门徒对关于弥赛亚的预言缺乏理解
THE DISCIPLES’ LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROPHECIES ABOUT THE MESSIAH
《圣经》的作者非常喜爱《托拉》中的预言,他们有意且明显地篡改了《托拉》经文的许多含义,使其附会于耶稣。他们对耶稣的爱……
The Bible writers were fond of the prophecies of the Torah, and they intentionally and obviously altered many of the meanings of the Torah's text to make it fit Jesus (PBUH). Their love for Jesus (PBUH)
或是他们的篡改习惯,导致他们误解了许多提到“所期待的弥赛亚”的预言。
or their alteration habits, resulted in making them misunderstand many of the prophecies that mentioned the "expected messiah".
这方面的一个例子是,我们在《诗篇》中看到关于"所期待的先知"的预言:"大卫的诗。耶和华对我主说:你坐在我的右边,等我使你的仇敌作你的脚凳。"(诗篇 110:1)这一预言绝不是为了指向马利亚之子耶稣而作的。
An example of this is what we find the Book of Psalms about the "expected prophet "A psalm of David? The Lord says to my lord, "Sit at my right-hand, while I make your enemies your footstool" (Psalms: 110/1), this particular prophecy was not meant in any way as to indicate Jesus (PBUH) the son of Mary.
彼得,或者转述这件事的人,在解释它的时候出了错。他说:
Peter, or whoever related that to Peter, was mistaken when he interpreted it. Saying:
大卫并没有升天,然而他自己说:
"For David did not go up into heaven, but he himself said:
"主对我主说:你坐在我的右边,等我使你的仇敌作你的脚凳。" 所以以色列全家当确实知道,神已经立这位耶稣为主,为基督,就是你们所钉十字架的那一位。(使徒行传 2:29-37)
'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool Therefore let the whole house of Israel know for certain that God has made him both Lord and Messiah, this Jesus whom you crucified" (Acts: 2/29-37).
彼得以及其后的基督徒有误,其证据是:耶稣(愿主赐其平安)曾表示,他并不是大卫所预言的那位“受膏者”。“法利赛人聚集的时候,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,怎么还称他为主,说:主对我主说: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?’从此,没有人能回答他一句话,从那日以后,也没有人敢再问他什么了。”(马太福音 22:41-46)耶稣给出的回答十分坚定,表明所期待的先知不是大卫的后裔,因为大卫称他为自己的主,而父亲不会这样称呼自己的儿子。
The proof that Peter, and the Christians after him, were mistaken is that Jesus (PBUH) said that he is not the "expected messiah" who was mentioned by David. "While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, Saying, What do you think of Christ? Whose son is he? They said unto him, The Son of David. He said unto them, how then did David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The LORD said unto my Lord; Sit in my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool? If David then calls him Lord, how is he his son? And no man was able to answer him a word; neither dares any man from that day forth to ask him any more questions." (Matthew: 22/41-46). The answer that Jesus (PBUH) gave was firm, indicating that the expected prophet is not a descendant of David because David called him his Master, and the father does not call his son so.
耶稣(愿主福安之)问犹太人关于那位被大卫和其他先知预言的、所期待的弥赛亚的事:"你们认为弥赛亚如何?他是谁的儿子?"犹太人回答他说:"他是大卫的儿子。"耶稣告诉他们这是错误的,并且说:"如果大卫称他为主,那么他怎么会是大卫的儿子呢?"因此,下一位弥赛亚并不是大卫的后裔,因为大卫称他为"我的主"。
Jesus (PBUH) asked the Jews about the "expected messiah" the one prophesized by David and other prophets "what do you think of the messiah? Whose son is he?" The Jews answered him: "he is the son of David", Jesus (PBUH) told them that this was wrong, and he said:- "If David called him a God, then how can he be his son!", so the next messiah was not a descendant of David because David called him my Lord or my master.
众所周知,耶稣(愿主福安之)——据《马太福音》和《路加福音》所载,是先知大卫的后裔——人们常称他为"大卫之子"(参见《马太福音》1:1、9:27,以及《路加福音》19:38)。
It is known that Jesus (PBUH) - according to Matthew and Luke is a descendant of the prophet David - he was often called "O' son of David" (look in Matthew: 1/1, 9/27 and Luke: 19/38).
