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路加福音生命读经 · 第67篇

禧年（四）

Jubilee (4)
1读经：利未记25:9-13，39-41，54，诗篇16:5；90:1，以弗所书2:12，使徒行传26:18，以弗所书1:14，歌罗西书1:12，路加福音15:12-23，罗马书7:14下，约翰福音8:34，36，罗马书6:6-7；8:2，加拉太书5:1。在本篇信息里，我们要继续来看禧年的福分。我们在前一篇信息中指出过，禧年有两项主要的福分，头一项是失去产业的人，可以归回他们的地业。（利二五9～13。）神要作人的产业，（诗十六5，九十1，）人却因堕落失去了神。（弗二12。）然而，神的禧年将人带回归向作人基业的神。（徒二六18，弗一14，西一12，路十五12～23。）现在我们要接著来看禧年第二项主要的福分。
1Scripture Reading: Lev. 25:9-13, 39-41, 54; Psa. 16:5; 90:1; Eph. 2:12; Acts 26:18; Eph. 1:14; Col. 1:12; Luke 15:12-23; Rom. 7:14b; John 8:34, 36; Rom. 6:6-7; 8:2; Gal. 5:1 In this message we shall continue to consider the blessings of the jubilee. We pointed out in the foregoing message that the first of the two main blessings of the jubilee is that those who have lost their inheritance may be returned to their possession (Lev. 25:9-13). God intended to be man’s possession (Psa. 16:5; 90:1), but man lost God because of man’s fall (Eph. 2:12). However, God’s jubilee brings man back to God as his inheritance (Acts 26:18; Eph. 1:14; Col. 1:12; Luke 15:12-23). Let us now go on to see the second main blessing of the jubilee
从奴役得自由
FREED FROM SLAVERY
2禧年的第二项福分是，卖身为奴的人从奴役得自由。（利二五39～41，54。）按照利未记二十五章的豫表，一个以色列人可能穷到一个地步，必须卖掉自己的地业。然后他可能越来越穷，甚至卖了自己。他失去了自己，成为一个奴仆。
2The second blessing of the jubilee is that those who have sold themselves as slaves are freed from their slavery (Lev. 25:39-41, 54). According to the type in Leviticus 25, an Israelite may become so poor that he must sell his possession. Then he may go deeper into poverty and even sell himself. Having lost himself, he becomes a slave
3卖身为奴的人可以努力赎回自己。然而，他在禧年以前若不能赎回自已，到了禧年还是要得著释放。『他若不这样被赎，到了禧年，要和他的儿女一同出去。』（利二五54。）这就是说，在第五十年，就是禧年，卖身为奴的人，要从奴役得著自由。利未记二十五章的图画很有意义。这幅图画指明，人从堕落的时候开始，就卖身为奴，特别是作罪的奴仆。虽然人想要赎回自己，却无能为力。在良心、人治、应许、律法的时代，人无法赎回自己。但是恩典时代接著来了，这是第五十年所豫表的时代，在这时代，堕落的人能从辖制得著释放。
3The one who had sold himself into slavery could try to redeem himself. However, if he could not redeem himself before the year of jubilee, he was to be released in that year. “If he be not redeemed in these years, then he shall go out in the year of jubilee, both he, and his children with him” (Lev. 25:54). This means that in the fiftieth year, in the year of jubilee, the one who had sold himself as a slave was freed from his slavery. The picture in Leviticus 25 is very meaningful. This picture indicates that from the time of the fall man has sold himself as a slave, in particular as a slave of sin. Although man tried to redeem himself, he was not able to do so. In the dispensations of conscience, human government, promise, and law, man was not able to redeem himself. But then the dispensation of grace came, a dispensation typified by the fiftieth year. In this dispensation fallen man can be released from bondage
4新约启示，堕落的人已经卖给罪作奴仆。在罗马七章十四节保罗宣告说，『我是属肉的，是已经卖给罪了。』在约翰八章三十四节主耶稣说，『我实实在在的告诉你们，凡犯罪的，就是罪的奴仆。』神的禧年释放堕落的人脱离罪。为这缘故，主说，『所以7神的儿子，叫你们自由，你们就真自由了。』此外，在罗马书六章六至七节保罗告诉我们：『知道我们的旧人已经与祂同钉十字架，使罪的身体失效，叫我们不再作罪的奴仆，因为已死的人，是已经从罪开释了。』然后在罗马书八章二节保罗接著说，『生命之灵的律，在基督耶稣里已经释放了我，使我脱离了罪与死的律。』不仅如此，按照加拉太五章一节，神的
