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1:1 烏斯地有一個人名叫約伯；那人完全正直，敬畏 神，遠離惡事。 In the land of Uz there lived a man whose name was Job. This man was blameless and upright; he feared God and shunned evil.
1:2 他生了七個兒子，三個女兒。 He had seven sons and three daughters, 1:3 他的家產有七千羊，三千駱駝，五百對牛，五百母驢，並有許多僕婢。這人在東方人中就為至大。 and he owned seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen and five hundred donkeys, and had a large number of servants. He was the greatest man among all the people of the East. 1:4 他的兒子按著日子各在自己家裏設擺筵宴，就打發人去，請了他們的三個姊妹來，與他們一同吃喝。 His sons used to take turns holding feasts in their homes, and they would invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them. 1:5 筵宴的日子過了，約伯打發人去叫他們自潔。他清早起來，按著他們眾人的數目獻燔祭；因為他說：「恐怕我兒子犯了罪，心中棄掉 神。」約伯常常這樣行。 When a period of feasting had run its course, Job would send and have them purified. Early in the morning he would sacrifice a burnt offering for each of them, thinking, <<Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.>> This was Job's regular custom. 1:6 有一天， 神的眾子來侍立在耶和華面前，撒但也來在其中。 One day the angels 1:6 Hebrew ((the sons of God)) came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan 1:6 ((Satan)) means ((accuser.)) also came with them. 1:7 耶和華問撒但說：「你從哪裏來？」撒但回答說：「我從地上走來走去，往返而來。」 The LORD said to Satan, <<Where have you come from?>> Satan answered the LORD, <<From roaming through the earth and going back and forth in it.>> 1:8 耶和華問撒但說：「你曾用心察看我的僕人約伯沒有？地上再沒有人像他完全正直，敬畏 神，遠離惡事。」 Then the LORD said to Satan, <<Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one on earth like him; he is blameless and upright, a man who fears God and shuns evil.>> 1:9 撒但回答耶和華說：「約伯敬畏 神，豈是無故呢？ <<Does Job fear God for nothing?>> Satan replied. 1:10 他的妻子對他說：「你仍然持守你的純正嗎？你棄掉 神，死了吧！」 <<Have you not put a hedge around him and his household and everything he has? You have blessed the work of his hands, so that his flocks and herds are spread throughout the land. 1:11 你豈不是四面圈上籬笆圍護他和他的家，並他一切所有的嗎？他手所做的都蒙你賜福；他的家產也在地上增多。 But stretch out your hand and strike everything he has, and he will surely curse you to your face.>> 1:12 你且伸手毀他一切所有的；他必當面棄掉你。」 The LORD said to Satan, <<Very well, then, everything he has is in your hands, but on the man himself do not lay a finger.>> Then Satan went out from the presence of the LORD. 1:13 耶和華對撒但說：「凡他所有的都在你手中；只是不可伸手加害於他。」於是撒但從耶和華面前退去。 One day when Job's sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother's house, 1:14 有一天，約伯的兒女正在他們長兄的家裏吃飯喝酒， a messenger came to Job and said, <<The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby, 1:15 有報信的來見約伯，說：「牛正耕地，驢在旁邊吃草， and the Sabeans attacked and carried them off. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!>> 1:16 示巴人忽然闖來，把牲畜擄去，並用刀殺了僕人；惟有我一人逃脫，來報信給你。」 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, <<The fire of God fell from the sky and burned up the sheep and the servants, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!>> 1:17 他還說話的時候，又有人來說：「 神從天上降下火來，將群羊和僕人都燒滅了；惟有我一人逃脫，來報信給你。」 While he was still speaking, another messenger came and said, <<The Chaldeans formed three raiding parties and swept down on your camels and carried them off. They put the servants to the sword, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!>> 1:18 他還說話的時候，又有人來說：「迦勒底人分作三隊忽然闖來，把駱駝擄去，並用刀殺了僕人；惟有我一人逃脫，來報信給你。」 While he was still speaking, yet another messenger came and said, <<Your sons and daughters were feasting and drinking wine at the oldest brother's house, 1:19 他還說話的時候，又有人來說：「你的兒女正在他們長兄的家裏吃飯喝酒， when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on them and they are dead, and I am the only one who has escaped to tell you!>> 1:20 不料，有狂風從曠野颳來，擊打房屋的四角，房屋倒塌在少年人身上，他們就都死了；惟有我一人逃脫，來報信給你。」 At this, Job got up and tore his robe and shaved his head. Then he fell to the ground in worship 1:21 約伯便起來，撕裂外袍，剃了頭，伏在地上下拜， and said: <<Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked I will depart. 1:21 Or ((will return there)) The LORD gave and the LORD has taken away; may the name of the LORD be praised.>> 1:22 說：「我赤身出於母胎，也必赤身歸回；賞賜的是耶和華，收取的也是耶和華。耶和華的名是應當稱頌的。」 In all this, Job did not sin by charging God with wrongdoing. 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24日）
