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利未记生命读经 · 第41篇

从人里面发出的不洁（三）

Uncleanness Issuing from within Man (3)
1读经：利未记13:47-49,53-59。
1Scripture Reading: Lev. 13:47-49, 53-59
2利未记十三章是满了豫表和象征的一章。我们研读这一章，需要对整本圣经有正确的认识和领会，不然就不会明白，或者有错误或偏颇的领会。利未记十三章首先对付人身体上的痲疯，然后对付衣服上的痲疯。然后，十四章对付房屋里的痲疯。这是痲疯三个基本的类别。
2In studying Leviticus 13, a chapter full of types and figures, we need the proper knowledge and understanding of the Bible as a whole. Otherwise, we shall have either no understanding of this chapter or an understanding that is wrong or biased. Chapter thirteen of Leviticus first deals with leprosy on a person’s body and then with leprosy in a garment. As we shall see, chapter fourteen deals with leprosy in a house. These are the three basic categories of leprosy
柒 衣服上的痲疯
VII. LEPROSY IN A GARMENT
3在圣经里，衣服表征我们外面的行为，我们日常的生活。衣服上的痲疯，（利十三47～59，）表征人在身外的生活上、行为上、与人接触上的罪污。
3In the Bible our garments signify our outward conduct, our daily living. Leprosy in a garment (vv. 47-59) signifies the filthiness in one’so ut ward living, conduct, contact with people, etc
一三 种衣服
A. Three Kinds of Garments
4利未记十三章说到三种衣服。
4In Leviticus 13 three kinds of garments are mentioned
1 羊毛衣服
1. Woolen Garments
5四十七节说到羊毛衣服上的痲疯病。羊毛衣服表征人在行为和与人接触上是温和的。因为羊毛是柔顺的，所以表征温和的行为。
5Verse 47 speaks of a leprous disease in a woolen garment. Woolen garments signify one’s conduct, contact with people, etc., in meekness. Since wool is mild, it signifies behavior that is meek
2 麻布衣服
2. Linen Garments
6麻布衣服，（利十三47，）表征人在行为和与人接触上是平淡的。麻布是纯净、平淡、简单的。我们的行为既用麻布来表征，就该是纯净、平淡、简单的。
6Linen garments (v. 47c) signify one’s conduct, contact with people, etc., in plainness. Linen is pure, plain, and simple. As signified by linen, our conduct should be pure, plain, and simple
3 皮衣服
3. Leather Garments
7皮制的衣服是暖和的。因此，皮衣服（利十三48下）表征人在行为和与人接触上是温暖的。我们的行为既用这三种衣服来表征，就该是温和、平淡且温暖的。在任何一种行为上，都不该有痲疯－罪和背叛－的表显。
7Clothing made from leather is warm. Hence, leather garments (v. 48b) signify one’s conduct, contact with people, etc., in warmness. As signified by these three kinds of garments, our conduct should be in meekness, in plainness, and in warmness. There should not be any leprosy—the expression of sin and rebellion—in any of these kinds of conduct
二 衣服上的经纬
B. Warp and Woof in the Garments
8注意衣服的经纬，就是注意缝制衣服所用之织料的编织。经，是从上而下；纬，是从左到右。1衣服上的经，
8To consider the warp and the woof in the garments is to consider the textiles used in making the garments. The warp goes from the bottom to the top, and the woof goes from left to right. 1. Warp in the Garments Signifying One’s
表征人外面对神的行为
Outward Conduct toward God
9经是从下而上，又从上而下。因此衣服上的经，表征我们外面对神的行为，我们与神的关系。在我们对神的行为里，不该有痲疯、背叛。2衣服上的纬，
9The warp runs from bottom to top and from top to bottom. Thus warp in the garments signifies our outward conduct toward God, our relationship with God. In our conduct toward God there should be no leprosy, no rebellion. 2. Woof in the Garments Signifying Man’s
表征人外面对人的行为
Outward Conduct toward Men
10在织料上，纬是从左到右，又从右到左。因此，纬表征我们外面对人的行为。我们这一方面的行为该是纯净、洁净的，没有一点痲疯、背叛。
10In textiles the woof goes from left to right and from right to left. Thus woof signifies our outward conduct toward others. This aspect of our conduct should be pure, clean, from any leprosy, from any rebellion
