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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28日)
二月廿八日 「你們應當……常常以頌讚為祭,獻給神。」希伯來書十三章15節 一個傳道人,在鄉村工作;某天晚上,無意之中走進了一所又暗又髒的小屋;他聽見屋隅發出微弱的聲音問說:「是誰?」他點了一根火柴,從火光中看見了地上的缺乏和痛苦,天上的喜樂和平安——一個黑色的老婦人,臥病在床。她患著風濕症,痛苦異常;可是她仍頂平安、頂喜樂。那時正是最冷的二月,她沒有燃料,也沒有糧食;沒有燈光,也沒有侍奉的人。她所有的,只是倚靠神的信心。人生的痛苦,在她身上都齊全了,一點也沒有甚麼可以叫她快樂的了,可是她仍舊能夠發出「哈利路亞」的讚美來,好似一無缺乏和病痛一般。 「無人知道我所經歷的困苦, 無人知道, 除了耶穌; 無人知道我所經歷的困苦—— 哈利路亞, 讚美主!」 「有時我高昇, 有時我下沈, 有時被棄於地, 受屈蒙塵, 有時榮光自四處照臨—— 哈利路亞, 讚美主!」 歌詞接下去:「無人知道我的工作,無人知道我的悲痛,」結尾還是重複那一句,「哈利路亞,讚美主!」 一直到最後二句: 「無人知道我的歡愉, 無人知道,祗有耶穌!」 她真是「四面受敵,卻不被困住;心裏作難,卻不至失望;遭逼迫,卻不被丟棄;打倒了,卻不至死亡。」(林後四8─9) 馬丁路得在他的病榻上頂痛苦的時候,仍不住的讚美和感謝,並傳這段信息:「這些痛苦和困難,很像排字的人所排的鉛版;現在看上去,字是反的,也讀不出甚麼意義來;可是等到鉛版印在紙上,我們就看得頂清楚,而且亦明瞭其中的意義了。今天我們所受的痛苦,果然解釋不通,但是到了那一天,我們就會明白的。」 保羅在狂風大浪的中間,出來站在船板上,安慰害怕的眾人「你們放心。」(徒廿七22) 保羅,馬丁路得和那位黑色的婦人,都是我們的好榜樣。 ─迦內德
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(02月28日)
February 28 "Let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually." (Heb. 13:15.) ACITY missionary, stumbling through the dirt of a dark entry, heard a voice say, "Who's there, Honey?" Striking a match, he caught a vision of earthly want and suffering, of saintly trust and peace, "cut in ebony"─calm, appealing eyes set amid the wrinkles of a pinched, black face that lay on a tattered bed. It was a bitter night in February, and she had no fire, no fuel, no light. She had had no supper, no dinner, no breakfast. She seemed to have nothing at all but rheumatism and faith in God. One could not be more completely exiled from all pleasantness of circumstances, yet the favorite song of this old creature ran: "Nobody knows de trouble I see, Nobody knows but Jesus; Nobody knows de trouble I see─ Sing Glory Hallelu! "Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down, Sometimes I'm level on the groun' Sometimes the glory shines aroun'─ Sing Glory Hallelu!" And so it went on: "Nobody knows de work I does, Nobody knows de griefs I has," the constant refrain being the "Glory Hallelu!" until the last verse rose: "Nobody knows de joys I has, Nobody knows but Jesus!" "Troubled on every side, yet not distressed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed." It takes great Bible words to tell the cheer of that old negro auntie. Remember Luther on his sick-bed. Between his groans he managed to preach on his wise: "These pains and trouble here are like the type which the printers set; as they look now, we have to read them backwards, and they seem to have no sense or meaning in them; but up yonder, when the Lord God prints us off in the life to come, we shall find they make brave reading." Only we do not need to wait till then. Remember Paul walking the hurricane deck amid a boiling sea, bidding the frightened crew "Be of good cheer." Luther, the old negro auntie─all of them human sun-flowers. ─Wm. C. Garnett.
