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哈巴谷书生命读经 · 第1篇

介言以及申言者与耶和华之间第一次和第二次的对话

The Introductory Word and the First and the Second Dialogues between the Prophet and Jehovah
1读经：哈巴谷书一章一节至二章四节。在本篇信息中，我们要开始来看哈巴谷书。我们要来看介言，申言者与耶和华之间第一次的对话，以及双方第二次对话的第一部分。我们会看见，哈巴谷书的金句是二章四节：『义人必本于信活著。』这一节与神永远的救恩，就是祂对我们全人－灵、魂、体－的救恩有关。哈巴谷书中其他的事都是背景，让神对罪人永远救恩的启示得以释放出来。我们可以将哈巴谷书比作一粒『核桃』，这一节就是『核桃』里面的『核仁』。因此，我们在读哈巴谷书时，应该将注意力放在这一节上。
1Scripture Reading: Hab. 1:1—2:4 In this message we will begin to consider the book of Habakkuk. We will cover the introductory word, the first dialogue between the prophet and Jehovah, and the first part of the second dialogue between these parties. As we will see, the one golden verse in Habakkuk is 2:4: “The righteous one will live by his faith.” This verse is related to God’s eternal salvation, to His salvation of our whole being— spirit, soul, and body. Everything else in Habakkuk is a background for the release of the revelation concerning God’s eternal salvation of sinners. We may compare the book of Habakkuk to a walnut and then say that this verse is the “kernel” of the “walnut.” Thus, as we read Habakkuk, we should focus our attention on this one verse
壹 介言
I. THE INTRODUCTORY WORD
2介言见于一章一节。
2The introductory word is found in 1:1
一 哈巴谷名字的意义
A. The Meaning of the Name Habakkuk
3哈巴谷，希伯来原文意为『拥抱』或『黏附』，表征我们需要寻求神，拥抱并黏附于祂。我们要接受神永远的救恩，就需要被神拥抱，也需要黏附于祂。
3The name Habakkuk in Hebrew means “embracing” or “clinging to,” signifying that we need to seek God by embracing Him or clinging to Him. For us to receive God’s eternal salvation, we need to be embraced by God, and we need to cling to Him
4永远的救恩实际上就是神自己。神不是留在诸天之上，把手伸到地上来拯救我们。为要拯救我们，神成了地上的一个人，来到我们这里。四福音的中心思想是：拯救的神从永远里出来，进到时间里；从诸天之上出来，达到地上；从神性里出来，进入人性来作人。这样，祂就能拥抱人，人也能黏附于祂。当神拯救我们时，祂不是带著神的外表和形状；祂乃是在人的形状里，名为耶稣。何西阿十一章四节告诉我们，神用人的绳，爱的索，牵引我们。这拯救的爱索就是基督的人性。
4Eternal salvation is actually God Himself. God does not save us by remaining in the heavens and stretching out His arm to reach the earth. In order to save us, God became a man on this earth and came to us. The central thought of the four Gospels is that the saving God came out of eternity into time, out of the heavens to earth, and out of divinity into humanity to be a man. In this way He could embrace man and man could cling to Him. While God was saving us, He was not in the appearance, the form, of God. Rather, He was in the form of a man named Jesus. Hosea 11:4 tells us that God draws us with the cords of a man, with the bands of love. The saving cords of love are Christ’s humanity
5路加十九章一至十节所记载撒该的事给我们看见，神乃是藉著来到我们这里而拯救我们。我们要蒙神拯救，就必须被神拥抱，并黏附于神。
5The account of Zaccheus in Luke 19:1-10 shows us the way God saves us by coming to us. In order to be saved by God, we must be embraced by God and we must cling to Him.
