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1:1 約書亞死後，以色列人求問耶和華說：「我們中間誰當首先上去攻擊迦南人，與他們爭戰？」 After the death of Joshua, the Israelites asked the LORD, <<Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?>>
1:2 耶和華說：「猶大當先上去，我已將那地交在他手中。」 The LORD answered, <<Judah is to go; I have given the land into their hands.>> 1:3 猶大對他哥哥西緬說：「請你同我到拈鬮所得之地去，好與迦南人爭戰；以後我也同你到你拈鬮所得之地去。」於是西緬與他同去。 Then the men of Judah said to the Simeonites their brothers, <<Come up with us into the territory allotted to us, to fight against the Canaanites. We in turn will go with you into yours.>> So the Simeonites went with them. 1:4 猶大就上去；耶和華將迦南人和比利洗人交在他們手中。他們在比色擊殺了一萬人， When Judah attacked, the LORD gave the Canaanites and Perizzites into their hands and they struck down ten thousand men at Bezek. 1:5 又在那裏遇見亞多尼比色，與他爭戰，殺敗迦南人和比利洗人。 It was there that they found Adoni-Bezek and fought against him, putting to rout the Canaanites and Perizzites. 1:6 亞多尼比色逃跑；他們追趕，拿住他，砍斷他手腳的大姆指。 Adoni-Bezek fled, but they chased him and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and big toes. 1:7 亞多尼比色說：「從前有七十個王，手腳的大姆指都被我砍斷，在我桌子底下拾取零碎食物。現在 神按著我所行的報應我了。」於是他們將亞多尼比色帶到耶路撒冷，他就死在那裏。 Then Adoni-Bezek said, <<Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have picked up scraps under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.>> They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there. 1:8 猶大人攻打耶路撒冷，將城攻取，用刀殺了城內的人，並且放火燒城。 The men of Judah attacked Jerusalem also and took it. They put the city to the sword and set it on fire. 1:9 後來猶大人下去，與住山地、南地，和高原的迦南人爭戰。 After that, the men of Judah went down to fight against the Canaanites living in the hill country, the Negev and the western foothills. 1:10 猶大人去攻擊住希伯崙的迦南人，殺了示篩、亞希幔、撻買。希伯崙從前名叫基列‧亞巴。 They advanced against the Canaanites living in Hebron (formerly called Kiriath Arba) and defeated Sheshai, Ahiman and Talmai. 1:11 他們從那裏去攻擊底壁的居民；底壁從前名叫基列‧西弗。 From there they advanced against the people living in Debir (formerly called Kiriath Sepher). 1:12 迦勒說：「誰能攻打基列‧西弗，將城奪取，我就把我女兒押撒給他為妻。」 And Caleb said, <<I will give my daughter Acsah in marriage to the man who attacks and captures Kiriath Sepher.>> 1:13 迦勒兄弟基納斯的兒子俄陀聶奪取了那城，迦勒就把女兒押撒給他為妻。 Othniel son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger brother, took it; so Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage. 1:14 押撒過門的時候，勸丈夫向她父親求一塊田。押撒一下驢，迦勒問她說：「你要甚麼？」 One day when she came to Othniel, she urged him 1:14 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate ((Othniel, he urged her)) to ask her father for a field. When she got off her donkey, Caleb asked her, <<What can I do for you?>> 1:15 她說：「求你賜福給我，你既將我安置在南地，求你也給我水泉。」迦勒就把上泉下泉賜給她。 She replied, <<Do me a special favor. Since you have given me land in the Negev, give me also springs of water.>> Then Caleb gave her the upper and lower springs. 1:16 摩西的內兄〔或譯：岳父〕是基尼人，他的子孫與猶大人一同離了棕樹城，往亞拉得以南的猶大曠野去，就住在民中。 The descendants of Moses' father-in-law, the Kenite, went up from the City of Palms 1:16 That is, Jericho with the men of Judah to live among the people of the Desert of Judah in the Negev near Arad. 1:17 猶大和他哥哥西緬同去，擊殺了住洗法的迦南人，將城盡行毀滅，那城的名便叫何珥瑪。 Then the men of Judah went with the Simeonites their brothers and attacked the Canaanites living in Zephath, and they totally destroyed 1:17 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the LORD, often by totally destroying them. the city. Therefore it was called Hormah. 1:17 ((Hormah)) means ((destruction.)) 1:18 猶大又取了迦薩和迦薩的四境，亞實基倫和亞實基倫的四境，以革倫和以革倫的四境。 The men of Judah also took 1:18 Hebrew; Septuagint ((Judah did not take)) Gaza, Ashkelon and Ekron--each city with its territory. 