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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（03月08日）
三月八日 「求您……照您所說的而行。願您的名永遠……被尊為大。」歷代志上十七章23—24節 這是一個真信的禱告的樣本。許多時候，我們所求的，並不是神所應許的。因此我們一時不會明白我們的禱告是否合乎神的旨意。大衛在這裡的禱告，告訴我們，他深信所求應許；在這種時候，我們只須帶著信心，用手指按著那應許，祈求神說：「求您照您所說的而行。」這是最美麗，最有力，最穩妥的禱告。用不著焦急，用不著苦求，用不著掙扎；我們只要拿出支票來兌現就是了——拿出應許來，要求實踐。這樣，會增加我們禱告的興趣。求一件神的應許，遠勝求一百件不清楚神旨的事情。 ─梅爾 聖經中每一個應許，都是神親筆簽字的，我們都可以去要求：「求您照您所說的而行。」創造者決不會欺騙信靠祂的受造者；天上的父決不會對祂自己的孩子失信。 「求您記念向您僕人所應許的那叫我有盼望的話」（詩一一九49，直譯）是一個最有力的禱告。他給神的理由是：這是您的話，您豈不守信麼？如果您不實踐，又何必說呢？您既叫我在您的話上有盼望，難道要使我失去您自己所給我的盼望麼？ ─司布真 「且滿心相信，神所應許的必能作成。」（羅四21） 神的永久信實使聖經中的應許「又寶貴，又極大。」（彼後一4）人的應許常是一無價值的。許多毀約使人心碎。但是神從創世以來，從來沒有向祂的孩子失過一次信。 哦，一個基督人在痛苦之夜站在應許的門口，不敢拿門閂，這是何等可憐呢？他應該放膽進去，猶如一個孩子進父親的家一般。 ─葛納爾 神每一個應許都是建立在四個根基上的；神的公義，神的聖潔，神的恩典，神的真實。神的公義，不讓祂失信；神的聖潔，不讓祂欺騙；神的恩典，不讓祂遺忘；神的真實，不讓祂改變。
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（03月08日）
March 8 "Do as thou hast said, that thy name may be magnified forever." (1 Chron. 17:23, 24.) ＴHIS is a most blessed phase of true prayer. Many a time we ask for things which are not absolutely promised. We are not sure thereforce until we have persevered for some time whether our petitions are in the line of God's purpose or no. There are other occasions, and in the life of David this was one, when we are fully persuaded that When we ask is according to God's will. We feel led to take up and plead some promise from the page of Scripture, under the special impression that it contains a message for us. At such times, in confident faith, we say, "Do as Thou hast said." There is hardly any position more utterly beautiful, strong, or safe, than to put the finger upon some promise of the Divine word, and claim it. There need be no anguish, or struggle, or wrestling; we simply present the check and ask for cash, produce the promise, and claim its fulfillment; nor can there be any doubt as to the issue. It would give much interest to prayer, if we were more definite. It is far better to claim a few things specifically than a score vaguely. ─F. B. Meyer. Every promise of Scripture is a wrinting of God, which may be pleaded before Him with this reasonable request: "Do as Thou hast said." The Creator will not cheat His creature who depends upon His truth; and far more, the Heavenly Father will not break His word to His own child. "Remember the word unto thy servant, on which thou hast caused me to hope," is most prevalent pleading. It is a double argument: it is Thy Word. Wilt Thou not keep it? Why hast thou spoken of it, if Thou wilt not make it good. Thou hast caused me to hope in it, wilt Thou disappoint the hope which Thou has Thyself begotten in me? ─C. H. Spurgeon. "Being absolutely certain that whatever promise he is bound by, he is able also to make good." (Rom. 4:21, Weymouth's Translation.) It is the everlasting faithfulness of God that makes a Bible promise "exceeding great and precious." Human promises are often worthless. Many a broken promise has left a broken heart. But since the world was made, God has never broken a single promise made to one of His trusting children. Oh, it is sad for a poor Christian to stand at the door of the promise, in the dark night of affliction, afraid to draw the latch, whereas he should then come boldly for shelter as a child into his father's house. ─Gurnal. Every promise is built upon four pillars: God's justice and holiness, which will not suffer Him to deceive; His grace or goodness, which will not suffer Him to forget; His truth, which will not suffer Him to change, which makes Him able to accomplish. ─Selected.
