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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（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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