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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（03月07日）
三月七日 「我們……周圍遭患難。」哥林多後書七章5節 為甚麼神這樣帶領我們，應許患難一直臨到我們？第一，神彀用的恩典和能力可以彰顯得更完全，遠勝在安逸中。「我們有這寶貝放在瓦器裏，要顯明這莫大的能力，是出於神，不是出於我們。」（林後四7） 第二，患難使我們更依靠神。神一直在教導我們依靠祂，讓祂把我們緊緊握在手中，把所有的難處交給祂，由祂照顧。 第三，主自己曾站過那「四圍遭患難」之地，今天祂也要我們去站；並不用自己的力，乃是一直用手拉住祂，不敢獨自跨前一步，用以訓練我們的信心。 第四，除了在患難中，沒有別的地方可以學習信心的功課。四週遭患難之地是神所設立的信心學校，在那裏我們受到信心的訓練。 信心的祕訣一次學會，就永遠會了，並且是一個永遠的幸福；有信，貧窮變為富足；沒有信，富足也是貧窮。 ─譯自屬天的日子 別人歡唱， 我為何悲哭？ 「為了探測苦海的深度。」 別人休息， 我為何工作？ 「為了出力完成神的吩咐。」 別人獲得， 我為何損失？ 「為了體驗失敗的慘痛。」 美好的幸福為你所有， 為何厄運偏糾纏我， 自朝至暮？ 「因為神知道如此的安排， 將使我在永恆中獲得無上豐富。」
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（03月07日）
March 7 "We are troubled on every side." (2 Cor. 7:5.) ＷHY should God have to lead us thus, and allow the pressure to be so hard and constant? Well, in the first place, it shows His all-sufficient strength and grace much better than if we were exempt from pressure and trial. "The treasure is in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us." It makes us more conscious of our dependence upon Him. God is constantly trying to teach us our dependence, and to hold us absolutely in His hand and hanging upon His care. This was the place where Jesus Himself stood and where He wants us to stand, not with self-constituted strength, but with a hand ever leaning upon His, and a trust that dare not take one step alone. It teaches us trust. There is no way of learning faith except by trial. It is God's school of faith, and it is far better for us to learn to trust God than to enjoy life. The lesson of faith once learned, is an everlasting acquisition and an eternal fortune made; and without trust even riches will leave us poor. ─Days of Heaven upon Earth. "Why must I weep when others sing? `To test the deeps of suffering.' Why must I workd while others rest? `To spend my strength at God's request.' Why must I lose while others gain? `To understand defeat's sharp pain.' Why must this lot of life be mine When that which fairer seems is thine? `Because God knows what plans for me Shall blossom in eternity.'"
■ 永活之泉（03月07日）
三月七日 神所尋找的代禱者 「耶路撒冷啊，我在你城上設立守望的，他們晝夜必不靜默。呼籲耶和華的，你們不要歇息，也不要使他歇息。」以賽亞書六十二章6—7節 守望者通常是設立在城牆上，隨時可將要臨到的危險通知官長。神設立的守望者不僅是他們警戒世人——通常人都不願聽——並且要他們有需要或敵人威脅時，呼喊神來幫助他們。代禱者最大的特點乃是晝夜不靜默、不歇息，也不使神歇息，直到神的拯救來臨。他們心中確知神必垂聽他們的禱告。 就是為著這件事，主耶穌說：「神的選民晝夜呼籲祂，祂豈不終久給他們伸冤嗎？」我們到處聽到神的教會受到世界及其世俗觀念的影響，已逐漸失去對信徒的影響力。罪人悔改及神子民聖潔的見證已不多見。大多數的基督徒全然忽略了基督要他們有份於祂國度之擴充的呼召。聖靈的能力經歷得非常有限。 在有關於如何使青年人、老人對神的話發生興趣，如何喚起他們對神事務服事的愛心等的談論中，聽不到多少不可或缺之聖靈的能力，在教會的服事及弟兄姊妹中間。由於禱告之缺乏，因而看不到甚麼信心及悔改的標記：聖靈的工作顯得非常微弱。唯有同心迫切地禱告才能導致轉變。如果神的選民向神晝夜呼籲，則時間該是現在。親愛的讀者，你不願意將自己獻給神有份於此蒙福的代禱工作嗎？你不樂意學習將代禱視為一生中最高的特權，使你得以成為一條途徑，使神的祝福能藉著你的代禱而被帶到地上來嗎？ 禱告： 永遠可稱頌的神啊，求您垂聽我們的祈求，求您親自興起您所喜悅的代禱者。求您賜給我們專以您的事為念的人，從不歇息地向您祈求，直等到您再一次使您的教會在地上成為可讚美的器皿。可稱頌的父啊，您的靈教導我們如何禱告。阿們。
■ 中文屬天日子（03月07日）
三月七日 大膽的發光 「然而靠著愛我們的主，在這一切的事上，已經得勝有餘了。」羅馬書八章37節 保羅是說到那些似乎將聖徒和神的愛分開的事。但奇妙的，是沒有甚麼能將神的愛和聖徒截成兩段。這些事能夠來到聖徒的心靈和神之間，使個人生命與神脫離關係，但是沒有甚麼事能使神的愛與聖徒的靈截成兩段。我們基督徒信仰的基石，是神在十字架上所表現的愛，這種愛是我們從不配，也永不配得的。保羅說，這就是我們在這一切的事上得勝有餘──萬能的得勝者──的原因，而這樣的快樂是因著那些像要壓倒我們的事得到的。 浮浪的海潮，固使平常游泳者感覺困難，而在善於游泳者，以浮浪的海潮為無上的樂事。把這應用到我們的情景上來，這些事──患難、困苦、逼迫都使我們有無上的快樂；是不應當拒絕的。我們靠著主，在這一切的事上，已經得勝有餘了，不是忍受這些事，卻是要在這些事當中得勝。聖徒從不輕視患難，卻因患難而知道主的快樂。保羅說：「就是在患難中，也是歡歡喜喜的。」（羅五3） 大膽的發光不是建在任何暫時的事情上，卻是建在不能更改的神的愛上。生活的經驗，無論是恐怖或是乏味，是不能觸及我們的主耶穌基督裡所表現的神的愛。
■ 中文上海嗎哪（03月07日）
三月七日 「……施比受更為有福。」使徒行傳二十章35節 我們如何知道肉體的和屬天的愛差別何在？屬肉體的愛以自我為中心，而且只追求滿足自我。屬天的愛則以愛神、愛人為中心，以榮耀、讚美祂為喜樂。真愛是不自私的，所以若不是不自私的愛，就不是從神來的。 讓我們想想，我們給別人的有多少，為自己求的有多少？我們生命的中心是我們自己，還是主、或是祂的子民和事工呢？ 求神更加幫助我們瞭解這個施比受更為有福的偉大真理。「因為凡要救自己生命的，必喪掉生命；凡為我和福音喪掉生命的，必救了生命。」(可八35) 你若曾找到一些珍貴的寶藏， 就該與人分享。 你若曾享受到屬靈的喜樂， 就該與人分享。 給掉一半，擁有的卻加倍， 而愛更能使一切祝福都增加。 所以讓我們更勤勞地事奉， 學習與人分享。
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