3/1 (日)
以賽亞書 52:13-15
現代文譯本(2019)
13 上主說:
我的僕人要完成使命;
他要受讚美,得到最大的榮譽。
14 許多看見他的人都大感驚奇,
因為他的容貌憔悴,
幾乎沒有人的形象。
15 現在,許多國家將因他驚異;
許多君王將啞口無言。
他們將領悟以往的奧祕,
聽見沒有人說過的事。
ESV
13 Behold, my servant shall act wisely; he shall be high and lifted up, and shall be exalted.
14 As many were astonished at you— his appearance was so marred, beyond human semblance, and his form beyond that of the children of mankind—
15 so shall he sprinkle many nations. Kings shall shut their mouths because of him, for that which has not been told them they see, and that which they have not heard they understand.
《舊約-聖經背景註釋》
被擊打的王 巴比倫阿基圖節慶期間(新年時),國王必須要「牽貝爾(瑪爾杜克神)的手」,宣告自己為清白正直的國王。節慶為期十一日的第五日,國王在祭司面前,祭司拿下國王身上的皇室標記(令牌、寶環、寶杖),擊打其面頰。祭司接著拽住國王的耳朵,迫使他在瑪爾杜克面前伏於地,再次宣告自己的清白。