二 哈巴谷尽职的时间
B. The Time of Habakkuk’s Ministry
6哈巴谷尽职的时间约在主前六二六年，接近巴比伦入侵以色列和以色列被放逐到巴比伦的时候。
6The time of Habakkuk’s ministry was about 626 B.C. This was close to the time of the Babylonian invasion and the exile to Babylon
三 他尽职的地方
C. The Place of His Ministry
7他尽职的地方是在犹大。
7The place of his ministry was Judah
四 他尽职的对象
D. The Object of His Ministry
8他尽职的对象是南方犹大国。
8The object of his ministry was the southern kingdom of Judah
五 主题
E. The Subject
9哈巴谷书的主题乃是：神先藉著迦勒底人对以色列施行公义的审判，然后又藉著列国对迦勒底人施行公义的审判。首先，神审判祂的选民；神的审判是从祂的家起首。（彼前四17。）然后，神把祂的审判转到迦勒底人身上，用列国审判他们。巴比伦帝国被玛代波斯帝国击败；玛代波斯帝国被希腊帝国击败；希腊帝国被罗马帝国击败；而敌基督所复兴的罗马帝国，要在基督再来时被击败，整个人类政权就被毁灭，如但以理二章三十一至四十四节所形容的。
9The subject of Habakkuk’s ministry is the righteous judgment of God first on Israel by the Chaldeans and then on the Chaldeans by the nations. First, God judged His elect; God’s judgment begins from His house (1 Pet. 4:17). Then God turned His judgment to the Chaldeans, using the nations to judge them. The Babylonian Empire was defeated by the Medo-Persian Empire; the Medo-Persian Empire was defeated by the Greek Empire; the Greek Empire was defeated by the Roman Empire; and the Roman Empire, restored under Antichrist, will be defeated by Christ in His coming to destroy the entire human government, as described in Daniel 2:31-44
六 中心思想
F. The Central Thought
10哈巴谷书的中心思想乃是：公义的神要审判邪恶的以色列人和强暴的迦勒底人，惟有义人必本于信活著，（二4下，）使全地认识耶和华的荣耀，（14，）在耶和华面前静默，耶和华乃是在祂的圣殿中，（20，）并使寻求祂的人，藉著祷告、颂扬、并对祂的信靠，向祂歌唱。（三。）
10The central thought of Habakkuk is this: the righteous God will judge both the evil Israel and the violent Chaldeans, and only the righteous one shall live by his faith (2:4b), that all the earth may know the glory of Jehovah (2:14) and be silent before Jehovah, who is in His holy temple (2:20), and that His seeker may sing to Him in prayer, in lauding, and in trusting in Him (ch. 3
七 分段
G. The Sections
11哈巴谷书分为四段：介言，（一1，）申言者与耶和华之间第一次的对话，（一2～11，）申言者与耶和华之间第二次的对话，（一12～二20，）申言者藉著祷告、颂扬、并对耶和华的信靠，向耶和华唱的诗歌。（三1～19。）
11The book of Habakkuk has four sections: the introductory word (1:1); the first dialogue between the prophet and Jehovah (1:2-11); the second dialogue between the prophet and Jehovah (1:12—2:20); and the prophet’ss ong to Jehovah in prayer, lauding, and trusting in Him (3:1-19
贰 申言者与耶和华之间第一次的对话
II. THE FIRST DIALOGUE between the Prophet and Jehovah
12哈巴谷书中关于神对罪人之永远救恩的启示，是藉著申言者与神的对话带进来的。
12The revelation in Habakkuk concerning God’s eternal salvation to sinners was brought out by a conversation between the prophet and God.
