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1:1 奉我們救主 神和我們的盼望基督耶穌之命,作基督耶穌使徒的保羅 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,
1:2 寫信給那因信主作我真兒子的提摩太。願恩惠、憐憫、平安從父 神和我們主基督耶穌歸與你! To Timothy my true son in the faith: Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 1:3 我往馬其頓去的時候,曾勸你仍住在以弗所,好囑咐那幾個人不可傳異教, As I urged you when I went into Macedonia, stay there in Ephesus so that you may command certain men not to teach false doctrines any longer 1:4 也不可聽從荒渺無憑的話語和無窮的家譜;這等事只生辯論,並不發明 神在信上所立章程。 nor to devote themselves to myths and endless genealogies. These promote controversies rather than God's work--which is by faith. 1:5 但命令的總歸就是愛;這愛是從清潔的心和無虧的良心,無偽的信心生出來的。 The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and a good conscience and a sincere faith. 1:6 有人偏離這些,反去講虛浮的話, Some have wandered away from these and turned to meaningless talk. 1:7 想要作教法師,卻不明白自己所講說的所論定的。 They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not know what they are talking about or what they so confidently affirm. 1:8 我們知道律法原是好的,只要人用得合宜; We know that the law is good if one uses it properly. 1:9 因為律法不是為義人設立的,乃是為不法和不服的,不虔誠和犯罪的,不聖潔和戀世俗的,弒父母和殺人的, We also know that law(\f1 1:9 Or|i that the law|d) is made not for the righteous but for lawbreakers and rebels, the ungodly and sinful, the unholy and irreligious; for those who kill their fathers or mothers, for murderers, 1:10 行淫和親男色的,搶人口和說謊話的,並起假誓的,或是為別樣敵正道的事設立的。 0 for adulterers and perverts, for slave traders and liars and perjurers--and for whatever else is contrary to the sound doctrine 1:11 這是照著可稱頌之 神交託我榮耀福音說的。 that conforms to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which he entrusted to me. 1:12 我感謝那給我力量的我們主基督耶穌,因他以我有忠心,派我服事他。 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me faithful, appointing me to his service. 1:13 我從前是褻瀆 神的,逼迫人的,侮慢人的;然而我還蒙了憐憫,因我是不信不明白的時候而做的。 Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. 1:14 並且我主的恩是格外豐盛,使我在基督耶穌裏有信心和愛心。 The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 1:15 「基督耶穌降世,為要拯救罪人。」這話是可信的,是十分可佩服的。在罪人中我是個罪魁。 Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners--of whom I am the worst. 1:16 然而,我蒙了憐憫,是因耶穌基督要在我這罪魁身上顯明他一切的忍耐,給後來信他得永生的人作榜樣。 But for that very reason I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his unlimited patience as an example for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life. 1:17 但願尊貴、榮耀歸與那不能朽壞、不能看見、永世的君王、獨一的 神,直到永永遠遠。阿們! Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. 1:18 我兒提摩太啊,我照從前指著你的預言,將這命令交託你,叫你因此可以打那美好的仗。 Timothy, my son, I give you this instruction in keeping with the prophecies once made about you, so that by following them you may fight the good fight, 1:19 常存信心和無虧的良心。有人丟棄良心,就在真道上如同船破壞了一般。 holding on to faith and a good conscience. Some have rejected these and so have shipwrecked their faith. 1:20 其中有許米乃和亞力山大;我已經把他們交給撒但,使他們受責罰就不再謗瀆了。 Among them are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan to be taught not to blaspheme. This is Alex Markley's PHPScripture v1.2.0, displaying a copy of Chinese Union Version Bible in XOOPS. 本模組中文化由長島基督福音教會的Jack起始, 聖經文字部分由CCIM(網路基督使團)網站下載. 如欲修改經文請洽聖經公會. 荒漠甘泉五合一■ 中文荒漠甘泉(01月28日)
