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1:1 耶穌基督的僕人,雅各的弟兄猶大,寫信給那被召、在父 神裏蒙愛、為耶穌基督保守的人。 Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ and a brother of James, b Tocthose who have been called, who are loved by God the Father and kept by(\f1 1 Or|i for|d; or|i in|d) Jesus Christ:
1:2 願憐恤、平安、慈愛多多的加給你們。 Mercy, peace and love be yours in abundance. 1:3 親愛的弟兄啊,我想盡心寫信給你們,論我們同得救恩的時候,就不得不寫信勸你們,要為從前一次交付聖徒的真道竭力的爭辯。 Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt I had to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to the saints. 1:4 因為有些人偷著進來,就是自古被定受刑罰的,是不虔誠的,將我們 神的恩變作放縱情慾的機會,並且不認獨一的主宰─我們〔或譯和我們〕主耶穌基督。 For certain men whose condemnation was written about(\f2 4 Or|i men who were marked out for condemnation|d) long ago have secretly slipped in among you. They are godless men, who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord. 1:5 從前主救了他的百姓出埃及地,後來就把那些不信的滅絕了。這一切的事,你們雖然都知道,我卻仍要提醒你們。 Though you already know all this, I want to remind you that the Lord(\f3 5 Some early manuscripts|i Jesus|d) delivered his people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe. 1:6 又有不守本位、離開自己住處的天使,主用鎖鍊把他們永遠拘留在黑暗裏,等候大日的審判。 And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their own home--these he has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day. 1:7 又如所多瑪、蛾摩拉和周圍城邑的人,也照他們一味地行淫,隨從逆性的情慾,就受永火的刑罰,作為鑑戒。 In a similar way, Sodom and Gomorrah and the surrounding towns gave themselves up to sexual immorality and perversion. They serve as an example of those who suffer the punishment of eternal fire. 1:8 這些做夢的人也像他們污穢身體,輕慢主治的,毀謗在尊位的。 In the very same way, these dreamers pollute their own bodies, reject authority and slander celestial beings. 1:9 天使長米迦勒為摩西的屍首與魔鬼爭辯的時候,尚且不敢用毀謗的話罪責他,只說:「主責備你吧!」 But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against him, but said, <<The Lord rebuke you!>> 1:10 但這些人毀謗他們所不知道的。他們本性所知道的事與那沒有靈性的畜類一樣,在這事上竟敗壞了自己。 0 Yet these men speak abusively against whatever they do not understand; and what things they do understand by instinct, like unreasoning animals--these are the very things that destroy them. 1:11 他們有禍了!因為走了該隱的道路,又為利往巴蘭的錯謬裏直奔,並在可拉的背叛中滅亡了。 Woe to them! They have taken the way of Cain; they have rushed for profit into Balaam's error; they have been destroyed in Korah's rebellion. 1:12 這樣的人在你們的愛席上與你們同吃的時候,正是礁石〔或譯:玷污〕他們作牧人,只知餧養自己,無所懼怕;是沒有雨的雲彩,被風飄蕩;是秋天沒有果子的樹,死而又死,連根被拔出來; These men are blemishes at your love feasts, eating with you without the slightest qualm--shepherds who feed only themselves. They are clouds without rain, blown along by the wind; autumn trees, without fruit and uprooted--twice dead. 1:13 是海裏的狂浪,湧出自己可恥的沫子來;是流蕩的星,有墨黑的幽暗為他們永遠存留。 They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever. 1:14 亞當的七世孫以諾,曾預言這些人說:「看哪,主帶著他的千萬聖者降臨, Enoch, the seventh from Adam, prophesied about these men: <<See, the Lord is coming with thousands upon thousands of his holy ones 1:15 要在眾人身上行審判,證實那一切不敬虔的人,所妄行一切不敬虔的事,又證實不敬虔之罪人所說頂撞他的剛愎話。」 to judge everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of all the ungodly acts they have done in the ungodly way, and of all the harsh words ungodly sinners have spoken against him.>> 1:16 這些人是私下議論,常發怨言的,隨從自己的情慾而行,口中說誇大的話,為得便宜諂媚人。 These men are grumblers and faultfinders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage. 1:17 親愛的弟兄啊,你們要記念我們主耶穌基督之使徒從前所說的話。 But, dear friends, remember what the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ foretold. 1:18 他們曾對你們說過,末世必有好譏誚的人隨從自己不敬虔的私慾而行。 They said to you, <<In the last times there will be scoffers who will follow their own ungodly desires.>> 1:19 這就是那些引人結黨、屬乎血氣、沒有聖靈的人。 These are the men who divide you, who follow mere natural instincts and do not have the Spirit. 