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1:1 掃羅死後，大衛擊殺亞瑪力人回來，在洗革拉住了兩天。 After the death of Saul, David returned from defeating the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.
1:2 第三天，有一人從掃羅的營裏出來，衣服撕裂，頭蒙灰塵，到大衛面前伏地叩拜。 On the third day a man arrived from Saul's camp, with his clothes torn and with dust on his head. When he came to David, he fell to the ground to pay him honor. 1:3 大衛問他說：「你從哪裏來？」他說：「我從以色列的營裏逃來。」 <<Where have you come from?>> David asked him. He answered, <<I have escaped from the Israelite camp.>> 1:4 大衛又問他說：「事情怎樣？請你告訴我。」他回答說：「百姓從陣上逃跑，也有許多人仆倒死亡；掃羅和他兒子約拿單也死了。」 <<What happened?>> David asked. <<Tell me.>> He said, <<The men fled from the battle. Many of them fell and died. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead.>> 1:5 大衛問報信的少年人說：「你怎麼知道掃羅和他兒子約拿單死了呢？」 Then David said to the young man who brought him the report, <<How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan are dead?>> 1:6 報信的少年人說：「我偶然到基利波山，看見掃羅伏在自己槍上，有戰車、馬兵緊緊地追他。 <<I happened to be on Mount Gilboa,>> the young man said, <<and there was Saul, leaning on his spear, with the chariots and riders almost upon him. 1:7 他回頭看見我，就呼叫我。我說：『我在這裏。』 When he turned around and saw me, he called out to me, and I said, <What can I do?> 1:8 他問我說：『你是甚麼人？』我說：『我是亞瑪力人。』 <<He asked me, <Who are you?> << <An Amalekite,> I answered. 1:9 他說：『請你來，將我殺死；因為痛苦抓住我，我的生命尚存。』 <<Then he said to me, <Stand over me and kill me! I am in the throes of death, but I'm still alive.> 1:10 我準知他仆倒必不能活，就去將他殺死，把他頭上的冠冕、臂上的鐲子拿到我主這裏。」 <<So I stood over him and killed him, because I knew that after he had fallen he could not survive. And I took the crown that was on his head and the band on his arm and have brought them here to my lord.>> 1:11 大衛就撕裂衣服，跟隨他的人也是如此， Then David and all the men with him took hold of their clothes and tore them. 1:12 而且悲哀哭號，禁食到晚上，是因掃羅和他兒子約拿單，並耶和華的民以色列家的人，倒在刀下。 They mourned and wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of the LORD and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword. 1:13 大衛問報信的少年人說：「你是哪裏的人？」他說：「我是亞瑪力客人的兒子。」 David said to the young man who brought him the report, <<Where are you from?>> <<I am the son of an alien, an Amalekite,>> he answered. 1:14 大衛說：「你伸手殺害耶和華的受膏者，怎麼不畏懼呢？」 David asked him, <<Why were you not afraid to lift your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?>> 1:15 大衛叫了一個少年人來，說：「你去殺他吧！」 Then David called one of his men and said, <<Go, strike him down!>> So he struck him down, and he died. 1:16 大衛對他說：「你流人血的罪歸到自己的頭上，因為你親口作見證說：『我殺了耶和華的受膏者。』」少年人就把他殺了。 For David had said to him, <<Your blood be on your own head. Your own mouth testified against you when you said, <I killed the LORD's anointed.> >> 1:17 大衛作哀歌，弔掃羅和他兒子約拿單， David took up this lament concerning Saul and his son Jonathan, 1:18 且吩咐將這歌教導猶大人。這歌名叫「弓歌」，寫在雅煞珥書上。 and ordered that the men of Judah be taught this lament of the bow (it is written in the Book of Jashar): 1:19 歌中說：以色列啊，你尊榮者在山上被殺！大英雄何竟死亡！ <<Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen! 1:20 不要在迦特報告；不要在亞實基倫街上傳揚；免得非利士的女子歡樂；免得未受割禮之人的女子矜誇。 <<Tell it not in Gath, proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines be glad, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised rejoice. 1:21 基利波山哪，願你那裏沒有雨露！願你田地無土產可作供物！