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Ezekiel Kabanata 42
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orihinal na Ingles
This chapter continues and concludes the describing and measuring of this mystical temple, which it is very hard to understand the particular architecture of, and yet more hard to comprehend the mystical meaning of. Here is, I. A description of the chambers that were about the courts, their situation and structure (Eze 42:1-13), and the uses for which they were designed, Eze 42:13,14. II. A survey of the whole compass of ground which was taken up with the house, and the courts belonging to it, Eze 42:15-20.
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The Vision of the Temple (574 BC)
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聖殿的異象（主前574年）
¹ 此後,他帶我出到外院,經由朝北的路;他又帶我到聖地和朝北的建築前面的廂房。 ² 這廂房長一百肘,門朝北,寬五十肘。 ³ 對著內院那二十肘空地,又對著外院的鋪石地,在第三層有樓廊對著樓廊。 ⁴ 在廂房前面有一條夾道,寬十肘,長一百肘;門都朝北。 ⁵ 上層的廂房較窄,因為樓廊佔去下層和中層的地方。 ⁶ 因為廂房有三層,卻沒有柱子,不像院的柱子;所以上層比下層和中層更窄。 ⁷ 在廂房外、朝外院的地方有一道牆,長五十肘。 ⁸ 靠著聖所的廂房,長五十肘;看哪,在聖所前面有一百肘。 ⁹ 在這些廂房下面,東邊有進口,從外院可進入。 ¹⁰ 在院牆的厚度裡,朝東一帶也有廂房,對著分別為聖之地和建築物。 ¹¹ 廂房前的夾道,和北面廂房一樣,長寬相同;出入之處也和北面相同。 ¹² 朝南的廂房,在夾道盡頭有門,正對著東牆,人可從那裡進入。 ¹³ 他對我說:朝北和朝南的廂房,在分別為聖之地前面,都是聖的廂房;在那裡親近耶和華的祭司當吃至聖的物,也當在那裡放至聖的物、素祭、贖罪祭和贖愆祭,因為那地方是聖的。 ¹⁴ 祭司進去,出了聖所之後,不可再到外院,要在這裡放下供職時所穿的衣服;因為這是聖的。他們要穿上別的衣服,才可以到屬民的外院。
先知已極其仔細地察看了聖殿及其附屬建築,如今又被帶到外院,觀察那個四方院子裡的廂房。
一、這裡是這些廂房的描述。正如上文一樣,這段記載在我們看來極其晦澀難明,這是因為我們對希伯來文和當時建築的法則都不熟悉。我們大體上只須注意以下幾點:1. 在作為公眾敬拜之所的聖殿四圍,設有私人的廂房,為要教導我們:在莊嚴的典章中敬拜神,並不能豁免我們盡內室之責的義務。我們不僅要在神殿的院宇中敬拜,更要在赴會之前和之後進入我們的廂房,進入我們的內室,閱讀、默想,並在暗中禱告我們的父;神的百姓在獨處中與神相交,已得了極大的安慰。2. 這些廂房數目繁多;共有三層,雖然上層不如下層寬敞,卻照樣可作退修之用(結四二5–6)。廂房之所以多,是為要給一切像女先知亞拿那樣敬虔的人提供便利,她晝夜不離開聖殿(路二37)。在我父的家裡有許多住處。 在地上的殿中也是如此;無數人憑信在祂的聖所中得著居所,卻還有空處。3. 這些廂房雖是私人的,卻靠近聖殿,在視線之內、可及之處,為要教導我們把公眾敬拜置於私人的敬拜之上(耶和華喜愛錫安的門,勝於雅各一切的住處,我們也當如此),並把我們私人的敬拜與公眾的敬拜相聯繫。我們在內室中所行的宗教功課,必須是為了預備我們在公眾中盡敬拜的本分,並幫助我們在機會來臨時更好地從中受益。4. 在這些廂房前面,有五碼寬的通道(結四二4),住在這些廂房裡的人可以在其中相會交談,可以一同行走、彼此交談以求互相造就,可以分享各自的知識與經歷。因為我們不可把全部時間都花在會堂與內室之間,雖然在這兩處花大量時間也極有意義。但人是為群體而造的,基督徒更是為聖徒的相通而造的;我們必須鄭重盡這相通的本分,也必須享受這相通的特權與喜樂。神曾應許在第二聖殿作大祭司的約書亞,說祂必使他在站立的人中間有行走的地方(亞三7)。
二、這裡指定了這些廂房的用途(結四二13–14)。1. 這些廂房是為親近耶和華的祭司預備的,使他們可以常常在自己的職任附近,而不至於長久不住。因此這些廂房稱為聖的廂房,因為是供那些在聖物上事奉的人在其供職期間使用的。那些為神和人的靈魂作公眾之工的人,需要多多在隱密處裝備自己,以完成這工。傳道人應當花大量時間在他們的內室中閱讀、默想、禱告,好叫自己的長進顯在各人面前;並且應當為此目的得到適當的便利條件。2. 祭司要在那裡存放至聖的物,就是那些歸在他們名下的祭物部分;他們也要在那裡與家人吃這些祭物,以敬虔的方式食用,因為那地方是聖的;這樣他們就要在那些分食祭物的筵席與普通的飯食之間有所分別。3. 他們要在那裡(在其他用途之中)放下供職的衣服,就是神所指定他們在壇前事奉時所穿的衣服——細麻布的以弗得、內袍、腰帶和裹頭巾。我們讀到他們從被擄之地歸回後預備祭司禮服的事(尼七70、72)。當他們在壇前事奉完畢,就要把那些衣服放在一邊,表明這些衣服的使用只應延續到那個時代為止;當他們到屬民的外院時——就是去作與百姓有關的那部分事奉,教導他們律法並回答他們的詢問——他們必須穿上別的衣服,就是普通人所穿的衣服。他們的聖衣必須收存起來,好保持潔淨端莊,以維護事奉的體面。
orihinal na Ingles
The Vision of the Temple (574 BC)
¹ Then he brought me forth into the utter court, the way toward the north: and he brought me into the chamber that was over against the separate place, and which was before the building toward the north.