4The New Testament reveals that fallen man has been sold to sin as its slave. In Romans 7:14 Paul declares, “I am fleshly, sold under sin.” In John 8:34 the Lord Jesus says, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is a slave of sin.” God’s jubilee frees fallen man from sin. For this reason, the Lord says, “If then the Son shall set you free, you shall be really free.” Furthermore, in Romans 6:6 and Paul tells us, “Knowing this, that our old man has been crucified with Him that the body of sin might be made of none effect, that we should no longer serve sin as slaves; for he who has died is justified from sin.” Then in Romans 8:2 Paul goes on to say, “The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has freed me from the law of sin and of death.” Furthermore, according to Galatians 5:1, God’s jubilee also frees us from the bondage of law.
5禧年也释放我们脱离律法的辖制。
5THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE YEAR OF JUBILEE
禧年是第五十年的意义
BEING THE FIFTIETH YEAR
6我们再来看禧年是第五十年的意义。利未记二十五章八节说，『你要算计七个安息年，就是七七年；这便为你成了七个安息年，共是四十九年。』按十节看：『第五十年你们要当作圣年，在遍地给一切的居民宣告自由；这年必为你们的禧年，各人要归自己的产业，各归本家。』可以说，八节的七个安息年，就是七七年，也是七个『周』年。（见但九～26。）圣经里的一周，七天的时间，表征完整的过程。比方，神在七天的时间里创造了宇宙和其中的万物，就安息了。因此，一周七天指明完整的过程。就著一周表征完整的过程这一面说，我们的基督徒生活也可以看作一周。我们基督徒生活的一周，是由无酵节所表征。我们在出埃及十二章看见，无酵节持续七天。在出埃及记生命读经里我们指出，无酵节的七天表征我们基督徒生活的整个过程，从我们得救直到身体得赎的时候。
6Let us consider once again the significance of the year of jubilee being the fiftieth year. Leviticus 25:8 says, “And thou shalt number seven sabbaths of years unto thee, seven times seven years; and the space of the seven sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty and nine years.” According to verse 10, the people were to “hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.” We may say that the seven sabbaths of years in verse 8, the seven times seven years, are also seven 24 “weeks” of years (see Dan. 9:24-26). In the Bible a week, a period of seven days, signifies a complete course. For example, in a course of seven days God created the universe and everything in it and then rested. Therefore, the seven days of a week indicate a complete course. In the sense that a week signifies a complete course, our Christian life may also be regarded as a week. The week of our Christian life is signified by the feast of unleavened bread. In Exodus 12 we see that the feast of unleavened bread lasted seven days. In the Life - study of Exodus we pointed out that the seven days of the feast of unleavened bread signify the entire course of our Christian life from the time we are saved until the time our body is redeemed.
7禧年不是在七年结束时来临，乃在七个七年之后才来临。七个七年之后当然是第五十年，第八个七年的头一年。
7The jubilee did not come at the end of a single week of years, but after a course of seven weeks of seven years. The year after seven weeks of seven years was, of course, the fiftieth year, the first year of the eighth week of seven years.
