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1:1 耶和華的話臨到亞米太的兒子約拿,說: The word of the LORD came to Jonah son of Amittai:
1:2 「你起來往尼尼微大城去,向其中的居民呼喊,因為他們的惡達到我面前。」 <<Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.>> 1:3 約拿卻起來,逃往他施去躲避耶和華;下到約帕,遇見一隻船,要往他施去。他就給了船價,上了船,要與船上的人同往他施去躲避耶和華。 But Jonah ran away from the LORD and headed for Tarshish. He went down to Joppa, where he found a ship bound for that port. After paying the fare, he went aboard and sailed for Tarshish to flee from the LORD. 1:4 然而耶和華使海中起大風,海就狂風大作,甚至船幾乎破壞。 Then the LORD sent a great wind on the sea, and such a violent storm arose that the ship threatened to break up. 1:5 水手便懼怕,各人哀求自己的神。他們將船上的貨物拋在海中,為要使船輕些。約拿已下到底艙,躺臥沉睡。 All the sailors were afraid and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the cargo into the sea to lighten the ship. But Jonah had gone below deck, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep. 1:6 船主到他那裏對他說:「你這沉睡的人哪,為何這樣呢?起來,求告你的神,或者神顧念我們,使我們不致滅亡。」 The captain went to him and said, <<How can you sleep? Get up and call on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us, and we will not perish.>> 1:7 船上的人彼此說:「來吧,我們掣籤,看看這災臨到我們是因誰的緣故。」於是他們掣籤,掣出約拿來。 Then the sailors said to each other, <<Come, let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity.>> They cast lots and the lot fell on Jonah. 1:8 眾人對他說:「請你告訴我們,這災臨到我們是因誰的緣故?你以何事為業?你從哪裏來?你是哪一國?屬哪一族的人?」 So they asked him, <<Tell us, who is responsible for making all this trouble for us? What do you do? Where do you come from? What is your country? From what people are you?>> 1:9 他說:「我是希伯來人。我敬畏耶和華─那創造滄海旱地之天上的 神。」 He answered, <<I am a Hebrew and I worship the LORD, the God of heaven, who made the sea and the land.>> 1:10 他們就大大懼怕,對他說:「你做的是甚麼事呢?」他們已經知道他躲避耶和華,因為他告訴了他們。 This terrified them and they asked, <<What have you done?>> (They knew he was running away from the LORD, because he had already told them so.) 1:11 他們問他說:「我們當向你怎樣行,使海浪平靜呢?」這話是因海浪越發翻騰。 The sea was getting rougher and rougher. So they asked him, <<What should we do to you to make the sea calm down for us?>> 1:12 他對他們說:「你們將我抬起來,拋在海中,海就平靜了;我知道你們遭這大風是因我的緣故。」 <<Pick me up and throw me into the sea,>> he replied, <<and it will become calm. I know that it is my fault that this great storm has come upon you.>> 1:13 然而那些人竭力盪槳,要把船攏岸,卻是不能,因為海浪越發向他們翻騰。 Instead, the men did their best to row back to land. But they could not, for the sea grew even wilder than before. 1:14 他們便求告耶和華說:「耶和華啊,我們懇求你,不要因這人的性命使我們死亡,不要使流無辜血的罪歸與我們;因為你─耶和華是隨自己的意旨行事。」 Then they cried to the LORD, <<O LORD, please do not let us die for taking this man's life. Do not hold us accountable for killing an innocent man, for you, O LORD, have done as you pleased.>> 1:15 他們遂將約拿抬起,拋在海中,海的狂浪就平息了。 Then they took Jonah and threw him overboard, and the raging sea grew calm. 1:16 那些人便大大敬畏耶和華,向耶和華獻祭,並且許願。 At this the men greatly feared the LORD, and they offered a sacrifice to the LORD and made vows to him. 1:17 耶和華安排一條大魚吞了約拿,他在魚腹中三日三夜。 But the LORD provided a great fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was inside the fish three days and three nights. 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(04月13日)
