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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（01月30日）
一月卅日 「我必向以色列如甘露。」何西阿書十四章5節 露是代表新鮮，朝氣，活潑。神降露原是為著更新大地，滋潤花草。聖經中也常說起露，用來表明屬靈的更新。神常藉聖靈更新祂的子民，猶如用露更新大地一般。在提多三章5節所說的「聖靈的更新」，就是講聖靈有露珠一般的執事。 許多神的僕人不懂得屬靈的露珠在他們生命中的重要。結果，他們沒有活潑，缺乏朝氣。他們的靈性下沈（甚至枯萎），就是因為沒有靈露的更新。 親愛的同工，你想一個工人能不喫東西，而整天作工麼？你想一個神的工人能不喫屬靈的嗎哪，而專一事奉麼？不，絕對不能。偶然喫一次也是不彀的。你必須每天接受聖靈的更新當作你靈性的滋養。怎樣去接受神的靈露呢？安靜，吸收。到了深夜寂靜時，花草葉子的氣孔都張開了，這時候正是他們受露珠的時候；屬靈的露珠也是這樣，當我們在神前安靜等待的時候，我們就會得到更新和滋潤。急躁不會叫你得到甚麼。安靜等待，直到你沈浸在主的同在裡；然後帶著基督的新鮮和活潑到工場裡去。 ─巴亭登 有風或是有熱的時候，露珠凝結不起來。風必須平靜，熱度必須下降，大氣必須到又靜又冷的一點，露珠纔能凝結在葉子或花瓣上。照樣，神更新的恩典，也是如此；必須等到你的火氣退去、你靈安靜，然後神纔降甘露滋潤你。 ─選 滴下您安靜的露珠， 讓我們也一切寧靜， 卸卻靈魂的緊張與重負， 在生活中反映出您的美麗和平意境。 為人慾而奔騰的脈搏， 需要一劑鎮定與清涼， 不必再狂跳和慌張， 風火地震的大變動中， 依舊寧靜安詳。
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（01月30日）
January 30 "I will be as the dew unto Israel." (Hosea 14:5.) ＴHE dew is a source of freshness. It is nature's provision for renewing the face of the earth. It falls at night, and without it the vegetation would die. It is this great value of the dew which is so often recognized in the Scriptures. It is used as the symbol of spiritual refreshing. Just as nature is bathed in dew, so the Lord renews His people. In Titus 3:5 the same thought of spiritual refreshing is connected with the ministry of the Holy Ghost─"renewing of the Holy Ghost." Many Christian workers do not recognize the importance of the heavenly dew in their lives, and as a result they lack freshness and vigor. Their spirits are drooping for lack of dew. Beloved fellow-worker, you recognize the folly of a laboring man attempting to do his day's work without eating. Do you recognize the folly of a servant of God attempting to minister without eating of the heavenly manna? Nor will it suffice to have spiritual nourishment occasionally. Every day you must receive the renewing of the Holy Ghost. You know when your whole being is pulsating with the vigor and freshness of Divine life and when you feel jaded and worn. Quietness and absorption bring the dew. At night when the leaf and blade are still, the vegetable pores are open to receive the refreshing and invigorating bath; so spiritual dew comes from quiet lingering in the Master's presence. Get still before Him. Haste will prevent your receiving the dew. Wait before God until you feel saturated with His presence; then go forth to your next duty with the conscious freshness and vigor of Christ. ─Dr. Pardington. Dew will never gather while there is either heat or wind. The temperature must fall, and the wind cease, and the air come to a point of coolness and rest─absolute rest, so to speak─before it can yield up its invisible particles of moisture to bedew either herb or flower. So the grace of God does not come forth to rest the soul of man until the still point is fairly and fully reached. "Drop Thy still dews of quietness, Till all our strivings cease: Take from our souls the strain and stress; And let our ordered lives confess The beauty of Thy peace. "Breathe through the pulses of desire Thy coolness and Thy balm; let sense be dumb, its beats expire: Speak through the earthquake, wind and fire, O still small voice of calm!"
