Books
路加福音生命读经 · 第4篇

对在人性里带著神性之人救主的豫备（二）

The Preparation Of The Man-Savior In His Humanity With His Divinity (2
1读经：路加福音一章三十九至五十六节。在前一篇信息里，我们开始看主的先锋施浸者约翰的成孕，以及人救主的成孕。路加一章五至二十五节描述先1:26-锋的成孕，一章二十六至五十六节描述人救主的成孕。在本篇信息里，我们要看人救主先锋之母亲的祝福，（路一39～45，）以及人救主之母亲的赞美。（路一46～56。）
1Scripture Reading: Luke 1:39-56 In the previous message we began to consider the conception of John the Baptist, the Lord’s forerunner, and the conception of the Man - Savior. Luke 1:5-25 describes the conception of the forerunner, and 56, the conception of the Man-Savior. In this message we shall consider the blessing of the mother of the Man-Savior’s forerunner (vv. 39-45) and the praise of the Man-Savior’s mother (vv. 46-56).
祂先锋之母亲的祝福被圣灵充溢
THE BLESSING OF HIS FORERUNNER’S MOTHER Filled with the Spirit
2路加一章四十一节说，『以利沙伯一听到马利亚问安，所怀的胎就在腹里跳动，以利沙伯且被圣灵充溢。』以利沙伯是施浸者约翰的母亲。这节告诉我们，她被圣灵充溢，这里没有指明她曾祷告或禁食，好被圣灵充溢，只说以利沙伯被圣灵充溢。她被圣灵充溢，就祝福了人救主的母亲马利亚。
2Luke 1:41 says, “And it came about as Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, that the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.” Elizabeth was the mother of John the Baptist. This verse tells us that she was filled with the Spirit. There is no indication that she prayed or fasted in order to be filled with the Spirit. This verse simply says that Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. By being filled with the Spirit she blessed Mary, the mother of the Man-Savior
祝福人救主的母亲和她腹中的果子
Blessing the Man-Savior’s Mother and the Fruit of Her Womb
3四十二节说，『高声喊著说，你在妇女中是有福的，你腹中的果子也是有福的。』以利沙伯凭著圣灵（路一41。）的祝福，启示救主的人性是『果子，』祂的神性是『主，』（路一43，）并证实马利亚对主话的信心。（路一45。）这样的祝福指明以利沙伯也是敬虔的妇女，适合给神用，以完成祂的定旨。『果子，』在这里和行传二章三十节，用以指基督是后裔；在启示录二十二章二节，用以指生命树的果子。基督是耶和华的枝子，（赛四2，直译，）大卫的枝子，（耶二三5，直译，）也是马利亚的果子，大卫的果子，使我们可以吃祂作生命树。（启二7。）
3Verse 42 says, “And she lifted up her voice with a loud cry and said, Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!” Elizabeth’s blessing by the Holy Spirit (v. 41) reveals the Savior’s humanity as the fruit and His deity as the Lord (v. 43). Her blessing also confirms Mary’s faith in the Lord’sword (v. 45). Such a blessing indicates that Elizabeth was also a godly woman, fit for God’su se in carrying out His purpose. The Greek word rendered “fruit” in verse 42, karpos, is used for Christ in the sense of offspring only here and in Acts 2:30. This word is used for the fruit of the tree of life in Revelation 22:2. Christ is the branch of Jehovah (Isa. 4:2) and of David (Jer. 23:5), and the fruit of Mary and of David that we may eat of Him as the tree of life (Rev. 2:7
4以利沙伯祝福马利亚腹中的果子，这是很有意义的。以利沙伯没有用『婴孩』一辞，却用了『果子』一辞。说这里的果子指婴孩并没有错。但这辞也指明主耶稣对我们是果子，给我们接受作生命的供应。
4It is significant that Elizabeth blessed the fruit of Mary’s womb. Instead of using the word “child,” Elizabeth used the word “fruit.” It is correct to say that the fruit here refers to a child. But this word also indicates that the Lord Jesus is fruit to us, the fruit for us to take in as our life supply.
