與馬同跑�Run with the horses
耶利米書 Jeremiah 12:5
新年快樂！�Happy Chinese New Year!
耶利米書 Jeremiah 12:5 (ESV)
「耶和華說：你若與步行的人同跑，尚且覺累，怎能與馬賽跑呢？你在平安之地，雖然安穩，在約旦河邊的叢林要怎樣行呢？」
“If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you are so trusting, what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?”
與人同跑的疲倦 The weariness of running with people
1 惡人的道路為何亨通呢？大行詭詐的為何得安逸呢？
2 你栽培了他們，他們也扎了根，長大，而且結果。他們的口是與你相近，心卻與你遠離。
1 Righteous are you, O Lord, when I complain to you;
yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?
2 You plant them, and they take root; they grow and produce fruit; you are near in their mouth and far from their heart.
耶利米書 Jeremiah 12:1-4 (ESV)
3 耶和華啊，你曉得我，看見我，察驗我向你是怎樣的心。求你將他們拉出來，好像將宰的羊，叫他們等候殺戮的日子。
3 But you, O Lord, know me; you see me, and test my heart toward you. Pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and set them apart for the day of slaughter.
耶利米書 Jeremiah 12:1-4 (ESV)
4 這地悲哀，通國的青草枯乾，要到幾時呢？因其上居民的惡行，牲畜和飛鳥都滅絕了。他們曾說：他看不見我們的結局。
4 How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field wither?
For the evil of those who dwell in it the beasts and the birds are swept away, because they said, “He will not see our latter end.”
與馬同跑的挑戰 The challenge of running with horses
「耶和華說：你若與步行的人同跑，尚且覺累，怎能與馬賽跑呢？你在平安之地，雖然安穩，在約旦河邊的叢林要怎樣行呢？」
“If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you are so trusting, what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?”
與馬同跑的挑戰 The challenge of running with horses
「賽跑」：非常激烈的競爭
“compete”: an intensely competitive mood
馬的速度：
平均37-43mph (賽馬)
Speed of a horse:
average 37–43 mph (racehorse)
與馬同跑的挑戰 The challenge of running with horses
人的速度：
100米短跑世界紀錄保持者，牙買加短跑名將保特（Usain Bolt），9.58 秒完成100米，約為23.35 mph
Human speed: �Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt, �the 100-metre world record holder, �completed 100 metres in 9.58 s; �ie. average 23.35 mph
與馬同跑的挑戰 The challenge of running with horses
「在平安之地，雖然安穩」：�或譯「安全之地尚且會跌倒」(和合本修訂版)
“If you stumble in safe country” (NIV)
與馬同跑的挑戰 The challenge of running with horses
「在約旦河邊的叢林」：
仇敵必像獅子從約旦河邊的叢林上來… (耶Jer 49:19)
Behold, like a lion coming up from the jungle of the Jordan
與馬同跑的可能 The possibility of running with horses
「耶和華說：你若與步行的人同跑，尚且覺累，怎能與馬賽跑呢？你在平安之地，雖然安穩，在約旦河邊的叢林要怎樣行呢？」
“If you have raced with men on foot, and they have wearied you, how will you compete with horses? And if in a safe land you are so trusting, what will you do in the thicket of the Jordan?”
與馬同跑的可能 The possibility of running with horses
與馬同跑：16堂耶利米書精讀課
尤金．畢德生
Run with the horses:
the quest for life at its best
(Eugene H. Peterson)
你要活得小心謹慎，還是勇氣百倍？我希望你能盡情發揮生命，追求公義…
擁抱平庸很容易，但比較容易的事情，不一定比較好；不會更有意義、更令人滿足。
“Are you going to live cautiously or courageously? I called you to live at your best, to pursue righteousness, to sustain a drive toward excellence. It is easier, I know, to be neurotic. …. It is easier to relax in the embracing arms of The Average. Easier, but not better. Easier, but not more significant. Easier, but not more fulfilling.
我呼召你過一種有目標、遠超過你能力所及的生活，而且保證你有足夠力量完成一生的命定…
I called you to a life of purpose far beyond what you think yourself capable of living and promised you adequate strength to fulfill your destiny.”
詩篇Psalm 20:7
有人靠車，有人靠馬，但我們要提到上主我們神的名。
Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.