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1:1 提阿非羅大人哪，有好些人提筆作書，述說在我們中間所成就的事，是照傳道人從起初親眼看見又傳給我們的。 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled (\f1 1:1 Or|i been surely believed|d) among us,
1:2 提阿非羅大人哪，有好些人提筆作書，述說在我們中間所成就的事，是照傳道人從起初親眼看見又傳給我們的。 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. 1:3 這些事我既從起頭都詳細考察了，就定意要按著次序寫給你， Therefore, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, it seemed good also to me to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, 1:4 使你知道所學之道都是確實的。 so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught. 1:5 當猶太王希律的時候，亞比雅班裏有一個祭司，名叫撒迦利亞；他妻子是亞倫的後人，名叫伊利莎白。 In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah; his wife Elizabeth was also a descendant of Aaron. 1:6 他們二人在 神面前都是義人，遵行主的一切誡命禮儀，沒有可指摘的， Both of them were upright in the sight of God, observing all the Lord's commandments and regulations blamelessly. 1:7 只是沒有孩子；因為伊利莎白不生育，兩個人又年紀老邁了。 But they had no children, because Elizabeth was barren; and they were both well along in years. 1:8 撒迦利亞按班次在 神面前供祭司的職分， Once when Zechariah's division was on duty and he was serving as priest before God, 1:9 照祭司的規矩掣籤，得進主殿燒香。 he was chosen by lot, according to the custom of the priesthood, to go into the temple of the Lord and burn incense. 1:10 燒香的時候，眾百姓在外面禱告。 And when the time for the burning of incense came, all the assembled worshipers were praying outside. 1:11 有主的使者站在香壇的右邊，向他顯現。 Then an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the altar of incense. 1:12 撒迦利亞看見，就驚慌害怕。 When Zechariah saw him, he was startled and was gripped with fear. 1:13 天使對他說：「撒迦利亞，不要害怕，因為你的祈禱已經被聽見了。你的妻子以利沙伯要給你生一個兒子，你要給他起名叫約翰。 But the angel said to him: <<Do not be afraid, Zechariah; your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John. 1:14 你必歡喜快樂；有許多人因他出世，也必喜樂。 He will be a joy and delight to you, and many will rejoice because of his birth, 1:15 他在主面前將要為大，淡酒濃酒都不喝，從母腹裏就被聖靈充滿了。 for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He is never to take wine or other fermented drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from birth. (\f2 1:15 Or|i from his mother's womb|d) 1:16 他要使許多以色列人回轉，歸於主─他們的 神。 Many of the people of Israel will he bring back to the Lord their God. 1:17 他必有以利亞的心志能力，行在主的前面，叫為父的心轉向兒女，叫悖逆的人轉從義人的智慧，又為主預備合用的百姓。」 And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous--to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.>> 1:18 撒迦利亞對天使說：「我憑著甚麼可知道這事呢？我已經老了，我的妻子也年紀老邁了。」 Zechariah asked the angel, <<How can I be sure of this? I am an old man and my wife is well along in years.>> 1:19 天使回答說：「我是站在 神面前的加百列，奉差而來對你說話，將這好信息報給你。 The angel answered, <<I am Gabriel. I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to tell you this good news. 1:20 到了時候，這話必然應驗；只因你不信，你必啞巴，不能說話，直到這事成就的日子。」 And now you will be silent and not able to speak until the day this happens, because you did not believe my words, which will come true at their proper time.>> 1:21 百姓等候撒迦利亞，詫異他許久在殿裏。 Meanwhile, the people were waiting for Zechariah and wondering why he stayed so long in the temple. 1:22 及至他出來，不能和他們說話，他們就知道他在殿裏見了異象；因為他直向他們打手式，竟成了啞巴。 When he came out, he could not speak to them. They realized he had seen a vision in the temple, for he kept making signs to them but remained unable to speak. 1:23 他供職的日子已滿，就回家去了。 When his time of service was completed, he returned home. 1:24 這些日子以後，他的妻子伊利莎白懷了孕，就隱藏了五個月， After this his wife Elizabeth became pregnant and for five months remained in seclusion. 