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出埃及记生命读经 · 第178篇

摩西与神同在（一）

Moses’ stay with God (1)
1读经： 出埃及记三十四章。
1Scripture Reading: Exo. 34
2出埃及记三十四章是很不容易领会的一章，我们把这一章从头到尾读过，也许还不能懂得其中所说的是甚么，因为这一章论到许许多多的事情。所以在本篇信息的开头，我要指出两件事，也许会帮助我们领会这一章。
2Exodus 34 is a chapter that is not easy to understand. After we read through this chapter, we still may not be able to grasp what is spoken in it, because so many matters are covered. Therefore, at the beginning of this message I would like to point out two matters that may help our understanding of this chapter.
豫表、图像、影儿
Types, figures, and shadows
3首先，我们这些新约信徒来读旧约，尤其是读到其中几卷书的时候，必须晓得旧约里面有豫表、图像、影儿，来说明新约所启示的神圣、属灵事物。神圣、属灵的事物是奥秘的，我们天然的头脑领会不来。然而，我们可以藉着旧约里的豫表、图像、影儿，来领会这些神圣、属灵、奥秘的事物。不过，这里有一个问题，我们读到各样旧约的豫表、图像、寓言时，却发觉其中的意义非常不容易懂得。
3The first is that when we, the New Testament believers, read the Old Testament, especially certain books, we need to realize that in the Old Testament there are types, figures, and shadows of the divine and spiritual things revealed in the New Testament. Things that are divine and spiritual are mysterious, beyond the understanding of our natural mentality. However, we may understand these divine, spiritual, and mysterious things by the types, figures, and shadows in the Old Testament. Nevertheless, there is a problem here in that we may read about all the Old Testament types, figures, and allegories, but find it very difficult to see the significance of these things.
4为了帮助我们懂得旧约豫表的意义，我们该晓得，旧约的记载不仅仅是论到先民的历史，这段记载也与我们有关。因此，我们来读旧约的时候，不仅读到以色列人，也读到我们自己。我们不该仅仅把出埃及记当作历史来读，我们需要在这卷书中看见我们自己。出埃及记不仅包含了先民的历史，也包含了我们的故事。它是我们现今基督徒生活的故事。此外，这卷书里也豫表了与基督徒经历有关的许多属灵、神圣的事物。我们晓得这一点是极其要紧的。
4As a help to knowing the significance of the Old Testament types, we should realize that the record in the Old Testament does not merely concern the history of an ancient people. This record is also about us. Hence, when we read the Old Testament, we are reading about ourselves and not only about the children of Israel. We should not read the book of Exodus merely as history. We need to see ourselves in this book. Exodus contains not only the history of an ancient people; it also contains our story. It is the story of our present Christian life. Moreover, many spiritual and divine things related to our Christian experience are typified in this book. It is very important that we realize this.
恢复了被毁坏的约
Recovery of the broken covenant
5其次，我们以这种领会来看三十四章的时候，我们也需要看见，这章里被毁坏的约完全恢复了。因这缘故，本章所记载的许多事情乃是重申先前所题过的事。出埃及记三十四章乃是重复神已经说过的话。在这章圣经里面，几乎每一件事都是重复的。
5Second, as we come to chapter thirty-four with this understanding, we also need to see that in this chapter we have a full recovery of the broken covenant. For this reason, many things recorded in this chapter are a repetition of what was given earlier. Exodus 34 is a chapter of repetition, a chapter that repeats what God has already spoken. Nearly everything in this chapter is a repetition.
