改革宗家庭门训系列（旧文整理 01） / Reformed Family Discipleship (Archive 01)
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《改革宗家庭门训系列》
第一卷：《工作的意义与家庭责任》
第二章
神设立工作的目的
Chapter Two
Why Did God Ordain Work?
一、本章导论
I. Introduction
很多人认为，人工作的原因，是因为生活需要金钱。
Many people think that people work because they need money to live.
也有人认为，人工作的目的，是为了成功、地位和财富。
Others think the purpose of work is success, status, and wealth.
然而圣经告诉我们，工作的起点不是经济，而是神的旨意。
However, the Bible teaches that the beginning of work is not economics but God's will.
早在人犯罪以前，神已经设立了工作。
Long before man sinned, God had already established work.
因此，工作不是罪的结果。
Therefore, work is not the result of sin.
工作乃是创造的一部分。
Work is part of God's creation.
神创造人以后，立刻赐给人工作。
After God created mankind, He immediately gave them work.
所以，工作不是神后来想到的方法，而是创造计划的重要组成部分。
Therefore, work was not an afterthought but an essential part of God's design.
二、神把人安置在伊甸园
II. God Placed Man in the Garden of Eden
创世记 2:15（和合本）
耶和华神将那人安置在伊甸园，使他修理，看守。
Genesis 2:15 (NCV)
The Lord God put the man in the Garden of Eden to care for it and work it.
经文解释
Explanation
这里第一次出现了神交托给人的工作。
Here we see the first work God entrusted to mankind.
请注意，
Notice carefully,
这时世界没有罪。
At this time, there was no sin in the world.
没有死亡。
There was no death.
没有疾病。
There was no sickness.
没有贫穷。
There was no poverty.
没有竞争。
There was no competition.
没有资本主义。
There was no capitalism.
没有社会主义。
There was no socialism.
甚至没有市场经济。
There was not even a market economy.
然而，
Yet,
神已经命令人工作。
God had already commanded man to work.
这说明，
This shows that
工作的根源不是社会制度，
the source of work is not a social system,
也不是经济压力，
nor economic pressure,
而是神的创造旨意。
but God's purpose in creation.
三、“修理”和“看守”的真正含义
III. The Meaning of "Work It" and "Keep It"
圣经这里用了两个非常重要的希伯来文。
The Bible uses two very important Hebrew words here.
（一）修理（עָבַד，Abad）
Work It / Serve
这个词本来的意思包括：
This word originally means:
工作。
To work.
服事。
To serve.
敬拜。
To worship.
耕种。
To cultivate.
事奉。
To minister.
因此，
Therefore,
人在伊甸园里的工作，
man's work in the Garden,
本身就是敬拜。
was itself an act of worship.
改革宗一直强调：
Reformed theology has always emphasized:
真正的工作，
True work,
就是敬拜神的一种方式。
is one way of worshiping God.
所以，
Therefore,
星期一到星期六，
from Monday to Saturday,
并不是离开敬拜。
we do not leave worship behind.
认真工作，
Faithful work,
本身就是敬拜的一部分。
is itself part of worship.
（二）看守（שָׁמַר，Shamar）
Keep / Guard
这个词意思包括：
This word means:
保护。
To protect.
管理。
To manage.
忠心持守。
To faithfully keep.
照顾。
To care for.
因此，
Therefore,
神不仅叫人劳动，
God not only commanded man to labor,
也叫人管理。
He also commanded man to steward.