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1:1 以下所記的是摩西在約旦河東的曠野、疏弗對面的亞拉巴─就是巴蘭、陀弗、拉班、哈洗錄、底撒哈中間─向以色列眾人所說的話。 These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel in the desert east of the Jordan--that is, in the Arabah--opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth and Dizahab.
1:2 （從何烈山經過西珥山到加低斯‧巴尼亞有十一天的路程。） (It takes eleven days to go from Horeb to Kadesh Barnea by the Mount Seir road.) 1:3 出埃及第四十年十一月初一日，摩西照耶和華藉著他所吩咐以色列人的話都曉諭他們。 In the fortieth year, on the first day of the eleventh month, Moses proclaimed to the Israelites all that the LORD had commanded him concerning them. 1:4 那時，他已經擊殺了住希實本的亞摩利王西宏和住以得來、亞斯他錄的巴珊王噩。 This was after he had defeated Sihon king of the Amorites, who reigned in Heshbon, and at Edrei had defeated Og king of Bashan, who reigned in Ashtaroth. 1:5 摩西在約旦河東的摩押地講律法說： East of the Jordan in the territory of Moab, Moses began to expound this law, saying: 1:6 「耶和華─我們的 神在何烈山曉諭我們說：你們在這山上住的日子夠了； The LORD our God said to us at Horeb, <<You have stayed long enough at this mountain. 1:7 要起行轉到亞摩利人的山地和靠近這山地的各處，就是亞拉巴、山地、高原、南地，沿海一帶迦南人的地，並黎巴嫩山又到幼發拉底大河。 Break camp and advance into the hill country of the Amorites; go to all the neighboring peoples in the Arabah, in the mountains, in the western foothills, in the Negev and along the coast, to the land of the Canaanites and to Lebanon, as far as the great river, the Euphrates. 1:8 如今我將這地擺在你們面前；你們要進去得這地，就是耶和華向你們列祖亞伯拉罕、以撒、雅各起誓應許賜給他們和他們後裔為業之地。」 See, I have given you this land. Go in and take possession of the land that the LORD swore he would give to your fathers--to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob--and to their descendants after them.>> 1:9 「那時，我對你們說：『管理你們的重任，我獨自擔當不起。 At that time I said to you, <<You are too heavy a burden for me to carry alone. 1:10 耶和華─你們的 神使你們多起來。看哪，你們今日像天上的星那樣多。 The LORD your God has increased your numbers so that today you are as many as the stars in the sky. 1:11 惟願耶和華─你們列祖的 神使你們比如今更多千倍，照他所應許你們的話賜福與你們。 May the LORD, the God of your fathers, increase you a thousand times and bless you as he has promised! 1:12 但你們的麻煩，和管理你們的重任，並你們的爭訟，我獨自一人怎能擔當得起呢？ But how can I bear your problems and your burdens and your disputes all by myself? 1:13 你們要按著各支派選舉有智慧、有見識、為眾人所認識的，我立他們為你們的首領。』 Choose some wise, understanding and respected men from each of your tribes, and I will set them over you.>> 1:14 你們回答我說：『照你所說的行了為妙。』 You answered me, <<What you propose to do is good.>> 1:15 我便將你們各支派的首領，有智慧、為眾人所認識的，照你們的支派，立他們為官長、千夫長、百夫長、五十夫長、十夫長，管理你們。 So I took the leading men of your tribes, wise and respected men, and appointed them to have authority over you--as commanders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties and of tens and as tribal officials. 1:16 「當時，我囑咐你們的審判官說：『你們聽訟，無論是弟兄彼此爭訟，是與同居的外人爭訟，都要按公義判斷。 And I charged your judges at that time: Hear the disputes between your brothers and judge fairly, whether the case is between brother Israelites or between one of them and an alien. 1:17 審判的時候，不可看人的外貌；聽訟不可分貴賤，不可懼怕人，因為審判是屬乎 神的。若有難斷的案件，可以呈到我這裏，我就判斷。』 Do not show partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of any man, for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too hard for you, and I will hear it. 1:18 那時，我將你們所當行的事都吩咐你們了。」 And at that time I told you everything you were to do. 1:19 「我們照著耶和華─我們 神所吩咐的從何烈山起行，經過你們所看見那大而可怕的曠野，往亞摩利人的山地去，到了加低斯‧巴尼亞。 Then, as the LORD our God commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites through all that vast and dreadful desert that you have seen, and so we reached Kadesh Barnea. 1:20 我對你們說：『你們已經到了耶和華─我們 神所賜給我們的亞摩利人之山地。 