1:19 耶和華與猶大同在，猶大就趕出山地的居民，只是不能趕出平原的居民，因為他們有鐵車。 The LORD was with the men of Judah. They took possession of the hill country, but they were unable to drive the people from the plains, because they had iron chariots. 1:20 以色列人照摩西所說的，將希伯崙給了迦勒；迦勒就從那裏趕出亞衲族的三個族長。 As Moses had promised, Hebron was given to Caleb, who drove from it the three sons of Anak. 1:21 便雅憫人沒有趕出住耶路撒冷的耶布斯人。耶布斯人仍在耶路撒冷與便雅憫人同住，直到今日。 The Benjamites, however, failed to dislodge the Jebusites, who were living in Jerusalem; to this day the Jebusites live there with the Benjamites. 1:22 約瑟家也上去攻打伯特利；耶和華與他們同在。 Now the house of Joseph attacked Bethel, and the LORD was with them. 1:23 約瑟家打發人去窺探伯特利（那城起先名叫路斯）。 When they sent men to spy out Bethel (formerly called Luz), 1:24 窺探的人看見一個人從城裏出來，就對他說：「求你將進城的路指示我們，我們必恩待你。」 the spies saw a man coming out of the city and they said to him, <<Show us how to get into the city and we will see that you are treated well.>> 1:25 那人將進城的路指示他們，他們就用刀擊殺了城中的居民，但將那人和他全家放去。 So he showed them, and they put the city to the sword but spared the man and his whole family. 1:26 那人往赫人之地去，築了一座城，起名叫路斯。那城到如今還叫這名。 He then went to the land of the Hittites, where he built a city and called it Luz, which is its name to this day. 1:27 瑪拿西沒有趕出伯善和屬伯善鄉村的居民，他納和屬他納鄉村的居民，多珥和屬多珥鄉村的居民，以伯蓮和屬以伯蓮鄉村的居民，米吉多和屬米吉多鄉村的居民；迦南人卻執意住在那些地方。 But Manasseh did not drive out the people of Beth Shan or Taanach or Dor or Ibleam or Megiddo and their surrounding settlements, for the Canaanites were determined to live in that land. 1:28 及至以色列強盛了，就使迦南人做苦工，沒有把他們全然趕出。 When Israel became strong, they pressed the Canaanites into forced labor but never drove them out completely. 1:29 以法蓮沒有趕出住基色的迦南人。於是迦南人仍住在基色，在以法蓮中間。 Nor did Ephraim drive out the Canaanites living in Gezer, but the Canaanites continued to live there among them. 1:30 西布倫沒有趕出基倫的居民和拿哈拉的居民。於是迦南人仍住在西布倫中間，成了服苦的人。 Neither did Zebulun drive out the Canaanites living in Kitron or Nahalol, who remained among them; but they did subject them to forced labor. 1:31 亞設沒有趕出亞柯和西頓的居民，亞黑拉和亞革悉的居民，黑巴、亞弗革與利合的居民。 Nor did Asher drive out those living in Acco or Sidon or Ahlab or Aczib or Helbah or Aphek or Rehob, 1:32 於是，亞設因為沒有趕出那地的迦南人，就住在他們中間。 and because of this the people of Asher lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land. 1:33 拿弗他利沒有趕出伯‧示麥和伯亞納的居民，於是拿弗他利就住在那地的迦南人中間；然而伯‧示麥和伯亞納的居民成了服苦的人。 Neither did Naphtali drive out those living in Beth Shemesh or Beth Anath; but the Naphtalites too lived among the Canaanite inhabitants of the land, and those living in Beth Shemesh and Beth Anath became forced laborers for them. 1:34 亞摩利人強逼但人住在山地，不容他們下到平原； The Amorites confined the Danites to the hill country, not allowing them to come down into the plain. 1:35 亞摩利人卻執意住在希烈山和亞雅倫並沙賓。然而約瑟家勝了他們，使他們成了服苦的人。 And the Amorites were determined also to hold out in Mount Heres, Aijalon and Shaalbim, but when the power of the house of Joseph increased, they too were pressed into forced labor. 1:36 亞摩利人的境界，是從亞克拉濱坡，從西拉而上。 The boundary of the Amorites was from Scorpion 1:36 Hebrew ((Akrabbim)) Pass to Sela and beyond. 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16日）
三月十六日 「生身的父都是暫隨己意管教我們，惟有萬靈的父管教我們，是要我們得益處，使我們在祂的聖潔上有分。」希伯來書十二章10節 康諾氏所寫的書中，說有一個山野少女葛文的故事。葛文頑皮任性，她在某一日不幸遇到意外，成了殘廢。臥病在床第中，性情更加暴躁，當她在怨天尤人的時候，「天的嚮導」來看她，所謂「天的嚮導」，是山中居民對傳教士的尊敬稱呼。 傳教士給她講了一個谷的寓言，他說：地球最初的時候，只有一望無際的原野，並沒有峽谷。原野的主人，有一天出外散步，看見大地上只長著青草，就問原野道：「你的花在那裏」？原野回答說：「主人，我沒有種子。」 於是主人吩咐禽鳥把各類花的種子帶來，四處播種。不久原野上就開出了番紅玫瑰，水荳花，毛莨花，向日葵，紅鈐蘭，以及一些耐熱的夏季花卉。主人看了很高興，但他找不到他最心愛的幾種花，於是他對原野說「還有鐵線蓮，縷斗菜，紫羅蘭，白頭翁，各種鳳尾草和開花的灌木在那裏呢？」 他又吩咐禽鳥把所有種子帶來，四處播種。但主人再來的時候，還是找不到他最心愛的花，於是他說：「那些最可愛的花在那裏」？ 原野悲哀地說：「主人，我無法保存這些花，因為狂風拚命的吹颳，烈陽炙烤著我的胸膛，這些花忍不住原野的氣候，它們都零落凋萎了。」 於是主人吩咐閃電劈開原野的胸懷。原野在劇痛中顫抖哀號，為那黝黑而凹凸不平的裂口，悲痛呻吟了許多日子。 由於河水湧進了裂口，把深黑色的泥土帶了進來，禽鳥再把種子帶來，在那峽谷中播種。過了很長一段時間之後，粗糙的岩石上，舖滿了柔軟的青苔和綿延的籐蔓，各處角落，都垂掛著鐵線蓮和縷斗菜，碩壯的榆樹，仰起粗大枝幹，升向高空的陽光，樹根附近盤屈著矮杉和鳳仙花，到處都有紫羅蘭，白頭翁和孔雀草在生長開花，峽谷終於成了主人所尋求的安息，平安和快樂的心愛之地了。 傳教士講完了教事之後，就對她說：「聖靈所結的果子，也可以稱之謂聖靈之花，包括愛，喜愛，平安，堅忍，溫柔等等，其中有些只能在峽谷中生長」。 「只能在峽谷裏生長的是什麼花呢？」葛文輕聲問。傳教士答道：「溫和，謙卑，忍耐，其他如愛，喜樂，和平安，雖能在原野開放，但若生長在峽谷裏，它們將更美麗，更芬芳」。 葛文默默地躺了好一會，然後嘴唇顫抖地自言自語道：「在我的峽谷裏沒有花，只有粗陋的岩石」。 「親愛的葛文，總有一天它們會開出花來，主會發現，我們也會看到」。 親愛的，當你淪入你的峽谷時，請記著這句話！
