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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11日）
二月十一日 「等到……祭司把腳站在……水裏，……水……必然斷絕。」（約書亞記三章13節） 百姓必須憑信向前進，並不能在營中坐待外面的路開通了之後方纔起行。他們必須拔營開步、整裝束荷、排齊隊伍、直達河邊，雖然河水還沒有起變化。 到了河邊，若是他們想停在那裏，等河水分開了，然後伸足下水，他們定規空等，定規到今天還在河東。他們在水斷絕之前，必須先舉足涉水。 讓我們也學習怎樣用信心抓住神的話前進，不看前面的道路能否通行。我們常受攔阻和難處的挫折，都是因為我們想等神先替我們開路，挪去了一切的攔阻和難處，然後再試著前行。這是何等的錯誤。若是神要我們向前衝，我們就憑著信心抓住祂的話語向前衝，好像一無攔阻一般，路自然會為我們一步步地敞開。 ─譯自晚思 他背後躺著灰色的亞速爾島， 已經遠離了直布羅陀海峽， 前面看不見海岸的影子； 茫茫大海， 白浪滔天。 船上的大副說： 「我們必須禱告， 看哪！星星都已隱湮。 勇敢的船長， 我該怎麼下令？」 你說： 「駛向前去！向前！向前！」 「我的船員一天比一天更想叛變， 他們形容憔悴， 衰弱可憐，」 大副這樣報告， 心中思念家鄉。 鹹澀的浪花濺上他黝黑的臉。 「我該怎樣下令， 英勇的船長， 假若明早仍只見海水無邊？」 「哦，破曉的時候你該說， 駛向前去！向前！向前」 他們繼續航行， 大副說道： 「今夜狂暴的海洋露出了獠牙， 掀開了唇， 張開了大嘴， 好像要吞滅我們， 咬死我們！ 英勇的船長， 只求你說一句話； 希望已渺， 無法持守！」 但船長的話如利刃出鞘說： 「駛向前去！向前！向前」 他精疲力竭， 苦守甲板， 從黑暗中遠遠眺望， 有一夜， 忽然遙見一點微光， 光明！光明！光明已在望！ 它的發展， 就是日後的旗旌， 時代的黎明， 展開在黑暗之間， 他達到了那新世界， 並且給那世界一個最偉大的啟示， 「駛向前去！向前！」 ─密勒 憑著信心前進，即是勝利。
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（02月11日）
February 11 "As soon as the soles of the feet of the priests....shall rest in the waters....the waters shall be cut off."(Joshua 3:13.) ＴHE people were not to wait in their camps until the way was opened, they were to walk by faith. They were to break camp, pack up their goods, form in line to march, and move down to the very banks before the river would be opened. If they had come down to the edge of the river and then had stopped for the stream to divide before they stepped into it, they would have waited in vain. They must take one step into the water before the river would be cut off. We must learn to take God at His Word, and go straight on in duty, although we see no way in which we can go forward. The reason we are so often balked by difficulties is that we expect to see them removed before we try to pass through them. If we would move straight on in faith, the path would be opended for us. We stand still, waiting for the obstacle to be removed, when we ought to go forward as if there were no obstacles. ─Evening Thoughts. Behind him lay the gray Azores, Behind the gates of Hercules; Before him not the ghost of shores, Before him only shoreless seas. The good Mate said:" Now we must pray, For lo! the very stars are gone. Brave Admiral, speak, what shall I say?" "Why, say, `Sail on! sail on! and on!" "My men grow mutinous day by day; My men grow ghastly wan and weak!" The stout Mate thought of home; a spray, of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek. "What shall I say, brave Admiral, say, If we sight naught but seas at dawn?" "Why, you shall say at break of day, 'Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!'" They sailed. They sailed. Then spoke the Mate: "This mad sea shows its teeth tonight. He curls his lip, he lies in wait, With lifted teeth, as if to bite! Brave Admiral, say but one good word; What shall we do when hope is gone?" The words leapt like a leaping sword: "Sail on! sail on! sail on! and on!" Then, pale and worn, he kept his deck, And peered through darkness. Ah! that night Of all dark nights! And then a speck─ A light! A light! A light! A light! It grew, a starlit flag unfurled! It grew to be Time's burst of dawn. He gained a world; he gave that world, Its grandest lesson: "On! sail on!" ─Joaquin Miller. Faith that goes forward triumphs.
