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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（01月18日）
一月十八日 「感謝神，常帥領我們在基督裡誇勝。」哥林多後書二章14節 在人顯著的失敗中，神得著最完全的勝利。許多時候，仇敵似乎得勝了，神也容讓牠得勝；可是後來神終究剷除牠所有的作為，推翻牠顯著的勝利，一如經上所說：「使惡人的道路顛倒。」（詩一四六9，直譯）如果神不讓仇敵先得勢，神就不能給我們一個更大、更可誇的得勝。 三個希伯來人被擲入火窯的故事，是一個很好的例子。這裡，仇敵顯然勝利了。按事情看來，永活神的僕人將陷於一敗塗地的光景中了。（許多時候，我們也有這樣失敗的光景，同時仇敵真是歡喜。）他們跌在火焰中，他們的仇敵盼望看他們在可怕的火焰中頃刻之間化成飛灰，萬想不到這三個希伯來人竟在火窯中遊行自娛。這真使仇敵喫驚不小。尼布甲尼撒王叫他們從火中出來，甚至一根頭髮也沒有燒焦，一塊布也沒有變色，也沒有一些火燎的氣味，「因為沒有別神能這樣施行拯救。」（但三29） 顯著的失敗的結果，反是希奇的勝利。 假定這三個希伯來人失去了信心和勇氣，在受困之時怨神說：「為甚麼神不救我們脫離火窯呢？」他們定規會被火燒死，神也得不著榮耀了。親愛的，今天在你的生活中若是正有一個極大的試煉，不要氣餒，自認失敗，仍要繼續用信心藉著那能使你得勝有餘的主宣告勝利，榮耀的勝利立刻就要來了。我們應當知道：在一切神應許我們進入的艱難中，神在替我們造成機會，使我們在祂裡面學習信心的功課，藉著主基督誇勝，大大榮耀祂自己的名。 ─譯自讚美的生命 失敗可能與勝利同樣微妙， 受撼的靈魂成就了榮耀， 你看狂風中掙扎的橡樹， 在那擋風的一面， 受壓的樹身， 它的根卻向地下長得更深更穩。 唯有經歷過極大的悲痛， 纔能領會極大的歡欣， 憂患給心靈打開喜悅之門。
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（01月18日）
January 18 "Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ."(2Cor. 2:14.) ＧOD gets His greatest victories out of apparent defeats. Very often the enemy seems to triumph for a little, and God lets it be so; but then He comes in and upsets all the work of the enemy, overthrows the apparent victory, and as the Bible says, "turns the way of the wicked upside down." Thus He gives a great deal larger victory than we would have known if He and not allowed the enemy, seemingly, to triumph in the first place. The story of the three Hebrew children being cast into the fiery furnace is a familiar one. Here was an apparent victory for the enemy. It looked as if the servants of the living God were going to have a terrible defeat. We have all been in places where it seemed as though we were defeated, and the enemy rejoiced. We can imagine what a complete defeat this looked to be. They fell down into the flames, and their enemies watched them to see them burn up in that awful fire, but were greatly astonished to see them walking around in the fire enjoying themselves. Nebuchadnezzar told them to "come forth out of the midst of the fire." Not even a hair was singed, nor was the smell of fire on their garments, "because there is no other god that can deliver after this sort." This apparent defeat resulted in a marvelous victory. Suppose that these three men had lost their faith and courage, and had complained, saying, "Why did not God keep us out of the furnace!" They would have been burned, and God would not have been glorified. If there is a great trial in your life today, do not own it as a defeat, but continue, by faith, to claim the victory through Him who is able to make you more than conqueror, and a glorious victory will soon be apparent. Let us learn that in all the hard places God brings us into, He is making opportunities for us to exercise such faith in Him as will bring about blessed results and greatly glorify His name. ─Life of Praise. "Defeat may serve as well as victory To shake the soul and let the glory out. When the great oak is straining in the wind, The boughs drink in new beauty, and the trunk Sends down a deeper root on the windward side. Only the soul that knows the mighty grief Can know the mighty rapture. Sorrows come To stretch out spaces in the heart for joy."