Then I said to you, <<You have reached the hill country of the Amorites, which the LORD our God is giving us. 1:21 看哪，耶和華─你的 神已將那地擺在你面前，你要照耶和華─你列祖的 神所說的上去得那地為業；不要懼怕，也不要驚惶。』 See, the LORD your God has given you the land. Go up and take possession of it as the LORD, the God of your fathers, told you. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged.>> 1:22 你們都就近我來說：『我們要先打發人去，為我們窺探那地，將我們上去該走何道，必進何城，都回報我們。』 Then all of you came to me and said, <<Let us send men ahead to spy out the land for us and bring back a report about the route we are to take and the towns we will come to.>> 1:23 這話我以為美，就從你們中間選了十二個人，每支派一人。 The idea seemed good to me; so I selected twelve of you, one man from each tribe. 1:24 於是他們起身上山地去，到以實各谷，窺探那地。 They left and went up into the hill country, and came to the Valley of Eshcol and explored it. 1:25 他們手裏拿著那地的果子下來，到我們那裏，回報說：『耶和華─我們的 神所賜給我們的是美地。』 Taking with them some of the fruit of the land, they brought it down to us and reported, <<It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.>> 1:26 「你們卻不肯上去，竟違背了耶和華─你們 神的命令， But you were unwilling to go up; you rebelled against the command of the LORD your God. 1:27 在帳棚內發怨言說：『耶和華因為恨我們，所以將我們從埃及地領出來，要交在亞摩利人手中，除滅我們。 You grumbled in your tents and said, <<The LORD hates us; so he brought us out of Egypt to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us. 1:28 我們上哪裏去呢？我們的弟兄使我們的心消化，說那地的民比我們又大又高，城邑又廣大又堅固，高得頂天，並且我們在那裏看見亞衲族的人。』 Where can we go? Our brothers have made us lose heart. They say, <The people are stronger and taller than we are; the cities are large, with walls up to the sky. We even saw the Anakites there.> >> 1:29 我就對你們說：『不要驚恐，也不要怕他們。 Then I said to you, <<Do not be terrified; do not be afraid of them. 1:30 在你們前面行的耶和華─你們的 神必為你們爭戰，正如他在埃及和曠野，在你們眼前所行的一樣。 The LORD your God, who is going before you, will fight for you, as he did for you in Egypt, before your very eyes, 1:31 你們在曠野所行的路上，也曾見耶和華─你們的 神撫養你們，如同人撫養兒子一般，直等你們來到這地方。』 and in the desert. There you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a father carries his son, all the way you went until you reached this place.>> 1:32 你們在這事上卻不信耶和華─你們的 神。 In spite of this, you did not trust in the LORD your God, 1:33 他在路上，在你們前面行，為你們找安營的地方；夜間在火柱裏，日間在雲柱裏，指示你們所當行的路。」 who went ahead of you on your journey, in fire by night and in a cloud by day, to search out places for you to camp and to show you the way you should go. 1:34 「耶和華聽見你們這話，就發怒，起誓說： When the LORD heard what you said, he was angry and solemnly swore: 1:35 『這惡世代的人，連一個也不得見我起誓應許賜給你們列祖的美地； <<Not a man of this evil generation shall see the good land I swore to give your forefathers, 1:36 惟有耶孚尼的兒子迦勒必得看見，並且我要將他所踏過的地賜給他和他的子孫，因為他專心跟從我。』 except Caleb son of Jephunneh. He will see it, and I will give him and his descendants the land he set his feet on, because he followed the LORD wholeheartedly.>> 1:37 耶和華為你們的緣故也向我發怒，說：『你必不得進入那地。 Because of you the LORD became angry with me also and said, <<You shall not enter it, either. 1:38 伺候你、嫩的兒子約書亞，他必得進入那地；你要勉勵他，因為他要使以色列人承受那地為業。 But your assistant, Joshua son of Nun, will enter it. Encourage him, because he will lead Israel to inherit it. 1:39 並且你們的婦人孩子，就是你們所說、必被擄掠的，和今日不知善惡的兒女，必進入那地。我要將那地賜給他們，他們必得為業。 And the little ones that you said would be taken captive, your children who do not yet know good from bad--they will enter the land. I will give it to them and they will take possession of it. 1:40 至於你們，要轉回，從紅海的路往曠野去。』 But as for you, turn around and set out toward the desert along the route to the Red Sea.>> 1:40 Hebrew ((Yam Suph)); that is, Sea of Reeds 1:41 「那時，你們回答我說：『我們得罪了耶和華，情願照耶和華─我們 神一切所吩咐的上去爭戰。』於是你們各人帶著兵器，爭先上山地去了。 Then you replied, <<We have sinned against the LORD. We will go up and fight, as the LORD our God commanded us.