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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03日）
二月三日 「聖靈立刻把耶穌催到曠野裡去。」馬可福音一章12節（直譯） 這似乎是很奇怪一回事。「立刻」在甚麼事情發生了之後，纔有這「立刻」呢？在主從水裡上來，看見天裂開了，聖靈彷彿鴿子降在祂身上，父神公開宣佈：「您是我的愛子，我喜悅您。」（10、11節）之後。這並不是反常的經歷。你有否這樣的經歷？豈不是山峰一程之後，立刻就是山谷的一程麼？也許昨天你曾飛翔天空，歌唱讚美；今天你的翅膀下垂，歌聲全止了。早晨你曾享受父神的歡笑；晚上你在曠野中說：「我的道路向耶和華隱藏。」（賽四十27） 可是，信徒們哪！事情突然轉變，並非出乎偶然，乃是神有美意在其中。 你有沒有想過：為甚麼祝福之後，就有這「立刻」呢？原來祝福是手續，「立刻」是目的。「立刻」就是祝福的下文。神給你祝福，原是要使你能勝任前面的荒漠——客西馬尼、各各他。神光照你，高舉你，給你力量，原是要你衝過前面可怕的陣地；神給你亮光，原是要你經過黑夜；神給你幫助，原是要你幫助那些無助的。 並非隨時有資格到曠野去受試煉的，你必須先有約但河的祝福，然後纔配到曠野去。唯有聖子的啟示，才能使你承擔聖靈的重負；唯有洗禮的榮耀，才能支持沙漠中的飢餓。 ─馬得勝 祝福之後就是爭戰。 一個人的精神修養，將因試煉而充實，而有顯著的進步。但試煉時期是不平常的。在這個時期，地獄好像張開了口的門戶，我們的靈魂如入網羅之中，神並且讓我們落到魔鬼的手掌中去。但這個時期，對於永遠把靈魂依賴祂的人，遲早必會結束於勝利之中，不管這試煉時期有多長，時有神奇的功用，無窮的後效。 ─懷特
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（02月03日）
February 3 "And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness." (Mark 1:12.) ＩT seemed a strange proof of Divine favor. "Immediately." Immediately after what? After the opened heavens and the dove-like peace and the voice of the Father's blessing, "Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." It is no abnormal experience. Thou, too, hast passed through it, O my soul. Are not the times of thy deepest depression just the moments that follow thy loftiest flight? Yesterday thou wert soaring far in the firmament, and singing in the radiance of the morn; today thy wings are folded and thy song silent. At noon thou wert basking in the sunshine of a Father's smile; at eve thou art saying in the wilderness, "My way is hid from the Lord." Nay, but, my soul, the very suddenness of the change is a proof that it is not revolutionary. Hast thou weighed th confort of that word "immediately"? Why does it come so soon after the blessing? Just to show that it is the sequel to the blessing. God shines on thee to make thee fit for life's desert-places─for its Gethsemanes, for its Calvaries. He lifts thee up that He may give thee strength to go further down; He illuminates thee that He may send thee into the night, that He may make thee a help to the helpless. Not at all times art thou worthy of the wilderness; thou art only worthy of the wilderness after the splendors of Jordan. Nothing but the Son's vision can fit thee for the Spirit's burden; only the glory of the baptism can support the hunger of the desert. ─George Matheson. After benediction comes battle. The time of testing that marks and mightily enriches a soul's spiritual career is no ordinary one, but a period when all hell seems let loose, a period when we realize our souls are brought into a net, when we know that God is permitting us to be in the devil's hand. But it is a period which always ends in certain trumph for those who have committed the keeping of their souls to Him, a period of maryelous "nevertheless afterward" of abundant usefulness, the sixty-fold that surely follows. ─Aphra White.