² Before the length of a hundred cubits was the north door, and the breadth was fifty cubits.
³ Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.
⁴ And before the chambers was a walk of ten cubits breadth inward, a way of one cubit; and their doors toward the north.
⁵ Now the upper chambers were shorter: for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.
⁶ For they were in three stories, but had not pillars as the pillars of the courts: therefore the building was straitened more than the lowest and the middlemost from the ground.
⁷ And the wall that was without over against the chambers, toward the utter court on the forepart of the chambers, the length thereof was fifty cubits.
⁸ For the length of the chambers that were in the utter court was fifty cubits: and, lo, before the temple were a hundred cubits.
⁹ And from under these chambers was the entry on the east side, as one goeth into them from the utter court.
¹⁰ The chambers were in the thickness of the wall of the court toward the east, over against the separate place, and over against the building.
¹¹ And the way before them was like the appearance of the chambers which were toward the north, as long as they, and as broad as they: and all their goings out were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors.
¹² And according to the doors of the chambers that were toward the south was a door in the head of the way, even the way directly before the wall toward the east, as one entereth into them.
¹³ Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.
¹⁴ When the priests enter therein, then shall they not go out of the holy place into the utter court, but there they shall lay their garments wherein they minister; for they are holy; and shall put on other garments, and shall approach to those things which are for the people.
The prophet has taken a very exact view of the temple and the buildings belonging to it, and is now brought again into the outer court, to observe the chambers that were in that square.
I. Here is a description of these chambers, which (as that which went before) seems to us very perplexed and intricate, through our unacquaintedness with the Hebrew language and the rules of architecture at that time. We shall only observe, in general, 1. That about the temple, which was the place of public worship, there were private chambers, to teach us that our attendance upon God in solemn ordinances will not excuse us from the duties of the closet. We must not only worship in the courts of God's house, but must, both before and after our attendance there, enter into our chambers, enter into our closets, and read and meditate, and pray to our Father in secret; and a great deal of comfort the people of God have found in their communion with God in solitude. 2. That these chambers were many; there were three stories of them, and, though the higher stories were not so large as the lower, yet they served as well for retirement, Eze 42:5,6. There were many, that there might be conveniences for all such devout people as Anna the prophetess, who departed not from the temple night or day, Lu 2:37. In my Father's house are many mansions. In his house on earth there are so; multitudes by faith have taken lodgings in his sanctuary, and yet there is room. 3. That these chambers, though they were private, yet were near the temple, within view of it, within reach of it, to teach us to prefer public worship before private (the Lord loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob, and so must we), and to refer our private worship to the public. Our religious performances in our chambers must be to prepare us for the exercises of devotion in public, and to further us in our improvement of them, as our opportunities are. 4. That before these chambers there were walks of five yards broad (Eze 42:4), in which those that had lodgings in these chambers might meet for conversation, might walk and talk together for their mutual edification, might communicate their knowledge and experiences. For we are not to spend all our time between the church and the chamber, though a great deal of time may be spent to very good purpose in both. But man is made for society, and Christians for the communion of saints; and the duties of that communion we must make conscience of, and the privileges and pleasures of that communion we must take the comfort of. It is promised to Joshua, who was high priest in the second temple, that God will give him places to walk in among those that stand by, Zec 3:7.
