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1:1 猶大王約雅敬在位第三年,巴比倫王尼布甲尼撒來到耶路撒冷,將城圍困。 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
1:2 主將猶大王約雅敬,並 神殿中器皿的幾分交付他手。他就把這器皿帶到示拿地,收入他神的廟裏,放在他神的庫中。 And the Lord delivered Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles from the temple of God. These he carried off to the temple of his god in Babylonia 1:2 Hebrew ((Shinar)) and put in the treasure house of his god. 1:3 王吩咐太監長亞施毗拿,從以色列人的宗室和貴冑中帶進幾個人來, Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, chief of his court officials, to bring in some of the Israelites from the royal family and the nobility-- 1:4 就是年少沒有殘疾、相貌俊美、通達各樣學問、知識聰明俱備、足能侍立在王宮裏的,要教他們迦勒底的文字言語。 young men without any physical defect, handsome, showing aptitude for every kind of learning, well informed, quick to understand, and qualified to serve in the king's palace. He was to teach them the language and literature of the Babylonians. 1:4 Or ((Chaldeans)) 1:5 王派定將自己所用的膳和所飲的酒,每日賜他們一分,養他們三年。滿了三年,好叫他們在王面前侍立。 The king assigned them a daily amount of food and wine from the king's table. They were to be trained for three years, and after that they were to enter the king's service. 1:6 他們中間有猶大族的人:但以理、哈拿尼雅、米沙利、亞撒利雅。 Among these were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. 1:7 太監長給他們起名:稱但以理為伯提沙撒,稱哈拿尼雅為沙得拉,稱米沙利為米煞,稱亞撒利雅為亞伯尼歌。 The chief official gave them new names: to Daniel, the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego. 1:8 但以理卻立志不以王的膳和王所飲的酒玷污自己,所以求太監長容他不玷污自己。 But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way. 1:9 神使但以理在太監長眼前蒙恩惠,受憐憫。 Now God had caused the official to show favor and sympathy to Daniel, 1:10 太監長對但以理說:「我懼怕我主我王,他已經派定你們的飲食;倘若他見你們的面貌比你們同歲的少年人肌瘦,怎麼好呢?這樣,你們就使我的頭在王那裏難保。」 but the official told Daniel, <<I am afraid of my lord the king, who has assigned your 1:10 The Hebrew for ((your)) and ((you)) in this verse is plural. food and drink. Why should he see you looking worse than the other young men your age? The king would then have my head because of you.>> 1:11 但以理對太監長所派管理但以理、哈拿尼雅、米沙利、亞撒利雅的委辦說: Daniel then said to the guard whom the chief official had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, 1:12 「求你試試僕人們十天,給我們素菜吃,白水喝, <<Please test your servants for ten days: Give us nothing but vegetables to eat and water to drink. 1:13 然後看看我們的面貌和用王膳那少年人的面貌,就照你所看的待僕人吧!」 Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you see.>> 1:14 委辦便允准他們這件事,試看他們十天。 So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days. 1:15 過了十天,見他們的面貌比用王膳的一切少年人更加俊美肥胖。 At the end of the ten days they looked healthier and better nourished than any of the young men who ate the royal food. 1:16 於是委辦撤去派他們用的膳,飲的酒,給他們素菜吃。 So the guard took away their choice food and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables instead. 1:17 這四個少年人, 神在各樣文字學問〔學問:原文是智慧〕上賜給他們聰明知識;但以理又明白各樣的異象和夢兆。 To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds. 1:18 尼布甲尼撒王預定帶進少年人來的日期滿了,太監長就把他們帶到王面前。 