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出埃及记生命读经 · 第3篇

豫备拯救者

Preparation of the Savior
1在出埃及记第一章里，法老奴役以色列人，并设法杀死希伯来妇人所生的一切男孩。在第二章我们看见，为以色列人豫备了一位拯救者。虽然这两章是分开的，但有一个基本的主题把它们连结在一起。这主题就是：在紧要关头的时候，神为著祂的旨意使用女人的生命。例如，在出埃及记第一章，神使用收生婆，就是女人的生命，来保全男人的生命，为著成就神的旨意。法老企图要杀死男人的生命，就是代表为著神旨意的生命，却要存留女人的生命，就是代表为著人享乐的生命。无疑地，法老为著他自己的享乐，意图存留女人的生命。法老企图利用收生婆执行他邪恶的计画。但因著神主宰的权柄，收生婆拒绝与法老的阴谋合作。虽然法老是一个有权势的统治者，甚至是一个暴君，收生婆却一点也不怕他，她们也不听他的话。收生婆不但没有杀死男孩，反而存留他们。因此，神为著祂的旨意，使用女人的生命保全男人的生命。
1In chapter one of Exodus Pharaoh held the children of Israel in slavery and also sought to kill all the baby boys born to Hebrew mothers. In the second chapter we see the preparation of a savior for the children of Israel. Although these two chapters are separate, there is an underlying theme that binds them together. This theme is that in times of crisis God uses the female life for His purpose. For example, in Exodus 1 God used the midwives, the female life, to preserve the male life for the fulfillment of God's purpose. Pharaoh'sin tent i on was to kill the male life, which represents the life for God's purpose, but to preserve the female life, which represents the life for man's pleasure. No doubt, Pharaoh intended to preserve the female life for his own pleasure. Pharaoh attempted to use the midwives to carry out his evil intention. But in God's sovereignty the midwives refused to cooperate with Pharaoh'sp lot. Although Pharaoh was a powerful ruler, even a tyrant, the midwives were not afraid of him, nor did they hearken to his word. Instead of killing the baby boys, the midwives preserved them. Hence, God used the female life to maintain the male life for His purpose
一 藉著女人的生命
I. THROUGH THE FEMALE LIFE
2在出埃及记第二章，神需要豫备一位拯救者，把神的百姓从法老暴虐的手中拯救出来。神豫备拯救者，首先使用的不是男人的生命，而是女人的生命。（1～10。）神为著这个目的，在战略上所使用的女人就在法老的家中─法老自己的女儿。这使我们联想起保罗在排立比书中的话：『在该撒家里的人』。（四22。）虽然该撒曾把使徒保罗下在监里，但至少有些该撒的家人成了基督徒。同样的原则，虽然法老想要杀死一切希伯来人所生的男孩，但因著神主宰的权柄，却使用法老的女儿，保全了在埃及的以色列人所生的最重要的男孩。
2In Exodus 2 there is the need for the preparation of a savior to deliver God'sp eople out of the hand of Pharaoh's tyranny. In preparing the savior, God firstly used not the male life but the female life (vv. 1-10). The female whom God used strategically for this purpose was found in Pharaoh's very household— it was Pharaoh'sown daughter. This reminds us of Paul'sword in Philippians concerning “those of Caesar'sho use hold” (4:22). Although Caesar had put the Apostle Paul into prison, at least some of Caesar'sho use hold became Christians. In the same principle, although Pharaoh tried to kill all the male infants born among the Hebrews, God sovereignly used Pharaoh's daughter to preserve the most important male born to the children of Israel in Egypt
3希伯来书十一章二十三节记载摩西被他的父母藏了三个月，但出埃及记二章二节只题到他的母亲把他藏了三个月。出埃及记第二章只题到母亲的原因，是强调在紧要关头时，女人的生命对神是有用的事实。若不是因著第一章的收生婆，以色列可能会遭灭种。照样，若没有第二章里女人的生命，神就没有路来豫备一位拯救者来拯救以色列人。在出埃及记第一章，神使用女人的生命保全祂的百姓；在出埃及记第二章，祂使用女人的生命为祂的百姓豫备一位拯救者，这百姓是祂为著完成自己的计画所保全的。不仅姊妹们，弟兄们也该为著女人生命的功用而感谢。其实，以正确的意义来说，所有在基督里的信徒，无论是弟兄或是姊妹，在神眼中都该是女人；因为女人说出倚靠的生命，就是完全倚靠神的生命。
3Hebrews 11:23 says that Moses “was hid three months by his parents,” but Exodus 2:2 mentions only that his mother hid him three months. The reason Exodus 2 mentions only the mother is to emphasize the fact that during times of crisis it is the female life that is useful to God. If it had not been for the midwives in chapter one, Israel could have been exterminated. Likewise, without the female life in chapter two, there would have been no way for God to prepare a savior to rescue the children of Israel. In Exodus 1 God used the female life to preserve His people, and in Exodus 2 He used the female life to prepare a savior for His people, the people He had preserved for the fulfillment of His plan. Not only the sisters but also the brothers should be thankful for the function of the female life. In fact, in a proper sense, all the believers in Christ, both brothers and sisters, should be females in the eyes of God, because the female pictures the dependent life, the life utterly dependent on God.
