聖經裡的動物 (5)

聖經裡的動物 (5)
聖經閱讀：路加福音10:25-37 現代中譯本|合和本
2016年5月19日(四)

　在聖經記載的年代裡，有很多人騎驢子。今天的聖經故事就談到一個從撒馬利亞來的人，他有一隻驢子。
猶太人跟撒馬利亞人向來不和，如果猶太人看見撒馬利亞人，會避開對方、不跟他說話。耶穌說了一個故事，談到一個猶太人正在旅行，「途中遇到強盜。他們剝掉他的衣服，把他打個半死，丟在那裡」（第30節），有兩個猶太人經過那個受傷的人卻沒有幫助他。
最後，一個撒馬利亞人來到這條路上，他同情那個人，所以就包紮他的傷口，「把他扶上自己的牲口，帶他到一家客棧，在那裡照顧他」（第34b節）。雖然是他的敵人，但這個撒馬利亞人仍然停下來幫助那個猶太人。

我們應該要幫助別人──包括我們的敵人。去幫助我們不喜歡的人並不容易，但是上帝會賜給我們力量與智慧，好使我們能夠遵行祂的話語。 —JK

「你要全心、全情、全力、全意愛主─你的上帝。」 路加福音10:27b

禱告：上帝，求祢用祢的愛來充滿我，好使我能夠去愛別人。奉耶穌的名，阿們！

(林煜茹譯)

Bible Animals (5)
Bible Reading: Luke 10:25-37
Thursday, May 19, 2016

　In Bible times, many people rode donkeys. Our Bible story today tells about a man from Samaria who had a donkey.
The Jews and the Samaritans did not get along. If a Jew saw a Samaritan, he would avoid him and not speak to him. Jesus told a story about a Jewish man who was traveling. “Some robbers surrounded him, tore off his clothes, and beat him. Then they left him lying there on the ground almost dead” (verse 30b). Two Jewish men walked past the hurt man and did not help him.
Finally a man from Samaria came down the road. He felt sorry for the man. So he took care of the man's wounds and “put the hurt man on
his donkey, and he took him to an
inn. There he cared for him” (verse 34b). Even though these men were enemies, the Samaritan man stopped and helped the Jew.

We should help other people
— even those people who are our enemies. It is not easy to help a person that we do not like. But God will give us strength and wisdom so that we can obey His Word. —JK

“Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.” Luke 10:27b

PRAYER: God, fill me with Your love so I can love other people. In Jesus’ name. Amen.