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以西结书生命读经 · 第6篇

鹰翅、人手和牛蹄

Eagle’s Wings, Man’s Hands, and Calf’s Hoofs
12读经：以西结书1:6下-9上，11下，以赛亚书40:31，哥林多后书4:7;1:12;12:9，哥林多前书15:10，腓立比书4:13，诗篇17:8下，57:1下，使徒行传20:34，歌罗
1Scripture Reading: Ezek. 1:6b-9a, 11b; Isa. 40:31; Cor. 4:7; 1:12; 12:9; 1 Cor. 15:10; Phil. 4:13; Psa. 17:8b; 57:1b; Acts 20:34; Col. 3:9; Psa. 29:6a; Rev. 1:15
2西书3:9，诗篇29:6上，启示录1:15。
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3以西结一章包含许多表号，组成一幅图画。这一切表号除非在属灵上有所应用，否则似乎毫无意义。例如，想想看活物的四个脸：人的脸、狮子的脸、牛的脸、和鹰的脸。我们若在属灵上应用这些事，就相当有意义。在本篇信息中，我们要来看鹰翅、人手和牛蹄。四个脸是活物的表显，而翅膀、手和蹄乃与活物的动作和行动有关。以西结一章六节题到活物说，『各有四个脸面，四个翅膀。』这里的翅膀当然是鹰的翅膀，因为在四个脸面所代表的活物当中，只有鹰有翅膀。
3The first chapter of Ezekiel contains many figures which compose one picture. Unless all these figures are applied in a spiritual way, they seem to be meaningless. Consider, for example, the four faces of the living creatures: the face of a man, the face of a lion, the face of an ox, and the face of an eagle. If we apply these things spiritually, they are quite significant. In this message we will consider the eagle’swings, the human hands, and the calf’s hoofs. The four faces are the expression of the living creatures, and the wings, the hands, and the hoofs are related to the actions and moves of the living creatures. Speaking of the living creatures, Ezekiel 1:6 says, “Every one had four faces, and every one had four wings.” Surely the wings are the wings of an eagle because among the creatures represented by the four faces, only the eagle has the wings
4八节说，『在四面的翅膀以下有人的手。』在每一面有鹰的翅膀，在翅膀以下有人的手。七节说到牛犊的蹄：『他们的腿是直的，脚掌好像牛犊之蹄。』在四个脸所表征的活物当中，只有一个，就是牛，有直的腿。人的腿不直，形状却像Ｌ。狮子没有腿，反而有脚掌同爪。鹰也有爪。严格的说，七节不是说到牛蹄，乃是说到牛犊的蹄，这些蹄是直的。我们若要领会鹰翅、人手、和牛蹄的属灵意义，就需要记得风的吹动，云的翱翔和覆庇，以及火的烧毁、搜寻、光照并焚烧，从火内发出光耀精金等事的意义。如我们所指出的，这一切事的经历使我们成为活物，彰显基督，并且团体的活出祂的生命。
4Verse 8 says, “They had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides.” On every side there was the wing of an eagle, and under the wing there was the hand of a man. Verse 7 speaks of the calf’s hoofs: “Their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot.” Of the creatures signified by the four faces, only one, the ox, has straight feet. Man’s feet are not straight but are shaped like an L. A lion does not have feet, but instead has paws with claws. An eagle also has claws. Strictly speaking, verse 7 speaks not of ox’s feet but of calf’s feet, or, hoofs, which are straight. If we would understand the spiritual significance of the eagle’swings, the man’s hands, and the calf’s hoofs, we need to remember the significance of the blowing of the wind, the hovering and brooding of the cloud, and the consuming, searching, enlightening, and burning of the fire, out of which comes the glowing electrum. As we have pointed out, the experience of all these things causes us to become the living creatures, expressing Christ and living out His life in a corporate way.