6摩西头一次与神同在山上的期间，神与百姓所立的约已经被毁坏了。两块见证的石版就是表征这一个约，已经被摔碎、被扔掉了。毁坏这约的，不是颁赐律法的神，而是接受律法石版的人。我们已经看见，如果摩西不是神的同伴，约既毁坏，甚么就都了了。神与百姓之间特殊的关系会受到严重的破坏。然而，这位神的同伴懂得神的心意，也晓得神不会放弃祂对以色列人的目的。摩西晓得这位有目的的神，有一个非常强烈的意愿，祂所要作的，没有人能彀拦阻。也许神会暂时受到耽延和打岔，但祂不会就此罢休。
6The covenant God had made with His people during Moses’ first stay with Him on the mountain had been broken. The two tablets of testimony, which signified that covenant, had been broken and cast aside. This covenant was not broken by God, the One who gave the law; it was broken by the one who received the tables of the law. We have seen that if it had not been for Moses as God’s companion, everything would have ended there with the breaking of the covenant. The special relationship between God and His people would have been seriously damaged. However, this companion of God knew God’s heart, and he knew that God would not give up His purpose with the children of Israel. Moses knew that this purposeful God had a very strong intention, and that no one could stop Him from doing what He intended to do. Perhaps God may be temporarily delayed or frustrated, but He cannot be stopped.
7因为神必须守住自己的立场、地位，祂就需要一位同伴在祂和百姓之间作中保。这位中保能彀为百姓作挽回祭，并在这种光景中平息神的怒气。我们已经看见，摩西到神那里作中保。摩西与神谈话时所论到的每一点，都与神的心意有关。神认可摩西所说的，应允他所求的，原因就在这里。
7Because it was necessary for God to keep His standing, His position, He needed a companion to be the mediator between Him and His people. This mediator could make propitiation in behalf of the people and appease God’s anger in that situation. As we have seen, Moses went to God as a mediator. Every point that Moses covered in his talk with God was a matter related to what was on God’s heart. This was the reason God sanctioned what Moses said and granted his petitions.
8神平息下来以后，被毁坏的约就需要得着恢复。表征约的石版已经被摔碎了。如今为着恢复神与百姓之间的光景，被毁坏的约的确需要恢复过来。因此，三十四章乃是论到恢复被毁坏的约。 出埃及记三十四章一节说：“耶和华吩咐摩西说，你要凿出两块石版，和先前你摔碎的那版一样；其上的字我要写在这版上。”因为神已经平息下来，并且摩西为百姓作了挽回祭，主就有立场这样对摩西说话。三十四章一节里的建议不是摩西题出来的，而是主题出来的。摩西为百姓所作的挽回祭，对神来说意义重大。没有这一个挽回祭，神就没有立场作甚么，来恢复被毁坏的约。
8After God had been appeased, it was necessary for the broken covenant to be recovered. The tablets signifying the covenant had been broken. Now in order to recover the situation between God and His people, it certainly was necessary for the broken covenant to be recovered. Chapter thirty-four, therefore, is a chapter concerned with the recovery of the broken covenant. Exodus 34:1 says, “And Jehovah said to Moses, Hew for yourself two tablets of stone like the first ones, and I will write upon the tablets the words which were on the first tablets, which you broke in pieces.” Because God had been appeased and because Moses had made propitiation in behalf of the people, the Lord had the ground to speak this way to Moses. The proposal in 34:1 was not made by Moses; it was made by the Lord. The propitiation made by Moses for the people meant a great deal to God. Apart from that propitiation, God would not have had the ground to do anything to recover the broken covenant.
9在三十四章二节主继续对摩西说：“明日早晨，你要豫备好了，上西乃山，在山顶上站在我面前。”摩西必须到山顶上与主相会。主不能下到摩西那里去。山顶是神与摩西双方相会的地方。山顶上的相会包含了摩西上山与神降临山上。
9In 34:2 the Lord went on to say to Moses, “And be ready in the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and stand by Me there on the top of the mountain.” It was necessary for Moses to come up to the mountaintop to meet with the Lord. The Lord could not go down to where Moses was. The mountaintop was the meeting place for both parties, for both God and Moses. The meeting on the mountaintop involved Moses going up and God coming down.
