4. Marriage Life 婚姻生活

1) Q. I want to have a healthy marriage life. As a Christian, why is this important?
A. Without a healthy married life, it is difficult to have a healthy church life. Through a healthy church life our married life can also be healthy. This is mysterious type of Christ and the Church.
问:我想有一个健康的婚姻生活。作为基督徒,为什么这很重要呢?
答:没有健康的婚姻生活,就很难有健康的召会生活。借着健康的召会生活,我们的婚姻生活也能变得健康。这就是基督与召会奥秘的预表。


2) Q. As a married couple who love the Lord, how can we have a healthy married life?
A. When we speak about the relationships between married couples, we should not neglect the infilling of the spirit. Only by being filled in our spirit can we have a healthy married life.
问:我们是一对爱主的已婚夫妇,我们如何能有一个健康的婚姻生活呢?
答:当我们说到已婚夫妇之间的关系时,我们不该忽略在里面被灵充满。我们惟有在灵里被充满,才能有正确的婚姻生活。


3) Q. My wife and I always argue about who should be more submissive. Is this healthy?
A. If husbands do not know how to submit to their wives, they will not have a peaceful married life. Husbands who do not obey submit to their wives do not know how to sympathize with them and love them.
问:我和妻子总是争论谁该更顺从,这是健康的吗?
答:作丈夫的若不知道如何顺从妻子,他们就不会有和睦的婚姻生活。不会顺从妻子的丈夫,都不知道如何体恤妻子并爱妻子。


4) Q. As a married couple, we hate it when we argue about submission. How can we stop this?
A. Only submission can cause submission. Only submission can pay the price to produce submission in others. If a husband never submits to his wife, it will be very difficult for his wife to submit to him.
问:作为已婚夫妇,我们讨厌为着顺从而争论。我们如何才能停止争论这点呢?
答:惟有顺从才能生发顺从。惟有顺从才能出代价在别人里面产生顺从。作丈夫的若从来没有顺从过妻子,就很难叫妻子顺从他。


5) Q. My wife says that I make too many demands on her. What should I do?
A. If a husband realizes that his wife is the weaker vessel, he will not be demanding of her. Those on the stronger side should not place demands of those on the weaker side.
问:我妻子说我对她的要求太多。我该做些什么呢?
答:如果作丈夫的晓得妻子是较为软弱的器皿,他就不会对她有所要求。刚强的一边不该对软弱的一边有要求。


6) Q. Sometimes I compare my spouse to other spouses. Is this good for our marriage?
A. If we are short of grace and do not live in the light of God, we may make comparisons. This is the subtlety of Satan to damage married life.
问:有时我拿自己的配偶和别人的配偶来比较。这对我们的婚姻有好处吗?
答:如果我们缺少恩典或不活在神的光中,我们也许会作比较。这是撒但破坏婚姻生活的诡计。


7) Q. As a husband, what is my first responsibility towards my wife?
A. The husband’s first responsibility is to love his wife, not to rule over his wife. In married life, the wife’s requirement is subjection and the husband’s is love.
问:作为丈夫,我对妻子的首要责任是什么呢?
答:丈夫的首要的责任是爱他的妻子,而不是管辖妻子。在婚姻生活中,对妻子的要求是服从,对丈夫是爱。


8) Q. I like cooking meals for my husband, is this a way to care for him?
A. Regarding physical requirements, it is the wife who nourishes her husband. To nourish is to feed. It is somewhat abnormal situation for the husband to do the cooking for the wife.
问:我喜欢为我的丈夫做饭,这是照顾他的一种方式吗?
答:关于肉身的保养,是作妻子的保养丈夫。保养就是喂养。作丈夫的为妻子作菜,总是有点不正常的情形。


9) Q. As a husband, I may not have time to cook meals for my wife. How can I take care of her?
A. Spiritually speaking, husbands are to nourish their wives. Just as we eat for the body, so husbands need to take in something of the Lord for the sake of their wives.
问:作为丈夫,我可能没有时间为我妻子做饭。那我怎样照顾她呢?
答:就着属灵一面说,作丈夫的要保养他们的妻子。正如我们为着身体而吃,所以作丈夫的也要为妻子的缘故,从主有所领受。


10) Q. I just got married recently. How do I keep on loving my wife?
A. Husbands should love their wives as their own bodies by cherishing their wives, caring for them deeply and tenderly. This is the way Christ cares for the church as His body.
问:我最近刚刚结婚。我如何能一直爱我的妻子呢?
答:作丈夫的应当借着顾惜自己的妻子,而爱自己的妻子,如同爱自己的身体一样,给予她们深切柔和的照顾。这是基督照料祂身体─召会─的作法。