8在圣经里，八这个数字表征复活。主耶稣在第八日，七日的第一日复活。照著这原则，每一期七年的头一年乃是第八年，这第八年可以视为复活年。禧年是第七个『第八年。』这就是说，这第八年！第五十年，指明七倍的复活。禧年在第五十年，原则上和五旬节在第五十天一样。五旬节在第七个第八日，正如禧年在第七个第八年。在五旬节之前有七段七日的过程，在禧年之前也有七段七年的过程。
8In the Bible the number eight signifies resurrection. The Lord Jesus was resurrected on the eighth day, on the first day of the week. In keeping with this principle, the first year of each new week, or period, of seven years was an eighth year, and this eighth year may be considered a year of resurrection. The year of jubilee was the seventh “eighth year.” This means that this eighth year, which is the fiftieth year, indicates seven times resurrection. The principle of the jubilee being on the fiftieth year is the same as that of the day of Pentecost being on the fiftieth day. The day of Pentecost was on the seventh eighth day, just as the year of jubilee was on the seventh eighth year. After seven courses of days came the day of Pentecost, and after seven courses of years came the year of jubilee.
珍赏禧年
APPRECIATING THE JUBILEE
9现在我们将这事应用到得救的经历上。禧年是在七个完整的七年过程之后来临，照样，我们许多人也是在人生经过好几个『过程』以后才经历救恩。一面说，在人生早期，在年轻时得救非常美好；但另一面说，经过人生许多漫长的过程之后才得救也有好处。比方说，假定一个人五十多岁得救，他经过了许多过程：青年、大学、婚姻、升职。经过了这一切过程，当他得救时，就经历了真实的禧年。多年来（如禧年以前七个七年所指明的），他也许努力要赎回自己，却没有成功。然后有一天，藉著福音的传扬，听到禧年的号角，他得救了。他厌恶、藐视已过人生所有的过程。现今他享受禧年的释放。
9Let us now apply this to our experience of salvation. Just as the year of jubilee came after seven complete courses of years, so many of us experienced salvation only after we had passed through several “courses” in our human life. On the one hand, it is very good to be saved early in life, in our youth. But on the other hand, there is also a good point to being saved after passing through a number of lengthy courses in human life. For example, suppose a man is saved in his fifties. He has passed through a number of courses: youth, college, marriage, and advancement in his profession. Having passed through all these courses, he experiences a real jubilee when he is saved. For years, as indicated by the seven weeks of years before the year of jubilee, he may have tried to redeem himself, but without success. Then one day he hears the trumpeting of the jubilee through the preaching of the gospel, and he is saved. He had come to hate, to despise, all the courses in his life. Now he enjoys the release of the jubilee
10一个年幼得救的人，也许十二岁得救，他对禧年的意义就可能没有多少领悟。对他来说，有没有禧年没有甚么分别，因为他没有经过人生许多的过程。但是一个经过许多历程的人，定规会珍赏禧年。一面说，人越早得救越好，我们向人传福音当然不该迟延。我这里的点乃是，一个得救较晚的人，比作孩子就得救的人，对禧年有更大的享受。假定一个小孩六岁得救，既然他连人生一、两个过程都没有经过，对禧年就无法有多少珍赏。但一个饱经风霜的人，必会大大珍赏得救的意义。
10A person who is saved early in life, perhaps at the age of twelve, may not have much realization of the significance of the jubilee. To him, it may make little difference whether or not there is a jubilee, because he has not passed through many courses in life. But one who has passed through many courses will surely appreciate the jubilee. In one sense, the earlier a person is saved, the better. We certainly should not delay the preaching of the gospel to others. My point here is that when a person is saved later in life, he has a greater enjoyment of the jubilee than one who is saved as a child. Suppose a boy is saved at the age of six. Since he has not passed through even one or two courses in human life, he cannot have much appreciation of the jubilee. But one who has gone through many courses will have much appreciation of what it is to be saved.
