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1:1 耶穌基督的僕人保羅，奉召為使徒，特派傳 神的福音。 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God--
1:2 這福音是 神從前藉眾先知在聖經上所應許的， the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures 1:3 論到他兒子─我主耶穌基督。按肉體說，是從大衛後裔生的； regarding his Son, who as to his human nature was a descendant of David, 1:4 按聖善的靈說，因從死裏復活，以大能顯明是 神的兒子。 and who through the Spirit(\f1 1:4 Or|i who as to his spirit|d0 of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God(\f2 1:4 Or|i was appointed to be the Son of God with power|d) by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. 1:5 我們從他受了恩惠並使徒的職份，在萬國之中叫人為他的名信服真道； Through him and for his name's sake, we received grace and apostleship to call people from among all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from faith. 1:6 其中也有你們這蒙召屬耶穌基督的人。 And you also are among those who are called to belong to Jesus Christ. 1:7 我寫信給你們在羅馬、為 神所愛、奉召作聖徒的眾人。願恩惠、平安從我們的父 神並主耶穌基督歸與你們！ To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints:Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ. 1:8 第一，我靠著耶穌基督，為你們眾人感謝我的 神，因你們的信德傳遍了天下。 First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world. 1:9 我在他兒子福音上，用心靈所事奉的 神，可以見證我怎樣不住地提到你們； God, whom I serve with my whole heart in preaching the gospel of his Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you 1:10 在禱告之間常常懇求，或者照 神的旨意，終能得平坦的道路往你們那裏去。 0 in my prayers at all times; and I pray that now at last by God's will the way may be opened for me to come to you. 1:11 因為我切切地想見你們，要把些屬靈的恩賜分給你們，使你們可以堅固。 I long to see you so that I may impart to you some spiritual gift to make you strong-- 1:12 這樣，我在你們中間，因你與我彼此的信心，就可以同得安慰。 that is, that you and I may be mutually encouraged by each other's faith. 1:13 弟兄們，我不願意你們不知道，我屢次定意往你們那裏去，要在你們中間得些果子，如同在其餘的外邦人中一樣；只是到如今仍有阻隔。 I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that I planned many times to come to you (but have been prevented from doing so until now) in order that I might have a harvest among you, just as I have had among the other Gentiles. 1:14 無論是希臘人、化外人、聰明人、愚拙人，我都欠他們的債， I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish. 1:15 所以情願盡我的力量，將福音也傳給你們在羅馬的人。 That is why I am so eager to preach the gospel also to you who are at Rome. 1:16 我不以福音為恥；這福音本是 神的大能，要救一切相信的，先是猶太人，後是希臘人。 I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes: first for the Jew, then for the Gentile. 1:17 因為 神的義正在這福音上顯明出來；這義是本於信，以致於信。如經上所記：「義人必因信得生。」 For in the gospel a righteousness from God is revealed, a righteousness that is by faith from first to last,( \f3 1:17 Or|i is from faith to faith|d) just as it is written: <<The righteous will live by faith.>>( \f4 1:17 Hab. 2:40 1:18 原來， 神的忿怒從天上顯明在一切不虔不義的人身上，就是那些行不義阻擋真理的人。 The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, 1:19 神的事情，人所能知道的，原顯明在人心裏，因為 神已經給他們顯明。 since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. 1:20 自從造天地以來， 神的永能和神性是明明可知的，雖是眼不能見，但藉著所造之物就可以曉得，叫人無可推諉。 For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities--his eternal power and divine nature--have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. 1:21 因為，他們雖然知道 神，卻不當作 神榮耀他，也不感謝他。他們的思念變為虛妄，無知的心就昏暗了。 For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. 1:22 自稱為聰明，反成了愚拙， Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools 1:23 將不能朽壞之 神的榮耀變為偶像，彷彿必朽壞的人和飛禽、走獸、昆蟲的樣式。 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles. 1:24 所以， 神任憑他們逞著心裏的情慾行污穢的事，以致彼此玷辱自己的身體。 Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. 