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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13日)
三月十三日 「眾聖之王阿,您的方法義哉、誠哉。」啟示錄十五章3節 在患難中經歷頂深的司布真師母說:有一天陰沈的晚上,我獨自坐在椅子上休息;雖然室中很光亮,但是我心靈中有一層黑暗罩著,使我不能看見甚麼。我也不覺得主的手纔住我,我好似滑跌在傷痛中。我憂憂愁愁地自問說: 「為甚麼我的神如此待祂的孩子呢?為甚麼祂一直把銳利的痛苦加給我呢?為甚麼祂應許纏綿的軟弱來攔阻我去事奉祂呢?」 這些煩惱的問題立即得到了答覆;頂希奇,答覆我的是一個特異的聲音;用不著翻譯的人,神在我心中輕輕地替我解釋。 室內寂靜了好久,我忽然聽見一聲清幽悅耳的樂音,很像窗下知更雀的歌聲。 這是甚麼聲音?絕不會是知更雀在那裏唱歌,因為這是寒冷的晚上。 又是一聲。這次我纔發現:原來壁爐中一根橡樹枝,正被猛烈的火焰焚燒著,從裂口中發出那個好聽的音樂來! 此時,我發生了一些感想:當這些樹枝嫩綠青翠的時候,許多歌鳥遊歇其上,唱出美麗的調兒來,牠就把那些歌聲收集起來,含蓄在裏面。後來牠漸漸老了,樹枝漸漸硬了;那聲音便永久被封住在裏面了,直到猛烈的火焰燒燬了牠的堅硬,久囚的音樂纔被釋放。啊,照樣,神用痛苦的火焰燃燒我們,原是要從我們久寂的心中抽出讚美的歌聲來,叫我們的神得著榮耀!就在此時,我得了安慰。 恐怕我們中間有幾個很像這根橡樹枝—─老、冷、硬、麻木;我們不會發出讚美的聲音來,如果沒有火的催逼。 「在火煉中歌唱,是的,神幫助我們。」如果苦難的火焰會叫無情的冷心得到溫暖,願爐中的火焰較前加旺「七倍!」 ─選
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(03月13日)
March 13 "Just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints."(Rev. 15:3.) THE following incident is related by Mrs. Charles Spurgeon, who was a great sufferer for more than a quarter of a century: "At the close of a dark and gloomy day, I lay resting on my couch as the deeper night drew on; and though all was bright within my cozy room, some of the external darkness seemed to have entered into my soul and obscured its spiritual vision. Vainly I tried to see the Hand which I knew held mine, and guided my fogenveloped feet along a steep and slippery path of suffering. In sorrow of heart I asked, "`Why does my Lord thus deal with His child? Why does He so often send sharp and bitter pain to visit me? Why does He permit lingering weakness to hinder the sweet service I long to render to His poor servants?' "These fretful questions were quickly answered, and through a strange language; no interpreter was needed save the conscious whisper of my heart. "For a while silence reigned in the little room, broken only by the crackling of the oak log burning in the fireplace. Suddenly I heard a sweet, soft sound, a little, clear, musical note, like the tender trill of a robin beneath my window. "`What can it be? surely no bird can be singing out there at this time of the year and night.' "Again came the faint, plaintive notes, so sweet, so melodious, yet mysterious enough to provoke our wonder. My friend exclaimed, "Perchance he had garnered up this song in the days when all was well with him, when birds twittered merrily on his branches, and the soft sunlight flecked his tender leaves with gold. But he had grown old since then, and hardened; ring after ring of knotty growth had sealed up the long-forgotten melody, until the fierce tongues of the flames came to consume his callousness, and the vehement heart of the fire wrung from him at once a song and a sacrifice. `Ah,' thought I, `when the fire of affliction draws songs of praise from us, then indeed we are purified, and our God is glorified!' "Perhaps some of us are like this old oak log, cold, hard, insensible; we should give forth no melodious sounds, were it not for the fire which kindles around us, and releases notes of trust in Him, and cheerful compliance with his will. "Singing in the fire! Yes, God helping us, if that is the only way to get harmony out of these hard apathetic hearts, let the furnace be heated seven times hotter than before."
