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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23日）
二月廿三日 「有時來了獅子。」撒母耳記上十七章34節 讀到年輕的大衛怎樣信靠神，真能使我們得到鼓勵和力量。藉著信心，他勝過獅子和熊，後來勝過大力的歌利亞。當獅子來攫奪羊羔的時候，他看為一個非常的機會。若是他失敗，或者驚恐，逃跑了，他就失去了神所給他的機會，恐怕以後也會失去作神所揀選的以色列王的資格。 「有時來了獅子」。人從來不想獅子是從神那裏來的一個特別的祝福；人總是把牠看為一件不幸的受驚嚇的事情。豈知這是神化裝的祝福。每一次臨到我們的苦難和試煉，若是我們用正當的方法去接受，都是神給我們的機會和祝福。 當獅子來的時候，不管牠外表如何可怕，你該認作這是神給你的機會。神的會幕，外面是用公羊皮和海狗皮作頂蓋的；人從來不想那裏有神的榮耀。豈知耶和華的榮耀就在其中。但願神開啟我們的眼睛，叫我們無論在患難中，試煉中，危險中，不幸中，都能彀看見神。 ─C.H.P.
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（02月23日）
February 23 "And there came a lion." (1 Sam. 17:34.) ＩT is a source of inspiration and strength to come in touch with the youthful David, trusting God. Through faith in God he conquered a lion and a bear, and afterwards overthrew the mighty Goliath. When that lion came to despoil that flock, it came as a wondrous opportunity to David. If he hand failed or faltered he would have missed God's opportunity for him and probably would never have come to be God's chosen king of Israel. "And there came a lion." One would not think that a lion was a special blessing from God; one would think that only an occasion of alarm. The lion was God's opportunity in disquise. Every difficulty that presents itself to us, if we receive it in the right way, is God's opportunity. Every tempatation that comes is God's opportunity. When the "lion" comes, recognize it as God's opportunity no matter how rough the exterior. The very tabernacle of God was covered with badgers' skins and goats' hair; one would not think there would be any glory there. The Shekinah of God was manifest under that kind of covering. May God open our eyes to see Him, whether in temptations, trials, dangers, or misfortunes. ─C. H. P.
■ 永活之泉（02月23日）
二月廿三日 罪 「罪魁」「並且我主的恩是格外豐盛，使我在基督耶穌裡有信心和愛心。」提摩太前書一章14、15節 「罪」使神的聖潔成為可怕；然而「罪」使神的聖潔顯出榮耀。因為祂說：「你們要自潔成聖，因為我是耶和華——你們的神，……我是叫你們成聖的耶和華。」（利廿7、8） 「罪」顯明神奇妙的愛，不吝嗇祂獨生的兒子。「罪」將耶穌釘在十字架上，因此顯出祂的愛是何等的深、何等的強。在永世的榮耀裡，就是我們這些蒙救贖的罪人，要發出我們的讚美。 千萬別忘記，就是因為罪，才使你和基督耶穌中間發生了一個重大的關係。神所以要你每天與祂相交，目的就是要拯救、保守你，並脫離罪的權勢；且帶領你進入祂的形像，並進入祂無限的慈愛裡。 就是因為想到罪，才使你低聲俯伏在祂腳前，深深地降服敬拜祂。就是因為想到罪常常圍繞你，常來試探你，因此你的禱告就能懇切；你的信心，就是隱藏在基督裡的信心，才能堅強。 就是因為想到罪，才使基督顯得不可言喻的寶貴，使你每時每刻依靠祂的恩典，並且叫你靠著那愛我們的主，作得勝有餘的人。就是因為想到罪，才使我們存破碎痛悔的心來感謝神；這破碎痛悔的心，神必不輕看，祂要在我們裡面作工，並喜悅住在痛悔謙卑的靈裡。 惟有在內室親近父的時候，我們便能勝過罪，基督的聖潔才賜給我們，聖潔的靈也充滿我們的生命。只有在內室裡，我們才能學習認識，並完全經歷這寶貴話語的應許有何等神聖的能力。 「祂兒子耶穌的血也洗淨我們一切的罪。」「住在祂裡面的，就不犯罪。」（約壹一7，三6）
■ 中文屬天日子（02月23日）
二月廿三日 決志服役 「人子來，不是要受人的服事，乃是要服事人。」馬太福音廿章28節 保羅服役的觀念是與我們主服役的觀念相同：「我在你們中間如同服事人的；」「並且自己因耶穌作你們的僕人。」我們以為蒙召作傳道的人，是蒙召去作與旁人不同的人物。據耶穌基督看來，人蒙召是召去作別人的「門墊蓆」；作他們靈性的領袖，絕不是作他們的支配者。保羅說：「我知道怎樣處卑賤。」保羅服役的觀念是「我連自己的性命也願意給你們；無論是譽是毀，我都不介意。只要有人不認識耶穌基督，我對於他的服務，好像是欠債一樣，直到他認識耶穌基督為止。」保羅服務的動機，不是出於愛人，卻是出於愛耶穌基督。如果我們因人類的緣故而獻身服務人，我們就要失望，就要心傷，因為有時人比狗還要忘恩負義些；但是若是我們的動機是愛神，則忘恩負義的事情，不能阻止我們不服事我們的同胞。 保羅認知耶穌基督怎樣待他，也就把它當為服事別人的祕訣：「我從前是一個妄證者，是一個褻瀆者，是一個害人者」──無論人怎樣待我，不必關心，他們絕不至於把我對耶穌基督的仇視和憎惡拿來待我。當我們感覺耶穌基督曾於我們卑污之極，自私之極，犯罪之極服事我們，我們因祂之故，服事別人的時候，就不致灰心失望了。
■ 中文上海嗎哪（02月23日）
二月廿三日 「因我活著就是基督，我死了就有益處。」腓立比書一章21節 有健康身體的秘訣在於有個健康的心。聖靈為我們的禱告是：「我願你凡事興盛，身體健壯，正如你的靈魂興盛一樣。」(約參2) 我們發現保羅在給腓立比眾信徒的書信中，對死既有崇高又有漠不關心的聖潔感覺。事實上，他處在一個兩難之間的情況，因為他雖情願離世與基督同在，卻又覺得在肉身活著，為腓立比聖徒更是要緊(腓一23—24)。 儘管他比較喜歡與基督同在，但活著卻能快樂地事奉。他願意活著的惟一目的，乃是要成為別人的祝福。 他有這樣的心境時，便快快地站立起來，求神給他能得著完全的能力和健康的信心。因為他若在肉身活著，對那些人更有益處，他說：「我既然這樣深信，就知道仍要住在世間，且與你們眾人同住，使你們在所信的道上，又長進又喜樂。」(腓一25) 主啊！求您使我今天「不以性命為念，……只要行完我的路程，成就我主耶穌所領受的職事。」(徒廿24)
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