1:25 他們將 神的真實變為虛謊，去敬拜事奉受造之物，不敬奉那造物的主；主乃是可稱頌的，直到永遠。阿們！ They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator--who is forever praised. Amen. 1:26 因此， 神任憑他們放縱可羞恥的情慾。他們的女人把順性的用處變為逆性的用處； Because of this, God gave them over to shameful lusts. Even their women exchanged natural relations for unnatural ones. 1:27 男人也是如此，棄了女人順性的用處，慾火攻心，彼此貪戀，男和男行可羞恥的事，就在自己身上受這妄為當得的報應。 In the same way the men also abandoned natural relations with women and were inflamed with lust for one another. Men committed indecent acts with other men, and received in themselves the due penalty for their perversion. 1:28 他們既然故意不認識 神， 神就任憑他們存邪僻的心，行那些不合理的事； Furthermore, since they did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, he gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. 1:29 裝滿了各樣不義、邪惡、貪婪、惡毒〔或譯：陰毒〕，滿心是嫉妒、凶殺、爭競、詭詐、毒恨； They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips, 1:30 又是讒毀的、背後說人的、怨恨 神的〔或譯：被 神所憎惡的〕、侮慢人的、狂傲的、自誇的、捏造惡事的、違背父母的。 slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant and boastful; they invent ways of doing evil; they disobey their parents; 1:31 無知的，背約的，無親情的，不憐憫人的。 they are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 1:32 他們雖知道 神判定行這樣事的人是當死的，然而他們不但自己去行，還喜歡別人去行。 Although they know God's righteous decree that those who do such things deserve death, they not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them. 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17日）
三月十七日 「住在那裏，等我吩咐你。」馬太福音二章13節 親愛的主， 我願留在您安置我的地方； 我雖渴望離此遠颺， 我有意和大隊一起前進， 是的， 您知道我要做他們的領導人。 為了鮮明的旗幟而歡呼， 把腳步配合著軍樂的悠揚， 光榮地身先士卒， 馳騁疆場， 但我願留在您安置我的地方。 親愛的主， 我願留在您安置我的地方； 地的面積狹小， 而又是一片荒涼， 石礫既多， 土質更是澆薄， 似乎不會有生命在此滋長。 這是您的土地， 只要給我種子， 我將放膽去播種插秧， 我願耕耘， 等待雨水沛降， 一旦綠曲抽茁， 我將欣喜若狂！ 我願留在您安置我的地方。 親愛的主， 我願留在您安置我的地方； 我永遠敬虔忠誠來信靠您， 白日的辛勞和炎熱， 我都願一嘗， 夜間我可伏臥在您的腳旁。 當我把塵世的工作一一做完， 將可沐浴在永世的榮光， 來結束我一生的全部紀錄， 那時， 我必發覺留著比離開更為適當； 我願留在您安置我的地方。 哦，不安定的心哪！你跳得多麼厲害，撞在環境的鐵欄上，想衝出去到外面更寬大的場地去工作。靜下來罷，讓神替你安排你的日子罷！今天的忍耐和信靠，就是將來神差你出去作大事業的預備。 ─選
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（03月17日）
March 17 "Be thou there till I bring thee word." (Matt. 2:13.) "I'll stay where You've put me; I will, dear Lord, Though I wanted so badly to go; I was eager to march with the`rank and lile,' Yes, I wanted to lead them, You know. I planned to keep step to the music loud, To cheer when the banner unfurled, To stand in the midst of the fight straight and proud, But I'll stay where You've put me. "I'll stay where You've put me; I'll work, dear Lord, Though the field be marrow and small, And the ground be fallow, and the stones lie thick, And there seems to be no life at all. The field is Thine own, only give me the seed, I'll sow it with never a fear; I'll till the dry soil while I wait for the rain, And rejoice when the green blades appear; I'll work where You've put me. "I'll stay where You've put me; I will, dear Lord; I'll bear the day's burden and heat, Always trusting Thee fully; when even has come I'll lay heavy sheaves at Thy feet. And then, when my earth work is ended and done, In the light of eternity's glow, Life's record all closed, I surely shall find It was better to stay than to go; I'll stay where You've put me." "Oh restless heart, that beat against your prison bars of circumstances, yearning for a wider sphere of usefulness, leave God to order all your days. Patience and trust, in the dullness of the routine of life, will be the best preparation for a courageous bearing of the tug and strain of the larger opportunity which God may some time send you."
