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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. 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17日）
二月十七日 「我……賜給以色列人的地。」約書亞記一章2節（直譯） 這裏神所說的「賜給」是現在式，並不是神將要作的事，乃是神就在此刻要作的。信心求神現在，神就現在賜給。神今天就要工作。許多時候我們在神面前等候一件東西、盼望一件東西、尋求一件東西，卻並沒有相信。這不過是我們的盼望，這不過是我們的需要，並不是我們的信心；因為「信就是所望之事的實底，是未見之事的確據。」（來十一1）「凡你們禱告祈求的，無論是甚麼，只要信是得著的，就必得著。」（可十一24）這裏說到信心的禱告，所用的動詞都是現在式的。我們有沒有這現在的信心呢？ ─辛普遜 真實的信心，就是以神的話為算數，在未見應驗之前，就已經深信了。頂自然地，我們常要先有眼見，或是憑據，證明我們所求的已經蒙神應許，然後纔肯相信；但是如果我們走信心的道路，除了神的話以外，我們不需要別的憑據，雖然四周的環境儘可和祂的話相反。祂已經說了，必定會按照我們的信心，給我們成全的。我們將要看見祂話語的應驗，因為我們已經信了。 寫詩篇的人說：「我若不信在活人之地得見耶和華的恩惠，就早已喪膽了。」（詩廿七13）他雖然還沒有看見神對他禱告的答應，但是他已經相信得見；這就能保守他不喪膽。 若是我們也有「信得見」的信心，我們就不會灰心了。我們要笑「不可能」，我們要頂高興地看神怎樣在紅海——人沒有方法可以脫離艱難的時候─開路。在這種試煉中，我們的信心最會長髮。 親愛的受苦的信徒啊，你是不是日夜在等待神，深怕神已經把你忘了呢？絕不會的，你當舉起你的頭來，為著那已經在半路上的拯救開始讚美祂。 ─譯自讚美的生命
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（02月17日）
February 17 "The land which I do give them, even the children of Israel." (Joshua 1:2.) ＧOD here speaks in the immediate present. It is not something He is going to do, but something He does do, this moment. So faith ever speaks. So God ever gives. So He is meeting you today, in the present moment. This is the test of faith. So long as you are waiting for a thing, hoping for it, looking for it, you are not believing. It may be hope, it may be earnest desire, but it is not faith; for "faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." The command in regard to believing prayer is the present tense. "When ye pray, believe that ye receive the things that ye desire, and ye shall have them." Have we come to that moment' Have we met God in His everlasting NOW? ─Joshua, by Simpson. True faith counts on God, and believes before it sees. Naturally, we want some evidence that our petition is granted before we believe; but when we walk by faith we need no other evidence than God's Word. He has spoken, and according to our faith it shall be done unto us. We shall see because we have believed, and this faith sustains us in the most trying places, when everything around us seems to contradict God's Word. The Psalmist says, "I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of living" (Psa. 27:13). He did not see as yet the Lord's answer to his prayers, but he believed to see; and this kept him from fainting. If we have the faith that believes to see, it will keep us from growing discouraged. We shall "laugh at impossibilities," we shall watch with delight to see how God is going to open up a path through the Red Sea when there is no human way out of our difficulty. It is just in such places of severe testing that our faith grows and strengthens. Have you been waiting upon God, dear troubled one, during long nights and weary days, and have feared that you were forgotten? Nay, lift up your head, and begin to praise Him even now for the deliverance which is on its way to you. ─Life of Praise.
■ 永活之泉（02月17日）
二月十七日 一個完全的心 「耶和華的眼目遍察全地，要顯大能幫助向祂心存誠實的人。」歷代志下十六章9節 我們知道，作世界的事務，必須用整個的心，才能作得好；這個原則，在屬靈的境界裡更是如此。神曾命令我們：「你要盡心、盡性、盡力，愛耶和華你的神。」（申六5）在耶利米廿九章十三節說：「你們尋求我，若專心尋求我，就必尋見。」 如果有熱心的基督徒，只專心注意他們日常的工作，卻在事奉神的事上非常隨便，這是希奇的事。他們不認識無論在甚麼情景中都該全心全力獻上事奉神。 我們願藉這本書有一個徹底的認識，就是：必須絕對用全心來尋求神。「耶和華的眼目遍察全地，要顯大能幫助向祂心存誠實的人。」這句話對於我們是一個何等的鼓勵，要叫我們帶著一個正直的心，謙卑等候在神面前，我們可以相信，祂的眼睛是察看我們的，要在我們和我們的工作上，顯出神的大能來。 基督徒啊！你有沒有在你敬拜神的時候，每個早晨學習這個功課，將自己獻上，為要遵行祂的旨意呢？用全心來禱告，用誠實的全心將自己獻給祂，然後在信心裡盼望神的能力在你裡面作工，也藉著你作工。 請你記得，要達到這個，必須先安靜在祂面前，直到你充分地領會祂實在是秘密的在你心裡作工。「我……等候神。」（詩六十九3）「把我藏在祂帳幕的隱密處。」（詩廿七5）
■ 中文屬天日子（02月17日）
二月十七日 避免意志消沉的自動力 「起來吃罷！」列王記上十九章5節 天使未給以利亞甚麼異象，未給他解釋聖經，也未行甚麼非常的事；只吩咐他去做極平常的事──起來吃。如果我們從未意志消沉，我們就不是有生之物；一個結晶體，是不會意志消沉的。要做一個人就有意志消沉的可能。不然，也就沒有所謂揚眉吐氣了。有些東西，是使我們意志消沉的，是產生死亡的，所以估計你自己的力量，總要將意志消沉的可能計算在裡面。 當神的靈來臨的時候，也不給我們異象；祂只告訴我行極平常的事。意志消沉容易叫我們避免神所造諸物中極平常的事，但神的靈來到，祂就啟示我們極自然極平常的事──我們也從未夢到神在這些事裡面，不過在我們作的時候，我們就會覺得神是在裡面。這樣的靈感，是一種避免意志消沉的自動力；我們要做當前的事，並且是因神的靈感而去做。如果我們做一件事，為的是勝過消沉，反而更加消沉起來；但是，如果神的靈使我們直覺地覺悟我們應做的事，我們一做，馬上就不消沉了。我們起來服從，就立刻踏入一種高尚生命的範圍。
■ 中文上海嗎哪（02月17日）
二月十七日 「……你們的生命與基督一同藏在神裡面。」歌羅西書三章3節 有些基督徒帶領了極多的人歸主，有時多得不太對勁。他們自己知道、別人也知道他們帶領了多少人信主。他們的果實似乎像水晶一樣具體，而且變成勞動本身的記念。 有些基督徒則完全與其他同工打成一片，所以別人很難看到他們的特性。但是這樣的事工才是最像基督的事工，因為主耶穌在教會的事工裡，也是隱藏的。主耶穌是教會隱藏的生命、榮耀的頭，而聖靈則更是藏在祂所用的器皿裡。 葡萄樹的主籐並不結果子，結滿成串果實的常是較小的籐，並且似乎得到收穫的光榮。而樹汁雖然不停地流，卻不為人所見；當我們越接近基督時，我們也願意不為人所注目，而讓他人變得更重要。我們應藉著無聲的愛和禱告，來支持別人的事工。 主啊！求您讓我變成在您寶座面前，用兩片翅膀遮臉的撒拉弗。我願像這些天使遮住他們的臉和腳一樣；情願順服您，就像他們將自己和他們的事奉都藏起來，那樣地服事您。
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