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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02日)
二月二日 「祂……將我藏在祂手蔭之下;又使我成為磨亮的箭,將我藏在祂箭袋之中。」以賽亞書四九章2節 「在祂手蔭之下」。我們常有到那裡去的需要。日光太炫耀了;我們的目光會受到損傷,使我們不能分辨相仿的顏色。所以神將我們暫時藏在疾病的蔭中、憂愁的蔭中、窮苦的蔭中,在那裡和日光隔絕。 但是不要怕這神的手蔭祂正在引導。你有許多功課只能彀在那邊學得的。 不要想神已經把你丟在一邊了。你仍舊在祂箭袋之中;祂並沒有把你當作無用之物拋去。 祂現在把你藏起,保守你直到相當的時候,祂要配你在弓弦上,送你出去,使仇敵受虧損,使神得榮耀。哦,在神手蔭之下的信徒啊,戰士如何寶貝他的箭,把牠藏在貼身的箭袋中,神也如此寶貝你愛護你,藏你在祂的蔭庇之下。 ─梅爾 許多時候,黑蔭倒是生長必需的條件。美麗的玉蜀黍在夏夜的蔭下生長得最快。在炎熱的日光下,牠的葉子是鬈著的,到了天上起黑雲的時候,葉子很快地開放了。也有許多美麗的花,日間藏起牠們的美麗來,晚蔭降時方纔開放。多雲多霧和多蔭的地帶,草木也蔥鬱茂盛。花圃裏不但有晨間怒放的花朵,也有「夜來香」,「夜來香」在日正當中時並無光彩,到深夜纔散佈它的芬芳。 假如一生儘是陽光, 我們將會盼望, 清涼的雨滴, 灑到我們臉上。 ─亨利范戴克
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(02月02日)
February 2 "In the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft: in his quiver hath he hid me." (Isa. 49:2.) IN the shadow." We must all go there sometimes. The glare of the daylight is too brilliant; our eyes become injured, and unable to discern the delicate shades of color, or appreciate neutral tints─he shadowed chamber of sickness, the shadowed house of mourning, the shadowed life from which the sunlight has gone. But fear not! It is the shadow of God's hand. He is leading thee. There are lessons that can be learned only there. The photograph of His face can only be fixed in the dark chamber. But do not suppose that He has cast thee aside. Thou art still in His quiver; He has not flung thee away as a worthless thing. He is only keeping thee close till the moment comes when He can send thee most swiftly and surely on some errand in which He will be glorified. Oh, shadowed, shadowed, solitary ones, remember how closely the quiver is bound to the warrior, within easy reach of the hand, and guarded jealously. ─Christ in Isaiah, Meyer. In some spheres the shadow condition is the condition of greatest growth. The beautiful Indian corn never grows more rapidly than in the shadow of a warm summer night. The sun curls the leaves in the sultry noon light, but they quickly unfold, if a cloud slips over the sky. There is a service in the shadow that is not in the shine. The world of stellar beauty is never seen at its best till the shadows of night slip over the sky. There are beauties that bloom in the shade that will not bloom in the sun. There is much greenery in lands of fog and clouds and shadow. The florist has "evening glories" now, as well as "morning glories." The "evening glory" will not shine in the noon's splendor, but comes to its best as the shadows of evening deepen. If all of life were sunshine, Our faces would be fain To feel once more upon them The cooling plash of rain. ─Henry Van Dyke.
