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1:1 作 神和主耶穌基督僕人的雅各請散住十二個支派之人的安。 James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,To the twelve tribes scattered among the nations:Greetings.
1:2 我的弟兄們,你們落在百般試煉中,都要以為大喜樂; Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, 1:3 因為知道你們的信心經過試驗,就生忍耐。 because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. 1:4 但忍耐也當成功,使你們成全、完備,毫無缺欠。 Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. 1:5 你們中間若有缺少智慧的,應當求那厚賜與眾人、也不斥責人的 神,主就必賜給他。 If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. 1:6 只要憑著信心求,一點不疑惑;因為那疑惑的人,就像海中的波浪,被風吹動翻騰。 But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind. 1:7 這樣的人不要想從主那裏得甚麼。 That man should not think he will receive anything from the Lord; 1:8 心懷二意的人,在一切所行的路上都沒有定見。 he is a double-minded man, unstable in all he does. 1:9 卑微的弟兄升高,就該喜樂; The brother in humble circumstances ought to take pride in his high position. 1:10 富足的降卑,也該如此;因為他必要過去,如同草上的花一樣。 0 But the one who is rich should take pride in his low position, because he will pass away like a wild flower. 1:11 太陽出來,熱風颳起,草就枯乾,花也凋謝,美容就消沒了;那富足的人,在他所行的事上也要這樣衰殘。 For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich man will fade away even while he goes about his business. 1:12 忍受試探的人是有福的,因為他經過試驗以後,必得生命的冠冕,這是主應許給那些愛他之人的。 Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him. 1:13 人被試探,不可說:「我是被 神試探」;因為 神不能被惡試探,他也不試探人。 When tempted, no one should say, <<God is tempting me.>> For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 1:14 但各人被試探,乃是被自己的私慾牽引誘惑的。 but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. 1:15 私慾既懷了胎,就生出罪來;罪既長成,就生出死來。 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. 1:16 我親愛的弟兄們,不要看錯了。 Don't be deceived, my dear brothers. 1:17 各樣美善的恩賜和各樣全備的賞賜都是從上頭來的,從眾光之父那裏降下來的;在他並沒有改變,也沒有轉動的影兒。 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. 1:18 他按自己的旨意,用真道生了我們,叫我們在他所造的萬物中好像初熟的果子。 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of firstfruits of all he created. 1:19 我親愛的弟兄們,這是你們所知道的,但你們各人要快快地聽,慢慢地說,慢慢地動怒, My dear brothers, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry, 1:20 因為人的怒氣並不成就 神的義。 for man's anger does not bring about the righteous life that God desires. 1:21 所以你們要脫去一切的污穢和盈餘的邪惡,存溫柔的心領受那所栽種的道,就是能救你們靈魂的道。 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you. 1:22 只是你們要行道,不要單單聽道,自己欺哄自己。 Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says. 1:23 因為聽道而不行道的,就像人對著鏡子看自己本來的面目, Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like a man who looks at his face in a mirror 1:24 看見,走後,隨即忘了他的相貌如何。 and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. 1:25 惟有詳細察看那全備,使人自由之律法的,並且時常如此,這人既不是聽了就忘,乃是實在行出來,就在他所行的事上必然得福。 But the man who looks intently into the perfect law that gives freedom, and continues to do this, not forgetting what he has heard, but doing it--he will be blessed in what he does. 1:26 若有人自以為虔誠,卻不勒住他的舌頭,反欺哄自己的心,這人的虔誠是虛的。 If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. 1:27 在 神我們的父面前,那清潔沒有玷污的虔誠,就是看顧在患難中的孤兒寡婦,並且保守自己不沾染世俗。 Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world. 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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