■ 永活之泉（01月30日）
一月卅日 基督在我裡面 「豈不知……就有耶穌基督在你們心裡麼？」哥林多後書十三章5節 使徒的意思，是要每一個基督徒都能活在這樣完全確實的信心中，就是「基督在我裡面」。若是每天早晨，我們都有一段時間，被「基督在我裡面」這個思想所充滿，我們的生活就要有何等的不同呢！我在基督裡是如何確定，照樣，基督在我裡面也是同樣的確定。 在最後一個晚上，基督很清楚地告訴門徒，聖靈要來教導他們一件事，就是「到那日，你們就知道我在父裡面，你們在我裡面，我也在你們裡面。」首先，是你們在我裡面。藉著神的能力，我們所有相信的人，都已經與基督一同釘死，又與祂一同復活，結果就是基督在我們裡面。但是這件事是不容易認識的。基督徒需要用信心接受神的話語，這樣，聖靈就要引導我們進入一切的真理。請今天就花時間在禱告裡認識這個福分，也支取這個福分。 保羅在以弗所書三章十六節的禱告中是何等清楚的表示這個思想：「求他按著他榮耀的豐富賞給你們……（英譯）」請注意，保羅所求的並不是普通恩典的賜給，乃是在祂的愛和能力之豐富裡的一個特別啟示。就是祂應許你，藉著祂的靈，用能力叫你到裡面的人裡剛強起來，好使基督因著信，住在你們心裡。你已經抓住了這個應許麼？基督徒的確能經歷被神一切的豐滿所充滿。 親愛的弟兄們！保羅曾說：「我在父面前屈膝。」這就是得著這個福分唯一的路。請在內室裡花時間來認識：「基督住在我裡面。」我在已往對這個經歷得太少了，但是我要呼求神，仰望祂在我裡面作成祂的工作。即使在日常的工作中，我也要把我的心當作神兒子的居所，並且說：「我已經與基督同釘十字架，現在活著的不再是我，乃是基督在我裡面活著。」（加二20）惟有這樣，基督所說「住在我裡面」「我也住在你們裡面」的話，纔能成為我們每日的經歷。
■ 中文屬天日子（01月30日）
一月卅日 順服的進退兩難 「撒母耳……不敢將默示告訴以利。」撒母耳記上三章15節 神少用驚愕的方式向我們說話，卻用容易引起誤會的方式，叫我們捉摸不定──「那是神的聲音麼？」以賽亞說，耶和華「嚴厲地」向他說，那就是用環境的壓迫來向他說。凡與我們所接觸的事，沒有一樣不是神所說的話，我們是在這環境中察覺祂的作為呢？還是察覺那些事變呢？ 能養成說「主啊，請說」的習慣，人生將要成為一種活潑自由。每當環境壓迫，說：「主啊，請說」；便當安排一段時間來靜聽神的聲音。譴責不僅是一種訓練，而且是使我達到說「主啊，請說」這句話的地步。你回憶神對你說話的時候，記不起祂對你所說的麼？是不是路加福音十一章13節或帖撒羅尼迦前書五章23節的話呢？我們越聽，我們的耳朵越敏銳，將如耶穌一樣能隨時聽見神的聲音。 我將神啟示我的，告訴我的以利麼？那便臨到服從的進退兩難。我不把神啟示我的，告訴我的以利嗎？他是我所敬重的人；告訴我的以利嗎？便是先去探詢人的意見，而違反了神。神沒有吩咐撒母耳去告訴以利；這是神要他自己所決定的。神向你的呼召也許有傷於你的以利；但是如果你想維護別人生命的痛苦，你的靈和神的靈會發生阻隔。你不砍去右手或剜出眼睛，這是你自己的危險。 神要你自己所決定的事，不要請求別人的指示。如果你請求別人的指示，差不多是走近了撒但。「我就不與屬血氣商量了」。
■ 中文上海嗎哪（01月30日）
一月三十日 「打倒了，卻不至死亡。」哥林多後書四章9節 神如何使紅海分開的奇蹟發生？乃是藉著使祂的子民走頭無路，只有依靠神的拯救。埃及人在他們後面，紅海在他們前面，高山在他們兩邊，他們除了從上而來的奇蹟，真是別無逃脫之法。 有人曾說撒但能用牆四面包圍我們，但牠無法把房頂蓋死，因為我們總是能從天上得到幫助。我們的難題其實是神給的挑戰，很多時候祂使困難變得很難，難得讓我們不是得勝，就是慘敗。 神如此行，乃為幫助我們培養最高的信心，使我們在急難中成為神最美好的兒女。 親愛的朋友，這是神的時刻。如果你勇敢面對一切，你必會得著祂，永遠不再陷入困境中，卻能四處逢源。正如雅各在毘努伊勒與神面對面一樣，你也不再叫雅各，而要被稱為以色列。讓我們把需要帶到祂座前，藉著祂的供給證實祂的信實。
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