(续上)能盛放进去的,满的器皿却盛不下;圣者——愿他蒙称颂——的性情却是:神若给一个在知识或美德上已满的器皿再添,他盛得下;空的器皿盛不下。这暗示在经上说:「你若留意听从耶和华你神的话,谨守遵行他的一切诫命」(申命记 28:1)——你现在若听,将来也会听;若不然,就不会听。另一解:你若听过旧的——温习已学的——也会听到新的。「倘若你心里偏离」(申命记 30:17),你就再听不进了。
-
能盛住放进它里面的东西,而一个满的器皿却盛不住它。
holds that which is placed within it, while a full vessel does not hold it.
-
然而圣者——愿他蒙称颂——的属性是:若神给一个在知识或良好品质上是满器皿的人再加添,他就盛得住它;一个是空器皿的人,却盛不住它。
However, the attribute of the Holy One, Blessed be He, is: If God adds to someone who is a full vessel in terms of knowledge or good attributes, he holds it; a person who is an empty vessel will not hold it.
-
这在经上所说的这节经里有所暗示:「你若留意听从耶和华你神的话,谨守遵行他的一切诫命」(申命记 28:1)。
This is alluded to by the verse where it is stated: “And it shall come to pass, if you will hearken diligently [shamoa tishma] unto the voice of the Lord your God, to observe to do all his commandments” (Deuteronomy 28:1).
「留意听从」原文 shamoa tishma(שָׁמוֹעַ תִּשְׁמַע),同一动词重叠;讲道式解作「现在听、将来也听」。中文不写罗马字。
-
这节经被作讲道式的解释:你若在现在听从,你在将来也会听从;若不然,你就不会听从。
This verse is interpreted homiletically: If you hearken [shamoa] in the present, you will hearken [tishma] in the future as well; and if not, you will not hearken.
-
另一解:若你听从了旧的,就是说,若你温习你已经学过的,你也会听从新的。
Alternatively: If you hearkened to the old, i.e., if you review what you already learned, you will hearken to the new as well.
-
「倘若你心里偏离」(申命记 30:17),你就再也不能听从了。
“But if your heart turns away” (Deuteronomy 30:17), you will no longer be able to hearken.