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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16日）
二月十六日 「我雖然使你受苦，卻不再使你受苦。」那鴻書一章12節 受苦是有限度的。神能使你受苦，也能免去你受苦。讀者啊，你豈不是在嘆息說：「要受苦到幾時方纔停止呢？哦!讓我們耐心等候，直到神的旨意成功。當父用杖的目的完成以後，我們的父自然會把杖挪去的。 神使我們受苦，若是目的為要試驗我們，要我們在受苦中靠恩典榮耀祂，那麼，必須等到我們在人前有了明顯的見證之後，苦難纔會停止。 我們不該盼望苦難早些離去，除非神已經從我們得到了我們該給祂的一切榮耀和尊貴。 也許今天就會有平安，誰知道波浪翻騰的海，頃刻之間就會變成平靜如鏡的玻璃海呢？ 農夫經歷了許多艱難之後，犁和鐮可以藏起來了，禾可以紮成捆收在倉裏了。那時我們都要歡喜快樂了。 在神不難將黑夜變成白晝。祂能將黑雲密佈天空，祂也能很容易地使天氣清朗。所以讓我們放心罷。苦難終究是要過去的。讓我們預先唱哈利路亞罷！ ─司布真 農夫不會一直打穀，神也不會一直用杖。試煉不過是暫時。目前雖然有暴雨，不久卻要停止；一宿雖然有哭泣，早晨便必歡呼。因為祂的怒氣不過是轉眼之間，祂的恩典乃是一生之久。 我們這至輕的苦楚，乃是至暫的。並且這至暫的苦楚也是有目的的——為要完成我們永遠的榮耀。 信徒受試煉，就是證明我們在主面前的寶貴；不然主不會花這許多時間、力氣和心機在我們身上的。主絕不會來試煉我們，除非祂發現我們有頂寶貴的信心的礦苗，混在我們肉體的沙石中，祂要把我們純粹的信心提出來，就必須放我們在試煉的爐火中。 哦，受苦的信徒們啊，耐著罷！將來我們所得的酬報，將遠超過現在所出的代價。在萬王之王的面前得稱讚；在千萬聖天使面前受尊敬；在基督裏得榮耀；在國度和永世裏戴冠冕，操鐵杖，坐寶座——作王，直到永遠。啊，這是何等的賞賜呢！ ─譯自火的試煉 時鳴鐘上的鐘錘，是使時鳴鐘走得準確的必需品；照樣，患難也是屬靈生命的必需品。香料越壓得緊，香氣越是濃郁；最美麗的花卉，是生長在荒僻的雪地裏的；最精美的寶石，受匠人琢磨的時間最長；最貴重的彫刻，受鑿子的擊打最多。這是一個自然定律。任何事物的完成，都要經過遠見高大而無微不至的磨練。 ─日誠報
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（02月16日）
February 16 "Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more." (Nah. 1:12.) ＴHERE is a limit to affliction. God sends it, and removes it. Do you sigh and say, "When will the end be?" Let us quietly wait and patiently endure the will of the Lord till He cometh. Our Father takes away the rod when His design in using it is fully served. If the affliction is sent for testing us, that our graces may glorify God, it will end when the Lord has made us bear witness to his praise. We would not wish the affliction to depart until God has gotten out of us all the honor which we can possibly yield Him. There may be today "a great calm." Who knows how soon those raging billows will give place to a sea of glass, and the sea birds sit on the gentle waves? After long tribulation, the flail is hung up, and the wheat rests in the garner. We may, before many hours are past, be just as happy as now we are sorrowful. It is not hard for the Lord to turn night into day. He that sends the clouds can as easily clear the skies. Let us be of good cheer. It is better farther on. Let us sing Hallelujah by anticipation. ─C. H. Spurgeon. The great Husbandman is not always threshing. Trial is only for a season. The showers soon pass. Weeping may tarry only for the few hours of the short summer night; it must be gone at daybreak. Our light affliction is but for a moment. Trial is for a purpose, "If needs be." The very fact of trial proves that there is something in us very precious to our Lord; else He would not spend so much pains and time on us. Christ would not test us if He did not see the precious ore of faith mingled in the rocky matrix of our nature; and it is to bring this out into purity and beauty that He forces us through the fiery ordeal. Be patient, O sufferer! The result will more than compansate for all our trials, when we see how they wrought out the far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory. To have one word of God's commendation; to be honored before the holy angels; to be glorified in Christ, so as to be better able to flash His glory on Himself─ah! that will more than repay for all. ─Tried by Fire. As the weights of the clock, or the ballast in the vessel, are necessary for their right ordering, so is trouble in the soul-life. The sweetest scents are only obtained by tremendous pressure; the fairest flowers grow amid Alpine snow-solitudes; the fairest gems have suffered longest from the lapidary's wheel; the noblest statues have borne most blows of the chisel. All, however, are under law. Nothing happens that has not been appointed with consummate care and foresight. ─Daily Devotional Commentary.
