J. S. Bach - Cantata BWV 140 - Wachet auf, ruft
uns die Stimme
1、你身為猶太人,又倚靠律法,且靠沾神的光來誇口;也已經從律法中受了教訓,曉得神的旨意,也能分辨是非;But if you bear
the name “Jew” and rely upon the Law and boast in God, and know His will and
approve the things that are essential, being instructed out of the Law,
2、你深信自己是給瞎子領路的,是黑暗中人的光,是愚笨人的師傅,是幼稚的人的老師,在律法上是知識與真理的典範。and are confident
that you yourself are a guide to the blind, a light to those who are in
darkness, a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of the immature, having in the
Law the embodiment of knowledge and of the truth,
3、你既是教導別人,還不教導自己嗎?你講說人不可偷竊,自己還偷竊嗎?你說人不可姦淫,自己還姦淫嗎?你厭惡偶像,自己還偷竊廟中之物嗎?you, therefore,
who teach another, do you not teach yourself? You who preach
that one shall not steal, do you steal?You who say that
one should not commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor
idols, do you rob temples?
4、你誇口自己懂律法,自己倒犯法、玷辱神嗎?你的行為就像經上所記「神的名聲在外邦人的世界被褻瀆(名聲掃地)就是因為你」。You who boast in
the Law, through your breaking the Law, do you dishonor God?For “The
Name of God is blasphemed among the gentiles because of you” just as it is
written。
5、因為只做表面工夫,不是真的猶太人;肉體割禮,也不是割禮真正的意義;只有發自內心(完全遵守律法)要做一個猶太人,才是真猶太人;割禮的意義也是從心裡願意追求真理(聖靈),而不是嘴巴說說。For he is not a
Jew who is one outwardly, nor is circumcision that which is outward in the
flesh. But he is a Jew who is one inwardly;and circumcision
is that which is of the heart, by the Spirit, not by the letter。(李鈞震7.29.2009摘要)
J. S. Bach - Cantata BWV 22 - Jesus nahm zu sich
die zwölfe
To
those who by perseverance in doing good seek for glory and honor and
immortality, eternal life; but to those who are selfishly ambitious and do not
obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation.
There
will be tribulation and distress for every soul of man who does evil, of the
Jew first and also of the Greek, but glory and honor and peace to everyone who
does good, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. For there is no partiality
with God.
For
all who have sinned without the Law will also perish without the Law, and all
who have sinned under the Law will be judged by the Law; for it is not the
hearers of the Law who are just before God, but the doers of the Law will be
justified.
For
when Gentiles who do not have the Law do instinctively the things of the Law,
these, not having the Law, are a law to themselves, in that they show the work
of the Law written in their hearts, their conscience bearing witness and their
thoughts alternately accusing or else defending them, on the day when,
according to the gospel, God will judge the secrets of men through Christ
Jesus. (保羅達羅馬人書2:7-2:16)