因為英雄的盾牌在那裏被污丟棄；掃羅的盾牌彷彿未曾抹油。 <<O mountains of Gilboa, may you have neither dew nor rain, nor fields that yield offerings (((of grain))). For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul--no longer rubbed with oil. 1:22 約拿單的弓箭非流敵人的血不退縮；掃羅的刀劍非剖勇士的油不收回。 From the blood of the slain, from the flesh of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, the sword of Saul did not return unsatisfied. 1:23 掃羅和約拿單─活時相悅相愛，死時也不分離─他們比鷹更快，比獅子還強。 <<Saul and Jonathan-- in life they were loved and gracious, and in death they were not parted. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. 1:24 以色列的女子啊，當為掃羅哭號！他曾使你們穿朱紅色的美衣，使你們衣服有黃金的妝飾。 <<O daughters of Israel, weep for Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and finery, who adorned your garments with ornaments of gold. 1:25 英雄何竟在陣上仆倒！約拿單何竟在山上被殺！ <<How the mighty have fallen in battle! Jonathan lies slain on your heights. 1:26 我兄約拿單哪，我為你悲傷！我甚喜悅你！你向我發的愛情奇妙非常，過於婦女的愛情。 I grieve for you, Jonathan my brother; you were very dear to me. Your love for me was wonderful, more wonderful than that of women. 1:27 英雄何竟仆倒！戰具何竟滅沒！ <<How the mighty have fallen! The weapons of war have perished!>> 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17日）
三月十七日 「住在那裏，等我吩咐你。」馬太福音二章13節 親愛的主， 我願留在您安置我的地方； 我雖渴望離此遠颺， 我有意和大隊一起前進， 是的， 您知道我要做他們的領導人。 為了鮮明的旗幟而歡呼， 把腳步配合著軍樂的悠揚， 光榮地身先士卒， 馳騁疆場， 但我願留在您安置我的地方。 親愛的主， 我願留在您安置我的地方； 地的面積狹小， 而又是一片荒涼， 石礫既多， 土質更是澆薄， 似乎不會有生命在此滋長。 這是您的土地， 只要給我種子， 我將放膽去播種插秧， 我願耕耘， 等待雨水沛降， 一旦綠曲抽茁， 我將欣喜若狂！ 我願留在您安置我的地方。 親愛的主， 我願留在您安置我的地方； 我永遠敬虔忠誠來信靠您， 白日的辛勞和炎熱， 我都願一嘗， 夜間我可伏臥在您的腳旁。 當我把塵世的工作一一做完， 將可沐浴在永世的榮光， 來結束我一生的全部紀錄， 那時， 我必發覺留著比離開更為適當； 我願留在您安置我的地方。 哦，不安定的心哪！你跳得多麼厲害，撞在環境的鐵欄上，想衝出去到外面更寬大的場地去工作。靜下來罷，讓神替你安排你的日子罷！今天的忍耐和信靠，就是將來神差你出去作大事業的預備。 ─選
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（03月17日）
March 17 "Be thou there till I bring thee word." (Matt. 2:13.) "I'll stay where You've put me; I will, dear Lord, Though I wanted so badly to go; I was eager to march with the`rank and lile,' Yes, I wanted to lead them, You know. I planned to keep step to the music loud, To cheer when the banner unfurled, To stand in the midst of the fight straight and proud, But I'll stay where You've put me. "I'll stay where You've put me; I'll work, dear Lord, Though the field be marrow and small, And the ground be fallow, and the stones lie thick, And there seems to be no life at all. The field is Thine own, only give me the seed, I'll sow it with never a fear; I'll till the dry soil while I wait for the rain, And rejoice when the green blades appear; I'll work where You've put me. "I'll stay where You've put me; I will, dear Lord; I'll bear the day's burden and heat, Always trusting Thee fully; when even has come I'll lay heavy sheaves at Thy feet. And then, when my earth work is ended and done, In the light of eternity's glow, Life's record all closed, I surely shall find It was better to stay than to go; I'll stay where You've put me." "Oh restless heart, that beat against your prison bars of circumstances, yearning for a wider sphere of usefulness, leave God to order all your days. Patience and trust, in the dullness of the routine of life, will be the best preparation for a courageous bearing of the tug and strain of the larger opportunity which God may some time send you."
