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1:1 當三十年四月初五日，以西結〔原文是我〕在迦巴魯河邊被擄的人中，天就開了，得見 神的異象。 In the 1:1 Or (((my))) thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles by the Kebar River, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.
1:2 正是約雅斤王被擄去第五年四月初五日， On the fifth of the month--it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin-- 1:3 在迦勒底人之地、迦巴魯河邊，耶和華的話特特臨到布西的兒子祭司以西結；耶和華的靈〔原文是手〕降在他身上。 the word of the LORD came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, 1:3 Or ((Ezekiel son of Buzi the priest)) by the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians. 1:3 Or ((Chaldeans)) There the hand of the LORD was upon him. 1:4 我觀看，見狂風從北方颳來，隨著有一朵包括閃爍火的大雲，周圍有光輝；從其中的火內發出好像光耀的精金； I looked, and I saw a windstorm coming out of the north--an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light. The center of the fire looked like glowing metal, 1:5 又從其中顯出四個活物的形像來。他們的形狀是這樣：有人的形像， and in the fire was what looked like four living creatures. In appearance their form was that of a man, 1:6 各有四個臉面，四個翅膀。 but each of them had four faces and four wings. 1:7 他們的腿是直的，腳掌好像牛犢之蹄，都燦爛如光明的銅。 Their legs were straight; their feet were like those of a calf and gleamed like burnished bronze. 1:8 在四面的翅膀以下有人的手。這四個活物的臉和翅膀乃是這樣： Under their wings on their four sides they had the hands of a man. All four of them had faces and wings, 1:9 翅膀彼此相接，行走並不轉身，俱各直往前行。 and their wings touched one another. Each one went straight ahead; they did not turn as they moved. 1:10 至於臉的形像：前面各有人的臉，右面各有獅子的臉，左面各有牛的臉，後面各有鷹的臉。 Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a man, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle. 1:11 各展開上邊的兩個翅膀相接，各以下邊的兩個翅膀遮體。 Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out upward; each had two wings, one touching the wing of another creature on either side, and two wings covering its body. 1:12 他們俱各直往前行。靈往哪裏去，他們就往那裏去，行走並不轉身。 Each one went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went. 1:13 至於四活物的形像，就如燒著火炭的形狀，又如火把的形狀。火在四活物中間上去下來，這火有光輝，從火中發出閃電。 The appearance of the living creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches. Fire moved back and forth among the creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it. 1:14 這活物往來奔走，好像電光一閃。 The creatures sped back and forth like flashes of lightning. 1:15 我正觀看活物的時候，見活物的臉旁各有一輪在地上。 As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces. 1:16 輪的形狀和顏色〔原文是作法〕好像水蒼玉。四輪都是一個樣式，形狀和作法好像輪中套輪。 This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: They sparkled like chrysolite, and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel. 1:17 輪行走的時候，向四方都能直行，並不掉轉。 As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the creatures faced; the wheels did not turn about 1:17 Or ((aside)) as the creatures went. 1:18 至於輪輞，高而可畏；四個輪輞周圍滿有眼睛。 Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around. 1:19 活物行走，輪也在旁邊行走；活物從地上升，輪也都上升。 