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Today is episode four, and that is Numbers.

今天是第四集，也就是《數字》。

But don't click off just because you think that's going to be the boringest book ever.

但不要因為覺得這將是有史以來最無聊的一本書，就點擊關閉。

What a terrible name.

這名字真難聽

They could have named this book anything.

他們可以給這本書起任何名字。

This book is about smiting.

這本書是關於 "砸 "的。

This book is about God's wrath.

這本書講述的是上帝的憤怒。

This book is about poisonous snakes and leprosy and the earth swallowing people, spies and miracles and events happen in this book.

這本書講述了毒蛇、麻風病、大地吞人、間諜、奇蹟和書中發生的事件。

This does not want to be skipped, and it plays a pivotal role in what has been developing in the first three books and what is to come for God's chosen people.

這一點不容忽視，它在前三卷書的發展和上帝選民的未來中起著關鍵作用。

So stick with me.

那就跟著我吧。

We're going to go lightning fast through these seven points here and give you guys an excellent understanding of the book of Numbers.

我們將以迅雷不及掩耳之勢介紹這七點，讓你們對《民數記》有一個深入的瞭解。

Let's start right now with point one, which is book overview.

現在，讓我們從第一點開始，即圖書概覽。

Where do I even begin?

我該從何說起呢？

Again, so much happens here, and I want to give you guys some structure.

再說一遍，這裡發生了很多事情，我想給你們一些條理。

So the reason the book is called Numbers is because it starts and ends with a census.

是以，這本書之所以叫《民數記》，是因為它以人口普查作為開頭和結尾。

And again, this is just a couple of years after they have left Egypt, and now we see the full 12 tribes with a special proclamation for the tribe of Levi or the Levites being the priestly tribe.

同樣，這只是他們離開埃及後的幾年，現在我們看到的是完整的 12 個支派，其中利未支派（利未人是祭司支派）有一個特別的宣告。

But we get a full accounting of these 12 tribes, how many people we have, how many soldiers we have, etc.

但是，我們會得到這 12 個部落的完整賬目，我們有多少人，我們有多少阿兵哥，等等。

Thus, the book of Numbers.

這就是《民數記》。

And by the end, we're looking at the next generation, the generation that gets to enter the promised land.

到最後，我們看到的是下一代，也就是能夠進入應許之地的一代。

So I'll clear up this confusion right here, because so many people make the jokes, and I have too, because it's funny, like, oh, God's a horrible GPS system.

所以，我要在這裡澄清這個困惑，因為很多人都會開這種玩笑，我也開過，因為這很有趣，比如，哦，上帝的 GPS 系統太可怕了。

Why did it take 40 years to go what should have been an 11-day walk?

為什麼本該 11 天走完的路要花 40 年時間？

It's because of this curse, actually.

其實是因為這個詛咒。

Yes, it's a time of testing and trial, but they aren't just wandering the whole time.

是的，這是一個考驗和試煉的時期，但他們並不是一直在徘徊。

In fact, they spent the last year camped at Sinai, essentially.

事實上，他們去年基本上是在西奈紮營度過的。

Now they're packing up to leave Sinai.

現在，他們正在收拾行李，準備離開西奈半島。

They're going to head to the promised land.

他們將前往應許之地。

It's not too far.

不太遠。

We had to take that year to establish the law and figure out the tabernacle and get everything like that set, but we're ready to go.

我們必須用一年的時間來制定律法、籌劃會幕，把一切都準備好，但我們已經準備好了。

And then on the way, they screw up, and God punishes them and says, nope, you guys don't get to go in, but your children will.

然後在路上，他們搞砸了，上帝懲罰他們說，不，你們不能進去，但你們的孩子可以。

The next generation will.

下一代將

Thus, the other 30-some years of wandering around in the wilderness, and then we take a census at the end of the book, and those are the people that are going to inherit Canaan, the promised land.

是以，他們在曠野流浪了 30 多年，然後我們在書末進行了一次人口普查，這些人將繼承迦南，即應許之地。

I just think it's funny.

我只是覺得這很有趣。

They're like weeks away from entering the promised land, and they want to go back, but now that they're never going to get to go to the promised land, now they want to stay.

他們離進入應許之地只有幾周的時間了，他們想回去，但現在他們永遠也去不了應許之地了，現在他們想留下來。

Okay, so let's do a speed run through all of the events that happen here in the book of Numbers. 12 tribes.

