耶稣(愿主赐他平安)是否声称自己是“被期待的弥赛亚”?
DID JESUS (PBUH) CLAIM THAT HE IS THE "EXPECTED MESSIAH"?
如果耶稣的许多同时代人声称他是所期待的弥赛亚,就像此前他们也这样声称施洗约翰一样,那么耶稣本人是否宣称过,或是否告诉过他的门徒自己就是弥赛亚?他是否应验了关于所期待的弥赛亚的预言?
If many of the contemporaries of Jesus (PBUH) claimed that, he is the expected messiah, as they claimed the same before about John the Baptist, did Jesus himself (PBUH) claim or even tell his disciples that he is. Did he (PBUH) fulfill the prophecies about the expected messiah?
有一次,他问门徒,人们说他是谁,然后又问他们:“但你们说我是谁呢?”彼得回答说:“你是基督。”他严厉地嘱咐他们不要把他的事告诉任何人。他又开始教训他们,说人子必须受很多的苦,被长老、祭司长和文士弃绝,并且被杀。(马可福音 8:29-31)他严厉禁止他们这样说他,并告诉他们,他将遭受阴谋和谋杀。毫无疑问,这并不是他们所期待的“得胜的弥赛亚”。换句话说,他向他们解释,他不是他们所等待的那位得胜的弥赛亚;他们确信那位弥赛亚会带来胜利、凯旋与持守,而不是受苦和死亡。
Once he asked his disciples about what the people say about him, then he asked them "And he asked them, “But who do you say that I am?” Peter answered him, “You are the Christ”. And he strictly charged them to tell no one about him. And he began to teach them that the Son of man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed." (Mark: 8/29-31). He strongly forbade them to say that about him, and he told them that he would be subject to conspiracy and murder. There is no doubt that, this was not what they expected from the "victorious messiah". In other words, he explained to them that he was not the victorious messiah who they were waiting for; whom they were sure would bring victory, triumph and perseverance, not to suffer pain and death.
路加福音记载:"彼得回答说:‘你是神的基督。’耶稣就切切地嘱咐门徒,叫他们不要把这事告诉别人。"(路加福音 9:20-21)通过这样做,耶稣(愿主赐他平安)禁止门徒把(所期望的弥赛亚)这一称号加在他身上。这并非因为他惧怕犹太人,因为他早已告诉他们,那阴谋必将发生。因此,如果他就是"所期望的弥赛亚",那么否认此事便毫无意义。他之所以禁止,是因为门徒所说的并非真理。
Luke confirms, "Peter answered, “The Christ of God”. And he strictly charged and commanded them to tell this to no one". (Luke: 9/20-21). By doing so, Jesus (PBUH) forbade the disciples to attach the title (expected messiah) to him. It was not because he was afraid of the Jews, since he had informed them that that conspiracy would happen. Therefore, it was meaningless, if he was the "expected messiah", to deny it. He forbade them because what they said was not the truth.
彼得是使徒之首,他不肯接受耶稣是那个会遭受痛苦和死亡的人,而非人们所期待的得胜之王,于是他反过来责备耶稣,怪他宣告这样的消息。
Peter, the head of the apostles, refused to accept that Jesus (PBUH) was the man who was subject to pain and death and not the "expected victorious king", he went on to blame Jesus (PBUH) for announcing such news about himself.
让我们看看马太对那一幕是怎么说的:
Let us see what Matthew said regarding that scene:
从那时起,耶稣开始向门徒指明,他必须前往耶路撒冷,从长老、祭司长和文士那里受许多苦,被杀,第三天复活。彼得就拉着他,开始责备他,说:"主啊,千万不可!这事必不临到你身上。"
"From that time Jesus began to show his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised. And Peter took him aside, and began to rebuke him, saying, “far be it from you, Lord: this shall never happen to you”.
耶稣严肃地回答他说:
Jesus answered him seriously:
“但他转过身来,对彼得说:“撒旦,退到我后边去吧!”
“But he turned, and said to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan:
你们对我来说是一种阻碍,因为你们所思念的不是神的事,而是人的事。”(马太福音 16:21-23)
you are a hindrance to me. for you are not sitting your mind on the things of God , but on the things of man.” (Matthew: 16/21-23).
