📒14-4关于安息日与星期天的真相 The Truth About Sabbath and Sunday

 

关于安息日与星期天的真相

The Truth About Sabbath and Sunday

大多数基督徒现在相信，星期天是作为宇宙的创造主所定的真正的礼拜日。圣经是那么说的吗？那些守星期天的著名领袖人物是如何定义和宣布星期天敬拜的呢？Most Christians now believe that Sunday is the real day of worship as ordained by the Creator of the universe. Is that what the BIBLE says? What do prominent leaders of Sunday keepers define and pronounce about Sunday worship?

大多数基督徒现在相信，星期天是作为宇宙的创造主所按立的真正的礼拜之日。他们不知道圣经关于安息日的教导，也不知道那些遵守星期天的领袖人物是如何宣布要守星期天的。Most Christians now believe that Sunday is the real day of worship as ordained by the Creator of the universe. They are ignorant of what the Holy Bible teaches regarding the Sabbath and what the leaders who observe Sunday declare about it. 神父和牧师们没有向他们揭示安息日（即第七日）与星期天（即一周的第一日）之间的差别。The priests and pastors have not revealed to them the difference between the Sabbath, the seventh day, and Sunday, the first day of the week.

细想一下圣经所说的：“她的祭司们强解我的律法，亵渎我的圣物，不分别圣的和俗的，Consider what the Holy Scriptures say: "Her priests have violated My law, and have profaned Mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and profane, 也不使人分辨洁净的和不洁净的，又遮眼不顾我的安息日。我也在他们中间被亵慢。”(以西结书22:26)neither have they shewed difference between the unclean and the clean, and have hid their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I am profaned among them," (Ezekiel 22:26, Holy Name Bible).

在本文中，我已尽力显明这两天之间差别。In this article I have tried to show the difference between these two days. 整理如下：在一个分栏中显明圣经关于安息日的教导，而在另一个分栏中显明那些守星期天的著名领袖人物对星期天礼拜的定义和宣布，这样读者就可以自己判断哪一天是圣洁的，哪一天是不圣洁的，是俗的；It is arranged to show in one column what the Holy Scriptures teach about the Sabbath and in another column what prominent leaders of Sunday keepers define and pronounce about Sunday so that readers can judge for themselves which day is holy, and which is unholy, or profane;哪一天是真正的安息日和礼拜之日，哪一天是虚假的安息日，不是真正的礼拜日。安息日星期天。 which day is the true Sabbath and day of worship, and which is the false Sabbath and not the real day of worship. Sabbath Sunday Sabbath is the seventh day of the Creation week.

安息日是创世周的第七天。（创世记2:2）Sunday is the first day of the week. (Genesis 2:2)

星期天是一周的第一天。（马太福音28:1） It is the day of Sabbath rest. (Matthew 28:1).

星期天是安息日结束后的一天。

（创世记2:2）

星期天是六个工作日的第一天。（出埃及记20:9）It is the first day of six working days. (Genesis 2:2; Exodus 34:21). 

星期天是人造的休息日。Sunday is a man-made day of rest.(Exodus 20:9; 34:21).

“君士坦丁皇帝于公元321年为整个（罗马）帝国制定了一项法律，规定星期天应作为休息日。”"Constantine made a law for the whole empire (A.D. 321) that Sunday should be kept as a day of rest"

（美国百科全书中的“安息日”一文）

(Encyclopedia Americana, article "Sabbath

“神赐福给第七日，定为圣日”（创世记2:3）"Elohim blessed the seventh day and sanctified it" (Genesis 2:3).

星期天是一个工作日，一个世俗的日子。（出埃及记20:9六日要劳碌做你一切的工）Sunday is a working day, a secular day (Exodus 20:9).

“你可以读圣经，从《创世记》读到《启示录》，你将找不到一行字批准了星期天为圣日。"You may read the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, and you will not find a single line authorizing the sanctification of Sunday. 圣经规定必须要虔诚地守星期六（为圣日），这却是我们从未分别为圣的一天。”The Scriptures enforce the religious observance of Saturday, a day which we never sanctify"

（基本斯主教，《我们父辈们的信仰》，第111页）。(Cardinal Gibbons, The Faith of Our Fathers, page 111).

亚哈威赐福与安息日，定为圣日。YAHUVEH blessed the sabbath-day and hallowed it"

祂称之为“我的圣日”（出埃及记20:11）

He called it "my holy day" (Exodus 20:11)

星期天不是圣日。Sunday is not a holy day. (Isaiah 58:13). 

“拥有自己绝无错误的权威的天主教会创立了星期天，使其成为一个神圣的日子来取代了旧约律法的安息日。”"The Catholic Church of its own infallible authority created Sunday a holy day to take the place of the Sabbath of the old law"

（堪萨斯城天主教，1893年2月9日）

(Kansas City Catholic, February 9, 1893).

“第七日是向亚哈威－你神当守的安息日”（出埃及记20:10）。"The seventh day is the sabbath of YAHUVEH, thy Elohim" (Exodus 20:10).

星期天原本是为了纪念太阳神而要遵守的日子。“让所有的法官和城镇居民，以及各行各业的人，都在可敬的太阳日休息吧。”Sunday was originally kept in honor of the sun god. "Let all judges and town people, and the occupation of all trades rest on the venerable day of the Sun"

（君士坦丁的法律）(Constantine's Law).