在《马可福音》中,耶稣说:“大卫自己称他为主,那么他怎么会是大卫的子孙呢?”(马可福音 12:37)。《路加福音》中也提到:“耶稣对他们说:‘人怎么说基督是大卫的子孙呢?大卫在诗篇上自己说:主对我主说:你坐在我的右边,等我使你的仇敌作你的脚凳。’大卫既称他为主,他怎么又是大卫的子孙呢?”(路加福音 20:40-44)。尽管有这些经文,基督徒仍然坚持认为耶稣是大卫在其预言中所预示的那位先知,即便他们说耶稣是大卫的子孙。
In the Book of Mark, Jesus (PBUH) said, “David himself calls him Lord. So how is he his son?" (Mark: 12/37). It is also mentioned in Luke "And he said unto them, how they say that Christ is David's son? David himself said in the book of Psalms, the LORD said unto my Lord, Sit in my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool. David therefore called him Lord, how is he then his son?" (Luke: 20/40-44). In spite of these statements, the Christians still insist that Jesus (PBUH) is the prophet whom David foretold of in his prophecy, even though they said that Jesus (PBUH) is the son of David.
在他的《希伯来书》中,关于上帝对大卫的喜讯,即上帝将祝福他的儿子所罗门,保罗或那位佚名作者,将其视为对耶稣的预言,他说:"神曾对哪一个天使说过:你是我的儿子,今日我生了你?又说:我要作他的父,他要作我的子?"(希伯来书 1:5)
In his Epistle to the Hebrews about God’s good news to David, that God will bless his son Solomon, Paul, or the unknown writer, made it a prophecy of Jesus (PBUH), he said, "For unto which of the angels said he at any time, you are my son, this day I have begotten you? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?" (Hebrews: 1/5).
作者在这封书信中引用了《撒母耳记下》(7/14)中的一句话,并将其视为对耶稣(愿主赐他平安)的预言。经文说:"我要作他的父,他要作我的子。"作者认为这句话是指耶稣(愿主赐他平安),因此将其写入他的书信中。这一引用并不正确。这句话的语境是针对大卫的,因为上帝命先知拿单去告诉他:"所以你要对我的仆人大卫这样说……你的日子满足,与你列祖同睡的时候,我要立你的后裔接续你,是从你的身体生的,我必坚立他的国位。他要为我的名建造殿宇,我也要坚立他国位,直到永远。我要作他的父,他要作我的子。他若犯罪,我必用人的杖责打他,用亚当子民的鞭子惩治他。但我的慈爱必不离开他,像我从扫罗那里收回的一样,扫罗是我在你面前废去的。你的家和你的国,必在我面前存到永远,你的国位必坚立到永远。"拿单照着这一切话,并照着这一切默示,将这些话都告诉了大卫。(撒母耳记下 7:8-17)
The writer of this letter quoted the phrase from the Book of Second Samuel (7/14); he made it a prophecy about Jesus (PBUH). It says, "I will be a father to him, and he will be a son to me". The writer thought that this phrase was about Jesus (PBUH), so he wrote it in his epistle. This quotation is not correct. The context of the sentence was to David, because God ordered the prophet Nathan to tell him: "Now therefore thus you shall say unto my servant David, .. When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will rise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. He shall build a house for my name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever. I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men: But my steadfast love shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before you. And your house and your kingdom shall be established forever before you: your throne shall be established forever. According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so did Nathan speak unto David." (Samuel (2): 7:8 -17)
这位被预言的人是大卫之子,而非大卫的孙辈。他将在大卫死后成为以色列子孙的君王。他将建造神的殿,并且他已被警告:若偏离神的道路,将遭受神的惩罚。上述所有内容,都已在《妥拉》中所提及的所罗门身上应验。
The prophesized person is a son of David and not one of his grandchildren. He will be the king of the children of Israel after David’s death. He will build the house of God, and he has been warned of God’s punishment if he drifts away from the path of God, all of the above mentioned was fulfilled in the person of Solomon as mentioned in the Torah.
