圣地被蹂躏，圣民也作了俘虏。
1Scripture Reading: 2 Kings 23:31—25:30 Second Kings 23:31—25:30, which covers the reigns of Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah and the governing of Gedaliah, tells us of the tragedy of the rottenness of the children of Israel. The kingdoms of Israel and Judah became totally corrupted, forcing God to terminate them. First, God sent the Assyrians to take over the northern kingdom of Israel. On the one hand, many of the people were taken as captives to Assyria. On the other hand, the Assyrians brought in heathens, who settled in the vacant land. This produced a mixture and a confusion. The southern kingdom of Judah should have been warned by what had happened to Israel, but the people continued in their evil way more than ever. This forced God to take action through the Babylonians. The temple was burned; the walls of Jerusalem, the holy city, were torn down; the holy land was devastated; and the holy people were taken captive
壹 约哈斯作王
I. THE REIGN OF JEHOAHAZ
2二十三章三十一至三十四节记载约哈斯作王。
2In 23:31-34 we have an account of the reign of Jehoahaz
一 作王三个月
A. Reigning for Three Months
3约哈斯年二十三岁的时候在耶路撒冷登基，作王三个月。（３１。）
3Jehoahaz began to reign in Jerusalem at the age of twenty-three and reigned for three months (v. 31
二 行耶和华眼中看为恶的事
B. Doing What Was Evil in the Eyes of Jehovah
4约哈斯行耶和华眼中看为恶的事，照著他列祖一切所行的。（３２。）
4Jehoahaz did what was evil in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers did (v. 32
三 法老尼哥将他锁禁
C. Pharaoh Neco Imprisoning Him
5法老尼哥将约哈斯锁禁，不许他在耶路撒冷作王；又罚犹大地银子一百他连得，金子一他连得。（３３。）
5Pharaoh Neco imprisoned Jehoahaz so that he might not reign in Jerusalem. He also imposed on the land of Judah a fine of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold (v. 33
四 约哈斯死在埃及
D. Jehoahaz Dying in Egypt
6法老尼哥立约西亚的儿子以利亚敬接续约西亚作王，给他改名叫约雅敬。然后法老尼哥将约哈斯带到埃及，约哈斯就死在那里。（３４。）
6Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Pharaoh Neco then brought Jehoahaz to Egypt, and Jehoahaz died there (v. 34).
贰 约雅敬作王
II. THE REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM
7约雅敬作王，记载在二十三章
7The reign of Jehoiakim is recorded in 23:35—24:6
8三十五节至二十四章六节。
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一 作王十一年
A. Reigning for Eleven Years
9约雅敬年二十五岁的时候在耶路撒冷登基，作王十一年。（二三３６。）
9Jehoiakim began to reign in Jerusalem at the age of twenty-five and reigned for eleven years (23:36
二 将金银给法老尼哥
B. Paying to Pharaoh Neco Silver and Gold
10约雅敬将他向国民征收的金银给法老尼哥。（３５。）
10Jehoiakim paid to Pharaoh Neco silver and gold which he exacted from the people (v. 35
三 行耶和华眼中看为恶的事
C. Doing What Was Evil in the Eyes of Jehovah
11约雅敬行耶和华眼中看为恶的事，照著他列祖一切所行的。（３７。）
11Jehoiakim did what was evil in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers did (v. 37
四 臣服尼布甲尼撒三年，就背叛他
D. Serving Nebuchadnezzar and Rebelling against Him
12约雅敬臣服巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒三年，然后背叛他。（二四１。）
12Jehoiakim served Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon for three years and then rebelled against him (24:1
五 耶和华打发迦勒底人、叙利亚人、摩押人、和亚扪人攻击犹大
E. Jehovah Sending the Chaldeans, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites against Judah
13耶和华打发迦勒底人、叙利亚人、摩押人、和亚扪人攻击约雅敬，毁灭犹大，正如耶和华藉祂仆人众申言者所说的，并将百姓从祂眼前赶出，是因玛拿西的罪，照著他一切所行的。（２～４。）
13Jehovah sent the Chaldeans, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites against Judah to destroy it, according to Jehovah’sword spoken through the prophets, and to remove the people out of His sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done (vv. 2-4
六 与他列祖同睡
F. Sleeping with His Fathers
14约雅敬与他列祖同睡，他儿子约雅斤接续他作王。（５～６。）
14Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place (vv. 5-6
参 约雅斤作王
III. THE REIGN OF JEHOIACHIN
15王下二十四章七至十六节说到约雅斤作王。
15Second Kings 24:7-16 speaks of the reign of Jehoiachin
一 作王三个月
A. Reigning for Three Months
16约雅斤年十八岁的时候在耶路撒冷登基，作王三个月。（８。）二行耶和华眼中看为恶的事
16Jehoiachin began to reign in Jerusalem at the age of eighteen and reigned for three months (v. 8). B. Doing What Was Evil in the Sight of Jehovah
17约雅斤行耶和华眼中看为恶的事，照著他父亲一切所行的。（９。）
17Jehoiachin did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father had done (v. 9).