一 申言者向耶和华发问
A. The Prophet’s Inquiry of Jehovah
13在申言者与耶和华之间第一次的对话中，申言者就他所见的罪孽、困窘、毁灭和相斗，向耶和华发问。（一2～4。）他论到强暴的事，说，『耶和华阿，我呼求你，你不应允，要多久呢？我因强暴哀求你，你并不拯救。』（2。）按照申言者看来，强暴的事是盛行的。接著申言者继续问：『你为何使我看见罪孽，使我看到困窘呢？』（3上。）
13In the first dialogue between the prophet and Jehovah, the prophet inquired of Jehovah concerning the iniquity, distress, destruction, and contention that he saw (v. 2-4). Regarding violence, he said, “How long, O Jehovah, shall I cry / And You do not hear? / I cry out to You, Violence! / And You do not save” (v. 2). According to the prophet’s view, violence was prevailing. Then the prophet went on to ask, “Why do You cause me to see iniquity / And look upon distress?” (v. 3a
二 耶和华对申言者的回答
B. Jehovah’s Answer to the Prophet
14在耶和华回答申言者的话里，（5～11，）祂说，祂在申言者的日子要行一件事，虽有人告诉他们，他们总是不信。（哈一5，参徒十三40～41。）然后耶和华说，祂必兴起迦勒底人，就是那严酷急躁之民；他们可惧可畏，要来对犹大行强暴毁坏。（哈一6～11。）
14In His answer to the prophet (vv. 5-11), Jehovah said that He was doing a work in the prophet’s days which he would not believe if it were told to him (v. 5; cf. Acts 13:40-41). Then Jehovah said that He was raising up the Chaldeans, that bitter and hasty nation, who, being terrible and dreadful, would come to do violence and devastation on Judah (vv. 6-11
参 申言者与耶和华之间第二次的对话
III. THE SECOND DIALOGUE between the Prophet and Jehovah
15在十二节我们看见申言者与耶和华之间开始第二次的对话。
15In verse 12 we have the beginning of the second dialogue between the prophet and Jehovah
一 申言者向耶和华发问
A. The Prophet’s Inquiry of Jehovah
16一章十二节至二章一节是申言者向耶和华的发问。
16Habakkuk 1:12—2:1 is the prophet’s inquiry of Jehovah
１ 问耶和华为何在迦勒底人吞灭祂的选民时静默不语
1. Asking Why Jehovah Keeps Silent When the Chaldeans Swallow Up His Elect
17在十二节上半申言者说，『耶和华我的神，我的圣者阿，你不是从亘古而有么？我们必不死亡。』接著他说，耶和华这磐石已经派定迦勒底人审判，设立他们为要施行管教。但是，他继续问祂这位不看奸恶，不看困窘的神，为何看著行诡诈的而不理，当迦勒底恶人吞灭比自己公义之神的选民时，祂为何静默不语。（12下～13。）照哈巴谷的想法，以色列人比巴比伦人更公义，却遭受巴比伦人的强暴。在这里哈巴谷的话，指明他在向神发怒。
17In verse 12a the prophet said, “Are You not from everlasting, O Jehovah, / My God, my Holy One? We will not die.” Then he said that Jehovah, the Rock, has appointed the Chaldeans to judgment. However, he went on to ask why He, who does not behold evil and who cannot look upon distress, looks upon them who deal treacherously and keeps silent when the wicked Chaldeans swallow up His elect, who are more righteous than they (vv. 12b-13). According to Habakkuk, the people of Israel were more righteous than the Babylonians, yet they were suffering the violence of the Babylonians. Habakkuk’s word here indicates that he was angry with God.
