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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04日）
二月四日 「耶和華要使你乘駕地的高處。」以賽亞書五八章14節 熟習航空的人告訴我們：他們初習的時候，常是逆風駕駛。逆風會把飛機抬得高些。這個祕訣，他們是從甚麼地方學來的呢？他們從鳥類那裏學來的。如果一隻鳥兒正飛著玩，牠就隨風而飛。如果遇見了危險，牠就立刻轉過身來，面向風飛；這樣，牠可以飛得高些。 人生的逆境，是神給你的逆風，它們能抬你到最高級的一屬天的生活去。這就是「耶和華要使你乘駕地的高處」的方法。讓我們作一個帶響弦的風箏，在神的風中越飄越高，同時發出最好聽的音樂——讚美——來以悅神耳。 你有沒有經歷過：夏日空氣熱悶的時候，有時竟連氣也會透不過來。但在西方的天邊，出現了一朵雲，接踵而至。暴風雨掩蓋了這世界給這世界帶來了無窮的舒適，空氣也澄清了，氣象為之一新，世界是改觀了。 人生也完全一樣的道理。當暴風雨來臨的時候，環境可能起了惡劣的變化，但它能發生澄清的作用，充滿了新的氣象，好像天堂的一角也被帶到地上來了。 ─選 障礙應該使我們歡唱。風之能發生曼妙的聲響，並不在海洋上暢行無阻的時候，而是在艱難地吹過層層枝葉交織的松樹林間，或是吹到「愛奧良」琴的弦上，起了阻抗作用的時候。在上面這些場合，風才發出有力和美麗的音韻。釋放你的靈魂，讓它橫掃生命的障礙，穿過痛苦的可佈森林，小至微細的磨折和煩惱，那麼你的靈魂，也會唱出它的歌聲了。 ─選 像一隻停飛的小鳥， 棲息在細細的樹梢， 歌唱時抖抖下垂， 我有翅膀，不必煩惱。
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（02月04日）
February 4 "I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth." (Isa. 58:14.) ＴHOSE who fly through the air in airships tell us that one of the first rules they learn is to turn their ship toward the wind, and fly against it. The wind lifts the ship up to higher heights. Where did they learn that? They learned it from the birds. If a bird is flying for pleasure, it goes with the wind. But if the bird meets danger, it turns right around and faces the wind, in order that it may rise higher; and it flies away towards the very sun. Sufferings are God's winds, His contrary winds, sometimes His strong winds. They are God's hurricanes, but, they take human life and lift it to higher levels and toward God's heavens. You have seen in the summer time a day when the atmosphere was so oppressive that you could hardly breathe? But a cloud appeared on the western horizon and that cloud grew larger and threw out rich blessing for the world. The storm rose, lightning flashed and thunder pealed. The storm covered the world, and the atmosphere was cleansed; new life was in the air, and the world was changed. Human life is worked out according to exactly the same principle. When the storm breaks the atmosphere is changed, clarified, filled with new life; and a part of heaven is brought down to earth. ─Selected. Obstacles ought to set us singing. The wind finds voice, not when rushing across the open sea, but when hindered by the outstretched arms of the pine trees, or broken by the fine strings of an Aeolian harp. Then it has songs of power and beauty. Set your freed soul sweeping across the obstacles of life, through grim forests of pain, against even the tiny hindrances and frets that love uses, and it, too, will find its singing voice. ─Selected. "Be like a bird that, halting in its flight, Rests on a bough too slight. And feeling it give way beneath him sings, Knowing he hath wings."
