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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15日）
二月十五日 「不要……心懷不平。」詩篇卅七篇1節 不要冒火，抱不平。我們常見作惡者穿了紫色細麻布的長袍，終日宴樂，凡事順利。「惡人」（詩九二7）執掌大權，欺壓不幸的人們。犯罪的男女享受安逸驕奢的生活，因此好人常會冒火！抱不平。 可是經上說：「不要……心懷不平。」不要冒火！把火氣冷下去！即使你的冒火是很有理由的，但是也不是一個聰明的辦法。不平只會起摩擦、衝突；不平不能變成和平。一部火車的車軸如果發熱了，並不能幫助火車前進；它們的發熱只能產生障礙。車軸發熱的緣故，乃是為了不必要的摩擦；我們應該讓神用祂的恩膏塗在我們不平的地方，以免生出軋轢來。 心中懷了不平，就會有許多尖銳鋒利的砂粒——急躁、惱恨、嫉妒、無禮等——嵌進來，叫你失去生活中謙和的香氣。摩擦生熱，熱後就會發生最危險的破壞。所以不要懷抱不平，讓神的聖膏油使你平滑罷；否則恐怕因著冒火的緣故，你自己就會列在作惡者之中了。 ─譯自銀襯 不安的心， 要寧靜； 莫煩惱， 莫忿怒； 神有無數方法， 來顯示祂的愛與幫助， 只有信任， 深信祂， 直到你明白祂的旨意和囑咐。 不安的心， 要寧靜； 安詳表示神的歡顏， 祂的愛能消除一切的乖戾和悲哀； 只要愛主， 深愛祂， 暫且安詳的等待。 不安的心， 要勇敢； 不要悲傷惆悵， 在那刺骨的寒風中， 神送來了慈愛恩惠； 只要盼望， 要盼望， 直到你的膽大氣壯。 不安的心， 這時候該在懷裏憩息， 祂的慈愛是花， 祂的恩典是生命活力， 只管安息， 需安息； 安息在祂溫柔的懷中。 不安的心， 要寧靜； 不必自我掙扎， 神與你的生命已成一片， 不可分離， 只管祈禱， 多祈禱， 使你的信心不移。 ─李因譯自銀襯
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（02月15日）
February 15 "Fret not thyself." (Psalm 37:1.) ＤO not get into a perilous heat about things. If ever heat were justified, it was surely justified in the circumstances outlined in the Psalm. Evil-doers were moving about clothed in purple and fine linen, and faring sumptuously every day. "Workers of iniquity" were climbing into the supreme places of power, and were tyrannizing their less fortunate brethren. Sinful men and women were stalking through the land in the pride of life and basking in the light and comfort of great prosperity, and good men were becoming heated and fretful. "Fret not thyself." Do not get unduly heated! Keep cool! Even in a good cause, fretfulness is not a wise help-meet. Fretting only heats the bearings; it does not generate the steam. It is no help to a train for the axles to get hot; their heat is only a hindrance. When the axles get heated, it is because of unnesessary friction; dry surfaces are grinding together, which ought to be kept in smooth co-operation by a delicate cushion of oil. And is it not a suggestive fact that this word "fret" is closely akin to the word "friction," and is an indication of absence of the anointing oil of the grace of God? In fretfulness, a little bit of grit gets into the bearings─some slight disappointment, some ingratitude, some discourtesy─and the smooth working of the life is checked. Friction begets heat; and with the heat, most dangerous conditions are created. Do not let thy bearings get hot. Let the oil of the Lord keep thee cool, lest by reason of an unholy heat thou be reckoned among the evil-doers. ─The Silver Lining. Dear restless heart, be still; don't fret and worry so; God has a thousand ways His love and help to show; Just trust, and trust, and trust, until His will you know. Dear restless heart, be still, for peace is God's own smile, His love can every wrong and sorrow reconcile; Just love, and love, and love, and calmly wait awhile. Dear restless heart, be brave; don't moan and sorrow so, He hath a meaning kind in chilly winds that blow; Just hope, and hope, and hope, until you braver grow. Dear restless heart, repose upon His breast this hour, His grace is strength and life, his love is bloom and flower, Just rest, and rest, and rest, within his tender power. Dear restless heart, be still! Don't struggle to be free; God's life is in your life, from Him you may not flee; Just pray, and pray, and pray, till you have faith to see. ─Edith Willis Linn.
