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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（01月18日）
一月十八日 「感謝神，常帥領我們在基督裡誇勝。」哥林多後書二章14節 在人顯著的失敗中，神得著最完全的勝利。許多時候，仇敵似乎得勝了，神也容讓牠得勝；可是後來神終究剷除牠所有的作為，推翻牠顯著的勝利，一如經上所說：「使惡人的道路顛倒。」（詩一四六9，直譯）如果神不讓仇敵先得勢，神就不能給我們一個更大、更可誇的得勝。 三個希伯來人被擲入火窯的故事，是一個很好的例子。這裡，仇敵顯然勝利了。按事情看來，永活神的僕人將陷於一敗塗地的光景中了。（許多時候，我們也有這樣失敗的光景，同時仇敵真是歡喜。）他們跌在火焰中，他們的仇敵盼望看他們在可怕的火焰中頃刻之間化成飛灰，萬想不到這三個希伯來人竟在火窯中遊行自娛。這真使仇敵喫驚不小。尼布甲尼撒王叫他們從火中出來，甚至一根頭髮也沒有燒焦，一塊布也沒有變色，也沒有一些火燎的氣味，「因為沒有別神能這樣施行拯救。」（但三29） 顯著的失敗的結果，反是希奇的勝利。 假定這三個希伯來人失去了信心和勇氣，在受困之時怨神說：「為甚麼神不救我們脫離火窯呢？」他們定規會被火燒死，神也得不著榮耀了。親愛的，今天在你的生活中若是正有一個極大的試煉，不要氣餒，自認失敗，仍要繼續用信心藉著那能使你得勝有餘的主宣告勝利，榮耀的勝利立刻就要來了。我們應當知道：在一切神應許我們進入的艱難中，神在替我們造成機會，使我們在祂裡面學習信心的功課，藉著主基督誇勝，大大榮耀祂自己的名。 ─譯自讚美的生命 失敗可能與勝利同樣微妙， 受撼的靈魂成就了榮耀， 你看狂風中掙扎的橡樹， 在那擋風的一面， 受壓的樹身， 它的根卻向地下長得更深更穩。 唯有經歷過極大的悲痛， 纔能領會極大的歡欣， 憂患給心靈打開喜悅之門。
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（01月18日）
January 18 "Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ."(2Cor. 2:14.) ＧOD gets His greatest victories out of apparent defeats. Very often the enemy seems to triumph for a little, and God lets it be so; but then He comes in and upsets all the work of the enemy, overthrows the apparent victory, and as the Bible says, "turns the way of the wicked upside down." Thus He gives a great deal larger victory than we would have known if He and not allowed the enemy, seemingly, to triumph in the first place. The story of the three Hebrew children being cast into the fiery furnace is a familiar one. Here was an apparent victory for the enemy. It looked as if the servants of the living God were going to have a terrible defeat. We have all been in places where it seemed as though we were defeated, and the enemy rejoiced. We can imagine what a complete defeat this looked to be. They fell down into the flames, and their enemies watched them to see them burn up in that awful fire, but were greatly astonished to see them walking around in the fire enjoying themselves. Nebuchadnezzar told them to "come forth out of the midst of the fire." Not even a hair was singed, nor was the smell of fire on their garments, "because there is no other god that can deliver after this sort." This apparent defeat resulted in a marvelous victory. Suppose that these three men had lost their faith and courage, and had complained, saying, "Why did not God keep us out of the furnace!" They would have been burned, and God would not have been glorified. If there is a great trial in your life today, do not own it as a defeat, but continue, by faith, to claim the victory through Him who is able to make you more than conqueror, and a glorious victory will soon be apparent. Let us learn that in all the hard places God brings us into, He is making opportunities for us to exercise such faith in Him as will bring about blessed results and greatly glorify His name. ─Life of Praise. "Defeat may serve as well as victory To shake the soul and let the glory out. When the great oak is straining in the wind, The boughs drink in new beauty, and the trunk Sends down a deeper root on the windward side. Only the soul that knows the mighty grief Can know the mighty rapture. Sorrows come To stretch out spaces in the heart for joy."
