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1:1 以色列的眾子,各帶家眷,和雅各一同來到埃及。他們的名字記在下面。 These are the names of the sons of Israel who went to Egypt with Jacob, each with his family:
1:2 有呂便、西緬、利未、猶大、 Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah; 1:3 以薩迦、西布倫、便雅憫、 Issachar, Zebulun and Benjamin; 1:4 但、拿弗他利、迦得、亞設。 Dan and Naphtali; Gad and Asher. 1:5 凡從雅各而生的,共有七十人。約瑟已經在埃及。 The descendants of Jacob numbered seventy(((\f 1:5 Masoretic Text (see also Gen. 46:27); Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint (see also Acts 7:14 and note at Gen. 46:27) ((seventy-five))\F) in all; Joseph was already in Egypt. 1:6 約瑟和他的弟兄,並那一代的人,都死了。 Now Joseph and all his brothers and all that generation died, 1:7 以色列人生養眾多,並且繁茂,極其強盛,滿了那地。 but the Israelites were fruitful and multiplied greatly and became exceedingly numerous, so that the land was filled with them. 1:8 有不認識約瑟的新王起來,治理埃及, Then a new king, who did not know about Joseph, came to power in Egypt. 1:9 對他的百姓說:「看哪,這以色列民比我們還多,又比我們強盛。 <<Look,>> he said to his people, <<the Israelites have become much too numerous for us. 1:10 來吧,我們不如用巧計待他們,恐怕他們多起來,日後若遇甚麼爭戰的事,就連合我們的仇敵攻擊我們,離開這地去了。」 Come, we must deal shrewdly with them or they will become even more numerous and, if war breaks out, will join our enemies, fight against us and leave the country.>> 1:11 於是埃及人派督工的轄制他們,加重擔苦害他們。他們為法老建造兩座積貨城,就是比東和蘭塞。 So they put slave masters over them to oppress them with forced labor, and they built Pithom and Rameses as store cities for Pharaoh. 1:12 只是越發苦害他們,他們越發多起來,越發蔓延;埃及人就因以色列人愁煩。 But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites 1:13 埃及人嚴嚴地使以色列人做工, and worked them ruthlessly. 1:14 使他們因做苦工覺得命苦;無論是和泥,是做磚,是做田間各樣的工,在一切的工上都嚴嚴地待他們。 They made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar and with all kinds of work in the fields; in all their hard labor the Egyptians used them ruthlessly. 1:15 有希伯來的兩個收生婆,一名施弗拉,一名普阿;埃及王對她們說: The king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah, 1:16 「你們為希伯來婦人收生,看她們臨盆的時候,若是男孩,就把他殺了;若是女孩,就留她存活。」 <<When you help the Hebrew women in childbirth and observe them on the delivery stool, if it is a boy, kill him; but if it is a girl, let her live.>> 1:17 但是收生婆敬畏 神,不照埃及王的吩咐行,竟存留男孩的性命。 The midwives, however, feared God and did not do what the king of Egypt had told them to do; they let the boys live. 1:18 埃及王召了收生婆來,說:「你們為甚麼做這事,存留男孩的性命呢?」 Then the king of Egypt summoned the midwives and asked them, <<Why have you done this? Why have you let the boys live?>> 1:19 收生婆對法老說:「因為希伯來婦人與埃及婦人不同;希伯來婦人本是健壯的〔原文是活潑的〕,收生婆還沒有到,她們已經生產了。」 The midwives answered Pharaoh, <<Hebrew women are not like Egyptian women; they are vigorous and give birth before the midwives arrive.>> 1:20 神厚待收生婆。以色列人多起來,極其強盛。 So God was kind to the midwives and the people increased and became even more numerous. 1:21 收生婆因為敬畏 神, 神便叫她們成立家室。 And because the midwives feared God, he gave them families of their own. 1:22 法老吩咐他的眾民說:「以色列人所生的男孩,你們都要丟在河裏;一切的女孩,你們要存留她的性命。」 Then Pharaoh gave this order to all his people: <<Every boy that is born ((\f 1:22 Masoretic Text; Samaritan Pentateuch, Septuagint and Targums ((born to the Hebrews))\F) you must throw into the Nile, but let every girl live.>> 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21日)
