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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(01月22日)
一月廿二日 「退到野地裡去。」馬太福音十四章13節 在音樂譜中有一種符號,叫做休止符。當音樂奏到休止符時,聲音完全停止;這常是音樂最精彩之處。我們的一生,也如音樂一般時時有休止符,可是我們頂愚昧,以為這些休止符是我們的末路和盡頭,一生就完畢於此。神常叫我們失敗、病痛、挫折、失業,我們就非常悲哀,以為我們的人生音樂從此不能再達到造物者的耳中了。可是讓我們看,音樂家如何對付這休止符呢?他照常擊拍,在休止符之後,重奏音樂,一若中間並無甚麼間斷。 神編我們一生的音樂,並非沒有計劃的。我們只管按譜奏樂,不必怕遇見休止符。它們是不能刪去的,因為一刪去就會破壞音樂的精彩。如果我們仰望我們音樂的導師——神——祂自己正在為我們擊拍,我們的本分只是按照祂的指導奏樂;奏到休止符的時候,雖然音樂停止了,可是請記得:這是音樂的精彩處。過了一拍子之久,樂音就要從新奏起。讓我們學習這功課。 ─羅斯金 招呼你─離開忙碌緊張的生活, 離開你不斷攪擾的塵世煩膩, 天國的嚮導招呼你暫到一旁, 在寧靜的蔭蔽中作片刻休憩。 招呼你——雖是一所杳無人跡的荒園 但你並不孤獨, 因為祂與你同在, 祂以最柔美的聲調向你問道: 「孩子:你豈不願意與我共此安靜一刻?」 招呼你——去和主耶穌同步幽深, 溯源一嚐甘泉的清澄, 你和祂影形不離, 相攜漫遊, 已經接近了天國的家庭。 招呼你——和祂單獨相處, 增進了淵博智慧, 祂的摯愛常在幽秘中顯明表徵, 在許多寂寞悽涼的夜晚, 你將得到 出自祂深情的珍貴良葴。 招呼你——我們感謝主所賜的寧靜和蔭蔽, 我們感謝主, 您以愛所關出的蹊徑, 因此我們雖流著淚而注視您, 感謝主, 您為了我們黑暗的客西馬尼。 招呼你——想到祂完成了一切, 我們就獲得平安, 和基督單獨相處, 幸福美好無比, 我們躲在您十字架的蔭影下, 主啊, 感謝您招呼我們在您一邊。
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(01月22日)
January 22 "Into a desert place apart.1" (Matt. 14:13.) THERE is no music in a rest, but there is the making of music in it." In our whole life-melody the music is broken off here and there by "rests, " and we foolishly think we have come to the end of the tune. God sends a time of forced leisure, sickness, disappointed plans, frustrated efforts, and makes a sudden pause in the choral hymn of our lives; and we lament that our voices must be silent, and our part missing in the music which ever goes up to the ear of the Creator. How does the musician read the "rest"? See him beat the time with unvarying count, and catch up the next note true and steady, as if no breaking place had come between. Not without design does God write the music of our lives. Be it ours to learn the tune, and not be dismayed at the "rests." They are not to be slurred over, not to be omitted, not to destroy the melody, not to change the keynote. If we look up, God Himself will beat the time for us. With the eye on Him, we shall strike the next note full and clear. If we sadly say to ourselves, "There is no music in a `rest,' " let us not forget "there is the making of music in it. "The making of music is often a slow and painful process in this life. How patiently God works to teach us! How long he waits for us to learn the lesson! ─Ruskin. "Called aside─ From the glad working of thy busy life, From the world's ceaseless stir of care and strife, Into the shade and stillness by thy Heavenly Guide For a brief space thou hast been called aside. "Called aside─ Perhaps into a desert garden dim; And yet not alone, when thou hast been with Him, And heard His voice in sweetest accents say: `Child, wilt thou not with Me this still hour stay?' "Called aside─ In hidden paths with Christ thy Lord to tread, Deeper to drink at the sweet Fountainhead, Closer in fellowship with Him to roam, Nearer, perchance, to feel thy Heavenly Home. "Called aside─ Oh, knowledge deeper grows with Him alone; In secret oft His deeper love is shown, And learnt in many an hour of dark distress Some rare, sweet lesson of His tenderness. "Called aside─ We thank thee for the stillness and the shade; We thank Thee for the hidden paths thy love hath made, And, so that we have wept and watched with Thee, We thank Thee for our dark Gethsemane. "Called aside─ Oh, restful thought─He doeth all things well; Oh, blessed sense, with Christ alone to dwell; So in the shadow of Thy cross to hide, We thank Thee, Lord, to have been called aside."