彼得和其他门徒都很震惊,因为他们听见他说:"我被举起离开地面的时候,要吸引万人到我这里来。"他说这话,是要指明他将要以怎样的死亡而死。"(约翰福音 12:32-33)
Peter was shocked and so were the rest of the disciples, for, they heard him say:- “And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself”. He said this to show by what kind of death he was going to die.” (John: 12/32-33).
然后他们对这种关于受苦弥赛亚的观点表示反对,并问耶稣(愿主赐他平安)是否是在说他自己。
Then they expressed their objection to this idea about the suffering messiah, and they asked whether Jesus (PBUH) was talking about himself.
于是众人回答他说:“我们从律法上听见基督是永存的,你怎么还说人子必须被举起来呢?这人子是谁呢?”(约翰福音 12:34)他们听到耶稣的真理后感到震惊;这真理粉碎了他们的幻想,即他是伟大而得胜的弥赛亚。
"So the crowd answered him, “we have heard from the law that the Christ remains for ever. How can you say that The Son of man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of man?" (John: 12/34), they were shocked to hear the truth from Jesus (PBUH); the truth that destroyed their chimera that he is the great victorious messiah.
Priest Al-Khudary agrees with us that Jesus was not the "victorious messiah" awaited for by the Jews but he was the spiritual messiah. Then he alerted to us, "to a very important fact that Jesus had always tried not to show himself as the messiah to the people, it was the reason why when he saw any gaps from which the people would see him as a messiah, he would close them".1
Priest Al-Khudary agrees with us that Jesus (PBUH) was not the "victorious messiah" awaited for by the Jews but he was the spiritual messiah. Then he alerted to us, "to a very important fact that Jesus (PBUH) had always tried not to show himself as the messiah to the people, it was the reason why when he saw any gaps from which the people would see him as a messiah, he would close them".1
马塔·梅斯基恩神父是一位埃及学者,他说:“在耶稣(愿主赐他平安)在世期间,门徒们已经收集到足以使他们确信他就是弥赛亚的证据;然而,每当他们试图证明这一点时,耶稣(愿主赐他平安)都禁止他们……学者们对耶稣(愿主赐他平安)始终隐藏自己弥赛亚的身份感到困惑,他们只得说出他们所能说的任何话。” 2 耶稣(愿主赐他平安)时常否认自己是弥赛亚。“众人看见他所行的神迹,就说:‘这真是那要到世上来的先知了。’耶稣知道众人要来强逼他作王,就又独自退到山上去了。”(约翰福音 6:14-15)。他为什么要逃避呢?诚然,他并不是“所期望的君王”,但他们因他的神迹,以及他们心中的盼望与渴望,坚持要把他立为君王,盼望他能救他们脱离罗马人的不义与残暴。
Father Matta Al-Meskeen, an Egyptian scholar, says:- “the disciples had collected evidence during the life of Jesus (PBUH) that was enough to confirm to them that he was the messiah; however, every time they tried to proof this implication, Jesus (PBUH) forbade them… The scholars were exhausted that Jesus (PBUH) constantly hid his identity as the messiah, and they had to say whatever they could about him". 2 Jesus (PBUH), from time to time, kept denying that he is the messiah. “When the people saw the sign that he had done, they said, “This is indeed the prophet who is to come into the world. Perceiving then that they were about to come and take him by force to make him king, Jesus withdrew again to the mountain by himself." (John: 6/14-15). Why did he escape? Indeed, he was not the "expected king", but they insisted on making him so because of his miracles, and because of the hope and longing within themselves, that he will save them from the injustice and cruelty of the Romans.
牧师阿尔-霍达里说:"那些狂热派团体一直在等待一位政治弥赛亚。当他们看见耶稣宣讲神近在眼前的国度时,便以为他真是那位政治弥赛亚,因此想要立他为他们的王和领袖。
Priest Al-Khodary said: "the enthusiast group was waiting for the political messiah. When they saw Jesus, who was preaching the near kingdom of God, they thought that he was truly that political messiah, for that they wanted to make him their king and leader.