■ 永活之泉(02月28日)
二月廿八日 三而一的神 「照父神的先見被揀選,藉著聖靈得成聖潔,以致順服耶穌基督,又蒙祂血所灑的人」彼得前書一章2節 在這裡,我們看見這偉大的三而一之神的真理是我們屬靈生命的根基。這本書特別講到對父神的敬拜,和花時間的需要;每天必須有夠多的時間,在神榮耀的特性裡敬拜祂。但是我們也必須記得,在所有與神的交通裡,聖子和聖靈的同在與能力是絕對需要的。 神在內室中為我們所開啟的,是何等的境界。我們需要花時間來認識,只有主耶穌活潑親密的同在和工作的時候,我們才能與父有交通。也需要花時間來充足的認識,當我每一次親近神的時候,我是何等的需要主耶穌;當祂動工的時候,我當如何相信祂是為我,且在我裡面工作,並且祂的愛是何等地聖潔而親切;在這愛裡,我能與祂同在,並有完全的交通。但是,要學習這功課,是需要花時間的;為著這個,神要大大地祝福報答你! 藉著聖靈全能的力量作工在我們內心深處,祂能將聖子啟示在我們裡面。惟有藉著祂,使我有能力,知道當禱告甚麼並如何禱告;最要緊的是,怎樣奉主耶穌的名來得著禱告已蒙悅納的確證。 親愛的基督徒啊,你有沒有多次覺得,一個人只用五分鐘的工夫來親近神,便能得著神榮耀的感應是一個笑話?現在你對於藉著聖靈在基督裡真實的敬拜神的觀念,是否比以前覺得更需要多花時間來與神聯合,以致能保守你的心懷意念,一直在祂的平安和同在裡呢?惟獨停留在神面前的隱密處,你才得著恩典,能以住在基督裡,整天都受祂靈的引導。 讓我們停下來思想:「照父神的先見被揀選,藉著聖靈得成聖潔,以致順服耶穌基督,又蒙祂血所灑的人。」這些資料都可以幫助默想和敬拜。「你說:你們當尋求我的面。那時我心向你說:耶和華啊,您的面我正要尋求。」(詩廿七8)
■ 中文屬天日子(02月28日)
二月廿八日 現在你們信麼? 「因此,我們信……耶穌說,現在你們信麼?」約翰福音十六章30—31節 「現在我們信。」耶穌說:「你們信麼?看哪!時候將到,……留下我獨自一人。」有許多基督的工人,因本分的感覺,或因本性之所好,覺得有參加這種工作的必要,不靠耶穌基督的助力。這種工作的起因,在於我們沒有耶穌復活的生命。仰仗自己宗教的悟性之靈,已是與神斷絕了親密的關係。固然沒有罪,也沒有附帶的懲罰;但是當這個人一旦覺得他怎樣攔阻了瞭解耶穌基督,發生愁苦困難的時候,他會含羞帶愧地回轉頭來。我們必須更深切地倚仗耶穌,在一切的事上求合神的意志;但是我們倒是靠我們的常識去決定一切而求神祝福我們。祂不能,這不在祂的範圍,這是與祂的計劃斷絕了關係。如果我們因本分的感覺做事,我們就樹起與耶穌基督競爭的旗幟來了;我們變為「超人」,而且說,「在這件事上,我們這麼做就這麼做,」這樣,我們就把我們本分的感覺放到王位上去,代替耶穌復活的生命。我們受的教訓,不是行在良心的光中或本分感覺的光中,卻是要在光明中行,如同神在光明中。當我們因本分的感覺而工作,我們能以理論來做後盾;當我們因順從主而工作,那就沒有論辯的可能;那也是一位聖者易於被人認為,不可以常理論的緣故了。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(02月28日)
二月廿八日 「……你們落在百般試煉中,都要以為大喜樂。」雅各書一章2節 我們不是時時都感到喜樂,但是我們應該「以為大喜樂」。「以為」是聖經中很關鍵的辭。當保羅談到老我的死亡,他要聖徒「當看自己是死的。」(羅六11)雖然我們不覺得自己是死的,而且在我們部份的老我復活時,覺得極為難過;但是我們應該以為自己是死的,既不害怕老我,又不順服它。 換言之,我們應該把試煉看為一種祝福。而且決心喜樂起來,說:「神阿,我心堅定,我心堅定,我要唱詩,我要歌頌。」(詩五七7)這種靠信心而喜樂的情況會很快地變成一種習慣,而且不斷地帶給我們靈裡的歡欣,使我自然流露讚美的話語。 「雖然無花果樹不發旺,葡萄樹不結果,橄欖樹也不效力,田地不出糧食,圈中絕了羊,棚內也沒有牛,然而,我要因耶和華歡欣,因救我的神喜樂。」(哈三17—18) 平安、完全的平安, 即使有苦難如波浪起伏, 在耶穌的懷裡只有寧靜。 平安、完全的平安。即使我們對未來一無所知, 我們認識耶穌,那坐在寶座上的主。
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