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雅歌生命读经 · 第4篇

蒙呼召在升天里生活，作复活里的新造

Called to Live in Ascension as the New Creation in Resurrection
1读经：雅歌三章六节至五章一节。在第二阶段，（歌二8～三5，）基督的佳偶学习三个基本功课：复活的大能、复活的丰富、和十字架的生活。基督复活的大能，由基督是蹿山越岭的羚羊和牡鹿所表征。（二～9。）基督复活的丰富，由春天的植物、斑鸠的声音、和各种香气所表征。（12～13上。）十字架的生活，由磐石穴和陡岩的隐密处所表征。（14。）十字架的生活藉著复活的大能而活，并藉著复活的丰富得鼓励。
1Scripture Reading: S. S. 3:6—5:1 In the second stage (S. S. 2:8—3:5) the lover of Christ learned three basic lessons: the power of resurrection, the riches of resurrection, and the life of the cross. The power of Christ’s resurrection is signified by Christ as a gazelle and a hart leaping upon the mountains and skipping upon the hills (2:8-9). The riches of Christ’s 8 resurrection are signified by the plants, the voice of the turtledove, and the various fragrances in the spring (vv. 12-13a). The life of the cross is signified by the clefts of the rock and the covert of the precipice (v. 14). The life of the cross is lived by the power of resurrection and is encouraged by the riches of resurrection.
2在下一阶段－蒙呼召在升天里生活，作复活里的新造（三6～五1）－我们需要学习分辨灵与魂的功课。（来四12。）今天少有基督徒能分辨灵与魂。虽然帖前五章二十三节1说到『灵、与魂、与身子』，许多人实际上却相信在圣经里灵与魂是同义辞。我们若不领悟灵与魂不同，就无法达到蒙呼召在升天里生活，作复活里的新造。升天就是在诸天之上。虽然我们在地上，但我们这些基督里的信徒，我们重生的灵是联于诸天之上的灵神。这二灵乃是一。这就像电一样：电在发电厂里，也在我们的房间里，只有一道电流。我们在我们的灵里，就联于诸天之上升天的基督。在升天里生活，意思是一直在我们的灵里过基督徒生活。这需要我们分辨我们的灵与魂。我们若凭著我们的魂爱别人，就是在地上，不是在升天里。但我们若凭著我们的灵爱人，就是在升天里。我们已经与基督一同坐在诸天界里。（弗二6。）在地位上，我们已经坐在那里，但我们需要生活在升天里。基督呼召我们上十字架以后，进一步呼召我们生活在升天里，作复活里的新造。
2In the next stage—the call to live in ascension as the new creation in resurrection (3:6—5:1)—we need to learn the lesson of discerning the spirit from the soul (Heb. 4:12). Few of today’s Christians are able to discern the spirit from the soul. Many actually believe that in the Bible the words spirit and soul are synonyms, even though Thessalonians 5:23 speaks of “spirit and soul and body.” If we do not realize that the spirit is different from the soul, we cannot reach the stage of being called to live in ascension as the new creation in resurrection. Ascension is in the heavens. Although we are on earth, as believers in Christ our regenerated spirit is joined to God the Spirit in the heavens. These two spirits are one. This is like electricity: It is in the power plant and also in our room, yet there is one current. When we are in our spirit, we are joined to the ascended Christ in the heavens. To live in ascension means to have a Christian life all the time in our spirit. This requires that we discern our spirit from our soul. If we love others by our soul, we are on the earth, not in ascension. But if we love by our spirit, we are in ascension. We have been seated in the heavens with Christ (Eph. 2:6). Positionally, we are seated there, but we need to live in ascension. After calling us to the cross, Christ calls us further to live in ascension as the new creation in resurrection.
壹 新造
I. THE NEW CREATION
3雅歌三章六节至四章六节与新造有关。
3Song of Songs 3:6 — 4:6 is concerned with the new creation.