“以为他能够聚集并支持他们,但耶稣却总是独自离开,前往山中,因为他的国度不在这个世界上,他也不需要那种使人争斗、相互杀戮的国度。”1
Thinking that he could gather and support them, but Jesus used to leave alone and head to the mountains, because his kingdom is not in this world, and he does not need this kingdom that causes people to fight and to kill.”1
菲利普对他的朋友拿However: no. Let me write it properly. 菲利普对他的朋友拿但业说:"我们找到了摩西在律法书中和先知们所记载的那位,就是来自拿撒勒的约瑟之子耶稣……"
Philips said to his friend Nathaniel: "we found what Moses wrote about in the Torah and the prophets Jesus son of Josef who is from Nazirah ……….".
拿撒included... let me correct: 拿但业去见耶稣,问他说:“拿但业对他说:拉比,你是神的儿子;你是以色列的王。耶稣回答他说:‘我对你说,我看见你在无花果树下,你就信了吗?你还要看见比这更大的事。’”(约翰福音 1:49-50)耶稣以一个问题回答了他,并告诉他,他将看见更多的神迹。他并没有告诉他,他就是所期待的王。
Nathaniel went to Jesus (PBUH) and asked him, "Nathanael said to him, Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the King of Israel. Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, “I saw you under the fig tree,” do you believe? You will see greater things than these." (John: 1/49-50). Jesus (PBUH) answered him by a question, and told him that he will see more miracles. He did not tell him that he was the expected king.
在彼拉多的官邸里,他否认自己是犹太人所声称和传言的那位期待之王。"耶稣回答说:'我的国不属这世界。我的国若属这世界,我的臣仆就必争战,使我不至于被交给犹太人。但我的国不属这世界。'"(约翰福音 18:36)他的国是属灵的,在天上,并不是犹太人所期待的那种国度;罗马人所畏惧的那种有形、即时的国度,"从预言中可知,弥赛亚将是一位君王,也是一位祭司"。2 他在彼拉多的官邸中清楚地证明了自己对这一指控的无辜,彼拉多问他说:"他们就告他说:'我们看见这个人煽惑我们的国民,禁止纳贡给凯撒,并且自称是基督,是王。'"(路加福音 23:2)不能把耶稣的回答视为认罪,因为他对彼拉多说:"你说的是。"而彼拉多确信他是无辜的,并且说:"……我查不出这人有什么罪来。"(约翰福音 18:38)
In Pilate’s palace, he denied that he could be the Jews’ expected king as they claimed and rumored. "Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would have been fighting, that I might not be delivered over to the Jews. But my kingdom is not from the world." (John: 18/36). His kingdom is spiritual, which is in heaven, it is not the expected kingdom of the Jews; the material timely kingdom feared by the Romans, "it is known from the prophecies that the messiah will be a king and a priest". 2 His innocence from this accusation clearly proved in Pilate’s palace, who asked him saying, "And they began to accuse him, saying, “We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding us to give tribute to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a King." (Luke: 23/2), it is unlikely to consider the answer given by Jesus (PBUH) as a confession, as he said to him, “you are saying so not me”, and Pilate was convinced of his innocence and said: "...I find no guilt in him." (John: 18/38).
在约翰福音中,耶稣(愿主赐他平安)向彼拉多解释,他传讲的目的是为真理作见证,而不是要做人类的王。他说:"你说我是王。我为此而生,也为此而来到世上,要为真理作见证。凡属真理的人,都听我的声音。"(约翰福音 18:37)
In the Gospel of John, Jesus (PBUH) explained to Pilate that the reason of his message was to bear witness for the truth, and not be a king of human beings. He said:- "you say that I am a king. For this purpose, I was born and for this purpose, I have come into the world, to bear witness to the truth. Every one who is of the truth listens to my voice." (John: 18/37).
