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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14日)
三月十四日 「摩西就挨近神所在的幽暗之中。」出埃及記廿章21節 神今天仍有祂隱藏的祕密,向聰明通達人藏起來。可是你不必怕它們;儘管在神面前接受你所不解的東西;忍耐等候。不久祂要指示你黑暗中的寶貝,隱密中的榮耀。 不要怕進前面的黑雲。神在其中。「有火煉的試驗臨到你們,不要以為奇怪,(似乎是遭遇非常的事)倒要歡喜;因為你們是與基督一同受苦。」(彼前四 12、13)當你感到孤單的時候,須知神在咫尺。祂在黑雲中,等候你進去親近祂。 黑雲罩上了你的生命, 這種遭遇, 可怕陰沈, 它預示風雨來臨。 雲漸漸迷漫開來, 一陣緊一陣, 地暗天昏, 雲中卻隱藏著天上的神。 黑雲罩上了你的生命, 這是耶和華的凱旋車, 載著祂前來給你溫存, 雲是祂的面紗, 祂的衣襟。 你受不住那樣的光輝, 所以要遮掩祂的聖容。 黑雲罩上了你的生命, 何等可怕的考驗, 如失去了可愛的親人, 又如威脅更如誘惑, 你將不知所措, 心迷神昏, 但雲中卻隱藏著天上的神。 黑雲罩上了你的生命, 你是否遇上了衰老病痛和死亡的陰雲? 這些雲將皆在你奄奄一息時來到, 正像駕舟歸航, 別怕港口黑暗; 死亡之雲雖然寒冷陰沈, 終將鍍上金邊, 逐漸光明, 神就在這雲裏來臨。 某醫師一天站在一座高山頂上,觀看山下的陣雨;他看見一頭鷹衝出黑雲,向上高飛,身上帶著的水珠,在日光下閃爍,好似金鋼鑽一般美麗。如果山下沒有陣雨,牠必是仍在谷中。人生的苦難使我們向上近神。 ─選
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(03月14日)
March 14 "Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was." (Exod. 20:21.) GOD has still His hidden secrets, hidden from the wise and prudent. Do not fear them; be content to accept things that you cannot understand; wait patiently. Presently He will reveal to you the treasures of dardness, the riches of the glory of the mystery. Mystery is only the veil of God's face. Do not be afraid to enter the cloud that is settling down on your life. God is in it. the other side is radiant with His glory. "Think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you; but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's suffierings." When you seem loneliest and most forsaken, God is nigh. He is in the dark cloud. Plunge into the blackness of its darkness without flinching; under the shrouding curtain of His pavilion you will find God awaiting you. ─Selected. "Hast thou a cloud? Something that is dark and full of dread; A messenger of tempest overhead? A something that is darkening the sky; A something growing darker bye and bye; A something that thou fear'st will burst at last; A cloud that doth a deep, long shadow cast, God cometh in that cloud. Hast thou a cloud? It is Jehovah's triumph car: in this He rideth to thee, o'er the wide abyss. It is the robe in which He wraps His form; For He doth gird Him with the flashing storm. It is the veil in which He hides the light Of His fair face, too dazzling for thy sight. God cometh in that cloud. Hast thou a cloud? A trial that is terrible to thee? A black temptation threatening to see? A loss of some dear one long thine own? A mist, a veiling, bringing the unknown? A mystery that unsubstantial seems: A cloud between thee and the sun's bright beams? God cometh in that cloud. Hast thou a cloud? A sickness─weak old age─distress and death? These clouds will scatter at thy last faint breath. Fear not the clouds that hover o'er thy barque, Making the harbour's entrance dire and dark; The cloud of death, though misty, chill and cold, Will yet grow radiant with a fringe of gold. GOD cometh in that cloud." As Dr. C. stood on a high peak of the Rocky Mountains watching a storm raging below him, an eagle came up through the clouds, and soared away towards the sun and the water upon him glistened in the sunlight like diamonds. Had it not been for the storm he might have remained in the valley. The sorrows of life cause us to rise towards God.
