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雅歌生命读经 · 第8篇

分担主的工作

Sharing in the Work of the Lord
1读经：雅歌七章一至十三节。到雅歌六章末了，佳偶经过变化的各阶段，成为所罗门的复本。她现在称为书拉密女（所罗门的女性写法－13），因她在生命、性情和形像上，成了与所罗门一样的，与他相配，好成为婚配。这对配偶成为一，指明新耶路撒冷。在新耶路撒冷里，救赎的神（由所罗门所表征）与所有蒙祂救赎的人（由书拉密女所表征）成为一。新耶路撒冷是神性与人性的调和，在人性的美德里彰显那经过过程终极完成的三一神。
1Scripture Reading: S. S. 7:1-13 By the end of chapter six the lover, having passed through various stages of transformation, has become Solomon’s duplication. She is now called Shulammite (the feminine form of Solomon—S. S. 6:13), for she has become the same as Solomon in life, nature, and image to match him for their marriage. This couple’s becoming one indicates the New Jerusalem. In the New Jerusalem the redeeming God (signified by Solomon) and all His redeemed (signified by the Shulammite) become one. The New Jerusalem is a mingling of divinity and humanity to express the processed, consummated Triune God in human virtues
2这时似乎这卷书该结束了，但牠还继续写下去。所罗门是许多葡萄园的主人，这些葡萄园需要许多工作。现在那成了他的书拉密女的乡村女子，必须成为他的同工。这指明至终爱基督的人需要分担主的工作。我们要分担主的工作，就需要彀资格，而我们的资格是在于属灵的装备，在于得著神圣生命一切属性的装备。
2At this point it seems that the book should end, yet it continues. Solomon is the lord of many vineyards, and these vineyards require much labor. Now the country girl, who has become his Shulammite, must become his co-worker. This indicates that eventually Christ’s lovers need to share in the work of the Lord. To share in the Lord’s work we need to be qualified, and our qualification depends upon the spiritual equipment, that is, it depends on our being equipped with all the attributes of the divine life
壹 得装备作主工作中的工人
I. EQUIPPED AS A WORKER in the work of the Lord
3在七章一至九节上半我们看见，佳偶书拉密女得装备作主工作中的工人。一那灵追述佳偶的美德一至五节的说话者不是所罗门，也不是书拉密女，乃是第三者－那灵。那灵与基督是一，（林后三17，）那灵也与信徒是一。（启二二17。）因此，这第三者说话，好像两者在说话。基督、信徒、与那灵是一。
3In 7:1-9a we see that the lover, the Shulammite, is equipped as a worker in the work of the Lord. A. The Spirit’s Review of the Virtues of the Lover The speaker in verses 1 through 5 is not Solomon nor the Shulammite but a third one—the Spirit. The Spirit is one with Christ (2 Cor. 3:17), and the Spirit is one with the believers (Rev. 22:17). Thus, when this third one speaks, it is as if the two are speaking. Christ, the believers, and the Spirit are one
4雅歌七章一至五节是那灵追述佳偶的美德。美德是在神圣生命里成熟的表记。我们越成熟，就越有美德。因此，追述佳偶的美德，就是陈明这位同工所成为的，陈明她所是的。
4Verses 1 through 5 are the Spirit’s review of the virtues of the lover. Virtues are signs of maturity in the divine life. The more mature we are, the more virtues we have. Hence, to review the virtues of the lover is just to present what this co-worker has become, what she is
１ 那灵追述她的美丽
1. The Spirit Reviewing Her Beauty
5首先，那灵尊她为王室中的一人，追述她的美丽。罗马五章十七节启示，在我们里面基督的生命能使我们成为掌权的君王：『那些受洋溢之恩，并洋溢之义恩赐的，就更要藉著耶稣基督一人，在生命中作王了。』在罗马书里我们看见，基督的生命是义的生命，使我们得称义；是圣的生命，使我们蒙圣别；也是得胜的生命，使我们成为得胜者。罗马书也告诉我们，我们能在基督这神圣的生命中作王。这生命能使我们成为王，使我们成为君尊的。雅歌指明爱基督的人应当在祂君尊的生命里达到成熟，与基督一同作王掌权。这是头一项美德，头一
5First, the Spirit, esteeming her as one of the royal household, reviews her beauty. Romans 5:17 reveals that the life of Christ in us can make us kings to reign: “Those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.” In Romans we see that Christ’s life is a life of righteousness for our justification, a holy life for our sanctification, and a victorious life to make us overcomers. Romans also tells us that we can reign in this divine life of Christ. This life can make us kings; it can make us royal. Song of Songs indicates that a lover of Christ should reach the maturity in His royal life to reign as a king with Christ. This is the first virtue, the first qualification, for her to share in the Lord’s work.
