Bite Your Tongue! 咬住舌头！

JOB 27

约伯记27

4 My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

5 God forbid that I should justify you: till I die I will not remove mine integrity from me.

6 My righteousness I hold fast, and will not let it go: my heart shall not reproach me so long as I live.

4.我的嘴绝不说是非之言；我的舌也不说诡诈之语。

5.我断不以你们为是，我致死不以为自己为不正。

6.我持定我的义，必不放松；在世的日子，我必不责备我。

BITE YOUR TONGUE!!!

咬住舌头！！！

To most people the book of Job is only about the first two chapters and the last five, but in between we have some of the most glorious passages of scripture in the bible.

对大多数人来说，约伯记只有前两章和后五章，但在这两章和后五章之间，我们看到了圣经中一些最辉煌的段落。

Job has to defend himself against his three so called friends, who constantly tell him, why everything has gone wrong.

约伯不得不为自己辩护，反对他的三个所谓的朋友，他们反复地告诉他，为什么一切都出了问题。

You will probably recognise these people in your church, they have an answer for everything.

你可能会在你的教堂里认识这些人，他们对一切都有答案。

Job maintains his integrity throughout and although God does tell him off at the end, I reckon it’s more about reminding Job, who God is and that he has every right to do what he has done to Job, he owes Job and us no explanation for his actions.

约伯始终保持着他的正直，尽管上帝在最后责备了他，我认为这更多的是在提醒约伯，上帝是谁，他有权利对约伯做他所做的一切，他不欠约伯和我们任何解释。

We often have to bite our tongue, we really want to say something, to reply to an insult. but we need to be like Job and keep in mind verse 4, that we will never speak wickedness or that deceit would flow from our tongue.

我们经常不得不咬住自己的舌头，我们真的很想说些什么，来回应侮辱。但我们需要像约伯一样，记住第4节，我们绝不说不义的话，也不让我们的舌头发出诡诈。

I imagine James, must have been thinking of these thoughts when he wrote in his wonderful epistle, these words in chapter 3

我想，雅各在写他那封精彩的书信时，一定想到了这些，在第三章的这些话

5 Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth!

6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

7 For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

8 But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

5这样，舌头在百体里也是最小的，却能说大话。看哪，最小的火能点着最大的树林。

6舌头就是火，在我们百体中，舌头是个罪恶的世界，能污秽全身，也能把生命的轮子点起来，并且是从地狱里点着的。

7各类的走兽、飞禽、昆虫、水族，本来都可以制伏，也已经被人制伏了；

8惟独舌头没有人能制伏，是不止息的恶物，满了害死人的毒气。

Job was in complete control of his tongue, now this didn’t mean that he didn’t speak, but that the things coming out of his mouth truly were words of love and grace, just look at verses 5-6, his three friends want him to justify their accusations, he wouldn’t do that. He will hold onto his integrity before God. Note that his heart will not reproach him for anything he says, you know it says in proverbs, that out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

约伯完全控制了自己的舌头，这并不意味着他不说话，从他嘴里说出来的东西真的是爱和恩典的话语，看看第5-6节，他的三个朋友想让他为指控辩护，他不会那样做。他要在神面前持守自己的纯全。你要知道，无论他说什么，他的心都不责备他，你知道箴言上说，心里所充满的，口里就说出来。

Job’s heart was full and overflowing with abundant thoughts of love, that why love and truth came out of his mouth?

约伯心里满有爱的意念，所以他口中才能发出爱和诚实。

What is coming out of your mouth believer? Make verse 4 a prayer Christian that no words of wickedness and deceit would flow from your mouth…to do this make sure your heart is guarded from all thoughts of wickedness. Proverbs 4:23-27

基督徒，从你嘴里说出来的是什么? 用第4节的祷告成为基督徒的祷告，邪恶和诡诈的言语不再从你口中流出。要做到这一点，要确保你的心不受一切邪恶思想的影响。箴言4:23-27

（23你要保守你心，胜过保守一切，因为一生的果效，是由心发出。24你要除掉邪僻的口，弃绝乖谬的嘴。25你的眼目要向前正看，你的眼睛当向前直观。26要修平你脚下的路，坚定你一切的道，27不可偏向左右，要使你的脚离开邪恶。）

God bless you

上帝祝福你