安息日是亚哈威在创世之初设立的。（创世记2:3）

Sabbath was instituted by YAHUVEH in the beginning of Creation. (Genesis 2:3).

公元321年3月7日，君士坦丁皇帝通过了首个星期天法案。The first Sunday law was passed by Emperor Constantine on March 7, A.D. 321

安息日是作为对时间的起头一周的伟大创造工作的纪念，也是作为对创造主的尊崇。（出埃及记20:11因为六日之内，亚哈威造天、地、海，和其中的万物，第七日便安息，所以亚哈威赐福与安息日，定为圣日）Sabbath stands as a memorial of the great creation work of the first week of time and pays homage to the Creator. (Exodus 20:11). 

“新教徒们守星期天是向〔天主教〕教会权威致敬，而不是向他们自己的新教教会权威致敬”"The observance of Sunday by the Protestants is an homage they pay, in spite of themselves, to the authority of the [Catholic] Church" 

（浅谈当今的新教，作者Mgr. Segur，第213页）(Plain Talk About the Protestantism of Today, by Mgr. Segur, page 213).

“且以我的安息日为圣。这日在我与你们中间为证据，使你们知道我是亚哈威－你们的神”（以西结书20:20；也请参阅出埃及记31:17）。"And hallow My Sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that ye may know that I am YAHUVEH your Elohim" (Ezekiel 20:20; see also Exodus 31:17). 

守星期天为礼拜日是承认教皇的权威而不是亚哈威的权威。Observing Sunday as the day of worship, acknowledges papal authority instead of the authority of YAHUVEH

“所以神子（弥赛亚）也是安息日的主”（马可福音2:28）

守星期天表明着教皇的权威，他想要“改变节期和律法”(但以理书7:25,英王钦定本圣经)"The Son of Man [Messiah] is Master also of the Sabbath" (Mark 2:28). 9. Sunday observance indicates the authority of the pope, who thought "to change times and laws" (Daniel 7:25, KJV) 

“他是抵挡主，高抬自己，超过一切称为以罗欣的...甚至坐在亚哈威的殿里，自称是神”(帖撒罗尼迦后书2: 3-4) and "who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called Elohim . . . so that he as the Almighty sitteth in the temple of YAHUVEH showing himself that he is the Mighty One" (II Thessalonians 2:3-4).

亚哈威宣告安息日是“我的圣日”(以赛亚书58:13),

启示者约翰说安息日是亚哈威的日子。（启示录1:10）YAHUVEH declared that the Sabbath is "my holy day" (Isaiah 58:13), and John the Revelator said the Sabbath is YAHUVEH's day. (Revelation 1:10).

星期天是天主教的规定，于是罗马教会和新教徒们便声称这天是他们自己的礼拜日。 Sunday is a Catholic institution and so the Roman Church and Protestants claim it as their own day of worship.

星期天是天主教的规定，于是罗马教会和新教徒们便声称这天是他们自己的礼拜日。Sunday is a Catholic institution and so the Roman Church and Protestants claim it as their own day of worship.

“安息日是为人设立的”（马可福音2:27）安息日不仅仅是为犹太人设立的，它也是为外邦人设立的。（以赛亚书56:2-8）

The Sabbath was made for man" (Mark 2:27)

and not for Jews only. It is given for heathen too (Isaiah 56:2-8). 

这是人和牲畜的安息日的安息。（出埃及记20:10）根据他们的声明，守星期天只适合天主教会和她的女儿新教徒们。 It is the Sabbath rest for man and beast (Exodus 20:10). Sunday observance is meant only for the Catholic Church and her daughters, the Protestants, according to their claim

“当记念安息日，守为圣日。” (出埃及记20:8)星期天不是作为一个圣日来守，而是作为一个假日。天主教徒们被限定只能在星期天参加弥撒，之后他们便可以随心所欲地度过这天的余下时光。"Remember the sabbath-day to keep it holy" (Exodus 20:8). 

Sunday is kept not as a holy day but as a holiday. Catholics are restricted only to attend mass on Sunday, after which they may spend the rest of the day as they wish.

“君士坦丁大帝于公元321年为整个（罗马）帝国制定了一项法律，规定星期天在所有城镇都应作为休息日；但他允许乡村的人们从事他们的工作。”（美国百科全书， “安息日”一文）"Constantine the Great made a law for the whole empire (A.D. 321) that Sunday should be kept as a rest day in all cities and towns; but he allowed the country people to follow their work"

 (Encyclopedia Americana, article "Sabbath").

亚哈威守了安息日。（创世记2:3。，希伯来书4:4）Sabbath was kept by Yahowah (Genesis 2:3, Hebrews 4:4); by YAHUSHUA (Luke 4:16);

女信徒们守了安息日。使徒们和早期的信徒们守了安息日。（使徒行传15:21）作外邦人使徒的保罗守了安息日。（使徒行传17:2罗马书11:13）women believers (Luke 23:55-56); apostles and early believers (Acts 15:21): the apostle Paul for the gentiles (Acts 17:2, Romans 11:13).

