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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05日）
三月五日 「我們若將起初確實的信心，堅持到底，就在基督裏有分了。」希伯來書三章14節 勝利是堅持到最後一步獲得的。在天路歷程一書中描述的危機四伏，越靠近天門，難關越多，那裏有迷樓，疑寨，及溫柔蠱惑之處，把疲倦的旅客誘入致命的夢鄉。旅伴啊！天堂高閣連雲，歷歷在望，正當這個時候，地獄之門卻大開，同時那地獄之門卻最富有吸引力，成了旅客的最大危機。「我們行善，不可喪志；若不灰心，到了時候，就要收成。」（加六9）「所以你們當跑，好叫你們得著獎賞。」（林前九24，直譯） 在苦海的波濤中， 一葉扁舟， 隨著風浪起伏升沈， 這是疑惑之岸吹來的寒風， 何等凜冽陰森。 以信心為錨， 拋在海底， 錨鍊在暴風雨繃得緊緊， 我鎮靜地把握住這救星， 它永遠可靠， 永遠穩妥。 魔鬼的攻擊雖然凶狠， 天使隱藏著， 一時還不顯現， 但我知道真理和正義， 乃為整個宇宙所維護。 在星空遙遠的那邊， 有勝過命運的慈愛， 黑暗過去， 光明之門大開， 我就會見到祂， 我願等待。 ─革萊頓
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（03月05日）
March 5 "We are made partaker of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end." (Heb. 3:14.) ＩT is the last step that wins; and there is no place in the pilgrim's progress where so many dangers lurk as the region that lies hard by the portals of the Celestial City. It was there that Doubting Casthe stood. It was there that the enchanted ground lured the tired there that the enchanted ground lured the tired traveler to fatal slumber. It is when Heaven's heights are full in view that hell's gate is most persistent and full of deadly peril. "Let us not be weary in well doing, for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." "So run. that ye may obtain." In the bitter waves of woe Beaten and tossed about By the sullen winds that blow From the desolate shores of doubt, Where the anchors that faith has cast Are dragging in the gale, I am quietly holding fast To the things that cannot fail. And fierce though the fiends may fight, And long though the angels hide, I know that truth and right Have the universe on their side; And that somewhere beyond the stars Is a love that is better than fate. When the night unlocks her bars I shall see Him─and I will wait. ─Washington Gladden.
■ 永活之泉（03月05日）
三月五日 神尋找代禱者 「祂見無人拯救、無人代求、甚為詫異。」以賽亞書五十九章16節 從古時，神一直垂聽祂子民中的代禱者並賜下拯救，在這裡我們讀到在有難處的日子裡，神要尋找一個代禱者卻是枉然，祂就詫異！試想——神詫異在祂子民中竟無一人愛祂的百姓到一個地步，或有充足的信心信祂能因著他們的緣故施拯救，並為人代求。如果當時能有一個代禱的人，祂都會施恩；由於連一個代禱的人都沒有，因而帶下神的審判。（參賽六四7；結廿二30—31） 一個代禱者在神的國度裡的地位是何等重要！難道那不是一件希奇的事嗎？神將這樣的權柄賜給人，而竟然無人知道甚麼是抓住祂所賜的能力，而藉禱告將祂的祝福帶到地上來。 讓我們來認識這個地位。當神在祂兒子裡產生新造之後，基督即登上祂的寶座，神國度的擴大之工即交在人的手中；祂永遠活著為我們禱告，禱告乃是最高的運用祂在寶座上為祭司、為君王的特權。基督在天上所要作的一切，都交通於祂地上的子民，在祂神聖的降卑中，神一直定意祂聖靈的工作是隨著祂子民的禱告，神等待著人的代求，表示人心已準備好——準備好他們在何處來接受聖靈，並接受多少。 神藉著神子民的禱告，管理這個世界及神的教會。「神要擴大祂的國度到何等地步」乃根據神百姓在禱告中的信心而定這是一個極大的奧秘是確定不移在他們身上，祂等待著他們。 禱告： 我們的父，開我們的眼睛，使我們看見您樂意給您的兒女，藉著忠心的代禱有份於國度的擴大，使我們真看見這個神聖呼召的榮耀，使我們全心將自己擺在這蒙福的服事中。阿們。
■ 中文屬天日子（03月05日）
三月五日 祂真是主麼？ 「我卻不以性命為念，也不看為寶貴，只要行完我的路程，成就我從主耶穌所領受的職事……」使徒行傳廿章24節 快樂的意思，是指我其所以被造，和重生之完全成功而言，並不是指某事之成功而言。我們的主以行祂父差祂所行的事為樂，並且說：「您怎麼差我到世上，我也照樣差他們到世上。」（約十七17）我從主領受了職事麼？如果如此，我就當忠於這種職事，以我的生命完成那種職事。想想耶穌所說：「好，你這又良善又忠心的僕人」（太廿五21）這句話，便知道你完成祂差遣你所作的事，是如何的滿意！我們都想找尋我們生命適當之所，不過靈性方面，是要在我們從主領受職事時才能找著。為此，我們必要跟從耶穌；我們必須認識祂不僅是我們個人的救主而已。「我要指示他，為我的名必須受許多的苦難。」 「你愛我麼？」那麼，「你餵養我的羊。」沒有選擇服務的自由，只有絕對忠於我們主的職務；就是你與神最親最密之時所識別的職事。如果你從主耶穌領受了職事，你就知道需要的不是呼召；乃是機會。呼召是你忠於與祂接觸時所領受的職事。這不是說有甚麼一定服務的計劃，指定出來為你，卻是要你無感於其他服務的要求。
■ 中文上海嗎哪（03月05日）
三月五日 「……我已經勝了世界」約翰福音十六章33節 神已經為我們戰勝了四個最可怕的仇敵：罪惡、疾病、悲哀、撒但。祂已經承擔了我們的罪，我們只需完全地交託祂。祂受鞭傷使我們得醫治，我們只要從舊疾站立起來，接受祂榮耀的生命和能力。祂也背負起我們的悲哀，我們不應該再有任何憂慮，而該時時喜樂，甚至在災難中仍有讚美。最重要的是，祂為我們戰勝了魔鬼，將牠釘在十字架上，讓牠既被踐踏又丟盡顏面，並且現出牠的原形。 只要我們接受神的救贖，宣稱我們的勝利，我們就能靠羔羊的血，和我們的見證戰勝魔鬼(啟十二11)。 親愛的，我們能戰勝罪惡、疾病、悲哀和撒但嗎？ 雖然爭戰不斷，不要懼怕。 雖然敵人強壯，不要昏倒。 信任你得勝主的能力， 與祂再同儆醒一個時候， 傾聽祂的呼喚：「跟隨我，因為我已為你戰勝了一切。」
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