一 藉著佳偶与基督完全的联合
A. By the Lover’s Complete Union with Christ
4基督的佳偶藉著她与基督完全的联合而成为新造。（三6～11。）我们原与亚当联合，这使我们成为旧造。现今我们与基督联合，所以我们是新造。林后五章十七节说，『若有人在基督里，他就是新造。』
4The lover of Christ becomes a new creation by her complete union with Christ (3:6-11). We were united with Adam, which made us the old creation. Now we are in union with Christ, so we are a new creation. Second Corinthians 5:17 says, “If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation
１ 她从埃及上来，如同在那灵不能摇动的能力里的人一样
1. She Coming from Egypt like Persons in the Unshakable Power of the Spirit
5『那从旷野上来，形状如烟柱，以没药和乳香，并商人各样香粉薰的，是谁呢？』（歌三6。）她（作神选民得胜的代表）从埃及（旷野）上来，如同在那灵不能摇动的能力里的人一样，（出十四19～20，）薰有基督甜美的死和芳香的复活，以及基督作商人一切芳香的丰富。主需要得胜者，就是被基督丰富的芳香所薰、所渗透的人。２她是得胜基督的得胜『看哪，是所罗门的卧榻－四围有六十个勇士，都是以色列中的勇士。个个手都持刀，善于争战；人人腰间佩刀，防备夜间有警告。』（歌三７～８。）她是得胜基督的得胜（为著夜间安息和得胜的卧榻），满了神选民中得胜者的能力，甚至在艰难的时候带著基督；这些得胜者都善于争战，在有警告的时候，用兵器打仗。
5Who is she who comes up from the wilderness / Like pillars of smoke, / Perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, / With all the fragrant powders of the merchant?” (S. S. 3:6). She (as an overcoming representative of God’select) comes from Egypt (wilderness) like persons in the unshakable power of the Spirit (Exo. 14:19-20), perfumed with the sweet death and fragrant resurrection of Christ and with all the fragrant riches of Christ as a merchant. The Lord needs the overcoming ones, those who are perfumed, permeated, with the fragrance of Christ’s riches. 2. She Being the Victory of the Victorious Christ “There is his bed, Solomon’s— / Sixty mighty men surround it, / Of the mighty men of Israel. / All of them wield the sword and are expert in war; / Each man has his sword at his thigh / Because of the night alarms” (S. S. 3:7-8). She is the victory (bed for rest and victory in the night) of the victorious Christ, full of the power of the overcomers among God’select which carries Christ even in times of difficulties, and these overcomers are experts in war, fighting with their weapons at the time of alarms
３ 她是一乘华轿作基督的乘具
3. She Being a Palanquin as a Carriage of Christ
6『所罗门王用利巴嫩木，为自己制造一乘华轿。轿柱是用银作的，轿底是用金作的，坐垫是紫色的，其中所铺的乃耶路撒冷众女儿的爱。』（9～10。）她是一乘华轿（为著白日）作基督的乘具，是基督自己用复活、提高、并尊贵的人性（利巴嫩木）制造的，有神的性情（金）为其基底，基督的救赎（银）为其支柱，君尊的宝座（紫色）为其座位，又有信徒的爱铺盖其内。４那灵吩咐得胜的信徒，
6“King Solomon made himself a palanquin / Of the wood of Lebanon. / Its posts he made of silver, / Its bottom, of gold; / Its seat, of purple; / Its midst was inlaid with love / From the daughters of Jerusalem” (vv. 9-10). She is a palanquin (for the day) as a carriage of Christ, made by Christ Himself of the resurrected, uplifted, and noble humanity (the wood of Lebanon), having God’s nature (gold) as its base, Christ’s redemption (silver) as its supports, the royal (purple) throne as its seat, and the love of the believers covering the inside. 4. The Spirit Bidding the Overcoming Believers
要望断自己而注视人性里的基督
to look away from themselves unto Christ in His humanity
7『锡安的众女儿阿，你们出去看所罗门王头戴冠冕，就是在他婚配的日子，心中欢喜的时候，他母亲给他戴上的。』（11。）这里那灵吩咐得胜的信徒，要望断自己而注视基督，在信徒许配给祂的时候，就是在祂心中喜乐的日子，因祂成肉身所得的人性，而有的至高欢耀。
7Go forth, O daughters of Zion, / And see King Solomon with the crown / With which his mother crowned him / On the day of his espousals, / Yes, on the day of the gladness of his heart” (v. 11). Here the Spirit bids the overcoming believers to look away from themselves unto Christ in His humanity of incarnation as a crown of His boast, at the time of the believers’ betrothal to Christ, a day of the gladness of His heart
8基督若没有人性，就无法与我们婚配。因为我们是人，我们无法许配给祂，除非祂也有人性。因此，我们许配给基督，在于祂的人性，就是祂的冠冕。基督在祂成为肉体时所穿上，并在祂的复活里所提高的人性，乃是祂的冠冕。我们需要望断以及于人性里的基督。现在我们该留意以上三项所指明，卧榻和睡者的联结，华轿和乘者的联结，新妇和新郎的联结，都表征佳偶与基督完全的联结。因为我们已经与基督联结，我们就成了新造。
8If Christ did not have humanity, He could not marry us. Because we are human, we could not be betrothed to Him unless He also had humanity. Thus, our betrothal to Christ depends on His humanity, which is His crown. The humanity which Christ put on in His incarnation and uplifted in His resurrection is His crown. We need to look away to Christ in His humanity. At this juncture we should note that the union of the bed with its sleeper, the union of the palanquin with its rider, and the union of the bride with her bridegroom, indicated in the three items above, all signify the complete union of the lover with Christ. Because we have been united to Christ, we have become the new creation