四月十三日 「耶和華的手在那裏降在我身上,祂對我說,你起來往平原去,我要在那裏和你說話。」以西結書三章22節 使徒保羅在亞拉伯的沙漠中,歷時三年,在那時期中,他心中為主傳福音的火充溢。故自古以來,我們常常可以從任何一位被基督所重用的僕人,他們自己的計劃往往整個地推翻,且經過了一段特殊的等待時間。 你瞻望著到了敘利亞之後,再懂得信靠耶穌,現在祂說:「我要你無需等到敘利亞,就表示信靠我是什麼意思。」 我的等待情形,遠不及保羅那樣嚴重,原則卻有相通的道理,當我以為職業之門已給我打開,歡迎我投入文學工作時,卻被阻擋了,有一位先進直截了當地表示:「絕對不行」,她必須在寫作和謀生之間作一選擇,兩者不能兼得。那是主歷一八六○年,到了一八六九年,我的「歌之使命」問世,瞭解了在韜光隱晦中,等待了九年,確有主明智的道理。神的愛是不變的,當我們看不見或覺不到祂的愛時,祂還是一樣的愛我們。祂的愛和祂的能力,是對等而交相為用的,祂阻止我們享樂,不要我們自以為進步,因為我們究竟是否真正成熟,以及如何策勵我們,祂知道得最清楚。 ─海弗格 我默默擱下自己的事務, 接受祂給我暫作休息的吩咐, 主親口喚我單獨默想, 我心中應著說, 願與主單獨相處。 我從祂手中取得休息與寧靜, 才知祂為何給我安排目前的不幸, 我們常在祂吩咐休息時偏要勞勤, 何等盲目迂迴, 祂所指示的才是最佳路徑。 祂安排的工作, 祂會完成, 也許有別的任務, 要勞累你疲倦的手足, 現在祗要你遵從祂的吩咐。 寧靜地躺著, 享受祂慈愛的眷顧, 讓祂的手塑造我們的模樣, 祂的工作和教訓終必完成, 別忘記祂是最高明的藝匠。 我們不僅要作工, 還得受訓練, 救主耶穌之順從, 出自痛苦經歷中, 祂給我們負的軛何等輕省, 祂的教導如此切實, 一切都成全。 我們僅是做助手的小工人, 不可去挑剔工具之良窳, 無論在工作或等待之時, 要讓主的旨意來顯明。 神給我們準備了工作的界限, 和休息的所在, 因此我們在極其疲乏時, 祂帶領我們到路旁的井邊, 你當該歇息, 並將讚美感謝歸給主。
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(04月13日)
April 13 "And the hand of the Lord was there upon me; and he said unto me, Arise, go forth unto the plain, and I will there talk with thee."(Ezek 3:22.) DID you ever hear of any one being much used for Christ who did not have some special waiting time, some complete upset of all his or her plans first; from St. Paul's being sent off into the desert of Arabia for three years, when he must have been boiling over with the glad tidings, down to the present day? You were looking forward to telling about trusting Jesus in Syria; now He says, "I want you to show what it is to trust Me, without waiting for Syria." My own case is far less severe, but the same in principle, that when I thought the door was flung open for me to go with a bound into literary work, it is opposed, and doctor steps in and says, simply, "Never! She must choose between writing and living; she can't do both." That was in 1860. Then I came out of the shell with "Ministry of song" in 1869, and saw the evident wisdom of being kept waiting nine years in the shade. God's love being unchangeable, He is just as loving when we do not see or feel His love. Also His love and his sovereignty are co-equal and universal; so He withholds the enjoyment and conscious progress because He knows best what will really ripen and further His work in us. ─Memorials of Frances Ridley Havergal. I laid it down in silence, This work of mine, And took what had been sent me─ A resting time. The Master's voice had called me, To rest apart; " Apart with Jesus only," Eckoed my heart. I took the rest and stillness, From His own Hand, And felt this present illness, Was what He planned. How often we choose labor, When He says "Rest"─ Our ways are blind and crooked; His way is best. The work Himself has given, He will complete. There may be other errands, For tired feet; There may be other duties, For tired hands, The present, is obedience, To His commands. There is a blessed resting, In lying still, In letting His hand mould us, Just as He will. His work must be completed. His lesson set; He is the higher Workman: Do not forget! It is not only "working." We must be trained; And Jesus "learnt" obedience, Through suffering gained. For us, His yoke is easy, His burden light. His discipline most needful, And all is right. We are but under-workmen; They never choose, If this tool or if that one Their hands shall use. In working or in waiting, May we fulfill Not ours at all, but only, The Master's will! -Selected. God provides resting places as well as working places. Rest, then, and be thankful when He brings you, wearied to a wayside well.
