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1:1 耶穌基督的啟示，就是 神賜給他，叫他將必要快成的事指示他的眾僕人。他就差遺使者曉諭他的僕人約翰。 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John,
1:2 約翰便將 神的道和耶穌基督的見證，凡自己所看見的都證明出來。 who testifies to everything he saw--that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. 1:3 念這書上預言的和那些聽見又遵守其中所記載的，都是有福的，因為日期近了。 Blessed is the one who reads the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near. 1:4 約翰寫信給亞西亞的七個教會。但願從那昔在、今在、以後永在的 神，和他寶座前的七靈， John,To the seven churches in the province of Asia:Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits(\f1 1:4 Or|i the sevenfold Spirit|d) before his throne, 1:5 並那誠實作見證的、從死裏首先復活、為世上君王元首的耶穌基督，有恩惠、平安歸與你們！他愛我們，用自己的血使我們脫離〔有古卷：洗去〕罪惡， and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, 1:6 又使我們成為國民，作他父 神的祭司。但願榮耀、權能歸給他，直到永永遠遠。阿們！ and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father--to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen. 1:7 看哪，他駕雲降臨！眾目要看見他，連刺他的人也要看見他；地上的萬族都要因他哀哭。這話是真實的。阿們！ Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all the peoples of the earth will mourn because of him. r So shall it be! Amen. 1:8 主 神說：「我是阿拉法，我是俄梅戛，〔阿拉法，俄梅戛：是希臘字母首末二字〕，是昔在、今在、以後永在的全能者。」 <<I am the Alpha and the Omega,>> says the Lord God, <<who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.>> 1:9 我─約翰就是你們的弟兄，和你們在耶穌的患難、國度、忍耐裏一同有分，為 神的道，並為給耶穌作的見證，曾在那名叫拔摩的海島上。 I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. 1:10 當主日，我被聖靈感動，聽見在我後面有大聲音如吹號，說： 0 On the Lord's Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, 1:11 「你所看見的當寫在書上，達與以弗所、示每拿、別迦摩、推雅推喇、撒狄、非拉鐵非、老底嘉、那七個教會。」 which said: <<Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.>> 1:12 我轉過身來，要看是誰發聲與我說話；既轉過來，就看見七個金燈臺。 I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, 1:13 燈臺中間有一位好像人子，身穿長衣，直垂到腳，胸間束著金帶。 and among the lampstands was someone <<like a son of man,>> (\f2 1:13 Daniel 7:13) dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. 1:14 他的頭與髮皆白，如白羊毛，如雪；眼目如同火焰； His head and hair were white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. 1:15 腳好像在爐中鍛鍊光明的銅；聲音如同眾水的聲音。 His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. 1:16 他右手拿著七星，從他口中出來一把兩刃的利劍；面貌如同烈日放光。 In his right hand he held seven stars, and out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance. 1:17 我一看見，就仆倒在他腳前，像死了一樣。他用右手按著我，說：「不要懼怕！我是首先的，我是末後的， When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: <<Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last. 1:18 又是那存活的；我曾死過，現在又活了，直活到永永遠遠；並且拿著死亡和陰間的鑰匙。 I am the Living One; I was dead, and behold I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades. 1:19 所以你要把所看見的，和現在的事，並將來必成的事，都寫出來。 <<Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later. 1:20 論到你所看見、在我右手中的七星和七個金燈臺的奧祕，那七星就是七個教會的使者，七燈臺就是七個教會。」 The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels (\f3 1:20 Or|i messengers|d) of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. 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（12月29日）
十二月廿九日 「起來……我們已經窺探那地，見那地甚好。你們為何靜坐不動呢？要急速前往得那地為業，不可遲延……神已將那地交在你們手中，那地百物俱全，一無所缺。」士師記十八章9、10節 起來！有許多土地等著我們去得。我們如果靜坐不動，沒有一件東西會落到我們手中。「約瑟的兒子瑪拿西、以法蓮，就得了他們的地業。」（書十六4） 「雅各家必得原有的產業。」（俄17）「惟有完全人，必承受福分。」（箴廿八10）產業和福分都是要去得、去承受的。 對於神的應許，我們當有「據為己有」的信心。我們當把神的話算為我們個人的產業。有一次，一位教員問一個孩子道：「甚麼是據為己有的信心？」孩子回答說：「據為己有的信心乃是：拿一枝紅筆，把聖經上所有的「我」，「我的」，下面，都畫上紅線。」 凡是主所說的無論那一句話，你都可以把你的手指放在上面說：「這是我的」。讀者啊，有多少應許你能說：「在我身上已經成就了」呢？ 「兒阿，你常和我同在，我一切所有的，都是你的。」（路十五31）親愛的啊!不要因懈怠失去你的遺產啊! 信心上市場的時候，總是帶著籃子的。
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（12月29日）
December 29 "Arise……for we have seen the land, and behold, it is very good; and are ye still? Be not slothful to go, and enter to possess the land: for God hath given it into your hands; a place where there is no want of anything that is in the earth." (Judges 18:9,10) ＡRISE! Then there is something definite for us to do. Nothing is ours unless we take it. "The children of Joseph, Manasseh and Ephraim, took their inheritance." (Joshua 16:4) "The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions." (Obad. 17) The uprihgt shall have good things in possession." We need to have appropriating faith in regard to God's promises. We must make God's Word our own personal possession. A child was asked once what appropriating faith was, and the answer was, "It is taking a pencil and underscoring all the me's and mine's and my's in the Bible." Take any word please the He has spoken and say, "That word is my word." Put your finger on this promise and say, "It is mine." How much of the Word has been endorsed and receipted and said "It is done." How many promises can you subscribe and say, "Fulfilled to me." "Son, thou art ever with Me, and all that I have is thine." Don't let your inheritance go by default. "When faith goes to market it always takes a basket."
