每週一妥拉 (2010/7/25-7/31)
於2010-07-30發佈
從古時起，在全世界的猶太會堂會一週一次在安息日讀經，從摩西五經（妥拉）到先知的書（先知書）。本週的內容被給予一個希伯來名，出自於經文內容起頭的字。每週慣例讀經的實例剛好記載在路加福音四章16節，耶穌來到拿撒勒的會堂，讀了一段先知書（以賽亞書61章）。
我們發現每週一次閱讀這些內容，不僅提供我們機會，與世界成千上萬的猶太人來確認神話語的內容，在我們為以色列與猶太人的代禱上，聖靈更時常貼切的啟發具體的內容禱告。
每週一妥拉的禱告更新內容並不是為了提供這些閱讀『註解』，我們在讀經各處挑出一些重點乃是對我們的代禱有助益。
從七月廿五日到七月卅一日的閱讀被稱為『謹守遵行』（Ekev）。
妥 拉: 申命記7:12-11:25
先知書: 以賽亞書49:14-51:3
* 申命記 8: 3. 『祂苦煉你，任你飢餓，將你和你列祖所不認識的嗎哪賜給你吃，使你知道，人活著不是單靠食物，乃是靠耶和華口裡所出的一切話。』
* 申命記 8:7. 『因為耶和華─你神領你進入美地。』
* 申命記 8:16. 『是要苦煉你，試驗你，叫你終久享福…。』
* 申命記 9:5-6. 『你進去得他們的地，並不是因你的義，也不是因你心裡正直，乃是因這些國民的惡，耶和華─你的神將他們從你面前趕出去，又因耶和華要堅定他向你列祖亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各起誓所應許的話。你當知道，耶和華─你神將這美地賜你為業，並不是因你的義；你本是硬著頸項的百姓。』
* 申命記 10:16-17, 21a. 『所以你們要將心裡的污穢除掉，不可再硬著頸項。因為耶和華─你們的神─祂是萬神之神，萬主之主，至大的神，大有能力，大而可畏，不以貌取人，也不受賄賂。祂是你所讚美的，是你的神，為你做了那大而可畏的事。』
* 申命記11:11-12. 『你們要過去得為業的那地乃是有山有谷、雨水滋潤之地，是耶和華─你神所眷顧的；從歲首到年終，耶和華─你神的眼目時常看顧那地。』
上週我們提到，這個季節的先知書持續對錫安說安慰的話。在這段下面與其他處的經文，可以很有力地使用來為以色列禱告，使她認出她的安慰者─並為彌賽亞肢體禱告，使他們在同伴面前能行出耶穌曾在這土地上所行的。
* 以賽亞書 49:15-16. 『婦人焉能忘記他吃奶的嬰孩，不憐恤他所生的兒子﹖即或有忘記的，我卻不忘記你。看哪，我將你銘刻在我掌上；你的牆垣常在我眼前。』
* 以賽亞書 49:25b-26. 『與你相爭的，我必與他相爭；我要拯救你的兒女。並且我必使那欺壓你的吃自己的肉，也要以自己的血喝醉，好像喝甜酒一樣。凡有血氣的必都知道我─耶和華是你的救主，是你的救贖主，是雅各的大能者。』
* 以賽亞書50:4. 『主耶和華賜我受教者的舌頭，使我知道怎樣用言語扶助疲乏的人。主每早晨提醒，提醒我的耳朵，使我能聽，像受教者一樣。』
* 以賽亞書50:6-7. 『人打我的背，我任他打；人拔我腮頰的鬍鬚，我由他拔；人辱我，吐我，我並不掩面。主耶和華必幫助我，所以我不抱愧。我硬著臉面好像堅石；我也知道我必不致蒙羞。』
* 以賽亞書51:1-2. 『你們這追求公義、尋求耶和華的，當聽我言！你們要追想被鑿而出的磐石，被挖而出的巖穴。要追想你們的祖宗亞伯拉罕和生養你們的撒拉；因為亞伯拉罕獨自一人的時候，我選召他，賜福與他，使他人數增多。』
* 以賽亞書51:3. 『耶和華已經安慰錫安和錫安一切的荒場，使曠野像伊甸，使沙漠像耶和華的園囿；在其中必有歡喜、快樂、感謝，和歌唱的聲音。』
下週的妥拉與先知書閱讀（7/25-7/31）稱為『看啊』（R’eh），內容包括：妥拉─申命記11:26-16:17；先知書─以賽亞書54:11-55:5。
馬汀和娜瑪‧賽維士（Martin & Norma Sarvis）
於耶路撒冷
This week’s Torah Portion:
From ancient times there has been a weekly portion (Parasha) from the first five books of Moses (The Torah) and an ending (Haftarah) from the Prophets read on the Sabbath in synagogues around the world. This portion is given a Hebrew name drawn from the opening words of the Torah passage. An illustration of this practice appears to have been recorded in Luke 4:16 where Yeshua (Jesus) arrived in the synagogue in Nazareth and was asked to read the portion (Isaiah 61) from the Prophets. We have found that in perusing these weekly readings, not only are we provided opportunity to identify in the context of God’s Word with millions of Jewish people around the world, but very often the Holy Spirit will illumine specific passages pertinent that week in our intercession for the Land and people of Israel. All texts are those of English translations of the Scriptures.
