路加福音生命读经 · 第26篇

人救主在祂带著神圣属性之人性美德中的职事

The Ministry of the Man-Savior in His Human Virtues with His Divine Attributes

从加利利到耶路撒冷（四）

from Galilee To Jerusalem (4

1读经：路加福音10:38-42。

2照著主的心意和爱好

2Scripture Reading: Luke 10:38-42

事奉主

SERVING THE LORD

ACCORDING TO HIS DESIRE AND PREFERENCE

3路加在好撒玛利亚人的比喻之后，立刻记载人救主为马大所接待。（路十38～42。）这两件事例之间有甚么关联？其关联乃是：我们领悟救主的慈心和爱而得救以后，就应当事奉祂。换句话说，得救的人应当是事奉的人。我们要得救，就需要领悟救主的慈心和爱；我们要事奉祂。就需要认识祂的心意和爱好。我们事奉主不该照著自己的意见、观念或领会，却该照著祂的心意和爱好。路加十章三十八、三十九节说，『他们走路的时候，耶稣进了一个村庄；有一个女人名叫马大，接待祂到家里。她有一个妹妹，名叫马利亚，在主脚前坐著听祂的话。』这里的村庄即伯大尼。（约十二1，可十一1，太二一17。）伯大尼的意思是困苦之家。照著福音书的记载，主末次上耶路撒冷，只有白天在那里尽职，每晚祂都离开，往伯大尼去住宿。伯大尼在橄榄山东坡，（可十一19，路二一37，）马利亚、马大和拉撒路的家，以及西门的家都在那里。（约十一1，太二六6。）主在耶路撒冷，被犹太教的首领弃绝；但在伯大尼，却受爱祂的人欢迎。路加十章三十八、三十九节说到马大和马利亚。马大这名也许出自亚兰文，意『她是背叛的。』希腊文的马利亚就是希伯来文的米利暗，意『她们的背叛。』（民十二1，10～15。）

3Immediately after the parable of the good Samaritan Luke puts the record of the Man-Savior being received by Martha at Bethany (10:38-42). What is the connection between these two cases? The connection is that after we have been saved through realizing the Savior’s compassion and love, we should serve Him. In other words, saved ones should be serving ones. In order to be saved we need to realize the Savior’s compassion and love. In order to serve Him, we need to know His desire and preference. We should not serve the Lord according to our opinion, concept, or understanding. Instead, we should serve Him according to His desire and preference. Luke 10:38 and 39 say, “Now as they were going, He entered into a certain village; and a certain woman named Martha received Him as a guest into her home. And she had a sister called Mary, who also was seated at the Lord’s feet and was listening to His word.” The village here is Bethany (John 12:1; Mark 11:1; Matt. 21:17). The name Bethany means the house of affliction. According to the record of the Gospels, in the Lord’s last visit to Jerusalem, He remained in the city only during the day for His ministry. Every evening He departed to lodge in Bethany, on the eastern slope of the Mount of Olives (Mark 11:19; Luke 21:37), where the house of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus and the house of Simon were (John 11:1; Matt. 26:6). In Jerusalem He was rejected by the leaders of Judaism, but in Bethany He was welcomed by those who loved Him. Luke 10:38 and 39 mention Martha and Mary. The name Martha probably comes from Chaldean and means “she was rebellious.” The Greek word Mary is Maria, for the Hebrew Miriam and means “their rebellion” (Num. 12:1, 10-15

4马大和马利亚这两个名字的意义含有背叛的思想。这也许是指明她们天然的生命。主的救恩能将背叛的人变化成服从的人，正如这故事所描绘的。一个像旧约的米利暗那样背叛的人，成了一个像新约的马利亚这样服从的人。

4The meaning of the names of Martha and Mary conveys the thought of rebellion. This may indicate their natural life. The Lord’ss alvation can transform the rebellious into the submissive, as portrayed in this story. One like the rebellious Miriam in the Old Testament becomes one like the submissive Mary in the New Testament.