1:25 說：「主在眷顧我的日子，這樣看待我，要把我在人間的羞恥除掉。」 <<The Lord has done this for me,>> she said. <<In these days he has shown his favor and taken away my disgrace among the people.>> 1:26 到了第六個月，天使加百列奉 神的差遣往加利利的一座城去（這城名叫拿撒勒）， In the sixth month, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a town in Galilee, 1:27 到一個童女那裏，是已經許配大衛家的一個人，名叫約瑟。童女的名字叫馬利亞； to a virgin pledged to be married to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David. The virgin's name was Mary. 1:28 天使進去，對她說：「蒙大恩的女子，我問你安，主和你同在了！」 The angel went to her and said, <<Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you.>> 1:29 馬利亞因這話就很驚慌，又反復思想這樣問安是甚麼意思。 Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be. 1:30 天使對她說：「馬利亞，不要怕！你在 神面前已經蒙恩了。 But the angel said to her, <<Do not be afraid, Mary, you have found favor with God. 1:31 你要懷孕生子，可以給他起名叫耶穌。 You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. 1:32 他要為大，稱為至高者的兒子；主 神要把他祖大衛的位給他。 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David, 1:33 他要作雅各家的王，直到永遠；他的國也沒有窮盡。」 and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever; his kingdom will never end.>> 1:34 馬利亞對天使說：「我沒有出嫁，怎麼有這事呢？」 <<How will this be,>> Mary asked the angel, <<since I am a virgin?>> 1:35 天使回答說：「聖靈要臨到你身上，至高者的能力要蔭庇你，因此所要生的聖者必稱為 神的兒子〔或譯：所要生的，必稱為聖，稱為 神的兒子〕。 The angel answered, <<The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. So the holy one to be born will be called (\f3 1:35 Or|i So the child to be born will be called holy|d) the Son of God. 1:36 況且你的親戚伊利莎白，在年老的時候也懷了男胎，就是那素來稱為不生育的，現在有孕六個月了。 Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be barren is in her sixth month. 1:37 因為，出於 神的話，沒有一句不帶能力的。」 For nothing is impossible with God.>> 1:38 馬利亞說：「我是主的使女，情願照你的話成就在我身上。」天使就離開她去了。 <<I am the Lord's servant,>> Mary answered. <<May it be to me as you have said.>> Then the angel left her. 1:39 那時候，馬利亞起身，急忙往山地裏去，來到猶大的一座城； At that time Mary got ready and hurried to a town in the hill country of Judea, 1:40 進了撒迦利亞的家，問伊利莎白安。 where she entered Zechariah's home and greeted Elizabeth. 1:41 伊利莎白一聽馬利亞問安，所懷的胎就在腹裏跳動。伊利莎白且被聖靈充滿， When Elizabeth heard Mary's greeting, the baby leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit. 1:42 高聲喊著說：「你在婦女中是有福的！你所懷的胎也是有福的！ In a loud voice she exclaimed: <<Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the child you will bear! 1:43 我主的母到我這裏來，這是從哪裏得的呢？ But why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me? 1:44 因為你問安的聲音一入我耳，我腹裏的胎就歡喜跳動。 As soon as the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the baby in my womb leaped for joy. 1:45 這相信的女子是有福的！因為主對她所說的話都要應驗。」 Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished!>> 1:46 馬利亞說：我心尊主為大； And Mary said:<<My soul glorifies the Lord 1:47 我靈以 神我的救主為樂； and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 1:48 因為他顧念他使女的卑微；從今以後，萬代要稱我有福。 for he has been mindful of the humble state of his servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed, 1:49 那有權能的，為我成就了大事；他的名為聖。 for the Mighty One has done great things for me-- holy is his name. 1:50 他憐憫敬畏他的人，直到世世代代。 His mercy extends to those who fear him, from generation to generation. 1:51 他用膀臂施展大能；那狂傲的人正心裏妄想就被他趕散了。 He has performed mighty deeds with his arm; he has scattered those who are proud in their inmost thoughts. 1:52 他叫有權柄的失位，叫卑賤的升高； He has brought down rulers from their thrones but has lifted up the humble. 1:53 叫飢餓的得飽美食，叫富足的空手回去。 He has filled the hungry with good things but has sent the rich away empty. 