多比传 13 —— 多比的赞美之歌与耶路撒冷之荣耀
多比传 13 包含多比的感恩祈祷，承认神掌管生死的主权大能，呼召以色列悔改，并预言耶路撒冷将以辉煌的荣光得着复兴。
多俾亚传
第13章
- 1.托比特感谢上帝 托比特写了一首喜乐的祷告，说：永生神是应当称颂的，他的国也永远存在。Tobit’s Thanksgiving to God Then Tobit wrote a prayer of rejoicing, and said: “Blessed is God who lives for ever, and blessed is his kingdom.
- 2.因为他使人受苦，也施予怜悯，他使人下到阴间，又使人复活，没有人能脱离他的手。For he afflicts, and he shows mercy; he leads down to Hades, and brings up again, and there is no one who can escape his hand.
- 3.在列国中认耶和华， 以色列的众子啊，因为他将我们散在列国中。Acknowledge him before the nations, O sons of Israel; for he has scattered us among them.
- 4.在那里宣扬他的伟大，在一切有生之人面前尊崇他，因为他是我们的主我们的神，他是我们的父，直到永远。Make his greatness known there, and exalt him in the presence of all the living; because he is our Lord and God, he is our Father for ever.
- 5.他必因我们的不法惩治我们，后必施怜悯，又聚集我们从分散我们到各国的人中。He will afflict us for our iniquities; and again he will show mercy, and will gather us from all the nations among whom you have been scattered.
- 6.如果你以全部的心和灵转向他，在他面前行事为真，他就会转向你，不会隐藏他的面容在你面前。但是看他要对你做什么，尽声向他感谢。赞美公义的主，尊高永在的王。我在被掳之地称谢他，并向罪恶之国显明他的能力和威严。你们这些罪人转回去，在他面前行事为善，谁知道他是否会悦纳你们并怜悯你们。If you turn to him with all your heart and with all your soul, to do what is true before him, then he will turn to you and will not hide his face from you. But see what he will do with you; give thanks to him with your full voice. Praise the Lord of righteousness, and exalt the King of the ages. I give him thanks in the land of my captivity, and I show his power and majesty to a nation of sinners. Turn back, you sinners, and do right before him; who knows if he will accept you and have mercy on you?
- 7.我尊崇我的神，我的灵魂尊崇天上的君王，并且会因他的威严而欢喜。I exalt my God; my soul exalts the King of heaven, and will rejoice in his majesty.
- 8.愿众人都说出来，并在耶路撒冷称谢他。Let all men speak, and give him thanks in Jerusalem.
- 9.耶路撒冷啊，圣城啊，他要因你儿女的行为而惩罚你，但他又要向义人的儿女施行怜悯。O Jerusalem, the holy city, he will afflict you for the deeds of your sons, but again he will show mercy to the sons of the righteous.
- 10.当以感恩之心向主献上感谢，并赞美永在的君王，好使他能再次为你们欢喜地搭设帐幕。愿他安慰你们内中的被掳之人，并爱你们内中的受困之人，直到万世之久。Give thanks worthily to the Lord, and praise the King of the ages, that his tent may be raised for you again with joy. May he cheer those within you who are captives, and love those within you who are distressed, to all generations for ever.
- 11.许多国家将从远方来到主上帝的名下，手中带着礼物，这些礼物是献给天上的君王的。世世代代将给你欢乐的赞美。Many nations will come from afar to the name of the Lord God, bearing gifts in their hands, gifts for the King of heaven. Generations of generations will give you joyful praise.
- 12.凡恨你的，必受咒诅；凡爱你的，必蒙永福。Cursed are all who hate you; blessed for ever will be all who love you.
- 13.义人之子要欢喜快乐，因为他们必聚集在一起，赞美义人的主。Rejoice and be glad for the sons of the righteous; for they will be gathered together, and will praise the Lord of the righteous.
- 14.爱你的人有多么的幸福啊，他们将因你的平安而欢喜。为你的一切患难而悲伤的人有福了，因为他们将在看见你一切的荣耀时为你欢喜，并且永远快乐。How blessed are those who love you! They will rejoice in your peace. Blessed are those who grieved over all your afflictions; for they will rejoice for you upon seeing all your glory, and they will be made glad for ever.
