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雅歌生命读经 · 第1篇

介言以及受吸引追求基督以得满足（一）

An Introductory Word and Drawn to Pursue Christ for Satisfaction (1)
1读经：雅歌一章一至八节。在这卷雅歌生命读经的开始，我要说一点对倪柝声弟兄的珍赏怀念以及对他的感激。这次雅歌生命读经的纲目及一切主标题和小标题，以及表征的解释，都是根据倪弟兄于一九三五年五月，在靠近上海的杭州，一间滨临西湖的旅舍里，与少数同工的特别查读；我是那不到十位参加者之一。雅歌的主题是满足中的满足。本书描绘爱基督的人经历中的四个阶段，可用以下四句话来概述：一一个爱基督的人，应当是受祂的爱并祂的甜美所吸引，追求祂以得完全满足的人。二一个爱基督的人，应当是蒙祂呼召，藉著与祂的十字架成为一，得拯救脱离己的人。
1Scripture Reading: S.S. 1:1-8 At the beginning of this life-study of Song of Songs, I would like to offer a word of appreciation and memorial of and an expression of gratitude to Brother Watchman Nee. The outline with all the headings and subtitles and the interpretation of figures in this present life-study of Song of Songs are based on Brother Nee's particular study with a few co-workers in May 1935, in which I participated as one of not more than ten attendants, in a hotel on the shore of West Lake of the city of Hangchow, close to Shanghai. The theme of Song of Songs is satisfaction of satisfactions. This book portrays the four stages in the experience of the lover of Christ and can be summarized by the following four sentences: (1) A lover of Christ should be one who is attracted by His love and drawn by Him in His sweetness to pursue after Him for full satisfaction. (2) A lover of Christ should be one who is called by Him to be delivered from the self through his oneness with the cross of Christ
2三一个爱基督的人，应当是蒙祂呼召，在升天里生活，在祂的复活里作神之新造的人。四一个爱基督的人，应当是蒙祂更厉害的呼召，在经历祂的复活之后，藉著祂的十字架，在幔内过生活的人。在第一阶段，爱基督的人受基督的吸引来跟从祂。在第二阶段，爱基督的人经历十字架以破碎己。十字架拯救我们脱离己，使我们从自己出来。在第三阶段，爱基督的人活在升天里。活在升天里，就是在基督的复活里经历神的新造。在第四阶段，爱基督的人在幔内，就是在全宇宙的内室，在至圣所过生活。在经历上，十字架在先，接著是复活和升天。但升天的经历仍是不彀的。在升天之后，还需要接著另一个阶段－藉著对十字架进一步的经历，在幔内过生活。
2(3) A lover of Christ should be one who is called by Him to live in ascension as the new creation of God in the resurrection of Christ. (4) A lover of Christ should be one who is called by Him more strongly to live within the veil through His cross after the lover's experience of His resurrection. In the first stage the lover of Christ is attracted by Christ to follow Him. In the second stage the lover of Christ experiences the cross for the breaking of the self. The cross saves us from the self in order to get us out of ourselves. In the third stage the lover of Christ lives in ascension. To live in ascension is to experience the new creation of God in Christ's resurrection. In the fourth stage the lover of Christ lives within the veil, in the inner chamber of the whole universe, the Holy of Holies. In experience the cross comes first, followed by resurrection and ascension. Yet the experience of ascension is not sufficient. After ascension there is still the need of another following stage—living within the veil through further experience of the cross.
3在雅歌这卷诗歌书里，我们找不著十字架、复活、和升天这些辞。我们也没有新造或幔内这些辞。那我们如何能说，这卷书揭示基督徒生活不同的阶段？我们若要答覆这问题，就需要看见，在雅歌里，基督徒生活的阶段，是藉著许多不同的表号启示或揭示出来。十字架这辞没有使用，却有十字架的表号。同样，没有复活和升天这些辞，却有复活和升天的表号。也有表征新造和幔内生活的表号。读这卷书，最难的事就是解释表号。在本篇信息中，我们要先说到介言，然后来看第一阶段－受吸引追求基督以得满足。
3In Song of Songs, a book of poetry, we cannot find the words cross, resurrection, and ascension. Neither do we have the expressions new creation or within the veil. How, then, can we say that this book unveils different stages of the Christian life? If we would answer this question, we need to see that in Song of Songs the stages of the Christian life are revealed, or unveiled, through many different figures. The word cross is not used, but there are figures of the cross. In like manner, instead of the words resurrection and ascension, there are figures of resurrection and ascension. There are also figures signifying the new creation and the life within the veil. In reading this book, the hardest thing is to interpret the figures. In this message we will first give an introductory word and then begin to consider the first stage—the stage of being drawn to pursue Christ for satisfaction.