■ 永活之泉(03月13日)
三月十三日 代禱生活的祝福 「呼籲耶和華的,你們不要歇息,也不要使祂歇息,直等祂建立耶路撒冷,使耶路撒冷在地上成為可讚美的。」以賽亞書六十二章6—7節 我們能有權為著別人的需要代禱,是一種非人口所能述說的祝福。何等的福氣,我們能與基督緊緊聯合,在代禱上與祂同工,並與祂的禱告結合為一。何等榮耀能與神同在天上,超過萬人之上,並為他們代求,使他們所得到的遠超過所知所想的。 何等的特權像我們!身為神恩典的管家竟能將教會或個人的光景、神話語的執事,或神在外邦人中使者的光景,帶到神的面前為他們呼籲,直到神答應了我們。 何等的福氣使我們得以與神所有兒女聯合,在禱告中同心協力,直至勝過地上一切的艱難,並那空中掌權者的黑暗權勢。若能認識神要使用我這個人成為一個代禱者,且在地上承受並分賜祂屬天的祝福並祂聖靈的大能,那我的生活定規是非常有價值的。 這實在是屬天生命的實際顯出,也就是主耶穌祂自己的生命,在祂捨己的愛裡將我們得著,並因著祂愛的催促,使我們甘心獻出自己,在祂面前肩負著人的需要,而呼籲神使他們得以存活。 我們一直以為禱告不過是求神供應生活及服事上的需要。求神幫助我們看見代禱的地位在神的旨意及祂國度的工作上是何其重要。但願我們的心真地感覺到,地上根本沒有一種祝福能與我們由神所得的,非口能述的特權相比,此權柄使我們能等候神從天上賜福,更開出一條路使祂所樂意賜的福能在地上。 禱告: 父啊,求您將您的生命傾下,充滿在您兒女的心中,正如主耶穌在祂不止息的代禱中傾下祂的愛一般;讓我們在地上也能活出一個傾倒愛及永不止息的代禱生活。阿們。
■ 中文屬天日子(03月13日)
三月十三日 神的捨棄 「神愛世人,甚至將祂的獨生子賜給他們。」約翰福音三章16節 救贖不僅是脫離罪孽,也不僅是個人成聖的經驗;救贖是要人不為自己打算而為神打算。我的救贖經驗,只有走向脫離罪惡和個人成聖的路線;但是救贖的意義,是神的靈使我與神的本性接觸,令我驚奇我以外的無限偉大;完全與神合而為一。 如果說我們蒙召是宣傳聖潔或成聖,那便走入了歧途。我們蒙召是宣傳耶穌基督。祂救我們脫離罪,使我們成聖,是神捨棄的效果的一部份。 撇棄從不會使我們感覺吃力,因為整個生命已與我們所歸向的一位打成了一片。當心談論撇棄,如果你不知的話,非到你明白了約翰三書16節所說神絕對捨棄自己,你是不會知道的。我們不為神憂慮,撇棄是要像神不憂慮的把自己交給我們一樣。因為我們的生命與祂打成一片,就不會想到撇棄的效果了。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(03月13日)
三月十三日 「保守自己常在神的愛中……」猶大書21節 不久以前,我得空享受了一次美麗的夕陽景象,我看到西邊的天彷彿像一大群金色的海島,那遙遠成群的海島又宛如從群山中上升的光輪。當我從西往東看過去,天空的色彩燦爛無比,似乎整個大地都染上了它的顏色。不僅整個大地五光十色,田野更是變得出奇的鮮紅,全地似乎披上了屬天的露水。 就像當神的愛照耀整個天空時,祂的愛能摭蓋地上的一切,一切的生命都發出光彩。困難的事變得容易,辛酸的事變得甜美。負擔不再是重擔,悲哀也會轉為希望和喜樂。 要生活在神的愛中只有兩個秘訣:一是繼續的信靠神,二是全然順服。而神的話語充滿了這兩個信息。「你們若遵守我的命令,就常在我的愛裡,正如我遵守了我父的命令,常在祂的愛裡。」(約十五10)
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