- 15.愿我的灵魂赞美伟大的神王。Let my soul praise God the great King.
- 16.因为耶路撒冷将要用蓝宝石和翡翠建造，她的城墙将要用宝石建造，她的楼塔和城垣将要用纯金建造。For Jerusalem will be built with sapphires and emeralds, her walls with precious stones, and her towers and battlements with pure gold.
- 17.耶路撒冷的街道将用碧玉、红宝石和俄斐石铺成；The streets of Jerusalem will be paved with beryl and ruby and stones of Ophir;
- 18.她所有的道路都要呼喊哈利路亚，并且发出赞美的声音，说，神是应当称颂的，他已将你永远高举起来。all her lanes will cry ‘Hallelujah!’ and will give praise, saying, ‘Blessed is God, who has exalted you for ever.’”
这段经文的意思
多比传以第 1 节的荣耀颂开头，颂赞那永活、其国度永远长存的神。这一安排意义深远：这首赞美诗紧随多比个人患难得到解决之后（10 至 12 章），将他个人的拯救转化为公开的敬拜，树立了个人蒙救应引向集体称颂的典范。
核心的神学主张贯穿第 2 至 6 节及第 9 节：神既降苦待，又施怜悯。多比呈现出对称的叙事模式——下到阴间又从中回来，在万民中分散又被招聚，因罪受惩罚又蒙怜悯重新得复兴。第 6 节以「尽心尽性」转向作为神转脸的条件，呼应申命记中熟悉的圣约语言，而本章反复邀请列国中的「罪人」悔改，因为神的怜悯始终敞开。
第 10 至 18 节从祈祷转向先知异象：耶路撒冷以蓝宝石、翡翠、璧玉、红宝石以及俄斐金重建；其街道呼喊「哈利路亚」；列国将礼物奉献给「天上的王」，义人得以聚集；那恨恶耶路撒冷的受咒诅，那爱她的得祝福。本章由此从个人的感恩转向以荣耀耶路撒冷为核心的普世盼望。
背景
多比传 13 位于全书叙事弧线的尾声。1 至 3 章奠定多比的虔诚与失明；4 至 9 章叙述其子多比亚在拉斐尔引导下的旅程；10 至 12 章描述多比双目复明与拉斐尔的自我启示。第 13 章以标题「多比向神感恩」开篇，标明这是一篇正式的礼仪性作品，而非即兴言说；第 14 章则承接多比临终对众子的遗言。
本章在全书中兼具祈祷与预言的双重功能。它依次面向三类受众：多比的同族流亡者（第 3–6 节）、以色列所分散其中的列国（第 6、11 节），以及耶路撒冷本身（第 9–10、16–18 节）。耶路撒冷闪耀宝石之城的异象与万民归聚的图景，呈现出前文叙事各章所仅作预示的末世远景。附注表明，本章是从项目最初 P0/P1 范围之外的资料补入的。
常见问题
多比为何说神既降苦待又施怜悯？
多比将苦待与怜悯视为神主权治理的两面。第 2 节将下到阴间与从中返回相对，第 5 节将因罪受罚与从列国中被招聚相联。本章将受苦框定为一段关系中的管教，而非任意的遭遇，而神在这段关系中始终意在使其恢复。
多比传 13 与全书其余部分有怎样的关系？
本章是多比对自第 1 章以来所发生一切所作的正式回应。在亲身得到医治（第 11 章）和拉斐尔身份的启示（第 12 章）之后，多比谱写了一首赞美诗，将其个人的感恩延伸为对耶路撒冷未来复兴的异象，为第 14 章中他临终的嘱咐作了铺垫。
应当如何理解对耶路撒冷宝石的描述？
第 16 至 18 节描绘耶路撒冷以蓝宝石、翡翠、璧玉、红宝石和俄斐金铺就，其街道呼喊「哈利路亚」。在本章从祈祷迈向先知异象的内在脉络中，这些意象作为一幅末世荣光的图景，而非字面意义建筑蓝图的呈现，传达出那城将以配得第 10、15 节所称颂的「永世之王」的辉煌光辉照耀的盼望。