1:20 親愛的弟兄啊,你們卻要在至聖的真道上造就自己,在聖靈裏禱告, But you, dear friends, build yourselves up in your most holy faith and pray in the Holy Spirit. 1:21 保守自己常在 神的愛中,仰望我們主耶穌基督的憐憫,直到永生。 Keep yourselves in God's love as you wait for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to bring you to eternal life. 1:22 有些人存疑心,你們要憐憫他們; Be merciful to those who doubt; 1:23 有些人你們要從火中搶出來,搭救他們;有些人你們要存懼怕的心憐憫他們,連那被情慾沾染的衣服也當厭惡。 snatch others from the fire and save them; to others show mercy, mixed with fear--hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh. 1:24 那能保守你們不失腳、叫你們無瑕無疵、歡歡喜喜站在他榮耀之前的我們的救主─獨一的 神, To him who is able to keep you from falling and to present you before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy-- 1:25 願榮耀、威嚴、能力、權柄,因我們的主耶穌基督歸與他,從萬古以前並現今,直到永永遠遠。阿們。 to the only God our Savior be glory, majesty, power and authority, through Jesus Christ our Lord, before all ages, now and forevermore! Amen. 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28日)
二月廿八日 「你們應當……常常以頌讚為祭,獻給神。」希伯來書十三章15節 一個傳道人,在鄉村工作;某天晚上,無意之中走進了一所又暗又髒的小屋;他聽見屋隅發出微弱的聲音問說:「是誰?」他點了一根火柴,從火光中看見了地上的缺乏和痛苦,天上的喜樂和平安——一個黑色的老婦人,臥病在床。她患著風濕症,痛苦異常;可是她仍頂平安、頂喜樂。那時正是最冷的二月,她沒有燃料,也沒有糧食;沒有燈光,也沒有侍奉的人。她所有的,只是倚靠神的信心。人生的痛苦,在她身上都齊全了,一點也沒有甚麼可以叫她快樂的了,可是她仍舊能夠發出「哈利路亞」的讚美來,好似一無缺乏和病痛一般。 「無人知道我所經歷的困苦, 無人知道, 除了耶穌; 無人知道我所經歷的困苦—— 哈利路亞, 讚美主!」 「有時我高昇, 有時我下沈, 有時被棄於地, 受屈蒙塵, 有時榮光自四處照臨—— 哈利路亞, 讚美主!」 歌詞接下去:「無人知道我的工作,無人知道我的悲痛,」結尾還是重複那一句,「哈利路亞,讚美主!」 一直到最後二句: 「無人知道我的歡愉, 無人知道,祗有耶穌!」 她真是「四面受敵,卻不被困住;心裏作難,卻不至失望;遭逼迫,卻不被丟棄;打倒了,卻不至死亡。」(林後四8─9) 馬丁路得在他的病榻上頂痛苦的時候,仍不住的讚美和感謝,並傳這段信息:「這些痛苦和困難,很像排字的人所排的鉛版;現在看上去,字是反的,也讀不出甚麼意義來;可是等到鉛版印在紙上,我們就看得頂清楚,而且亦明瞭其中的意義了。今天我們所受的痛苦,果然解釋不通,但是到了那一天,我們就會明白的。」 保羅在狂風大浪的中間,出來站在船板上,安慰害怕的眾人「你們放心。」(徒廿七22) 保羅,馬丁路得和那位黑色的婦人,都是我們的好榜樣。 ─迦內德
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(02月28日)
February 28 "Let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually." (Heb. 13:15.) ACITY missionary, stumbling through the dirt of a dark entry, heard a voice say, "Who's there, Honey?" Striking a match, he caught a vision of earthly want and suffering, of saintly trust and peace, "cut in ebony"─calm, appealing eyes set amid the wrinkles of a pinched, black face that lay on a tattered bed. It was a bitter night in February, and she had no fire, no fuel, no light. She had had no supper, no dinner, no breakfast. She seemed to have nothing at all but rheumatism and faith in God. One could not be more completely exiled from all pleasantness of circumstances, yet the favorite song of this old creature ran: "Nobody knows de trouble I see, Nobody knows but Jesus; Nobody knows de trouble I see─ Sing Glory Hallelu! "Sometimes I'm up, sometimes I'm down, Sometimes I'm level on the groun' Sometimes the glory shines aroun'─ Sing Glory Hallelu!" And so it went on: "Nobody knows de work I does, Nobody knows de griefs I has," the constant refrain being the "Glory Hallelu!" until the last verse rose: "Nobody knows de joys I has, Nobody knows but Jesus!" "Troubled on every side, yet not distressed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed." It takes great Bible words to tell the cheer of that old negro auntie. Remember Luther on his sick-bed. Between his groans he managed to preach on his wise: "These pains and trouble here are like the type which the printers set; as they look now, we have to read them backwards, and they seem to have no sense or meaning in them; but up yonder, when the Lord God prints us off in the life to come, we shall find they make brave reading." Only we do not need to wait till then. Remember Paul walking the hurricane deck amid a boiling sea, bidding the frightened crew "Be of good cheer." Luther, the old negro auntie─all of them human sun-flowers. ─Wm. C. Garnett.