11我们在日常行事里的行为，实际上是一种交织，就是一种牵涉到神，又牵涉到人的情形。我们若仅仅与神，或仅仅与人是对的，就不完整。我们需要与神与人都是正确的。这就是说，在我们的衣服上，在我们的行为上，无论在经或纬上都不会有痲疯。三衣服上发绿或发红衣服上发绿或发红，（利十三49，）表征人在生活行为上有不正常而奇怪的改变。假定某个以色列人有一件衣服，突然变绿或变红，那是衣服在外表上有了不正常的改变。这样的改变表征在行为上有了不正常的改变。我们日常的生活和行为该是正常的。然而，若是有了不正常且奇怪的改变，这就是病征，是痲疯的征兆。四衣服上发绿或发红的病散开，
11Our conduct in our daily walk is actually a matter of interweaving, that is, a condition which involves both God and man. We are not complete if we are right merely with God or merely with man. We need to be proper with both God and man. This means that in our garments, in our conduct, there will be leprosy neither in the warp nor in the woof. C. The Greenish or Reddish Appearance in the Garment The greenish or reddish appearance in the garment (v. 49) signifies the abnormal and strange change in one’s living and conduct. Suppose a garment belonging to a certain Israelite suddenly became greenish or reddish. That would be an abnormal change in the appearance of the garment. Such a change typifies an abnormal change in our behavior. Our daily living and conduct should be normal. However, a person’s conduct may change in away that is abnormal and strange. This is a sign of disease, a sign of leprosy. D. The Greenish or Reddish Disease Spreading in the
成了恶性的（蚕食的）痲疯
Garment, Becoming a Malignant (Fretting) Leprosy
12衣服上发绿或发红的病散开，成了恶性的（蚕食的）痲疯，（利十三51，）表征散播的罪更形恶化。『恶性的』和『蚕食的，』指明藉著食肉而扩散的疾病。这种恶性的痲疯，表征藉著蚕食全人而在人里面扩散的罪。起初，罪的规模可能很小，程度不深。然而，现在罪将人吞食，就不断扩散，越来越恶化。
12The greenish or reddish disease spreading in the garment, becoming a malignant (fretting) leprosy (v. 51), signifies the spreading sin that is becoming worse in malignancy (fretting). The words “malignant” and “fretting” indicate a disease that spreads by eating the flesh. Such a malignant leprosy signifies sin that is spreading within a person by eating up his being. At the beginning, the sin may be very small in scale and very low in degree. Now, however, the sin is spreading by devouring the person, becoming worse and worse in its malignancy.
五 在火里焚烧衣服
E. Burning the Garment in Fire
13『那染了病的衣服，或在织成或编成的料子上，或在羊毛或痲布上，或在皮子的甚么物件上，他都要焚烧，因为那是恶性的痲疯，必要在火里焚烧。』（利十三52。）在火里焚烧衣服，表征完全去掉有罪、污秽的生活行为。我们若发现有罪的事在我们里面越来越恶化，就该把牠『焚烧，』就是应用基督的十字架来对付，而将牠完全去掉。
13He shall burn the garment, whether diseased in woven or knitted material, in wool or in linen, or any article of leather, for it is a malignant leprosy; it shall be burned in the fire” (v. 52). Burning the garment in fire signifies eliminating the sinful and filthy living and conduct. When we discover that something sinful in us is becoming worse and worse, we should eliminate that thing by “burning” it, that is, by dealing with it by the cross of Christ
六 把那染了病却没有散开的衣服洗净
F. Washing the Garment, the Disease of Which Has Not Spread
14焚烧衣服，表征强的对付。有时候所需要的不是这么强的对付，乃是洗衣服所表征的另一种对付。五十三、五十四节论到这事说，『但是祭司若察看，那病在衣服上，或在织成或编成的料子上，或在皮子的甚么物件上并没有散开，祭司就要吩咐把那染了病的物件洗净，再隔离七天。』把那染了病却没有散开的衣服洗净，表征把人生活行为上可能是弱点的地方对付干净。某件事到底是真的罪，还是可疑的罪，你可能并不清楚；在这种情形里，你只要将衣服洗净就彀了。这就是应用神那洗净的灵来对付；在这里把神的灵比作洗净的水。