1:54 他扶助了他的僕人以色列， He has helped his servant Israel, remembering to be merciful 1:55 為要記念亞伯拉罕和他的後裔，施憐憫直到永遠，正如從前對我們列祖所說的話。 to Abraham and his descendants forever, even as he said to our fathers.>> 1:56 馬利亞和伊利莎白同住，約有三個月，就回家去了。 Mary stayed with Elizabeth for about three months and then returned home. 1:57 伊利莎白的產期到了，就生了一個兒子。 When it was time for Elizabeth to have her baby, she gave birth to a son. 1:58 鄰里親族聽見主向她大施憐憫，就和她一同歡樂。 Her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown her great mercy, and they shared her joy. 1:59 到了第八日，他們來要給孩子行割禮，並要照他父親的名字叫他撒迦利亞。 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they were going to name him after his father Zechariah, 1:60 他母親說：「不可！要叫他約翰。」 but his mother spoke up and said, <<No! He is to be called John.>> 1:61 他們說：「你親族中沒有叫這名字的。」 They said to her, <<There is no one among your relatives who has that name.>> 1:62 他們就向他父親打手式，問他要叫這孩子甚麼名字。 Then they made signs to his father, to find out what he would like to name the child. 1:63 他要了一塊寫字的板，就寫上，說：「他的名字是約翰。」他們便都希奇。 He asked for a writing tablet, and to everyone's astonishment he wrote, <<His name is John.>> 1:64 撒迦利亞的口立時開了，舌頭也舒展了，就說出話來，稱頌 神。 Immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue was loosed, and he began to speak, praising God. 1:65 周圍居住的人都懼怕；這一切的事就傳遍了猶太的山地。 The neighbors were all filled with awe, and throughout the hill country of Judea people were talking about all these things. 1:66 凡聽見的人都將這事放在心裏，說：「這個孩子將來怎麼樣呢？」因為有主與他同在。 Everyone who heard this wondered about it, asking, <<What then is this child going to be?>> For the Lord's hand was with him. 1:67 他父親撒迦利亞被聖靈充滿了，就預言說： His father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied: 1:68 主─以色列的 神是應當稱頌的！因他眷顧他的百姓，為他們施行救贖， <<Praise be to the Lord, the God of Israel, because he has come and has redeemed his people. 1:69 在他僕人大衛家中，為我們興起了拯救的角， He has raised up a horn (\f4 1:69 |iHorn|d here symbolizes strength.) of salvation for us in the house of his servant David 1:70 正如主藉著從創世以來聖先知的口所說的話， (as he said through his holy prophets of long ago), 1:71 拯救我們脫離仇敵和一切恨我們之人的手， salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us-- 1:72 向我們列祖施憐憫，記念他的聖約─ to show mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant, 1:73 就是他對我們祖宗亞伯拉罕所起的誓─ the oath he swore to our father Abraham: 1:74 叫我們既從仇敵手中被救出來， to rescue us from the hand of our enemies, and to enable us to serve him without fear 1:75 就可以終身在他面前，坦然無懼的用聖潔、公義事奉他。 in holiness and righteousness before him all our days. 1:76 孩子啊！你要稱為至高者的先知；因為你要行在主的前面，預備他的道路， And you, my child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for him, 1:77 叫他的百姓因罪得赦，就知道救恩。 to give his people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins, 1:78 因我們 神憐憫的心腸，叫清晨的日光從高天臨到我們， because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven 1:79 要照亮坐在黑暗中死蔭裏的人，把我們的腳引到平安的路上。 to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.>> 1:80 那孩子漸漸長大，心靈強健，住在曠野，直到他顯明在以色列人面前的日子。 And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the desert until he appeared publicly to Israel. 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11日）