介言
an introductory word
一 特别的书
1. A Particular Book
4雅歌是圣经中一卷特别的书，因其不是一卷历史、律法、豫言、或福音的书。
4Song of Songs is a particular book in the holy Scriptures, for it is not a book of history, law, prophecy, or gospel
二一 首超绝婚姻里爱之历史的诗歌
2. A Poem of the History of Love in an Excellent Marriage
5本书是一首超绝婚姻里爱之历史的诗歌，这是最高标准的罗曼史。全本圣经是神『爱上』人的罗曼史，就是爱的故事。
5This book is a poem of the history of love in an excellent marriage. It is a romance of the highest standard. The entire Bible is a romance, a love story, of God "falling in love" with man
１ 所罗门王与书拉密女的历史
a. A History of King Solomon with the Shulammite
6雅歌是本书著者智慧王所罗门，与一个乡村女子书拉密女的历史。在书拉密女称为佳偶（直译，爱－一，二2，四1，7，六4）。所罗门是男性的名字，意『平安』，书拉密女是所罗门的女性写法。一位是在耶路撒冷京城王宫里的君王，另一位是来自乡村的女子。就一面说，所罗门与书拉密女并不相配。关于婚姻，多数人赞同二人该彼此相配。但很难找著真正相配的夫妻。两个同样的人也许成为仇敌，但两个不同的人却可能成为爱的朋友。所罗门爱上乡村女子，他们二人联结在一起。他们联结以后，一直留在交通中。同样的，神爱上了人。因著神是伟大、有智慧的，我们是微小、没有智慧的，我们也许很难相信神竟能爱上我们。但即使人似乎与神不相配，神却爱上了人。
6Song of Songs is a history of the wise King Solomon, the writer of this book, with the Shulammite, a girl of the beloved and the Shulammite is called the lover (lit., " love " — 1:15; 2:2; 4:1, 7; 6:4). Solomon, in the 15 masculine gender, means "peace," and Shulammite is Solomon in the feminine gender. One is the king in the palace at the capital in Jerusalem, and the other is a girl from the countryside. In a sense, Solomon and the Shulammite were not a match. Concerning marriage most would agree that two people should match each other. Yet it is difficult to find a husband and wife who are really a match. Two people who are the same may become enemies, but two people who are different may become loving friends. Solomon fell in love with a country girl, and the two of them were joined together. After their union they remained in communion all the time. In a similar way, God fell in love with man. Since God is great and wise and we are small and unwise, we may find it hard to believe that God could fall in love with us. Yet even though man does not seem to match God, God has nonetheless fallen in love with man.
２ 基督与祂个别信徒联合之爱的描绘
b. A Portrait of the Love of Christ in His Union with His Individual Believers
7雅歌是基督与祂个别信徒联合之爱的描绘。全本新约所强调的是身体生活，不是个人生活。（罗十二4～，林前十二27。）但雅歌强调的不是团体的身体，乃是个别的信徒。要有身体生活，我们必须与主有个别的接触。没有与主个别的交通作基础，我们就无法有正确的身体生活。
7Song of Songs is a portrait of the love of Christ in His union with His individual believers. The entire New Testament stresses the Body life, not the individual life (Rom. 12:4-5; 1 Cor. 12:27). But Song of Songs stresses 5 not the Body corporately but the believer individually. To have the Body life, we must have individual contact with the Lord. Without the individual fellowship with the Lord as a base, we cannot have the proper Body life.
