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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. 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一月廿五日 「您的杖，您的竿，都安慰我。」詩篇廿三篇4節 在我父親的家中有一個小房間，裡面藏著我家幾代所用的許多手杖。有的是爬山用的，有的是走平坦大道用的，有的是走泥濘之地用的，有的是雨後雪後行路用的，每種手杖的樣式各不相同。有時我回故鄉去探望父親，他老人家常喜歡和我出外散步；每次出發之前，我們總先到手杖室中去揀選我們那一次所適用的手杖。因此我們常常想起神的話語是我們生活中的手杖，會給我無限幫助和安慰。 在打仗的時候，緊急的風聲使我們心慌意亂，神給我們的杖是：「他必不怕兇惡的信息；他心堅定，倚靠耶和華。」（詩一一二7）這杖扶持我們經過許多黑暗的日子。 當死亡奪去我們的孩子，使我們心碎的時候，我在應許中找到另一根安慰的杖：「一宿雖然有哭泣，早晨便必歡呼。」（詩卅5） 有一次我病倒了，在外養病有一年之久，在這時期中我不知道究竟我是否再會恢復，再能回到我的家中去，再擔任我以前的工作。在這樣沒有指望之中，我始終抓住神的杖：「耶和華說：『我知道我向你們所懷的意念，是賜平安的意念，不是降災禍的意念。』」（耶廿九11） 在危險或疑懼的時候，人的評判都說「完了」的時候，我發見了一根帶領我安然過去的杖：「你們得力在乎平靜安穩。」（賽卅15） 在遇到意外事情的時候，似乎沒有一點工夫可以設法補救了，我發見了一根從來沒有誤過我的杖：「信靠的人必不著急。」（賽廿八16） ─亞保德便雅憫 馬丁路德的妻子說：「如果神不叫我經過苦難，我永遠不會知道詩篇中這些話語是甚麼意思；我也永遠不會明白基督人的責任是甚麼。」真的，神杖好像教員指示孩子識字的教鞭一般，指到某一個字，孩子就注意這一個字；照樣，神指導我們許多有益的功課，是我們在別的地方永不會學到的。 ─選 「神總是用祂的竿和杖指引我們。」 「你的鞋是銅的、鐵的。你的日子如何，你的力量也必如何。」（申卅三25） 讓我們記得：如果神要我們走在堅固的石路上，祂必先給我們穿上鐵鞋或是銅鞋；祂絕不會不先替我們預備好了，就差我們出外去走崎嶇的路。 ─麥克勞
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（01月25日）
January 25 "Thy rod and thy staff they comfort me."(Psa. 23:4.) ＡT my father's house in the country there is a little closet in the chimney corner where are kept the canes and walking-sticks of several generations of our family. In my visits to the old house, when my father and I are going out for a walk, we often go to the cane closet, and pich out our sticks to suit the fancy of the occasion. In this I have frequently been reminded that the Word of God is a staff. During the war, when the season of discouragement and impending danger was upon us, the verse, "He shall not be afraid of evil tidings; his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord." was a staff to walk with many dark days. When death took away our child and left us almost heartbrokden, I found another staff in the promise that "weeping may endure for the night, but joy cometh in the morning." When in impaired health, I was exiled for a year, not knowing whether I should be permitted to return to my home and work again, I took with me this staff which never failed, "He knoweth the thoughts that he thinketh toward me, thoughts of peace and not of evil." In times of special danger or doubt, when human judgment has seemed to be set at naught, I have found it easy to go forward with this staff, "In quietness and confidence shall be your strength." And in emergencies, when there has seemed to be no