（一） 一个利未女子
A. A Daughter of Levi
4在第二章里，神使用了几个女人。头一个是摩西的母亲，一个利未女子。（二1。）摩西的父亲名叫暗兰，母亲名叫约基别。（民二六58～59。）民数记二十六章所强调的是名字，而出埃及记第二章所强调的是女人的生命。为这缘故，除了摩西的妻子西坡拉之外，本章没有再题到任何女人的名字。
4In chapter two, several females were used by God. The first was Moses' mother, a daughter of Levi (2:1). The name of Moses' father was Amram, and the name of his mother was Jochebed (Num. 26:58- 59). The emphasis in Numbers 26 is on names, but the emphasis in Exodus 2 is on the female life. For this reason, with the exception of Zipporah, Moses' wife, this chapter does not mention the names of any females
5摩西的母亲生下摩西后，就把他藏了三个月。到不能再藏时，她就把他放在一个蒲草箱里，把箱子搁在尼罗河边的芦荻中。但后来她又被法老的女儿雇来乳养他一段时间。因此，出埃及记第二章所题到的头一个女人就是摩西的母亲，即生他并养他的那生命。
5After Moses' mother gave birth to Moses, she hid him for three months. When she could no longer hide him, she put him in an ark of papyrus and laid it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile. Later, however, she was hired by Pharaoh's daughter to nurse him for a period of time. Thus, the first female mentioned in Exodus 2 was the mother of Moses, the life that brought him forth in birth and nursed him
（二） 男孩的姐姐
B. The Sister of the Male Child
6第二个女人是摩西的姐姐米利暗。摩西的父亲、母亲和姐姐不能再隐藏他时，他们也许开了一次家庭会议，讨论如何对待摩西。我信是主带领他们作那个蒲草箱子。这个『箱子』和挪亚所造的『方舟』用的是同一个希伯来字。虽然这个箱子比挪亚所造的方舟小多了，但二者的功用却是相同的─使在其中的人经过水仍能保全生命。摩西的家人也许知道法老的女儿习惯在河里的某处洗澡，也许他们盼望摩西能被她发现，并且被她抚养。以摩西的父亲为背景，母亲和姐姐一同工作，实行这计画，『把箱子搁在河边的芦荻中。孩子的姐姐远远站著要知道他究竟怎么样。』（二3～。）法老的女儿看见那孩子，就可怜他，摩西的姐姐推荐他母亲来奶他。（7～8。）摩西的姐姐就这样照顾男人的生命，而且建立起法老的女儿和摩西母亲之间的关系。
6The second female was Moses' sister, Miriam. Moses' father, mother, and sister may have held a family conference concerning what to do with Moses when they could no longer hide him. I believe that the Lord led them to make that ark of papyrus. The same Hebrew word is used for this ark and for the ark built by Noah. Although this ark was a great deal smaller than the one built by Noah, the function of both arks was the same: to preserve life by causing the ones in them to pass through water. Moses ' family might have known that Pharaoh's daughter was in the habit of bathing at a certain place in the river, and it might have been their hope that Moses would be discovered by her and raised by her. With Moses' father in the background, the mother and the sister worked together to carry out the plan. After the ark had been “laid...in the reeds by the river's brink...his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him” (2:3-4, Heb.). When Pharaoh's daughter saw4 the baby and had compassion on him, Moses' sister recommended that his mother be asked to nurse him (vv. 7-8). Moses ' sister thus watched over the male life and established the connection between Pharaoh's daughter and Moses' mother.