■ 永活之泉（12月29日）
十二月廿九日 過於婦仁之愛 「我兄弟約拿單哪！我為你悲傷！我甚喜悅你！你向我發的愛情奇妙非常，過於婦女的愛情。」撒母耳記下一章26節 神造男人並向他顯示愛的能力，是努力為他人造福，並不惜犧牲生命；造女人，向她顯示仁慈、長久忍耐是為了他人而捨己。一個小孩在一歲時十分依賴母親，不只是嬰孩學習愛母親，而且母親也學習如何有無私的愛。她最大的目標乃是「只要以裏面存著長久溫柔安靜的心為裝飾，這在神前是極寶貴的。」（彼前三4） 仁慈是當今社會婦女最重要的事，相於當食物對男人的重要性；在很多情況下，這是唯一的正義。不可忘記女人最美的飾物是溫柔安靜的心，在神和人都看為極寶貴，也能使全家蒙福。妻子、母親不住代禱和得勝的愛，是人類快樂之源。 親愛的姊妹！這是妳最大的財產，神所賜最貴重的飾物——反射神所有仁慈和同情的愛。「母親怎樣安慰孩子，我也怎樣安慰你。」但願每位讀者深思神奇妙的愛，恆切為領受聖靈而禱告，以支取屬天的能力和影響，使她能因愛丈夫，甚至鄰舍而見證神的愛。 想想馬利亞，由於和其他婦女付出很多的愛，使得主在復活的早晨親自向她顯現。由於她們正確地付出愛心，就可首先看到主，並向門徒報佳音。但願神賜福所有的母親、妻子和婦女！但願由她們可看出愛是何等的美而奇妙！猶如大衛的話，是歷久彌新的：「像婦女的愛一樣奇妙」地愛神的兒女。
■ 中文屬天日子（12月29日）
十二月廿九日 常在基督裡面 「你們要常在我裡面，我亦常在你們裡面……」約翰福音十五章4節 一個罪人竟可以和基督聯合，得與神的性情有分，乃是因著悔改認罪的心，信靠基督無比的救恩。基督亦樂於將祂尊貴聖潔永遠的生命賜給罪人。約翰福音三章15節說：「叫一切信祂的都得永生。」現在我們這般人，已經在基督裡了，與基督的生命有分。故我們應該在言行上與蒙召的恩相稱，要顯明聖靈所結出寶貴的果子，就是仁愛、喜樂、和平、忍耐、恩慈、良善、信實、溫柔、節制。好像枝子被接葡萄樹上，就與樹身合為一體，吸取樹身豐富生命的活力，發芽開花結實，結出來的果子，纍纍下墮。 弟兄們！我們若是天天活在主面前，就是與基督聯合了。
■ 中文上海嗎哪（12月29日）
十二月廿九日 「因為神的旨意，我並沒有一樣避諱不傳給你們的」使徒行傳廿章27節 或許神讓我們能把祂的旨意傳給任何一個我們所遇到的人，乃是盼望我們有機會帶給那些人一些祝福，並且影響他們，使他們能更靠近神。事實上，如果我們能對生命中所碰到的每一個人說：「……無論何人死亡，我於眾人的血是潔淨的。」（徒廿26）那真就再好不過了。 但是我們真能如此說嗎？是否能對火車上坐在我們旁邊的人這麼說？或是為與我們工作的雇工如此說？最重要的是能否對我們的家人如此說？是否我們已盡了一切力量引領他們歸主呢？ 早期的基督徒視每一個情況為作見證的機會，即使被帶到國王、首長的面前，他們也從未想要自己嘗試得到釋放，滿心所想的反倒只是主所留給他們的信息：「但這些事終必為你們的見證。」（路廿一13）他們視這種被捕的情況為向統治者傳福音的機會，因為他們深知若非如此，他們不可能接觸到這些人。
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