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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（12月05日）
十二月五日 「耶和華阿，我曉得人的道路不由自己。行路的人，也不能定自己的腳步。」耶利米書十章23節 「求您……引導我走平坦的路。」詩篇廿七篇11節 許多人非但不聽從神的指導，反要指導神；非但不跟神走，反要神跟他走。─蓋恩夫人 我說： 「讓我走向野外．」 神說： 「不，你要領略城市的壯觀，」 我說： 「那裏沒有花」． 祂說： 「沒有花， 卻有一頂王冠。」 我說： 「可是天烏黑， 只有喧嘩與污濁，」 而祂含淚看著我， 說道： 「還有罪惡。」 我說： 「可是天氣陰霾， 濃霧遮掩了陽光；」 祂答道： 「正因為人們有病， 黑暗中盼望醫療之方。」 我說： 「我將失去光明， 朋友也將失去我這個伴侶；」 祂回答說： 「今夜就選擇， 失去他們， 還是與我共處。」 我懇求祂給我考慮的時間， 祂說： 「這有什麼難以決定？ 在天堂的觀點看來， 只要跟隨你嚮導者的足印。」 我回頭向野外看了一眼， 然後轉臉對著城市， 祂說： 「你願意了嗎？ 為王冠而放棄花兒」！ 然後我讓祂握住我的手， 祂進入我的心靈， 在神聖的光照下， 走向了先前所害怕的路徑。 ─麥克唐納
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（12月05日）
December 5 "O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps." (Jer. 10:23) "Lead me in a plain path." (Psalm 27:11) ＭANY people want to direct God, instead of resigning themselves to be directed by Him; to show Him a way, instead of passively following where He leads. －Madame Guyon. I said: "Let me walk in the field"; God said: "Nay, walk in the town"; I said: "There are no flowers there"; He said: "No flowers, but a crown." I said: "But the sky is black, There is nothing but noise and din"; But He wept as he sent me back, "There is more," He said, "there is sin." I said: "But the air is thick, And fogs are veiling the sun"; He answered: "Yet souls are sick, And souls in the dark undone." I said: "I shall miss the light, And friends will miss me, they say"; He answered me, "Choose tonight, If I am to miss you, or they." I pleaded for time to be given; He said: "Is it hard to decide? It will not seem hard in Heaven To have followed the steps of your Guide." I cast one look at the fields, Then set my face to the town; He said: "My child, do you yield? will you leave the flowers for the crown?" Then into His hand went mine, And into my heart came He; And I walk in a light Divine, The path I had feared to see. －George MacDonald.
■ 永活之泉（12月05日）
十二月五日 聖靈的愛 「所賜給我們的聖靈將神的愛澆灌在我們心裡。」羅馬書五章5節 有很多基督徒，必須承認他的一生知道太少，如何像小孩般熱切的愛！也不能遵守基督第二個偉大誡命，去愛人如己；因為不願由愛的源頭支取能力，所以就無法熱愛主耶穌和弟兄。 為何會在這方面失敗呢？難道天父沒有為世上的兒女預備，使他們能愛祂又愛人嗎？祂確實有！神的兒女必須經常有更新的信心，神才能如此做，人試著衷心的愛神，他盡了全力，花費所有的時間，仍無法稍微的去愛神！哦！基督徒！相信神的愛一如生命的能力運行在你心中，你就能愛祂和弟兄了。不要再期望靠自己所產生極小的愛，相信神愛的大能，安靜地在你裏面教導你如何將祂的愛去對待神和弟兄。 從今天的經文來學習這個功課：「所賜給我們的聖靈將神的愛澆灌在我們心裏。」聖靈會使你愛神和弟兄甚至仇敵，深信兩件事！第一，靠自己的力量無法愛神和弟兄。第二、聖靈每一天、每一時在你裏面，將祂的愛充滿你的心；每天早上，你為一天交給聖靈保守而禱告說：「求您將基督的愛澆灌在我心中，使我能愛周圍的人。」
■ 中文屬天日子（12月05日）
十二月五日 聖靈的殿 「惟獨在寶座上，我比你大。」創世記四一章40節 在神的支配之下，我用我的身體，是要對於神負責的。──保羅說，他不「廢掉神的恩典，」──使神的恩典不發生效力。神的恩典是絕對的，耶穌的救贖是完成了，是永遠完成的。我現在不是在得救的過程中，是曾經被救了。耶穌的救贖與神的寶座一樣永垂不朽；我所要做的是將神在裡面所作的做出來。「作成你們得救的工夫，」我必得負責任去做。那便是說，我須在這身體上表現主耶穌的生命，不是神祕的，卻是真實不虛的。「我是攻克己身，叫身服我。」每個聖徒能叫他的身體受神完全的節制。神造我們，已安置了一個聖靈統制的殿，想像和情感的機關。我們對於這些，是要負責的，我們必不可對於無節制的情感讓步。我們多數的人，嚴於對人，輕於對己；我們設法原諒自己，但對於我們所不傾向的事，人如果犯了，我們是要申斥的。 保羅說──「我勸你們，將身體獻上當作活祭。」──應當決定的一點是這──以我的身體作為我的主的殿，我同意麼？如果同意那麼我肉體的律的全部，綜合在這個啟示裡──我的身體是聖靈的殿。
■ 中文上海嗎哪（12月05日）
十二月五日 「……他們都誠心立大衛作以色列的王。」歷代志上十二章38節 我們生命最高的目標何在呢？正如以色列人誠心要立大衛作王，我們的目的也是在於預備神的新婦，預備世人的心，預備耶和華的道路。 這大目標是否使我們其他的雄心、掛慮顯得渺小且不重要呢？是否能使我們擺上一切才幹、能力，內心得著滿足呢？是否能令我們將每時刻、所有的精力，以及一切的資源都用上呢？這目標是否令我們的工作和計劃有了一個明確方向和風格呢？是否影響了我們對孩子教育的選擇、金錢的投資、朋友的結交，及所有活動、興趣及對生命的展望呢？我們的靈魂體是否都為這目標而活？是否在凡事上、每一個思想中，我們都誠心立耶穌為王呢？ 我們心連心、手牽手地前進， 高舉神皇族般的旗幟， 走遍萬國萬邦， 在每一族每一國， 都預備著迎接神的新婦。 帶著無比的喜樂， 我們立耶穌為我們的王。
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