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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07日）
三月七日 「我們……周圍遭患難。」哥林多後書七章5節 為甚麼神這樣帶領我們，應許患難一直臨到我們？第一，神彀用的恩典和能力可以彰顯得更完全，遠勝在安逸中。「我們有這寶貝放在瓦器裏，要顯明這莫大的能力，是出於神，不是出於我們。」（林後四7） 第二，患難使我們更依靠神。神一直在教導我們依靠祂，讓祂把我們緊緊握在手中，把所有的難處交給祂，由祂照顧。 第三，主自己曾站過那「四圍遭患難」之地，今天祂也要我們去站；並不用自己的力，乃是一直用手拉住祂，不敢獨自跨前一步，用以訓練我們的信心。 第四，除了在患難中，沒有別的地方可以學習信心的功課。四週遭患難之地是神所設立的信心學校，在那裏我們受到信心的訓練。 信心的祕訣一次學會，就永遠會了，並且是一個永遠的幸福；有信，貧窮變為富足；沒有信，富足也是貧窮。 ─譯自屬天的日子 別人歡唱， 我為何悲哭？ 「為了探測苦海的深度。」 別人休息， 我為何工作？ 「為了出力完成神的吩咐。」 別人獲得， 我為何損失？ 「為了體驗失敗的慘痛。」 美好的幸福為你所有， 為何厄運偏糾纏我， 自朝至暮？ 「因為神知道如此的安排， 將使我在永恆中獲得無上豐富。」
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（03月07日）
March 7 "We are troubled on every side." (2 Cor. 7:5.) ＷHY should God have to lead us thus, and allow the pressure to be so hard and constant? Well, in the first place, it shows His all-sufficient strength and grace much better than if we were exempt from pressure and trial. "The treasure is in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us." It makes us more conscious of our dependence upon Him. God is constantly trying to teach us our dependence, and to hold us absolutely in His hand and hanging upon His care. This was the place where Jesus Himself stood and where He wants us to stand, not with self-constituted strength, but with a hand ever leaning upon His, and a trust that dare not take one step alone. It teaches us trust. There is no way of learning faith except by trial. It is God's school of faith, and it is far better for us to learn to trust God than to enjoy life. The lesson of faith once learned, is an everlasting acquisition and an eternal fortune made; and without trust even riches will leave us poor. ─Days of Heaven upon Earth. "Why must I weep when others sing? `To test the deeps of suffering.' Why must I workd while others rest? `To spend my strength at God's request.' Why must I lose while others gain? `To understand defeat's sharp pain.' Why must this lot of life be mine When that which fairer seems is thine? `Because God knows what plans for me Shall blossom in eternity.'"
■ 永活之泉（03月07日）
三月七日 神所尋找的代禱者 「耶路撒冷啊，我在你城上設立守望的，他們晝夜必不靜默。呼籲耶和華的，你們不要歇息，也不要使他歇息。」以賽亞書六十二章6—7節 守望者通常是設立在城牆上，隨時可將要臨到的危險通知官長。神設立的守望者不僅是他們警戒世人——通常人都不願聽——並且要他們有需要或敵人威脅時，呼喊神來幫助他們。代禱者最大的特點乃是晝夜不靜默、不歇息，也不使神歇息，直到神的拯救來臨。他們心中確知神必垂聽他們的禱告。 就是為著這件事，主耶穌說：「神的選民晝夜呼籲祂，祂豈不終久給他們伸冤嗎？」我們到處聽到神的教會受到世界及其世俗觀念的影響，已逐漸失去對信徒的影響力。罪人悔改及神子民聖潔的見證已不多見。大多數的基督徒全然忽略了基督要他們有份於祂國度之擴充的呼召。聖靈的能力經歷得非常有限。 在有關於如何使青年人、老人對神的話發生興趣，如何喚起他們對神事務服事的愛心等的談論中，聽不到多少不可或缺之聖靈的能力，在教會的服事及弟兄姊妹中間。由於禱告之缺乏，因而看不到甚麼信心及悔改的標記：聖靈的工作顯得非常微弱。唯有同心迫切地禱告才能導致轉變。如果神的選民向神晝夜呼籲，則時間該是現在。親愛的讀者，你不願意將自己獻給神有份於此蒙福的代禱工作嗎？你不樂意學習將代禱視為一生中最高的特權，使你得以成為一條途徑，使神的祝福能藉著你的代禱而被帶到地上來嗎？ 禱告： 永遠可稱頌的神啊，求您垂聽我們的祈求，求您親自興起您所喜悅的代禱者。求您賜給我們專以您的事為念的人，從不歇息地向您祈求，直等到您再一次使您的教會在地上成為可讚美的器皿。可稱頌的父啊，您的靈教導我們如何禱告。阿們。
■ 中文屬天日子（03月07日）
三月七日 大膽的發光 「然而靠著愛我們的主，在這一切的事上，已經得勝有餘了。」羅馬書八章37節 保羅是說到那些似乎將聖徒和神的愛分開的事。但奇妙的，是沒有甚麼能將神的愛和聖徒截成兩段。這些事能夠來到聖徒的心靈和神之間，使個人生命與神脫離關係，但是沒有甚麼事能使神的愛與聖徒的靈截成兩段。我們基督徒信仰的基石，是神在十字架上所表現的愛，這種愛是我們從不配，也永不配得的。保羅說，這就是我們在這一切的事上得勝有餘──萬能的得勝者──的原因，而這樣的快樂是因著那些像要壓倒我們的事得到的。 浮浪的海潮，固使平常游泳者感覺困難，而在善於游泳者，以浮浪的海潮為無上的樂事。把這應用到我們的情景上來，這些事──患難、困苦、逼迫都使我們有無上的快樂；是不應當拒絕的。我們靠著主，在這一切的事上，已經得勝有餘了，不是忍受這些事，卻是要在這些事當中得勝。聖徒從不輕視患難，卻因患難而知道主的快樂。保羅說：「就是在患難中，也是歡歡喜喜的。」（羅五3） 大膽的發光不是建在任何暫時的事情上，卻是建在不能更改的神的愛上。生活的經驗，無論是恐怖或是乏味，是不能觸及我們的主耶穌基督裡所表現的神的愛。
■ 中文上海嗎哪（03月07日）
三月七日 「……施比受更為有福。」使徒行傳二十章35節 我們如何知道肉體的和屬天的愛差別何在？屬肉體的愛以自我為中心，而且只追求滿足自我。屬天的愛則以愛神、愛人為中心，以榮耀、讚美祂為喜樂。真愛是不自私的，所以若不是不自私的愛，就不是從神來的。 讓我們想想，我們給別人的有多少，為自己求的有多少？我們生命的中心是我們自己，還是主、或是祂的子民和事工呢？ 求神更加幫助我們瞭解這個施比受更為有福的偉大真理。「因為凡要救自己生命的，必喪掉生命；凡為我和福音喪掉生命的，必救了生命。」(可八35) 你若曾找到一些珍貴的寶藏， 就該與人分享。 你若曾享受到屬靈的喜樂， 就該與人分享。 給掉一半，擁有的卻加倍， 而愛更能使一切祝福都增加。 所以讓我們更勤勞地事奉， 學習與人分享。
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