三 埃及王不再从他本地出来
C. The King of Egypt Not Coming out of His Land Again
18埃及王不再从他本地出来，因为巴比伦王将所属埃及王之地，直到伯拉河都夺去了。（７。）
18The king of Egypt did not come out of his land again, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt up to the river Euphrates (v. 7
四 巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒来攻取耶路撒冷
D. Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon Coming to Take Over Jerusalem
19巴比伦王第八年，巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒来攻取耶路撒冷，犹大王约雅斤和他母亲、臣仆、首领、太监，投降巴比伦王。巴比伦王将耶和华殿和王宫里的宝物都拿去了，也将所罗门所造耶和华殿里的金器都毁坏了。尼布甲尼撒将耶路撒冷的众民、众首领、约雅斤王和王母、后妃、太监、与国中的首领，都掳去了。此外，又将一切勇士七千人，和匠人铁匠一千人，都是能作战的勇士，全掳到巴比伦去了。（１０～１６。）这里我们该留意，约雅斤被放逐后三十七年，巴比伦王以未米罗达登基当年，使约雅斤抬头，提他出监；对约雅斤说恩言，使他的位高过与他一同在巴比伦众王的位。约雅斤脱了囚服，终身常在巴比伦王面前吃饭，王特赐他日日一分所需用的食物。（二五２７～３０。）
19In the eighth year of Jehoiachin, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to take over Jerusalem, and Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his captains, and his eunuchs surrendered to him. The king of Babylon took all the treasures of the house of Jehovah and the treasures of the king’sho use and cut in pieces all the golden vessels which Solomon had made in Jehovah’stem ple. Nebuchadnezzar carried away into exile all the people of Jerusalem, all the captains, Jehoiachin the king with his mother, wives, eunuchs, and all the leading men of the land. In addition, he carried away all the seven thousand men of valor, the one thousand craftsmen and smiths, and all the mighty men fit for war (vv. 10-16). Here we should note that in the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the year of his enthronement, released Jehoiachin from prison. He spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the throne of all the kings who were with him in Babylon. Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes and ate his food in the presence of the king of Babylon continually all the days of his life, with a particular portion of allowance for each day (25:27-30
肆 西底家作王
IV. THE REIGN OF ZEDEKIAH
20王下二十四章十七节至二十五章二十一节说到西底家作王。
20Second Kings 24:17—25:21 tells us of the reign of Zedekiah
一 巴比伦王立他为王
A. Made King by the King of Babylon
21巴比伦王立约雅斤的叔叔玛探雅，代替约雅斤作王，将他的名从玛探雅改为西底家。（二四１７。）
21Zedekiah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, was made king by the king of Babylon to replace Jehoiachin, changing his name from Mattaniah to Zedekiah (24:17
二 作王十一年
B. Reigning for Eleven Years
22西底家年二十一岁的时候在耶路撒冷登基，作王十一年。（１８。）
22Zedekiah began to reign in Jerusalem at the age of twenty-one and reigned for eleven years (v. 18
三 行耶和华眼中看为恶的事
C. Doing What Was Evil in the Sight of Jehovah
23西底家行耶和华眼中看为恶的事，是照约雅敬一切所行的，并且他背叛了巴比伦王。（１９～２０。）
23Zedekiah did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done, and he rebelled against the king of Babylon (vv. 19-20).