ａ神爱祂的选民以色列，如同丈夫爱自己的妻子
1) God Loving His Elect Israel as a Husband Loving His Wife
8圣经是神圣罗曼史的记载，第一给我们看见，神爱祂的选民以色列，如同丈夫爱自己的妻子。（赛五四5～7，耶二2，三1，结十六8，何二19～20。）以色列是新妇，神自己是新郎。因此，在神与以色列之间有婚姻之爱。
8As the record of a divine romance, the Bible first shows us that God loves His elect Israel as a Husband who loves His wife (Isa. 54:5-7; Jer. 2:2; 3:1; Ezek. 16:8; Hosea 2:19-20). Israel was a bride and God Himself was the Bridegroom. Thus, there was a bridal love between God and Israel
ｂ基督爱祂的召会，如同丈夫爱自己的妻子
2) Christ Loving His Church as a Husband Loving His Wife
9第二，基督爱祂的召会，如同丈夫爱自己的妻子。（弗五25，31～，启十九7～9，二一2，9。）在启示录十九章我们看见，基督要有祂的婚筵，以祂的得胜者为祂的新妇，祂结婚的日子要有一千年之久。然后在新天新地里，祂所有的信徒，就是新耶路撒冷，要作羔羊的妻。新耶路撒冷要作羔羊基督团体的妻。
9Second, the Bible reveals that Christ loves His church as a Husband loves His wife (Eph. 5:25, 31-32; Rev. 19:7-9; 21:2, 9). In Revelation 19 we see that Christ 32 will have His wedding feast with His overcomers as His bride, and His wedding day will be for a thousand years. Then in the new heaven and new earth, all of His believers as the New Jerusalem will be the wife of the Lamb. The New Jerusalem will be the corporate wife of Christ, the Lamb.
ｃ信徒作为贞洁的童女，已经许配给基督
3) The Believers Having Been Betrothed to Christ as Pure Virgins
10照著保罗在林后十一章二节的话，信徒作为贞洁的童女，已经许配给基督。就这面说，所有基督的信徒都是女性。按属灵说，我们众人，弟兄和姊妹，都同样是许配给基督的童女。
10According to Paul ' sword in 2 Corinthians 11:2, the believers have been betrothed to Christ as pure virgins. In this sense, all the believers of Christ are female. Spiritually, we all, brothers and sisters alike, are virgins betrothed to Christ.
三 内容
3. The Contents
11雅歌的内容是个别信徒与基督爱的交通进展的经历。用戴德生（Hudson）的说法，这是与基督联结并交通的书。
11The contents of Song of Songs are the progressive experience of an individual believer's loving fellowship with Christ. To use Hudson Taylor'sex press i on, this is Taylor a book of union and communion with Christ.
四 分段
4. The Sections
12照著雅歌内在和属灵的意义，本书的分段如下：受吸引追求基督以得满足；（一2～二7；）蒙呼召藉著与十字架的合一脱离己；（二8～三5；）蒙呼召在升天里生活作复活里的新造；（三6～五1；）更厉害的蒙呼召藉著复活后的十字架在幔内过生活；（五2～六13；）分担主的工作；（七1～13；）以及盼望被提。（八1～14。）
12The sections of Song of Songs, which are according to the intrinsic and spiritual significance of this book, are as follows: drawn to pursue Christ for satisfaction (1:2—2:7); called to be delivered from the self through the oneness with the cross (2:8—3:5); called to live in ascension as the new creation in resurrection (3:6—5:1); called more strongly to live within the veil through the cross after resurrection (5:2—6:13); sharing in the work of the Lord (7:1-13); and hoping to be raptured (8:1-14
壹 受吸引追求基督
I. ATTRACTED TO PURSUE AFTER CHRIST
13现在我们来看寻求者如何受吸引追求基督以得满足。（一2～4上。）
13Let us now begin to see how the seeker is drawn to pursue Christ for satisfaction (1:2-4a
一 佳偶的羡慕
A. The Lover's Yearning
14『愿他用口与我亲嘴！因你的爱比酒更美。你的膏油馨香；你的名如同倒出来的香膏；所以众童女都爱你。』（2～3。）这些经文表达佳偶的羡慕。
14Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!/For your love is better than wine./Your anointing oils have a pleasant fragrance;/Your name is like ointment poured forth;/Therefore the virgins love you" (vv. 2-3). These verses express the lover's yearning