6项资格，使她能分担主的工作。
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ａ她的美丽在于传扬福音，并她站立的能力
a. Her Beauty in the Gospel Preaching and in Her Standing Power
7雅歌七章一节说，『王女阿，你的脚在鞋中何等美丽！你的大腿圆润好像美玉，是巧匠的手作成的。』这里那灵追述她的美丽在于传扬福音，以及她藉著灵神技巧的变化工作，得著站立的能力。（罗十15，林后三18。）
7Song of Songs 7:1 says, “How beautiful are your footsteps in sandals, / O prince’s daughter! / Your rounded thighs are like jewels, / The work of the hands of a skilled artist.” Here the Spirit reviews her beauty in the gospel preaching and in her standing power through the skillful transforming work of God the Spirit (Rom. 10:15; 2 Cor. 3:18
ｂ她的美丽在于她里面的各部分
b. Her Beauty in Her Inward Parts
8雅歌七章二节继续说，『你的肚脐如圆杯，不缺调和的酒。你的肚腹如一堆麦子，周围有百合花。』本节那灵追述她的美丽在于她里面各部分充满神的生命，这生命是她藉著凭信喝主的血，吃主的肉而得著的。（约六53～54。）
8Song of Songs 7:2 goes on to say, “Your navel is a round goblet / That never lacks mixed wine; / Your belly is a heap of wheat, / Fenced in by lilies.” In this verse the Spirit reviews her beauty in her inward parts filled with the divine life received through the drinking of Christ’s blood and the eating of His flesh by faith (John 6:53-54
ｃ她的美丽在于她活动的能力，活泼的𫗪养别人
c. Her Beauty in Her Active Ability to Feed Others in a Living Way
9雅歌七章三节继续说，『你的两乳好像一对小鹿，就是母鹿双生的。』这是指她的美丽在于她活动的能力，活泼的𫗪养别人。（约二一15，17，参歌四5。）
9Song of Songs 7:3 continues, “Your two breasts are like two fawns, / Twins of a gazelle.” This refers to her beauty in her active ability to feed others in a living way (John 21:15, 17; cf. S. S. 4:5
ｄ她的美丽在于她服从的意志，在于她的心境，也在于她在属灵的感觉上有高而敏锐的辨别能力
d. Her Beauty in Her Submissive Will, in the Expression of Her Heart, and in Her Spiritual Sense of High and Sharp Discernment
10『你的颈项如象牙塔；你的眼像希实本巴特拉并门旁的水池；你的鼻子彷佛朝大马色的利巴嫩塔。』（歌七4。）这里那灵追述她的美丽在于她因那灵变化的工作，藉著受苦有了服从的意志（由颈项所表征），以完成神的意愿；（参四4；）也在于她的心境向著光是敞开的，清洁的，满了安息的，也是可接近的（眼－参一，四1，五12）；她在属灵的感觉上有高而敏锐的辨别能力（鼻子）。
10“Your neck is like a tower of ivory; / Your eyes, like the pools in Heshbon / By the gates of Bath-rabbim; / Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon, / Which faces Damascus” (S. S. 7:4). Here the Spirit reviews her beauty in her submissive will (signified by the neck) wrought by the Spirit’s transformation through sufferings for the carrying out of God’s will, in the expression of her heart which is open to the light, clean, full of rest, and accessible (eyes—cf. 1:15; 4:1; 5:12), and in her spiritual sense of high and sharp 15 discernment (nose).
