箴言灵修1:20-33:寻求智慧,远离愚昧
箴1:20-33
20智慧在街市上呼喊,在宽阔处发声,
21在热闹街头喊叫,在城门口,在城中发出言语,
22说:你们愚昧人喜爱愚昧,亵慢人喜欢亵慢,愚顽人恨恶知识,要到几时呢?
23你们当因我的责备回转;我要将我的灵浇灌你们,将我的话指示你们。
24我呼唤,你们不肯听从;我伸手,无人理会;
25反轻弃我一切的劝戒,不肯受我的责备。
26你们遭灾难,我就发笑;惊恐临到你们,我必嗤笑。
27惊恐临到你们,好像狂风;灾难来到,如同暴风;急难痛苦临到你们身上。
28那时,你们必呼求我,我却不答应,恳切地寻找我,却寻不见。
29因为,你们恨恶知识,不喜爱敬畏耶和华,
30不听我的劝戒,藐视我一切的责备,
31所以必吃自结的果子,充满自设的计谋。
32愚昧人背道,必杀己身;愚顽人安逸,必害己命。
33惟有听从我的,必安然居住,得享安静,不怕灾祸。
20 Wisdom cries aloud in the street,
in the markets she raises her voice;
21 at the head of the noisy streets she cries out;
at the entrance of the city gates she speaks:
22 “How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
How long will scoffers delight in their scoffing
and fools hate knowledge?
23 If you turn at my reproof,
behold, I will pour out my spirit to you;
I will make my words known to you.
24 Because I have called and you refused to listen,
have stretched out my hand and no one has heeded,
25 because you have ignored all my counsel
and would have none of my reproof,
26 I also will laugh at your calamity;
I will mock when terror strikes you,
27 when terror strikes you like a storm
and your calamity comes like a whirlwind,
when distress and anguish come upon you.
28 Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer;
they will seek me diligently but will not find me.
29 Because they hated knowledge
and did not choose the fear of the Lord,
30 would have none of my counsel
and despised all my reproof,
31 therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way,
and have their fill of their own devices.
32 For the simple are killed by their turning away,
and the complacency of fools destroys them;
33 but whoever listens to me will dwell secure
and will be at ease, without dread of disaster.”
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这段经文里,作者把『智慧』比拟成一个人,他发出呼声,他责备愚昧人,他希望愚昧人可以悔改。到底怎样的人是愚昧的人呢?我们可能也很担心,我们到底是不是愚昧人呢?
在《箴言》中,愚昧人(希伯来文:כְּסִיל, kesil)指的是拒绝智慧和教导,行事鲁莽,不敬畏神的人。透过Chat GPT的查询,我们可以看到“愚昧”有几种的诠释:
1.拒绝教导和智慧(箴言1:7, 1:22)
2.爱慕邪恶(箴言10:23, 14:9)
3.言语鲁莽(箴言12:23, 14:3)
4.忽视后果(箴言19:3, 14:16)
5.缺乏敬畏神的心(箴言1:7, 9:10)
如此看来,《箴言》中的愚昧人很明确,是那些抗拒信仰和不敬畏神的人,当然,我们成为主的门徒,也很可能会来到灵命低潮或很少操练信仰的时期,但只要我们常常提醒自己,当要接受主的话语的责备,并且愿意回转,跟随主的吩咐,主会看顾我们,23节也应许,主会将祂的灵浇灌我们,将主的话指示我们,这是神的应许,也是引导我们远离愚昧的方式。
神应许我们,听从主话语的,必安然居住,得享安静,不怕灾祸(1:33),而对比这种在主里安息的美好,就是愚昧人『必杀己身,必害己命』,这都是作为家中的父母和长辈、教会的领袖和导师的牧养智慧,我们没法一生一世陪伴我们的儿女或我们教会的孩子们,但我们可以用神的话语喂养他们,引导我们跟随主的脚踪,并苦口婆心地劝勉他们要捉紧耶稣基督并祂的话语,这才是他们智慧的泉源。
反思:
1.我们在牧养子女或孩子们的时候,面对了怎样的挑战?他们的心是否跟从了神?
祷告:
我们在天上的父,你是我们生命中真正的父亲,离了你我们什么都不是。但愿你能成为我们的牧者,引导我们走永生的道路。也愿你给我们父母和长辈智慧,可以引导我们的子女和教会的孩子们、年轻人们,有主的智慧,有敬畏主的心,一生不偏离。奉主耶稣基督的名。阿们。
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