adequate time for deliberation or for action, I have never found that this staff has failed me, "He that believeth shall not make haste." ─Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, in The Outlook. "I had never known," said Martin Luther's wife, "what such and such things meant, in such and such psalms, such complaints and workings of spirit; I had never understood the practice of Christian duties, had not God brought me under some affiction." It is very true that God's rod is as the schoolmaster's pointer to the child, pointing out the letter, that he may the better take notice of it; thus He pointeth out to us many good lessons which we should never otherwise have learned. ─Selected. "God always sends His staff with His rod." "Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be." (Deut.33:25.) Each of us may be sure that if God sends us on stony paths He will provide us with strong shoes, and He will not send us out on any journey for which He does not equip us well. ─Maclaren
■ 永活之泉（01月25日）
一月廿五日 世界 「不要愛世界，和世界上的事，人若愛世界，父的愛就不在他裡面了。」約翰一書二章15節直譯 約翰很清楚地告訴我們，他所說的世界是甚麼意思。他說：「凡世界上的事，就像肉體的情慾、眼目的情慾，並今生的驕傲，都不是從父來的，乃是從世界來的。」（約壹二16） 世界是一種性質，或者說是一種權勢，就是人因著罪所墮落在其中的。這世界的神為著欺騙人的緣故，就把自己隱藏在神所創造的東西裡面，天天藉著世界上的福樂用諸般的試探圍繞著基督徒。 這就是夏娃在伊甸園裡所發生的故事，在創世記三章6節裡，我們也發現約翰所提到的三種情形：第一，肉體的情慾——「女人見那棵樹的果子好作食物：」第二，眼目的情慾——「也悅人的眼目；」第三，今生的驕傲——「且是可喜愛的，能使人有智慧。」就是在今天，世界仍然將引人食慾的美食，以及許多叫肉體嗜慾喜好的東西，並許多眼目的情慾、財富、美色，和奢華擺在我們的面前。此外還有今生的驕傲。當一個人想像他是知道並且瞭解每一件事物的時候，他就因此驕傲起來了。 我們在這個世界中的生活，因著這許多引誘肉體的事物，（那麼多能霸佔我們眼目和我們內心的事物，那麼多屬世的智慧和知識）豈不是充滿了危險麼？所以約翰告訴我們說：「不要愛世界，人若愛世界，父的愛就不在他裡面了。」我們的主也呼召我們，如同當初呼召祂的門徒一樣，要我們撇下一切來跟隨祂。 基督徒啊！你是生活在一個危險的世界中，緊緊的倚靠主耶穌吧！當祂教導你遠避世界和世界吸引的時候，你的愛就要在忠誠的事奉裡歸給祂。但是請記得，你必須每天和主耶穌有交通，獨有祂的愛才能消滅你愛世界的心，所以要花時間單獨與你的主同在。
■ 中文屬天日子（01月25日）
一月廿五日 留餘地給神 「神…既然樂意……」加拉太書一章16節 既為神的工人，我們就要為神稍留地步──給神旋轉自如的地方。我們計算著說，將要發生這，將要發生那；卻忘記替神留著容身之地。如果神用我們所不期望的一種方式，來參加我們的聚會或我們的佈道，我們驚奇麼？不要期望神從固定的方式到來，卻要期望祂來，期望祂來便是為祂稍留餘地。盼望祂來，卻不可盼望祂以一定方式裡來。知道神愈多，愈能叫我們曉得祂有隨時來到的可能。我們容易忽視神來的突兀，不過神絕然不用別的方法。神能於忽然之間，碰進生命裡面──「這是隨神的美意……。」 常常保持你的生活，與神有密切的關係，以便祂的威力臨近你的左右，圍繞著你。常存期望之心，留意你為神所留的餘地，是否是祂喜歡進來的地方？
■ 中文上海嗎哪（01月25日）
一月廿五日 「善美的要持守」帖撒羅尼迦前書五章21節 我們若是能學習真理，而有更新的發現、接受更多的祝福，但是不排斥已經證實的真理，或是忽略奠定好的基礎，那是最理想不過了。 有些人似乎總是在奠定新的基礎，但是最後那些基礎看起來卻像廢墟，以及半途而廢的建築，沒有一樣是完工的成品。 如果今天你為了某些新的亮光，而拋棄一些一年前你認為珍貴且屬靈的真理，那麼我可以保證一年以後，你可能會為了另外一些更新的亮光，而放棄你現在所認識的真理。 雖然神不斷地加添我們的智慧，使我們成長茁壯，但是祂總是藉著祂已經教導我們的，或是在我們生命已經建立的基礎，給我們更多的教導。 總言之，我們應該凡事察驗，善美的要持守，正如腓立比書三章16節所說：「我們到了甚麼地步，就當照著甚麼地步行。」
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