鹰翅
the eagle’swings
5现在我们开始来看鹰翅。
5Let us now begin to consider the eagle’swings
6表征应用在我们身上之神的力量照著神纯正的话，很容易看见鹰翅、人手、和牛蹄的属灵意义。在圣经里，鹰翅表征应用在我们身上之神的力量。在出埃及十九章四节，神对祂的百姓说，『我向埃及人所行的事，你们都看见了，且看见我，如鹰将你们背在翅膀上，带来归我。』本节说到应用在祂百姓身上之神的力量。以赛亚四十章三十一节说，『那等候耶和华的，必从新得力，他们必如鹰展翅上腾，他们奔跑却不困倦，行走却不疲乏。』这也给我们看见，应用在我们身上之神的力量，就像鹰的翅膀。
6Signifying the Strength of God Applied to Us According to the pure Word it is easy to see the spiritual significance of the eagle’swings, the man’s hand, and the calf’s feet. In the Bible the wings of an eagle signify the strength of God applied to us. In Exodus 19:4, God said to His people, “Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.” This verse speaks of the strength of God applied to His people. Isaiah 40:31 says, “They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.” This also shows us that God’s strength applied to us is like the wings of an eagle
7在新约里，鹰的翅膀是在基督里应用在我们身上之神的恩典、能力和力量。林后四章七节说，『我们有这宝贝在瓦器里，要显明这超越的能力，是属于神，不是出于我们。』这是鹰的翅膀。在一章十二节保罗说，『我们所夸的，是我们的良心见证我们凭著神的单纯和纯诚，在世为人，不靠属肉体的智慧，乃靠神的恩典，对你们更是这样。』这又是鹰的翅膀。不但如此，在十二章九节上半主耶稣对保罗说，『我的恩典彀你用的，因为我的能力，是在人的软弱上显得完全。』因此，在十二章九节下半保罗能说，『所以我极其喜欢夸我的软弱，好叫基督的能力覆庇我。』在我们对主的经历中，基督的能力会覆庇我们，像鹰的翅膀覆庇被遮盖的人。由这些经文我们能看见，鹰的翅膀表征应用在我们身上之主耶稣的力量和恩典。在林前十五章十节保罗说，『因著神的恩，我成了我今天这个人，并且神的恩临到我，不是徒然的；反而我比众使徒格外劳苦，但这不是我，乃是神的恩与我同在。』这是鹰的翅膀。我们所作的和我们所是的，不该照著自己的智慧、力量和能力，乃该凭著主的恩典、能力和力量。所以，就如保罗所说，我们若夸口，就当在主里夸口。（一。）我们不凭自己或任何别的事夸口，而只在主里夸口。今天祂的能力、力量和恩典，对我们乃是鹰的翅膀。
7In the New Testament the eagle’swings are the grace, the power, and the strength of God in Christ applied to us. Second Corinthians 4:7 says, “We have this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God and not out of us.” This is the eagle’swings. In 1:12 Paul says, “Our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in single ness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we have conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly toward you.” Again, this is the eagle’swings. Furthermore, in 12:9a the Lord Jesus said to Paul, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Because of this, in 12:9b Paul could say, “Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses that the power of Christ might tabernacle over me.” In our experience of the Lord, the power of Christ may overshadow us, even as the eagle’s wings overshadow the covered ones. From these verses we can see that the eagle’swings signify the strength and the grace of the Lord Jesus applied to us. In 1 Corinthians 15:10 Paul says, “By the grace of God I am what I am; and His grace unto me did not turn out to be in vain, but, on the contrary, I labored more abundantly than all of them, yet not I but the grace of God which is with me.” This is the eagle’swings. Whatever we do and whatever we are should not be according to our own wisdom, strength, and ability but by the grace, power, and strength of the Lord. Therefore, as Paul says, if we boast, we should boast in the Lord (1:31). We have no boast in ourselves 31 or in anything else but only in the Lord. His power, strength, and grace are the eagle’swings to us today.
