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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.
■ 永活之泉（03月14日）
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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