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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13日）
二月十三日 「山地也要歸你。」約書亞記十七章18節 山上有寬暢的地盤，平原上住滿了迦南人，他們都有鐵車阻礙你的擴張，所以你該上山去，佔據山上的地業。也許今日你受阻不能為神作工，你該求神興起能作工的。也許你的話語不能感動人，你可以感動天。也許你的工作受經濟、人才、恩賜、以及種種難處的限制，你可以在上面看不見的、永活的神那裏發展。 山上有樹林的攔阻，然而憑著信心可以砍伐。當初以色列各支派雖然明知山上有寬地和寶藏，他們還不敢自信能砍伐叢密的樹林，開路上山。但是神指示他們、提醒他們：他們有足彀的力量可以把樹木砍去。今天許多的攔阻，許多似乎不可能的事情，擺在我們面前，像山上的樹林一般，並不是來嘲笑我們的，乃是來催促我們向神懇求應許和支取力量的。 每一次難處來到，都是暗示我們神怎樣答應我們信心的禱告和工作的。讀者，你覺得平原太窄小麼？上山去罷，住在那裏，在那裏發展罷，在那裏你可以從磐石中得蜜，從地中得寶藏。 ─譯自日誠報 可曾遇到， 被認為跨不過的大江？ 可曾遇到， 被認為鑿不通的山崗？ 別人說不可能做的事， 我們都能， 克復任何不可能， 是我們的專長。 ─巴拿馬運河工人之歌
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（02月13日）
February 13 "The hill country shall be thine."(Josh.17:18, R. V.) ＴHERE is always room higher up. When the valleys are full of Canaanites, whose iron chariots withstand your progress, get up into the hills, occupy the upper spaces. If you can no longer work for God, pray for those who can. If you cannot move earth by your speech, you may move Heaven. If the development of life on the lower slopes is impossible, through limitations of service, the necessity of maintaining orthers, and such-like restrictions, let it break out toward the unseen, the eternal, the Divine. Faith can fell forests. Even if the tribes had realized what treasures lay above them, they would hardly have dared to suppose it possible to rid the hills of their dense forest-growth. But as God indicated their task, He reminded them that they had power enough. The visions of things that seem impossible are presented to us, like these forest-covered steeps, not to mock us, but to incite us to spiritual exploits which would be impossible unless God had stored within us the great strength of His own indwelling. Difficulty is sent to reveal to us what God can do in answer to the faith that prays and works. Are you straitened in the valleys? Get away to the hills, live there; get honey out of the rock, and wealth out of the terraced slopes now hidden by forest. ─Daily Devotional Commentary. Got any rivers they say are uncrossable, Got any mountains they say `can't tunnel through'? We specialize in the wholly impossible, Doing the things they say you can't do. ─Song of the Panama builders.
■ 永活之泉（02月13日）
二月十三日 聖靈 「我們藉著祂被一個聖靈所感，得以進到父面前。」以弗所書二章18節 我們在內室中與神相交的時候，必須防備一個危險，就是在知識和情感的力量裡，去尋求認識神和基督。神將聖靈賜給我們，為要叫我們藉著祂得以在子裡親近父。讓我們儆醒，恐怕因為我們沒有等候聖靈的引導，使我們的工作歸於徒然。 基督在最後一夜，將這一個真理教導祂的門徒。講到訓慰師的來到，祂說：「到那日，你們要奉我的名求父；求就必得著，叫你們的喜樂，可以滿足。」讓我們抓著這個真理，就是神賜給我們聖靈的目的，為要教導我們如何禱告。祂能使我們與父及子的交通，成為一個蒙祝福的實際。你當堅定地相信，祂是秘密地在你裡面工作。當你進入內室的時候，要將你自己完全服在祂的引導之下。祂是引導你禱告和敬拜的導師。 在復活那一天晚上，基督對祂的門徒說：「你們受聖靈。」是為著要堅固他們，在十天的禱告中接受聖靈的豐富。這一個使我們想起在禱告親近神的時候，應當記牢三件事： （一）我們禱告的時候，一定要相信，聖靈是住在我裡面。要心裡安靜，確定地將自己降服在祂的引導之下。為這個要擺上時間。 （二）要相信聖靈「更大的工作」，就是要光照並加強我們屬靈的生命——聖靈的充滿——要相信祂一定按著我們所禱告的賜給我們。 （三）我們要相信，藉著聖靈與神所有的兒女聯合，求聖靈在祂的教會和子民身上，大大的作工。 「信我的人，就如經上所說，從他腹中要流出活水的江河來。」（約七38）你信麼？
■ 中文屬天日子（02月13日）
二月十三日 敬聽之誠 「請說，僕人敬聽。」撒母耳記上三章10節 我是專聽神的某一件事，不是，聽祂說一切的事。我向神表示不愛，和不恭敬的方法，是我的心靈對於祂所說的毫無感覺。如果我愛我的朋友，我便能直覺地窺知他所需要的。而耶穌說：「你們是我的朋友。」我這個禮拜曾違背我主的某條命令麼？如果我察覺是耶穌的命令，我必不故意違背它；但是我們多數人表示輕慢神，甚至連祂所說的，我們都不聽，這便等於祂沒有說一樣。 我靈性生命的鵠的，是與耶穌基督的相同；我時時聽神，我才知道神時時聽我（約十一42）。 如果我與耶穌基督聯合，專心聽祂，才能以專心敬聽之誠而聽神。一朵百合花，或一棵樹，或一個神僕人，也許將神的使命帶給我。我有許多別的事要辦，這就阻攔我聽不見了。並不是我不肯聽神，卻是我沒有敬聽之誠。我專心事物，我專心服務，我專心信念；所以神向我說話，我便聽不見了。小孩的態度總是這樣：「主啊，請說，僕人敬聽。」如果我沒有培養這種聽聞之誠，我只能在某時間聽見神的聲音；在其他的時間，我又為別的事所佔──為我所說的話，我要辦的事佔住了──使我變成聾子聽不見神，這不像小孩子的生活。我今天曾留心聽過神的聲音麼？
■ 中文上海嗎哪（02月13日）
二月十三日 「……你的禱告……達到神面前，已蒙記念了。」使徒行傳十章4節 天使對哥尼流所說的是何等美的話語：你的禱告已蒙記念了。這彷彿就像多年來累積在主寶座前的祈求，終於有了答覆。神滿滿地祝福哥尼流，宛如久旱之後的乾地，突然之間得到甘霖。 我們的禱告如同馨香之氣，神把所有的祈求都收集起來。並且把馨香之氣像芬芳的花朵一樣保留在祂的室內，作為不斷的記念。當時候合宜時，神就會回答這些祈求。那時，地面上或許有異象、大光，而且我們會看到神實現祂國度的奇蹟。 我們被稱為「神所記念的人」，並被任命不分晝夜晨昏地向神祈禱。只要時候到了，神就會答覆，並給我們累積已久的祝福。 沒有任何一句禱詞會被神遺忘，我們等得越久，所累積的祝福就越大。
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