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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03日)
二月三日 「聖靈立刻把耶穌催到曠野裡去。」馬可福音一章12節(直譯) 這似乎是很奇怪一回事。「立刻」在甚麼事情發生了之後,纔有這「立刻」呢?在主從水裡上來,看見天裂開了,聖靈彷彿鴿子降在祂身上,父神公開宣佈:「您是我的愛子,我喜悅您。」(10、11節)之後。這並不是反常的經歷。你有否這樣的經歷?豈不是山峰一程之後,立刻就是山谷的一程麼?也許昨天你曾飛翔天空,歌唱讚美;今天你的翅膀下垂,歌聲全止了。早晨你曾享受父神的歡笑;晚上你在曠野中說:「我的道路向耶和華隱藏。」(賽四十27) 可是,信徒們哪!事情突然轉變,並非出乎偶然,乃是神有美意在其中。 你有沒有想過:為甚麼祝福之後,就有這「立刻」呢?原來祝福是手續,「立刻」是目的。「立刻」就是祝福的下文。神給你祝福,原是要使你能勝任前面的荒漠——客西馬尼、各各他。神光照你,高舉你,給你力量,原是要你衝過前面可怕的陣地;神給你亮光,原是要你經過黑夜;神給你幫助,原是要你幫助那些無助的。 並非隨時有資格到曠野去受試煉的,你必須先有約但河的祝福,然後纔配到曠野去。唯有聖子的啟示,才能使你承擔聖靈的重負;唯有洗禮的榮耀,才能支持沙漠中的飢餓。 ─馬得勝 祝福之後就是爭戰。 一個人的精神修養,將因試煉而充實,而有顯著的進步。但試煉時期是不平常的。在這個時期,地獄好像張開了口的門戶,我們的靈魂如入網羅之中,神並且讓我們落到魔鬼的手掌中去。但這個時期,對於永遠把靈魂依賴祂的人,遲早必會結束於勝利之中,不管這試煉時期有多長,時有神奇的功用,無窮的後效。 ─懷特
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(02月03日)
February 3 "And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness." (Mark 1:12.) IT seemed a strange proof of Divine favor. "Immediately." Immediately after what? After the opened heavens and the dove-like peace and the voice of the Father's blessing, "Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." It is no abnormal experience. Thou, too, hast passed through it, O my soul. Are not the times of thy deepest depression just the moments that follow thy loftiest flight? Yesterday thou wert soaring far in the firmament, and singing in the radiance of the morn; today thy wings are folded and thy song silent. At noon thou wert basking in the sunshine of a Father's smile; at eve thou art saying in the wilderness, "My way is hid from the Lord." Nay, but, my soul, the very suddenness of the change is a proof that it is not revolutionary. Hast thou weighed th confort of that word "immediately"? Why does it come so soon after the blessing? Just to show that it is the sequel to the blessing. God shines on thee to make thee fit for life's desert-places─for its Gethsemanes, for its Calvaries. He lifts thee up that He may give thee strength to go further down; He illuminates thee that He may send thee into the night, that He may make thee a help to the helpless. Not at all times art thou worthy of the wilderness; thou art only worthy of the wilderness after the splendors of Jordan. Nothing but the Son's vision can fit thee for the Spirit's burden; only the glory of the baptism can support the hunger of the desert. ─George Matheson. After benediction comes battle. The time of testing that marks and mightily enriches a soul's spiritual career is no ordinary one, but a period when all hell seems let loose, a period when we realize our souls are brought into a net, when we know that God is permitting us to be in the devil's hand. But it is a period which always ends in certain trumph for those who have committed the keeping of their souls to Him, a period of maryelous "nevertheless afterward" of abundant usefulness, the sixty-fold that surely follows. ─Aphra White.