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（03月16日）
March 16 "For our profit." (Heb. 12:10.) ＩN one of Ralph Connor's books he tells a story of Gwen. Gwen was a wild, wilful lassie and one who had always been accustomed to having her own way. then one day she met with a terrible accident which crippled her for life. She became very rebellious and in the murmuring state she was visited by the Sky Pilot, as the missionary among the mountaineers was termed. He told her the parable of the canyon. "At first there were no canyons, but only the broad, open prairie. One day the Master of the Prairie, walking over his great lawns, where were only grasses, asked the Prairie, `Where are your flowers?' and the prairie said, `Master I have no seeds.' "Then he spoke to the birds, and they carried seeds of every kind of flower and strewed them far and wide, and soon the prairie bloomed with crocuses and roses and buffalo beans and the yellow crowfoot and the wild sunflowers and the red lilies all summer long. Then the Master came and was well pleased; but he missed the flowers he loved best of all, and he said to the Prairie: `Where are the clematis and the columbine, the sweet violets and wind-flowers, and all the ferns and flowering shrubs?' "And again he spoke to the birds, and again they carried all the seeds and scattered them far and wide. But, again, when the Master came he could not find the flowers he loved best of all, and he said: "`Where are those my sweetest flowers?' and the prairie cried sorrowfully: "`Oh, Master, I cannot keep the flowers, for the winds sweep fiercely, and the sun beats upon my breast, and they wither up and fly away.' "Then the Master spoke to the Lightning, and with one swift blow the Lightning cleft the prairie to the heart. And the Prairie rocked and groaned in agony, and for many a day moaned bitterly over the black, jagged, gaping wound. "But the river poured its waters through the cleft, and carried down deep black mould, and once more the birds carried seeds and strewed them in the canyon. And after a long time the rough rocks were decked out with soft mosses and trailing vines, and all the nooks were hung with clematis and columbine, and great elms lifted their huge tops high up into the sunlight, and down about their feet clustered the low cedars and balsams, and everywhere the violets and wind-flower and naiden-hair grew and bloomed, till the canyon became the Master's favorit place for rest and peace and joy." Then the Sky Pilot read to her: "The fruit─I'll read `flowers'─of the Spirit are love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness─and some of these grow only in the canyon." "Which are the canyon flowers?" asked Gwen softly, and the Pilot answered: " Gentleness, meekness, longsuffering; but though the others, love, joy, peace, bloom in the open, yet never with so rich a bloom and so sweet a perfume as in the canyon." For a long time Gwen lay quite still, and then said wistfully, who her lips trembled: "There are no flowers in my canyon, but only ragged rocks." "Some day they will bloom, Gwen dear; the Master will find them, and we, to shall see them." Beloved, when you come to your canyon, remember!
