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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（01月17日）
一月十七日 「永活神的僕人但以理阿，你所常事奉的神，能救你……」但以理書六章20節（直譯） 雖然這節聖經我們曾讀了多次，可是我們常把它忽略過去。我們知道經上記著神是活的神；然而在我們日常的生活中，我們最會忘記的，乃是神是活的神；因為祂是活的神，祂在三、四千年以前怎樣，現在還是怎樣；祂以前是全能的，現在還是；以前有慈愛憐憫，如今對於那些愛祂、事奉祂的人仍有；祂是不改變的。所以我們該完全信靠祂，在我們最黑暗的時候，仍不失去這個事實——祂仍是、永是活的神！如果你與神同行，仰望祂給你隨時的幫助，永活的神保險不會誤你的事。一個主內年長的弟兄，認識活的神已經四十四年了，他作見證告訴我說：神從來沒有耽誤過我。在極大的艱難、極重的試煉、極深的窮困和需要中，神從來沒有誤過我的事；因為我靠著祂的恩典能信祂，祂總隨時給我幫助。我樂意述說祂的名。 ─慕勒 馬丁路得有一次覺得他前途中危機四伏，因此他心中充滿了憂愁和恐懼；這時他自己知道必須抓住上面來的力量，纔能過去；他獨自枯坐著，用他的手指在桌面上畫這幾個字：「祂是永活的！」衪是永活的！他喜樂了，他恢復了。「祂是永活的」，也是我們的力量和盼望。今天世上的偉人、領袖、科學家、哲學家等等，只能發光一時，不久就完了。人都會過去；祂是永存的。人是點著的燈，所遲早會熄的；惟有祂是真光，眾光之源，永遠常存的。 ─馬克拉倫 崔倫保說：「有一天，我去見靈命頂深的亞當博士他告訴我他以為靈命中最寶貴的一份，就是靈中不斷的感覺主的確實同在。沒有一樣東西比感覺主的確實同在更能堅固他；這是實在的，並不是一種情感、幻想，或者心理作用。」 「而且基督是他思想的家。無論甚麼時候，他的思想在別的事情上釋放了，就回到基督那裡去；他在一個人的時候，會出聲與基督談話——不管在街上或在別處——頂自然地如同和一個朋友談話一般。主的同在對他頂實在的。」
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（01月17日）
January 17 "O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee." (Dan. 6:20.) ＨOW many times we find this expression in the Scriptures, and yet it is just this very thing that we are so prone to lose sight of. We know it is written "the living God"; but in our daily life there is scarcely anything we practically so much lose sight of as the fact that God is the living God; that He is now whatever He was three or four thousand years since; that He has the same sovereign power, the same saving love towards those who love and serve Him as ever He had and that He will do for them now what He did for others two, three, four thousand years ago, simply because He is the living God, the unchanging One. Oh, how therefore we should confide in Him, and in our darkest moments never lose sight of the fact that He is still and ever will be the living God! Be assured, if you walk with Him and look to Him and expect help from Him, He will never fail you. An older brother who has known the Lord for forty-four years, who writes this, says to you for your encouragement that He has never failed him. In the greatest difficulties, in the heaviest trials, in the deepest poverty and necessities, He has never failed me; but because I was enabled by His grace to trust Him He has always appeared for my help. I delight in speaking well of His name. ─George Mueller. Luther was once found at a moment of peril and fear, when he had need to grasp unseen strength, sitting in an abstracted mood tracing on the table with his finger the words, "Vivit! vivit!"("He lives! He lives!"). It is our hope for ourselves, and for His truth, and for mankind. Men come and go; leaders, teachers, thinkers speak and work for a season, and then fall silent and impotent. He abides. They die, but He lives. They are lights kindles, and, therefore, sooner or laterquenched; but He is the true light from which they draw all their brightness, and He shines for evermore. ─Alexander Maclaren. "One day I came to know Dr. John Douglas Adam," writes C. G. Trumbull. "I learned from him that what he counted his greatest spiritual asset was his unvarying consciousness of the actual presence of Jesus. Nothing bore him up so, he said, as the realization that Jesus was always with him in actual presence; and that this was so independent of his own feelings, independent of his deserts, and independent of his own notions as to how Jesus would manifest His presence. "Moreover, he said that Christ was the home of his thoughts. Whenever his mind was free from other matters it would turn to Christ; and he would talk aloud to Christ when he was alone─on the street, anywhere─as easily and naturally as to a human friend. So real to him was Jesus' actual presence.
