但以理书生命读经 · 第5篇

神堕落的选民中年轻的后裔，胜过

The Victory of the Young Descendants of God’s

1了撒但更进一步的诡计（三）

1Degraded Elect over Satan’s Further Devices (3

胜过拜偶像的引诱

Over the Seduction of Idol Worship

2读经：但以理书三章。在本篇信息中，我们要来看神堕落的选民中年轻的后裔，胜过拜偶像的引诱。

2Scripture Reading: Dan. 3 In this message we will consider the victory of the young descendants of God's degraded elect over the seduction of idol worship

壹撒但设计谋，

I. SATAN'S STRATEGY TO SEDUCE

要藉尼布甲尼撒的盲目，

THE YOUNG OVERCOMERS AMONG GOD'S

引诱神失败选民中的年轻得胜者拜偶像

DEFEATED ELECT IN THE WORSHIP OF IDOLS THROUGH NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S BLINDNESS

3在但以理三章，撒但设计谋，要藉尼布甲尼撒的盲目，引诱神失败选民中的年轻得胜者拜偶像。（1～7。）尼布甲尼撒造了一个大金像，高六十肘（九十呎），立在巴比伦省杜拉平原。（1。）他可能是受到二章中那梦之讲解的影响，而立这样一个像。尼布甲尼撒将大臣和各等官员，并各省的官员，都召了来，为他所立的像行开光之礼，且下令各族、各国、各种方言的人，都要拜他的金像。（2～5。）凡不俯伏敬拜的，必扔在烈火的窑中。（6。）但以理的三个同伴就在被召来的大臣当中，然而但以理这位掌管巴比伦省一切哲士的总长，却不在埸。这似乎是不平常的。我信但以理这时是留在隐密之处，为那情形祷告。

3In chapter three Satan's strategy was to seduce the young overcomers among God's defeated elect in the worship of idols through Nebuchadnezzar's blindness (vv. 1-7). Nebuchadnezzar made a great image of gold, sixty cubits (ninety feet) in height, and set it up in the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon (v. 1). He might have been influenced to make such an image by the interpretation of his dream in chapter two. Nebuchadnezzar sent word to assemble the high officials and all kinds of officers and all the rulers of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image he had set up and commanded all the peoples, nations, and languages to worship his golden image (vv. 2-5). Whoever did not fall down and worship was to be thrown into the midst of a blazing furnace of fire (v. 6). Daniel'st hree companions were among the high officials gathered, but Daniel, the chief of the prefects over all the wise men in the province of Babylon, was not present. This seems unusual. I believe that Daniel stayed in a hidden place and prayed concerning the situation

贰但以理的三个同伴

II. DANIEL'ST HREE COMPANIONS

抵挡鬼魔的敬拜，而遭迦勒底人的控告

STANDING AGAINST THE DEVILISH WORSHIP AND BEING ACCUSED BY THE CHALDEANS

4但以理的三个同伴，就是被掳的犹太人中年轻的得胜者，抵挡鬼魔的敬拜，而遭迦勒底人的控告。（8～。）迦勒底人妒忌但以理和他的同伴，就用他们拒绝拜金像为根据，在尼布甲尼撒面前控告他们。参尼布甲尼撒试诱年轻的得胜者，

4Daniel ' st hree companions, the young overcomers among the Jewish captives, stood against the devilish worship and were accused by the Chaldeans (vv. 8-1 2). The Chaldeans were jealous of Daniel and 12 his companions and took their refusal to worship the golden image as grounds to accuse them before Nebuchadnezzar. III. NEBUCHADNEZZAR TEMPTING THE YOUNG OVERCOMERS BY GIVING THEM ANOTHER

再给他们机会拜金像

CHANCE TO WORSHIP THE GOLDEN IMAGE

5尼布甲尼撒大发烈怒，试诱年轻的得胜者，再给他们机会拜他的金像，并威胁要把他们扔在烈火的窑中。（13～15。）肆三个年轻得胜者的回答

5Nebuchadnezzar, in rage and fury, tempted the young overcomers by giving them another chance to worship his golden image, with the threat of throwing them into a blazing furnace of fire (vv. 13-15). IV. THE ANSWER OF THE THREE YOUNG OVERCOMERS