At the end of the time set by the king to bring them in, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar. 1:19 王與他們談論,見少年人中無一人能比但以理、哈拿尼雅、米沙利、亞撒利雅,所以留他們在王面前侍立。 The king talked with them, and he found none equal to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah; so they entered the king's service. 1:20 王考問他們一切事,就見他們的智慧聰明比通國的術士和用法術的勝過十倍。 In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom. 1:21 到塞魯士王元年,但以理還在。 And Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus. 本模組中文化由長島基督福音教會的Jack起始。多次經本人修改,2025年11月由AI協助更改加入朗讀功能,2026年加入搜尋「中、英」字皆可,顯示「黃底紅字」歡迎大家使用!! 荒漠甘泉五合一■ 中文荒漠甘泉(01月11日)
一月十一日 「你們的神說,你們要安慰,安慰我的百姓。」以賽亞書四十章1節 安慰,供給安慰,這是那位先知所負的使命。世上充滿了需要安慰的人,可是如果你要作一個安慰使者,你自己必須受過訓練,否則不足勝任。這種訓練的代價極大;因為,你必須親身嚐過那種使人流淚流血的苦楚。這樣,你自己的生活就會變成一間病房,在那裡你可以學習安慰的藝術。你自己必須先受傷,當那位大醫替你洗滌、消毒、抹膏、包紮創傷的時候,你就可學習初步的救護。你是不是正在希奇為甚麼你目前會經過一陣特別的憂愁?等到十年以後,你纔會明白。那時候你會遇見許多人受你從前所嚐過的痛苦。你可以見證你從前怎樣和他們同病、怎樣得著醫治;把病情說明了,照著神從前包紮你的方法敷上一點止痛油。那時候,你會明白為甚麼你從前受這許多的苦楚,你也會感謝神所給你的訓練和替你預先儲蓄在你生命中的經歷。 神安慰我們,不是要我們享受安慰,乃是要我們作安慰使者。 ─兆威持 據說搗爛了玫瑰花瓣, 才能提取它的芳馨。 據說雲雀在傷心的時候, 歌聲更加婉轉動聽。 據說在流血和灑涕之時, 顯出友誼與愛情的貞堅。 難道一切珍愛的事物, 都要受此殘酷苦刑? 一如受傷的小鳥, 可憐地垂下翅膀。 是的!苦難,困辱和坎坷, 為福祉降臨必有的過程。
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(01月11日)
January 11 "Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God." (Isa. 40:1.) STORE up comfort. This was the prophet's mission. The world is full of comfortless hearts, and ere thou art sufficient for this lofty ministry, thou must be trained. And thy training is costly in the extreme; for, to render it perfect, thou too must pass through the same afflictions as are wringing countless hearts of tears and blood. Thus thy own life becomes the hospital ward where thou art taught the Divine art of comfort. Thou art wounded, that in the binding up of thy wounds by the Great Physician, thou mayest learn how to render first aid to the wounded everywhere. Dost thou wonder why thou art passing through some special sorrow? Wait till ten years are passed, and thou wilt find many others afflicted as thou art. Thou wilt tell them how thou hast suffered and hast been comforted; then as the tale is unfolded, and the anodynes applied which once thy God wrapped around thee, in the eager look and the gleam of hope that shall chase the shadow of despair across the soul, thou shalt know why thou wast afflicted, and bless God for the discipline that stored thy life with such a fund of experience and helpfulness. ─Selected. God does not comfort us to make us comfortable, but to make us comforters. ─Dr. Jowett. "They tell me I must bruise The rose's leaf, Ere I can keep and use Its fragrance brief. "They tell me I must break The skylark's heart, Ere her cage song will make The silence start. "They tell me love must bleed, And friendship weep, Ere in my deepest need I touch that deep. "Must it be always so With precious things? Must they be bruised and go With beaten wings? "Ah, yes! by crushing days, By caging nights, by scar Of thorn and stony ways, These blessings are!"
