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1:1 先知哈巴谷所得的默示。 The oracle that Habakkuk the prophet received.
1:2 他說:耶和華啊!我呼求你,你不應允,要到幾時呢?我因強暴哀求你,你還不拯救。 How long, O LORD, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, <<Violence!>> but you do not save? 1:3 你為何使我看見罪孽?你為何看著奸惡而不理呢?毀滅和強暴在我面前,又起了爭端和相鬥的事。 Why do you make me look at injustice? Why do you tolerate wrong? Destruction and violence are before me; there is strife, and conflict abounds. 1:4 因此律法放鬆,公理也不顯明;惡人圍困義人,所以公理顯然顛倒。 Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never prevails. The wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted. 1:5 耶和華說:你們要向列國中觀看,大大驚奇;因為在你們的時候,我行一件事,雖有人告訴你們,你們總是不信。 <<Look at the nations and watch-- and be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told. 1:6 我必興起迦勒底人,就是那殘忍暴躁之民,通行遍地,佔據那不屬自己的住處。 I am raising up the Babylonians, 1:6 Or ((Chaldeans)) that ruthless and impetuous people, who sweep across the whole earth to seize dwelling places not their own. 1:7 他威武可畏,判斷和勢力都任意發出。 They are a feared and dreaded people; they are a law to themselves and promote their own honor. 1:8 他的馬比豹更快,比晚上的豺狼更猛。馬兵踴躍爭先,都從遠方而來;他們飛跑如鷹抓食, Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like a vulture swooping to devour; 1:9 都為行強暴而來,定住臉面向前,將擄掠的人聚集,多如塵沙。 they all come bent on violence. Their hordes 1:9 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain. advance like a desert wind and gather prisoners like sand. 1:10 他們譏誚君王,笑話首領,嗤笑一切保障,築壘攻取。 They deride kings and scoff at rulers. They laugh at all fortified cities; they build earthen ramps and capture them. 1:11 他以自己的勢力為神,像風猛然掃過,顯為有罪。 Then they sweep past like the wind and go on-- guilty men, whose own strength is their god.>> 1:12 耶和華─我的 神,我的聖者啊,你不是從亙古而有嗎?我們必不致死。耶和華啊,你派定他為要刑罰人;磐石啊,你設立他為要懲治人。 O LORD, are you not from everlasting? My God, my Holy One, we will not die. O LORD, you have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, you have ordained them to punish. 1:13 你眼目清潔,不看邪僻,不看奸惡;行詭詐的,你為何看著不理呢?惡人吞滅比自己公義的,你為何靜默不語呢? Your eyes are too pure to look on evil; you cannot tolerate wrong. Why then do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves? 1:14 你為何使人如海中的魚,又如沒有管轄的爬物呢? You have made men like fish in the sea, like sea creatures that have no ruler. 1:15 他用鉤鉤住,用網捕獲,用拉網聚集他們;因此,他歡喜快樂, The wicked foe pulls all of them up with hooks, he catches them in his net, he gathers them up in his dragnet; and so he rejoices and is glad. 1:16 就向網獻祭,向網燒香,因他由此得肥美的分和富裕的食物。 Therefore he sacrifices to his net and burns incense to his dragnet, for by his net he lives in luxury and enjoys the choicest food. 1:17 他豈可屢次倒空網羅,將列國的人時常殺戮,毫不顧惜呢? Is he to keep on emptying his net, destroying nations without mercy? \b 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19日)
二月十九日 「凡結果子的,他就修理乾淨,使枝子結果更多。」約翰福音十五章2節 有一個神的孩子,正希奇像她這樣愛主的信徒,為甚麼神還要使她落在百般的試煉中呢?有一次,她走過一個葡萄園,看見裏邊有許多的葡萄籐,枝子頂多,葉子茂盛,可是再仔細一看,葉子上都是一個個的蛀孔,籐上生了許多的蟲蟻,四周長了無數的雜草,地上堆了許多的枯葉;顯然是一個完全沒有人經管的荒園;當她站著沉思的時候,神就光照她,給她看見一段頂寶貝的信息。 「我所愛的孩子啊,你是不是在希奇你一生的遭遇呢?你看這個葡萄園,從其中學習一個功課吧!園丁不替它修剪不結果的枝子,不摘去不需要的葉子,不除去害蟲和雜草,他隨它去;所以在這成熟的時候,葡萄一顆也沒有。你要不要我停止修理你的生命呢?你要不要我把你放在一邊呢?」她的心受了安慰,大聲說道:「不!不!」 —狄克生 結果子的枝幹, 才會受到剪栽, 為了幫助它的生長, 結出更多果子來。 搖曳生姿的細枝, 含苞欲放的蓓蕾, 青蔥可愛的嫩芽, 一一都會摧殘。 歡樂的生命, 摧殘得黯淡無光, 抱負化為塵土, 磨折得遍體鱗傷。 你一切慾望, 一切希求和幻夢, 都將化為泡影, 你要歡喜,你要慶幸。 那是神執著刀, 細心在給你修剪, 使你結果子的生命, 更為豐富繁衍。 ─富林德
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(02月19日)
February 19 "And every branch that beareth fruit he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit." (John 15:2.) A CHILD of God was dazed by the variety of afflictions which seemed to make her their target. Walking past a vineyard in the rich autumnal glow she noticed the untrimmed appearance and the luxuriant wealth of leaves on the vines, that the ground was given over to a tangle of weeds and grass, and that the whole place looked utterly uncared for; and as she pondered, the Heavenly Gardener whispered so precious a message that she would fain pass it on: "My dear child, are you wondering at the sequence of trials in your life? Behold that vineyard and learn of it. The gardener ceases to prune, to trim, to harrow, or to pluck the ripe fruit only when he expects nothing more from the vine during that season. It is left to itself, because the season of gruit is past and further effort for the present would yield no profit. Comparative uselessness is the condition of freedom from suffering. Do you then wish me to cease pruning your life? Shall I leave you alone?" And the comforted heart cried, "No!" Homera Homer-Dixon. It is the branch that bears the fruit, That feels the knife, To prune it for a larger growth, A fuller life. Though every budding twig be lopped, And every grace Of swaying tendril, springing leaf, Be lost a space. O thou whose life of joy seems reft, Of beauty shorn; Whose aspirations lie in dust, All bruised and torn, Rejoice, tho' each desire, each dream, Each hope of thine Shall fall and fade; it is the hand Of Love Divine That holds the knife, that cuts and breaks With tenderest touch, That thou, whose life has borne some fruit May'st now bear much. ─Annie Johnson Flint.