The Parasha reading for 25-31 July 2010 is entitled: “Ekev—Follow/Come to pass”.
TORAH: Deuteronomy7:12—11:25
HAFTARAH: Isaiah 49:14—51:3
* Deut. 8: 3. “He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna…that he might make you know that mankind shall not live by bread alone; but by every utterance of the LORD’s mouth does the human live.”
* Deut. 8:7. “For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land…”
* Deut. 8:16. “…that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do you good in the end---“
* Deut. 9:5-6. “It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you go in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD your God drives them out from before you, and that He may fulfill the word which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Therefore understand that the LORD your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked people.”
* Deut. 10:16-17, 21a. “Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and be stiff-necked no longer. For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome…He is your praise…”
* Deut. 11:11-12. “but the land which you cross over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water from the rain of heaven, a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the very end of the year.”
AS MENTIONED LAST WEEK, this season’s Haftarah continues to speak words of comfort to Zion. The scriptures below and others in this passage may be used powerfully in praying for Israel to recognize her Comforter—and for the Body of Messiah to walk as He walked before its fellows in the land.
* Isaiah 49:15-16. “Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, Yet I will not forget you. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands; Your walls are continually before Me.”
* Isaiah 49:25b-26. “For I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children. I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh, and they shall be drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine. All flesh shall know that I, the LORD, am your Saviour, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
* Isaiah 50:4. “The Lord YHVH has given me the tongue of disciples, that I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word. He awakens me morning by morning. He awakens my ear to listen as a disciple.”
* Isaiah 50:6-7. “I gave my back to those who strike me, and my cheeks to those who pluck out the beard; I did not cover my face from humiliation and spitting. For the Lord YHVH helps me, therefore, I am not disgraced; therefore, I have set my face like flint, and I know that I will not be ashamed.”
* Isaiah 51:1-2. ”Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, who seek YHVH: Look to the rock from which you were hewn and to the quarry from which you were dug. Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain; when he was but one I called him, then I blessed him and multiplied him” (NASB).
* Isaiah 51:3. “For YHVH will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places. He will make her desert like Eden, and her arava like the garden of YHVH; Joy and gladness will be found in it, thanksgiving and the voice of melody!”
[The readings for next week August 1-7 “R’eh” will be: TORAH: Deuteronomy 11:26—16:17; HAFTARAH: Isaiah 54:11—55:5]
我們發現每週一次閱讀這些內容，不僅提供我們機會，與世界成千上萬的猶太人來確認神話語的內容，在我們為以色列與猶太人的代禱上，聖靈更時常貼切的啟發具體的內容禱告。
每週一妥拉的禱告更新內容並不是為了提供這些閱讀『註解』，我們在讀經各處挑出一些重點乃是對我們的代禱有助益。
從七月廿五日到七月卅一日的閱讀被稱為『謹守遵行』（Ekev）。
妥 拉: 申命記7:12-11:25
先知書: 以賽亞書49:14-51:3
* 申命記 8: 3. 『祂苦煉你，任你飢餓，將你和你列祖所不認識的嗎哪賜給你吃，使你知道，人活著不是單靠食物，乃是靠耶和華口裡所出的一切話。』
* 申命記 8:7. 『因為耶和華─你神領你進入美地。』
* 申命記 8:16. 『是要苦煉你，試驗你，叫你終久享福…。』
* 申命記 9:5-6. 『你進去得他們的地，並不是因你的義，也不是因你心裡正直，乃是因這些國民的惡，耶和華─你的神將他們從你面前趕出去，又因耶和華要堅定他向你列祖亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各起誓所應許的話。你當知道，耶和華─你神將這美地賜你為業，並不是因你的義；你本是硬著頸項的百姓。』
* 申命記 10:16-17, 21a. 『所以你們要將心裡的污穢除掉，不可再硬著頸項。因為耶和華─你們的神─祂是萬神之神，萬主之主，至大的神，大有能力，大而可畏，不以貌取人，也不受賄賂。祂是你所讚美的，是你的神，為你做了那大而可畏的事。』
* 申命記11:11-12. 『你們要過去得為業的那地乃是有山有谷、雨水滋潤之地，是耶和華─你神所眷顧的；從歲首到年終，耶和華─你神的眼目時常看顧那地。』
上週我們提到，這個季節的先知書持續對錫安說安慰的話。在這段下面與其他處的經文，可以很有力地使用來為以色列禱告，使她認出她的安慰者─並為彌賽亞肢體禱告，使他們在同伴面前能行出耶穌曾在這土地上所行的。
* 以賽亞書 49:15-16. 『婦人焉能忘記他吃奶的嬰孩，不憐恤他所生的兒子﹖即或有忘記的，我卻不忘記你。看哪，我將你銘刻在我掌上；你的牆垣常在我眼前。』
* 以賽亞書 49:25b-26. 『與你相爭的，我必與他相爭；我要拯救你的兒女。並且我必使那欺壓你的吃自己的肉，也要以自己的血喝醉，好像喝甜酒一樣。凡有血氣的必都知道我─耶和華是你的救主，是你的救贖主，是雅各的大能者。』
* 以賽亞書50:4. 『主耶和華賜我受教者的舌頭，使我知道怎樣用言語扶助疲乏的人。主每早晨提醒，提醒我的耳朵，使我能聽，像受教者一樣。』
* 以賽亞書50:6-7. 『人打我的背，我任他打；人拔我腮頰的鬍鬚，我由他拔；人辱我，吐我，我並不掩面。主耶和華必幫助我，所以我不抱愧。我硬著臉面好像堅石；我也知道我必不致蒙羞。』
* 以賽亞書51:1-2. 『你們這追求公義、尋求耶和華的，當聽我言！你們要追想被鑿而出的磐石，被挖而出的巖穴。要追想你們的祖宗亞伯拉罕和生養你們的撒拉；因為亞伯拉罕獨自一人的時候，我選召他，賜福與他，使他人數增多。』