在意识到耶稣并非人们期待的弥赛亚的人中,有加略人犹大。据神父 Al-Khodary 所见,他之所以出卖耶稣,是因为他属于一个狂热团体,该团体梦想着得胜的弥赛亚降临。他感到失望,并开始怀疑耶稣是否就是弥赛亚。"他们到了迦百农,收殿税的人来见彼得,说:你们的夫子不纳殿税吗?彼得说:纳的。彼得进了房屋,耶稣还没有开口,就先问他说:西门,你以为如何?世上的君王向谁取税钱或人头税?是向自己的儿子呢,还是向外人呢?彼得说:是向外人。耶稣说:这样,儿子就可以免了。但我们不可得罪他们,你去湖边钓鱼,把首先钓上来的鱼拿起来,开了它的口,必得一枚钱。你拿去,给他们当作我和你的税吧。"(马太福音 17:24-27)1
Among those who realized that, Jesus (PBUH) was not the expected messiah was Judas Iscariot. Who - as seen by the priest Al-Khodary - betrayed Jesus (PBUH) because he was a member of the enthusiast group who dreamed of the appearance of the victorious messiah. He was disappointed, and he became suspicious as to whether or not Jesus was the messiah. “When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the half-shekel tax went up to Peter and said, “Dos your teacher not pay the tax?” He said, “Yes.” And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others?” and when he said, “from others” Jesus said to him, and then the sons are free. however, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel. Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself." (Matthew: 17/24-27) 1
其他人意识到耶稣并不是所期待的弥赛亚。
Others realized that Jesus (PBUH) was not the expected messiah.
知道耶稣的出身、家族和部族,而所期待的弥赛亚却是陌生人,是犹太人所不认识的。"于是耶路撒冷的一些人说:'他不是他们想要杀的那人吗?你看,他公开讲话,他们却不对他说什么。难道官长们真的知道他就是基督吗?但我们知道这人从哪里来;基督来的时候,没有人知道他从哪里来。'"(约翰福音 7:25-27)这是因为所期待的弥赛亚对以色列的子民来说是陌生人。
Knowing Jesus’ origin, family and tribe, while the expected messiah is a stranger and not known to the Jews. "Some of the people of Jerusalem therefore said, “Is not this, the man whom they seek to kill? And here he is, speaking openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the authorities really know that this is the Christ? But we know where this man comes from, and when the Christ appears, no one will know where he comes from." (John: 7: 25-27) that is because the expected messiah is a stranger to the children of Israel.
耶稣(愿主赐他平安)证实了他们所提到的关于那位隐遁弥赛亚之迹象的真实性,他说:
Jesus (PBUH) confirmed the authenticity of the sign they mentioned about the absent messiah, he said:
于是耶稣在殿里教训人的时候大声说:"你们认识我,也知道我是从哪里来的吗?但我不是出于自己而来的,那差我来的是真实的,你们却不认识他。我认识他,因为我是从他那里来的,是他差遣了我。"……然而,许多人信了他。他们说:"基督来的时候,难道会行比这人更多的神迹吗?"(约翰福音 7:25-31)耶稣
"So Jesus proclaimed, as he taught in the temple, “you know me, and you know whence I come from? But I have not come of my own accord. he who sent me is true, and him you do not know. I know him, for I come from him, and he sent me.” ……. yet many of the people believed in him. They said, “When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?" (John: 7: 25-31) Jesus (PBUH)
他说自己是神所派遣的使者,并且说他不是他们所期待的那一位,因为他们并不认识那一位。
mentioned that he is a messenger sent by God, and that he is not the one they are expecting, because they do not know that one.
那些与他交谈过的人信服了他,并且明白他并不是所期待的弥赛亚。让我们看看约翰说了什么:"但群众中有许多人信他,他们说:基督来的时候,他所行的神迹,岂能比这人所行的更多呢?"(约翰福音 7:30-31)
Those he had spoken to believed in him, and they understood that he is not the expected messiah. Let us look at what John said, "Yet many of the people believed in him. They said, “When the Christ appears, will he do more signs than this man has done?" (John: 7:30-31)
耶稣(愿主赐他平安)是大卫的后裔,马太和路加都有记载,他的people也屡次这样称呼他。"当他听见是拿撒勒人耶稣,就喊着说:'大卫的子孙耶稣啊,可怜我吧!'"(马可福音 10:47),(参见马太福音 1:1,20:31)以及路加福音 18:28,还有许多其他经文。
Jesus (PBUH) is a descendant of David as mentioned by Matthew and Luke, and his people repeatedly called him by that name. "And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me." (Mark: 10/47), (see Matthew: 1/1, 20/31) and Luke: 18/28, and many other verses.