■ 永活之泉（01月18日）
一月十八日 恆切禱告 「要人常常禱告，不可灰心。」路加福音十八章1節 「禱告要恆切。」羅馬書十二章12節 「不住地禱告。」帖撒羅尼迦前書五章17節 在禱告生活中，最叫人覺得為難的，就是禱告的答應，來得並不像我們所盼望的那樣迅速。我們常會為著這個思想：「或許我的禱告不對罷？」因而感覺氣餒，因此我們就不恆切禱告了。這就是我們的主所常常迫切教導我們學習的功課。若是我們細查這件事，我們就會看見，答應的遲延可能是有原因的，並且我們的等候也可能給我們帶來祝福。因為答應的遲延，我們的願望會越過越深、越來越強，我們也就會用我們的全心來禱告了。神是把我們放在恆久禱告的訓練學校裡，使我們軟弱的信心能變為剛強。請務必相信，在禱告遲延得答應這件事上，是有極大的祝福的。 更重要的，就是神的意思是要把我們吸引進入與祂自己更深的交通裡。當我們的禱告尚未得著答應的時候，我們要學習認識與神交通、與神親近，並神的愛，這些比我們的祈求得著答應更要緊，這樣我們才能繼續禱告。雅各因著他的禱告遲延得著答應，結果他得著了何等大的祝福！他面對面的看見了神，並且從神得著能力和得勝，作神的君王。（譯註：以色列原文意即神的君王，此處係指雅各在毘努伊勒與神摔跤後，改名「以色列」而言。） 基督徒啊！請注意這個警告。不要在答應還沒有得到的時候，就不耐煩和失望。「禱告要恆切」「不住的禱告」當你這樣作，你要看見這裡會有無可估計的祝福。你要查問——你的禱告是否真正照著神的旨意和神的話語；你也該查問——你的禱告是否在對的靈裡，是否奉著基督的尊名。只要繼續禱告，你就會知道禱告答應的遲延，反而是神所能賜給你的一個最寶貴的恩典了。你也會認識一件事，就是那些在禱告中從神得著最大能力的人，就是那些在神面前抓住祂的應許，而恆切禱告的人。
■ 中文屬天日子（01月18日）
一月十八日 是主！ 「多馬說，我的主、我的神。」約翰福音廿章28節 「你們給我喝。」我們之中有許多人要求耶穌基督止我們的渴，殊不知這正是我們要給祂喝的時候。我們現在應該傾出去，傾至最後一滴，不要吸取祂的來滿足我們自己。「你們要替我作見證」──意思是說，有一種純潔，不妥協，不貪污的生命，奉獻給主耶穌，祂無論把我們安放在那裡，我們總要使祂感覺滿意。 當事事留心，不要讓這些事與忠於耶穌基督的心爭強比勝。與崇奉耶穌競爭的事，是替祂服務。但是服務比較的易，喝盡苦杯，比較的難。神呼召的唯一目的，是滿足神，並不是替祂服務。我們不是奉召去替神打仗，卻是奉召去使用在祂的戰爭裡。我們是獻身服務的多呢？還是獻身耶穌基督的多呢？
■ 中文上海嗎哪（01月18日）
一月十八日 「可以拿去給他們，作你我的稅銀。」馬太福音十七章27節 主耶穌奇蹟地在迦百農，為彼得準備了稅金。這個記載使我們能看出主的愛及善解人意。當彼得見了稅吏之後，經上說：「他進了屋子，耶穌先向他說」(太十七25)換句話說，主等待著他。耶穌在彼得還未開口之前，就已預備好他的需要，叫他到海邊去找在魚嘴裡的錢。 由此可見，主總是事先想到我們的需要。祂喜歡為我們保留面子，而且在緊急情況發生之前，祂不僅能預料得到，而且總是帶著愛心準備好我們的需要。 當主耶穌對彼得非常溫柔地說：「……可以拿去給他們，作你我的稅銀。」祂不僅先提到自己尷尬的需要，而且為祂憂愁受罪的孩子承擔一切重擔。祂將我們的憂慮視為祂的憂慮，把我們的悲哀當作祂的悲哀，把我們的恥辱看作祂的恥辱。因祂也曾凡事受過試探，祂能體恤我們的軟弱(來四15)。
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