2012年12月18日星期二
2012/12/18 (Matthew1:18-24)
瑪竇福音一18-25
耶穌基督的誕生是這樣的：衪的母親瑪利亞許配於若瑟後， 在同居前，她因聖神有孕的
事已顯示出來。
她的丈夫若瑟，因是義人，不願公開羞辱她，有意暗暗地休退她。
當他在思慮這事時，看，在夢中上主的天使顯現給他說：
「達味之子若瑟，不要怕娶你的妻子瑪利亞，因為那在她內受生的，是出於聖神。
她要生一個兒子， 你要給衪起名叫耶穌，因為衪要把自己的民族，由他們的罪惡中拯救
出來。」
這一切事的發生，是為應驗上主藉先知所說的話：
「看，一位貞女，將懷孕生子，人將稱衪的名字為厄瑪奴耳，意思是：天主與我們同在。
若瑟從睡夢中醒來，就照上主的天使所囑咐的辦了，娶了他的妻子；
若瑟雖然沒認識她，她就生了一個兒子，給衪起名叫耶穌。
18 This is how Jesus Christ came to be born.
His mother Mary was betrothed to Joseph; but before they came to live
together she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit.
19 Her husband Joseph, being an upright man and wanting to spare her
disgrace, decided to divorce her informally.
20 He had made up his mind to do this when suddenly the angel of the Lord
appeared to him in a dream and said, 'Joseph son of David, do not be afraid
to take Mary home as your wife, because she has conceived what is in her by
the Holy Spirit.
21 She will give birth to a son and you must name him Jesus, because he is
the one who is to save his people from their sins.'
22 Now all this took place to fulfill what the Lord had spoken through the
prophet:
23 Look! the virgin is with child and will give birth to a son whom they will
call Immanuel, a name which means 'God-is-with-us'.
24 When Joseph woke up he did what the angel of the Lord had told him to do:
he took his wife to his home;
25 he had not had intercourse with her when she gave birth to a son; and he
named him Jesus.
單字：
intercourse *n. 交往, 交流
--> He had not had intercourse with her.
這是暗指『他與她沒發生關係。』
wake *v. 叫醒, 激發, 醒來, 醒著, 警覺, 振奮;
n. 醒, 守夜, 尾跡, 痕跡
prophet *n. 預言者, 先知, 提倡者
fulfill *v. 實踐, 履行, 實行, 完成, 結束, 滿足
conceive *v. 想像, 構思, 以為, 表達, 懷孕
divorce *v. 使離婚, 使脫離; n. 離婚, 脫離, 分離
informally *adv. 非正式地, 簡略地
disgrace *n. 丟臉, 恥辱, 不名譽; v. 使恥辱, 使失體面
spare *v. 寬恕, 赦免, 挪出;
a. 多餘的, 備用的, 備份的, 簡陋的, 空閒的, 節約的;
n. 剩餘, 備用零件, 備用輪胎
upright *a. 垂直的, 直立的, 正直的, 誠實的; adv. 豎立著, 筆直地
betrothed *a. 己訂婚的
betroth *v. 訂婚, 許配
片語：
make up one's mind 下定決心
A mom gave birth to a baby. 母親生小孩。
A baby will come to be born. 一個嬰兒要被生下。
個人心得：
有過一些真實人生經驗之後，看這段故事，有特別的感覺。
其實我個人，不是很care聖母與若瑟婚後，有沒有保持所謂無玷童貞，
我自己是覺得那不重要。（有也很好，沒也罷）
但這個故事，真的很有愛。
不單單指說若瑟娶了未婚懷孕的未婚妻這方面。
而是整個過程，包括這個小孩。
嚴格來說，聖家是一個非傳統的家庭。
我個人認為這波折的家庭故事，給我一種無言的啟示。
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