好了，讓我們快速瀏覽一下《民數記》中發生的所有事件。12 個部落

Levites are the priestly tribe.

利未人是祭司支派。

How to camp around the tabernacle.

如何在會幕周圍紮營

People complain.

人們抱怨。

Miracles like manna happen.

奇蹟如甘露般降臨

So in some sense, God is providing, even though many people are dying.

是以，從某種意義上說，儘管許多人正在死去，但上帝仍在供應。

More people complain.

更多的人抱怨。

This time, it's Aaron and Miriam about Moses's leadership, which you can't really blame Aaron.

這一次，是亞倫和米利暗在談論摩西的上司能力，這不能怪亞倫。

He just lost his two sons.

他剛剛失去了兩個兒子。

He's got to be like, what the heck am I doing here?

他一定會想，我到底在這裡幹什麼？

Not to mention Miriam, bless Miriam's heart.

更不用說米里亞姆了，祝福米里亞姆的心。

She is leading these people in praise and worship.

她正在帶領這些人讚美和敬拜。

She has a moment of doubt with Moses, which I think makes total sense, but don't worry, God gives her leprosy and she dies during this book.

她對摩西產生了片刻的懷疑，我認為這完全說得通，但別擔心，上帝給了她麻風病，她在這本書中死了。

It's not going well for the family of Moses.

摩西一家的日子並不好過。

Also in this book, Moses disobeys.

同樣在這本書中，摩西也不服從。

This happens with the miracle at the rock, where instead of letting God do his thing by Moses talking to the rock, he strikes the rock.

摩西沒有讓上帝通過與磐石對話來完成他的使命，而是敲打了磐石。

Now Moses gets a punishment of not getting to go in the promised land.

現在，摩西受到的懲罰是不能進入應許之地。

There's a rebellion.

有叛亂

It's called Korah's rebellion, but don't worry, God opens up the earth and eats up a bunch of these people.

這就是所謂的可拉的叛亂，不過別擔心，上帝會開天闢地，吃掉一大群這樣的人。

Then there's still like 250 people that are supporting it.

還有 250 多人在支持它。

He sends fire to consume them.

他派火來吞噬他們。

Then we get the 12 spies.

然後是 12 個間諜。

They're hanging out.

他們在閒逛。

They're looking over at Canaan.

他們在看迦南。

They're like, hey, we can't do it.

他們會說，嘿，我們做不到。

These people are big, which is hilarious to me.

這些人都是大人物，這讓我覺得很好笑。

Like they've been following, I'm going to stop counting by the way, they've been following God literally, physically, they've seen him get them out of Egypt, the biggest military force on the planet at the time.

就像他們一直在追隨上帝一樣，順便說一句，我就不數了，他們一直在追隨上帝，從字面上，從肉體上，他們親眼看到上帝把他們帶出埃及，帶出當時地球上最大的軍事力量。

He is supposedly taken them through the Red Sea, which he parted.

據說他帶著他們穿過紅海，並將紅海分開。

He sends them literal sky food for them to eat.

他給他們送來了天上的食物，讓他們吃。

He brings water out of rocks, but seeing some people in the land they knew they were going to have to fight to take over is too much for them.

他從岩石中引出了水，但看到一些人出現在他們知道必須為奪取這片土地而戰的土地上，這讓他們難以接受。

And these 12 spies, one from each of the tribes, 10 of them say, nope, can't do it.

這 12 個探子，每個部落一個，其中 10 個說，不行，辦不到。

Then we get the heroes, Joshua and Caleb.

然後是英雄約書亞和迦勒。

I remember wanting to be like Joshua so much as a kid, which is disgusting now when you learn what Joshua becomes, but 10 of them are like, guys, not a good idea.

我記得我小時候非常想成為約書亞那樣的人，現在當你知道約書亞變成了什麼樣子，就會覺得很噁心，但他們中的 10 個人都會說，夥計們，這不是個好主意。

Like what was the point of having spies if we're not going to take their word?

如果我們不相信他們的話，那要間諜有什麼用？

This is another just ridiculous thing.

這又是一件荒唐事。

Either God was going to miraculously hand over the Canaanites to the Israelites, or it really is a strategic mission and has to do with no divine intervention whatsoever.