“难道没有任何要把一周的第一天而不是第七天作为安息日来守的明文命令吗？”完全没有。无论是[弥赛亚] ，使徒们，或是初代教会的基督徒们，都不庆祝一周的第一天。"Is there no express commandment for observing the first day of the week as Sabbath, instead of the seventh day? None whatever. Neither [Messiah] nor the apostles nor the first Christians celebrated the first day of the week" 

（纽约论坛周报，1900年5月24日）(New York Weekly Tribune, May 24, 1900).

正如弥赛亚所预言的，当耶路撒冷和圣殿必须被罗马人毁灭时，信徒们不得不从那里逃走，祂（弥赛亚）说：“你们应当祈求，叫你们逃走的时候，不遇见冬天，或是安息日”（马太福音24:20）。When Jerusalem and the temple had to be destroyed by the Romans as prophesied by the Messiah, and the believers had to flee from there, He said, "Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the Sabbath"

(Matthew 24:20).

为什么？公元70年，就在弥赛亚复活和升天差不多40年之后，提多将军摧毁了耶路撒冷的圣殿。因此在弥赛亚复活和升天之后的这四十年里，门徒们都在祈祷并守着安息日。Why? The temple of Jerusalem was destroyed by General Titus in A.D. 70, almost 40 years after Messiah's resurrection and ascension. So the disciples were praying and keeping the Sabbath for these 40 years after the Messiah's resurrection and ascension.

弥赛亚没有要求信徒们祈求在他们逃走的时候不要遇见星期天，门徒们在祂复活之后的这四十年里也没有祈求（在逃走的时候不要遇见星期天）或者守星期天。Messiah did not ask the believers to pray that their flight would not be on Sunday, neither did the disciples pray or keep Sunday all the 40 years after His resurrection.

“这样看来，必另有一安息日的安息，为神亚哈威的子民存留”。（希伯来书4:9）星期天是给罗马天主教会和她的女儿们（新教徒们）特定要守的日子，然而安息日只对于神的子民来说却是一如既往必须要守的。There remaineth therefore the keeping of the Sabbath to the people of Elohim" (Hebrews 4:9). Sunday is meant for the exclusive observance of the Roman Catholic Church and her daughters, whereas the Sabbath remains for the keeping of the people of Elohim only

“两块法版，是神亚哈威用指头写的石版”含有十诫，其中第四条诫命是关于守安息日的。（出埃及记31:18）"Two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of Elohim" contain the Decalogue, of which the fourth commandment pertains to the keeping of the Sabbath (Exodus 31:18). “守第一天，而不是第七天，是基于[罗马]教会的证词，仅此教会而已”（霍巴特教会新闻[圣公会]1894年7月2日） 。"The observance of the first, instead of the seventh, day rests on the testimony of the [Roman] Church and the Church alone"

 (Hobart Church News [Episcopalian] July 2, 1894).

在新地上，“每逢安息日，凡有血气的必来在我面前下拜。这是亚哈威说的。”（以赛亚书66:22-23）。On the new earth "from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before Me, saith YAHUVEH" (Isaiah 66:22-23).

“这样看来，必另有一安息日的安息，为神亚哈威的子民存留”。（希伯来书4:9）"There remaineth therefore the keeping of the Sabbath to the people of Elohim" (Hebrews 4:9). 守星期天的追随者们在新地上的命运将如何？那时守星期天会怎么样？让罗马天主教会和新教徒们对自己负责。What will be the fate of the followers of Sunday keeping in the new earth? What will happen to the observance of Sunday then? Let the Roman Catholic Church and the Protestants answer for themselves

“你若在安息日掉转（或作谨慎）你的脚步，在我圣日不以操作为喜乐，称安息日为可喜乐的，称亚哈威的圣日为可尊重的。而且尊敬这日，不办自己的私事，不随自己的私意，不说自己的私话。If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable: and shalt honour Him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:你就以亚哈威为乐。亚哈威要使你乘驾地的高处。又以你祖雅各的产业养育你。这是亚哈威亲口说的。”(以赛亚书58:13-14)  Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord: and I will cause the to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it," Isaiah 58:13-14.

“每逢月朔，安息日，凡有血气的必来在我面前下拜。这是亚哈威说的，”（以赛亚书66:23）"And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before Me, saith the Lord," Isaiah 66:23.

一、安息日为什么重要

I. Why the Sabbath is Important

每周的安息日是预尝千禧年国度的“安息”。圣经中有许多指示，指明应该如何守安息日，安息日的意义，守安息日会得到的祝福，以及为什么一周的第七天对人类很重要。The weekly Sabbath day is a foretaste of the "rest" of the millennial kingdom. The Bible is replete with instructions pointing out how to keep the Sabbath, the meaning of the Sabbath, the blessings of keeping the Sabbath, and why the seventh day of the week is important to mankind.

神在创世的第七天将安息日定为圣日

God Sanctified Sabbath on Seventh Day of Creation

创世记2:1-3

Genesis 2:1-3

天地万物都造齐了。到第七日，神亚哈威造物的工已经完毕，就在第七日歇了祂一切的工，安息了。Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them. And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. 神亚哈威赐福给第七日，定为圣日（将其分别为圣），因为在这日神歇了祂一切创造的工，就安息了。And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it [set it apart, made it holy]: because that in it He had rested from all His work which God created and made.

