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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19日）
二月十九日 「凡結果子的，他就修理乾淨，使枝子結果更多。」約翰福音十五章2節 有一個神的孩子，正希奇像她這樣愛主的信徒，為甚麼神還要使她落在百般的試煉中呢？有一次，她走過一個葡萄園，看見裏邊有許多的葡萄籐，枝子頂多，葉子茂盛，可是再仔細一看，葉子上都是一個個的蛀孔，籐上生了許多的蟲蟻，四周長了無數的雜草，地上堆了許多的枯葉；顯然是一個完全沒有人經管的荒園；當她站著沉思的時候，神就光照她，給她看見一段頂寶貝的信息。 「我所愛的孩子啊，你是不是在希奇你一生的遭遇呢？你看這個葡萄園，從其中學習一個功課吧！園丁不替它修剪不結果的枝子，不摘去不需要的葉子，不除去害蟲和雜草，他隨它去；所以在這成熟的時候，葡萄一顆也沒有。你要不要我停止修理你的生命呢？你要不要我把你放在一邊呢？」她的心受了安慰，大聲說道：「不！不！」 —狄克生 結果子的枝幹， 才會受到剪栽， 為了幫助它的生長， 結出更多果子來。 搖曳生姿的細枝， 含苞欲放的蓓蕾， 青蔥可愛的嫩芽， 一一都會摧殘。 歡樂的生命， 摧殘得黯淡無光， 抱負化為塵土， 磨折得遍體鱗傷。 你一切慾望， 一切希求和幻夢， 都將化為泡影， 你要歡喜，你要慶幸。 那是神執著刀， 細心在給你修剪， 使你結果子的生命， 更為豐富繁衍。 ─富林德
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（02月19日）
February 19 "And every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit." (John 15:2.) Ａ CHILD of God was dazed by the variety of afflictions which seemed to make her their target. Walking past a vineyard in the rich autumnal glow she noticed the untrimmed appearance and the luxuriant wealth of leaves on the vines, that the ground was given over to a tangle of weeds and grass, and that the whole place looked utterly uncared for; and as she pondered, the Heavenly Gardener whispered so precious a message that she would fain pass it on: "My dear child, are you wondering at the sequence of trials in your life? Behold that vineyard and learn of it. The gardener ceases to prune, to trim, to harrow, or to pluck the ripe fruit only when he expects nothing more from the vine during that season. It is left to itself, because the season of gruit is past and further effort for the present would yield no profit. Comparative uselessness is the condition of freedom from suffering. Do you then wish me to cease pruning your life? Shall I leave you alone?" And the comforted heart cried, "No!" Homera Homer-Dixon. It is the branch that bears the fruit, That feels the knife, To prune it for a larger growth, A fuller life. Though every budding twig be lopped, And every grace Of swaying tendril, springing leaf, Be lost a space. O thou whose life of joy seems reft, Of beauty shorn; Whose aspirations lie in dust, All bruised and torn, Rejoice, tho' each desire, each dream, Each hope of thine Shall fall and fade; it is the hand Of Love Divine That holds the knife, that cuts and breaks With tenderest touch, That thou, whose life has borne some fruit May'st now bear much. ─Annie Johnson Flint.
■ 永活之泉（02月19日）
二月十九日 敬畏神 「敬畏耶和華，遵行祂道的人，便為有福。」詩篇一二八篇1節 敬畏神——這句話說出舊約裡宗教生活的特點，也是新約更豐盛生命的根基。神的兒女們該愛慕這敬畏神的恩賜，對神存敬畏的心，是我們生活中主要的部分，為要給環繞我們的世界一個真實的印象。在耶利米書有一個關於新約的大應許：「我要與他們立永遠的約，……使他們有敬畏我的心，不離開我」（耶卅二40） 在使徒行傳裡，我們也看見這兩個完全的聯合（參徒九31）。各處的教會都得平安，被建立「凡事敬畏主，蒙聖靈的安慰，人數增多了。」保羅也多次的將敬畏神看為基督徒生活上重要的一點。「恐懼戰兢作成你們得救的工夫，」「因為神在你們心裡運行。」「敬畏神，得以成聖。」（林後七1） 我們常聽見人說：今天所以不能和清教徒(Puritans)及立約者(Covenanters)的時代相比，就是因為缺乏敬畏神的心。所以，現在的情形有那麼多的軟弱，不能好好地讀神的話，也沒有不住禱告的靈，不像當初的教會那樣剛強。前述各項對於年輕初信的我們，需要好好地說明，要叫他們知道，敬畏神和因敬畏神而有的祝福，便被帶到一個不住的禱告裡，使禱告成為信心生活的一個要素。 讓我們在內室中，好好地培植這恩典。讓我們聽從天上來的呼聲：「主啊，誰敢不敬畏您，不榮耀您的名呢？因為獨有您是神聖的。」讓我們靠著恩典，用尊崇敬畏來事奉神。讓「敬畏主的人是有福的」這話，印進我們的心，並且相信這就是最深蒙福的秘訣。「當存畏懼事奉耶和華，又當存戰兢而快樂。」
■ 中文屬天日子（02月19日）
二月十九日 避免工作之乏味 「興起發光。」以賽亞書六十章1節 我們起先以為神不肯相助，便自己動起來。不過在我們作起來的時候，就會感覺──祂就在那裡。無論何時，神激動我們，必定要我們先有一種道德的自動。我們是應奉行無違，不要呆若木雞一樣。如果我們奮起發光，乏味的工作就會變成神聖的勞作了。 乏味的工作是品性最好的試金石。乏味的工作，與理想相去很遠──指極卑賤的事，當我們與那些事發生接觸的時候，我們就立刻知道我們是否真是屬靈的。試讀約翰十三章；我們就知道神的化身也做了最乏味的工作，洗漁夫的腳，而且說：「我是你們的主，你們的夫子，尚且洗你們的腳，你們也當彼此洗腳。」（約十三14）這是需要神的靈和神的光，才能忍受而不辭的。有人做了某件事，而那件事，因為他的做法和態度從此就成為聖的。也許是極平常的事，但是我們看見他們行了出來，就會生出不同的感覺。當我們的主藉著我們做某種事的時候，祂常是把它的形式變化了。我們的主化身成人，使肉體成為聖潔，所以眾聖徒也當看肉體為聖靈的殿。
■ 中文上海嗎哪（02月19日）
二月十九日 「所以情願盡我的力量，將福音也傳給你們在羅馬的人。」羅馬書一章15節 要盡力，神所要的乃是全然地盡力、全心地為基督、對十字架的忠心、對我們的主及人類投入整個人。這些不僅是祂死在十字架上所應得的，也是這個世界所需要、這個世代所渴慕的。 在我們周圍的一切都是充滿生命的：生命是嚴肅的，死亡是真實的，罪是存在的，人是重要的，生意是實際的，知識是不偽的，這個世代更是鮮活的。如果我們在這個白熱的危機時刻不盡力，那麼我們真要求神赦免我們了。 所以，為了受火的施洗，為了能使世人的罪得赦免，為了所得著、放棄自我的眾僕人，我們應該抓住神的心意，向著標竿直跑，要得著在基督耶穌裡從上面召我來得的獎賞(腓三14)。 我的禱告是： 願全世界都屬耶穌。 我的警言是： 願耶穌全然屬我。 願全世界都屬耶穌， 主啊！請您快些 帶著您所應許的國度來， 然後接我們回天家。
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