■ 永活之泉（03月17日）
三月十七日 為個別的靈魂代禱 「……你們……的將被收集，啊！以色列人哪……。」以賽亞書廿七章12節 我們身體裡面的每一肢體，都有它固定的位置；在社會上或在教會中也是如此。工作是整體的利益及完善的目標，但目標之達成，卻是藉著每一個肢體的配搭工作。 在教會中有一種普遍的想法，就是人們的得救乃是神僕人的事。由於他通常都是與群眾接觸，卻少有機會接觸到個人。這就造成雙重的虧損。信徒本身不明白他該對他四周的人作見證—─這可使他自己的屬靈生命活潑剛強，又可使人蒙恩。由於不信的人所接觸到的信徒沒有把基督個別的傳給他，他就受到說不出的虧損。我們極少發現有人想到該為著四周的人代禱。基督徒的生活需要恢復代禱應佔的地位——那對教會及其中一切事奉是多麼重要！ 哦！基督徒甚麼時候認清這個偉大的事實，神在天上渴望要作的需要地上的禱告，這是不可或缺的。只要認識這件事時，我們才看見代禱是使靈魂得救的主要因素。若沒有聖靈的能力顯出在禱告的事工上，一切努力都是徒然；只有當神的僕人與子民在禱告與見證上合一時，教會才會興旺，每個信徒才明白他們該作的是甚麼。 我們如何能激發起代禱的靈？答案是兩面的。一面要每一個基督徒當他一開始領悟到代禱的能力及需要時，就開始為著個別的靈魂從事實際的代禱事工。為著你的兒女、親人、朋友、及所有神在你四周所安排的人代禱。如果你感覺代禱缺乏能力時，謙卑俯伏在施恩座前，神要每一個蒙救贖的兒女為那些將滅亡的人代禱。禱告乃如正常基督徒生活的呼吸一般重要——證明那是從上面來的。 然後迫切不斷地禱告神將聖靈的能力賜給你，及所有你四周所有神的兒女們，使代禱之能顯在蒙神尊重的地位中。
■ 中文屬天日子（03月17日）
三月十七日 工人之支配慾 「我們立了志向要得主的喜悅。」哥林多後書五章9節 「我們立了志向……」要把主的鴻圖放在前面，跟著不離，那是艱苦的工作。那便是說一年一年的勉強自己達到最高的理想。不是要感動甚麼人，建設甚麼教會，開甚麼奮興會，僅僅是企圖「得主的喜悅」。不是缺少靈性經驗而失敗，乃是缺乏努力保持正當的理想。至少要每禮拜一次把我們所行的拿到神面前，看我們的生活是否遵照神所期望的標準。保羅像一位音樂家，他所要求的是教他的人的讚賞，不問聽眾的讚賞。 任何企圖稍微偏離「求悅於神」的中心，其結果或是我們成為撇棄的人。習於辨別志向所達到的歸結，你就明白為甚麼要仰望耶穌基督而生活的緣故。保羅說：「我是攻克己身，叫身服我，恐怕我傳福音給別人，自己反被棄絕了。」（林前九27） 我要習於將各種事件去與主要的企圖發生關係，保持而不間斷。我對社會顯明的價值，就是以我私人的價值為標準。我主要的企圖是討祂的歡心，要得祂的喜悅呢？抑是次一等的好呢？
■ 中文上海嗎哪（03月17日）
三月十七日 「祂記念祂的約，直到永遠……」詩篇一百零五篇8節 我們若是在律法中靠自己的能力掙扎，我們會一直在罪的控制下。但當我們走出西乃山的陰影，欣然地接受基督的恩典和祂白白賜予的全然救恩，一切的掙扎就會成為歷史。因祂曾應許作我們思想上和感情上的公義主，我們能藉著祂稱義，並且求祂保守我們，在遇到任何敵對的情況時，仍然能在祂完全的旨意和平安之中。 我們真的知道且相信這的確是福音的應許，以及新約的本質嗎？我們是否相信基督已保證將祂的律放在我們心中，使我們能按著祂的命令行事，並且遵守祂的旨意？我們確實瞭解神曾向亞伯拉罕所起的誓：叫他既從仇敵手中被救出來，就可以終身在神面前坦然無懼的用聖潔、公義事奉祂(路一74、75)。神也曾向我們起誓祂會像對待亞伯拉罕一樣待我們，祂會實現祂的應許，因為祂是信實的，讓我們完全依靠祂。
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