预期的弥赛亚或下一位君王并非大卫的后裔,正如耶稣所作的见证:"法利赛人聚集在一起的时候,耶稣问他们说:「你们以为基督是谁的子孙呢?」他们说:「是大卫的子孙。」耶稣说:「这样,大卫被圣灵感动,为什么称他为主呢?他说:主对我的主说:你坐在我的右边,等我使你仇敌作你的脚凳。大卫既称他为主,他怎么又是大卫的子孙呢?」从那日以后,没有人能回答他一句话,也没有人敢再问他什么了。"(马太福音 22:41-46)耶稣(愿主福安)公开见证,他自己并不是预期的弥赛亚。
The expected messiah or the next king is not a descendant of David, as Jesus testified: "now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them a question, Saying, “What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is he?” They said to him, “The Son of David.” He said to them, “How is then that David, in the spirit, call him Lord, saying, “The LORD said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put your enemies under your feet”? If then David calls him Lord, how is he his son?” And no man was able to answer him a word, nor from that day do any one dare to ask him any more questions." (Matthew: 22/41-46). Jesus (PBUH) openly testified that he was not the expected messiah.
耶稣无法应验那位伟大君王的预言,也不能坐在大卫或其他任何人的宝座上做君王。他是有罪之王"约西亚之子约雅敬"的后裔,而这位约雅敬是耶稣的祖先之一,见于《历代志》(1)。
Jesus (PBUH) cannot fulfill the prophecies of the next great king, and cannot be a king on the throne of David or anyone else. He is a descendant of the sinful king "Jehoiakim son of Josiah", one of Jesus (PBUH) grandfathers as mentioned in the Book of Chronicles (1).
亚们,他的儿子;约西亚,他的儿子。约西亚的众子:
"Amon his son, Josiah his son. The sons of Josiah:
约哈南是长子,约雅敬是次子,西底家是三子,沙龙是四子。(历代志上 3:14-15)
Johanan the fristborn, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum." (Chronicles (1): 3:14-15)
约雅敬是耶稣(PBUH)的祖父(如《圣经》所载),马太在耶稣的家谱中漏掉了约雅敬这个名字,他位于约西亚与其孙子耶哥尼雅之间。 Note: the "(PBUH)" was written in words in the original, so under the rules it should be kept as written rather than replaced with ﷺ. Also, "Jesus" should be translated as 耶稣 per the names rule, so the translation above keeps 耶稣 with "(PBUH)" retained.
Jehoiakim was a grandfather to Jesus (PBUH) (as mentioned in the Holy Bible), Matthew dropped the name Jehoiakim from Jesus’ ancestry list, between Josiah and his grandson Yeknia.
根据《讲道篇》,上帝禁止约雅敬的后裔执掌王权,经文说:“所以耶和华论亚摩司的儿子犹大王约雅敬如此说:他必没有人坐大卫的宝座,他的尸首必被抛弃,白日受暑热,黑夜受霜冻。”(耶利米书 36/30)。那些声称耶稣(愿主赐他平安)是犯罪的约雅敬之子耶哥尼雅后裔的基督徒,怎能相信应验这些预言的人是耶稣(愿主赐他平安)呢?
God forbade the dominion from descendants of Jehoiakim according to the Torah, "Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit on the throne of David, and his dead body shall be cast out in the heat by day and the frost by night." (Jeremiah: 36/30). How can the Christians - who claimed that Jesus (PBUH) is a descendant of Yeknia the son of the sinful Jehoiakim - believe that the person who fulfills these prophecies is Jesus (PBUH)?
通过反思耶稣(愿主赐他平安)的生平、他的言语和他的习惯,便可证明他并不是即将到来的君王,也不是人们所期待的那位君王。
Pondering upon the biography of Jesus (PBUH), his words and his habits, will prove that he was not the next king or the expected king.