四 巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒来攻击耶路撒冷，
D. Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon Coming to Jerusalem
四周筑垒攻城
and Building a Siege Wall against It
24西底家作王第九年，十月初十日，巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒来攻击耶路撒冷，四周筑垒攻城，直到西底家王十一年，城被攻破。迦勒底的军队追赶王，拿住他，带他到巴比伦王那里；巴比伦王审判他，在他眼前杀了他的众子，并且剜了他的眼睛，用铜炼锁著带到巴比伦。（二五１～７。）
24In the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and built a siege wall against it all around until the city was breached in the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. The army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, captured him, brought him up to the king of Babylon, and pronounced judgment upon him. They slaughtered Zedekiah’ss ons before his eyes, put out Zedekiah’se yes, bound him with bronze fetters, and brought him to Babylon (25:1-7
五 尼布撒拉旦来到耶路撒冷，焚烧耶和华的殿
E. Nebuzaradan Coming to Jerusalem to Burn the House of Jehovah
25尼布甲尼撒十九年五月初七日，尼布甲尼撒的臣仆、护卫长尼布撒拉旦来到耶路撒冷，焚烧耶和华的殿和王宫，又焚烧耶路撒冷的房屋，连同各大户家的房屋。迦勒底的全军，拆毁耶路撒冷四围的城墙。尼布撒拉旦将城里所剩下的百姓，并已经投降巴比伦王的人，以及大众所剩下的人都掳去放逐，只留下一些民中最穷的，使他们修理葡萄园，耕种田地。神殿中的铜柱和铜海，迦勒底人都打碎了，将那铜运到巴比伦去，连同锅、铲子、蜡剪、调羹、一切铜器，和火鼎、碗，无论金的银的，都带去了。护卫长拿住大祭司、副祭司、和三个把门的、一个太监、五个常见王面的人、军长的书记，以及国民六十个人，将这些人都带到巴比伦王那里，巴比伦王就击杀他们。这样，犹大人被放逐离开本地。（８～２１。）
25In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuzaradan, captain of the bodyguard and servant of Nebuchadnezzar, came to Jerusalem to burn the house of Jehovah, the king’sho use, every great house, and all the houses of Jerusalem. All the army of the Chaldeans broke down the walls around Jerusalem. Nebuzaradan carried away into exile the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who deserted to the king of Babylon and the rest of the multitude, but left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and field workers. The Chaldeans broke in pieces the bronze pillars and the bronze sea in the temple of God and carried the bronze to Babylon with the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, all the bronze vessels, and censers and bowls of fine gold and fine silver. The captain of the bodyguard took the chief priest, the second priest, the three doorkeepers, one eunuch, five men from the king’sinner circle, the scribe of the captain of the army, and sixty men of the people of the land and brought them to the king of Babylon, and the king of Babylon struck them down and killed them. Thus was Judah carried away into exile out of their land (vv. 8-21
伍 基大利的管理
V. THE GOVERNING OF GEDALIAH
26二十二至二十六节记载基大利的管理。
26Verses 22 through 26 are a record of the governing of Gedaliah
一 尼布甲尼撒立基大利管理犹大境内剩下的民
A. Nebuchadnezzar Appointing Gedaliah over the People Who Were Left in the Land of Judah
27尼布甲尼撒立基大利管理尼布甲尼撒留在犹大境内的民。（２２。）众军长听见这事，就来见基大利。基大利向他们起誓，说，『你们不必惧怕迦勒底臣仆，只管住在这地服事巴比伦王，就可以得福。』（２３～２４。）
27Nebuchadnezzar appointed Gedaliah over the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had left in the land of Judah (v. 22). When all the captains of the forces heard about this, they came to Gedaliah, and Gedaliah swore to them and said to them, ‘‘Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans; dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you’’ (vv. 23-24).