１ 她羡慕基督与她亲嘴
1. Yearning to Be Kissed by Christ
15基督的佳偶羡慕基督用口与她亲嘴。（2上。）亲嘴是最亲密的亲吻。这种羡慕基督与她亲嘴，是对基督那令人愉快之爱的回应，这爱比酒更美﹔（2下﹔）也是对那如同倒出来的香膏，带著膏油馨香祂迷人之名（人位）的回应。（3上。）
15The lover of Christ yearns to be kissed by Christ with the kisses of His mouth (v. 2a). The kisses of the mouth are the most intimate kiss. This yearning to be kissed by Christ is a response to Christ's cheering love, which is better than wine (v. 2b), and to His charming name (person), which is like ointment poured forth with the pleasant fragrance of the anointing oils (v. 3a
16雅歌由许多表号所组成。第一个表号是那令人愉快的酒。这里的酒表征基督那令人愉快的爱。我们下沉的时候，若思想基督的爱，就会愉快起来。第二个表号是香膏。祂迷人的名，表征祂的人位，如同倒出来的香膏。没有人能抗拒祂令人愉快的爱，和祂迷人的人位。
16Song of Songs is composed of many figures. The first figure is the wine which cheers people up. The wine here signifies Christ's cheering love. When we are down, if we consider Christ's love, we will be cheered. The second figure is ointment. His charming name, which signifies His person, is like ointment poured forth. No one can resist His cheering love and His charming person
２ 因基督那令人愉快之爱和祂迷人的名，所有贞洁的信徒都爱祂
2. Because of His Cheering Love and Charming Name, All the Chaste Believers Loving Him
17因基督那令人愉快之爱和祂迷人的名，所有贞洁的信徒都爱祂。（３下。）一个男人吸引许多年轻女子追求他，我们都会定罪他。但基督不同。贞洁爱基督的人越多越好。
17Because of His cheering love and charming name, all the chaste believers love Him (v. 3b). We all would condemn a man who attracts many young women to pursue him. But with Christ it is different. The more chaste lovers of Christ there are, the better
二 佳偶的追求
B. The Lover's Pursuing
18四节上半说到佳偶的追求：『愿你吸引我，我们就快跑追随你。』她追求基督，求主吸引她，使她和她的同伴都快跑追随祂。每个受基督吸引的人，跟从祂时都会有同伴。自从我受主吸引，许多人就与我一同跟从主。想想渔夫彼得蒙主呼召的情形。（太四18～20。）有一天，基督这良人来了，彼得就被祂迷住，并且撇下网，跟从祂。许多人作彼得的同伴跟从基督。我们受吸引跟从基督时，就成为别人跟从祂的因素。
18In verse 4a we have a word concerning the lover's pursuing: "Draw me; we will run after you." In her pursuit of Christ, she asks Him to draw her that she and her companions may run after Him. Everyone who is drawn by Christ will have companions in following Him. Since I was drawn by the Lord, many have followed the Lord with me. Consider the situation with Peter when he, a fisherman, was called by the Lord (Matt. 4:18-20). One day Christ the Beloved came, and Peter was charmed by Him and he left the nets and followed Him. Many followed Christ as Peter's companions. When we are drawn to follow Christ, we become a factor in others' following of Him
贰 与基督交通，
II. FELLOWSHIPPING WITH CHRIST
以致进到召会生活里
RESULTING IN ENTERING INTO THE CHURCH LIFE
19在雅歌一章四节下半至八节，我们看见与基督交通，以致进到召会生活里。召会生活由另一个表号指明－羊群（7～8）－所指明表征召会是许多信徒的集合。
19In Song of Songs 1:4b-8 we see that fellowshipping with Christ results in entering into the church life. The church life is indicated by another figure— the flock (vv. 7-8), which signifies the church as a collection of many believers
一 良人带她进入她的灵里交通；她的灵乃是至圣所
A. The Beloved Bringing Her into Her Spirit as the Holiest of All for Fellowship
20良人带她进入她的灵里交通；她的灵乃是至圣所（主的内室）。这里没有用灵字，却由四节的内室这辞来表征。我们的灵是基督的居所，（提后四22，）成为祂的至圣所，（来十19，）为使我们与祂有交通。