■ 永活之泉(02月28日)
二月廿八日 三而一的神 「照父神的先見被揀選,藉著聖靈得成聖潔,以致順服耶穌基督,又蒙祂血所灑的人」彼得前書一章2節 在這裡,我們看見這偉大的三而一之神的真理是我們屬靈生命的根基。這本書特別講到對父神的敬拜,和花時間的需要;每天必須有夠多的時間,在神榮耀的特性裡敬拜祂。但是我們也必須記得,在所有與神的交通裡,聖子和聖靈的同在與能力是絕對需要的。 神在內室中為我們所開啟的,是何等的境界。我們需要花時間來認識,只有主耶穌活潑親密的同在和工作的時候,我們才能與父有交通。也需要花時間來充足的認識,當我每一次親近神的時候,我是何等的需要主耶穌;當祂動工的時候,我當如何相信祂是為我,且在我裡面工作,並且祂的愛是何等地聖潔而親切;在這愛裡,我能與祂同在,並有完全的交通。但是,要學習這功課,是需要花時間的;為著這個,神要大大地祝福報答你! 藉著聖靈全能的力量作工在我們內心深處,祂能將聖子啟示在我們裡面。惟有藉著祂,使我有能力,知道當禱告甚麼並如何禱告;最要緊的是,怎樣奉主耶穌的名來得著禱告已蒙悅納的確證。 親愛的基督徒啊,你有沒有多次覺得,一個人只用五分鐘的工夫來親近神,便能得著神榮耀的感應是一個笑話?現在你對於藉著聖靈在基督裡真實的敬拜神的觀念,是否比以前覺得更需要多花時間來與神聯合,以致能保守你的心懷意念,一直在祂的平安和同在裡呢?惟獨停留在神面前的隱密處,你才得著恩典,能以住在基督裡,整天都受祂靈的引導。 讓我們停下來思想:「照父神的先見被揀選,藉著聖靈得成聖潔,以致順服耶穌基督,又蒙祂血所灑的人。」這些資料都可以幫助默想和敬拜。「你說:你們當尋求我的面。那時我心向你說:耶和華啊,您的面我正要尋求。」(詩廿七8)
■ 中文屬天日子(02月28日)
二月廿八日 現在你們信麼? 「因此,我們信……耶穌說,現在你們信麼?」約翰福音十六章30—31節 「現在我們信。」耶穌說:「你們信麼?看哪!時候將到,……留下我獨自一人。」有許多基督的工人,因本分的感覺,或因本性之所好,覺得有參加這種工作的必要,不靠耶穌基督的助力。這種工作的起因,在於我們沒有耶穌復活的生命。仰仗自己宗教的悟性之靈,已是與神斷絕了親密的關係。固然沒有罪,也沒有附帶的懲罰;但是當這個人一旦覺得他怎樣攔阻了瞭解耶穌基督,發生愁苦困難的時候,他會含羞帶愧地回轉頭來。我們必須更深切地倚仗耶穌,在一切的事上求合神的意志;但是我們倒是靠我們的常識去決定一切而求神祝福我們。祂不能,這不在祂的範圍,這是與祂的計劃斷絕了關係。如果我們因本分的感覺做事,我們就樹起與耶穌基督競爭的旗幟來了;我們變為「超人」,而且說,「在這件事上,我們這麼做就這麼做,」這樣,我們就把我們本分的感覺放到王位上去,代替耶穌復活的生命。我們受的教訓,不是行在良心的光中或本分感覺的光中,卻是要在光明中行,如同神在光明中。當我們因本分的感覺而工作,我們能以理論來做後盾;當我們因順從主而工作,那就沒有論辯的可能;那也是一位聖者易於被人認為,不可以常理論的緣故了。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(02月28日)
二月廿八日 「……你們落在百般試煉中,都要以為大喜樂。」雅各書一章2節 我們不是時時都感到喜樂,但是我們應該「以為大喜樂」。「以為」是聖經中很關鍵的辭。當保羅談到老我的死亡,他要聖徒「當看自己是死的。」(羅六11)雖然我們不覺得自己是死的,而且在我們部份的老我復活時,覺得極為難過;但是我們應該以為自己是死的,既不害怕老我,又不順服它。 換言之,我們應該把試煉看為一種祝福。而且決心喜樂起來,說:「神阿,我心堅定,我心堅定,我要唱詩,我要歌頌。」(詩五七7)這種靠信心而喜樂的情況會很快地變成一種習慣,而且不斷地帶給我們靈裡的歡欣,使我自然流露讚美的話語。 「雖然無花果樹不發旺,葡萄樹不結果,橄欖樹也不效力,田地不出糧食,圈中絕了羊,棚內也沒有牛,然而,我要因耶和華歡欣,因救我的神喜樂。」(哈三17—18) 平安、完全的平安, 即使有苦難如波浪起伏, 在耶穌的懷裡只有寧靜。 平安、完全的平安。即使我們對未來一無所知, 我們認識耶穌,那坐在寶座上的主。
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