二月廿四日 「約翰一件神蹟沒有行；但約翰指著這人所說的一切話都是真的。」約翰福音十章41節 也許你對於自己非常不滿意，因為你既不是一個天才，又沒有顯著的恩賜，又沒有特別的技能。雖然你的生活頂平庸，你的日子都是平淡無味的，然而你仍舊可以活出一個偉大的、非常的生命來。 約翰一件神蹟沒有行過，但是主耶穌讚許他說：「凡婦人所生的，沒有一個興起來大過施洗約翰的。」 約翰惟一的職務，是為光作見證，這件事是你我都作得到的。約翰的目的，只要有人需要基督，他自己只作一個聲音就滿足了，你我亦該如此。 甘願只作一個聲音，只能被聽見，不能被看見；甘願只作一面鏡子，因反射日光的榮耀，以至鏡面被隱蔽；甘願只作黎明的微風，早晨起來報告：「白日將至！白日將至！」一會兒遂即隱逝，作主的工作也是如此。 或許你作的是一件最普通，最微小的事情，絕沒有人注意你，但是這正是主所派你的工作。如果你生活在性情不相投的人們中間，你就當用愛心去戰勝他們。如果你有了錯誤，不要讓它伸長開來，而遮蔽了一切，你要把它深鎖在胸中，消除它和戰敗它。 也許不知不覺間我們自己還不知道，我們已經作了頂美的工作：撒種、通水泉、領人對基督有正當的認識……雖然沒有廣告替我們鼓吹，沒有紀念碑為我們建立，然而我的心已經滿足，如果有人——只有一個人也不妨——能說： 「……他一件神蹟沒有行過，但是因著他見證的聲音，我們就親自認識主了。」 ─馬得勝 「您所隱藏的人。」（詩八三3） 從泥土裏， 萌茁了濃濃的緣葉， 這是由於春風的呼喚與吹拂， 葉子底下微微的清香， 預示著花之將發。 多麼美好的花， 躲在葉子下面， 為我們粗疏的目光所沒有發現， 揭開葉子讓粉紅或純白的五月花， 仰起頭來迎接外面射來的亮光。 不是正有這樣的生命， 他的美德善行， 只被洞燭幾微的神所看見， 有如隱在葉下的花， 長得無比的美艷？ 被摧殘的靈魂開出了， 純潔美麗的信與愛之花， 因為葉子的遮掩， 隱沒了它可愛的容華。 忠義之花， 冠蓋群芳， 生長在人所不見的地方， 奇妙的是藏在葉下的花， 發出最甜蜜的芬芳。 我們模糊的視覺雖無所見， 一苞一萼， 祂卻完全知道； 安心等待聖光的啟示， 總有一天， 主會親手揭開葉子， 顯出它的美好。 許多神最寶貴的工人， 都是從普通的人群裏呼召出來的。（太十四23）
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（02月24日）
February 24 "John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true." (John 10:41.) ＹOU may be very discontented with yourself. You are no genius, have no brilliant gifts, and are inconspicuous for any special faculty. Mediocrity is the law of your existence. Your days are remarkable for nothing but sameness and insipidity. Yet you may live a great life. John did no miracle, but Jesus said that among those born of women there had not appeared a greater than he. John's main business was to bear witness to the Light, and this may be yours and mine. John was content to be only a voice, if men would think of Christ. Be willing to be only a voice, heard but not seen; a mirror whose surface is lost to view, because it reflects the dazzling glory of the sun; a breeze that springs up just before daylight, and says, "The dawn! the dawn!" and then dies away. Do the commonest and smallest things as beneath His eye. If you must live with uncongenial people, set to their conquest by love. If you have made a great mistake in your life, do not let it becloud all of it; but, locking the secret in your breast, compel it to yield strength and sweetness. We are doing more good than we know, sowing seeds, starting streamlets, giving men true thoughts of Christ, to which they will refer one day as the first things that started them thinking of Him; and, of my part, I shall be satisfied if no great mausoleum is raised over my grave, but that simple souls shall gather there when I am gone, and say, "He was a good man; he wrought no miracles, but he spake words about Christ, which led me to know Him for myself." ─George Matheson. "THY HIDDEN ONES" (psa. 83:3.) "Thick green leaves from the soft brown earth, Happy springtime hath called them forth; First faint promise of summer bloom, Breathes from the fragrant, sweet perfume, Under the leaves. "Lift them! what marvelous beauty lies, Hidden beneath, from our thoughtless eyes! Mayflowers, rosy or purest white, Lift their cups to the sudden light, Under the leaves. "Are there no lives whose holy deeds─ Seen by no eye save His who reads Motive and action─in silence grow, Into rare beauty, and bud and blow Under the leaves? "Fair white flowers of faith and trust, Springing from spirts bruised and crushed; Blossoms of love, rose-tinted and bright, Touched and painted with Heaven's own light Under the leaves. "Full fresh clusters of duty borne, Fairest of all in that shadow grown; Wondrous the fragrance that sweet and rare, Comes from the flower-cups hidden there Under the leaves. "Though unseen by our vision dim, Bud and blossom are known to Him; Wait we content for His heavenly ray─ Wait till our Master Himself one day Lifteth the leaves." "God calls many of His most valued workers from the unknown multitude." (Luke 14:23.)
