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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（02月25日）
二月廿五日 「凡你們腳掌所踏之地，我都……賜給你們了。」約書亞記一章3節 今天除了有許多地方我們還沒有得來歸主以外，還有許多神給的應許，我們也沒有得到。神對約書亞講甚麼呢？「凡你們腳掌所踏之地，我都……賜給你們了」，於是神也把那應許之地的地界畫給他們看——只要是他們腳掌走遍的地方，都歸給他們。 可是他們從來沒有完全走遍所指定的境地，他們只走遍地的三分之一；結果，他們從來沒有完全得著，他們只得著地的三分之一；他們所得著的，正是他們所走遍的，一點都不多。 在彼得後書，我們看見「主所應許的尚未成就」，神的旨意仍舊要我們用信心和順服的腳掌去走遍，然後纔得到。 今天我們中間有多少信徒曾藉基督的名得到神應許的實現呢？ 在我們面前有一塊寬廣的地業，需要我們用信心的腳掌去走遍的，可是我們至今還沒有起步。 讓我們起來去佔有神給我們的一切產業罷！讓我們舉目向東西南北觀看，聽神對我們說：「凡你所看見的一切地，我都要賜給你。」（創十三14—15） ─裴爾遜 凡是猶大腳當所踏之地，就歸猶大；凡是便雅憫所踏之地，就歸便雅憫。每支派都是這樣，只要腳掌一踏下去，那地就歸他們，這樣，你想，豈不是他們的腳掌一踏下去的時候，立刻就會頂自然地覺得：「這是我的了？」 有一次，有人問一位年老而靈歷很深的弟兄：「但以理，為甚麼你有這樣多的平安與喜樂？」他回答說：「哦，先生！我只僕在神極大、極寶貝的應許上，把神應許中一切的豐富算作我的，我就得著了。榮耀啊！榮耀啊！」凡僕在神應許上的，就得著神所有的豐富。 ─譯自信報
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（02月25日）
February 25 "Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you." (Joshua 1:3.) ＢESIDE the literal ground, unoccupied for Christ, there is the unclaimed, untrodden territory of Divine promises. What did God say to Joshua? "Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you," and then He draws the outlines of the Land of Promise─all theirs on one condition: that they shall march through the length and breadth of it, and measure it off with their own feet. They never did that to more than one-third of the property, and consequently they never had more than one-third; they had just what they measured off, and no more. In 2 Peter, we read of the "land of promise" that is opened up to us, and it is God's will that we should, as it were, measure off that territory by the feet of obedient faith and believing obedience, thus claiming and appropriating it for our own. How many of us have ever taken possession of the promises of God in the name of Christ? Here is a magnificent territory for taith to lay hold on and march through the length and breadth of, and faith has never done it yet. Let us enter into all our inheritance. Let us lift up our eyes to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west, and hear Him say, "All the land that thou seest will I give to thee." ─A. T. Pierson. Wherever Judah should set his foot that should be his; wherever Benjamin should set his foot, that should be his. Each should get his inheritance by setting his foot upon it. Now, think you not, when either had set his foot upon a given territory, he did not instantly and instinctively feet, "This is mine"? An old colored man, who had a marvelous experience in grace, was asked: "Daniel, why is it that you have so much peace and joy in religion?" "O Massa!" he replied, "I just fall flat on the exceeding great and precious promises, and I have all that is in them. Glory!" He who falls flat on the promises feels that all the riches embraced in them are his. ─Faith Papers.