8我们都该在我们基督徒生活的四面有四个翅膀，给别人看见，我们所是的，我们所作的，不是凭著我们自己，也不是出于我们自己，乃是出于神，所以这超越的能力是属于
8In our Christian life we all should bear four wings on four sides, showing others that whatever we are and whatever we do is not by ourselves and is not of ourselves but of God, so that the excellency of the power may be of God and not out of us
9神，不是出于我们。为著遮盖并为著行动
9For Covering and for Moving
10四活物各有四个翅膀，两个为著遮盖，两个为著行动。『翅膀彼此相接，』（结一9上，）这个相接是为著行动。以后我们会看见，这个行动完全是团体的事。圣经启示鹰的翅膀不但是为著能17:8力，也是为著保护。在诗篇十七篇八节，大卫求神将他隐藏在神翅膀的荫下。五十七篇一节说到投靠在神翅膀的荫下，六十三篇七节说到在神翅膀的荫下欢呼。九十一篇四节说，『祂必用自己的翎毛遮蔽你；你要投靠在祂的翅膀底下。』
10Each of the four living creatures had four wings, two for covering and two for moving. “Their wings were joined one to another” (Ezek. 1:9a). This joining is for moving. Later we will see that this moving is altogether a corporate matter. The Bible reveals that the wings of an eagle are not only for power but also for protection. In Psalm David asked God to hide him under the shadow of His wings. Psalm 57:1 speaks of making our refuge in the shadow of God’swings, and 63:7 speaks of rejoicing in the shadow of His wings. Psalm 91:4 says, “He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust.”
11主的恩典、能力、和力量是为著行动，也是为著遮盖我们。一面，主的恩典是我们行动的能力；另一面，主的能力是我们的保护，我们的藏身之处。我们在基督的恩典和能力的覆庇之下，我们也在祂能力的遮盖之下。我们所作的，我们所是的，必须凭著主的恩典和主的能力。同时，我们在主的恩典和能力的遮蔽、遮盖之下。这指明身为基督徒，神的儿女，我们该有使别人希奇我们的元素。他们该觉得有个东西在遮盖、覆庇我们。他们应当看见我们是正常的，但有个东西加我们能力，加强、覆庇、并遮盖我们。四活物前面的脸乃是人的脸，但身体是鹰的身体；各展开两个翅膀，与另一个活物相接，两个翅膀包裹身体作为遮盖。因此，你若看他的脸，他看起来像人，但你若看他的身体，他看起来像鹰。他看起来像人，行动却像鹰。这指明我们必须一直彰显自己像个正常的人；例如，像正常且正确的丈夫、妻子、父母或儿女。但别人看我们、想到我们的时候，他们该领悟，有个东西遮盖、加强、加力、保护并覆庇我们。结果，别人应当很难描述我们。与我们一同工作的人可能说，『他能忍受我们所不能忍受的事，他能担负我们所不能担负的责任。他领会事情比我们领会得更深。他是怎样的人？他如何能这样生活？』
11The grace, power, and strength of the Lord are both for moving and for covering us. On the one hand, the Lord’s grace is the power for us to move; on the other hand, the Lord’s power is our protection, our hiding place. We are under the overshadowing of the grace and the power of Christ, and we are under the covering of His power. Whatever we do and whatever we are must be by the grace of the Lord and the power of the Lord. At the same time, we are under the overshadowing, the covering, of the Lord’s grace and power. This indicates that as Christians, God’s children, we should have an element that causes others to wonder at us. They should sense that something is covering and overshadowing us. They should realize that we are normal, yet there is something empowering, strengthening, overshadowing, and covering us. The front face of the four living creatures is the face of a man, but the body is that of an eagle. Two of his wings are stretched forth to join to the other living creatures, and two of his wings are wrapped around his body for a cover. Thus, if you look at his face, he looks like a man, but if you look at his body, he looks like an eagle. He looks like a man, but he moves like an eagle. This indicates that we must always express ourselves like a normal man, for example, like a normal and proper husband, wife, parent, or child. But when others look at us and consider us, they should realize that there is something covering, empowering, strengthening, protecting, and overshadowing us. As a result, it should be difficult for others to describe us. Those who work with such a person might say, “He can suffer the things we cannot suffer, and he can bear a responsibility that we cannot bear. He understands things more deeply than we do. What kind of person is he? How can he live this way?”