创造主通过在安息日这天安息而与安息日同在。祂定安息日为圣日，也就是说，祂为着神圣的用途或者目的而把这天分别为圣。是祂，而不是世人，使安息日成为神圣的时间。不是六天的创造，而是七天。The Creator placed His presence in the Sabbath by resting on that day. He "sanctified" the Sabbath, i.e., separated it, set it apart for holy use or purpose. He, not man, made the Sabbath Holy Time. There were not six days of creation, but seven. 在第七天，是创造主歇了祂的工，而不是歇了祂的创造。祂籍著祂的安息而创造了安息日。祂并不疲乏(以赛亚书40:28)，但祂在安息日里看着祂所造的一切而心满意足，便舒畅了（出埃及记31:17这是我和以色列人永远的证据；因为六日之内亚哈威造天地，第七日便安息舒畅。）On the Seventh Day, the Creator ended His work, not His creating. He created the Sabbath by His rest. He wasn't tired, Isaiah 40:28, but He was refreshed on the Sabbath day, Exodus 31:17, by gaining the satisfaction of contemplating what He had created.

从创世以来安息日从未消失过。人类历法的改变从来没有打乱过每周的周期。犹太历史学家们历经世世代代将（神的）历法和每周的周期仔细保存了下来。The Sabbath day from Creation has never been lost. Human calendar changes have never upset the weekly cycle. Jewish historians have carefully preserved the Calendar and the weekly cycle down through the ages. 参阅这篇文章《时间消失了吗？》文章由基督复临安息日会和全世界神之教会发表。See the article, "Has Time Been Lost?" published by the Seventh Day Church of God and the Worldwide Church of God.

二、先祖们守安息日

II. Patriarchs Kept the Sabbath

从圣经的《创世记》里提到安息日直到以色列民离开埃及到西奈山时安息日再次被提出来，这之间有2500年的间隔。然而，从圣经里可以证明，先祖们守了安息日。There is a 2,500-year gap after the Bible mentions the Sabbath in Genesis until it is again brought up at the time Israel leaves Egypt and arrives at Sinai. Nevertheless, it is provable scripturally that the patriarchs kept the Sabbath.

挪亚守了安息日，并向其他人传讲当守安息日

Noah Kept Sabbath and Preached it to Others

创世记6:9

Genesis 6:9

挪亚的后代记在下面。挪亚是个义人，在当时的世代是个完全人。挪亚与神同行。These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

彼得后书2:5

II Peter 2:5

神也没有宽容上古的世代，曾叫洪水临到那不敬虔的世代，却保护了传义道的挪亚一家八口。And [God] spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly.

诗篇119:172

Psalms 119:172

愿我的舌头歌唱祢的话。因祢一切的命令尽都公义。My tongue shall speak of Thy word: for all Thy commandments are righteousness.

亚伯拉罕遵守了律法和诫命

Abraham Obeyed Laws and Commandments

创世记26:4-5

Genesis 26:4-5

我要加增你的后裔，像天上的星那样多，又要将这些地都赐给你的后裔。并且地上万国必因你的后裔得福。都因亚伯拉罕听从我的话，遵守我的吩咐和我的命令，律例，法度。And I will make thy seed to multiply as the stars of heaven, and will give unto thy seed all these countries; and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; Because that Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws.

以撒和雅各跟随了亚伯拉罕的顺服

Isaac and Jacob Followed Abraham's Obedience

希伯来书11:8-10,13,20-21,23

Hebrews 11:8-10, 13, 20-21, 23

亚伯拉罕因着信，蒙召的时候，就遵命出去，往将来要得为业的地方去。出去的时候，还不知往哪里去。他因着信，就在所应许之地作客，好像在异地居住帐棚，与那同蒙一个应许的以撒，雅各一样。By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: 因为他等候那座有根基的城，就是神亚哈威所经营所建造的……这些人都是存着信心死的，并没有得着所应许的，却从远处望见，且欢喜迎接，又承认自己在世上是客旅，是寄居的……For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God . . . . These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth . . . . 以撒因着信，就指着将来的事，给雅各以扫祝福。雅各因着信，临死的时候，给约瑟的两个儿子各自祝福，扶着杖头敬拜神……By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come. By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff . . . . 摩西生下来，他的父母见他是个俊美的孩子，就因着信把他藏了三个月，并不怕王命。By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his parents, because they saw he was a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.

安息日和每七天为一周一直在连续不断地被遵守着。“早在公元前3800年，巴比伦王国就将安息日视为每周的休息日, ”（佩鲁贝特圣经词典，“安息日”一文，第573页）。The Sabbath and the seven-day week have continuously been observed. "The Sabbath was recognized as a weekly day of rest in Babylonia as early as 3800 B.C.," (Peloubet's Bible Dictionary, article "Sabbath," p. 573).在巴比伦、尼尼微、尼普尔和亚述废墟中发现的泥版上所刻的创世史诗在亚伯拉罕时代之前就已经流传了。 Epics of Creation, on clay tablets found in the ruins of Babylon, Nineveh, Nippur and Ashur, were in circulation before the time of Abraham. 这些史诗谈及第七天是作为“神圣的一天”，在这一天我们应该“停止一切买卖”，（哈雷圣经手册，第62页）。安息日乃是一个古老可敬的惯例。They tell of the seventh day as a "holy day" on which we should "cease from all business," (Halley's Bible Handbook, p. 62). The Sabbath is an ancient venerable institution.

