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1:1 耶和華藉瑪拉基傳給以色列的默示。 An oracle: The word of the LORD to Israel through Malachi. 1:1 ((Malachi)) means ((my messenger.))\F
1:2 耶和華說:「我曾愛你們。」你們卻說:「你在何事上愛我們呢?」耶和華說:「以掃不是雅各的哥哥嗎?我卻愛雅各, <<I have loved you,>> says the LORD. <<But you ask, <How have you loved us?> <<Was not Esau Jacob's brother?>> the LORD says. <<Yet I have loved Jacob, 1:3 惡以掃,使他的山嶺荒涼,把他的地業交給曠野的野狗。」 but Esau I have hated, and I have turned his mountains into a wasteland and left his inheritance to the desert jackals.>> 1:4 以東人說:「我們現在雖被毀壞,卻要重建荒廢之處。」萬軍之耶和華如此說:「任他們建造,我必拆毀;人必稱他們的地為『罪惡之境』;稱他們的民為『耶和華永遠惱怒之民』。」 Edom may say, <<Though we have been crushed, we will rebuild the ruins.>> But this is what the LORD Almighty says: <<They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Wicked Land, a people always under the wrath of the LORD. 1:5 你們必親眼看見,也必說:「願耶和華在以色列境界之外被尊為大!」 You will see it with your own eyes and say, <Great is the LORD--even beyond the borders of Israel!> 1:6 「藐視我名的祭司啊,萬軍之耶和華對你們說:兒子尊敬父親,僕人敬畏主人;我既為父親,尊敬我的在哪裏呢?我既為主人,敬畏我的在哪裏呢?你們卻說:『我們在何事上藐視你的名呢?』 <<A son honors his father, and a servant his master. If I am a father, where is the honor due me? If I am a master, where is the respect due me?>> says the LORD Almighty. <<It is you, O priests, who show contempt for my name. <<But you ask, <How have we shown contempt for your name?> 1:7 你們將污穢的食物獻在我的壇上,且說:『我們在何事上污穢你呢?』因你們說,耶和華的桌子是可藐視的。 <<You place defiled food on my altar. <<But you ask, <How have we defiled you?> <<By saying that the LORD's table is contemptible. 1:8 你們將瞎眼的獻為祭物,這不為惡嗎?將瘸腿的、有病的獻上,這不為惡嗎?你獻給你的省長,他豈喜悅你,豈能看你的情面嗎?這是萬軍之耶和華說的。 When you bring blind animals for sacrifice, is that not wrong? When you sacrifice crippled or diseased animals, is that not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you? Would he accept you?>> says the LORD Almighty. 1:9 「現在我勸你們懇求 神,他好施恩與我們。這妄獻的事,既由你們經手,他豈能看你們的情面嗎?這是萬軍之耶和華說的。 <<Now implore God to be gracious to us. With such offerings from your hands, will he accept you?>>--says the LORD Almighty. 1:10 甚願你們中間有一人關上殿門,免得你們徒然在我壇上燒火。萬軍之耶和華說:我不喜悅你們,也不從你們手中收納供物。 <<Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would not light useless fires on my altar! I am not pleased with you,>> says the LORD Almighty, <<and I will accept no offering from your hands. 1:11 萬軍之耶和華說:從日出之地到日落之處,我的名在外邦中必尊為大。在各處,人必奉我的名燒香,獻潔淨的供物,因為我的名在外邦中必尊為大。 My name will be great among the nations, from the rising to the setting of the sun. In every place incense and pure offerings will be brought to my name, because my name will be great among the nations,>> says the LORD Almighty. 1:12 你們卻褻瀆我的名,說:『耶和華的桌子是污穢的,其上的食物是可藐視的。』 <<But you profane it by saying of the Lord's table, <It is defiled,> and of its food, <It is contemptible.> 1:13 你們又說:『這些事何等煩瑣!』並嗤之以鼻。