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1:1 耶和華的話臨到毗土珥的兒子約珥。 The word of the LORD that came to Joel son of Pethuel.
1:2 老年人哪,當聽我的話;國中的居民哪,都要側耳而聽。在你們的日子,或你們列祖的日子,曾有這樣的事嗎? Hear this, you elders; listen, all who live in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your forefathers? 1:3 你們要將這事傳與子,子傳與孫,孫傳與後代。 Tell it to your children, and let your children tell it to their children, and their children to the next generation. 1:4 剪蟲剩下的,蝗蟲來吃;蝗蟲剩下的,蝻子來吃;蝻子剩下的,螞蚱來吃。 What the locust swarm has left the great locusts have eaten; what the great locusts have left the young locusts have eaten; what the young locusts have left other locusts \f 1:4 The precise meaning of the four Hebrew words used here for locusts is uncertain.\F have eaten. 1:5 酒醉的人哪,要清醒哭泣;好酒的人哪,都要為甜酒哀號,因為從你們的口中斷絕了。 Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine; wail because of the new wine, for it has been snatched from your lips. 1:6 有一隊蝗蟲〔原文是民〕又強盛又無數,侵犯我的地;牠的牙齒如獅子的牙齒,大牙如母獅的大牙。 A nation has invaded my land, powerful and without number; it has the teeth of a lion, the fangs of a lioness. 1:7 牠毀壞我的葡萄樹,剝了我無花果樹的皮,剝盡而丟棄,使枝條露白。 It has laid waste my vines and ruined my fig trees. It has stripped off their bark and thrown it away, leaving their branches white. 1:8 我的民哪,你當哀號,像處女腰束麻布,為幼年的丈夫哀號。 Mourn like a virgin \f 1:8 Or ((young woman))\F in sackcloth grieving for the husband \f 1:8 Or ((betrothed))\F of her youth. 1:9 素祭和奠祭從耶和華的殿中斷絕;事奉耶和華的祭司都悲哀。 Grain offerings and drink offerings are cut off from the house of the LORD. The priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD. 1:10 田荒涼,地悲哀;因為五穀毀壞,新酒乾竭,油也缺乏。 The fields are ruined, the ground is dried up; \f 1:10 Or ((ground mourns))\F the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, the oil fails. 1:11 農夫啊,你們要慚愧;修理葡萄園的啊,你們要哀號;因為大麥小麥與田間的莊稼都滅絕了。 Despair, you farmers, wail, you vine growers; grieve for the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field is destroyed. 1:12 葡萄樹枯乾;無花果樹衰殘。石榴樹、棕樹、蘋果樹,連田野一切的樹木也都枯乾;眾人的喜樂盡都消滅。 The vine is dried up and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, the palm and the apple tree-- all the trees of the field--are dried up. Surely the joy of mankind is withered away. 1:13 祭司啊,你們當腰束麻布痛哭;伺候祭壇的啊,你們要哀號;事奉我 神的啊,你們要來披上麻布過夜,因為素祭和奠祭從你們 神的殿中斷絕了。 Put on sackcloth, O priests, and mourn; wail, you who minister before the altar. Come, spend the night in sackcloth, you who minister before my God; for the grain offerings and drink offerings are withheld from the house of your God. 1:14 你們要分定禁食的日子,宣告嚴肅會,招聚長老和國中的一切居民到耶和華─你們 神的殿,向耶和華哀求。 Declare a holy fast; call a sacred assembly. Summon the elders and all who live in the land to the house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD. 1:15 哀哉!耶和華的日子臨近了。這日來到,好像毀滅從全能者來到。 Alas for that day! For the day of the LORD is near; it will come like destruction from the Almighty. \f 1:15 Hebrew ((Shaddai))\F 1:16 糧食不是在我們眼前斷絕了嗎?歡喜快樂不是從我們 神的殿中止息了嗎? Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes-- joy and gladness from the house of our God? 1:17 穀種在土塊下朽爛;倉也荒涼,廩也破壞;因為五穀枯乾了。 The seeds are shriveled beneath the clods. \f 1:17 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.\F The storehouses are in ruins, the granaries have been broken down, for the grain has dried up. 1:18 牲畜哀鳴;牛群混亂,因為無草;羊群也受了困苦。 How the cattle moan! The herds mill about because they have no pasture; even the flocks of sheep are suffering. 1:19 耶和華啊,我向你求告,因為火燒滅曠野的草場;火焰燒盡田野的樹木。 To you, O LORD, I call, for fire has devoured the open pastures and flames have burned up all the trees of the field. 1:20 田野的走獸向你發喘;因為溪水乾涸,火也燒滅曠野的草場。 Even the wild animals pant for you; the streams of water have dried up and fire has devoured the open pastures. 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14日)
