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1:1 神的兒子，耶穌基督福音的起頭。 The beginning of the gospel about Jesus Christ, the Son of God. (\f1 1:1 Some manuscripts do not have|i the Son of God|d.)
1:2 正如先知以賽亞〔有古卷沒有以賽亞三個字〕書上記著說：看哪，我要差遣我的使者在你前面，預備道路。 It is written in Isaiah the prophet:<<I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way>> \f2 1:2 Mal. 3:1)-- 1:3 在曠野有人聲喊著說：預備主的道，修直他的路。 <<a voice of one calling in the desert, <Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.> >> \f3 1:3 Isaiah 40:3) 1:4 照這話，約翰來了，在曠野施洗，傳悔改的洗禮，使罪得赦。 And so John came, baptizing in the desert region and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 1:5 猶太全地和耶路撒冷的人都出去到約翰那裏，承認他們的罪，在約旦河裏受他的洗。 The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. 1:6 約翰穿駱駝毛的衣服，腰束皮帶，吃的是蝗蟲、野蜜。 John wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. 1:7 他傳道說：「有一位在我以後來的，能力比我更大，我就是彎腰給他解鞋帶也是不配的。 And this was his message: <<After me will come one more powerful than I, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 1:8 我是用水給你們施洗，他卻要用聖靈給你們施洗。」 I baptize you with (\f4 1:8 Or|i in|d)water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.>> 1:9 那時，耶穌從加利利的拿撒勒來，在約旦河裏受了約翰的洗。 At that time Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 1:10 他從水裏一上來，就看見天裂開了，聖靈彷彿鴿子，降在他身上。 As Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw heaven being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 1:11 又有聲音從天上來，說：「你是我的愛子，我喜悅你。」 And a voice came from heaven: <<You are my Son, whom I love; with you I am well pleased.>> 1:12 聖靈就把耶穌催到曠野裏去。 At once the Spirit sent him out into the desert, 1:13 他在曠野四十天，受撒但的試探，並與野獸同在一處，且有天使來伺候他。 and he was in the desert forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and angels attended him. 1:14 約翰下監以後，耶穌來到加利利，宣傳 神的福音， After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. 1:15 說：「日期滿了， 神的國近了。你們當悔改，信福音！」 <<The time has come,>> he said. <<The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news!>> 1:16 耶穌順著加利利的海邊走，看見西門和西門的兄弟安得烈在海邊撒網；他們本是打魚的。 As Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. 1:17 耶穌對他們說：「來跟從我，我要叫你們得人如得魚一樣。」 <<Come, follow me,>> Jesus said, <<and I will make you fishers of men.>> 1:18 他們就立刻捨了網，跟從了他。 At once they left their nets and followed him. 1:19 耶穌稍往前走，又見西庇太的兒子雅各和雅各的兄弟約翰在船上補網。 When he had gone a little farther, he saw James son of Zebedee and his brother John in a boat, preparing their nets. 1:20 耶穌隨即招呼他們，他們就把父親西庇太和雇工人留在船上，跟從耶穌去了。 Without delay he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him. 1:21 到了迦百農，耶穌就在安息日進了會堂教訓人。 They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach. 1:22 眾人很希奇他的教訓；因為他教訓他們，正像有權柄的人，不像文士。 The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law. 1:23 在會堂裏，有一個人被污鬼附著。他喊叫說： Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an evil (\f5 1:23 Greek|i unclean|d; also in verses 26 and 27)spirit cried out, 1:24 「拿撒勒人耶穌，我們與你有甚麼相干？你來滅我們嗎？我知道你是誰，乃是 神的聖者。」 <<What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are--the Holy One of God!>> 1:25 耶穌責備他說：「不要作聲！從這人身上出來吧。」 <<Be quiet!>> said Jesus sternly. <<Come out of him!>> 1:26 污鬼叫那人抽了一陣瘋，大聲喊叫，就出來了。 The evil spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek. 1:27 眾人都驚訝，以致彼此對問說：「這是甚麼事？是個新道理啊！他用權柄吩咐污鬼，連污鬼也聽從了他。」 The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, <<What is this? A new teaching--and with authority! He even gives orders to evil spirits and they obey him.>> 1:28 耶穌的名聲就傳遍了加利利的四方。 News about him spread quickly over the whole region of Galilee. 1:29 他們一出會堂，就同著雅各、約翰，進了西門和安得烈的家。 As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew. 1:30 西門的岳母正害熱病躺著，就有人告訴耶穌。 Simon's mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told Jesus about her. 1:31 耶穌進前拉著她的手，扶她起來，熱就退了，她就服事他們。 So he went to her, took her hand and helped her up. The fever left her and she began to wait on them. 1:32 天晚日落的時候，有人帶著一切害病的，和被鬼附的，來到耶穌跟前。 That evening after sunset the people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed. 1:33 合城的人都聚集在門前。 The whole town gathered at the door, 1:34 耶穌治好了許多害各樣病的人，又趕出許多鬼，不許鬼說話，因為鬼認識他。 and Jesus healed many who had various diseases. He also drove out many demons, but he would not let the demons speak because they knew who he was. 1:35 次日早晨，天未亮的時候，耶穌起來，到曠野地方去，在那裏禱告。 Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed. 1:36 西門和同伴追了他去， Simon and his companions went to look for him, 1:37 遇見了就對他說：「眾人都找你。」 and when they found him, they exclaimed: <<Everyone is looking for you!