与主单独相会
Meeting with the Lord alone
10四至五节说：“摩西就凿出两块石版，和先前的一样；清晨起来，照耶和华所吩咐的上西乃山去，手里拿着两块石版。耶和华在云中降临，和摩西一同站在那里，宣告耶和华的名。”在这些经文里我们看见摩西上西乃山，而主降临在西乃山。因此，对摩西来说是上去，对神来说是降临。
10Verses 4 and 5 say, “And he hewed two tablets of stone like the first ones; and Moses rose up early in the morning and went up to Mount Sinai as Jehovah had commanded him, and he took in his hands two tablets of stone. And Jehovah descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of Jehovah.” In these verses we see that Moses went up to Mount Sinai, and the Lord descended to Mount Sinai. Hence, to Moses it was a matter of going up, but to God it was a matter of coming down.
11在第二节主吩咐摩西要在早晨豫备好了，上西乃山。照第四节来看：“摩西…清晨起来，照耶和华所吩咐的上西乃山去。”我很宝贝这话说到清晨与主相会。如果我们 能彀每天清晨聚在一起，真是太美妙了！
11In verse 2 the Lord charged Moses to be ready in the morning and to come up in the morning to Mount Sinai. According to verse 4, “Moses rose up early in the morning and went up to Mount Sinai, as Jehovah had commanded him.” I appreciate this word about meeting with the Lord in the morning. How marvelous it would be if we could meet together every morning!
12倘若我们仔细来读三十四章，就会看见，神没有清楚吩咐摩西在次日清晨与祂相会。神不过是告诉他在“早晨”上来。然而，这对摩西来说却是次日清晨，也就是第二天的清晨。
12If we read chapter thirty-four carefully, we shall see that God did not tell Moses explicitly to meet with Him in the morning of the next day. Rather, God simply said for him to come up “in the morning.” However, this must refer to the next morning available to Moses, that is, to the morning of the next day.
13清晨与主相会的意思不但是说，我们在一天之中早早与祂相会；也是说，我们该在满了光的情况中与神相会。我们与神相会该在日出的时候，不是在日落的时候。帐幕和圣殿的入口都是朝东，向着日出之地。（二七13～15。）我们所行的路应当在光中。箴言四章十八节说：“义人的路，好像黎明的光，越照越明，直到日午。”我们所行的路应当向着日出，而不是向着日落。
13To meet with the Lord in the morning means not only to meet with Him early in the day; it also means that we should meet with God in a situation that is full of light. Our meeting with God should be at sunrise, not at sunset. The entrance both of the tabernacle and of the temple was toward the east, toward the sunrise (27:13-15). The way we take should be in the light. Proverbs 4:18 says, “The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.” The way we take should be toward the sunrise, not toward the sunset.
14在三十四章三节主对摩西说：“谁也不可和你一同上去，遍山都不可有人，在山根也不可叫羊群、牛群吃草。”这里主吩咐摩西不可带人一同上山。摩西不可带着约书亚、亚伦或其他的人，而必须单独来到主面前。此外，他必须留下所有的羊群、牛群。没有疑问，他也必须将所有的财富留下。这意思是说，摩西上山与主相会的时候，除了石版以外，甚么人、甚么东西都不可带上去。
14In 34:3 the Lord said to Moses, “And no man shall come up with you, neither let any man be seen on all the mountain; neither let the flocks and the herds feed before that mountain.” Here the Lord told Moses not to bring anyone with him on the mountain. Moses was not permitted to bring Joshua, Aaron, or anyone else. He was to come to the Lord alone. Furthermore, he was to leave all the flocks and herds. No doubt, he was also to leave behind all his possessions. This means that when Moses went up the mountain to meet with the Lord, he was not to bring with him anyone or anything except the tablets of stone.