12这里的点是我们这些神的儿女总该有奥秘的事。虽然我们受苦，但我们在主里欢喜快乐，因为有个东西在遮盖我们。我们有两个翅膀为著行动，另外两个翅膀为著遮盖、覆庇。这些行动、覆庇的翅膀应当给别人一个印象，就是那圣者的印象。我们有鹰的四个翅膀，给别人一个印象：我们有神与我们同在，作我们的能力和保护。这就是鹰。
12The point here is that with us as children of God there should always be something mysterious. Although we suffer, we are happy and rejoice in the Lord because something is covering us. We have two wings for moving and another two wings for covering and overshadowing us. These moving and overshadowing wings should give others an impression of the Divine Being. We have the four wings of an eagle, giving others the impression that we have God with us as our power and protection. This is the eagle
人手
the hands of a man
13以西结一章八节上半说，『在四面的翅膀以下有人的手。』这指明正确、正常的基督徒该一直作恰如人所作的事。这是使用人手。这就是保罗在行传二十章三十四节的见证：『我这两只手常供给我和同伴的需用，这是你们自己知道的。』关于信靠神，我们需要受平衡。有些人宣称，他们既信靠全能的神供应他们一切的需用，自己就不需要用手作甚么。尤其他们也许认为，他们不需要以人的方式工作。但想想使徒保罗。保罗是平衡的；他总是有两面。他的著作指明，他不但有鹰翅，也有人手。他能说，他为人不靠属肉体的智慧，乃靠神的恩典，并且神的恩临到他，不是徒然的。这是鹰翅的一面。然而，他也说，他比众使徒格外劳苦。我们也许以为，保罗不需要亲手作工。但保罗走亲手作工的路。这指明即使他经历鹰翅，他在生活中仍然非常有人性，走人性的路，并且很有人性的作事。
13Ezekiel 1:8a says, “They had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides.” This indicates that a proper, normal Christian should always do things exactly like a man. This is to use man’s hands. This was Paul’s testimony in Acts 20:34: “You yourselves know that these hands have ministered to my needs and to those who are with me.” Regarding faith in God, we need to be balanced. Some may claim that since they have faith in the almighty God to supply all their needs, there is no need for them to use their hands to do anything. In particular, they may suppose that there is no need for them to work in a human way. But consider the apostle Paul. Paul was balanced; with him there always were two sides. His writings indicate that he had not only the eagle’swings but also the hands of a man. He could say that he conducted himself not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God and that the grace of God with him was not in vain. This is the side of the eagle’swings. However, he also said that he labored more than all the other apostles. We may think that there was no need for Paul to work with his own hands. But Paul took the way of working with his own hands. This indicates that even though he experienced the eagle’s wings, he was still very human in his living, taking the human way and doing things in a human way.
14有时候一些年轻人想像，因著他们寻求主，他们就不需要用功读书。他们也许盼望，甚至不读书，也能以高分通过考试。这种态度是错误的。年轻人，无论你多么寻求主，爱主，并顾到主，你仍须在学业上殷勤。这就是说，无论神的恩典多么与我们同在，无论主多么加我们能力，我们仍必须在日常生活中尽我们人的本分。譬如，我们该以人的方式，照著人的原则吃健康的食物。我们若不以正确、人的方式吃，却想要像天使一样行动，我们就会生病。我们必须以人的方式作。在鹰翅以下该有人手，这些手该一直作工。这是平衡的。属世的人只有人手，没有鹰翅。但许多所谓的宗教人士似乎只有鹰翅，没有人手。我们需要有主加力的恩典，也需要有人手，以人的方式与神合作。四活物的人手在鹰翅以下，这是非常有意义的。这指明在作每件事时，我们都该在神的恩典以下，在祂的遮盖以下。凡我们所作的，我们都该倚靠主，并彰显祂。在这事上，我们与属世的人完全不同，他们既不依赖神，也不彰显神。他们一切的活动都不彰显神，却彰显自己。反之，在我们所作的每件事上，我们都该在主的恩典和能力以下，倚靠祂并彰显祂。
14Sometimes the young people may imagine that because they are seeking the Lord, there is no need for them to study hard. They may hope that, even without studying, they may pass their examinations with high grades. This attitude is mistaken. Young people, no matter how much you seek the Lord, love the Lord, and care for the Lord, you still need to be diligent in your studies. This means that no matter how much the grace of God is with us and no matter how much the Lord is empowering us, we must nevertheless fulfill our human duty in our daily living. For instance, we should eat healthy food in the human way and according to human principles. If we do not eat in a proper human way but instead try to behave like an angel, we will get sick. We have to do things in a human way. Under the eagle’swings there should be human hands, and these hands should always be working. This is to be balanced. The worldly people, on the contrary, have only the hands of a man; they do not have the wings of an eagle. But many so-called religious people seem to have only the eagle’swings; they do not have the man’s hands. We need to have both the wings of the Lord’s empowering grace and the hands of a man, cooperating with God in a human way. It is very significant that the human hands of the four living creatures are under the eagle’swings. This indicates that in doing everything we should be under God’s grace and under His covering. In all that we do, we should depend on the Lord and express Him. In this matter we are altogether different from the worldly people, who neither rely on God nor express Him. All their actions do not express God but express themselves. In contrast, in everything we do we should be under the Lord’s grace and power, depending on Him and expressing Him.
