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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(02月11日)
二月十一日 「等到……祭司把腳站在……水裏,……水……必然斷絕。」(約書亞記三章13節) 百姓必須憑信向前進,並不能在營中坐待外面的路開通了之後方纔起行。他們必須拔營開步、整裝束荷、排齊隊伍、直達河邊,雖然河水還沒有起變化。 到了河邊,若是他們想停在那裏,等河水分開了,然後伸足下水,他們定規空等,定規到今天還在河東。他們在水斷絕之前,必須先舉足涉水。 讓我們也學習怎樣用信心抓住神的話前進,不看前面的道路能否通行。我們常受攔阻和難處的挫折,都是因為我們想等神先替我們開路,挪去了一切的攔阻和難處,然後再試著前行。這是何等的錯誤。若是神要我們向前衝,我們就憑著信心抓住祂的話語向前衝,好像一無攔阻一般,路自然會為我們一步步地敞開。 ─譯自晚思 他背後躺著灰色的亞速爾島, 已經遠離了直布羅陀海峽, 前面看不見海岸的影子; 茫茫大海, 白浪滔天。 船上的大副說: 「我們必須禱告, 看哪!星星都已隱湮。 勇敢的船長, 我該怎麼下令?」 你說: 「駛向前去!向前!向前!」 「我的船員一天比一天更想叛變, 他們形容憔悴, 衰弱可憐,」 大副這樣報告, 心中思念家鄉。 鹹澀的浪花濺上他黝黑的臉。 「我該怎樣下令, 英勇的船長, 假若明早仍只見海水無邊?」 「哦,破曉的時候你該說, 駛向前去!向前!向前」 他們繼續航行, 大副說道: 「今夜狂暴的海洋露出了獠牙, 掀開了唇, 張開了大嘴, 好像要吞滅我們, 咬死我們! 英勇的船長, 只求你說一句話; 希望已渺, 無法持守!」 但船長的話如利刃出鞘說: 「駛向前去!向前!向前」 他精疲力竭, 苦守甲板, 從黑暗中遠遠眺望, 有一夜, 忽然遙見一點微光, 光明!光明!光明已在望! 它的發展, 就是日後的旗旌, 時代的黎明, 展開在黑暗之間, 他達到了那新世界, 並且給那世界一個最偉大的啟示, 「駛向前去!向前!」 ─密勒 憑著信心前進,即是勝利。
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(02月11日)
February 11 "As soon as the soles of the feet of the priests....shall rest in the waters....the waters shall be cut off."(Joshua 3:13.) THE people were not to wait in their camps until the way was opened, they were to walk by faith. They were to break camp, pack up their goods, form in line to march, and move down to the very banks before the river would be opened. If they had come down to the edge of the river and then had stopped for the stream to divide before they stepped into it, they would have waited in vain. They must take one step into the water before the river would be cut off. We must learn to take God at His Word, and go straight on in duty, although we see no way in which we can go forward. The reason we are so often balked by difficulties is that we expect to see them removed before we try to pass through them. If we would move straight on in faith, the path would be opended for us. We stand still, waiting for the obstacle to be removed, when we ought to go forward as if there were no obstacles. ─Evening Thoughts. Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the gates of Hercules; Before him not the ghost of shores, Before him only shoreless seas. The good Mate said:" Now we must pray, For lo! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak, what shall I say?" "Why, say, `Sail on! sail on! and on!" "My men grow mutinous day by day; My men grow ghastly wan and weak!" The stout Mate thought of home; a spray, of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek. "What shall I say, brave Admiral, say, If we sight naught but seas at dawn?" "Why, you shall say at break of day, 'Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!'" They sailed. They sailed. Then spoke the Mate: "This mad sea shows its teeth tonight. He curls his lip, he lies in wait, With lifted teeth, as if to bite! Brave Admiral, say but one good word; What shall we do when hope is gone?" The words leapt like a leaping sword: "Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!" Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck, And peered through darkness. Ah! that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck─ A light! A light! A light! A light! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled! It grew to be Time's burst of dawn. He gained a world; he gave that world, Its grandest lesson: "On! sail on!" ─Joaquin Miller. Faith that goes forward triumphs.