15主在第三节对摩西的嘱咐，表明我们都需要有一段时间单独接触主，我们都需要私下与主相会。在单独与主同在的时间里，我们不该带着任何的人、事、物。清晨我们到主面前去，应该单独去见祂，甚至必须把我们的丈夫或妻子留下。有些弟兄无论往那里去，都习惯带着妻子同去。这种习惯很好；然而，到了在山顶上与主相会的时间，弟兄就该将妻子留在山脚下。我们这样与主相会，必须将一切人、事、物尽都忘掉。忘掉你的财产、教育、职业、前途。不要带着任何的人、事、物，要单独去见主。
15The Lord’s charge to Moses in verse 3 indicates that we all need a time to contact the Lord alone. We all need a private time to meet with the Lord. During this time alone with the Lord, we should not bring with us anyone or anything. When we go to the Lord early in the morning, we should go to Him alone. We need to leave even our husband or wife behind. Some brothers have the practice of taking their wives with them wherever they go. This practice is good. However, when it is time to meet with the Lord on the mountaintop, a brother should leave his wife at the foot of the mountain. When we meet with the Lord in this way, we need to forget everything and everyone. Forget your possessions, your education, your occupation, your future. Go to the Lord alone without anyone or anything.
16到了单独与主相会的时间，我们甚至该没有甚么要求。摩西没有带甚么吃的、喝的，他也没有寝具。这指明我们与神同在的时候，用不着担心自己的吃喝与睡眠。事实上，我们没有时间顾到这些事。我们单独与主相会的时候，必须甚么挂虑都没有。我们必须没有亲戚、财产、需求的挂虑。摩西清晨到山顶上与主相会，便是这样自由自在。
16When it is time to meet with the Lord alone, we should be free even from our necessities. Moses did not bring anything to eat or drink, and he did not have something on which to sleep. This indicates that when we stay with God, we need not be concerned for our eating, drinking, or sleeping. Actually, there is no time for these things. When we go to meet with the Lord alone, we must be totally free from everything. We must be free from our relatives, our possessions, and even our necessities. Moses was free in this way when he went to the mountaintop to meet with the Lord early in the morning.
17我们已经看见，为了摩西和主聚在一起，摩西上山，而主降临。他们在一个中立的地方相会，这个中立的地方就是山顶。这指明主没有过分要求摩西。一方面，祂要求摩西上山；另一方面，祂降临到山上与摩西相会。
17We have seen that in order to meet together, Moses went up and the Lord came down. They met at a neutral place, and this neutral place was the mountaintop. This indicates that the Lord was not too demanding of Moses. On the one hand, He asked Moses to come up. On the other hand, He came down to meet with Moses on the mountain.
18出埃及记三十四章二十九节说：“摩西手里拿着两块见证的版，下西乃山的时候，不知道自己的面皮，因耶和华和他说话就发了光。”（另译。）这一节的下半对于圣经译者是一个难题；应当繙作“因耶和华和他说话”，还是“因他和耶和华说话”？繙作“耶和华和他说话”，表明主与摩西说话；而繙作“他和耶和华说话”，意思是摩西与主说话。我的确喜欢前者，因为这里主要的不是摩西说话，而是神说话。因此二十九节说，摩西的面皮，因耶和华和他说话就发了光。 事实上，摩西在这一章里几乎没有说话。其实主宣告他名的时候，摩西甚至会惊骇不已。六至七节说：“耶和华在他面前宣告说：耶和华，耶和华，是有怜悯、有恩典的神，不轻易发怒，并有丰盛的慈爱和诚实。为千万人存留慈爱，赦免罪孽、过犯，和罪恶；万不以有罪的为无罪，必追讨他的罪，自父及子，直到三四代。”照八至九节来看，摩西俯伏对主说：“主阿，我若在你眼前蒙恩，求你在我们中间同行，因为这是硬着颈项的百姓；又求你赦免我们的罪孽，和罪恶，以我们为你的产业。”摩西这样对主说了以后，主就继续和他说话。这里的点是说，这不是摩西说话的时候，而是神说话的时候。摩西接受注入，不是因他和神说话，而是因神和他说话。
18Exodus 34:29 says, “And it came about, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai — and the two tablets of the testimony were in Moses’ hands when he came down from the mountain — that Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone in His speaking with him.” The last part of this verse is a problem for Bible translators. Should the rendering be “in His speaking with him,” or “in his speaking with Him”? The rendering “His speaking with him” indicates that the Lord was speaking with Moses. But the rendering “his speaking with Him” means that Moses was speaking with the Lord. I definitely prefer the former because here the main thing is not Moses’ speaking but God’s speaking. Therefore, verse 29 is saying that the skin of Moses’ face shone in the Lord’s speaking with him. Actually in this chapter Moses spoke hardly at all. In fact, when the Lord was declaring His name, Moses may even have been frightened. Verses 6 and 7 say, “And Jehovah passed by before his face and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and great in kindness and faithfulness; keeping kindness for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the sons, and upon the sons’ sons, upon the third and upon the fourth generation.” According to verses 8 and 9, Moses bowed himself down and said to the Lord, “If I have found favor in Your eyes, O Lord, let the Lord, I pray, go in our midst, for it is a stiff-necked people; and forgive our iniquity and our sin, and take us for Your possession.” After Moses spoke like this to the Lord, the Lord continued speaking with him. The point here is that this was not the time for Moses to speak. Instead, it was the time for God to speak. Moses received an infusion not through his speaking to God, but through God’s speaking to him.
