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耶利米书生命读经 · 第5篇

耶利米的蒙召与任命

Jeremiah’s Call and Commission
1读经：耶利米书一章四至十九节。在本篇信息中，我们要来看一章四至十九节。这段话首先告诉我们耶利米如何蒙神呼召，然后告诉我们，
1Scripture Reading: Jer. 1:4-19 In this message we will consider 1:4-19. This portion tells us first how Jeremiah was called by God and then how he was commissioned by Him
2他如何为神所任命。
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壹 耶利米的蒙召
I. JEREMIAH'SCALL
3在五至八节我们看见耶利米的蒙召。
3In verses 5 through 8 we see Jeremiah'scall
一 为神指派作列国的申言者
A. Appointed by God as a Prophet to the Nations
4在五节下半神对耶利米说，『我已派你作列国的申言者。』这里的派字，原文直译为『赐』。神赐给，指派耶利米，不仅作以色列国的申言者，也作列国的申言者。
4In verse 5c God said to Jeremiah, "I have appointed you as a prophet to the nations." Literally, the Hebrew word translated appointed here means "given." God gave, appointed, Jeremiah to be a prophet not only to the nation of Israel but to all the nations
１ 未被神造作在母腹中，就已为神所认识
1. Known by God before Being Formed in the Womb by Him
5在五节上半神对耶利米说，『我未将你造作在母腹中，我已认识你。』神领悟以色列在与祂的关系上可怜的光景，所以甚至在祂特意将耶利米造作在母腹中作申言者以前，就已认识他。
5In verse 5a God said to Jeremiah, "Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you." Realizing the poor situation of Israel in relation to Him, God knew Jeremiah even before He purposely formed him in his mother's womb to be a prophet
２ 未出母胎，就已被神分别为圣
2. Sanctified by God before Coming Forth from the Womb
6神也对耶利米说，『你未出母胎，我已分别你为圣。』（5中。）耶利米未出生，就已经被分别为圣，这是何等美好！
6God also said to Jeremiah, "Before you came forth from the womb, I sanctified you" (v. 5b). How good it is that before Jeremiah was born he was already sanctified
二 以藉口回应
B. Responding with Excuses
7六节告诉我们，耶利米以藉口回应神的呼召。
7Verse 6 tells us that to God'scall Jeremiah responded with excuses
１ 说他不知怎样说
1. Saying That He Did Not Know How to Speak
8『我就说，哎，主耶和华阿，我不知怎样说。』（6上。）耶利米似乎说，『主，我怎能作申言者？我不知怎样说！』今天在主恢复里的许多圣徒，对他们不在召会聚会中尽功用，也题出同样的藉口。人鼓励他们在聚会中申言，他们就说不知要怎样说。
8"Then I said, Alas, Lord Jehovah! / Behold, I do not know how to speak " (v. 6a). Jeremiah seemed to be saying, " Lord, how can I be a prophet? I do not know how to speak!" Many of the saints in the Lord's recovery today offer such an excuse for not functioning in the church meetings. If they are encouraged to prophesy in the meetings, they may say that they do not know how to speak.
