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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(01月18日)
一月十八日 「感謝神,常帥領我們在基督裡誇勝。」哥林多後書二章14節 在人顯著的失敗中,神得著最完全的勝利。許多時候,仇敵似乎得勝了,神也容讓牠得勝;可是後來神終究剷除牠所有的作為,推翻牠顯著的勝利,一如經上所說:「使惡人的道路顛倒。」(詩一四六9,直譯)如果神不讓仇敵先得勢,神就不能給我們一個更大、更可誇的得勝。 三個希伯來人被擲入火窯的故事,是一個很好的例子。這裡,仇敵顯然勝利了。按事情看來,永活神的僕人將陷於一敗塗地的光景中了。(許多時候,我們也有這樣失敗的光景,同時仇敵真是歡喜。)他們跌在火焰中,他們的仇敵盼望看他們在可怕的火焰中頃刻之間化成飛灰,萬想不到這三個希伯來人竟在火窯中遊行自娛。這真使仇敵喫驚不小。尼布甲尼撒王叫他們從火中出來,甚至一根頭髮也沒有燒焦,一塊布也沒有變色,也沒有一些火燎的氣味,「因為沒有別神能這樣施行拯救。」(但三29) 顯著的失敗的結果,反是希奇的勝利。 假定這三個希伯來人失去了信心和勇氣,在受困之時怨神說:「為甚麼神不救我們脫離火窯呢?」他們定規會被火燒死,神也得不著榮耀了。親愛的,今天在你的生活中若是正有一個極大的試煉,不要氣餒,自認失敗,仍要繼續用信心藉著那能使你得勝有餘的主宣告勝利,榮耀的勝利立刻就要來了。我們應當知道:在一切神應許我們進入的艱難中,神在替我們造成機會,使我們在祂裡面學習信心的功課,藉著主基督誇勝,大大榮耀祂自己的名。 ─譯自讚美的生命 失敗可能與勝利同樣微妙, 受撼的靈魂成就了榮耀, 你看狂風中掙扎的橡樹, 在那擋風的一面, 受壓的樹身, 它的根卻向地下長得更深更穩。 唯有經歷過極大的悲痛, 纔能領會極大的歡欣, 憂患給心靈打開喜悅之門。
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(01月18日)
January 18 "Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ."(2Cor. 2:14.) GOD gets His greatest victories out of apparent defeats. Very often the enemy seems to triumph for a little, and God lets it be so; but then He comes in and upsets all the work of the enemy, overthrows the apparent victory, and as the Bible says, "turns the way of the wicked upside down." Thus He gives a great deal larger victory than we would have known if He and not allowed the enemy, seemingly, to triumph in the first place. The story of the three Hebrew children being cast into the fiery furnace is a familiar one. Here was an apparent victory for the enemy. It looked as if the servants of the living God were going to have a terrible defeat. We have all been in places where it seemed as though we were defeated, and the enemy rejoiced. We can imagine what a complete defeat this looked to be. They fell down into the flames, and their enemies watched them to see them burn up in that awful fire, but were greatly astonished to see them walking around in the fire enjoying themselves. Nebuchadnezzar told them to "come forth out of the midst of the fire." Not even a hair was singed, nor was the smell of fire on their garments, "because there is no other god that can deliver after this sort." This apparent defeat resulted in a marvelous victory. Suppose that these three men had lost their faith and courage, and had complained, saying, "Why did not God keep us out of the furnace!" They would have been burned, and God would not have been glorified. If there is a great trial in your life today, do not own it as a defeat, but continue, by faith, to claim the victory through Him who is able to make you more than conqueror, and a glorious victory will soon be apparent. Let us learn that in all the hard places God brings us into, He is making opportunities for us to exercise such faith in Him as will bring about blessed results and greatly glorify His name. ─Life of Praise. "Defeat may serve as well as victory To shake the soul and let the glory out. When the great oak is straining in the wind, The boughs drink in new beauty, and the trunk Sends down a deeper root on the windward side. Only the soul that knows the mighty grief Can know the mighty rapture. Sorrows come To stretch out spaces in the heart for joy."