19我们清晨单独与主相会的时候，不该说得太多。反之，我们该让神对我们说话。如果我们与主相会的时候说得太多，我们就得不着注入。神的注入是随着祂的说话。如果神不愿和你说话，就表明祂不愿以祂自己的东西来注入你里面。但如果神对你说话，你就会从祂得着注入。
19When we meet with the Lord alone early in the morning, we should not speak too much. Rather, we should let God speak to us. If we talk too much in our meeting with the Lord, we shall not receive an infusion. God’s infusion comes with His speaking. If God would not speak to you, this indicates that He would not infuse you with anything of Himself. But if God speaks to you, you will receive an infusion from Him.
20在这一章的开头，主告诉摩西说，祂要将先前两块石版上的字写在这两块版上。但主没有马上这么作，反倒和摩西说到许多别的事情。到了神与摩西长谈的末了，神才“将这约的话，就是十条诫，写在两块版上。”（28。）这表明神主要的用意，不是要将十条诫写在两块石版上；神主要的负担，乃是要对摩西说到本章十至二十七节所论到的事。这些经文里面有神与摩西谈话的长篇记载，其中论到许多的点。在这些经文里面，反而对于十诫只字不题。倘若我是摩西，我会问神说：“主，你在这里作甚么？你要我把两块石版带来，石版在这里，已豫备好让你在上面写字，为甚么你和我谈到许多别的事情呢？”当然，摩西那时候也许被吓住了，对于主所作的，他不敢说甚么。
20At the very beginning of this chapter, the Lord told Moses that He would “write upon the tablets the words which were on the first tablets.” But, instead of doing this right away, the Lord talked to Moses about many other things. Only toward the end of His long conversation with Moses did God write upon the tablets “the words of the covenant, the ten words” (v. 28). This indicates that it was not God’s main intention to write the Ten Commandments on the two stone tablets. God’s main burden was to speak to Moses concerning the things covered in this chapter in verses 10 through 27. In these verses we have a lengthy record of God’s conversation with Moses, a conversation that covered many points. In these verses nothing is mentioned regarding the Ten Commandments. If I had been Moses, I may have asked God about this and said, “Lord, what are You doing here? You asked me to bring two tablets, and here they are. The tablets are ready for You to write on them. Why, then, are You talking to me about so many other things?” Moses, of course, may have been frightened at that time, and he did not presume to say anything about what the Lord was doing.
主宣告祂的名
The Lord’s declaring His name
21主在作事以前，先宣告他的名，来给摩西一个警告。（6。）神宣告他的名，意思就是取得祂的地位。祂绝不会离开祂的地位，但祂要用宣告他的所是来守住自己的地位。摩西一听见这个宣告，就“急忙伏地下拜。”（8。）
21Before God did anything, He first gave Moses a warning by declaring His name (v. 6). For God to declare His name means that He assumed His position. He would never leave His position, but He would keep it by declaring who He is. When Moses heard this declaration, “he hastened and bowed his head toward the earth, and bowed himself down” (v. 8).