（三） 法老女儿的婢女
C. The Female Slave of Pharaoh's Daughter
7当法老的女儿『看见箱子在芦荻中，就打发一个婢女拿来』。（5。）在此我们看见一个婢女所扮演的角色。这婢女是本章题到的第三个女子。这里又一次没有说出名字，是为了强调神要使我们对女人的生命有印象。在出埃及记第二章里，我们看见几个女子聚集在一个箱子旁边，里面放著一个三个月大的男孩。这些女子每位都有不同的功用。那婢女的功用是服事，她的服事特别是把箱子拿来。
7When Pharaoh's daughter “saw the ark among the reeds, she sent her female slave to fetch it” (v. 5, Heb.). Here we see the part played by a female slave. This slave is the third female mentioned in this chapter. Again the name is not given in order to underscore God'sin tent i on of impressing us with the female life. In Exodus 2 we see several females gathered about an ark in which a three-month-old baby boy had been laid. Each of these females had a different function. The function of the female slave was to serve. In particular, her service was fetching the ark
（四） 法老的女儿
d Pharaoh's daughter
8本章中的第四个女子─法老的女儿，也有她的功用。首先她救了摩西，然后嘱咐摩西的母亲去奶他。后来，这孩子被带到法老的女儿那里，他『就作了她的儿子；她给孩子起名叫摩西，意思说，因我把他从水里拉出来』（10。）由行传七章二十一节我们知道：『法老的女儿拾了去，养为自己的儿子。』在出埃及记第二章我们有一段历史的记载，但在行传七章和希伯来十一章却有一段属灵的记载。例如，行传七章二十节说摩西『对神来说是俊美的』。（原文。）这意思是说，摩西在神眼中俊美非凡。他的父母一定是敬虔的，他们具有属灵的眼光和鉴别力，了解摩西为著神的旨意是个大有前途的孩子。故此，『他的父母见他是个俊美的孩子』，就把他藏了三个月。（来十一23。）
8Pharaoh's daughter, the fourth female in this chapter, had her function also. First she rescued Moses and then charged Moses' mother to nurse him. Later, when the child was brought to Pharaoh's daughter, “he became her son. And she called his name Moses: and she said, Because I drew him out of the water” (v. 10). We know from Acts 7:21 that “Pharaoh's daughter took him up and nurtured him asher own son.” In Exodus 2 we have a historical record, but in Acts 7 and Hebrews 11 we have a spiritual record. For example, Acts 7:20 says that Moses was “handsome to God.” This means that in the sight of God Moses was very comely. His parents must have been godly. Possessing spiritual insight and discernment, they realized that Moses was a very promising child for God's purpose. Therefore, they hid him three months “because they saw that he was a handsome child” (Heb. 11:23
9出埃及记第二章所强调的，不是摩西早年生活的属灵意义，而是女人的生命所扮演的重要角色。虽然摩西的著作在其它地方十分长于描写，但在出埃及记第二章，他给我们一个非常简洁的记载，为了使我们对于神在紧要关头时使用女人生命的法则有印象。在紧迫的时刻，神所能使用的惟一生命乃是女人的生命，就是与神站在一起并倚靠祂的生命。
9The emphasis in Exodus 2 is not on the spiritual significance of Moses ' early life; it is on the important role played by the female life. Although the writings of Moses are elsewhere very descriptive, in Exodus 2 he gives us a very simple record in order to impress us with the way God uses the female life in times of crisis. During critical times, the only life that can be used by God is the female life that stands with God and is dependent upon Him.
10我们正生活在一个紧要的关头，一个迫切需要女人生命的时候。凡自以为是男人的，就要变成法老。我们众人，包括弟兄们在内，都必须是女人。像现今这样的紧要关头时，向神独立的男人生命是无用的。只有女人的生命，就是倚靠神的生命才有用。若是我们看见这个，我们会非常宝贵女人的生命，就是完全倚靠神的生命。在第二章里，神使用许多女人来完成祂豫备一位拯救者的旨意。摩西的母亲是这些女人中的一位，生下他并且乳养他。另一位是他的姐姐米利暗；当他在箱子里的时候，她看顾他，而且成为法老女儿和摩西母亲之间的联络。婢女把箱子拿来，法老的女儿把摩西当作自己的儿子来养育。摩西可能也是因著她『学了埃及人一切的学问』。（行传七22。）今天我们也需要女人生命的各种功用；怀孕、生产和乳养的功用；看顾、推荐和建立正常关系的功用；帮助和服事的功用；以及抚养、教导和训练的功用。藉著四类的女人生命，摩西为著神的旨意被生下来、被抚养，并受训练。今天为了实现祂的经营，主需要这四类的女人生命。祂需要许多母亲、女儿、婢女和王家的公主，为著拯救祂的百姓作准备，使他们能完成祂的旨意。
10We are living in a critical time, a time when the female life is urgently needed. Anyone who presumes to be a male will become a Pharaoh. All of us, including the brothers, need to be females. In a critical time such as now, the male life that is independent of God is not useful. Only the female life, the life that depends on God, is prevailing. If we see this, we shall have a great appreciation for the female life, the life that is wholly dependent on God. In chapter two God used a number of females to accomplish His purpose of preparing a savior. One of these females, the mother of Moses, gave birth to him and nursed him. Another, his sister Miriam, watched over him when he was in the ark and served as a connecting link between Pharaoh's daughter and Moses' mother. The female slave fetched the ark, and Pharaoh's daughter raised Moses asher own son. Probably she was also the one through whom Moses learned “all