■ 永活之泉（02月25日）
二月廿五日 神的道 「神的道是活潑的，是有功效的。」希伯來書四章12節 與神相交，祂的道和禱告，兩者都是必須的；這兩件事在內室中是不能分離的。在祂的道（話）裡，神對我說話；在禱告中，我對神說話。 神的道教導我們認識我們所禱告的神；也告訴我們，神如何喜歡我們禱告。也給我們寶貝的應許，鼓勵我們去禱告；並且也常使我們的禱告得著奇妙的答應。神的道是從神的心裡來的，將神的意念和愛心帶進我們的心裡。然後又從我們的心裡回到神偉大、充滿了愛的心裡，禱告就是神的心與我們的心相交的憑藉。 神的道指教我們明白神的旨意——一方面是祂應許的旨意，關於祂所要為我們作的，使我們的信心得到餵養；另一面是祂命令的旨意，要我們在愛中學習順服。 我越禱告，就越覺得需要神的話，也越因神的話而喜樂。我越多讀神的話，就越充滿了禱告，也越有禱告的能力。沒有禱告的一大原因，就是我們讀神的話讀的太少，或者只是表面的讀，或者只是在人的智慧裡讀。神的道只有藉著聖靈說出來，聖靈也是禱告的靈。祂要教導我們，如何接受神的道，並如何去親近神。 如果我們從神那裡接受神的道，將道化成我們的禱告，也確定的盼望得著答應，這樣的交通將成為何等的祝福，我們的敬拜，將有何等的能力和靈感呢。在內室中，在神面前的隱密處，神的道要藉著聖靈成為我們的喜樂和力量。 神的道在我們心中最深的敬畏裡，並在我們的嘴唇上，以及在我們的生活上，必成為永遠不止息的能力和祝福的泉源。讓我們相信神的道實在是充滿了活潑的力量，能使我們剛強並快樂的盼望，從神那裡接受大的東西。最要緊的，他能帶領我們與那活的神每天都有祝福的相交。 「惟喜愛耶和華的律法，晝夜思想，這人便為有福。」（詩一1）
■ 中文屬天日子（02月25日）
二月廿五日 缺乏服務 「難道我越發愛你們，就少得你們的愛麼？」哥林多後書十二章15節 自然的愛是盼望圖報的，但是保羅說：「我不管你們愛不愛我，我願意變為赤貧，這不但為你們的緣故，卻是想引你們歸向神。」「因為你們知道我們主耶穌基督的恩典，祂本來富足，卻為了你們成了貧窮。」保羅服務的觀念，恰恰是這樣──「我不管怎樣犧牲，我是甘心如此的。」也是所謂樂意的事。 教會對於神僕人的觀念與耶穌基督不同。耶穌的觀念是我們服事別人，作別人的僕人，就是服事祂。耶穌基督服務社會是超過了社會主義者。祂說。在祂的國裡算為最大的，就是作眾人的僕人。聖徒真實的測驗，不是宣傳福音，卻是洗門徒的腳，那就是說，人所認為不重要的事，神卻認為最重要的。保羅樂意因神對人類具有的興趣而犧牲自己，而不問代價如何。我們常帶著經濟的動機來規定事情──「如果神要我往那裡去──薪水怎樣？氣候怎樣？人們對我怎樣？無論何人必要考慮這些事。」這一切的一切，表示我們在服事神上留有餘地。保羅在他的生活中，可以代表耶穌在新約中所理想的聖徒，他不僅是宣傳福音，卻是為別人的生命，在耶穌基督的手裡，成為擘開的餅和傾出的酒！
■ 中文上海嗎哪（02月25日）
二月廿五日 「我是葡萄樹，你們是枝子……」約翰福音十五章5節 我們如何接受基督做潔淨我們的主，或是醫治我們的神？這個問題經常掛在人們的嘴裡。 答案是，首先我們必須有信心，而且信心的獲得必須靠意志的行為，直到信心變成我們不變的習性。這就好像種一棵樹，你得先以行動把樹種到土裡。然後你必須把樹留在土裡，讓它紮根，直到它的細根能緊緊地深入地裡，從土壤中吸收養分。 這個過程有兩個階段：先種植樹，然後樹根自然習慣地從土裡吸收水分及養分。樹的鬚根必須有充分時間成長，直到它們能用海綿的毛孔，從土壤中得著營養。當那個階段達到之後，樹就可以固定不改變、不費力地由土裡汲取生命；那時它的成長就像我們呼吸一樣的自然。 主啊！求您幫助我住在您裡面，讓我養成從您那裡吸取生命的習慣，使我能真實地說：「我們生活、動作、存留，都在乎祂……。」(徒十七28)
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