二 以实玛利带著十个人来杀了基大利
B. Ishmael Coming with Ten Men nd Striking Down Gedaliah
28七月间，宗室的一人以实玛利，带著十个人来杀了基大利和同他一起的犹大人与迦勒底人。众民，连众军长，因为惧怕迦勒底人，都逃往埃及。（２５～２６。）以色列经过巴比伦人、波斯人、和希腊人的统治以后，最终成了罗马帝国的一部分。罗马帝国接管圣地之后不久，主耶稣就出生了。基督家谱的线变得非常细，但我们感谢赞美主，在祂的主宰里，基督家谱的线从未断过。大卫王室被毁灭，但神还保守大卫的线，使祂能藉著成为肉体来作人。这将神带到人这里，带到人性里。这事改变了整个宇宙（包括诸天在内）的时代。
28In the seventh month Ishmael, one of the royal seed, came with ten men and struck down Gedaliah and the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him. All the people and the captains of the forces escaped to Egypt, being afraid of the Chaldeans (vv. 25-26). Eventually, after being ruled by the Babylonians, Persians, and Greeks, Israel became part of the Roman Empire. Shortly after the Roman Empire took over the holy land, the Lord Jesus was born. The lineage of Christ’s genealogy became very thin, but we thank and praise the Lord that in His sovereignty the lineage of the genealogy of Christ was never broken. The royal Davidic family was destroyed, but God kept David’s lineage so that He could come to be a man through incarnation. This brought God to humanity and into humanity. This changed the age in the whole universe, including the heavens
29神来成为人，在地上生活，进入死，经过死而进入复活。在复活里，这位成为肉体的神，在肉体里的末后亚当，成了赐生命的灵。这位神人成了赐生命的灵，这比祂成为肉体更大。成为肉体是将神带到一个人里面，但末后的亚当成了赐生命的灵，是将神带到千千万万的人里面。我们都藉著基督的复活得了重生。（彼前一３。）神成为人，这人成了赐生命的灵，使千千万万神所拣选、救赎的人有新生的起头；祂又活在他们里面，同他们安排住处，甚至以祂自己为元素，在他们里面建造一个家。这建造乃是一个构成，使祂与所有蒙救赎的人成为一，成为一个伟大的宇宙新人。这新人的头是基督，身体是由千千万万神所救赎并重生的人所构成。保罗的书信告诉我们，我们在基督里的信徒，必须活在基督里；这位基督作为赐生命的灵，乃是复活的实际。复活的意思是了结一切老旧、天然的东西，并藉著新生的起头而有新的开始。在神看来，旧造的一切已被了结，新造已有新生的起头。我们是全然在复活里的新造。
29God came to be a man and lived on earth, entering into death and passing through death into resurrection. In resurrection the incarnated God, as the last Adam in the flesh, became the life-giving Spirit. The God-man’s becoming the life-giving Spirit is even greater than the incarnation. The incarnation brought God into one person, but the last Adam becoming the life-giving Spirit brought God into millions of the human race. We all were regenerated through Christ’s resurrection (1 Pet. 1:3). God became a man, and this man became the life-giving Spirit to germinate millions of God’s chosen, redeemed people, to live in them, to make an abode with them, and even to build a home in them with Himself as the element. This building is a constitution that makes Him one with all the redeemed to be a great universal new man. The Head of this new man is Christ, and the Body is composed of the millions of God’s redeemed and regenerated people. Paul’s Epistles tell us that, as believers in Christ, we have to live in Christ, who as the life-giving Spirit is the reality of resurrection. Resurrection means the termination of all that is old and natural and a new beginning through germination. In the sight of God, everything of the old creation has been terminated, and the new creation has been germinated. We are the new creation, which is altogether in resurrection
30然而，主恢复中大多数的人，在实际和实行上并没有活在复活里。圣徒们也许有好性格、好行为，但这好行为主要是照著善恶知识树的原则。一面，我们认识复活的生命;但另一面，我们不知不觉、无意之间，却照著善恶的原则，而不照著生命的原则生活。从起初，神的心意就是要人不凭自己的生命，乃凭神的生命而活。为这缘故，神创造人以后，就向他指明他该有分于生命树，藉此接受神作生命，且凭这生命而活。这就是说，神所创造的人需要得重生。重生的意思不是因为人堕落了，所以需要另一个生命。甚至在人堕落以前，在罪进入人类以前，神就要来重生人。我们既是蒙了重生的人，就不该凭著我们天然、人的生命而活，乃该凭著在复活里神的生命而活。现今在我们里面有两个生命：受造的生命和重生的生命，也就是天然的生命和复活的生命。我们天然的生命-我们的己、我们的旧人、我们的肉体-在十字架上已被基督了结了。我们不但被了结，也蒙了重生。我们藉著基督的死被了结，并藉著基督的复活，就是那与我们的灵调和之灵的实际，有了新生的起头。如今每天，在一切大小事上，包括梳理头发和对人说话的方式，我们都不该凭著自己作甚么，乃该凭著那与我们联结，并与我们调和的一位作一切。这就是在我们的日常生活中应用基督的死。
