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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(02月13日)
二月十三日 「山地也要歸你。」約書亞記十七章18節 山上有寬暢的地盤,平原上住滿了迦南人,他們都有鐵車阻礙你的擴張,所以你該上山去,佔據山上的地業。也許今日你受阻不能為神作工,你該求神興起能作工的。也許你的話語不能感動人,你可以感動天。也許你的工作受經濟、人才、恩賜、以及種種難處的限制,你可以在上面看不見的、永活的神那裏發展。 山上有樹林的攔阻,然而憑著信心可以砍伐。當初以色列各支派雖然明知山上有寬地和寶藏,他們還不敢自信能砍伐叢密的樹林,開路上山。但是神指示他們、提醒他們:他們有足彀的力量可以把樹木砍去。今天許多的攔阻,許多似乎不可能的事情,擺在我們面前,像山上的樹林一般,並不是來嘲笑我們的,乃是來催促我們向神懇求應許和支取力量的。 每一次難處來到,都是暗示我們神怎樣答應我們信心的禱告和工作的。讀者,你覺得平原太窄小麼?上山去罷,住在那裏,在那裏發展罷,在那裏你可以從磐石中得蜜,從地中得寶藏。 ─譯自日誠報 可曾遇到, 被認為跨不過的大江? 可曾遇到, 被認為鑿不通的山崗? 別人說不可能做的事, 我們都能, 克復任何不可能, 是我們的專長。 ─巴拿馬運河工人之歌
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(02月13日)
February 13 "The hill country shall be thine."(Josh.17:18, R. V.) THERE is always room higher up. When the valleys are full of Canaanites, whose iron chariots withstand your progress, get up into the hills, occupy the upper spaces. If you can no longer work for God, pray for those who can. If you cannot move earth by your speech, you may move Heaven. If the development of life on the lower slopes is impossible, through limitations of service, the necessity of maintaining orthers, and such-like restrictions, let it break out toward the unseen, the eternal, the Divine. Faith can fell forests. Even if the tribes had realized what treasures lay above them, they would hardly have dared to suppose it possible to rid the hills of their dense forest-growth. But as God indicated their task, He reminded them that they had power enough. The visions of things that seem impossible are presented to us, like these forest-covered steeps, not to mock us, but to incite us to spiritual exploits which would be impossible unless God had stored within us the great strength of His own indwelling. Difficulty is sent to reveal to us what God can do in answer to the faith that prays and works. Are you straitened in the valleys? Get away to the hills, live there; get honey out of the rock, and wealth out of the terraced slopes now hidden by forest. ─Daily Devotional Commentary. Got any rivers they say are uncrossable, Got any mountains they say `can't tunnel through'? We specialize in the wholly impossible, Doing the things they say you can't do. ─Song of the Panama builders.
■ 永活之泉(02月13日)
二月十三日 聖靈 「我們藉著祂被一個聖靈所感,得以進到父面前。」以弗所書二章18節 我們在內室中與神相交的時候,必須防備一個危險,就是在知識和情感的力量裡,去尋求認識神和基督。神將聖靈賜給我們,為要叫我們藉著祂得以在子裡親近父。讓我們儆醒,恐怕因為我們沒有等候聖靈的引導,使我們的工作歸於徒然。 基督在最後一夜,將這一個真理教導祂的門徒。講到訓慰師的來到,祂說:「到那日,你們要奉我的名求父;求就必得著,叫你們的喜樂,可以滿足。」讓我們抓著這個真理,就是神賜給我們聖靈的目的,為要教導我們如何禱告。祂能使我們與父及子的交通,成為一個蒙祝福的實際。你當堅定地相信,祂是秘密地在你裡面工作。當你進入內室的時候,要將你自己完全服在祂的引導之下。祂是引導你禱告和敬拜的導師。 在復活那一天晚上,基督對祂的門徒說:「你們受聖靈。」是為著要堅固他們,在十天的禱告中接受聖靈的豐富。這一個使我們想起在禱告親近神的時候,應當記牢三件事: (一)我們禱告的時候,一定要相信,聖靈是住在我裡面。要心裡安靜,確定地將自己降服在祂的引導之下。為這個要擺上時間。 (二)要相信聖靈「更大的工作」,就是要光照並加強我們屬靈的生命——聖靈的充滿——要相信祂一定按著我們所禱告的賜給我們。 (三)我們要相信,藉著聖靈與神所有的兒女聯合,求聖靈在祂的教會和子民身上,大大的作工。 「信我的人,就如經上所說,從他腹中要流出活水的江河來。」(約七38)你信麼?
■ 中文屬天日子(02月13日)
二月十三日 敬聽之誠 「請說,僕人敬聽。」撒母耳記上三章10節 我是專聽神的某一件事,不是,聽祂說一切的事。我向神表示不愛,和不恭敬的方法,是我的心靈對於祂所說的毫無感覺。如果我愛我的朋友,我便能直覺地窺知他所需要的。而耶穌說:「你們是我的朋友。」我這個禮拜曾違背我主的某條命令麼?如果我察覺是耶穌的命令,我必不故意違背它;但是我們多數人表示輕慢神,甚至連祂所說的,我們都不聽,這便等於祂沒有說一樣。 我靈性生命的鵠的,是與耶穌基督的相同;我時時聽神,我才知道神時時聽我(約十一42)。 如果我與耶穌基督聯合,專心聽祂,才能以專心敬聽之誠而聽神。一朵百合花,或一棵樹,或一個神僕人,也許將神的使命帶給我。我有許多別的事要辦,這就阻攔我聽不見了。並不是我不肯聽神,卻是我沒有敬聽之誠。我專心事物,我專心服務,我專心信念;所以神向我說話,我便聽不見了。小孩的態度總是這樣:「主啊,請說,僕人敬聽。」如果我沒有培養這種聽聞之誠,我只能在某時間聽見神的聲音;在其他的時間,我又為別的事所佔──為我所說的話,我要辦的事佔住了──使我變成聾子聽不見神,這不像小孩子的生活。我今天曾留心聽過神的聲音麼?
■ 中文上海嗎哪(02月13日)
二月十三日 「……你的禱告……達到神面前,已蒙記念了。」使徒行傳十章4節 天使對哥尼流所說的是何等美的話語:你的禱告已蒙記念了。這彷彿就像多年來累積在主寶座前的祈求,終於有了答覆。神滿滿地祝福哥尼流,宛如久旱之後的乾地,突然之間得到甘霖。 我們的禱告如同馨香之氣,神把所有的祈求都收集起來。並且把馨香之氣像芬芳的花朵一樣保留在祂的室內,作為不斷的記念。當時候合宜時,神就會回答這些祈求。那時,地面上或許有異象、大光,而且我們會看到神實現祂國度的奇蹟。 我們被稱為「神所記念的人」,並被任命不分晝夜晨昏地向神祈禱。只要時候到了,神就會答覆,並給我們累積已久的祝福。 沒有任何一句禱詞會被神遺忘,我們等得越久,所累積的祝福就越大。
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