三月十一日 「耶和華的僕人摩西死了以後，耶和華曉諭摩西的幫手嫩的兒子約書亞，說，我的僕人摩西死了；現在你要起來，和眾百姓過這約但河。」約書亞記一章1—2節 當憂愁和損失同時臨到你的時候，你第一個衝動就是想放棄一切，坐在失望中傷心。但是你決不能這樣，須知你是在戰場的前線，正當勝敗關頭。如果你躊躇一刻，同胞就要喪膽，神就要受著虧損。所以你不該稍有耽延，連痛哭一場的時間也不能。 某名將常述說他在戰爭時所遭遇的一段傷心的經歷：將軍的兒子是一個陸軍中尉。一次，父子各率一軍，開拔前線。不久，總攻擊開始，將軍身先士卒，向敵陣衝鋒；在戰場上，他偶然瞥見一個本國的戰死軍官躺在地上。跑近一看，乃是他自己的兒子。他第一個意念就是抱了屍身痛哭一場，但是轉念之間，他想到身負重責，戰爭的勝敗就在這一仗，豈可因個人私事貽誤大事；於是在死者灰白的冷唇上搶了一個熱吻，鼓起勇氣，急忙率領軍兵向前衝去。 如果約書亞在摩西的墓旁一直哀哭，是哭不活摩西的，也哭不出神的祝福來。憂愁無非使傷痕更深、使痛苦擴大。神吩咐約書亞在摩西死後從哀傷中起來背負神的使命前去，約書亞遵行神的旨意，果真面前有亮光、能力和祝稫。坐下來一直悲哀會使我們四圍的環境更黑暗、會使我們的心更痛苦、會使我們的力量更衰弱。只要我們不去理會痛苦，立即負起神的使命來，光明就會隨著來到，我們也會剛強起來了。 ─密勒 輕率的啼哭， 自私的淚珠， 將招來深的罪過。 我們憂慮那微不足道的損失， 您卻給我準備了夢想不到的收穫； 我們若不肯放下自以為珍貴的一切， 結果還是喪失， 何能持到永久？ 但若緊握著您的手， 堅定步伐走在您指示的道路， 前途是浸潤著快樂與豐富， 充滿了幸福和尊榮的寶庫。 ─傑克遜
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（03月11日）
March 11 "Now it came to pass after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, that the Lord spoke unto Joshua, the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying, Moses my servant is dead; now, therefore arise, go over this Jordan, thou and all this people."(Joshua 1:1, 2.) ＳORROW came to you yesterday, and emptied your home. Your first impulse now is to give up, and sit down in despair amid the wrecks of your hopes. But you dare not do it. You are in the line of battle, and the crisis is at hand. To falter a moment would be to imperil some holy interest. Other lives would be harmed by your pausing, holy interests would suffer, should your hands be folded. You must not linger even to indulge your grief. A distinguished general related this pathetic incident of his own experience in time of war. The general's son was a lieutenant of battery. An assault was in progress. The father was leading his division in a charge; as he pressed on in the field, suddenly his eye was caught by the sight of a dead battery-officer lying just before him. One glance showed him it was his own son. His fatherly impulse was to stop beside the was his own son. His fatherly impulse was to stop beside the loved form and give vent to his grief, but the duty of the moment demanded that he should press on in the charge; so, quickly snatching one hot kiss from the dead lips, he hastened away, leading his command in the assault. Weeping inconsolably beside a grave can never give back love's banished treasure, nor can any blessing come out of such sadness. Sorrow makes deep scars; it writes its record ineffaceably on the heart which suffers. We really never get over our great griefs; we are never altogether the same after we have passed through them as we were before. Yet there is a humanizing and fertilizing influence in sorrow which has been rightly accepted and cheerfully borne. Indeed, they are poor who have never suffered, and have none of sorrow's marks upon them. The joy set before us should shine upon our grief as the sun shines through the clouds, glorifying them. God has so ordered, that in pressing on in duty we shall find the truest, richest comfort for ourselves. sitting down to brood over our sorrows, the darkness deepens about us and creeps into our heart, and our strength changes to weakness. But, if we turn away from the gloom, and take up the tasks and duties to which God calls us, the light will come again, and we shall grow stronger. ─J. R. Miller. Thou knowest that through our tears, Of hasty, selfish weeping Comes surer sin, and for our petty fears Of loss thou hast in keeping A greater gain than all of which we dreamed; Thou knowest that in grasping The bright possessions which so precious seemed, We lose them; but if, clasping Thy faithful hand, we tread with steadfast feet, The path of thy appointing, There waits for us a treasury of sweet, Delight, royal anointing With oil of gladness and of strength. ─Helen Hunt Jackson.
