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以赛亚书生命读经 · 第19篇

寻求并信靠耶和华的实例 （一）

An Example of Seeking After Jehovah
and Trusting in Him (1
1读经：以赛亚书三十六至三十九章。
1Scripture Reading: Isa. 36—39
2在本篇以及下一篇信息中，我们要来看三十六至三十九章。首先，在本篇信息中，我们要来看关于希西家王这个人一些重要的事。然后在下一篇信息中，我们要看这四章的细节，包括希西家为他的处境寻求耶和华，为他的健康寻求耶和华，以及希西家因享受太平与康健而失败。
2In this message and in the following message, we will consider chapters thirty-six through thirty-nine. First, in this message, we need to see some crucial matters regarding the person of King Hezekiah. Then in the next message we will consider the details of these four chapters, including Hezekiah’ss eeking after Jehovah for his situation, Hezekiah’ss eeking after Jehovah for his health, and Hezekiah’s failure in the enjoyment of the peaceful situation and sound health
原则与实例
The Principle And The Example
3我们读以赛亚书的时候，也许会想，为甚么以赛亚书要插进三十六至三十九章。这卷书的前三十五章说到神对祂所爱的以色列爱的惩治，并祂对列国公义的审判，好叫祂的选民转向祂，使受造之物得复兴，并带进包罗万有的基督。到此我们看见，一切人、一切事都被神解雇了，这里只有基督这惟一合格的一位。为甚么在说完这些事之后，以赛亚要用四章来说到一个人的部分生平？我花了许多时间思量这件事，我相信主已经把原因告诉我了。在三十六至三十九章，以赛亚给我们一个实例，就是犹大王希西家。可以说，以赛亚豫言的头三十五章是给我们原则，接下来的四章是给我们实例。
3As we read the book of Isaiah, we may wonder why Isaiah inserted chapters thirty-six through thirty- nine. The first thirty-five chapters to this book cover God’s loving chastisement on His beloved Israel and His righteous judgment on the nations, in order that His elect might have a turn to Him so that the created things might be restored and that the all-inclusive Christ might be brought in. At this point, everyone and everything has been fired by God, and Christ, the only one who is qualified, is here. Why, after covering these matters, does Isaiah spend four chapters to speak of a small part of the life of one person? After spending much time to consider this matter, I believe that the Lord has shown me the reason. In chapters thirty-six through thirty-nine, Isaiah gives us an example in the person of Hezekiah, the king of Judah. We may say that in the first thirty-five chapters of his prophecy Isaiah gives us the principle and that in the next four chapters he gives us an example
希西家这人－敬虔但不是属神的人
The Person Of Hezekiah— Godly But Not A Man Of God
得著神迹式的拯救
Receiving a Miraculous Deliverance
4我们读过这几章之后，该想一想希西家是个怎样的人。希西家是个敬虔的人，但我不说他是个属神的人－神人。当希西家受到亚述王西拿基立威吓，又受到王的仆人出言侮辱的时候，他在困苦中将这难处带到主面前，向神献上非常好的祷告。（赛三六1~20，三七9~20。）希西家既是神所派定的王，且是个敬虔的人，神就为他作事。神答应他的祷告，行了一件人类历史上最大的神迹，在一夜之间杀了十八万五千个亚述人。（赛三七22~38。）
4After reading these chapters, it is good to consider what kind of person Hezekiah was. Hezekiah was a godly man, but I would not say that he was a man of God, a God - man. When he was threatened by Sennacherib king of Assyria and was insulted by the word of the king’s servant, Hezekiah, in his suffering, brought the trouble to the Lord and offered to Him a very good prayer (36:1-20; 37:9-20). Since Hezekiah was the king appointed by God and since he was a godly person, God did something for him. God answered his prayer and performed one of the greatest miracles in human history, killing one hundred eighty-five thousand Assyrians in one night (37:22-38).