二 那作新造之佳偶（新妇）的美丽
B. The Beauty of the Lover, the Bride, as the New Creation
9在四章一至五节，我们看见那作新造之佳偶（新妇）的美丽。
9In 4:1-5 we see the beauty of the lover, the bride, as the new creation
１ 她的美丽在于她凭著那灵的单一和见识
1. The Beauty in Her Singleness and Insight by the Spirit
10『哦，我的佳偶，你是美丽的！哦，你是美丽的！你的眼在帕子后好像鸽子眼；你的头发如同山羊群，卧在基列山。』（1。）在本节里我们看见，她的美丽在于她凭著那灵而有、却不为外人所见的单一和见识，也在于她藉著神的𫗪养而有的服从和顺从，那征服了她在不顺从之人中间的不顺从。
10Oh, you are beautiful, my love! / Oh, you are beautiful! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil; / Your hair is like a flock of goats / That repose on Mount Gilead” (v. 1). In this verse we see the beauty in her singleness and insight by the Spirit, which is invisible to the outsiders, and in her submission and obedience through God’s feeding that subdues her disobedience among the disobedient people
２ 她的美丽在于她接受神圣食物的能力
2. The Beauty in Her Receiving the Divine Food
11『你的牙齿如剪过毛的一群母羊，洗净上来，个个都有双生，没有一只丧掉子的。』（2。）这说到她的美丽在于她接受神圣食物的能力，已经受了十字架的对付，得了那灵洗涤的洁净，并得著双倍加强和平衡，而没有失去力量。
11“Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes / That have come up from the washing, / All of which have borne twins, / And none of them is bereaved of her young” (v. 2). This speaks of the beauty in her receiving the divine food by her power that has been dealt with by the cross, made clean by the Spirit’s washing, and strengthened twofold and balanced, without losing strength.
３ 她的美丽在于她讲说基督的救赎和权柄
3. The Beauty in Her Speaking with Christ’s Redemption and His Authority
12『你的唇好像一条朱红线，你的嘴也秀美。你的两腮，在帕子后如同一块石榴。』（3。）这就是她的美丽在于她用秀美的嘴讲说基督的救赎和权柄，也在于她充满生命隐藏的彰显。
12Your lips are like a scarlet thread, / And your mouth is lovely; / Your cheeks are like a piece of pomegranate / Behind your veil” (v. 3). This is her beauty in her speaking with Christ’s redemption and His authority by her lovely mouth and in her expression full of life which is hidden
４ 她的美丽在于她对基督的服从意志
4. The Beauty in Her Submissive Will to Christ
13『你的颈项好像大卫建造收藏军器的高楼；其上悬挂一千盾牌，都是勇士的挡牌。』（4。）这里她的美丽在于她对基督的服从意志，这意志富有防卫的能力。
13Your neck is like the tower of David, / Built for an armory: / A thousand bucklers hang on it, / All the shields of the mighty men” (v. 4). Here we have the beauty in her submissive will to Christ that is rich in the defending power
５ 她的美丽在于她柔和的信与爱
5. The Beauty in Her Tender Faith and Love
14『你的两乳好像百合花中吃草的一对小鹿，是一只母鹿双生的。』（5。）这说到她的美丽在于她柔和的信与爱，在纯洁信靠的生活环境中，得著双倍的加强和滋养。
14Your two breasts are like two fawns, / Twins of a gazelle, / That feed among the lilies” (v. 5). This speaks of the beauty in her tender faith and love strengthened twofold and nourished in the environment of a pure and trusting life
三 女子更深的追求
C. Her Deeper Pursuit
15六节说到女子更深的追求：『，我要往没药山和乳香冈去，直等到天亮，黑影飞去的时候。』在她更深的追求里，她要前往而留在基督之死与复活的高峰里，直等到基督来临，就是天亮，黑影飞去的时候。先前，她惧怕磐石穴和陡岩的隐密处，但现今她愿意在那里，留在基督的死与复活里。
15Verse 6 speaks of her deeper pursuit: “Until the day dawns and the shadows flee away, / I, for my part, will go to the mountain of myrrh / And to the hill of frankincense.” In her deeper pursuit she would go and remain in Christ’s death and resurrection in their high peaks until Christ comes, when the day dawns and the shadows flee away. Earlier, she was afraid of the clefts of the rock and the covert of the precipice, but now she is willing to be there, remaining in Christ’s death and resurrection
贰 蒙呼召在升天里生活
II. CALLED TO LIVE IN ASCENSION
16在七至十五节，佳偶蒙呼召在升天里生活。
16In verses 7 through 15 the lover is called to live in ascension
一 祂的呼召
A. His Calling
17七至八节是良人的呼召。
17In verses 7 and 8 we have the Beloved’scall ing
１ 祂称赞她的美丽和完全
1. Appraising Her Beauty and Perfection
18『我的佳偶，你全然美丽，毫无瑕疵。』（7。）这里祂称赞她的美丽和完全。
18“You are altogether beautiful, my love, / And there is no blemish in you” (v. 7). Here He appraises her beauty and perfection.