* 以賽亞書51:3. 『耶和華已經安慰錫安和錫安一切的荒場，使曠野像伊甸，使沙漠像耶和華的園囿；在其中必有歡喜、快樂、感謝，和歌唱的聲音。』
下週的妥拉與先知書閱讀（7/25-7/31）稱為『看啊』（R’eh），內容包括：妥拉─申命記11:26-16:17；先知書─以賽亞書54:11-55:5。
馬汀和娜瑪‧賽維士（Martin & Norma Sarvis）
於耶路撒冷
This week’s Torah Portion:
From ancient times there has been a weekly portion (Parasha) from the first five books of Moses (The Torah) and an ending (Haftarah) from the Prophets read on the Sabbath in synagogues around the world. This portion is given a Hebrew name drawn from the opening words of the Torah passage. An illustration of this practice appears to have been recorded in Luke 4:16 where Yeshua (Jesus) arrived in the synagogue in Nazareth and was asked to read the portion (Isaiah 61) from the Prophets. We have found that in perusing these weekly readings, not only are we provided opportunity to identify in the context of God’s Word with millions of Jewish people around the world, but very often the Holy Spirit will illumine specific passages pertinent that week in our intercession for the Land and people of Israel. All texts are those of English translations of the Scriptures.
The Parasha reading for 25-31 July 2010 is entitled: “Ekev—Follow/Come to pass”.
TORAH: Deuteronomy7:12—11:25
HAFTARAH: Isaiah 49:14—51:3
* Deut. 8: 3. “He humbled you, allowed you to hunger, and fed you with manna…that he might make you know that mankind shall not live by bread alone; but by every utterance of the LORD’s mouth does the human live.”
* Deut. 8:7. “For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land…”
* Deut. 8:16. “…that He might humble you and that He might test you, to do you good in the end---“
* Deut. 9:5-6. “It is not because of your righteousness or the uprightness of your heart that you go in to possess their land, but because of the wickedness of these nations that the LORD your God drives them out from before you, and that He may fulfill the word which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Therefore understand that the LORD your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stiff-necked people.”
* Deut. 10:16-17, 21a. “Therefore circumcise the foreskin of your heart, and be stiff-necked no longer. For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome…He is your praise…”
* Deut. 11:11-12. “but the land which you cross over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water from the rain of heaven, a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the very end of the year.”
AS MENTIONED LAST WEEK, this season’s Haftarah continues to speak words of comfort to Zion. The scriptures below and others in this passage may be used powerfully in praying for Israel to recognize her Comforter—and for the Body of Messiah to walk as He walked before its fellows in the land.
* Isaiah 49:15-16. “Can a woman forget her nursing child, and not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, Yet I will not forget you. See, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands; Your walls are continually before Me.”
* Isaiah 49:25b-26. “For I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children. I will feed those who oppress you with their own flesh, and they shall be drunk with their own blood as with sweet wine. All flesh shall know that I, the LORD, am your Saviour, and your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
* Isaiah 50:4. “The Lord YHVH has given me the tongue of disciples, that I may know how to sustain the weary one with a word. He awakens me morning by morning. He awakens my ear to listen as a disciple.”
* Isaiah 50:6-7. “I gave my back to those who strike me, and my cheeks to those who pluck out the beard; I did not cover my face from humiliation and spitting. For the Lord YHVH helps me, therefore, I am not disgraced; therefore, I have set my face like flint, and I know that I will not be ashamed.”
* Isaiah 51:1-2. ”Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, who seek YHVH: Look to the rock from which you were hewn and to the quarry from which you were dug. Look to Abraham your father and to Sarah who gave birth to you in pain; when he was but one I called him, then I blessed him and multiplied him” (NASB).
* Isaiah 51:3. “For YHVH will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places. He will make her desert like Eden, and her arava like the garden of YHVH; Joy and gladness will be found in it, thanksgiving and the voice of melody!”
[The readings for next week August 1-7 “R’eh” will be: TORAH: Deuteronomy 11:26—16:17; HAFTARAH: Isaiah 54:11—55:5]