然而,前面提到的这些预言没有一个适用于耶稣(愿主赐他平安)。因为按照基督徒的说法,耶稣就是神,不可能受到神的警告。他是完全的,从未犯罪。耶稣没有为神在地上建造任何殿宇,他也从来不是以色列人的君王。他没有地上的国度,正如他所说:“耶稣回答说:‘我的国不属这世界。我的国若属这世界,我的臣仆必要争战,不叫我交给犹太人。但我的国不属这世界。’”(约翰福音 18:36)
However, none of the mentioned prophecies applied to Jesus (PBUH), for, according to Christians, Jesus (PBUH) is God, and could not be warned by God. He was perfect, and did not sin. Jesus (PBUH) did not build any house for God on earth, and he was never a king to the children of Israel. He had no kingdom on earth as he said, "Jesus answered, my kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but my kingdom is not from hence.” (John: 18/36).
在《历代志上》中记载,所预言的那位的名字是所罗门。大卫领受了这些话语:"看哪,必有一子为你而生,他必是安逸的人;我必使他安然无惧,不受四围一切仇敌的侵扰,因为他的名必称为所罗门,我在他的日子必使以色列享有平安和安静。"(历代志上 22:9)
In the Book of First Chronicles, it reads that the name of the prophesized is Solomon. David received these words, "Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies round about: for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness unto Israel in his days.” (Chronicles (1): 22/9)
另一个此类捏造或误解的例子,是马太关于耶稣(愿主赐福与他)幼年时从埃及归来的记述。"他就起来,夜间带着小孩子和他母亲往埃及去,在那里住到希律死了;要应验主借先知所说的话,说:'我从埃及召出我的儿子。'"(马太福音 2:14-15),他声称这证实了《托拉》中的预言,即何西阿书(11:1-2)中的那段预言。
Another example of these fabrications or the misunderstandings is what Matthew said about Jesus (PBUH) and his return from Egypt, when he was a child. "When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt: And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.” (Matthew: 2/14-15), he claimed that this confirms the Torah's prophecy, that comes in the Book of Hosea (11/1-2).
经文中提到的《何西阿书》那段话与耶稣(愿主赐他平安)毫无关系。相反,它讲述的是以色列民族在摩西带领下从埃及归来的事。原本的语境是关于雅各,然后转而谈到他的儿子们,以及他们从埃及归来后拜偶像、无视神的诫命和命令的情形。他说:"以色列年幼的时候,我爱他,从埃及召出我的儿子。但我越召他们,他们却越离开我,去向巴力献祭,向偶像烧香。"(何西阿书 11:1-2)
The mentioned verse in the Book of Hosea has nothing to do with Jesus (PBUH). Instead, it tells about the return of the nation of Israel from Egypt with Moses. Originally, the context is about Jacob, and then it moves on to talk about his sons and their return from Egypt, their idol worshipping, and ignoring God’s commandments and orders. He said:- "When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt. As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed unto Baal, and burned offerings to the idols." (Hosea: 11/1-2).
这节经文与耶稣毫无关系;所提及的拜偶像之事,发生在耶稣之前,不能用于耶稣同时代的人。犹太人在被掳至巴比伦并获释之后,早在耶稣降生的几个世纪之前就已经离弃了拜偶像的行为,而且正如历史书籍所记载的,他们从未放弃那份悔改。
This verse has nothing to do with Jesus (PBUH); the worshipping of idols mentioned, took place before Jesus (PBUH), and it cannot be applied to the people who were contemporary with him (PBUH). The Jews had left idol worshipping centuries before Jesus (PBUH) was born, after their released from the captivity of Babylon, and they never withdrew from that repentance, as the history books tell us.
在《托拉》中,常见使用"(我的儿子)"这一称呼形式,例如:
The use of the form (my son) is commonly used in the Torah, as in:
耶和华对摩西说:"你回埋伏在埃及去的时候,……。你要对法老说:耶和华如此说:以色列是我的儿子,是我的长子。我对你说:让我的儿子去,好事奉我。"(出埃及记)
"And the LORD said unto Moses, When you go to return into Egypt, …….. And you shall say unto Pharaoh, Thus said the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: And I say unto you, Let my son go, that he may serve me:." (Exodus:
4/21-23).
4/21-23).
耶稣(愿主福安之)一生长期忍受门徒对他话语的误解。在他在世期间,他曾纠正过他们对预言的许多错误理解,甚至纠正过他的大部分言论。他们连他最简单的话都无法理解。既然如此,他们又怎能理解那些预言呢?