他从未在以色列人中做过哪怕一天的君王;他的使命也不包含为他们带来今世的拯救,这与人们所期待的那位先知不同。相反,耶稣(PBUH)常常躲避,因为他害怕犹太人的袭击;那么,我们怎能将他与那位得胜的君王相比呢?那位君王将借着上帝的旨意击败他的敌人,全世界都将向他和他的民族俯首。
He was never a king of the children of Israel even for one day; his message did not contain any secular salvation for them unlike the awaited prophet. Instead, Jesus (PBUH) often escaped fearing the assault of the Jews; so, how can we compare him to the victorious king? The king who will defeat his enemies by the will of God, and whom the planet will bow to and to his nation.
即将到来的先知将如雅各所预言的那样,击破并战胜他那个时代的列王与各国。"权杖必不离开犹大,统治者的节杖也不离开他的两脚之间,直到示罗来到;万民都要归顺他。"(创世记 49/10)
The coming prophet will smash and defeat the kings and nations of his time as told by Jacob. "The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s stuff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples." (Genesis: 49/10).
大卫先知谈到他时说:
Prophet David said about him:
"勇士啊,你要把剑佩在腰间,展现你的荣耀和威严。为了真理、谦和与公义,你要凭着你的威严得胜前行;你的右手要向你施行可畏的事迹。你的箭射在王的仇敌心中,众民都倒在你脚下。神啊,你的宝座永永远远;你国的权杖是正直的权杖。"(诗篇 45:1-6)
"Gird your sword on your thigh, O mighty one, in your splendor and majesty. In your majesty ride out victoriously fro the cause of truth and meekness and righteousness; let your right hand teach you awesome deeds. your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; the peoples fall under you. Your throne, O God, is forever and ever. the scepter of your kingdom is a scepter of uprightness." (Psalms: 45/1-6).
耶稣(愿主赐他平安)向罗马人缴纳了税款。"他们到了迦百农,收半舍客勒殿税的人去见彼得,说:'你们的老师不纳殿税吗?'他说:'纳的。'他进了屋,耶稣没等他开口就问他:'西门,你以为怎样?世上的君王向谁收关税和丁税?是向自己的儿子,还是向外人呢?'彼得说:'是向外人。'耶稣说:'这样,儿子就可以免税了。然而,为了不叫他们跌倒,你到海边去钓鱼,把先钓上来的鱼拿起来,开了它的口,必得一枚兽币,你可以拿去为我和你完税。'"(马太福音 17:24-27) 我们怎能把一个纳税人与一位君王相比,那位君王要使列国臣服于他的脚下,并服从他的律例呢?
Jesus (PBUH) paid his taxes to the Romans "when they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the half-shekel tax went up to peter and said, “does your teacher not pay the tax?” He said, “Yes.” And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others?” and when he said “from others,” Jesus said to him, Then the sons free. however, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel. Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.” “(Matthew: 17/24-27). How could we compare a taxpayer with a king that nations will fall under his feet and comply with his rulings?
耶稣(愿主赐他平安)拒绝在两个人之间做审判者;那么,他能否由此主张自己拥有权柄和统治权呢?"众人中有一个人对他说:夫子,请你吩咐我兄长跟我分家业。耶稣对他说:你这人,谁立我做你们的审判官,管分家的事呢?"(路加福音 12:13-14)
Jesus (PBUH) refused to be a judge between two men; so, could he then claim authority and dominion? "Someone in the crowd said to him, “teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” But he said to him, Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you? “(Luke: 12/13-14).