When the living creatures moved, the wheels beside them moved; and when the living creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose. 1:20 靈往哪裏去，活物就往那裏去；活物上升，輪也在活物旁邊上升，因為活物的靈在輪中。 Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. 1:21 那些行走，這些也行走；那些站住，這些也站住；那些從地上升，輪也在旁邊上升，因為活物的靈在輪中。 When the creatures moved, they also moved; when the creatures stood still, they also stood still; and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. 1:22 活物的頭以上有穹蒼的形像，看著像可畏的水晶，鋪張在活物的頭以上。 Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was what looked like an expanse, sparkling like ice, and awesome. 1:23 穹蒼以下，活物的翅膀直張，彼此相對；每活物有兩個翅膀遮體。 Under the expanse their wings were stretched out one toward the other, and each had two wings covering its body. 1:24 活物行走的時候，我聽見翅膀的響聲，像大水的聲音，像全能者的聲音，也像軍隊鬨嚷的聲音。活物站住的時候，便將翅膀垂下。 When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings, like the roar of rushing waters, like the voice of the Almighty, 1:24 Hebrew ((Shaddai)) like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings. 1:25 在他們頭以上的穹蒼之上有聲音。他們站住的時候，便將翅膀垂下。 Then there came a voice from above the expanse over their heads as they stood with lowered wings. 1:26 在他們頭以上的穹蒼之上有寶座的形像，彷彿藍寶石；在寶座形像以上有彷彿人的形狀。 Above the expanse over their heads was what looked like a throne of sapphire, 1:26 Or ((lapis lazuli)) and high above on the throne was a figure like that of a man. 1:27 我見從他腰以上有彷彿光耀的精金，周圍都有火的形狀，又見從他腰以下有彷彿火的形狀，周圍也有光輝。 I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him. 1:28 下雨的日子，雲中虹的形狀怎樣，周圍光輝的形狀也是怎樣。這就是耶和華榮耀的形像。我一看見就俯伏在地，又聽見一位說話的聲音。 Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the LORD. When I saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of one speaking. 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（03月16日）
三月十六日 「生身的父都是暫隨己意管教我們，惟有萬靈的父管教我們，是要我們得益處，使我們在祂的聖潔上有分。」希伯來書十二章10節 康諾氏所寫的書中，說有一個山野少女葛文的故事。葛文頑皮任性，她在某一日不幸遇到意外，成了殘廢。臥病在床第中，性情更加暴躁，當她在怨天尤人的時候，「天的嚮導」來看她，所謂「天的嚮導」，是山中居民對傳教士的尊敬稱呼。 傳教士給她講了一個谷的寓言，他說：地球最初的時候，只有一望無際的原野，並沒有峽谷。原野的主人，有一天出外散步，看見大地上只長著青草，就問原野道：「你的花在那裏」？原野回答說：「主人，我沒有種子。」 於是主人吩咐禽鳥把各類花的種子帶來，四處播種。不久原野上就開出了番紅玫瑰，水荳花，毛莨花，向日葵，紅鈐蘭，以及一些耐熱的夏季花卉。主人看了很高興，但他找不到他最心愛的幾種花，於是他對原野說「還有鐵線蓮，縷斗菜，紫羅蘭，白頭翁，各種鳳尾草和開花的灌木在那裏呢？」 他又吩咐禽鳥把所有種子帶來，四處播種。但主人再來的時候，還是找不到他最心愛的花，於是他說：「那些最可愛的花在那裏」？ 原野悲哀地說：「主人，我無法保存這些花，因為狂風拚命的吹颳，烈陽炙烤著我的胸膛，這些花忍不住原野的氣候，它們都零落凋萎了。」 於是主人吩咐閃電劈開原野的胸懷。原野在劇痛中顫抖哀號，為那黝黑而凹凸不平的裂口，悲痛呻吟了許多日子。 由於河水湧進了裂口，把深黑色的泥土帶了進來，禽鳥再把種子帶來，在那峽谷中播種。過了很長一段時間之後，粗糙的岩石上，舖滿了柔軟的青苔和綿延的籐蔓，各處角落，都垂掛著鐵線蓮和縷斗菜，碩壯的榆樹，仰起粗大枝幹，升向高空的陽光，樹根附近盤屈著矮杉和鳳仙花，到處都有紫羅蘭，白頭翁和孔雀草在生長開花，峽谷終於成了主人所尋求的安息，平安和快樂的心愛之地了。 傳教士講完了教事之後，就對她說：「聖靈所結的果子，也可以稱之謂聖靈之花，包括愛，喜愛，平安，堅忍，溫柔等等，其中有些只能在峽谷中生長」。 「只能在峽谷裏生長的是什麼花呢？」葛文輕聲問。傳教士答道：「溫和，謙卑，忍耐，其他如愛，喜樂，和平安，雖能在原野開放，但若生長在峽谷裏，它們將更美麗，更芬芳」。 葛文默默地躺了好一會，然後嘴唇顫抖地自言自語道：「在我的峽谷裏沒有花，只有粗陋的岩石」。 「親愛的葛文，總有一天它們會開出花來，主會發現，我們也會看到」。 親愛的，當你淪入你的峽谷時，請記著這句話！
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（03月16日）