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三月十四日 禱告的所在 「這些人……都同心合意地恆切禱告。」使徒行傳一章14節 基督臨離世前曾囑咐祂的教會四個要點:「要等候父所應許的。」「聖靈要降在你們身上,你們就必得著能力。」「你們要為我作見證。」「在耶路撒冷直到地極。」 同心恆切的禱告、聖靈的能力、為活的基督作活的見證人,從耶路撒冷直到地極——這些才是新約中的真正福音、服事,及教會的標記。一個同心意禱告的教會,一種充滿了聖靈的服事,為著活的基督作活的見證的一班人,報好消息給地上的每個人——這才是基督所建立的教會,也唯有這樣的教會才能勝過全世界。 基督升天之後,使徒們立刻知道他們的工作是甚麼,那就是繼續同心合意地恆切禱告,被基督的愛及聖靈捆在一起成為一體。就是這樣他們才得到奇妙的能力,從天上的神而臨到世上的人。 他們的責任乃是同心合意恆切地禱告,等候聖靈的能力;就是從高天所賜下的能力,使他們能直到地極為基督作見證。一個禱告的教會,一個被聖靈充滿的教會,一個見證的教會,以全地作見證的目標及範圍─這才是一個耶穌基督的教會。 只要教會守住這個特性,它就有能力得勝。但若她落到世界影響之下,那麼她將失去那屬天超然的美麗及能力。禱告將多麼不忠實,聖靈的工作也是那麼微弱,基督的見證流於形式,對於直到地極的託付何其不忠! 禱告: 可稱頌的主耶穌,施恩予您的教會,求您賜下恆切禱告的靈像以往一樣,使您的教會能證實那與您同在的能力與教會同在,並為您作見證,使整個的世界都服在您的腳下。阿們。
■ 中文屬天日子(03月14日)
三月十四日 順從 「順從誰,就作誰的奴僕。」羅馬書六章16節 想要察覺那支配我的權柄,第一件事,是要認可我自己要像這樣的被支配。如果我做我自己的奴僕,那我自己是應當負責的;因為我已經轉回頭來服從了自己。同樣,如果我順從神,那麼我應該自動的歸向祂。 在幼年時代歸順自私的人,自會覺得自私是世上最不易擺脫的事。人類心靈裡沒有力量打破所養成的奴性。在一秒鐘中,你順從了慾念(須記取慾念的意思:「我要立時得到」,無論是肉慾是意慾),僅僅只有一次,也許你咒詛自己不該如此,然而你是做了那件事的奴隸。要想掙脫,人是沒有力量的,只有救贖之力。你得完全甘心,依從那能擊退支配你的東西的一位,就是主耶穌基督。「祂用膏膏我,叫我傳福音給貧窮的人」。 我們在小事上感覺如此──「啊!我能隨隨便便改掉這個習慣。」你不能,你會覺得習慣絕對支配了你,因為你是甘心依從它。容易說──「祂能破除種種桎梏」,而同時自己作自己的奴僕。要想破除人類生活的任何奴性,除依從耶穌外,別無他法。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(03月14日)
三月十四日 「我們原是祂的工作……」以弗所書二章10節 主耶穌差遣我們事奉祂,不是藉著我們自己的能力,乃是靠祂的來源和力量。以弗所書二章10節說:「我們原是祂的工作,在基督耶穌裡造成的,為要叫我們行善,就是神所豫備叫我們行的。」換言之,我們並不需豫備什麼,只要隨時依靠基督,就能應付生命中任何情況的需要。 我們必須靠信心接受神所賜的力量,繼續為祂工作,相信祂與我們同在,並且是這住在我們裡面的智慧、信心、愛、禱告、力量,以及我們工作所需的恩惠和恩賜。在信心這件事上,我們或許覺得軟弱、無助,甚至感覺不到能力的存在。然而只要我們相信祂,繼續前進,祂就必成為我們的能力,讓我們結果子。 我們最有益的事奉,乃是能在曠野中結出果實來,因為那果實是在最不毛之地所生出來的。何西阿書二章14—15節說:「後來我必勸導他,領他到曠野……他從那裡出來,我必賜他葡萄園……。」所以讓我們學習靠信心事奉、與主同行。那麼將來我們就能收穫信心的果實,看到許多得救的靈魂。而我們生命中所結的果實,更會在永恆中完全留存下來。
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