主的应许
The Lord’s promise
22主宣告祂的名以后，就接着说：“我要立约，要在百姓面前行奇妙的事，是在遍地万国中所未曾行的；在你四围的外邦人，就要看见耶和华的作为，因我向你所行的是可畏惧的事。我今天所吩咐你的，你要谨守；我要从你面前撵出亚摩利人、迦南人、赫人、比利洗人、希未人、耶布斯人。”（10～11。）这里我们看见，主应许要在百姓面前行奇妙的事，而这些奇妙的事是要成就一个特别的目的─将祂的百姓带进美地。凡神为以色列人所作的，无论是将吗哪赐给他们，或打败他们的仇敌，目的全是为着将他们带进美地。美地就是神的目标。
22After declaring His name, the Lord went on to say, “Behold, I am making a covenant: before all your people I will do marvels which have not been wrought in all the earth, nor in all the nations; and all the people among whom you are shall see the work of Jehovah, for it is a fearful thing which I am doing with you. Observe what I am commanding you this day; behold, I will drive out from before you the Amorite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite” (vv. 10-11). Here we see that the Lord promised to do marvelous things before the people, and these marvelous things were to be accomplished for a specific goal — to bring His people into the good land. Whatever God did for the children of Israel, whether in giving them manna or in defeating their enemies, was for the purpose of bringing them into the good land. The good land was God’s goal.
23神要百姓进入美地，最终祂在地上就能得着一个圣殿，这圣殿要成为神的见证。圣殿为着神，也为着神的百姓。只要神能得着圣殿作为祂在地上的见证，百姓的光景就好了。以色列人与神的殿关系正确，他们在地上的光景就正常；但他们与神殿的关系一不正确，就会有严重的难处。最终，他们失去了圣殿，也失去了土地。
23God wanted His people to enter into the good land so that eventually He could have a temple on earth. That temple was to be God’s testimony. The temple was to be for God and also for His people. As long as God could have the temple as His testimony on earth, the situation with His people would be all right. When the Israelites had a proper relationship to God’s temple, they were in a proper condition in the land. But when they lacked a proper relationship to God’s temple, they had serious difficulty. Eventually, they lost both the temple and the land.
24我们已经看见，神为百姓行奇妙的事，目的是要把他们带进美地。在豫表里，这指明神为着我们并同着我们行奇妙的事，目的乃是要把我们带进基督里。照旧约里的记载来看，以色列人进入美地并不容易。从外面说，他们受到环境和仇敌的拦阻；从里面说，他们受到一些自己里面的东西所打岔。这就是他们花了四十年才进入美地的原因。今天我们也很不容易进入基督里面，我从经历中晓得这件事。五十多年来，我一直劳苦尽职，只为着一个目的，就是帮助圣徒进到作美地的基督里面。我们有多少人在经历上已经进入基督里面？有些人也许会说，我们都在基督里面。当然，客观的道理是这样，但你每天享受多少基督？
24We have seen that God’s goal in doing marvelous things for His people was to bring them into the good land. In typology this indicates that God is doing marvelous things for us and with us with the intention of bringing us into Christ. According to the record in the Old Testament, it was not an easy matter for the children of Israel to enter the good land. Outwardly they were frustrated by circumstances and by the enemy; inwardly they were frustrated by certain things within themselves. This was the reason it took forty years for them to be brought into the good land. Today it is also difficult for us to be brought into Christ. I know this from experience. For more than fifty years I have been laboring in the ministry for the one purpose of helping the saints to get into Christ as the good land. How many of us have been brought into Christ experientially? Some may say that we are all in Christ. Of course, this is true doctrinally and objectively. But how much of Christ are you enjoying day by day?
25神奇妙的作为只是为着一个目的，就是把祂的百姓带进美地，好建造圣殿。神告诉摩西说，祂要将百姓带进美地。祂要顾到百姓的需要，并击败所有的仇敌。祂要作一切必须的事，好将以色列人带进美地。
25God’s marvelous doings are for the one goal of bringing His people into the good land for the building up of the temple. God told Moses that He would bring the people into the land. He would take care of their needs and defeat all the enemies. He would do everything necessary to bring the children of Israel into the good land.