■ 永活之泉（03月16日）
三月十六日 為著工人的代禱 「要收的莊稼多，作工的人少，所以你們當求莊稼的主，打發工人出去，收他的莊稼。」馬太福音九章37—38節 門徒們對於以上這些話並不明白。基督所給他們的乃是一個撒種的思想，存放在他們心中待日後使用。五旬節時，當我們怎樣看到那麼多剛悔改得救的人，靠著聖靈的能力準備見證基督，他們一定也感覺到十天同心合意的禱告才帶下此祝福，就是聖靈大能所結的果子。 基督教訓我們無論莊稼有何等多，而工人又是何等少，祈求乃是最好、最有把握，也是唯一的路，為著我們的需要懇求。我們所需要知道的，不僅在我們有需要時向神禱告，而是整個的工作都是在禱告的靈中進行，所以為工人們代求乃是我們整個生活、工作最完善的配合。 在中國的內地會中，當傳道人的數字增至二百時，在中國舉行的某次會議中，他們深深地覺得需要更多的工人到偏遠地區作工；經過了多次禱告之後，他們感覺可以向神禱告在一年內，再賜給他們一百個傳道人及一萬英磅，以應付費用。他們就天天不停地禱告達一年之久。到了一年終了的時候，神賜給他們連男帶女一百位適當的工人，並且賜給他們一萬一千英磅。 為了應付當今世界的需要，為了廣大的工場，及待拯救的靈魂，許多教會都抱怨工人及金錢不夠。基督不是召我們也像起初使徒們同心恆切地禱告嗎？神是信實的，藉著聖靈的大能要供應我們每一個需要。願教會顯出合一的禱告與祈求，因神是聽禱告的神。 禱告： 可稱頌的主耶穌，求您教導您的教會知道為您活著、為您勞苦的意義何在。在恆切禱告的靈裡，使我們確信您會在每件事上，超過人所求地來供應這個即將滅亡世界的呼求。阿們。
■ 中文屬天日子（03月16日）
三月十六日 主來審判 「因為我們眾人，必要在基督臺前顯露出來。」哥林多後書五章10節 保羅說我們眾人，無論是傳道的和聽道的，都「要在基督臺前顯露出來。」如果你在基督的光榮中過慣了生活，末後的審判將使你因神的工作而快樂。你會把臉向著基督的審判臺，走在你所認知的至聖者的光中。對於別人一種錯誤的態度，終必終止在魔鬼的靈裡，與你的聖潔無關。一種私心的判斷，其結果是地獄在你裡面。趕快將這顯出來，而且要說：「我的神啊！我在那裡犯罪了」。如果你不如此，你的心就漸漸硬了。罪的懲罰使罪成為習慣。不但神要懲罰罪，罪也要在罪人裡面建立自己，償還整個代價。無論如何掙扎或祈禱，不能使你不做某種事情。罪的懲罰，就是使你逐漸成為習慣，不知道是罪。除了聖靈進入心中以外，沒有別的力量能改變罪的連屬結果。 「我們若在光明中行，如同神在光明中。」（約壹一7）光明中行，按照許多人看便是給別人一個標準。現代法利賽人的精神，最壞的不是假冒為善，卻是不覺得自己不真實。
■ 中文上海嗎哪（03月16日）
三月十六日 「因為耶和華……要賜下恩惠和榮耀。」詩篇八十四篇11節 「榮耀」這個詞很難翻譯、下定義或是解釋。但在靈裡敏感、儆醒的基督生命中，我們能找到「恩惠」的解釋。「榮耀」是滿溢的恩典、是生命中的甘露，是先嘗天堂的權利；更是從神寶座來的希望，由神心中所發出的啟示。我們不僅能擁有這樣的榮耀，並且能生活在其中。主耶穌曾為我們禱告，求神把賜給祂的榮耀，也賜給我們(約十七22)。 讓我們珍惜這樣的榮耀，生活在其中。大衛曾說：「我的靈啊，(原文作榮耀)，你當醒起。」(詩五十七8)所以我們也可以求神使我們的榮耀奮起，加添我們能力，讓我們能如鷹展翅上騰，高高地與基督一同坐在屬天的位子上。 我們在等候主之後興起， 從新得力、生命更新， 像鷹一樣展翅上騰， 我們在靈裡必然登峰造極。 當我們健步如飛地再回到事奉中， 走許多聖徒所行過的道路， 我們必然奔跑卻不睏倦， 行走卻不疲乏。
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