三月十四日 「摩西就挨近神所在的幽暗之中。」出埃及記廿章21節 神今天仍有祂隱藏的祕密,向聰明通達人藏起來。可是你不必怕它們;儘管在神面前接受你所不解的東西;忍耐等候。不久祂要指示你黑暗中的寶貝,隱密中的榮耀。 不要怕進前面的黑雲。神在其中。「有火煉的試驗臨到你們,不要以為奇怪,(似乎是遭遇非常的事)倒要歡喜;因為你們是與基督一同受苦。」(彼前四 12、13)當你感到孤單的時候,須知神在咫尺。祂在黑雲中,等候你進去親近祂。 黑雲罩上了你的生命, 這種遭遇, 可怕陰沈, 它預示風雨來臨。 雲漸漸迷漫開來, 一陣緊一陣, 地暗天昏, 雲中卻隱藏著天上的神。 黑雲罩上了你的生命, 這是耶和華的凱旋車, 載著祂前來給你溫存, 雲是祂的面紗, 祂的衣襟。 你受不住那樣的光輝, 所以要遮掩祂的聖容。 黑雲罩上了你的生命, 何等可怕的考驗, 如失去了可愛的親人, 又如威脅更如誘惑, 你將不知所措, 心迷神昏, 但雲中卻隱藏著天上的神。 黑雲罩上了你的生命, 你是否遇上了衰老病痛和死亡的陰雲? 這些雲將皆在你奄奄一息時來到, 正像駕舟歸航, 別怕港口黑暗; 死亡之雲雖然寒冷陰沈, 終將鍍上金邊, 逐漸光明, 神就在這雲裏來臨。 某醫師一天站在一座高山頂上,觀看山下的陣雨;他看見一頭鷹衝出黑雲,向上高飛,身上帶著的水珠,在日光下閃爍,好似金鋼鑽一般美麗。如果山下沒有陣雨,牠必是仍在谷中。人生的苦難使我們向上近神。 ─選
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(03月14日)
March 14 "Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was." (Exod. 20:21.) GOD has still His hidden secrets, hidden from the wise and prudent. Do not fear them; be content to accept things that you cannot understand; wait patiently. Presently He will reveal to you the treasures of dardness, the riches of the glory of the mystery. Mystery is only the veil of God's face. Do not be afraid to enter the cloud that is settling down on your life. God is in it. the other side is radiant with His glory. "Think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you; but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's suffierings." When you seem loneliest and most forsaken, God is nigh. He is in the dark cloud. Plunge into the blackness of its darkness without flinching; under the shrouding curtain of His pavilion you will find God awaiting you. ─Selected. "Hast thou a cloud? Something that is dark and full of dread; A messenger of tempest overhead? A something that is darkening the sky; A something growing darker bye and bye; A something that thou fear'st will burst at last; A cloud that doth a deep, long shadow cast, God cometh in that cloud. Hast thou a cloud? It is Jehovah's triumph car: in this He rideth to thee, o'er the wide abyss. It is the robe in which He wraps His form; For He doth gird Him with the flashing storm. It is the veil in which He hides the light Of His fair face, too dazzling for thy sight. God cometh in that cloud. Hast thou a cloud? A trial that is terrible to thee? A black temptation threatening to see? A loss of some dear one long thine own? A mist, a veiling, bringing the unknown? A mystery that unsubstantial seems: A cloud between thee and the sun's bright beams? God cometh in that cloud. Hast thou a cloud? A sickness─weak old age─distress and death? These clouds will scatter at thy last faint breath. Fear not the clouds that hover o'er thy barque, Making the harbour's entrance dire and dark; The cloud of death, though misty, chill and cold, Will yet grow radiant with a fringe of gold. GOD cometh in that cloud." As Dr. C. stood on a high peak of the Rocky Mountains watching a storm raging below him, an eagle came up through the clouds, and soared away towards the sun and the water upon him glistened in the sunlight like diamonds. Had it not been for the storm he might have remained in the valley. The sorrows of life cause us to rise towards God.