ｅ她的美丽在于她的心怀意念，以及她那为著奉献而有的服从和顺从
e. Her Beauty in Her Thoughts and Intentions and in Her Submission and Obedience for Her Consecration
11七章五节说，『你的头在你身上好像迦密山，你头上的发是紫色。王的心被这下垂的发绺监禁了。』在本节里，那灵追述她的美丽在于她的心怀意念刚强为著神，（参王上十八19～39，）以及她那为著奉献而有的服从和顺从，使神得著荣耀，也夺得了她那作王的良人。
11Song of Songs 7:5 says, “Your head upon you is like Carmel, / And the locks of your head like purple. / The king is fettered by your tresses.” In this verse the Spirit reviews her beauty in her thoughts and intentions, which are strong for God (cf. 1 Kings 18:19-39), and in her submission and obedience for her consecration, which are for the glory of God and capture her Beloved, who is the King
２ 那灵的追述，向众信徒陈明基督秀美佳偶的
2. The Spirit’s Review Presenting All the Believers a Beautiful Portrait
一幅美丽描绘
of the Lovely Lover of Christ
12那灵的追述，向众信徒陈明基督秀美佳偶的一幅美丽描绘，从脚到头，都是她所爱之基督的彰显。（参歌六4～10。）这样的描绘，使她彀资格有分于主的工作。
12The Spirit’s review presents all the believers a beautiful portrait of the lovely lover of Christ from her feet to her head as an expression of Christ, whom she loves (cf. S. S. 6:4-10). Such a portrait qualifies her to share in the work of the Lord
二 良人加入的话
B. The Beloved’sIns er ted Words
13当那灵说话时，忽然基督加入一些话。七章六至九节上半是良人加入的话。
13Suddenly, while the Spirit is speaking, Christ inserts some words. In 7:6-9a we have the Beloved’sins er ted words
１ 良人认为女子是祂的佳偶（祂的爱），称赞女子
1. The Beloved, Considering Her His Love, Praising Her
14『我的佳偶，你何等美丽，何等可悦，令人欢畅喜乐！你的身量好像棕树，你的两乳如同果子累累下垂。』（6～。）在这里，良人首先称赞她那令人欢畅喜乐的美丽和可悦，然后称赞她那像基督一样成熟的身量，（弗四13，）以及她所给别人丰富的𫗪养。基督的同工必须是美丽、可悦的人，令人欢畅喜乐。年轻的同工必须学习对别人是可悦的，使他的工作能吸引人。别人该乐于看到你，愿意与你有交通。佳偶成了这样的人，所以她有资格分担主的工作。２良人享受她所有基督成熟的身量，
14“How beautiful and how pleasant in delights / You are, O love! / This your stature is like a palm tree, / And your breasts are like the clusters” (vv. 6-7). Here the Beloved praises her first in her beauty and 7 pleasantness that delight others and then in her mature stature like Christ (Eph. 4:13) and in her rich feeding of others. A co-worker of Christ must be a beautiful and pleasant person who delights others. The young co - workers need to learn to be pleasant with others and to carry out an attracting work. Others should be happy to see you and want to have fellowship with you. The lover has become such a person, so she is qualified to participate in the Lord’s work. 2. The Beloved Enjoying Her Mature Stature of Christ
且与祂身体的肢体一同分享
and Sharing It with the Members of His Body
15『我说，我要上这棕树，抓住枝子；愿你的两乳，好像葡萄累累下垂，你的鼻子香如苹果，你的口如上好的酒。』（歌七8～9上。）这指明良人享受她所有基督成熟的身量，且与祂身体的肢体一同分享。祂盼望她对别人的𫗪养是丰富的，她的直觉是有香气的，会在生命上滋养别人，并且会豫尝来世的能力（酒－约二10，太二六29）。贰与她的良人同工我们已看见她资格的描绘。现在我们要来看她与她的良人同工。（歌
15I said, I will climb the palm tree; / I will take hold of its branches; / And your breasts will be like clusters of the vine, / And the fragrance of your nose like apples, / And the roof of your mouth like the best wine” (S. S. 7:8-9a). This indicates that the Beloved will enjoy her mature stature of Christ and share it with the members of His Body. He wishes that her feeding of others would be rich, that her intuition would be fragrant for nourishing others in life, and that her foretaste would be of the power of the age to come (wine—John 2:10; Matt. 26:29). II. WORKING TOGETHER WITH HER BELOVED We have seen the portrait of her qualifications. Now we will see that she works together with her Beloved (S
16七9下～13。）
16S. 7:9b-13).