■ 永活之泉(01月11日)
一月十一日 起初的愛 「然而有一件事我要責備你,就是你把起初的愛心離棄了。」啟示錄二章4節 在啟示錄二章2、3節裡,曾提起了八種情形,來證明以弗所的教會是如何的熱心和慇勤。但有一種情形卻是壞的!主說:「你若不悔改,我就臨到你那裡,把你的燈檯從原處挪去。」這一個壞的情形是甚麼呢?就是「你把起初的愛心離棄了。」 在今日的教會中,我們也發現同樣的缺點。教會能為著真理熱心,也能有持續恆忍的勞苦工作;然而主所最寶貴的,就是對於祂自己那柔細熱切的愛,卻是沒有了。這是一個極其嚴肅的問題,就是一個教會、一個團體,或者一個基督徒,可能在每一件善良的事工上,都有好的榜樣,然而在內室中向著主耶穌那柔細的愛卻失去了。 如果沒有與基督單獨逐日的交通,人所有的繁忙活動,不管他們自己認為多麼滿意,在主自己的眼中看來,乃是毫無價值。 親愛的弟兄姊妹!這個月就是說到在內室裡與基督有愛的交通。所有的一切都是仰仗於這一件事。基督從天降臨乃是以父愛祂的大愛來愛我們,祂因著這個愛,既受苦又受死,為的是要贏得我們的心。除了當我們也回應祂一個深切的個人之愛時,就再沒有甚麼能使祂的愛得著滿足了。 基督認為這個是最首要的,但願我們也以此為首要。許多牧師、傳道和基督的工人,都要羞慚的承認說,不管他們對於主的工作是如何的熱心,他們的禱告生活仍是有缺欠的,這是因為他們離棄了他們起初的愛心,我請求你把這一句話用紙記下來,並且一直記住它:就是不論在內室裡,在所有的工作中,或是在逐日的生活裡,切記「主耶穌的愛必須是一切。」
■ 中文屬天日子(01月11日)
一月十一日 我們順服神即所以累及他人 「他們就抓住祂,把十字架擱在祂身上。」路加福音廿三章26節 如果我們順服神,累及別人的多,累及自己的少,這種場合自然免不了痛苦。如果我們愛主,順服主必然覺得快樂,是不覺困難的。但是對於那些不愛祂的人們,卻是大大的困難。如果我們順服神,就免不了推翻別人的計劃,而他們用這來嘲弄我們說:「這是基督教嗎?」我們能防止他們這種嘲笑的痛苦;但是,如果我們要順服神,我們絕不可防止,而要付出代價來。 我們因為本性的自尊,就在這一點上有些不願意接受,我們說:「一介不以取諸人。」不過,我們還是一介不取諸人,或是違逆神;我們不能不踏我們的主親身所蹈過的足跡(參路八2─3)。 每當我們說到:自作自受的時候,我們靈性的生命便枯萎了。我們不能如此,因為我們包括在神的大計劃之中了。我們一服從神,別人感受了影響。我們是要在順服神方面有忠心,獨立不依而自謙呢?抑或擇取其他的方向而說我不願意使別人受苦呢?我們可以不服從神而免暫時的痛苦。可是要使我們的主憂傷起來。如果我們順服神,神將要看顧那些因我們順服而感受負擔的人們,我們只要順服而把一切的結果交付神! 如果你順服神,就得留心,免得有要挾或強迫神照你的意思應付你的情形。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(01月11日)
一月十一日 「總要持守,直等到我來。」啟示錄二章25節 有人問一個猶太人,為什麼猶太民族總懂得致富之道?這猶太人說:「唉!我們不見得比別人賺得多,但是我們持守的比別人多。」親愛的朋友,讓我們在這個世代慎防偷竊屬靈財富的扒手,及避免屬靈的產物流失。讓我們不失去已經賺到的,而且確定我們能得著滿足的賞賜(約貳8)。在每個日子裡,讓我們在永恆的儲蓄銀行裡存下屬天的恩惠及勝利,而且知道真實、永恆的至寶不時地增多我們永恆的財富。 這些財富也許很少,但若是我們把神所賜的都存在祂的裡面,並在祂看顧下持守;當萬物的結局到時,當我們看到所善用一生生命中謹慎累積下來的財寶時,我們會非常驚訝。神對那些把財富存在祂裡面的人,總是會投資更多的在這些人身上並多加給他們。 時光的飛逝,因著這些燦爛的歲月而顯得格外珍貴。願神真是幫助我們能將每件事做到最好。
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