參考版本 AFV A Faithful Version 的希臘文 2009版本
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16. And it came to pass on the third day in the morning that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mountain. And the sound of the horn was exceedingly loud so that all the people in the camp trembled.
17. And Moses brought the people out of the camp to meet with God. And they stood at the base of the mountain.
18. And Mount Sinai was smoking, all of it because the LORD came down upon it in fire. And the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mountain quaked greatly.
19. And when the sound of the horn sounded long, and became very strong, Moses spoke, and God answered him by voice.
20. And the LORD came down upon Mount Sinai on the top of the mountain. And the LORD called Moses to the top of the mountain, and Moses went up.
21. And the LORD said to Moses, “Go down. Command the people, lest they
break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
22. And let the priests also, who come near to the LORD, sanctify themselves, lest the LORD break forth upon them.”
23. And Moses said to the LORD, “The people cannot come up to Mount Sinai, for You commanded us, saying, ‘Set bounds around the mountain, and sanctify it.’ ”
24. And the LORD said to him, “Away! Get you down, and only you shall come up, you and Aaron with you. But do not let the priests and the people break through to come up to the LORD, lest He break forth upon them.”
25. And Moses went down to the people, and spoke to them.
16. 到了第三天的早晨,山上雷鳴閃電,密雲遍佈,角聲極為響亮,營中人人都感到震撼。
17. 摩西領眾民離營去會大能者,眾民聚在山腳。
18. 這時看見西乃山冒煙,大能者以火焰形式出現。整庭山顯得煙氣騰騰,像燒窯噴出的煙氣一樣。
19. 角聲響聲持續一段很長時間,聲音極其壯烈。摩西發問,大能者回應。
20. 大能者的聲音從山頂下達,叫摩西上山,他就隨即往山上去。
21. 大能者吩咐摩西:先回去囑咐眾民,不要好奇地擁上山來觀看究竟,這個恐怕會讓他們遭滅頂之災。
22. 祭司也不例外,不要以為靠近大能者,就得以成為聖潔,免大能者做出對他們不客氣的事。
23. 摩西回應:百姓不會到山上來,這是祢曾囑咐過的。祢吩咐要把他們在山的周圍,劃出一個範圍,以此分別出來,視為聖地。
24. 大能者回應:既是如此,你便下去帶亞倫和你一起上來。將祭司和眾民留在山下,免得他們招惹不快的事發生。
25. 摩西就下山對眾民覆述大能者囑咐的話。
當翻譯到這段,發覺一件很不同的事,就是對大能者或耶和華 (被一直譯神) 因為譯法不同,也許是方便,它引發出來對大能者和神這個觀念上的差別。
舊約聖經按原文不神這個詞,嚴格而言是沒有。英中文在定義上,多用神這詞代替,它產生觀念的模糊。不同的地方是,創造人和世界的那位,是不能用文字去形容,在舊約便用耶和華,有音無形。出埃及是因為顯出祂大能,基督以人的形象是道成肉身。舊約記載沒有任何形象出現,新約用十字架,它實在都是形象的一種 (有用十架驅鬼的說法),它沒有摩西手中那杖的功能存在,這杖也只用了一次。
到了出埃及,摩西的詞彙沒有神這個詞,有的是大能者。無始無終,永遠存在這三個詞,在不同場合中描述,例如大能者或耶和華出現得最多是在出埃及那個時候。英文譯本什麼時候用神這詞,代替了多面相的耶和華,沒有查究過。
神,這個詞,它涉及高高在上這個觀念。
耶和華是創造者,是可以被人形容為祂是高高在上。但,事實耶和華沒有刻意去展示祂是高高在上,而是很隱蔽,倒是一位長輩看顧後進這樣的一象形象。因此有在天上的父這樣的形容。在出埃及這情況很明顯,祂沒有突出高高在上的形象,有高高在上的氣勢,沒有要人去膜拜。祂有聖和潔一面,沒有高不可攀的對應要求。讀翻譯的時候,頒布的方式,是大能者與摩西對話,不是直接的立例,公告於民。十誡是頒布天下的律法這樣的形容為例,它有不同的理解。
誡命和律法之間的分別:
The Hebrew word for Strong’s H4687 is miṣvâ (מִצְוָה), which translates to commandment, precept, law, or ordinance. It is a feminine noun derived from the root H6680 (tsâvâh), meaning “to command” or “to enjoin.”
Key Details:
- Meaning: A command, whether human or divine; collectively, it refers to the Law.
- Usage: It appears 181 times in the Old Testament.
- Context: It is primarily used to describe God’s commandments (e.g., Exodus 20:6) but can also refer to royal or human decrees.
The primary difference between Torah and mitzvah is that the Torah is the foundational source (the text and teaching), while a mitzvah is a specific commandment or obligation contained within that source.
| Feature | Torah | Mitzvah |
| Literal Meaning | Instruction / Teaching | Commandment |
| Nature | The collective body of text and law | A single specific obligation |
| Relationship | The source containing the laws | The content or unit of law within the source |
| Quantity | One (though comprised of many parts) | 613 (traditionally counted from the Torah) |
| Analogy | A constitution or legal code | A specific statute or rule within that code |
這是在解釋時,在不同意思選用。這選用一旦被採用便成了以後的指引。這選詞是翻譯那人的喜好,不一定選對。
這涉及選字詞的原則,在釋經各類學說中沒有提及。
這處是以耶和華是愛,這樣的理解,作為選字或詞,它能否顯示大能者,這位自有永有的耶和華,能呈現祂的心思意念這個原則。
當這樣選擇的時候,這譯文跟傳統的翻譯,在觀念的表達上,有了不同的面貌,耶和華不是發出十誡,是耶和華與人相處時,若對耶和華存這樣的心思,就有了人如何應用這份心思去處理與人相處的方法。十誡,是法則(辦法和原則)不是法例。
它整個過程,是分別為聖:人從既有生活,如今,出埃及,在西乃山範圍,不再受人的管治,是獨立自存的新生活開始,有新生命該有的觀念,那是有耶和華與人一起的生活格言作為指引。
註:這說法相信會引起不同的意見,可以談談那些不同,以至福音能走得更為札實更遠。

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