5神加增希西家十五年的寿命
5God Adding Fifteen Years to Hezekiah’s Life
6希西家得著神迹式的拯救之后，他病得要死。以赛亚去见他，对他说，『耶和华如此说，你当整顿你的家，因为你必死不能活了。』（赛三八1。）那时希西家再次非常虔诚的祷告说，『耶和华阿，求你记念我在你面前怎样存完全的心，按真实行事，又作你眼中所看为善的。』（赛三八。）神垂听了希西家的祷告，答应医治他，并藉著以赛亚对他说，神必加增他十五年的寿命。（赛三八4~5。）
6After Hezekiah received this miraculous deliverance, he became mortally ill. Isaiah came to him and said, “Thus says Jehovah, Put your house in order, for you are about to die and will not live” (38:1). Then Hezekiah again prayed a very godly prayer, saying, “O Jehovah, please remember how I have walked before You in truth, with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in Your sight” (v. 3). God heard Hezekiah’s3 prayer and answered it by healing him and saying, through Isaiah, that He would add fifteen years to his life (vv. 4-5).
7神给希西家加增的寿数很有意义。当希西家病得要死的时候，他是个中年人，大约四十岁。神给他另一个十五年，意思是他要活到约五十五岁。神既要医治希西家，为甚么不给他另一个三十年，让他活到七十岁呢？我相信只延长希西家十五年寿命的原因，是因为在神眼中希西家不是一个可信托、能完成神定旨的人。希西家若被许可活得更久，他会给神的国引起更大的麻烦，比他在三十九章里所引起的更大。希西家在最后的十五年里，犯了一个严重的错误，导致神在地上的国丧亡了。
7The number of years added to Hezekiah’s life is significant. When Hezekiah became mortally ill, he was a middle-aged man, perhaps about forty years old. For God to give him another fifteen years meant that he would live until the age of approximately fifty- five. Since God was willing to heal Hezekiah, why did He not give him another thirty years and allow him to reach the age of seventy? I believe that the reason God extended Hezekiah’s life by only fifteen years was that, in the sight of God, Hezekiah was not a person who could be trusted to carry out God’s purpose. Had Hezekiah been permitted to live longer, he might have caused even more trouble to God’skin gdom than he did in chapter thirty-nine. During his last fifteen years, Hezekiah made a mistake that was so serious that it caused God’skin gdom on earth to be lost
欠慎思、欠慎重、且草率
Not Considerate and Careful but Hasty
8以赛亚三十九章给我们看见，希西家不是个慎思、慎重的人，乃是个草率的人。他的祷告指明他心思清明，也很聪明。然而他得著神的医治以后，在巴比伦使者带著礼物来看他的时候，却作了愚蠢的事。他收到礼物，就把他宝库、武库、和全国之内的一切东西都给使者看。（赛三九2。）这是愚蠢的行为，也是极大的错误。展示这些从大卫和所罗门时代他先祖积蓄下来的财富，使巴比伦王受到试探。百余年后巴比伦王就来到，夺走这些财富。希西家没有慎重考虑他的行事，也没有经过祷告。他该慎重，晓得巴比伦是犹大的敌人，巴比伦军队迟早要来毁灭他。然而希西家并没有考虑到，巴比伦王会这么作。这显示希西家草率，不彀慎思和慎重。
8Isaiah 3 9 shows us that instead of being a considerate and careful person, Hezekiah was hasty. His prayers indicated that he had a sober mind and was quite wise. However, after he was healed by God, he did something foolish when visitors from Babylon came to him with a gift. Receiving the gift, he showed the visitors his treasury, his whole armory, and everything in his dominion (v. 2). This was a foolish act and a great mistake. The showing of these riches, which had been accumulated by his fathers since the time of David and Solomon, became a temptation to the king of Babylon. A little over one hundred years later, the king of Babylon came and took away these riches. Hezekiah did not consider his action carefully, nor did he pray about it. He should have been careful, knowing that Babylon was Judah’s enemy and that sooner or later the Babylonian army would come to destroy him. However, Hezekiah did not take thought concerning what the king of Babylon might do. This shows that Hezekiah was hasty and not very considerate or careful.