這是萬軍之耶和華說的。你們把搶奪的、瘸腿的、有病的拿來獻上為祭。我豈能從你們手中收納呢?這是耶和華說的。 And you say, <What a burden!> and you sniff at it contemptuously,>> says the LORD Almighty. <<When you bring injured, crippled or diseased animals and offer them as sacrifices, should I accept them from your hands?>> says the LORD. 1:14 行詭詐的在群中有公羊,他許願卻用有殘疾的獻給主,這人是可咒詛的。因為我是大君王,我的名在外邦中是可畏的。這是萬軍之耶和華說的。 <<Cursed is the cheat who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but then sacrifices a blemished animal to the Lord. For I am a great king,>> says the LORD Almighty, <<and my name is to be feared among the nations. 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13日)
二月十三日 「山地也要歸你。」約書亞記十七章18節 山上有寬暢的地盤,平原上住滿了迦南人,他們都有鐵車阻礙你的擴張,所以你該上山去,佔據山上的地業。也許今日你受阻不能為神作工,你該求神興起能作工的。也許你的話語不能感動人,你可以感動天。也許你的工作受經濟、人才、恩賜、以及種種難處的限制,你可以在上面看不見的、永活的神那裏發展。 山上有樹林的攔阻,然而憑著信心可以砍伐。當初以色列各支派雖然明知山上有寬地和寶藏,他們還不敢自信能砍伐叢密的樹林,開路上山。但是神指示他們、提醒他們:他們有足彀的力量可以把樹木砍去。今天許多的攔阻,許多似乎不可能的事情,擺在我們面前,像山上的樹林一般,並不是來嘲笑我們的,乃是來催促我們向神懇求應許和支取力量的。 每一次難處來到,都是暗示我們神怎樣答應我們信心的禱告和工作的。讀者,你覺得平原太窄小麼?上山去罷,住在那裏,在那裏發展罷,在那裏你可以從磐石中得蜜,從地中得寶藏。 ─譯自日誠報 可曾遇到, 被認為跨不過的大江? 可曾遇到, 被認為鑿不通的山崗? 別人說不可能做的事, 我們都能, 克復任何不可能, 是我們的專長。 ─巴拿馬運河工人之歌
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(02月13日)
February 13 "The hill country shall be thine."(Josh.17:18, R. V.) THERE is always room higher up. When the valleys are full of Canaanites, whose iron chariots withstand your progress, get up into the hills, occupy the upper spaces. If you can no longer work for God, pray for those who can. If you cannot move earth by your speech, you may move Heaven. If the development of life on the lower slopes is impossible, through limitations of service, the necessity of maintaining orthers, and such-like restrictions, let it break out toward the unseen, the eternal, the Divine. Faith can fell forests. Even if the tribes had realized what treasures lay above them, they would hardly have dared to suppose it possible to rid the hills of their dense forest-growth. But as God indicated their task, He reminded them that they had power enough. The visions of things that seem impossible are presented to us, like these forest-covered steeps, not to mock us, but to incite us to spiritual exploits which would be impossible unless God had stored within us the great strength of His own indwelling. Difficulty is sent to reveal to us what God can do in answer to the faith that prays and works. Are you straitened in the valleys? Get away to the hills, live there; get honey out of the rock, and wealth out of the terraced slopes now hidden by forest. ─Daily Devotional Commentary. Got any rivers they say are uncrossable, Got any mountains they say `can't tunnel through'? We specialize in the wholly impossible, Doing the things they say you can't do. ─Song of the Panama builders.