14Burning a garment signifies a strong dealing. Sometimes instead of such a strong dealing, we need another kind of dealing—the dealing signified by washing a garment. Concerning this, verses 53 and 54 say, “But if the priest examines it, and the disease has not spread in the garment, in woven or knitted material, or in any article of leather, then the priest shall command that they wash the thing in which the disease is, and he shall isolate it another seven days.” Washing the garment, the disease of which has not spread, signifies dealing with the suspected weakness in one’s living and conduct. It may not be clear whether a certain thing is a real sin or a suspected sin. In such a case it is sufficient to wash the garment. This is to deal with a matter by the washing Spirit of God, who is likened to water for washing
七 腐烂、蚕食更深的痲疯
G. A Rotting, a Deeper Fretting Leprosy
15『洗净后，祭司要再察看染了病的物件，若染病之处的样子没有改变，虽然那病没有散开，还是不洁净，你要把那物件用火焚烧；那是一种腐烂，无论是在正面还是在反面。』（利十三55。）腐烂、蚕食更深的痲疯是非常严重的，表征侵蚀的罪更形恶化深入，虽然悔改认罪，但在外表上没有改变。这种罪能把人占据、吞食、毁灭。
15After it has been washed the priest shall again examine the diseased article and if the diseased spot has not changed its appearance, though the disease has not spread, it is unclean; you shall burn it with fire; it is a rotting, whether on its inside or on its outside” (v. 55). A rotting, a deeper fretting leprosy is very serious; it signifies the corroding sin that is becoming worse and deeper, having no change in appearance through repentance and confession. This is the kind of sin that can take over a person, devouring him and swallowing him up
16在我们基督徒的生活里，每天需要作两件事－悔改和认罪。没有悔改和认罪，那一天就不是好的一天。我们如何需要一再洗手，照样，我们需要一再悔改、认罪。每一天，我们都有些事情需要悔改并认罪。我们若要过圣别的生活，就需要每天的洗涤，这洗涤乃是来自我们的悔改和认罪。
16In our Christian life we daily need two things — repentance and confession. A day without repentance and confession is not a good day. Just as we need to wash our hands again and again, we need to repent and confess again and again. Every day we have things to repent of and confess. If we would live a holy life we need a daily washing, and this washing comes through our repentance and confession.
17我们需要在婚姻生活和家庭生活里有悔改和认罪。在婚姻生活里，我们该乐意对配偶说对不起。我们若不乐意说对不起，就会与自己的丈夫或妻子有难处。在家庭生活里，父母得罪了自己的儿女，也该向他们说对不起。『对不起』这话，含示悔改和认罪。神赦免祂的儿女是有一些条件的。主要的条件乃是要我们认罪，（约壹一9，）而认罪来自悔改。我们若不悔改，就无法认罪。
17We need to repent and confess in our married life and our family life. In our married life we should be willing to say to our spouse that we are sorry. If we are not willing to say that we are sorry, we shall have problems with our husband or wife. In our family life the parents should be willing, when they have offended their children, to tell them that they are sorry. The word “sorry” implies repentance and confession. God’s forgiveness of His children has certain terms or conditions. The main condition is our confession (1 John 1:9), and confession comes out of our repentance. We cannot confess unless we repent
18为著过圣别的生活，我们需要认识有关饮食上的分别、我们的出生、以及我们的光景等事。我们得知这些事以后，就必领会到需要每天悔改。我们需要悔改，因为我们太容易犯错了。不仅如此，我们还需要为那发自里面的东西悔改。我们可以用身体的洁净来说明。我们的手整天不一定会摸甚么不洁之物，但因著汗和排泄，那发自里面的东西就使我们的手成为不洁的。为这缘故，我们一天需要多次洗手。在基督徒的生活里，原则也是一样。即使我们没有接触任何不洁的事物，我们仍需要为那发自这人里面的东西悔改。这就是说，我们不仅需要为所作的悔改，也要为所是的悔改。要记得，我们这人乃是不洁的总和。既是这样，我们就需要天天悔改并认罪。八衣服洗净后，染病之处暗淡了，
