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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02日)
三月二日 「明日早晨,你要預備好了,上……山,在山頂上站在我面前,誰也不可和你一同上去。」出埃及記卅四章2—3節 在基督人的生命中,晨更是非常重要的。每天早晨我們必須先見神的面,然後再見人和世界。 如果一天的開始是憑我們自己的力量,我們就不能盼望得勝。在每天開始工作之前,必須在讀經中,禱告中,或靜默中,先和神有交通。切勿先見別人,甚至自己的家人,直等到我們先接見了我們生命中至大至尊的貴客耶穌基督。 單獨去見祂。天天按時去見祂。帶著聖經去見祂;把我們一天中要作的事都帶到祂面前去,我們就會得到意想不到的力量和指示。 一天開始, 先與神見面, 祂是你的光明, 你的太陽! 祂是破除黑暗的曙光; 獻上你的祈禱, 讓祂度量。 清晨起來唱一首新歌; 與山林一同喜悅相和唱, 與清新空氣, 海洋和原野, 與那明媚的花朵一同歌唱。 將你第一首歌獻給王, 不是唱給凡人去聽聞, 不是唱給任何被造物, 只是唱給獨一榮耀之真神。 先和神去作一次同行, 好讓神在你前面引導, 在河邊, 在海灘, 在山徑, 全由神來作你的護行。 在天上的父, 作你今天第一位主顧; 你的事業必然興旺, 整天都在神的慈愛中。 ─龐納 許多為神作大事業的信徒,都是一早就跪在神面前的。 亨利馬太(Henry Matthew)每天早晨四點鐘就在他的書房裏讀經、禱告了;到八點鐘出來用早餐。早餐後,舉行家庭晨禱;完畢後,又到密室中去和神親近,直到午時午餐後,他又回到書房裏去讀屬靈的書籍,或寫作,直到四點鐘;其餘的時間,去探望朋友。 ─選
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(03月02日)
March 2 "Be ready in the morning, and come up...present thyself there to me in the top of the mount. And no man shall come up with thee." (Exod. 34:2, 3.) THE morning watch is essential. You must not face the day until you have faced God, nor look into the face of others until you have looked into His. You cannot expect to be victorious, if the day begins only in your own strength. Face the work of every day with the influence of a few thoughtful, quiet moments with your heart and God. Do not meet other people, even those of your own home, until you have first met the great Guest and honored Companion of your life─Jesus Christ. Meet Him alone. Meet Him regularly. Meet Him with His open Book of counsel before you; and face the regular and the irregular duties of each day with the influence of His personality definitely controlling your every act. Begin the day with God! He is thy Sun and Day! His is the radiance of thy dawn; To Him address thy lay. Sing a new song at morn! Join the glad woods and hills; Join the fresh winds and seas and plains, Join the bright flowers and rills. Sing thy first song to God! Not to thy fellow men; Not to the creatures of His hand, But to the glorious One. Take thy first walk with God! Let Him go forth with thee; By stream, or sea, or mountain path, Seek still His company. Thy first transaction be With God Himself above; So shall thy business prosper well And all the day be love. ─Horatius Bonar. The men who have done the most for God in this world have been early upon their knees. Matthew Henry used to be in his study at four, and remain there till eight; then, after breakfast and family prayer, he used to be there again till noon; after dinner, he resumed his book or pen till four, and spent the rest of the day in visiting his friends.