5马利亚在听主的话，但是『马大伺候的事多，各方忙乱。』（路十40。）忙乱，意忙得团团转。马大进前来说，『主阿，我妹妹留下我独自一人伺候，你不在意么？』（路十40。）主回答说，『马大，马大，你为许多的事思虑烦扰；但是不可少的只有一件，马利亚已经选择那美好的分，是不能从她夺去的。』在这里我们看见，主宁愿祂所救而爱祂的人，听祂的话，（路十39，）好明白祂的心意，不愿他们为祂作许多事，却不明白祂的旨

5Mary was listening to the Lord’sword, but “Martha was distracted with much serving” (v. 40). The Greek word translated “distracted” means to be drawn about in different directions. Standing over the Lord, Martha said, “Lord, does it not matter to You that my sister has left me to serve alone?” (v. 40). The Lord answered, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things; but one thing is necessary; for Mary has chosen the good part, which shall not be taken away from her.” Here we see that the Lord prefers His saved ones who love Him to listen to Him (v. 39) that they may know His desire, rather than do things for Him without knowing His will (see 1 Sam. 15:22; Eccl. 5:1

6意。（参撒上十五22，传五1。）

7马大和马利亚的故事，紧接著好撒玛利亚人的比喻，相当有意义。前面的比喻表明救主的慈心和爱，祂是人，作了罪人的邻舍；后面的故事揭示主的心意和爱好，祂是神，作了信徒的主人。救主的慈心和爱是为著叫我们因祂得救；主的心意和爱好是为著叫我们事奉祂。我们从救主得著救恩以后，就该事奉主。为著我们的得救，我们需要领略救主的慈心和爱；为著我们的事奉，我们需要认识主的心意和爱好。

7It is quite significant that this story of Martha and Mary follows immediately after the parable of the good Samaritan. The first shows the compassion and love of the Savior, who is a Man as the sinner’s neighbor. The second unveils the desire and preference of the Lord, who is God as the believers’ Master. The Savior’s compassion and love are for our salvation by Him; the Lord’s desire and preference are for our service to Him. After receiving salvation from the Savior, we should render service to the Lord. For our salvation we need to realize the Savior’s compassion and love; for our service we need to know the Lord’s desire and preference

听主的话，

listening to the Lord’sword

认识祂的心意

AND KNOWING HIS DESIRE

8当主来到伯大尼，马大接待并伺候主。然而，马大伺候救主是照著自己的观念和领会。她以为主走了很长的路之后，想要得著物质的伺候。因此，她忙著为人救主作许多事。你认为主来到伯大尼马大的家，祂的心意是要得著物质的伺候么？神的心意必定不是要人以食物伺候祂，乃是要祂所拯救的人听祂说话，以认识祂的心意。主不在意吃喝，祂要那些爱祂的人安静，与祂同坐，听祂，全神贯注于祂的说话。这样，他们就会认识祂的心意和爱好。

8When the Lord came to Bethany, Martha received Him and served Him. However, Martha served the Savior according to her own concept and understanding. She thought that after making a long journey the Lord wanted to be served with material things. Therefore, she was busy in doing many things for the Man-Savior. Do you think that when the Lord came into Martha’s home in Bethany His desire was to be served with material things? To be sure, it was not His desire to be served with food. On the contrary, His desire was that His saved ones would listen to Him in order to know what was on His heart. The Lord did not care about eating; He wanted those who loved Him to be silent, to sit with Him, to listen to Him, and to concentrate on His speaking. In this way they would know His desire and preference.

9在十章三十九节，马利亚在主脚前坐著听祂的话。后来她豫备了香膏，在祂死以前膏祂。马利亚怎么知道要这样作？我信她藉著听救主说话而知道要这样作。藉著在救主脚前坐著听祂的话，她认识了主的心意和爱好。今天有许多人忙著要得救，他们以为救恩在于他们所作的。但我们得救并不需要作甚么。一个人要得救，需要领悟他不能救自己，因为他就像好撒玛利亚人比喻里的那个人，衣服被剥去，被打个半死，又被撇下。这指明我们都需要救主，就是满了慈心和爱的那一位。当我们领悟救主的慈心和爱，我们就要享受祂满了人性美德与神圣属性的拯救恩典。这是得救的意思。虽然我们得救并不需要作甚么，但堕落的人以为要得救就必须作许多事。因此，我们要强调这事实：我们要得救并不需要作甚么。

