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撒母耳记上 3

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1 童子撒母耳在以利面前事奉耶和华。当那些日子,耶和华的言语稀少,不常有默示。

2 一日,以利睡卧在自己的地方;他眼目昏花,不分明。

3 耶和华殿内约柜那里,还没有熄灭,撒母耳已经睡了。

4 耶和华呼唤撒母耳。撒母耳:我在这里!

5 就跑到以利那里,:你呼唤我?我在这里。以利回答:我没有呼唤你,你去睡罢。他就去睡了。

6 耶和华呼唤撒母耳。撒母耳起来,到以利那里,:你呼唤我?我在这里。以利回答:我的儿,我没有呼唤你,你去睡罢。

7 那时撒母耳还未认识耶和华,也未得耶和华的默示。

8 耶和华三次呼唤撒母耳。撒母耳起来,到以利那里,:你又呼唤我?我在这里。以利才明白是耶和华呼唤童子。

9 因此以利对撒母耳:你仍去睡罢;若再呼唤你,你就耶和华啊,请仆人!撒母耳就去,仍睡在原处。

10 耶和华站着,像前三次呼唤:撒母耳啊!撒母耳啊!撒母耳回答:请仆人

11 耶和华对撒母耳:我在以色列中必行一件事,叫见的人必耳鸣。

12 我指着以利家所的话,到了时候,我必始终应验在以利身上。

13 我曾告诉他必永远降罚与他的家,因他知道儿子作孽,自招咒诅,却不禁止他们。

14 所以我向以利家起誓说:以利家的罪孽,虽献祭奉礼物,永不能得赎去。

15 撒母耳睡到天亮,就开了耶和华的殿,不敢将默示告诉以利。

16 以利呼唤撒母耳:我儿撒母耳啊!撒母耳回答:我在这里!

17 以利耶和华对你甚麽,你不要向我隐瞒;你若将对你所的隐瞒一句,愿他重重地降罚与你。

18 撒母耳就把一切都告诉了以利,并没有隐瞒。以利:这是出於耶和华,愿他凭自己的意旨而行。

19 撒母耳长大了,耶和华与他同在,使他所说的一句都不落空。

20 从但到别是巴所有的以色列人知道耶和华立撒母耳为先知

21 耶和华又在示罗显现;因为耶和华将自己的默示撒母耳,撒母耳就把这传遍以色列地。

   

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It was customary in the representative Ancient Church, and later in the Jewish Church, when people went to the judges, and at a later time, to the kings or priests, to present them with a gift. The people were commanded to do this. The reason for this custom was that the gifts people presented to those men represented the kinds of things mankind possessed that ought to be offered to the Lord when any approach is made to Him. Such gifts are ones that a person offers in freedom and therefore ones that come truly from himself, because his freedom resides in what comes from his heart, and what comes from his heart comes from his will. What comes from his will comes from a desire arising from his love, and this desire constitutes his freedom, or what is truly his own. This should be the origin of any gift made by a person to the Lord when making any approach to Him. This kind of gift was represented by the gifts mentioned above, for 'kings' represented the Lord regarding Divine Truth, while 'priests' represented Him regarding Divine Good. These gifts also served as introductions, which were made to obtain favor.

(Odkazy: Arcana Coelestia 5619)