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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（02月28日）
二月廿八日 「你們應當……常常以頌讚為祭，獻給神。」希伯來書十三章15節 一個傳道人，在鄉村工作；某天晚上，無意之中走進了一所又暗又髒的小屋；他聽見屋隅發出微弱的聲音問說：「是誰？」他點了一根火柴，從火光中看見了地上的缺乏和痛苦，天上的喜樂和平安——一個黑色的老婦人，臥病在床。她患著風濕症，痛苦異常；可是她仍頂平安、頂喜樂。那時正是最冷的二月，她沒有燃料，也沒有糧食；沒有燈光，也沒有侍奉的人。她所有的，只是倚靠神的信心。人生的痛苦，在她身上都齊全了，一點也沒有甚麼可以叫她快樂的了，可是她仍舊能夠發出「哈利路亞」的讚美來，好似一無缺乏和病痛一般。 「無人知道我所經歷的困苦， 無人知道， 除了耶穌； 無人知道我所經歷的困苦—— 哈利路亞， 讚美主！」 「有時我高昇， 有時我下沈， 有時被棄於地， 受屈蒙塵， 有時榮光自四處照臨—— 哈利路亞， 讚美主！」 歌詞接下去：「無人知道我的工作，無人知道我的悲痛，」結尾還是重複那一句，「哈利路亞，讚美主！」 一直到最後二句： 「無人知道我的歡愉， 無人知道，祗有耶穌！」 她真是「四面受敵，卻不被困住；心裏作難，卻不至失望；遭逼迫，卻不被丟棄；打倒了，卻不至死亡。」（林後四8─9） 馬丁路得在他的病榻上頂痛苦的時候，仍不住的讚美和感謝，並傳這段信息：「這些痛苦和困難，很像排字的人所排的鉛版；現在看上去，字是反的，也讀不出甚麼意義來；可是等到鉛版印在紙上，我們就看得頂清楚，而且亦明瞭其中的意義了。今天我們所受的痛苦，果然解釋不通，但是到了那一天，我們就會明白的。」 保羅在狂風大浪的中間，出來站在船板上，安慰害怕的眾人「你們放心。」（徒廿七22） 保羅，馬丁路得和那位黑色的婦人，都是我們的好榜樣。 ─迦內德
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（02月28日）
February 28 "Let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually." (Heb. 13:15.) ＡCITY missionary, stumbling through the dirt of a dark entry, heard a voice say, "Who's there, Honey?" Striking a match, he caught a vision of earthly want and suffering, of saintly trust and peace, "cut in ebony"─calm, appealing eyes set amid the wrinkles of a pinched, black face that lay on a tattered bed. It was a bitter night in February, and she had no fire, no fuel, no light. She had had no supper, no dinner, no breakfast. She seemed to have nothing at all but rheumatism and faith in God. One could not be more completely exiled from all pleasantness of circumstances, yet the favorite song of this old creature ran: "Nobody knows de trouble I see, Nobody knows but Jesus; Nobody knows de trouble I see─ Sing Glory Hallelu! "Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down, Sometimes I'm level on the groun' Sometimes the glory shines aroun'─ Sing Glory Hallelu!" And so it went on: "Nobody knows de work I does, Nobody knows de griefs I has," the constant refrain being the "Glory Hallelu!" until the last verse rose: "Nobody knows de joys I has, Nobody knows but Jesus!" "Troubled on every side, yet not distressed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed." It takes great Bible words to tell the cheer of that old negro auntie. Remember Luther on his sick-bed. Between his groans he managed to preach on his wise: "These pains and trouble here are like the type which the printers set; as they look now, we have to read them backwards, and they seem to have no sense or meaning in them; but up yonder, when the Lord God prints us off in the life to come, we shall find they make brave reading." Only we do not need to wait till then. Remember Paul walking the hurricane deck amid a boiling sea, bidding the frightened crew "Be of good cheer." Luther, the old negro auntie─all of them human sun-flowers. ─Wm. C. Garnett.