5以利沙怕在四十五节也祝福马利亚：『这相信的女子是有福的，因为主对她所说的事，都要完成。』马利亚相信天使对她所说的话，与不信的撒迦利亚相对。（路一20。）以利沙伯对马利亚说，主对她所说的话都要成就。这是圣灵的豫言，以证实三十至三十七节，主藉天使加百列对马利亚所说的事。
5Elizabeth also blessed Mary in verse 45: “And blessed is she who believed, because there shall be a completion of the things spoken to her from the Lord.” In contrast to the unbelieving Zachariah (v. 20), Mary believed what the angel said to her. Elizabeth said to Mary that there would be a completion of the things spoken to her from the Lord. This was a prophecy by the Holy Spirit to confirm the Lord’sword in verses 30 through 37 spoken to Mary by the angel Gabriel
认出人救主母亲腹中的果子是她的主
Recognizing the Fruit of the Womb of the Man-Savior’s Mother asHer Lord
6以利沙怕在四十三节说，『我主的母亲竟然到我这里来，这事怎么会临到我？』以利沙伯被圣灵充溢，认出马利亚腹申的果子是她的主，承认马利亚所要生之婴孩的神性。（诗一一○1，太二二43～45。）
6In verse 43 Elizabeth says, “And how can this be, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?” Elizabeth, being filled with the Holy Spirit, recognized the fruit of Mary’s womb asher Lord. This indicates that she acknowledged the deity of the Child to be born of Mary (Psa. 110:1; Matt. 22:43-45
7圣经用果子一辞指明婴孩时，是指1:42人性。因此，一章四十二节的『果子，』是指在人性里的主耶稣。现在我们在四十三节看见，以利沙伯接著承认这人是她的主。以利沙伯和马利亚是表亲，毫无疑问，以利沙伯比马利亚年长多了。但这位年长的妇人认出她表妹的孩子是她的主。在主出生以前，以利沙伯已认出主耶稣这位人救主是人又是神。因此，在她的祝福里启示出人救主神人二性的身位。
7When the word fruit is used in the Scriptures to denote a child, it refers to humanity. Hence, in “fruit” refers to the Lord Jesus in His humanity. Now we see in verse 43 that Elizabeth went on to recognize this human One as her Lord. Elizabeth and Mary were cousins. No doubt, Elizabeth was much older than Mary. Nevertheless, this elderly woman recognized that the child of her younger cousin was her Lord. Even before His birth, Elizabeth recognized that the Lord Jesus, the Man-Savior, was both man and God. In her blessing, therefore, we have a revelation of the divine-human Person of the Man-Savior.
以利沙伯所怀的胎在腹里欢腾跳动
The Baby Leaping in Elizabeth’s Womb with Exultation
8四十一节说，以利沙伯一听到马利亚问安，所怀的胎就在以利沙伯腹里跳动。人救主的先锋遇见救主就欢腾，那时他们二人都还在母腹里。以利沙怕在四十四节说到这事：『看哪，你问安的声音一入我耳，我腹里的胎就欢腾跳动。』这真是奇妙，超过我们所能领会。
8Verse 41 says that when Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in Elizabeth’s womb. The forerunner of the Man-Savior even exulted upon meeting the Savior, while both of them were still in their mothers’ wombs. Concerning this, Elizabeth says in verse 44, “For behold, when the sound of your greeting came to my ears, the baby leaped in my womb with exultation.” This is marvelous and beyond our understanding
9人救主母亲的赞美
9the praise of the Man-Savior’s mother
10一章四十六至五十六节有人救主母亲的赞美。马利亚来探望以利沙伯。以利沙伯看见马利亚，就祝福她。马利亚对这祝福的反应，不是祝福以利沙伯，乃是向神献上赞美。
10In 1:46-56 we have the praise of the Man - Savior’s mother. Mary came to visit Elizabeth. When Elizabeth saw Mary, she blessed her. Mary responded to this blessing not by giving a blessing, but by offering praise to God.
