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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11日）
三月十一日 「耶和華的僕人摩西死了以後，耶和華曉諭摩西的幫手嫩的兒子約書亞，說，我的僕人摩西死了；現在你要起來，和眾百姓過這約但河。」約書亞記一章1—2節 當憂愁和損失同時臨到你的時候，你第一個衝動就是想放棄一切，坐在失望中傷心。但是你決不能這樣，須知你是在戰場的前線，正當勝敗關頭。如果你躊躇一刻，同胞就要喪膽，神就要受著虧損。所以你不該稍有耽延，連痛哭一場的時間也不能。 某名將常述說他在戰爭時所遭遇的一段傷心的經歷：將軍的兒子是一個陸軍中尉。一次，父子各率一軍，開拔前線。不久，總攻擊開始，將軍身先士卒，向敵陣衝鋒；在戰場上，他偶然瞥見一個本國的戰死軍官躺在地上。跑近一看，乃是他自己的兒子。他第一個意念就是抱了屍身痛哭一場，但是轉念之間，他想到身負重責，戰爭的勝敗就在這一仗，豈可因個人私事貽誤大事；於是在死者灰白的冷唇上搶了一個熱吻，鼓起勇氣，急忙率領軍兵向前衝去。 如果約書亞在摩西的墓旁一直哀哭，是哭不活摩西的，也哭不出神的祝福來。憂愁無非使傷痕更深、使痛苦擴大。神吩咐約書亞在摩西死後從哀傷中起來背負神的使命前去，約書亞遵行神的旨意，果真面前有亮光、能力和祝稫。坐下來一直悲哀會使我們四圍的環境更黑暗、會使我們的心更痛苦、會使我們的力量更衰弱。只要我們不去理會痛苦，立即負起神的使命來，光明就會隨著來到，我們也會剛強起來了。 ─密勒 輕率的啼哭， 自私的淚珠， 將招來深的罪過。 我們憂慮那微不足道的損失， 您卻給我準備了夢想不到的收穫； 我們若不肯放下自以為珍貴的一切， 結果還是喪失， 何能持到永久？ 但若緊握著您的手， 堅定步伐走在您指示的道路， 前途是浸潤著快樂與豐富， 充滿了幸福和尊榮的寶庫。 ─傑克遜
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（03月11日）
March 11 "Now it came to pass after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spoke unto Joshua, the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, Moses my servant is dead; now, therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou and all this people."(Joshua 1:1, 2.) ＳORROW came to you yesterday, and emptied your home. Your first impulse now is to give up, and sit down in despair amid the wrecks of your hopes. But you dare not do it. You are in the line of battle, and the crisis is at hand. To falter a moment would be to imperil some holy interest. Other lives would be harmed by your pausing, holy interests would suffer, should your hands be folded. You must not linger even to indulge your grief. A distinguished general related this pathetic incident of his own experience in time of war. The general's son was a lieutenant of battery. An assault was in progress. The father was leading his division in a charge; as he pressed on in the field, suddenly his eye was caught by the sight of a dead battery-officer lying just before him. One glance showed him it was his own son. His fatherly impulse was to stop beside the was his own son. His fatherly impulse was to stop beside the loved form and give vent to his grief, but the duty of the moment demanded that he should press on in the charge; so, quickly snatching one hot kiss from the dead lips, he hastened away, leading his command in the assault. Weeping inconsolably beside a grave can never give back love's banished treasure, nor can any blessing come out of such sadness. Sorrow makes deep scars; it writes its record ineffaceably on the heart which suffers. We really never get over our great griefs; we are never altogether the same after we have passed through them as we were before. Yet there is a humanizing and fertilizing influence in sorrow which has been rightly accepted and cheerfully borne. Indeed, they are poor who have never suffered, and have none of sorrow's marks upon them. The joy set before us should shine upon our grief as the sun shines through the clouds, glorifying them. God has so ordered, that in pressing on in duty we shall find the truest, richest comfort for ourselves. sitting down to brood over our sorrows, the darkness deepens about us and creeps into our heart, and our strength changes to weakness. But, if we turn away from the gloom, and take up the tasks and duties to which God calls us, the light will come again, and we shall grow stronger. ─J. R. Miller. Thou knowest that through our tears, Of hasty, selfish weeping Comes surer sin, and for our petty fears Of loss thou hast in keeping A greater gain than all of which we dreamed; Thou knowest that in grasping The bright possessions which so precious seemed, We lose them; but if, clasping Thy faithful hand, we tread with steadfast feet, The path of thy appointing, There waits for us a treasury of sweet, Delight, royal anointing With oil of gladness and of strength. ─Helen Hunt Jackson.