■ 永活之泉(01月22日)
一月廿二日 禱告的靈 「聖靈照著神的旨意,替聖徒祈求。」羅馬書八章27節 禱告不是我的工作,乃是神的工作,是神在我們裡面藉著祂的大能大力,所作的工作。當我們想到了這一點,我們會有一個安靜等候的態度;因為在我們禱告的時候,聖靈會幫助我們的軟弱,也會用說不出來的歎息,在我們裡面禱告。 這是一個何等奇妙的思想!當我覺得自己的禱告是那樣不完全,自己又毫無能力的時候,我可以在安靜中俯伏在神面前,確信祂的聖靈要教導我禱告。聖靈乃是禱告的靈。禱告不是我的工作,乃是神在我裡面的工作。我的願望就是神要聽我禱告的兆頭。當神要答應我們祈求的時候,首先祂在我們心裡造出一個願望來,然後聖靈就完成這個工作;即使在我們軟弱的時候,也是這樣。在雅各的事蹟中,我們也看見這一點。那位與他摔跤,並似乎要扣住祝福不給他的,實際上卻是一直加力給他,使他不斷的禱告,並在禱告上得勝的一位。這是一個何等奇妙的思想!禱告乃是三位一體的神共同的工作:父——將願望提醒我們,也要賜給我們一切所需要的;子——藉著祂的代禱,教導我們如何奉著祂的名禱告;而聖靈——乃是在隱密處,剛強我們軟弱的願望。 我們已經說過真理的靈,祂要在我們裡面榮耀基督;也說過愛的靈,祂要把這愛澆灌在我們心裡;現在我們再說到禱告的靈,藉著祂,我們的生活才會成為一個恆切禱告的生活。感謝神,聖靈已經從天上賜下來,祂住在我們心裡,並教導我們禱告。 基督徒啊!要聽從聖靈的引導,要在凡事上順從祂的聲音。祂要使你成為一個禱告的人。那時你就會真認識神呼召你作一個代禱者,為著那些在你四周的人、為著教會,並為著整個不信的世界,向神祈求重大的事,是何等的榮耀!
■ 中文屬天日子(01月22日)
一月廿二日 我仰望甚麼呢? 「仰望我,就必得救。」以賽亞書四五章22節 我們盼望神來祝福我們,拯救我們麼?祂說:「仰望我,就必得救。」最大的困難,是不能集中精神於神,這種困難也許是祂的恩典所造成的。患難有時促醒我們仰望神;恩典反使我們仰望別的地方。山上的寶訓,其要義無非是要我們縮小興趣的範圍,直到心思,情感,身體的態度集中在耶穌基督的身上。 我們之中有許多人,有一種關於基督徒是甚麼的概念,而聖者的生平反而是我們集中精神於神的一種障礙。救贖不在這條路,也不這麼簡單。「仰望我,」不是說:「你將得救,」卻是說:「你已得救。」我們所尋求的事,如果聚精會神在祂身上,就必得著。神也常常說:「仰望我,就必得救。」而我們常有成見,常存抱怨神的心。為要應付當前的困難,我們的心不是計劃夏天做甚麼,便是計劃明天做甚麼,殊不知這些困難只在仰望神的時候,才能全部消滅。 激動你自己,仰望神。要因祂而有盼望。無論有多少事緊逼你,你決意把那些事置之度外,仰望神吧!「仰望我,」仰望祂,就必得救。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(01月22日)
一月廿二日 「新婦也自己預備好了」啟示錄十九章7節 即使我們在準備主的來臨時,心態上都會有不健康的危險。我記得有一回我決心花一個月的時間,全心單獨地等候接受聖靈的洗。但在一個月結束之前,主喚醒了我,要我停止單獨地等待,並且催促我到外面去傳揚祂的信息。當我照著祂的意思去作,就在事奉的同時,祂使我受聖靈的洗。 有一種追求祝福的方法,既老舊,而且又像極了苦行僧。另一種方法則非但健康,更因為有主的同在,使我們成為聖潔。這第二種情況讓我們無論在禱告的密室裡、禱告山上,或是在稅吏、罪人中,或是履行日常責任時,總是有主的同行。 準備主再來最實際的方法,首先必須與主有親密的交通。不僅讓祂洗淨我們,並求聖靈更深地在我們心中動工,使我們變得完全。再者,為了別人的益處、為了預備世人迎接主再來,我們必須走出自我、為他人而活。
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