HAVING THE HOOFS OF A CALF
牛蹄
15现在我们接著来看牛蹄，这是以西结一章所记载的异象里特别重要的一件事。
15Let us now go on to consider the calf’s hoofs, a matter of particular importance in the vision recorded in Ezekiel 1
是正直的
Being Straight
16我们行事为人都该像牛一样，有正直的蹄。没有一个基督徒该用狮子的脚掌行事为人。我们可以将狮子的勇敢应用在我们基督徒的性格上，却不该将狮子的脚掌应用在基督徒的行事为人上。我们也不该用鹰爪行事为人。用鹰爪行事为人的人，至终会伤害别人。
16We all should walk like a calf, having straight hoofs. No Christian should walk on lion’s paws. While we can apply the boldness of a lion to our Christian character, we should not apply the lion’s paws to the Christian walk. Neither should we walk with the claws of an eagle. Those who walk with the claws of an eagle will eventually hurt others
17我们也不该用人的脚行事为人。人的脚是好的，但人脚多少有点弯曲。人的聪明是弯曲的。这就是为甚么保罗说，他为人不靠属肉体的智慧，就是不靠人的聪明。我们基督徒的行事为人该是正直、坦率的，不该是弯曲或聪明的。这就是为甚么保罗告诉我们，不要彼此说谎。（西三9。）我们绝不该向弟兄说谎。说谎就是弯曲。你若要说甚么，就诚实的说；你若不能诚实的说，就不要说。在主耶稣钉十字架前的末了几天，祂到耶路撒冷去，被宗教和政治首领包围。在一个场合，『正施教的时候，祭司长和民间的长老到祂跟前来，说，你仗著甚么权柄作这些事？』（太二一23。）主耶稣回答他们说，『我也要问你们一句话，你们若告诉我，我就告诉你们，我仗著甚么权柄作这些事。约翰的浸是从那里来的？是从天上来的，还是从人来的？』（24～25上。）他们就彼此议论说，『我们若说从天上来的，祂必对我们说，这样，你们为甚么不信他？若说从人来的，我们又怕群众，因为他们都以约翰为申言者。』（25下～26。）在这样的左右为难中，他们认为最好的回答就是弯曲的回答。因此，他们转向主耶稣，说，『我们不知道。』（27上。）事实上他们确实知道，但他们不愿说。这指明他们是弯曲的。主耶稣知道他们的弯曲，就对他们说，『我也不告诉你们，我仗著甚么权柄作这些事。』（27下。）这里我们看见祭司长和长老是弯曲的，主耶稣是正直的。主耶稣的脚是牛蹄，在祂没有弯曲。我们若读四福音，就会看见主耶稣在地上的时候，行事为人非常正直。一步一步祂的行事为人都是正直的。祂用牛蹄行在地上。
17Also, we should not walk with the feet of a man. Man’s feet are good, but they are somewhat crooked. Human cleverness is something crooked. This is why Paul said that he did not conduct himself in fleshly wisdom, that is, not in human cleverness. Instead of being crooked or clever, our Christian walk should be straight and frank. This is why Paul tells us not to lie to one another (Col. 3:9). We should never lie to a brother. To lie is to be crooked. If you are able to speak something, speak it honestly. If you are not able to speak honestly, simply do not speak. During the last days before the Lord Jesus was crucified, He went to Jerusalem and was surrounded by the leaders of religion and politics. On one occasion, “the chief priests and elders of the people came to Him as He was teaching and asked, By what authority do You do these things?” (Matt. 21:23). In His answer the Lord Jesus said to them, “I also will ask you one thing, which if you tell Me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, from where did it come, from heaven or from men?” (vv. 24-25a). Then they reasoned among themselves, saying, “If we say, From heaven, He will say to us, Why then did you not believe him? But if we say, From men, we fear the crowd, for all hold John as a prophet” (vv. 25b-26). In this kind of dilemma, they considered that the best answer was a crooked one. Thus, they turned to the Lord Jesus and said, “We do not know” (v. 27a). Actually they did know, but they would not tell. This indicates that they were crooked. Then the Lord Jesus, knowing their crookedness, said to them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things” (v. 27b). Here we see that whereas the chief priests and the elders were crooked, the Lord Jesus was straight. The Lord Jesus’ feet were calf’s hoofs; with Him there was no crookedness. If we read the four Gospels, we will see that while the Lord Jesus was on earth, He walked in a very straight way. Step by step His walk was straight. He walked on the earth with calf’s hoofs.