■ 永活之泉（02月15日）
二月十五日 天上半小時的寂靜 「天上寂靜約有二刻。另有一位天使來，站在祭壇旁邊；有許多香賜給他，要和眾聖徒的祈禱一同獻在寶座前的金壇上。那香的煙，和眾聖徒的祈禱一同升到神面前。」啟示錄八章1、3、4節 「天上寂靜約有二刻」——在第一位天使吹號之前，要將眾聖徒的祈禱帶到神面前。因此，有千萬神的兒女們都覺得從世上事物裡安靜半小時，在神面前獻上禱告、與祂同在，是絕對需要的。這樣，他們就能夠在每日的生活上得著堅固。 我們常聽見人說，沒有時間來禱告；也有人承認，就是有了時間，他們也不能用這時間來與神有真實的交通。這就不問而知，是甚麼攔阻屬靈生命的長進了。這秘訣只能在與神活潑的交通中找著。 我的弟兄啊！假使你順服基督，當你聽見祂說：「當你關上門，禱告你在暗中的父」的時候，就當勇敢地單獨與神親近半小時。不要想，我不知道要如何花時間。只要相信，如果你開始忠心地在安靜中俯伏在神面前，祂就要向你啟示祂自己。 若是你需要幫助的話，可以讀幾節聖經，讓神的話說到你裡面。然後在極深的謙卑裡，俯伏在神面前等候祂，祂就要在你裡面作工。讀詩篇六十一、六十二，或六十三篇，在神面前說出這些話，然後開始禱告。為你的家庭、孩子、為聚會、為教會和執事、為學校和工作來禱告。雖然好像時間很長，可是繼續下去，神要報答你，你也必定碰見神。 弟兄啊！神願意祝福你。難道這不值得你花半小時的工夫，單獨來親近神麼？為著獻上眾聖徒的禱告，在天上還需要有半小時的寂靜，何況在地上呢？如果你堅持下去，你就要看見這一天中，似乎是最難的半小時，到後來要成為你一生中最大的祝福。 我的心默然向著神。「我的心哪，你要默默無聲，專等候神，因為我的盼望是從祂而來。」（詩六十二5）
■ 中文屬天日子（02月15日）
二月十五日 我是我弟兄的守護人麼？ 「我們沒有一個人為自己活。」羅馬書十四章7節 在神之前替別人負靈性之責的思想，你曾想過麼？比如說，如果我在我的生活中有任何偏離神的行動，凡在我周圍的人都要受累。我們「同坐在天上」。「若一個肢體受苦，所有的肢體就一同受苦。」當你一許生理的自私，心理的不潔，道德的遲鈍，靈性的愚頑在你裡面活動，則凡與你有關係的人都要受累。或許你要說，「你所定的標準太高，誰能在這些標準上滿足無缺呢？」我們當以神為滿足，也只有以祂為滿足。 「你們就是我的見證。」我們中有多少人願意替耶穌基督耗費我們所有的腦力，心力，道德和靈性的精力呢？這就是神所感覺的「見證」的意義。這是需要相當的時間的，忍耐著。神讓我們存留在世上──為甚麼呢？是想我們得救，想我們成聖麼？不是，是常常為祂作見證。我肯為祂成擘開的餅和奠出的酒麼？我們不要渴想這個世界，這個生命，除了渴想去勸化男女作主耶穌基督的門徒以外，無論那一點，卻不可渴想。我們處理生活要像處理工作一樣，要把他作為感謝神大恩之用。須記取的，是我們中無論那個人都如不精純的銀子有被丟去的可能──「……恐怕我傳福音給別人，自己反被棄絕了。」
■ 中文上海嗎哪（02月15日）
二月十五日 「……你要在基督耶穌的恩典上剛強起來。」提摩太后書二章1節 我們如何才能享受今天呢？試著得到快樂永不能帶給我們真正的喜樂。但是如果我們能按著以下的條件行，那麼喜樂就會自然產生。 一、與神和好──因為神豫備喜樂，是為正直人(詩九十七11)。更因為惟有祂在我們裡面的喜樂，我們的喜樂才得滿足。 二、忘卻自我，為他人而活──因為施比受有福(徒廿35)。 三、當你受感覺、環境影響，喜樂不起來時，你當靠主喜樂(腓四４)。即使落在百般試煉中，都要以為大喜樂(雅一２)。 四、順服神，對祂有信心，那麼祂帶滿祝福的聖靈將來必會不斷地對你輕聲說：「……好，你這又良善又忠心的僕人，……可以進來享受你主人的快樂。」(太廿五21) 喜樂和痛苦， 都不是我們的終極目標， 但卻能使我們為今天而戰， 創造更美好的明天。 讓我們站起來， 無論命運如何， 不斷地努力、繼續地追求， 學習勤奮工作、耐心等候。 ——出自朗非羅生命之詩
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