>> 1:38 耶穌對他們說：「我們可以往別處去，到鄰近的鄉村，我也好在那裏傳道，因為我是為這事出來的。」 Jesus replied, <<Let us go somewhere else--to the nearby villages--so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.>> 1:39 於是在加利利全地，進了會堂，傳道，趕鬼。 So he traveled throughout Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and driving out demons. 1:40 有一個長大痲瘋的來求耶穌，向他跪下，說：「你若肯，必能叫我潔淨了。」 A man with leprosy (\f6 1:40 The Greek word was used for various diseases affecting the skin--not necessarily leprosy.)came to him and begged him on his knees, <<If you are willing, you can make me clean.>> 1:41 耶穌動了慈心，就伸手摸他，說：「我肯，你潔淨了吧！」 Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. <<I am willing,>> he said. <<Be clean!>> 1:42 大痲瘋即時離開他，他就潔淨了。 Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cured. 1:43 耶穌嚴嚴的囑咐他，就打發他走， Jesus sent him away at once with a strong warning: 1:44 對他說：「你要謹慎，甚麼話都不可告訴人，只要去把身體給祭司察看，又因為你潔淨了，獻上摩西所吩咐的禮物，對眾人作證據。」 <<See that you don't tell this to anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.>> 1:45 那人出去，倒說了許多的話，把這件事傳揚開了，叫耶穌以後不得再明明的進城，只好在外邊曠野地方。人從各處都就了他來。 Instead he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news. As a result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere. 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13日）
三月十三日 「眾聖之王阿，您的方法義哉、誠哉。」啟示錄十五章3節 在患難中經歷頂深的司布真師母說：有一天陰沈的晚上，我獨自坐在椅子上休息；雖然室中很光亮，但是我心靈中有一層黑暗罩著，使我不能看見甚麼。我也不覺得主的手纔住我，我好似滑跌在傷痛中。我憂憂愁愁地自問說： 「為甚麼我的神如此待祂的孩子呢？為甚麼祂一直把銳利的痛苦加給我呢？為甚麼祂應許纏綿的軟弱來攔阻我去事奉祂呢？」 這些煩惱的問題立即得到了答覆；頂希奇，答覆我的是一個特異的聲音；用不著翻譯的人，神在我心中輕輕地替我解釋。 室內寂靜了好久，我忽然聽見一聲清幽悅耳的樂音，很像窗下知更雀的歌聲。 這是甚麼聲音？絕不會是知更雀在那裏唱歌，因為這是寒冷的晚上。 又是一聲。這次我纔發現：原來壁爐中一根橡樹枝，正被猛烈的火焰焚燒著，從裂口中發出那個好聽的音樂來！ 此時，我發生了一些感想：當這些樹枝嫩綠青翠的時候，許多歌鳥遊歇其上，唱出美麗的調兒來，牠就把那些歌聲收集起來，含蓄在裏面。後來牠漸漸老了，樹枝漸漸硬了；那聲音便永久被封住在裏面了，直到猛烈的火焰燒燬了牠的堅硬，久囚的音樂纔被釋放。啊，照樣，神用痛苦的火焰燃燒我們，原是要從我們久寂的心中抽出讚美的歌聲來，叫我們的神得著榮耀！就在此時，我得了安慰。 恐怕我們中間有幾個很像這根橡樹枝—─老、冷、硬、麻木；我們不會發出讚美的聲音來，如果沒有火的催逼。 「在火煉中歌唱，是的，神幫助我們。」如果苦難的火焰會叫無情的冷心得到溫暖，願爐中的火焰較前加旺「七倍！」 ─選
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（03月13日）
March 13 "Just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints."(Rev. 15:3.) ＴHE following incident is related by Mrs. Charles Spurgeon, who was a great sufferer for more than a quarter of a century: "At the close of a dark and gloomy day, I lay resting on my couch as the deeper night drew on; and though all was bright within my cozy room, some of the external darkness seemed to have entered into my soul and obscured its spiritual vision. Vainly I tried to see the Hand which I knew held mine, and guided my fogenveloped feet along a steep and slippery path of suffering. In sorrow of heart I asked, "`Why does my Lord thus deal with His child? Why does He so often send sharp and bitter pain to visit me? Why does He permit lingering weakness to hinder the sweet service I long to render to His poor servants?' "These fretful questions were quickly answered, and through a strange language; no interpreter was needed save the conscious whisper of my heart. "For a while silence reigned in the little room, broken only by the crackling of the oak log burning in the fireplace. Suddenly I heard a sweet, soft sound, a little, clear, musical note, like the tender trill of a robin beneath my window. "`What can it be? surely no bird can be singing out there at this time of the year and night.' "Again came the faint, plaintive notes, so sweet, so melodious, yet mysterious enough to provoke our wonder. My friend exclaimed, "Perchance he had garnered up this song in the days when all was well with him, when birds twittered merrily on his branches, and the soft sunlight flecked his tender leaves with gold. But he had grown old since then, and hardened; ring after ring of knotty growth had sealed up the long-forgotten melody, until the fierce tongues of the flames came to consume his callousness, and the vehement heart of the fire wrung from him at once a song and a sacrifice. `Ah,' thought I, `when the fire of affliction draws songs of praise from us, then indeed we are purified, and our God is glorified!' "Perhaps some of us are like this old oak log, cold, hard, insensible; we should give forth no melodious sounds, were it not for the fire which kindles around us, and releases notes of trust in Him, and cheerful compliance with his will. "Singing in the fire! Yes, God helping us, if that is the only way to get harmony out of these hard apathetic hearts, let the furnace be heated seven times hotter than before."