March 16 "For our profit." (Heb. 12:10.) ＩN one of Ralph Connor's books he tells a story of Gwen. Gwen was a wild, wilful lassie and one who had always been accustomed to having her own way. then one day she met with a terrible accident which crippled her for life. She became very rebellious and in the murmuring state she was visited by the Sky Pilot, as the missionary among the mountaineers was termed. He told her the parable of the canyon. "At first there were no canyons, but only the broad, open prairie. One day the Master of the Prairie, walking over his great lawns, where were only grasses, asked the Prairie, `Where are your flowers?' and the prairie said, `Master I have no seeds.' "Then he spoke to the birds, and they carried seeds of every kind of flower and strewed them far and wide, and soon the prairie bloomed with crocuses and roses and buffalo beans and the yellow crowfoot and the wild sunflowers and the red lilies all summer long. Then the Master came and was well pleased; but he missed the flowers he loved best of all, and he said to the Prairie: `Where are the clematis and the columbine, the sweet violets and wind-flowers, and all the ferns and flowering shrubs?' "And again he spoke to the birds, and again they carried all the seeds and scattered them far and wide. But, again, when the Master came he could not find the flowers he loved best of all, and he said: "`Where are those my sweetest flowers?' and the prairie cried sorrowfully: "`Oh, Master, I cannot keep the flowers, for the winds sweep fiercely, and the sun beats upon my breast, and they wither up and fly away.' "Then the Master spoke to the Lightning, and with one swift blow the Lightning cleft the prairie to the heart. And the Prairie rocked and groaned in agony, and for many a day moaned bitterly over the black, jagged, gaping wound. "But the river poured its waters through the cleft, and carried down deep black mould, and once more the birds carried seeds and strewed them in the canyon. And after a long time the rough rocks were decked out with soft mosses and trailing vines, and all the nooks were hung with clematis and columbine, and great elms lifted their huge tops high up into the sunlight, and down about their feet clustered the low cedars and balsams, and everywhere the violets and wind-flower and naiden-hair grew and bloomed, till the canyon became the Master's favorit place for rest and peace and joy." Then the Sky Pilot read to her: "The fruit─I'll read `flowers'─of the Spirit are love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness─and some of these grow only in the canyon." "Which are the canyon flowers?" asked Gwen softly, and the Pilot answered: " Gentleness, meekness, longsuffering; but though the others, love, joy, peace, bloom in the open, yet never with so rich a bloom and so sweet a perfume as in the canyon." For a long time Gwen lay quite still, and then said wistfully, who her lips trembled: "There are no flowers in my canyon, but only ragged rocks." "Some day they will bloom, Gwen dear; the Master will find them, and we, to shall see them." Beloved, when you come to your canyon, remember!