9In 10:39 Mary sat at the Lord’s feet listening to His word. Later, she prepared ointment to anoint Him before His death. How did Mary know to do this? I believe she came to know this through listening to the Savior’s speaking. By sitting at the Savior’s feet and listening to His word, she came to know His desire and preference. Today many are busy trying to get saved. They think that salvation depends on what they do. But there is no need for us to do anything to be saved. In order for a person to be saved, he needs to realize that he is incapable of saving himself, for he, like the man in the parable of the good Samaritan, is one who has been stripped, beaten, and left half dead. This indicates that we all need a Savior, One who is full of compassion and love. When we realize the Savior’s compassion and love, we shall enjoy His saving grace, which is full of human virtues and divine attributes. This is what it means to be saved. Although there is no need for us to do anything to be saved, fallen man thinks that he must do many things for his salvation. Therefore, we would emphasize the fact that there is no need for us to do anything to be saved

10我们一旦因著救主的慈心和爱而相信、得救，可能就想为主作许多事。我们也许认为我们既然爱祂，就该忙著为祂作许多事。我从来没有见过一个得救的人是不想为主作事的。我所知道每一个得救的人，都有为主作工的观念。最近几个月，有些人告诉我，既然主祝福祂的恢复，我们就该忙著作各种事情。有人建议我们办学校，有人建议我们设医院，还有人题让我们要忙于各种不同的活动。我听到这些建议，就对自己说，『我对这些事没有负担，我没有负担办学校或医院。当我听到这样的建议时，我只想与主一同安息。我不相信主要我们这样的忙碌。

10Once we have been convinced by the Savior’s compassion and love and are saved, we may try to do many things for the Lord. We may think that now that we love Him we should be busy doing things for Him. I have never met a saved person who does not have the thought of doing things for the Lord. Every saved person I know has the concept of working for the Lord. In recent months certain ones told me that since the Lord is blessing His recovery, we should be busy doing various things. Some proposed that we set up schools, and others, that we establish hospitals. Others suggested that we be busy with different kinds of activities. When I heard these proposals, I said to myself, “I do not have any burden for these things. I am not burdened to set up schools or hospitals. When I hear such proposals, my desire is simply to rest with the Lord. I don’t believe the Lord wants us to be busy in this way

11在十章三十八至四十二节，马大各方忙乱，她也想叫主忙碌。她看见主和她妹妹马利亚的光景：马利亚甚么事也不作，她只是在主脚前坐著听主的话，主似乎很珍赏马利亚的安静。这使马大受困扰，甚至命令主说，『请吩咐她同我作她分内该作的事。』这里马大似乎在说，『主，你难道不知道我很忙？那么你为甚么不吩咐我妹妹作些事帮我的忙？』

11In 10:38-42 Martha was very busy in many directions, and she was trying to make the Lord busy. She saw the situation involving the Lord and her sister, Mary. Mary was not doing anything. She was simply sitting at the Lord’s feet and listening to His word, and the Lord seemed to appreciate Mary’s silence. This bothered Martha and she even gave the Lord a command: “Tell her that she should do her part with me.” Here Martha seemed to be saying, “Lord, don’tY ou realize that I’m very busy? Why, then, don’tY ou tell my sister to do something to help me?”

12今天蒙主拯救的人大多忙著要事奉主，他们可能地想叫救主忙碌。但那些认识主，认识主心意和爱好的人会说，『不要这样忙，主要安息。对祂来说，最宝贵的不是你为祂作工，或想要为祂作事。祂最宝贵的是你与祂同坐。安静的听祂的话。你若与主同坐，听祂的话，你就会认识祂的心意和爱好。』

12Today most of the Lord’s saved ones are busy trying to serve Him. They may also be trying to make the Savior busy. But those who know the Lord and who know His desire and preference would say, “Don’t be so busy. The Lord wants to rest. The most precious thing to Him is not that you work for Him or try to do things for Him. What is most precious to Him is that you sit with Him and silently listen to His word. If you sit with the Lord and listen to His word, you will know His desire and preference