■ 永活之泉(02月03日)
二月三日 代禱和敬拜 「當以聖潔的妝飾敬拜耶和華。」詩篇九十六篇9節 我們越認識神,我們就越看見代禱能力的奇妙。我們要明白這是人與神同工,作成祂旨意的方法。神已經將祂整個的救贖在基督裡賜給祂的子民,啟示祂自己並與人交通。在這裡,代禱是主要的元素,因為在這裡,祂的僕人能與基督有完全的相交,接受那天上聖靈的能力,作為他們工作的能力。 我們很容易看見為甚麼神如此安排。神實在願意更新我們,使我們像祂。但我們無法辦到,除非我們將祂的愛慕,作為我們的愛慕,我們就不能有祂的性情;除非在愛裡獻上我們自己,我們就不能慢慢的像基督那樣「長遠活著為我們祈求。」在那些已經奉獻了的信徒,確能達到這種生活。 我們對神這偉大的目的看得越清楚,我們就越覺得需要真實的進到神面前,謙卑聖潔的敬拜祂。我們越這樣多花時間去親近在神的面前,完全進入祂的心意,整個的心充滿了祂偉大的旨意的思想,我們就更能相信,神因著我們的禱告,就作出祂的美意。當神的榮耀光照我們的時候,我們就認識我們是何等的無能,因此我們就在信心裡明白神的作工,遠超過我們所求所想的。代禱能使你感覺需要更深的敬拜。敬拜能使代禱有一種新的能力。一個誠實的代禱和一個更深的敬拜,兩者是不能分開的。 這真實敬拜的秘訣是只給那些肯擺上時間留在神面前,降服於神,讓神啟示祂自己的那一班人知道的。敬拜能叫我們認識神的榮耀。 「哦!來吧,讓我們俯伏敬拜,讓我們跪拜創造我們的主,因為祂是我們的神。」「給主祂的名所該得的榮耀。」
■ 中文屬天日子(02月03日)
二月三日 明認關係之斷絕 「還把我們看作世界上的污穢。」哥林多前書四章9—13節 這並非過分之言。我們今日自稱為福音僕人的,不以保羅的話為然。我覺得並不是保羅所用的言語不正確,卻是因為我們不肯與污穢的社會斷絕關係。「要在我肉身上補滿基督患難的缺欠。」(西一24)並不是一種成聖的明證,乃是傳福音。 彼得說:「有火煉的試驗臨到你們,不要以為希奇。」如果我們真以所遇的事為希奇,那是因為我們的心怯懦之故。我們的托詞冠冕堂皇,我不屈伏,我不折節,其實是怕受人的反對而蒙屈辱。你僅求得救,不受甚麼患難,是你的自由;你拒絕神把你算為一個特派傳福音者,也是你的自由。不然你便得說:「只要福音傳開,即使把我看為萬物中的渣滓,我亦不在乎。」耶穌基督的僕人是願意為神福音的真實而殉身的。一個僅有道德的男女與卑鄙不德和欺騙發生接觸之時,善性就受到不可挽救的打擊,心靈亦大大的失望。神贖罪之真實,是奇妙莫測的,就是極惡大罪的人也不能跳出祂愛的範圍以外。保羅不說神特派他,顯出神把他造成了一個特出的人物,卻是說「在我裡面啟示祂的兒子。」
■ 中文上海嗎哪(02月03日)
二月三日 「亞伯拉罕……出去的時候,還不知往那裡去。」希伯來書十一章8節 亞伯拉罕的信心才是真正的信心。因為我們若能看見,就可靠推理,而不必全憑信心。我在坐船橫越大西洋時,就體驗到這種信心的原則。我們既看不到航道、更望不到海岸,然而舵手每天彷彿照著一條在海中,用粉筆畫出來的航線而行。當我只離陸地廿海哩時,他知道我們在那,就好像我們在三千哩遠時,他就看到了一樣。 我們如何測量、畫出我們的航道呢?船長每天用他的儀器,藉著太陽來決定他的航線。他不是靠地上的亮光,乃是仰望屬天的光源。所以說,是信心使他望上看,且繼續航行。他雖然看不到海岸、燈塔或是航道,但是他可以依賴神最大的光──太陽。 很多時候,我們似乎面臨一些完全不可靠的情況,或是甚至處在黑暗和災禍當中;但是神會為我們開路,叫我們黑夜的時分變成白晝的開始。 儘管我們不知道什麼事會發生,但讓我們今天帶著信心,勇往直前。
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