■ 永活之泉（03月16日）
三月十六日 為著工人的代禱 「要收的莊稼多，作工的人少，所以你們當求莊稼的主，打發工人出去，收他的莊稼。」馬太福音九章37—38節 門徒們對於以上這些話並不明白。基督所給他們的乃是一個撒種的思想，存放在他們心中待日後使用。五旬節時，當我們怎樣看到那麼多剛悔改得救的人，靠著聖靈的能力準備見證基督，他們一定也感覺到十天同心合意的禱告才帶下此祝福，就是聖靈大能所結的果子。 基督教訓我們無論莊稼有何等多，而工人又是何等少，祈求乃是最好、最有把握，也是唯一的路，為著我們的需要懇求。我們所需要知道的，不僅在我們有需要時向神禱告，而是整個的工作都是在禱告的靈中進行，所以為工人們代求乃是我們整個生活、工作最完善的配合。 在中國的內地會中，當傳道人的數字增至二百時，在中國舉行的某次會議中，他們深深地覺得需要更多的工人到偏遠地區作工；經過了多次禱告之後，他們感覺可以向神禱告在一年內，再賜給他們一百個傳道人及一萬英磅，以應付費用。他們就天天不停地禱告達一年之久。到了一年終了的時候，神賜給他們連男帶女一百位適當的工人，並且賜給他們一萬一千英磅。 為了應付當今世界的需要，為了廣大的工場，及待拯救的靈魂，許多教會都抱怨工人及金錢不夠。基督不是召我們也像起初使徒們同心恆切地禱告嗎？神是信實的，藉著聖靈的大能要供應我們每一個需要。願教會顯出合一的禱告與祈求，因神是聽禱告的神。 禱告： 可稱頌的主耶穌，求您教導您的教會知道為您活著、為您勞苦的意義何在。在恆切禱告的靈裡，使我們確信您會在每件事上，超過人所求地來供應這個即將滅亡世界的呼求。阿們。
■ 中文屬天日子（03月16日）
三月十六日 主來審判 「因為我們眾人，必要在基督臺前顯露出來。」哥林多後書五章10節 保羅說我們眾人，無論是傳道的和聽道的，都「要在基督臺前顯露出來。」如果你在基督的光榮中過慣了生活，末後的審判將使你因神的工作而快樂。你會把臉向著基督的審判臺，走在你所認知的至聖者的光中。對於別人一種錯誤的態度，終必終止在魔鬼的靈裡，與你的聖潔無關。一種私心的判斷，其結果是地獄在你裡面。趕快將這顯出來，而且要說：「我的神啊！我在那裡犯罪了」。如果你不如此，你的心就漸漸硬了。罪的懲罰使罪成為習慣。不但神要懲罰罪，罪也要在罪人裡面建立自己，償還整個代價。無論如何掙扎或祈禱，不能使你不做某種事情。罪的懲罰，就是使你逐漸成為習慣，不知道是罪。除了聖靈進入心中以外，沒有別的力量能改變罪的連屬結果。 「我們若在光明中行，如同神在光明中。」（約壹一7）光明中行，按照許多人看便是給別人一個標準。現代法利賽人的精神，最壞的不是假冒為善，卻是不覺得自己不真實。
■ 中文上海嗎哪（03月16日）
三月十六日 「因為耶和華……要賜下恩惠和榮耀。」詩篇八十四篇11節 「榮耀」這個詞很難翻譯、下定義或是解釋。但在靈裡敏感、儆醒的基督生命中，我們能找到「恩惠」的解釋。「榮耀」是滿溢的恩典、是生命中的甘露，是先嘗天堂的權利；更是從神寶座來的希望，由神心中所發出的啟示。我們不僅能擁有這樣的榮耀，並且能生活在其中。主耶穌曾為我們禱告，求神把賜給祂的榮耀，也賜給我們(約十七22)。 讓我們珍惜這樣的榮耀，生活在其中。大衛曾說：「我的靈啊，(原文作榮耀)，你當醒起。」(詩五十七8)所以我們也可以求神使我們的榮耀奮起，加添我們能力，讓我們能如鷹展翅上騰，高高地與基督一同坐在屬天的位子上。 我們在等候主之後興起， 從新得力、生命更新， 像鷹一樣展翅上騰， 我們在靈裡必然登峰造極。 當我們健步如飛地再回到事奉中， 走許多聖徒所行過的道路， 我們必然奔跑卻不睏倦， 行走卻不疲乏。
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