三、神在西奈山把安息日赐给了以色列民：

III. God Gave the Sabbath To Israel

出埃及记16:4-5, 14-30

Exodus 16:4-5, 14-30

亚哈威对摩西说：“我要将粮食从天降给你们。百姓可以出去，每天收每天的分，我好试验他们遵不遵我的法度。Then said the Lord unto Moses, Behold, I will rain bread from heaven for you; and the people shall go out and gather a certain rate every day, that I may prove them, whether they will walk in my law, or no.到第六天，他们要把所收进来的预备好了，比每天所收的多一倍。”……And it shall come to pass, that on the sixth day they shall prepare that which they bring in; and it shall be twice as much as they gather daily . . . .露水上升之后，不料，野地面上有如白霜的小圆物。以色列人看见，不知道是什么，就彼此对问说：“这是什么呢？”And when the dew that lay was gone up, behold, upon the face of the wilderness there lay a small round thing, as small as the hoar frost on the ground. And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, It is manna: for they wist not what it was. 摩西对他们说：“这就是亚哈威给你们吃的食物。亚哈威所吩咐的是这样：你们要按着各人的饭量，为帐棚里的人，按着人数收起来，各拿一俄梅珥。”And Moses said unto them, This is the bread which the Lord hath given you to eat. This is the thing which the Lord hath commanded, Gather of it every man according to his eating, an omer for every man, according to the number of your persons; take ye every man for them which are in his tents. 以色列人就这样行；有多收的，有少收的。及至用俄梅珥量一量，多收的也没有余，少收的也没有缺；各人按着自己的饭量收取。摩西对他们说：“所收的，不许什么人留到早晨。”And the children of Israel did so, and gathered, some more, some less. And when they did mete it with an omer, he that gathered much had nothing over, and he that gathered little had no lack; they gathered every man according to his eating. And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning. 然而他们不听摩西的话，内中有留到早晨的，就生虫变臭了；摩西便向他们发怒。他们每日早晨，按着各人的饭量收取，日头一发热，就消化了。Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses; but some of them left of it until the morning, and it bred worms, and stank: and Moses was wroth with them. And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating: and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. 到第六天，他们收了双倍的食物，每人两俄梅珥。会众的官长来告诉摩西；And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.摩西对他们说：“亚哈威这样说：『明天是圣安息日，是向亚哈威守的圣安息日。你们要烤的就烤了，要煮的就煮了，所剩下的都留到早晨。』” And he said unto them, This is that which the Lord hath said, Tomorrow is the rest of the holy Sabbath unto the Lord: bake that which ye will bake today, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over lay up for you to be kept until the morning.他们就照摩西的吩咐留到早晨，也不臭，里头也没有虫子。摩西说：“你们今天吃这个吧！因为今天是向亚哈威守的安息日；你们在田野必找不着了。六天可以收取，第七天乃是安息日，那一天必没有了。And they laid it up till the morning, as Moses bade: and it did not stink, neither was there any worm therein. And Moses said, Eat that today; for today is a Sabbath unto the Lord: today ye shall not find it in the field. Six days ye shall gather it; but on the seventh day, which is the Sabbath, in it there shall be none.  ”第七天，百姓中有人出去收，什么也找不着。亚哈威对摩西说：“你们不肯守我的诫命和律法，要到几时呢？And it came to pass, that there went out some of the people on the seventh day for to gather, and they found none. And the Lord said unto Moses, How long refuse ye to keep My commandments and My laws? 你们看！亚哈威既将安息日赐给你们，所以第六天祂赐给你们两天的食物，第七天各人要住在自己的地方，不许什么人出去。”于是百姓第七天安息了。 See, for that the Lord hath given you the Sabbath, therefore He giveth you on the sixth day the bread of two days; abide ye every man in his place, let no man go out of his place on the seventh day. So the people rested on the seventh day.

当以色列民在旷野漂流的时候，神行了这个特别的神迹，在四十年的每个安息日都抑制住不降吗哪。God performed this special miracle of withholding manna on the Sabbath for forty years while Israel was in the wilderness. 这样，约有2080个单独的神迹，而每两个神迹之间正好相隔七天，这仅仅是为了在百姓的心里烙上印——（使他们记住）祂命令第七天安息日必须要遵守。这是多么大的祝福啊！以色列民可以在安息日休息，却仍然像他们做了工一样充足。Thus there were some 2,080 individual miracles spaced exactly seven days apart, solely for the purpose of burning into the minds of the people that He commanded the seventh-day Sabbath to be kept. What a blessing! Israel could rest on the Sabbath and still be as well off as though they had worked!

出埃及记20:8-11

Exodus 20:8-11

当记念安息日，守为圣日。六日要劳碌作你一切的工，但第七日是向亚哈威-你神当守的安息日。这一日你和你的儿女，仆婢，牲畜，并你城里寄居的客旅，无论何工都不可作，Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:因为六日之内，亚哈威造天，地，海，和其中的万物，第七日便安息，所以亚哈威赐福与安息日，定为圣日。 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.