6三个得胜者回答说，『即便如此，我们所事奉的神，能将我们从烈火的窑中救出来。王阿，祂也必救我们脱离你的手。』（17。）他们对尼布甲尼撒的回答不但无礼，且非常大胆。（16～18。）但他们的回答，仍然有天然的想法。他们说神能将他们从烈火的窑中救出来。事实上，神不需要将他们从窑中救出来；祂将他们留在窑中，却使火失效。（25。）他们很有胆量，但不是很属灵。他们若是属灵的，就会说，『尼布甲尼撒阿，我们很高兴进到烈火的窑中，因为我们去的时候，祂就来了。祂使你这烧著的窑成为一个非常快乐的地方。』

6The three overcomers answered, "If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the blazing furnace of fire, and He will deliver us out of your hand, O king" (v. 17). Their response to Nebuchadnezzar was impolite and very bold (vv. 16-18). Yet there was still something of the natural thought in their response. They said that God was able to deliver them from the blazing furnace. Actually, God did not need to deliver them from the furnace. He kept them in the furnace and made the fire of no effect (v. 25). They were bold, but they were not so spiritual. If they had been spiritual, they would have said, "Nebuchadnezzar, we are happy to go into the blazing furnace, because when we go He comes. He makes your burning furnace a very pleasant place

伍尼布甲尼撒怒气填胸，

V. NEBUCHADNEZZAR BEING FILLED WITH FURY

吩咐人把得胜者捆起来，扔在烈火的窑中

AND COMMANDING THAT THE OVERCOMERS BE BOUND AND THROWN INTO THE BLAZING FURNACE OF FIRE

7当时尼布甲尼撒怒气填胸，向年轻的得胜者变了脸色。他吩咐人把窑烧热，比平常更加七倍，又吩咐他军中的几个壮士，将得胜者捆起来，扔在烈火的窑中。（19～21。）

7Nebuchadnezzar was filled with fury, and the countenance of his face was changed toward the young overcomers. He commanded that the furnace be made seven times hotter than usual, and that certain mighty men in his army bind the overcomers and throw them into the blazing furnace of fire (vv. 19-21

陆年轻的得胜者被捆著

VI. THE YOUNG OVERCOMERS FALLING

落在烈火的窑中

INTO THE BLAZING FURNACE OF FIRE BOUND UP

8壮士都被火焰烧死，年轻的得胜者被捆著落在烈火的窑中。（22～23。）

8The mighty men were slain by the flame of the fire, and the three young overcomers fell into the blazing furnace of fire bound up (vv. 22-23

柒尼布甲尼撒感到惊奇，对他的谋士说话

VII. NEBUCHADNEZZAR BEING ASTONISHED AND SPEAKING TO HIS COUNSELORS

9当时尼布甲尼撒感到惊奇，对他的谋士说，『我们捆起来扔在火里的不是三个人么？…看哪，我见有四个人并没有捆绑，在火中行走，也没有受伤，那第四个的相貌，好像神子。』（24～25。）这第四个就是基督。基督来与三个受苦、遭逼迫的得胜者同在，而使火窑成为可喜悦的地方，并与他们一同在其中行走。

9Nebuchadnezzar was astonished and said to his counselors, " Did we not throw three men into the midst of the fire bound up?... Look, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire; and they are not harmed. And the appearance of the fourth is like a son of the gods " (vv. 24-25). This fourth one was Christ. Christ had come to be with His three suffering, persecuted overcomers and to make the fire a pleasant place in which to walk about.

10我们天然的想法是：我们需要离开我们环境的火。我们会以为，我们如果有一个麻烦的丈夫或烦人的妻子，就该祷告，求神拯救我们脱离这样的情形。但主会说，『我不喜欢救你脱离你婚姻生活的这个处境；我要把你留在那里，我要来使你的环境成为可喜悦的地方。』当仇敌把我们扔进火窑中时，我们应当知道，我们不需要求主来救我们脱离。祂会来与我们同在，在我们的受苦中照顾我们，使我们受苦的地方成为可喜悦的光景。我能见证，当我在中国被入侵的日军监禁时，我有这样的经历。在那段受苦的期间，主与我同在。有一天，当我正对主说话时，我深深觉得主在那里与我一同坐监。我在祂面前哭著说，『主，你知道我为甚么在这里。』主没有立刻救我脱离监牢，却使那监牢成为可喜悦的地方。主如何与那些在巴比伦受苦的得胜者同在，今天也照样在我们的受苦里与我们同在。

