第1148号 怀爱伦与次经
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第1148号 怀爱伦与次经
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MR No. 1148 - Ellen G. White and the Apocrypha
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[亚瑟L.怀特在1969年写的一个声明，西南复临学院的宗教老师罗恩·乔利夫要求用于课堂。来自《文稿》1850年第4号的段落，迄今未曾发布。——R.W.奥尔森。]{15MR65.1}[1]
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[A STATEMENT PREPARED BY ARTHUR L. WHITE IN 1969 AND NOW REQUESTED FOR CLASSROOM USE BY RON JOLLIFF, RELIGION TEACHER AT SOUTHWESTERN ADVENTIST COLLEGE. THE PARAGRAPH FROM MANUSCRIPT 4, 1850, HAS NOT HERETOFORE BEEN RELEASED.--R. W. OLSON.] {15MR 65.1}[1]
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虽然没有听说怀爱伦引用过次经，但早些年却有文件可能对于研究她与次经的关系有比较有趣的关系。怀雅各在他的小册子《致小群人的信息》中，在他题为“最后的七灾”的文章中，有两处引用了次经。{15MR65.2}[2]
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WHILE ELLEN G. WHITE IS NOT KNOWN TO HAVE QUOTED FROM THE APOCRYPHA THERE IS SOME DOCUMENTATION OF THE EARLY YEARS WHICH MAY BE OF INTEREST IN CONNECTION WITH A STUDY OF HER RELATIONSHIP TO IT. JAMES WHITE, IN HIS PAMPHLET, A WORD TO THE LITTLE FLOCK, IN HIS FIRST ARTICLE ENTITLED THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES INCLUDES TWO REFERENCES TO THE APOCRYPHA. {15MR 65.2}[2]
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第2页：“谷种在土块下朽烂；仓也荒凉，廪也破坏；因为五谷枯干了。”——见珥1:15-18;耶30:23,24;但12:1;哈3:12,13;番1:17,18;以斯得拉二书15:10-13。{15MR65.3}[3]
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PAGE 2: THE SEED IS ROTTEN UNDER THEIR CLODS, THE GARNERS ARE LAID DESOLATE, THE BARNS ARE BROKEN DOWN, FOR THE CORN IS WITHERED.--SEE JOEL 1:15-18; JEREMIAH 30:23, 24; DANIEL 12:1; HABAKKUK 3:12, 13; ZEPHANIAH 1:17, 18; 2:10-13. {15MR 65.3}[3]
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第3页：“我要用大能的手和伸出来的膀臂将他们（圣徒们）带来，并要用灾殃击打埃及，像从前一样，”等等。——以斯得拉二书14:11。{15MR65.4}[4]
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PAGE 3: I WILL BRING THEM (THE SAINTS) WITH A MIGHTY HAND AND A STRETCHED-OUT ARM, AND SMITE EGYPT WITH PLAGUES AS BEFORE, ETC. --2 ESDRAS 15:11. {15MR 65.4}[4]
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他在为怀爱伦的两个异象提供参考经文时，编入了《致小群人的信息》中，他还编入了次经的一些参考书目。他在发表第一个异象之前解释说：{15MR65.5}[5]
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AS HE FURNISHED SCRIPTURE REFERENCES TO TWO ELLEN G. WHITE VISIONS, INCORPORATED IN A WORD TO THE LITTLE FLOCK, HE ALSO INCORPORATED SOME REFERENCES TO THE APOCRYPHA. HIS EXPLANATION WHICH PRECEDES THE PUBLICATION OF THE FIRST VISION STATES: {15MR 65.5}[5]
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“下述异象一年多以前曾发表在《晨星》上。应朋友们的要求，重新发表于这本小书中，有经文参考，为了小群人的益处。”——《致小群人的信息》第13页。{15MR65.6}[6]
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THE FOLLOWING VISION WAS PUBLISHED IN THE DAY STAR, MORE THAN A YEAR AGO. BY THE REQUEST OF FRIENDS, IT IS RE-PUBLISHED IN THIS LITTLE WORK, WITH SCRIPTURE REFERENCES, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LITTLE FLOCK.--A WORD TO THE LITTLE FLOCK, P. 13 {15MR 65.6}[6]