要麼上帝會奇蹟般地把迦南人交給以色列人，要麼這真的是一項戰略任務，與神的干預毫無關係。

In which case we should probably listen to the spies, but the spies get everyone all worked up.

在這種情況下，我們也許應該聽間諜的話，但間諜卻讓大家都很激動。

They're like, guys, we can't do it.

他們說，夥計們，我們做不到。

Everyone freaks out and is like, we can't do it.

每個人都嚇壞了，覺得我們做不到。

Probably because they never saw any of those other miracles because they never happened, but I digress.

也許是因為他們從未見過其他奇蹟，因為它們從未發生過，但我想說的是。

They want to go home.

他們想回家。

God says, no, you're cursed.

上帝說，不，你被詛咒了。

This is when their curse happens.

這時，他們的詛咒就發生了。

By the way, intermixed in all of this is a lot of punishments.

順便說一句，這其中還夾雜著許多懲罰。

We get punishments with the serpents that come and literally bite like everyone.

我們會受到毒蛇的懲罰，它們會像每個人一樣咬人。

And Moses is like, God, don't forget about your promise.

摩西說，上帝，別忘了你的承諾。

You promised Abraham you were going to take care of these people and use them to bless all the world.

你向亞伯拉罕保證過，你會照顧這些人，用他們來祝福全世界。

And God's like, darn it.

上帝就會說，該死的。

You're right.

你說得對。

Thanks for bringing up the contract.

謝謝你提出合同的事。

Okay.

好的

Make a bronze statue of a serpent, hang it high and have the people look at it and they'll be healed.

做一個銅蛇雕像，高高掛起，讓人們看著它，他們就會痊癒。

So it seems like God was this close to breaking his covenant with Abraham and destroying the free will of anyone involved here with all of these interventions.

是以，上帝似乎差一點就違背了他與亞伯拉罕的盟約，並通過所有這些干預行動摧毀了這裡所涉及的任何人的自由意志。

But he listens to humble little Moses who gets them out of this jam just for them to get in another jam coming up.

但他聽信了謙卑的小摩西的話，把他們從困境中解救出來，卻又讓他們陷入另一個困境。

And then Moses makes the same mistake.

然後摩西又犯了同樣的錯誤。

It's right after this that he does the rock thing.

就在這之後，他又做了石頭的事情。

Now he gets the same punishment and he's like, darn it.

現在他受到了同樣的懲罰，他就想，真該死。

I guess I forgot everything I just got done praying for, for all the people.

我想我忘記了我剛剛為所有人祈禱的一切。

And I did it myself.

而且是我自己做的。

By the way, at some point here, we get the talking donkey.

順便說一句，在這裡的某個時刻，我們會看到會說話的驢子。

Just wanted to throw that out there.

我只是想說說而已。

We get a real story about the talking donkey.

我們有一個關於會說話的驢子的真實故事。

In fact, it's Balaam's donkey.

事實上，這是巴蘭的驢子。

Balaam is a prophet who works for King Moab.

巴蘭是為摩押王工作的先知。

And King Moab is like, yo, I don't like all these people hanging out in my Moab territories.

摩押國王就說，我不喜歡這些人在我的摩押領土上閒逛。

And he sends his prophet Balaam to curse the Israelites.

他派先知巴蘭去詛咒以色列人。

But every time Balaam opens his mouth to curse the Israelites, only blessings come out.

但每次巴蘭開口咒罵以色列人時，都只得到祝福。

And he's mad and his donkey's giving him some good advice.

他瘋了，他的驢子給了他一些好建議。

The donkey is wise, just like the serpent was wise, by the way.

順便說一句，驢子是聰明的，就像蛇是聰明的一樣。

Seems like all the animals are smarter than all the Israelites and all the people around at this time.

似乎此時所有的動物都比所有的以色列人和周圍的人聰明。

And he's so mad at this miraculous wise donkey that he beats his donkey.

他對這頭神奇的聰明驢子非常生氣，於是就打了他的驢子。

Whatever.

管它呢

Total side note.

題外話

Just hilarious that that is interjected as fact in this book.

在這本書中，這種說法被當作事實插了進來，實在令人捧腹。

We see a lot of other things in this book, like how God doesn't like interracial marriages because when one man comes back, he didn't buy her, he didn't steal her.

在這本書中，我們還看到了很多其他的東西，比如上帝不喜歡異族通婚，因為當一個男人回來時，他並沒有買下她，也沒有偷走她。

He married a Midianite, I believe.