11不要误会我，以为我鼓励人慢慢得救。年轻得救的人，有机会更多研读圣经，更多经历并享受主。从这个观点看，人年轻得救更好。但是晚得救的人，有机会对禧年有更大的享受。假定一个人从来没有卖掉自己的产业，或卖身为奴。这样的人听到吹禧年的号，不会有甚么喜乐，因为禧年对他没有甚么意义。但是一个失去产业、失去自己的人，在禧年时会极其欢乐。人失去的越多，就越享受禧年的吹号。多年前我遇到一位弟兄，他的经历说明了对禧年的享受这一点。这位弟兄得救以前吸食鸦片四十多年。有一天他得救了，从吸食鸦片得著释放。那对他是真实的禧年。
11Do not misunderstand me and think that I would encourage someone to wait to be saved. Those who are saved at an early age have the opportunity to learn more of the Bible and to experience and enjoy more of the Lord. From this point of view, it is better for a person to be saved at an early age. Nevertheless, those who are saved later in life have the opportunity to have a greater enjoyment of the jubilee. Suppose a certain person has never sold his possession or sold himself into slavery. When such a person hears the sounding of the jubilee, he will not have any joy, because the jubilee does not mean anything to him. However, a person who has lost his possession and himself will rejoice in the year of jubilee. The more a person has lost, the more he will enjoy the sounding of the jubilee. Years ago, I met a brother whose experience illustrates the point we are making concerning the enjoyment of the jubilee. This brother had been an opium smoker for over forty years before he was saved. One day he was saved and was released from smoking opium. That was a real jubilee to him
12这位弟兄总是带著自己的两张照片：一张是吸食鸦片时的，一张是作基督徒时的。吸食鸦片时的，呈现病态，营养不良；作基督徒时的，又健康又强壮。他作见证时，会展示这两张照片，问人喜欢那一张，当然大家总是喜欢作基督徒时的那张。然后这位弟兄会解释这两张照片的意义，一张是他得救以前的照片，另一张是他作基督徒以后的照片。他喜乐的作禧年真实的见证。年幼得救的人，无法像那位吸过鸦片的弟兄那样作禧年的见证。因为小孩子没有经过完整的人生历程，没有努力赎回自己过，他对禧年的喜乐就没有多少可说的。所以，晚得救的确有一个好处，就是对禧年的享受。禧年，第五十年，在七个七年以后，就是完整的人生历程以后才能来临。这就是说，禧年有一项福分，是没有人能凭自己的努力达到的。一个人也许一个历程接一个历程，努力要归回自己的产业，赎回自己脱离奴役。但是他凭著自己不能归回，也不能被赎回。禧年只有从神而来。神使我们归回我们的产业，神也释放我们脱离辖制。
12This brother always carried two pictures of himself: a picture of himself as an opium smoker and a picture of himself as a Christian. The opium smoker was sickly and undernourished; the Christian was healthy and strong. In testifying he would display these two pictures and ask people which they liked better. Of course, they always preferred the picture of the Christian. Then this brother would explain the meaning of these two pictures, that the one was a picture of him before he was saved and that the other was a picture of him after he had become a Christian. He was happy in giving a real testimony of the jubilee. Someone who is saved as a very young child cannot testify of the jubilee as did the brother who was once an opium smoker. Because a young child has not passed through complete courses in life during which he has tried to redeem himself, he does not have much to say about the joy of the jubilee. Therefore, being saved later in life does have a good point, and this point is the enjoyment of the jubilee. The year of jubilee, the fiftieth year, can only come after seven weeks of years. It can only come after the completion of the courses of human life. This means that the jubilee has a blessing which no one can reach by his own effort. Someone may try in course after course to return to his possession and to redeem himself from slavery. But of himself he cannot return or be redeemed. The jubilee comes only from God. God returns us to our possession, and God releases us from bondage.
