释经学40问:问题11解释圣经的一般原则是什么(2)——新约经文
在群体中读经
我们生活在一个强调个人主义的时代。然而,神创造我们是要我们在群体中生活、敬拜和成长。《希伯来书》的作者写道:
希伯来书10:25
Hebrew 10:25
μὴ ἐγκαταλείποντες τὴν ἐπισυναγωγὴν ἑαυτῶν, καθὼς ἔθος τισίν, ἀλλὰ παρακαλοῦντες, καὶ τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον ὅσῳ βλέπετε ἐγγίζουσαν τὴν ἡμέραν.
你们不可停止聚会,好像那些停止惯了的人,倒要彼此劝勉,既知道那日子临近,就更当如此。
10:25 Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
μὴ ἐγκαταλείποντες = not giving up 不放弃
τὴν ἐπισυναγωγὴν = the meeting together 那聚会
ἑαυτῶν = of each other 自己
καθὼς = just as 正如
ἔθος = habit 习俗
τισίν = for someone 为某人
ἀλλὰ = but 而
παρακαλοῦντες = encouraging 劝勉
καὶ = also 也
τοσούτῳ = for so many 为了那么多
μᾶλλον = even more 更加
ὅσῳ = such 如此
βλέπετε = you see 你们看见
ἐγγίζουσαν = approaching 临近
τὴν ἡμέραν = the day 那天
只有当我们一起活出在基督里的信心时,我们才能深刻而清晰地明白神在我们里面并借着我们已经成就的事。
罗马书12:4-5,7-8
Romans 12:4-5, 7-8
καθάπερ γὰρ ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι πολλὰ μέλη ἔχομεν, τὰ δὲ μέλη πάντα οὐ τὴν αὐτὴν ἔχει πρᾶξιν,
12:4 Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function,
12:4 正如我们一个身子上有好些肢体、肢体也不都是一样的用处。
καθάπερ = just as 正如
γὰρ = for 因为
ἐν = in 在……中
ἑνὶ = one 一个
σώματι = body 身子
πολλὰ = many 很多
μέλη = members 肢体
ἔχομεν = we have 我们有
τὰ = the 那
δὲ = but 而
μέλη = members 肢体
πάντα = all 所有的
οὐ = not 不
τὴν αὐτὴν =the same 那同一个
ἔχει = it has 它有
πρᾶξιν = function 用处
οὕτως οἱ πολλοὶ ἓν σῶμά ἐσμεν ἐν Χριστῷ, τὸ δὲ καθ' εἷς ἀλλήλων μέλη.
12:5 so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.
12:5 我们这许多人、在基督里成为一身、互相联络作肢体、也是如此。
οὕτως = so 如此
οἱ πολλοὶ = the many 许多人
ἓν = one 一个
σῶμά = body 身体
ἐσμεν = we are 我们是
ἐν Χριστῷ = in Christ 在基督里
τὸ = the 那
δὲ = but 而
καθ' = each 每个
εἷς = one 一个
ἀλλήλων = each other's 彼此的
μέλη = 肢体
同样,我们看到神把教会建造得如同一个身体,这身体的各个肢体彼此功用不同。