※Is this choice really so simple? 世人當如何選擇
What exactly does the Hebrew Bible mean when it says “choose life”?
詩 25:12 誰敬畏耶和華，耶和華必指示他當選擇的道路。
In the Bible “choosing life” is not just opposing death, but leading a meaningful life. The key is that we must make an active choice to introduce meaning into our lives. If a life of righteousness is forced upon us, it cannot yield the blessings which God has in store for us.
在聖經中，「選擇生命」不僅是與死亡相對，而且是選擇活出有意義的生活。 關鍵是我們必須做出積極的選擇，讓上帝旨意引領我們的生活。如果被動活出義人的生活，就無法得到上帝為我們所預備豐豐富富的福氣。
※God’s choices
希伯來聖經經常使用動詞חחר（bahar）…「選擇」。
甚至有人可能會主張「選擇」是聖經中神最重要的動作：
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馬可13:20若不是主減少那日子，凡有血氣的，總沒有一個得救的；只是為主的選民，他將那日子減少了。
20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elects sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened the days.
Choose：1586 ἐκλέγομαι eklegomai ek-leg-om-ahee
of God the Father choosing Christians, as those whom he set apart from the irreligious multitude as dear unto himself, and whom he has rendered, through faith in Christ, citizens in the Messianic kingdom: (James
2:5) so that the ground of the choice lies in Christ and his merits only
雅各2:5我親愛的弟兄們，請聽，神豈不是揀選了世上的貧窮人，叫他們在信上富足，並承受他所應許給那些愛他之人的國嗎？
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The Hebrew Bible uses the verb בחר (bahar) - “choose” - very frequently.
One might even argue that “choosing” is God’s most central action in the Bible:
God “chose” Abraham to be the first patriarch (Neh. 9:7),
尼 9:7你是耶和華神，曾揀選亞伯蘭，領他出迦勒底的吾珥，給他改名叫亞伯拉罕。
He “chose” Israel to be his people (Isa. 44:1), and
賽44:1我的僕人雅各，我所揀選的以色列啊，現在你當聽。
He “chose” Jerusalem as his city and David as his king (2 Ch. 6:6).
代下6:6但選擇耶路撒冷為我名的居所，又揀選大衛治理我民以色列。』」
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Choose： 977
בּחר bâchar baw-khar ：A primitive root; properly to try, that is, (by implication) select
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※Leading a divinely sanctioned life means mirroring this essential act of making good choices, “refusing the evil and choosing the good” (Isa. 7:16).
上帝百姓選擇過成聖的生活意味著是「拒絕邪惡，選擇聖潔」的反射行為（賽7:16）。
賽7:16因為在這孩子還不曉得棄惡擇善之先，你所憎惡的那二王之地必致見棄。
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