引用许多旧约的话
Full of Quotations from the Old Testament
11马利亚这诗意的赞美，引用了许多旧约的话，指明她是敬虔的女子，有资格作救主成为肉体的凭藉，并且指明耶稣要长在一个对神的圣言满了认识和爱慕的家中。虽然马利亚是个年轻的女子，但她非常认识旧约，能从旧约引用经节赞美神。实际上，她的赞美是由所引用的经文组成的。她实在是神用来孕育将要出生之救主的合式人选。马利亚在天使来访，领受论到人救主成孕的话以前，已经对神的话满了认识，许多圣经节已经吸收到她这人里面。因此，在合式的时刻，她能将里面所有的倾倒出来，向神献上赞美。
11Mary’s poetic praise is composed of many quotations from the Old Testament. This indicates that she was a godly woman, qualified to be a channel for the Savior’sin carnation. It also indicates that the Lord Jesus would grow up in a family which would be filled with the knowledge and love of God’sho ly Word. Although Mary was a young woman, she was very knowledgeable concerning the Old Testament and could quote verses from it in her praise to God. Actually, her praise was a composition of quotations from the Scriptures. Surely she was the right person for God to use in conceiving the Savior who was to be born. Before Mary was visited by the angel to receive the word concerning the conception of the Man-Savior, she was already full of the knowledge of God’sWord. Many verses of the Scriptures had been absorbed into her being. Therefore, at the proper time she could pour out what was within her as she offered up praise to God
12马利亚的赞美指明，我们要为神所用，需要有一些资格，其中一项就是对神的话要有正确的认识。我盼望特别是青年人，在这件事上要向马利亚学习，你想给主用来带进一些出于主的东西，甚至就属灵一面说，『孕育』主耶稣，并生出主耶稣么？如果你愿意，你就需要被圣经充满，被神的话充满，使你彀资格。
12Mary’sp raise indicates that in order for us to be used by God, we need to have certain qualifications. One qualification is the proper knowledge of the Word of God. I hope that the young people in particular will learn of Mary in this matter. Do you intend to be used by the Lord to bring forth something of the Lord, even, in a spiritual sense, to “conceive” the Lord Jesus and bring Him forth? If so, then you need to be qualified by being filled with the Scriptures, filled with the Word of God
她的灵曾以神她的救主为乐
Her Spirit Having Exulted in God Her Savior
13马利亚在四十六、四十七节说，『我魂尊主为大，我灵曾以神我的救主为乐。』首先，马利亚的灵以神为乐，然后，她的魂尊主为大。她对神的赞美发自她的灵，并经由她的魂表达出来。她的灵因神她的救主充满喜乐，以致她的魂喜乐洋溢而尊主为大。她在灵里生活，她这灵指引她的魂。她在灵里以神为乐，是由于她享受神作她的救主；她在魂里尊主为大，是由于她高举主，耶和华那伟大的『我是。』
13In verses 46 and 47 Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit has exulted in God my Savior.” First Mary’s spirit exulted in God; then her soul magnified the Lord. Her praise to God was initiated from her spirit and then was expressed through her soul. Her spirit was filled with joy in God her Savior so that her soul manifested her joy for the magnification of the Lord. She lived and acted in her spirit, which directed her soul. Her exultation in God in her spirit was due to her enjoyment of God as her Savior, and her magnifying of the Lord in her soul was due to her exaltation of the Lord—Jehovah, the great To Be.
14马利亚的灵以神为乐。乐，直译，欢腾，比欢乐还要高。马利亚说，她的灵以神她的救主为乐，而不说以神她的创造主为乐，这是很有意义的。她认为神不只是她的创造主，更是她的救主。她领悟自己是个堕落的受造之人，因此，她需要她的创造主作她的救主。
14Mary’s spirit exulted in God. To exult is higher than to rejoice. It is significant that Mary said that her spirit exulted in God her Savior, rather than in God her Creator. She regarded God as more than her Creator; she considered Him her Savior. She realized that she was a created person who had become fallen. Therefore, she needed her Creator to be her Savior.