18今天我们也该这样行事为人。我们行事为人若弯曲，就不要期望召会被建造。在召会生活中，我们都需要学习坦率、诚实、忠信并真诚。我们该简单、单一。我们的意思若是是，就该说是；我们意思若是不，就该说不。若再多说，就是出于魔鬼，（太五，）他是一切说谎者的父。（约八。）人也许用善意说谎，但那谎言仍属于魔鬼。我们不该照著我们人弯曲的脚行事为人，乃该用牛蹄行事为人。人脚是弯的，但牛蹄是直的。
18We also should walk in this way today. If we walk in a crooked way, we should not expect the church to be built up. In the church life we all need to learn to be frank, honest, faithful, and sincere. We should be simple and single. If we mean yes, we should say yes; if we mean no, we should say no. Anything more than that is from the devil (Matt. 5:37), the father of all lies (John 8:44). One may lie with a good intention, 37 but that lie is still of the devil. We should not walk 44 according to our crooked man’s feet but should walk with calf’s hoofs. Man’s feet are crooked, but calf’s hoof sare straight.
19不但主耶稣在祂的行事为人上是正直的，使徒保罗在他的行事为人上也非常正直、坦率、信实、并诚实。我们读保罗给哥林多人的书信，就能看见保罗是正直、坦率的人。在林前四章二十一节他问：『你们愿意怎么样？是要我带著刑杖，还是要我在爱和温柔的灵里，到你们那里去？』倘若今天主的一个仆人给一个召会写信，问这样的问题，那将有甚么事发生？全会众将会震惊。我们若要作主忠信的仆人，就必须是这样正直。
19Not only the Lord Jesus was straight in His walk, but also the apostle Paul was very straight, frank, faithful, and honest in his walk. By reading Paul’s Epistles to the Corinthians, we can realize that Paul was a straight and frank person. In 1 Corinthians 4:21 he asked, “What do you want? Should I come to you with a rod or in love and a spirit of meekness?” What if one of the Lord’s servants should write a letter asking such a question to a church today? The whole congregation would be shocked. If we would be a faithful servant of the Lord, we must be straight in such a way
分蹄
Being Cloven
20牛蹄除了正直以外，也分蹄或分瓣。照著利未记十一章四至六节，任何不分蹄的动物都不洁净。所有洁净的动物都分蹄、分瓣。像牛羊这样洁净的动物有两个特征：倒嚼和分蹄。分蹄表征在我们同主的行事为人中，我们需要正确的分辨，好将对的事与错的事，洁净的事与不洁净的事分开。不分蹄，如骆驼的蹄，就是行事为人没有分辨。我们在基督里的信徒，需要有一种行事为人，能分辨在神眼中甚么是对的，甚么是错的。在我们日常基督徒的行事为人中，我们需要这样的分辨。关于召会生活的实行，我们也需要这种分辨。在美国，地方召会这辞多少有点受欢迎。许多团体随便的采取这辞，称自己为地方召会。所以，我们需要能分辨某一班信徒事实上是否不是正常、正确、真实的地方召会。我们需要分蹄。我们不该轻率，以为一班人说他们是地方召会，他们就必定是地方召会。有些团体是真实的，有些不是真实的。有些是对的，有些是错的。有些是真正的，有些不是真正的。我们需要分辨。在我们日常基督徒的行事为人中，并在召会生活中，我们都需要有牛的分蹄。
20In addition to being straight, the calf’sho of sa real so cloven, or divided. According to Leviticus 11:4-6 any animal that does not have cloven hoofs is not clean. All the clean animals have their hoofs cloven, divided. Clean animals such as the cow and sheep have two characteristics: the chewing of the cud and the dividing of the hoof. The divided hoof signifies that in our walk with the Lord we need a proper discernment to divide the right things from the wrong and the clean things from the unclean. To have a hoof that