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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26日）
二月廿六日 「我的恩典是彀你用的。」哥林多後書十二章9節（直譯） 有一天晚上，我整天工作之後，騎馬回家。路上我極感疲乏，差不多要馬上倒下來；忽然之間，一節聖經像閃電一般地照在我的心中：「我的恩典是夠你用的」到家之後，我就在聖經的原文中查考，發現它的語氣是：「我的恩典是夠你用的」；我就對主說：「主啊，我信，我信您的恩典是夠我用的；」此時裏面的喜樂爆發出來，成為歡笑。直到那晚，我纔知道不信神夠用的恩典是何等可笑，亦復可憐。這猶如海洋中一條口渴的小魚，不敢喝水，深怕把水喝乾了；雖然海洋對牠說：「小魚兒儘量喝罷！我的水是夠你喝的。」但是牠仍然不敢。這又好比七個豐年之後，倉廩中一隻小鼠，不敢喫食，深怕以後要餓死；雖然約瑟對牠說：「小鼠兒，儘量吃罷！我的穀粒是夠你喫的。」但是牠仍然不敢。這也像一個人，在高山上，對自己說：「我每年呼吸這許多空氣，我怕我會把空氣中的氧氣吸盡罷。」雖然大氣對他說：「可憐的人啊，儘量吸罷！我的氧氣是夠你呼吸的。」但是他仍不敢。哦，弟兄們，讓我們每一個都作信心的偉人！小信心會帶你的靈到天上去，大信心會帶天到你的靈裏來。 ─司布真 祂的恩典， 偉大得足夠應付大災難， 席捲靈魂的驚波險濤， 窒息生命的暴風怒潮， 不能控制的急雨狂焰。 祂的恩典， 偉大得也夠袪除小麻煩 急躁不寧， 如坐針氈， 疑慮榮心， 如蠅附羶， 憂戚如焚， 獨夜自煎。 ─富林德 神替我們在天上的銀行中存了無數量的款子，等待我們用信心任意支取，讓我們放膽前去支取罷。
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（02月26日）
February 26 "My grace is sufficient for thee." (2 Cor. 12:9.) ＴHE other evening I was riding home after a heavy day's work. I felt very wearied, and sore depressed, when swiftly, and suddenly as a lightning flash, that text came to me, "My grace is sufficient for thee." I reached home and looked it up in the original, and at last it came to me in this way, "MY grace is sufficient for thee"; and I said, "I should think it is, Lord," and burst out laughing. I never fully understood what the holy laughter of Abraham was until then. It seemed to make unbelief so absurd. It was as though some little fish, being very thirsty, was troubled about drinking the river dry, and Father Thames said, "Drink away, little fish, my stream is sufficient for thee." Or, it seemed after the seven years of plenty, a mouse feared it might die of famine; and Joseph might say, "Cheer up, little mouse, my granaries are sufficient for thee." Again, I imagined a man away up yonder, in a lofty mountain, saying to himself, "I breathe so many cubic feet of air every year, I fear I shall exhaust the oxygen in the atmosphere," but the earth might say, "Breathe away, O man, and fill the lungs ever, my atmosrhere is sufficient for thee." Oh, brethren, be great believers! Little faith will bring your souls to Heaven, but great faith will bring Heaven to your souls. ─C. H. Spurgeon. His grace is great enough to meet the great things─ The crashing waves that overwhelm the soul, The roaring winds that leave us stunned and breathless, The sudden storms beyond our life's control. His grace is great enough to meet the small things─ The little pin-prick troubles that annoy, The insect worries, buzzing and persistent, The squeaking wheels that grate upon our joy. ─Annie Johnson Flint. There is always a large balance to our credit in the bank of Heaven waiting for our exercise of faith in drawing it. Draw heavily upon His resources.
