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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(12月27日)
十二月廿七日 「他的魂被鐵捆拘。」詩篇一○五篇18節(直譯) 我們的悲哀、困難、鐵軛、束縛,好似一個鐵圈,把我們緊緊圍住。它們替我們造出力量來、忍耐來、剛毅來。 信徒啊,不要逃避苦難;安安靜靜、忍忍耐耐、順順服服地忍受著;要知道這是神泡製你的方法。世界喜歡鐵血將軍;神喜歡鐵血聖徒。除了讓我們受苦以外,沒有別的方法可以把我們製成鐵血聖徒。所以神祇得忍痛讓我們受苦。 親愛的,你覺得一生最好的年日在沙漠生活中虛度了麼?你是不是正被反對、誤會、侮蔑……等圍困著呢?振起精神來;你現在所花的時間並不是虛度的;神在叫你經過鐵的訓練。榮耀的金冠冕之前,必有苦難的冠冕。 ─梅爾 你不會介意路途的不平或艱險, 也不會介意寒冷莫測的早晨, 更不會介意白晝的炎熱難堪; 你不會向左或向右轉彎, 只是勇往直前,不怕黑夜來臨, 因為這條路通往家門。
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(12月27日)
December 27 "His soul entered into iron." (Psalm 105:18) TURN that about and render it in our language, and it reads thus, "Iron entered his soul." Is there not a truth in this? that sorrow and privation, the yoke borne in the youth, the soul's enforced restraint, are all conducive to an iron tenacity and strength of purpose, and endurance or fortitude, which are the indispensable foundation and framework of a noble character. Do not flinch from suffering; bear it silently, patiently, resignedly; and be sure that it is God's way of infusing iron into your spiritual life. The world wants iron dukes, iron battalions, iron sinews, and thews of steel. God wants iron saints; and since there is no way of imparting iron to the moral nature buy by letting people suffer, He lets them suffer. Are the best years of your life slipping away in enforced monotony? Are you beset by opposition, misunderstanding, and scorn, as the thick undergrowth besets the passage of the woodsman pioneer? Then take heart; the time is not wasted; God is only putting you through the iron regimen. The iron crown of suffering precedes the golden crown of glory. And iron is entering into your soul to make it strong and brave. -F. B. Meyer. "But you will not mind the roughness nor the steepness of the way, Nor the chill, unrested morning, nor the searness of the day; And you will not take a turning to the left or the right, But go straight ahead, nor tremble at the coming of the night, For the road leads home."
■ 永活之泉(12月27日)
十二月廿七日 捨己的愛 「要憑愛心行事,正如基督愛我們,為我們捨了自己。」以弗所書五章2節 這沒有什麼稀奇,因最大源頭的愛心,也是以捨己為其最高層次。我們在世上時,若要拯救心愛之物,豈不也是要經過捨己?是的!唯有捨己的愛才能達成其目的,並有最高的效果。 這是何等奇妙的思想!即使全能的神,若非付上我們無法想像的捨己代價,也不能成就祂愛的目的;基督藉著受苦勝過全世界的罪,而使人類剛硬的心為之軟化,俯伏在神前,祂的受苦將神的愛彰顯出最大的榮耀,也完全達成其目的。 除祂以外,難道沒有一人有奇妙自足的愛?沒有,愛的價值在於捨己的生命,愛的力量在於捨棄。想一想,假設有一個孩子病入膏肓或誤入歧途,他母親要受多少痛苦?「愛讓她有力量在任何情況下都能忍耐。」同時,有人為他捨己而全心工作或代禱,豈不也要經歷苦難?也就是流淚、痛心並拚命地代禱。但愛能克服這些苦難。 哦!基督徒啊!你願意完全明瞭基督的愛嗎?完全降服在祂的恩典之下,讓自己像一條水圳經過愛,達到目的,以受苦和代禱的同情和愛心對待周圍的人,讓在基督愛的團契裏樂於為人代禱。這人生活成為主要的目標,然後,你才會願意實現這愛的生活並事奉神的事工,像神及基督完全為了他人的福祉和快樂而活。 哦!靈魂啊!常在這奇妙的真理上,在基督的愛裏有真正的交通、不保留的降服,在領人歸主的事上,完全榮耀神,因「凡住在愛裏的,就住在神裏面,神也住在他裏面。」
■ 中文屬天日子(12月27日)
十二月廿七日 戰勝或失敗的地方 「耶和華說,以色列啊!你若回來……」耶利米書四章1節 在神面前的戰敗與戰勝,不在身外,而在意志的深處。神的靈抓住了我,我只有單獨的與神同在,在祂面前去決鬥。這次的決鬥成功了,則以後的每次決鬥必然是輕鬆的。那次的決鬥也許是一分鐘,也許是一年,快慢操之於我,而不操於神,這種決鬥必要我們在神面前下最大決心,就是下地獄亦所不辭,才能得到勝利。沒有甚麼力量能夠支配在神面前戰勝自己的人。 如果我說──「等一會兒,等到我的困難來了,再看神如何如何,」那我是一定失敗的。必得預先把我和神之間,以及我靈性的深處的事情安置妥當。這裡是沒有人能干預的,在這裡我獲了勝,則外面的攻擊來到也是定獲勝利的。內面的戰爭失敗則不幸與災禍相偕而至,不能避免。這種不能獲取勝利的緣故,是因為我想先從外面獲取勝利。單你一人與神同在而獲得的勝利,才是真的勝利。 對於人,最好是要他們有意志上的決定。這是順服神開始的方法。間或,不常,卻是有時神領我們達到一生最大的轉機。那是生命中唯一的劃分;從那一點,我們不是走到怠惰無用的基督徒的地步,便是為神的光榮發出光輝──「為祂的崇高努力。」
■ 中文上海嗎哪(12月27日)
十二月廿七日 「他……放出鴿子去,鴿子就不再回來了。」創世記八章12節 首先,我們看到第一隻鴿子離開方舟,但卻在罪及充滿審判的大地上找不到立足之地。這個像徵舊約時代的光景;因聖靈在罪惡的世界中找不到安息之所,以致又回到神的懷抱裡。 接著,我們再次看到鴿子離開方舟,嘴裡叼著一株橄欖葉子回來。這是平安及和解的象徵,表示審判過去了、平安臨到。同時也能奇妙地代表聖靈同在之意,因為在耶穌基督的事工及釘死的事上,祂的一切作為使得這罪惡的世界能與祂和好。 在第三個階段中,最後飛出去的鴿子,不再回來。因為牠以世界為牠的家,並築巢住在人的當中。這則是聖靈的第三階段,或是指現今的工作。讓我們邀請聖靈以我們的心作為祂永居之所。
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