■ 永活之泉（03月08日）
三月八日 代禱的學校 「基督在肉體的時候，既大聲哀哭，流淚禱告，懇求那能救祂免死的主，就因祂的虔誠，蒙了應允。」希伯來書五章7節 基督為元首，是天上的代禱者，我們乃是祂的身體，在地上與祂同工。我們不要以為基督沒有出任何代價而成為一個代禱者；祂若未出代價就不能成為我們的榜樣。以賽亞書五十三章10—12節曾論到祂說：「耶和華以祂為贖罪祭，祂必看見後裔……祂必看見自己勞苦的功效……我要使祂與位大的同分……因為祂將命傾倒以致於死。」注意，其三度地說到祂將祂的命傾倒。 祂將命傾倒——就是代禱的神聖意義；唯有如此，才能使祂的奉獻及禱告能在神面前有能力。祂經過了生與死，使祂得以拯救將要滅亡的人。祂如此的獻上自己，乃是一種在神面前大有能力之靈的顯出。 如果我們這些與主耶穌同勞苦的，也是祂的助手的人，意欲有份於祂代禱的能力，就必先有份於祂生命的痛苦，為了代禱的至大工作，必先獻上我們的一生及一切的喜好。代禱絕不可是一時的熱心；它必須是一個一直在加重的迫切願望，是我們所期望並生活的目的，超乎一切之上的。只有不顧生命捨己的生活，才能使代禱有能力（徒十五26，廿20；腓二17；啟十二11）。 我們愈思想這個蒙福的事實並為了神的榮耀，及人的救贖而運用代禱的意義，我們就愈深的相信放下一切而有份於基督代禱的工作，是最值得的。 禱告： 可稱頌的主耶穌啊，求您教導我們如何與您聯合，為了您所買回來的人向神呼籲；願您的愛充滿我們及您的聖徒，使我們能學習為著認識您聖靈的大能而懇求。阿們。
■ 中文屬天日子（03月08日）
三月八日 放棄的生命 「我已經與基督同釘十字架。」加拉太書二章20節 不但願離棄罪孽，還願放棄他處世接物的整個方法，才能與耶穌基督聯合。從上頭的聖靈而生，意思是說，在開始的階段我們必得先放棄一切的虛偽。我們的主要我們向祂呈獻的，不是善德，不是正直，也不是努力，卻是要我們把罪孽帶到祂的面前。但是，祂拿甚麼來換取我們的罪呢？就是仁義。那麼，我們必要放棄一切自擅的才能，和一切對於神有價值的思想。 此後，神的靈必要指示我們還有甚麼是應當放棄的。那就是要放棄任何屬於自己的權利。我願意放棄一切既得的權利，既得的愛情，而與耶穌基督同死麼？ 在我們實行放棄以前，我們總要經過一種放棄的痛苦。當一個人認識自己，如主認識他一樣，那叫他驚恐的，並不是那震動他肉體的罪，卻是他心裡頑強的自傲。當他因主的光而認識自己的當兒，羞辱驚懼和覺悟都相逼而來。 如果你要解決放棄的問題，走過難關，放棄一切，那麼，神定會使你適於祂的需要。
■ 中文上海嗎哪（03月08日）
三月八日 「……你們要禱告……」路加福音廿二章40節 禱告是推動宣教事工的力量，所以我們要向收莊稼的主祈禱，求祂打發工人出去、收祂的莊稼。(太九38) 我們每天都要求神感動人心，使他們受聖靈的催逼到國外去傳福音。我們可以求神使他們夜間醒來，心中深信許多他鄉的外邦人正在沈淪之中，而且他們若不傳福音，那些外邦人的血就會落在他們頭上。只要我們禱告，神就會差遣一些人，讓他們覺得「王的事甚急」。(撒上廿一8) 親愛的，我們禱告了還要禱告。當我們所祈求的到達天上時，天上會有片刻的沈默；但是地上的聖徒卻會變得火熱，主的再臨也會因此加快。讓我們不斷祈求收莊稼的主，直到祂差遣許許多多的工人出去。 願神從天降下 屬天的火， 使我們心中充滿強烈的渴慕， 直到我們的禱詞如同香一樣達到祂那裡。
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