一月廿一日 「有捆鎖與患難等待我。我卻不以……為念。」使徒行傳廿章23—24節 我們在撒母耳記裡面看見:當大衛在希伯崙受膏作王的時候,「非利士眾人就上來尋索大衛。」(撒下五17)照樣,我們在神前受寵蒙愛的時候,仇敵撒但頂不甘心,就上來尋索我們,前來攔阻我們,和我們搗亂。 仇敵的攻擊、破壞和攔阻,我應當看為神施行拯救的記號;這時候,就是我們向神支取加倍的祝福、勝利和能力的機會。能力常是從攔阻中產生的。電力的產生,就是由於發電機的機輪互相磨擦(攔阻)。將來有一天我們會明白撒但也是被神利用的。 ─譯自屬天的日子 甘脂不是英雄的糧食 他以悲哀枇充填心胸; 監獄是偉人的第宅, 頂帆最適宜於擋逆風。 ─愛默生 患難是勝利的捷徑。山路之後,就是大路。一切偉大的事業上面,都有患難的印跡的。發光的金鍊,必須經過爐火的燒、錘。沒有一個人配算為得勝者,除非他歷盡苦楚。額上有刺痕的憂患之子,說:「在世上你們有苦難」——可是在這傷心的一句之後,就來了一句應許:「但你們可以放心,我已經勝了世界。」(約十六33)主在世上留下的腳蹤,原是叫我們跟隨祂的。那帶血的腳步,是引領我們上寶座的。傷斑是鐵杖的代價,我們的冠冕必須花力氣爭奪的。這些都是公開的祕密。 造化的標準, 以耐苦為度量。 確定人格高低。 最美的聲樂, 出於歌者的。 迴腸蕩氣, 哀惋悲悽。 先聖都曾經過許多患難─保羅、馬丁路得、撒房那羅拉、拿克司、衛斯理以及一切大能的先鋒。他們都從患難進入掌權的地位。將來有一班環繞在寶座前唱讚美的人,他們都是「從大患難中出來的。」(啟七14) 每一本偉大的著作都是作者的結晶。誰是希臘的大詩人?鴻謨。他是一個盲子。誰是寫那部不朽之作「天路歷程」的?是一個穿紫袍、享安樂的王子嗎?不是!乃是培德福牢獄中的一個囚犯本仁約翰。 偉大的戰士, 矯健如游龍。 意外地受了創傷, 混身血汗, 屏息再向敵人進攻, 到力竭倒地, 還不肯收斂的刀鋒, 偉大, 偉大, 浩氣貫蒼穹。 ─選
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(01月21日)
January 21 "None of these things move me." (Acts 20:24.) WE read in the book of Samuel that the moment that David was crowned at Hebron, "All the Philistines came up to seek David." And the moment we get anything from the Lord worth contending for, then the devil comes to seek us. When the enemy meets us at the threshold of any great work for God, let us accept it as "a token of salvation," and claim double blessing, victory, and power. Power is developed by resistance. The cannon carries twice as far because the exploding power has to find its way through resistance. The way electricity is produced in the powerhouse yonder is by the sharp friction of the revolving wheels. And so we shall find some day that even Satan has been one of God's agencies of blessing. -Days of Heaven upon Earth. A hero is not fed on sweets, Daily his own heart he eats; Chambers of the great are jails, And head winds right for royal sails. ─Emerson. Tribulation is the way to triumph. The valley-way opens into the highway. Tribulation's imprint is on all great things. Crowns are cast in crucibles. Chains of character that wind about the feet of God are forged in earthly flames. No man is greatest victor till he has trodden the winepress of woe. With seams of anguish deep in His brow, the "Man of Sorrows" said, "In the world ye shall have tribulation"─but after this sob comes the psalm of promise, "Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world." The footprints are traceable everywhere. Bloodmarks stain the steps that lead to thrones. Scars are the price of scepters. Our crowns will be wrested from the giants we conquer. Grief has always been the lot of greatness, It is an open secret. "The mark of rank in nature, Is capacity for pain; And the anguish of the singer, Makes the sweetest of the strain." Tribulation has always marked the trail of the true reformer. It is the story of Paul, Luther, Savonarola, Knox, Wesley, and all the rest of the mighty army. They came through great tribulation to their place of power. Every great book has been written with the author's blood. "These are they that have come out of great tribulation." Who was the peerless poet of the Greeks? Homer. But that illustrious singer was blind. Who wrote the fadeless dream of "Pilgrim's progress"? A prince in royal purple upon a couch of ease? Nay! The trailing splendor of that vision gilded the dingy walls of old Bedford jail while John Bunyan, a princely prisoner, a glorious genius, made a faithful transcript of the scene. Great is the facile conqueror; Yet haply, he, who, wounded sore, Bredathless, all covered o'er with blood and sweat, Sinks fainting, but fighting evermore Is greater yet. ─Selected.