■ 永活之泉(02月11日)
二月十一日 父神 「奉父、子、聖靈的名給他們施浸。」馬太福音廿八章19節 我們要記得這聖潔三而一的神的意義,有其敬虔的一方面。我們說到神,我們就想到有一個不能想像的距離;這距離將聖潔的神和罪人分開,使我們只能俯伏在極其懊悔和畏懼之中。當我們說到聖子基督,我們就想到與祂之間的距離是近得無法再近的,祂為女子所生,就是為亞當的女兒所生,並且受了咒詛的死,祂是這樣與我們不能分開的聯合直到永遠!我們再說到聖靈,我們就想起神無限的祝福,有祂的同在在我們裡面,使我們成為祂的家和祂的殿,一直到永遠。 當基督教導我們:「我們在天上的父」的時候,祂立刻接著說:「願人都尊您的名為聖,」因為神是聖潔的,所以我們也要聖潔。除了我們尊那名為聖,並藉著禱告親近祂之外,再沒有成聖的路了。 多少時候,我們說到那名,並沒有覺得是一個不可言喻的特權,說出我們與神之間的關係。如果我們肯花時間與神接觸,在祂的父愛裡敬拜祂,我們的內室就要成為天堂的門了。神的兒女,如果你禱告你在暗中的父,在祂面前深深地俯伏,尋求去敬拜最聖潔的名。請你們記得,這就是禱告最高的祝福。 「禱告你在暗中的父,你父在暗中察看,必然報答你。」(太六6) 在隱密處單獨親近神,並喊說:「我的父!」這是何等不可言諭的權利呢?相信祂在暗中察看我,也要在明處報答我。讓我們來學習,直到你能說:「我面對面見了神,我的性命仍得保全。」(創卅二30)
■ 中文屬天日子(02月11日)
二月十一日 你對神的希望日漸消滅麼? 「堅心倚賴您的,您必保守他十分平安。」以賽亞書廿六章3節 你寄留想像於神呢?或者你的想像消失了呢?想像的消失,在工人的生命中是一個耗盡和毀滅的源頭。如果你從沒有運用你順服神的想像,就從現在開始吧!等候神到來,是無用的;你必丟下對偶像的想像來仰望祂,就必得救。想像是神賜與我們最偉大的恩賜,應該將想像完全供獻給祂。如果你能約束你各種思想,去順服基督,那麼,當試探來到的時候,這便是信心最大的遺產。因為你的信心和神的靈共同工作起來。尊視神的觀念,利用大自然所表現的一切,去組合──日出和日入,太陽和星宿,氣候的變化──則你的想像就不受你衝動的節制,必是去作服務神的事工。 「我們與我們的祖宗一同犯罪……而遺忘了」──於是放一把小劍在你睡覺的地方。「神現在不與我談話,」但是是不應該與我談話的。謹記你是屬誰的,你服事的是誰,用回想來鼓勵你自己,而你對於神的熱愛必增十倍;你的想像必不再消失,會馬上恢復起來,而你的盼望必有不能言喻的光明。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(02月11日)
二月十一日 「……得以在各樣的力上加力,好叫你們凡事……忍耐寬容」歌羅西書一章11節 保羅為歌羅西的聖徒禱告,他盼望他們能照神榮耀的權能、得以在各樣的力上加力,好叫他們凡事歡歡喜喜的忍耐寬容。能夠忍耐,但是滿臉帶著壓力的表現,似乎每條皺紋都在說:「為什麼沒有任何人同情我?」是一回事。然而能夠因擺在我們前面的喜樂,而能背負十字架、輕視羞辱,則完全是另一回事。 在主的花園中,有些樹「炎熱來到,並不懼怕,葉子仍必青翠,在乾旱之年毫無掛慮,而且結果不止。」(耶十七8)讓我們把臉轉向上升的太陽,且將隨風而來雲朵變成奪目的彩虹。 我們再過不多的時候,就不會再有機會在苦難中喜樂,並且學習忍耐。在天堂不會有任何事能教導我們忍受折磨。所以假使我們現在學不會,就永遠無法得到榮耀的冠冕。甚至將來會渴望時光倒流,回到我們現在極力擺脫的多樣情況中。
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