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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25日）
二月廿五日 「凡你們腳掌所踏之地，我都……賜給你們了。」約書亞記一章3節 今天除了有許多地方我們還沒有得來歸主以外，還有許多神給的應許，我們也沒有得到。神對約書亞講甚麼呢？「凡你們腳掌所踏之地，我都……賜給你們了」，於是神也把那應許之地的地界畫給他們看——只要是他們腳掌走遍的地方，都歸給他們。 可是他們從來沒有完全走遍所指定的境地，他們只走遍地的三分之一；結果，他們從來沒有完全得著，他們只得著地的三分之一；他們所得著的，正是他們所走遍的，一點都不多。 在彼得後書，我們看見「主所應許的尚未成就」，神的旨意仍舊要我們用信心和順服的腳掌去走遍，然後纔得到。 今天我們中間有多少信徒曾藉基督的名得到神應許的實現呢？ 在我們面前有一塊寬廣的地業，需要我們用信心的腳掌去走遍的，可是我們至今還沒有起步。 讓我們起來去佔有神給我們的一切產業罷！讓我們舉目向東西南北觀看，聽神對我們說：「凡你所看見的一切地，我都要賜給你。」（創十三14—15） ─裴爾遜 凡是猶大腳當所踏之地，就歸猶大；凡是便雅憫所踏之地，就歸便雅憫。每支派都是這樣，只要腳掌一踏下去，那地就歸他們，這樣，你想，豈不是他們的腳掌一踏下去的時候，立刻就會頂自然地覺得：「這是我的了？」 有一次，有人問一位年老而靈歷很深的弟兄：「但以理，為甚麼你有這樣多的平安與喜樂？」他回答說：「哦，先生！我只僕在神極大、極寶貝的應許上，把神應許中一切的豐富算作我的，我就得著了。榮耀啊！榮耀啊！」凡僕在神應許上的，就得著神所有的豐富。 ─譯自信報
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（02月25日）
February 25 "Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you." (Joshua 1:3.) ＢESIDE the literal ground, unoccupied for Christ, there is the unclaimed, untrodden territory of Divine promises. What did God say to Joshua? "Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you," and then He draws the outlines of the Land of Promise─all theirs on one condition: that they shall march through the length and breadth of it, and measure it off with their own feet. They never did that to more than one-third of the property, and consequently they never had more than one-third; they had just what they measured off, and no more. In 2 Peter, we read of the "land of promise" that is opened up to us, and it is God's will that we should, as it were, measure off that territory by the feet of obedient faith and believing obedience, thus claiming and appropriating it for our own. How many of us have ever taken possession of the promises of God in the name of Christ? Here is a magnificent territory for taith to lay hold on and march through the length and breadth of, and faith has never done it yet. Let us enter into all our inheritance. Let us lift up our eyes to the north and to the south, to the east and to the west, and hear Him say, "All the land that thou seest will I give to thee." ─A. T. Pierson. Wherever Judah should set his foot that should be his; wherever Benjamin should set his foot, that should be his. Each should get his inheritance by setting his foot upon it. Now, think you not, when either had set his foot upon a given territory, he did not instantly and instinctively feet, "This is mine"? An old colored man, who had a marvelous experience in grace, was asked: "Daniel, why is it that you have so much peace and joy in religion?" "O Massa!" he replied, "I just fall flat on the exceeding great and precious promises, and I have all that is in them. Glory!" He who falls flat on the promises feels that all the riches embraced in them are his. ─Faith Papers.
