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  | Translate: 翻譯：               The Star of the Magi: Old Story, New Gifts明星的賢士：舊故事，新禮品 Thursday, December 6th, 2007 星期四， 07年12月6日
By Courtney Roberts據考羅伯茨 The inclusion of the Star of Bethlehem, with all its pagan astrological implications, in the overture to the First Gospel, has raised so many awkward questions for orthodox Christianity that one has to wonder how it ever made it into the Bible in the first place.列入伯利恆之星，其所有異教徒的星象的影響，在序曲的第一福音，提出了許多尷尬的問題，正統基督教的人想知道如何以往任何時候都使之成為聖經擺在首位。 So why would the authors (and editors) of the Christian gospels choose Zoroastrian Magi and astrology to herald the coming of Jesus Christ?那麼，為什麼會作者（編輯）的基督教福音選擇拜火教賢士和占星術預示著未來的耶穌基督？ Did the Magi have some special significance then that we have since lost?沒有賢士有一些特殊的意義然後，我們已經失去？ After all, the New Testament narrative opens with them.畢竟，新約全書敘事與他們打開。 Why?為什麼？ Who were they, and why would Matthew imply that their astrology lead them to Jesus?誰是他們，為什麼會馬修意味著他們的占星術導致他們耶穌？ In pursuing answers to questions like these, I’ve come to believe that Matthew’s Magi have much more to offer than the traditional gifts for Jesus ascribed to them.在追求問題的答案喜歡這些，我已經開始相信，馬修的賢士有更多提供比傳統的禮物耶穌歸因於他們。 In fact, once we begin to understand who the Magi were, how their astrology informed their beliefs, and how much those beliefs influenced their Jewish neighbors, some strikingly obvious conclusions emerge about their appearance.事實上，一旦我們開始了解誰是賢士，他們的占星術如何獲悉他們的信仰，和多少人的信念影響其猶太鄰居，一些驚人的結論出現明顯的外觀。 The priority of this story’s position within the Christian Bible, in the opening chapters of the very first book, is actually a testament to the widespread influence of the Persian Magi and their astrology in the rise of monotheism and Messianic expectations throughout the ancient world.優先這個故事的立場的基督教聖經，在開幕章節的第一本書，實際上是證明了廣泛的影響，波斯賢士和占星術中崛起的一神論和彌賽亞的期望整個古代世界。 Ultimately, Matthew’s Magi challenge our traditional understanding of how the three great monotheisms-Judaism, Christianity, and Islam-evolved, and might even be telling us something new about our future prospects together.最終，馬修的賢士挑戰我們的傳統理解如何三大monotheisms ，猶太教，基督教和伊斯蘭的變化而變化，甚至可以告訴我們一些新的了解我們共同的未來前景。 Who were the Magi?誰是賢士？ The Magi were a hereditary order of priests and sages; wise men, if you will, who originated among the tribes of Media.麥琪是一個遺傳秩序的神父和先賢;智者，如果你願意，誰源於部落之間的媒介。 The region the Magi knew as Media is now north-western Iran, bordering the southern shores of the Caspian Sea, approximately halfway between Baghdad and Tehran.該地區賢士知道媒體現在是西北部，伊朗接壤的南部海岸里海，大約有一半在巴格達和德黑蘭。 The roots of their tribe extend back into the dim mists of prehistory, but from the 6th century BCE on, the Magi served as the official priesthood of the Persian religion, and of the Persian royal house.的根源，他們的部落延長到昏暗的霧氣的史前史，而是從公元前6世紀起，賢士擔任官方鐸的波斯宗教，和波斯王室。 In the West, where we traditionally revere the Greeks and Romans, we too often fail to acknowledge the far-reaching cultural and religious contributions of the Persians, their longstanding foes; and ours, by default.在西方，我們歷來尊崇的希臘人和羅馬人，我們也往往不承認意義深遠的文化和宗教的貢獻，波斯人，其長期的敵人;和我們，默認情況下。 Meanwhile, Judeans living at the time of Christ were very much aware of the contributions of their Persian neighbors.與此同時， Judeans生活在基督的時間是非常了解的貢獻，他們的波斯灣鄰國。 Greece and Rome had not been kind to the Jews, whereas the nearby Parthian Persians and their Magi had long been their allies against these brutal foreign invaders.希臘和羅馬還沒有一種對猶太人，而附近的帕提亞波斯人和他們的賢士早已及其盟國對這些殘酷的外國侵略者。 Matthew and his contemporaries knew that the Jews were forever indebted to the Persians, who liberated them from the Babylonian captivity (ca. 538 BCE), and saved their nation from certain extinction.馬修和他的同時代人知道，猶太人永遠感激波斯人，誰解放他們從巴比倫囚禁（約公元前538 ） ，並保存他們的國家從某些滅絕。 In repatriating the Jews, and authorizing the rebuilding of the burnt-out sites of Jerusalem and its temple, the Persians and their Magi leveraged a lot of input into the beliefs and practices of the Jewish religion.