■ 永活之泉（02月28日）
二月廿八日 三而一的神 「照父神的先見被揀選，藉著聖靈得成聖潔，以致順服耶穌基督，又蒙祂血所灑的人」彼得前書一章2節 在這裡，我們看見這偉大的三而一之神的真理是我們屬靈生命的根基。這本書特別講到對父神的敬拜，和花時間的需要；每天必須有夠多的時間，在神榮耀的特性裡敬拜祂。但是我們也必須記得，在所有與神的交通裡，聖子和聖靈的同在與能力是絕對需要的。 神在內室中為我們所開啟的，是何等的境界。我們需要花時間來認識，只有主耶穌活潑親密的同在和工作的時候，我們才能與父有交通。也需要花時間來充足的認識，當我每一次親近神的時候，我是何等的需要主耶穌；當祂動工的時候，我當如何相信祂是為我，且在我裡面工作，並且祂的愛是何等地聖潔而親切；在這愛裡，我能與祂同在，並有完全的交通。但是，要學習這功課，是需要花時間的；為著這個，神要大大地祝福報答你！ 藉著聖靈全能的力量作工在我們內心深處，祂能將聖子啟示在我們裡面。惟有藉著祂，使我有能力，知道當禱告甚麼並如何禱告；最要緊的是，怎樣奉主耶穌的名來得著禱告已蒙悅納的確證。 親愛的基督徒啊，你有沒有多次覺得，一個人只用五分鐘的工夫來親近神，便能得著神榮耀的感應是一個笑話？現在你對於藉著聖靈在基督裡真實的敬拜神的觀念，是否比以前覺得更需要多花時間來與神聯合，以致能保守你的心懷意念，一直在祂的平安和同在裡呢？惟獨停留在神面前的隱密處，你才得著恩典，能以住在基督裡，整天都受祂靈的引導。 讓我們停下來思想：「照父神的先見被揀選，藉著聖靈得成聖潔，以致順服耶穌基督，又蒙祂血所灑的人。」這些資料都可以幫助默想和敬拜。「你說：你們當尋求我的面。那時我心向你說：耶和華啊，您的面我正要尋求。」（詩廿七8）
■ 中文屬天日子（02月28日）
二月廿八日 現在你們信麼？ 「因此，我們信……耶穌說，現在你們信麼？」約翰福音十六章30—31節 「現在我們信。」耶穌說：「你們信麼？看哪！時候將到，……留下我獨自一人。」有許多基督的工人，因本分的感覺，或因本性之所好，覺得有參加這種工作的必要，不靠耶穌基督的助力。這種工作的起因，在於我們沒有耶穌復活的生命。仰仗自己宗教的悟性之靈，已是與神斷絕了親密的關係。固然沒有罪，也沒有附帶的懲罰；但是當這個人一旦覺得他怎樣攔阻了瞭解耶穌基督，發生愁苦困難的時候，他會含羞帶愧地回轉頭來。我們必須更深切地倚仗耶穌，在一切的事上求合神的意志；但是我們倒是靠我們的常識去決定一切而求神祝福我們。祂不能，這不在祂的範圍，這是與祂的計劃斷絕了關係。如果我們因本分的感覺做事，我們就樹起與耶穌基督競爭的旗幟來了；我們變為「超人」，而且說，「在這件事上，我們這麼做就這麼做，」這樣，我們就把我們本分的感覺放到王位上去，代替耶穌復活的生命。我們受的教訓，不是行在良心的光中或本分感覺的光中，卻是要在光明中行，如同神在光明中。當我們因本分的感覺而工作，我們能以理論來做後盾；當我們因順從主而工作，那就沒有論辯的可能；那也是一位聖者易於被人認為，不可以常理論的緣故了。
■ 中文上海嗎哪（02月28日）
二月廿八日 「……你們落在百般試煉中，都要以為大喜樂。」雅各書一章2節 我們不是時時都感到喜樂，但是我們應該「以為大喜樂」。「以為」是聖經中很關鍵的辭。當保羅談到老我的死亡，他要聖徒「當看自己是死的。」(羅六11)雖然我們不覺得自己是死的，而且在我們部份的老我復活時，覺得極為難過；但是我們應該以為自己是死的，既不害怕老我，又不順服它。 換言之，我們應該把試煉看為一種祝福。而且決心喜樂起來，說：「神阿，我心堅定，我心堅定，我要唱詩，我要歌頌。」(詩五七7)這種靠信心而喜樂的情況會很快地變成一種習慣，而且不斷地帶給我們靈裡的歡欣，使我自然流露讚美的話語。 「雖然無花果樹不發旺，葡萄樹不結果，橄欖樹也不效力，田地不出糧食，圈中絕了羊，棚內也沒有牛，然而，我要因耶和華歡欣，因救我的神喜樂。」(哈三17—18) 平安、完全的平安， 即使有苦難如波浪起伏， 在耶穌的懷裡只有寧靜。 平安、完全的平安。即使我們對未來一無所知， 我們認識耶穌，那坐在寶座上的主。
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