一月廿八日 「我為你們起的憤恨,原是神那樣的憤恨。」哥林多後書十一章2節(衛莫司譯本) 一個善奏古琴的琴師,何等寵愛他的古琴呢!他把它懷抱在胸中,撫它、親它、偎它!他和它相依為命。可是,你看他怎樣調整弦音。他把它緊緊握住,用力地在弦上撥一下;弦立刻震顫,好似驚痛之下的戰慄;他側耳細聽,覺得弦音粗浮,還未準確。於是他把弦絞緊;彈撥再三,直等到它能發出柔和準確的聲音來。他臉上纔露出笑容,點頭滿意。 親愛的,其實神也是如此對待你。祂愛你遠勝琴師愛琴,祂發你的聲音不和諧。祂把你緊緊抓住,用力撥你的心弦;祂側耳細聽,豈知你所發的聲音仍是咒詛和怨言;祂只得絞緊你的心弦,再撥,再彈,直等你的聲音是讚美、感謝,和「不要成就我的意思,只要成就您的意思。」(路廿二40)——神所最喜聽的音樂。 ─選 豎琴有許多琴弦, 在愛的旋律中震顫, 一一和諧合拍, 流露出蘊蓄的甜美。 忽有一二弦驀地斷裂崩弛, 破壞了緊湊, 就如不起的波瀾的一泓死水。 愛的狂喜和傷痛相連, 取得王冠的手, 必曾受過許多苦難和酸痛; 未曾爭鬥的人, 不會有得勝者的榮譽, 經過了辛苦, 才能領略休息和平靜的美夢。 阿爾卑斯山的遊客, 唯有在兩場風雨之間, 才能欣賞天空的明淨和霞光的奇觀, 如果夏季永遠碧空無雲, 也會有十丈紅塵飛揚迷漫。 悲哀與快樂, 誰也不能作分別的選擇, 雨者, 必須都有體念, 否則懵懂恍惚, 無所知悉, 沒有非常的痛苦, 就沒有非常的福祉, 對苦痛麻木的心靈, 對福祉也不會敏感。
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(01月28日)
January 28 "I am jealous over you with God's own jealousy." (2Cor. 11:2.)(Weymouth.) HOW an old harper dotes on his harp! How he fondles and caresses it, as a child resting on his bosom! His life is bound up in it. But, see him tuning it. He grasps it firmly, strikes a chord with a sharp, quick blow; and while it quivers as if in pain, he leans over intently to catch the first note that rises. The note, as he feared, is false and harsh. He strains the chord with the torturing thumb-screw; and though it seems ready to snap with the tension, he strikes it again, bending down to listen softly as before, till at length you see a smile on his face as the first true tone trembles upward. So it may be that God is dealing with you. Loving you better than any harper loves his harp, He finds you a mass of jarring discords. He wrings your heartstrings with some torturing anguish; He bends over you tenderly, striking and listening; and, hearing only a harsh murmur, strikes you again, while His heart bleeds for you, anxiously waiting for that strain-"Not my will, but thine be done"─which is melody sweet to His ear as angels' songs. Nor will He cease to strike until your chastened soul shall blend with all the pure and infinite harmonies of His own being. ─Selected. "Oh, the sweetness that dwells in a harp of many strings, While each, all vocal with love in a tuneful harmony rings! But, oh, the wail and the discord, when one and another is rent, Tensionless, broken and lost, from the cherished instrument. "For rapture of love is linked with the pain or fear of loss, And the hand that takes the crown, must ache with many a cross; Yet he who hath never a conflict, hath never a victor's palm, And only the toilers know the sweetness of rest and calm, "Only between the storms can the Alpine traveller know Transcendent glory of clearness, marvels of gleam and glow; Had he the brightness unbroken of cloudless summer days, This had been dimmed by the dust and the veil of a brooding haze. "Who would dare the choice, neither or both to know, The finest quiver of joy or the agony thrill of woe! Never the exquisite pain, then never the exquisite bliss, For the heart that is dull to that can never be striung to this."
