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士师记生命读经 · 第9篇

以色列在神前败坏的腐臭历史十七至二十一章(一）在敬拜的事上可憎的混乱

The Stinking Story of Israel’s Corruption Before God Chapters 17—21(1) The Abominable Chaos In Their Worship
1读经：士师记十七至十八章。
1Scripture Reading: Judg. 17—18
2在这本约书亚记、士师记、路得记的乃是专注于从预表学习如何得著基督，并享受祂。这几卷书里所包含的历史是个很大的预表，表明神的选民如何能得著并享受美地，就是基督完整且包罗万有的预表。甚至小小的细节，也给我们看见得著并享受基督的秘诀；正如在我们的日常生活里，像购买衣物这样的小事，也可能成为我们是否得著基督并享受基督的因素。我们得救时，被带进神圣三一与祂所救赎并重生之人的交通里；从那时起，神就与我们一直有交通。约壹一章三节说，『我们将所看见并听见的，也传与你们，使你们也可以与我们有交通；而且我们的交通，又是与父并与祂儿子耶稣基督所有的。』这交通是使徒与神之间的交通，也是信徒与使徒之间的交通。神完全的救恩就在这交通里。在这交通里，我们能得著神所赐给我们的，就是神的儿子，作我们所分得的分。
2In this life-study of the books of Joshua, Judges, and learning from the types how to gain Christ and enjoy Him. The history contained in these books is a great type that shows how God’select can gain and enjoy the good land, which is a complete and all-inclusive type of Christ. Even the small details show us the secret of gaining and enjoying Christ, just as in our daily life something as small as shopping for an article of clothing can be a factor in whether or not we obtain Christ and enjoy Christ. When we were saved, we were brought into a fellowship of the Divine Trinity with His redeemed and regenerated people. From that time God and we have been in a fellowship. First John 1:3 says, “That which we have seen and heard we report also to you that you also may have fellowship with us, and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ.” This fellowship is between the apostles and God and between the believers and the apostles. The full salvation of God is in this fellowship. It is in this fellowship that we can gain what God has given us, that is, the Son of God given to us by God as our allotted portion.
3我们若留在这交通里，就有路得著基督并享受基督。我们与神的交通若被切断，我们会立刻失去这享受。关于这点，主耶稣使用『住』字，说到我们住在祂这葡萄树上。（约十五4。）葡萄树乃是表征在神栽培之下那包罗万有的基督。只要枝子住在葡萄树上，就有交通。然而枝子一旦停止住在葡萄树上，就会被剪去，成为不结果子、枯干的，失去对葡萄树之丰富的享受。（5～6。）生命的交通不是粗糙的事，乃是非常细致的。甚至以不合宜的态度说的一点话，也足以将我们从生命的交通切断。
3If we remain in this fellowship, we will have the way to gain and enjoy Christ. If our fellowship with God is cut off, we will lose our enjoyment immediately. Concerning this, the Lord Jesus uses the word abide and speaks of our abiding in Him as the vine (John 15:4). The vine is a figure of the all-inclusive Christ under God’s cultivation. As long as the branch abides in the vine, there is fellowship. But once a branch ceases to abide in the vine, the branch is cut off, becomes barren and dry, and loses the enjoyment of the riches of the vine (vv. 5-6). The fellowship of life is not a rough matter but is very fine. Even a little word spoken with an improper attitude is enough to cut us off from the fellowship of life.
4我们对基督的享受是重要的。我们的交通能加速神在宇宙中行动大轮的转动。但我们若稍微从交通中被切断，神的经纶就有一段时期不能往前。所以，每一天，在每一细节上，我们需要谨慎，一直保守自己在对基督的享受中。这样，神的经纶才能往前。在启示录二十二章二十节主耶稣说，『我必快来！』但今天并没有祂来的迹象，因为轮子没有得著充分的机会转动。在主恢复里的圣徒们若顾到约书亚记、士师记、路得记内在意义的各项，主就能更快回来。然而，我们若不顾内里的感觉、里面生命的感觉而行事，也许就耽延主很长一段时间。
4Our enjoyment of Christ is essential. Our fellowship can speed up the turning of the great wheel of God’s move in the universe. But if we are cut off from the fellowship just a little, God’secon o my will not be able to go forward for a period of time. Therefore, we need to be careful every day and in every detail, keeping ourselves in the enjoyment of Christ all the time. Then God’secon o my will be able to go forward. In Revelation 22:20 the Lord Jesus said, “I come quickly,” but today there is no sign that He is coming, because the wheel has not had an adequate opportunity to turn. If the saints in the Lord’s recovery take care of all the items of the intrinsic significances of the books of Joshua, Judges, and Ruth, the Lord will be able to come back much sooner. However, doing things without taking care of the inner feeling, the sense of life within, may delay the Lord for a long time.
