參考版本 AFV A Faithful Version 的希臘文 2009版本
耶和華的事,不謀利沒有版權
1. And the LORD had said to Moses, “I will yet bring one plague on Pharaoh and on Egypt. Afterward, he will let you go from here. When he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out from here altogether.
2. Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man ask from his neighbor, and every woman from her neighbor, articles of silver and jewels of gold.”
3. And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. And the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh’s servants, and in the sight of the people.
4. And Moses said, “Thus says the LORD, ‘About midnight I will go out into the midst of Egypt.
5. And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sits upon his throne, even to the firstborn of the slavegirl that is behind the mill; also the firstborn of beasts.
6. And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.
7. But against any of the children of Israel not even a dog shall move his tongue, against man or beast, so that you may know that the LORD puts a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.’
8. And all these, your servants, shall come down to me and bow themselves down to me, saying, ‘You and all the people that follow you—get out!’ And after that I will go out.” And he went out from Pharaoh in flaming anger.
9. And the LORD said to Moses, “Pharaoh shall not hearken to you so that My wonders may be multiplied in the land of Egypt.”
10. And Moses and Aaron did all these wonders before Pharaoh. And the LORD hardened Pharaoh’s heart so that he would not let the children of Israel go out of his land.
1. 耶和華對摩西說:這是最後一場災,降在法老管治的埃及地。他會容許你們離去。他所以準許是因為他極之希望以色列人快快離開。
2. 你靜靜地告訴以色列人,向鄰舍互相通告準備離去,婦女預早收拾家當財物。
3. 大能者的作為會讓埃及人以及法老等臣僕為之畏懼。摩西的名聲在法老和眾臣僕,以及國民中得到極大的威名。
4. 摩西依照吩咐對法老說:耶和華說:祂會在夜半時分,巡行整個埃及。
5. 埃及一切頭生的,必遭滅亡。由坐在王座上的法老,從他的長子開始,直到負責磨坊的侍女所生的長子,以及牲畜的頭生,無一幸免。
6. 埃及全地會發出整大的哀鳴,是從前沒有,以後也沒有。
7. 只是,對於以色列人,無論是人或是看家的狗,一聲不哼,就讓人曉得大能者對待埃及人,和對待以色列人,二者是如何不同。
8. 到那時,你眾僕人會來向我下跪,大聲說:你同所有跟隨的,都滾出去!我那時會在你猛烈的怒火中離去。
9. 大能者再對摩西說:法老不會聽從,那就迫使奇事要出現在埃及。
10. 摩西和亞倫到法老面前說了上述的一番話。法老果然不聽大能者勸言,不容以色列人離開。
這是人心到了極不理性的地步。這種心理是出於人,不是那大能者攪局。手段是出於讓領袖明白自己的局限。只是,這現象不單發生在當年的法老身上,法老這王者心態,跟今日伊朗的神權領袖的心態如出一貫。
川普用了幾個月時間,從小規模的打擊到大規模的攻擊;從一輪又一輪的對等談判,到找到沙地大伙團去談判;從打撃軍用設施到破壞民用交通,豈不像昔日的埃及,大能者也從輕到入肉之痛,到了自己無能之時,已經禍及許多無辜。十災不是針對平民,是領袖的專橫引發。耶和華當年用一句,人若只會順從領袖,禍及三代的緣由在此。
為何領袖可以如此專橫不理性去面對現實?因為發生什麼,只要不直接牽涉自己的生命,對他本人而言,不入肉就不會痛。當時大能者用十災,到最後,到他本人都牽連入內,才不得已放行。對領袖而言,這種不得己不是心甘情願是被迫而為。不就是今日的伊朗,在談判桌上不斷反口,這種心理如出一徹。
因此,當看到這段描述,大能者似乎有意讓二類人知道,一是領袖這位領頭羊,與另一類是跟隨牧人的羊,看明白災禍的本質,是人為,但耶和華是大能者,只要人有約在身,人間的後果顯然易見,你不在黑暗那面,是在光明的天地上生活 (這個有許多不同的應用),就能讓你或者後來的人,有機會等到被提在半空那天 (不受人禍的傷害)。
若能領受十災是有這種深意在,可以主動讓更多人了解,他們有你這樣的體會和領受時,就懂的如何自處,世界大亂,卻在大能者保守當中,安然無事。

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