the wisdom of the Egyptians” (Acts 7:22). Today we also need the various functions of the female life: the conceiving, bearing, and nursing function; the function of watching, recommending, and establishing the proper connections; the function of helping and serving; and the function of raising, teaching, and training. Through four kinds of female life, Moses was born, raised, and trained for God's purpose. For the carrying out of His economy today, the Lord needs these four kinds of female life. He needs many mothers, daughters, female slaves, and royal princesses to make the preparations for the deliverance of His people so that they can fulfill His purpose
11二藉著学习埃及人的学问行传七章二十二节说：『摩西学了埃及人一切的学问，说话行事，都有才能。』因著神的主宰，当摩西留在王宫里作法老女儿之子时，学了埃及人一切的学问。因著他所受的埃及教育，使他品德高尚，学识渊博。因此，他说话行事都有才能。然而，那只是天然一面的豫备，他还需要属灵一面的豫备。
11II. THROUGH LEARNING THE WISDOM OF THE EGYPTIANS Acts 7:22 says, “Moses was trained in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was powerful in his words and deeds.” Under God's sovereignty, Moses learned all the Egyptian wisdom while staying in the royal palace as the son of Pharaoh's daughter. Through his Egyptian education, he became highly cultured and received the highest learning of the world. Hence, he became mighty both in words and in deeds. However, that was only the preparation on the natural side; he still needed the preparation on the spiritual side
三 藉著被弟兄们弃绝
III. THROUGH BEING REJECTED BY THE BROTHERS
（一） 努力搭救他的弟兄
A. Endeavoring to Rescue His Brothers
12行传七章二十三节说：『他将到四十岁，心中起意，去看望他的弟兄以色列人。』在圣经里，四十这个数字表征试炼、试验和受苦，以色列人在旷野受神试验四十年，摩西在山上四十天，主耶稣也在旷野四十天。摩西一生的第一个四十年是受试验、试炼和受苦的年日。在这些年日结束后，摩西自信他已被装备齐全，有资格去拯救以色列人了。『他以为弟兄必明白神是藉他的手搭救他们』。（行传七25。）当他见一个埃及人欺压一个希伯来弟兄，摩西『就把埃及人打死了，藏在沙土里。』（出二12。）行传七章二十二节说摩西『说话有才能』，但在出埃及记四章十节，摩西对耶和华说：『我素日不是能言的人…我本是拙口笨舌的。』我们如何能调和这些经节？摩西是说话有才能呢，还是拙口笨舌？摩西在四十岁时，认为自己受了完备的教育，而且完全合格了。因此，他大胆刚强地行事。但是他的力量和胆量全是天然的。神不用摩西天然的才能、天然的力量，或天然的胆量。为了破碎摩西天然的力量，神安排他在米甸地作牧羊人。于是，一个在埃及皇家长大，学养最高的人，成了一个牧羊人。摩西的另一个四十年，就在旷野牧养他岳父的羊群。对摩西来说，这是最好的『研究所』。在这『研究所』里，他受训练不相信他的天然能力。按天然说，他有口才、大胆、有才干，而且是刚强的。但是按属灵一面来说，他一直受训练，直到认识他是一无所有。
12Acts 7:23 says, “But when he was forty years old, it came into his heart to visit his brothers, the sons of Israel.” In the Bible the number forty signifies trials, tests, and sufferings. The children of Israel were tested by God in the wilderness for forty years, Moses was on the mountain for forty days, and the Lord Jesus was in the wilderness for forty days. The first forty years of Moses' life were years of trial, testing, and suffering. At the end of these years, Moses was confident that he had been furnished, equipped, qualified, and perfected to save the children of Israel. He “supposed that his brothers would understand that God through his hand would give salvation to them” (Acts 7:25). When he spied an Egyptian oppressing a fellow Hebrew, Moses “slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand” (Exo. 2:12). Acts 7:22 says that Moses was “powerful in his words,” but in Exodus 4:10 Moses said to the Lord, “I am not eloquent...but I am slow of speech, and of a slow tongue.” How can we reconcile these verses? Was Moses mighty in words or was he slow in speech? At the age of forty, Moses regarded himself as fully educated and qualified. Hence, he acted in a bold, strong manner. But his strength and boldness were altogether natural. God would not use Moses' natural ability, natural strength, or natural boldness. In order to break down Moses ' natural strength, God arranged to have him work as a shepherd in the land of Midian. Thus, one who had been raised in the royal Egyptian family and who had attained the highest level of culture became a shepherd. For another forty years Moses kept the flock of his father - in - law in the wilderness. This was the best “graduate school” for Moses. In this “school” he was trained to have no confidence in his natural ability. Naturally speaking, he was eloquent, bold, mighty, and strong. But spiritually speaking, he was disciplined until he realized that he had nothing.
