马太福音-Matthew 5章33~36节
| 5:33 |
你们又听见有对古人说的话：“不可背誓，所起的誓，总要向主谨守。” Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, "You shall not break an oath, but you shall render to the Lord your oaths.'' |
| 5:34 |
但是我告诉你们，什么誓都不可起，不可指着天起誓，因为天是神的座位； But I tell you not to swear at all; neither by heaven, because it is the throne of God; |
| 5:35 |
不可指着地起誓，因为地是祂的脚凳；不可指着耶路撒冷起誓，因为耶路撒冷是大君王的城； Nor by the earth, because it is the footstool of His feet; nor unto Jerusalem, because it is the city of the great King; |
| 5:36 |
也不可指着你的头起誓，因为你不能使一根头发变白或变黑。 Neither shall you swear by your head, because you cannot make one hair white or black. |
Enlightenment:
We see the Lord’s new law regarding swearing: it is not to swear at all. The new law of the kingdom forbids the kingdom people to swear in any manner, by the heaven, by the earth, by Jerusalem, or by their head, because the heaven, the earth, Jerusalem, and their head are not under their control, but under God’s. We should not swear by either the heaven or the earth, for they are not ours. Likewise, we should not swear by Jerusalem because, as the city of the great King, it is not our territory. We should not even swear by our head because we “cannot make one hair white or black.” All these things—heaven, earth, Jerusalem, and even the hairs of our head—are not under our control. We are nobody and we control nothing.
亮光
我们看见主关于起誓的新律法：什么誓都不可起。国度的新律法，禁止国度子民以任何方式起誓，不可指着天，指着地，指着耶路撒冷，或指着他们的头起誓。因为天、地、耶路撒冷和他们的头，都不在他们的支配之下，乃在神的支配之下。我们不该指着天或地起誓，因为天地不是我们的。同样的，我们也不该指着耶路撒冷起誓，因为那是大君王的城，不是我们的领土。我们甚至不该指着我们的头起誓，因为我们『不能使一根头发变白或变黑。』这一切东西－天、地、耶路撒冷、甚至我们的头发－都不在我们的支配之下。我们算不得什么，我们也不支配什么。