The suffering servant of God
that is written about in the
prophet Isaiah is absolutely
focused on God.
在先知以赛亚书中所写的受苦
的神之仆人完全是专注于神。
Whoever it is has perfect,
complete confidence in God’s
saving Grace and power.
该仆人无论是谁绝对信任上帝
的救赎恩典和力量。
He asks that God would give him
the gift to speak comfort and
hope to people.
他请求上帝会给他带来向人们
述说安慰和希望语言的才能恩
赐。
Such a word of comfort that when
spoken would lift people from
their despair into a state of
freedom and energy.
该希望语言给人们讲述后，会将
人们从他们的绝望中解脱，获得
自由和力量。
This word from God would turn the
lives of people around, no more
self-doubt, no more sitting
complaining and not acting.
该来自上帝的语言改变人们的生
活，没有更多的自我怀疑，没有
更多的坐着抱怨和不采取行动。
We see in many places in the world
today where rulers are extremely
antagonistic to the idea that the
prophet puts forward.
我们看到在当今世界很多地方，那
里的统治者不同意先知提出的想
法。
Many of these rulers do not want
their people to think, do not want
their people to have the freedom to
think and act. It is a threat to their
use of power.
许多统治者不希望自己的人民去思
考，不想让自己的人民有自由思考
和行动。因为这是他们对他们权力
运用的威胁。
The prophet makes it clear that
resistance to this word of hope has
little hope of success.
先知清楚地表明，对抗希望这个
词不会有成功的希望。
The servant who speaks God’s
word may well be accused of
treason and taken to court.
讲神的话语的仆人很可能是犯
了叛国罪，并诉至法院
The servant believes that he will be
proved innocent.
仆人认为，他将被证明是清白
的。
The servant trusts in the
power of God.
仆人信任神的力量。
The Psalm celebrates the
power of God and gives thanks
to God for being rescued
诗篇庆祝上帝的力量，
并感谢上帝被救出
Brought back from the edge of
the abyss the writer is saved in
order to be able to join the
procession of pilgrims into the
gates of Jerusalem.
从深渊作家的边缘被保存，
以便能够加入朝圣者的队伍进入
耶路撒冷的城门。
Perhaps not just to join the
procession but to lead it as the
King going to the Temple to
renew his vows to God.
也许不只是参加游行，而且
是引领它作为国王去神殿更
新他给神的誓言。
In this procession we see
descriptions that seem to echo for
us a remembering of Jesus
entering Jerusalem.
我们看到的这种游行描述，似乎
给我们耶稣进入耶路撒冷的回
忆。
The very nature of the person of
Jesus that Paul the apostle wants
us to understand is a humble
pilgrim coming to worship the
living God in the Temple.
使徒保罗要我们了解耶稣是一个
谦虚的朝圣者前来圣殿朝拜永生
的神。
More than that Paul writes of
Jesus’ commitment to the will
of his father.
更重要的是保罗写的耶稣对
他的父亲的旨意的承诺。
This obedience to the covenant is
paramount. Jesus abandons the
power that he has as God so that
the power of God can be evident.
服从契约是最重要的。耶稣放弃
自己的权力，他有上帝，让上帝
的力量显而易见。
This thought may seem strange to
us, but we need to understand that
Jesus whilst walking around in his
earthly body did have great powers.
这个想法对我们来说似乎很奇
怪，但我们要明白，虽然耶稣以
人体在人间，但也有很大的力
量。
We saw in the story of the
temptations that Jesus was
tempted to use these powers and
as we will see in the story of the
crucifixion he chose not to simply
hop down off the cross.
我们看了耶稣被诱惑使用这些权
力的故事，我们看到了在十字架
受难的故事里，他选择不从十字
架上往下掉。
Jesus stands aside from
this power and God counts
it as righteousness.
耶稣将这个能力不用，神
决定这是有公义。
Paul calls on us to begin to
think like Christ. That is to
seek to do the will of God.