２ 祂要她这位作祂新妇者，从祂的升天里，与祂一同观看
2. Asking Her as His Bride to Look with Him from His Ascension
19『我的新妇，来，与我同去，从利巴嫩，与我一同从利巴嫩，从亚玛拿山顶，从示尼珥与黑门山顶，从狮子的洞穴，从豹子的山岭，来观看。』（8。）亚玛拿意『真理』，示尼珥意『软的甲胄』，黑门意『毁灭』。在本节里，祂要她这位作祂新妇者，从祂的升天里，就是从真理、从基督在争战中得胜的最高峰，并从仇敌在天上所在的地方，与祂一同观看。
19Come with me from Lebanon, my bride; / With me from Lebanon come. / Look from the top of Amana, / From the top of Senir and Hermon, / From the lions’ dens, / From the leopards’ mountains” (v. 8). Amana means “truth,” Senir means “soft armor,” and Hermon means “destruction.” In this verse He asks her as His bride to look with Him from His ascension, the highest place of the truth and of Christ’s victory in His fighting, and from the heavenly places of the enemies. Here we have a living in Christ’s ascension
20这里是我们在基督的升天里过生活。
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二 女子无声的回答
B. Her Silent Answer
21佳偶不是以听得见的方式答应良人的呼召。九节指明她无声的回答：『我妹子，我新妇，你夺了我的心。你用眼一看，用你的一串项炼，夺了我的心。』这里祂认为她在性情上与自己是一，也看她是自己的新妇；她藉著用眼一看并服从神的指示，所作无声的回答，夺了祂的心。
21The lover does not answer the Beloved’scall audibly. Verse 9 indicates that she gives a silent answer: “You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride; / You have ravished my heart with one glance of your eyes, / With one strand of your necklace.” Here He considers her as one with Him in nature and as His bride, whose answer without voice, by a quick look and by her submission to God’s instruction, has ravished His heart
三 主对女子私有的享受
C. His Private Enjoyment of Her
22十至十五节描述主对女子私有的享受。
22Verses 10 through 15 describe His private enjoyment of her
１ 享受她美丽的爱
1. Enjoying Her Beautiful Love
23『我妹子，我新妇，你的爱何等美丽！你的爱比酒何等更美，你膏油的香气胜过一切香品。』（10。）主认为她在性情上与自己是一，也看她是自己的新妇；主享受她美丽的爱，这爱比酒何等更美，也享受她的膏油，这膏油原是属于王的，（一3，）胜过一切香品。
23How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! / How much better is your love than wine, / And the fragrance of your ointments / Than all spices” (v. 10). Considering her as one with Him in nature and as His bride, He enjoys her beautiful love, which is much better than wine, and her ointments, which were the King’s (1:3) and are more fragrant than all spices
２ 享受她的话如同新蜜，也享受她行为的香气
2. Enjoying Her Word as Fresh Honey and the Fragrance of Her Conduct
24『我新妇，你的嘴唇滴下新蜜；你的舌下有蜜有奶。你衣服的香味如利巴嫩的香味。』（四11。）祂享受从她嘴唇所出的话如同新蜜（使软弱的人复兴），并她舌下的话如同蜜和奶（复兴软弱的人，并𫗪养未成熟的人），也享受她行为的香气如同升天的香气。
24Your lips drip fresh honey, my bride; / Honey and milk are under your tongue; / And the fragrance of your garments / Is like the fragrance of Lebanon” (4:11). He enjoys her word as fresh honey (for restoring the weak), which comes from her lips, and her word as honey and milk (for restoring the weak and feeding the immature ones), which are under her tongue, and the fragrance of her conduct as the fragrance of ascension
３ 祂看她是关锁的园，禁闭的井，封闭的泉源
3. Considering Her an Enclosed Garden, a Shut Up Spring, and a Sealed Fountain