13在第三章，当神呼召摩西时，给他看见火烧荆棘的神迹，荆棘被火烧著，却不被烧毁。（三2～3。）神似乎在说：『摩西，你就是一丛荆棘，我要藉著这荆棘彰显我自己。虽然我要你作我的通道，我却不用你的才干，也不用你的力量。你是器皿，而我自己是燃料。凡你所行的，必须倚靠我而行。』不要以为神为了完成祂的旨意要使用你的力量或才能。为要被神使用，我们需要有一颗心，为著祂和祂的权益，但我们天然的力量必须摆在一边。神不要用我们天然的口才、知识、才干、本事、能力或势力。在我们里面任何天然的东西都不能被祂使用。
13When God called Moses in chapter three, He showed him the sign of a burning bush, a bush that burned without being consumed (3:2-3). It seems that God was saying, “Moses, you are just a bush through whom I desire to manifest Myself. Although I want you to be My channel, I shall not use your energy, nor your strength. You are the vessel, and I Myself am the fuel. Whatever you do, you must do in dependence on Me.” Do not think that God will use your strength or energy for the fulfillment of His purpose. In order to be used by God, we need to have a heart for Him and His interests, but our natural strength must be set aside. God does not care to use our natural eloquence, knowledge, talent, ability, energy, or power. Anything natural in us cannot be used by Him
14神在摩西身上，用第一个四十年建立一个天然生命刚强的人，然后祂用另一个四十年剥夺这个人的一切天然能力。对许多人来说，特别是对于青年人，神用四十年来对付我们天然的才干或能力，似乎是太长了。但是身为一个在主里有五十多年经历的年长弟兄，我能见证四十年很快就过去了。不要盼望像草菇般的快速成长和发展。神的路首先是建立我们，然后，从某种意义来说，祂要拆毁我们。神要摩西学习埃及人一切的智慧和知识，但这智慧和知识不该仍然是生硬而未经过处理的。反之，必须一直被处理。不论我们喜不喜欢这过程，我们都必须经过，好学习不倚靠我们天然的力量或才干。我们里面凭著天然所建立的一切，都被摆在一旁之后，我们对主才能成为有用。
14God took the first forty years of Moses' life to build up a man who was strong in the natural life, and then He took another forty years to strip this man of all his natural ability. It may seem to many, especially to the young people, that forty years is too long a time for God to deal with our natural ability and energy. But as an elderly brother with more than fifty years' experience in the Lord, I can testify that forty years go by very quickly. Do not expect to grow and develop like a mushroom. God'sway is first to build us up and then, in a sense, to tear us down. God intended that Moses learn all the wisdom and knowledge of the Egyptians, but wisdom and knowledge should not remain raw, unprocessed. Rather, it must always be processed. Whether we like this process or not, we must pass through it in order to learn not to depend upon our natural strength or ability. After all that has been built up in us in a natural way has been set aside, we shall be useful to the Lord
（二） 被弟兄们弃绝
B. Rejected by the Brothers
15在本章中，我们看见摩西被女人的生命养育，并且被男人的生命弃绝。（11～15。）在紧要关头，神用女人的生命培育了一些事物为著祂的旨意。但神藉著女人的生命所养育的，却被男人的生命所弃绝。这原则能应用于神在地上行动的历史。养育的生命和弃绝的生命，你喜欢那一种生命呢？若是问我这问题，我会说我宝贵两者，也需要两者。我需要被养育，也需要被弃绝。若是在主的恢复里你从未被弃绝过，你就不知道你在那里。只有那些被弃绝的人才能为神所用。如果你没有被弃绝，你就还是『生硬』而未经过处理的。要被处理，就需要被弃绝。我曾多次被弃绝。我的性格和性情需要这样的弃绝，也该受这样的弃绝。
15In this chapter Moses was raised up by the female life and rejected by the male life (vv. 11-15). In times of crisis, the female life is used by God to raise up something for His purpose. But whatever God raises up through the female life is rejected by the male life. This principle can be applied to the history of God's move on earth. Which life do you prefer—the raising-up life or the rejecting life? If this question were addressed to me, I would say that I appreciate both and need both. I need to be raised up, and I also need to be rejected. If in the Lord's recovery you have never been rejected, you cannot know where you are. Only those who have been rejected can be used by God. If you have not been rejected, you are still “raw” and unprocessed. To be processed we need to be rejected. I have been rejected many times. My character and disposition need and deserve this rejection
16我们已经看见摩西的天然很强，而且以为他的希伯来弟兄会认为他是他们的拯救者。因著摩西很刚强，所以他很坦率。这是所有强者的特征。但是，就像摩西一样，我们越刚强，就越被弃绝。也许只有那些像『水母』一样的人才会到处受欢迎。
16We have seen that Moses was naturally very strong and supposed that his Hebrew brothers would recognize him as their deliverer. Because Moses was strong, he was frank. This is characteristic of all strong ones. But, like Moses, the stronger we are, the more we shall be rejected. Perhaps only those who are like “jellyfish” will always be welcomed.
