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1:1 亞哈死後,摩押背叛以色列。 After Ahab's death, Moab rebelled against Israel.
1:2 亞哈謝在撒馬利亞,一日從樓上的欄杆裏掉下來,就病了;於是差遣使者說:「你們去問以革倫的神巴力西卜,我這病能好不能好。」 Now Ahaziah had fallen through the lattice of his upper room in Samaria and injured himself. So he sent messengers, saying to them, <<Go and consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron, to see if I will recover from this injury.>> 1:3 但耶和華的使者對提斯比人以利亞說:「你起來,去迎著撒馬利亞王的使者,對他們說:『你們去問以革倫神巴力西卜,豈因以色列中沒有 神嗎?』 But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, <<Go up and meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, <Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are going off to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron?> 1:4 所以耶和華如此說:『你必不下你所上的,必定要死!』」以利亞就去了。 Therefore this is what the LORD says: <You will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!> >> So Elijah went. 1:5 使者回來見王,王問他們說:「你們為甚麼回來呢?」 When the messengers returned to the king, he asked them, <<Why have you come back?>> 1:6 使者回答說:「有一個人迎著我們來,對我們說:『你們回去見差你們來的王,對他說:耶和華如此說,你差人去問以革倫神巴力西卜,豈因以色列中沒有 神嗎?所以你必不下所上的,必定要死。』」 <<A man came to meet us,>> they replied. <<And he said to us, <Go back to the king who sent you and tell him, <<This is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending men to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you will not leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!>> > >> 1:7 王問他們說:「迎著你們來告訴你們這話的,是怎樣的人?」 The king asked them, <<What kind of man was it who came to meet you and told you this?>> 1:8 回答說:「他身穿毛衣,腰束皮帶。」王說:「這必是提斯比人以利亞。」 They replied, <<He was a man with a garment of hair and with a leather belt around his waist.>> The king said, <<That was Elijah the Tishbite.>> 1:9 於是,王差遣五十夫長,帶領五十人去見以利亞,他就上到以利亞那裏;以利亞正坐在山頂上。五十夫長對他說:「神人哪,王吩咐你下來!」 Then he sent to Elijah a captain with his company of fifty men. The captain went up to Elijah, who was sitting on the top of a hill, and said to him, <<Man of God, the king says, <Come down!> >> 1:10 以利亞回答說:「我若是神人,願火從天上降下來,燒滅你和你那五十人!」於是有火從天上降下來,燒滅五十夫長和他那五十人。 Elijah answered the captain, <<If I am a man of God, may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!>> Then fire fell from heaven and consumed the captain and his men. 1:11 王第二次差遣一個五十夫長,帶領五十人去見以利亞。五十夫長對以利亞說:「神人哪,王吩咐你快快下來!」 At this the king sent to Elijah another captain with his fifty men. The captain said to him, <<Man of God, this is what the king says, <Come down at once!> >> 1:12 以利亞回答說:「我若是神人,願火從天上降下來,燒滅你和你那五十人!」於是 神的火從天上降下來,燒滅五十夫長和他那五十人。 <<If I am a man of God,>> Elijah replied, <<may fire come down from heaven and consume you and your fifty men!>> Then the fire of God fell from heaven and consumed him and his fifty men. 1:13 王第三次差遣一個五十夫長,帶領五十人去。這五十夫長上去,雙膝跪在以利亞面前,哀求他說:「神人哪,願我的性命和你這五十個僕人的性命在你眼前看為寶貴! So the king sent a third captain with his fifty men. This third captain went up and fell on his knees before Elijah. <<Man of God,>> he begged, <<please have respect for my life and the lives of these fifty men, your servants! 