25『我妹子，我新妇，乃是关锁的园，禁闭的井，封闭的泉源。』（12。）主看她不是敞开、公开的，乃是关锁的园，禁闭的井，封闭的泉源。
25A garden enclosed is my sister, my bride, / A spring shut up, a fountain sealed” (v. 12). He considers her not as something open and public but as an enclosed garden, a shut up spring, and a sealed fountain
ａ关锁的园，生长各种不同颜色、不同香味的植物
a. An Enclosed Garden That Grows All Kinds of Plants in Different Colors
26『你所种的是石榴的果园，有上好的果子，并有凤仙花和哪哒树；有哪哒和番红花，菖蒲和肉桂，并各样乳香木，没药和沉香，并一切主要的香品。』（13～14。）在主对她的享受里，她是关锁的园，生长各种不同颜色的植物，作内里生命不同的彰显，也生长许多不同香味的植物，作成熟生命丰富的彰显。
26Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates / With choicest fruit; / Henna with spikenard, / Spikenard and saffron; / Calamus and cinnamon, / With all the trees of frankincense; / Myrrh and aloes, / With all the chief spices” (vv. 13-14). In His enjoyment of her she is an enclosed garden that grows all kinds of plants in different colors as different expressions of the inner life and in a variety of fragrances as the rich expression of the mature life
ｂ园中封闭的泉源和禁闭的井，涌流如同活水井
b. A Sealed Fountain with a Shut Up Spring in Gardens That Flows as a Well of the Living Water
27『你是园中的泉，活水的井，从利巴嫩流下来的溪水。』（15。）祂看她是园中封闭的泉源和禁闭的井，涌流如同赐生命之灵的活水井，也如同复活生命的溪水。
27A fountain in gardens, / A well of living water, / And streams from Lebanon” (v. 15). He considers her a sealed fountain with a shut up spring in gardens that flows as a well of the living water of the life-giving Spirit and as streams of the resurrection life
参 过爱的生活
III. LIVING A LIFE OF LOVE
28雅歌四章十六节至五章一节说到过
28Song of Songs 4:16—5:1 speaks of living a life of love
29爱的生活。
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一 新妇的回答
A. The Answer of the Bride
30十六节是新妇的回答：『北风阿，兴起；南风阿，吹来！吹在我的园内，使其中的香气发出来；愿我的良人进入自己园里，吃他最佳的果子。』她要艰难的环境（北风）和美好的环境（南风）都在她这园子里作工，好使其中的香气散布。她求她的良人进到她这园子里，享受其最佳的果子。我们都该看自己是基督的园子，生产果子给祂享受。
30Verse 16 is the answer of the bride: “Awake, O north wind; / And come, O south wind! / Blow upon my garden: / Let its spices flow forth; / Let my beloved come into his garden / And eat his choicest fruit.” She wants the difficult environment (north wind) and the pleasant environment (south wind) to work on her as a garden that its fragrance may be spread. She asks her Beloved to come into her as a garden and enjoy its choicest fruit. We all should consider ourselves gardens to Christ, producing fruit for His enjoyment
二 良人的答应
B. The Answer of the Beloved
31『我妹子，我新妇，我进了我的园中，采了我的没药和香料，吃了我的蜜房和蜂蜜，喝了我的酒和奶。朋友们，请吃，亲爱的，请喝，且多多的喝。』（五1。）这里良人答应，也邀请祂亲爱的『朋友们』，就是三一神，来吃喝，且多多的喝，与祂一同享受她。
31“I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride; / I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; / I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; / I have drunk my wine with my milk. / Eat, O friends; / Drink, and drink deeply, O beloved ones!” (5:1). Here the Beloved answers, inviting His beloved “friends,” the Triune God, to eat, drink, and drink deeply, to enjoy her with Him.