申命记5:12-15 5:12-15

Deuteronomy 5:12-15

当照亚哈威你神所吩咐的守安息日为圣日。六日要劳碌作你一切的工，但第七日是向亚哈威你神当守的安息日。Keep the Sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee. Six days thou shalt labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God: 这一日，你和你的儿女，仆婢，牛，驴，牲畜，并在你城里寄居的客旅，无论何工都不可作，使你的仆婢可以和你一样安息。in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou. 你也要记念你在埃及地作过奴仆。亚哈威你神用大能的手和伸出来的膀臂将你从那里领出来。因此，亚哈威你的神吩咐你守安息日。And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the Lord thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the Lord thy God commanded thee to keep the Sabbath day.

尼希米记9:12-13

Nehemiah 9:12-13

并且白昼用云柱引导他们，黑夜用火柱照亮他们当行的路。祢也降临在西乃山，从天上与他们说话，赐给他们正直的典章，真实的律法，美好的条例与诫命。Moreover Thou leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar; and in the night by a pillar of fire, to give them light in the way wherein they should go. Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai, and spakest with them from heaven, and gavest them right judgments, and true laws, good statutes and commandments.

出埃及记23:12

Exodus 23:12

六日你要作工，第七日要安息，使牛，驴可以歇息，并使你婢女的儿子和寄居的都可以舒畅。Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.

出埃及记31:12-13

Exodus 31:12-13

亚哈威晓谕摩西说，你要吩咐以色列人说，你们务要守我的安息日，因为这是你我之间世世代代的证据，使你们知道我亚哈威是叫你们成为圣的。And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak thou also unto the children of Israel, saying, Verily My Sabbaths ye shall keep: for it is a sign between Me and you throughout your generations; that ye may know that I am the Lord that doth sanctify you.

出埃及记34:21

Exodus 34:21

你六日要作工，第七日要安息，虽在耕种收割的时候也要安息。Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.

出埃及记35:2-3

Exodus 35:2-3

六日要作工，第七日乃为圣日，当向亚哈威守为安息圣日。凡这日之内作工的，必把他治死。当安息日，不可在你们一切的住处生火。Six days shall work be done, but on the seventh day there shall be to you an holy day, a Sabbath of rest to the Lord: whosoever doeth work therein shall be put to death. Ye shall kindle no fire throughout your habitations upon the Sabbath day.

这是指工业用火，而不是指冬季天气寒冷时的取暖用火、或者加热事先准备好的食物的用火，也不是指照明。This refers to industrial fires, not fires to heat from winter's cold, warm food previously prepared, or lighting.

利未记19:3,30

Leviticus 19:3, 30

你们各人都当孝敬父母，也要守我的安息日。我是亚哈威你们的神...你们要守我的安息日，敬我的圣所。我是亚哈威。Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep My Sabbaths: I am the Lord your God . . . . Ye shall keep My Sabbaths, and reverence My sanctuary: I am the Lord.

利未记23:2-3

Leviticus 23:2-3

你晓谕以色列人说，亚哈威的节期，你们要宣告为圣会的节期。Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are My feasts. 六日要作工，第七日是圣安息日，当有圣会，你们什么工都不可作。这是在你们一切的住处向亚哈威守的安息日。Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the Sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the Sabbath of the Lord in all your dwellings.

利未记26:2

 Leviticus 26:2

你们要守我的安息日，敬我的圣所。我是亚哈威。Ye shall keep My Sabbaths, and reverence My sanctuary: I am the Lord.

民数记15:32-36

Numbers 15:32-36

以色列人在旷野的时候，遇见一个人在安息日捡柴。遇见他捡柴的人，就把他带到摩西、亚伦并全会众那里，将他收在监内；因为当怎样办他，还没有指明。And while the children of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man that gathered sticks upon the Sabbath day. And they that found him gathering sticks brought him unto Moses and Aaron, and unto all the congregation. And they put him in ward, because it was not declared what should be done to him. 亚哈威吩咐摩西说：“总要把那人治死；全会众要在营外用石头把他打死。”于是全会众将他带到营外，用石头打死他，是照亚哈威所吩咐摩西的。And the Lord said unto Moses, The man shall be surely put to death: all the congregation shall stone him with stones without the camp. And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded Moses.

对违背安息日的处以死刑表明，在永生神的眼中守安息日是多么严肃的一件事。那个违背安息日的人肆意地犯罪，公然挑衅责备神。在安息日之前有一个预备日来做捡柴等工作。The death penalty for Sabbath-breaking shows how serious Sabbath-keeping is in the eyes of the Eternal. The Sabbath breaker had sinned presumptuously, defiantly reproaching God. The Sabbath is preceded by a preparation day for work such as gathering wood.

出埃及记12:49

Exodus 12:49

本地人和寄居在你们中间的外人同归一例。One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

安息日和其它律法不仅适用于以色列民，也同样适用于寄居的。如果我们是属亚呼赎阿的，那么我们就是亚伯拉罕的后裔，即属灵的以色列人。（加拉太书3:29你们既属乎亚呼赎阿.哈.玛西阿克，就是亚伯拉罕的后裔，是照着应许承受产业的了）The Sabbath and other laws didn't apply only to Israelites, but also to strangers. If we are YAHUSHUA'S, then we are Abraham's seed, spiritual Israelites, Galatians 3:29.