■ 永活之泉（02月03日）
二月三日 代禱和敬拜 「當以聖潔的妝飾敬拜耶和華。」詩篇九十六篇9節 我們越認識神，我們就越看見代禱能力的奇妙。我們要明白這是人與神同工，作成祂旨意的方法。神已經將祂整個的救贖在基督裡賜給祂的子民，啟示祂自己並與人交通。在這裡，代禱是主要的元素，因為在這裡，祂的僕人能與基督有完全的相交，接受那天上聖靈的能力，作為他們工作的能力。 我們很容易看見為甚麼神如此安排。神實在願意更新我們，使我們像祂。但我們無法辦到，除非我們將祂的愛慕，作為我們的愛慕，我們就不能有祂的性情；除非在愛裡獻上我們自己，我們就不能慢慢的像基督那樣「長遠活著為我們祈求。」在那些已經奉獻了的信徒，確能達到這種生活。 我們對神這偉大的目的看得越清楚，我們就越覺得需要真實的進到神面前，謙卑聖潔的敬拜祂。我們越這樣多花時間去親近在神的面前，完全進入祂的心意，整個的心充滿了祂偉大的旨意的思想，我們就更能相信，神因著我們的禱告，就作出祂的美意。當神的榮耀光照我們的時候，我們就認識我們是何等的無能，因此我們就在信心裡明白神的作工，遠超過我們所求所想的。代禱能使你感覺需要更深的敬拜。敬拜能使代禱有一種新的能力。一個誠實的代禱和一個更深的敬拜，兩者是不能分開的。 這真實敬拜的秘訣是只給那些肯擺上時間留在神面前，降服於神，讓神啟示祂自己的那一班人知道的。敬拜能叫我們認識神的榮耀。 「哦！來吧，讓我們俯伏敬拜，讓我們跪拜創造我們的主，因為祂是我們的神。」「給主祂的名所該得的榮耀。」
■ 中文屬天日子（02月03日）
二月三日 明認關係之斷絕 「還把我們看作世界上的污穢。」哥林多前書四章9—13節 這並非過分之言。我們今日自稱為福音僕人的，不以保羅的話為然。我覺得並不是保羅所用的言語不正確，卻是因為我們不肯與污穢的社會斷絕關係。「要在我肉身上補滿基督患難的缺欠。」（西一24）並不是一種成聖的明證，乃是傳福音。 彼得說：「有火煉的試驗臨到你們，不要以為希奇。」如果我們真以所遇的事為希奇，那是因為我們的心怯懦之故。我們的托詞冠冕堂皇，我不屈伏，我不折節，其實是怕受人的反對而蒙屈辱。你僅求得救，不受甚麼患難，是你的自由；你拒絕神把你算為一個特派傳福音者，也是你的自由。不然你便得說：「只要福音傳開，即使把我看為萬物中的渣滓，我亦不在乎。」耶穌基督的僕人是願意為神福音的真實而殉身的。一個僅有道德的男女與卑鄙不德和欺騙發生接觸之時，善性就受到不可挽救的打擊，心靈亦大大的失望。神贖罪之真實，是奇妙莫測的，就是極惡大罪的人也不能跳出祂愛的範圍以外。保羅不說神特派他，顯出神把他造成了一個特出的人物，卻是說「在我裡面啟示祂的兒子。」
■ 中文上海嗎哪（02月03日）
二月三日 「亞伯拉罕……出去的時候，還不知往那裡去。」希伯來書十一章8節 亞伯拉罕的信心才是真正的信心。因為我們若能看見，就可靠推理，而不必全憑信心。我在坐船橫越大西洋時，就體驗到這種信心的原則。我們既看不到航道、更望不到海岸，然而舵手每天彷彿照著一條在海中，用粉筆畫出來的航線而行。當我只離陸地廿海哩時，他知道我們在那，就好像我們在三千哩遠時，他就看到了一樣。 我們如何測量、畫出我們的航道呢？船長每天用他的儀器，藉著太陽來決定他的航線。他不是靠地上的亮光，乃是仰望屬天的光源。所以說，是信心使他望上看，且繼續航行。他雖然看不到海岸、燈塔或是航道，但是他可以依賴神最大的光──太陽。 很多時候，我們似乎面臨一些完全不可靠的情況，或是甚至處在黑暗和災禍當中；但是神會為我們開路，叫我們黑夜的時分變成白晝的開始。 儘管我們不知道什麼事會發生，但讓我們今天帶著信心，勇往直前。
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