5一九五九至一九六五年在台湾所发生的背叛，使主非常受耽延。一九四九年我们开始在那里尽职，不过数年，几乎扩增百倍。背叛之后，再也没有这样的扩增率。最近在恢复里的背叛，也耽延了主，在某些方面，阻挠了神经纶大轮的行动。为这缘故，我一直强调约书亚记和士师记的内在意义。我这样作，不但表明神已将基督作为美地赐给我们，也表明我们如何能在要来的世代，据有并享受这地。得救很容易，但留在与神的交通里享受基督并不容易。许多基要派的基督徒传讲神的儿子基督是罪人的救主，但关于与三一神的交通，他们即使知道，也知道得很少。现在，让我们来看士师记十七至十八章里所陈明以色列的情形。以色列堕落时，在三方面变得混乱：在行政上、在敬拜上、并在道德上。他们没有行政，没有管理。神的帐幕在示罗，大祭司有乌陵和土明，但没有行政管理。士师记十七至十八章启示，在以色列人敬拜的事上可憎的混乱。米迦在他家里设立神堂。他母亲将银子献给耶和华，制作一个雕像，一个铸像。米迦就设立神堂，又制造以弗得和家中的神像，并分派他一个儿子作祭司。以弗得表征神的权柄，没有以弗得，人就不能敬拜神。后来，米迦分派一个利未人作他家的祭司，每年给他十锭银子，加上一套衣服和食物。那时但人抢走米迦的雕像、以弗得、家中的神像、铸成的像，连同他的祭司，并用这些在但城设立另一个敬拜的地方，而神的帐幕仍在示罗。结果有了两个敬拜中心正确的在示罗神的帐幕那里，不正确的在但。那是以色列人在他们敬拜之事上的混乱。
5The rebellion that took place in 1959-1965 in Taiwan delayed the Lord very much. When we began the ministry there in 1949, we increased nearly a hundred- fold in just a few years. Since the rebellion the rate of increase has never been the same. The recent rebellion in the recovery has also delayed the Lord and, in certain respects, hindered the move of the wheel of God’secon o my. For this reason, I have been stressing the intrinsic significances in Joshua and Judges. I have been doing this not only to show that God has given us Christ as the good land but also to show how we can possess and enjoy this land for generations to come. Being saved is easy, but remaining in the fellowship with God to enjoy Christ is not easy. Many fundamental Christians preach that Christ, the Son of God, is the Savior of sinners, but they may know very little, if anything, about the fellowship with the Triune God. At this juncture, let us consider the situation of Israel as it is presented in Judges 17 and 18. In their degradation Israel became chaotic in three ways: in government, in worship, and in morality. They had no government, no administration. God’s tabernacle was at Shiloh, and the high priest had the Urim and Thummim, but there was no administration. Judges 17 and 18 reveal the abominable chaos in the children of Israel’s worship. Micah set up a house of gods in his home. His mother consecrated silver to Jehovah to make an idol and a molten image. Micah then set up a house of gods, made an ephod and teraphim, and consecrated one of his sons to be his priest. The ephod signifies the authority of God, without which no one can worship God. Later, Micah consecrated a Levite to be his house priest, paying him a salary of ten pieces of silver a year plus an array of clothing and his food. In those days the Danites robbed Micah of his idol, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image with his priest, and with them they set up another worship place in the city of Dan, while God’s tabernacle remained in Shiloh. The result was two worship centers—the proper one with God’s tabernacle ─ at Shiloh and the improper one inDan. That was the chaos of the children of Israel in their worship.