■ 永活之泉（02月11日）
二月十一日 父神 「奉父、子、聖靈的名給他們施浸。」馬太福音廿八章19節 我們要記得這聖潔三而一的神的意義，有其敬虔的一方面。我們說到神，我們就想到有一個不能想像的距離；這距離將聖潔的神和罪人分開，使我們只能俯伏在極其懊悔和畏懼之中。當我們說到聖子基督，我們就想到與祂之間的距離是近得無法再近的，祂為女子所生，就是為亞當的女兒所生，並且受了咒詛的死，祂是這樣與我們不能分開的聯合直到永遠！我們再說到聖靈，我們就想起神無限的祝福，有祂的同在在我們裡面，使我們成為祂的家和祂的殿，一直到永遠。 當基督教導我們：「我們在天上的父」的時候，祂立刻接著說：「願人都尊您的名為聖，」因為神是聖潔的，所以我們也要聖潔。除了我們尊那名為聖，並藉著禱告親近祂之外，再沒有成聖的路了。 多少時候，我們說到那名，並沒有覺得是一個不可言喻的特權，說出我們與神之間的關係。如果我們肯花時間與神接觸，在祂的父愛裡敬拜祂，我們的內室就要成為天堂的門了。神的兒女，如果你禱告你在暗中的父，在祂面前深深地俯伏，尋求去敬拜最聖潔的名。請你們記得，這就是禱告最高的祝福。 「禱告你在暗中的父，你父在暗中察看，必然報答你。」（太六6） 在隱密處單獨親近神，並喊說：「我的父！」這是何等不可言諭的權利呢？相信祂在暗中察看我，也要在明處報答我。讓我們來學習，直到你能說：「我面對面見了神，我的性命仍得保全。」（創卅二30）
■ 中文屬天日子（02月11日）
二月十一日 你對神的希望日漸消滅麼？ 「堅心倚賴您的，您必保守他十分平安。」以賽亞書廿六章3節 你寄留想像於神呢？或者你的想像消失了呢？想像的消失，在工人的生命中是一個耗盡和毀滅的源頭。如果你從沒有運用你順服神的想像，就從現在開始吧！等候神到來，是無用的；你必丟下對偶像的想像來仰望祂，就必得救。想像是神賜與我們最偉大的恩賜，應該將想像完全供獻給祂。如果你能約束你各種思想，去順服基督，那麼，當試探來到的時候，這便是信心最大的遺產。因為你的信心和神的靈共同工作起來。尊視神的觀念，利用大自然所表現的一切，去組合──日出和日入，太陽和星宿，氣候的變化──則你的想像就不受你衝動的節制，必是去作服務神的事工。 「我們與我們的祖宗一同犯罪……而遺忘了」──於是放一把小劍在你睡覺的地方。「神現在不與我談話，」但是是不應該與我談話的。謹記你是屬誰的，你服事的是誰，用回想來鼓勵你自己，而你對於神的熱愛必增十倍；你的想像必不再消失，會馬上恢復起來，而你的盼望必有不能言喻的光明。
■ 中文上海嗎哪（02月11日）
二月十一日 「……得以在各樣的力上加力，好叫你們凡事……忍耐寬容」歌羅西書一章11節 保羅為歌羅西的聖徒禱告，他盼望他們能照神榮耀的權能、得以在各樣的力上加力，好叫他們凡事歡歡喜喜的忍耐寬容。能夠忍耐，但是滿臉帶著壓力的表現，似乎每條皺紋都在說：「為什麼沒有任何人同情我？」是一回事。然而能夠因擺在我們前面的喜樂，而能背負十字架、輕視羞辱，則完全是另一回事。 在主的花園中，有些樹「炎熱來到，並不懼怕，葉子仍必青翠，在乾旱之年毫無掛慮，而且結果不止。」(耶十七8)讓我們把臉轉向上升的太陽，且將隨風而來雲朵變成奪目的彩虹。 我們再過不多的時候，就不會再有機會在苦難中喜樂，並且學習忍耐。在天堂不會有任何事能教導我們忍受折磨。所以假使我們現在學不會，就永遠無法得到榮耀的冠冕。甚至將來會渴望時光倒流，回到我們現在極力擺脫的多樣情況中。
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