■ 永活之泉（03月17日）
三月十七日 為個別的靈魂代禱 「……你們……的將被收集，啊！以色列人哪……。」以賽亞書廿七章12節 我們身體裡面的每一肢體，都有它固定的位置；在社會上或在教會中也是如此。工作是整體的利益及完善的目標，但目標之達成，卻是藉著每一個肢體的配搭工作。 在教會中有一種普遍的想法，就是人們的得救乃是神僕人的事。由於他通常都是與群眾接觸，卻少有機會接觸到個人。這就造成雙重的虧損。信徒本身不明白他該對他四周的人作見證—─這可使他自己的屬靈生命活潑剛強，又可使人蒙恩。由於不信的人所接觸到的信徒沒有把基督個別的傳給他，他就受到說不出的虧損。我們極少發現有人想到該為著四周的人代禱。基督徒的生活需要恢復代禱應佔的地位——那對教會及其中一切事奉是多麼重要！ 哦！基督徒甚麼時候認清這個偉大的事實，神在天上渴望要作的需要地上的禱告，這是不可或缺的。只要認識這件事時，我們才看見代禱是使靈魂得救的主要因素。若沒有聖靈的能力顯出在禱告的事工上，一切努力都是徒然；只有當神的僕人與子民在禱告與見證上合一時，教會才會興旺，每個信徒才明白他們該作的是甚麼。 我們如何能激發起代禱的靈？答案是兩面的。一面要每一個基督徒當他一開始領悟到代禱的能力及需要時，就開始為著個別的靈魂從事實際的代禱事工。為著你的兒女、親人、朋友、及所有神在你四周所安排的人代禱。如果你感覺代禱缺乏能力時，謙卑俯伏在施恩座前，神要每一個蒙救贖的兒女為那些將滅亡的人代禱。禱告乃如正常基督徒生活的呼吸一般重要——證明那是從上面來的。 然後迫切不斷地禱告神將聖靈的能力賜給你，及所有你四周所有神的兒女們，使代禱之能顯在蒙神尊重的地位中。
■ 中文屬天日子（03月17日）
三月十七日 工人之支配慾 「我們立了志向要得主的喜悅。」哥林多後書五章9節 「我們立了志向……」要把主的鴻圖放在前面，跟著不離，那是艱苦的工作。那便是說一年一年的勉強自己達到最高的理想。不是要感動甚麼人，建設甚麼教會，開甚麼奮興會，僅僅是企圖「得主的喜悅」。不是缺少靈性經驗而失敗，乃是缺乏努力保持正當的理想。至少要每禮拜一次把我們所行的拿到神面前，看我們的生活是否遵照神所期望的標準。保羅像一位音樂家，他所要求的是教他的人的讚賞，不問聽眾的讚賞。 任何企圖稍微偏離「求悅於神」的中心，其結果或是我們成為撇棄的人。習於辨別志向所達到的歸結，你就明白為甚麼要仰望耶穌基督而生活的緣故。保羅說：「我是攻克己身，叫身服我，恐怕我傳福音給別人，自己反被棄絕了。」（林前九27） 我要習於將各種事件去與主要的企圖發生關係，保持而不間斷。我對社會顯明的價值，就是以我私人的價值為標準。我主要的企圖是討祂的歡心，要得祂的喜悅呢？抑是次一等的好呢？
■ 中文上海嗎哪（03月17日）
三月十七日 「祂記念祂的約，直到永遠……」詩篇一百零五篇8節 我們若是在律法中靠自己的能力掙扎，我們會一直在罪的控制下。但當我們走出西乃山的陰影，欣然地接受基督的恩典和祂白白賜予的全然救恩，一切的掙扎就會成為歷史。因祂曾應許作我們思想上和感情上的公義主，我們能藉著祂稱義，並且求祂保守我們，在遇到任何敵對的情況時，仍然能在祂完全的旨意和平安之中。 我們真的知道且相信這的確是福音的應許，以及新約的本質嗎？我們是否相信基督已保證將祂的律放在我們心中，使我們能按著祂的命令行事，並且遵守祂的旨意？我們確實瞭解神曾向亞伯拉罕所起的誓：叫他既從仇敵手中被救出來，就可以終身在神面前坦然無懼的用聖潔、公義事奉祂(路一74、75)。神也曾向我們起誓祂會像對待亞伯拉罕一樣待我們，祂會實現祂的應許，因為祂是信實的，讓我們完全依靠祂。
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