20The Beloved brings her into her spirit as the Holiest of all (His chambers) for fellowship. The word spirit is not used here, but it is signified by the word chambers in verse 4. Our spirit as Christ's dwelling place (2 Tim. 4:22) becomes His Holy of Holies (Heb. 10:19) for fellowship
１ 她和她的同伴，欢喜快乐的称赞祂的爱，因为她们正直的爱祂
1. She and Her Companions Extolling His Love with Joy and Rejoicing
21在与基督的交通中，佳偶和她的同伴，欢喜快乐的称赞祂的爱，因为她们正直的爱祂。（歌一4下。）
21In fellowship with Christ, the lover and her companions extol His love with joy and rejoicing, for rightly do they love Him (v. 4b
２ 她看见她的己，她在亚当里是有罪的，但她在基督里蒙了称义
2. Seeing Her Self That She Is Sinful in Adam but Justified in Christ
22她看见她的己，她在亚当里是有罪的，但她在基督里蒙了称义。（5～上。）她在亚当里是有罪的，由她像基达的帐棚一样黑所表征。她在基督里蒙了称义，由她像所罗门的幔子一样秀美所表征。帐棚在阳光之下，幔子却在内室里。
22She sees her self that she is sinful in Adam, but she is justified in Christ (vv. 5-6a). Her being sinful in Adam is signified by her being black like the tents of 6 Kedar. Her being justified in Christ is signified by her being lovely like the curtains of Solomon. The tents are under the sunshine, but the curtains are within the inner chamber.
３ 她蒙祂指示进入召会生活的路
3. She Being Instructed by Him in the Way to Enter into the Church Life
23在她与基督的交通中，她也蒙祂指示进入召会生活的路。（6下～8。）
23In her fellowship with Christ, she is also instructed by Him in the way to enter into the church life (vv. 6b-8
ａ受宗派的弟兄们所逼迫
a. Persecuted by Her Denominational Brothers
24她受宗派的弟兄们（她同母的弟兄－6下）所逼迫，并且因著祂同伴的羊群（复数），从召会转身离开。（7下。）虽然宗派的弟兄们也是由恩典－同一位母亲（6下）－所生，她却受他们逼迫，因而从召会转身离开。这是今天的情形。
24She was persecuted by her denominational brothers her mother'ss ons—v. 6b), and she was turned away from the church by the flocks of His companions v. 7b). She was persecuted by her denominational brothers, though they also were born by grace—the same mother (v. 6b)—and she was turned away from the church. This is the situation today
ｂ祂叫她随著召会的脚踪跟随祂
b. He Telling Her to Follow Him on the Footsteps of the Church
25良人叫她随著召会（羊群－单数）的脚踪跟随祂，并在主牧养祂召会的众地方召会（牧人帐棚）那里，牧养她属灵的孩子－山羊羔。（7～。）她祷告：『我心所爱的阿，求你告诉我，你在何处牧放群羊？』然后基督回答：『你这女子中极美丽的，你若不知道，只管跟随羊群的脚踪去。』跟随羊群的脚踪就是跟随召会。我们能见证，许多时候我们不知道基督在那里，但我们跟随召会，就找著祂。我们找著召会，就把所有年幼的人（由山羊羔所指明的），也带到召会。
25The Beloved tells her to follow Him on the footsteps of the church (flock) and pasture her spiritual children (young goats) at the local churches (the shepherds ' tents), where He pastures His church (vv. 7-8). She prayed, "Tell me, you whom my soul 8 loves, Where do you pasture your flock?" Then Christ answered, "If you yourself do not know,/You fairest among women, / Go forth on the footsteps of the flock. " To follow on the footsteps of the flock is to follow the church. We can testify that many times we did not know where Christ was, but as we followed the church, we found Him. When we find the church, we bring all the younger ones, indicated by the young goats, to the church as well.
二 佳偶与基督的交通，结果带进召会生活，这是何等的美好
B. It Being Wonderful That the Fellowship of the Lover with Christ Results in the Church Life
26佳偶与基督的交通，结果带进召会生活，这是何等的美好。
26It is wonderful that the fellowship of the lover with Christ results in the church life