17摩西好心好意地介入两个希伯来人之间的争斗。他对那欺负人的说：『你为甚么打你同族的人呢？』（二13。）摩西似乎是说：『我们是希伯来弟兄，应当彼此相爱，你为甚么欺负你的弟兄呢？』那欺负同族之人的希伯来人说：『谁立你作我们的首领和审判官呢？难道你要杀我，像杀那埃及人么？』（14。）因此，藉著女人生命所养育的人受到了弃绝。同样的原则，主耶稣被男人的生命所钉死，却被女人的生命所珍赏。主被钉时，姊妹们的在场就表示她们的爱心和珍赏。在紧要关头时总是这样。所以，我们都必须是女人。
17Having a good heart with a good intention, Moses intervened in the struggle between two Hebrews. He said to the one who was in the wrong, “Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?” (2:13). It seems that Moses was saying, “As Hebrew brothers, we should love one another. Why are you wronging your brother?” The one Hebrew who was wronging his fellow Hebrew answered, “Who made thee a prince and a judge over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian?” (v. 14). Hence, the one raised up through the female life was rejected. In the same principle, the Lord Jesus was crucified by the male life, but appreciated by the female life. When the Lord was crucified, the sisters' presence was a display of their love and appreciation. In times of crisis it is always this way. Therefore, we all need to be females
（三） 舍弃王的地位
C. Renouncing a Royal Position
18希伯来十一章二十四节说：『摩西因著信，长大了就不肯称为法老女儿之子。』有些历史学家相信，如果摩西留在埃及王宫，他会成为王位的继承人。然而，他舍弃了埃及王家的地位，就是当时世界最高的地位。
18Hebrews 11:24 says, “By faith Moses, having become great, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter.” Some historians believe that if Moses had remained in the Egyptian palace, he would have been the heir to the throne. Nevertheless, he renounced a royal position in Egypt, the highest rank in the world at that time
（四） 选择与神的百姓同受苦害希伯来十一章二十五和二十六节继
D. Choosing to Suffer Affliction with the People of God Hebrews 11:25 and 26 continue, “Choosing rather to
19续说：『他宁可和神的百姓同受苦害，也不愿暂时享受罪中之乐；他看为基督受的凌辱，比埃及的财物更宝贵，因他想望所要得的赏赐。』在此我们看见摩西付上代价与神的百姓站在一起。他宁可和神的百姓同受苦害，也不愿暂时享受罪中之乐。在埃及的享受，就是享受世界的快乐，在神眼中是罪恶的。那是罪中之乐，罪恶生命的享受；是短暂的，有如昙花一现，就如飞而去。
19be ill-treated with the people of God than to have the temporary enjoyment of sin, esteeming the reproach of the Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt, for he looked away to the reward.” Here we see that Moses paid a price to stand with the people of God. He preferred to suffer affliction with God'sp eople rather than to have the temporary enjoyment of sin. The enjoyment in Egypt, that is, the enjoyment of the pleasures in the world, is sinful in the eyes of God. It is the enjoyment of sin, of a sinful life. It is temporary, short-lived, and fleeting
（五） 因著信离开埃及，不怕法老发怒
E. Leaving Egypt by Faith and Not Fearing the Wrath of Pharaoh
20希伯来十一章二十七节说，摩西『因著信，就离开埃及，不怕王怒。』表面看来，希伯来十一章二十七节与出埃及记二章十四节有所矛盾，希伯来十一章二十七节说摩西不怕王怒，而出埃及记二章十四节说『摩西惧怕』。事实上并不矛盾。外表看来，摩西惧怕，并设法逃走。然而，他在里面考虑过这个代价，并自愿选择与神的百姓一样。
20Hebrews 11:27 says of Moses, “By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king.” Apparently there is a contradiction between Hebrews 11:27, which says that Moses did not fear the wrath of the king, and Exodus 2:14, which says that “Moses feared.” Actually, there is no contradiction. Outwardly, Moses was afraid and sought to escape. Inwardly, however, he considered the cost and voluntarily chose to identify himself with the people of God.