■ 永活之泉（01月17日）
一月十七日 愛的聖靈 「因為所賜給我們的聖靈，將神的愛澆灌在我們心裡。」羅馬書五章5節 「聖靈所結的果子就是愛。」加拉太書五章22節 每當我們想到基督對於我們的愛，我們對於基督的愛，我們對於弟兄或是對於我們四周靈魂之愛的時候，我們就常會有一個思想：這個要求太大了，我們實在無法達到。要基督徒活出一個這樣愛的生活，並且把這個愛向著弟兄和有需要的靈魂彰顯出來，乃是一件不可能的事。就是因為我們把它看作不可能，也是因為我們的不信，和對神的應許缺乏信心，所以我們在這愛的聖靈裡，才沒有多少長進。 我們需要常常提醒自己，並不是靠著我們自己的力量，也不是用自己的思慮，能叫我們達到基督之愛的度量。我們必須認識這個真理，就是神的愛不僅是澆灌在我們心裡，並且還要藉著神的靈，逐日更新的再流出去。只有當我們全人降服在聖靈的引導之下，我們才能照著神的旨意而活。當我們裡面愛的生命天天被更新的時候，我們就要覺得被一個力量所催迫，而去為著靈魂工作。 你可以獻上這樣一個禱告：「我在父面前屈膝，求祂按著祂豐盛的榮耀，藉著祂的靈，叫你心裡的力量剛強起來，使基督因著你們的信，住在你們心裡，叫你們的愛心有根有基，能以和眾聖徒一同明白，基督的愛是何等長闊高深。」（弗三14—18）你可以在這個愛裡生根立基，並且認識那超越知識的愛。但是這裡有一個條件，就是你裡面的人必須被聖靈剛強起來，使基督能住在你的心裡，這樣你就要真的在這愛裡生根立基了！ 基督徒啊！請在神的話裡接受這個信息：並讓它影響你的生命，支配你的生活。除非你每天是用膝蓋等候在神面前，來讓祂的聖靈啟示在你的心裡，你就不能活在這個愛裡。只有禱告的生活，才能使愛基督、愛弟兄、愛靈魂的生活，成為你經歷中一個蒙福的實際。 請你每天在隱密處把你自己交給聖靈——就是神要賜給一切在信心裡，向祂求告之人之愛的靈。
■ 中文屬天日子（01月17日）
一月十七日 自然生命的呼召 「又施恩召我的神，既然樂意將祂兒子啟示在我心裡……」加拉太書一章15—16節 神的呼召，不是一種任何特殊服務的呼召；在我或以為是這樣──因為我與神的本性結合起來，就覺得我應該為祂做甚麼。神的呼召根本是祂本性之表白；服務是我本性的結果。保羅曾這樣解釋自然生命的呼召：「既然樂意將祂兒子啟示在我心裡，叫我把祂傳（其意是鄭重地表顯祂）在外邦人中。」 服務是虔修之豐裕的流露；但是說得微妙一點，呼召原不為此，是我自己確有的一點，是我與神本性合一的回聲，是我生命中自然的一部。神使我與祂本身發生了關係，我才理會祂的呼召；才出於純然的愛，自動地替祂工作。服事神，是天性之所賦與，像這種天性才能聞見神的呼召。服務是適於我本性的表現；神的呼召是神本性的表現。惟有我接受祂的本性，聞見祂的呼召，神聖的聲音在兩方面發聲，鼓起雙方的共嗚。神的兒子將祂自己啟示在我心裡，而我因愛祂就以生命之常法去服事祂。
■ 中文上海嗎哪（01月17日）
一月十七日 「是神在你們心裡運行」腓立比書二章13節 對基督徒來說，神並不給我們兩個旨意，祂只給一個。祂不讓我們從兩個選擇當中挑一個，祂只給一個最好、最高的旨意。能得知且成就神全然的美意是件有福的事；如果我們能按著神的計劃來定生命的計劃，以及我們基督徒的事工，那麼我們就有福了。 正如冒險能使我們浪費很多精力，當我們試著做好事時，我們也會在零碎、不確定及不協調的事情上失去許多屬靈的力量。今天在獻身給神的基督徒手中及心中，的確有屬靈的能力和財力。只要有智慧地按著神的計劃來管理，使用這些力量，我們能在這世紀中將福音傳遍地極。 基督早已為祂的教會定了一個確定的計劃，祂不僅渴望我們瞭解這計劃，並且要我們達成祂的目標。當我們得知祂的心意，順服且忠心地履行祂的旨意，我們的生命才有目的。雖然我們可以不經思考、隨意、不辨善惡地嘗試我們的主意，而且強迫神祝福「我們的」事工。但是我們若按祂的心意行，將更能討祂的喜悅。
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