Jesus (PBUH) suffered long from his disciples’ misunderstandings of his words, and during his life, he had corrected many of their mistakes in understanding the prophecies, and even most of his sayings. They failed to understand the simplest of his sayings. If such is the case, how could they understand the prophecies?
他在一次事件中劝诫他们说:"他警告他们说,你们要谨慎,要提防法利赛人和希律的酵。门徒们便彼此议论,因为他们没有带饼。"
In one incident, he advised them saying: "And he cautioned them, saying, watch out, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and the leaven of Herod. And they began discussing with one another the fact that they had no bread.
耶稣察觉此事,便对他们说:"你们为什么议论没有饼呢?你们还不觉悟,还不明白吗?你们的心还是顽梗吗?你们有眼看不见吗?有耳听不见吗?你们不记得吗?"(马可福音 8:15-18)你们怎么会不明白,我说的并不是真正的饼呢?
And Jesus, aware of this, said to them, Why are you discussing the fact that you have no bread? Do you not yet perceive or understand? are your heart hardened? Having eyes, do you not see? and having ears, do you not hear? And do you not remember? “(Mark: 8/15-18). How could you not understand that, I did not mean real bread?
在另一处经文中,耶稣(愿主赐他平安)与他们交谈,他们却不明白他的话,"门徒中听见这话的,多有人说:这话难懂,谁能听呢?"(约翰福音)
In another, Jesus (PBUH) talked to them and they did not understand him, "Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard this, said: this is a hard saying; who can hear it?" (John:
6/60).
6/60).
他们常常误解他简单的话语,然后又不敢请他解释他们不明白的地方。马克说:
They used to misunderstand his simple words, and then they were afraid to ask him to explain what they did not understand. Mark said:
因为他教导他的门徒,并对他们说:"人子将被交在人的手里,他们要杀他;他被杀之后,第三天必然复活。"
"For he taught his disciples, and said to them, The Son of man is delivered to the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day.
但是他们不明白这话,又不敢问他。(马可福音 9:31-32)
But they did not understand that saying, and were afraid to ask him." (Mark: 9/31-32).
这些对经文启示的误解,甚至也出现在以色列后裔中有学识、有地位的人身上。尼哥底母误解了耶稣的话,耶稣回答他说:"我实在告诉你,人若不是从水和圣灵生的,就不能进神的国。" Note: "Jesus (PBUH)" rendered as the name only, since the translation rule says prophets keep the name in its usual Chinese form and honorifics written in words remain words. The Qur'an-style "{...}" marking was not present, so the quoted Gospel verse is translated as the original's quoted passage.
These misunderstandings of the scripture’s indications extended even to the educated and the elite individuals of the children of Israel. Nicodemus misunderstood the words of Jesus (PBUH) when he said, "Jesus answered him, truly; truly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
尼哥底母对他说:"人已经老了,怎么能重生呢?岂能再进母腹重生一次吗?"……….. 耶稣回答说:"你是以色列的教师,这些事你还不明白吗?"(约翰福音 3/3-10)尼哥底母没有理解属灵重生的意义;他以为重生就意味着人要回到母亲的腹中!尼哥底母是以色列人的教师。如果他都是这样理解的,那么马太(税吏)、约翰和彼得这些渔夫又当如何呢?根据使徒行传,他们只是两个不识字的门徒。"他们看见彼得和约翰的胆量,又知道他们是没有学问的普通人,就希奇。"(使徒行传 4/13)
Nicodemus said to him, how can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born? ……….. Jesus answered, “Are you a teacher of Israel, and you do not understand these things?" (John: 3/3 - 10) Nicodemus did not understand the meaning of the spiritual rebirth; he thought that to be born again means that the person has to go back inside his mother's womb! Nicodemus was the teacher of the children of Israel. If this was the way that he understood; how about Matthew, the tax collector, and John and Peter the fishermen? They were just two illiterate disciples according to the Book of Acts. "Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they astonished.” (Acts: 4/13).
