至于我和我家人,我们必定事奉上帝。 As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

我所拣选的禁食(以赛亚书 58:3-9) My Chosen Fast (Isaiah 58:3-9)



我所的禁食不是 What my chosen fast is NOT
禁食的日子仍求利益,勒逼人做苦工。你禁食,却互相争,以凶的拳打人。你今日禁食,不得使你的声音听於上。这样禁食是我所、使人刻苦己心的日子 是叫人垂子,用麻布和炉灰在他以下 可称禁食、耶和所悦的日子 You are fasting to please yourselves. Even while you fast, you keep oppressing your workers. What good is fasting 
when you keep on fighting and quarreling? This kind of fasting 
will never get you anywhere with me. You humble yourselves by going through the motions of penance, bowing your heads like reeds bending in the wind. You dress in burlap and cover yourselves with ashes. Is this what you call fasting? Do you really think this will please the Lord?

我所的禁食  What my chosen fast IS
我所的禁食不是要松開凶的繩,解下上的索,使被欺的得自由,折断一切的轭吗 不是要把你的给饥饿的人,将流的人接到你家中,赤身的他衣服遮体,恤自己的骨肉而不掩藏 This is the kind of fasting I want: Free those who are wrongly imprisoned; lighten the burden of those who work for you. Let the oppressed go free, and remove the chains that bind people. Share your food with the hungry, and give shelter to the homeless. Give clothes to those who need them, and do not hide from relatives who need your help.

耶和华所悦纳的禁食 Result of acceptable fasting
这样,你的光就必如早晨的光,你所得的醫治要速速明。你的公必在你前面行;耶和的荣光必作你的后盾。那時你求告,耶和允;你呼求,他必:我在里。Then your salvation will come like the dawn, and your wounds will quickly heal. Your godliness will lead you forward, and the glory of the Lord will protect you from behind. ­Then when you call, the Lord will answer. ‘Yes, I am here,’ he will quickly reply.

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