主的心专注于祂的死

THE LORD’SHE ART SET ON HIS DEATH

13你知道主坐在伯大尼马大的家中时，祂心里专注的是甚么？主的心专注于祂的死。祂知道祂要去耶路撒冷受死。祂要跟从祂的人将他们的工作摆在一边，与祂同去钉十字架。门徒在同主往耶路撒冷的路上，忙著议论谁为大，又禁止人为主作工。弟兄们忙的是野心，姊妹们忙的却是伺候、服事。但姊妹中间有一位─马利亚─却不忙碌，她安静的坐著，静听人救主的话。结果，她认识了主的心意。马利亚领悟主要去耶路撒冷受死。主两次向祂的门徒揭示祂的死，但他们无耳可听主的话。然而，马利亚听见主说到祂的死，她接受了这话。她听见并接受了主关于祂要死的话，就寻找机会在主受死以前膏祂。（太二六12。）

13Do you know what was on the Lord’she art while He sat in Martha’sho me in Bethany? The Lord’she art was set on His death. He knew that He was going to Jerusalem to die. He wanted His followers to set aside their works, their doings, and go with Him to be crucified. While the disciples were on the way to Jerusalem with the Lord, they were busy in such matters as arguing who was greater and in forbidding others to do things for the Lord. In particular, the brothers were busy with their ambition. The sisters, on the contrary, were busy in serving, in ministering. But among the sisters there was one— Mary—who was not busy. She was calm and sat in silence listening to the Man-Savior’sword. As a result, she came to know what was on the Lord’she art. Mary realized that He was going to Jerusalem to die. Twice the Lord unveiled His death to His disciples, but they did not have an ear to hear the Lord’sword. Mary, however, heard the Lord’sword concerning His death, and she took this word. Having heard and received the Lord’sword concerning His death, she looked for the opportunity to anoint Him before He died (Matt. 26:12

14在十章三十八至四十二节，主可能对马利亚说到祂的死。那时，救主的心事就是那渐渐逼近祂的死。路加福音论到主从加利利到耶路撒冷职事的这段，开始于九章五十一节，那里说，『耶稣被接上升的日子将到，祂就定意面向耶路撒冷去。』被接上升，是指主的死。在这里我们看见，主去耶路撒冷受死的日子将到。因此从这时起，主所想的就是去耶路撒冷受死。祂定意面向耶路撒冷去。因此，在往耶路撒冷的路上，祂心中惟一的事就是祂的死。祂将近耶路撒冷，在伯大尼时，被接待到马大家里。在那里，祂说话，马利亚听。正如我们曾指出的，祂可能谈到祂的死。弟兄们对祂的死无心，忙著伺候的马大也无心。惟一对论到主的死这话有心，并坐著静听主话的，乃是马利亚。她坐在救主脚前，听救主的话，那些话表达了主的心意和爱好。接受主的救恩并事奉主

14In 10:38-42 the Lord may have been speaking to Mary about His death. At that juncture, what was on the heart of the Savior was His approaching death. Luke 9:51, the beginning of the section in this Gospel on the Lord’s ministry from Galilee to Jerusalem, says “And it came about, when the days were being fulfilled for His being taken up, that He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem.” The phrase “being taken up” refers to the Lord’s death. Here we see that the days were being fulfilled for the Lord to go to Jerusalem that He might die there. Hence, from this time onward, the Lord’so ne consideration was His going to Jerusalem to die. He steadfastly set His face to go to Jerusalem. Therefore, the unique matter on His heart as He was on the way to Jerusalem was His death. When He was close to Jerusalem, in Bethany, He was received into the house of Martha. While there, He was speaking the word, and Mary was listening. As we have pointed out, He may have been talking concerning His death. The brothers did not have a heart for this, and neither did Martha, who was busy serving. The only one who had a heart for the Lord’s word concerning His death and who sat quietly listening to His word was Mary. She sat at His feet and listened to the Savior’sword, a word that expressed His desire and preference. RECEIVING THE LORD’SS ALVATION AND SERVING HIM

