約旦河
2020/03/24
《The meaning of the Jordan river》約旦河
The Jordan River, located on the eastern edge of Israel, is one of the most well-known streams of water in the Bible. God commanded Joshua to cross this river to lead the Israelites into the promised land. It is also the river where General Naaman of Aramaic immersed himself in treating his leprosy. It is also a river that Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist. What on earth has this channel in the Middle East been sanctified?
約旦河位於以色列東部邊緣，是聖經中最著名的河流之一，上帝命令約書亞越過這條河，將以色列人帶入應許之地。亞蘭王的元帥乃縵治療麻風病，施洗約翰替耶穌受浸也是在這一條河，中東的這條河到底被聖化了什麼？
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王下5:14於是乃縵下去，照著神人的話，在約但河裡沐浴七回；他的肉復原，好像小孩子的肉，他就潔淨了。
太3:13當下耶穌從加利利來到約但河，見了約翰，要受他的洗。
What is Jordan in Hebrew?
The name Jordan in Hebrew is Yarden (ירדן) comes from the root y-r-d (ירד), which means “to descend”. This is a reference to the steeply descending river from the mountainous Golan Heights to the lowest point on earth: the Dead Sea. But in addition to this physical meaning, there is a far deeper metaphysical meaning present as well.
希伯來語中的Jordan的名稱是Yarden（ירדן），源於字根y-r-d（ירד），意思是「下降」。這是指從戈蘭高地陡峭下降流到地球上最低點：死海的河。但是除了這種自然意義外，還存在更深層的屬靈意義。
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(3383)：ירדּן yardên yar-dane
From 3381; a descender; Jarden, the principal river of Palestine
(3381)：ירד yârad yaw-rad
A primitive root; to descend (literally to go downwards;
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Genes 13:10 And Lot lifted up his eyes and saw that the Jordan Valley was well watered everywhere like the garden of the Lord, like the land of Egypt, in the direction of Zoar. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
創13:10羅得舉目看見約但河的全平原，直到瑣珥，都是滋潤的，那地在耶和華未滅所多瑪、蛾摩拉以先如同耶和華的園子，也像埃及地。
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The Jordan of Israels God
In the ancient times people lived in agricultural society. They believed that their gods blessed them with the rivers that delivered the water to the land from the lofty abode of the gods. These rivers ensured the abundant produce for the fruit of the land. The People of Israel had a similar worldview: The Lord God who gave them the Land, blessed them with its main channel of blessings, the Israelite River of Decent – Jordan. A good example is the story of Naaman the Aramean. First, he refused to deep himself in the river associated with the God of Israel, to cure his leprosy. This would have been a national betrayal given his high military post. Once he received his healing, he declared that there is God only in Israel (2 Kings 5).
在遠古時代，人們生活在農業社會中。他們相信自己的神賜福了他們的河流，這些河流將水從眾神的崇高住所輸送到了陸地。這些河流確保了土地的豐碩果子。以色列人也有類似的世界觀：賜予他們土地的主上帝，透過約旦河的祝福渠道賜福以色列人。一個很好的例子是亞蘭的元帥乃縵的故事。起先，他拒絕泡浸在與以色列神同在的河裡以治愈麻風病。考慮到他的高軍事職位，這樣做是背叛國家的。一旦他得到醫治，他就宣布只有在以色列有上帝（2 Kings 5）。
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2 Kings 5:12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went away in a rage.
2 Kings 5:15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him: and he said, Behold, now I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel:
王下5:12大馬色的河亞罷拿和法珥法豈不比以色列的一切水更好嗎？我在那裡沐浴不得潔淨嗎？」於是氣忿忿地轉身去了。
王下5:15乃縵帶著一切跟隨他的人，回到神人那裡，站在他面前，說：「如今我知道，除了以色列之外，普天下沒有神。
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