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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(02月18日)
二月十八日 「凡你們禱告祈求的,無論是甚麼,只要信是得著的,就必得著。」馬可福音十一章24節 我有一個十歲的孩子,他的祖母應許給他一本郵票簿。可是過了許久,她並沒有給他,也不再提起。這孩子也並不放在心上;可是,當他的同伴來看他的禮物時,他一件一件把收到的禮物拿出來給他們看了之後,總加上一句:「祖母給我一本郵票簿。」 我聽他說了好幾次,很是希奇,所以我特地叫他到我面前來,問他說:「喬琪,你並沒有從你祖母那裏得到一本郵票簿。你為甚麼常對你的同伴這樣說呢?」 他臉上起了詫異之色,似乎希奇我會發這樣一個問題,他回答說:「媽媽,祖母既應許了,這就等於我已經得著了。」我就不能再說甚麼,免得傷他的信心。 一個月過去了,郵票簿仍是無著落。一天,我要試試他的信心,就對他說: 「喬琪,我想祖母已經忘記了她的應許。」 他很快,很堅持地說:「不,媽媽,她決不會忘記的。」 我望著那親愛的、深信的小臉,看見他現著很正經的樣子,好似要辯服我方纔所說的話一般。過了一回,他臉上現出了喜悅的光彩,說道: 「媽媽你想我好不好現在寫一封信去謝謝她的禮物呢?」 我說:「我不替你規定;可是,你可以試一試。」 (這時候神用光照亮我,給我看見了一段豐富屬靈的真理。)幾分鐘之內,他已把謝信寫好寄出了,回來的時候,嘴裏還唱著歡樂的歌兒,證明他對他祖母的信任。不久,回信來了,裏面寫著: 「我所親愛的喬琪:我並沒有忘記我對你的應許——一本郵票簿。我想照你合意的樣式去買,可是在本城買不到;所以我就到紐約城去函購。寄到了以後,一看,仍舊不對,所以我又到芝加哥去函購了。你所愛的祖母」 他讀完了信,臉上帶著勝利的氣概,對我說:「媽媽,我不是告訴過你麼?祖母既應許了,這就等於我已經得著了。」他的心裏,從來沒有疑惑過,這就是「在無可指望的時候,因信仍有指望。」(羅四18)他深信郵票簿一定會來的。他信他的祖母進行,不久信心就變成了事實。 人們常要在神的應許上先有眼見,但是我們的主對多馬說,也對那些跟從祂而懷疑的人說:「那沒有看見就信的,有福了。」(約廿29) ─朗滋夫人
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(02月18日)
February 18 "Have faith that whatever you ask for in prayer is already granted you, and you will find that it will be." (Mark 11:24.) WHEN my little son was about ten years of age, his grandmother promised him a stamp album for Christmas. Christmas came, but no stamp album, and no word from grandmother. The matter, however, was not mentioned; but when his playmates came to see his Christmas presents, I was astonished, after he had named over this and that as gifts received, to hear him add, "And a stamp album from grandmother." I had heard it several times, when I called him to me, and said, "But, Georgie, you did not get an album from your grandmother. Why do you say so?" There was a wondering look on his face, as if he thought it strange that I should ask such a question, and he replied, "Well, mamma, grandma said, so it is the same as." I could not say a word to check his faith. A month went by, and nothing was heard from the album. Finally, one day, I said, to test his faith, and really wondering in my heart why the album had not been sent, "Well, Georgie, I think grandma has forgotten her promise.""Oh, no, mamma," he quickly and firmly said," she hasn't." I watched the dear, trusting face, which, for a while, looked very sober, as if debating the possiblities I had suggested. Finally a bright light passed over it, and he said, "Mamma, do you think it would do any good if I should write to her thanking her for the album?" "I do not know," I said, "but you might try it." A rich spiritual truth began to dawn upon me. In a few minutes a letter was prepared and committed to the mail, and he went off whistling his confidence in his grandma. In just a short time a letter came, saying: "My dear Georgie: I have not forgotten my promise to you, of an album. I tried to get such a book as you desired, but could not get the sort you wanted; so I sent on to New York. It did not get here till after Christmas, and it was still not right, so I sent for another, and as it has not come as yet, I send you three dollars to get one in Chicago. Your loving grandma." "As he read the letter, his face was the face of a victor. "Now, mamma, didn't I tell you?" came from the depths of a heart that never doubted, that, "against hope, believed in hope" that the stamp album would come. While he was trusting, grandma was working, and in due season faith became sight. It is so human to want sight when we step out on the promises of God, but our Savior said to Thomas, and to the long roll of doubters who have ever since followed him: "Blessed are they who have not seen, and yet have believed." ─Mrs. Rounds.