只顾自己的人
A Person for Himself
9有些人读以赛亚书，起先会认为，希西家是个绝对为著神，完全不顾自己的人。实际上希西家非常自私。这由三十九章五至七节，-他如何回应以赛亚对他所说的话得著证明。『以赛亚对希西家说，你要听万军之耶和华的话。看哪，日子必到，凡你家里所有的，并你列祖积蓄到如今的，都要被掳到巴比伦去，不留下一样，这是耶和华说的。并且从你本身所生的众子，其中必有被掳去，在巴比伦王宫里当太监的。』当希西家听到这些话，他对以赛亚说，『你所说耶和华的话甚好，因为在我的年日中，必有太平和稳固的景况。』（赛三九8。）这指明希西家是自私的。
9Some readers of Isaiah might think at first that Hezekiah was a person who was absolutely for God and not at all for himself. Actually Hezekiah was very selfish. This is proved by the way he responded to Isaiah’sword to him in 39:5- 7. “Isaiah said to Hezekiah, Hear the word of Jehovah of hosts: Behold, the days are coming when everything which is in your house and which your fathers have laid up as a treasure unto this day will be carried away to Babylon; nothing will be left, says Jehovah. And they will take away some of your sons who will issue from you, whom you will beget, and they will become eunuches in the palace of the king of Babylon.” When Hezekiah heard this, he said to Isaiah, “The word of Jehovah which you have spoken is good....For there will be peace and truth in my days” (v. 8). This indicates that Hezekiah was selfish
10不仅如此，希西家不是属世之国的王，乃是属神之国的王。犹大国实际上乃是神在地上的国，希西家不该视之为他自己的国。希西家的国丢了是小事，但神的国丢了乃是大事。在八节，希西家的反应指明，他没有为神和神的国著想，也不在意他自己的子孙，他完全是为著自己。
10Furthermore, Hezekiah was the king not of a worldly kingdom but of the kingdom of God. The kingdom of Judah was actually God’skin gdom on earth, and Hezekiah should not have regarded it as his own kingdom. For Hezekiah to lose his kingdom was a small thing, but for God to lose His kingdom was a great thing. Hezekiah’s response in verse 8 indicates that he had no thought for God and God’skin gdom, nor did he care even for his own children. He was altogether for himself
11我们若对三十六至三十九章没有正确的看法，就会认为希西家很好。他面对两个难处－亚述人的入侵和致死的病，都以看来敬虔的方式来应对。所以我们可能觉得，我们若以希西家的方式来处理难处，也会很好。然而以赛亚书在这几章里所给我们看见的榜样，显示像希西家这样一个被委任在神的国里作王，敬虔又祷告，并得著神以神迹来回答的人，至终如何没有成功反而失败了。他失败是由于他荣耀自己，只顾到自己的利益。他满了自己，也无法约束自己。他是个自私的人，犯了大错，大大失败，至终被神解雇了。
11If we do not have the proper view of chapters thirty- six through thirty-nine, we may think that Hezekiah was quite good. He faced two great problems — the invasion from Assyria and mortal illness—and dealt with them in a way that seemed to be godly. We may feel, therefore, that if we could handle problems in Hezekiah’sway, we also would be quite good. However, in giving us the pattern found in these chapters, Isaiah shows us how a person such as Hezeki ah, who was appointed a king in God’s kingdom, who was godly, and who prayed and received miraculous answers from God, eventually became not a success but a failure. He failed because of his self-glory and self-interest. He was full of self and was not able to restrict the self. Being a selfish person, he made a great mistake, became a failure, and was eventually fired by God.
问自己要作何种人
Asking Ourselves What Kind Of Person We Would Be
12我们蒙了这榜样的光照，就需要花时间在主面前，问问自己要作怎样的人。我们要像希西家那样草率，那样顾到自己么？当我们想到这事的时候，必须学著说，『主，我不要作甚么人；只愿一无所是。我要你作我的人位和我的生命，让你活在我里面，使我能活你。我若要有所作为，就是要作这样的人。』我们若都有这样的祷告，主的恢复就会有大的复兴。
12In light of this pattern, we need to spend some time with the Lord and ask ourselves what kind of person we would be. Would we be like Hezekiah, who was hasty and was so much for himself? As we consider this matter, we must learn to say, “Lord, I would not be any kind of person; I would just be nothing. I would have You as my person and my life, as the One who lives in me that I may live You. If I want to be anything, I want to be a person like this.” If we would all pray such a prayer, the Lord’s recovery would have a great revival