■ 永活之泉（03月11日）
三月十一日 基督是我們代禱的榜樣 「……他與強盛的均分擄物，因……他擔當多人的罪，又為罪犯代求。」以賽亞書五十三章12節 「他為罪犯代求。」這對主來說是何所指呢？試想祂為了那個有功效的禱告出了何等大的代價。祂需要將魂傾倒成為贖罪祭，在客西馬尼向神呼求：「父啊，願您的旨意成全。」 試想是甚麼感動了祂，使祂將自己獻到至極！乃是祂對父的愛——使祂的聖潔得以顯出，以及祂對人的愛——使他們與祂一同成聖。 試想祂得著的是何等的得勝，祂勝過了眾仇敵，就坐在神的右邊，以無限的能力代禱。祂將要看到祂的後裔，與祂同有一個意念，祂能訓練他們有份於祂偉大的代禱工作。 當我們真實地為罪人求神時，這對我們又有甚麼意義呢？我們也是一樣，將自己完全獻於父的榮耀、聖潔及祂的愛，我們也向父說：願您的旨意成全，我們願出任何代價，甚至將魂傾於父的榮耀，聖潔及祂的愛，我們也向父說：願您的旨意成全，我們願出任何代價，甚至將魂傾倒以至於死。 主耶穌已將我們一同帶到天上有份於祂自己，使我們在代禱的偉大工作上與祂同工。祂在天上，我們在地上卻同有一個心志，一個目標——由於對父神及對那迷失人的愛，將自己獻上，藉著代禱帶下神的祝福。使那燃燒在父與子裡面，為要拯救罪人的熱火，也燒在我們心裡。 何等榮耀！何等福氣！因為祂長遠活著，那在聖靈所澆灌在我們心裡的愛，使我們得著何等力量來（為罪犯）代禱！ 禱告： 永活的神，開我們的眼睛，看見您兒子榮耀的異象，就是祂永遠活著為人代禱。並使我們看見您恩典的榮耀，使我們得與祂相似，並能為罪人代求。父啊，奉主耶穌的名。阿們。
■ 中文屬天日子（03月11日）
三月十一日 靈悟 「我沒有違背那從天上來的異象。」使徒行傳廿六章19節 如果我們失掉異象，其責只有我們自己擔負；而我們失掉異象的原因是由於靈性的遺漏。如果我們不把信靠神施之於實際，那神所賜予的異象，全都消逝。不違背那從天上來的異象的唯一方法，是盡力完成神的最高理想，還要時時決心回憶那異象才能成功。這是一秒一分不能間斷的工作，不僅是祈禱或靈修時的工作。 「雖然異象遲延，耐心等著」。我們不能強取甚麼異象，必要生活在異象的靈感中，讓其自己完成。我們忙於工作，就忘記所見的異象。在開始時，我們是看異象可以得著，但沒有等待異象；便忙於實際的工作，當異象完成的時候，我們反而不見。等候遲延的異象，是我們對神忠實的測驗。我們忙於實際工作，不見異象之完成，是將我們靈性的幸福置於危險了。 留心神的颶風。神播種聖徒唯一的方法，是藉著祂的旋風，你要證實你是一個空莢麼？是要看你是否照著所見的去生活。讓神擲你出去，不到神擲你出去，切不可出去。如果你選擇自己的地方，你就要成為一個空莢。如果神播種你，你就要結出果子來。 隨著異象之光，練習你的腳步，才是最根本的辦法。
■ 中文上海嗎哪（03月11日）
三月十一日 「惟有你們是被揀選的族類，……是屬神的子民……」彼得前書二章9節 你可曾想過，神從祂所選出的人中再揀選出一些人，是否有些奇怪？「教會」這個名詞，原意是「選召」的意思，但是神仍然在教會中揀選祂特殊的工人。 我們可以從基甸的故事中看到這樣的例子。當他第一次吹角時，有超過三萬以上的亞比以謝人來跟隨他，但是神要他把人數減少。第一次考驗之後，懼怕膽怯的都離開了，只剩下一萬人。然而神需要再從這一萬人中挑選出更精銳的，這次考驗後，聰明、謹慎和心志專一的人被留了下來，可是數目只有三百人。 藉著這雖小但神所揀選的一群，基甸得以提高攻打米甸人士兵的素質。靠著神的能力，他光榮地贏得勝利。今天神仍在挑選合用的三百人，並要用他們使祂贏得世界。讓我們確定，我們是屬於揀選中再揀選出來的。
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