is not cloven, like that of a camel, is to have a walk without discernment. As believers in Christ, we need to have such a walk that we can discern what is right and what is wrong in the eyes of God. We need this kind of discernment in our daily Christian walk. We need this discernment also concerning the practice of the church life. In this country the term local church has become somewhat popular. Many groups pick up this term and in a loose way call themselves a local church. Therefore, we need to be able to discern whether a particular group of believers is in fact a normal, proper, genuine local church. We need the cloven hooves. We should not be careless, thinking that simply because a group says that they are a local church, they must indeed be a local church. Some groups are genuine and others are not. Some are right and some are wrong. Some are real and some are not real. We need discernment. Both in our daily Christian walk and in the church life, we need the cloven hoofs of the calf
照耀如光明的铜
Shining as Burnished Brass
21以西结一章七节告诉我们，牛犊之蹄『灿烂如光明的铜』。铜的照耀来自炉的热度。铜越被焚烧、被试验，就越照耀光明。这指明我们需要被主试验并焚烧的行事为人。我们的行事为人若这样被试验，就会像照耀的铜，光照别人，并且对他们成为一种照耀。我们若被主试验、察验，我们的行事为人就会照耀如光明的铜，给人亮光，试验人，并且使人领悟自己的行事为人是对或错。同样，我们对何为真实的召会生活若有正确的分辨，我们在召会生活中若被主试验、察验，那么我们在召会生活中的行事为人就会像光明的铜，光照人，并试验人。但我们对召会生活若是无所谓、懒散、缺少分辨，每件事对我们都差不多，黑、白、灰似乎是一样的；这就是说，我们没有任何分辨。倘若这是我们的情形，我们的行事为人就会像黑暗无光的石头。
21Ezekiel 1:7 tells us that the calf’s hoofs “sparkled like the color of burnished brass.” The shining of brass comes from the heat of the furnace. The more the brass is burned and tested, the brighter it shines. This indicates that we need a walk that has been tested and burned by the Lord. If our walk has been tested in this way, it will be like shining brass, enlightening others and becoming a kind of shining to them. If we have been tested and examined by the Lord, our walk will shine like burnished brass, giving light to others, testing them, and causing them to realize whether their walk is right or wrong. Likewise, if we have the proper discernment concerning what the genuine church life is and if we have been tested and examined by the Lord in the church life, then our walk in the church life will be like shining brass, enlightening others and testing them. But if we are careless and sloppy, lacking discernment concerning the church life, to us everything will be about the same. Black, white, and gray will seem to be the same. This means that we are unable to exercise any discernment. If this is our case, then our walk will be like a darkened stone, with no light.