警戒拜偶像的事
A warning concerning idolatry
26然后主继续对拜偶像的网罗题出警告：“你要谨慎，不可与你所去那地的居民立约，恐怕成为你们中间的网罗；却要拆毁他们的祭坛，打碎他们的柱像，砍下他们的木偶。不可敬拜别神，因为耶和华是忌邪的神，名为忌邪者。”（12～14。）在十七节主继续警告说：“不可为自己铸造神像。”主在这些经文里面的意思是说：“要谨防迦南地拜偶像的网罗，现在，全地都被偶像霸占，你们进入美地以后有一个危机，就是陷入异教徒拜偶像的网罗里。”
26Then the Lord went on to give a warning concerning the snare of idolatry: “Guard yourself, that you make no covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you are going, that it may not become a snare in your midst. But you shall break down their altars, and break in pieces their pillars, and cut down their Asherim; for you shall not bow yourself down to another god, for Jehovah — Jealous is His name — is a jealous God” (vv. 12-14). In verse 17 the Lord continued this warning: “You shall not make for yourselves molten gods.” In these verses the Lord seemed to be saying, “Beware of the snare of idolatry in the land of Canaan. At present, the whole land is occupied by idols. There is the danger that after you come into the land, you will be snared by pagan idolatry.”
27这不仅是对以色列人说的话，也是对我们说的话。今天神的百姓中间有许多偶像，这些偶像豫先霸占了他们，使他们不能享受基督。几乎每样东西都可能成为我们的偶像，甚至一条领带、一枚别针也能成为我们的偶像。许多基督徒完全被基督以外的人、事、物所霸占。举例来说，我要题起用电话聊天的事。有些圣徒说他们太忙了，无法祷告。然而，他们把许多时间花在电话聊天。对他们来说，电话聊天已经成了一个偶像。
27This is not only a word for the children of Israel; it is also a word for us. There are many idols among God’s people today. These idols preoccupy them and keep them from the enjoyment of Christ. It is possible for almost anything to be an idol to us. Even a necktie or a tiepin can become an idol to us. Many Christians are fully occupied by things, matters, and persons other than Christ. As an example of these occupations, I would refer to talking on the telephone. Some saints claim that they are too busy to pray. However, they have much time to spend talking on the telephone. For them, talking on the telephone has become an idol.
28凡是使我们不能享受基督作美地的东西，就是偶像。这意思是说，霸占我们，使我们不能完全享受基督的人、事、物都是偶像。
28An idol is anything that keeps us from the enjoyment of Christ as our good land. This means that any thing, matter, or person that preoccupies us and keeps us from the full enjoyment of Christ is an idol.
29照旧约的历史来看，以色列人所卷入的许多战争，都是由于他们有了偶像。每当神的百姓有了偶像，仇敌就来攻击他们。今天我们都渴望过得胜的生活、圣别的生活、属灵的生活。然而，许多基督徒因为有了偶像，就经历到失败。事实上，如果我们有了偶像，有了霸占我们、使我们不能享受基督的东西，我们与仇敌的争战就已经输了，我们简直无法争战。神要使我们完全享受基督，在祂毫无问题，但在神的百姓还有拜偶像的问题。因此，在论到重修被毁之约这一章的开始，主宣告说，祂要行作一切，好将以色列人带进美地，但祂也指出拜偶像的危机。神的意思是说：“我完全能彀将你们带进美地，但拜偶像会消除你们对那地的享受，将我赐给你们的一切全都毁坏。”
29According to the history in the Old Testament, many of the wars and battles in which the children of Israel were involved were due to the fact that they had idols. Whenever God’s people had idols, the enemies came to attack them. Today we all desire to live a victorious life, a holy life, and a spiritual life. However, many Christians experience failure because they have idols. Actually, if we have idols, things that preoccupy us and keep us from enjoying Christ, we have already lost the battle against the enemy. We simply have no way to fight. With God there is no problem bringing us into the full enjoyment of Christ. But with God’s people there is still the problem of idolatry. Therefore, at the beginning of a chapter concerned with the remaking of the broken covenant, God declared that He would do everything to bring the people into the good land. But He also pointed out the danger of idolatry. God seemed to be saying, “I am fully able to bring you into the good land. But idolatry will nullify your enjoyment of the land. It will cause whatever I give you to be destroyed.”