10Our natural thought is that we need to leave the fire of our circumstances. We may think that if we have a troublesome husband or a bothersome wife, we should pray and ask God to deliver us out of such a situation. But the Lord would say, "I do not like to deliver you from this situation in your married life. Instead, I will keep you there, and I will come and make your environment a pleasant place." When the enemy throws us into the furnace, we should realize that we do not need to ask the Lord to deliver us. He will come to be with us and take care of us in our suffering, making our place of suffering a pleasant situation. I can testify of this from my experience of imprisonment under the Japanese invading army in China. During that time of suffering, the Lord was with me. One day, as I was talking to the Lord, I had the deep sense that He was there in prison with me. I wept before Him, saying, "Lord, You know why I am here." Instead of delivering me from prison immediately, the Lord, by His presence, made that prison a pleasant place. As the Lord was with those suffering overcomers in Babylon, so He will be with us in our suffering today

捌年轻的得胜者

VIII. THE YOUNG OVERCOMERS

从火中出来

COMING OUT OF THE FIRE

11于是尼布甲尼撒就近火窑门，对年轻的得胜者说，『至高神的仆人…出来，上这里来罢。』（26。）年轻的得胜者就从火中出来了；那些大臣和王的谋士，看这些年轻的得胜者，见火无力伤他们的身体，他们的头发没有烧焦，衣裳没有变色，身上也没有火燎的气味。（27。）

11Nebuchadnezzar came near to the door of the blazing furnace of fire and said to the young overcomers, "Servants of the Most High God, come out and come here" (v. 26). Then the young overcomers came out of the fire, and all the high officials and the king's counselors saw concerning these young overcomers that the fire had no effect on their bodies and that the hair of their heads was not singed, nor had their clothes been affected, nor had the smell of fire come upon them (v. 27

玖尼布甲尼撒称颂沙得拉、米煞、亚伯尼歌的神

IX. NEBUCHADNEZZAR BLESSING THE GOD OF SHADRACH, MESHACH, AND ABED-NEGO

12尼布甲尼撒说，『沙得拉、米煞、亚伯尼歌的神，是应当称颂的，祂差遣使者拯救祂的仆人，他们信靠祂，改变王言，并且宁舍己身，在他们的神以外不肯事奉敬拜别神。』（28。）三个年轻的得胜者不仅使王言受挫，他们乃是改变这些话。他们不在乎尼布甲尼撒的话，反而改变他话的性质，宁舍己身，在他们的神以外不事奉敬拜别神。

12Nebuchadnezzar responded and said, " Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him and changed the king ' sword and yielded their bodies that they might not serve nor worship any god except their own God" (v. 28). The three young overcomers did not simply frustrate the king ' sword — they changed it. Instead of caring for Nebuchadnezzar ' sword, they changed it in nature and yielded their bodies that they might not serve nor worship any god other than their own God.

13接著尼布甲尼撒就降旨，无论何族、何国、何种方言的人，谤讟沙得拉、米煞、亚伯尼歌之神的，必被凌迟，他们的房屋必成粪堆，因为没有别神能这样施行拯救。（29。）于是王使三个年轻的得胜者在巴比伦省得以昌盛。（30。）三个年轻的得胜者胜过了拜偶像的引诱。整个宇宙看见了他们拒绝那鬼魔的敬拜。因此，神能向撒但夸口，即使在他的领土中，神仍得著一班子民敬拜祂。他们不在乎撒但。今天在这黑暗的世代里，似乎一切都叫人失望；但仍有一班得胜者作中流砥柱，使神在地上的敬拜、见证、和权益得以维持。

13Nebuchadnezzar went on to make a decree that any people, nation, or language that spoke something offensive against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego should be cut into pieces and their houses should be made a dunghill, because there is no other god who is able to deliver in this way (v. 29). Then the king caused the three young overcomers to prosper in the province of Babylon (v. 30). The three young overcomers gained the victory over the seduction of idol worship. The whole universe saw their rejection of that devilish worship. Thus, God could boast to Satan that even in his territory, He had a people worshipping Him. They did not care for Satan. Today, in this dark age, everything seems to be discouraging. But there is still a group of overcomers to stand against the tide and to carry out God's worship, testimony, and interest on earth