我相信他娶了一個米甸人。

One of the soldiers saw it and was like, no way, not on my watch, and spears them both through the belly in their tent.

其中一名阿兵哥看到後說："沒門，別在我的眼皮底下。"他用長矛刺穿了他們帳篷裡的肚子。

What a way to go.

走得太遠了

And then God says, hey man, you did a great job.

然後上帝說，嘿，夥計，你幹得不錯。

I'm going to bless you.

我會祝福你的。

Thank you for putting that to rest before I had to kill everyone.

謝謝你在我不得不殺光所有人之前平息了我的怒火。

That's what he says.

他就是這麼說的。

Let me read it to you.

讓我讀給你聽。

The Lord spoke to Moses saying, Phinehas, son of Eleazar, son of Aaron, the priest, has turned back my wrath from the Israelites by manifesting such zeal among them on my Therefore say I hereby grant him by my covenant of peace.

耶和華對摩西說：祭司亞倫的兒子以利亞撒的兒子非尼哈，在以色列人中顯出我的熱心，使我的怒氣轉回以色列人身上。

It shall be for him and for his descendants after him a covenant of perpetual priesthood because he was zealous for God and made atonement for the Israelites.

因為他為上帝熱心，為以色列人贖罪，所以他和他以後的子孫都要立永作祭司的約。

Right after he killed those two people, the verse says, so the plague was stopped among the people of Israel.

經文說，就在他殺死這兩個人之後，瘟疫在以色列人中間停止了。

This is like when interracial marriage was happening for the first time here in the States.

這就像美國第一次出現異族通婚一樣。

Imagine if someone had killed the first black and white person to be together and God said, Oh yeah, you did it buddy.

試想一下，如果有人殺死了第一個在一起的黑人和白人，而上帝說：哦，是的，你做到了，夥計。

Thank you.

謝謝。

I was about to kill the whole United States, but now I don't have to because you were jealous for me and you stopped the plague of this inbreeding.

我差點殺了整個美國，但現在我不用了，因為你為我吃醋，你阻止了這場近親繁殖的瘟疫。

This is the God you worship.

這就是你們崇拜的上帝。

All right.

好的

That's the overview of the book of numbers.

這就是數字之書的概述。

That's just point one.

這只是第一點。

It'll allow us to go quicker on the rest of this.

這樣我們就能更快地完成剩下的工作。

And like I said, just a ton of stuff happens here.

就像我說的，這裡發生了很多事情。

I didn't even cover it.

我甚至都沒說。

The book of numbers should be referring to the number of people God killed in this book, not the two censuses that were taken.

數字之書應該指的是上帝在這本書中殺死的人數，而不是兩次人口普查。

And that's how the book ends.

全書就這樣結束了。

Again, the census of the newest generation before they get ready to enter the promised land.

再次，在準備進入應許之地之前，對最新一代的人口普查。

And we'll pick up with that in Deuteronomy.

我們將在《申命記》中繼續討論這個問題。

Point two here, we're going to breeze through, which is authorship and date.

第二點，我們將輕而易舉地完成，那就是作者和日期。

Once again, as I've covered in the first three books, it's either Moses or many other theories, but probably this documentary hypothesis, which lists four sources that were compiled together during the sixth century BCE, during the time of the captivity in Babylon.

同樣，正如我在前三本書中提到的，要麼是摩西說，要麼是其他許多理論，但很可能是這個文獻假說，它列出了公元前六世紀被擄到巴比倫時期的四個資料來源。

Specifically numbers is where we start really utilizing our D source in addition to the other three.

具體來說，除了其他三個數據源外，我們還要開始真正利用我們的 D 數據源。

And then we use that D source primarily for book five here in the Pentateuch.

然後，我們在摩西五經的第五卷中主要使用 D 的來源。

In terms of timeframe, we've talked about it.

關於時間框架，我們已經談過了。

Numbers starts two years, two months, and one day after they leave Egypt, the census is done.

數字開始於他們離開埃及後的兩年兩個月零一天，人口普查已經完成。

We get an entire generation, about 38 years to round it out to the 40 years that they're supposed to be wandering.

我們有整整一代人，大約 38 年的時間來完成他們本應徘徊的 40 年。

And that's right where the book ends.