（六） 恒心忍耐，如同看见那不能看见的主
F. Persevering, as Seeing Him Who Is Invisible
21希伯来书十一章二十七节也说，摩西『恒心忍耐，如同看见那不能看见的主。』他坚定、忍耐，因为那位看不见的神在他身上作工。神的工作是如此真实，使摩西如同看见那不能看见的神。
21Hebrews 11:27 also says that Moses was “steadfast as seeing the invisible One.” He was steadfast, persevering, because the invisible God was working on him. God's work was so real that it was just as if Moses saw the invisible God
四 藉著被外邦人接受
IV. THROUGH BEING ACCEPTED BY THE HEATHEN
（一） 帮助软弱受苦的女子，并得女人生命的珍赏和推荐
A. Helping the Weak and Suffering Females and Being Appreciated and Recommended by the Female Life
22摩西被弟兄们弃绝逃往米甸地以后，他帮助软弱受苦的女子，就是被牧羊人虐待的女子。（16～17。）摩西为她们所接受。摩西被弟兄们弃绝是因为他太大胆，但他为女子们所接受，是因为他在她们的患难中帮助了她们。这些女子，就是米甸祭司的七个女儿，是软弱的器皿。当某些男人霸占那井时，她们毫无办法。但『摩西却起来帮助她们，又饮了她们的群羊。』（17。）结果，她们接受摩西，并向她们的父亲说他的好话。因此，女人的生命，不仅是神能用来养育某物，为著祂旨意的生命，也是能接受祂所养育的生命。在本章里，男人生命的图画大部分是黑暗的，但是女人生命的图画却是可爱又积极的。原则上，在逼迫的期间，受苦的人主要是得姊妹们的安慰。例如，彼得从监牢中得释放后，他没有到一位弟兄的家去，而是去一位姊妹的家里，在那里有一些人聚集祷告。（行传十二11～12。）倪弟兄的经历也说明了这原则。在为难的时候，姊妹们珍赏他并安慰他。大多数的弟兄们把倪弟兄钉在十字架上，而姊妹们却接受他并安慰他。当我在上海知道了这事，我就学习不作一个持异议、冷淡或中立的男人，而要成为一个善于接受并安慰人的女人。
22After Moses was rejected by the brothers and fled to the land of Midian, he helped the weak and suffering females, who had been mistreated by the shepherds (vv. 16-17). In turn, Moses was received by them. Moses was rejected by the brothers because he was too bold, but he was received by the females because he rendered help to them in their suffering. The females, seven daughters of the priest of Midian, were weaker vessels. When some men took control of the well, they could do nothing about it. But “Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock” (v. 17). As a result, they received Moses and spoke well of him to their father. Hence, the female life is not only the life that God can use to raise up something for His purpose, but also the life that receives what He has raised up. In this chapter the picture of the male life is for the most part very dark, but the portrait of the female life is lovely and very positive. In principle, during times of persecution the suffering ones are comforted mainly by the sisters. For example, when Peter was released from prison, he went not to the home of a brother, but to the home of a sister where some had gathered together to pray (Acts 12:11- 12). Brother Nee's experience also illustrates this principle. The sisters appreciated him and comforted him in times of distress. Most of the brothers put Brother Nee on the cross, whereas the sisters received him and comforted him. As I became aware of this in Shanghai, I learned not to be such a male, one who was dissenting, cold, or neutral, but to become a female, one who was receptive and comforting
（二） 被成熟的男人生命所接受
B. Accepted by the Mature Male Life
23弃绝摩西的希伯来男人都是不成熟且没有经历的。但在米甸的祭司里面，我们看见一个成熟、有经历的男人生命，接受神所兴起的器皿。在本章中，所有的女人都是积极正面的；但男人则有两类，一类有弃绝的生命，而积极的一类有接受的生命。弃绝的人没有经历，但接受的人有经历，并且是成熟的。所以，神能使用成熟的男人生命来成全祂所兴起的器皿。无疑地，摩西是在他岳父的手下被成全。我当然愿意作一个成熟的人，能接受别人，然后成全他们。今天在教会生活中，为著主的经营，我们需要女人的生命和成熟男人的生命。神若要兴起某事，我们必须有许多的女人，像摩西的母亲和姐姐、婢女、法老的女儿，以及米甸祭司的七个女儿。我们也必须有有经历的男人生命，作最后成全的工作。特别是需要成熟的男人生命。
23The Hebrew males who rejected Moses were all immature and inexperienced. But in the priest of Midian we see a mature, experienced, male life that received the vessel which had been raised up by God. In this chapter all the females are positive, but the males are of two categories, ones with the rejecting life and the positive one with the receiving life. The rejecting ones were inexperienced, whereas the accepting one was experienced and mature. Therefore, God could use this mature male life to perfect the vessel He had raised up. No doubt Moses was perfected under the hand of his father-in-law. I certainly desire to be a mature one who can receive others and then perfect them. In the church life today, we need both the various kinds of female life and the mature male life for the Lord ' secon o my. If something is to be raised up by God, we must have many females like Moses' mother and sister, the female slaves, Pharaoh's daughter, and the seven daughters of the priest of Midian. We must also have the experienced male life to do the final perfecting work. There is a particular need for the mature male life.