18In order to live a holy life, we need to know the things concerning discernment in diet, concerning our birth, and concerning our condition. After learning these things, we must come to realize our need of daily repentance. We need to repent because it is so easy for us to make mistakes. Furthermore, we need to repent of what issues from within us. We may use the cleansing of our physical body as an illustration. During the day our hands do not touch anything unclean. Nevertheless, we shall become unclean through what issues out from within us. For this reason, we need a daily washing. The principle is the same in our Christian life. Even if we do not contact anything unclean, we still need to repent of what issues from within our being. This means that we need to repent not only of what we do but of what we are. Remember, we are a totality of uncleanness. As such, we need daily repentance and confession. H. The Diseased Spot That Has Faded after the Washing
就把该处衣服撕去
of the Garment to Be Torn Out of the Garment
19『但是祭司若察看，物件洗净后，染病之处暗淡了，他就要把染病之处从衣服上或皮子上，或从织成或编成的料子上撕去。』（利十三56。）这表征把人生活行为上可能是弱点的地方除掉。衣服洗净后，染病之处暗淡了，这是好的征兆，得医治、得恢复的征兆。然而，那变暗的染病之处应当从衣服上撕去。这就是说，那变暗的地方该被割除。这指明我们需要割除、彻底对付可能是我们弱点的地方。
19If the priest examines it, and the diseased spot has faded after it has been washed, he shall tear it out of the garment or the leather, or out of the woven or knitted material” (Lev. 13:56). This signifies the eliminating of the suspected weakness in one’s living and conduct. The fading of a diseased spot in a garment after washing is a good sign, a sign of healing, of recovery. Nevertheless, that faded spot should be torn out of the garment. This means that the faded spot should be cut off. This indicates that we need to cut off, have a thorough dealing with, our suspected weakness
20九染病之处从衣服上撕去后，病
20I. After the Diseased Spot Being Torn Out of the Garment,
又在衣服上发作
the Disease Breaking Out Again in the Garment
21五十七节说到染病之处从衣服上撕去后，病又在衣服上发作：『若又出现在衣服上，在织成或编成的料子上，或在皮子的甚么物件上，这就是病又发作了，你要把染病的物件用火焚烧。』病又发作是不好的征兆，表征人的弱点在对付、去掉之后，又显出来。十衣服洗净后，病若离开了，要再洗衣服
21Verse 57 speaks of the disease breaking out again in the garment after the diseased spot has been torn out of the garment. “Then if it appears again in the garment, in the woven or knitted material, or in any article of leather, it is a breaking out; you shall burn with fire the thing in which the disease is.” The breaking out again of the disease is a bad sign. It signifies that one’s weakness, after being dealt with and eliminated, has come out again. J. After the Disease Has Departed through Washing, the Washed Garments to Be Washed a Second Time
22『但是你洗净衣服，或织成或编成的料子，或皮子的甚么物件之后，病若离开了，你要再洗牠，牠就洁净了。』（利十三58。）衣服洗净后，病若离开了，要再洗衣服，这表征一个人的弱点经过对付后，要再进一步有第二次的对付。
22But the garment, or the woven or knitted material, or any article of leather from which the disease departs when you have washed it, shall then be washed a second time, and it shall be clean” (v. 58). The washing of garments a second time after the disease has departed through washing signifies that one’s weakness, having been dealt with, should be dealt with a further, a second, time