30However, the majority of those in the Lord’s recovery do not live in resurrection actually and practically. The saints may have good character and good behavior, but this good behavior is mainly according to the principle of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. On the one hand, we know about the life of resurrection, but, on the other hand, unconsciously and unintentionally we live a life according to the principle of good and evil, not according to the principle of life. From the very beginning, God’sin tent i on was that man would live not by his own life but by God’s life. For this reason, after God created man, He indicated to him that he should partake of the tree of life and thereby take God as life and live by this life. This means that the man created by God needed to be regenerated. Regeneration does not mean that man became so fallen that he needed another life. Even before man fell and before sin entered into the human race, God intended to regenerate man. As those who have been regenerated, we should not live by our natural, human life but by God’s life in resurrection. We now have two lives in us: the created life and the regenerated life, the natural life and the resurrection life. Our natural life—our self, our old man, our flesh—has been terminated by Christ on the cross. We have not only been terminated but also regenerated. We were terminated by Christ’s death and we were germinated by Christ’s resurrection, the reality of which is the Spirit mingled with our spirit. Now every day, in all things great and small, including the way we comb our hair and speak to others, we should not do anything by ourselves but do everything by the One who is joined to us and mingled with us. This is to apply the death of Christ in our daily life
31我们若实行这生活，那么在我们的经历中，我们就被钉十字架，并模成基督的死。这样我们就能与保罗同说，我们已经与基督同钉十字架;现在活著的，不再是我们，乃是基督在我们里面活著。（加二２０。）保罗坐监时能宣告，在他，活著就是基督。（腓一２１。）他与基督是一，他也藉著那灵全备的供应活基督并显大基督。（１９～２０。）当基督活在地上时，祂人性的生命是纯洁、圣别的。但祂从未凭自己作甚么，也从未凭自己或从自己说甚么。凡祂所作、所说的，都是凭著父。（约五19，30，七16，八28，十二49～50。）三十三年半之久，祂过著钉十字架的生活，总是凭父而活。现今我们是基督的继续，我们也该天天过著钉十字架的生活。这就是圣经告诉我们要不住祷告的原因。（帖前五17。）我们需要在凡事上求问祂。
31If we practice this life, then in our experience we will be crucified and conformed to the death of Christ. Then we will be able to say with Paul that we have been crucified with Christ and that we no longer live but Christ lives in us (Gal. 2:20). When Paul was in prison, he could declare that for him to live was Christ (Phil. 1:21). He was one with Christ and he lived Christ and magnified Christ by the bountiful supply of the Spirit (vv. 19-20). When Christ lived on earth, His life was pure and holy. Yet He never did anything by Himself nor spoke anything of Himself or from Himself. Whatever He did and spoke was by the Father (John 5:19, 30; 7:16; 8:28; 12:49-50). For thirtythree and a half years He lived a crucified life, always living by the Father. Now we are Christ’s continuation, and we should live a crucified life every day. This is why we are told to pray unceasingly (1 Thes. 5:17). We need to inquire of Him in everything.
32活在复活里，意思是我们拒绝我们自己天然的生命，否认这生命，将牠置于十字架，因而模成基督的死。这样，我们就在复活里，凭著那是灵的基督，赐生命的基督，终极完成的三一神而活。我们需要记得，我们这些在基督里的信徒是特别的人-我们乃是神人。我们是基督徒，基督人。我们不该凭著我们自己而活，乃该凭著那与我们联结的一位而活。这就是模成基督的死，并活在复活里。
32To live in resurrection means that we reject our natural life, that we deny it and put it on the cross and thus be conformed to the death of Christ. Then we are in resurrection, living by the pneumatic Christ, the life-giving Christ, the consummated Triune God. We need to remember that, as believers in Christ, we are particular persons—we are God-men. We are Christians, Christ-men. We should not live by ourselves. We should live by Him who is joined to us. This is to be conformed to Christ’s death and to live in resurrection