1:14 已經有火從天上降下來,燒滅前兩次來的五十夫長和他們各自帶的五十人;現在願我的性命在你眼前看為寶貴!」 See, fire has fallen from heaven and consumed the first two captains and all their men. But now have respect for my life!>> 1:15 耶和華的使者對以利亞說:「你同著他下去,不要怕他!」以利亞就起來,同著他下去見王, The angel of the LORD said to Elijah, <<Go down with him; do not be afraid of him.>> So Elijah got up and went down with him to the king. 1:16 對王說:「耶和華如此說:『你差人去問以革倫神巴力西卜,豈因以色列中沒有 神可以求問嗎?所以你必不下所上的,必定要死!』」 He told the king, <<This is what the LORD says: Is it because there is no God in Israel for you to consult that you have sent messengers to consult Baal-Zebub, the god of Ekron? Because you have done this, you will never leave the bed you are lying on. You will certainly die!>> 1:17 亞哈謝果然死了,正如耶和華藉以利亞所說的話。因他沒有兒子,他兄弟約蘭接續他作王,正在猶大王約沙法的兒子約蘭第二年。 So he died, according to the word of the LORD that Elijah had spoken. Because Ahaziah had no son, Joram 1:17 Hebrew ((Jehoram,)) a variant of ((Joram)) succeeded him as king in the second year of Jehoram son of Jehoshaphat king of Judah. 1:18 亞哈謝其餘所行的事都寫在以色列諸王記上。 As for all the other events of Ahaziah's reign, and what he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Israel? 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(03月05日)
三月五日 「我們若將起初確實的信心,堅持到底,就在基督裏有分了。」希伯來書三章14節 勝利是堅持到最後一步獲得的。在天路歷程一書中描述的危機四伏,越靠近天門,難關越多,那裏有迷樓,疑寨,及溫柔蠱惑之處,把疲倦的旅客誘入致命的夢鄉。旅伴啊!天堂高閣連雲,歷歷在望,正當這個時候,地獄之門卻大開,同時那地獄之門卻最富有吸引力,成了旅客的最大危機。「我們行善,不可喪志;若不灰心,到了時候,就要收成。」(加六9)「所以你們當跑,好叫你們得著獎賞。」(林前九24,直譯) 在苦海的波濤中, 一葉扁舟, 隨著風浪起伏升沈, 這是疑惑之岸吹來的寒風, 何等凜冽陰森。 以信心為錨, 拋在海底, 錨鍊在暴風雨繃得緊緊, 我鎮靜地把握住這救星, 它永遠可靠, 永遠穩妥。 魔鬼的攻擊雖然凶狠, 天使隱藏著, 一時還不顯現, 但我知道真理和正義, 乃為整個宇宙所維護。 在星空遙遠的那邊, 有勝過命運的慈愛, 黑暗過去, 光明之門大開, 我就會見到祂, 我願等待。 ─革萊頓
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(03月05日)
March 5 "We are made partaker of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end." (Heb. 3:14.) IT is the last step that wins; and there is no place in the pilgrim's progress where so many dangers lurk as the region that lies hard by the portals of the Celestial City. It was there that Doubting Casthe stood. It was there that the enchanted ground lured the tired there that the enchanted ground lured the tired traveler to fatal slumber. It is when Heaven's heights are full in view that hell's gate is most persistent and full of deadly peril. "Let us not be weary in well doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." "So run. that ye may obtain." In the bitter waves of woe Beaten and tossed about By the sullen winds that blow From the desolate shores of doubt, Where the anchors that faith has cast Are dragging in the gale, I am quietly holding fast To the things that cannot fail. And fierce though the fiends may fight, And long though the angels hide, I know that truth and right Have the universe on their side; And that somewhere beyond the stars Is a love that is better than fate. When the night unlocks her bars I shall see Him─and I will wait. ─Washington Gladden.