23从本篇信息所说的点，我们看见我们需要作四件事：悔改、认罪、对付某些事、以及去掉某些事。我们若要过正常、正确、圣别的基督徒生活，每天都需要悔改、认罪、对付我们真实甚至可能是弱点的地方、并从我们的行为除去那些弱点。由此我们看见在对付罪、痲疯和背叛上，牵涉到许多细节。
23The points we have covered in this message show us that we need to do four things: repent, confess, deal with certain matters, and eliminate certain matters. If we would live a normal, proper, holy Christian life, we daily need to repent, confess, deal with our actual and even suspected weaknesses, and eliminate those weaknesses from our conduct. From this we can see that there are many details involved in dealing with sin, leprosy, and rebellion
24利未记十三、十四章说到罪的事，比圣经中任何别处的章节都更详细。这两章不仅对付我们这人里面和我们行为上的罪，也对付我们房屋里，我们住处里的罪。因此有三重的对付罪－对付人身上、衣服上和房屋里的痲疯。人的不洁，可能先在他身上，然后在他衣服上，再在他的房屋里。我们需要三重的洁净以脱离罪，脱离痲疯。我们若想对付这三种痲疯，就需要一再的悔改，甚至每小时都要悔改。不管我们在行为上，以及与别人的接触上是多么谨慎，我们还不完全。惟有主耶稣是完全的，祂的行为在每一面都是完全的。然而，我们确实不是完全的。我们生来就是不洁，我们这人就是不洁净，我们怎能完全？怎能纯净？对我们而言，这是不可能的。所以，我们需要为我们的失败悔改，承认我们的过错，并且对付我们的失败和过错，其至寻求将这些事除去。
24Chapters thirteen and fourteen of Leviticus cover the matter of sin in more detail than any other chapters in the Bible. These chapters deal with sin not only in our being and in our conduct but also in our house, our dwelling. There is thus a threefold dealing with sin—with leprosy in one’s body, in one’s clothing, and in one’sho use. A person may be unclean first in his body and then in his clothing and in his house. We need to be cleansed from sin, from leprosy, in a threefold way. If we want to deal with these three kinds of leprosy, we need to repent again and again, even every hour. No matter how careful we may be, in our behavior and in our contact with others we are not perfect. The only perfect person is the Lord Jesus. In every respect His behavior was perfect. We, however, surely are not perfect. We were born uncleanness, and our very being is unclean. How, then, could we be perfect? How could we be pure? For us, this is impossible. Therefore, we need to repent of our failures, confess our mistakes, and deal with our failures and mistakes, seeking even to eliminate them
25利未记十三章用了不同的辞来描述并诊断痲疯：肿起来、发出东西、火斑、白的、新肉、长期的、长疮、白中带红的火斑、头疥、黄毛、发绿、恶性的。我们研读这一章若是注意这些辞句，就会蒙光照，看见痲疯的丑陋。我们要看见，痲疯是多么麻烦并容易传染。特别是，我们要蒙光照看见自己患痲疯的光景，因为在这一切细节里，我们会看见这是我们自己的描绘。我们若蒙光照看见自己，就不再会自尊。患痲疯的人，不洁的人，怎能自尊？这是不可能的。在痲疯里面没有尊严或尊贵。我们没有一个人该受尊贵、尊崇并荣耀。那么，谁该受尊贵？惟有主耶稣配得荣耀和尊贵。只有祂该受尊贵和荣耀。
25In Leviticus 13 different words are used to describe and diagnose leprosy: swelling, eruption, bright spot, white, raw flesh, chronic, boil, reddish-white bright spot, scall, yellow hair, greenish, malignant. If in our study of this chapter we pay attention to all these expressions, we shall be enlightened concerning the ugliness of leprosy. We shall see how troublesome and contagious leprosy is. In particular, we shall be enlightened concerning the leprous condition of our own being, for in all these details we shall see a portrait of ourselves. If we are enlightened regarding ourselves, we shall no longer be self-dignified. How could a leper, an unclean person, be self-dignified? This is impossible. There is no dignity or honor in leprosy. None of us should be honored, dignified, and glorified. Who, then, should be honored? Only the Lord Jesus is worthy to receive glory and honor. He alone should be honored and glorified