２ 说他是年幼的
2. Saying That He Was a Youth
9耶利米也藉口说，『我是年幼的。』他觉得自己太年幼，不能作申言者。我们中间有些新人，对于为主说话，也有同样的感觉。对这样的人神会说，『你并不太年幼。只要你是从我而生，并且受浸，你就不至太年幼，不能为我说话。』我们以不知怎样说，或太年幼为藉口，神都不认为是正当理由。
9Jeremiah also excused himself by saying, "I am a youth" (v. 6b). He felt that he was too young to be a prophet. Some of the new ones among us may have the same feeling about speaking for the Lord. To such a person God would say, "You are not too young. As long as you have been born of Me and baptized, you are not too young to speak for Me." God does not regard as legitimate the excuse that we do not know how to speak or the excuse that we are too young
三 为耶和华所确认
C. Affirmed by Jehovah
10在七至八节，耶和华确认耶利米的蒙召；『耶和华对我说，你不要说，我是年幼的；因为我差遣你到那里去，你都要去；我吩咐你说甚么话，你都要说。你不要惧怕他们，因为我与你同在，要拯救你。这是耶和华说的。』这里神似乎对耶利米说，『不要在意人的脸面。那算不得甚么。我与你同在，没有人比我更强，比我更大。』
10In verses 7 and 8 Jehovah affirmed Jeremiah'scall. "But Jehovah said to me, / Do not say, I am a youth; / For everywhere I send you, you shall go; / And everything I command you, you shall speak. / Do not be afraid of their faces, / For I am with you to deliver you, declares Jehovah." Here God seemed to be saying to Jeremiah, "Do not care about human faces. They mean nothing. I am with you, and no one is stronger than I or greater than I
贰 耶利米的任命
II. JEREMIAH'S COMMISSION
11九至十九节说到耶利米的任命。一耶和华用手按耶利米的口九节上半说，『于是耶和华伸手按我的口。』神既是完全属灵的，祂怎能用手按耶利米的口？我们不知道，也无法解释。我们只知道，耶和华的确用手按耶利米的口。
11Verses 9 through 19 speak of Jeremiah's commission. A. Touched on His Mouth by Jehovah's Hand Verse 9a says, "Then Jehovah stretched out His hand and touched my mouth." Since God is absolutely spiritual, how could He have touched Jeremiah's mouth with His hand? We do not know and we cannot explain this. We only know that Jeremiah was in fact touched on his mouth by Jehovah's hand
二 耶和华将祂的话放在耶利米口中
B. Jehovah Putting His Words into Jeremiah's Mouth
12耶和华按耶利米以后，就将祂的话放在他口中。耶和华对他说，『我已将我的话放在你口中。』（9下。）这使申言者能为祂说话。今天我们的原则也是一样的。当神将祂的话放在我们里面，我们就有许多可为祂说的。
12After touching Jeremiah Jehovah put His words into his mouth. Jehovah said to him, "Behold, I have put My words in your mouth" (v. 9b). This enabled the prophet to speak for Him. The principle is the same with us today. When God puts His words into us, we have much to speak for Him
三 耶和华立他在列邦列国之上
C. Jehovah Having Appointed Him over the Nations and over the Kingdoms
13『看哪，我今日立你在列邦列国之上，为要施行拔出、拆毁，毁坏、倾覆，又要建立、栽植。』（10。）在消极一面，有拔出、拆毁、毁坏、倾覆；在积极一面，有建立和栽植。这里题醒我们耶利米这名的两个意义：『耶和华（使之）升高，』和『耶和华（使之）倾覆。』拔出、拆毁、毁坏是耶和华（使之）倾覆，建立和栽植是耶和华（使之）升高。当然每件消极的事物-撒但、罪、和世界的一切-都必须倾覆。随著就有耶和华的建立和栽植，二者都与祂的话有关。神的话是基督的建立和基督的栽植。这是为著基督的高举。
13"See, I have appointed you this day / Over the nations and over the kingdoms / To pluck up and to break down, / To destroy and to tear down, / To build up and to plant" (v. 10). On the negative side there was to be the plucking up, the breaking down, the destroying, and the tearing down; on the positive side there was to be the building up and the planting. Here we are reminded of the two meanings of Jeremiah's name: " Jehovah exalts " and " Jehovah tears down. " The plucking up, the breaking down, and the destroying are Jehovah'ste a ring down. The building up and the planting are Jehovah's exalting. Surely every negative thing—everything of Satan, sin, and the world—must be torn down. Along with this we have Jehovah's building up and His planting, both of which involve His word. God'sword is a building up of Christ and a planting of Christ. This is for the exalting of Christ.