■ 永活之泉(03月05日)
三月五日 神尋找代禱者 「祂見無人拯救、無人代求、甚為詫異。」以賽亞書五十九章16節 從古時,神一直垂聽祂子民中的代禱者並賜下拯救,在這裡我們讀到在有難處的日子裡,神要尋找一個代禱者卻是枉然,祂就詫異!試想——神詫異在祂子民中竟無一人愛祂的百姓到一個地步,或有充足的信心信祂能因著他們的緣故施拯救,並為人代求。如果當時能有一個代禱的人,祂都會施恩;由於連一個代禱的人都沒有,因而帶下神的審判。(參賽六四7;結廿二30—31) 一個代禱者在神的國度裡的地位是何等重要!難道那不是一件希奇的事嗎?神將這樣的權柄賜給人,而竟然無人知道甚麼是抓住祂所賜的能力,而藉禱告將祂的祝福帶到地上來。 讓我們來認識這個地位。當神在祂兒子裡產生新造之後,基督即登上祂的寶座,神國度的擴大之工即交在人的手中;祂永遠活著為我們禱告,禱告乃是最高的運用祂在寶座上為祭司、為君王的特權。基督在天上所要作的一切,都交通於祂地上的子民,在祂神聖的降卑中,神一直定意祂聖靈的工作是隨著祂子民的禱告,神等待著人的代求,表示人心已準備好——準備好他們在何處來接受聖靈,並接受多少。 神藉著神子民的禱告,管理這個世界及神的教會。「神要擴大祂的國度到何等地步」乃根據神百姓在禱告中的信心而定這是一個極大的奧秘是確定不移在他們身上,祂等待著他們。 禱告: 我們的父,開我們的眼睛,使我們看見您樂意給您的兒女,藉著忠心的代禱有份於國度的擴大,使我們真看見這個神聖呼召的榮耀,使我們全心將自己擺在這蒙福的服事中。阿們。
■ 中文屬天日子(03月05日)
三月五日 祂真是主麼? 「我卻不以性命為念,也不看為寶貴,只要行完我的路程,成就我從主耶穌所領受的職事……」使徒行傳廿章24節 快樂的意思,是指我其所以被造,和重生之完全成功而言,並不是指某事之成功而言。我們的主以行祂父差祂所行的事為樂,並且說:「您怎麼差我到世上,我也照樣差他們到世上。」(約十七17)我從主領受了職事麼?如果如此,我就當忠於這種職事,以我的生命完成那種職事。想想耶穌所說:「好,你這又良善又忠心的僕人」(太廿五21)這句話,便知道你完成祂差遣你所作的事,是如何的滿意!我們都想找尋我們生命適當之所,不過靈性方面,是要在我們從主領受職事時才能找著。為此,我們必要跟從耶穌;我們必須認識祂不僅是我們個人的救主而已。「我要指示他,為我的名必須受許多的苦難。」 「你愛我麼?」那麼,「你餵養我的羊。」沒有選擇服務的自由,只有絕對忠於我們主的職務;就是你與神最親最密之時所識別的職事。如果你從主耶穌領受了職事,你就知道需要的不是呼召;乃是機會。呼召是你忠於與祂接觸時所領受的職事。這不是說有甚麼一定服務的計劃,指定出來為你,卻是要你無感於其他服務的要求。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(03月05日)
三月五日 「……我已經勝了世界」約翰福音十六章33節 神已經為我們戰勝了四個最可怕的仇敵:罪惡、疾病、悲哀、撒但。祂已經承擔了我們的罪,我們只需完全地交託祂。祂受鞭傷使我們得醫治,我們只要從舊疾站立起來,接受祂榮耀的生命和能力。祂也背負起我們的悲哀,我們不應該再有任何憂慮,而該時時喜樂,甚至在災難中仍有讚美。最重要的是,祂為我們戰勝了魔鬼,將牠釘在十字架上,讓牠既被踐踏又丟盡顏面,並且現出牠的原形。 只要我們接受神的救贖,宣稱我們的勝利,我們就能靠羔羊的血,和我們的見證戰勝魔鬼(啟十二11)。 親愛的,我們能戰勝罪惡、疾病、悲哀和撒但嗎? 雖然爭戰不斷,不要懼怕。 雖然敵人強壯,不要昏倒。 信任你得勝主的能力, 與祂再同儆醒一個時候, 傾聽祂的呼喚:「跟隨我,因為我已為你戰勝了一切。」
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