她的魂尊主为大
Her Soul Magnifying the Lord
15我们已经看过，马利亚在四十六节说，『我魂尊主为大。』马利亚的赞美尊主为大，是基于她经历神藉永存的怜悯作了她的救主，（路一47～50）以及她观察到别人经历了神怜悯、信实的作为。（路一51～55。）她的赞美，就内容和标准来说，像一些旧约的诗篇。然而，她没有说到关于基督的事，不像以利沙伯藉圣灵祝福，（路一41～43，）以及撒迦利亚藉圣灵申言（路一67～71，76～79）时所说的。首先，马利亚的灵以神她的救主为乐，然后，她的魂尊主为大。在这些经节里，我们看见马利亚以神为她的救主和主。我们都需要经历马利亚所经历的，认识神是我们的救主和主。当我们享受神作我们的救主，以祂为乐，我们就尊祂为大，以祂作我们的主。当我们尊神为大，以祂作我们的主，我们就是事奉祂。实际上，尊主为大就是以祂为主事奉祂。我们需要对这事实有深刻的印象：事奉主主要不是为祂作事；相反的，事奉主最重要的一面乃是尊祂为大。我们需要过一种生活，不仅为神作事，更要尊祂为大。
15We have seen that in verse 46 Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord.” Mary’sp raise was to magnify the Lord based upon her experience of God asher Savior through His everlasting mercy (vv. 47-50) and her observation of others’ experience of God’s merciful and faithful doings (vv. 51-55). In content and standard, her praise is like some of the Old Testament Psalms. However, she does not say anything concerning Christ as does Elizabeth in her blessing (vv. 41-43) and Zachariah in his prophecy through the Holy Spirit (vv. 67-71, 76-79). First Mary’s spirit exulted in God her Savior. Then her soul magnified the Lord. In these verses we see that Mary regarded God as both her Savior and Lord. We all need to experience what Mary experienced in knowing God as our Savior and Lord. When we enjoy God as our Savior, exulting in Him, then we shall magnify Him as our Lord. When we magnify God as our Lord, we serve Him. Actually, to magnify the Lord is to serve Him as Lord. We need to be impressed with the fact that to serve the Lord is not mainly to do things for Him. On the contrary, the most important aspect of serving the Lord is to magnify Him. We need to be those who live a life not merely of doing things for God but of magnifying Him
16尊主为大是我们魂的事，不是我们灵的事。这就是说，尊主为大与我们的心思、情感和意志有关，与我们的思想、好恶和决定有关。在这一切事上，主都该被尊为大。我们在思想、好恶、以及有关我们动向的决定上，都该尊祂为大。马利亚在灵里享受神作她的拯救者。然后她的魂，就是她这个人，带著她的心思、情感和意志，就尊主为大。当马利亚说这些话时，她还活在旧约时代结束的时候。她还没有完全被带进新约的时代里。然而她却能作这样的人，她的灵以神她的救主为乐，她的魂尊主为大。我们实在需要向她学习，叫我们的灵以主为乐，我们的魂尊祂为大。
16Magnifying the Lord is a matter of our soul, not of our spirit. This means that magnifying the Lord involves our mind, emotion, and will. It involves our thoughts, our likes and dislikes, and our decisions. In all these things the Lord should be magnified. He should be magnified in our thoughts, in our likes and dislikes, and in our decisions concerning our direction. Mary enjoyed God in the spirit as her saving One. Then her soul, her being, with her mind, emotion, and will, magnified the Lord. When Mary spoke these words, she was still living at the conclusion of Old Testament times. She had not yet fully been brought into the New Testament age. Nevertheless, she could be a person whose spirit exulted in God her Savior and whose soul magnified the Lord. We certainly need to learn of her to exult in the Lord with our spirit and magnify Him with our soul.
赞美神的怜悯和祂权能的作为
Praising God’s Mercy and His Mighty Doings
17马利亚在一章四十八至五十节说，『因祂顾念祂婢女的卑微。看哪，从今以后，万代要称我有福。那有权能的为我行了大事，祂的名为圣；祂的怜悯归与敬畏神的人，直到世世代代。』马利亚和撒迦利亚都强调神的怜悯，（路一55，58，72，，）他们晓得自己的卑微，（路一48，）并卑微的（路一52）承认他们不配蒙神的恩惠。神的怜悯和神的恩典都是神爱的彰显。当我们在可怜的光景中，祂的怜悯先临到我们，把我们带到一种情形，使神能以恩典厚待我们。比方说，十五章二十至二十四节告诉我们，父亲看见浪子回家，对他动了慈心，这就是怜悯，彰显出父的爱。接著，父亲给他穿上上好的袍子，又给他吃肥牛犊，这就是恩典，也显明了父的爱。神的怜悯比恩典搆得更远，如同一座桥梁，将我们与神的恩典连接起来。就一面说，马利亚比今天许多信徒更认识神。在她的赞美里，她说到神的怜悯，却没有题到祂的恩典。我们要接受神的恩典，就需要在合式的光景里。但是马利亚领悟，她和所有的人当时都在可怜的光景中。因为他们都在可怜的光景中，所以需要神的怜悯。马利亚赞美神的怜悯和祂权能的作为。她在五十一、五十二节说，『祂用膀臂施展权能，驱散那些心里妄想的狂傲人。祂叫有权柄的失位，叫卑微的升高。』神施展权能，顾念祂在卑微光景中的百姓。因著他们的光景是那样卑微，他们需要神的怜悯临到他们，因为祂的怜悯比祂的恩典搆得更远。在一章五十三至五十五节，马利亚说，『叫饥饿的得饱美物，叫富足的空著回去。祂扶助了祂的仆人以色列，为要记念祂向亚伯拉罕和他后裔所施的怜悯，直到永远，正如祂对我们列祖所说的。』五十五节指神在履行祂的话上是信实的。马利亚和撒迦利亚不仅强调神的怜悯，也强调神的信实。（路一70，72。）神的怜悯顾到他们的光景，神的信实顾到祂的地位，使祂能以恩典的作为恩待他们。