■ 永活之泉(02月02日)
二月二日 神是個靈 「神是個靈,所以拜祂的,必須用心靈和誠實拜祂。」約翰福音四章24節 當神創造了人,又吹入一口生命氣息給人的時候,人就變成了一個活的魂。這一個魂是在靈和體的中間,他可以降服給靈被帶到神那裡,也可以降服給肉體和這肉體的情慾。在先祖墮落之後,人拒絕順服靈,成為身體的奴隸,在人裡面的靈,就變成完全黑暗的了。 當人重生的時候,人的靈又活過來,得著從上面來的生命。當人在重生的生命裡,和神有交通的時候,人的靈就降服於神的靈。靈就是人裡面最深的部份。詩篇五十一篇節「您所喜愛的,是內裡誠實,您在我隱密處,必使我得智慧。」耶利米書卅一章中也說:「我要將我的律法放在他們裡面。」以賽亞也說:「夜間我的心渴望您,我裡面的靈切切尋求您。」這一個心必須進到隱密處的靈的深處去,起來尋求神。 神是個靈,極其聖潔,極其榮耀。祂給我們一個靈,為的是要我們與祂相交,緊緊跟隨祂自己。但是這個能力因為罪就漸漸失去了。除了將我們的心在安靜裡獻上給神,讓祂的聖靈在我們裡面工作之外,就沒有別的恢復法子。神願意在我們裡面,我們的靈裡教導我們,用心靈和誠實來敬拜祂,祂的心是超過我們所能思想、所能感覺的。 「父要這樣的人拜祂。」如果我們等候祂,祂就要藉著聖靈來教導我們如何敬拜祂。在這安靜的時候,要肅敬靜默在神面前降服你自己,全心相信接受祂的靈溫柔的工作。對神說出這些話:「我的心哪,你當安靜在神面前。」「夜間我心中羨慕您,我裡面的靈切切尋求您。」「哦!神,我等候您。」
■ 中文屬天日子(02月02日)
二月二日 呼召之勉勵 「若不傳福音,我便有禍了!」哥林多前書九章16節 當心你的耳朵未聽神的召呼,凡得救的,都是召去替這個事實作見證;並不是召去傳道,至多只能作一種傳道上可用的示範。保羅說他必須傳福音,不然便是痛苦。切不要將保羅所說的,是指人的心靈與神接觸而獲救贖的事件。再沒有甚麼比得救還容易些,因為那是神權限內的事──「到我這裡來,我要使你們得救。」我們的主未曾把做門徒的條件,同得救的條件等量齊觀。我們藉著耶穌基督的十字架準定得救,不成問題。至於做門徒則有所選擇──「若有人……」 保羅這話是論到那些將要作耶穌僕人的,既是作了僕人,就沒有理由去問主人做甚麼,或往那裡去。神要照自己的意思,把我們作成擘的餅和奠的酒為祂所用。「特派傳福音」一語,其意是聽聞神的召呼;當某人聽見那種召呼時,就必感覺隱痛。這種隱痛,真真是痛苦。各種野心要除盡,各種慾望要熄滅,各種前程要完全丟開,只有一事,就是「特派傳福音」。當那種召呼臨到某人的時候,他想轉向而逃,準是禍及其心。本校之成立,就是要看這裡有沒有願傳神福音的男女;就是要看神能否握住你。當神握住你的時候,就當留意其他的事把你從神手中奪去。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(02月02日)
二月二日 「你們中間誰願為大,就必作你們的用人;誰願為首,就必作你們的僕人。」馬太福音廿章26、27節 這裡所提到的用人,是指在任何情況下願服務他人的人。但是「僕人」這兩個字卻表示賣了身的奴隸。而耶穌在此地清楚教導我們,僕人的事奉才是最高層次的事奉。 基督成了所有世人的奴隸,任何願意來到祂面前,與祂親近、同在的人,都必須學習這種事奉的精神──完全捨棄自我的權利,永遠不再為自我爭取什麼。 對我們來說,完完全全地對主耶穌忠實,為主的緣故做奴僕,並願意順服在主裡掌權的人,是極為可能的事。 奴僕的精神不僅是捨棄自我,且是樂意降服在有權柄者之下。雖然對事情沒興趣,但為了主的榮耀,為了弟兄的益處,心甘情願毫不保留地放棄個人的喜好及興趣。 主啊!願您為我們穿上謙卑的衣裳,使我們全然屬您。
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