■ 永活之泉(03月14日)
三月十四日 禱告的所在 「這些人……都同心合意地恆切禱告。」使徒行傳一章14節 基督臨離世前曾囑咐祂的教會四個要點:「要等候父所應許的。」「聖靈要降在你們身上,你們就必得著能力。」「你們要為我作見證。」「在耶路撒冷直到地極。」 同心恆切的禱告、聖靈的能力、為活的基督作活的見證人,從耶路撒冷直到地極——這些才是新約中的真正福音、服事,及教會的標記。一個同心意禱告的教會,一種充滿了聖靈的服事,為著活的基督作活的見證的一班人,報好消息給地上的每個人——這才是基督所建立的教會,也唯有這樣的教會才能勝過全世界。 基督升天之後,使徒們立刻知道他們的工作是甚麼,那就是繼續同心合意地恆切禱告,被基督的愛及聖靈捆在一起成為一體。就是這樣他們才得到奇妙的能力,從天上的神而臨到世上的人。 他們的責任乃是同心合意恆切地禱告,等候聖靈的能力;就是從高天所賜下的能力,使他們能直到地極為基督作見證。一個禱告的教會,一個被聖靈充滿的教會,一個見證的教會,以全地作見證的目標及範圍─這才是一個耶穌基督的教會。 只要教會守住這個特性,它就有能力得勝。但若她落到世界影響之下,那麼她將失去那屬天超然的美麗及能力。禱告將多麼不忠實,聖靈的工作也是那麼微弱,基督的見證流於形式,對於直到地極的託付何其不忠! 禱告: 可稱頌的主耶穌,施恩予您的教會,求您賜下恆切禱告的靈像以往一樣,使您的教會能證實那與您同在的能力與教會同在,並為您作見證,使整個的世界都服在您的腳下。阿們。
■ 中文屬天日子(03月14日)
三月十四日 順從 「順從誰,就作誰的奴僕。」羅馬書六章16節 想要察覺那支配我的權柄,第一件事,是要認可我自己要像這樣的被支配。如果我做我自己的奴僕,那我自己是應當負責的;因為我已經轉回頭來服從了自己。同樣,如果我順從神,那麼我應該自動的歸向祂。 在幼年時代歸順自私的人,自會覺得自私是世上最不易擺脫的事。人類心靈裡沒有力量打破所養成的奴性。在一秒鐘中,你順從了慾念(須記取慾念的意思:「我要立時得到」,無論是肉慾是意慾),僅僅只有一次,也許你咒詛自己不該如此,然而你是做了那件事的奴隸。要想掙脫,人是沒有力量的,只有救贖之力。你得完全甘心,依從那能擊退支配你的東西的一位,就是主耶穌基督。「祂用膏膏我,叫我傳福音給貧窮的人」。 我們在小事上感覺如此──「啊!我能隨隨便便改掉這個習慣。」你不能,你會覺得習慣絕對支配了你,因為你是甘心依從它。容易說──「祂能破除種種桎梏」,而同時自己作自己的奴僕。要想破除人類生活的任何奴性,除依從耶穌外,別無他法。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(03月14日)
三月十四日 「我們原是祂的工作……」以弗所書二章10節 主耶穌差遣我們事奉祂,不是藉著我們自己的能力,乃是靠祂的來源和力量。以弗所書二章10節說:「我們原是祂的工作,在基督耶穌裡造成的,為要叫我們行善,就是神所豫備叫我們行的。」換言之,我們並不需豫備什麼,只要隨時依靠基督,就能應付生命中任何情況的需要。 我們必須靠信心接受神所賜的力量,繼續為祂工作,相信祂與我們同在,並且是這住在我們裡面的智慧、信心、愛、禱告、力量,以及我們工作所需的恩惠和恩賜。在信心這件事上,我們或許覺得軟弱、無助,甚至感覺不到能力的存在。然而只要我們相信祂,繼續前進,祂就必成為我們的能力,讓我們結果子。 我們最有益的事奉,乃是能在曠野中結出果實來,因為那果實是在最不毛之地所生出來的。何西阿書二章14—15節說:「後來我必勸導他,領他到曠野……他從那裡出來,我必賜他葡萄園……。」所以讓我們學習靠信心事奉、與主同行。那麼將來我們就能收穫信心的果實,看到許多得救的靈魂。而我們生命中所結的果實,更會在永恆中完全留存下來。
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