以赛亚书56:1-7

Isaiah 56:1-7

亚哈威如此说：你们当守公平，行公义；因我的救恩临近，我的公义将要显现。谨守安息日而不干犯，禁止己手而不作恶；Thus saith the Lord, Keep ye judgment, and do justice: for My salvation is near to come, and My righteousness to be revealed. Blessed is the man that doeth this, and the son of man that layeth hold on it; that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil. 如此行、如此持守的人便为有福。与亚哈威联合的外邦人不要说：亚哈威必定将我从祂民中分别出来。太监也不要说：我是枯树。Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree. 因为亚哈威如此说：那些谨守我的安息日，拣选我所喜悦的事，持守我约的太监，我必使他们在我殿中，在我墙内，有记念，有名号，比有儿女的更美。我必赐他们永远的名，不能剪除。For thus saith the Lord unto the eunuchs that keep My Sabbaths, and choose the things that please Me, and take hold of My covenant; Even unto them will I give in mine house and within My walls a place and a name better than of sons and of daughters: I will give them an everlasting name, that shall not be cut off. 还有那些与亚哈威联合的外邦人，要事奉祂，要爱亚哈威的名，要作祂的仆人－就是凡守安息日不干犯，又持守祂（原文是我）约的人。Also the sons of the stranger, that join themselves to the Lord, to serve Him, and to love the name of the Lord, to be his servants, every one that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and taketh hold of My covenant; 我必领他们到我的圣山，使他们在祷告我的殿中喜乐。他们的燔祭和平安祭，在我坛上必蒙悦纳，因我的殿必称为万民祷告的殿。Even them will I bring to My holy mountain, and make them joyful in My house of prayer: their burnt offerings and their sacrifices shall be accepted upon Mine altar; for Mine house shall be called an house of prayer for all people.

以赛亚书58:13-14

Isaiah 58:13-14

你若在安息日掉转（或作谨慎）你的脚步，在我圣日不以操作为喜乐，称安息日为可喜乐的，称亚哈威的圣日为可尊重的。而且尊敬这日，不办自己的私事，不随自己的私意，不说自己的私话[见以赛亚书55:8-9]。If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on My holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour Him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words [see Isaiah 55:8-9]:你就以亚哈威为乐。亚哈威要使你乘驾地的高处。又以你祖雅各的产业养育你。这是亚哈威亲口说的。Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

以赛亚书55:8-9亚哈威说：我的意念非同你们的意念；我的道路非同你们的道路。9天怎样高过地，照样，我的道路高过你们的道路；我的意念高过你们的意念。 

正确地遵守安息日可以教我们学习变得更像神。我们不会自然而然地有属灵的思想。我们在安息日开始有敬虔思想的方式就是要学习、谈论、默想神的道，并向祂祷告。The Sabbath, properly observed, teaches us to become more like God. We do not naturally think spiritual thoughts. The way we begin to think Godly thoughts on the Sabbath is to study, discuss and meditate on God's Word, as well as pray to Him.在安息日，我们的心真正地沉浸在神的律法的原则里，这些原则揭示了祂的品格、祂的想法和祂的作为。这样做，我们就是在彩排或表现我们未来的命运，即在神的国里成为神的儿子。（见使者学院圣经函授课程，第28课，第12页。） On the Sabbath we literally saturate our minds with the principles of God's laws which reveal His character, how He thinks and acts. In so doing, we act out or portray our future destiny, that of being Sons of God in the Kingdom of God. (See Ambassador College Bible Correspondence Course, Lesson 28, page 12.)

四、以色列民因干犯了安息日而被掳

IV. Israel Went Into Captivity for Sabbath-Polluting

尼希米书13:17-18

Nehemiah  13:17-18

我就斥责犹大的贵胄说，你们怎么行这恶事犯了安息日呢？从前你们列祖岂不是这样行，以致我们神使一切灾祸临到我们，和这城吗？现在你们还犯安息日，使忿怒越发临到以色列。Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the Sabbath day? Did not your fathers thus, and did not our God bring all this evil upon us, and upon this city? yet ye bring more wrath upon Israel by profaning the Sabbath.

