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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17日)
三月十七日 「住在那裏,等我吩咐你。」馬太福音二章13節 親愛的主, 我願留在您安置我的地方; 我雖渴望離此遠颺, 我有意和大隊一起前進, 是的, 您知道我要做他們的領導人。 為了鮮明的旗幟而歡呼, 把腳步配合著軍樂的悠揚, 光榮地身先士卒, 馳騁疆場, 但我願留在您安置我的地方。 親愛的主, 我願留在您安置我的地方; 地的面積狹小, 而又是一片荒涼, 石礫既多, 土質更是澆薄, 似乎不會有生命在此滋長。 這是您的土地, 只要給我種子, 我將放膽去播種插秧, 我願耕耘, 等待雨水沛降, 一旦綠曲抽茁, 我將欣喜若狂! 我願留在您安置我的地方。 親愛的主, 我願留在您安置我的地方; 我永遠敬虔忠誠來信靠您, 白日的辛勞和炎熱, 我都願一嘗, 夜間我可伏臥在您的腳旁。 當我把塵世的工作一一做完, 將可沐浴在永世的榮光, 來結束我一生的全部紀錄, 那時, 我必發覺留著比離開更為適當; 我願留在您安置我的地方。 哦,不安定的心哪!你跳得多麼厲害,撞在環境的鐵欄上,想衝出去到外面更寬大的場地去工作。靜下來罷,讓神替你安排你的日子罷!今天的忍耐和信靠,就是將來神差你出去作大事業的預備。 ─選
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(03月17日)
March 17 "Be thou there till I bring thee word." (Matt. 2:13.) "I'll stay where You've put me; I will, dear Lord, Though I wanted so badly to go; I was eager to march with the`rank and lile,' Yes, I wanted to lead them, You know. I planned to keep step to the music loud, To cheer when the banner unfurled, To stand in the midst of the fight straight and proud, But I'll stay where You've put me. "I'll stay where You've put me; I'll work, dear Lord, Though the field be marrow and small, And the ground be fallow, and the stones lie thick, And there seems to be no life at all. The field is Thine own, only give me the seed, I'll sow it with never a fear; I'll till the dry soil while I wait for the rain, And rejoice when the green blades appear; I'll work where You've put me. "I'll stay where You've put me; I will, dear Lord; I'll bear the day's burden and heat, Always trusting Thee fully; when even has come I'll lay heavy sheaves at Thy feet. And then, when my earth work is ended and done, In the light of eternity's glow, Life's record all closed, I surely shall find It was better to stay than to go; I'll stay where You've put me." "Oh restless heart, that beat against your prison bars of circumstances, yearning for a wider sphere of usefulness, leave God to order all your days. Patience and trust, in the dullness of the routine of life, will be the best preparation for a courageous bearing of the tug and strain of the larger opportunity which God may some time send you."
■ 永活之泉(03月17日)
三月十七日 為個別的靈魂代禱 「……你們……的將被收集,啊!以色列人哪……。」以賽亞書廿七章12節 我們身體裡面的每一肢體,都有它固定的位置;在社會上或在教會中也是如此。工作是整體的利益及完善的目標,但目標之達成,卻是藉著每一個肢體的配搭工作。 在教會中有一種普遍的想法,就是人們的得救乃是神僕人的事。由於他通常都是與群眾接觸,卻少有機會接觸到個人。這就造成雙重的虧損。信徒本身不明白他該對他四周的人作見證—─這可使他自己的屬靈生命活潑剛強,又可使人蒙恩。由於不信的人所接觸到的信徒沒有把基督個別的傳給他,他就受到說不出的虧損。我們極少發現有人想到該為著四周的人代禱。基督徒的生活需要恢復代禱應佔的地位——那對教會及其中一切事奉是多麼重要! 哦!基督徒甚麼時候認清這個偉大的事實,神在天上渴望要作的需要地上的禱告,這是不可或缺的。只要認識這件事時,我們才看見代禱是使靈魂得救的主要因素。若沒有聖靈的能力顯出在禱告的事工上,一切努力都是徒然;只有當神的僕人與子民在禱告與見證上合一時,教會才會興旺,每個信徒才明白他們該作的是甚麼。 我們如何能激發起代禱的靈?答案是兩面的。一面要每一個基督徒當他一開始領悟到代禱的能力及需要時,就開始為著個別的靈魂從事實際的代禱事工。為著你的兒女、親人、朋友、及所有神在你四周所安排的人代禱。如果你感覺代禱缺乏能力時,謙卑俯伏在施恩座前,神要每一個蒙救贖的兒女為那些將滅亡的人代禱。禱告乃如正常基督徒生活的呼吸一般重要——證明那是從上面來的。 然後迫切不斷地禱告神將聖靈的能力賜給你,及所有你四周所有神的兒女們,使代禱之能顯在蒙神尊重的地位中。
■ 中文屬天日子(03月17日)
三月十七日 工人之支配慾 「我們立了志向要得主的喜悅。」哥林多後書五章9節 「我們立了志向……」要把主的鴻圖放在前面,跟著不離,那是艱苦的工作。那便是說一年一年的勉強自己達到最高的理想。不是要感動甚麼人,建設甚麼教會,開甚麼奮興會,僅僅是企圖「得主的喜悅」。不是缺少靈性經驗而失敗,乃是缺乏努力保持正當的理想。至少要每禮拜一次把我們所行的拿到神面前,看我們的生活是否遵照神所期望的標準。保羅像一位音樂家,他所要求的是教他的人的讚賞,不問聽眾的讚賞。 任何企圖稍微偏離「求悅於神」的中心,其結果或是我們成為撇棄的人。習於辨別志向所達到的歸結,你就明白為甚麼要仰望耶穌基督而生活的緣故。保羅說:「我是攻克己身,叫身服我,恐怕我傳福音給別人,自己反被棄絕了。」(林前九27) 我要習於將各種事件去與主要的企圖發生關係,保持而不間斷。我對社會顯明的價值,就是以我私人的價值為標準。我主要的企圖是討祂的歡心,要得祂的喜悅呢?抑是次一等的好呢?
■ 中文上海嗎哪(03月17日)
三月十七日 「祂記念祂的約,直到永遠……」詩篇一百零五篇8節 我們若是在律法中靠自己的能力掙扎,我們會一直在罪的控制下。但當我們走出西乃山的陰影,欣然地接受基督的恩典和祂白白賜予的全然救恩,一切的掙扎就會成為歷史。因祂曾應許作我們思想上和感情上的公義主,我們能藉著祂稱義,並且求祂保守我們,在遇到任何敵對的情況時,仍然能在祂完全的旨意和平安之中。 我們真的知道且相信這的確是福音的應許,以及新約的本質嗎?我們是否相信基督已保證將祂的律放在我們心中,使我們能按著祂的命令行事,並且遵守祂的旨意?我們確實瞭解神曾向亞伯拉罕所起的誓:叫他既從仇敵手中被救出來,就可以終身在神面前坦然無懼的用聖潔、公義事奉祂(路一74、75)。神也曾向我們起誓祂會像對待亞伯拉罕一樣待我們,祂會實現祂的應許,因為祂是信實的,讓我們完全依靠祂。
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