即使基督徒坚持说耶稣(PBUH)是应许的得胜君王,是万民要顺服的那位,并且认为这一切都将在他第二次降临时实现,与圣经相抵触,天使对玛利亚所说的预言也驳斥了这一主张。他告诉她,耶稣(PBUH)只会作雅各家的王,因此,他的国度最大范围也只是以色列国。"他要作雅各家的王,直到永远,他的国也没有穷尽。"(路加福音 1/33)应许的弥赛亚"万民都要归顺他"(创世记 49/10),还有"你的箭锋利,射入王敌的心中,众民都倒在你脚下。"(诗篇
Even if the Christians insist in conflicting with the Bible by saying that Jesus (PBUH) is the promised victorious king, the one that nations will obey, and that all this will happen on his second return, the angel refutes this claim’s prophecy mentioned to Mary. He told her that Jesus (PBUH) would only be a king of the house of Jacob; as such, the maximum extent of his kingdom is the nation of Israel. "And he will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of his kingdom there will be no end." (Luke: 1/33). The promised messiah “and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples” (Genesis: 49/10), and "your arrows are sharp in the heart of the king's enemies; the peoples fall under you." (Psalms:
45/5)。应许的弥赛亚的国度,比以色列子孙的国度更为伟大。
45/5). The promised messiah’s kingdom is greater than the kingdom of the children of Israel.
我需要在此指出,上帝对以色列子民的承诺——即将有一位君王坐在大卫的王位上——是附带条件的,条件便是他们顺服上帝,并按照祂的旨意行事。其他许多对他们的承诺也都是如此。因为全能的上帝不会偏袒祂的任何受造物,给予他们并不配得的东西。
I need to Mention here, that God's promise to the children of Israel of the coming king on the throne of David, was with a condition of their obedience to God and to their deeds according to His will. Just like many other promises to them. For, God Almighty does not take side with any of His creatures, giving them what they do not deserve.
这个诺言已被多次违背,于是上帝永远弃绝了他们。"上帝啊,你为何永远丢弃我们?你的怒气为何向你牧场的羊群冒烟?
The promise has been broken many times, and then God rejected them forever "O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
"Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old; which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage. Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt." (Psalms: 74/1-2),God rejected this tough cruel nation, and the rejection was eternal, the promised king will not be from them, because they did not keep their covenant. Note: the quotation above is written as it appears in the source, with the Bible citation kept in the original form. Translation: 「你要追念你古時所置的會眾,就是你所贖來作你產業之支派的。你要追念你所住的錫安山。」(詩篇 74:1-2)上帝棄絕了這個頑梗殘忍的民族,這棄絕是永久的,應許的君王不會從他們中間出來,因為他們沒有守住他們的約。
Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old; which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage. Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt." (Psalms: 74/1-2), God rejected this tough cruel nation, and the rejection was eternal, the promised king will not be from them, because they did not keep their covenant.
撒玛利亚妇人的故事可能会引起混淆。她来到耶稣面前,看到他的神迹,听到他的话语,便告诉他,她相信弥赛亚将会来临,耶稣回答她说他就是弥赛亚。"妇人对他说:'我知道弥赛亚要来(就是称为基督的那一位)。"
The story of the Samaritan woman may create confusion. When she went to Jesus (PBUH), seeing his miracles and hearing his words, she told him that she believed that the messiah will come, and he answered her that he is the messiah, "The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah is coming (he who is called Christ).
"当他来到时,他会把一切告诉我们。"耶稣对她说:"那与你说话的我就是他。"(约翰福音 4:25-26)。
When he comes, he will tell us all things. Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he." (John: 4/25-26).
我毫不怀疑这句话是捏造的。这段文字与耶稣(愿主赐他平安)的习惯相悖,因为没有一个门徒——包括记述这段故事的约翰——听到过他们之间的对话。他们并不知道两人谈话的主题是什么。
I have no doubt that this phrase is a fabrication. The text contradicts the habits of Jesus (PBUH), because none of the disciples - including John who wrote the story - had heard the conversation. They did not know what the subject of the conversation between them was.
"耶稣对她说:"和你说话的我就是他。"正在这时,他的门徒回来了。他们很惊讶他竟与一个女人说话,但没有人说:"你要什么?"或"你为什么与她说话?"(约翰福音 4:26-27),所以他们其实没有真正听到他们之间的对话,也没有就他们之间发生的事情问他。
"Jesus said to her, “I who speak to you am he. Just then, his disciples came back. They marveled that he was talking with a woman, but no one said, “What do you seek?” or, “Why are you talking with her?" (John: 4/26-27), so they never really heard there conversation and they did not ask him about what went on between them.