四 得见二异象
D. Given to See Two Visions
14根据十一至十六节，在耶利米的任命里，他得见二异象。
14According to verses 11 through 16, in his commission Jeremiah was given to see two visions
１ 杏树枝
1. The Rod of an Almond Tree
15第一个异象是杏树枝的异象。『耶和华的话又临到我，说，耶利米，你看见甚么？我说，我看见一根杏树枝。耶和华对我说，你看得不错。因为我留意我的话，使得成就。』（11～12。）『留意』原文是『杏』的字根。这里的杏树枝，表征神留意祂的话（惩罚的话），使得成就。摩西曾警告以色列，他们若不顺从耶和华他们神的话，就必在各面受咒诅。（申二八15～68。）例如，摩西说，『你头上的天，要变为铜，脚下的地，要变为铁。耶和华要使那降在你地上的雨，变为尘沙。』（23～24上。）在摩西说这些话以后，神差众申言者到以色列人那里，题醒他们遵守祂的话。然而，以色列没有听从神的话。所以，在耶利米时代，就是在摩西的时代之后又过了许多个世纪，神来留意祂的话，为要履行这话，就是执行祂的话，惩罚以色列。
15The first vision was of the rod of an almond tree. "Then the word of Jehovah came to me, saying, What do you see, Jeremiah? And I said, I see the rod of an almond tree. And Jehovah said to me, You have seen well, for I am watching over My word to perform it" (vv. 11-12). The Hebrew word for watch is the root of the word for almond. Here the rod of an almond tree signifies that God was watching over His word (the word of punishment) to perform it. Moses had warned Israel that if they did not obey the voice of Jehovah their God, they would be cursed in every way (Deut. 28:15-68). For example, Moses said, "Your heaven, which is above your head, will be brass, and the land, which is under you, iron. Jehovah will make the rain of your land powder and dust" (vv. 23-24a). After Moses spoke these words, God sent prophets to the people of Israel to remind them to keep His word. However, Israel did not obey God'sword. Therefore, at Jeremiah'st i me, many centuries after the time of Moses, God came to watch over His word in order to fulfill it, that is, to execute His word to punish Israel
２ 烧开的锅从北而倾
2. The Boiling Pot Facing Away from the North
16耶利米得见的第二个异象是烧开的锅从北而倾：『耶和华的话第二次临到我，说，你看见甚么？我说，我看见一个烧开的锅，从北而倾。耶和华对我说，必有灾祸从北方发出，临到这地的一切居民。』（耶一13～14。）这里『北』字特指巴比伦。烧开的锅从北而倾，表征有灾祸要从北方发出，（四6下，）临到以色列地的一切居民。在这时以前，灾祸一直受到限制。但如今神要召地上列国的众族；他们要来，各安座位在耶路撒冷的城门口，周围攻击城墙，又要攻击犹大的一切城邑。（一15。）至于以色列的一切恶，就是离弃神，向别神献祭，跪拜自己手所造的，耶和华要这样向他们发出祂的判语。（16。）因著这一切事，神要进来惩罚以色列。
16The second vision given to Jeremiah to see was of the boiling pot facing away from the north. "Then the word of Jehovah came to me a second time, saying, What do you see? And I said, I see a boiling pot, and it is facing away from the north. And Jehovah said to me, Out of the north evil will be let loose upon all the inhabitants of the land" (Jer. 1:13-14). Here the word north refers especially to Babylon, and the word evil refers not to sinful things but to calamities. Thus, the boiling pot facing away from the north signifies that out of the north calamities would be let loose (4:6b) upon all the inhabitants of the land of Israel. Prior to this time, the calamities had been restricted. But now God will call all the families from the kingdoms of the earth, and they will come and set each one his throne at the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem and against all its walls round about and against all the cities of Judah (1:15). In this way Jehovah will utter His judgment on Israel concerning all their wickedness — their forsaking Him, offering sacrifices to other gods, and worshipping the work of their own hands (v. 16). Because of all these things, God was coming in to punish Israel.