6我们可将这幅图画，应用于当前基督教的情形。今天的基督教里有许多『米迦的神堂』，其中最显著的是罗马天主教。罗马天主教设立了雕像，制作自己的『以弗得』，并设立自己的祭司。照著新约，所有由神而生的人都该是祭司，（彼前二5，9，）但天主教雇了自己的祭司，并建立了教皇之下的宗教组织。原则上，天主教与士师记里米迦的神堂相同。国教、各宗各派、和许多独立团体也是米迦的神堂，满了偶像，作基督的代替品。在基督教里，并非每样东西都是错的，但每样东西都是搀杂的。就像妇人把面酵藏在三斗面里，直到全团都发起来。（太十三33。）面象征基督是神和祂子民的食物。酵象征邪恶的事（林前五6，8）和邪恶的教训。（太十六6，11～12。）米迦的母亲将东西献给神，但她所献的东西与拜偶像的酵搀杂。今天，同样的搀杂和混乱的情形也存在基督教里。现在让我们转到士师记十七至十八章，看看关于在以色列敬拜之事上可憎的混乱，这两章说些什么。壹、米迦在自己家里设立神堂士师记十七章一至六节告诉我们，以法莲山地有一个人名叫米迦，在自己家里设立神堂。
6We may apply this picture to the present situation of Christianity. Today’s Christianity has many “houses of Micah,” the most prominent of which is the Roman Catholic Church. The Roman Catholic Church has set up idols, made its own “ephod,” and set up its own priests. According to the New Testament all those who are born of God should be priests (1 Pet. 2:5, 9), but Catholicism has hired its own priests and set up a hierarchy under a pope. In principle, Catholicism is the same as the house of Micah in Judges. The state churches, the denominations, and many of the independent groups are also houses of Micah, full of idols as replacements of Christ. Not everything in Christianity is wrong, but everything is a mixture. It is like the woman who hid leaven in three measures of meal until the whole was leavened (Matt. 13:33). The meal signifies Christ as food for God and for His people. The leaven signifies evil things (1 Cor. 5:6, 8) and evil doctrines (Matt. 16:6, 11-12). Micah’s mother offered something to God, but her offering to God was mixed with the leaven of idolatry. Today the same mixture and chaotic situation exists in Christianity. Let us now turn to Judges 17 and 18 and consider what these chapters have to say regarding the abominable chaos in Israel’s worship. I. Micah Setting Up A House Of Gods In His Home Judges 17:1-6 tells us that Micah, a man from the hill country of Ephraim, set up a house of gods in his house
一 、他从他母亲那里拿了一千一百锭银子
A. Taking Eleven Hundred Pieces of Silver from His Mother
7米迦从他母亲那里拿了一千一百锭银子，并没有让他母亲知道。（2上。）
7Micah took eleven hundred pieces of silver from his mother without her knowing it (v. 2a).
二 、米迦的母亲咒诅
B. Micah’s Mother Uttering a Curse
8米迦的母亲咒诅，给他听见了。（2中。）
8Micah’s mother uttered a curse and spoke it in his hearing (v. 2b
三 、米迦承认偷了银子
C. Micah Confessing That He Stole the Silver
9米迦向他母亲承认偷了银子，她说，『愿耶和华赐福与我儿！』（2下。）
9Micah confessed to his mother that he stole the silver, and she said, “Blessed of Jehovah be my son!” (v. 2c
四 、米迦将银子还他母亲
D. Micah Returning the Silver to His Mother
10米迦将银子还他母亲，她分出这银子来为她儿子献给耶和华，好制作一个雕像，一个铸像。她将二百锭银子交给银匠，作了一个雕像，一个铸像。（3～4。）
10Micah returned the silver to his mother, and she consecrated the silver to Jehovah from her hand to her son to make an idol and a molten image. She gave two hundred pieces of the silver to the founder, who made them into an idol and a molten image (vv. 3-4
五 、米迦设立神堂，又制造以弗得和家中的神像，分派他一个儿子作祭司
E. Micah Setting Up a House of Gods and Making an Ephod and Teraphim and Consecrating One of His Sons to Become His Priest
11米迦设立神堂。他又制造以弗得和家中的神像，分派他一个儿子作祭司。（5。）
11Micah set up a house of gods. He also made an ephod and teraphim and consecrated one of his sons to become his priest (v. 5