■ 永活之泉（02月16日）
二月十六日 神的偉大 「因您為大，且行奇妙的事，惟獨您是神。」詩篇八十六篇10節 一個人開始作一件重要工作的時候，他就要擺上時間，思想那件工作的偉大。研究科學的人，在研究自然界的時候。例如天文學，需要花許多年的精力研究太陽，以及各種天體的大小重要性等。 那麼，難道我們榮耀的神，竟不值得我們花時間去尋求、去敬拜祂的榮耀麼？但是，我們對神之偉大的認識，是何等地膚淺呢？我們沒有花時間，俯伏在祂面前，在祂無可比擬的威嚴和尊榮之下接受感動。 用下面的話來默想，直到你充足的感覺，神是如何偉大的神。「耶和華本為大，該受大讚美，其大無法測度。」「我也要傳揚您的大德。」「他們記念您的大恩，就要傳出來。」（詩一四五3、6、7）不要想很容易把握著這些話的意思。要花時間讓這些話印在你心裡，直到你俯伏無聲地在神面前敬拜。 「耶和華啊！在您沒有難成的事，……您……是至大全能的神，謀事有大略，行事有大能。」（耶卅二17、19） 讓我們聽神的答應：「我是耶和華，是凡有血氣者的神，我豈有難成的事麼？」（耶卅二27） 要對神的偉大，有準確的認識，是需要花時間的。但是，如果我們將神所該得的尊榮歸給祂，並且我們的信心增長，認識我們的神，和祂的能力是何等偉大，我們就要被吸引停留在內室裡，在這位偉大全能的神面前，謙卑地俯伏敬拜。在祂豐盛的憐憫裡；藉著聖靈，祂要教導我們：「耶和華為大神，來啊！」 「我們要屈身敬拜，在造我們的耶和華面前跪下。」（詩九十五6） 「耶和華為大神，為大王，超乎萬神之上。」（詩九十五3）
■ 中文屬天日子（02月16日）
二月十六日 靈性自動的靈感 「從死裡復活。」以弗所書五章14節 一切的自動，不都是靈感。某人也許對你說：「振作精神，強制你不願意的思想，把它拋棄，努力奮鬥。」那是人類平常的自動。但是神之靈臨近的時候，說，「振作精神」，我們就感覺那種自動是靈感。 我們大家在青年時代都有一些夢幻和理想，但是遲早我們會覺得沒有力量去實現它們。我們不能做我們所想做的事，而我們很容易把我們的夢幻和理想看成死的，但是神要來說：「從死裡復活。」當神的靈感到來的時候，那叫我們從死裡復活，行不可能的事的能力也相偕而來了。那關於靈性自動的事，是要我們的精神發動以後，那種生命才能來到。神不賜與我們得勝的生命；祂在我們用力得勝的時候才給我們的生命。當神的靈感來到，祂說「從死裡復活」的時候，我們要站起來；神並不把我們扶起來。我們的主對枯乾手的人說：「伸出你的手來，」那人馬上一伸，他的手就好了，可見那人也履行了他自動的部份。如果我們修為得勝之業，我們就覺得有神的靈感；因為祂立刻給以生命。
■ 中文上海嗎哪（02月16日）
二月十六日 「但我們要專心以祈禱……為事。」使徒行傳六章4節 聖靈對聖潔的基督徒而言，主要是禱告的靈。如果我們將自己全然交託祂，我們的思維也完全受祂的影響，那麼祂將時刻與我們有美好的交通。 當我們面臨每件事時，我們應該帶到祂面前。在我們付出任何行動之前，應該先在靈裡祈求。然後，我們會發現重擔會減輕。儘管我們經常不能理解自己無言的禱告是什麼意思，但是這樣的禱告，不過是讓祂在我們裡面的心思旨意表明出來。當祂的旨意明顯之後，祂總是豐富地供給我們的需要。 對祂輕聲的忠告沒有信心，或是不順服，往往會使我們得不到祂所為我們預備的祝福。如果我們經常不順服，過一陣子，我們可能聽不到那微小的聲音，忽視祂的旨意。這非但使祂不再信任我們，更會讓我們在黑暗中絆倒，而失去祂最高旨意的引導。 主啊！請教導我們在靈裡禱告，不斷地禱告，使我們能完全照您的旨意行事。
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