■ 永活之泉(02月18日)
二月十八日 神的全能 「我是全能的神。」創世記十七章1節 亞伯拉罕聽見這話以後,就俯伏在地;神對他說話,使他充滿信心,信神必為他作事。基督徒啊,你有沒有深深謙卑地俯伏在神面前,直到你覺得你已經和那位全能者面對相見,並且滿心相信,神已經在你裡面作工,並要成全這工呢? 詩篇裡有多處記載,從前有許多信徒如何在神和祂的能力裡榮耀神。「耶和華,我的力量啊,我愛您!」(詩十八1)「耶和華是我性命的保障。」(詩廿七1)「神是我心裡的力量。」(詩七十三26)「使我心裡有能力。」(詩一三八3)再看詩篇十八篇32節,九十六篇1節,六十八篇28節,六十八篇35節,五十九篇17節,八十九篇17節。將這些話引用到自己身上,並且敬拜全能者是你的力量。 基督教訓我們,救恩是神的工作,人是絕對不能作的。門徒們問:「這樣,誰能得救呢?」主的回答是:「在人這是不能的,在神凡事都能。」如果我們堅信這個,我們就能相信,神是按祂所看為好的,作工在我們裡面。 讓我們想一想保羅為以弗所人怎樣禱告,他求神藉著聖靈的光照,使他們認識,「祂向我們這信的人所顯的能力,是何等浩大。」同時,保羅在歌羅西書一章11節又說:「照祂榮耀的權能,得以在各樣的力上加力。」當人完全相信神的大能,是不止息地在他裡面作工的時候,他就能歡樂著說:「神是我生命的力量。」 你希奇有許多的基督徒,常常說到他們的軟弱和失敗。這是因為他們不認識全能的神,必須逐日逐時在他們裡面作工。這一個就是真實信心生活的秘訣。 不要停止追求,直到你能對神說:「你是他們力量的榮耀。」(詩八十九17)
■ 中文屬天日子(02月18日)
二月十八日 避免失望 「起來,我們走吧!」馬太福音廿六章46節 門徒們於當驚醒的時候,反而睡起覺來;當他們覺悟他們所行之錯誤,就失望起來。不可挽救的感覺易於使我們失望,我們心裡似乎說:「現在,一切都完了,再用力,也沒有用了。」如果我們以這種失望視為非常,那就錯了,殊不知這是人類極平常的經驗。無論何時,我們認知我們沒有成功那機會足以促我們成功的事,我們就容易墮入失望之中,可是耶穌就來向我們說:「現在還睡覺,這個機會失了,不能再來,你也不能改造,可是要起來,去對付將要來到的那件事吧!」讓過去的睡眠,睡在基督的胸懷,而你要與基督攜起手來走進那不可避免的將來。 我們定有這種經驗在我們各人的生活中。我們失望,失望是從現實而來,我們也不能把自己從失望中超拔出來。就是耶穌的門徒也陷到這種困境之中,他們去睡覺,不同耶穌儆醒,卻是耶穌來,激起他們靈性的自動,打消他們意志的消沉說:「起來,對付將要來到的事吧!」如果我們為神所激動,那將要來到的事是甚麼呢?就是絕對倚靠祂,藉著祂的救贖去祈求。 千萬不要讓失敗的意識毀壞你的新動作。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(02月18日)
二月十八日 「……基督在你們心裡……」歌羅西書一章27節 新約與舊約中的救贖相差是何等的大啊!只要能得著基督的生命,任何人即使掙扎一生也是值得。 某位有失明之虞的病人躺在醫院裡,他的眼睛有一小段破碎的針。一次接著一次的手術,不僅更刺激他的眼睛,甚至使那段針進入眼睛更脆弱的部份。 最後,一位年輕但技術高明的醫生想到一個權宜之計。有一天,他既不帶披針也沒帶探針,手裡只拿了一個雖小,但磁度大的磁鐵走近病人,他把磁鐵放在受傷的眼睛上移動,立刻那段針就開始受強大的磁力吸引而移動。很快地,針被磁鐵吸住,使病人不需要再受更多切割之苦,就得到完全的醫治。 這個方法雖然極為簡單,卻是奇妙無比。藉著磁鐵的磁力,這隻眼睛不但完全脫離險境,而且能重見光明。相同的,神也能藉著基督生命及其能力的簡單吸引力,使我們得到救贖。
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