六 、以色列中没有王，各人凭自己看为对的而行
F. There Being No King in Israel, and Everyone Doing That Which Was Right in His Own Eyes
12六节说，那时以色列中没有王，各人凭自己看为对的而行。
12Verse 6 says that in those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did that which was right in his own eyes
贰 、米迦分派一个利未人作他家的祭司
II. Micah Consecrating A Levite To Be His House Priest
13在七至十三节我们看见，米迦分派一个利未人作他家的祭司。
13In verses 7 through 13 we see that Micah consecrated a Levite to be his house priest
一 、这利未人是从犹大的伯利恒来的少年人
A. The Levite Being a Young Man from Bethlehem in Judah
14这利未人是从犹大的伯利恒来的少年人，是犹大族的。他在那里寄居，要找一个可住的地方。（7～9。）二、米迦要这少年人与他同住
14The Levite was a young man from Bethlehem in Judah, of the family of Judah. He was a sojourner, traveling in order to dwell wherever he could find a place (vv. 7-9). B. Micah Asking This Young Man to Stay with Him
15米迦要这少年人与他同住，以这少年人为父为祭司，应许这少年人每年给他十锭银子，一套衣服和食物。（10。）
15Micah asked this young man to stay with him and be a father and a priest to him, promising to pay him ten pieces of silver a year and an array of clothing and his food (v. 10
三 、利未人情愿与米迦同住，米迦看他如同自己的儿子一样
C. The Levite Being Content to Stay with Micah Like One of His Sons
16利未人情愿与米迦同住，米迦看他如同自己的儿子一样。（11。）
16The Levite was content to stay with Micah, and the young man was to Micah like one of his sons (v. 11).
四 、米迦分派这利未人作他家里的祭司
D. Micah Consecrating the Levite to Be His Priest in His House
17米迦分派这利未人作他家里的祭司。米迦说，『现在我知道耶和华必使我亨通，因有一个利未人作我的祭司。』（12～13。）
17Micah consecrated the Levite to be his priest in his house. Then Micah said, “Now I know that Jehovah will prosper me, because the Levite has become my priest” (vv. 12-13
参 、但人抢走米迦雕刻的像、以弗得、家中的神像、铸成的像，连同他的祭司
III. The Danites Robbing Micah Of His Sculptured Idol, The Ephod, The Teraphim, And The Molten Image With His Priest
18在十八章我们看见，但人抢走米迦雕刻的像、以弗得、家中的神像、铸成的像，连同他的祭司。
18In chapter eighteen we see that the Danites robbed Micah of his sculptured idol, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image with his priest
一 、但支派的人仍在寻找居住的产业
A. The Tribe of the Danites Seeking for Themselves an Inheritance to Dwell In
19那时以色列中没有王；但支派的人仍在寻找居住的产业，因为到那日子，他们还没有在以色列支派中分得产业。（1。）
19In those days there was no king in Israel, and the tribe of the Danites sought for themselves an inheritance to dwell in, for unto that day the lot had not fallen for them on an inheritance among the tribes of Israel (v. 1
二 、但人打发五个人去仔细窥探那地
B. The Children of Dan Sending Five Men to Spy Out the Land and Search It Out
20但人打发本族中的五个勇士，去仔细窥探那地。他们来到以法莲山地，到了米迦的住宅，就在那里住宿。（2。）
20The children of Dan sent five men from among all of them, men of valor, to spy out the land and search it out. They came to the country of Ephraim, to the house of Micah, and they lodged there (v. 2
三 、五人请利未人求问神，使他们知道所行的道路，通达不通达
C. The Five Men Asking the Levite to Inquire of God That They Might Know If Their Way Would Be Prosperous
21五人听出那少年利未人的口音来，就问他说，『谁领你到这里来？你在这里作什么？你在这里得什么？』（3。）利未人解释，米迦雇他作自己的祭司；他们就对他说，『请你求问神，使我们知道所行的道路，通达不通达。』（4～5。）
21The five men recognized the voice of the young Levite man, and they asked him, “Who brought you here? And what are you doing in this place? And what do you have here?” (v. 3). When the Levite explained that Micah had hired him to be his priest, they said to him, “Inquire now of God that we may know if our way on which we are going will be prosperous” (vv. 4-5