■ 永活之泉（03月11日）
三月十一日 基督是我們代禱的榜樣 「……他與強盛的均分擄物，因……他擔當多人的罪，又為罪犯代求。」以賽亞書五十三章12節 「他為罪犯代求。」這對主來說是何所指呢？試想祂為了那個有功效的禱告出了何等大的代價。祂需要將魂傾倒成為贖罪祭，在客西馬尼向神呼求：「父啊，願您的旨意成全。」 試想是甚麼感動了祂，使祂將自己獻到至極！乃是祂對父的愛——使祂的聖潔得以顯出，以及祂對人的愛——使他們與祂一同成聖。 試想祂得著的是何等的得勝，祂勝過了眾仇敵，就坐在神的右邊，以無限的能力代禱。祂將要看到祂的後裔，與祂同有一個意念，祂能訓練他們有份於祂偉大的代禱工作。 當我們真實地為罪人求神時，這對我們又有甚麼意義呢？我們也是一樣，將自己完全獻於父的榮耀、聖潔及祂的愛，我們也向父說：願您的旨意成全，我們願出任何代價，甚至將魂傾於父的榮耀，聖潔及祂的愛，我們也向父說：願您的旨意成全，我們願出任何代價，甚至將魂傾倒以至於死。 主耶穌已將我們一同帶到天上有份於祂自己，使我們在代禱的偉大工作上與祂同工。祂在天上，我們在地上卻同有一個心志，一個目標——由於對父神及對那迷失人的愛，將自己獻上，藉著代禱帶下神的祝福。使那燃燒在父與子裡面，為要拯救罪人的熱火，也燒在我們心裡。 何等榮耀！何等福氣！因為祂長遠活著，那在聖靈所澆灌在我們心裡的愛，使我們得著何等力量來（為罪犯）代禱！ 禱告： 永活的神，開我們的眼睛，看見您兒子榮耀的異象，就是祂永遠活著為人代禱。並使我們看見您恩典的榮耀，使我們得與祂相似，並能為罪人代求。父啊，奉主耶穌的名。阿們。
■ 中文屬天日子（03月11日）
三月十一日 靈悟 「我沒有違背那從天上來的異象。」使徒行傳廿六章19節 如果我們失掉異象，其責只有我們自己擔負；而我們失掉異象的原因是由於靈性的遺漏。如果我們不把信靠神施之於實際，那神所賜予的異象，全都消逝。不違背那從天上來的異象的唯一方法，是盡力完成神的最高理想，還要時時決心回憶那異象才能成功。這是一秒一分不能間斷的工作，不僅是祈禱或靈修時的工作。 「雖然異象遲延，耐心等著」。我們不能強取甚麼異象，必要生活在異象的靈感中，讓其自己完成。我們忙於工作，就忘記所見的異象。在開始時，我們是看異象可以得著，但沒有等待異象；便忙於實際的工作，當異象完成的時候，我們反而不見。等候遲延的異象，是我們對神忠實的測驗。我們忙於實際工作，不見異象之完成，是將我們靈性的幸福置於危險了。 留心神的颶風。神播種聖徒唯一的方法，是藉著祂的旋風，你要證實你是一個空莢麼？是要看你是否照著所見的去生活。讓神擲你出去，不到神擲你出去，切不可出去。如果你選擇自己的地方，你就要成為一個空莢。如果神播種你，你就要結出果子來。 隨著異象之光，練習你的腳步，才是最根本的辦法。
■ 中文上海嗎哪（03月11日）
三月十一日 「惟有你們是被揀選的族類，……是屬神的子民……」彼得前書二章9節 你可曾想過，神從祂所選出的人中再揀選出一些人，是否有些奇怪？「教會」這個名詞，原意是「選召」的意思，但是神仍然在教會中揀選祂特殊的工人。 我們可以從基甸的故事中看到這樣的例子。當他第一次吹角時，有超過三萬以上的亞比以謝人來跟隨他，但是神要他把人數減少。第一次考驗之後，懼怕膽怯的都離開了，只剩下一萬人。然而神需要再從這一萬人中挑選出更精銳的，這次考驗後，聰明、謹慎和心志專一的人被留了下來，可是數目只有三百人。 藉著這雖小但神所揀選的一群，基甸得以提高攻打米甸人士兵的素質。靠著神的能力，他光榮地贏得勝利。今天神仍在挑選合用的三百人，並要用他們使祂贏得世界。讓我們確定，我們是屬於揀選中再揀選出來的。
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