■ 永活之泉（01月18日）
一月十八日 恆切禱告 「要人常常禱告，不可灰心。」路加福音十八章1節 「禱告要恆切。」羅馬書十二章12節 「不住地禱告。」帖撒羅尼迦前書五章17節 在禱告生活中，最叫人覺得為難的，就是禱告的答應，來得並不像我們所盼望的那樣迅速。我們常會為著這個思想：「或許我的禱告不對罷？」因而感覺氣餒，因此我們就不恆切禱告了。這就是我們的主所常常迫切教導我們學習的功課。若是我們細查這件事，我們就會看見，答應的遲延可能是有原因的，並且我們的等候也可能給我們帶來祝福。因為答應的遲延，我們的願望會越過越深、越來越強，我們也就會用我們的全心來禱告了。神是把我們放在恆久禱告的訓練學校裡，使我們軟弱的信心能變為剛強。請務必相信，在禱告遲延得答應這件事上，是有極大的祝福的。 更重要的，就是神的意思是要把我們吸引進入與祂自己更深的交通裡。當我們的禱告尚未得著答應的時候，我們要學習認識與神交通、與神親近，並神的愛，這些比我們的祈求得著答應更要緊，這樣我們才能繼續禱告。雅各因著他的禱告遲延得著答應，結果他得著了何等大的祝福！他面對面的看見了神，並且從神得著能力和得勝，作神的君王。（譯註：以色列原文意即神的君王，此處係指雅各在毘努伊勒與神摔跤後，改名「以色列」而言。） 基督徒啊！請注意這個警告。不要在答應還沒有得到的時候，就不耐煩和失望。「禱告要恆切」「不住的禱告」當你這樣作，你要看見這裡會有無可估計的祝福。你要查問——你的禱告是否真正照著神的旨意和神的話語；你也該查問——你的禱告是否在對的靈裡，是否奉著基督的尊名。只要繼續禱告，你就會知道禱告答應的遲延，反而是神所能賜給你的一個最寶貴的恩典了。你也會認識一件事，就是那些在禱告中從神得著最大能力的人，就是那些在神面前抓住祂的應許，而恆切禱告的人。
■ 中文屬天日子（01月18日）
一月十八日 是主！ 「多馬說，我的主、我的神。」約翰福音廿章28節 「你們給我喝。」我們之中有許多人要求耶穌基督止我們的渴，殊不知這正是我們要給祂喝的時候。我們現在應該傾出去，傾至最後一滴，不要吸取祂的來滿足我們自己。「你們要替我作見證」──意思是說，有一種純潔，不妥協，不貪污的生命，奉獻給主耶穌，祂無論把我們安放在那裡，我們總要使祂感覺滿意。 當事事留心，不要讓這些事與忠於耶穌基督的心爭強比勝。與崇奉耶穌競爭的事，是替祂服務。但是服務比較的易，喝盡苦杯，比較的難。神呼召的唯一目的，是滿足神，並不是替祂服務。我們不是奉召去替神打仗，卻是奉召去使用在祂的戰爭裡。我們是獻身服務的多呢？還是獻身耶穌基督的多呢？
■ 中文上海嗎哪（01月18日）
一月十八日 「可以拿去給他們，作你我的稅銀。」馬太福音十七章27節 主耶穌奇蹟地在迦百農，為彼得準備了稅金。這個記載使我們能看出主的愛及善解人意。當彼得見了稅吏之後，經上說：「他進了屋子，耶穌先向他說」(太十七25)換句話說，主等待著他。耶穌在彼得還未開口之前，就已預備好他的需要，叫他到海邊去找在魚嘴裡的錢。 由此可見，主總是事先想到我們的需要。祂喜歡為我們保留面子，而且在緊急情況發生之前，祂不僅能預料得到，而且總是帶著愛心準備好我們的需要。 當主耶穌對彼得非常溫柔地說：「……可以拿去給他們，作你我的稅銀。」祂不僅先提到自己尷尬的需要，而且為祂憂愁受罪的孩子承擔一切重擔。祂將我們的憂慮視為祂的憂慮，把我們的悲哀當作祂的悲哀，把我們的恥辱看作祂的恥辱。因祂也曾凡事受過試探，祂能體恤我們的軟弱(來四15)。
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