在遣返的猶太人，並授權重建被燒毀的耶路撒冷網站及其寺院，波斯人和他們的賢士槓桿大量的投入信仰和習俗的猶太宗教。 The arrival of Alexander in 331 BCE, and the Hellenist Empire that survived his fateful demise, marked the beginning of hard times for both the Jews and the Persians.抵達亞歷山大在公元前331和Hellenist帝國的生存消亡的命運，標誌著艱難時期，為猶太人和波斯人。 By the time of Christ, both nations shared a common messianic dream: the advent of a saviour king who would destroy the Greeks, and the Romans after them, and restore the rightful reign of God.的時候，基督，這兩個國家有著共同的救世主的夢想：出現一個救星國王誰將摧毀希臘人和羅馬人後，並恢復合法統治的上帝。 The Magi were the main propagandists behind this popular messianism, and their reputation as master astrologers was put to good use in this cause.賢士的主要宣傳背後流行的彌賽亞，他們的聲譽，主占星家被很好地利用這一事業。 The Magi’s Astrology賢士的占星術 There’s no doubt that the Persian Magi were great astrologers, and Matthew and his contemporaries would have recognized them as such.毫無疑問，波斯賢士是偉大的占星家，和馬修和他的同時代人會承認他們這樣。 Unlike the Greeks and the Romans, the Persians had their own distinct brand of religious astrology.不同的是希臘人和羅馬人，波斯人有自己獨特的品牌宗教占星術。 For them, God’s time was organized into astrological millenniums; 1,000 year periods ruled by the signs of the zodiac, wherein timely conjunctions of Jupiter and Saturn signaled the rise of new empires and dynasties, great prophets and new religions, and more rarely still, heralded the dawn of a new world age, or aeon.對於他們來說，上帝的時間，組織成占星術千年; 1000年期間統治的跡象，十二生肖，其中及時連詞的木星和土星暗示崛起的新帝國和王朝，偉大的先知和新的宗教，仍然很少，預示著黎明的一個新的世界年齡，或永世。 Their astrology was rooted in the idea of the apocalypse; the uniquely Persian belief that the universe was created with an intrinsic astrological order to serve as a staging ground for the ongoing, and ultimate battle between good and evil; the outcome of which had already been decided long before time began.他們的占星術是植根於思想的啟示;的獨特的波斯認為，宇宙是有內在的星座，以作為分期為正在進行之中，並最終戰善惡之分;的結果已經很久以前決定的時間開始了。 Their astrology thoroughly permeated their religion, and vice versa.他們的占星術徹底貫穿自己的宗教，反之亦然。 The Sons of Zoroaster的兒子Zoroaster By the time Matthew composed his Gospel (ca. 75 CE?), the Persian religion of the Magi harbored long-standing astrological traditions about a coming world savior, or messiah, who was to be born of a virgin.由時間組成的馬修福音（約75行政長官？ ） ，波斯宗教的賢士窩藏長期傳統的星象有關未來世界的救世主，或救世主，誰應該出生的處女地。 Ultimately, the Magi were expecting three world saviors, or ’sons of Zoroaster,’ over the course of consecutive millenniums, and they were all to be born of virgins at the appropriate astrological intervals.歸根結底，賢士預計三項世界救世主，或'兒子Zoroaster '的過程中連續幾千年，而且他們都是出生的處女在適當的星象間隔。 The first two sons would help defeat evil, and spread the good religion throughout the world.前兩個兒子將有助於戰勝邪惡，和傳播良好的宗教在世界各地。 The coming of the third savior would trigger the apocalypse, the ultimate battle between the forces of good and evil at the end of the world.即將到來的第三次救星將觸發的啟示，最終的戰鬥勢力之間的善惡在世界的盡頭。 These ancient Persian traditions had tremendous bearing on the development of Jewish Messianic expectations, both politically and religiously.這些傳統的波斯了巨大的影響發展的猶太彌賽亞的期望，無論在政治和宗教。 Matthew’s Judeans were inspired in their endless uprisings against their Greek and Roman overlords by the Persian religion and its astrology.馬修的Judeans受到啟發他們無休止的起義對他們的希臘和羅馬霸主的波斯宗教和占星術。 Matthew’s inclusion of the Magi in his gospel reminds us that many Judeans still expected God to work through the Persians, and in concert with their astrology, to bring about their long-awaited redeemer king.馬修列入賢士在他的福音提醒我們，許多Judeans仍預期上帝通過波斯人，並在與他們的占星術，使他們期待已久的救主國王。 These same Persian traditions formed a vibrant part of early Islam, and shine through the work of the 8th and 9th century astrologers of the Golden Age of Baghdad.同樣，這些傳統的波斯形成一個充滿活力的組成部分早期伊斯蘭教，彪炳工作的第8和第9世紀占星家的黃金時代巴格達。 There, scholars like Masha’allah and ‘Umar Tiberiades preserved the unique religious chronologies of the Magi; only now, their astrological millenniums, and the cycle of Jupiter and Saturn conjunctions, heralded the birth of Christ and Christianity, as well as the birth of Muhammad and Islam.