II. Here is the use of these chambers appointed, Eze 42:13,14. 1. They were for the priests that approach unto the Lord, that they may be always near their business and may not be non-residents. Therefore they are called holy chambers, because they were for use of those that ministered in holy things during their ministration. Those that have public work to do for God and the souls of men have need to be much in private, to fit themselves for it. Ministers should spend much time in their chambers, in reading, meditation, and prayer, that their profiting may appear; and they ought to be provided with conveniences for this purpose. 2. There the priests were to deposit the most holy things, those parts of the offerings which fell to their share; and there they were to eat them, they and their families, in a religious manner, for the place is holy; and thus they must make a difference between those feasts upon the sacrifice and other meals. 3. There (among other uses) they were to lay their vestments, which God had appointed them to wear when they ministered at the altar, their linen ephods, coats, girdles, and bonnets. We read of the providing of priests garments after their return out of captivity, Ne 7:70,72. When they had ended their service at the altar they must lay by those garments, to signify that the use of them should continue only during that dispensation; but they must put on other garments, such as other people wear, when they approached to those things which were for the people, that is, to do that part of their service which related to the people, to teach them the law and to answer their enquiries. Their holy garments must be laid up, that they may be kept clean and decent for the credit of their service.
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The Vision of the Temple (574 BC)
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聖殿的異象（主前574年）
¹⁵ 他量完了內殿，就領我出來朝東的門，量四圍。 ¹⁶ 他用量度的竿量東面，五百竿。 ¹⁷ 他量北面，五百竿。 ¹⁸ 他量南面，五百竿。 ¹⁹ 他又轉到西面，量了五百竿。 ²⁰ 他量四面，四圍有牆，長五百竿，寬五百竿，為要分別聖地與俗地。
我們已注意這奧秘聖殿的量度，如今要看我們腳踏的聖地延伸多遠；那也在此被量了，發現佔地甚廣。請注意：1. 它的尺度。它每個方向延伸五百竿（結42:16-19），每竿約三碼半，所以它每個方向約達一英里——因為地面是方形的，周圍超過四英里。這奧秘聖殿的郊區（可以如此稱）如此廣大，表明福音時代教會的廣大——那時萬民都要作門徒，世上的國成了基督的國。神的院宇要為湧入其中的外邦人大軍預備地方，正如所預言的（賽49:18,60:4）。這在外邦人加入教會上已部分應驗；我們信它必更完全應驗，當外邦人的數目添滿了、以色列全家都要得救之時。2. 它的尺度為何定得如此大。是為分別——在聖地和俗地之間設極大的距離；因此有牆圍繞，以擋住不潔的人，並將寶貴的和下賤的分別出來。請注意，當在平常與聖潔的事物之間有所分別——在神的名與別的名之間、他的日子與別的日子之間、他的書與別的書之間、他的制度與別的遵守之間；又當在屬世和屬靈的行動之間設距離，使每次敬拜神仍以莊嚴的停頓開始。
orihinal na Ingles
The Vision of the Temple (574 BC)
¹⁵ Now when he had made an end of measuring the inner house, he brought me forth toward the gate whose prospect is toward the east, and measured it round about.
¹⁶ He measured the east side with the measuring reed, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
¹⁷ He measured the north side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed round about.
¹⁸ He measured the south side, five hundred reeds, with the measuring reed.
¹⁹ He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.
²⁰ He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.
We have attended the measuring of this mystical temple and are now to see how far the holy ground on which we tread extends; and that also is here measured, and found to take in a great compass. Observe, 1. What the dimensions of it were. It extended each way 500 reeds (Eze 42:16-19), each reed above three yards and a half, so that it reached every way about an English measured mile, which, the ground lying square, was above four miles round. Thus large were the suburbs (as I may call them) of this mystical temple, signifying the great extent of the church in gospel-times, when all nations should be discipled and the kingdoms of the world made Christ's kingdoms. Room should be made in God's courts for the numerous forces of the Gentiles that shall flow into them, as was foretold, Isa 49:18,60:4. It is in part fulfilled already in the accession of the Gentiles to the church; and we trust it shall have a more full accomplishment when the fulness of the Gentiles shall come in and all Israel shall be saved. 2. Why the dimensions of it were made thus large. It was to make a separation, by putting a very large distance between the sanctuary and the profane place; and therefore there was a wall surrounding it, to keep off those that were unclean and to separate between the precious and the vile. Note, A difference is to be put between common and sacred things, between God's name and other names, between his day and other days, his book and other books, his institutions and other observances; and a distance is to be put between our worldly and religious actions, so as still to go about the worship of God with a solemn pause.
本章繼續並結束了對這座奧秘聖殿的描述與丈量。要明白其具體的建築結構已甚為困難,要領會其奧秘的含義更是難上加難。此處包括:一、對環繞院子的旁屋之描述,包括其位置與構造(結四十二1-13),以及它們被設計的用途(結四十二13-14)。二、對聖殿連同其附屬院子所佔地面整個範圍的勘察(結四十二15-20)。