22我们的行事为人若是有分辨，我们就会分辨我们基督徒行事为人中一切的事，至终我们的蹄会像照耀的铜。无论我们往那里去，无论我们走甚么路，我们的行事为人都会照
22If our walk is a walk of discernment, we will discern all the things in our Christian walk, and eventually our hoofs will be like shining brass. Wherever we go and whatever way we take, our walk will shine upon others, giving them light and testing them
23耀别人，给人亮光并试验人。新鲜、活泼
23Freshness and Livingness
24在圣经里，牛犊表征新鲜、活泼。享受恩典并活在神面前的基督徒，总是新的、新鲜的，在他没有老旧。有时候，你碰到一位弟兄，按人说他相当年轻，但在属灵上却相当老旧，不新鲜也不新。另有些时候，你也许与一位在主里非常老练的年长弟兄有交通。每当他祷告的时候，你就觉得有个新的、新鲜的东西。在我们信徒所有的活动里，我们都该是新的、新鲜的。我们若成为老旧的，就不再是活物。圣经说，牛犊是跳跃的。（诗二九6，玛四2。）这就是说，牛犊是活跃的。我们基督徒的行事为人，不该是死的行事为人，乃该是『跳跃的行事为人』，满了生命的行事为人。牛犊是年轻、满了活力、满了精力的。我们都该满了生命，像小牛犊一样，来到聚会中像跳跃的牛犊一
24In the Bible a calf signifies freshness and livingness. A believer in Christ who enjoys grace and lives in the presence of God is always new and fresh, and with him there is no oldness. Sometimes you may meet a brother who is quite young humanly but spiritually is rather old, lacking in freshness and newness. At other times you may have fellowship with an older brother who is very experienced in the Lord. Whenever he prays, you sense something new and fresh. In all of our activities as believers, we should be new and fresh. If we become old, we no longer are living creatures. The Bible says that a calf skips and jumps (Psa. 29:6; Mal. 4:2). This means that a calf is alive. Our Christian walk should not be a dead walk but a “skipping walk,” a walk which is full of life. A calf is young and vigorous, full of energy. We all should be full of life, like a young calf, coming to the meetings like skipping calves. May the Lord cause us all to skip like calves!
25样。愿主使我们众人跳跃像牛犊一样！
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26这一切关于牛蹄的点，都与我们基督徒的行事为人有关。基督徒的行事为人是正直、坦率的；也是有分辨的，能照耀并给别人亮光，并且满了活力，满有生命、精力、新鲜、新样。我们说到脚像照耀的铜，就该记得启示录一章十五节告诉我们，主耶稣的脚『好像在炉中锻炼过明亮的铜』。我们都该有一种行事为人，像主的行事为人一样。在以后的信息中我们将会看见，四活物是配搭在一起的。惟有藉著这样的生活和行事为人，他们才能配搭。这种生活是有鹰翅和人手的生活，这种行事为人是牛蹄的行事为人。
26All these points on the calf’sho of sare related to our Christian walk. The Christian walk is straight and frank. It is also a walk with discernment, a walk that shines and gives light to others and tests them, and a walk that is vigorous, full of life, energy, freshness, and newness. When we talk of feet like shining brass, we should remember Revelation 1:15, where we are told that the feet of the Lord Jesus “were like shining bronze, as having been fired in a furnace.” We all should have a walk like the Lord’s walk. In a later message we will see that the four living creatures are coordinated together. They can be coordinated only by this kind of life and walk. This life is a life with eagle’swings and human hands, and this walk is a walk of calf’s hoofs
27基督徒的生活必须是这样的生活，基督徒的行事为人必须是这样的行事为人。因著有这样的生活和行事为人，我们这些活物就能配搭，并成为一个实体。配搭是以西结一章的中心点。然而，这个配搭在于前面各项：风、云、火、金，以及有四个脸，有鹰翅、人手、并用牛蹄行事为人的四活物。我们若要有正确的配搭，就需要有这样的基督徒生活和行事为人。我们需要有鹰翅和人手的生活，我们也需要有正直牛蹄的行事为人。愿主使我们对这一切事有深刻的印象，使我们在召会生活中有正确的配搭。
27The Christian life must be this kind of life, and the Christian walk must be this kind of walk. It is by having this kind of life and walk that we, the living creatures, can be coordinated and become one entity. Coordination is the central point in the first chapter of Ezekiel. This coordination, however, depends upon all the foregoing items: the wind, the cloud, the fire, the electrum, and the four living creatures with the four faces and having the eagle’swings, human hands, and a walk with the calf’s hoofs. If we would have a proper coordination, we need such a Christian life and walk. We need a life that has the wings of an eagle and the hands of a man, and we need a walk that has the straight hoofs of a calf. May the Lord impress us with all these matters so that we may have the proper coordination in the church life