有學者一樣Masha'allah和歐麥爾Tiberiades保留了獨特的宗教年表的賢士;只是現在，他們的占星術千年，而週期的木星和土星會合，預示著基督誕生和基督教，以及誕生穆罕默德和伊斯蘭教。 For these astrologers, the first two sons of Zoroaster had come.對於這些占星家，第一次兩個兒子Zoroaster已經到來。 The good religion had been spread.良好的宗教已經蔓延。 This is the astrology of the Magi.這是占星術的賢士。 This is what the author of Matthew has been trying to tell us for two thousand years.這是作者的馬修一直在試圖告訴我們，為二千年。 Inclusive Monotheism包容一神教 In their astrology, the Magi focused on the big picture and the overarching God’s-eye view.在他們的占星術，賢士側重於大局和總體God's眼的觀點。 They operated within an ‘inclusive monotheism,’ in which all who worship the one God are one and always have been.他們的範圍內運作的'包容一神教，所有誰崇拜一個上帝是永遠了。 The coming of Jesus Christ and Muhammad; even the rebirth of Second Temple Judaism from the ashes of the Babylonian captivity, meant the fulfillment of their ancient Persian prophecies; prophecies which predicted the triumph and spread of the worship of the one God, the Good God, throughout the world.即將到來的耶穌基督和穆罕默德;甚至重生的猶太教第二聖殿的灰燼中巴比倫囚禁，這意味著履行其波斯預言;預言預言的勝利和蔓延的崇拜一個上帝，天哪在世界各地。 We lost that thread long ago, and instead, stubbornly cling to the medieval, man-made myths of ‘exclusive monotheism’- orthodox traditions that each claim their own separate origin in a special revelation, and then fight over the details.我們失去了這很久以前的線程，而不是，頑固堅持中世紀，人為神話的獨家monotheism'正統的傳統，每個人各自的原產地在一個特殊的啟示，然後鬥爭的細節。 These claims are rooted in our very human failings rather than in history, for Judaism, Christianity and Islam are all branches of an old, old tree.這些說法是植根於我們的人力不足，而不是在歷史上，為猶太教，基督教和伊斯蘭教的所有分支的一個老，舊樹。 With each passing day, and each new loss in the war on terror, the inclusive monotheism of the Magi; their most precious gift, looks more relevant than ever.隨著時間的推移，每個新的損失在反恐戰爭中，包容一神教的賢士;他們最珍貴的禮物，看起來更比以往任何時候都有關。 Even if the Magi never ventured across the desert as he says, Matthew would have done well to invent them.即使冒險賢士從未跨越沙漠，他說，馬修會做得很好發明他們。 His case for Jesus, as both the King of the Jews and as a world savior, was boosted immeasurably by their appearance, and by the implied coincidence of his birth with their astrological indicators.他的案件的耶穌，作為國王的猶太人和作為一個世界的救世主，是不可估量的推動其外觀，以及隱含的巧合是他出生的占星術指標。 So it is that over 2,000 years on, Matthew’s Magi cross our horizon again, bearing new gifts this time, in the truths they reveal to us about ourselves, and in their lasting testament to the common religious heritage we all share; or at least that we could share, and better late than never.因此，它是2000年後的今天，馬修的賢士跨我們的視野再次，同時新的禮物這個時候，在揭示真理，他們向我們講述自己，並在其持久證明了共同的宗教遺產，我們所有共享;或至少，我們可以分享，遲做總比不做好。 For more on this fascinating topic, read Courtney Roberts’ The Star of the Magi: The Mystery That Heralded the Coming of Christ (published in October 2007 by New Page Books).欲了解更多關於這個迷人的主題，閱讀考羅伯茨星的賢士：神秘這預示著未來的基督（發表於2007年10月由新頁圖書） 。 Courtney Roberts, MA is a writer, teacher, and consultant, originally from Miami, FL.考羅伯茨，馬是一個作家，教師，專家和顧問，最初由Miami ， FL 。 Her work reflects a unique perspective: a real passion for the ‘big picture’ that combines cosmology, religious studies and history.她的作品反映了一種獨特的觀點：一個真正熱情的'全貌' ，結合宇宙學，宗教學和歷史。 She developed her specialization in the role of astrology in religion, particularly Persian Zoroastrianism and western monotheism, while completing a Masters degree in Cultural Astronomy at Bath Spa University in England.她在她的專業化的作用，占星術在宗教，特別是波斯祆教和西方一神教，同時完成了碩士學位文化天文學巴斯思帕大學在英國。 Courtney maintains a busy schedule, writing, teaching, and lecturing to audiences of every persuasion all around the world, and can be contacted at www.thestarofthemagi.com.考保持了繁忙的日程，寫作，教學，和聽眾講課的每說服世界各地的，可聯繫www.thestarofthemagi.com 。 Have Your Say: The Star of the Magi: Old Story, New Gifts 你說：明星的賢士：舊故事，新禮品 Please read our請仔細閱讀我們的 posting guidelines before posting張貼在發布前的指導方針 . 。 Alternatively或者 you can discuss this report here你可以討論這份報告在這裡 . 。 Related News 相關新聞
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