30神已经为祂的百姓行了许多奇事。但基督徒的经历证实，霸占我们的事、拜偶像的事，已经把神许多的作为消除毁坏了。有多少基督徒享受基督？许多基督徒简直不懂得享受基督。我们中间懂得享受基督的也许不少；但懂得是一回事，而实际享受基督又是另一回事。
30God has done many marvelous things for His people. But the experience of Christians testifies that much of what God has done has been nullified or destroyed by preoccupations, by idolatry. How many Christians enjoy Christ? There are a great many Christians who know very little of the enjoyment of Christ. Many of us may know about the enjoyment of Christ. But to know about it is one thing, and to actually have the enjoyment of Christ is another thing.
31我们许多人因着种种的霸占不能享受基督。为甚么你花这么多的时间在电话中聊天，却不肯花十分钟去祷告？你有时间、有精力去聊天，但你好像没有时间和精力去祷告。这表明电话聊天已经成了你的偶像。其他的人也许能彀花许多时间看报纸，但他们一读圣经就很容易疲倦。有些人也许会说，他们对于圣经简直没有胃口，也不渴望去读经。不错，这是他们的光景。他们不渴望敬拜神，因为他们渴望拜偶像。他们自然而然、不知不觉就顾到自己的偶像。何等可怜、可悲的光景！
31Many of us have been kept from the enjoyment of Christ by different kinds of preoccupations. Why would you spend so much time talking on the telephone, yet you would not take ten minutes to pray? You have the time and the energy to talk, but you seem to have no time or energy to pray. This indicates that for you talking on the telephone has become an idol. Others may be able to spend much time reading a newspaper, but they easily become tired when reading the Bible. Some may say that they simply do not have the appetite for the Bible or the desire to read it. Yes, that is their situation. They do not have the desire to worship God, for their desire is to worship an idol. Spontaneously and unconsciously, they care for their idols. What a pitiful and tragic situation!
32在三十四章十二至十七节，神警戒拜偶像的事，实际上就是重申头三条诫命。这些诫命积极方面与神有关，消极方面与拜偶像有关。拜偶像含有另一位神。实行拜偶像就是制造偶像，然后事奉它、敬拜它。拜偶像也包含了妄称神的名。
32God’s warning in 34:12-17 concerning idolatry was actually a repetition of the first three commandments. On the positive side, these commandments are related to God; on the negative side, they are related to idolatry. Idolatry involves having another god. To practice idolatry is to make an image and then serve it and worship it. Idolatry also involves taking the name of God in vain.
33后来神在这一章里论到第四条诫命，就是守安息日。因此，与神有关的头四条诫命，在这一章里全都题到了。然而，在这段重复的话里，却没有重申与人有关的六条诫命。
33Later in this chapter God spoke a word concerning the fourth commandment, the commandment about observing the Sabbath. Therefore, in this chapter the first four commandments, those related to God, are all covered. However, in this word of repetition, the six commandments concerned with our relationship to others are not repeated.
34我盼望我们都牢牢记住，主已应许祂要作成一切，好把我们带进美地，带进包罗万有的基督里，作我们的享受。但我们必须留意祂对于拜偶像的事所题出的警告。一方面，神要把我们带进基督里面；另一方面，祂定罪拜偶像的事。
34I hope we shall all be impressed with the fact that the Lord has promised to do everything necessary to bring us into the good land, into the all-inclusive Christ for our enjoyment. But we must take heed to His warning concerning idolatry. On the one hand, God will bring us into Christ. On the other hand, He condemns idolatry.