>> So every one of you put on his weapons, thinking it easy to go up into the hill country. 1:42 耶和華吩咐我說：『你對他們說：不要上去，也不要爭戰；因我不在你們中間，恐怕你們被仇敵殺敗了。』 But the LORD said to me, <<Tell them, <Do not go up and fight, because I will not be with you. You will be defeated by your enemies.> >> 1:43 我就告訴了你們，你們卻不聽從，竟違背耶和華的命令，擅自上山地去了。 So I told you, but you would not listen. You rebelled against the LORD's command and in your arrogance you marched up into the hill country. 1:44 住那山地的亞摩利人就出來攻擊你們，追趕你們，如蜂擁一般，在西珥殺退你們，直到何珥瑪。 The Amorites who lived in those hills came out against you; they chased you like a swarm of bees and beat you down from Seir all the way to Hormah. 1:45 你們便回來，在耶和華面前哭號；耶和華卻不聽你們的聲音，也不向你們側耳。 You came back and wept before the LORD, but he paid no attention to your weeping and turned a deaf ear to you. 1:46 於是你們在加低斯住了許多日子。」 And so you stayed in Kadesh many days--all the time you spent there. 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26日）
二月廿六日 「我的恩典是彀你用的。」哥林多後書十二章9節（直譯） 有一天晚上，我整天工作之後，騎馬回家。路上我極感疲乏，差不多要馬上倒下來；忽然之間，一節聖經像閃電一般地照在我的心中：「我的恩典是夠你用的」到家之後，我就在聖經的原文中查考，發現它的語氣是：「我的恩典是夠你用的」；我就對主說：「主啊，我信，我信您的恩典是夠我用的；」此時裏面的喜樂爆發出來，成為歡笑。直到那晚，我纔知道不信神夠用的恩典是何等可笑，亦復可憐。這猶如海洋中一條口渴的小魚，不敢喝水，深怕把水喝乾了；雖然海洋對牠說：「小魚兒儘量喝罷！我的水是夠你喝的。」但是牠仍然不敢。這又好比七個豐年之後，倉廩中一隻小鼠，不敢喫食，深怕以後要餓死；雖然約瑟對牠說：「小鼠兒，儘量吃罷！我的穀粒是夠你喫的。」但是牠仍然不敢。這也像一個人，在高山上，對自己說：「我每年呼吸這許多空氣，我怕我會把空氣中的氧氣吸盡罷。」雖然大氣對他說：「可憐的人啊，儘量吸罷！我的氧氣是夠你呼吸的。」但是他仍不敢。哦，弟兄們，讓我們每一個都作信心的偉人！小信心會帶你的靈到天上去，大信心會帶天到你的靈裏來。 ─司布真 祂的恩典， 偉大得足夠應付大災難， 席捲靈魂的驚波險濤， 窒息生命的暴風怒潮， 不能控制的急雨狂焰。 祂的恩典， 偉大得也夠袪除小麻煩 急躁不寧， 如坐針氈， 疑慮榮心， 如蠅附羶， 憂戚如焚， 獨夜自煎。 ─富林德 神替我們在天上的銀行中存了無數量的款子，等待我們用信心任意支取，讓我們放膽前去支取罷。
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（02月26日）
February 26 "My grace is sufficient for thee." (2 Cor. 12:9.) ＴHE other evening I was riding home after a heavy day's work. I felt very wearied, and sore depressed, when swiftly, and suddenly as a lightning flash, that text came to me, "My grace is sufficient for thee." I reached home and looked it up in the original, and at last it came to me in this way, "MY grace is sufficient for thee"; and I said, "I should think it is, Lord," and burst out laughing. I never fully understood what the holy laughter of Abraham was until then. It seemed to make unbelief so absurd. It was as though some little fish, being very thirsty, was troubled about drinking the river dry, and Father Thames said, "Drink away, little fish, my stream is sufficient for thee." Or, it seemed after the seven years of plenty, a mouse feared it might die of famine; and Joseph might say, "Cheer up, little mouse, my granaries are sufficient for thee." Again, I imagined a man away up yonder, in a lofty mountain, saying to himself, "I breathe so many cubic feet of air every year, I fear I shall exhaust the oxygen in the atmosphere," but the earth might say, "Breathe away, O man, and fill the lungs ever, my atmosrhere is sufficient for thee." Oh, brethren, be great believers! Little faith will bring your souls to Heaven, but great faith will bring Heaven to your souls. ─C. H. Spurgeon. His grace is great enough to meet the great things─ The crashing waves that overwhelm the soul, The roaring winds that leave us stunned and breathless, The sudden storms beyond our life's control. His grace is great enough to meet the small things─ The little pin-prick troubles that annoy, The insect worries, buzzing and persistent, The squeaking wheels that grate upon our joy. ─Annie Johnson Flint. There is always a large balance to our credit in the bank of Heaven waiting for our exercise of faith in drawing it. Draw heavily upon His resources.