■ 永活之泉(04月13日)
四月十三日 愛的順服 「你們若遵守我的命令,就常在我的愛裏。」約翰福音十五章10節 「常」的原文為「住」。常有人問:「我怎樣才能一直住在基督裏?怎樣才能完全為祂活著?因為這是我所渴望的,也是我熱切的禱告。」在我們所引的經文中,主耶穌很簡單,但意義深遠的回答了這問題:「遵守我的命令。」這乃是住在祂裏面惟一、確實,並有福的途徑。「你們若遵守我的命令,就住在我的愛裏;正如我遵守了我父的命令,住在祂的愛裏。」愛的順服,乃是享受祂愛的途徑。 請注意,在最後一晚,主耶穌曾多次說到這件事:「你們若愛我,就必遵守我的命令。」(約十四15)然而又兩次說:「有了我命令又遵守的,這人就是愛我的,愛我的必蒙我父愛他,我也要愛他。」「人若愛我,就必遵守我的道;我父也必愛他,並且我們要到他那裏去,與他同住。」在十五章有三次講到:「如果我的話住在你們裏面,凡你們所願意的,祈求就給你們成就。」「你若遵守我的命令,就住在我的愛裏。」「你們若遵行我所吩咐的,就是我的朋友了。」有六次主把遵守祂的命令連在一起,並且跟著有一個偉大祝福的應許,就是父與子要住在我們心裏。使我們遵行祂命令的愛,乃是住在祂愛裏的惟一途徑。我們和基督的所有關係中,愛是一切;並且基督對我們的愛,以及我們對祂的愛,都從我們對弟兄的愛上才得著證實。 但接受這樣教訓的信徒是何等的少呢!許多人都安於這種想法:「愛的順服,是不可能的。」他們不相信藉著神的恩典,我們能蒙保守脫離罪。他們不相信神的應許:「我必將我的靈,放在你們裏面,使你們順從我的律例,謹守遵行我的典章。」(結卅六27)他們不能想像對於一顆完全降服,並單單奉獻給基督的心;祂能夠使我們以為無法達到的事,而成為可能;也就是愛祂,遵守祂的命令,住在祂的愛裏。 聖靈要成為基督在他們裏面生命的能力,這是神奇的應許,也保證他們會實在的愛祂,並遵行祂的話。那就是住在基督裏的偉大祕訣,也是得著神和基督內住的秘訣,且是有效的藉著禱告,把神的祝福帶到他們一切工作的偉大祕訣。
■ 中文屬天日子(04月13日)
四月十三日 在這些光景之下所應採取的行動 「你要把你的重擔卸給耶和華。」詩篇五十五篇22節 我們必要把正當的重擔,和不正當的重擔,區別出來。我們絕然不該擔負罪和懷疑的重擔,但是有種重擔是神放在我們肩上的,祂沒有意思解除,卻想我們卸在祂的肩上。「你要把祂所給你的重擔卸給耶和華。」 如果我們擔負神的工作,而不與神接觸,那麼,責任的感覺,必然洶湧而至,以致我們擔當不了。但是如果我們把祂所給我的重擔,卸在祂的肩上。祂為實現自己,也就把責任的感覺擔去。 有許多工人,抱有很大的勇氣,很好的動機出來;但是因與耶穌沒有親密的團契,不久,他們便一蹶不振了。他們不知道如何對付重擔;重擔產生疲勞,落得人們的訕笑:「那樣的開始,這樣的收場!」 「把你的重擔卸給耶和華」──你曾經完全擔負的;不要將重擔的一端放在神的肩上。「管理之權操之於祂。」「將神所給你的重擔卸給祂。」不要拋棄,卻要將它卸給祂,並加上你自己。這種重擔,因有同伴同擔之故,必然感覺輕鬆。絕不要使你自己與重擔脫離關係。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(04月13日)
四月十三日 「要常常喜樂」帖撒羅尼迦前書五章16節 無論你將失去什麼,你絕對不該失去喜樂。要讓你的靈歡欣、要常常喜樂。我再說,要常常喜樂。 以色列民族不能進迦南美地,乃因他們發怨言。但民眾抱怨時,他們惹動了耶和華神的怒氣。當他們一開始起疑心、悲傷、煩躁時,他們與神的交通就有了一個鴻溝。 你當保守你的心,使你不致受沮喪、灰心、不信及憂鬱的影響。因為撒但無法壓迫一個喜樂讚美的靈魂。 常常儆醒能使你抵制犯罪,千萬不要讓惡念停留在心裡。因為我們若開始便失足,很可能就越陷越深。讓我們住在聖靈的懷抱中、耶穌的生命裡,因為惟有如此,撒但才能對我們莫可奈何。 在玻璃窗裡面的蒼蠅,雖然看起來彷彿受到一隻窗外小鳥的攻擊,甚至顯得非常危險。但那裝在窗上薄薄的玻璃,卻能像鐵牆一樣地保護著蒼蠅。因此讓我們常常喜樂,永遠不要失去第一道防線。
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