■ 永活之泉(01月21日)
一月廿一日 禱告與禁食 「耶穌說:『是因你們的信心小;……至於這一類的鬼,若不禱告、禁食,牠就不出來』。」馬太福音十七章20—21節 在這裡,我們的主教導我們信心的生活,不僅需要禱告,也需要禁食。禱告是在於帶下天上的能力,禁食是在於鬆開屬地享樂的捆綁。 主耶穌自己也禁食,為要得著力量來抵擋魔鬼。祂教導祂的門徒們,禁食也如同禱告和施捨一樣,必須行在暗中,這樣天父就要在明處報答他們。無論是完全禁食,或節制飲食,都會使人更有能力與神有交通。 讓我們來學習這個重大的功課:就是禁食、節食和物質上的捨己,都是有助於屬靈的生活。當人享用了一餐豐盛的飲食之後,他就不大願意禱告了。甘心犧牲我們自己的快樂,或身體的享受,並制服肉體的情慾、眼目的情慾,都會使我們的心更注意屬天的事。這個為勝過肉體慾望所需要的努力,會給我們力量,使我們在禱告中抓住神。 這個重大的功課乃是這樣:我們在禱告中的沈悶,乃是從屬肉體的享受和安逸的慾望來的。然而「凡屬在基督耶穌的人,是已經把肉體連肉體的邪情私慾,同釘在十字架上了。」(加五24)禱告並不是一件輕易的工作,因為禱告很容易變成徒具形式;要真實操練禱告,並且抓住神與祂有交通,就必須捨棄一切肉體喜悅的東西,並將它們交於死地。 親愛的基督徒啊!請你們相信:為著能遇見聖潔的神,並從祂領受屬天的福氣,就是天天經歷艱難來否認自己,也是值得的。
■ 中文屬天日子(01月21日)
一月廿一日 回憶神所不能忘的事 「你幼年的恩愛,……我都記得。」耶利米書二章2節 我愛神的天真,如往昔一樣麼?或是我只盼望神愛我呢?我叫祂感覺愉快的事多麼?抑或我因事情之不順而嗚咽啜泣呢?遺忘神所珍貴的心靈,是沒有快樂的。值得記慮的一件事是耶穌基督需要我──「請給我水喝」。過去的一禮拜我曾向祂表示多少恩愛呢?我曾在我的生命中顧惜祂的名譽麼? 神對祂的百姓說:「你現在不愛我,但是我記得你往日愛我,你婚姻的愛情我也記得。」我對於耶穌基督,滿有豐富的愛,像我開始的時候一樣麼?就是我改頭換面,向祂證實虔誠的時候。祂感覺我在回憶那專愛祂,而不愛任何事的時期麼?我現在是那樣呢?還是別有所愛呢?我是愛祂甚至愛到不管我的將來怎樣呢?抑或我在衡量自己的利益和名譽,作為我服務多少的標準呢? 如果我回憶神心裡的我,不像往日那麼愛祂,這是應當慚愧和羞恥的!因為那種慚愧和羞恥會生出真正的憂傷,結成懺悔之果的。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(01月21日)
一月廿一日 「不住地禱告」帖撒羅尼迦前書五章17節 在我們禱告操練的生活中,有一件事對我們是很重要的幫助,那就是「凡事交託給主,而且順著事情的發生,隨時仰望祂。」凡事禱告可以成為一個習慣,就像任何習慣的養成,必須經過很多次的重複,以及不斷的注意,直到起初意志的行為,最後變成一個自然的第二天性。 如果我們仔細觀察我們的生活,我們會發現凡我們在禱告交託祂的事,祂總是賜給我們特別的祝福。祂總是允許最好的事情變得沒有效率,主要因為祂要提醒我們完全仰望祂。神很溫柔地迫使我們記得祂,祂真是既有恩惠又能體諒我們的上帝。祂總是百般疼惜地將我們褓抱在祂強壯的膀臂中,使我們一刻也不能離開祂。腓立比書四章6節說:「只要凡事藉著禱告、祈求和感謝,將你們所要的告訴神。」所以── 讓我們把最小的事, 甚至像微塵一樣小的事, 全然帶到主寶座前。 耶穌願意為我們承擔, 所有的憂慮、患難及大小事。
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