16浪子卖了产业,也卖了自身。有一天他归回产业,回到父家,那就是禧年,就是自由;那也就是一切应心,万事如意。在家里只有享受,只有吃喝,没有劳苦。这符合利未记二十五章十一至十二节,那里说,在禧年的时候不要种,也不要收,只要吃和享受。……要吃地里自产的,就是吃神所供给你的,不需要你去劳苦。这就是路加十五章,父亲不要听儿子所说作雇工的话的原因。父亲乃是给儿子肥牛犊,要他吃喝享受。这里没有不配,全是配;因为神说,“我悦纳你。”禧年就是神悦纳人的年代,是神悦纳人的时候。这就是十五章那个父亲悦纳回头的浪子所指明的(李常受文集一九八四年第四册,二四、二九页)。
16The prodigal son sold his possession and himself. One day he returned to his possession and his father’s house. That was a jubilee, a liberation, and everything became pleasant and satisfying. In the father’s house there was only enjoyment with eating and drinking; there was no labor. This corresponds to Leviticus 25:11, which says that the people were neither to sow nor reap in the year of the jubilee; they should only eat and enjoy. Furthermore, they could only eat of the produce directly from the field. This means that they ate what God supplied without the need of their own labor. Similarly, the father in Luke 15 did not listen to what the son had to say about being a hired servant. Instead, the father desired to give the son the fattened calf for him to eat and enjoy. No one is unworthy; rather, all are worthy because God says, “I have accepted you.” The jubilee is the age, the time, of God’s acceptance, indicated by the father’s acceptance of the prodigal son in Luke 15. (CWWL, 1984, vol. 4, “The Jubilee,” pp. 19, 22)