■ 永活之泉（02月26日）
二月廿六日 詩篇 「您的言語在我上膛何等甘美，在我口中比蜜更甜。」詩篇一一九篇103節 本書是要幫助我們去敬拜神。在全部聖經六十六卷裡，詩篇似乎是特別為著這個目標而寫的；其他各卷，是偏於歷史、教訓或應用方面。但是詩篇能帶領我們進入至聖所，在那裡享受與神相交的福分，這是被聖靈感動寫出的一卷敬拜的書。 你若要每個早晨真的遇見神，並用心靈和誠實敬拜祂，你就需要讓你的心充滿了詩篇裡面神的話語。 你讀詩篇的時候，可將該經文中的「耶和華」「神」和一切代表神的字，如「我」「您」「祂」的旁邊劃以紅線。這樣，能幫助你將詩篇裡的意念和神連結，這位神就是禱告的對象。當你不畏難、不嫌麻煩地將關於神的不同名字都劃出來的時候，你就要看見，本來頗難領會的章節，現在都要發出亮光來了。這樣一劃，便使神成為你中心的思想，帶領你有新的敬拜。將這些話從你的嘴裡向神說出。你的信心就要重新得以堅固，並能體會神如何是你在各種環境中的幫助和力量。 這詩篇在舊約時代，如何為聖靈所用，教導神的子民去禱告；照樣，今天也藉著聖靈的能力，教導我們與神同在。 打開詩篇一一九篇碰著「耶和華」和「您」的時候，就劃出來。你就要驚奇地發現，這些字在每一節聖經裡，總要碰著一次！或者不止一次。讓我們思想：在詩篇的字句裡，所遇見的神，就是那賜給我們律法，並使我們能遵守的神。這樣，詩篇就要成為你所喜愛的，你也要發現這裡的禱告和教訓，能使你繼續向神而去，住在祂能力和慈愛的祝福裡面。 「我何等愛慕您的律法，終日不住地思想。」（詩一一九97）
■ 中文屬天日子（02月26日）
二月廿六日 懷疑耶穌的理由不足 「先生沒有打水的器具。」約翰福音四章11節 「神的道雖是高深，但祂未必期望我在生活中一一行出來！」我們常以為耶穌基督和祂的教訓不比我們的見識高明──「你高超的理想，印象在我們心中，但是與現實的世界接觸，覺得不能見諸實行。」我們每個人有時是這樣想。這些對於耶穌的懷疑，起自擺在我們面前的那些奇怪的問題，就是我們討論神事工的時候所發生的問題──「你們從那裡得錢？你們的事情怎樣安排呢？」就是我們告訴耶穌，我們的情形也是祂難於解決的。「倚靠主，」固然容易，但是一個人要生活。耶穌沒有甚麼東西取水──「從何能給我們這些東西哩！」當心你這些自欺的話──「我不懷疑耶穌，只懷疑我自己。」我們之中，沒有人懷疑自己；我們十二分的知道我們所不能做的是甚麼，可是我們是懷疑耶穌了。祂能做我們所不能做的，這一句話，叫我們有點難受。 我所以懷疑是因為我以自己，去推測神。我的問題是從我劣性的深處發出來的。如果我在我裡面查出這些懷疑，就應該將它們顯露出來，也要坦白的承認──「主啊，我對於您有懷疑之處，我不相信您的智慧離得了我的智慧；我也不相信您的權能離得了我有限的理解。」
■ 中文上海嗎哪（02月26日）
二月廿六日 「在各樣善事上，成全你們……。」希伯來書十三章21節 希伯來書結尾的禱告非常美：「但願賜平安的神，就是那憑永約之血，使群羊的大牧人──我主耶穌從死裡復活的神，在各樣善事上成全你們……。」(來十三20—21)「在各樣善事上，成全你們」的字意乃是「使你們能適應各樣善事」。 適應是一件大事，我們得適應周圍的環境及人事，而不能叫環境及人事因我們而改變。例如適應我們不得不相處的人；適應神所給我們的事工，而不是求神來幫助我們做我們的事；適應去實現神給我們一生的旨意及計劃。這其實是我們在屬靈的事上能得到安息、力量及自由的秘密。 主啊！願您以您的豐富充滿我， 直到我的心滿溢， 直到我能用如火般的情緒和生動的話語， 述說您的愛，表達對您的讚美。 主啊！求您用我，求您屢屢用我， 如您所願地，無論在何時或何處用我。 直到我看到您聖潔的臉， 與您同安息、同喜樂、同享榮耀。
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