24在这些日子里，我们很多人得以弗所书信息的激励，我们都能被成全作使徒、先知、传福音的、牧人和教师。我们要成为身体中这样的恩赐，不可仍旧是那些未处理过、不成熟、没有经历、不能接受神所拣选之器皿的人。我们需要藉著女人的生命被养育，藉著成熟的男人生命被成全。
24In these days many of us have been encouraged by the messages on Ephesians that we all can be perfected to be apostles, prophets, evangelists, and shepherds and teachers. In order to be such gifts to the Body, we must not remain those who are unprocessed, immature, and inexperienced, ones who are not able to receive God's chosen vessels. We need to be raised up through the female life and perfected through the mature male life
（三） 在外邦世界得著一个妻子
C. Gaining a Wife in the Gentile World
25当摩西寄居在外邦世界时，得了米甸祭司的女儿西坡拉为妻。她生了一个儿子，『摩西给他起名叫革舜，意思说，因我在外邦作了寄居的。』（22。）
25During his sojourn in the Gentile world, Moses gained a wife, Zipporah, a daughter of the priest of Midian. She bore him a son, and Moses called “his name Gershom: for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land” (v. 22
（四） 留在米甸四十年
D. Staying in Midian for Forty Years
26摩西留在米甸四十年。（行传七30。）当那些年间，神在摩西身上作工，为要成全他。有些年轻人听见这话，也许很失望，他们认为无法等候这样长的时间才被成全。如果我们要在长时期内被成全，就必须有正确的心、正确的态度和正确的人位。你的心在那里？你的地位是甚么？我们的心必须为著主，而我们的地位必须是与神的百姓在一起。如果我们有这样的心和地位，无论时间持续多久，都会甘心接受主的训练。
26Moses stayed in Midian for forty years (Acts 7:30). During these years, God worked on him to perfect him. When some of the young people hear this, they may be disappointed, thinking that they are not able to wait such a long time to be perfected. If we would be perfected over a long period of time, we must have the proper heart, the proper attitude, and the proper standing. Where is your heart and what is your standing? Our heart must be for the Lord, and our standing must be with the Lord'sp eople. If we have such a heart and such a standing, we shall be willing to accept the Lord'st raining, no matter how long it lasts.
五 需要一位拯救者
V. THE NEED OF A SAVIOR
27在本章末了，我们看见以色列人中间迫切需要一位拯救者：『以色列人因作苦工，就叹息哀求，他们的哀声达于神。』（23。）所以，神听见他们的哀声，就记念祂与亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各所立的约，要将他们的后裔带进美地。神有义务实现祂的应许。二十五节说：『神看顾以色列人，也知道他们。』（原文。）这句话结束了本章。这表示神知道他们的景况，也了解他们的难处。
27At the end of this chapter, we see that among the children of Israel there was an urgent need for a savior: “The children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage” (v. 23). Therefore, God heard their groaning, and He remembered His covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to bring their descendants into the good land. God was obligated to fulfill His promise. Verse 25 concludes the chapter: “And God looked upon the children of Israel, and God took knowledge of them” (Heb.). This indicates that God knew their situation and understood their problems
28出埃及记第二章末了几节启示出，在本章里所发生的一切都是为著豫备拯救者，带领神的百姓脱离捆绑。今天的情形正是这样。如果我们有女人的生命和正确的男人生命，神就能兴起某些事物，并要成全祂所兴起的，拯救他的百姓，并得著他们，为著成就祂的旨意。这样，祂就能转移时代。
28The last few verses of Exodus 2 reveal that all that transpired in this chapter was for the preparation of the savior to bring God'sp eople out of bondage. The situation is the same today. If we have both the female life and the proper male life, God will be able to raise up something and to perfect what He has raised up in order to rescue His people and to gain them for the fulfillment of His purpose. In this way He will be able to turn the age