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在第15页和17页底部，有怀爱伦的正文引用的次经，一处引用了以斯得拉二书2:43（15页），另一处引用了以斯得拉二书2:19（17页）。{15MR65.7}[7]
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AT THE BOTTOM OF PAGES 15 AND 17 THERE ARE REFERENCES KEYED TO THE E. G. WHITE TEXT, ONE REFERENCE TO 2 ESDRAS 2:43, (P. 15) AND THE OTHER TO 2 ESDRAS 2:19, (P. 17). {15MR 65.7}[7]
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显然怀雅各看到怀爱伦所写的与他在《以斯得拉书》中读到的一些内容有相似之处，因此他才使用这些引文作为他所提供的经文参考。{15MR66.1}[8]
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IT IS CLEAR THAT JAMES WHITE SAW SOME SIMILARITIES BETWEEN WHAT ELLEN WHITE WROTE AND SOME THINGS HE HAD READ IN ESDRAS, AND SO USED THESE REFERENCES AS HE DID SCRIPTURE REFERENCES WHICH HE SAYS HE SUPPLIED. {15MR 66.1}[8]
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【隐藏的书卷】
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在一份由三位早期信徒签署的报告中，提到怀爱伦在异象中说到隐藏的书卷。叙述如下：{15MR66.2}[9]
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【THE HIDDEN BOOK】
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IN A REPORT SIGNED BY THREE EARLY BELIEVERS REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE HIDDEN BOOK AS ELLEN WHITE UTTERED CERTAIN WORDS IN VISION. HERE IS THE ACCOUNT: {15MR 66.2}[9]
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“在缅因州托普瑟姆柯蒂斯弟兄家举行的另一次聚会上，她见了异象，站起身来，拿起桌上那本家庭用大圣经，用一只手将它举了一段时间，呈45度角，并说隐藏的书卷不在那里。当有人问是不是次经不在圣经里时，柯蒂斯说是不在。她有时谈论隐藏的书卷。只有柯蒂斯弟兄家知道次经不在那里。S.豪兰夫人利百加·豪兰·温斯洛。弗朗西丝·豪兰·伦特”{15MR66.3}[10]
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AT ANOTHER TIME AT A MEETING HELD AT BROTHER CURTIS IN TOPSHAM, MAINE, SHE WAS TAKEN OFF IN VISION, AND AROSE TO HER FEET, TOOK THE LARGE FAMILY BIBLE FROM THE TABLE, AND HELD IT ON HER HAND SOME TIME AT AN ANGLE OF FORTY-FIVE DEGREES, AND SAID THE HIDDEN BOOK WAS NOT THERE. WHEN SOME ONE ASKED IF THE APOCRYPHA WAS NOT IN THE BIBLE, BROTHER CURTIS REMARKED IT WAS NOT. SHE TALKED SOMETIME ABOUT THE HIDDEN BOOK. NO ONE KNEW BUT BRO. CURTIS FAMILY THAT THE APOCRAPHA [APOCRYPHA] WAS NOT THERE. MRS. S. HOWLAND REBECCA HOWLAND WINSLOW FRANCES HOWLAND LUNT {15MR 66.3}[10]
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怀爱伦在1850年1月11日在纽约州奥斯维戈见所见异象的报告和在1850年1月28日抄写的副本中，提到了隐藏的书卷。怀爱伦对她在异象中蒙指示所见之事的描绘含有许多内容，写了四又四分之一打印纸的内容。在她的叙述结尾我们发现这些话：{15MR66.4}[11]
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IN THE REPORT OF A VISION GIVEN TO ELLEN WHITE AT OSWEGO, NEW YORK ON JANUARY 11, 1850, AND CARRYING A COPYING DATE OF JANUARY 28, 1850, ELLEN WHITE MAKES A REFERENCE TO THE HIDDEN BOOK. HER DESCRIPTION OF WHAT WAS SHOWN TO HER IN THE VISION CONTAINS MANY ITEMS AND AS ON FILE COMPRISES FOUR AND A QUARTER TYPE-WRITTEN PAGES. NEAR THE CLOSE OF HER STATEMENT WE FIND THESE WORDS: {15MR 66.4}[11]