■ 永活之泉(02月13日)
二月十三日 聖靈 「我們藉著祂被一個聖靈所感,得以進到父面前。」以弗所書二章18節 我們在內室中與神相交的時候,必須防備一個危險,就是在知識和情感的力量裡,去尋求認識神和基督。神將聖靈賜給我們,為要叫我們藉著祂得以在子裡親近父。讓我們儆醒,恐怕因為我們沒有等候聖靈的引導,使我們的工作歸於徒然。 基督在最後一夜,將這一個真理教導祂的門徒。講到訓慰師的來到,祂說:「到那日,你們要奉我的名求父;求就必得著,叫你們的喜樂,可以滿足。」讓我們抓著這個真理,就是神賜給我們聖靈的目的,為要教導我們如何禱告。祂能使我們與父及子的交通,成為一個蒙祝福的實際。你當堅定地相信,祂是秘密地在你裡面工作。當你進入內室的時候,要將你自己完全服在祂的引導之下。祂是引導你禱告和敬拜的導師。 在復活那一天晚上,基督對祂的門徒說:「你們受聖靈。」是為著要堅固他們,在十天的禱告中接受聖靈的豐富。這一個使我們想起在禱告親近神的時候,應當記牢三件事: (一)我們禱告的時候,一定要相信,聖靈是住在我裡面。要心裡安靜,確定地將自己降服在祂的引導之下。為這個要擺上時間。 (二)要相信聖靈「更大的工作」,就是要光照並加強我們屬靈的生命——聖靈的充滿——要相信祂一定按著我們所禱告的賜給我們。 (三)我們要相信,藉著聖靈與神所有的兒女聯合,求聖靈在祂的教會和子民身上,大大的作工。 「信我的人,就如經上所說,從他腹中要流出活水的江河來。」(約七38)你信麼?
■ 中文屬天日子(02月13日)
二月十三日 敬聽之誠 「請說,僕人敬聽。」撒母耳記上三章10節 我是專聽神的某一件事,不是,聽祂說一切的事。我向神表示不愛,和不恭敬的方法,是我的心靈對於祂所說的毫無感覺。如果我愛我的朋友,我便能直覺地窺知他所需要的。而耶穌說:「你們是我的朋友。」我這個禮拜曾違背我主的某條命令麼?如果我察覺是耶穌的命令,我必不故意違背它;但是我們多數人表示輕慢神,甚至連祂所說的,我們都不聽,這便等於祂沒有說一樣。 我靈性生命的鵠的,是與耶穌基督的相同;我時時聽神,我才知道神時時聽我(約十一42)。 如果我與耶穌基督聯合,專心聽祂,才能以專心敬聽之誠而聽神。一朵百合花,或一棵樹,或一個神僕人,也許將神的使命帶給我。我有許多別的事要辦,這就阻攔我聽不見了。並不是我不肯聽神,卻是我沒有敬聽之誠。我專心事物,我專心服務,我專心信念;所以神向我說話,我便聽不見了。小孩的態度總是這樣:「主啊,請說,僕人敬聽。」如果我沒有培養這種聽聞之誠,我只能在某時間聽見神的聲音;在其他的時間,我又為別的事所佔──為我所說的話,我要辦的事佔住了──使我變成聾子聽不見神,這不像小孩子的生活。我今天曾留心聽過神的聲音麼?
■ 中文上海嗎哪(02月13日)
二月十三日 「……你的禱告……達到神面前,已蒙記念了。」使徒行傳十章4節 天使對哥尼流所說的是何等美的話語:你的禱告已蒙記念了。這彷彿就像多年來累積在主寶座前的祈求,終於有了答覆。神滿滿地祝福哥尼流,宛如久旱之後的乾地,突然之間得到甘霖。 我們的禱告如同馨香之氣,神把所有的祈求都收集起來。並且把馨香之氣像芬芳的花朵一樣保留在祂的室內,作為不斷的記念。當時候合宜時,神就會回答這些祈求。那時,地面上或許有異象、大光,而且我們會看到神實現祂國度的奇蹟。 我們被稱為「神所記念的人」,並被任命不分晝夜晨昏地向神祈禱。只要時候到了,神就會答覆,並給我們累積已久的祝福。 沒有任何一句禱詞會被神遺忘,我們等得越久,所累積的祝福就越大。
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