26因著这一章给我们这样一幅清楚的图画，使我们看见自己消极的光景，这的确帮助我们认识自己。我能见证，我多年来藉著研读这一章得了莫大的帮助。我无法轻易忘记我是怎样的人，因为藉著利未记十三章，我深深的在每一细节上蒙了光照。我看见了我在自己里面是怎样的人。这一章一直题醒我，我是一无可夸。离了主的怜悯，这痲疯就要扩散并侵蚀我全人。利未记十三章叫我们谦卑下来。这一章给我们看见，我们全然是患痲疯的，我们乃是背叛的总和。我们全人的每一部分都有背叛。在我们身上没有服从，没有顺从。所以，我们需要过悔改与认罪的生活，在生活中藉基督的十字架来对付并除去我们的缺点。这样，我们才可能过圣别的生活。我用『可能』这辞，因为我从经历知道，我们甚至无法一整天都是完美的。我们可能在早上有美好的起头，但日中其余的时间却不是那么好。你曾否一整天都很完美，过著圣别的生活？我记不得有过这样的一天。你们如何？
26Because this chapter gives us such a clear picture of our negative situation, it surely helps us to know ourselves. I can testify that I have been greatly helped by studying this chapter through the years. I cannot easily forget what I am, for I have been enlightened deeply and in detail through Leviticus 13. I have seen what I am in myself. Often this chapter reminds me that I have nothing to be proud of. Apart from the Lord’s mercy, this leprosy would spread and consume my entire being. Leviticus 13 humbles us. This chapter shows us that we are altogether leprous, that we are a totality of rebellion. There is rebellion in every part of our being. With us there is no submission, no subjection, no obedience. Therefore, we need to live a life of repentance and confession, a life of dealing with our shortcomings and eliminating them by the cross of Christ. Then we may live a holy life. I use the word “may” because from experience I know that we cannot be perfect even for a whole day. We may have a good start in the morning but not so well the rest of the day. Have you ever been perfect, living a holy life, for one whole day? I cannot remember ever having such a day. How about you
27利未记十三章启示，我们乃是痲疯的总和。我们生在其中的不洁，每一面都是痲疯，都是背叛。背叛、不洁、痲疯、罪－这些乃是同义辞。说我们生来就是不洁，就是说我们生来就是背叛。我们是背叛的总和。这既是我们的光景，所以我们若要过圣别的生活，就需要整天悔改认罪。
27Chapter thirteen of Leviticus reveals that we are a totality of leprosy. Every aspect of the uncleanness in which we were born is a matter of leprosy, of rebellion. Rebellion, uncleanness, leprosy, sin—these are synonyms. To say that we were born uncleanness means that we were born rebellion. We are the totality of rebellion. Since this is our situation, if we are to live a holy life, we need to repent and confess all day long.
28想想以赛亚看到基督荣耀时的反应。（赛六1，约十二41。）他说，『祸哉，我灭亡了；因为我是嘴唇不洁的人，又住在嘴唇不洁的民中。』（赛六5。）雅各论到我们的舌头时说，『惟独舌头没有人能制伏。』（雅三8上。）他又说，『若有人在话语上没有过失，他就是完全人。』（雅三2。）我们的嘴唇和舌头引起何等的麻烦！我们说话的时候，很容易说有罪的事，需要我们的悔改与认罪。我们在利未记十二章，看见我们是不洁的总和；又在利未记十三章，看见我们是痲疯的总和。这痲疯就是罪，而罪就是背叛。所以，我们需要经常不断的悔改与认罪。
28Consider Isaiah’s reaction when he saw the glory of Christ (Isa. 6:1; John 12:41). He said, “Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips” (Isa. 6:5). Concerning our tongue, James said, “The tongue no one among men is able to tame” (James 3:8a). He also said, “If anyone does not stumble in word, this is a perfect man” (v. 2). How much trouble is caused by our lips and our tongue! When we speak it is very easy for us to say something sinful, something that requires our repentance and confession. In Leviticus 12 we see that we are a totality of uncleanness, and in Leviticus 13, that we are a totality of leprosy. This leprosy is sin, and sin is rebellion. Therefore, we need a continual repentance and confession