17In 1:48-50 Mary says, “Because He has looked upon the low estate of His slave. For behold, from now on all generations will count me blessed; because the Mighty One has done great things for me, and holy is His name; and His mercy is unto generations and generations to those who fear Him.” Both Mary and Zachariah stress God’s mercy (vv. 54, 58, 72, 78), realizing their low estate (v. 48) and humbly 78 (v. 52) recognizing that they are not worthy of being favored by God. Both God’s mercy and His grace are the expression of His love. When we are in a pitiful condition, His mercy first reaches us and brings us into a situation where God is able to favor us with His grace. For example, 15:20-24 tells us that when the father saw the prodigal son returning, he had compassion on him. That is mercy, as expressing the father’s love. Then the father clothed him with the best robe and fed him with the fatted calf. That is grace, which also manifests the father’s love. God’s mercy reaches further and bridges the gap between us and God’s grace. In a sense, Mary was more knowledgeable of God than many believers today. In her praise she speaks of God’s mercy, but she does not mention His grace. In order to receive God’s grace, we need to be in a suitable condition. However, Mary realized that she and all the people at that time were in a poor condition. Because they were in a pitiful condition, they needed God’s mercy. Mary praised God for His mercy and His mighty doings. In verses 51 and 52 she says, “He has done mighty things with His arm; He has scattered those who are proud in the understanding of their heart. He brought down potentates from thrones and exalted the humble.” God did mighty things in taking care of His people in their low estate. Because their estate was so low, they needed God’s mercy to reach them, for His mercy extends further than His grace. In 1:53-55 Mary says, “He has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich He sent away empty. He has succored Israel His servant to remember mercy, even as He spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and to his seed forever.” Verse 55 refers to God’s faithfulness in keeping His word. Both Mary and Zachariah emphasize not only God’s mercy but also His faithfulness (vv. 70, 72). God’s mercy takes care of their condition, and His faithfulness takes care of His position so that He can favor them with His gracious doings.
18神对亚伯拉罕、以撒、雅各的应许是祂信实的话。现在神照著那些应许眷临祂的百姓。我们应当珍赏马利亚的赞美。她发出这赞美时，还是个青年女子，可能只有二十几岁。即使她这样年轻，也能献上一篇引用旧约经文所组成的赞美，这些经文与她亲身经历神作她的救主和主有关。她能说到神的怜悯和祂权能的作为，照著祂对列祖信实的应许，顾念神的百姓。我们看马利亚的赞美，就能看出她蒙神拣选来孕育人救主的一些原因。毫无疑问，当主耶稣逐渐长大时，马利亚也教导祂许多圣经的话。
18God’s promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were His faithful word. Now God was visiting His people according to those promises. We should appreciate Mary’sp raise. When she uttered this praise, she was a young woman, probably still in her twenties. Even though she was so young, she could offer up a praise that was a composition of quotations from the Old Testament related to her own experience of God as her Savior and Lord. She could speak concerning God’s mercy and His mighty doings in caring for His people according to the faithful promises given to the fathers. As we consider Mary’sp raise, we can see something of the reason she was chosen by God for the conception of the Man-Savior. No doubt Mary also taught the Lord Jesus many portions from the Scriptures as He was growing up
19马利亚的赞美不是道理的，乃是经历的。她从她的经历来赞美神。马利亚说，她的灵曾以神她的救主为乐，她的魂尊主为大，这乃是基于经历。然后，她继续赞美神的怜悯和祂信实的作为，顾念祂卑微的百姓。神的作为乃是照著祂的应许，照著神向列祖所说信实的话。
19Mary’sp raise is not doctrinal; on the contrary, it is experiential. She praised God from her experience. Mary said that her spirit exulted in God her Savior and her soul magnified the Lord. This was based on experience. Then she went on to praise God in His mercy and in His faithful doings in taking care of His people, who were in a low estate. God’s doings were according to His promise, according to His faithful word given to the fathers