※Neither Heaven nor Hell
In the Hebrew Bible, there is no separate term for “heaven” and “hell.” Instead, everyone goes to the same place after they die: Sheol. A kind of underworld, Sheol is not described as a pleasant or a miserable place. It is simply below this world. Thus, in many places in the Bible, for example in the story of Jacob and his sons (Gen. 44), death is described as “going down to Sheol”.
在舊約聖經,人死後說下陰間,沒有天堂或地獄之分。
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創44:29現在你們又要把這個帶去離開我,倘若他遭害,那便是你們使我白髮蒼蒼、悲悲慘慘地下陰間去了to the grave שְׁאֹֽלָה。』
שְׁאוֹל (7585)
שׁאל שׁאול she ôl she ôl sheh-ole, sheh-ole
1-sheol, underworld, grave, hell, pit
a)-the underworld
b)Sheol[ˋʃi:əul] - the OT designation for the abode of the dead死者指定之住所((舊約聖經中所指之)陰間,冥府;(s-)地獄)
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※The Hebrew Underworld
The word Sheol (שאול) comes from the root ŠAL (שאל) meaning “to ask”. In ancient Israel it was thought that the dead could be summoned up or asked up from the underworld with sorcery. For example, Saul foolishly hires a witch at Endor to summon the prophet Samuel from the dead (1 Sam. 28). This particular kind of witchcraft - called necromancy - was stringently outlawed by God in Deuteronomy 18:10-12.
Sheol(שאול)一詞來自字根ŠAL(שאל),意為「問」。在古代以色列,人們認為可以用巫術將死者召喚出來或從地下召喚死者。例如,掃羅愚蠢地在隱多珥(Endor)雇了一個女巫召喚先知撒母耳從死裡復活(1 Sam28:7~15)。在申命記18:10-12中,上帝嚴格禁止這種巫術:與亡靈溝通的降靈術。
※Get back to the Hebrew words of Jesus
As a Hebrew speaking Jew, Jesus used the word Sheol often. He told his disciple Peter, “On this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it” (Matt. 16:18). The word Jesus used wasn’t the Greek Hades, but the Hebrew Sheol. Although the Gospels were first written in Greek, Jesus actually spoke Hebrew.
作為希伯來語中的猶太人,耶穌經常使用Sheol這個詞。祂對門徒彼得說:「我要把我的教會建造在這磐石上;陰間的權柄(權柄:原文作門),不能勝過他。」(太16:18)。
...and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell ᾅδης (86) shall not prevail against it.
ᾍδης hadēs hah-dace
KJV Usage: grave, hell.
耶穌使用的詞不是希臘的Hades,而是希伯來文的Sheol。儘管福音最初是用希臘語寫的,但耶穌實際上講希伯來語。
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