四 、米迦所立的祭司告诉五人平平安安的去
D. The Priest Ordained by Micah Telling the Five Men to Go in Peace
22米迦所立的祭司对五人说，『你们平平安安的去罢；你们所行的道路是在耶和华面前的。』（6。）
22The priest ordained by Micah said to the five men, “Go in peace; your way on which you are going is before Jehovah” (v. 6
五 、五人来到拉亿，见到那里人的生活
E. The Five Men Coming to Laish and Seeing the Life of the People
23五个人就走了，来到拉亿，见那里的民安居无虑。他们就回去见他们的弟兄，要他们去得那地为业，说，『神已将那地交在你们手中。』（7～10。）六、但族中的六百人前往，
23The five men left and came to Laish. They saw the people who were in it, dwelling quiet and secure. Then they went back to their brothers and asked them to go to take possession of the land, saying, “God has indeed delivered it into your hand” (vv. 7-10). F. Six Hundred Men Setting Out from the Family of Dan
来到米迦的住宅
and Coming to the House of Micah
24但族中的六百人，各带兵器前往，来到以法莲山地米迦的住宅。（11～13。）七、从前窥探拉亿地的五个人，对那利未人说到
24Six hundred men girded with weapons of war set out from the family of Dan and came to the house of Micah in the hill country of Ephraim (vv. 11-13). G. The Five Men Who Had Gone to Spy the Land of Laish Speaking to the Levite concerning His
作以色列一家族一支派的祭司
Being a Priest for a Tribe and Family in Israel
25从前窥探拉亿地的五个人，进入米迦的住宅，到了那少年利未人的房内，将雕刻的像、以弗得、家中的神像、并铸成的像，都拿了去。那六百人各带兵器，站在门口。祭司问他们作什么，他们就对他说，『你作一家的祭司好呢？还是作以色列一家族一支派的祭司好呢？』（14～19。）
25The five men who had gone to spy the land of Laish entered into the house of the young Levite, the house of Micah, with six hundred men girded with weapons of war standing at the entrance of the gate, to seize the sculptured idol, the ephod, the teraphim, and the molten image. When the priest asked them what they were doing, they said to him, “Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one man or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?” (vv. 14-19
八 、那少年祭司拿著以弗得、家中的神像、和雕刻的像，进入他们中间
H. The Young Priest Taking the Ephod, the Teraphim, and the Sculptured Idol and Going into the Midst of the People
26那少年祭司心里喜悦，便拿著以弗得、家中的神像、和雕刻的像，进入他们中间。因此，但人抢走米迦用以敬拜神的一切偶像和祭司。（20～26。）
26The young priest’she art was glad. He took the ephod, the teraphim, and the sculptured idol and went into the midst of the people. Thus, the Danites robbed Micah of all the idols and the priest with which he worshipped God (vv. 20-26
九 、但人来到拉亿，杀了那里的民
I. The Danites Coming to Laish and Slaying the People
27但人将米迦所作的神像和他的祭司都带到拉亿，杀了那里的民，又放火烧了那城，照著他们始祖但的名字，给那城起名叫但。（27～29。）十、但人设立那雕刻的像但人设立那雕刻的像。摩西的孙子，革舜的儿子约拿单和他的子孙，作但支派的祭司，直到那地遭掳掠的日子。神的殿在示罗多少日子，但人为自己设立米迦所雕刻的像，也在但多少日子。（30～31。）
27Taking the idols which Micah had made and the priest that had been his, the Danites came to Laish, slew the people, burned the city, and called the name of the city Dan, according to the name of Dan their father (vv. 27-29). J. The Children of Dan Erecting the Sculptured Idol The children of Dan erected the sculptured idol. Jonathan the son of Gershom, the son of Moses, he and his sons, became priests to the tribe of Dan until the day of the captivity of the land. They set up the sculptured idol that Micah had made the whole time that the house of God was in Shiloh (vv. 30-31).