■ 永活之泉(02月19日)
二月十九日 敬畏神 「敬畏耶和華,遵行祂道的人,便為有福。」詩篇一二八篇1節 敬畏神——這句話說出舊約裡宗教生活的特點,也是新約更豐盛生命的根基。神的兒女們該愛慕這敬畏神的恩賜,對神存敬畏的心,是我們生活中主要的部分,為要給環繞我們的世界一個真實的印象。在耶利米書有一個關於新約的大應許:「我要與他們立永遠的約,……使他們有敬畏我的心,不離開我」(耶卅二40) 在使徒行傳裡,我們也看見這兩個完全的聯合(參徒九31)。各處的教會都得平安,被建立「凡事敬畏主,蒙聖靈的安慰,人數增多了。」保羅也多次的將敬畏神看為基督徒生活上重要的一點。「恐懼戰兢作成你們得救的工夫,」「因為神在你們心裡運行。」「敬畏神,得以成聖。」(林後七1) 我們常聽見人說:今天所以不能和清教徒(Puritans)及立約者(Covenanters)的時代相比,就是因為缺乏敬畏神的心。所以,現在的情形有那麼多的軟弱,不能好好地讀神的話,也沒有不住禱告的靈,不像當初的教會那樣剛強。前述各項對於年輕初信的我們,需要好好地說明,要叫他們知道,敬畏神和因敬畏神而有的祝福,便被帶到一個不住的禱告裡,使禱告成為信心生活的一個要素。 讓我們在內室中,好好地培植這恩典。讓我們聽從天上來的呼聲:「主啊,誰敢不敬畏您,不榮耀您的名呢?因為獨有您是神聖的。」讓我們靠著恩典,用尊崇敬畏來事奉神。讓「敬畏主的人是有福的」這話,印進我們的心,並且相信這就是最深蒙福的秘訣。「當存畏懼事奉耶和華,又當存戰兢而快樂。」
■ 中文屬天日子(02月19日)
二月十九日 避免工作之乏味 「興起發光。」以賽亞書六十章1節 我們起先以為神不肯相助,便自己動起來。不過在我們作起來的時候,就會感覺──祂就在那裡。無論何時,神激動我們,必定要我們先有一種道德的自動。我們是應奉行無違,不要呆若木雞一樣。如果我們奮起發光,乏味的工作就會變成神聖的勞作了。 乏味的工作是品性最好的試金石。乏味的工作,與理想相去很遠──指極卑賤的事,當我們與那些事發生接觸的時候,我們就立刻知道我們是否真是屬靈的。試讀約翰十三章;我們就知道神的化身也做了最乏味的工作,洗漁夫的腳,而且說:「我是你們的主,你們的夫子,尚且洗你們的腳,你們也當彼此洗腳。」(約十三14)這是需要神的靈和神的光,才能忍受而不辭的。有人做了某件事,而那件事,因為他的做法和態度從此就成為聖的。也許是極平常的事,但是我們看見他們行了出來,就會生出不同的感覺。當我們的主藉著我們做某種事的時候,祂常是把它的形式變化了。我們的主化身成人,使肉體成為聖潔,所以眾聖徒也當看肉體為聖靈的殿。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(02月19日)
二月十九日 「所以情願盡我的力量,將福音也傳給你們在羅馬的人。」羅馬書一章15節 要盡力,神所要的乃是全然地盡力、全心地為基督、對十字架的忠心、對我們的主及人類投入整個人。這些不僅是祂死在十字架上所應得的,也是這個世界所需要、這個世代所渴慕的。 在我們周圍的一切都是充滿生命的:生命是嚴肅的,死亡是真實的,罪是存在的,人是重要的,生意是實際的,知識是不偽的,這個世代更是鮮活的。如果我們在這個白熱的危機時刻不盡力,那麼我們真要求神赦免我們了。 所以,為了受火的施洗,為了能使世人的罪得赦免,為了所得著、放棄自我的眾僕人,我們應該抓住神的心意,向著標竿直跑,要得著在基督耶穌裡從上面召我來得的獎賞(腓三14)。 我的禱告是: 願全世界都屬耶穌。 我的警言是: 願耶穌全然屬我。 願全世界都屬耶穌, 主啊!請您快些 帶著您所應許的國度來, 然後接我們回天家。
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