■ 永活之泉（02月25日）
二月廿五日 神的道 「神的道是活潑的，是有功效的。」希伯來書四章12節 與神相交，祂的道和禱告，兩者都是必須的；這兩件事在內室中是不能分離的。在祂的道（話）裡，神對我說話；在禱告中，我對神說話。 神的道教導我們認識我們所禱告的神；也告訴我們，神如何喜歡我們禱告。也給我們寶貝的應許，鼓勵我們去禱告；並且也常使我們的禱告得著奇妙的答應。神的道是從神的心裡來的，將神的意念和愛心帶進我們的心裡。然後又從我們的心裡回到神偉大、充滿了愛的心裡，禱告就是神的心與我們的心相交的憑藉。 神的道指教我們明白神的旨意——一方面是祂應許的旨意，關於祂所要為我們作的，使我們的信心得到餵養；另一面是祂命令的旨意，要我們在愛中學習順服。 我越禱告，就越覺得需要神的話，也越因神的話而喜樂。我越多讀神的話，就越充滿了禱告，也越有禱告的能力。沒有禱告的一大原因，就是我們讀神的話讀的太少，或者只是表面的讀，或者只是在人的智慧裡讀。神的道只有藉著聖靈說出來，聖靈也是禱告的靈。祂要教導我們，如何接受神的道，並如何去親近神。 如果我們從神那裡接受神的道，將道化成我們的禱告，也確定的盼望得著答應，這樣的交通將成為何等的祝福，我們的敬拜，將有何等的能力和靈感呢。在內室中，在神面前的隱密處，神的道要藉著聖靈成為我們的喜樂和力量。 神的道在我們心中最深的敬畏裡，並在我們的嘴唇上，以及在我們的生活上，必成為永遠不止息的能力和祝福的泉源。讓我們相信神的道實在是充滿了活潑的力量，能使我們剛強並快樂的盼望，從神那裡接受大的東西。最要緊的，他能帶領我們與那活的神每天都有祝福的相交。 「惟喜愛耶和華的律法，晝夜思想，這人便為有福。」（詩一1）
■ 中文屬天日子（02月25日）
二月廿五日 缺乏服務 「難道我越發愛你們，就少得你們的愛麼？」哥林多後書十二章15節 自然的愛是盼望圖報的，但是保羅說：「我不管你們愛不愛我，我願意變為赤貧，這不但為你們的緣故，卻是想引你們歸向神。」「因為你們知道我們主耶穌基督的恩典，祂本來富足，卻為了你們成了貧窮。」保羅服務的觀念，恰恰是這樣──「我不管怎樣犧牲，我是甘心如此的。」也是所謂樂意的事。 教會對於神僕人的觀念與耶穌基督不同。耶穌的觀念是我們服事別人，作別人的僕人，就是服事祂。耶穌基督服務社會是超過了社會主義者。祂說。在祂的國裡算為最大的，就是作眾人的僕人。聖徒真實的測驗，不是宣傳福音，卻是洗門徒的腳，那就是說，人所認為不重要的事，神卻認為最重要的。保羅樂意因神對人類具有的興趣而犧牲自己，而不問代價如何。我們常帶著經濟的動機來規定事情──「如果神要我往那裡去──薪水怎樣？氣候怎樣？人們對我怎樣？無論何人必要考慮這些事。」這一切的一切，表示我們在服事神上留有餘地。保羅在他的生活中，可以代表耶穌在新約中所理想的聖徒，他不僅是宣傳福音，卻是為別人的生命，在耶穌基督的手裡，成為擘開的餅和傾出的酒！
■ 中文上海嗎哪（02月25日）
二月廿五日 「我是葡萄樹，你們是枝子……」約翰福音十五章5節 我們如何接受基督做潔淨我們的主，或是醫治我們的神？這個問題經常掛在人們的嘴裡。 答案是，首先我們必須有信心，而且信心的獲得必須靠意志的行為，直到信心變成我們不變的習性。這就好像種一棵樹，你得先以行動把樹種到土裡。然後你必須把樹留在土裡，讓它紮根，直到它的細根能緊緊地深入地裡，從土壤中吸收養分。 這個過程有兩個階段：先種植樹，然後樹根自然習慣地從土裡吸收水分及養分。樹的鬚根必須有充分時間成長，直到它們能用海綿的毛孔，從土壤中得著營養。當那個階段達到之後，樹就可以固定不改變、不費力地由土裡汲取生命；那時它的成長就像我們呼吸一樣的自然。 主啊！求您幫助我住在您裡面，讓我養成從您那裡吸取生命的習慣，使我能真實地說：「我們生活、動作、存留，都在乎祂……。」(徒十七28)
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