保罗要求我们开始像基督
一样思考。这是寻求遵行
上帝的旨意。
Trusting in God totally, not
so that we might be
glorified but rather that
God might be glorified.
完全信靠神，不仅使我们
得荣耀，而是上帝得荣
耀。
For the last few weeks we
have been following Jesus
on the way to Jerusalem.
在过去的几个星期里，我
们一直跟随耶稣在往耶路
撒冷去。
On the way to the very centre of
religious power in the life Israel.
He comes at the time of the
celebration of the Passover.
在去往以色列人宗教中心的道
路上。他在逾越节的庆祝活动
的时间到达。
The Passover was a celebration of
the power of God to rescue his
people, to bring them out of
slavery in Egypt, could bring safely
through the desert to the
Promised Land.
逾越节是庆祝上帝的力量来拯救
他的人们，带他们走出埃及奴隶
制，可以安全穿越沙漠来到乐
土。
This was a high holy feast
and many pilgrims came
to Jerusalem to worship
at the Temple.
这是一个大的圣宴，许
多朝圣者来到耶路撒冷
朝拜圣殿。
It is also important to remember
that the Passover meal was an
inclusive extended family ritual.
同样重要的是要记住，在逾越
节的晚餐是一个包容性的大家
庭仪式。
Away from home Jesus planned to
eat the Passover meal with his
disciples. He continues to share
that meal with his disciples today.
远离家乡耶稣打算和他的弟子一
起吃逾越节的晚餐。他今天继续
与他的弟子们分享晚餐。
Unlike the procession
written about in the Psalm
Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem
is a humble affair.
不像在诗篇中写的关于耶
稣进入耶路撒冷游行是一
个不起眼的事。
Instead of a horse or chariot Jesus
rides on a donkey. A crowd seems
to materialise from nowhere.
耶稣骑着驴而不是马或马车。一
群人似乎不知从哪儿突然出现。
The crowd starts to behave as if
Jesus was King. Some in the
crowd seemed not to know who
Jesus was.
人群开始表现得好像耶稣是
王。人群中有些人似乎不知道
耶稣是谁。
Others in the crowd were
convinced that Jesus was
the Messiah, the
promised son of David.
人群中另一些人都确信
耶稣是弥赛亚，大卫的
儿子。
It is interesting that Jesus entry
into Jerusalem threw the place
into turmoil.
有趣的是，耶稣进入耶路撒冷
走过的地方陷入动荡
We might speculate about what
caused that turmoil.
我们可以推测什么引起了动
荡。
Perhaps they thought that Jesus
was coming to overthrow the power
of the Romans and to proclaim an
acceptable year of the Lord.
也许他们认为耶稣是来推翻罗马人
的权力，并宣布主的一个可接受的
一年。
The shouts of the crowd clearly
indicated that they saw a
connection between Jesus and
heaven. They shouted “hosanna
in the highest heaven!”
众人的欢呼明确表示，他们看见
耶稣和天堂之间的连接。他们高
喊“应当称颂的天堂！”
Was Jesus a threat to
their way of life?
耶稣对他们生活方式
的威胁？
Absolutely yes!
当然是
But it was not in the way that they
might have anticipated. Jesus knows
that his passion, his death and
resurrection will transform the world.
但事实并非他们所期待的如此。耶
稣知道他的激情，他的死和复活将
改变世界。
Jesus knows that he cannot avoid
the at workings of the fear of those
in power and that in order to deal
with the power of this world he
would have to submit.
耶稣知道他不能避免对当权者的
恐惧，而为了应对这个世界的力
量，他将不得不就范。
As post resurrection
disciples of Jesus we need
to remember the journey
of Jesus to the cross.
在耶稣复活后的弟子，我
们需要记住耶稣在十字架
上的历程。
Just as the Jews remember the
Passover and recall in it the saving
power of God we to need to
remember Jesus passion and recall
in it the saving power of God.
Amen
正如犹太人记得逾越节并回忆神
的拯救力量，我们需要记住耶稣
的激情和记住神的拯救力量。
阿门