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“一切遵守上帝诫命的人，都要从门进入圣城，有权吃生命树的果子，并永远侍立在可爱的耶稣面前，祂的圣颜焕发的荣耀比正午的太阳更为光明。然后我看到上帝的圣道是纯净无搀杂的，而且我们必须对自己接受圣道所宣扬之真理的方式负责。我看到它是一个铁锤，要打碎刚硬的人心，是消灭渣滓的烈火，使人心可以纯净圣洁。我看到次经是隐藏的书卷，这些末后日子的智慧人会明白它。我看到圣经是标准书，将在末日审判我们。我看到天国会够便宜，为耶稣牺牲什么都不太宝贵，我们必须付出一切才能进入天国。”——《文稿》1850年第4号。（怀爱伦在纽约州奥斯维戈所见异象的抄本。）好几次在《评论与通讯》的文章里提到了次经。这些很有趣，并且附上了材料的抄本。{15MR66.5}[12]
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All, all who keep the commandments of God, will enter in through the gates into the city and have right to the tree of life and ever be in the presence of that lovely Jesus whose countenance shines brighter than the sun at noon day. I then saw the word of God pure and unadulterated, and that we must answer for the way we received the truth proclaimed from that word. I saw that it had been a hammer to break the flinty heart in pieces, and a fire to consume the dross and tin, that the heart might be pure and holy. I saw that the Apocrypha was the hidden book, and that the wise of these last days should understand it. I saw that the Bible was the standard book, that will judge us at the last day. I saw that heaven would be cheap enough, and that nothing was too dear to sacrifice for Jesus, and that we must give all to enter the kingdom.--Manuscript 4, 1850, (A copy of E. G. Whites Vision which she had at Oswego, N.Y.) ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE APOCRYPHA IN ARTICLES IN THE REVIEW AND HERALD. THESE ARE OF INTEREST, AND COPY OF THE MATERIALS IS ATTACHED. {15MR 66.5}[12]
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还没有清楚地看到怀爱伦1850年那个叙述的意义和重要性。应该注意的是，怀爱伦在后来的65年中再没有在她的著作中提到次经。即使我们所拥有的是她所写内容的正确抄本，而且有时这些早期叙述的一些内容会有一些不确定性，此后她也从来没有叫教会注意次经，敦促人们阅读它或解释它的意义。既然如此，我们就建议给予此事最小的关注。她已发表的著作对这个问题保持沉默肯定是有重要意义的。亚瑟L.怀特怀爱伦著作托管委员会1985年6月6日发布于美国首都华盛顿{15MR67.1}[13]
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THE FULL MEANING AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE E. G. WHITE STATEMENT OF 1850 IS NOT CLEARLY SEEN. IT SHOULD BE OBSERVED THAT ELLEN WHITE MAKES NO REFERENCE TO THE APOCRYPHA AT ANY TIME IN HER WRITINGS IN THE SUBSEQUENT 65 YEARS. IF WHAT WE HAVE IS A CORRECT COPY OF WHAT SHE WROTE, AND AT TIMES THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE ACCURACY OF SOME OF THE STATEMENTS BEARING THESE EARLY DATES, AT NO TIME SUBSEQUENT TO THAT, DID SHE HAVE OCCASION TO CALL THE ATTENTION OF THE CHURCH TO THE APOCRYPHA TO URGE ITS READING OR TO EXPLAIN ITS SIGNIFICANCE. THIS BEING THE CASE, OUR COUNSEL WOULD BE TO GIVE THE MATTER A MINIMUM OF ATTENTION. SURELY THE SILENCES IN HER PUBLISHED WRITINGS ON THIS SUBJECT CARRY SIGNIFICANCE. ARTHUR L. WHITE Ellen G. White Estate Washington, D. C. Release Date June 6, 1985 {15MR 67.1}[13]