這就是這本書的結尾。

So we have a nice number for this one, about 38 years happened.

所以我們有一個很好的數字，大約發生在 38 年前。

And I'd like to point out, imagine if these stories were true.

我想指出的是，想象一下如果這些故事是真的。

We are seeing snippets of what happens over just a very small timeframe in the text that is given.

我們看到的只是文本中一個很小的時間範圍內發生的事情的片段。

Imagine living with this kind of a God in the desert for 38 years, battle after battle.

想象一下，與這樣的上帝在沙漠中生活了 38 年，經歷了一場又一場戰鬥。

Because during this, they're running into all kinds of other tribes, dealing with interracial marriages again, and kings and prophets of other nations, like a lot's happening just in what we're told about.

因為在此期間，他們遇到了各種各樣的其他部落，又要處理異族通婚的問題，還要處理其他國家的國王和先知的問題，就像我們所講述的那樣，發生了很多事情。

But imagine 38 years of this.

但試想一下，38 年都是如此。

Imagine all the smiting.

想象一下所有的毆打。

Imagine all the laws that were broken, all the people that were put to death.

想象一下，所有的法律都被觸犯，所有的人都被處死。

Imagine all the miracles that had to happen to keep these people in these 12 tribes going.

想象一下，為了讓這 12 個部落的人繼續生活下去，必鬚髮生多少奇蹟。

Imagine the dissension that happened when these people found out they weren't going to enter the promised land.

想象一下，當這些人發現他們無法進入應許之地時，會發生怎樣的分歧。

And they're wrestling between having to want this for their children and believe that God will deliver it, when He just turned His back on them.

他們既要為自己的孩子實現這個願望，又要相信上帝會實現這個願望，而上帝卻背棄了他們。

They were promised this same thing in leaving Egypt.

他們在離開埃及時也得到了同樣的承諾。

They trusted in God, and yes, because of their own actions, He's taken this away from them.

他們信任上帝，是的，由於他們自己的行為，上帝奪走了他們的信任。

But it's called the promised land, not the maybe land, right?

但它叫應許之地，而不是 "也許之地"，對嗎？

Like it's not promised, apparently, to any individual.

就像它顯然沒有許諾給任何個人一樣。

It's promised maybe to this people group at large.

這也許是對這個群體的承諾。

So what's to say their children will even get in?

那麼，他們的孩子能被錄取嗎？

Maybe God's going to do this another 15 times.

也許上帝還會這樣做 15 次。

And meanwhile, He's letting snakes into your camp and rewarding the priest for catching you doing any and every little thing against His precious law?

與此同時，祂會讓蛇進入你的營地，並獎勵那些抓住你做任何違反祂寶貴的律法的小事的牧師？

I think that even though they are the aggressor in this story, we see them raping and pillaging and taking slaves.

我認為，儘管在這個故事中，他們是侵略者，但我們看到的卻是他們的姦淫擄掠和擄掠奴隸。

I think they are the ones still enslaved.

我認為他們才是仍然被奴役的人。

Worse than anything Pharaoh did in Egypt.

比法老在埃及所做的一切都糟糕。

The scrutiny with which this omnipotent, omnipresent being is hearing their every thought and seeing their every deed and choosing to punish them for each and every one of those along the way while keeping them on the verge of what appears to be starvation and dehydration as a constant state.

這個無所不能、無處不在的存在聽到了他們的每一個想法，看到了他們的每一個行為，並選擇對他們的每一個行為進行懲罰，同時讓他們一直處於飢餓和脫水的邊緣。

I just can't imagine if this were actually true, how horrific this would be.

我簡直無法想象，如果這是真的，那將是多麼可怕。

Point three is about the historical background or accuracy, etc.

第三點是關於歷史背景或準確性等。

We've covered this a little bit.

我們已經介紹過一些。

You know, we've got these 38 years.

你知道，我們有這 38 年的時間。

It's just this people group.

只是這個群體。

They are bumping into other nations now, which wasn't happening so much in Leviticus.

他們現在與其他國家發生碰撞，這在《利未記》中並不常見。

We have no records from these other nations.

我們沒有這些其他國家的記錄。

Some of them not even existing and some of them that existing having no confrontation with Israelites, etc.

其中一些甚至不存在，而一些存在的則與以色列人沒有衝突，等等。

Again, you could talk about how history is written by the victors and the Israelites are winning all of these battles.