■ 永活之泉（02月26日）
二月廿六日 詩篇 「您的言語在我上膛何等甘美，在我口中比蜜更甜。」詩篇一一九篇103節 本書是要幫助我們去敬拜神。在全部聖經六十六卷裡，詩篇似乎是特別為著這個目標而寫的；其他各卷，是偏於歷史、教訓或應用方面。但是詩篇能帶領我們進入至聖所，在那裡享受與神相交的福分，這是被聖靈感動寫出的一卷敬拜的書。 你若要每個早晨真的遇見神，並用心靈和誠實敬拜祂，你就需要讓你的心充滿了詩篇裡面神的話語。 你讀詩篇的時候，可將該經文中的「耶和華」「神」和一切代表神的字，如「我」「您」「祂」的旁邊劃以紅線。這樣，能幫助你將詩篇裡的意念和神連結，這位神就是禱告的對象。當你不畏難、不嫌麻煩地將關於神的不同名字都劃出來的時候，你就要看見，本來頗難領會的章節，現在都要發出亮光來了。這樣一劃，便使神成為你中心的思想，帶領你有新的敬拜。將這些話從你的嘴裡向神說出。你的信心就要重新得以堅固，並能體會神如何是你在各種環境中的幫助和力量。 這詩篇在舊約時代，如何為聖靈所用，教導神的子民去禱告；照樣，今天也藉著聖靈的能力，教導我們與神同在。 打開詩篇一一九篇碰著「耶和華」和「您」的時候，就劃出來。你就要驚奇地發現，這些字在每一節聖經裡，總要碰著一次！或者不止一次。讓我們思想：在詩篇的字句裡，所遇見的神，就是那賜給我們律法，並使我們能遵守的神。這樣，詩篇就要成為你所喜愛的，你也要發現這裡的禱告和教訓，能使你繼續向神而去，住在祂能力和慈愛的祝福裡面。 「我何等愛慕您的律法，終日不住地思想。」（詩一一九97）
■ 中文屬天日子（02月26日）
二月廿六日 懷疑耶穌的理由不足 「先生沒有打水的器具。」約翰福音四章11節 「神的道雖是高深，但祂未必期望我在生活中一一行出來！」我們常以為耶穌基督和祂的教訓不比我們的見識高明──「你高超的理想，印象在我們心中，但是與現實的世界接觸，覺得不能見諸實行。」我們每個人有時是這樣想。這些對於耶穌的懷疑，起自擺在我們面前的那些奇怪的問題，就是我們討論神事工的時候所發生的問題──「你們從那裡得錢？你們的事情怎樣安排呢？」就是我們告訴耶穌，我們的情形也是祂難於解決的。「倚靠主，」固然容易，但是一個人要生活。耶穌沒有甚麼東西取水──「從何能給我們這些東西哩！」當心你這些自欺的話──「我不懷疑耶穌，只懷疑我自己。」我們之中，沒有人懷疑自己；我們十二分的知道我們所不能做的是甚麼，可是我們是懷疑耶穌了。祂能做我們所不能做的，這一句話，叫我們有點難受。 我所以懷疑是因為我以自己，去推測神。我的問題是從我劣性的深處發出來的。如果我在我裡面查出這些懷疑，就應該將它們顯露出來，也要坦白的承認──「主啊，我對於您有懷疑之處，我不相信您的智慧離得了我的智慧；我也不相信您的權能離得了我有限的理解。」
■ 中文上海嗎哪（02月26日）
二月廿六日 「在各樣善事上，成全你們……。」希伯來書十三章21節 希伯來書結尾的禱告非常美：「但願賜平安的神，就是那憑永約之血，使群羊的大牧人──我主耶穌從死裡復活的神，在各樣善事上成全你們……。」(來十三20—21)「在各樣善事上，成全你們」的字意乃是「使你們能適應各樣善事」。 適應是一件大事，我們得適應周圍的環境及人事，而不能叫環境及人事因我們而改變。例如適應我們不得不相處的人；適應神所給我們的事工，而不是求神來幫助我們做我們的事；適應去實現神給我們一生的旨意及計劃。這其實是我們在屬靈的事上能得到安息、力量及自由的秘密。 主啊！願您以您的豐富充滿我， 直到我的心滿溢， 直到我能用如火般的情緒和生動的話語， 述說您的愛，表達對您的讚美。 主啊！求您用我，求您屢屢用我， 如您所願地，無論在何時或何處用我。 直到我看到您聖潔的臉， 與您同安息、同喜樂、同享榮耀。
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