■ 永活之泉（02月04日）
二月四日 愛慕神 「夜間，我心中羨慕您。」以賽亞書廿六章9節 甚麼人是人在地上所能看見、能尋得、最重要、最偉大、最榮耀的東西呢？只有神自己。甚麼是人每天所需要而能作到的，又最重要、最美好、最榮耀的事呢？除了尋求、認識、愛慕，並讚美這位榮耀的神之外，再也沒有別的了。神是那麼的榮耀，但那些將自己獻給神、為神而活、讓祂的榮耀在心裡工作，而成為他的生命的人，也是極其榮耀的。 弟兄們！你有沒有學習每天去作那第一的、最偉大的事呢？沒有一件事比尋求這位神，並學習碰見祂、敬拜祂，為祂和祂的榮耀而活著，是更偉大的。每一個基督徒，真的看見了這一個，當藉著交通降服跟從神，並且以神為他生活的主要目的，在那時候，也就是他在基督徒生命的道路上更長進了。 請花時間來尋求這究竟是不是一個真理，是不是一個最高的智慧，是基督徒應該為著神而活的。─在生活中對神有正確的認識並用全心來愛祂。相信這不僅是非常的實在，而且神自己也極盼望，你能這樣與祂同活，祂願意答應你的禱告，使你能經歷這一個。 請自今天起從聖經中拿出一些話，用安靜的心，來對神說：「神阿，您是我的神，我要切切地尋求您，我渴想您；我的心切慕您。我要緊緊跟隨您。」（詩六十三1）「我一心尋您。」（詩一一2） 以極深的崇敬和像小孩一樣的盼望，重複這些話，直到這些話的精意和能力，進入你的心；並且等候神，直到你嘗著了與祂這樣相交的福份。當你這樣保持下去的時候，你就要學習存敬畏的心活在神面前，並盼望整天都繼續在這種情形裡。 「我曾耐性等候耶和華，他垂聽我的呼求。」（詩四十1）
■ 中文屬天日子（02月04日）
二月四日 人格支配力量的尊嚴 「原來基督的愛激勵我們。」哥林多後書五章14節 保羅說，他被基督的愛操縱著，箝制著，好像被箝在老虎箝裡一般。我們中沒有多的人知道被神的愛握住；都是被我們的經驗握住了。有一件事握住了保羅，直到他的眼界見不著別的東西，那就是神的愛。「基督的愛激勵我們」──當你聽見某男某女心中有這樣的音調，你絕不能錯認的，你準知道神的靈在那人裡面是進行裕如，毫無阻窒的。 當我們重生於神的靈，神就在我們裡面作見證，那見證的音調，理當是這樣。但是聖靈的洗禮，卻能永遠把這忘卻了，而我們會開始覺得耶穌說「你們可以給我作見證。」這句話的意思，不是見證耶穌所作的──那是一種初步的見證──卻是「給我作見證。」我們給祂作見證，就是把一切發生在我們身上的事情，當作發生在祂的身上。無論是稱讚或譴責，是逼迫，或欽仰，沒有人像這樣替耶穌基督忍受這些事，除非他受過耶穌基督人格的激勵。這是該當留意的，也是基督徒工人最難明白的。保羅說他被基督的愛握住；那是因為他行其所行的緣故。無論人批評他放蕩或拘謹，他卻不介意；他只為一件事活著，那就是勸人注意神的審判和基督的愛。像這樣徜徉於基督的愛中是生活成功的祕訣，將永留神的權能和聖潔的印象，不計自身的聖潔與否。
■ 中文上海嗎哪（02月04日）
二月四日 「我就常與你們同在，直到世界的末了。」馬太福音廿八章20節 主基督不是仍然釘在十字架上的主，祂乃是我們又真又活的神。 有一天，在派斯頓潘靠近愛丁堡的地方，我舉目往這曾為戰場的地方看了很久。有一回當戰事正危險之即，一方的首領因受傷而倒了下來。當他的部下看到他不支倒地，他們幾乎立刻夾腿逃離戰場。他們握著手榴彈的手雖然強壯，但卻不停地抖，突然之間，他們竟寸步難行。還好這個年老的首領強打精神，用他的手肘把自己撐起來說：「我沒死，我的孩子們，我在觀看我的同胞盡他們的責任。」 同樣情況，我們的救主在復活之後，也這麼對我們說。儘管我們無法看到祂，但是祂曾說：「我就常與你們同在，直到世界的末了。」注意，祂用「常」這個字來強調祂的同在，是不斷且恆常的。祂沒有用「將會與你們同在」，卻保證我們與祂的同在是繼續、永恆的。 不多時，我們將勝過一切衝突； 不多時，我們將贏得所有戰鬥； 然後，我們要揮舞我們勝利的雙手， 高唱不朽的詩歌， 我們歡樂之歌的歌詞將是── 靠著您，我已戰勝了一切。
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