五 受耶和华所嘱咐
E. Charged by Jehovah
17在十七至十九节我们看见，耶利米受耶和华所嘱咐。
17In verses 17 through 19 we see that Jeremiah was charged by Jehovah
１ 当束腰，起来将神的话告诉以色列，不要在他们面前惊惶
1. To Gird Up His Loins and Rise Up to Speak His Words to Israel, Not Being Dismayed before Them
18生来是祭司，却蒙召作申言者的耶利米，也许是胆怯、惧怕的人。这胆怯的人受耶和华所嘱咐。在这嘱咐的上半，神对他说，『所以你当束腰，起来将我所吩咐你的一切话告诉他们。不要在他们面前惊惶，免得我使你在他们面前惊惶。』（17。）耶利米若在百姓面前惊惶，神就要使他惊惶。今天，在召会聚会中尽功用的事上，许多圣徒都感到惊惶。然而我们不该因任何人惊惶，也不该惧怕任何人。无论谁在聚会中，我们都不该惊惶。反之，我们该尽功用为主说话。
18Jeremiah, who was born a priest but was called to be a prophet, might have been a timid, fearful person. This timid person was given a charge by Jehovah. In the first part of this charge, God said to him, "You therefore gird up your loins, and rise up and speak to them everything that I command you. Do not be dismayed before them, lest I dismay you in their presence" (v. 17). If Jeremiah had been dismayed before the people, God would have dismayed him. Today, in the matter of functioning in the church meetings, many saints are dismayed. But we should not be dismayed by anyone, and we should not be afraid of anyone. No matter who is present in the meeting, we should not be dismayed. Rather, we should function to speak for the Lord
２ 耶和华要使他成为坚城、铁柱、铜墙
2. To Be Made by Jehovah into a Fortified City, into an Iron Pillar, and into Brass Walls
19十八至十九节记载了耶和华对耶利米吩咐的下半：『我今日使你成为坚城、铁柱、铜墙，以抵御全地，并敌挡犹大的君王、首领、祭司、和地上的众民。他们要攻击你，却不能胜你；因为我与你同在，要拯救你。这是耶和华说的。』为甚么神需要使耶利米成为坚城、铁柱、铜墙？这是需要的，因为那里有争战。君王、首领、祭司、和地上的众民，不仅是耶利米的仇敌，也是神的仇敌。这些仇敌与神争战，耶利米受差遣代表神，并为祂争战。反对耶利米的人，就是反对耶和华，因为耶利米与耶和华是一。为这缘故，神要耶利米知道神与他同在，并且已使他成为坚城、铁柱、铜墙。
19In verses 18 and 19 we have the second part of Jehovah's charge to Jeremiah. "I am now making you today into a fortified city and into an iron pillar and into brass walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land. And they will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you, declares Jehovah, to deliver you." Why was it necessary for God to make Jeremiah into a fortified city, into an iron pillar, and into brass walls? This was necessary because a battle was raging. The kings, the princes, the priests, and the people of the land were enemies not only to Jeremiah but also to God. These enemies were fighting against God, and Jeremiah was sent to represent God and fight for Him. Those who fought against Jeremiah fought against Jehovah because Jeremiah and Jehovah were one. For this reason, God wanted Jeremiah to know that He was with him and that He had made him into a fortified city, into an iron pillar, and into brass walls.
20圣经告诉我们，地上一直有争战，就是神与抵挡祂、反对祂的人之间的争战。神不亲自争战，乃藉著受祂差遣的仆人争战。这是在耶利米时代的情况:神差遣祂的军队-一个名叫耶利米的青年-与抵挡祂的人争战。耶利米受神装备到一个地步，甚至成为一座坚城。因为神与他同在，拯救他，反对者就不会胜过他。今天在主的恢复里，我们也面临反对、定罪和拒绝，我们也必须为神争战。我们受神差遣为祂争战，祂就藉著我们争战。在这争战中，我们的武器乃是神自己，以及圣经中所启示的真理。
20The Bible tells us that on earth there is always a battle raging between God and those who oppose Him and fight against Him. God does not fight by Himself directly but through His servants who have been sent by Him. This was the situation in Jeremiah'st i me. God sent His army—a young man named Jeremiah— to fight against those who opposed Him. Jeremiah was equipped by God to such an extent that he became a fortified city. Because God was with him to deliver him, the opposers would not prevail over him. In the Lord's recovery today, we also face opposition, condemnation, and rejection, and we also must fight for God. As we are sent by God to fight for Him, He fights through us. In this fighting our weapons are God Himself and the truth revealed in the Bible