■ 永活之泉(01月18日)
一月十八日 恆切禱告 「要人常常禱告,不可灰心。」路加福音十八章1節 「禱告要恆切。」羅馬書十二章12節 「不住地禱告。」帖撒羅尼迦前書五章17節 在禱告生活中,最叫人覺得為難的,就是禱告的答應,來得並不像我們所盼望的那樣迅速。我們常會為著這個思想:「或許我的禱告不對罷?」因而感覺氣餒,因此我們就不恆切禱告了。這就是我們的主所常常迫切教導我們學習的功課。若是我們細查這件事,我們就會看見,答應的遲延可能是有原因的,並且我們的等候也可能給我們帶來祝福。因為答應的遲延,我們的願望會越過越深、越來越強,我們也就會用我們的全心來禱告了。神是把我們放在恆久禱告的訓練學校裡,使我們軟弱的信心能變為剛強。請務必相信,在禱告遲延得答應這件事上,是有極大的祝福的。 更重要的,就是神的意思是要把我們吸引進入與祂自己更深的交通裡。當我們的禱告尚未得著答應的時候,我們要學習認識與神交通、與神親近,並神的愛,這些比我們的祈求得著答應更要緊,這樣我們才能繼續禱告。雅各因著他的禱告遲延得著答應,結果他得著了何等大的祝福!他面對面的看見了神,並且從神得著能力和得勝,作神的君王。(譯註:以色列原文意即神的君王,此處係指雅各在毘努伊勒與神摔跤後,改名「以色列」而言。) 基督徒啊!請注意這個警告。不要在答應還沒有得到的時候,就不耐煩和失望。「禱告要恆切」「不住的禱告」當你這樣作,你要看見這裡會有無可估計的祝福。你要查問——你的禱告是否真正照著神的旨意和神的話語;你也該查問——你的禱告是否在對的靈裡,是否奉著基督的尊名。只要繼續禱告,你就會知道禱告答應的遲延,反而是神所能賜給你的一個最寶貴的恩典了。你也會認識一件事,就是那些在禱告中從神得著最大能力的人,就是那些在神面前抓住祂的應許,而恆切禱告的人。
■ 中文屬天日子(01月18日)
一月十八日 是主! 「多馬說,我的主、我的神。」約翰福音廿章28節 「你們給我喝。」我們之中有許多人要求耶穌基督止我們的渴,殊不知這正是我們要給祂喝的時候。我們現在應該傾出去,傾至最後一滴,不要吸取祂的來滿足我們自己。「你們要替我作見證」──意思是說,有一種純潔,不妥協,不貪污的生命,奉獻給主耶穌,祂無論把我們安放在那裡,我們總要使祂感覺滿意。 當事事留心,不要讓這些事與忠於耶穌基督的心爭強比勝。與崇奉耶穌競爭的事,是替祂服務。但是服務比較的易,喝盡苦杯,比較的難。神呼召的唯一目的,是滿足神,並不是替祂服務。我們不是奉召去替神打仗,卻是奉召去使用在祂的戰爭裡。我們是獻身服務的多呢?還是獻身耶穌基督的多呢?
■ 中文上海嗎哪(01月18日)
一月十八日 「可以拿去給他們,作你我的稅銀。」馬太福音十七章27節 主耶穌奇蹟地在迦百農,為彼得準備了稅金。這個記載使我們能看出主的愛及善解人意。當彼得見了稅吏之後,經上說:「他進了屋子,耶穌先向他說」(太十七25)換句話說,主等待著他。耶穌在彼得還未開口之前,就已預備好他的需要,叫他到海邊去找在魚嘴裡的錢。 由此可見,主總是事先想到我們的需要。祂喜歡為我們保留面子,而且在緊急情況發生之前,祂不僅能預料得到,而且總是帶著愛心準備好我們的需要。 當主耶穌對彼得非常溫柔地說:「……可以拿去給他們,作你我的稅銀。」祂不僅先提到自己尷尬的需要,而且為祂憂愁受罪的孩子承擔一切重擔。祂將我們的憂慮視為祂的憂慮,把我們的悲哀當作祂的悲哀,把我們的恥辱看作祂的恥辱。因祂也曾凡事受過試探,祂能體恤我們的軟弱(來四15)。
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