■ 永活之泉(01月28日)
一月廿八日 全心 「我全心尋求了您。」詩篇一一九篇10節原文 請注意詩人在這裡頻頻提起全心這兩個字。「全心尋求祂的。」(2節)「我便遵守您的律法,且要全心遵守。」(34節)「我卻要全心守您的訓詞。」(69節)「我全心呼籲您。」(145節)無論是為著尋求神,為著遵守祂的律法,或為著呼籲祂的幫助,每次都要用全心。 我們如果要把屬世的事作得成功,我們就把我們的全心都放在裡面。在事奉這位聖潔之神的事上,我們豈不更需要擺上全心麼?難道祂不配麼?祂至高的聖潔以及我們心中厭棄神的天性,豈不更要求我們該擺上全心麼?當我們在隱密處敬拜祂的時候,我們需要用全心來事奉祂。 但是有大多數的基督徒,根本沒有想到這一點!他們在禱告的時候,在讀神話語的時候,在努力遵行祂旨意的時候,從不記得需要一直說這一句話:「我們全心尋求您。」是的,當我們禱告的時候,當我們想要明白神話語的時候,當我們要遵行祂旨意的時候,但願我們能說:「我渴慕用全心來尋求神,來事奉神,並討祂的喜悅。」 「我全心尋求了您。」親愛的讀者啊!請把這句話放在你的心裡,把它思想過、禱告過。你要在神面前,把它說出來,直等到你感覺你真的知道你所說的是甚麼,並且確實相信神要聽你的禱告。每天早晨,當你進到神面前去禱告的時候,都請說這句話:「我全心尋求您。」你會逐漸的覺得需要在聖潔的安靜裡等候神,這樣祂就要得著你整個的心,你也就要學習用你的全心和全力來愛祂。
■ 中文屬天日子(01月28日)
一月廿八日 難相信一個人能這樣逼害耶穌 「掃羅,掃羅,為甚麼逼迫我?」使徒行傳廿六章14節 我替神決定我自己的道路麼?除非我們被領進聖靈和火洗的經驗裡面去,我們難得擺脫這種圈套。頑固和我見總是阻擋耶穌基督的,也許不傷害別人,卻傷害祂的靈。無論何時,我們固執己見,決定我們自己的雄圖,我們就損傷了耶穌。無論何時,我們要保持自己的權利,堅持我們所要作的事,我們就逼迫了耶穌。無論何時,我們要保持自己的尊嚴,我們就故意的使祂的靈憂傷了。當我們覺悟我們所逼迫的是耶穌,才有保羅在大馬色路上的覺悟迸出來。 我把神的道傳給人,我自己是否持守了這道呢?抑或我的生命與我所傳的道不一致呢?我也許教人成聖,自己反而表露撒但的精神,危逼耶穌基督的精神。耶穌的靈只感覺一件事──完全與父合一,祂說:「我心裡柔和謙卑,學我的樣式。」(太十一29)我一切所作的,應該建立在與祂完全合一的上面,不在自己決定如何敬虔的上面。這樣,或者我是易於受欺,易於受委屈,易於受人輕視;但是如果我因祂的緣故忍受這一切,耶穌基督之受逼便停止了。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(01月28日)
一月廿八日 「這些事我已經對你們說了,是要叫我的喜樂存在你們心裡,並叫你們的喜樂可以滿足。」約翰福音十五章11節 有一種喜樂乃是油然從心中發出的,並不需要任何外在或甚至合理的原因。這種喜樂宛如一口深水井,自然流露、完全不能自已。因為這樣的喜樂是神的榮耀,是因基督的心,更因主叫祂的喜樂存在我們心裡,並叫我們的喜樂可以滿足。 這樣的喜樂是人不能挪去的,因為有喜樂泉源的人,不會被環境左右、顯得失望;相反的,這些人經常因有毫無原因、但深且甘甜的喜樂,而覺得驚訝。這種喜樂往往在環境最艱難、在人最容易覺得痛苦和沮喪時,顯得更加豐富。這情景就像我們心中有隻夜鶯,在夜間時嘹亮地歌唱。 這種榮耀不朽的喜樂,不僅是屬天的,而且已經成為永恆的歌聲。主啊!在任何情況之下,您都賜給我們喜樂,讓我們心中的祝福滿溢、使我們成為他人的祝福。
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