■ 永活之泉(03月02日)
三月二日 眼睛的開啟 「以利沙禱告說:耶和華啊!求您開這少年人的眼目,使他能看見。——以利沙說:耶和華啊!求您開這些人的眼目,使他們能看見。」列王紀下六章17、20節 何等奇妙!神垂聽了以利沙為他僕人的禱告,使這個少年人看見了滿山的火車火馬圍繞以利沙。神差遣天軍保護祂的僕人。以利沙再次禱告神。敘利亞的軍隊被神擊打而眼目昏迷,他們被領進撒瑪利亞。進了城後以利沙再禱告神開他們的眼睛。不料,他們發現自己竟是無助的囚奴落在他們敵人的手中。 我們盼望在屬靈境界中如此禱告。首先,求神開我們的眼睛,使我們看見神為著祂的教會奇妙的預備,祂用聖靈與火為我們施洗。一切屬天境界的能力,都由我們自由運用於天國的服事方面。神兒女對於這個屬天的異象,信心是何等小——聖靈的能力在神兒女身上與他們同在,且在他們裡面,為著他們的屬靈生活,作為他們的能力,得以歡樂地見證他們的主和祂的工作。 我們也需要以利沙的第二個禱告,求神開祂兒女們的眼睛,就是那些至今還不認識世界與罪的權勢在他們身上有地位的人。他們至今尚不覺察軟弱成了教會的特徵,並使教會沒有能力為基督搶救靈魂,不能建立聖徒,使他們過著聖潔結果子的生活。讓我們特別求神開所有人的眼睛,使我們看見教會最大、最基本的需要是甚麼,藉著代禱帶下祂的祝福,使人一直都知道聖靈的能力是帶著神聖的功效與祝福。 禱告: 我們在天上的父,您是極其樂意將聖靈的能力賞賜給我們,求您垂聽我們卑微的禱告。求您開我們的眼睛,使我們真看見的教會及您子民的光景是何其低落;也讓我們看見您所樂意要賜的恩典及能力是何等寶貴。您樂意垂聽教會在您面前同心合意的迫切禱告,而將這一切賜下。阿們。
■ 中文屬天日子(03月02日)
三月二日 你覺得主的刺激麼? 「耶穌第三次對他說,你愛我麼?」約翰福音廿一章17節 你覺得主的刺激到了你真情所在的部位麼?惡魔未曾刺到那裡,罪孽和人類的情愛也都沒有刺到那裡,除了神的道沒有任何事物刺到那地方。「彼得因為耶穌第三次對他說,就憂愁……」他醒悟過來,用他最深的心靈歸於耶穌,於是他開始明白這一問再問的意義。在彼得心裡,沒有迷惑的線索存在,此後,他再也不會被迷惑了。他不興奮,不動情,因為這種問語是彼得愛主的程度的一種顯示。所以他帶著驚奇的說:「主啊,您是無所不知的。」彼得開始明白他是怎樣的愛耶穌,但他並未說:「這可以證實,那可以證實。」彼得開始發覺自己是怎樣的愛主,除了耶穌基督以外,無論天上地下沒有可以比擬的;但是主的探刺的問語不來到,他是不能知道他愛主的深淺的。主的問語是能叫我發覺我自己的。 耶穌基督對付彼得的是何等耐心與機敏啊!不到時機成熟,我們的主是不問甚麼問語的。恐怕祂也有一次用不變的問話來刺激我們,叫我們認知我們愛祂的心,是言語所難形容的。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(03月02日)
三月二日 「從前所交託你的善道,你要靠著那住在我們裡面的聖靈,牢牢地守著。」提摩太后書一章14節 神給我們的能力,使我們藉著能力持守我們的心,戰勝世界、成為聖潔。祂不僅交託我們善道,並且賜聖靈住在我們裡面。當我們心中有任何邪念或是壞點子時,我們的心可以很快地請聖靈將邪念驅逐出去。而聖靈就會按著我們信心的禱告使邪念離開,並且照我們所願地保守我們成為聖潔。 但是如果我們意志薄弱,與邪惡苟同,那麼聖靈就不會驅逐我們心中的惡念。然而,我們的神要求我們堅守聖潔,只要我們牢牢的守著善道,祂就會大大、豐富地祝福我們。祂也會成為我們靈裡的儆醒,指引我們避開邪惡,給我們能力察覺邪惡的存在,帶到神面前,讓祂趕走、毀壞邪念。 聖靈啊!求您充滿我們,直到我們心中只有您, 願您如火一般來到我們心中,察驗我們。 願您如水一般來到我們生命裡,洗盡我們的罪。 使我們因行您聖潔的旨意而終老一生, 直到我們完全地充滿神的豐富。
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