最清楚地证明这个故事是捏造的证据是:这个女人亲眼见到了他的神迹,而且据称耶稣(愿主赐他平安)对她说了他们所声称的话,她却并不相信耶稣就是所期待的弥赛亚。她从他那里从未听到过这样的话。如果她真的听到了,她就会相信;然而她却离开了,并开始传播他即将到来的消息。她并不确定他就是所期待的弥赛亚。
The clearest evidence proving that the story is a fabrication is that the woman, who saw his miracles and Jesus (PBUH) said to her what they claimed, did not believe that Jesus (PBUH) is the expected messiah. She never heard that from him. If she did hear it she would have believed; instead, she left and started to spread the news about his coming. She was not certain that he was the expected messiah.
“于是那妇人丢下水罐,进城去对众人说:‘你们来看,有一个人把我所做的事都告诉我了。这莫非就是基督吗?’”(约翰福音 4:28-29)
“So the woman left her water jar, and went a way into town and said to the people, Come, see a man who told me all that I ever did. Can this be the Christ?" (John: 4/28-29).
因此,非常清楚,耶稣(愿主福安)并没有宣称自己是所期待的弥赛亚,即便他的同时代人如此宣称——那些渴望上帝所派来、击败其敌人的伟大救主降临的人们。在他的著作《耶稣》中,博尔特曼说得很对:"耶稣并不认为自己是弥赛亚。"许多现代学者都同意他的看法,正如伯纳·巴特曼主教所转述的,他们说:"耶稣并不认为自己是弥赛亚;是门徒们在他死后复活之后才给了他这个称号,而他在世时却强烈拒绝这一称号。"
Accordingly, it is very clear that Jesus (PBUH) did not claim that he was the expected messiah, even if his contemporaries claimed this to be so, those who longed for the arrival of the great savior sent by God to defeat his enemies. In his book "Jesus", Boltman was correct when he said:- "Jesus did not consider himself the messiah". Many modern scholars agreed with him, as told by Bishop Bernar Bartman, they said:- “Jesus did not consider himself the messiah; it is the disciples who gave him this title after his death and resurrection, a title that he strongly rejected during his life on earth".
我们以查尔斯·吉恩·皮尔(Charles Gene Pier)的话作结:"研究者的研究得出的确定结论是:耶稣从未声称自己是被期待的弥赛亚,他也从未称自己为神的儿子。"
We conclude with what Charles Gene Pier said, "The firm conclusion of the researcher’s studies is that, Jesus never claimed that he is the expected messiah, and he never called himself the Son of God".
1 《基督教思想史》,作者:汉纳·盖尔吉斯·赫达里神父,博士。(1/272)
1 History of the Christian ideology, by Priest Hanna Gerges Al-Khodary, PhD. (1/272)
2 《路加福音》,马塔·阿尔-梅斯基恩神父著(392页)。神父认为,耶稣隐藏自己的身份,是“为了能够完成人子或受苦仆人的使命”。
2 The Gospel according to Luke, by Father/ Matta Al-Meskeen, (392), the Father thinks that the reason that Jesus was hiding his identity "to be able to finish the service of the son of man or the suffering servant".
1 《基督教思想史》,牧师哈纳·格尔吉斯·阿尔-霍达里博士著。(1/238)
1 History of the Christian ideology, by Priest Hanna Gerges Al-Khodary, PhD. (1/238)
2 路加福音,作者:Father/ Matta Al-Meskeen,(715)
2 The Bible according to Luke, by Father/ Matta Al-Meskeen, (715)
1 《基督教思想史》,作者:汉纳·格尔格斯·阿尔-霍达里神父,博士(1/236),并参见《圣经词典》(1090)。
1 History of the Christian ideology, by Priest Hanna Gerges Al-Khodary, PhD. (1/236), and look in the Holy Bible dictionary (1090).
1 查阅:《基督教:起源与发展》,查尔斯·吉恩·皮尔著(50页);《基督教思想史》,哈纳·吉尔吉斯·赫达里神父博士著(1/280,282)。
1 Look up: Christianity, beginning and development, by Charles Gene Pier (50), History of the Christian Ideology, by Priest Hanna Gerges Al-Khodary, PhD. (1/280, 282).