一 盼望别人舒畅的享受她的所是
A. Wishing That Others Would Enjoy Smoothly What She Could Be
17『为我的良人下咽舒畅，流入睡觉人的嘴中。』（9下。）这里她接著良人的话，盼望主舒畅的享受她的所是，并且那些爱神，失去他们自觉的人，也要享受主所享受的。这指明我们与别人同工，必须成为他们的享受。我们这些同工在一同作工时，应当记得要成为别人的享受，也成为彼此的享受。
17Going down smoothly for my beloved, / Gliding through the lips of those who sleep” (v. 9b). Here she continues her Beloved’sword, wishing that the Lord would enjoy smoothly what she could be, and that those who love God in losing consciousness of themselves would enjoy what the Lord would enjoy. This indicates that our working together with others must become their enjoyment. As we co-workers are working together, we should remember to be a joy to others and to one another
二 她承认自己是属于良人，为著满足祂的愿望
B. Confessing That She Belongs to Her Beloved for His Desire
18『我属我的良人，他也恋慕我。』（10下。）这里她承认自己是属于良人，为著满足祂的愿望。
18I am my beloved’s, / And his desire is for me” (v. 10). Here she confesses that she belongs to her Beloved for His desire
三 要与她良人一同完成那为著全世界的工作
C. Wanting to Carry Out with Her Beloved the Work That Is for the Entire World
19『我的良人，来罢，你我可以往田间去；你我可以在村庄住宿。』（11。）这启示她愿意从一地到另一地寄居，为要与她良人一同完成那为著全世界的工作。这指明她不是分门结党的。在主的工作中，要把我们的工作开放，不要把我们的工作放在『自己的口袋里』，这并不容易。我们必须学习把工作开放，使别人能到这里来寄居，我们也能往别处寄居。这是保守一个身体里的一个工作。
19“Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the fields; / Let us lodge in the villages” (v. 11). This reveals that she wants to carry out with her Beloved the work that is for the entire world by sojourning from one place to another. This indicates that she is not sectarian. In the Lord’s work it is not easy to keep our work open, to not keep our work “in our pocket.” We must learn to keep the work open, so that others can come to sojourn there and we can go to sojourn elsewhere. This is to keep one work in one Body.
四 她与她的良人勤奋的工作，不是为她自己，乃是在众召会里
D. She and Her Beloved Working Diligently Not for Herself but in the Churches
20『我们清早起来，往葡萄园去看葡萄发芽开花没有，石榴放蕊没有；我在那里要将我的爱给你。』（12。）她与她的良人勤奋的工作，不是为她自己，乃是在众召会里为著使别人发芽、开花、放蕊，在那里她将她的爱献给祂的良人。我们若这样作工，别人就会得著许多帮助。五在她与良人同工时，有相互的爱在他们之间散放香味出去
20Let us rise up early for the vineyards; / Let us see if the vine has budded, / If the blossom is open, / If the pomegranates are in bloom; / There I will give you my love” (v. 12). She and her Beloved work diligently not for herself but in the churches, for others to bud, blossom, and bloom, in which she renders her love to her Beloved. If we work in this way, others will receive much help. E. In Her Working Together with Her Beloved There Being a Mutual Love Giving Forth Its Fragrance between Them
21『风茄散放香味，在我们的门口有各样新陈佳美的果子。我的良人，这都是我为你存留的。』（13。）在她与良人同工时，有相互的爱（由风茄所表征－创三十14）在他们这对相爱的夫妇之间散放香味出去，这表征爱基督的人与基督之间新婚的爱，并且在他们工作的地方，有许多馨香和新陈佳美的果子，是她在爱里为她良人存留的。我们为主作工，必须学习让主有享受。在我们的工作中，我们若只顾自己的喜乐，就已经失败了。我们作工，必须是为叫主喜乐，必须结出许多爱的果子，有许多爱的香味散放出去。分担主的工作，不是为主作工，乃是与主同工。这需要成熟的生命。灵恩运动强调能力和神迹，却很少留意生命的事。神召会比较著重真理的教导，但也忽略了生命的事。然而，主得著了一些寻求内里生命经历的人。这开始于盖恩夫人（MadameGuyon）、劳伦斯弟兄（BrotherLawrence）等。他们在生命里很深，但他们的教导是神秘、奥秘的。劳威廉（William）将他们的教导改进得相当实际，帮助了许多信徒。慕安得烈（AndrewMurray）得著他的帮助，首先看见新约神的灵有人性的元素。他说那得著荣耀之耶稣的灵，就是复活的基督，乃是那灵，含有祂得荣的人性。宾路易师母（JessiePenn-Lewis）从慕安得烈得著许多帮助，她强调主观的内里生命，尤其基督之死的主观方面。有位年轻人史百克（T.Austin-），藉著宾路易师母的传讲得救，后来成为她的同工。宾路易师母看见基督之死主观的方面，史百克看见复活的原则，为著建造基督的身体。倪弟兄早期从这些教师的著作，并从第二世纪以来其他优良的著作，得著许多帮助。