13我十九岁得救。在接受主耶稣以前，我努力作好。我在基督教里长大，一直接受圣经的教导。我知道我应当作好，但不论我多努力，我就是好不了。我甚至努力转向神，但我无法转向祂。可是有一天我经历了禧年。神进来，把我带进禧年的享受。那一天，我丰富的享受了禧年。神使我归回作我产业的祂自己，我也从奴役下得了释放。
13I was saved at the age of nineteen. Before I received the Lord Jesus, I tried to be good. I was raised in Christianity, and I had been taught the Bible. I knew I should be good, but no matter how hard I tried, I could not be good. I even tried to turn to God but I was not able to turn to Him. But one day I experienced the jubilee. God came in and brought me into the enjoyment of the jubilee. On that day I had a rich enjoyment of the jubilee. I was returned by God to Him as my possession, and I was freed from my slavery
福音的两大福分
TWO GREAT BLESSINGS OF THE GOSPEL
14我们已经看见禧年两项主要的福分是：归回自己的产业，以及从奴役得著释放。在新约里，这些是福音的两大福分。福音宣告神已经使我们归回作我们产业的祂自已，神也已经释放我们脱离辖制，脱离奴役，特别是罪的奴役。罪的辖制是最坏的辖制。那些活在罪中的人，在许多方面受辖制。但是人从罪得著释放时，他也从许多事物得著释放。我们从罪得著释放时，也从律法的奴役得著释放。靠著主的怜悯，我能作见证，我享受神作我的产业，作我的食物、房屋、衣著、交通。我也能作见证，我已经从辖制得著释放。我从罪的奴役，从律法和宗教的辖制得著释放。为著禧年的福分赞美主！我们读路加福音需要应用这种领会。我们若以这样的领会来读路加福音，这本福音书对我们就要成为一卷新书。在路加福音所记载的比喻和事例中，我们会看见禧年的福分。我们会领悟，人救主在路加四章所宣扬的禧年，乃是管治以下各章的原则。
14We have seen that the two main blessings of the jubilee are being returned to our possession and being released from slavery. In the New Testament these are two great blessings of the gospel. The gospel declares that God has returned us to Himself as our possession and that He has set us free from bondage, from slavery, especially from the slavery of sin. The bondage of sin is the worst kind of bondage. Those who live in sin are bound in many ways. But when a person is set free from sin, he is also set free from many things. When we were set free from sin, we were also set free from the slavery of the law. By the Lord’s mercy I can testify that I enjoy God as my possession, as my food, house, clothing, and transportation. I can also testify that I have been released from bondage. I am free from the slavery of sin and from the bondage of law and religion. Praise the Lord for the blessings of the jubilee! We need to apply this understanding in our reading of the Gospel of Luke. If we read Luke with such an understanding, this Gospel will become a new book to us. In the parables and cases recorded in the Gospel of Luke we shall see the blessings of the jubilee. We shall realize that the jubilee proclaimed by the Man-Savior in chapter four of Luke is a principle that governs all the following chapters
15我们都需要学习如何享受禧年。我们享受禧年，就能出去宣扬禧年。我们会吹响福音的号角，告诉别人现在是神悦纳他们的时候，现在是他们归回作他们产业的神，且从各种奴役、辖制和缠累得著释放的时候。那些归回神，且从辖制得著释放的人，可以自由的享受神。宣扬这事就是吹响禧年的号角，宣告神新约经纶的禧年。但愿我们都享受禧年的福分，然后吹禧年这福音的号角。
15We all need to learn how to enjoy the jubilee. When we enjoy the jubilee, we shall be able to go out to proclaim the jubilee. We shall sound the trumpet of the gospel and tell others that now is the time for God to accept them, that now is the time for them to be returned to God as their possession and to be freed from every kind of slavery, bondage, and entanglement. Those who have been returned to God and who have been released from bondage are free to enjoy God. To proclaim this is to sound the trumpet of the jubilee, to announce the jubilee of God’s New Testament economy. May we all enjoy the blessings of the jubilee and then sound forth the jubilee as the gospel