２ 说耶和华使人如海中的鱼
2. Saying That Jehovah Makes Man like the Fish of the Sea
18在十四至十六节申言者说，耶和华使人如海中的鱼，又如爬物。他们用钩钩住，用网网住，用大网聚集。他们就向网献祭，向大网烧香。然后他结束问话，说，『他们岂可屡次倒空网罗，将列国的人时常杀戳，毫不顾惜呢？』（17。）
18In verses 14 through 16 the prophet said that Jehovah makes man like the fish of the sea and like the creeping things; that they take all of them up with a hook, drag them off in their net, and gather them into their seine; and that they offer sacrifices to their net and burn incense to their seine. He then concluded his inquiry by asking, “Will they then empty their net / And continually slay the nations without sparing?” (v. 17
３ 站立并观看耶和华要对他说甚么话
3. Standing and Watching to See What Jehovah Would Speak to Him
19申言者向耶和华发问后，就站立并观看耶和华要对他说甚么话，祂要如何回答他的诉冤。（二1。）
19After making his inquiry of Jehovah, the prophet stood and watched to see what Jehovah would speak to him and what He would reply concerning his complaint (2:1
二 耶和华对申言者的回答
B. Jehovah’s Answer to the Prophet
20在二章二至二十节，我们看见耶和
20In 2:2-20 we have Jehovah’s answer to the prophet
21华对申言者的回答。
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１ 叫他将异象写下来
1. Telling Him to Write the Vision
22耶和华回答申言者，叫他将（关于神对迦勒底人之审判的）异象明明的写在石版上，使人随跑随读。（2。）
22In His answer to the prophet, Jehovah told him to write the vision (concerning God’s judgment on the Chaldeans) and render it plainly upon tablets, so that he who reads it might run (v. 2
２ 这异象有一定的时期
2. The Vision Being Yet for an Appointed Time
23耶和华接著说，这（关于神对付迦勒底人的）异象有一定的时期，快到结局，并不虚谎；虽然耽延，还要等候；因为必然临到，不再迟延。（3。）
23Jehovah went on to say that the vision (concerning His dealing with the Chaldeans) was yet for an appointed time and that it hastened toward the end and would not lie. Though it tarried, the prophet should wait for it; for it will surely come; it will not delay (v. 3
３ 迦勒底人自高自大，心不正直，惟有义人必本于信活著
3. The Chaldeans Being Puffed Up, Their Soul Not Being Upright within Them, but the Righteous One Living by His Faith
24在四节上半耶和华说，迦勒底人自高自大，心不正直。耶和华审判他们，当然是公平、公正的。在所有的小申言者书中，只有哈巴谷书给我们看见神对罪人永远的救恩。这件事启示在二章四节下半：『惟独义人必本于信活著。』使徒保罗在新约中三次引用这话。（罗一17，加三11，来十38。）这里的活著，意思是得生命而活著。
24In verse 4a Jehovah said that the Chaldeans were puffed up and that their soul was not upright within them. Surely it would be fair and just for Jehovah to judge them. Of the books of the Minor Prophets, only Habakkuk shows us God’s eternal salvation to sinners. This matter is revealed in 2:4b: “But the righteous one will live by his faith.” The apostle Paul quoted this word three times in the New Testament (Rom. 1:17; Gal. 3:11; Heb. 10:38). Here, to live means to have life and live.
25按照哈巴谷书的背景，以色列（神的选民）和迦勒底人（列国）都在神的审判之下。在神的审判之下，所有的罪人，不论是犹太人或外邦人，都命定要死。（罗六23。）罪人怎能脱离神的审判，永远得救？罪人要得著神永远的救恩，惟一的路就是相信神的具体化身－基督，使他们得以成为义的，蒙称义以得生命而活著。神永远的救恩不是仅仅救我们的身体脱离受苦，乃是救我们的全人－灵、魂、体－直到永远。（帖前五。）我们得著这样救恩的路是藉著信基督，使我们蒙神称义，因而彀资格得著生命，就是永远的生命，神圣的生命，并凭那生命活著。（罗三24，五1～2，弗二8。）这就是旧约申言者书中新约的福音。
25According to the background of Habakkuk, both Israel (God’select) and Chaldeans (the nations) were under God’s judgment. Under God’s judgment all sinners, whether Jews or Gentiles, are destined to die (Rom. 6:23). How can sinners escape God’s judgment and be saved eternally? The unique way for sinners to obtain God’s eternal salvation is to believe in God’s embodiment, Christ, that they may become righteous and be justified to have life and live. God’s eternal salvation is not merely to save our body from suffering but to save our whole being—spirit, soul, and body—for eternity (1 Thes. 5:23). The way for us to receive such a salvation is to believe in 23 Christ so that we may be justified by God and thus be qualified to have life, the eternal life, the divine life, and live by that life (Rom. 3:24; 5:1-2; Eph. 2:8). This is the New Testament gospel in an Old Testament prophetic book.