耶利米书17:9, 21-25,27

Jeremiah 17:9, 21-25, 27

人心比万物都诡诈，坏到极处，谁能识透呢？……亚哈威如此说，你们要谨慎，不要在安息日担什么担子进入耶路撒冷的各门。The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? . . . Thus saith the Lord; Take heed to yourselves, and bear no burden on the Sabbath day, nor bring it in by the gates of Jerusalem; 也不要在安息日从家中担出担子去。无论何工都不可作，只要以安息日为圣日，正如我所吩咐你们列祖的。Neither carry forth a burden out of your houses on the Sabbath day, neither do ye any work, but hallow ye the Sabbath day, as I commanded your fathers. 他们却不听从，不侧耳而听，竟硬着颈项不听，不受教训。亚哈威说，你们若留意听从我，在安息日不担什么担子进入这城的各门，只以安息日为圣日，在那日无论何工都不作。But they obeyed not, neither inclined their ear, but made their neck stiff, that they might not hear, nor receive instruction. And it shall come to pass, if ye diligently hearken unto Me, saith the Lord, to bring in no burden through the gates of this city on the Sabbath day, but hallow the Sabbath day, to do no work therein; 那时就有坐大卫宝座的君王和首领，他们与犹大人，并耶路撒冷的居民，或坐车，或骑马，进入这城的各门，而且这城必存到永远……Then shall there enter into the gates of this city kings and princes sitting upon the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they, and their princes, the men of Judah, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem: and this city shall remain for ever . . . .你们若不听从我，不以安息日为圣日，仍在安息日担担子，进入耶路撒冷的各门，我必在各门中点火。这火也必烧毁耶路撒冷的宫殿，不能熄灭。 But if ye will not hearken unto Me to hallow the Sabbath day, and not to bear a burden, even entering in at the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day; then will I kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

这预言应验了，在英文《活的圣经》译本中的耶利米书52:12-13, 22中说道：“在安息日不可作不必要的工。”当你不守安息日的时候，你很容易自欺地认为你在守安息日。This prophecy was fulfilled, Jeremiah 52:12-13. Verse 22 in the Living Bible says "do no unnecessary work on the Sabbath day." It is easy to deceive yourself that you are keeping the Sabbath, when you are not.

以西结书

Ezekiel 20:10-25

这样，我就使他们出埃及地，领他们到旷野，将我的律例赐给他们，将我的典章指示他们；人若遵行就必因此活着。Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness. And I gave them My statutes, and shewed them My judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them. 又将我的安息日赐给他们，好在我与他们中间为证据，使他们知道我－亚哈威是叫他们成为圣的。以色列家却在旷野悖逆我，不顺从我的律例，厌弃我的典章（人若遵行就必因此活着），大大干犯我的安息日。Moreover also I gave them My Sabbaths, to be a sign between Me and them, that they might know that I am the Lord that sanctify them. But the house of Israel rebelled against Me in the wilderness: they walked not in My statutes, and they despised My judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; and My Sabbaths they greatly polluted: “我就说，要在旷野将我的忿怒倾在他们身上，灭绝他们。我却为我名的缘故，没有这样行，免得我的名在我领他们出埃及的列国人眼前被亵渎。then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them in the wilderness, to consume them. But I wrought for My name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out. 并且我在旷野向他们起誓，必不领他们进入我所赐给他们流奶与蜜之地（那地在万国中是有荣耀的）；因为他们厌弃我的典章，不顺从我的律例，干犯我的安息日，他们的心随从自己的偶像。Yet also I lifted up My hand unto them in the wilderness, that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands; Because they despised My judgments, and walked not in My statutes, but polluted My Sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.虽然如此，我眼仍顾惜他们，不毁灭他们，不在旷野将他们灭绝净尽。“我在旷野对他们的儿女说：不要遵行你们父亲的律例，不要谨守他们的恶规，也不要因他们的偶像玷污自己。Nevertheless Mine eye spared them from destroying them, neither did I make an end of them in the wilderness. But I said unto their children in the wilderness, Walk ye not in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their judgments, nor defile yourselves with their idols:我是亚哈威－你们的神，你们要顺从我的律例，谨守遵行我的典章，且以我的安息日为圣。这日在我与你们中间为证据，使你们知道我是亚哈威－你们的神。I am the Lord your God; walk in My statutes, and keep My judgments, and do them; And hallow My Sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between Me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God. 只是他们的儿女悖逆我，不顺从我的律例，也不谨守遵行我的典章（人若遵行就必因此活着），干犯我的安息日。“我就说，要将我的忿怒倾在他们身上，在旷野向他们成就我怒中所定的。Notwithstanding the children rebelled against Me: they walked not in My statutes, neither kept My judgments to do them, which if a man do, he shall even live in them; they polluted My Sabbaths: then I said, I would pour out my fury upon them, to accomplish My anger against them in the wilderness.  虽然如此，我却为我名的缘故缩手没有这样行，免得我的名在我领他们出埃及的列国人眼前被亵渎。Nevertheless I withdrew Mine hand, and wrought for My name's sake, that it should not be polluted in the sight of the heathen, in whose sight I brought them forth. 并且我在旷野向他们起誓，必将他们分散在列国，四散在列邦； I lifted up mine hand unto them also in the wilderness, that I would scatter them among the heathen, and disperse them through the countries; 因为他们不遵行我的典章，竟厌弃我的律例，干犯我的安息日，眼目仰望他们父亲的偶像。Because they had not executed My judgments, but had despised My statutes, and had polluted My Sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols. 我也任他们遵行不美的律例，谨守不能使人活着的恶规。 Wherefore I gave them also statutes that were not good, and judgments whereby they should not live . . .

以西结书Ezekiel22: 8,26

你藐视了我的圣物，干犯了我的安息日……其中的祭司强解我的律法，亵渎我的圣物，不分别圣的和俗的……又遮眼不顾我的安息日……Thou hast despised Mine holy things, and hast profaned My Sabbaths . . . . Her priests have violated My law, and have profaned Mine holy things: they have put no difference between the holy and the profane . . . and have hid their eyes from My Sabbaths . . .