21“The mandrakes give forth fragrance, / And over our doors are all choice fruits, / New as well as old. / These, my beloved, I have stored up for you” (v. 13). In her working together with her Beloved there is a mutual love (signified by the mandrakes—Gen. 30:14) giving forth its fragrance between them as a couple loving each other, signifying the bridal love between the lover of Christ and Christ, and in their working places there are plenty of fragrant and choice fruits, new and old, which she stores up for her Beloved in love. We need to learn to work for the Lord in a way that the Lord will enjoy. If in our working we care only for our own joy, we have already failed. We must work for His joy, bearing many fruits of love with much fragrance of love. To share in the work of the Lord is not to work for the Lord but to work together with the Lord. This requires a matured life. The Pentecostal movement has stressed power and miracles, yet little attention has been paid to the matter of life. The Assembly of God has given more emphasis to the teaching of the truth, but it also has neglected the matter of life. Nevertheless, the Lord has had those who have sought out the experience of the inner life. This began with saints such as Madame Guyon, Brother Lawrence, and others. They were deep in life, but their teachings were mystical and mysterious. William Law improved their Law teachings into something quite practical, helping many believers. Andrew Murray was helped by him and was among the first to see that the New Testament Spirit of God has an element of humanity. He said that the Spirit of the glorified Jesus, the resurrected Christ who is the Spirit, contains His glorified humanity. Jessie Penn-Lewis received much help from Andrew Murray and stressed the subjective inner life, especially the subjective aspect of Christ’s death. A young man, T. Austin - Sparks, was saved through Mrs. Penn - Lewis’ sp reaching and became her co - worker. Mrs. Sparks Penn - Lewis saw the subjective aspect of the death of Christ, and T. Austin-Sparks saw the principles of resurrection for the building up of the Body of Christ. Brother Nee received much help in the early days from the writings of these teachers and from other good writings from the second century forward.
22藉著我们的经历，我们已知道，我们要与主同工，就必须在生命里成熟，并且必须教导高的真理。雅歌没有著重真理，只有一次题起真理（亚玛拿意『真理』－四8）。然而，在雅歌里我们看见，我们要与主同工，需要在生命里成熟，需要与主是一，并且我们的工作必须为著祂的身体。我们的主是所罗门，我们必须是书拉密女；就是说，我们必须与主是一。事实上，要与基督同工，我们就必须是基督。保罗是真正的书拉密女，
22Through our experience we have learned that to work together with the Lord we must be mature in life and we must teach the high truths. Song of Songs does not emphasize truth, mentioning it only once (Amana means “truth”—4:8). However, in Song of Songs we see that to work with the Lord we need the maturity in life, we need to be one with the Lord, and our work must be for His Body. Our Lord is Solomon and we must be the Shulammite; that is, we must be one with the Lord. Actually, to work with Christ we must be Christ. Paul was a real Shulammite because he lived Christ (Phil. 1:21
23因为他活基督。（腓一21。）
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24书拉密女是所罗门的配偶，作工顾到所有的葡萄园。（歌八11。）这指明我们的工作应当为著身体，不只为著一个城市。我们必须有一种为著全世界的工作。这就是保罗所作的，他建立众地方召会，然后作工，使他们充分的领悟基督的身体。
24The Shulammite works as Solomon’s counterpart, taking care of all the vineyards (S. S. 8:11). This indicates that our work should be for the Body, not just one city. We must have a work that is for the entire world. This is what Paul did by establishing local churches and then working to bring them into the full realization of the Body of Christ