■ 永活之泉（02月24日）
二月廿四日 神的慈愛 「你們要稱謝耶和華，因祂本為善，祂的慈愛永遠長存。」詩篇一三六篇1節 這篇詩，完全是讚美神的慈愛。在這廿六節中，我們看見每一節都有：「祂的慈愛永遠長存。」詩人心中充滿了這個喜樂的思想，我們的心中也應當充滿了這賜福的保證。神永遠不改變的慈愛，是我們不止息地讚美和感謝的緣由。 讓我們看詩篇一○三篇怎樣述說神的慈愛：「我的心哪，你要稱頌耶和華，……祂以仁愛和慈悲為你的冠冕。」（1、4節）在神一切的屬性中，慈愛是祂的冠冕；但願這個也成為我們頭上和生命中的冠冕。「耶和華有憐憫，有恩典，不輕易發怒，且有豐盛的慈愛。」（8節）神的偉大，是何等的奇妙；照樣，祂的慈愛也是何等的無限。「天離地何等的高，祂的慈愛向敬畏祂的人，也是何等的大。」（11節）這是何等的思想！像天離地那樣的高，神的慈愛，要帶下祂豐富的祝福，也是測不透的人。「耶和華的慈愛，歸於敬畏祂的人，從亙古到永遠。」（17節）在這裡，詩人又重新說到那無邊無涯的慈愛和憐憫。 哦！我的心哪，多少次讀到這些話，都沒有思想到這測不透的偉大。要安靜默想，直到你的心響應詩篇卅六篇的話：「耶和華啊，您的慈愛上及諸天……，神啊，您的慈愛何其寶貴！世人投靠在您翅膀的蔭下。……，願您常施慈愛給認識您的人。」 哦，我的魂哪，我們要在極大的喜樂中稱頌感謝神，因為祂以奇妙的慈愛，作為你的冠冕，並且說：「您的慈愛比生命更好。」（詩六十三3）
■ 中文屬天日子（02月24日）
二月廿四日 犧牲的快樂 「我也甘心樂意為你們……費財費力。」哥林多後書十二章15節 神的靈將祂的愛澆灌到我們心裡的時候，我們就能將自己與耶穌基督對於人類所具的興趣化合起來，而耶穌基督對於各種人都具有興趣。我們在基督徒的事工中，不可受我們各方面的關係的指導；這是我們對耶穌基督關係中的一個最大的試驗。犧牲的快樂，在於為朋友捨命，不在於將生命隨隨便便的拋棄，卻是有意的為祂和祂對於人類所具的興趣而送掉，不是為甚麼運動。保羅僅為一件事犧牲自己──就是要得人順服耶穌基督。保羅無時無刻不注視耶穌，從未注視自己。「向甚麼樣的人，我就作甚麼樣的人，無論如何，總要救些人。」當某人說他定要向神開展一種聖潔生活的時候，他對於他的同胞再沒有甚麼用處；是將他自己放在臺上了，怎能與人們的生活發生關係呢？保羅把自己看為犧牲品；所以他無論往那裡，聽耶穌基督隨意使用。我們中有許多人是追求我們自己的目的，所以耶穌基督不能隨意使用我們。如果我們服從耶穌，我們就不服從自己的目的去做事。保羅說他知道怎樣處卑賤，因為他生活的本源是崇敬耶穌。我們易於不崇敬耶穌基督，卻易於崇敬那些解脫我們靈性的事。保羅不照他的動機：「為我弟兄，就是自己被咒詛，與基督分離，我也願意。」──這是胡說亂道麼？一個具有愛心的人，像這樣表白，並非過分，保羅真真是愛耶穌基督的。
■ 中文上海嗎哪（02月24日）
二月廿四日 「罪必不能作你們的主，因你們不在律法之下，乃在恩典之中」羅馬書六章14節 摩西失敗的原因在於：「(律法原來一無所成)就引進了更美的指望。」(來七19)也因此他一生的工作不能完全實現。他看到迦南地卻無法進入；他是律法的起草人，但也是其受害者；他的生及死可說是說明律法無法領人到應許之地的最佳證據。得知摩西僅僅因為一點小錯誤，而失去了他所有的遺產，使我更加願意強調法律嚴刑：「……凡不常照律法書上所記一切之事去行的，就被咒詛。」(加三10) 但是藉著神恩典的榮耀，我們可以加上「律法不能為摩西所行的，福音卻能成就。」那因舊約律法緣故不能渡過約但河的人，卻能與神的兒子同站在黑門山上，分享主改變形像時的榮耀，談論祂在髑髏地上永續的榮耀。 那樣的恩典，我們只有在耶穌基督的福音下始能得著。
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