耶稣的门徒是世上的不识字之人,正如保罗所记载的那样,他说:"但神拣选了世上愚拙的,要叫智慧人羞愧;神又拣选了世上软弱的,要叫强壮人羞愧。"(哥林多前书 1:27)。
The disciples of Jesus (PBUH) were the illiterates of the world as Paul reported, he said "But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong." (Corinthians (1): 1/27).
耶稣(PBUH)在世时的言行与经典中的预言之间的关系,门徒起初并不清楚。等到他被接升天之后,他们才认为那些预言是指着他说的。"耶稣得了一头驴驹,就骑上,正如经上所记:锡安的女儿,不要惧怕!看哪,你的王骑着驴驹来了。这些事门徒起先不明白,等到耶稣得了荣耀以后,才想起这些事是指着他写的,而且人也果然向他这样行了。"(约翰福音 12:14-16)
The relationship between Jesus’ (PBUH) words and deeds– during his life on earth- and the scriptures’ prophecies were unclear to the disciples. Then after his ascent, they thought that the prophecies were for him (PBUH). "And Jesus found a young donkey and sat on it, just as it is written, Fear not, daughter of Zion; behold, your King is coming, sitting on a donkey’s colt. His disciples did not understand these things at first, but when Jesus was glorified, and then they remembered that these things had been written about him, and had been done him." (John: 12/14-16).
以色列的子孙长期以来一直期盼着救世主。他们以为他就是耶稣,"当他们听到这些话时,有些人说:'他的确是那位先知。'"
The children of Israel had been longing for the savior. They assumed that he was Jesus (PBUH), "when they heard these words, some of the people said, “This really is the prophet”.
其他人说:"这是基督。"但也有人说:"基督难道会从加利利出来吗?经上不是说,基督是大卫的后裔,出自大卫所住的村庄伯利恒吗?"(约翰福音 7:38-41)
Others said, “This is the Christ”. But some said, “is the Christ to come from Galilee? Has not the scripture said, that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?" (John: 7/38-41).
人群也不论其文化各异,都在试图通过耶稣(愿主赐他平安)这个人寻求救恩。"但以法他伯利恒啊,你在犹大诸族中虽然渺小,将来为我从你那里出现一位执政者,他根源出于古时,出于亘古。因此,耶和华要把他们交出,直到产子之妇生产的时候;那时他余下的弟兄必归回以色列人那里。他要站立,以耶和华的能力,以耶和华他神名的威严牧放羊群;他们必安然居住,因为现在他必为大,直到地极。他要作我们的平安。亚述人入我们的地,践踏我们的宫殿的时候,我们必兴起七个牧人,八个首领来攻击他们。他们要用刀剑牧亚述地,用刃牧宁录地的各门。他入我们的地,践踏我们的境界的时候,他必搭救我们脱离亚述人。"(弥迦书 5:2-6)
The crowds also, in spite of their different cultures, were trying to find salvation through the person of Jesus (PBUH). "But you, oh Bethlehem Ephrata, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel; whose origin is from of old, from ancient days. Therefore, he shall give them up until the time when she who is in labor has given birth; then the rest of his brothers shall return to the people of Israel. And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the LORD, in the majesty of the name of the LORD his God. and they shall dwell secure, for now he shall be great to the ends of the earth. And he shall be their peace. when the Assyrian comes into our land and treads in our palaces, then we will raise against him seven shepherds and eight princes of men. They shall shepherd the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nimrod at its entrances; and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian when he comes into our land and treads within our borders. “(Micah: 5/2-6).
事实上,耶稣并没有应验这一预言。犹太人所等待的,是将成为他们君王、拯救他们脱离亚述人、并在他们中间带来和平的那一位。
In fact, Jesus (PBUH) did not fulfill this prophecy. The Jews were looking for the one who would be their king, save them from the Assyrians, and bestow the peace among them.
艾哈迈德·沙拉比博士引用了帕里的话,内容关于耶稣:“由于他善于辞令,他得以吸引许多追随者(即等待弥赛亚的犹太人),他们便赐予他这一称号。”他们把他并未说过的话归在他身上,这一点我们稍后将会看到。
Dr. Ahmad Shalaby quoted Parry’s words regarding Jesus (PBUH):- “Because of his eloquence he was able to attract many of his followers (the Jews who awaited the messiah), and they gave him this title.” They attribute to him what he did not say, as we will see later.