■ 永活之泉（03月13日）
三月十三日 代禱生活的祝福 「呼籲耶和華的，你們不要歇息，也不要使祂歇息，直等祂建立耶路撒冷，使耶路撒冷在地上成為可讚美的。」以賽亞書六十二章6—7節 我們能有權為著別人的需要代禱，是一種非人口所能述說的祝福。何等的福氣，我們能與基督緊緊聯合，在代禱上與祂同工，並與祂的禱告結合為一。何等榮耀能與神同在天上，超過萬人之上，並為他們代求，使他們所得到的遠超過所知所想的。 何等的特權像我們！身為神恩典的管家竟能將教會或個人的光景、神話語的執事，或神在外邦人中使者的光景，帶到神的面前為他們呼籲，直到神答應了我們。 何等的福氣使我們得以與神所有兒女聯合，在禱告中同心協力，直至勝過地上一切的艱難，並那空中掌權者的黑暗權勢。若能認識神要使用我這個人成為一個代禱者，且在地上承受並分賜祂屬天的祝福並祂聖靈的大能，那我的生活定規是非常有價值的。 這實在是屬天生命的實際顯出，也就是主耶穌祂自己的生命，在祂捨己的愛裡將我們得著，並因著祂愛的催促，使我們甘心獻出自己，在祂面前肩負著人的需要，而呼籲神使他們得以存活。 我們一直以為禱告不過是求神供應生活及服事上的需要。求神幫助我們看見代禱的地位在神的旨意及祂國度的工作上是何其重要。但願我們的心真地感覺到，地上根本沒有一種祝福能與我們由神所得的，非口能述的特權相比，此權柄使我們能等候神從天上賜福，更開出一條路使祂所樂意賜的福能在地上。 禱告： 父啊，求您將您的生命傾下，充滿在您兒女的心中，正如主耶穌在祂不止息的代禱中傾下祂的愛一般；讓我們在地上也能活出一個傾倒愛及永不止息的代禱生活。阿們。
■ 中文屬天日子（03月13日）
三月十三日 神的捨棄 「神愛世人，甚至將祂的獨生子賜給他們。」約翰福音三章16節 救贖不僅是脫離罪孽，也不僅是個人成聖的經驗；救贖是要人不為自己打算而為神打算。我的救贖經驗，只有走向脫離罪惡和個人成聖的路線；但是救贖的意義，是神的靈使我與神的本性接觸，令我驚奇我以外的無限偉大；完全與神合而為一。 如果說我們蒙召是宣傳聖潔或成聖，那便走入了歧途。我們蒙召是宣傳耶穌基督。祂救我們脫離罪，使我們成聖，是神捨棄的效果的一部份。 撇棄從不會使我們感覺吃力，因為整個生命已與我們所歸向的一位打成了一片。當心談論撇棄，如果你不知的話，非到你明白了約翰三書16節所說神絕對捨棄自己，你是不會知道的。我們不為神憂慮，撇棄是要像神不憂慮的把自己交給我們一樣。因為我們的生命與祂打成一片，就不會想到撇棄的效果了。
■ 中文上海嗎哪（03月13日）
三月十三日 「保守自己常在神的愛中……」猶大書21節 不久以前，我得空享受了一次美麗的夕陽景象，我看到西邊的天彷彿像一大群金色的海島，那遙遠成群的海島又宛如從群山中上升的光輪。當我從西往東看過去，天空的色彩燦爛無比，似乎整個大地都染上了它的顏色。不僅整個大地五光十色，田野更是變得出奇的鮮紅，全地似乎披上了屬天的露水。 就像當神的愛照耀整個天空時，祂的愛能摭蓋地上的一切，一切的生命都發出光彩。困難的事變得容易，辛酸的事變得甜美。負擔不再是重擔，悲哀也會轉為希望和喜樂。 要生活在神的愛中只有兩個秘訣：一是繼續的信靠神，二是全然順服。而神的話語充滿了這兩個信息。「你們若遵守我的命令，就常在我的愛裡，正如我遵守了我父的命令，常在祂的愛裡。」(約十五10)
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