15十章二十五至四十二节的两件事例：主描绘祂自己是好撒玛利亚人，以及主为马大所接待，是彼此相关的。头一件事例表明救主的慈心和爱，为著叫我们得救。第二件事例启示祂的心意和爱好，为著叫我们事奉祂。我们需要在这两面认识主。我们需要认识祂拯救我们的慈心和爱，也

15The two cases in 10:25-42, the Lord’s portraying Himself as the good Samaritan and His being received by Martha, are related. The first shows the Savior’s compassion and love for our salvation, and the second reveals His desire and preference for our service to Him. We need to know the Lord in these two aspects. We need to know His compassion and love in salvation and His desire and preference for our service

16需要认识祂的心意和爱好以事奉祂。

17我们在为主作工以前，必须先认识神的慈心和爱（与我们的救恩有关），以及祂的心意和爱好（与我们的事奉有关）。这含示将我们天然的人留在十字架上。我们不需要为著我们的得救作甚么，也不应当在事奉主的事上凭自己作甚么。我们在得救与事奉这两面，都应当留在十字架上。这样我们就会明白人救主的慈心和爱是为著叫我们得救，祂的心意和爱好是为著叫我们事奉。

17Before doing anything for the Lord, we must first know His compassion and love related to our salvation and His desire and preference related to our service. This implies that we leave our natural man on the cross. There is no need for us to do anything for our salvation, and we should not do anything in ourselves in the Lord’s service. With respect to both salvation and service we should remain on the cross. Then we shall know the Man-Savior’s compassion and love for our salvation and His desire and preference for our service

18我们已经看过，马大这名也许出自迦勒底文，意『她是背叛的。』希腊文的马利亚就是希伯来文的米利暗，意『她们的背叛。』这两个辞来自相同的字根，意思是背叛的或背叛。然而，背叛的人可能成为服从的人。天然的马利亚原是背叛的，但她成为服从的，不仅服从主的慈心和爱，也服从主的心意和爱好。因此，在新约里，马利亚是惟一摸著主心意到极点的人。为这缘故，她给跟从主的人立了榜样。我们跟从主、事奉主都应当像马利亚一样。

18We have seen that the name Martha probably comes from Chaldean and means “she was rebellious” and that Mary comes from Maria, Greek for Hebrew Miriam, meaning “their rebellion.” These words come from the same root, a root that means rebellious or rebellion. However, it is possible for a rebellious one to become a submissive one. In nature Mary was rebellious, but she became submissive not only to the Lord’s compassion and love but also to His desire and preference. Therefore, in the New Testament Mary was the unique one who touched the Lord’s desire to the uttermost. For this reason she is set forth as an example for the followers of the Lord. We all should be like Mary in following the Lord and in serving Him

19我们以马利亚作榜样，需要记得-她原先是背叛的。藉著人救主的慈心和怜悯，她成为服从的人，她爱主、事奉主，不是照著自己的意见或凭著自己的努力，乃是照著主的心意和爱好。在这里我们看见叫我们得救的路，以及叫我们事奉主正确的路。路加福音这卷书充满人救主的人性美德与神圣属性。祂从加利利到耶路撒冷的职事，乃是在祂带著神圣属性的人性美德中完成的。路加写他的福音书时，将主描绘自己为好撒玛利亚人，与主为马大所接待的事放在一起。路加这样作，目的是要显示如何接受主的救恩，以及我们得救以后如何事奉主。

19In taking Mary as an example, we need to remember that originally she was rebellious. By the Man- Savior’s compassion and mercy she was made a submissive one, one who loved the Lord and served Him not according to her opinion or by her effort, but according to His desire and preference. Here we see the way for us to be saved and the proper way for us to serve Him. The Gospel of Luke is a book full of the Man-Savior’s human virtues and divine attributes. His ministry from Galilee to Jerusalem was carried out in His human virtues with His divine attributes. In composing his Gospel, Luke put the Lord’s portraying Himself as the good Samaritan together with His being received by Martha at Bethany. Luke’s purpose in doing this was to show how to receive the Lord’ss alvation and how to serve Him after we have been saved