安息年

And you shall count off seven Sabbaths of years to yourself, seven times seven years, so that you have the time of seven Sabbaths of years, that is, forty-nine years.

25：8 你要计算七个安息年，就是七个七年；这就使你有了七个安息年的时期，共四十九年。

Lev. 25:8 And you shall count off seven Sabbaths of years to yourself, seven times seven years, so that you have the time of seven Sabbaths of years, that is, forty-nine years.

利二五8 你要计算七个安息年，就是七个七年；这就使你有了七个安息年的时期，共四十九年。

Here is one of the most wonderful pictures in the Old . Testament-the Sabbatical year and the Jubilee year.

我们在这里看见旧约时代一幅最美丽的图画──安息年和禧年。

Interestingly, this represents the sabbatical year (every seventh year the land was to be uncultivated).

很有意思的事，这就是代表安息年（每逢第七年土地必须休耕）。

After the seventh year, i.e. the sabbatical year, farmers can plough the field again.

第七年过后，也就是安息年，农民可以继续在土地上翻地。

The I Sabbatical year came every seven years v.

按照规定，每七年就有一个安息年(1至7节)。

Is sabbatical year for the couple. During the year, they will involve in promoting various relief and development work of the Third World.

但以理夫妇本月开始安息年，期间协助推动第三世界国家的救援及发展工作，女儿已开始新学年，求主帮助他们适应新生活。

These laws were stressed because the whole society had been guilty of breaking them:(1) no intermarriage with the heathen (Deuteronomy 7:3), however, they found this difficult to impose (13:23-29);(2) no business transactions on the Sabbath or any other holy day (Exodus 20:8-11; Amos 8:5; Numbers 28, 29);(3) observance of the Sabbatic year (Exodus 23:10-11; Deuteronomy 15:1-2); and (4) faithfully providing for all aspects of worship to God: the regular sacrifices at the Temple.

这四条律法所以要强调，因为当时整个社会在这四方面已经出问题了：（1）不可与异邦人通婚（申7：3），不过后来发现这一点很难贯彻（13：23~29）、（2）在安息日或其他圣日，不可有商业的交易（出20：8~11；摩8：5；民28.29）；（3）谨守安息年（出23：10~11；申15：1~2）；与（4）忠心预备各种敬拜上帝的用品：圣殿中例行的牲祭。

And the Sabbath produce of the land shall be for food for you; for you and for your male slaves and for your female slaves, and for your hired servant and for your stranger, who sojourns with you

25：6 地在安息年出产的，要给你和你的仆人、婢女、雇工、并寄居的外人当食物

Seven times seven years, they are to free the land from growing any products on the fiftieth year, because it is a holy year.

在第七个安息年过后，也就是49年，他们可以自由使用土地，在第五十年种植任何产物，因为这是神圣的一年。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。